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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY

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OREGON

1811-1912

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VOLUME III

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1912

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BIOGRAPHICAL

HUGH M. PRICE, county commissioner of
Lane county, and a farmer, who since June,
1909, has made his home in Eugene, was born
in Montgomery county. Illinois, March 7, 184G,
his parents being Joseph and Elizabeth
(Jones) Price. The father was born in North
Carolina, but was reared in Kentucky, and
after attaining his majority, went to Illinois,
where he engaged in fanning until 1859. In
that year he removed to Kansas and became
a pioneer of Anderson county, where both he
and his wife spent their remaining days. He
served as justice of the peace and was well
known in the locality where he made his home.

Hugh M. Price spent his youth as do most
farm boys, his time being divided between the
duties of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the
playground, and the work of the fields. He
was a boy in his teens when he enlisted for
service in the Civil war, becoming a member
of Company L, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry,
with which he served throughout the period
of hostilities. During the years that he saw
service on the western frontier he acted as
dispatch bearer, a most hazardous pursuit
which often involved him in situations of
great danger and hardships. His company
was engaged in scouting and skirmishing over
a wide range of territory and Hugh M. Price,
though but a boy in years, shared all the
adventures of the members of his troops.
When the war was over, he returned to Kan-
sas, where he engaged in farming until 188B.
Thinking to have still better opportunities in
the Pacific northwest, he came to Tjine
county, Oregon, in 1886, and settled on
Mackenzie river, where he engaged in farm-
ing until about eight years ago. He then
sold that property and bought a ranch,
twenty-two miles west of Eugene. Upon
this place, he carried on farming and stock
raising with excellent success, bringing his
fields under a high state of cultivation, so
that he annually harvested good crops, while
the grade of stock which he raised also en-
abled him to secure good prices, when he
placed his cattle upon the market. He con-
tiilued to reside upon the farm until June.
1909, when, with a handsome competence,
won from his labors, he moved to Eugene,
where he has since lived.

In 1867 Mr. Price was united in marriage
to Miss Elizabeth Frances Day. a daughter
of Thomas Day, of Kansas. Mrs. Price

passed away May 21, 1911, at the age of
sixty-tive years. In their family were four
children: George, now a resident of Arizona;
John, who is living in Thurston, Oregon;
Fred, who makes his home near Paisley;
and Carrie, the wife of Jesse T. Fountain,
of Eugene. Mrs. Price was a member of
the Christian church, in which Mr. Price
also holds membership. His political sup-
port is given to the republican party, and
in 1904, he was elected to the office of
county commissioner, in which he is now
completing his second term. He belongs to
Eugene Lodge, No. 11, A. F. & A. M.;
Eugene Chapter, No. 10, R. A. M.; and Hi-
ram Council, No. 7, R. & S. M., and is a
worthy e.xamplar of the teaching of the
craft. He likewise belongs to Eugene
Lodge. No. 357, IJ. P. O. E.. and he main-
tains pleasant relations witli his old army
comrades through his membership in J. W.
Gear Post, No. 7, G. A. R. He is as true and
loyal to his country in the duties of citizen-
ship as when he followed the old flag upon
the battlefields and the march.

JAMES S. RANKIN, editor of the Times
o' Willamina, was born in Carlton county,
province of New Hninswick, Canada, April 6,
1863, a son of James and Marion (Shea)
Rankin. The father, of Scotch and English
parentage, was a native of England but lived
in Canada until late in life and then moved
to the state of Washington, where he died
in 1902. He was a farmer by oocuaption
and also engaged in logging. He fought in
some of the Indian wars, in which he ren-
dered valiant service. The mother, of Eng-
lish and Scotch descent, was bom in Canada
and died there when her son, James S., was
only three years of age. In their family
were five children: Ale.xander, deceased;
Marion, the wife of Dr. E. S. Frost, of Will-
mar, Minnesota; Edith, deceased; John S.,
of Vancouver, British Columbia; and James
S., of this review.

The Inst named attended school in Canada
but left that country in 1871. making his
home in Willmar. Minnesota. Subsequently
he was a student for two terms in the Shat-
tuck Military ,\cademy at Faribault, Minne-
sota. After living in Minnesota for fourteen
years he went to North Dakota, where he re-
mained seven years as editor of a paper,

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he having previously learned the printer's
trade in the former state. At the end of
that time he removed to Washington, locat-
ing near Auburn, where for ten years he was
proprietor of a hop .yard. Later he reentered
the field of journalism, buj'ing and manag-
ing a paper in Auburn. From there he went
to Seattle and later to Taeoma, where he
was employed in a smelter. Finallj' he ar-
rived in Oregon in 1907, settling in McMinu-
ville, where he became foreman of the News
Reporter. In March, 1911, he came to Will-
amina and took charge of the Times, which
he now publishes. This jiaper has a circula-
tion of five hundred copies, an increase of
one hundred and fifty since he began man-
aging it.

Mr. Rankin was married in North Dakota
in 1893 to Miss Abbie Carwell, a native of
Elk River, Minnesota, and they have become
the parents of six children, Frank, Harold,
Whitney, Madeline, Abbie and John, all of
whom are at home. In politics Mr. Rankin
is a consistent republican and the paper
which he edits advocates the principles of
this party. He holds membership with the
Artisans of IMcMinnville. Mrs. Rankin is
a member of the Episcopal church. Mr. Ran-
kin has a well equipped printing establish-
ment, and is recognized as a progressive busi-
ness man and as an editor is greatly ad-
mired.

JOHN W. GRASSMAN, who has been an
agriculturist of Marion county for nearl.y
ten years and is now residing a half mile
south of Gervais, was born in Iowa on the
9th of November, 1861, his parents being
Valentine and Mary {Churchman) Grassman,
the former a native of Germany and the lat-
ter of Ohio. The parents were married in
Iowa, where they lived until after the
father's death in 1871. They were the par-
ents of six children: Mrs. Mary Briles, of
Iowa; John W., of this review; Louis, who
is residing in Marion county, Oregon; Frank,
deceased; Clara, who is a native of Biggs,
Oregon; and Mrs. Annie McGraw, who is
living in South Dakota. Subsequently Mrs.
Grassman was married again, her second
union being with Nicholas Fery. After their
marriage they removed to Oregon in 1900,
where Mrs. Fery died in 1906. Mr. Fery is
still residing in Portland. They were the
parents of one child, Henry E., who lives in
Portland.

•lohn W. Grassman received his education
in the common schools and afterward assisted
his father until he was twenty-four years
of age, when lie started farming independ-
ently in Iowa, He continued to be thus cm-
ployed until 1902, when he disposed of his
property and came to Oregon, where he
settled ujion the farm upon which he is now
residing. This property consists of one Inin-
drcd and tweiily -three acres, all of which has
been brn\ight \nider a high state of cultiva-
tion. His activities are along the line of
general farming in whicli he has won a good
measure of success.

On the 16th of February, 3892, Mr. Grass-
man was married to Miss Agnes Fery, whose

birth occurred in Warren county, Iowa, Oc-
tober 10, 1872. She is a daughter of Joseph
and Christina (Buzzard) Fery, the former a
native of Germany and the latter of Illinois.
They were married in Illinois, where they re-
sided for a few years previous to removing
to Iowa and locating in Warren county.
They made this count}' their home until the
mother's death in 1891, when the father
came to Oregon with his family and resided
in this state for two years previous to re-
turning east to Missouri, where he still lives.
The)' were the parents of eight children: Mrs.
Mary Richardson, of Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs.
John W. Grassman; Frances, deceased;
Mrs. Annie McCatt'erty, of Kent, Iowa;
Amelia, deceased, who was the wife of Har-
vey Bacon, of Creston, Iowa; Frank and
John, both deceased; and Mrs, Delia Booth,
who is living in Prescott, Iowa, Mr. Fery'a
second marriage was to Mrs. Ellen Parkins,
of Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Grassman four
children have been born: Clarence I., whose
birth occurred on the 37th of March, 1893;
Lawrence, who was born on the 1st of March,
1895; Pearl E., who was born July 16, 1898;
and Ruby M., born August 16, 1901. They
are all residing at home and attending
school.

Mr. Grassman is a republican but is very
liberal in his views and casts his vote for the
man or measure that in his judgment will
best serve the greatest number rather than
according to pai'ty dictates. Both he and
Mrs. Grassman hold membership in the Ro-
man Catholic church, according to whose
teachings they live consistently. Already
Mr. Grassman has firmly established himself
in the opinion of his fellow citizens as a
substantial and progressive farmer and is
fast winning the respect and regard of the
members of his community amongst whom
he has come to make his home.

J. OSCAR HOLT. One of the progressive
business men of Oregon who have taken
active part in the development of its re-
sources, is J. Oscar Holt, secretary-manager
of the Eugene Fruit Growers Association. He
was also prominently identified with the
early history of the Alaskan mining district
and was one of the founders of Nome. He
has an excellent education and for many
years was a public instructor. He was born
in Tennessee, September 17, 1867, a son of
J. J. and Annie A. (Pickel) Holt. The great-
grandfather was a soldier of the Revolution-
ary war and tlie grandparents were natives
of North Carolina and Tennessee, respec-
tively. In the family of J. J. and Annie
A. Holt were five children, namely:
J. Oscar, of this review; Estella, the •
wife of Rev. W. B. Moore, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Lents, Ore-
gon ; V. L., a grocer of JCugene ; Theodore
P., who is at till' head of the mining depart-
ment of the University of Utah; and Vesta,
now ]iursuing the science course in the
University of Oregon, The subject of this
review was about twelve years of age
when lie came with his parents from Ten-
nessee to this state. Here the father set-

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tied where Mcdford now stands, purchas-
ing a farm on wliicli lie lived until 1S97,
when he retired and took up his residence
in Kugene, where both he and his wife still
live. The father always lived a quiet life,
his interests centering; entirely in his home.
,1. Oscar Holt remained at home with his
parents until he attained the age of twenty-
one years. He was given a good education,
having been a student in the University of
Oregon and also pursuing a normal course in
Monmouth State N'ormal School, from which
he was grailuated in 1S92. He then taught
school for two years, after which he entered
the government service as an instructor in
the Indian schools, being principal at Vain-
ax, as well as of the Kort Sinico (Wash.)
Industrial School. After his resignation
from the government service he went to
Alaska where he did prospecting and mining
in the same year Dawson was founded, and
for two years acted as mine inspector for a
group of San Francisco capitalists, buying
mining properties for them in the Seward
peninsula. He became one of the founders
of Xome and helped to build the lirst house
in that town. He was in Alaska throiighout
the early boom period, returning to Kugene
in 1904. On coming back to Oregon he pur-
chased a fruit farm and later became one of
the organizers of the Kugene Fruit firowers
Association of which he was elected as a
member of the board of directors. He be-
came secretary-manager of the association,
with H. F. McC'ornack as president and
Ceorge .\. Dorris. of Springfield, as vice pres-
ident. The association has become widely
known throughout the northwest. It was
organized in 1908 with a capital stock of
five thousand dollars under the Oregon state
laws, and after two years its capital stock
was increa.'Sed to twenty-five thousand dol-
lars. It constructed a business house of its
own, consisting of packing house, fruit drier,
cannery and all necessary accessories. In
1910 the volume of business handleil by the
association was forty thousand dollars and
in r.ill the business had increased at a re-
markable rate, reaching the one hundred and
twenty-four thousand dollar mark. The
factory has from tinii' to time been improved
and ill adilition to its original green fruit
packing house has an extensive drier and
cannery and a vinegar and spray factory.
They handle everything in the way of fruits
and' vegetables which is furnished them by
the growers of this district. The factory is
so situated as to have exc<dlent shipping fa-
cilities, being connected with the Southern
I'acific anil Oregon Electric lines. The office
and works are located at the corner of Ferry
and Railroad streets and the residence of
Mr. Holt is at 22fi East Fourteenth street.
Mr. Holt is not a politician in the sense
of being an odice seeker although he gives
a reasonable amount of attention to public
matters. He takes a lively interest in the
young men of the community and is u ili-
rector of the Young Men's Hiristian Asso-
ciation. He is also a member of the board
of governors of the Eugene Commercial Club.
Althwigh he has accomplished more than

docs tlie average man in a lifetime, he has
just attained the prime of life and is in the
midst of particularly useful activities which
render him one of the most valued men in
his locality. Alert to everything that may
atl'ect the public good, he is one of the op-
timistic and careful i)ronioters of the com-
munity's business and social welfare, and by
his keen intellect and indomitable courage is
rendering most elTicicnt service in the com-
munity.

J. D. BELT, proprietor of a drug store at
Willamina, was born in Missouri, August 31,
1S4<.), the son of Dr. A. M. and Nancy (Ward)
Helt. The father, a native of Kentucky, was
reared and educated there and moved to Mis-
souri in 1844, where he [iracticed medicine
until 1S30. In that year he crossed the
l)lain8 with ox teams, being six months on
the road, and located at Salem, Oregon, after
which for twenty years he followed his pro-
fession in various parts of the state. He died
at Independence. Oregon, in 1878. He was
a widely known man. a strong democrat,
organized the first Masonic lodge in Oregon,
1S5.J. He owned the first piano ever brought
into Oregon, an old-fashioned sqinire instru-
ment which is still in Portland. The mother
was born in Kentucky, a daughter of Gen-
eral Ward, of the southern confederacy, and
a cousin of Nancy Ward, the famous Ken-
tucky belle. She died in Oregon. In their
family were eleven children: Thomas. .Joseph
and A. M., all decea.scd; I!. F., of Los Angeles,
California; .T. D., of this review; Charles, de-
cea.si'd; Emily, now .Mrs. .Tordan, of Cali-
fornia;' Sarah E.. now Mrs. Ilcwlet, of Port-
land, Oregon; Myra, the wife of .ludg<' Har-
nett'of Salem, Oregon; and two children who
died in infancy.

.1. D. Belt was educated in Willamette
Vniversitv at Salem. Oregon, and was grad-
uated in "the class of 18G5. He was engaged
in farming until 1878, when he went to
Salem, where he remained five years, con-
ducting a dnig store at that place. Subsc-
<|uently he located in several communities
in rircgon, continuing in the ilnig business,
until 190S. when he lame to Willamina. where
he has now a stori' fully stockeil with a com-
plete line of sundries. He also owns an in-
terest in a bank at Willamina and was one
of its organizers.

In 1878 Mr. Belt wedded Miss Nellie Uack-
leman, a native of Oregon and a daughter of
H. If. Hackleman, who was at one lime state
treasurer of Oregon. They are the parents
of five children: Edith, the wife of W. H.
Itrmsby, a freight agent for the Northern
Pacific' Kailroad; Harry, county superintend-
ent of Yamhill county; Paul ('.. in business
with his father; and" Barbara and Mnrjoric,
at home.

In politics Mr. Belt has been loyal to the
democratic party anrl although he has never
sought public oilice he still has held sundry
official j>osts. He and Mrs. Belt are members
of the Presbyterian church in the affairs of
which thev share a sincere interest. They
have been" identified also with the order of

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Maccabees. As a true descendant of his
worthy ancestors Mr. Belt has always been
a strong factor in advancing the interests of
the community in which he has lived.

STEPHEN BAUMAN. Austria and Hun-
gary have furnished many of the men who
have proven to be the most thrifty, diligent
and conscientious agriculturists of Marion
county. Among these is Stephen Bauman
who resides four miles northeast of Gervais
and whose birth occurred on the 21st of De-
cember, 1876, his parents being Leo and Eliza-
beth (Tepolt) Bauman. They also were na-
tives of Austria-Hungary, and after their
marriage in the land of their birth came to
America in 1893. They settled in North
Dakota, but very soon afterward removed to
Oregon and located in Lane county where the
father's death occurred two weeks after his
arrival. Mrs. Bauman remained here for two
years with her children, but at the end of
that time moved four miles southeast of
Woodburn where the family home is still
located, although the mother has returned
and moved into Gervais. Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Bauman were the parents of two children:
Stephen, who is the subject of this sketch;
and Leo, who is residing in Gervais.

Stephen Bauman came to America when
he was seventeen years of age. In his native
land he had acquired a high-school education
and had had some experience in the working
world. For eight years after his arrival in
America he remained at home with his
mother, assisting her in the cultivation of
her property. At twenty-five years of age,
however, he was married, and although he
continued the management of his mother's
farm he also began learning the carpenter's
trade. At the end of two years he had ac-
quired sufficient skill to enable him to move
into Gervais and earn a good competence as
a carpenter. After two years' employment
at this he purchased his mother's and broth-
er's shares in the homestead and has since
been engaged in bringing this property under
a high state of cultivation and from it is
now reaping profitable rewards. Of the
seventy acres which he owns fifty acres have
been made highly productive for general
farming, stock-raising and dairying.

In 1901 Mr. Bauman was married to Miss
Mary Andres, whose birth occurred in Oregon
on the 7th of September, 1884. and who is
a daughter of George and Mary (Borth)
Andres, the former a native of Germany and
the latter of Wisconsin. The father and
motlier both came to Oregon with their
parents while still young and in this state
they were married and established their
home. The mother's death occurred here in
January, 1909, and the father is still residing
on the homestead which is located four and
one half miles southeast of Woodb\irn. They
were the parents of eight children, as fol-
lows: Mrs. Bauman; Mrs. Lena Zielinsky, who
is a resident of Marion county; Louisa, who
is the wife of Wolf. PfafTinger, also of Marion
county: Delia, George, JIcKinley and Krnest,
all residing at home and Anna, who died in
infancy. To Mr. and Jlrs. Bauman three

children have been born: Louisa M., whose
birth occurred on the 3d of January, 1903;
Ethel Therese, who was born July 20, 1904;
and Emma Lena, born November 14, 1910.
It is Mr. Bauman's desire to give these chil-
dren the advantages of a good education be-
cause he is well aware of the advantage hia
high-school education has been to him.

In politics he is a democrat and is thor-
oughly in sympathy with the principles and
policies of that party. In religious faith he
is Catholic, he and the members of his family
holding membership in the Koman Catholic
church of Woodburn. He has never had oc-
casion to regret leaving his native land be-
cause in America he has found the oppor-
tunity for advancement, progress and finan-
cial success which he sought and in the
country of his adoption his life has been such
as to commend him to the esteem and con-
fidence of all.

L. C. SCHARPF is the owner of one of the
large lumberyards of Pilot Rock, Oregon, and
also the cashier and business manager of the
only banking institution in that place. He is
a young man of unusual ability, having won
his way to a leading place in the business
affairs and social life of Umatilla county.
He was born in Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin,
July 30. 1887, a son of George J. and Mary
(Bracher) Scharpf, both of whom were na-
tives of Prairie Du Chien. His father was
one of the representative business men of that
city, owning a grocery store there for a num-
ber of years. In 1901 he removed to Bassett
county, Iowa, where he engaged in the lum-
ber business until his death, which occurred
in the year 1909. He is survived by a widow
who now resides at Portland, Oregon, to which
place she removed upon the death of her
husband.

L. C. Scharpf was reared in his father's
home and acquired his early education in the
public schools of Wisconsin and Iowa. He
spent the early years of his manhood under
the parental roof and worked for his father
in the lumber business at Bassett, Iowa.
There he learned the rudiments of the busi-
ness and with this knowledge as the only
capital with which to start in life at the age
of sixteen years he removed to the state of
Washington in the year 1903, locating at
Monohan. where he was an employe in one
of the lumber mills for three years. His
knowledge of the lumber business acquired
in his father's yards and office in Iowa made
his services very acceptable to his employer.
Later he removed to Portland and there
secured a clerkship in the Lumberman's Na-
tional Bank of that city, 'While serving in
that capacity he became a student at the
Holmes Business College and was graduated
from that institution. He remained an em-
ploye of the Lumberman's National Bank of
Portland for two and one half years and in
the spring of 1909 he severed his connections
therewith and removed to Pilot Rock, where
he established himself in the lumber business.
On May 1, 1911, he was offered the position
of cashier of the Bank of Pilot Rock, which
as it in no way interfered with his lumber
business, he accepted and has ince remained

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in that position, having full charge of all the
business interests of the bank.

On the 7th of May, 1912, ilr. Scharpf mar-
ried Miss Eva M. Fannin" of Portland, a
daughter of G. K. Fanning. He is a member ol
Alta Lodge, No. 165, I. O. O. F., of Pilot Rock,
and also of Va Teiineowitz Tribe, No. 27, Im-
proved Order of Red Men. He is an enthusi-
astic oarsman and is a member of the Port-
land Rowing Club, and belongs to the Pres-
byterian church of Pilot Rock. Mr. Scharpf
is prominently identified with all the social
and business interests of his community, and
for one year served as mayor of the city. His
influence is always exerted in behalf of ad-
vancement and moral improvement.

A. M. FANNING, the present mayor of
Sheridan, was horn in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
January 29, 1SG7, a son of Charles 11. and
Phoebe (Drepgs) Fanning. He belongs to a
family of Irish descent, an ancestor coming
from Limerick. Ireland, in the seventeenth
century and settling in Connecticut. Repre-
sentatives of the name were in the Revolu-
tionary war. Charles 11. Fanning was born
in the state of New York and removed in
boyhood with his parents to Michigan, where
he lived during the remainder of his life,
his death occurring in 18S1. He was a shoe-
maker by trade. His wife was also born in
New York and died in Michigan in 1881.
In their familv were six sons: Edward, de-
ceased; William A., of El Paso, Texas; James
Louis; A. M., of this review; George J., a
physician at Wendling, Oregon, and Seth.
deceased.

A. M. Fanning was educated in the com-
mon schools of Michigan and at the age of
seventeen went to Chicago, where he was en-
gaged in hotel work until the following year,
or until 1886. He then removed to Uutte.
Montana, becoming a solicitor for insurance.
Ijitcr for the period of a year he was em-
ployed in a quartz mill. The following year,
or in 1887, he came to Oregon, settling in
Portland, where he was solicitor for a hospi-
tal companv and also tilled the position of
bookkeeprr "until 1889. In that year he be-
gan the study ot law, becoming a student in
the Oregon State College, where he spent
one year. He remained in Portland for ten
years, during which time he was in the gov-
ernment mail service as railway mail clerk.
Subsequently he came to Sheridan, taking up
his abode on a prune ranch which he hftd
previously developed. He remained there
three years, when he removed to Sheridan,
but he" still operates the ranch, which con-
sists of one hundred and twenty acres on
which he has good buildings and about seven
thousand prune and walnut trees. He also
owns in Sheridan a block of fine brick build-
ings, among which is a warehouse, and an
opera house of which he is manager. Besides
this he owns property in Michigan and a tract
of land near Portland, ou which he is culti-
vating prunes. In addition to his other busi-
ness interests he has figured in financial
circles, having organized the Farmers' State
Bank, of which he was president until 1908.

Mr. Fanning was married in 1894 to Miss
Nettie Bailey, a native of Michigan, and
they have four children, Irma Eleanor, Uaylis
Uilbert, Beulah Phoebe and Lea Irene, all of
whom are in school except the latter. In
politics Mr. Fanning is a democrat and as a
candidate on that party's ticket was elected
mayor of Sheridan, in which capacity he is
now serving. He is a stalwart friend of the
cause of education and while residing on his
farm he was a member of the school board.
Fraternally he is allied with the United Arti-
sans and was formerly a memoer of the
Knights of Pythias. He is an honorary mem-
ber of the State Horticultural Society and a
member of the Sheridan Commercial Club,
in the organization of which he was instru-
mental. He may well be called a self-made
man for he started in life empty-handed and
carefully saved his earnings until able to pur-
chase property, since which time his manage-
ment of his horticultural and agricultural in-
terests has brought him success, 'i hat he is
regarded as the foremost citizen of his com-
munity is evidenced by the fact that his
lellow townsmen have chosen him as their
chief executive.

GEORGE W. WOODS, who is residing four
miles northeast of (iervais, was born in Saint
.Joseph coiinty, Indiana, on the 22d of Feb-
ruary, 1858, his parents being James and
Lucy (Buel) Woods, the former a native of
Pennsylvania and the latter of Indiana.
They were married in Saint Joseph county
and resided there for two years following.
At the end of that time they removed to
Iowa, where they preempted land and re-
mained until their deaths, which occurred in
1883 and on the 26th of January. 1900, re-
spectively. They were the parents of nine
children, six of whom survive, namely: Mary
J., the wife of Asa Stoner, of Iowa; Henri-
etta, who is married to Aaron Jay, also of
Iowa; Melissa, who became the wife of Peter
Dull, of Iowa; Laura, who is married to .John
McMinniis, of South Dakota; George W., the
subject of this sketch; and O. A., who is
living in South Dakota.

After finishing his early education George
W. Woods assisted his father on the homo
property but at the age of twenty-one years
started out independently. His first under-
taking was the preemption of one hundred
and sixty acres in Bnile county. South Da-
kota. On this place- he made his home for
seven years before sellmg it and removing
to eastern South Dakota, where he lived for
three years. At the end of this time he went
west and settled in California for a year
before coming to Oregon. After arriving in
this state he located near Portland, where
he was employed in a logging ramp for seven
years. After he gave rip this position he
settled three miles southeast of Wooilburn,
where he now owns the small farm \ipon
which he is residing. He has always been
a diligent worker, conscientiously performing
the duties which come daily to hand.

In ISnfi Mr. Woods was married to Mrs.
Lucy Saunders, the widow of William Saund-
ers and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Her birth occurred in Oregon, wliere her
parents lived throughout the greater part of
their lives. They were both natives of Wis-
consin and have both passed away. Two
children were born to them: Mrs. Woods; and
Perry, who is residing in Portland. To Mrs.
Woods' first union three children were born:
Charles, who is living in Portland; and Emma
and Katie, both deceased.

In politics Mr. Woods gives his support
to the democratic party but he has no desire
for official preferment and in the occupation
he has chosen he finds a satisfaction and
gratification that he feels no other line of
industry would have- aflorded. Perseverance,
diligence and integrity have constituted for
him the guiding posts of life, bringing him
to the creditable place which he now occupies
in the industrial circles of his community.

FINDLEY P. PERKINS, one of Clatsop
county's successful ranchmen, was born in
Memphis, Tennessee, on the 26th of Janu-
ary, 1854, a son of Jacob and Eleanor E.
(Black) Perkins. The father was a native
of Jackson county. Mississippi, and the
mother of Pennsylvania, but both passed
away in Memphis. Of their union there
were born ten children, four of whom are
still surviving.

After the acquirement of a good practical
education, Findley P. Perkins was qualified
to begin his career as a wage earner and at
the age of nineteen years began to set out
for himself. He followed various pursuits
for a time in his endeavors to discover some-
thing that he would like to adopt for a life
vocation. At last he studied telegraphy and
for eighteen years thereafter followed the
vocation of operator in the railroad service.
Withdrawing at the expiration of that period
he engaged in the livery business at Falun,
Saline county, Kansas. In April, 1904, he
removed to Clatsop county, Oregon, and
bought one hundred and seventy-one acres
of land, known as the Spelmire ranch. It
is a valuable property, finely improved and
partially under cultivation, and Mr. Perkins'
future would seem to be assured and most
promising, as ultimately his property will
net him a substantial income.

On the 8th of July. 1887, Mr. Perkins'
plans for a home of his own had their cul-
mination in his marriage to Miss Aramintta
Ellen Cutsliall, whose birth occurred in Ful-
ton county, Indiana. Mrs. Perkins is a
daughter of the late Andrew H. and Mar-
garette Catherine (Secrist) Cutshall, the
father a native of Pennsylvania and the
mother of Ohio. The mother passed away
while the family were still residents of Indi-
ana, but the father's death occurred in Cald-
well, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. Cutshall were
the parents of two daughters.

In matters politic Mr. Perkins has ever
been loyal to the principles of the democratic
party for whose candidates he casts his bal-
lot. Although progressive and public-spirit-
ed in his recognition of the duties of citizen-
ship he has never participated in govern-
mental matters as a candidate for political
honors. He is a capable business man in ad-

dition to which he possesses the ambition,
energy and perseverance which must char-
acterize the man who succeeds in the north-
west.

HON. HERVEY M. HOSKINS, now post-
master of McMinnville, has but recently
reached the age of thirty-three years, his
birth having occurred in Rush county, Indi-
ana, on the 4th of January, 1870. His par-
ents were J. Lewis and Mary L. (Iladlcy)
Hoskins, who were natives of Ohio and of the
Hoosier state respectively. The father was
reared in Ohio and at the inauguration of
hostilities between the nortli and the south
offered his services to the government, en-
listing in the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer
Cavalry. During Grant's campaign he was
transferred to the infantry and served un-
der General Grant in the battles of the
Wilderness, Cold Harbor, fSpottsylvania, the
Petersburg campaign and in fact took part
in the most active campaigns during the
war. He was in one of the divisions under
(ieneral Burnside when they were cut off at
Petersljurg and was often in the thickest of
the fight in the various battles in wliich his
command participated. He was witliin sight
of the noted Confederate leader Lee at the
time of his surrender. When the war was
over J. Lewis Hoskins went to Indiana,
where he was married, settling in Charlottes-
ville. There he followed various business
pursuits and for a time engaged in teacliing
school. He also conducted a feed store, but
his health failed him as the result of ex-
posure and hardships which he bore during
his military service. Hoping that a change of
climate would prove beneficial, he came west
to the coast, making the journey by train to
San Francisco and thence by water to Ore-
gon. In 1879 he settled where Newberg now
stands, although the district was at that
time but a country region, the town having
not yet been built up. There he has since
resided and during his connection with Yam-
hill county he has devoted his time and en-
ergies to general farming, to horticultural
pursuits and to cattle-raising. He also helped
to mold the first brick that was used in the
erection of the first brick building in Mc-
Minnville and his business enterprise and
progressive spirit have constituted forceful
factors in the upbuilding and progress of
his section of the state. He is regarded as
one of the leaders of the republican party
of Yamhill county and upon that ticket was
twice elected to the office of county recorder,
the duties of which he discharged with
promptness and fidelity, winning him the
commendation of all concerned. Still higher
honors have been awarded him. for he is now
representing his district in the state senate.
Ho still lives upon a portion of his home
farm, having retained twenty-five acres as
a place of residence. He and his wife are
members of the Friends church and he be-
longs also to the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. Throughout Yamhill county he is
widely known and his sterling traits of char-
acter have gained him recognition as one of
its leading and lionored citizens.

THE CExXTENNIAL HISTORY OF OKEGOX

la

Hervey M. Hoskins spent his you'hlul
days under the parental roof. He was but
a young child when brought by his parents
to Oregon and in the public schools acquired
his early education, while later he attended
the Pacific College at Xcwberg, from which
he was graduated with the degrees of
Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts,
receiving the former in 1899 and the latter
in 1900. He then took a scholarship in
Haverford College at Haverford, Pennsylva-
nia, and was graduated from that institution
with the B. A. degree in 1903. Following
his return home he entered the First Na-
tional Bank of McMinnville but after being
employed there for a number of months ac-
cepted a position in tiie otHce of the Oregon
Fire Relief Association, with which he was
connected for three years. In January,
1908 he was appointed postmaster of Mc-
Minnville, in which position he has since
served giving a public-spirited administra-
tion. He has carefully systematized the
work of the office and his duties are prompt-
ly and capably performed. As is indicated by
his present position, he gives his political
allegiance to the republican party.

On the 26th of September, lo'OG, Her\-ey
M. Hoskins was married to Miss Louisa
Maloney, of Jlcilinnville. a daughter of Cap-
tain H. S. Maloney, county recorder of Yam-
hill county at this writing, in 1911. Mr.
Hoskins belongs to Occidental Lodge. No. .10,
L 0. 0. F., and to Schafer Encampment, while
both he and his wife are members of the
Rebekah lodge. He still holds membership
in the Friends church of Xewberg and his
wife is a member of the Presbyterian cliurch.
Both are widely known in this county and
have an extensive circle of warm friends.
Mr. Hoskins is very popular in McMinnville
and in the position wiiidi he is filling is prov-
ing himself a capalile officer, well worthy
the confidence and trust reposed in him.

ALFRED A. SAARI, a well known pho-
tographer of Astoria, was born in Finland
on the 29th of .hine. 1872, being a son of
Jacob and Katherine Louise Saari. also na-
tives of Finland, the father having been born
in 1835 and the mother in 1830. Seven chil-
dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Saari: Wil-
helmine, who is living in Finland: Reinhold,
who died in Astoria in December. 1890;
.Tacob Edward, the first member of the fam-
ily to come to the United States, now living
in Finland, where he is superintending the
operation of a copper mine for an .Americnn
syndicate: Louise Emelia. the deceased wife
of Abraliam Erickson, of AVashinglon. by
whom she had twelve children; Vendia Lu-
cina, who is living in Astoria: Josephine,
who died when she was six years of age;
and Alfred A., our subject. The mother
passed awav in 1882 and two years there-
after the father and the son Alfre<l A. em-
igrated to America. They located in Minne-
sota, where the father engaged in apripul-
tural pursuits, owning his own land, until
his demise in the early 'OOs.

Alfred A. Saari was" only a lad of twelve
years when he emigrated to the Tnited

States from Finland, whone common (chooU
he had been attending lor thri-e vrar*. Tb«
education therein begun wa» (urthrr pur-
sued in the schools of Sew V. ' '' .
Minnesota, following which he af
normal at Winona for tv- • ■■
scquently entered the
Paul, Minnesota, from v>
was graduated in 1801. Iran
after he came to Astoria. .
grocery store of A. V. Allen lot t»u >«••,
At the end of that period he wml to l'«li.
fornia. where he remained >,■: '
returning to Astorni to tak.
general merchandise store I., i
Mill Company, lie retained thi« ]■
six years, when he took up Ih.
photography with the e\|M-i-tati"n
it his vocation. In May. l'.)ov, I.
studio, that he has o|H>rut'
ever since. He has very ph
conveniently and tastefully lui
gallery occupying eight riMiniji.
has met with success in hl!< : ■
lias interests in several eiit.
them netting him good return- .. :.. -, -^.
invested.

Ever since naturalization ronfrrrrd uiwa
him the right of franrhiiie Mr. Saari naa
given his political support to the mrn ami
measures of the republican porty. Ilr \t-
longs to the Suomi Tem|nTttnre s.Nirty. Ihiin
voicing his attitude in regard I" the lii|Uor
question.

LUCIUS C. BASYE i- a native of Orrgnii
who in early lite followeil farniini; »• »
vocation. He cared for hi» ag-
until the time of their denlli< «•
living on the old homestead w '
ac(iuired many years aiin nn
proved. It is now a vnl
ertv containing one hun-
acres, lying on the .\'
Basye was born in .lack
1809, a son of \V. 11 m'
holf) Basye in wh-
dren. The father v
and came went at un < .•
the ranch upon which
1891. After the father'' .i.-.im >
made her home with her •on I,ii
her demise in

Lucius ('. !'• '
education ••"■<
stead hii -
and has I
tility, devi-liipiiij,' I'
seien acri'« i'lt" "
lural pf' ■
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enliri' ntfi'ntion t"

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union hove Ix •
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Mr. Ba-iyp i«
party. He hn
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

rector in his district. He is a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being
associated with the lodge at Grants Pass.
Being brought up in the state of his na-
tivity and associating with friends and
neighbors whom he has known all his life,
Mr. Basye has formed a wide acquaintance
in the community of which he is an honored
member. He has long since been recognized
as one of the best citizens of the neighbor-
hood in which he lives and the family is
held in high esteem by all acquaintances.

DAVID S. LITTLEFIELD is one of the
early and honored pioneers of Oregon. To
him belongs the distinction of having been
one of a company of five men who first dis-
covered gold in paying quantities in Baker
county more than fifty years ago. The dis-
covery was made four miles southwest of
Baker City and since that time he has been
continuously identified with mining inter-
ests in Baker county, in which he now main-
tains his home at Baker City, where he lives
retired in the enjoyment of a well earned
rest from business cares. He was born Sep-
tember 27, 1829, in Waldo county, Maine,
and is the son of Rufus and Sarah (Batch-
elder) Littlefield, both of whom were na-
tives of the Pine Tree state. The father was
born December 25, 1801, and for a liveli-
hood followed farming until the close of his
life, in 1S86, at the age of nearly eighty-five
years. The mother was born June 16, 1790.
and passed from this life February 15, 1883.
To Mr. and Mrs. Littlefield were born eleven
children, of whom three are still living:
David S., of this review; Simon B., who re-
sides on the old homestead in Maine; and
Jane, the wife of Captain Frank Marden, of
Maine.

David S. Littlefield was reared in his par-
ents' home and received his early education
in the public schools. As a young man he
W.1S employed as a sailor on freighting ves-
sels plying between the coast of Maine and
the West Indies, the exports being lumber,
which was exchanged for sugar and mo-
lasses with which the ship was loaded and
returned to the United States. In 1850 he
crossed the Isthmus of Panama and settled
in San Francisco, later joining his brother in
the mining business at Moquelme Hill, Cali-
fornia, and remaining with him for a period
of nine years, during which time he was con-
tinuously engaged in mining. He then went
to the Fraser river and later to the Lower
Fraser river, at which place he was engaged
in placer mining for four months. He then
Returned to California, remaining in that
state for one year, at the end of which time
he removed to Portland, Oregon, and thence
to Baker county, which was then an unin-
habited, primeval wilderness. He there en-
gaged in prospecting and was one of five
men who were the first to discover gold in
that part of Oregon. The discovery was
made four miles southwest of Baker City
and resulted not only in the enrichment of

its discoverers but in attracting the atten-
tion of the people of the western (joast to
that particular locality, which has since
proved to be one of the richest mining and
agricultural districts in Oregon. He was
one of a company of miners who presented
a petition to Governor Gibbs to set aside a
count}' in the state to be named in honor
of Colonel E. D. Baker. The petition was
favorably received, their request granted,
and later the boundary lines of what is now
Baker county were established. At the time
of Mr. Littlefield's settlement in Baker
county there was not a white man living this
side of the Blue mountains and they were
of necessity compelled to obtain all their
provisions from Walla Walla, now in Wash-
ington, but at that time a portion of the
territory of Oregon. Mr. Littlefield has been
a miner all his life and now owns one hun-
dred and sixty acres of rich placer mining
ground located near Auburn, and is also the
owner of a highly developed stock ranch of
one hundred and sixty acres, upon which for
a number of years past he has made a spe-
cialty of raising horses for the eastern mar-
ket. The ranch is now under the care and
supervision of his son and is one of the well
known stock farms of Oregon.

On December 13, 1871, Mr. Littlefield was
united in marriage to Mrs. Mary Ann (Nut-
man) Parkinson, a daughter of George and
Ann Nutman, in whose family were eight
children. Mrs. Littlefield is a native of
England and with her first husband emi-
grated to America in 1859. The ship on
which they sailed became disabled shortly
after leaving the English port and they were
compelled to return to Liverpool, where they
remained for one month and again sailed for
America. After a voyage of seven weeks
they reached the shores of the new world,
settling first at St. Louis, and later removed
to Nebraska, from which place Mr. Parkin-
son with his wife and two children started
on their journey across the plains with ox
teams, en route for Oregon. After having
nearly completed their pilgrimage the father
died as they were grossing the plains and was
buried at the mouth of the Malheur river.
One of the children of the family died some
time later and the surviving son, John Park-
inson, married Marie Moody and they now
reside at Portland. To Mr. "and Mrs. Little-
field three children were born. Rufus, who
resides on a ranch near Auburn and married
Emma Miller by whom he has two children,
Dolores and Thelma. Eva is the wife of
Oliver Holloway, of Seattle, Washington,
and the,y have three children, Myrtle. David
and Lilah. Grace, who completes the family,
is the wife of W. D. Holloway, of Baker
City.

Mr. Littlefield is a Bryan democrat and
has loyally supported the political principles
of his chief during the vigorous and deter-
mined national campaigns in which he has
been engaged. David S. Littlefield is one of
the best known and among the most highly
honored of the early pioneers of Oregon.

1)A\ ID S l.rni.KKIKU)

TilE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

17

Having made the business of mining the oc-
cupation of his entire life, he has met with
gratifying success and he has the distinction
of having been honored as one of the special
guests at a banquet held in Baker City in
1911, at which time the city celebrated the
visit of the first white man to Oregon one
hundred years ago. At that banquet Mr.
Littlefield was the sole survivor of the com-
pany of live men who made the first discov-
ery of gold in this state and at that gather-
ing he gave a brief review of the discovery of
gold and also of the struggles and hardships
encountered in his early efforts to establish
the first church and school at Auburn. Since
1901 he has been a resident of Baker City,
where he now lives a retired life. The past
years in his life have been years of struggle
and hardship but have been fraught with
gratifying success and he has a peculiar and
honored place in the history of his adopted
state during the period of its transformation
from an unknown wilderness to one of the
rich and prosperous commonwealths of the
Pacific seaboard, and with twenty-two grand-
children as his lineal descendants he looks
hopefully toward the future as, he nears the
crossing of the Great Divide.

J. W. ADAMS, a substantial farmer who
has for a long time resided in Baker county,
Oregon, was born in Saline county, Missouri,
June 3, 1S59, his parents being W. 1). and
Barbara (Baisley) Adams. The fatlicr's
birth occurred in Mississippi on the 12th of
June, 1S2'J. while the mother was a native
of Pennsylvania. The youth of J. W. Adams
was spent in Missouri, where he received a
common-school education. He remained
with his parents until he attained the age
of nineteen years, when, deciding that for-
tune held for him more opportunity in the
land of the setting sun, he set his face west-
ward, crossed the great plains and upon
reaching Oregon settled in Baker county. He
then became a miner and worked at that
occupation for two years, after which he
took up the blacksmith's trade, a vocation
which he followed for ten years. He then
Went to Idaho, where for four years he was
engaged at various occupations. Subseipient-
ly he returned to Oregon and bought a farm
of one hundred and sixty acre.s in Baker
county, upon which he settled. .After cul-
tivating this farm for several years he pur-
chased another farm of one hundred and
si.xty acres, upon which he is now living.
This land he has brought up to a high state
of cultivation, it now l«-ing among the well
improved and productive farms of Baker
coiintv.

On "the 29th of March, 1886, Mr. Adams
was married to Miss Mandora Spielman,
who was born in Baker county. .Mine 1.".,
186f>. Iler father's birth occurrrd in Mary-
land, while her mother was a native of Penn-
sylvania. l>ur subject and his wife have
three children, as follows: Leo K., Mrs.
Loula Nell Lee, and William D.

Politically Mr. Adams is a republican. Al-
though he has never been very active po-
litically, he is a prominent man in his com-

munity and interested in educational mat-
ters and has for six years been clerk of the
school board of his district. He belongs to
the Christian church, of which he and his
family are active supporters, contributing
of their means and iiilluence to the well-
being of that denomination. Mr. Adams ia
well and favorably known throughout the
county and is popular in the community
where he is a resident.

ORA GODSEY, who is conducting a gen-
eral store in Willaniina and also owns good
farming property near the town, was born
near Maryville, in Nodaway county, Mis-
souri, September .10, 1870. the son of Jesse
T. and Sarah N. (Ball) Godsey, the father
a native of HIinois and the mother of In-
diana. The parents were married in Mis-
souri and lived there until 1S79, when they
went to Smith county, Kansas, residing there
until 1890. In that year tliey removed to
Franklin, Nebraska, where they still live,
the father being a retired farmer. In their
family were ten children of whom Ora was
the eldest. The others are: Edward T., of
Maryville, Missouri; Lena ^lay, the wife of
Wilfiam Larington, of Franklin. Nebraska;
JiKla M., the wife of William Etherton. of
Bloomington, Nebraska; Emma P., of Macon,
Nebraska; Sylvia, the wife of Charles Huf-
fine. of Holyoke, Colorado; Charles, of Su-
perior, Nebraska; Miles, of Willaniina. Ore-
gon; Elizabeth, the wife of Richard Hamra,
of Franklin, Nebraska; and Geneva, at home.
Ora Godsey attended the common schools
of Franklin. Nebraska, and was graduated
from the high school in 1889. He was a
student in Franklin Academy from 1889 to
1S91 and during the years 1893 and 1891,
later attending the State Normal School at
Peru. Nebraska. In the meantime he was
studying law and continued in the study of
the same for two years more, being in 1896
admitted to the Nebraska bar. He then
gave up the profession and opened a butcher
shop in Franklin, afterward engaging in busi-
ness at Tecumseh, Nebraska, for two years —
1896 and 1897. Subsequently going to
Omaha, he was in the employ of the Swift
Packing Company for five years, after which
he came to Oregon and homesteaded a tim-
ber ranch mar Willaniina. which he later
improvc'l and where he now lives, 'rurning
his attention to commercinl pursuits, he
opene<l a grocery store and afterward added
a stock of general merchandise. In addition
to his other activities Mr. Godsey has held
the office of post master since February 1,
1911. He owns ninety-six acres of land in
his home place and a store building in WiH-
amina; also two and onebalf acres adjoin-
ing the corporation limits; forty acres at
Butler; and one hundrecl and fifty-two acres
ot Midway.

In 1892 Mr. Godsey was imited in mar-
riage to Miss Agnes M. Boyer and they have
four children. Earl. Mervin. Harry and Har-
old, all in school. In politics Mr. Godsey is
a reput)lican. and his fraternal relations are
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
at Willamina. He has fdle<l oil the chairs

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

of the local lodge and is also a member of
the Encampment at Sheridan. Mr. Godsey
has gained a leading place in the business
world of his town and his success has been
entirely due to his own efforts and honest
principles.

CHARLES SCHAMBURG, who for many
years was successfully engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits in Washington county, and is
now residing in Tigard, Oregon, where he
owns a fine residence and has extensive
property interests, is one of the estimable
citizens whom Germany has furnished the
northwest. His natal day was the 10th of
February, 1861, and his parents were Gott-
fried and Augusta Schamburg, both of whom
were born, reared and married in the old
country. They emigrated to the United
States in 1864, locating in Will county, Illi-
nois, where the following year the mother
passed away. The father, who was again
married in 1872, continued to reside in Will
county, being there engaged in farming for
eleven years. At the expiration of that
time he crossed the prairies with his family
to Oregon, filing on a homestead of eighty
acres in Washington county, to which he
devoted his energies until 1905, when he
refilled from the active work of the fields
and removed to Sherwood, where he has
since made his home. To Mr. Schamburg
and his first wife there were born four chil-
dren: Augusta, who is living in Washington
county, this state; Charles, our subject; one,
who died in infancy; and Annie, who was
thirty years of age, at the time of her de-
mise. Mrs. Schamburg had one son by a
former marriage, William Bottner, who is
also a resident of this county. Mr. Scham-
burg and his second wife are the parents of
five children: August, who lives in the vicin-
ity of Portland; Fritz and Sophia, both of
whom are living in this county; Louis, who
is deceased ; and Katie, living near Portland.

As he was only a child of three years,
when brought to the United States by his
parents, Charles Schamburg acquired his
education in the common schools of Illinois.
His early life took a similar course to that
of other lads who grew up among rural sur-
roundings, his youthful energies being en-
gaged in work on the farm, Tintil he had at-
tained his majority. He started life on his
own account at the age of twenty-two years,
and during the succeeding five years oper-
ated his father's homestead. Following his
marriage, which took place when he was
twenty-seven years of age he bought one
hundred acres of land that he operated until
1900. He was thrifty and energetic, and so
capably applied himself to the cultivation of
his fields that he met with lucrative returns.
Having exercised more than average busi-
ness ability and foresight, during the twen-
ty-one years of his active work in connec-
tion with the operation of his land, he ac-
cumulated a competence that enabled him to
withdraw from active work, and he is now
living practically retired. He extended the
boundaries of his ranch during the period
of his residence thereon by the addition of

twelve acres, disposing of his entire holding
of one hundred and twelve acres, at a price
that netted him a handsome profit on the
investment. On the 11th of March, 1888,
Mr. Schamburg established a home of his
own by his marriage to Miss Minnie Schoen,
a native of Minnesota and a daughter of
Fred and Wilhelmina (Able) Schoen. The
parents came to Oregon in 1864, locating in
Washington county, where the father died in
1910, while the mother is still living and
now makes her home in Cornelius. The
family of Mr. and Mrs. Schoen numbered
six, three of whom, Emma, Herman and An-
nie, are deceased. Those living are: I<"red,
who is a resident of this county ; licrtha,
who makes her home in California; and Mrs.
Schamburg. To Mr. and Mrs. Schamburg
have been born four children. Samiiel,
whose birth occurred on August 2'.i,
1890, was given the advantages of a
business education and is now assisting
his father. Matilda, who was born August
19, 1892, has been given the advantage,-* of
a musical training and is now attending
business college, taking a course in stenog-
raphy. Hattie, who was born April 13,
1894, and Bertha, whose birth occurred Octo-
ber 12, 1895, have both graduated from the
common school and are now living at home.
In matters of faith the family are Luther-
ans, and politically Mr. Schamburg is a re-
publican, but he has never been an aspirant
to public office. During the long years of
his agricultural career he belonged to the
Grange and yet continues to be identified
with this association, thus maintaining re-
lations with the ranchmen of this vicinity.
His activities are being devoted very largely
to the real-estate business at the present
time, as he owns a tract of five acres, that
has been subdivided into residence lots. Such
success as has attended the efforts of Mr.
Schamburg has been well merited, as he has
applied himself tirelessly to everything he
has ever undertaken, realizing that everlast-
ing persistence is paramount in the attain-
ment of our ambitions.

HON. JAMES HEMENWAY, a proAiinent

real-estate dealer of Cottage Grove, is in-
terested in mining operations, was for many
years a merchant of the city and is univer-
sally considered one of its most public-spirit-
ed and enterprising citizens. He was born
in Canada, July 3, 1854, the son of William
and Catherine (McCord) Hemenwa.y. the
former a native of Canada and the latter of
Ireland. The parents removed to Wisconsin
when James Hemenway was an infant and
in that state the family resided for fifteen
years, after which, in 1870. they went to
Kansas, where the father took up a home-
stead, upon which he lived until 1888. when
he removed to Oregon. In his family were
six children: .lames; Almond, deceased; Wil-
liam F., of Seattle, Washington; D. H., of
Cottage Grove; and Rose and Clarence, both
of whom are deceased.

James Hemenway received his education
in the schools of Wisconsin and began life
on his own account at the age of seventeen

THE CENTENNIAL IIISTOKY OF OKKGON

19

years. He was first employed at farm work
and later was engaged in various occupa-
tions. When he came to Oregon with his
family in 1S88 he settled in Cottage Grove
and with his brother, William F. llcraenway,
estal)lished a livery business with which he
remained connected for ten years. He then
sold out and engaged in real 'estate and
mining in the Bohemian mining district, oper-
ating both lines of business together. One
of his prominent mining operations was the
opening of the Riverside and Happy Jack
mines. He sold these mines, however, after
operating them for a year and later pur-
chased a mining claim elsewhere in the Bo-
hemia district. He was for nine years en-
gaged in the general merchandise business
in Cottage Grove, purchasing it in 1001 and
disposing of it to again engage in the real-
estate business, reentering that field in I'JIO.
In addition to his mining interests he owns
an eighty acre farm besides property in Cot-
tage Grove, where he resides.

Mr. Hemenway has been twice married.
By his first union he became the father of
two children: W. Almond, of C-ottage ("!rove,
who is married and has three children. Mar-
garet, Catherine and Read; and Hazel, a
graduate of the high school, who is engaged
in teaching and resides at home. In 1005
Mr. Hemenway wedded Mrs. Carrie North-
way, a native of Indiana.

Mr. Hemenway. who is a republican and
who has been actively and prominently en-
gaged in politics for many years, was elected
in 1901 as a member of the state legislature,
serving for one term. He was in the legis-
lature when the Oregon system was adopted,
at wliidi time the Torrcncc land law was
enacted. During the early years of his res-
idence in rottag<' Grove, when the town con-
tained a pojiulatiim of only two hundred and
fifty people, having four stores and a flour
mill, he was elected a member of the council
and served in that capacity for almost seven
years. The city has now attained a popu-
lation of twenty-five hundred people and Mr.
Hemenway has been prominently associated
with all the enterprises of a i)ublic nature
during this period of growth in the popula-
tion. During the time he was a member of
the council the first water plant was in-
stalled. He was deputy tax collector for
one term and has also been deputy sheriff of
I^ne county. He has always been actively '
interested in educational matters and served
for one term as clerk of the school board.
Tn his fraternal connections Mr. Hemenway
is a member nf the Benevolent Protective Or-
der of Klks and the Knights of Pythias.

His long and active business and political
career in Lane county has contributed very
materially lo the iij)building of the busi-
ness, political and social interests of the city
and county. As a menil>er of the Oregon
state legislature he was active and
efficient and while in that position formed
the acfiuaintance of large numbers of i>eo-
pie throughout the state. He is universally
recognized as one of the leading citizenn
of Cottage Grove and as he has always
taken a deep interest in all matters of

public import he \i coniiUercd oiie of the

most valuable of it.s citizriu. \-' '■' iti-

meanor, courteous to his ku»i- .,p-

timistic in tempi'rainent, he : , .., . ma
unusually large number of I'rifiidn and •c-
quaintances, all of whom hold liim in hiah
esteem.

W. H. FELLMAN. im.- oi re-

cent acquisitions to the nier .tnr-

nity of A.storia is \V. II. Kellm tor

of the Astoria Kurniture (on n(

the thriving enterprises of 11, Ilu

birth occurred in I'leaborg, Finland, mi Ihr
nth of February ISSI, liiit parrntn brinu
Abraham and .Maria (Klfving) KelloMn.
Three daughters and one Hon wrrr l-'m I"
them, the former with the mother •■ •
to make their home In Finland,
father is deceased.

W. II. Fellnnin was given the hrnrllt of
educational advantages \vii i.n,.,.. i.,... f„f
a commercial career, lia\:: 'i«i-

ness course in » com in tt

Brahestad after completing the con
high schools of his native city. I
his wage-earning career a* a !>•
in a saw mill in hl.s native rountr>
ing in this capacity for two > ■
to investigate for himnelf Iti.
and advantages said lo I'- •
Cnited .-states, in I00:i K
this country, arriving in \ ■
dollars. He obtained work n > ol

the Clatsop .Mill Company, "

mained for two months, then '
as shipping clerk for n few
subseipiently accepted ■
with H. ll.'Zapf, a furnn
ing in his employ for i
there he went to the
Company as shipping el.
shipping department,
his position he again Ih .
the furniture busini's* u-
alian. with whom h.-
years. In the mi-uni
a portion of his -
sudicient capital to ■"!% n.
ifornia. which he kept for a ■
posing i>f it, he r-'"'"'! '
bought out the ti
.Shanahan, which ■
since Iwen conduclii
Astoria Kurnit'if
period of hi"
the capital ol
to twenty
largest s'
carri'
tw. '

iuK •■■ ■

thniijfh he hu«
Stales but ei;;
diictd hi-* »torr m>
mmlern American '
meeting with ni'wi
(In the I'th "f "
man »'»•'
Kaslell. ..
and Ihcy U».' U^"Uu Ih-r ytr^ri. ■■< -«

20

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

son, Kasten Robert, whose birth occurred in
Astoria on the 22d of November, 1905.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Fellman are members
of the Lutheran church, while fraternally
he is a member of the Masonic order, having
taken the degrees of the Blue Lodge. He
also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of
America. Ambitious and enterprising, Mr.
Fellman possesses the qualities that make
for success in any country or occupation.
He came to this country determined to win
and to that end strained every nerve, his
indomitable courage and tenacity of purpose
enabling him to convert obstacles into op-
portunities.

IRA E. PURDIN. For fifty-seven years
a resident of Oregon, Ira E. Purdin is one
of the honored citizens of the state and his
farm of three hundred and fifty acres two
miles north of Forest Grove, Washington
county, is convincing evidence of his ability
as an agriculturist and stock-raiser. He
was born in Boone county, Missouri, Novem-
ber 7, 1845, a son of Ira E., Sr., and Deb-
orah (Patterson) Purdin. William Purdin,
the grandfather of our subject on the pa-
ternal side, was a native of England. He
came with his parents to America at the age
of seven years but was soon thrown upon
his own resources by the death of his nat-
ural protectors, his father having been killed
fighting for American independence. After
growing to maturity he engaged in farming
for a year at Redstone, Virginia (now West
Virginia), and then moved to Harrison
county, Ohio. After spending two years
tliere he settled in Brown county, Ohio. He
died at the age of eighty-eight and his
wife at the age of ninety-three.

Ira E. Purdin, Sr., was born at Redstone,
Virginia, and became in his boyhood a res-
ident of Maysville, Kentucky. At the age
of seventeen he began to learn the cabinet-
maker's trade and early in 1825 removed to
Boonville, Missouri, where he engaged in
cabinet making. He also was connected
with the grocery business two years and
with the hotel business twelve years. After
leaving Boonville he spent two years in Linn
county, Missouri, and ten years in Boone
county, near Columbia, during which time
he engaged in agriculture and stock-raising.
Believing that conditions were more favor-
able in the northwest, he started for Oregon
with his family in 1854 via New Orleans and
the Nicaragua route. The travelers changed
boats four times on the San Juan river in
accomplishing a distance of twelve miles
and finally reached the Pacific coast in wag-
ons drawn by oxen and mules. They went
aboard the steamer Sierra Nevada, which
landed them in San Francisco at the end of
two weeks. After spending four days in the
metropolis of California they started for
Portland by steamer, which W'as taken over
the bar by Captain IHavel, the city of Port-
land being reached April 11. 1854. Mr. Pur-
din purchased a farm of Ben Allen one mile
north of Greenville and relocated a donation
claim of three hundred and twenty acres, ap-
plying himself to the development of both

properties for eight years. He then pur-
chased a donation claim of three hundred
and eighty acres from W. Mulkey, upon
which he spent the remainder of his days.
This place is now owned by his son, Ira.
Mr. Purdin was a pioneer of Ohio, Missouri
and Oregon and took the first modern wagon
to Ohio. He was for sixty years a member
of the Methodist Episcopal church and
throughout a long and useful life was active,
progressive and enterprising in an unusual
degree. His name is inseparably connected
with the development of the region with
which he became identified in this state.
The maiden name of the mother of our sub-
ject was Deborah Patterson. She was born
in Shelby county, Kentucky, and was a
member of an old Virginia family and a
daughter of Major William Patterson, who
was born in Virginia and served in the War
of 1812. He finally settled in Shelby coun-
ty, Kentucky. Mr. Purdin died at the age
of ninety-one years and his wife was called
away at the age of eighty-six years. They
had six children, Ira E. being the youngest.
The others are: C. W., who died in Oregon;
Mrs. Mary A. Watson; W. W., who was the
first incumbent of the county surveyor's
office in Washington county and is now de-
ceased; Mrs. E. J. Barrett; and J. P., who
died in this state at the age of twenty.

Ira E. Purdin came to Oregon with his
parents at the age of eight years. He re-
ceived his early education in the common
schools and later attended the Tualitin Acad-
emy and Pacific University. He early gave
evidence of a taste for literature and science
and has all his life been a student and in-
vestigator. He has devoted his attention
principally, however, to agricultural pursuits
and many years ago purchased a farm ad-
joining that of his father. Later he ac-
quired the home place and was at one time
the owner of four hundred and thirty acres
in this county. He has given considerable
attention to fruit-raising and is one of the
large shippers to the Portland market. He
also raises hogs, cattle and sheep upon an
extensive scale and is one of the most suc-
cessful general farmers in this part of the
state.

In 1880, at Chillicothe, Missouri, Mr. Pur-
din was married to Miss Alice H. Purdin,
who was born in Linn county, Missouri, a
daughter of Ira and Martha (Griffey) Pur-
din, the former of whom was a native of
Bloomington, Indiana, and the latter of
Boone county, Missouri. She was a grand-
daughter of Charles B. Purdin. who was
born in Delaware. He removed to Missouri
and was for a number of years identified
with the development of that state, living
to the advanced age of ninety years. He
became prominent in his adopted state and
the town of Purdin was named in his honor.
The father of Mrs. Purdin was a tinner by
trade. He came to Portland in 1884 and
conducted a tin shop and hardware store in
that city. He died in 1900 and his wife
passed away at Vancouver. Washington.
Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Ira E. Purdin, their names being: Cora I.,

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

»l

who died in April, 1905; Elmer V.; Edna C;
and Homer G. The mother of these children
was called away in 1906.

After the death of his wife Mr. Purdin
moved to Portland, where he lived for about
five years. In October, 1910, he returned to
his farm and has since resided amidst scenes
that are endeared to him by many associa-
tions. In 1908 he became a member of the
Oregon Academy for the Advancement of
Science. He has delivered several addresses
before the academy at Portland, one of
which was upon the Geology of the Willam-
ette valley, a subject on which he is re-
markably well informed from personal ob-
servation. He is a member of the
Pioneer Society of Oregon and also of the
Grange. He has given his support to the
democratic party ever since he arrived at
voting age and has been an active and in-
telligent adviser in the councils of the party
in Washington county. He served as mem-
ber of the county democratic committee and
in 1S78 occupied a seat in the lower house
of the state legislature, assisting in the
election of James H. Slater to the United
States senate. He is highly respected for
his sterling qualities and has made many
friends, who have ever found him to be a
man of the strictest integrity— one whose
life has commended him to the entire con-
fidence of his associates and acquaintances.

0. M. FAULCONER, proprietor of the Red
Front Livery Stable at Sheridan, was born
near The Dalles, Oregon, September 2, 1859,
a son of Marcellus and Caroline (Baunbridge)
Faulconer, both natives of Missouri, the
father being of Scotch parentage. He was
reared in Jlissouri and crossed the plains
in 1849, at the time of the discovery of gold,
locating in the mining regions, but the follow-
ing year, in 1S50, he came to Sheridan, taking
up a donation claim three miles west of the
town. Later he went to eastern Oregon
where he engaged in freighting for five or si-X
years, returning in 1863 to Sheridan, where
he spent his remaining days, dying in 1907.
He was a farmer and also engaged in mer-
cantile business in Sheridan, where he erected
a great many of the present buildings. He
was a republican in politics, a very prosperous
man, and highly respected. His wife crossed
the plains with her parents in 1832 and
was married in Oregon. She died in 1911.
Six children were born to them: Alice, who
is the wife of L. L. Shortridge, of Willamina,
Oregon; O. M., of this review; Ollic, the wife
of J. A. Waugaman, of McMinnville. Oregon;
Clara, the wife of Lee Rowell, of Sheridan.
Oregon; J. D., a resident of Anacortes, Wash-
ington; and H. T., of Sheridan Oregon.

0. M. Faulconer was educated in the com-
mon schools of Oregon and from his youth
remained at home, working in connection
with his father until the latters death, mo
operated and managed the farm until two
years ago. when he engaged in the livery
business, buying an excellent barn, known
as the Red Front Livery Stable, which con-
tains eight head of horses. He also owns a
beautiful residence in .Sheridan.

In 1SS6 Mr. Faulconer ».■ ! " . Id*

Bower and two children w«rt 1 m;

Koj-, who is in a store in ■■■ '

Guy, who is in the livery ba
coner's first wife died sevi-n y.
marriage and in 1(^99 he wan in
Claudia Steward. They have .
now eight years of age. In |ii.
coner is a republican. Both li
are members of the Chrinti
he is also a deacon, llu'.
years of his lite near ."^li.
and favorably known iti

methods and upriglit chm

him a prominent place among hw aMociala*.

ELZA PARKER, who is r
farm of one hundred and lo-v. '
miles southeast ol Gorva
verton, Marion county, ' '
28, 1S49, his parent.* i- in;; ..
Cynthia A. (Davis) I'urkiT, tin- fon
five of England and th>- liti.r ,.■
of Ohio. The parentH \> •
where they remained for
removing to Illinois, and afln hat inn r»
silled in Illinois and .\liii«oiiri for a •hnrt
time they traveled ocromi thr t
They made the trip with o\ i-
direct to Silverton where S''
located on a donation claim
and forty acres. After i"'t>
residing upon it for two ;.
it and moved to what i- r
ville, twelve miles imrtli.aKt
that place he piircha.«ivl a •!
with six hundred and forty a. i
resided there until his dralh ;■
ditioii to operating the sawni
a gristmill wliicli li<' inana/
Idleness and indoh- ■ "■'•
nature, and roali/.ii
country was one i '
sources and olTered alm^
he also undertook the r'^
portion of the land wh
Parker's death occurred
them eight children »•
having died in the east,
liam D., of Sf • •
.•\. D.. whose
who is II""
Mrs. Mar;
ject of tli

curred in l-iji; ■
eighteen vear* of

death occurred whin li- " »• in"^j "-"•
vears of oge. , ^

Ill lll« }'<"'

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I'ari* '

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of t
seVf ■

since U'> ii rn^-ni''^ '"

provlnif this proprrlr

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the

22

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

which this district is so rich. Persistent
labor and untiring energy, together with a
conscientious attention to details have made
him one of the most successful agriculturists
in Marion county.

Mr. Parker has been twice married. His
first union occurred in 1877, when he was
married to Miss Helen 'Cline, a daughter of
William and Lorinda (Fuller) Cline. Her
birth occurred in Marion county, Oregon, her
parents having come to this state in 1852.
The father and mother have both passed
away, the former in December, 1911, at
Mount Angel, aged eighty-three years. To
Mr. and Mrs. Parker four children were
born: Linda C, whose birth occurred in 1879,
and who is the wife of George Nice, of
Seattle, Washington; Ed. F.. born in 1881,
who is married and living in Olympia, Wash-
ington; Dora, whose birth occurred in 1883,
and who is married and living in Olympia;
and Dick, born in 1884 and also residing in
Olympia. Mr. Parker's second union occurred
in 1893, when he was married to Josephine
Woolery, whose birth occurred in Iowa on the
18th of August, 1867, and who is a daughter
of Henry L. and Margaret (Lightfoot) Wool-
ery. The father was a native of Canada
and the mother was born in Illinois and their
marriage occurred in Iowa where they lived
for the ensuing four years. At the end of
that time they went to California where
they resided for twenty years before coming
to Marion county and settling near Brooks.
Subsequently they removed to Gervais where
they are still living. To this union five chil-
dren were born, namely: Mrs. Parker; Wal-
ter, who is residing near Gervais; Henry, who
is living at home; Rosa, who is the wife of
George Richie; and Mrs. Nettie McDougal.
also a resident of Gervais. To Mr. and Mrs.
Parker six children have been born: Ima,
Elsie and Velma, whose births occurred in
1894, 1896 and 1897 respectively; Daisy, born
in 1899; Irene, whose birth occurred in 1902;
and Vena, deceased, whose birth occurred in
1905.

In politics Mr. Parker gives his support
to the democratic party, but has never sought
the honors or emoluments of office. He is a
member of the Catholic Order of Foresters of
Gervais in which he takes an active interest.
He is one among many who deserve great
credit for their successful careers inasmuch
as their achievements have been due entirely
to their own efforts. Industrious habits and
straightforwardness have enabled him to
maintain his standing in the community as a
desirable and substantial citizen.

FREMONT LOVETT LENT, of Lents, Ore-
gon, a suburb of Portland, a well known and
pros])erous farmer now living retired, was
born in Multnomah county. Oregon. Decem-
ber 2, 18r)6. His parents, 0. P. and Martha
A. (Buckley) Lent, were natives of Ohio and
Virginia respectively. Their marriage oc-
curred in Ohio and shortly afterward, in
1852, they determined to cross the great
American desert to the Pacific coast. On ar-
riving in Oregon they settled in Multnomah
county, in Uichcy valley, ten miles east of

Portland, shortly afterward taking up a gov-
ernment claim of three hundred and twenty
acres of land there, now known as Syca-
more. They lived there until 1866, when
0. P. Lent sold his half section of land and
moved to where Lents now stands, a thrifty
suburb of Portland one-half mile distant from
the city limits of Portland. There he bought
one hundred and ninety acres of land and,
population increasing, a town soon sprang
up which was given the name of Lents in
his honor. He sold this farm in 1889 and
retired, living in Mount Tabor until 1898,
when his death occurred, the mother passing
away in 1905. 0. P. Lent followed farming
and the sawmill business all his life. He
became the father of twelve children, as
follows: George P., who is a resident of
Portland; Mrs. Emma L. McGrew, of Lents,
Oregon; Fremont L., of this review; Ella,
the wife of Columbus Whitlock, of Silvcrton,
Oregon; Oscar E., living in Lents; Rosetta
A., the wife of Philip Evans, of Prosser,
Washington; Elizabeth, who gave her hand
in marriage to Frank P. Wood and resides
in Los Angeles, California; Oliver W., who
makes his home in Sunnyside, Portland;
William M., Charles P. and Jean, all of whom
are deceased; and one who died in infancy.

The youth of Fremont Lovett Lent was
spent in Oregon, his education being gained
in the common schools. He remained with
his parents until twenty-one years of age,
when he embarked in the wood business and
farming, an occupation which he has since
followed, though not having been actively
engaged in farming for some years. He is
living in his fine home in Lents and owns
also one hundred and sixty acres of land in
Tillamook county, Oregon, forty miles south
of Tillamook, part of which is in a high state
of cultivation, the remainder being in heavy
and valuable timber.

On the 20th of March, 1904, Mr. Lent was
married to Miss Laura A. Hannaford. whose
birth occurred in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on
the 20th of December, 1863, her parents be-
ing Stephen and Harriet M. Hannaford. The
father was a native of England, while the
mother was born in Connecticut. Their mar-
riage occurred in Connecticut and in that
state Stephen Hannaford passed away. His
widow then removed to Chicago, Illinois,
where her demise occurred in 1890. They
were the parents of eighteen children, four
of whom are still living, namely: George,
who makes his home in Chicago; Margaret,
living in Connecticut; Charles, also a resident
of Chicago; and Mrs. Anna L. Lent. Eliza-
beth, Robert H., Louisa and William are all
now deceased and the other children of the
family passed away in early life. I'nto our
subject and his wife was born a daughter,
Ruth H., whose natal day was February 23.
1909.

Politically Mr. Lent is independent in his
views, bestowing his support on those can-
didates of the various political parties whom
he deems most worthy of the positions to
which they aspire. He has never been an
office seeker or holder. He is a member of
the Grange and he and his family are of the

0. p. LENT

MUS. 1 1, r. I.KNT

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

27

Protestant faith. Coming of one of the early
and honored families of Oregon, Fremont L.
Lent occupies a position of respect and con-
fidence in his community and is one of the
substantial citizens of Lents and well known
in business circles in Portland.

OSCAR E. LENT, a well known farmer
and business man of Lents, Oregon, was bom
November 25, 1S65. His parents were Oliver
P. and Martha A. (Buckley) Lent, a more de-
tailed account of whom appears elsewhere
in this work in connection with the sketch
of Fremont Lovett Lent, a brother, of our
subject. The youth of Oscar E. Lent was
passed in Oregon, where he received a good
common school and business education. He
remained with his parents until attaining
his majority and then engaged in farming
and in the wood business quite extensively
and also has been connected with the saw-
mill business. He is occupying a fine home
in Lents, where he owns many vacant lots
and where he is also a heavy stockholder
in the Grange Hall.

On the 31st of October, 1888, Mr. Lent
was married to Miss Vilura L. Anderson,
whose birth occurred in St. Croix county,
Wisconsin, March 4, 1866, her parents being
William and Augusta (Marshall) Anderson.
The father was a native of Pennsylvania,
while the mother was born near Boston,
Massachusetts. Their marriage occurred,
however, in Wisconsin, where Mrs. Anderson
passed away in 1S69. William Anderson
continued living in that state until 1894,
when he came to Oregon, here residing until
the time of his death, which occurred Octo-
ber 12, 1911. He was twice married and by
his first wife had two children: Mrs. Vilura
L. Lent; and William Anderson, living in
Lents, Oregon. For his second wife William
Anderson, St., chose Eva Beers, a native of
Minnesota, whom he wedded in 1882 and
by whom he had five children, as follows:
ilrs. Clauda Rowland, of Corvallis. whose
husband is a college professor; Cathie, who is
the wife of John F. Watts and resides in
Canada; Merlie, who is a resident of Colusa
county, California; Verlie, a college student
at Corvallis, Oregon; and Thomas K.. at
home. Unto Oscar E. and Vilura L. (Ander-
son) Lent have been born four children,
namely: Claude P.. bom May 31, 1890, who
is in the high school and is still under the
parental roof; Leila E., born February 12,
1892, who is a high school graduate, has also
been educated in music and is now attend-
ing Willamette University; Jasper C., whoso
natal year was 1893 and who is a high school
student; Oscar Paul, whose birth occurred
on the 7th of October, 1895, and who is also
a high school student.

Mr. Lent is of the democratic faith polit-
ically but has never been active in politics
nor a seeker of public office, although hi> has
been a member of the school board in I^nts
for eight years. He is a member of the
Grange and also belongs to the Woodmen
of the World and the Maccabees. His relig-
ious faith is indicated by his membership in
the UniversJalist church, while his wife be-

Vol. Ill— 2

longs to the Methodist Episcopal church.
Oscar E. Lent, by his continued rrtidrnce in
this county and his mtivity in bujiorM,
fraternal and church lilV, blut (ormrd th«
acquaintance of a large iiumbfr u( thf b««t
people of MultuoMiah county un 1 I'.Ttland,
as well as being a very proni in

Lents, where he resides. He . ih«

many useful business men ol Uiii;uii and
wherever known is resiwctcd for the manr
good qualities which he possesses.

WILLIAM D. LOCKHART : ' ■•

farming in the vicinity ol Sun
and the success which he is ;
is the result of a life of well din-vted en-
ergy and thrift. He was born in \<hlanil
county, Ohio, about the year ' oo

the paternal side comes of .^' 'ry,

the family being foundid in .\' bis

grandfather who was i\ nutit' mj.

His father. David I.ookhurt, ...... u-'-.n in

Pennsylvania, and bicunie an early urttlrr
of Ohio where he foilouid (urni ml- I.-tnnK
a tract of land in Ashland c m

the years 1S20 and \s:\{). In ■ h«i

married Miss Fleming who du-d Mlirii hrr
son William was very young. Th" family
numbered nine children, four - '■»•

daughters. One of the sons, ■ ■•«,

served in the Civil war as a n ' '

Ohio infantry regiment, and di

Oregon, about 1SS4. The il :

David, died before the birth n( \S ilhum U.
Lockhart and his other brother, I'lit. I <vk'
hart, was living in Ohio wh. inl

from fifteen years ago. The or,

Malona, also died b«'forp the I- '■ II'

Ham D., and the next sister. ^' •!•.

passed away about thi- I
The third sister, Martha,
in the army about I"

in Colorado about tli *'Ut

has been dead about • •••

sing away in .locksonvillr, ' h«

youngest sister, Matilfi Hn.- •!

Benicia, California, ni '•■

after engaged in tr i *•

in San Kranrisco nt ■
quake, and at im »"

her sine*' it i-* lM'lievr<i tn.ii ■'n* *■■•>>. m- • •<>■
ill that i|itii-.trr.

Willinni I' i.Ll'i" !■ "I i'r% iii.ii."f do
cational ai *'T

school for ■ '"

the army I
latrr fink

fr

'I

of 1. '

he hn-

tl- ' '

the ni

ty. Om

the nam.- of lUrkl. v. fhi* » >

and th-r had •*»«» eows. '

hod I''
I'hec'

army. '" ' ""'■• "• >" ""' '

fifty dolUrs a pi«*, in Ih*- »i-

t-9

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY C"'

GON

rado City, Colorado, and joined forces with
a Mr. Douglas. They owned together seven-
ty cows and did a good dairy and cheese-
making business until a large band of Co-
manche Indians made a raid on their neigh-
bors and drove several head of horses away.
Mr. Lockhart went as one of a party of
twenty-seven men in pursuit of the Indians.
On one occasion they had a fight with a
band of warriors who wounded two of their
men and shot seventeen of the horses, thus
dismounting nearly all the party. The white
men then retreated to Colorado City, nearly
one hundred miles distant, glad to escape
with their lives. This episode caused Mr.
Lockhart to lose another summer's work.
The following winter he drove stage and
freight teams and in the spring, selling his
cows and his ponies, he started for Califor-
nia, going by rail to Salt Lake City, thence
by stage to White Pine and later over the
Central Pacific Railroad to Sacramento City.
At Stockton, California, he met his two sis-
ters who, while he was in the army, had
crossed the plains with their uncle. Peter
Johnson.

For about two years Mr. Lockhart re-
mained at Stockton and in San Joaquin val-
ley where he engaged in grain farming, but
the drought utterly ruined his crop and all
he had remaining was a six horse team and
wagon. About 1873 he came to Oregon and
for a year engaged in making cheese on
Hadley's ranch in Lane county. He next
removed to Wallowa valley, stopping in
Union county, where he made cheese through
the summer and took up a land claim, but
owing to the outbreak of hostilities among
the Joseph tribe of Indians he never filed
on the claim. On leaving Wallowa county
he removed to Burnt River and made cheese
for one summer on the ranch of James Fleet-
wood. He was next located on the Burris
& McClellan ranch where he handled about
forty cows and made cheese one summer.
On the Locey ranch on Upper Wiilow creek
he again engaged in cheese-making, keep-
ing from forty to fifty cows. Removing to
the Reeves ranch on Clover creek he milked
about eighty cows, using the product .in
cheese-making to the time of the Bannock
Indian war of 1877 and 1878. He later
made cheese on the little Mulhall creek, and
the next year took a ranch near Ironsides on
Bridge creek, where for seven years he was
engaged in cheese-making, milking from
sixty to eighty cows. While there he be-
came the owner of a large number of cattle
and horses and otherwise prospered. On
selling that' ranch he removed to Ontario
where he continued in cheese-making for
about four years and then came to Baker
county, purcliasing one hundred and sixty
acres of land on Powder river at what is
now called Lockhart station on the Sump-
ter Valley Railroad, although there were no
railroads at that time. The following win-
ter he drove his cattle to Eagle valley, but
the winter proved very severe and it was
impossible to buy more hay when his supply
gave out so he lost all his cattle. Through
the succeeding summer he engaged in haul-

ing lumber with a six horse team and after-
ward followed the logging business for about
seven years. During that time he purchased
three hundred and twenty acres of land in
Sumpter valley, suitable for the growing of
hay and grain, and he also operated a cheese
dairy for two years and conducted a milk
dairy at Sumpter for about three years.
Since selling his cows, or for about four
years, he carried on general farming near
Sumpter. All this indicates that his life
has been a very busy one in which have
been few idle hours.

Mr. Lockhart enlisted in June, 1862, for
service in the Union army as a member of
Company I, Fifty-second Ohio \'oIuntcer In-
fantry, with whicli he remained for three
years. He participated in the battles of
Perryville, Bowling Green, Naslivillo, Stone
River, Chickamauga, Tannehill, Buzzards
Roost, New Hope Church, Kencsaw, Reaaca,
Dalton, Rome and Peach Tree Creek. Near
Atlanta he was taken prisoner and sent to
Andersonville, Georgia, whence he was trans-
ferred to the prison at Florence, South Caro-
lina. After five months he was paroled and
when Sherman's army reached (Charleston,
South Carolina, he rejoined liis regiment
with which he remained until mustered out
at Washington, D. C, following the Grand
Review at the close of the war. He received
his discharge at Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Lock-
hart has had other military experience, hav-
ing served as a scout in the Bannock Indian
war in Oregon in 1877-8 under Major Gen-
eral 0. 0. Howard. He now draws a pension
of twelve dollars per month in recognition
of his service in the Civil war.

Mr. Lockhart was married at Stockton,
California, about 1873, to Miss Alice Chase,
a daughter of Chance Chase. With her
mother and brother she went from Iowa to
California at an early day. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. Lockhart have been born several chil-
dren. The eldest. .John Oliver, living at
Bandon, Oregon, married Miss Sweeton and
has one son. Archie died in Malheur coun-
ty, Oregon, about 1878 when almost five years
of age. Aimer died in Sumpter Valley in 1911
when about thirty-three years of age. Thom-
as Guy married Miss Laura Cooley who died
about ten years ago leaving a son, and for
his second wife Mr. Lockhart chose Pearl
Dean. Frank James resides with his father
on the home farm. Mame Lily is the wife
of Bert Jenkins living at Oaks Bar, Cali-
fornia, and they have three sons and a
daughter. Edith died in early childhood
about twenty years ago.

Such in brief is the life history of Wil-
liam D. Lockhart. and one who reads be-
tween the lines will recognize the fact that
his time has been given mostly to business
pursuits and that unfaltering industry and
energy have been the source of his success.

CAPTAIN JOHN BERGMAN is one of the
heroes of the sea. To himself and his vol-
unteer crew belongs the credit of having
saved the lives of eighteen people from the
wreck of the Tacoma. which foundered and
sank off the coast of Oregon many yeara

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

29

ago. Jn recognition of his heroic service and
that of liis crew, each was presented witli a
gold medal by the I'nited States govern-
ment, tie was born in Hanover, Uermaiiy,
in the year 1S4S, and is the son of Louis
and Elizabeth Bergman. His parents were
both natives of Germany and spent their
lives in their native land. Ids father dying
at the age of twenty-nine and his mother
in 1906, at a very advanced age.

Captain John Bergman was reared in his
parents* home and during his childhood re-
ceived but limited educational advantages.
At the age of lifteen he began life for him-
self and chose as his vocation the career and
fortunes of a deep-water sailor and as such
continued until the time of his emigration
to the United States, which occurred in the
year 1869. On reaching Xew York he spent
one year in the great metropolis of the new
world and then shipped as a sailor on the
schooner Forest King, outbound for the
Pacific coast by way of (ape Horn. In the
latter part of the year 1S70 he made bis
way to the Columbia river, where he en-
gaged in the fishing industry, to which he
added the business of a salmon cannery,
which he continued to operate until the year
1883, during which time he made his home
at Astoria. After closing out his interest
in the salmon cannery in 1883 he purchased
a canning establishment at Florence, Ore-
gon, and to this gave his careful attention
for a period of four years, at the end of
which time he disposed of that property and
purchased the passenger steamer Favorite.
This boat he at once put in commission and,
with himself in command, he sailed for three
years, his steamer being engaged largely in
government work. It was during this period
in the life of Captain John Bergman, while
his good ship Favorite was at Umpqua, that
the wreck of the Tacoma occurred. Not-
withstanding that a perfectly equipped and
well manned life-saving station was located
at Coos Bay, the keeper refused to take
chances in the rescue of the unfortunate
crew and passengers on board the Taeomu,
and his failure to do his duty as a trusted
guardian of the lives and property off the
coast of l'mp<iua, afforded Captain Bergman
an opportunity to show the genuine metal
of his manhood and utilize his skill and
knowledge as a worthy captain of the sea
in voluntarily attempting, at the hazanl of
his life and that of his crew, tn acromplish
the work of rescuing the perishing from the
Tacoma. Thinking only of his duty, with-
out counting the hazard of the tusk which
confronted him. he at onee weighed anchor
and with his volunteer crew tvirneil the prow
of his boat ilirectly toward the sinking ship
and with all possible speed spanned th<- dis-
tance between the coast and thi' helpless
victims on the sinking ship. ITe was fortu-
nate in reaching the goal in time to rescue
all souls, whose only hope for life in Ihiit
hour of peril was in" the hands of thi- bravo
captain of the Favorite. In recognition of
his valiant service and the success whiih
attended his unselfish efforts. Captain John
Bergman and all the members of his erew

were presented with gold nicdaU by the
L'nitcd States government. Shortly ader
this event he sold his steamer und rrccived
the appointment as keep<r :i- ' - •. r o(
the life-saving station at .1. 1 in

that position he continued ! ^in

period of twenty years iuul
after which he retired from
ing life and has since devoted hnuorli r»-
clusively to his private interent*. He i» •
resident of Florence, where he own* nnd re-
sides in one of the linest residencen in the
city. lie is the owner of one ipi i
lion of timber lan<l in I.une count}

humlred and twenty acres in Dou^

ty. In addition to these holdingx he aUu
owns four residence lots in tin- city of I'ort
land and much valuable real estate prnptTty
beside his residence in Florence. In Augunt,
1910. he was one of the prineipnl factor* In
the organization of the Ijiui- County .Slain
& Savings Bank. This tinunciul <-
is capitalized for ten thousand dol

ollicers of the institution are «- ■•.

Fred Ilollister, the son inlaw of Cap'ain
Bergman, president; Captain .lohn IUilimjh
vice president; .lohn \V. BiTginoii
Captain Bergman, secoml vice prr-
eashier; and Henry Ilergnuin, a «<>ti uf Cap-
tain Bergman, (irst assistant ca»hlrr.

Captain Bergman is ntliliatrd with lh»
democratic party and as representati^r ■>(
that great political organiwitinn li' ' ' ''
several of the minor olVuit in 1
He has, however, never «nu«hl pi'I
ferment of any kiml nnd his hn» i
in several odices of public trust i« ■•

result of unsolicited favors tendered him l-jr
his fellow citizens. Frulernally he i« idrn
tilled with the .Vncient Order of l'nit«l
Workmen, while his religiou* faith w indi-
cated by his inemb<>rship in '' ' '''ran
church, "to which his wifi> nl«

In the year is>*n ( ap-

united in marringi- to M

is a native of .Switzerhm :

ed to America in 1ST9. Her I«'

also natives of Switzerland nn I in •

try continued thcdr resi'

of their death. Tt> ''■>

his wife seven cli

Lena, who died at '

while atten<ling sih^-i n ■

\V., eushii-r of the |j«ne t ■

Savings P'-' ■•' "'■■••" »

review i»* '

employe<l '

(y; Henry, lirit '

1,'nne County Slal<-

now the wife of '

„f Hix Ijini- Count V

dri'ii of '

ri'ived a ;

srhooU and in collciie.

JOHN W. BERGMAN

of the l,.im' I ■iiinty ^' >'
Florence, lie wa« liorn
on Hie tlh of January.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Captain John and Lena (Moy) Bergman, of
whom an extended review appears above.
He was reared in his parents' home and edu-
cated in the public schools of this state,
later pursuing both a classical and commer-
cial course in Albany College, from which
institution he was graduated at the end of
three years with the degree of B. A. At the
age of nineteen he entered the service of the
United States government as a member in
the life-saving department and served as a
regular member of the crew at Coos Bay
Station for a period of three years and
seven months and later he was in the service
at Umpqua life-saving station. He eventu-
ally severed his connection with the life-
saving service and was later employed as
one of the surveying crew of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company for a period of
nine months. On retiring from that occupa-
tion he became one of the prominent factors
in the organization of the Lane County
State & Savings Bank of Florence and of
that financial house he is at present first
cashier and second vice president. Mr. Berg-
man is the owner of one of the handsome
residences of Florence, in which he resides,
and one of the principal stockholders in the
Lane County State & Savings Bank. He
also owns one hundred and si.xty acres of
valuable merchantable timber located nine
miles northeast of Gardiner, this state, and
also forty acres of merchantable timber on
the Siuslaw river, twelve miles from Flor-
ence. In addition to the above holdings in
real estate he also owns forty choice city
lots in Glenada, across the river from Flor-
ence, and several residence lots in Florence,
as well as valuable residence properties in
Portland.

On the 6th of September, 1911, John W.
Bergman was united in marriage to Miss
Isabella F. Kyle, whose birth occurred at
Florence, Oregon, on the 38th of December,
1889, and who received her education in the
public schools of Florence and is a graduate
of the high school of that city. She is the
daughter of William M. and Christina
(Bovange) Kyle, natives of England and
Sweden respectively. The parents were mar-
ried in Astoria, this state, and established
their residence in that city, where they con-
tinued to live for the next three years, dur-
ing which time Mr. Kyle, in company with
Captain John Bergman, successfully operat-
ed a salmon cannery. That property its
owners later disposed of, after which Mr.
Kyle became interested in a cooperative
cannery at Gardiner, and of that establish-
ment he 'was general manager for two years,
after which he removed to Florence on the
Siualaw river and was interested in business
with Captain John Bergman for three years.
He then associated himself in partnership
with Mike Meyers in a general merchandis-
ing business which they successfully con-
ductei' until 1903 and during that year Mr.
Kyle purchased the interest of his partner,
Mr. Meyers, and the establishment was
thereafter operated under the firm name of
the Kyle & Sons Company. In addition to
his mercantile interests Mr. Kyle also owned

and operated the Spruce Point sawmill for
four years. He has been heavily interested
in the canning industry for many years,
having for twenty years operated a success-
ful cannery in Florence. He is one of the
principal stockholders in the cannery at
Rosehill and also the Lone Star cannery,
located at Acme. He is the owner of the
tug Robarts and the steamer Lillian and he
also owned the schooner Bella which suf-
fered destruction by wreck in the year 1907.
In addition, he owns one hundred acres of
choice agricultural land near Florence and
eighty acres of ranch property located sixty
miles east of Florence on the state road to
Eugene. He resides in a beautiful home,
of which he is the owner, located in Flor-
ence. To Mr. and Mrs. Kyle five children
were born: William, now a partner in the
Kyle & Sons Company's mercantile house of
Florence; David, also a partner in the same
concern; Edwin, who is one of the stock-
holders in the Kyle & Sons Company; Mrs.
Isabella F. Bergman; and Otto, who died
in infancy.

Mr. John W. Bergman is affiliated with
the republican party but is liberal in the
exercise of his franchise. He has served as
deputy assessor of Douglas county for one
term and also served as state fire warden
for one term and has been a member of the
Florence city council. Fraternally he is
identified with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, belonging to the lodge, the encamp-
ment and the Rebekahs. He is also a mem-
ber of the Woodmen of the World. He and
his wife are members of the Presbyterian
church of Florence.

Captain John Bergman and his son, John
W. Bergman, are among the best known
and most successful business men in this
part of the state of Oregon. Captain Berg-
man's career as a sea captain of well merit-
ed fame and his long service, extending over
a period of twenty years, in the government
life-saving department have made his name
a household word on the Pacific slope. The
careers of him and his son, John W., have
uniformly been distinguished for success at-
tained by the practice of constant attention
to business and the observance of strictest
integrity in all their transactions. The Lane
County State & Savings Bank, of which they
are the organizers and principal stockholders
and of which Captain John Bergman is vice
president and John W. Bergman first cashier,
is one of the solid and influential financial
institutions of the city of Florence. Their
financial interest in this concern and their
official relations to the bank, in addition to
their extensive holdings in real estate in
various parts of this state, place Captain
John Bergman and his son, John W. Berg-
man, in the front ranks of the influential
and useful citizens of their state and county.

AUGUSTUS N. DAVIES, a substantial
agriculturist and representative citizen of
his community, is the owner of the Pheas-
antdale farm, comprising one hundred and
sixty acres of land and situated five miles
southwest of Beaverton. His birth oc-

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREOON

83

curred on the 9th of June, 1858, in Wash-
ington county, Oregon, on the Miles Davies
donation claim, on section 6, township 2,
range 1, west, his parents being Miles
and Jane (Haines) Davies. Miles Davies
was born in Fayette county, Pennsvlvania,
on the 11th of July, 1809, and on the 12th
of March, 1835, wedded Miss Jane Haines,
who passed away in 1876. They were mar-
ried in Indiana and subsequently removed
to Ohio, residing in the latter state until
1851. In that year they went to Missouri
and in the spring of 1S53 began the overland
journey to Oregon, arriving in this state at
the end of six months — in the fall of 1852.
They spent the following winter on the John
Kellogg place, ten miles west of Portland,
and in the spring bought the right of an-
other man to a donation claim of three hun-
dred and twenty acres, residing thereon un-
til 1883, when Mr. Davies disposed of the
property. Thereafter he made his home
with his children until called to his final
rest on the 16th of -January, 1893. In his
passing the community sustained the loss
of one of its most substantial and respected
pioneer settlers. Unto him and his wife
were bom eight children, as follows: Mrs.
Phoebe Kindt, whose demise occurred on the
11th of June, 1911, when she had attained
the age of seventy-four years; Alfred A.,
born July 18, 1841, who resides in Beaver-
ton; Mary J., born September 16, 1843, who
is the w'ife of Fletcher Royal and makes
her home in Salem, Oregon; James W.,
whose birth occurred October 17, 1846, and
who is now a resident of Ohio; Francis M.,
whose natal day was June 17, 1849, and
who passed away in 1876; Horace G., who
was born December 26, 1851, and who live.-i
in Sellwood, Oregon; Rachel E., bom in Ore-
gon, October 21, 1854, who gave her hand
in marriage to Oren Heath and passed away
when twenty-eight years of age; and Augus-
tus N.. of this review.

The last named acquired his education in
the common schools and when a youth of
eighteen years began eaming his own live-
lihood, working at steam engineering for a
period of two years and afterward for four-
teen years operating a sawmill in Washing-
ton county. Subsequently he became iden-
tified with general agricultural pursuits and
has since devoted his attention to the work
of the fields. At the present time he owns
a tract of one hundred and sixty acres of
well improved land, fifty acres thereof being
imder a high state of cultivation, while forty
acres are covered with merchantable timber.
In his imdertakings as an agriculturist he
has won a well merited measure of prosper-
ity, annually gathering excellent crops,
which find a ready sale on the market.

On the 10th of April, 1883, Mr. Davies
was united in marriage to Miss Rosalinn
Gabbert, who was born in Minnesota, on the
3d of December, 1859, her parents being
August and Caroline (Hartman) P.obbcrt,
natives of Germany. They emigrated to thr
United States in early life and were marrie-l
in Minnesota, in which state they made their
home for some years, residing there at the

time of the Indian massacre. In 1S77 iktj
came to Oregon, arriving in this state on the
10th of April. Soon alterwiirj Mr. liubbert
purchased one hundred and sixty acre* o(
l>artly improved land in Wii.shiiigton county,
residing on the property lor twelve yeara
and then disposing of same. lie next bought
a tract of eighty acres in Washington coun-
ty and made his home tluTcun. until culleil
to his final rest, in l!)oi, ,,r. I .nunry tha
20th. His widow still the oM

homestead in section 6, i . range 1,

west. Mr. and Mrs. DuMi-n ar« the parrnta
of a son and daughter. Francis A., whoa«
natal day was May 1, Isyo. is a graduate of
a business college and also has had an ex-
cellent musical education, now giving in-
struction in the art. lie is still undrr the
parental roof and opiTates the lioinr (arm
of one hundred and .-ixty juti-s in partner-
ship with his father. Kosiilinc It., who was
born on the 19th of .lanuitry. ls<j:i, n»w at-
tends the high school at Kenton. On-Kon. and
is likewise pursuing a course in music.

.Mr. Davies is a stanch republican in poli-
tics and for four years heM the oflic«> of ju»-
tice of the peace in his town-ihip. Frater-
nally he is identified with the In ' ■ ■ ' - •
Order of Odd Fellows, iH'lonKing t
Ixiilge at Tignrd. He i-t also a v.
the Butte Grange at that place,
life has been passed in Waahingti "
covering more than half a century, and In*
fellow townsmen know him as a straixht-
forward and reliable business man and an
enterprising, progressive ritiren, who well
merits the esteem that is uniformly afcorUrd
him.

WILLARD W. HINDMAN, a mrmbrr .>r

the law firm of lln|>p\ i nil, ii. I^e A llinil-

man, attorneys at ^[ well known in

Baker, Oregon, anil • ;i fhnf .^^'lon

of the state, for he w tin- \

the Hon. W. C. Hln6.nan of

and was there bom in .Inly,

sued his education in itn- p^i

Baker and in ■■ '■'•• ■•• - '

Dr. Smith of '

iss;,. his prel:i'

entered the law school ol the ' '

University at Ann Arlnu from

graduated before he was t"

age. He obtainnl a prrmit

preme court >•'

had not yet ir

entered "'

ffs*»ion. '
I ., ,t. I.' I >

. uf

•a-

iMTjimr a
r .,l|." I-

111*' tAV

'iian will

■.gr^ of that •i»t«'. ll*^^
T three years ago to an

34

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

lady of Spokane and now enjoys an attrac-
tive home and an enviable reputation as a
leading member of the bar of that state.

CHARLES ERICKSON who owns and
operates a twenty-seven acre ranch, located
two miles southeast of Beaverton, is one of
the enterprising and highly desirable citi-
zens that Sweden has contributed to the
United States. His birth occurred on the
12th of April, 1848. and he is a son of
Charles and Reg'na (Carlson) Erickson. The
parents were also born and reared in Swe-
den and there tlie father passed away dur-
ing the childhood of our subject, but the
mother emigrated to the United States, in
1882, and made her home with her sons in
Washington county until her death in Janu-
ary, 1907. To Mr. and Mrs. l<;rickson there
were born two children, the elder of whom
is Andrew.

His boyhood and youth Charles Erickson
spent in his native land, where he received
the advantages of a good common-school edu-
cation. An ambitious young man, he was
not content with the slow progress to be
made in the old world with all her limita-
tions and, feeling instinctively that he could
attain a better station in life, surrounded
by the opportunities of a virgin country, he
took in 1873 passage for the United States
to seek his fortune. He fust located in
Michigan, where for three years he worked
in the copper mines. At the expiration of
that time he came to the Pacific coast, Cali-
fornia being his destination, and the loUow-
ing nine months were spent in <he quick-
silver mines in Napa county. His next re-
moval was to Oregon, where he continued to
follow mining, being employed for four and
a half years in the Oswego iron mines.
From his earliest boyhood he had been care-
fully trained in habits of thrift and in-
dustry, and not being misled by the extrav-
agant habits of the majority of his asso-
ciates managed to save ithe greater portion
of his earnings. The work of the fields and
free open-air life of the farmer, however, had
always appealed to him much more strongly
1han mining, so when he gave up his position
in tlie Oswego mines, he invested his small
capital in twenty-seven acres of timber land
in this county. He immediately began
clearing his tract, and placing it under oper-
ation, making such improvements as his
earnings permitted from time to time. His
entire land is now cleared and practically
all under high cultivation, and equipped with
everything essential to its operation. He
has a comfortable residence, good barns and
substantial outbuildings, while tlie care and
edort expended in the preparation of his
fields result in abundant harvests. Mr.
Erickson takes much pride in his ranch,
which represents not only a most pleasant
and romfortnble home, but provides an in-
come that amply supplies the needs of his
family, and yet leaves a margin that is
growing year by year into a comfortable
competence. His success is well merited aa
be lins applied himself faithfully lo the' di-
rection of his undertakings, and he is now

enjoying the dividends on liis long years of
labor.

Mr. Eiiekson's plans for a home had their
culmination in his marriage, in 1SS4, to Miss
Anna Bergman, who was born in Sweden,
on the 26lh of July, 1858. She is one of the
live children of Peter and Anna Bergman,
who spent their entire lives in the old coun-
try. The other members of tlie family are
as follows; Louisa, Charley, Christina and
Johanna, all of whom live in Sweden. The
family of .Air. and Mrs. Erickson number
eight: Henry, who was born on November
10, 1884, living at home; Nellie, the wife of
N. J. Pi('rson, of this county ; Florence \V.,
horn on the 3d of Marcli, 1S88; Albert P.,
whose birth occurred on April G, 1890;
Mary C, born on the 12tli of April, 1892;
(•rank 0., born on the 2d of April, 1894;
Claus, who was born on August 30, 1890;
and Alice, who was born on the 3d of Sep-
tember, 1899. All of the family have been
given the advantages of a good common-
school education, while Miss Maiy was also
given a musical training and, with the ex-
ception of the eldest daughter, all are living
at home.

In matters of faith the family are Luther-
ans and in politics Mr. Erickson is a repub-
lican, but he has never been an ollice seeker.
He is representative of that class of indus-
trious, enterprising and self-reliant citizens,
who comprise the backbone of the popula-
tion of the country and give stability to the
nation.

ERNST RINDELL, who is successfully en-
gaged in business as a druggist of Astoria,
was born in Abo, Finland, on the 3d of Aug-
ust, 1862, his parents being Edward and
Auguste (Freudenthal) Rindell. The father
who spent his entire life in Finland, was a
clergyman and newspaper man. Our sub-
ject is one of the five surviving children,
the others being as follows: Arthur, a uni-
versity professor in Finland; Anna, who is
the wife of Rev. Westerlund and resides in
Finland; Edward and Axel, both of whom
are college professoj-s.

Ernst Rindell obtained his education in
his native land and pursued a course in
pharmacy at the university, passing all the
examinations prepared for druggists. After
his emigration to the United States he suc-
cessfully passed the Oregon state examina-
tion on the 28th of August, 1906, without
extra preparation. He came to this state
ill 1905 and was associated in business with
T. F. Laurin for eight months, saving two
hundred dollars during that period. This
sum constituted his first payment on the
establishment known as the Central Drug
Store, on which he made all the payments
within a period of eighteen months. His
present stock represents an outlay of fifty-
three hundred dollars. He carries a com-
plete line of drugs and druggists' sundries
and enjoys a liberal patronage.

On the 22d of May, 1908, Mr. Rindell was
united in marriage to Miss Edith Roos a
daughter of Edward Roos, who has charge
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ject and his Avife have one son, Borje, whose
natal day was June 4, 1909. Mr. Rindell is
a republican in politics and a Lutheran in
religious faith. Fraternally he is identified
with the Knights of Pythias. His life has
always been actuated by high and honor-
able principles and characterized by manly
conduct. He has made for himself a credit-
able name in business circles and at all
times has been loyal to his belief in his
association with political, fraternal and
moral interests.

JOHN KUSCHNICK, who is the owner of
one hundred and ten acres of valuable land,
situated four miles southeast of Gervais, in
Marion county, was born in New Ulm. Min-
nesota, January 22, 1859. He is the son of
Nicholas and Magdalena (Elliott) Kuschnick,
both of whom were natives of Saxony, the
father born in 1823 and the mother in 1S24.
The parents were married in Saxony and
immediately after came to America, settling
in Chicago, where they lived three years,
after which time they moved to New Ulm,
Minnesota, and resided there six years. Dur-
ing the Indian war, when they were living
on the river bottom, three miles west of
New Ulm, everything they owned was stolen
or else destroyed by fire. Four years after
the close of the war they moved to Rich-
mond, Minnesota, where they resided three
years, subsequently going to Jasper county,
Indiana, where they remained eleven years.
They then came to Oregon and one year
later bought a farm in Marion county, which
was located fourteen miles north of Salem
and was in heavy timber at that time. They
resided on this tract of land until the fath-
er's retirement, when they moved to Gervais,
but the last few years of their lives were
spent with their son John, of this review.
The mother died December 25. 1908, and the
father on July 7, 1910. In their family were
seven children, the eldest of whom died in
infancy. The others are: Andrew, of Arkan-
sas; Peter, of Marion county. Oregon; .Jolin.
of this sketch; JIary, of Albany. Oregon;
Annie, who died at the age of four years;
and Joseph, who died in Indiana at the age
of seven years.

John Kuschnick received a good business
education and remained under the parental
roof until he was twenty-two years of age.
at which time he started farming on a tract
of land of one hundred and three acres, which
he had purchased and which was a part of
the farm where he now resides. He has
added to the original tract so that he now
owns one hundred and ten acres of finely im-
proved land, fifty of which is under a high
state of cultivation, including twenty acres
of Beaver Dam land. He also owns five acres
of city property at Mount Angel, which is
located two blocks north of the depot. In
his farming he makes a specialty of raising
hops, having forty acres in cultivation.

On November 26, 1805. Mr. Kuschnick was
wedded to Miss Maggie Friedl, who was
born in Bohemia. November 12, 1860. a
daughter of Anton and Catherine (Paschta)
Friedl, both of whom died in Knrope. She

was one of a family of nine children who
grew to maturity, six of whom carae to
America. They were: Elizabeth, deceased ;
Peter, of Marion county; Weiicel, of Water-
loo. Iowa; Anna, the wife of .lolin lloro, of
Waterloo. Iowa; Maggie, now .Mrs. John
Kuschnick; and Joseph, who is marriid and
lives in Waterloo, Iowa. Mr. and .Mrs. Kusch-
nick have become the parents of lour chil-
dren: Anna M., who was born Deceratier 11.
1896, and is now attending school; George
N., who was born April 5, 189U; Thercse M.,
born December 12, 1901; and .John P., born
April 15, 1904.

In his political allegiance Mr. Kuschnick is
a republican, hut lie has never sought nor
desired ollice, preferring to give his time to
the cultivation of his land, lie and his fam-
ily adhere to the Roman Catholic faith. He
stands well in both business and social circles
and his life record presents many traits of
character worthy of emulation.

JOHN KIRKWOOD, eighty four year.s of
age, is living on a farm near Hopewell, which
has long been lus home, and has not only
brought this place to its present state of de-
velopment but has also been a factor in the
pioneer improvement and later progress of
his county. He was born in Boston, .Masna-
ohusetts, May 4, 1828, a son of James and
Christiana (Davie) Kirkwood, both of whom
were natives of Scotland and came to America
in 1822. The father was a glass lilower by
trade and was brought to .\merica by a
ciiinpany who wanted to start a glass factory
in Boston. At that time mechanics wrro
not allowed to leave England, so he wa«
smuggled across. He lived in Boston for a
number of years and then removed to Hcd-
ford, New York, and afterward to Providence,
Rhode Island. In 1846 he crossed the plninn
with a wagon and ox team, being on the
way from May until October, and l<K-nt<M|
at Sonoma, California, (tetolwr 26, IH46, he
and his son John enlisted in the .Mi-xicnn war,
joining Company B of the California \U-g\-
ment of Volunteer Infantry, and served for
five months. Two brothers of John Kirk-
wood, .lames and Henry, also served in tho
same company. The father afterwanl trav-
eled and lived with his son .lohn until hi«
death. He had brought n set of blaekrtmilh
tools across the plains with him. oml he nnil
his son did general bliieksmithing nnrl made
knives and Spanish spurs. Mi-« wife ilied in
1844 and twenty-three years later .Iame«
Kirkwood possed away, hi.^ grave being m«dn
in the Hopewell cemetery. In their '»niily
were seven children: .Inseph. of Yamhill
county, Oregon: .lames and William, both rti*-
ceased; John, of this review; and Henry,
Christian and Marj-, all of whom are deoeaxed.

.John Kirkwood's chanees in yonth for an
education were very limited but, Iwing of a
studious disposition, he reail a great deal and
having a retentive memory, lie m now quite
well informed. A* previously stated, he en-
listed for the Mexican war on the same day
as hi.s father. John Kirkwoo<| waa often in
the thickest of the fight and on one oeeasirin
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lance. His captain was shot down by his side
and a comrade on the other side, this being
when they were on special detail duty, Mr.
Kirkwood being the first one selected from
his company to form a detachment to rescue
four comrades whom the Spaniards had sur-
rounded in a patch of timber. Mr. I-'-irk-
wood was undoubtedly selected because of
the bravery which he had shown on previous
occasions and his superior marksmanship.
After the war he went to Sonoma, California,
and bought a lo: for sixteen dollars, which
he sold a few months after the discovery
of gold there for one thousand dollars. He
started out in life as a blacksmith and gun-
smith and then went into the mines during
the gold excitement in California. With his
father he left San Francisco in 1849 on a
sailing vessel, paying one hundred and ten
dollars for his passage, but they were landed
on Vancouver Island because of the wrecked
condition of the vessel and later reached
Portland in a canoe. John Kirkwood then
located on his present farm, which was a
donation claim. He went back to San Fran-
cisco in 1851 and after the fire of 1852, helped
rebuild the city. While going overland to
California he discovered the Yreka mine. He
worked this mine for a time but returned
to Yamhill county in 1853 and began improv-
ing his farm. He also worked in a shop on
his place and constructed the first threshing
machine in Oregon, making the castings,
woodwork and all parts on the farm on which
he now lives. He worked in the shop for
twenty years, making plows, wagons, etc.,
and when the courthouse of Yamhill county
burned he was chosen to make a seal for the
county. He never turned down a job of work
in his life. He now owns here two hundred
and twenty acres of land, and one hundred
and sixty near 'WHieatland.

On the 26th of December, 1853, Mr. Kirk-
wood wedded Miss Charlotte Matheny, who
was born in 1838 in Platte county, Missouri,
a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Cooper)
Matheny. The father, who was born and
reared in the Shenandoah valley, Virginia,
served in the War of 1812, taking part in the
battle of New Orleans, and was a captain in
the Black Hawk war. He went to Missouri
in 1837 and crossed the plains in 1843, lo-
cating near Ilillsboro, Oregon, as a neighbor
of Joe Meek and lived there for one year.
He then settled in the vicinity of Wheatland
and bought a tract of land on which he died
in 1872. He was an active, industrious
farmer and a brave frontiersman. The
mother came of an old Kentucky family and
died on the same farm as her husband, in
1856. In their family were eight children :
Adam, deceased; Elizabeth, the wife of Henry
Hewitt, both of whom arc now deceased; I.
C, D. B., Mary and Jasper N., all of whom
are deceased; Charlotte, now Mrs. John Kirk-
wood ; and one who died in infancy. Mrs.
Kirkwood is like her husband, well, though
self filncatcd. She lived with her parents
until the time of her marriage, being then
only fourteen years of age. To Mr. and Mrs.
Kirkwood seven children were born: Wil-
liam, deceased, who was a physician and a

graduate of the University of California;
Dale, who was engaged in the practice of
dentistry and is now deceased; A. M., an en-
gineer in Yamhill county; Nellie, who is a
school teacher and a graduate of Sacred Heart
College at Salem; Walter, a hop grower in
Yamhill county; Leonora, who is a graduate
of the State Normal School at Monmouth,
Oregon, and is now the wife of Tlionias Kodg-
crs, a druggist of McMinnvillc, Oregon; and
Pearl, now Mrs. C. C. Chapman, of Portland.
In politics Mr. Kirkwood was first a repub-
lican, later a populist and now is an inde-
pendent, and he believes in studying the man
who is to be put in ofiice. Both lie and Mrs.
Kirkwood are members of the Adventist
church. He has now reached the advanced
age of eighty-four and is passing his last
days in a country whose early dc-velopment
he has witnessed, surrounded by many friends
whom his genial disposition, progressive
nature and strong personality have won for
him.

DAVID W. SMALL is one of the well
known, honored pioneers of Washington and
Oregon, having been identified with the early
business enterprises and developments of
both states since the later years of their ter-
ritorial history. He is also a battle-scarred,
pensioned veteran of the Civil war. He was
born in New Brunswick, December 18, 1837,
a son of Daniel and Lavina (Munroe) ,Sraall,
both of whom were natives of New Bruns-
wick. The paternal grandfather was a na-
tive of New York city and of Irish parent-
age. The parents of the subject of this re-
view celebrated their wedding at Miramichi,
New Brunswick, and there continued to live
until 1843. In that year they removed to
Maine, where the father was engaged in
farming and also in the sawmill and lum-
bering business until 1867. He then removed
with his family to Montana and was en-
gaged in the operation of a hotel and also
in the general merchandising business until
the time of his death, which occurred in
1873. In 1874 the mother moved to Walla
Walla, Washington, and there died early in
the year 1875. In their family were nine
children: David W., of this review; Mary,
whose death occurred in Helena, Montana;
Albert, of Lewiston, Idaho; Edward, who
passed away in Maine when he was about
seven years of age; Sarah, the wife of John
Potter, of Los Angeles, California; Lottie E.,
the wife of Frank Sanborn, of Manhattan,
Montana; Ira, a resident of Lewiston, Idaho;
Inez, the wife of T. W. Colby, of Idaho; and
Edward, who passed away at the age of five
years at Houlton. Maine.

David W. Small was reared in his parents'
home and received his early education in the
public schools of Maine. The period of his
school days, however, was very limited,
amoiinting to a total of only sixteen months.
In 1861. at the outbreak of the Civil war,
he enlisted at Houlton in Company E, of the
First Maine Volunteer Cavalry, under Cap-
tain Blackhawk Putnam, and followed his
command for one year. He was mustered
out of service September 24, 1862, at Au-

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gusta, Maine, the cause of his discharge be-
ing disability resulting from the failure of
his health. Immediately after his discharge
he returned to his home in Maine, and one
year later reenlisted in Company A, of the
Second Maine Cavalry, under Captain J. F.
Twitchell, and continued in the United
States army until the close of the war, re-
ceiving his discharge in December, 1865. At
Alexandria, Louisiana, he received a severe
wound in the left side, while in the active
discharge of his duty and is now one of the
honored pensioned soldiers of the great inter-
necine conflict. His war record abounds with
tragic experiences, for in many cases he
barely succeeded in escaping in time to save
his life. At the close of the war he returned
to his father's old homestead in Maine,
where he was engaged in farming for the five
years following. In 1871 he moved to Mon-
tana and after spending six months in that
territory he settled at Walla Walla, Wash-
ington, and was there engaged as superin-
tendent for Dr. D. S. Baker in the furnish-
ing and delivering of timber and ties used
in the construction of the Walla Walla &
Columbia River Railway. He was also su-
perintendent of construction work on that
road until its completion in 1874. It was
the first railroad built in Washington terri-
tory, and its track extended from Wallula
to Walla Walla, its organizer and promoter
being Dr. D. S. Baker. After the comple-
tion of that line of railroad, ilr. Small ob-
tained contracts from the United States gov-
ernment for the furnishing of all forage
used at the government post at Walla Walla,
and to that business he gave his time and at-
tention until 1890. He had previously en-
gaged in the hotel and livery business, oper-
ating also at the same time an opera house
and was the owner of the steamboat North-
west, used on the inland waters in both pas-
senger and freight service. In 1879, during
the Bannock Indian war, he had the honor
of transporting General 0. O. Howard and
his troops on the Northwest to a point thirty
miles above Lewiston on the Grande Ronde
river. In 1879 he secured his first contract
to furnish the timber required in the con-
struction of the main line of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, which was completed three
years later. During that time he also suc-
cessfully conducted a variety of business in-
terests'at Walla Walla. In 1894 he dis-
posed of all his property and various busi-
ness enterprises at Walla Walla and moved
to Fort Bragg, California, where he remained
for three years and then went to Alaska and
started a pack train between Dyea and Ben-
nett for the purpose of freighting provis-
ions to the miners who were rushing to the
gold fields. In that business he continued
for one and one-half years and. then moved
to Dawson City, Alaska. During the time of
his business operations at Dyea, in 1899, he
staked .John Gagnon with a .icow and nine
thousand dollars' worth of building mnterinl
and started him for Dawson with in.stnu-tions
to sell the cargo and receive for his services
one-half of the net profits. The man in trust
of this expedition proved recreant to the

confidence which had been placed in him and
disposed of both the scow and its cargo,
thereby entailing a total loss to .Mr. Small
of twenty-three thousand dollars. The fol-
lowing July, however, still undeterred and
full of courage, he started a similar equip-
ment for Dawson and at that time met with
gratifying success. In 1900 he again sent
out a similar supply of building material
destined for Dawsoni but the ice proved un
insurmountable barrier and Mr. Small suf-
fered the entire loss of his property right
within sight of Dawson. He spent the wint«r
at Dawson and returned to Idaho the fol-
lowing spring, but remained there only a
short time, removing in 19ul to Coos county,
Oregon, where he secured from Major L. D.
Kinney grading eontnict.f for ihr building
of a belt line railroad from .Marahfield to
Empire. In 1913 in copartnership with his
son he established him.self in the contract
paving business and has since devoted his
attention to that growing and successful en-
terprise. He is one of the large real eatatp
owners of Marshfield, owning more than
one hundred well located residenc*" and busi-
ness lots in that city and also owns a very
valuable water front property in the busi-
ness section of the town.

Mr. Small was twice married, his first wife
being Miss Martha F. liradliury, whom he
wedded in 1803. She was a native of I,im
eriek, Maine, and a daughter of Cynis K. and
Sarah (Shields) Bradbury. The parent* wore
both natives of the Pino Tree state, and
there passed their entire lives, the mother's
death occurring when she was seventy year*
of age, and the father pas.sing away at thr
age of seventy-three. They became tin-
parents of nine children, of whom four arc
still living: Mrs. Christie Davidson, and Mrs.
Abbie Davidson, both of whom reside in Mas-
sachusetts; John, of AlU-rta, Canada; find
Henry, whose home is at I'rcsquc Isle, \i •
To Mr. and Mrs. Small three childmi
born: Dora A., the wife of Cli- '
bury, who is engaged in the n 1

timber business nt V"'' ' ■"'
Schuyler Colfax, who i^
ing and construction b'l
Oregon; and Ira, who died in ur
eldest daughter, Dora .\. I!mdt"ir-
uate of Wellesley (College at
sachusctts, anil tli- xin, >

Small, received n K" '

while residing in "'

years as sheriff. In' <" •

Ilren died at Iloulton. Mninr. it\ 1

in 1878. Mr. Sm ,11 u i. nnilnl i

to Miss Kllen : nalivr of

Oregon, and ■ r of Juiii-

who as a young man settled at

and there spent his entire lif", '

district judge. He was a i

spccfed for the integrity of 1 '

his rapabllitirs o» a jurist. >i.

rurred in I8S2. In his family

children, of whom tl"-- ■"•••

namely: Mrs. .T. M. I

Washington; Mrs. Smi'i

ington; and Mr«. FIIi«. ni Ditir. \'

.Mrs. Ellen Small passed awajr at ' :.

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July 12, 1910i and her remains were in-
terred in tlie Odd Fellows cemetery at that
place.

Mr. Small is a loyal member of the re-
publican party, and is a member of the Ma-
sonic lodge of Marshfield. He and his fam-
ily are members of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Small is entitled to all the honors that
belong to the hardy pioneer of the unde-
veloped west. A man of rare business abil-
ity and acumen, he has survived the results
of the repeated losr-es with which he has met
in business and out of the ashes of disaster
he has erected new enterprises which his
genius and fortitude have carried to notable
success. His word is as good as his bond,
and now in his declining years he is able to
look back upon a career of usefulness, having
devoted himself to the enterprises now well
founded, which are destined to be a monu-
ment and credit to his memory for many
decades to come.

OLIVER P. ISON. A half century has
come and gone since Oliver P. Ison arrived in
Baker county, and during the greater part
of this period he has engaged in farming
and stock-raising, owning now four hundred
acres of rich and productive land situated
ten miles north of Baker City on sections
7 and 12, range 40. He makes his liome,
however, in the city, residing at the corner
of Sixth and A streets. He was born .June
11, 1846, in Garrard county, Kentucky, a
son of Strother and Judith Ann (Gaines)
Ison, who were also natives of Kentucky.
In 1849 they left that state and went to
Grundy county, Missouri, and in the spring
of 1862 came overland with ox teams to
Baker county, where the remainder of their
lives was passed. Both died near Wingville,
the father in 1889 at the age of seventy-six
years and the mother September 25, 1900,
when eighty-six years of age. When in Mis-
souri he had followed merchandising and also
engaged in the live-stock business, while in
Oregon he carried on general farming. He
bought his first land of the state, owning
at one time a section, while at his death he
had a homestead of one hundred and sixty
acres in the Wingville district. In 1868 he
was elected the first state senator from
Baker county, which at that time comprised
a large part of eastern Oregon. He also
served as county commissioner for one or
two terms and was recognized as the leader
of the democratic party. His religious faith
was indicated by his lifelong membership
in the Methodist Episcopal church. South, to
which his wife also belonged. In Missouri
he joined the Tmlependent Order of Odd Fel-
lows and was one of the first members of
Baker Lodge, No. 25. In fact his activities
touched the general interests of societw here
and constituted a force in the upbuildinjAand
progress of the entire community. Onto
him and his wife were born nine cliildrei of
whom the second, a son, died in infancy.
The others are: Baspom, who was tlie irst
born and also died in infancy; Luther B.,
who was circuit judge and held many o her
oflices and died in 1889; Susan Virginia/the

wife of James Akers, a retired farmer living
in Baker; Oliver P.; Lester Oscar, also of
the Wingville district; Adelia, who is the
wife of George Chandler, of Baker, a stock
man who has the finest herd in eastern Ore-
gon; Gabrilla, who died at the age of thirty-
five years; and Annie Gaines, who died
January 29, 1892, at the age of thirty-two
years.

Oliver P. Ison was only sixteen years of
age when he came to Baker county with
his parents, since which time he has resided
within its borders, the entire period now
covering a half century. Here he has car-
ried on farming and stock-raising, having
in 1870 |)urchased four hundred acres of
state land ten miles north of Baker. He en-
gaged in raising range cattle until the last
three years and the farm is now principally
devoted to the cultivation of hay. lie has
left the ranch to make his home in Baker
and is pleasantly situated in an attractive
residence at the corner of Sixth and A,
streets.

In January, 1871, Mr. Ison was married to
Miss Martha Jane Vernon, who was born in
Pleasantville, Iowa, December 13, 1855, and
in 1859 was brought to Oregon by her par-
ents, Thomas B. and Mary ,Jane (Foster)
Vernon. The father was the pioneer black-
smitli of Auburn, Oregon, and removed to
Pocahontas, wliere he remained until 1872,
when he became a farmer in the Wingville
district. There he spent the remainder of
his life, passing away on the 29th of Sep-
tember, 1900, his wife's death having oc-
curred on the 3d of February, 1876. They
were active members of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, and were among the most
prominent and highly respected of the coun-
ty's residents. Mrs. Ison was their only
child. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Ison
were three children, as follows: Ora Perry,
who is the wife of John G. Foster, of Baker,
and has one child, Verna; Carrie Lee, who is
the wife of H. B. Kinnison, a farmer of Bak-
er county in the Wingville district, by whom
she has three children, Buford, Beulah and
Ermil; and Lilith Buford, who is a gradu-
ate of the Baker high school and also pur-
sued a course at Buford College in Nash-
ville, Tennessee, after which she taught
school in Baker. She is now the wife of
John W. Allen, of Portland, and they have
one child, Alletha Aileen.

In his political views Mr. Ison is a demo-
crat and an active worker in the party yet
he has never sought nor desired political
otTice. He has served, however, on the school
board for eleven years and has been a mem-
ber of the city council for six years, four
years of which time he was its president.
He was also acting mayor for about two
years during the absence of the mayor. He
was a member of the council when the work
of paving the streets was first started, about
three miles being laid. He was also a stanch
champion of the commission form of govern-
ment which was adopted. He stands firm in
his opposition to anything like misrule in
public affairs and is in sympathy with the
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41

is seeking to make politics the expression
of general public opinion and not of the will
of the few. Fraternally he is connected
with Wingville Lodge, No. 69, I. 0. 0. F.,
which he joined in 1883, and for the past
twelve years he has been a member of the
encampment. He also belongs to Baker
Lodge, Ko. 338, B. P. 0. E. Energy and in-
dustry have been salient traits in his life
work. He has never faltered in carrying
out a plan that he ha^ formed in relation to
business matters, realizing that when one
avenue of effort seemed closed he might find
another path that would lead to the desired
goal. Moreover, he has always adopted con-
structive measures in his business life and in
his political service and his efforts have been
a feature in general progress and improve-
ment.

SAMUEL H. McKERNAN, a retired farm-
er, living in a fine home with ten acres of
land adjoining Cottage Grove, was born in
Otter Creek township. La Salle county, Illi-
nois, April 19, 1855, the son of Captain -J.
J. and Mary (Cramer) McKernan. The
father, who was a native of Ireland, came to
America when nine years of age in com-
pany with his parents. The family settled
in Livingston county, Kentucky, but re-
moved in 1826 to Illinois, settling at Ot-
tawa, where they passed the remainder of
their lives, the father of Captain J. J. Mc-
Kernan passing away in 1831, while the
mother's death occurred in 1863.

Captain J. J. McKernan, the father of our
subject, remained at home with his mother
until he attained his majority and then re-
moved to Otter Creek, Illinois, where he
settled on a tract of land under the squat-
ter's right act, residing there until he could
obtain a title, when he purchased the land.
His first purchase consisted of one hundred
and sixty acres but he later added to his
holdings " until he owned four hundred and
eighty acres of the finest land in Illinois.
In 1862 the father organized, for service in
the Civil war. Company F, of the One hun-
dred and Fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
of which he was made captain. Entering
into active service the company did its full
duty but at Hartsville. Tennessee, the en-
tire" company including the captain was cap-
tured by the Confederates and sent to An-
dersonville prison where they remained until
paroled. The captain, being sick and dis-
abled, was mustered out of service and re-
turned to his old farm home, where he con-
tinued to live until the time of his death,
January 9, 1878, at the age of sixty-six
years. " He was siirvived by the mother, who
lived on the old homestead until her death
in 1900, at the age of eighty-nine years.
She had resided on the homestead during
nearly her whole life and had witnessed the
raising of seventy-five crops on that farm.
She was the mother of eight children: Rose
Ann, who is the widow of Aaron Klibcr, of
La Salle county. Illinois: Candies, who mar-
ried Henry Ackerman. of North Dakota, de-
ceased; Ann E., the wife of Miithias Coarh-
anour, of La Salle county, Illinois; George,

who passed away in Colorado; Samuel H.;
Salanda Lockwood, of Strcator. Illinois; ,
Charley, of Lenox, Iowa; and tius.sie, of
Streator, Illinois.

Keared in the state of Illinois and edu-
cated in its public .schools, Samuel II. Mc-
Kernan received a good education and train-
ing. At the age of twenty years he began
farming on his own account, operating in
Illinois until ISTS. when he removed to Ot-
tawa, Kansas, and purclm.-ied land there. Ho
remained on his Kansas farm for ten years,
developing it and making of it a very "valu-
able property. At the end of that time ho
sold his holdings in Kansas and came to Ore-
gon in 18S8. settling in Lane county, where
he took up a homestead of one hundred and
sixty acres, which he occupied lor twenty
years. When he took up his land in Oregon
it was covered with a heavy growth of tim-
ber. He continued working hard, however,
until he placed twenty-live acres of it un-
der cultivation and in the earlier days ho
was compelled to build a high fence around
his fields in order to keep the deer from eat-
ing his crops. In 1908 he sold his farm for
thirty-three hundred dollars and retired to
Cottage Grove, where he bought a comfort-
able home with a ten acre tract adjoining
the city limits, lor which he paid two thou-
sand dollars, lie also owns a business house
in Cottage (irove and two residence prop«T-
ties, which ho is renting.

Jlr. McKernan was married at Streator,
Illinois, January 1, 1873, to Miss Ijiura
Wekhanse. who was born in Pennsylvania,
July 14, 1855, the daughter of Jackson and
Mary (Corl) Welchanse. the former a na-
tive of Pennsylvania while the hitter was
born in New York city. The marriage of
the parents was celebratc<l in Pennsylvania,
where they lived for eight years, after which
they removed to Illinois, settling in La SallK
county in 1836. There the father purehasted
land and died at the age of thirty years.
In their family were five children: IteneltB,
the wife of " Henry CunlilTe. of I'ontiBe,
Illinois; (Jeorge, of Streator, Illinois; Lnurn,
wlu) became Mrs. Samuel II. .MeKiTnnn:
William, who was killed in a railway accident ;
and Esther, the wife of l.ynum linker, of
Streator. After the death "f her huvhanil
Mrs. Welchanse was again married, her sec-
ond union being with .lames CunlilTp. of K»ll
River, Massachusetts, and thev Ix-onme thn
parents of three children: Charlotte, the wifp
of Ross Corl, of Caney. Kansas; Emms, the
wife of Arthur Garner; and James, of
Streator, Illinois. To .Mr. and Mrs. McKer-
nan six childri'n have l>cen born: .l«nir»,
who ilied in infancy; Candies, the wife of
Martin Foster, of Ijino county, Oregon;
Clyde, who met death by drowning nt thr
age of eight yeors; Sylvia, the wifp of
Hiram Griggs, of Cottage Grove. Oregon:
Charles, of Cottage Grove, who married f'nr
rie Oickens. n native of Iowa, by whom he
has a son Clyde, born in Seplember. IPIO;
and Ralph, who died ot the oge of thre* •ml
onehnlf years.

Mr. MeKernnn gives his political alleginnro
to the de4iio.-rafic party, and fraternally ho

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belongs to Lodge No. 357, B. P. 0. E., of Eu-
gene. He is well and favorably known in
the community where he resides and al-
though he has been a resident of Cottage
Grove a comparatively short time, he has
formed a large circle of personal friends,
by whom he is held in high esteem.

MRS. AURA M. RALEY, known as the
mother of Pendleton, was born in Kennebec
county, Maine, on August 23, 1829. She was
a daughter of Stephen L. and Cozbi (Saw-
telle) Morse, botn of whom were natives of
Maine. The father died in his native state
and the mother later married a Mr. Town-
send with whom she removed to Wisconsin,
and in 1853 crossed the plains to Oregon.
They were in the same trahi with Mrs. Raley
of this review, but separated at Powder river,
going into the Willamette valley, while the
subject of this sketch went on to Washington.
Aura Morse of this review resided in Maine
until she was fifteen years of age when, with
her mother, she removed to Wisconsin, where
she was later united in marriage to Mr.
Moses E. Goodwin, who was a native of Craw-
ford county, Illinois. In 1853 Mr. and Mrs.
Goodwin started across the plains with ox
teams for Oregon, being in company with
several other families among whom were her
mother and step-father. The journey was
beset with many difficulties and the Indians
were unusually troublesome. Of the large
train that started only five families com-
pleted the trip. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin first
settled fifteen miles north of Vancouver,
Washington, where they purchased a farm
and resided for three years. At the breaking
out of the' Indian war they built a raft and,
taking with them enough timber to erect a
house, they floated down the river to Van-
couver, which was then only a Hudson's Bay
Comjjany trading post. There they built
their house which they later converted into
a hotel and operated the same as su^h until
1864. At that date, with their stock, they
started for the mining district of Boise,
Idaho, but upon reaching Umatilla county
they were unable to take their cattle over
the mountains and, liking this section of the
country, they located here. They took up a
donation land claim on which Pendleton now
stands, erecting the first house in this vicin-
ity. It was on the present site of the I'endle"-
ton Hotel and they operated it as a hotel
for several years. Their donation land claim
consisted of one hundred and sixty acres, and
was the location on which the earlier Pendle-
ton was biiilt, the town which on the 20th
of November, 18GS, the county commissioners
chose ns the seat of Umatilla county.

To Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin were born three
rhildron, the eldest of whom died in infancy.
The others were: Wallace W., who was mur-
(l<Tcd on Snake River in 1872 while he was on
a trin to that section of the country with
Home horses; and Olive, who is now the wife
of S. A. John of Portland. Mr. Goodwin
passed away on .lanuary 17, 1871, and in
May. 1873, the subject of this sketch was
nfjain united in marriage, her second union
being to Henry .7. Raley, who came to Oregon

in 1853. To them was born one child, Cozbi,
who is now the wife of W. C. E. Pruitt, the
deputy district attorney of Pendleton. Mr.
Ealey passed away in October, 1876, and
after his death Mrs. Raley continued for
several years in the hotel business. Being
thrifty and industrious, and capable in her
business management she is now in good
financial circumstances and resides in a beau-
tiful home at No. 214 West Alta street,
which she built in 1909.

Mrs. Raley is a member of the Episcopal
church and is a lady of many good traits of
heart and mind whose life is in harmony
with her Christian profession. She is ex-
ceptionally well preserved in both mind and
body, having an excellent memory, and, al-
though she is now in her eighty-fourth year
she does not appear to be a woman of more
than sixty. She has seen two Indian wars
and well knows the meaning of the priva-
tions and hardships of frontier life, and
highly deserves the comfortable circumstances
in which she is placed. She has lived in
Pendleton for more than half a century, has
long witnessed the growth and development
of this part of the state and has a wide cir-
cle of acquaintances and host of friends
among the older settlers as well as among
those who have arrived at a later date.

C. T. MYERS is classified with the suc-
cessful merchants and business men of Sheri-
dan and his present enviable position is due
to the fact that close application and inde-
fatigable energy have ever been the guiding
forces of his life. He is now proprietor of a
hardware and implement store and in con-
nection therewith conducts an undertaking
establishment. He was born near Appleton,
in Kno.x county, Illinois, December 13, 1884,
and is a son of S. A. and Ida L. (Mitchell)
Myers. The father was born in Illinois and
afterward removed to Iowa. Later he re-
turned to Illinois but again went to Iowa,
settling at Weldom, where he remained until
he came to Oregon in 1908. In that year he
located at Sheridan, where he is now living
retired, although for many years he was
closely associated with general farming in-
terests. His wife is a native of Illinois and
in that state they were married. They be-
came the parents of nine children: Bessie,
now the wife of H. H. Fuller, of Weldon,
Iowa; C. T.; Jennie B., the wife of J. T.
Yoeom. of Sheridan, Oregon; H. P., who is
with his brother in business; Ethel. Harley,
Daisy, Clark and Lawrence, all yet at home.

C. T. Myers pursued his education in the
public schools of Illinois and Iowa and after
a partial high-school course became a stu-
dent in the commercial college at Chillicothe,
Missouri. He is also a graduate of the Cap-
ital City Commercial College of Des Moines,
completing his work there with the class of
1907. After coming to Oregon in the follow-
ing year he entered the high school at Eu-
gene and on completing his studies there came
to Sheridan, with the business interests of
which he has since been closely associated.
Here he first engaged in the furniture trade
and afterward added a stock of hardware.

MRS. Al KA .\l. U.\i.y.\

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45

On the 1st of January, 1911. however, he
disposed of his furniture business but still
continues in the hardware trade, carrying a
complete line of shelf and heavy "oods. He
is also dealing in implements and conducts
an undertaking and embalming business,
having studied embalming in Iowa for two
years. The establishment is conducted un-
der the firm name of Myers Brothers, his
younger brother, H. P. Myers, being now as-
sociated with him in a partnership relation.
They are accorded a liberal patronage and
are meeting with well merited success.

C. T. Myers was united in marriage to
Bertha Courtemanche, in June, 1909, and
unto them was bom one child, who died in
infancy. In politics Mr. Myers is an inde-
pendent republican, usually supporting the
principles of the party yet never feeling him-
self bound by party ties. He has served as
a member of the city council for one term
and he is secretary of the Commercial Club.
In the Woodmen of the World he has served
as clerk and he also belongs to the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He is yet a
young man but has already made a credit-
able record in commercial circles and the sa-
lient qualities which he has thus far dis-
played argue well for a successful future.

JOHN HAGENAUER, who is interested in
general fariniii'; and is the owner of one
hundred and eighty-three acres of valuable
land, situated two and one half miles south-
east of nervals, in Marion county, was born
in Austria in April, 1849. His parents were
Wcnccl and Helena Hagenauer, who came to
America in 1873 and settled in Wisconsin.
In 1877 they removed to Oregon and pur-
chased one hundred and eighty-three acres
of land, which is the farm now owned by
John Hagenauer of this review and all of
which at that time was covered with heavy
timber. They resided on this place dtiring
the remainder of their lives, the mother dy-
ing in 1891 and the father in 1902. In their
family were seven children, of whom .John
Hagenauer was the third in order of birth.
The others are Wencel, Barbara, Annie,
Frank, Mary and Peter.

John Hagenauer was reared and educated
in Austria and came to America in 1869.
thus preceding his parents by four years
in taking the trip. He settled in Wisconsin,
where he remained eight years, and then
came to Oregon, locating on the place where
he still lives. One h\indred acres of his ex-
cellently improved farm are under a high
state of cultivation, whereon he uses the
latest and most improved methods known to
those who have made a study of farming.

In 1888 Mr. Hagenauer was united in mar-
riage to Miss .Josephine IleniM, a native of
Oermany, who was reared and eduratcfl
there. She came to America in ISS.'i and
lived three years in Minnesota, after which
time she removed to Oregon. She is one of
twelve children who were bom to her par-
ents, all of whom are still residing in fJer-
many except herself and one sister. Her
parents both died in riermnny. In the fam-
ily of Mr. and Mrs. Hagenauer are five chil-

dren: Annie M., born in 1890; Helena E.,
born in 1S93; Barbara C., born in 1896;
Peter J., born in 1S99; and John J., born
in 1902.

In his political views Jlr. Hagenauer is a
stalwart democrat, giving unfaltering sup-
port to the men and measures of the party.
He and bis family adhere to the teachings of
the Catholic church. Energetic in his work,
conscientious in all matters of Inisiness, Mr.
Hagenauer is a progressive and valued citi-
zen of the country in which he has chosen
to make his home.

FREDERICK L. GRAY is the owner of a
well improved ranch of three hundred acres
located seven miles northeast of Springfield,
where he has resided for more than fifty
years and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He was born in Washington county. Penn-
sylvania, on February. 2. 1S31, and is a son
cif Alexander and Lydia (Lutanner) Oray.
The father was of Irish extraction and the
mother of German descent, but they were
born, reared and married in the Keystone
state and there passed the early years of
their domestic life. In 1831, they removed
to Ohio, but five years later the family was
called upon to mourn the loss of the mother,
who was buried in the vicinity of Wooster,
and the father and children subsequently
returned to Pennsylvania. He located in
Washington county, continuing to reside
there for several years, and during that
period he was married again, his second wife
having been Miss Mary Andrews. The at-
traction of the west again proving irresist-
ible, in 1844 he crossed the i)miries to Indi-
ana, .settling in the vicinity of Greencastle,
where both he and his wife passed the re-
mainder of their lives. He died on the 26th
of December. 1866, but she survived for
several years thereafter. Mr. Gray was a
miller, and while he followed his trade at
various periods, his energies were devoted
to agricultviral pursuits during the greater
part of his life. To him and his first wife
there were born four sons, of whom our sub-
ject, the third in order of birth, is the only
one now living. The others are as follows:
John, who passed away in Texas at the age
of eighty years; .Mexandor, whose death oc-
curred in I.os Angeles at the age of eighty-
three; and .Jacob .'!., who was seventy-five
and a resilient of Nebraska at the time of
his death. I''ive children were born of the
second marriage: Samuel K.. now deceased,
who engaged in the practice of medicine in
Illinois; Kohert. who is a resident of Ne-
braska; .Sarah M.. who is deceased; Xancy
Jane, the deceaied wife of .Albert Hurt; and
William .1.. who was accidentally killed in
Idaho.

Bom In a family of moderate means, Fred-
erick L. Gray received hut a limited educa-
tion in the district schools of his native
state. Having been reared in the country,
he was early trained to agricultural pur-
suits, so upon leaving home at the age of
seventeen years he sought and obtained em-
ployment as a farm hand. He continued to
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

three years. At the expiration of that time
he decided to go west, so he joined an emi-
grant train and crossed the plains to Oregon
in 1851. Ddring the first three years of his
residence in the west he worl-ced in the gold
fields of the Rogne River country and also
in California, but in 185.5 he gave up pros-
pecting and came to Lane county. For a
year he worked in the Deadwood mines, and
in 1853 he participated in the Indian war,
guarding Jacksonville, Oregon. After en-
gaging in various activities he filed on a
claim of one hundred and sixty acres and
went into the stock business. He followed
this with very good success until he received
the deed to his land four years later. At
the end of that time he disposed of his claim
and went to the Willow Springs mines and
prospected for two years. In ISdl. he re-
turned to Lane county and bought his pre-
sent ranch, which at that time contained
three hundred and twenty acres of land.
This is located on section 35, Range south,
2 west, township 17, on the old stage road
between Springfield and Walterville. Soon
after acquiring this property he joined a
party and started for the Salmon river
mines. It was a perilous journey and
fraught with many hardships and privations.
The snow was deep and the cold extreme
and several of their number perished from
cold and exposure as they walked the entire
distance. Upon reaching their destination
they found the snow eight feet deep on a
level at the mines, which made it ])ractie-
ally impossible to work. The scarcity of
food and the exorbitant prices — they paid
two hundred and twenty-five dollars for two
hundred pounds of flour upon their arrival
— caused Mr. Gray to leave soon after his
arrival for the Piatt Valley mines. There
he found practically the same conditions —
the season too far advanced to work, and
the food supply very low — so he returned
to his ranch and has ever since been a res-
ident of Lane county. He applied himself
energetically and intelligently to the de-
velopment of his land and the direction of
his rmdertakings, meeting with a corres-
ponding degree of success. He now owns
three hundred acres of well improved land,
one hundred acres of this being under high
cultivation. All of the improvements upon
his place are in good condition, it is well
stocked and thoroughly equipped with every-
thing needful to the modern agriculturist.
In addition to his home place. Mr. Gray
owns one hundred and twelve acres of fer-
tile land near Thurston, Oregon.

In 1864, Mr. Gray was married to Mrs.
Olive Looney, the widow of .Tames C, Loo-
ney, who filed upon a donation claim in
Lane county in 1H53, that included the pres-
ent Gray ranch, Kight children were born
to Jlr. and Mrs. Gray, as follows: Alexan-
der, who was born on the 9th of Novem-
ber, 1864, now a resident of Springfield,
Oregon ; Charles, whose natal day was the
2d of September, 1866, a resident of Kla-
math Falls, this state; Mary Jane, whose
birth occurred on Oetober 22, 1868, the wife
of Albert Mathews, of Lane county; Fred-

erick, who was born on April 14, 1871, liv-
ing on a portion of the old homestead in
this county; Ira, whose birth occurred on
June 24, 1873, also of Lane county; John,
who was born in 1S7G and died in infancy;
and Nellie, whose natal day was September
20, 1879, and had attained the age of eleven
years when she died. Margaret Ann, who
is the si.xth in order of birth, was born on
the 7th of June, 1875, and married Frank
Campbell, who died October 27, 1900. Mrs.
Campbell and her son Frank, who was born
on November 19, 1900, arc living with Mr.
Gray on the old homestead. Mrs. Gray had
four children by her first husband. The
three eldest, Isaac D., William JI. and Sarah
A., are all deceased, but the youngest, Mar-
tha E., is the wife of William McKiiniey, of
Independence, Oregon. All of the children
were given the advantages of a good prac-
tical education.

Mr. Gray is a socialist in his political
views, but twice cast his ballot for Abra-
ham Lincoln. He has never actively par-
ticipated in public affairs, not being an as-
pirant to public honors. Mr. Gray wlio has
lived far beyond the Psalmist's alloted span,
having attained the venerable age of eighty-
one years, is widely known in the county
aiul enjoys the coniidence and esteem of a
large circle of friends.

FRANK PRANTL, who resides on his farm
of sixty-two acres, situated two and one-half
miles southeast of Gcrvais, was born in Ma-
rion county, Oregon, February 17, 1877, the
son of .lohn and Mary Prantl, both natives
of Germany. The parents were married in
New Jersey but a short time afterward re-
moved to California and later came to Ma-
rion county, Oregon, where they bought one
hundred acres of land which they occupied
until the father retired from active work, in
1901. Since that date he has lived with his
son Frank, of this review, the mother having
died in December, 1902. In their family were
ten children: Mrs. Katie Aicher, of Wood-
burn, Oregon; Mrs. Mary Hitchman, of Port-
land; Rose, at home; Frank, the subject of
this review; Mrs, Agnes Aicher. of Wood-
burn; Peter, Mrs. Lena Addleman. Mrs,
Theresa Schindler and Mrs, Cecilia Eder, all
residents of Gervais, Oregon; and Joseph, of
Marion county.

Frank Prantl was reared under the pa-
rental roof and started out in life for him-
self at the age of twenty-four, when he
took charge of his farm of fifty acres, which
was his share of his father's estate. He has
since added to this until he now owns sixty-
two acres of improved land, thirty acres of
which is under a high state of cultivation,
eleven acres being in hops and six set out in
apple trees.

Mr. Prantl was wedded on the 7th of Jan-
uary, in 1009, to Miss Therese Ditrich, a
daughter of Martin and Therese Ditrich, both
of whom are natives of Hungary. The pa-
rents came to America in 1004 and are now
living on a farm in Marion county. Their
family consists of eight children who are
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47

Oregon; John, of Portland; Mrs. Annie Kohn,
of Gervais; Mrs. Prantl, the wife of Frank
Prantl, of tliis review; Lena, at home; Mar-
tin, of Gervais; and Mary and Cecilia, at
home. Mr. and Mrs. Prantl have become
the parents of two tliildren: Cecilia T., born
December 29, 190U, and Agnos M., born July
23, 1911. In politics Mr. Prantl adheres to
the principles of the republican party and
both he and his wife arc devout members of
the Catholic church. His entire life has been
spent in Marion county, where he is well
known and highly esteemed as a progressive
and enterprising man.

JAMES F. KINDRED. With limited edu-
catioiiiil u|ioituuitiis and no special advan-
tages to aid liini as he started out in the
business world, James F. Kindred worked
his way upward and has long been widely
and favorably known as a leading agricul-
turist of Clatsop county. He represented
one of the old pioneer families of the north-
west, his birth having occurred in Oregon
Citv, December 25, 1844. Ills parents were
B. C. and Rachel (Miller) Kindred, both of
whom were natives of Illinois, and in 1844
crossed the plains with ox teams, settling
first in Oregon City, wliich at that time was
a very small place. They remained there
only one winter and then removed to Colum-
bia county, Oregon, where the fatlicr was
employed in a logging mill one year. In
1846 they removed to Clatsop county and
the father entered a farm, which is now
known as the Gearhart place. He built
thereon a log cabin, which he occupied two
years, and then traded the place for a yoke
of oxen. He next secured a tract of land
of six hundred and forty acres, upon which
the town of Hammond now stands, and there
he lived up to the time of his death. When
he first settled in Clatsop county he had to
haul his provisions from \'anco\iver on the
Columbia river in a birdi canoe and it re-
quired a week to make the trip. Subse-
quently he had a whaleboat built, which
was propelled by sails, after which he en-
gaged in transporting goods for pioneers of
this end of the county from Vancouver.
Subsequently he l)ecame a pilot for vessels
plying on the Columbia river from its mouth
to Portland. His death occurred in 1905 and
his wife passed away January 2, 1S9S. In
their family were twelve children: Henry
P.. now living at Seaside, Oregon; James F.;
Joel, deceased; Nancy, the wife of Henry
Fisher, of Hammoml, Clatsop county; Julia,
the deceased wife of Captain Habbidge; Wil-
liam, a resident of Washington; Mary, the
wife of Frank Mudd, who is living on a farm
eight miles south of Astoria; David, now at
Fort Stevens; Amanda, in Portland; Amelia,
the wife of Charles Holt; Sarah, the wife of
Wilas Mudd. of Hammond, and Rozettic
Cunningham.

Only in a limited way did James F. Kin-
dred have opportunity to attend school and
at eighteen years of age he started out in
the world on his own account, working in
various ways for three years, after which
he rented a farm on Youngs river and con-

tinued its cultivation for a year. Subse-
quently he purchased the property known as
tile liurke farm, comprising one hundred and
twenty-nine acres, finely improved. He has
since devoted his energies to general agri-
cultural pursuits and has converted his place
into an excellent property. In addition to
this he owns six lots in the vicinity of Ham-
■mond, four lots and a fine residence in War-
rent on. three lots in Astoria and one in
Portland.

Jlr. Kindred has been married twice. He
lirst wedded Kliza Doak, who was born in
Clatsop county, and unto them were born
six children: .Joel, a resident of Clatsop
county; Edward, now in Washington; Julia,
the wife of M. Miller, of Idaho; Augusta,
who is married and resides south of Port-
land; Charles, living at Goble. Oregon; and
Katlierine, the wife of Charles Dean, of Clat-
sop county. In 1S81 Mrs. Kindred died and
in 18S3 >ir. Kindred was again married, his
second union being with Mrs. Lavina Keaton
Dean, the widow of William K. Dean, who
by her first marriage had live children,
namely: Charles, who is lirst mate on the
gasoline schooner Patsy; Elizabeth, the wife
of Fred Preston, of Clatsop county; Edward,
a farmer; Mrs. Achsa Bowers, of As-
toria; and William R., who was chief en-
gineer on the Oshkosh gasoline schooner and
was drowned on the 13th of February, 1911,
in the Pacific ocean in a terrible gale. Mrs.
Kindred was born in St. Louis, Missouri,
and is a daughter of Thomas and Lorina
(Karnes) Keaton. the former a native of
Kentucky and the latter of Illinois. She
was one of a family of nine children and by
her marriage to Jlr. Kindred has become the
mother of four children: Maud, the wife of
Peter Fake, of Astoria; Rosa, the wife of
George Baker, of Tacoma, Washington;
Ralph, deceased; and Lester, who is now
engineer on the Teddy Roosevelt, a steamer
plying on the Columbia.

In his political views Mr. Kindred is a
republican but has never been an oflice
seeker. His understanding of political ques-
tions and issues is comprehensive, but he
prefers to devote himself to ])rivale busi-
ness interests that are now bringing liini
substantial returns.

0. D. HAMSTREET, editor and owner of
the Sheridan Suii, was born in Darlington,
Lafayette cotinty, Wisconsin. May 5, 1858. a
son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Pramer)
Hamstreet, both natives of the state of New
V'ork. The paternal ancestors have lived in
America for three generations, the great-
grandfather and two of his brothers coming
from fJermany, and they have all followed
the occupation of farming. The father grew
to manhood in New York and was married
there and then moved to Wisconsin, making
the trip bj' boat through the Erie canal.
He lived in Wisconsin until just before his
death in 1879, when he moved to Clear l>ake,
Iowa. He, too, was a farmer by occupation
but being very active in church ami Sunday
school work, he gave the last twenty years
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schools. His faith was that of the Con-
gregational church and also, in addition to
his other activities for the church, he served
as deacon. The maternal grandfather was a
fencer by profession in his native country,
Holland, but left there on account of a duel
to which he was challenged, and came to
America. The mother died in 1909 and is
buried beside her husband in the cemetery
of Clear Lake, Iowa.

0. D. Hamstreet attended the country
schools and the State Normal School of Wis-
consin and then studied law in the State
University of Iowa at Iowa City, being grad-
uated in the class of 1882. He then located
in Paullina, Iowa, where he remained eleven
years in the practice of law. For a part
of this time he was also editor of the Paul-
lina Times. Subsequently he moved to Sheri-
dan, Wyoming, and was engaged for ten
years in the hardware trade and in the live-
stock business. He was then at Norfolk,
Nebraska, for four years, at the end of which
time he returned to Sheridan and became
editor of the Sheridan Enterprise. In 1908
he removed to Sheridan. Oregon, where he
purchased the Sheridan Sun, of which he is
still editor and manager.

In 1883 Mr. Hamstreet was married to
Miss Vina Daniels, a native of Iowa. They
have two children: Loil, who is a high-school
graduate and is now shipping clerk in a
wholesale house in Portland; and Harold, now
attending high school. In politics Mr. Ham-
street gives his allegiance to the republican
party and has held various offices. He is an
active worker in the Commercial Club of
Sheridan, of which he was one of the or-
ganizers.

FRANCIS E. ROWELL, a prosperous and
prominent citizen of Washington county,
where he has resided from his birth to the
present time, has for the past eight years
conducted a general mercantile establishment
in partnership with his brother, James Al-
l)ert. their store being located at Scholls,
eight miles southwest of Beaverton. His
birth occurred on the 21st of August, 1876,
his parents being dohn D. and Ann R. (Jack)
Eowell. The father was born in St. Joseph
county, Michigan, on the 10th of October,
1836, while tlie mother's birth occurred in
Virginia on the 5th of February, 1852. Their
marriage was celebrated in Washington
county, Oregon, where John D. Rowell spent
the remainder of his life and where his widow
still resides at the age of sixty years. In
1853, when their son John was a youth of
sixtooii, the paternal grandparents of our
subject crossed the plains to Oregon, the
journey consuming four months and twenty
days. The grandfather took up a donation
claim in Washington county, continuing to
reside thereon until called to his final rest.
The maternal grandparents of Francis E.
Rowell removed to Iowa when their daugh-
ter Ann was still a child, remaining in that
state for four years. On the expiration of
that period they crossed the plains by ox
team to Oregon, settling in Washington
county, wliore the grandfather purchased

one hundred and sixty acres of land. Sub-
sequently he augmented his land holdings
by additional purchase and at one time
owned three hundred and sixty acres. At
the time of his demise, which occurred in
1908, he had largely converted his property
into cash. His wife passed away in May,
1896.

John D. Rowell, the father of Mr. Rowell
of this review, first came into possession of
a tract of one hundred and twenty acres
and subsequently traded the same for one
hundred and ninety-eight acres of the do-
nation claim originally owned by his father
and bought one hundred and twenty-two
acres making a total of three hundred and
twenty acres. The latter place was his
home throughout the remainder of his life,
his death occurring on the 7th of August,
1896. Unto him and his wife were born
five children, as follows: Francis E., of
this review; Carrie May, who died in in-
fancy; James Albert, who is associated in
liusiness with his brother, Francis E.; Cassie,
tlie wife of T. R. Ratcliffe, of Portland, Ore-
gon; and Ina I. I., who is yet at home. James
Albert Rowell, as above stated, is his brother's
associated in the conduct of a general mer-
cantile establishment at Scholls. In fact he
and his brother conduct all their interests in
linrtnership. including a tile and brick factory
and a sawmill in Washington county. James
Albert Rowell is also interested in the Port-
land Concrete Pile & Equipment Company,
the American Life & Accident Insurance Com-
pany of Oregon and in a tract of one hun-
dred and eight acres of land in Washington
county.

Francis E. Rowell, like the other children
of his father's family, attended the common
schools in the acquirement of an education.
When nineteen years of age he began assist-
ing in the operation of the old homestead
farm, devoting his attention to the work
of the fields until 1910. In addition to his
work on the farm he, in 1903, in associa-
tion with his brother, .lames Albert, em-
barked in business as a general merchant
of Scholls, where they have since built up
a profitable store, enjoying an extensive
patronage. Furthermore, he has an interest
in a sawmill and tile and brick factory, and
likewise holds stock in the American Life
& Accident Insurance Company of Portland
as well as the Portland Concrete Pile &
Equipment Company. In association with
his brother, James A., he owns a tract of
one hundred and eight acres of land in
Washington county, forty-five acres of which
is under a high state of cultivation, seven
acres being planted to onions. The brothers
also own two hundred and ninety-two acres
of land in Canada and a tract of one hun-
dred and ninety-three acres near Crescent
City, California.

On the 2d of January. 1905, Mr. Rowell
was united in marriage to Miss Minnie B.
Sutherland, who was born in Stockton, Cali-
fornia, on the 2d of March, 1884, her par-
ents being E. J. and Mary Jane (Turner)
Sutherland, natives of California and In-
diana respectively. They were married in
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when they came to Oregon, first locating in
Clackamas county and later in Washington
county. In 1891 they removed to Yamhill
county but ten years later returned to Wash-
ington county, where they spent the re-
mainder of their lives, Mr. Sutherland pass-
ing away on the 18th of October, 1902, and
his wife on the 2d of March, 1908. Unto
them were born six children, as follows:
Grace, the wife of P. C. Anderson, of Port-
land; Edna May, who is deceased; ilrs.
Kowell: Edward ,1.. living in Portland; Jennie,
the wife of George D. Lee, of Portland; and
•Tohn. who is a resident of Scholls, Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Kowell had two children,
namely: one who died in infancy; and Francis
Theron. whose natal day was August 9, r.HiS.
In polities Mr. Rowell is a stanch republi-
can, casting his ballot for the men and meas-
ures of that party. He belongs to the United
Artisans. lie is a thoro\igligoing business
man. improving his opportunities for the
attainment of linancial success, and his dili-
gence has been the source of his prosperity.

FRANK SEYMOUR BAILLIE was born
at Flint. Michigan, on A>igust 11. lSf.9. Plis
parents were William P. BaiUie and Emily
Seymour Pier-Baillie. He received his edu-
cation in the public school of Flint. Michi-
gan, and graduated from its high school in
18S6. He graduated from the University of
Michigan with the class of 1890. receiving
the degree of B. S. (C. E.). His profes-
sional career began as a surveyor luuler the
direction of General W. W. nufTield. He
later was a draftsman with the American
Bridge Works, of Chicago, Illinois. From
1893 to 1S96 he was assistant engineer for
the Gillette-Hcrzog Manufacturing Company
of ilinneapolis, Minnesota. In the fall of
1896 lie became vice presiilent and general
manager ot the Columbia Gold Mining Com-
pany, operating what is known as the Co-
Inmbia Mine and has since that time to date
continued in that position.

In 190.5 Mr. Baillie was married to .lessie
Allen Perkins, of CofTeyville, Kansas. Mr.
Baillie is a member of the various clubs, as
well as twnevolent orders of the eastern
Oregon district, being a past commander of
Baker Commandery Xo. 9, K. T.

WILLIAM J. DENVIR was numbered
among the >-elfmade men of Clatsop county
and, although early left and orphan and de-
prived of many of the advantages which
come through home training and environ-
ment, he made for himself a name and po-
sition in the business world most creditable.
He was born in County Down, Ireland, but
was early left an orphan. The dale of his
birth was unknown to him, yet the suppo-
sition is he was about sixty-one years of
age at the time of his demise. lie had an
uncle on the paternal side who was a bishop
in the Catholic church in Belfast. Ireland,
and his paternal grandfather was a soldier
in the English army in the Revolutionary
war in America. By occupation he was a
sea captain and devoted many years to sail
ing the seat. Patrick Denvir, father of Wil
v. I. Ill— 3

Ham, by his marriage to Xancy Philips, had
four daughters and two sons, Margaret,
-Mary. .Sarah, Anne, Robert and John.

William J. Denvir was about seven years
of age when he lost his mother and was one
of a family of six children born of the sec-
ond marriage of his father. Five of the chil-
dren are still living, including four daugh-
ters, Jane. Catherine. Elizabeth and .Martha.
William .1. was the lourtli in order of birth
in the family and was about twelve years
of age wlii'U his father died. At that time
he was attending the common schools of Ire-
land. When a youth of about fourteen he
was sent to America and joined Alexander
Alcorn in Iowa, living with him for four
years at Mount Sterling, in Van Buren
county. In 1S62 he was sent across the
plains to Nevada, driving ox teams. He lo-
cated in Virginia City, where he remained
until able to dispose of some horses which
he had taken with him. In the following
year he returned to Iowa and in the fall of
lSi)4 again crossed the plains with mule
teams, locating at the old Virginia mining
lanip in Montana. There he engaged in min-
ing for eight months, after which he went
to Helena, where he carried on ranching.
Failing in this venture, he returned on horse-
back to Iowa, but once more crossed the
plains, in 1871, this time journeying by rail
to .San Francisco and thence by water to
Portland. In the following year he settled
upon the farm on which he resided up to
the time of his death. He took up both a
homestead and a preemption claim, in all
about two hundred and eighty acres. To
this he added from time to time, becoming
the owner of two hundred and seventy acres
additional.

In 1S79 Mr. Denvir was luiited in mar-
riage to Miss Eva A. Ledford. who was born
in .laekson county. Oregon. March Hi. 1859,
and is a daughter of Eli and .Sarah Jane
(Walker) Ledford. both of whom were na-
tives of Missouri. They came to Dregon
while still single with their respective par-
ents in 1845, crossing the plains with ox
teams, six months being consumed ere the
trip was completed. Her grandfather Walker
was a member of the Oregon stati' legisla-
ture and was also captain of Company E,
of the Ninth Regiment of Oregon Militia,
his company being composed of Jacksun
county men. The death of Mr. Ledford
occurred in 1885, his widow and Mrs. Denvir
surviving him. He was a volunteer of the
Ninth Regiment under Colonel John E. Ross,
which was organized in 1865 and only ex-
isted from (October 16th to November 21st.
He was then honorably discharged and was
to receive for his services the iismil com-
pensation and pay for the use of his horse,
but the government failed to meet its ob-
ligation. In 1859 the father with a party
of men out prospecting for claims was met
by a band of Indians and all were massacred
by the savages, while the horses and behmg-
ings were confiscated. .Mrs. Denvir was the
only child of her parents. By her marriage
she became the mother of six children: Mol-
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ceased; Anna Grace, the wife of Fred L.
Pope, living in Elsie, Oregon; Nancy R., the
■wife of Edward Ridderbusch, of Jewell, Ore-
gon; Maud A., the wife of Damon E. Stinson,
of California; and Robert James, at home.
Mr. Denvir passed away on the 2d of May,
1904, leaving a widow and five children.
Mrs. Denvir still owns a farm of one hun-
dred and eighty acres, of which fifty acres
is under cultivation. She is now serving
as postmistress of Warrenton, which posi-
tion she has filled for the past six years.
Mr. Denvir was a man of many sterling
traits of character and his personal qualities
were such as endeared him to many friends
so that genuine sorrow was felt when he
passed from this life.

GEORGE A. McFARLAND. Agricultural
pursuits have always engaged the attention
of George A. McFarland, who is operating
a ranch of twenty-five acres east of Beaver-
ton, that formed a portion of the donation
claim acquired by his fatlicr over fifty years
ago. His birth occurred on the farm where
he is now living, in 1859, his parents being
James and Eliza McFarland, the father a
native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and
the mother of Iowa. They were married in
the latter state and there they resided until
1852, when they crossed the plains to Ore-
gon, being among tlie pioneer settlers of
Washington county. Here the father took
up a donation claim of three hundred and
twenty acres, that he operated until his
death in 1883. The mother passed away
in 1890. Of the seven children born to Mr.
and Mrs. McFarland four are living, of whom
our subject is the youngest, the others be-
ing as follows: Mary E., who married H.
P. Johnson, of Portland, Oregon; Josie, the
wife of Charles Overand, of Alaska; and
William H., who is living in Portland. Those
deceased are: Thomas, .James and Ina.

The boyhood and youth of George A. Mc-
Farland were spent on the farm where he
was born, his education being limited to the
courses provided by the common schools of
the vicinity. At the age of eighteen years
he worked out as a farm hand for a time,
but subsequently took charge of the home
place, which he operated until the death of
his parents. Soon thereafter he came into
possession of his portion of the home ranch,
that he immediately located upon and here
he has ever since resided. He now owns
twenty-five acres of land on section 3, town-
ship 2, south, range 1, west, practically all
of which he has brought to a high state of
cultivation. During the period of his oc-
cupancy Mr. McFarland has wrought exten-
sive improvements in the property that now
forms one of the attractive features of this
section of the county. He has applied him-
self intelligently and industriously to the
operation of his fields, that have responded
to his efforts by abundant harvests. A firm
believer in extensive farming, he has made
a careful study of the soil on his place and
the products to which it is best adapted,
thus greatly increasing his annual yield and
at the same time improving its quality.

On the 3d of March, 1888, was celebrated
the marriage of Mr. McFarland and Miss
Lillie Tibitlia Burnham, also a native of this
county, and a daughter of Charles and Mary
E. Burnham. Mrs. McFarland lost her
mother when she was a child of ten years,
and her father passed away on September
17, 1911, at the age of seventy-six years. Mr.
and Mrs. Burnham were the parents of seven
children, four of whom are deceased. Those
living are: May, the wife of Joseph Boyd,
of Dilley, this state; Albert, who is a resi-
dent of Butteville; and Mrs. McFarland.
Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs.
McFarland all are living with the exception
of one son, Robert, who died at the age of
ten years. The others are as follows: Jo-
sephine, the wife of Max Stockdale, of Sil-
van; Francetta and Henry W., both of whom
are at home; and Emery K., who is a lad
of five years. Fully appreciating the advan-
tages of a thorough mental training Mr. Mc-
Farland has given his three elder children
the advantages of a good business education,
thus equipping them to meet the practical
responsibilities of life.

Although he has never been an aspirant
to public honors or the emoluments of office,
Mr. McFarland meets the requirements of
good citizenship by casting a ballot on elec-
tion day, his support being accorded to the
candidates of tlje republican party. By
reason of his honest and upright life he is
held in high esteem in his community, where
liis friends are practically coextensive with
his acquaintances.

JOHN A. FERSCHWEILER is the owner of

a tract of fifty acres of highly cultivated land,
situated twelve miles north of Salem and
two and one-half miles east of Gervais. A
native of Marion county, he was born near
St. Louis in 1874, the son of Peter J. and
Elizabeth (Domier) Ferschweiler. The father
was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and the
mother was a native of Austria and was
brought by her parents from that country to
America when she was four years of age.
The father and mother were married in Ore-
gon, having come here in the early '703, and
soon after their marriage bought land in Ma-
rion county, which they occupied until the
father's death, in August, 1880. At that date
they owned two hundred and fifty acres and
in addition the father and his brother ope-
rated the flour mills at Champoeg. The
mother is still residing at Gervais, Oregon.
They were the parents of five children, three
of whom are now living, Susan, Christina and
John A., of this review. The mother was
married a second time, becoming the wife of
D, Bauer, and of this union one child was
b(jrn, Anna. Mr. Bauer died in February,
1884, and the mother is now the wife of
Frank Nibler.

John A. Ferschweiler began life for him-
self at the time of his marriage when he
took charge of the old homestead, which he
still operates, being engaged in general farm-
ing. On the 24th of November, 1903, he was
united in marriage to Miss Theresa Reiling,
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May 10, 1881, the daughter of Frank J. and
Eleanor (Greiner) Reiling, the father a native
of Ohio and the mother of Michigan. The
parents were married in Kansas, where they
lived until 1S75, when they oamo to Oregon
and settled in Washington county, where the
father followed farming until his retirement,
at which time he sold his place and is now
living near Gladstone, Oregon. In their fam-
ily were thirteen children, of whom Mrs.
Ferschweiler was seventh in order of birth.
The others were: Francis and John L., de-
ceased; M. J.; Clara; Mary; Margaret; Char-
ley; George J.; Agnes; Annie; Fred; and
Catherine. Mr. and Mrs. Ferschweiler have
become the parents of six children: Margaret
and Frances, twins, born July 19, 1904; Ray-
mond, born November 5, 1905; Leonore, born
August 14, 1907; Frederick, born April 2,
1909; and Annie, born September 2, 1911.

In politics Mr. Ferschweiler votes the re-
publican ticket, but he is very liberal in his
views, and fraternally he is a member of the
order of United Artisans. Both he and Mrs.
Ferschweiler are much interested in the cause
of education, they themselves having had the
advantages of good common-school courses.
The family are members of the Catholic
church andtheir lives are guided by its teach-
ings. Mr. Ferschweiler enjoys a wide and
favorable acquaintance in the county where
his entire life has been spent and is entitled
to a place among its upright, respected and
representative citizens.

WILLIAM B. BROWN, a farmer of Mar-
ion county, Oregon, residing twelve miles
north of Salem and four miles south of Ger-
vais, was born in Clark county, Missouri,
June 22, 1858, the son of Benjamin and
Mary (Hawkins) Brown, the father a native
of Pennsylvania and the mother of Indiana.
The parents were married in Missouri and
lived there until 18G0. when they crossed
the plains and settled in Marion county,
Oregon, on a tract of land, part of which
included the present site of Woodlnirn. The
father resided on this land until within two
years of his death, when lie went to live with
his daughter at Longbeach, Washington,
where he died in 1907, the mother having
passed away several years before. In their
family were thirteen children: Barbara E.;
Mnry Jane; Jlinerva A.; Emma P., de-
ceased; A. B.; William B.. of this review;
Sarah D. J.; Corn May; II. D. ; Loretta, de-
ceased; S. B.; John M.; and Nancy E.,
deceased.

William B. Brown, being only two years
of age when his parents crossed the plains,
was reared and attended the common schools
in Oregon. He remained at home with his
parents until he was twent.vone years of
age, although he had married one year pre-
vious to that time, and then began farming
on land that he bought in Marion county,
known as the old donation land claim, on
which he lived until 1892, when he moved
to the adjoining farm, where he still resides.
He has followed the ocoipation of farming
all his life and now owns two hundred and
eighty-six acres of highly improved land.

with two hundred and sixty acres under a
high state of cultivation. " He also owns
property in Woodburn.

On January 1, 1S79, Mr. Brown was
\initcd in marriage to Miss Olive J. Jones,
a native of Marion county, Oregon, and a
daughter of Mitlira and Julia A. (Hubbard)
Jones. The parents crossed the plains with
ox teams in 1S47 and settled in Jlarion
county, where they continued to make their
home. The father is still living with his
daughter, Jlrs. Brown, and has now reached
the advanced age of eighty-two years, the
mother having passed away in 189S. Six
children were horn to them: Ella; Olive J.,
now Mrs. William B. Brown; Minnie;
Georgie; Charlie, deceased; and Rachel V.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown have become the par-
ents of four children. Winifred died at the
age of si.K months. Zoe was born in 1882
and is now Mrs. Bert McAtee, of Portland,
Oregon, and is the mother of a daughter,
JIarjory Ethel, born December 19, 1911.
F^ulu S. and Luke S., who are twins were
born September 23, 18S9, and the former is
now Mrs. Andrew C. Baker, of Portland,
while Luke S., wlio lives at home with his
father, married Miss Edna llolman, of
Salem, and has a son, Raymond A., born
March 25, 1912. All the members of the
family have a good common-school educa-
tion and some of them also have completed
business-college courses.

Mr. Brown's political allegiance is given
to the reputilican party, and fraternally he
is allied with the A. F. & A. M.; with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which
he has lilled all the chairs; with the Elks
of Salcin and with the Foresters, having also
filled all the chairs in tliis lo<ige. Since boy-
hood he has given his undivided attention to
farming and has studied the best methods
of cultivating the soil and as the result of
untiring and faitliful work he has reached
11 position where he is recognized as one of
the succi'ssful and substantial men of his
community.

ELDON E. ANTRIM, who is conducting a
thriving grocery business in Hopewell, Ore-
gon, was bom near that city, January 26.
18f)8, a son of Benjamin and Sarah E. (Saw-
yer) Antrim. His parental grandfather was a
pioneer in Logan county, Illinois, building
the first brick house at Lacon. The family
came from the northern part of Ireland and
one of the ancestors, John Antrim, was a
member of William Penn's colony. The ma-
ternal grandfather was also a pioneer of
Log.an county, Illinois. He was a native of
Virginia and liis wife, of Tennessee. Ben-
jamin, the father of Eldon E. Antrim, was
horn in Dearborn county, Indiana, and was
only n small child when his parents removed
to Illinois, where he grew to manhood. He
crossed the plains in 1849, going direct to
Oregon. He spent the winter in Linn City
and in 1850 he went to the mines in Cali-
fornia, where he remained for thirteen years.
He went through nil the hardships and ex-
periences of pioneer life, including participa-
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licad by an Indian bullet but the injury
proved to be only a sliglit one. Being
thoroughly acquainted with that region, he
was placed on scout duty where he rendered
very efficient service. Finally, before the
close of the war he bought one hundred and
sixty acres of laud near Hopewell, where he
lived during the remainder of his life, his
death occurring in 1893. After his arrival
on the Pacific coast he married Miss Sarah
E. Sawyer, a native of Logan county, Illi-
nois, wiio had come to Oregon in 1847 with
her parents, who located on a donation claim
near Hopewell. She died at her home near
Hopewell in 1897. In their family were four
children: George, who is a farmer , residing
three miles northeast of Hopewell ; Eldon
E., of this review; Mary, who is now Mrs.
T. E. Armstrong, of Yamhill. Oregon; and
Eay L., of Portland.

Eldon E. Antrim was educated in Oregon
and attended first the common schools, then
Philomath College and later McMinnville
College. He remained at home with his par-
ents until he was twenty-one years of age,
when he began life for himself by taking
charge of a part of his father's farm, which
work he continued until ten years ago. He then
engaged in the grocery business in Hope-
well but after three years he sold this and
from 1907 to 1909 was out of business. Then
he again engaged in business at Hopewell,
where he has now a large stock of groceries
and owns his store building and two lots.

In 1889 Mr. Antrim was married to Miss
Lela Belle Cooper, a native of Oregon and a
daughter of E. S. and Melissa (Stephens)
Cooper, both of whom are living in Yamhill
county. Mr. and Mrs. Antrim are the par-
ents of four children. Hugh B., Benjamin F.
Oscar C, and Metta M., all of whom are at
home.

In politics Mr. Antrim is an independent,
and fraternally he is identified with the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows at Amity.
Mrs. Antrim is a member of the United
Brethren church. He is recognized as a man
of laudable ambition and marked energy,
who seldom fails to carry forward to suc-
cessful completion whatever he undertakes.

CHARLES H. WELCH, now retired, an
Oregon pioneer wlio in 1882 bought land for
a farm which is now solidly built up within
Portland's boundaries, was born in Otsego
county. New York. .July 14, 1839, his parents
being William V. and Lucy P. (Pringle)
Welch. The father's birth occurred in Penn-
sylvania on the 29th of June. 1806, while
tlie mother was born in New York on the 4th
of July, 1806. They were of Welsh and
Scotch lineage respectively. William V.
Welch and Lucy P. Pringle were married
in New York and resided on the old home-
stead farm in that state until 1846. when
they disposed of the property and removed
to Illinois, inin-hasing a farm in Boone
county. Subsequently they took up their
abode in McHenry county and there also
purchased a farm. In 1862 Mr. Welch sold
out again and returned to the state of New-

York, where he bought a farm and remained
for some years. Subsequently he took up
his abode in Ohio and later removed to Iowa.
He passed away in Oregon on the 3d of April,
1896, while paying a visit to his son Charles.
His wife was called to her final rest in 1881.
Both are buried in Multnomah county, Ore-
gon. Their children were si.v in number, as
follows: William, who died in Colorado at
the age of fifty years ; John, whose demise
occurred in Kansas in the year 1881; Charles
H., of this review; Frances, the widow of J.
D; Maynard. who passed away in 1897;
Katherine, who died in infancy; and David,
whose death occurred in 1897.

The parents of Charles H. Welch removed
to Illinois when he was - about seven years
old, and the greater part of his youth was
passed and his education gained in that state,
where he attended the public schools. He re-
mained at home until 1861, when he enlisted
for three years' service with the Federal
forces, becoming a member of Company F of
the Forty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
During the period of his first enlistment he
was promoted to the rank of corporal. The
Forty-fifth Regiment was known as the
Washburn Lead Mine Regiment and was or-
ganized at Camp Washington, near Galena,
by .John E. Smith, who was commissioned as
colonel. On November 23, the regiment moved
to Camp Douglas, Chicago, where it was
mustered into the United States service on
the 25th of December. 1861. On January 12,
1862. it moved to Cairo, Illinois, where Mr.
Welch was assigned to the Second Brigade,
First Division, which left the next day with
Grant's army for Tennessee. The army
camped near Fort Henry, and it received its
baptism of fire at Fort Donelson on Febru-
ary 14 and 16, and on March 4 moved to
Savannah, Tennessee, and thence to Pitts-
burg Landing, camping near Shiloh Church.
Mr. Welch's regiment was in the front line
of battle in the engagement at Shiloh, dur-
ing which conflict twenty-six of its mem-
bers were killed, while the wounded and miss-
ing numbered one hundred and ninety-nine.
The regiment afterward took part in the
seigc of Corinth. Mississippi, and on Novem-
ber 22, marched for La Grange, Tennessee,
where it guarded the city, subsequently mov-
ing to Holly Springs, Mississippi. In Feb-
ruary, 1863. with the Seventeenth Corps, it
moved on to Vicksburg and took part in the
engagements at Port Gibson. Raymond and
Champion's Hill, participating in the siege of
Vicksburg. The regiment made three charges
on Vicksburg on the 19th, 22d and 25th days
of May. respectively, losing in the last charge
eighty-three men in killed and wounded.
The regiment remained on guard before
Mcksburg from .July 4. to October. 1863, and
then took part in the Canton raid from No-
vember 7, 1863, to February 3, 1864, and en-
camped at Black river, during which period
nearly to a man. the regiment reenlisted. His
first period of enlistment having expired. Cor-
poral Welch also reenlisted while at Black
river, where he took part in the Meridan raid
and then went home on a furlough. He re-
joiiu^l the army on June 7, at Etowah, Gcor-

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gia. His regiment then took part in tlie At-
lanta campaign and at Savannah, (.leorgia,
joined Sherman in his n\arch to the sea. On
.January 4, lh05, Mr. Welch started with his
regiment on the campaign of the Carolinas.
taking part in the engagements of Pocotaligo,
South Carolina. Fayetteville and Bentonville,
and after Johnson surrendered, marched to
Washington, where Corporal Welch was hon-
orably discharged on .July S, 1865. When he
returned to his lacher's home in New York
he had been wounded three times, his injuries
at one time being so serious that he was laid
up for two months.

At the end of a year Mr. Welch left the
Kmpirc state and removed to Boone county,
Illinois, where he engaged in farming for
two years. On the e.\piration of that period
he Went to Tama county, Iowa, there follow-
ing farming for ten years. Subsequently he
spent three years in Kansas and at tlic end
of that time, in 1882. came to Oregon, set-
tling in Multnomah county, where he pur-
chased land covered with dense forest which
is now built up solidly and is part of the
city of Portland. As the city rapidly grew.
Mr". Welch sold otr tract after tract of his
holdings in subdivisions, and the land is now
completely assimilated by this great city,
lie still owns three and a half acres in
block 1.

On the 16th of May. 1866. Mr. Welch was
married to Miss Esther Crittenden, whose
birth occurred in Boone county. Illinois. May
18, 1845, her parents being Philander and
Maria ].. (Williamsi Crittenden, lioth na-
tives of Ohio. They were long residents of
Illinois. Mr. Crittenden there occupying a
farm until his death, which occurred on I he
iiOth of August, 1873. His wife was called
to her final rest in 1870. In the Crittenden
family were nine children, namely: Elmira,
who is the wife of T. .1. Bishop, of .Minnesota :
Kosaltlm, who is deceased: Henry, who laid
down his life on the altar of his country, be-
ing killed in the Civil war In 1802: .Xnianila.
Cynthia A. and Adelaide, all of whom died
in infancy; Mrs. Esther Wilch : .lulia M.. the
wife of Leonard Cleason. of Illinois; and
Isaac Xewton, whose whereabouts are nn-
unknown. Into Mr. and Mrs. Welch have
been horn -ix children: .Jessie C, born Au-
gust .'!1. IS67. was the wife of T. W. Searles,
and passed away on the 20th of Februaiy,
1907; Willie I., whose natal day was Sep-
tember 22, 1869, died on the 27th of Decem-
ber, 1876, when seven years of age; Oertie
and Bertie, twins, were born on the 2.sth of
March, 1872, and passed away on the 1st of
.January, 1877, when five years of age. dying
within a few hours of each other; .lulia E..
whose birth occurred on the 27th of .\pril.
1877. is the wife of II. C. Mcflowan. i«f l.yle.
Washington. She taught schixd fur seven
years prior to her marriage and is also pro
ficient in the arts of music and painting.
N'erna l„. born November 13. 1881, is the
wife of Charh'S (',. Boyle, who is connected
with the printing bureau at Washington.
D. C Mrs. Boyle pursued a conrsi- in book-
keeping prior to her marriage, and has also
studied vocal music. Mrs. Esther Wcdeh has

both a college and musical education and fol-
lowed the profession of leaching for several
terras prior to her marriage.

Mr. Welch gives his political allegiance to
the republican party, but has never sought
nor desired office as a reward for his fealty.
He belongs to Evening Star Grange, No. 27,
and is one of the four surviving charter mem-
liers of Sumner Post, No. 12, (i. A. 1!. He
and his family are affiliated with the Mis-
sionary Baptist church. With a creditable
war record and having played an important
part in the development of Multnomah
county, Mr. Welch at a mature age is en-
joying in peace and comfort in his home in
Portland tlie rewards which his active life's
labors have brought him. He is among the
most honored of the old settlers of Multnomah
county, and to him Portlanil is indebted in
no small degree for many acts of service
to her.

JOHN A. MONTGOMERY. One of the
rciMcsi'Mtativcs of the pioneer families of As-
toria is .John .\. Montgomery, whose birth
occurred in this city on the 8th of Sep-
tember, 1861. His parents were Almerin
and Fanny (Clark) Montgomery, the father
a native of New York, having been born in
H22, and the mother of Vermont, her birth
occurring in 1S2.'i, both are now deceased.
In the paternal line cuir subject is descended
from Ccneral Montgomery of Revolutionary
fame, while some of the maternal ancestors
were signers of the Declaration of Indepen<l-
ence, and several of Mrs. Montgomery's
brothers were in the Civil war. The father,
who was a cooper by trade, came to Oregon
in 18.52. crossing the plains with an ox
team. The mother came seven years later
by way of the isthmus, sailing from New
^■ork to Astoria, where she was married the
>amc year. Mr. Montgomery was quite
]irominently identified with public aft'airs
during the |)ioneer days, having served as
slierifl' of Clatsoji county for eight years
during the "GOs, and for sixteen years he was
inspector at the custom house, Mr. and Mrs.
Montgomery had two children, a son. .Tohn
.\.. and » daughter. I.aura now deceased.

•lohii .\. Montgomery obtained bis educa-
tion in the public and high schools of As-
toria, where he was rr'ared to manhood.
.\fter leaving school he learned the trade of
a tinsmith and plumber, becoming in 1880 a
member of the linn of C. E. .lackens & Com-
pany, with which he was identified for nine
veais. In ISSO he removed to Pacific coun-
ty, Washington, where he resided for ten
years, conducting a general merchandise
store at Willapa. .\t the expiration of that
period he relnrneil to .Vstoria and again en-
gaged ill the pliiinbing btisiness in connec-
tion with which he also does tinning and
sheet metal work and sells and installs heat-
ing plants. Mr. Montgomery has built up an
extensive patronage and is doing a satis-
factory business.

On thi' 20tli of .lime. 1882. was solemnhed
the marriage of Mr. Abmtgoinery and Miss
Fmma T. Morris, who was born in ^lanches-
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states in 1881 with her parents, Richard and
Jane (Taylor) Morris. Her father was a
foundryman in the mother country but after
locating in Pacific county, Washington, en-
gaged in ranching. Of the union of Mr. and
Mrs. Montgomery there has been born one
daughter, Dorothy John, whose birth oc-
curred in Willapa' Washington. She is now
a student in the high school here.

The religious affiliation of the family is
with the Methodist Episcopal church, while
fraternally Mr. Montgomery belongs to the
Ancient Order of United Workmen. Macca-
bees and the Owls. His allegiance is given
to the republican party, but he does not seek
political preferment or position, though he
takes active interest in party issues and
exacts his constitutional right and duty on
election day faithfully. Although he is
progressive and public-spirited in matters of
citizenship he has never been an aspirant to
municipal honors, preferring to give his uii-
divided attention to the development of his
business, in the conduct of which he is meet-
ing with very good success.

MRS. CLARA COLLINS is the owner of
a farm of forty acres not far from Haines.
Oregon, and in its management and control
she displays good business ability and sound
judgment. She was born in Kansas. April
17, 1864, and after residing there for some
years went to Missouri. From the latter
state she came to the northwest, settling in
Oregon, where she became the wife of John
Brasier on the 8th of October, 1883. They
became the parents of seven children: Ge-
neva, born August 1, 1883; Mettie, born
August 14, 1885; Arthur, who was born April
13, 1887, and died in infancy; James, born
June 18. 1890; William, born October 10.
1893; Ellen, born January 1, 1894; and
Elsie, born May 3. 1899. AH are yet resi-
dents of Oregon. On the 17th of .June, 1905.
Mrs. Brasier became the wife of John Col-
lins, from whom she separated in February.
1908. She has always lived on the forty-
acre tract of land which is now her home,
has succeeded in rearing her children to be a
credit to herself and to the community and
has ever enjoyed the warm regard and re-
spect of those who know her. She holds
membership in the Methodist church, faith-
fully performs her religious duties and
greatly aids that church in its work and in
the promotion of its influence. She has a
wide circle of friends and both she and her
family are well and favorably known in
Haines and vicinity.

G. P. TERRELL. One of the most straight-
forward, energetic and successful business
men of Mehama, !Marion county, is G. P.
Terrell, who is engaged in the general mer-
cantile business. He was born in Litchfield
county, Connecticut, February 1. 1836. the
son (if Sylvester and Almyra (Clemmont)
Terrell, both of whom were natives of Con-
necticut and passed all their lives there.
They were the parents of seven children:
Elizabeth, who resides in Connecticut; Abi-
gail and Emma. dcce;ised; Rhoda Anne, who

resides at Flushing, Long Island; ('•. P., of
tliis review; Willis, who was in tlie Civil
war and died while in service; and Hubert,
who also served in the Civil war and who
died at the Soldiers' Home, Norton, Con-
necticut, in 1912.

G. P. Terrell received his education in the
common schools and in an academy in Con-
necticut, and remained at home until 1858,
when he went to Kansas City, Missouri. In
1860 he crossed the plains settling in Polk
countj', Oregon, and then went to Salem,
where he remained si.\ months. Subsequent-
ly he removed to Idaho and engaged in min-
ing but after a short time went to Walla
Walla, Washington, and later returned to
Salem and has since resided in Marion
county. In 1880 he engaged in the mercan-
tile business in Mehama, where he now has
a well equipped general store. He owns, be-
sides, two hundred and fifty acres of land in
Marion county and one hundred and sixty
acres in Taney county, Missouri. He has
been associated with the mercantile business
the greater part of his life.

In 1867 Mr. Terrell was united in mar-
riage to Miss Emma Smith, a native of the
state of New York, and they have become
the parents of two children: Ralph W., of
Roseburg, Oregon; and Lila, who is the wife
of J. W. Irvine, who is in business with Mr.
Terrell. In politics Mr. Terrell is a repub-
lican and he has served as county commis-
sioner for four years and also as county
judge for the same period. He is a member
of the Congregational church and his wife
is a member of the Presbyterian. Frater-
nally he is identified witli the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and with the Elks and
the Ancient Order of United Workmen, all
at Salem. Mr. Terrell deserves much credit
for what he has accomplished in a business
way and may rightfully be termed a self-
made man.

MRS. MAY BELL ANDERSON is the
owner of a fine farm of two hundred acres
situated six and a half miles west of Carl-
ton and to its cultivation and improvement
she gives her personal attention and super-
vision. She was born in Iowa on the 10th of
May, 1861, and is a daughter of John Ham-
ilton and Mary (Simpson) Walker, of whom
extended mention is made in connection with
the sketch of her brother, Daniel A. Walker,
on another page of this work. She was mar-
ried in 1881 to August William Anderson
and four children were born unto them:
Violet, who was born on the 26th of No-
vember, 1882, and is the wife of Elon Wal-
lace, of McMinnville, Oregon; Lottie, born
August 16, 1884, who is the wife of B. L.
Bell and resides four miles north of Mc-
Minnville: Goldie, who died at the age of
nine months; and Earl, who was born on the
23d of October, 1889, and who operates the
homestead property for his mother.

Mrs. Anderson secured a legal separation
from her husband in 1892 and she is now
living on her farm of two hundred acre-s
with her son Earl. She inherited this prop-
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well developed farms of the district, sup-
plied with many modern equipments, con-
veniences and appointments. Mrs. Anderson
and her family are widely and favorably
known in this locality and enjoy the warm
regard of all.

MURRAY A. WADE was born in Maine
in 1S2U, a son of Alfred and Sarah (Gilkey)
Wade. The father was also a native of
Maine and lived there until 1S5S, when ho
came to Oregon by way of the Istlinuis of
Panama and settled in Marion county, later
removing to Salem, where he died at the age
of seventy-two years. The mother was a
native of Massachusetts and she died in
Salem, Oregon, at the age of ninety-three.
They were the parents of four children, of
whom only Murray A., of this review, sur-
vives. The others were: a child who was
drowned at the age of one and one half
years; Sarah G.; and W. L.

^Murray A. Wade started out in life for
himself at the age of fourteen years by go-
ing to sea as a sailor, which occupation he
followed until he was twenty-four years of
age. He studied navigation under .John
Mederkin, of Maine, who later was a repre-
sentative in congress. On the vessel he filled
the position of mate, and, since he was qual-
ified as lunar observer, being one of the few
in the United States who at that time were
fitted for the work, ho was of great assist-
ance to his captain. He made voyages from
Bangor. Maine, to dilTcrent ports of Europe
and America, and he has visited almost all
of the ports of the latter countr.v. He left
the ship in ISS."! on account of certain dis-
advantages in the work and was employed
for fourteen years in a machine shop in Bos-
ton. At the end of that time he came to
Oregon on board a packet ship, by way of
Nicaragua, and settled in Marion county. He
bought one hundred and sixty acres of land
on whicli he still resides. During his early
days in Oregon he lived in a log house and
experienced various privations in common
with his fellow pioneers. He now owns
three hundred and seventj'-five acres of
finely improved land, two hundred acres of
which is under a high state of cultivation.

In 1860 Mr. Wade was united in marriage
with Miss .lane Webb, a native of Indiana
and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .Tames Webb,
who were married in that state in ]8t4.
The parents crossed the plains and at first
settled in Oregon City, where they lived two
years. Subsequently they took up a dona-
tion land claim of six hundred and forty
acres near Parkersville, where they resided
until their deaths, the mother dying at the
age of seventy-four and the father at the
age of eighty-six years. To them thirteen
children were born, those still living being:
Mary: .Tane, now Mrs. ^[nrray A. Wade;
Tobisa ; Harriet: !Mrs. I). Skoen : Annie:
Margaret; Frank; Daniel and Lucinda. Mr.
and Mrs. Wade were the parents of seven
children: Minnie, who taught school for
thirteen years and is now the wife of
Andrew Sigman, of ^farion county, Oregon:
Ida. who al-o engaged in teaching school for

several years and is now at liome; Frank,
at home; .Sarah, deceased; Malinda, at home;
and Lincoln and Christinia, deceased.

!Mr. Wade is a republican in his political
views but is without aspiration for office,
preferring to give his time and attention to
business affairs. Fraternally he is identified
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and the Grange. He and all his family are
zealous members of the Christian church.
As Jlr. Wade in his first position, on account
of his faithfulness and ability, became ;i
valued mate for the crew of his vessel, so
in a larger sense his worthiness and energy
have made him a valued man in his com-
munity,

W. A. WHITE was born in Madison
county, Indiana, .July 10, 1849, a son of
Thomas J. and Rachel A. (Meryfield) White,
both natives of Indiana. The first American
ancestors of the family were passengers on
the JIayflower and in later generations mem-
bers of the family removed to the middle
west, the grandfather of W. A. White spoiul-
ing all his life in Indiana. The father and
mother were married in Indiana and lived
there until 1853. when they repaired to
Iowa, locating near Corydon, where they re-
sided until 1862. At that time they started
across the plains with teams and wagons, W,
A. \\niite riding on horseback all the wa,v
and helping to drive the cattle. They wore
exactly six months in making the journey
from Corydon to the Grande Rondo valley.
Oregon, where they settle<l and lived four
years. Subsequently they bought seven
hundred and fifteen acres of land eighteen
miles east of Salem, residing there the rest
of their lives. Thomas J. White was a ver,v
successful man in business and became a
noted farmer and cattle raiser. He died in
1900. one of the most highly honored men
of his county and a very prominent Mason,
his wife having passed away si.x years be-
fore his death. In their family were nine
children, of whom W. A. White was the eld-
est. The others are; .TaTnes F., who resides
near Salem, Oregon; Mrs. .\manda K. King,
of Salem; Mrs. .losephine King, residing near
the old homestead; Thomas, who lives north
of Salem; Belle, the wife of Charles Mull,
who lives twelve miles from Portland:
Myrtle, the wife of .1, '1\ Hunt, who resides
east of Salem; Wesley M., a resident of
Seattle, Washington; and Lewis, of Salem,
Oregon.

VV. A. White attended the public schools
in Iowa and in Oregon, remaining at home
with his parents until he was twenty-two
years of age. He then began farming east
of Salem, where he continued until 1884.
when he went to Aumsville, Oregon, and en-
gaged in the general mercantile business,
.\fter two years he again started in farm-
ing, buying a tract of land sixteen miles
east of Salem, where he remained two years.
Subsequently he bought a farm near .Xums-
ville. Oregon, upon which he resided two
years and then went south, settling near the
Willamette river, where he bimght a farm of
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land and lieie resided for I'iglit years. He
still owns this farm, upon which he has
made many improAements, and he also owns
a house and lot and has store buildings in
Hopewell. When he first came to Hopewell
he engaged in the butchering; business for
one and one-half years and then established
a grocery store, which he still conducts.

Mr. White has been twice married. In
1871 he wedded Jlisa Jane T. King, a native
of Oregon and to them were born five chil-
dren: Mrs. Effie May Ledgerwood, a widow
residing at Portland; William M., of Walla
Walla, Washington; Edwin K., of Portland,
Oregon ; Claude C, of Salem ; and Thomas
C, also of Salem. In 1903 Mr. White mar-
ried Mijs Mabel Irene Landreth and they
have two children, Hauntz and Jlabel Irene
Josephine, both of whom are at home. Po-
litically Mr. White is in symapthy with the
democratic party and although he has never
cared to hold office, he has been constable
and filled other official positions. He has
been a member of the A. F. & A. M. at Salem.
Oregon, for twenty-five years. His early
pioneer daj's and varied business exper-
iences have given him a broad knowledge of
human character and the competence that lie
now enjoys is proof that his time has been
successfully and profitably spent.

HON. LARK BILYEU. Something of the
standing of the lion. Lark Bilyeu among his
professional associates is indicated by the
fact that for four years he has been hon-
ored with election to the office of president
of the Lane County Bar Association; his
repxitation among the laity is indicated by
the fact that a most liberal and distinctively
representative clientage is accorded him.
He has practiced law in Eugene since 1882,
and has been connected with the most im-
portant litigation tried in the courts of this
district. He was born in Miller county,
Missouri, May 24. 1852, and is a son of
Joseph and Anna (Osborne) Bilyeu. The
father was born near Cumberland, Tennessee,
and wlien he was seven years of age his
parents removed to Missouri. They were
all farmers and were identified with agri-
cultural interests in that state until 1862,
when the family came to Oregon, settling
in Linn county. The father lived there and
in Albany throughout his remaining days,
passing away in Albany in December. 1907,
when about eighty-five years of age.

The Hon. Lark Bilyeu was partially edu-
cated in the p\iblie schools, having been
only about ten years old when the journey
to the northwest was made. He also at-
tended the Pacific LTniversity at Forest Grove
and then took up the profession of teaching,
which he followed for seven years before his
admission to the bar, acting for a time as
sup<'rintcndent of the schools of Linn county.
He has always been a stanch friend of tlie
cause (,f education and his efforts in that
direction have been far-reaching and bene-
ficial. He next took U]) the study of law,
reading under the direction of .Judge Strand,
lie was admitted to the bar in December.
1877, and the regard entertained for him

by his preceptor is indicated by the fact
that he was admitted to a partnership, the
relation so continuing until Judge Strand
was called to the supreme court bench. In
1882 Mr. Bilyeu removed to Eugene, where
he has since practiced, and has always been
alone in his professional work there. He is
a most capable lawyer, his comprehensive
knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence
being manifest in the clear and accurate
way in which he applies legal principles to
the points at issue. His practice is now ex-
tensive and that he is honored and re-
spected by his professional colleagues is
indicated by the fact that for four years
he has been elected to the presidency of the
Lane County Bar Association.

On December 20, 1881, Mr. Bilyeu was
united in marriage to Miss Margaret Irvine,
a daughter of E. A. Irvine. She was born
in Linn county, and has one son, Coke, Fra-
ternally Mr. Bilyeu is connected with Eu-
gene Lodge, No. 1. F. & A. M.. of which he
is a past master, and he also belongs to
Eugene Chapter, No. 10. R. A. M.; Ivanhoe
Commandery, K. T., of which he is a past
eminent commander; Oregon Consistory, No.
1. M. R. S., and Al Kader Temple of the Mys-
tic Shrine. His ])olitical allegiance is given
to the democratic ])arty and he has served
as a member of the city council for a num-
ber of terms but is not a politician in the
usually accepted sense of office seeking. He
has served, however, for three terms — 188,5,
1887 and 1896 — in the state legislature and
he obtained the first appropriation for the
State llniversity of whicli he has ever been
a stalwart champion, this appropriation pro-
viding for the building of Millard Hall. He
was likewise a member of the first board of
equalization and his public work has at all
times been of a most practical and valuable
character. At the same time he is recognized
as one of the strong and able attorneys of
the Oregon bar. carefully analyzing and
strongly presenting his cases, and in the
work of the courts has won many verdicts
favorable to his clients. He has indeed been
a leader of public thought and action and
one who has wieldc<l a wide iiifiiicnce on
])ublic opinion.

CLYDE T. HOCKETT, M. D., is one of the
well known physicians and surgeons of En-
terprise, where he has been identified with
the medical fraternity for the ])ast four
years. A son of Jesse M. and Sarah (Booth)
ITockett, he was born on his father's ranch
in Douglas count}'. Oregon, on the 26th of
February, 1878. " Jesse M. ITockett is a
native of Iowa, in which state he was reared
to the age of two years, and very soon after
passing the second anniversary of his birth
in 1847, his parents with their' five children,
of whom he was the youngest, started
across the plains with an ox team. Both
the father and motlier died en route, the care
of the family then devolving on the eldest
child. Rachel, who had attained her ma-
turity and soon thereafter married John
(iriffith and reared her younger brothers and
sisters. She died « hen Jesse M. Hockett

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65

was a youth of tliirtppii yi'ais. after which
he was bound out to a man liy the name of
Bronson. who resided in the vicinity of Port-
land. He continued to live with him until
he was nineteen when he began working for
himself. As he was ambitious and desired
to acquire a better education he went to
Wilbur, this state, and worked his way
through Umpqua Academy. Later he ma-
triculated at Willamette University at Sa-
lem, where he studied for a time and then
turned his attention to teaching, following
this profession for ten years. He subse-
quently acquired a ranch in Douglas county,
this state, upon which he settled and has
ever since devoted his attention to its fur-
ther improvement and cultivation. It is
located five miles from Eugene and is one
of the valuable ])ropcrties of the county,
the land being used for general farming
and fruit culture. Mr. Hockett is one of the
foremost citizens of his community and has
always taken an active part in all political
affairs, giving his sup|)ort to the men and
measures of the republican party.

Dr. Hockett was reared at home, attend-
ing the common schools of that vicinity in
the acquirement of an education until grad-
uated from the Grants Pass high school.
He then went to Ashland Normal College,
l)ut in his sophomore year the Spanish-
.American war broke out and in common
with many of his classmates he responded
to his country's call for troops. Knlisting
in Company B, Second Oregon Volunteer In-
fantry, he was assigned duty in the I'hilip-
jiines. his being the first regiment to land
on the islands. He continued in the senice
for a little more than a year, having enlisted
oil ;May 10, 1S98. and being discharged at
San Francisco on the Tth of August. 1899.
In the fall of 1000. he matriculated in the
medical department of \\'illamette Univer-
sity, being awarded the degree of 'S\. D.
from this institution with the class of 1904.
He was an excellent student and early gave
evidence of possessing more than average
skill both as a diagnostician and surgeon
and during his senior year he was hous<>
physician in the city hospital, the experience
he there received proving of inestimable
\ahie to him later when he began practicing.
Immediately following his graduation lie
Went to Cottage Crove. Uane county, this
state, where he established an office that he
successfully maintained for three years. In
•Inly. 1907. he removed to the eastern part
of the state, settling in Enterjirise. and dur-
ing the five years of his residence here he
lia.s succeeded in building np a large and lu-
crative practice. Dr. Hockett in the choice
of a profession very happily decided in favor
of a vocation to which he is most ably
adapted by nature, possessiiig the pleasing
personality. o|)timistic temperament, and
acute mental faculties so essential to both
physician and surgeon.

in 190:i. Dr. Hockett was united in mar-
riage to Miss Crace Suter of Salem. Oregon,
a daughter of E. O. .sinter, who died at .lervis.
this state, when his daughter was a child
of but two years. Mrs. Hockett, who passed

away in May. 1911, was also a niece of
Senator Ben Harding, one of the prominent
men of the northwest. Two children were
born to Dr. and Mrs. Hockett. Asaliel ,1. and
Wayfe E. On the 11th of December, 1911,
Dr. Hockett was married to Mrs. Louise
Wade Long, a daughter of Aaron Wade, one
of the prominent and influential ranchmen
of \\'allowa county.

Dr. Hockett is a member of the Presby-
terian church, and fraternally he is affiliated
with Wallowa Lodge. Xo. S2. A. F. & A. M.,
and the Enterprise Chapter, R. A. M. He
is also a member of Enterprise Lodge. Xo. 94,
K. of P.. while he maintains relations with
his fellow practitioners through tlie medium
of his connection with the Wallowa ('<ninty
Medical Society of which he is vice jnesident.
In politics he is a republican and during the
greater part of his residence in Enterprise he
has represented his ward in the town council,
and in the last election he was a candidate
lor state representative but was defeated
by .lerry Rusk. Dr. Hockett is very popu-
lar both socially and professionally, and is
meeting with excellent success in his prac-
tice, having had ample opportunity during
the period of his residence here to demon-
strate his skill both as a physician and sur-
geon.

JOSEPH W. HAYES, residing on an excel-
lent farm of one hundred and sixty-five acres
one mile west of Carlton, was long known as
a successful breeder of full-blooded horses
but has now retired from that branch of activ-
ity, although he still owns several high grade
specimens of the noble steed. His birth oc-
curred in Posey (■ounty. Indiana, on the 24th
of March. IS.iS. his parents being Tliomas W.
and Keziah (Murphy) Hayes, who were born,
reared and married in the Hoosier state. In
1S6.5 they made their way to Oregon via the
Isthmus" of Panama, settling in Marion
( ounty. where they lived for seven years. On
the expiration of that period they came to
Yamhill county, inirchasing a farm of two
hundred and seventy-five acres near Yam-
hill, whereon they continued to reside un-
til 1S90. In that year .\Ir. Hayes put aside
the active work of the fields and took up his
abode at Sheridan, Oregon, where he has since
lived ill honorable retirement. He has now
attained the age of seventy-six years,
while his wife is seventy-live years old.
The period of their residence in the Sunset
state covers forty-six years and they are
therefore largely familiar with its annals
from pioneer times down to the pn^sent.
Unto them were born six sons and two
daughters, as follows: Mrs. Archibald, who
is » resident of Marion county, Oregon;
.foseph W.. of this review; lOdward 1... liv-
ing in Polk county, Oregon: .loliii L.. who
died at .Milton, Ciregon. when forty years of
age; .Inines B.. of Sheriilnn. Oregon: W'illard.
who was accidentally drowned when eleven
years of age; Mrs. .Maggie S. Easti'ibrook,
who makes her home in Bellinglmm, Wash-
ington; and Silas, of Yamhill county. Oregon.

.Toseph W. Hayes, who was a lad of seven
when he came to this state with his parents.

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acquired his education in the common schools
and when a youth of nineteen began work-
ing as a farm liand. Subsequently he be-
came a breeder of full-blooded horses, rais-
ing Norman and also fast stock in connec-
tion with his agricultural interests. He first
purchased a farm at Yamhill and there made
his home until 1901, while during the follow-
ing six years he resided at Glencoe. In 1907
he took up his abode at Sheridan, on another
of his farms, being successfully engaged in
its operation for three years. At the end
of that time he purchased the tract of one
hundred and sixty-five acres near Carlton
whereon he has since resided. At the pres-
ent time more than one hundred acres of his
land is under a high state of cultivation. As
an agriculturist he has won a well merited
measure of prosperity, annually gathering
rich crops which find a ready sale on the
market. He is still a great fancier of fine
horses and yet owns several high grade stal-
lions but has retired as a breeder.

Mr. Hayes has been married twice. In
1SS6 he wedded Miss Mary E. Rice, a na-
tive of Marion county, Oregon, by whom he
had three children, namely: Harland B.,
who is married and resides at John Day,
Oregon; and Veda M. and Ha, both liviiig
at Salem, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes
obtained a legal separation in 1891 and the
latter passed away in 1904. In 1901 our
subject was again married, his second union
being with Mrs. Drusilla Jones, a daughter of
George and Louisa Corey, the former of whom
crossed the plains to Oregon in 18.53 and the
latter in 1850. They were married in Ore-
gon. The demise of George Corey occurred
in June. 1887, while his wife was called to
her final rest in July, 1896. Their children
were three in number, namely: James, who
is a resident of Mountaindale, Washington
county, Oregon; Mrs. Drusilla Hayes; and
John, who died at the age of forty-four years.
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes have two children : Elma
L., whose birth occurred March 7, 1902; and
Lela C, whose natal day was October 29,
1906.

Since age conferred upon him the right of
franchise Mr. Hayes has supported the men
and measures of the democracy, believing
firmly in its principles. From 1883 until
1888 he served as guard at the state prison
of Oregon. His life has been well spent.
In all of its relations he has been true to
high and honorable principles and has never
faltered in a choice between right and wrong
but has always endeavored to follow a course
that his judgment and his conscience have
sanctioned.

LEWIS C. THOMPSON. Widely known in
Yamhill county, where he has spent much
of his life, Lewis C. Thompson needs no in-
troduction to the residents of his part of
the state because his important business in-
terests have brought him into contact with
many. He is one of the foremost representa-
tives of agricultural life in Oregon, his ope-
rations being carried on moat extensively.
Moreover, he is president of the Thompson
Company. :i dose corporation foiined to man-

age the extensive property holdings of the
Thompson estate, on the Pacific coast.

He was born at Oregon City, Oregon, Au-
gust 23, 1847, his parents being R. R. and
Harriet (Bell) Thompson, who were natives
of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. They
were married at Cadiz in the latter state
and there resided until 1846, when they
crossed the plains to the northwest, first set-
tling at Vancouver, Washington, where they
spent one winter. They then removed to
Oregon City, where Mr." Thompson engaged
in milling and in speculating and also spent
a part of his time at cabinet making. In
1850, attracted by the discovery of gold
in California, he went to the mines, after
which he returned to Oregon, having spent
but a brief time in the mining regions. He
took up his abode near The Dalles in eastern
Oregon, where he secured a donation claim
of six hundred and forty acres. It was en-
tirely wild and undeveloped but he proved
up his claim and became an active factor in
the development not only of his own prop-
erty but of that portion of the state. Af-
ter residing there for six years he built the
first seamboat of that district and operated
it on the upper Columbia river for a few
years. Later this became the property of
a steamboat company which was organized
and still later became one of the boats owned
by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Com-
pany. While engaged in the steamboat busi-
ness he purchased a large farm consisting
of twenty-five hundred acres in Yamhill
county, owning this from 1872 up to the
time of his death, which occurred in 1908.
He did not reside upon the place, which,
however, was operated by his .son Lewis,
who purchased the property following the
father's demise. Again R. R. Thompson
went to California, this time settling at
Alameda, where he established the first
waterworks of the place. He afterward sold
out at Alameda and removed to San Fran-
cisco, California, where he resided until his
death, while his wife passed away five
months later.

In their family were ten children: Eliza
F., who is the widow of M. A. King and
resides in Alameda, California ; Sarah A., the
wife of Colonel 0. W. Pollock, of San Fran-
cisco; Mary Ellen, who died in San Fran-
cisco; Lewis C; Martha J., the wife of D.
Linderman. of San Francisco; R. H., a specu-
lator of Portland; Walter S.. of San Fran-
cisco; Clara Lilly, who became the wife of
Charles Yates and both are now deceased:
Frank, of San Francisco; and Hattie Bell,
the wife of I. W. Borden, of San Francisco.
Lewis C. Thompson completed his educa-
tion in 1866, when eighteen years of age,
and started out in business life, being em-
ployed first as clerk and later as telegraph
operator in the steamboat office at The
Dalles, where he remained for five years.
He then went upon a ranch as a cowboy and
was employed in that way in Oregon for two
years. In September. 1872, he came to Yam-
I'-ill county and took charge of his father's
extensive farm of twenty-five hundred acres,
while he pontinued to cultivate for his father

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1)7

until the latter's death, when he purchased
the property. It has since been his home
and his labors have converted it into one
of the finest improved farms of the north-
west. It is pleasantly located about throe
miles west of Carlton, Oregon, and seven
miles northwest of McMiiinville, and he now
has eight hundred acres of the land under
a high state of cultivation, returning an-
nually to him large and gratilying har-
vests! After the death of their parents Lewis
C. Thompson and his brothers and sisters
organized the estate as a corporation, there
being three sisters and four brothers who
are thus interested in vast property hold-
ings in San Francisco, Portland and Tacoma.
Of this corporation Lewis C. Thompson is
the president. Recently he has made ex-
tensive improvements on the property in
Portland, consisting of the erection of the
Multnomah Hotel and also on the Peters
building at the corner of Second and Davis
streets. He has also established a hotel —
the Hotel Levens— on Ash street. They have
also' made iraproveracnts on their property
in San Francisco, erecting business houses
at the eorner of Main and Market and at
Fremont and Market streets.

In 1870 Mr. Thompson was united in mar-
riage to Miss Emma M. Juker, who was
born in New York and came around Cape
Horn in 1852 with her parents as passengers
on the Fredonia. The family tirst settled
at The Dalles and her father was first ser-
geant in the United States army. He was
on military duty in Oregon for a time and
when honorably discharged he turned his
attention to merchandising at The Dalles,
continuing in business there until his death
in 1870. His widow still survives him and
is now living with her children at the age
of eighty years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Juker
were boVn live children: Mrs. Thompson;
Harry E., a resident of Yamhill county;
Lillie, the wife of Thurston Daniels, of Van-
couver; William T., who is a twin brother
of Lillie and lives in La Fayette, Yamhill
county; and Gussie K., the wife of 0. F.
Hobart, of Spokane, Washington.

Unto Mr. and Airs. Thompson have been
born five children, as follows: Lewis L., born
in 1871, who is married and resides in Port-
land, Oregon; Lawrence E., whose natal year
was 1874 and who is also married and lives
in Portland; Clarence C... born in 1877, who
was accidentally drowned when twenty-eight
years of age; Nina B., born in 1882, who is
at home: and R. R., born in 1892, who is
also yet under the parental roof. The fam-
ily have a very wide acquaintance through-
out Yamhill county and Mr. Thompson is
recognized as one of the prominent and rep-
resentative business men. He holds member-
ship in the Elks lodge of Salem and in the
Odd Fellows lodge at McMinnville and he
gives his political indorsement to the demo-
cratic party but has never held nor sought
office, preferring to leave himself free for
the management of his important business
affairs or for the enjoyment of those activ-
ities which are to him a matter of interest
and pleasure. He is today one of the lead-

ing and most successful agriculturists of
Y'amhill county, supervising extensive in-
terests which are conducted along most pro-
gressive lines, and in the management and
control of the property of the Thompson es-
tate he has also done much for the im-
provement of different cities where these in-
terests are located. His judgment is sound,
his dcscrimination keen, his sagacity far-
reaching, and his well formulated plans are
carried forward to successful completion.

G. G. CHRISTENSON is the owner of an
excellent farm of eighty-seven acres near
Dayton and its well tilled fields and sub-
stantial buildings make it one of the at-
tractive features of the landscape. He was
born in Waushara county, Wisconsin, Jan-
uary 19, 1862, a son of George and Anne
(Anderson) Christenson, both natives of
Copenhagen, Denmark, The parents came to
the United States nine years before the birth
of their son G. G. and located in Racine
county, Wisconsin, where they remained for
four years and then removed to Waushara
county, residing there twelve years. They
next went to Grundy count}', Iowa, where
they resided until 1874, when they came to
Oregon, settling in Amity, where the father
died in 1890 and the mother in 1902. In
their family were twelve children, six of
whom were born in Denmark and six in
America. Tliey are: Mary, deceased: An-
drew, residing at Newberg, Oregon; Hans,
a carpenter at Xewberg; Nels, of Wisconsin;
Peter, a farmer of North Dakota; Christ,
residing near Dayton, Oregon; Carrie, Anna
and Johnnie, all deceased; Ellen, who is the
wife of John Carter and resides at Newberg;
G. G., of this review; and Sarah, deceased.

G. G. Christenson was educated in the com-
mon schools of Iowa and remained at home
until he was seventeen years of age. when
he started out in life for himself on a farm
near Xewberg, Oregon, where he remained
until 1899, when he moved to Amity, resid-
ing there seven years. He then lived for
three years at Hopewell, after which he
came to his present home near Dayton. He
is now engaged in general farming, owning
a tract of eighty-seven acres, and his neat-
ness and industry are shown in the many
improvements he has put upon his place. He
has remodeled all the buildings, making tliem
among the best in this part of the com-
muiiity. and has converted his home into a
beautiful place.

Mr. Christenson has twice married. In
1885 he wedded Miss Sophia Martcsen. a na-
tive of Denmark. She died in 1895, leaving
three children: Carrie, living at Amity:
William and Erlena, at home. Ilis second
wife, whom he married in 1896, was Miss
Sina Jensen, a native^ of Minnesota and of
Danish parentage. Unto this union have
been born four children: Irvin, Georgia. Mil-
dred ami Chester, all at home.

Politically Mr. Christenson is a republican
and fraternally he is identified with the
Hrotlierliood of American Yeomen at Amity,
while both he and his wife are members of
the Baptist church. He has inherited niiiny

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of the sturdy characteristics of his wortliy an-
cestry and these have made him a most use-
fnl and worthy citizen. He is widely known
as a man who has the welfare of the com-
munity at heart, giving his support to many
projects for the public good.

JAMES PARVIN. Time is rapidly thin-
ning the ranks of Lane county's old pioneers,
those brave men and women who formed the
advance guard of civilization and courage-
ously faced the hardships and privations in-
cident to life on the frontier, leaving behind
them all of the comforts to which they had
been accustomed, to establish homes for
themselves and families on the western
plains. Of such as these was the late James
Parvin, who had been a resident of this coun-
ty for fifty-five years at the time of his death
on December 17, 1908, at the age of nearly
seventy-eight. He was born in Indiana on
the 2d of May, 1831, and was a son of Ho-
sea Parvin by his first marriage. The par-
ents were married in Indiana, whence they
removed in 1833 to Illinois, and there the
mother passed away. The father subse-
quently Jiiarried again and removed to Texas.
in which state he passed the remainder of
his life. The family of Hosea Parvin was
very large, but the majority of the members
are now deceased.

.Tames Parvin was only a child of one year
when his parents removed to Illinois, where
he was reared to manhood and received his
schooling. In common with many other yoving
men. he was desirous of pursuing his career
in a new country afl'ording greater oppor-
tunities, so in 1853, at the age of twenty-
two, he came to Oregon, crossing the plains
with an emigrant train. Upon his arrival
he located in Lane county, and filed upon a
donation claim of three hundred and twenty
acres. After operating this for a short time
he sold it and invested the proceeds in an-
other claim of three hundred and twenty
acres, which belonged to .lolin B. Hannah.
His entire time and attention during the re-
mainder of his active life was devoted to
the further improvement and cultivation of
this tract which was located one mile south
of Dexter. Careful and intelligent cultiva-
tion, close application and unceasing industry
eventually brought well merited reward and
the Parvin ranch became known as one of the
best improved and equipped properties in
that communit}'. For more than half a cen-
tury it has been the home of the family and
there the widow still resides. It is undis-
putable evidence of what can be accomplished
with energy, perseverance and good judg-
ment in winning success and has for many
years netted an annual income that well re-
paid its owner for his early labor and hard-
ships.

For his wife and helpmate, Mr. Parvin
chose ^liss Selcnia Parker, who had come
across the yilains to Oregon with two broth-
ers, a sister and a brother-in-law, and here
she was married to .\lr. Parvin. and to them
were born eight children: Idres C, the wife
of William \Villianis. of Dexter. Oregon; H.
JL, who lives in the vicinity of De.xler;

Jennie, who married August Shaffler, of
Montana; Joseph M., who died at the age of
nineteen years; Lillias C. who was three
years of age at the time of her death; Hila
Ann. a child of one year at the time of
death; Edgar, who died when he was two
years old; and Bertha, deceased, the first
wife of William Williams, of Dexter. All of
the children were given the advantages of a
good education and some of them taught
school.

The familv aftiliated with the Christian
church in which the parents held member-
ship, and the political support of ilr. Par-
vin was given to the democratic party. Me
was a man of many sterling qualities the
worth of which had been thoroughl.v tested
during the long period of his residence and
he had a large circle of friends who licM liim
in high esteem.

ROBERT T. BROWN. For eight years
Robert T. Brown has filled the office of
county clerk in Umatilla county, making his
home in Pendleton, and his long retention in
the ofiice is indicative of the ability and
fidelity with which he discharged his duties.
He was born in Bates count.v. Missouri,
January 18, 1870, a son of David and Clara
(Pence) Brown, both ot whom were natives
of Ohio, the former born June 28. 1828. and
the latter in 1830. They removed from the
Buckeye state to Illinois and afterward to
Missouri, settling in Bates county about the
year 1868. After eight years there passed
they left the middle west for the Pacific
coast, crossing the plains with team during
the summer of 1876. Weeks passed ere they
reached their destination, but eventually they
settled on a homestead eight miles northeast
of Pendleton. Mr. Brown was the first one
who undertook to raise wheat in this part of
Umatilla count.y, but he was forced to leave
his first crop in the beginning ot the harvest
and seek refuge during the Indian war. The
family experienced many hardships, trials
and difficulties incident to the e.stablishment
of a home upon the frontier, but as the years
passed advancing civilization did away with
all such conditions.

Robert T. Brown was but a lad of six
years when the family came to Oregon, and
in the public schools of Pendleton he pur-
sued his early education, which was s\ipple-
mented by further study in Pendleton Acad-
emy. The greater part of his life has been
devoted to public service, and he has made a
most creditable record in office. He was
called to the position of deputy assessor in
1898 and served in that capacit.v for four
years, or until 1902. As previously stated,
iie was appointed to his present position as
deputy county clerk in 1904. and has con-
tinuously served in this capacity. He is
methodical and systematic in all his work,
prompt in dispatching Inisiness. and is ever
loyal to the best interests of the community
which he represents.

Near Pcndlfton. in Umatilla county, on
the 19th of March. 1900, Mr. Brown was
\uiited in marriage to Miss Leota 'M. Ply-
mate, a (laughter of .Tames K. and Matilda

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A. (PratheiF Plymate. Mr. and Mrs. Brown
have many friends in and around Pendleton,
and theirs is a hospitable home the good
cheer of which is enjoyed by all who know
them. Mr. Brown is well known in fra-
ternal circles, holding membership with
Pendleton Camp No. 41. W. O. W., and In-
tegrity Lodge, Xo. 92, I. O. 0. F., also of
Pendleton. The rules and principles which
govern his conduct and guide him in his re-
lations with his fellowmen are furthermore
indicated in his membership in the Christian
church. His inlluenec is always found on
the side of progress, advancement and im-
provement, and the record he has made in
both public and private life is a most com-
mendable one.

JACOB J. CHADWICK is a pioneer settler
of the state of nngon. coming overland
with ox teams in October, 1864, and engaged
in the cultivation of the soil and the develop-
ment oi the resources of the new country.
He was born in West Virginia, .July 22,
1.S39. and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Chad-
wick. His mother was a native of Vir-
ginia and bore the name of Miss Smoot be-
fore her marriage to Eli Chadwick. The
father was a native of Kentucky but re-
moved to West Virginia at an early date and
later in 1S41 removed to Missouri.

.Jacob .T. Chadwick received his early edu-
cation in the public schools of Mi.ssouri and
remained with his parents until twenty-two
years of age. He then went to Illinois where
he worked on a farm for two years. In
1864 he started overland to Oregon. The
caravan in which he made the trip contained
fourteen wagons drawn by oxen and Mr.
Chadwick acted as scout for the party. Six
months were spent upon the journey and the
train arrived in Yamhill county, where
Jacob .J. Chadwick remained for two years.
At the expiration of that time he rented a
ranch in liouglas county which he operated
for four years. He saved his money and was
able to buy a farm of his own which he later
sold. .Some time afterward he bought nine
hundred acres and also a tract of two hun-
dred and fifty .icres which Mrs. Chadwick
inherited from her father's estate, all of
which he is now cultivating.

On May 10, 1868, Jacob .J, Chadwick was
united in marriage to Mrs. Harriet J.
(Weaveri Bentley. a native of Missoiiri. and
they became the parents of four children.
Mary. Susie. William D. and Frank C. The
lattcr's death occurred in 1SS2 and his grave
is in the 1. O. O. F. cemetery at Myrtle Creek.
Politically Mr. Chadwick is atfiliated with
the democratic party but has never taken an
active part in public life and has never
.sought office for himself. He is prominent
in fraternal circles of Myrtle Creek and is
a member of Myrtle Txidge, No. 38. I. O.
O. F.. and has acted as noble grand for two
terms. He also is a charter member of Maple
Jjodge. A. F. & A. M., and is active in the
affairs of that organization. His views on
religious matters are lil)eral and he does not
affiliate with any particular faith. His wife
holds membership in the Methodist Episco-

pal church of Myrtle Creek. Mr. Chadwick
has met with great success in his farming
business and has become an expert along
this line, lie is familiar with the various
details of his occupation and his success
is the natural result of his thorough
knowledge.

ROBERT W. VEATCH. Tlie name of
Robert W . Veatch, who resides on an at-
tractive ranch of sixty-six acres located four
and a half miles east of Cottage Grove, is
well known to naturalists throughout the
state, as he is the owner of a valuable col-
lection of Indian relics and curios, and has
achieved much more than a local reputation
as a taxidermist, specimens of his work
being found in practically every museum of
any size in the northwest. He is a native of
this state, his birth having occurred near
Creswell, Lane county, on the 19th of Feb-
ruary. 18G1. and is a son of Sylvester E.
and Maria E. (Knox) Veatcli, well known
pioneer residents of Lane county, who are
mentioned at greater length elsewhere in this
work. The mother is now deceased, but
the father is still living at the venerable
age of eighty-one years and continues to
make his liome on his old ranch, located two
miles -west of Cottage Grove on the Lorane
road.

Robert W. Veatch was reared very much in
the manner of other lads in Oregon during
the pioneer period. He was given a com-
mon-school education, pursuing his studies
until he was sixteen when he laid aside his
text-books and assumed the duties of man-
hood. For three years thereafter he gave
his undivided attention to the work of the
fields and care of the stock on his father's
ranch, but at the expiration of that time he
left home and went to eastern Oregon, where
for several years he followed the life of a
cowboy. About 1882. he gave this up and
took a clerkship in a store at Cottage Grove,
retaining this position for a year. At the
end of that time he went to Tiuena Vista,
tliis state, where he continued to clerk for
six months. During that time he was mar-
ried and soon after this event he located on
a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres
in the vicinity of Cottage Grove. He resided
there for five years and during that time
cleared forty acres of his land, which he also
fenced, and erected thereon a good house,
barns and outb\iildings. He subsequently
sold his claim, realizing a good profit on the
investment, and removed west of Walker
station, where he bought one hundred anil
twenty acres of land. This he also sold after
cultivating and improving it for four years,
investing the proceeds in a hotel at Cottage
Grove. The next year he was appointed
deputy sherifT of Lane county and feeling
that his official duties demanded his undi-
vided attention he then sold his hotel anil
during the next four years gave his entire
attention to his governmental responsibil-
ities. ,\fter the expiration of his term of
office he went into a hardware store in Cot-
tage Grove, but withdrew from this a year
later, in 1899, as he had been appointed

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forest ranger. He held this office for live
years, then became special agent for the
United States government, serving for a year
in the land claim department. He ne.xt
opened a cigar store in Cottage Grove that
he conducted for a year, removing to Grants
Pass at the end of that time. There he con-
ducted a billiard hall for a time and during
this period he was married again and two
and a half years later he and his wife went
to Waldo, where she o\vned a hotel which
they operated for five or six months. Their
next removal was to Eugene and during the
period of his residence in that city Mr.
Veatch worked at taxidermy. He first be-
came interested in this work in 1901. and
began his training under Professor Langen-
burg, of Roseburg, Oregon, continuing his
studies until awarded a diploma from the
Northwestern School of Taxidermy of Omaha,
Nebraska. He has been very successful,
possessing imusual skill in this direction,
and his work can be found in some of the
finest museums in the country. At the time
of the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Port-
land in 1905 he received a gold medal for
the best mounted animals, his specimens
being a cougar and a head of a moose with
horns. In addition to his fine specimens in
taxidermy Mr. Veatch is also collecting In-
dian relics and curios and has the largest
collection of peculiarly formed horns taken
from a variety of animals in the world.
Several years ago he refused an offer of
twenty-one hundred dollars for a small col-
lection of Indian relics and animals, which
he has since increased at least a third. Mr.
Veatch is assisted in his collecting by his
daughter, Mrs. Churchill, who is also very
fond of natural science and together they
roam the forests and wander along the banks
of the streams seeking new treasures for
their collection. After a year's residence in
Eugene, Mr. Veatch returned to Cottage
Grove and bought the ranch where he now
lives. Twenty-five of the sixty-six acres
contained in his holding is devoted to the
raising of grain and eighteen acres are set
to apple trees which in a few years will
undoubtedly pay handsome returns. The re-
mainder is largely used for pasturage, as
he makes a specialty of raising Jersey cattle
and Angora goats. During the period of his
ownership Mr. Veatch has wrought extensive
improvements in his ranch, including the
erection of a fine two-story dwelling and
substantial barns and outbuildings, making
it one of the valuable and attractive proper-
ties of the vicinity. In addition to his ranch,
he still owns a residence in Eugene, which he
is now renting.

On the 2d of March, 1884, Mr. Veatch was
united in marriage to Miss Belle Parsons, a
daughter of William and Phoebe (Walton)
Parsons. Her parents crossed the plains to
Oregon in 1853, settling in the vicinity of
Eugene, where the father owned and con-
ducted the second store that was opened in
that city. The paternal grandfather operated
a pack train from Jacksonville, this state, to
Eureka, California, during the early 50's, but
was finally compelled to give it up owing to

the Indian troubles. Mrs. Veatch, who was
one of six children born to her parents,
passed away on the 1st of Januarj-, 1900.
Three daughters were born to Mr. and Sirs.
Veatch, as follows: Maggie, the wife of
Benjamin Groff, a hardware dealer of Cot-
tage Grove; Elizabeth, the widow of Fred
Churchill, of Roseburg, Oregon; and Lottie,
who is with the Pacific Telephone Company
of Cottage Grove. The present Mrs. Veatch
was Mrs. Ida Decker, the widow of Charles
Decker, of Waldo, this state, by whom she
had one child, Marie. Mr. Veatch and his
second wife have one son, Robert, who was
born on the 17th of December, 1908.

Mr. and Mrs. Veatch are members of the
Presbyterian church, and in politics Mr.
Veatch is a republican and was during his
previous residence in Lane county actively
identified with political affairs, but he has
now practically withdrawn from public life
and gives his entire attention to his private
interests, although he is not remiss in the
duties of citizenship.

FRANK DISS, who resides on a one hun-
dred and sixty acre homestead near Selma,
owns property in that city and also in Cali-
fornia. Since the age of eight years he has
earned his own living and has made a suc-
cess in business. He was born in Ohio, Feb-
ruary 2, 1865, a son of Antey and Mary
(Martin) Diss, and is one of seven children
in his father's family, five of whom survive.
The mother died when her son Frank was
eight years of age, the father passing away
when the son had attained his majority.

Frank Diss, at the age of eight years, be-
gan earning his own living by working in
the mines and although he has supported
himself by hard work since that time he ac-
quired a good common-school education. He
migrated to Oregon in 1903 and settled upon
a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres
which he at once set to improving and culti-
vating. He also acquired property in Cali-
fornia. Since taking up the homestead he
has made that place his residence and is en-
gaged principally in raising grain and hay.

Mr. Diss was married, December 15, 1885,
to Mrs. Mary A. Christman. In his political
faith he is an adherent of the republican
party and although he gives his attention
strictly to business yet he finds time to dis-
charge conscientiously the duties of citizen-
ship. He is a well known farmer of his com-
numity, is successful in his business man-
agement and is regarded as a citizen of up-
rightness and good character.

DANIEL A. WALKER, a prosperous and
enterprising agriculturist of Yamhill county,
resides on the homestead property where he
parents located forty-six years ago and owns
one hundred and seventy-five acres thereof,
the farm being located six and a half miles
west of Carlton. His birth occurred in In-
diana on the 16th of February, 1852, his
parents being John Hamilton and Mary
(Simpson) Walker, both of whom were na-
tives of Johnson county. Indiana. Leaving
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73

Iowa and there continued to reside until
1865, when they crossed the plains to Ore-
gon. Settling in Yamhill county, they took
up their abode on what is known as the
James Shaw donation claim, six and a half
miles west of Carlton. The property is
now in possession of our subject and his
sister, Mrs. May Bell Anderson. John H.
Walker devoted his attention to general
farming and stock-raising throughout his ac-
tive business career and at the time of his
demise owned three hundred and twenty
acres of valuable land. Previous to his
death he had sold a portion of his farm. He
passed away on the 11th of April, 1S93,
while his wife was called to her final rest
on the 12th of .March, 1887. Their chil-
dren were five in number, namely: William
J., deceased; Daniel A., of this review; James
A. and (lilliirt E., both deceased; and Mrs.
May r.fU Anderson, of Yamhill county.

Daniel A. Walker, who was a youth of
thirteen when he came to this state with his
parents, remained at home until he was mar-
ried at the age of twenty-seven years. Fol-
lowing that important event in his life he
settled on the farm which he had previously
purchased and continued its operation until
1892, In that year he disposed of the prop-
erty and took up his abode on the old home-
stead, whereon he has remained continuously
since. At the present time lie owns one
hundred and seventy-five acres thereof, forty
acres being under a high state of cultivation.
His farm is well improved in every particular
and his undertakings as an agriculturist have
been attended with a gratifying measure of
success.

On the 19th of February, 1879, Mr. Walker
was united in marriage to Miss Clarissa Dud-
ley, who was born in Yamhill county, Ore-
gon, on the nth of March, 1S,^/J, her par-
ents being John D. and Rebecca N. (Moore)
Dudley, natives of Missouri. The father ran
away from home in 1853, when a youth of
thirteen, and joined an emigrant train en
route to Oregon. The mother came across
the plains with her parents in 1855. John
D. Dudley and Rebecca X. .Moore were mar-
ried in Yamhill county on the 15th of Feb-
niary, 1858, and here spent the remainder
of their lives, the former passing away on
the Mth of February, 1898, and the latter
on the 5th of May 1859. Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
ker ha<I four children, as follows: Verna
C, born April 9, 1880, who is now the wife
of W. H. Bailey, of Carlton, Oregon; Mamie
D., who passed away on the 12th of Novem-
ber, 1887, when three years of age; John
D,, born February 16, 1888, who has pur-
sued a course of study in a business college
and is still under the parental roof; and
Ward A., bom July 23, 1896, who is attend-
ing school.

In politics Mr. Walker is a stanch demo-
crat and for almost thirty years has ably
served as a member of the school board.
Fraternally he is identified with the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows at Carlton,
Oregon, being a charter member of the lodge
at that place. Both he and his wife are
members of Moores Valley Grange, No. 362.

They are people of the highest respectability,
enjoying in large measure the friendship of
those with whom they have been brought
in contact.

GEORGE BANKS, now residing in Dayton,
Oregon, was born in Armstrong county, Penn-
sylvania, March 19, 1853, the son of John
and Nancy (McLaughlin) Banks, both of
whom were born of Scottish parentage and
were natives of Pennsylvania. The grand-
parents came from Scotland and located in
Pennsylvania, where they died. The father
was a farmer by occupation and both he
and his wife resided all their lives in their
native state. In their family were seven chil-
dren: Lizzie, of Pennsylvania; William, de-
ceased; George, of this review; Belle, who is
the wife of Jolin Jlontgomery, of Armstrong
county, Pennsylvania; Maud, now Mrs. Rob-
ert AIcGraw, of Armstrong county, Pennsyl-
vania; Sloane, who is a farmer in Armstrong
county; and a child who died in infancy.

George Banks remained at home with his
parents and attended the public schools un-
til he was fourteen years of age. He tlien
went into the timber regions of Pennsyl-
vania and began working for himself, and af-
ter becoming acquainted with the lumber
business he bought a mill and engaged in
the manufacture of lumber. He followed
that occupation for some time but was forced
to give it up on account of ill health. He
then pursued farming and various lines of
work until six years ago, when he left his
native state for the purpose of trying to
regain his health in another climate. At
first he went to California and then, coming
to Oregon, located in Portland, while later
he removed to Dayton, where he now re-
sides. In spite of the ill health which he
has had to guard against he has been very
successful, owning fourteen acres of land
near Dayton, and one hundred and ten acres
of very valuable land in Pennsylvania, and
to the former he gives his personal super-
vision.

In 1891 Mr. Banks was married to Miss
Nancy J. Hancock, a native of Armstrong
county, Pennsylvania. His political alle-
giance is given to the republican party and
he has taken a very active interest in local
polities in his home state, very few years
of his residence there since coming of age
having been spent without holding some
oHice. Both he and his wife are members
of the Presbyterian church. During Mr.
I'anks' residence in his adopted state his
upright and honorable life has won for him
many friends and well wishers.

RANDOLPH M. WARDLE is numbered
among the enterpri.-ting merchants of Carl-
ton, where he is engaged in dealing in hard-
ware, implements and building materials. In
this connection he is developing a good Inisi-
nesH, his enterprise and reliable methods
gaining for him a liberal patronage. Me was
born in Los Angeles county, California. Feb-
ruary 27, 1857. His father, John Wardle.
was a native of England, born August 3,

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

1815. The ancestry of the family can be
traced back as far as 1695, showing the fam-
ily to be an old one in that country. In
his youth John Wardle learned the shoe-
maker's trade but afterward devoted much
of his life to farming. He came to America
in 1840 and was married at Salt Lake City,
Utah, in 1856, to Miss Emeline Baker, a
native of Ohio. They remained for a brief
period in Salt Lake and then removed to
California, settling near Los Angeles, where
they resided for a short time. They then
took up their abode in another part of the
state, living at different points in California
until 1865, when they came to Oregon, set-
tling in Yamhill county, where they resided
until 1880. In the meantime Mrs. Wardle
had passed away on the 3d of December,
1877. In 1880 Mr. Wardle went to Washing-
ton county, this state, and two years later
took up his abode in the state of Washing-
ton, where he died at the age of eighty-five
and one-half years. The children of his sec-
ond marriage were eleven in number: Ran-
dolph M. ; Roskelyn, who is living in Orting.
Washington; Harriet, a resident of Centralia,
Washington; St. Clair M., of the same state;
Wavcrly M., whose home is in Portland; De-
borah A., of McMinnville. Oregon; Xathan,
who died at the age of two years; Olive,
who died in infancy; Daisy A., of Portland;
Alphonso W., who died when twenty-three
years of age; and Emeline M., whose home
is near Centralia. Washington. .John Wardle
had been married previous to leaving his
native country, his first union being with
Miss Harriet Ball, whom he wedded in 1837.
They became the parents of seven children,
of whom two are still living: Frances, a
resident of Centralia, Washington: and Alice,
whose home is in Little Rock, Idaho. The
others weie Margaret, Emma, Matilda, Charles
and Anna, all of whom are deceased. After
losing his first wife, John Wardle, as pre-
viously stated, wedded Emeline Baker.

At the usual age Randolph il. Wardle be-
came a pupil in the public schools, continu-
ing his studies until about twenty years
of age, when he began learning the black-
smith's trade, which he followed continu-
ously until 1907, engaging in that business
at different times at Carlton. Oregon, and
Tenino, Washington, and at Olympia and
Tacoma. He also engaged in sharpening tools
at the mines in Washington, in Baker county.
Oregon, in Union county. Oregon, at Elma.
Washington, and in McMinnville. Oregon. In
1907 however, he disposed of his shop and
entered commercial circles in -Carlton as a
dealer in hardware, implements and building
materials, which business he has now car-
ried on successfully for more than four years.
He owns the business block in which he is
conducting his enterprise and he also owns
a fine residence and other properties in
Carlton.

Mr. Wardle has been twice married, having
on the 1st of February, 1881, wedded ^vliss
Nancy Ticknor. a native of the state of
Washington and a daughter of .T. T. and
Elizabeth (Ford) Ticknor. Her father is now
deceased but her mother still resides in

Washington. Mr. Wardle 's second marriage
occurred in 1900, when he wedded ilrs. Mary
Elizabeth Dodson, a widow, living in Yam-
hill county, and a daughter of George B. and
Susan J. (Bush) Manning, both of whom
were natives of West Virginia, where they
spent their entire lives. Their family num-
bered eight children: Samuel, deceased; Wil-
liam M., who died in Oregon, at the age of
sixty-four years; Rebecca J., the wife of R.
W. Varley, of Washington county; Joseph,
who is living in Moundsville, West Virginia;
Mrs. Wardle; Henry C, of Tacoma, Washing-
ton; and W. L. and Frank P., both of whom
are residents of Moundsville, West Virginia.
The father of these children passed away at
the age of seventy-six years and the mother
when seventy-seven years of age.

By his first marriage Mr. ^A'ardle had three
children: Vida E.. who was born Decem-
ber 17, ISSl. and is the wife of Eldridge
Crosno. of Xorth Yakima, AVashington ; Ada
E., who was born April 17, 1883, and died
at the age of eight years; and Clarence W.,
who was born October 30, 1887. and is mar-
ried and lives in Portland. Mr. Wardle's
second wife, Mary Elizabeth (Dodson) War-
dle, had been twice married before her union
with him and had a daughter by her first
marriage, Annie L., who was born in 1876,
and is the wife of George Willis, of Carl-
ton, Oregon, and a son by her second mar-
riage, Frank C, of Carlton.

Mr. Wardle is a democrat in his political
views and ever keeps well informed on the
questions and issues of the day. His fellow
townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability,
have called him to a number of local offices:
he served for a number of years on the
school board, as clerk ; and has been mayor
and councilman of Carlton, in which con-
nections he has exercised his official preroga-
tives in support of various progressive meas-
ures for the general good. He is also well
known in fraternal circles, holding mem-
bership in both the subordinate lodge and
encampment of the I. 0. 0. F. In the former
he has filled all the chairs and is now past
grand. In Masonry he has taken the de-
grees of the lodge and of the Royal Arch
Chapter. His life exemplifies the beneficent
spirit and purposes of those organizations,
and in every relation in which he has been
found he has proved his loyalty and worth,
his progressiveness and his public spirit.

S. H. HATCH has been engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits near Salem for many years.
Although he was not among the earliest
settlers of the county he came here in time
to share actively and materially in the de-
velopment of the fruit growing districts of
Marion county.

S. H. Hatch is a native of Westbrook.
Maine, born January 20, 1843. His parents
were George and Emily (Higgins) Hatch,
both natives of Maine, the state in which
they passed their entire lives. To them
eleven children were born, six of whom sur-
vive. S. H. Hatch remained at home with
his father after completing his education

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in tlie district schools until ISG'J, when he
was twenty-six years of age. At that time
he went to Missouri and tor a sliort lime
was engaged in teaching school. Alter two
years he returned to Maine and until ISS'J
carried on the farming operations on the
homestead. When he gave this up he came
to Marion county and purchased the farm
upon which he now resides. He has im-
proved this farm by his own efforts and labor
and has made many modern improvements
upon it, including farm buildings and ade-
quate machinery for carrying on modern
agricultural pursuits. He has ten acres
planted to apples and pears, which yield
him annually large harvests and increasingly
remunerative returns.

On the 2d of January, 1870, Mr. Hatch
was married to Jliss Nancy Metzlcr, a na-
tive of Ohio. To them live children have
been born: C. H., who is now living in east-
ern Oregon; Walter L., of Salcni; and three
who have passed away. Mrs. Hatch's death
occurred on the 13th of April, 1909, and she
was laid to rest in the Salem cemetery. She
was a devoted member of the Methodist
church. In politics Mr. Hatch gives his sup-
port to the republican party but has never
sought office as a reward for party fealty
e.\cepting that of school director. He ac-
cepted this oflice because of his interest in
the educational welfare of the community.
He holds membership in the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of Maine. He is a
man of noble qualities of character, of strong
and resolute purpcjse. industrious and enter-
prising, and well known throughout the
community for his uprightness and honesty,
he merits and enjoys the respect and con-
hdence of his neighbors and many friends.

BYRAM MAYFIELD, junior partner of
the firm of Burnaugh & Mayfield, druggists,
is one of the public-spirited and progressive
young business men of Enterprise of which
he has been a resident for the past eight
years. He was born in Umatilla county.
Oregon, on the 31st of March, 1877, and is a
son of (Jeorge E. and Amanda (Westerfield)
Mayfield. For many years the father was
engaged in ranching in this state, but he has
now withdrawn from agricultural pursuits
and is living retired in Elgin, Union county.

Rearc<l at home in the acquirement of his
early education. Byram Maytiehl attended
the public schools. Early deciding to become
a druggist, he subsequently matriculated in
the department of pharmacy of the Oregon
State Agricultural College, being awarded
the degree of Ph. G. with the class of 1903.
Very soon after receiving his license he ac-
cepted a clerkship in a pharmacy at Ontario.
this state, where he remained until the fol-
lowing October when he came to Wallowa
county. The succeeding month he spent in a
drug store at .Joseph, but at the expiration
of that period together with S. L. Burnaugli
he purchased the pharmacy of E. .1. For-
sythe of this city, which they are still con-
ducting under the firm name of Burnaugh &
Mayfield. They are both excellent business
men as well as first-class pharmacists and
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own and conduct one of the best equipped
and most thoroughly modem drug stores to
be found in a town of this size in eastern
Oregon. They carry a good line of drugs,
patent and proprietary medicines, also toilet
articles, perfumes, stationery and such sun-
dries as are to be found in a shop of this
kind. Their business is conducted in strict
accordance with the most highly approved
methods of modern commercial jiractice, and
as both proprietors are accommodating in
the treatment of their patrons, they are suc-
ceeding in building up an excellent trade.
From the begiiitiing their receipts have shown
a marked increase annually and they are
now recognized as one of the firmly estab-
lished and thriving enterprises of the town.
Fraternally Mr. Maylield is identified with
Enterprise Lodge. Xo. 94. K. of P.. and En-
terprise Lodge. No. 158, I. O. O. F. His po-
litical views accord with the principles of
the democratic party, for whose candidates
he casts his ballot. He takes an active in-
terest in municipal afTairs and is always will-
ing to assume his share of governmental re-
sponsibilities and for the past two years has
been a member of the town council. Since
locating here Mr. Mayfield has manifested
high standards of citizenship and has given
his unqualified support to every progressive
movement, that he has felt would tend to
promote the commercial, moral, social or in-
tellectual welfare of the community.

CHARLES V. WEAVER. A native son of
Oregon and a man who has done mui'h dur-
ing the short period of his activity to pro-
mote the agricultural development of Doug-
las county is Charles V. Weaver. He was
bom in this county, July 27. 1887, and is
a son of Edwin and Margaret (Dyer)
Weaver, the former a native of Tennessee
and the latter of Oregon. The father left
his native state in 18.52 for Oregon, making
the trip overland with ox teams, spending
six months upon the journey.

Charles W>aver received his early education
in the public schools of his native district
and remained at home with his parents until
lie was twenty years of age. He then started
out in life for himself on the farm where he
now resides. It is part of the three thousand
acres of land which his father bought in
Tlouglas county and he has cultivated and
imjiroved it along scientific lines. He makes
a specialty of fruit farming and his prune
harvests every year are among the most
aliundant in southern Oregon. For some
time he has been engaged in the raising of
high-grade cattle and he also keeps a few
horses upon his farm. .Another important
branch of his activity is his hop yard to
which he has given much time and attention
during the past few years and has made it
one of the largest of its kind in Douglas
coiinty.

Mr. Weaver gives his political support to
the republican party and is a firm believer
in the policies anil principles for which that
organization stands. He takes an intelligent
interest in local affairs hut has never sought
public office for himself. He is a prominent

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member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and is vice grand of Myrtle Creek
lodge, No. 38. Charles V. Weaver is only
twenty-five years of age but has already
shown himself a factor to be reckoned with
in the agricultural circles of Douglas county.

WILLIAM T. KUTCH, who in the year
1911 retired to private life and now makes
his home in Carlton, at the age of eighty-
six 3'ears. was for many years closely asso-
ciated with agricultural interests and con-
tributed in considerable measure to the de-
velopment of Yamhill county along that
line. Working faithfully day by day. using
the moments to the best advantage and
carefully planning and systematizing his
work, he at length reaped the reward of his
labors in the acquirement of a considerable
competence. He was born in Jlonroe county,
Indiana, llarch 15, 1836, a son of Enoch
and Nancy (.Jones) Kutcli, both of whom
were natives of Kentucky, in which state
they were reared and married and made
their home until 1S2.3. In that year they
removed to Monroe county. Indiana, and
soon afterward took up their abode in Hen-
dricks county of the same state, where Mr.
Kutch settled upon a ■ tract of land of one
hundred and sixty acres, which he afterward
entered from the government. The family
experienced the hardships, trials and priva-
tions of pioneer life in that district, but
year by year the father carried on the work
of developing the farm and made it a pro-
ductive tract ere he sold it. in 185-1. He
then removed to Appanoose count}'. Iowa,
where he purchased a section of land which
he operated until his death, in 1862. His
first wife had died when their son William
was but six years of age and in 1834 Enoch
Kutch had married again, his second union
being with Elenor Alexander, a native of
Kentucky. By his first marriage there were
born seven children but only two are now
living, William and .James, the latter a resi-
dent of eastern Oregon. The five who have
passed away are Elizabeth, Allen. America
J., Jackson, and one who died in infancv.

The youthful days of William T. Kutch
were spent upon the old homestead farm
in Hendricks county. Indiana, and when he
had reached the age of twenty years he
started out on his own account, choosing as
his life occupation the ]nirsuit with which
lie had become familiar tlirough his boyhood
training and experience. Removing to Iowa,
he there engaged in farming for nineteen
years and then came to Oregon, arriving in
this state in 1864. Investing in land in
Yamhill county, he developed a farm which
he cultivated year after year up to the
time of his retirement, in 1011. He is now
living in Carlton and the fruits of his former
toil supply him with all of the necessities
and many of the comforts of life.

In March, 1846, Mr. Kutch was married to
Miss Lydia A. Sparks, a native of Rush
county, Indiana, and a daughter of William
and Polly S])arks. Jlrs. Kutch passed away
in 1862. To Mr. and Mrs. Kutch were born
nine cliildrcn: Enoch, a resident of Davton.

Washington; Allen, deceased; Mitchell, who
is living in Farmington, Washington; Frank-
lin, who has also passed away; Mary, the
wife of C. G. Scott, of Yamhill county; Eliza-
beth, tlie wife of Edward Stevenson, of Yam-
hill county; and three children who died in in-
fancy. Having lost his first wife, Mr. Kutch
was again married, in 1863, his second luiion
being with Miss Hannah M. McCutchens, who
was born in Floyd county. Indiana, August
13, 1838, a daughter of William and Eliza-
beth (Galoway) McCutchens. Her father
was born in Virginia and her mother in Ken-
tucky, but they were married in Indiana,
where they resided until 1S50, when they
went to Iowa, where her father followed
farming until 1865. He tlien crossed the
])lains witli his family, going direct to Ore-
gon, and upon the farm which he purchased
in Yamhill county both he and his wife
spent their remaining days, Mr. McCutchens
passing away at the age of eighty-four
years, while liis wife died when eighty-seven
years of age. In their family were five chil-
dren: Mrs. Sarah J. Nelson, now deceased;
Hannah Jf.. now Mrs. William T. Kutch;
JIahala, the deceased wife of C. G. Scott,
of Carlton, Oregon; William E., deceased;
and one who died in infancy. Unto William
and Hannah Kutch there were born ten chil-
dren: William Eldon, who was born in
Union county, .January 14, 1865; George W.,
whose birth occurred in Y'amhill county,
March 7. 1867; Belle, the wife of Edward
Bodle, of Carlton; Sarah .lane, the deceased
wife of .John McEachen; Underwood, living
in Carlton; Cynthia, the wife of Charles N.
Ducett, of Seattle. Washington; Lenora. the
wife of E. N. Hudson, of Portland; Clara,
the wife of William Calvin, of Carlton. Ore-
gon; and two who died in infancy. Mr.
Kutch was accorded only limited educational
privileges but has given his children good
advantages in that direction. Politically he
is allied with the socialist party and he has
filled the office of road supervisor for a
number of years and for many years was a
member of the school board. He has always
been a champion of the cause of education,
believing it to be not only largely the source
of individual advancement, but also to con-
stitute the bulwark of the nation's strength
and progress.

JAMES CRUICKSHANK is the owner of a
fine ranch of two hundred and eighteen acres
in Y'amhill county that he devotes to general
farming and stock-raising. He was born in
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the 15th of Octo-
ber. 1879, and is a son of James and Jane
(Mitchell) Cruickshank. The parents were
both natives of Scotland, and there the
mother continues to make her home, but the
father, who was a farmer, passed away four
years ago. The family of 5Ir. and Mrs.
Cruickshank numbered eight, as follows:
David, who is living near Gaston, Oregon;
• lane, who is in Scotland; Margaret, who is
lU'ieased; James, our subject; and William,
.loliu, Robert and Elizabeth, all of whom
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The first fourteen years of his life James
Cruiokshank spent under tlie parental roof,
obtainini.' his education in the Lonimon
schools. At the expiration ot that time he
began earning his own living and during the
succeeding tour years engaged as a I'arm
hand. The lessons of the value of thrift
and industry inculcated in his youthful mind
were very useful in directing his future, and
he carefully saved a portion of his wages
each year until he had accumulated enough
to pay his passage to America, so that when
he was twenty he sailed for the I iiited
States. He was a most ambitious youth
and desired to make more rapid progress
than WIU3 possible in his native land. Upon his
arrival in this country he made his way west-
ward to Oregon, locating in Portland, but af-
ter remaining there a brief tinu' he came to
Yamhill county. He worked at various ooeu-
pations when he first came here but in the
second year of his residence went to farming,
; and has ever since followed agricultural pur-

suits. After working for others for two years
he purcliased a tract of land near .\mity. but
he sold this later and rented a tract of land
that he operated for six years. The culti-
vation of this place proved to be so lucrative
under his capable direction that he ac<|uired
the means to buy his present homestead.
.Mr. C'ruickshank is a very practical and
enterprising man and applies himself in-
telligently anil painstakingly to whatever he
undertakes, and as a result is meeting with
I success. In connection with general farm-
I ing Mr. C'ruickshank is making a specialty
of raising thoroughbred stock, devoting the
greater part of his attention to Cotswold
sheep and ,Shire horses, and he now has an
interest in a fine imported Shire horse. His
investments in stock have ]>roven to be very
lucrative and he is rapidly becoming recog-
nized as one of the prosperous agriculturists
and stiK-kman of the county. He has made
^nili improvements in his property as he was
able from time to time, and now lias his land
in a high state of oiltivation. and the build-
ings on his place all in good condition.

In 1!)00 Jlr. C'ruickshank was married to
Miss Lizzie Koss. a ilaughter of Duncan Ross,
and they have become the parents of three
children, U«>ss. .\le\ .lames and Annie .Jessie.
Kraternally .Mr. (ruicksluink is identified
with the Slasonic order at Dayton and both
he and his wife are alliliated with tlie Order
"f the Kastern .Star, also at Dayton. He is
the type of citizen wlm is a nmst ilesirable
acquisition in any comninnity. his efforts al-
ways iH-ing directed toward the development
of till' general interests iinil the advance-
ment of the public weffari'.

JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM is now living re-
tired in ( arlton. «hiTi- he owns and <n'cu-
• pies a beautiful resilience. There has come
to him leisure in which tn enjoy those things
wliicli alfonl him the greatest interest anil
pleasure, for the business activities of his
former years have brought )iim to a position
of alllnence. He was born in Milton, .Massa-
i-liusetts. about eiglit miles from Koston, fui
the I'.itli III October. IS.">n. his parents being

•lolin A. and Alice (Hathaway) I unningham,
the former a native of Boston and tlie latter
of New Bedford. Massachusetts. They were
married in their native state and for eight
years thereafter resided in Massachusetts,
at the eiiil of which time they removed to
Hongkong China, the father being engaged
in the tea business. Kor five years he re-
mained a tea merchant of that city, trans-
porting tea to various parts of the world.
In ]St)4, however, he returned to Uostoii,
where he continued in the lea trade until
18Tj, when he retired from commercial pur-
suits and took up his abode upon a farm
in Worcester county, Massachusetts, where
he devoted his time to the breeding and
raising of high grade jersey cattle, thus pass-
ing the years quietly to the time of his death,
in 1S98. His wife, surviving him for about
eight years, passed away in 1906. In their
family were nine children, of whom eight
are still living: Mrs. William U. Ware, a
resident of Massachusetts; Charles D., liv-
ing in Brookline, Massachusetts; C. L., whose
home is in Milton, that state; John A. and
Mrs. W. A. Howe, of Carlton. Oregon: I'anl,
who is located in Bolton, Massachusetts:
Mrs. .\ndrew Xour.se. also of Bolton; and
Kred II., who makes his liome in the same
place.

Arriving at the age when the acquiii'nieiit
of an education became tlie principal thing
in life. .Tohn A. Cunningham was si'iit to
the public schools wherein lie pursued his
coiirse until graduated from the high school,
lie tlicn took up the oc.-ii]mtion of farm-
ing, which he followed in .Massachusetts for
about fourteen years. He next went to New-
York city, where he engaged in business
for two years, and in ISSil removed to Chi-
cago, where he figured prominently in busi-
ness circles until 1900, meeting with sub-
stantial success in his undertakings during
that period. He then came to Oregon anil
has since made his home in Carlton, where
he has erected one of the finest residences
of the city. He became a.ssoeiated with W .
.\. Howe in a partnership for the building of
a large store and the conduct of an exten-
sive mercantile enterprise. As usual, suc-
cess has attended him in this field. He has
also been interested in the developnuMit and
upbuilding of the himber business but at
the present time is practically living retired,
devoting his time and energies merely to the
supervision of Ins investnu-nts.

In islis .Mr. ('unningham was united in
marriage to .Miss Sarah N. Koril, a native
of Mas.sachiisetts and a daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Kilward Kurd, both of whom are
now deceased. The children born to this mar-
riage are: Dorothy A., whose birth oc-
curred November 2, 1901 ; and Sarah, born
December 'js. 190.'!. The family are con-
nected with the Kpisi'opal church and .Mr.
( nnningham also belongs to the Independ
cut Order of Odd Kellows ami the I'nited
.\rtisans. His political support is given the
republican party and he is interested in
the Welfare and progress of the city, state
and country*, yet has never been an aspirant
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ncss life because he has made a wise use of
his time, talents and opportunities and, giad-
uallv working his way upward, has at length
attained a creditable and gratifying posi-
tion, his efforts being crowned with the re-
ward of earnest, persistent and honorable
lal)or.

GEORGE WASHINGTON BAKER, who is

numbered among the active and enterprising
agriculturists of Washington county, owns a
well improved tract of land two and a half
miles southwest of Beaverton and within ten
miles of Portland. His birth occurred in
Blackhawk county, Iowa, on the 13th of De-
cember, 1862, his parents being Joseph and
Leah (Stambaugh) Baker, who were born,
reared and married in Pennsylvania. They
maintained their home in that state for a
number of years and then removed to Clin-
ton. Illinois, where they resided for several
years. Subsequently they spent a few years
in Iowa and later removed to Missouri, where
they remained until 1886. In that year they
journeyed to California, settling at Santa
Cruz, where Joseph Baker purchased city
property and lived in honorable retirement
until called to his final rest in November.
1893. His wife, surviving him for a number
of years, passed away in 1905. They had
tenchildren. five of whom are yet living, as
follows: Mrs. Catherine Gibler. who is a
resident of Jefferson City. Missouri; Silas,
living at Santa Cruz, California; Eliza, the
wife of W. K. Trayler, of Hillsboro, Oregon;
Sarah, who gave "her hand in marriage to
Artcmas Campbell and resfdes in Missouri;
and George W.. of this review.

The last named saw Oregon in its infancy,
coming to this state with two of his sisters
in 1869. when a lad of seven years. Six
months later the father came to Oregon on
a visit and took our subject back with him
to ^Missouri. George W. Baker remained
under the parental roof until twenty-four
years of age and subsequently worked at
different occupations for a period of thir-
teen years. At the end of that time he took
up his abode on the farm which had pre-
viously come into his possession and on
■which he still resides. His present posses-
sions embrace a tract of thirty-nine acres of
land, one-half of which is under a high state
of cultivation and improvement. The prop-
erty is on section 28. two and a half miles
southwest of Beaverton. His undertakings
as an agriculturist have been attended with
excellent residts, the well tilled fields an-
nually yielding golden harvests as a reward
for the care and labor which he bestows
upon them.

On the 4th of July, 1893. Mr. Baker was
united in marriage to Miss Melvina Trayler.
a native of Texas and a daughter of W. K.
and Mary Trayler. who were bom in Mis-
souri and Iowa respectively. They were
married in Texas and there resided for a
number of years or until 1886, when they
came to Clatskanie. Oregon. A short time
afterward they took up a homestead claim,
occupying the same for ten years. Subse-
qiiently they spent a few years in Mayger.

Oregon, and then took up their abode in
Hillsboro. where Mr. Trayler has since lived
in honorable retirement. The demise of his
wife occurred in 1905. Their children were
seven in number, namely: Arlena and John
W., both of whom are deceased; Mrs. Baker;
J. E., who is a resident of the state of Wash-
ington; ilrs. Rosa Smith, living in Dayton,
Oregon; and Mrs. Emma Larson and Mrs.
Mattie Smith, both of whom have passed
away. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Baker have been
born four children, as follows: Jesse Silas,
whose natal day was August 29, 1893; Les-
ter L., Estella L. and Willie, all of whom
died in infancy.

Mr. Baker is a republican in politics but
has never sought nor desired office as a re-
ward for his party fealty. He has strong
prohibition tendencies, believing that the
liquor traffic should be suppressed. His re-
ligious faith is indicated by his membership
in the Methodist Episcopal church, to which
his wife also belongs. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Baker are well known and highly esteemed
throughout the community as people of up-
right, honorable lives.

AMBROSE CLEMMER FUNK, filling the
position uf deputy sheriff of Umatilla county,
has been continuously in the public service
since the 1st of January, 1902, his special
duties being in connection with the tax de-
partment. He was born January 11, 1872.
in Clayton. Berks county, Pennsylvania, his
parents being James B. and Susanna B.
Funk. The father was born in Berks county
and has made farming his life work, in addi-
tion to which he also owns and operates a
gristmill at Clayton, in which city his wife
was born. There they have made their home
for many years and are among the well
known and highly respected residents of
that place.

After acquiring his early education in the
common schools of his native state Ambrose
C. Funk spent a year as a student in the
West Chester State Normal School of Penn-
sylvania and afterward entered the Kansa.s
State University at Lawrence, Kansas, from
which he was graduated in -June, 1900. with
the degree of B. S. In the meantime he had
made his initial step in the business world,
being first employed in a clerical capacity.
In his youth, too, he worked upon the home
farm in Pennsylvania and early became fa-
miliar with the duties and labors incident to
the cultivation of the fields and the care of
the crops. Following liis removal westward
he located in Kansas City where he was em-
ployed by the Peck Dry Goods Company and
also by Swift & Company, doing office work.
He has been a resident of the northwest since
1901 and since the 1st of .January. 1903, haa
been continuously connected with the sheriff's
office in the tax department, his position be-
ing that of deputy sheriff. His official duties
have ever been discharged with promptness
and fidelity and he has made an excellent
record in this connection, .as is indicated by
his ten years' retention in the office. He also
has an interesting military record covering
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Guard, his mt'iiibeislii|i being with Company
L, Third Regiment, of Pendleton.

In Masonic circles Mr. Funk is well known.
He has attained the Knight Templar degree
of the York Rite and at this writing, in
1912, is captain general of Pendleton Com-
mandery. No. 7. He is also an Odd Fellow,
belonging to Eureka Lodge. Xo. 92. and to
the teachings and principles of both organi-
zations he is loyal and devoted. His high
purposes are further indicated by the fact
that he leads a life in harmony with his pro-
fessions as a member of the Presbyterian
church, in which he is serving as elder. He
has a wide and favorable acquaintance in
this section of the state, being held in high
regard wherever known and most of all
where lie is best known. He seeks the wel-
fare and progress of the community in var-
ious directions and liis cooperation can al-
ways be counted upon to furtlier any move-
ment for the material, intellectual, political
"and moral progress of his adopted state.

ALBERT W. KIME, M. D., who. since 1904,
has been a suiii^siiil medical practitioner at
Cottage (irove and one of the six physicians
of that place, has an excellent professional
and j)ersonal reputation in the community.
He has worked up an excellent practice since
settling in Cottage Grove and was elected
mayor of the city in 1910. He was born
in Millersburg, Iowa. August 27. 18.58. the
son of .James H. and Katherine (Zimmer-
man) Kime, botli of whom were natives of
Ohio, where they were married. Shortly
afterward they removed to Iowa, becoming
pioneers of that state. The father took up
land in Iowa, which he farmed until 1858,
when, leaving his family in that state, he
crossed the plains to Pikes Peak, Colorado,
for the purpose of mining gold. Not being
successful, however, in finding the yellow
metal in p.aying quantities he continued on
to California, settling at Downieville. where
he continued his gold-mining operations >mtil
1868. The family, which had been living in
Iowa, joined the father in 18t>.5. making the
trip to California by way of New York and
the Isthmus of Panama and arriving in San
Francisco on St. Patrick's day. The father
removed to Vallejo. Solano county. Cali-
fornia, in 1868, and, having tired of gold
mining, was employed in the navy yard as a
carpenter. He continued in this employment
until 1H70, when he removed to San .Jose.
California. an<l continued working at the car-
penter's tra<le. buihling stations for the rail-
road. He was thus employed until 1874.
when he removed to Oakland, where he con-
tinued at his trade and began contracting.
He maile flie furniture for the First National
Bank at Oakland, situated at No. 127 Broad-
way, and remained in that city until 1878,
when he removed to Oregon and settled at
Corvallis. There he continued contracting
and constructed the Fisher building, spend-
ing two years in that city. He then retired
from that vocation and started in the drug
business with N. H. Thompson at Yakima
Bay. After continuing in the business thus
for six months Albert W. Kime bought Mr.

Tliompson's interest in the store and after
one year tliey removed their drug stock to
l*(utland. where the father and son con-
ducted a drug business until 1884. In that
year lire destroyed the store but it was im-
mediately rebuilt. The father tlien pur-
chased the entire business, which he operated
until 18S6 when he sold out and removed to
eastern Oregon and opened the first drug
store in \'ale. This store was also operated
by the father and son and the father began
studying medicine, continuing )intil 1890,
when he was graduated and settled in Ban-
don, Oregon. There he practiced his profes-
sion until 1897, when he went to Alton,
Humboldt county, where he engaged in
practice until his death, which occurred in
1908. The mother died at Vale in April.
188."). In their family were two children:
Albert W. ; and Charles I., of Coquille. Coos
county. Oregon, who is interested in :i ma-
chine shop and foundry at that place. While
residing in Santa Clara, California. Mr. and
Mrs. Kime adopted a daughter, Alice Rogers,
wlio remained with them until her mar-
riage. She now nuikes her home in eastern
Oregon.

In company with his mother Albert W.
Kime removed from Iowa to California when
he was seven years of age and there they
joined the father. The subject of this review
received his education in the public schools
of California and later engaged with his
father in the drug business, continuing thus
until 1892, when he removed to Bandon,
Oregon, where he read medicine with his
father for two years. He then, in 1894. en-
tered the medical department of the Uni-
versity of Oregon at Portland, from which
institution he was graduated on the ,5th of
.April. 1897. He engaged in practice at Ban-
don, where he remained until 1904, and then
came to Cottage Grove, where lie has since
resided, showing such skill in caring for his
patients that he has built up a line prac-
tice. He has a pleasant home in Cottage
Grove and also owns property at Bandon and
Portland.

Dr. Kime has been married three times.
His second marriage was in 1885 and to this
union three children were born: William,
a resident of \Vestf;ill. Oregon; Harry P.,
of Coquille; and Albert .Tames, also of West-
fall. On .Tuly 5, 1902. Dr. Kime was again
married, his third union being with Mrs.
Kittie Rhoner. widow of Henry Rhoner. She
was born in Brownsville. Oregon, November
1, 1872, a daughter of .J. B. and .Jennie M.
Gross, of Bandon, Coos county, Oregon. In
1868 the parents crossed the plains from
Iowa to Oregon, settling in Coos county,
where fhey have since resided. The father
is a veteran of the Civil war and served
throughout the entire period of the war
without receiving any serious wounds. In
1861 he enlisted in Company D of the Sec-
ond Iowa Regiment of Volunteer Infantry for
a term of three years and at the close of
his period of enlistment he reenlisted and
served until the close of the war. He wa«
discharged .Inly 12, 1865. at Ix)ui«ville. Ken-
tucky. In his family were seven children:

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Ella, who died in infancy; Clara M., also de-
ceased; Harvey H., a resident of Bandon;
Kittie, now Mrs. Albert W. Kime; John B.,
deceased; and Gus and Fred H., both of whom
reside in Bandon. By her former marriage
Mrs. Kime wa.s the mother of two children:
Mamie J., born in 1892, who received a busi-
ness-college education at Eugene. Oregon;
and Claude H., who was born in 1900 and is
attending the public schools. Mr. and Mrs.
Kime are the parents of one chiiO, Geneva
Dentizel, born May 20, 1909.

In his political view.s Dr. Kime is a repub-
lican and he has given considerable atten-
tion to politics. He served as treasurer of
Malheur county, Oregon, in 1891, was mayor
of Bandon for one term, and also served as
mayor of Cottage Grove in 1911. Fraternally
he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, having- tilled all the chairs in that
order and is also a member of the grand
lodge. He likewise holds membership rela-
tions with the Knights of Pythias, the Elks,
the Modern AV'oodmen of America and the
Foresters of America. Mrs. Kime is an
active member of the Christian church and
assists materially in making that denomina-
tion an effective force for good in the com-
munity. Dr. Kime and his family are valued
citizens of Cottage Grove, are prominent in
fraternal, church and social circles and have
a most excellent standing in the community.

C. 0. BAXTER. A valuable ranch of one
hundred and five acres, located six miles
from McMinuville. engages the entire atten-
tion of C. 0. Baxter, who has wrought ex-
tensive improvements in the place during
the period of his ownership. He was born
in Green county, Wisconsin, on February 28,
1849. and is a son of .John and Harriet
(Spencer) Baxter, both natives of Ohio. In
his early manhood .John Baxter went from
his native state to Wisconsin and later to
Missouri, where he met the lady who sub-
sequently became his wife, continuing to
make his home in that state until 1801. In
that year he. together with his wife and
family, started to make the long, tiresome
journey across the plains to Oregon, with a
wagon and ox-team. Five months were spent
en route and upon their arrival they located
on a claim in Yamhill county, as farming
had always engaged the energies of Mr.
Baxter. There he continued to reside im-
til his demise in 1908, at the venerable age
of ninety-eight years. The mother, who
was eighty-seven when she passed away, sur-
vived until 1910. Of the marriage of Mr.
and Mrs. Baxter there were born fourteen
children, of whom live died in infancy. Those
who lived to attain maturity are as follows:
S])encer, who is living in Dayton; Isabelle,
the wife of .James Carter, of Dayton; Sarah,
who is deceased; C. 0., who is our subject;
George, who is also a resident of Dayton;
Ann, who married John Watson, of Dayton ;
Cynthia, the wife of Edward Hadway, a
resident of Dayton; John, who is a farmer;
and Joseph, who lives in Dayton.

C. 0. Baxter, who was twelve years of age
when he removed with his parents to Oregon,

obtained his education in the common schools,
which he attended until he was fourteen.
He then engaged in general farm work, con-
tinuing to follow this occupation until he
was twenty-eight. During that time he not
only became ]>roficient in the tilling of the
fields and care of the stock, but he accumu-
lated sufficient capital to enable him to be-
gin for himself. He first bought a place in
Marion county, this state, which he operated
for several years, meeting with very lucra-
tive returns in his undertaking. He has al-
ways applied himself tirelessly and pains-
takingly to anything he has attempted, so
intelligently directing his activities as to
accomjjlish 'his purposes. About 1S90 he
bouglit his present homestead, which he has
so thoroughly cultivated as to make it one
of the verj' attractive ranches of the vicin-
ity. Mr. Baxter always gives his personal
supervision to everything connected with the
operation of his land and the care of his
stock, and naturally his fields yield abundant '
harvests annually. He is very practical yet
progressive in his methods, always willing
to lay aside the old fur the new when as-
sured of its superiority, but he is too con-
servative to adopt all the theories he hears
advocated unless they appear to him feasible.
In addition to the fine ])roperty on which
he is living he owns forty-five acres located
elsewhere in this county, making his hold-
ings aggregate one hundred and fifty acres.

About thirty-five years ago Mr. Baxter
completed his arrangements for a home by
his marriage to Miss Marian Scott, who died
when they had been married about fourteen
years. To them there were born two chil-
dren: Herbert, who is living in Daj'ton,
and Ella, the wife of Warner Mills, of -New-
berg. Oregon. He subsequently married Miss
Anna Jlorgareidge.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Baxter hold membership
in the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr.
Baxter gives his supj)ort to the policies and
candidates of the republican party. He is
one of the well known and highly esteemed
pioneer settlers of Yamhill county, among
whose residents he numbers many close
friends.

FRANK A. GEDDES. Notable among the
more prominent farmers and stock-raisers
of Baker county living in the vicinity of
Baker City, is Frank A. Geddes, former
county clerk and deputj' sheriff of the
count}' in which he resides. He was born
December 2, 1871, in Baker county. Oregon,
his parents being .J. A. and Eva J. Geddes, a
sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this
work.

Educated in the common schools of Baker
county, Frank A. Geddes remained at home
until he had attained his majority, when he
engaged in the butchering business at Baker
City for some time. He was later elected
to the office of county clerk, a position which
he filled for two terms, and afterward was
appointed deputy sheriff of Baker county.
After serving in that capacity he engaged
on his own account in the butcher business
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and sixty acres, upon which he now lives.
This farm he cultivated and improved until
it is now among the more valuable agricul-
tural projjerties of the county. Soon after
becoming a farmer he took up the raising of
stock as an important feature of his busi-
ness, specializing in the breeding of Poland
China hogs, a business which he has since
followed.

On the 5th of April. 1899. Mr. Geddes
was married to Miss Lulu M. Ebbert, a
native of Springlield, Oregon, and a daughter
of George and Elizabeth (Landis) Ebbert.
Her father was born in Pittsburg, Pennsyl-
vania, and the mother was a native of Iowa.
The father emigrated to Oregon in 1S52 and
the mother arrived in this state in 185-4. hav-
ing crossed the plains with ox teams. They
settled in Lane county, Oregon, where they
lived until 1887. when they moved to Mon-
mouth, where they at present reside. They
were the parents of nine children, eight of
whom arc still living. Three children have
been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Geddes, Otto E.,
Wilma E. and Joseph F.

Politically Mr. Geddes has always been a
republican and has ever taken a lively in-
terest in ])olitics, having held one of the
most important elective offices in the gift
of the people of his county and also an im-
portant appointive office. Fraternally he is
a member of the Elks and also of the Fra-
ternal Union. Mrs. (ieddes is a member ot
the Christian church. Mr. Geddes is one of
Baker county's native sons and. having been
a lifelong resident of this county and well
known in ])olitical and business circles, he
has formed an unusually large number of
acquaintances, knowing practically every
man in the county. In his present business
lie is continually brought in contact with the
farmers of the county and he is very in-
timately known by them and thoroughly es-
tablished in their esteem. He has always
had the reputation of being honorable and
upright in his dealings, is generous in his
(lis|)osition. affable by nature, and courteous
to all with whom he comes in contact.

ALEXANDER WHITE is one of the
highly respcctcil and successful agriculturists
of .Tosephinc co\mty. where he is engaged in
general farming. He was born in Michigan.
November 19, 1841, and is the son of S. \V.
and Cynthia (McVay) White, the former a
native of New York and the latter of Penn-
sylvania.

Alexander White was reared in his par-
ents' home and received his elementary edu-
cation in the public schools. In 1852, in
coninany with his father, he emigrated to
Oregon, crossing the plains with ox teams,
and settled in Hillsboro, Washington county,
where he remained for two years. In 1855
he removed to .losephine county, where his
father filed upon a homestead upon which
the subject of this review has since con-
tinued to )ive. He later purchased additional
tracts of land and is now the owner of one
hundred and eighty-two acres of tine agri-
cultural soil, on which he is engaged in gen-
eral farming.

Mr. White was united in marriage in 1877
to Miss Sarah E. Tycer, a native of Oregon,
and to them live children were born, all of
whom are now living e.xcept Frederick C„
whose death occurred in 1884. Those who
survive are May. Kalph, Ray and Harold.
Mr. White is affiliated with the republican
party and at one time was a camlidate for
county judge of .Josephine county, but his
party's ticket was not elected. He is a faith-
ful and loyal member of the Methodist Epis-
copal church of Kerby and is one of the well
known and highly respected citizens of
Josephine county.

JOHN T. THOMASEN, an agriculturist re-
siding a half mile luirtli of Carlton, owns and
operates a tract of forty-four acres and also
has charge of his father's homestead farm.
His birth occurred in Yamhill county, Ore-
gon, on the 1st of January. 1874, his par-
ents being Peter and Christina (Petersen)
Thomason, both of whom were natives of
Denmark. They emigrated to the Unite<l
States after their marriage and in 1870 set-
tled in Blackhawk county, Iowa, where they
continued to reside for three years. Dis-
posing of their proi)erty, they came to Ore-
gon and located near Amity, Y'anihill county,
where Peter Thomaseu cultivated rented
land for six or seven years. On tlie expi-
ration of that period lie purchased a farm of
one hundred and twcnty-tive acres, which has
since remained in his possession and which he
operated until the time of his retirement in
1907, During the past four years he has lived
at McMinnvillc, enjoying the fruits of his
former toil in well earned ease. During his
active business career he accumulated live
hundred acres of finely improved land, all
under a high state of cultivation. He him-
self cleared throe hundred acres of the same,
converting a heavily timbered tract into
an excellent farming property. The period
of his residence in this state now covers al-
most four decades and he has long enjoyed
an enviable reputation as a substantial and
esteemed citizen of his community. Mr.
Thomasen is now seventy-six years of age.
His wife was called to her final rest in 1884.
Their children were seven in number, as fol-
lows: Amelia, who is deceased, as is also
her husband, George Hanson; Peter K,, who
Is a resident of Turner, Oregon; Carrie, the
deceased wife of .lohn liakeman of the state
of Washington; Mary, the deceased wife of
Charles Rodle, of San Francisco, California;
.Anna, who gave her hand in marriage to
George Kiitcli and resides at Klamath Falls,
Oregon; .John 'P.. of this review; and Clara,
the wife of Paul Hanson, of Medford, Ori'gon,

.John T. Thonmscn acquired his education
in the common schools and when a youth of
eighteen years started out as an agricultur-
ist on his own account, later cultivating
rented land for five years. In 1897 he pur-
chased a tract of thirty-five acres but sub-
sequently disposed of the place and bought
the farm of forty-four acres which he now
operates. In addition to this he has charge
of his father's homestead property and in the
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success, lUiiiually gatheiiug bounteous har-
vests which find a ready sale on the market.

In 1S98 ilr. Thomasen was united in mar-
riage to Miss Lucretia Merchant, wlio was
born in Yamhill county, Oregon, on the 12th
of January, 1876, her parents being William
and Martha ilerchant. It was in 1847 that
William Merchant came to Oregon with his
father, settling on a donation claim two
miles south of Yamhill, where he has resided
contiiuiously since. Unto him and his wife
have been born eight children, namely:
Abram, who is a resident of Crook county,
Oregon; Henry, living in Reno, Nevada;
Burns, who makes his home at Xewberg, Ore-
gon ; George, of Y'amhill county : Mrs.
Thomasen; Winnie, the wife of Darwin
Bockes, of Amity, Oregon; Thomas, who is
in Manila, Philippine Islands; and Mila, the
wife of Harold Dawson, of Newport, Wash-
ington. Our subject and his wife have two
children, Gladys L. and Joyce T., who were
born in the years 1900 and 1903 respectively.

Mr. Thomasen is a republican in his polit-
ical views but has never sought nor desired
office as a reward for his party fealty, lie
belongs to the Fraternal Brotherhood at
Medford, Oregon. His religious faith is that
of the Christian church, of which his wife
is also a member. They are widely and
favorably known throughout the county in
which they have spent their entire lives and
the hospitality of the best homes is cordially
extended to them.

GEORGE N. FRAZER. The industrial ac-
tivities of Eugene find a worthy represen-
tative in George N. Frazer, proprietor of the
Eugene Iron Works. Since starting out in
business he lias engaged in this line of trade
and his long experience, combined with un-
faltering ambition and indefatigable energy,
have placed him at the head of one of the
leading industries of the city. He was born
in Brockport, New Y'ork, June 12, 1851, and
is a son of James Scott and Sarah (Ken-
worthy) Frazer. The father was born in
Lancashire, England, and there learned the
trade of an iron worker, following that pur-
suit )intil he came to America with his wife
and two cliildren. at which time he located
in Brockport, New Y'ork. There he again
worked at his trade until 18.tS, when he came
to the Pacific coast, settling at San Francisco.
A year later his family joined him. making
the trip by way of the isthmus route. The
father remained in San Francisco, employed
at his trade, mitil 1868, when he arrived in
Oregon, taking up his abode in Portland,
where he embarked in business on his own
account as owner of a foundry. His enter-
prise was conducted under the name of the
Eagle Iron Works and the Pioneer Bell &
Brass Foundry and as the years passed by
the undertaking prospered, owing to his
comprehensive knowledge of the business and
his sound judgment. He was a member of
the English Order of Odd Fellows.

George X. Frazer attended the public
schools and learned the molder's and machin-
ist's trade in San Francisco, He was asso-
ciated with his father until the latter met

death by drowning in 1873 at the foot of
Main street in Portland. George N. Frazer
cast the first bell, the first cannon and the
first steam whistle ever made in Portland,
the bell being used on Joe Knott's ferry
boat. The second bell which he made was
for a Methodist church at llillsboro and he
also cast bells for the fire department of
Portland. In 1875 he left the Kose City and
lemoved to Ashland, Oregon, where he es-
tablished a foundry, and about twenty-eight
years ago he left that place for Eoseburg,
where he engaged in business for a few
years. In 1886 he arrived in Eugene, which
then contained a population of about two
thousand, and established his present busi-
ness, which he has since conducted under the
name of the Eugene Iron Works. He car-
ries on a general machine business, which
he has developed from a small beginning.
He had a little plant at first and employed
only one man beside himself. Today he em-
ploys about twelve men and does work for
sawmills all over this part of the state. He
is also the owner of another foundry at
Springfield, Oregon, and he was one of the
organizers of the Osborn Hotel.

In 1875 Mr. Frazer was united in marriage
to Miss Ella E. Jackson, who was born in
Millville, California, and they have two
sons: George N., who is associated with his
father in the Eugene Iron Works; and Ar-
thur, a talented pianist located in Chicago.
Mr. Frazer holds membership in Spencer
Butte Lodge, I. O. 0. F., of which he is a
past grand, and he is also a past chief pa-
triarch of Wimawhala Encampment, No. 6,
and also a member of Canton Hovey, No. 4.
He has likewise been a delegate to the grand
lodge of the Odd Fellows and both he and
his wife are connected with Eugene Lodge,
No. 55, of the Order of Rebekahs of Oregon,
in which Mrs. Frazer is past president. Mr.
Frazer is also a member of Eugene Camp,
Xo. 115. W. 0. W. In politics he is a re-
]niblican but has never sought nor desired
iifiice, preferring to concentrate his energies
upon his business aft'airs. He is a self-made
man, who has been very successful, having
wide knowledge of the machinery business
in all of its branches. His patronage is
steadily growing, giving broad indication for
the future, for the community is also grow-
ing and his operations are being continuously
extended.

CHARLES BUTTS is the owner of a good
farm of twenty acres situated a mile and a
half northeast of Baker, and there he car-
ries on general agricultural pursuits and the
raising of vegetables and also makes a spe-
cialty of poultry raising. He was born near
Forest Grove, Washington county, Oregon,
April 20, 1864, his parents being Lewis and
Mary (Constable) Butts, the former a native
of Virginia, and the latter of Missouri,
They were married in Washington county,
Oregon, about 1862. Lewis Butts had crossed
the plains with ox teams in 1845, accompany-
ing his parents on their westward journey.
His mother died, however, while they were
en route and was buried at the peaks known
as the Three Sisters in the Cascade range.

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The party were in the train that found what
was called the Blue Pocket diggings, all
trace of wliiih has since been lost, although
thousands of dollars have been expended in
trying to again locate these diggings. On
reaching Washington county. Oregon, the
grandfather of Charles Butts secured a do-
nation claim in the vicinity of the present
site of Forest Grove. All that district was
then wild and iniiraproved and he became
one of the original settlere there. As the
years passed he aided largely in the work of
general development and remained a worthy
and honored resident of the state until about
1890, when he passed away in the town of
flaston. Lewis Butts secured a homestead in
Forestdale valley of Washington county, and
at once began to clear and develop his place,
which prior to that time was totally desti-
tute of improvements. Not a furrow had been
turned nor a rod of fence built. About 18G2
he wedded Mary Constable, who had crossed
the plains in 1850. at about whicli time her
parents died. The death of Mrs. Butts oc-
curred in ISTO and ten years later Mr. Butts
passed away on the old homestead. He has
two brothers. Kestus and Jacob, and a sister,
Mrs. Anita McClanahan. now living in Baker
county. His eldest sister. Mrs. Mary Ann
Wilcox, is now deceased, while another sis-
ter, Mrs. Melva McKinney. is now in Benton
county. Oregon, and the youngest. Mrs.
Sarah Hall, makes her home in Washington
county, Oregon. Mrs. Lewis Butts had two
brothers, .James and Daniel Constable, the
former residing near Idaho City. Idaho,
while the latter, when last heard from, about
1902, was living in California. A sister. Mrs.
Klizabeth Young, resides at Cedar 'Mill,
Washington county, Oregon, while another
sister, Mrs. .Jane Halstead. is living in
Seattle. Washington.

Reared in his native county. Mr. Butts
was a pupil in the public schools there and
his first employment was in connection with
the operation of a sawmill, to which work
he devoted about twelve years in Washing-
ton county. He met with a substantial
measure of success in that undertaking until
the financial panic of 1893-4, when he sold
out. In 1896 he removed to Baker county,
where two of his father's brothers and one
sister were living. Here he purchased about
twenty acres of land a mile and a half north-
east of Baker and has since carried on gen-
eral farming, which includes the production
of vegetables and the raising of poultry. He
has lived upon this place for about five years
and in his business is meeting with a well
merited degree of prosperity.

In Baker City. Oregon, on the Sth of
August, 1900. Mr. Butts was married to Miss
Ilia Rosette Ward, whose mother died when
she was about five years of age. after which
she was adopted by Newton and Annice Mc-
Clanahan, and took their name. Mr. Mc-
Clanahan died in 1911 and Mrs. McClanahan
now makes her home in Ashland. Oregon.
I'nto Mr. and Mrs. Butts have been born five
children: Floyd and Claude, who are now
attending school in Baker: Oscar and Rnshiel.
at home; and one who died in infancy when

about two nuiiitlus old. The parents hold
membership in the Christian church. Polit-
ically Mr. Butts is a democrat and keeps well
informed on the questions and issues of the
day but does not seek public ollice. He is
interested in the nuitcrial, intellectual and
moral progress of his community and co-
operates in all the various movements which
contribute to advancement along those lines.

WILLIAM JORY. Among the substantial
agriculturists of Marion county is William
.Jory. who resides near Salem. His birth
Occurred on the 20th of .September, 1828, in
Kngland, his parents being ilr, and Mrs.
•lames .Jory. At the age of twenty -one years,
after he had finished his education in the
district schools and had spent several years
assisting his father on the home farm, he
joined the gold seekers leaving for California
in 184U. After remaining in that state for
one year he removed to Oregon, where he
took up the homestead upon which he now
resides. At that time it comprised three
hundred and twenty acres and by conscien-
tious and diligent labor and untiring energy
he has improved and cultivated his lands and
so profitable were the returns, that from
time to time he has been able to add to
his holdings and at present the tract com-
prises five hundred acres. Eighty acres of
tliis has been planted to fruit and he has met
with success in all of his ventures. In his
farm work he is energetic and diligent, over-
coming all difficulties and obstacles by per-
severance and determination. All of the im-
provements which he lias placed upon the
farm are of an important character and be-
cause of the productivity of the soil which
he has greatly increased by judicious cul-
tivation he annually gathers a rich harvest
of fruit.

In 1 800 Mr. .Jory was married to Miss
Jane K. Moore, whose birth occurred in Can-
ada, her parents being Christopher and Eliza
(Crawford) Moore, both natives of Ireland.
They came to Canada with their parents
when tlicy were very young and remained
there until they crossed the plains with ox
teams in 1852. They immediately settled
in Oregon, locating upon a donation land
<'hiim of three hundred and twenty acres in
Alarioii county. This property was their
lioine until their deaths. Jlr, and Mrs. Jory
were I he jiarents of four children: Ella E.,
deceased; Walter IL; A<la Estella, residing at
home; and Ivlwin A., who is living at home
and is married to Miss Grace Good. On the
.">tli of September, 1887, -Mrs. Jory's death
occurred ami she was buried in the Odd Fel-
low's cemetery at .Salem.

In politics Mr. .lory gives his support to
the republican party and in religious faith he
alliliates with the Methodist Episcopal church.
In his eighty-fourth year, yet mentally alert,
and hale anrl hearty in body like a man many
years his junior, he has lieen a rc'sirlcnt of the
far west for sixty-three years and has made
his home for three score years on his home-
stead. He came here on the dawn of a new
epoch and helped materially in transforming
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fields with ax and plow, a change which to
the present generation may well seem like a
wonder wrought by magic wand. Good use
has he made of the riches nature so lavishly
bestowed upon the northwest with generous
hand and in this land of seemingly inex-
haustible resources he has found the oppor-
tunity to develop his latent powers on a lield
of labor upon wliich he could expend his en-
thusiasm, ambition, industry and energy and
turn them to good advantage. He has stead-
ily worked upward and here he found and
founded a home and attained success, and
here he lives out a useful, eventful life in the
precious possession of the friendship of many
who admire him for his sterling qualities and
esteem him one of the important factors that
have made possible the prosperous conditions
of the present.

DANIEL P. TRULLINGER, one of the

prominent citizens and successful business
men of the Sunset state, has owned and ope-
rated a flour mill at North Yamhill since
1875 with the exception of two years. His
birth occurred at Jlount Pleasant, Henry
county, Iowa, on the 37th of April, 18-tO. his
parents being Daniel and Elizabeth (John-
ston) Trullinger. who were natives of Ohio
and Tennessee respectively. The father was
born in 1801, while Ohio was still a territory,
and took up his abode in Indiana when that
state was also yet a territory. About 1839,
before it was admitted into the Union, he
removed to Iowa and there made his home for
nine years. In 1848 he came to the territory
of Oregon and purchased another man's right
to a donation claim of six hundred and forty
acres eight miles east of Salem. At the end
of a year or more he traded his claim for
property in Milwaukie, Oregon, locating
thereon in 1850. The following year he took
up a donation claim of six hundred and forty
acres fifteen miles northeast of Oregon City
and continued to reside thereon until called
to his final rest in 1869. His widow lived
with her children for a time, spending her
last days in the home of a daughter and pass-
ing away in 1887 when eighty-one years of
age. They were the parents of ten chil-
dren, as follows: Mrs. H. B. Morgan, wlio is
a resident of East Portland, Oregon; Mrs.
Eliza Mattoon, also living at East Portland;
Daniel P., of this review; Gabriel J., who
passed away in Clackamas county, Oregon, at
the age of eighty-one years; Nathan H., who
died in Portland when sixty-eight years of
age; John C. whose demise occurred in As-
toria when he had attained the age of seventy
years; Mrs. Amanda H. Hodson, who died in
Koseburg at the age of eighty; Mrs. Mary J.
Falkner, wlio passed away at Sheridan, Ore-
gon, wlien fifty-five years old; Mrs. Angeline
Loe, wlio died in Salem when thirty-two
years of age; and Mrs. Sarah Todd, who was
sixty years old when she passed away at
Oakland, California.

Daniel P. Trullinger, who was a lad of
eiglit years when he came with his parents
to Oregon, began earning his own livelihood
at the early age of fourteen, working on a
farm for two years. Subseipiently he learned

the trade of a millwright and carpenter under
the direction of his brotlier and his work
along that line included the building of
bridges. He was awarded the contract for
and superintended the construction of the
second upper Clackamas bridge, wliich was
Iniilt exclusively of wood and spanned one
liundred and twenty feet. At that time he
was known as the "boy bridge builder." ' In
186,3, in association with a brother, he built
the old Oswego sawmill but sold his interest
therein at the end of a year. He next at-
tended school at Portland, Oregon, for three
winter seasons and later spent a year as a
student at Forest Grove. Oregon. Mr. Trull-
inger then devoted another year to the con-
struction of bridges and on the expiration of
that period returned to Oswego, wliere he
again operated the sawmill in partnership
with his brother for two years. In 1868 he
was elected to the legislature on the repub-
lican ticket and ably served his constituents
for one term. After leaving the general as-
sembl}'' he became superintendent of Ben Hal-
laday's sawmill, acting in that capacity for
tliree years. He then operated a sawmill for
his brother for one year and afterward super-
intended the operation of tlie Weidler sawmill
for two years. In 1875 he purchased a ttour
mill at North Yamhill and has operated the
same continuously since with the exception
of two years, during which period he built
four sawmills for dift'erent companies. He
owns a tract of land comprising fifteen acres
and also has a handsome residence in
Y'amhill.

In 1872 Mr. Trullinger was united in mar-
riage to Miss Emily Wood, a native of Wash-
ington county. Oregon, and a daugliter of
Zina and Elizabeth (Shaw) Wood, who were
born in Ontario, Canada, and Missouri re-
spectively. They were married in Washing-
ton county, this state, in 1852, and resided
on a farm until the father put aside the
active work of the fields. Zina Wood is now
eighty-five years of age and makes his
home at Glencoe. Oregon, but his wife passed
away at Hillsboro in 1907. Their children
were four in number, namely: Mrs. Trull-
linger; Mildred, the wife of Joseph Connell,
of North Plains, Oregon; Zina, who is a
resident of Hillsboro, this state; and Dr. D.
W. Wood, a resident of Hillsboro. who is
now state senator.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Trullinger were born
four children. F. L., whose birth occurred
on the 35th of February. 1874, is a graduate
of the State Normal School at Monmouth
and wedded Miss Grace Fox. a native of Ore-
gon. He has served a^ postmaster of Vam-
liill for fourteen years and is one of the lead-
ing merchants of that town. Carl S.. who
was born November 9, 1875, and has a busi-
ness college education, owns and operates the
city electric light plant at Y'amliill. making
his home near that town. He married Miss
Alice Laughlin, a daughter of William Laugh-
lin. Mary L,. who was born on the 2Sth of
February, 1880. and is a trained nurse by
profession, is now the wife of A. F. Henry
and resides near La Fayette. Oregon. Grace,
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a high-school graduate and also pursued a
course of study in a business college. For
fourteen years she has served in the capacity
of assistant postmaster. Mrs. Emily Trul-
linger received e.xcellent educational advan-
tages and followed the profession of teach-
ing for some years prior to her marriage.
She passed away on the Hth of April. I'Jll.
and her demise was the occasion of deep and
widespread regret. Mr. Trullinger is a
worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity,
belonging to La Fayette Lodge, No. '.i. The
period of his residence in this state covers
more than six decades and he is therefore
largely familiar with the annals of the north-
west, having witnessed the wonderful trans-
formation which has been wrought as pioneer
conditions have given way before the onward
march of civilization.

U. G. CHINN. Diversified farming engages
the attciitmii of U. Ci. Cliinn who owns and
operates a tine tract of land containing;
eighty-live acres, located live miles east of
McMinnville. He was born in Laporte, In-
diana, on August 12. 1867, and is a son of
James S. and Sarah M. (Stoner) Chinn. The
father, who was also a native of Indiana, mi-
grated with his wife and family to t'arroll
county. Missouri, during the infancy of our
subject, whom the mother held in her arms,
while driving a horse hitched to a light
wagon, during the entire journey. I'pon their
arrival in Missouri Mr. Chinn located on a
farm, in the cultivation of which he met with
excellent success. Jn adilition to owning his
line property he is now a stockholder in one
of the local banks. The mother passed away
about twenty-three years ago. The family of
Mr. and Mrs. Chinn numbered twelve, those
living being as follows: Marvin M., who is
a farmer in the vicinity of Bosworth, Mis-
souri: William, who is living in Kansas;
Eliza, a resident of St. Louis; Irene, who is
living in Kan.sas; Elizabeth, of Paris. France;
Hoy, who lives in Missouri; Walter, of Col-
orado; and U. G.. who is our subject.

Keared on a farm, the boyhood and early
youth of II. G. Chinn were not particularly
ditferent from those of other lads of that
period who were residing in the more sparsely
settled districts. He atteniled the common
schools in the acquirement of an education,
at the same time giving such assistance as
he was able in the work of the farm. His
duties and responsibilities increased with the
passing years in accordance with the develop-
ment of his strength and capabilities, and
after laying aside his school books he gave
his entire attention to farming. He remained
at home until he was twenty three, and hav-
ing by that time become a very <apaMe agri-
culturist he felt (|ualilied to begin for him-
self, so settlefl on a piece of land that he
operated for two years. At the end of that
time he removed to Oregon, locating in the
vicinity of Eugene, where he n^sideil for a
time but subse(|uently removed to Portland.
He spent six years in the latter city, then
returned to Missouri, once more becoming a
citizen of Carroll county, and remaining
there for seven years. Deciding at the ex-

piration of that period that he preferred the
west as a place of permanent residence he
again located in Portland, engaging in car-
l)entry work until three years ago, wlien he
located on the ranch where he now lives. Mr.
t'hinn has a very fertile tract of land and
ir. meeting with good returns from his farm-
ing, tile proceeds from wliicli arc hugely going
back into his homcstcail in the form of im-
provcnuMits. He is a man of practical ideas
and is capable of adapting to his own par-
ticular reiiuirements the more progressive
theories of .scientihc agriculture, and as a re-
sult is nuiking gratifying progress in his
undertakings.

About twenty-three years ago Mr. ( liinn
establisheil a home for himself by his mar-
riage to .Miss .Mary Allen Husby, and unto
them have been born live children: Mertram,
who is living in the vicinity of Salem; anil
Flo.ssie tieraldine. Earl tirant. Anneta Kath-
aliiU', ami \'irgil llodson, all of whom are at
Jiome,

The family all alliliate with the .Methodist
Kpiscopal church in which the parents hold
meniliersliip, and fraternally Mr, Chinn is a
incmlier of the Woodmen of the World. His
political support he gives to the republican
party hut he docs not take an activ<' interest
ill govcniniciital alVairs. preferring to give his
undivided attention to promoting his personal
atVairs. Success has attended his elVorts in
the development of his ranch, owing to his
close personal supervision, Jinceasing dili-
gence and the intelligent concentration of his
energies, these all being indispensable factors
in promoting any activity.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WADE, who has
resided within the borders of this state for
more than four decades, was long and suc-
cessfully i<lentilied with general agricultural
pursuits here but since 1909 has lived re-
tired at Yamhill. His birth occurred in Ohio
on the 12tli of March, 1S42, his jiarents be-
ing Robert and Hannah (Miller) Wade, the
former a native of Scotland and the latter
of Kentucky. Robert Wade was brought to
America b.v his parents when a child. He
was niiirricd in Ohio and rcniaiiicd a resident
of that slate during the following twenty-
live years. snbsei|Uently spending ten years
in Indiana. He next settled on the west
fork of the Des Moines river in Iowa and
later took un his abode in Clarke county,
that state, there continuing to reside until
called to his final rest in ISSO. His wife,
surviving him for five years, pa»se<I away in
lsS.'>. Their children were eleven in num-
ber, namel.v: Isaac and .John, both of whom
are rieceasi-d; Robert, who is a resident of
Iniliana; E/.ekiel G., who lives on the old
homestead in Iowa; Minerva, who has passed
away; (Jeorge Washington; Hannah, who is
deceased; Mcnjamin V., the subject of this
review, who is a twin brother of Hiinnah;
.-Vbraham, who resides near the old home-
stead in Iowa; Emeline, who is married and
also resides near the home place in Iowa;
and Enieranea. who has pascd awav.

Ilenjamin F. Wade left the parental roof
when eighteen years of age and made his

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vva}' to Colorado, where for a few years lie
drove a freiglit wagon in the employ of a
Mr. Fry. Subsequently he worked in the
gold mines for a time and then went to
Minnesota, M'here he was emploj'ed at a
lumber camp for three years. On the ex-
piration of that period he removed to Mon-
tana, prospecting and mining there. He
came to Yamhill county, Oregon, in 1867 and
has lived in various parts of this state con-
tinuously since. In 1871 he purchased eighty
acres of land, cultivating the tract for three
years and then disposing of the same. He
next spent two years in eastern Oregon and
then returned to Yamhill county, purchasing
a farm of one hundred and sixty acres which
he sold a few years later. General agri-
cultural pursuits claimed his attention un-
til 1909, when he put aside the active work
of the fields, taking up his abode in Yamhill,
where he owns a fine residence and an en-
tire block of property. He likewise owns a
tract of forty-nve acres three miles northwest
of Yamhill and is widely recognized as one
of the prosperous and esteemed citizens of
the community.

Mr. Wade has been married twice. In 1869
he wedded Miss lola Grazer, a native of
Yamhill county. Oregon, and a daughter of
.Jacob and Lucy (Griffin) Grazer, who took
up their abode among the pioneer settlers
of Oregon in 1849 and spent practically the
remainder of their lives in Yamhill county.
By his first wife Mr. Wade had one child,
Emeranca, who died in infancy. The wife
and mother was called to her final rest in
1871. Three years later Mr. Wade was again
married, his second union being with Mrs.
Rebecca Perry, a daughter of .James and
Nancy Laughlin. She was born in Missouri
and when but a year old was brought by her
parents across the plains to Oregon. Mr.
and Mrs. Laughlin had twelve children, five
of whom yet survive, namely: Washington,
Mrs. Wade, Lucinda, Bertha and .James D.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Wade have been born
nine children, as follows: Seth H., whose
birth occurred on the 19th of August, 187.T,
and who is married and lives in California:
Benjamin Franklin, born in 1877, who has
been a member of the police force of Port-
land for six years; P>obert L., who died in
California, leaving a widow; Lulu G., who
was born in 1883 and resides in Portland:
Mary E., born in 1884, who gave her hand
in marriage to Warren Glanden, of Yamhill,
Oregon; Jesse, who was accidentally killed
when a youth of nineteen while in the ser-
vice of the Carlton Cogging Company; Guy,
whose natal year was 1889; Fayette, whose
birtli occurred in 1893; and one wlio died in
infancy.

Since age conferred upon him the right of
franchise Mr. Wade has supported tlie men
and measures of the democracy, believing
firmly in its principles. At one time he
served as county supervisor and ably dis-
charged the duties devolving upon him in
that connection. His religious faith is that
of the Oiristian church. Xo breath of sus-
picion has ever assailed his good name and
on the contrary he stands as a splendid

type of the honorable, reliable, successful
man, the public-spirited citizen and the
trustworthy friend.

OTHON CACHARELIS. Poets and writ-
ers have sung about tlie art of Greece as a
thing of the past, but while attention is not
concentrated today as it was in the regions
of antiquity upon the development of the
beautiful, the modern traveler in Greece
finds that the spirit of enterprise is not
dead. A notable example of the progressive-
ness of that country is found in the rapid
upbuilding and improvement of Athens in
the last quarter of a century. Among tlic
sons of Greece exemplifying this same spirit
of enterprise and advancement is Othon
Cacharelis, who was born in that country.
December 23, 1880, and who is now actively
and prominently connected with business
interests in Portland and Seaside. He is the
only representative of his father's family to
come to the United States. In his native
land he completed the high-school course,
after which he served in the army for four
years, leaving the service with the rank of
first lieutenant. He was a young man of
twenty-two years when he heard and heeded
the call of the western world, arriving in
Xew York city in 1903. lie spent two
months in the eastern metropolis. after
which he went to Pittsburgh, where he con-
ducted a restaurant and theater for three
3'ears. He was previously time keeper with
a railroad construction camp for one year
at Robson, West Virginia, and then went
to Pittsburgh, where he acted as sales agent
for E. Thomas Baker & Company for a year.
In ]90R he established a restaurant which
he carried on for two years, when, in 1907,
through the failure of a bank in which he
was a depositor, he lost considerable money.
He then sold his business in the east and
for a time engaged in taking pictures. In
1908 he opened a theater at Donora. Penn-
sylvania, called the Marathon Theater, which
he conducted for four months, when he sold
out and removed to San Francisco. In that
city he obtained a sub-contract for construc-
tion work with the Northwestern Pacific
Railroad Company, being built fiom Willetts
to Eureka. He finished this work in four
months, after whicli he went to Portland and
secured a sub-contract from the Pacific Navi-
gation Company in building its line from
Jiuckstan to Tillamook. In eleven months
this was completed and on the Ist of March.
1911, he returned to Portland where he
opened the New England restaurant at No.
24 North Third street. Of this he is still
proprietor and is now successfully conduct-
ing the business. In May of the same year
he came to Seaside and leased a lot for five
years, with the privilege of renewing the
lease for five more years. Upon this site
he erected a large building in which he
opened a taoving picture show and res-
taurant, both of which are called the Or-
pheum. He conducts the best theater and
restaurant in Seaside and both branches of
his business are winning many patrons,
while his establishment in Portland is prov-

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ing eiiually prolitable. The improvements
upon the property and the furnishings have
cost him tour thousand dollars. He main-
tains the highest standard of service in his
business and his unfaltering industry, pro-
gressive spirit and practical ideas constitute
the basis of gratifying success.

When ilr. Cacharelis came to the United
States he had three hundred and lifty dollars
clear after landing at Castle Garden. He
speaks tlie English language fluently and,
having resolved to make America his future
home, he took out naturalization papers and
soon became an American citizen. Study-
ing the political situation and questions of
the day. he became a republican and is now
versed on the leading points which divide
the country into two great political parties.
While strongly attached to his native land
he has never had occasion to regret his de-
termination to come to the new world, for
here he found the business opportunities
which he sought and in their improvement
has gradually worked his way upward.

ALBERT E. CASE, who was well known
in Sunipter. Baker county, as the proprietor
of a furniture and undertaking establish-
ment, passed away Ifarch 0. 1912. He was
one of the early pioneers who journeyed
westward, settling in Washington while a
young man. Leaving liis native state of
Virginia in boyhood, his earlier education
having been n'ceived there, he engaged in
active work in Washington at a period when
methods were extremely primitive and the
settlers had many hnrdships to encounter
and overcome.

In 1S82, in the state of Washington. Jlr.
Case was married to Mrs. Kmma (MuUetti
Hurley, the widow of C. F. Hurley. Shortly
after his marriage Mr. Case removed to
Sumpter. Oregon, and engaged in the fur-
niture and \mdertaking business. By careful
business management he succeeded in build-
in" up a good trade and became one of the
well known and popular business men of
Sumpter. His strenuous early i)ioneer life
and later his business activities apparently
overtaxed his strength and after 1909 he
was an invalid and the business which he so
ably built up in the days of his strength and
vigor was after that time of necessity con-
dueteil by his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Case were
tin- parent- of a son. Karl, who is attending
high school and is also assisting his mother
in connection with the arduous duties de-
volving upon her as manager of her late
husband's furniture and undertaking busi-
ness. By her previous marriage Mrs. Case
had become the mother of two sons: Ernest
Hurley, who is connected with Milton Col-
lege, of Milton. Wisconsin: and Carter Hur-
ley, who resides in Iowa.

Mrs. Case is a member of the Order of
Rcbekahs. belonging to Lodge No. 12S. in
which she has twice served as noble grand,
and she also belongs to the Woodcraft, her
membership being in Camp No. 329 of Sump-
ter. The management of the fnniiture and
imdertaking business seems to have fallen
into capable hands, as Mrs. Case is main-

taining one of the neatest furniture stores in
Baker county. Her business ability is here
displayed in an unmistakable manner and in
the successful conduct of the business she
has shown herself to be one of the bright
and able women of the community and one
who enjoys a wide acquaintance, being re-
garded everywhere with the highest respect
and esteem.

F. W. MARTIN. A highly cultivated
farm of ninety acres, that was once a part
of the donation claim upon which his father
located sixty-seven years ago. is a tribute
to the agricultural skill of F. W. JIartin.
He was born in Yamhill county on the lOtli
of February, 1855, and is a .son of Neheniiali
and Eliza* Lois (Middick) Martin. His
father, who was born in the stale of New
York on the 12th of November, 1S05. mi-
grated to Missouri in his early manhooil.
crossing the plains to Oregon with a wagon
and an ox team in 1844. Upon his arrival
here he settled on a donation claim adja-
cent to !Mc.Minnville. erecting thereon such
crude improvements as were necessary for
the inimeiliate rei|uirements of his fantily.
With the returns netted from the successful
operation of his land he was later able In
place better buildings upon his ranch, the
cultivation of which engaged his ;ittention
until his death on June 11, 1S09. The
mother, who was of German extraction, was
born in Connecticut on December, 1, 1808.
and passed away in Oregon on the 15th of
January. 1888. Both parents were laid to
rest in the cemetery at IMcMinnville. The
family of Mr. and' Mrs. Martin numbered
eight: ilarv S.. who was born on January
31, 1833 .aiid died on the 15th of February,
1893: John W.. born on the 17th of July.
1836, and died on November 7. 1S71; Nancy
M.. born in -Tuly. 1842. the wife of Alex
Watt, of Washington; Jerome W., whose
birth occurre<l on the 11th of .\pril, 1840,
now a resident of eastern Washington:
Sarah C. born on the 24th of November.
1S47, the wife of F. A. Ford, of Portland.
Oregon; Isiah M,, who was born on the iUli
of June, 1850, and died on July 22. lOOS;
Henry Clay, born on December. 34. 1852. and
died "in California; and F. W.. our subject.
The family were all reared in the faith of
the Christian church of which the mothir
was a member.

The educational advantages of F. W. Mar-
tin were limited to the district schools in
the vicinity of his father's claim, which at
that period were not of a very high standard,
but he succeeded in acquiring a good, prac-
tical knowledge of the common branches of
English learning. While pursuing liis studies
be aNo assisted in the operation of the home
ranch, thus berriniinj; familiar with the best
methods of cultivating the fields and caring
for the crops. When old enough to lay aside
his text-books, his entire attention was
given to agricultural pursuits in which he
has ever since engaged. He left the home
farm when old enough to begin for himself,
locating on the place he now owns, this
formerly having been a part of his father's

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holdings. During tlie long period of his oc-
cupancy Mr. Martin has etlected extensive
improvements in his homestead, and it is
now one of the attractive and highly culti-
vated properties of the county.

On the 31st of February, 1875, was cele-
brated 'the marriage of Mr. Martin to Miss
Algenora Snow, who was born in the vicinity
of La Fayette, Oregon, on the 36th of
August, 1855. Mrs. ilartin is a daughter of
H. H. and Nancy (Hembree) Snow, who were
among the pioneer settlers of the state, hav-
ing located here in 1843. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
Martin there were born two sons. Cecil, who
was born on Decemlier, 14. 1879, married
Florence Dielschneider and is engaged in the
clothing business in Boise, Idaho. Maurice
M., the younger, was born on May, 27, 18.83,
and died in January, 1908.

His political support Mr, Martin gives to
the democratic party, w-hose policy receives
his unqualified indorsement, and fraternally
he is a member of tlie Ancient Order of
United Workmen, while his wife bidongs to
the Artisans, their membership in both or-
ganizations being in the McMinnville lodges.
Having spent his entire life in the immediate
vicinity of his present home. Mr. JIartin is
well known in the county, where he has
many friends, among ^^■hom are to be fo\ind
the comrades of his boyhood.

WINFIELD SCOTT GIBBS, a respected
resident of Yamhill, was for a number of
years actively engaged in general agricultural
pursuits in tlie Sunset state but since 190ii
lias lived retired in the enjoyment of well
earned ease. His birth occurred in Jledina
county, Ohio, in 18:i;i, his parents being David
S, and Ophelia (Hinmann) Gibbs, who were na-
tives of Massachusetts and New York respec-
tively. They were married in the Empire state
and shortly afterward removed to Ohio, there
continuing to reside for eighteen years. On
the expiration of that period they took U|)
their abode in Muscatine county, Iowa, and
subsequently went to Buchanan county. Mis-
souri, where they made their home for a
number of years. David S, Gibbs then went
to New Mexico w-ith our subject and is suj)-
posed to have died in that state, for father
and son became separated and the fcnmer
was never heard from afterward. ^Irs.
Gibbs took up her abode near Kansas City.
Kansas, and fifteen years later was married
in the Sunfiower state, where both she and
her husband spent the remainder of their
lives. By her first husband she had seven
children, as follows: Rufus, whose demise
occurred in Missouri; Winfield Scott, of this
review; Charlotte, who gave her hand in
nnirriage to INIr. Ogden and passed away in
Kansas City, Missouri; Marow, who is a
resident of Kansas; Laura, who died in the
Sunfiower state; Benjamin A., who died in
the Soldiers' Home in California: and Oliver,
wlios(i demise occinied in Missouri.

Winfield S. Gibbs attended the common
schools in the acquirement of an education
and took his initial sicp in the business
world when a youth of fifteen, liMrning the
plasterer's ti'ade and follouin;; that occupa-

tion in Jlissouri for a fe\V years. Subse-
quently he came to this state, locating in
Benton county, but soon afterward made his
way to the gold mines of .southern t^regon.
Later he went to Idaho, spending altogether
nine years in digging for gold. During the
years 1855 and 1856 he participated in the
Indian war of southern Oregon, which raged
throughout Josephine, Douglas and Jackson
counties. He fought in several battles and
learned to speak the Indian language so
fluently that he acted as an interpreter dur-
ing the period of hostilities. In 1863 he re-
turned to Benton county, Oregon, and there
operated a farm for twelve years. He next
spent two years in Oakesdale, Whitman
county, Washington, and later resided for a
short time in Oregon City. For a period of
eight years he made his home at Peoria,
Linu county, and in 1906 he came to iarahill,
where he has since lived in honorable retire-
ment. He has disposed of all of his farms
and now owns a handsome residence in lam-
hill.

On the 16th of August. 1S63. Mr. Gibbs
was united in marriage to Miss Keziah Hen-
derson, who was born in Jackson county,
Missouri, on the 11th of May, 1843, her par-
ents being Herman and Sarah (Trapp)
Henderson, natives of Tennessee, They re-
mained residents of that state for fifteen
years after their marriage and then removed
to Jackson count.v, Missouri, later going to
Buchanan county of the same state. In 1853
they crossed the plains to Oregon, beginning
the journey on the 13th of April and reach-
ing their destination on the 11th of October
following. Mr. Henderson purchased land in
Benton county and was successfully engaged
in general agricultural pursuits until his
death, at which time he had accumulated
six hundred acres of highly improved land.
He i)assed away in his ninety-fifth year,
having long surviveil his wife, who died in
the seventy-sixth year of her ag*'. Their
children were twelve in mimbcr. namel.v:
Rachel, who is now deceased; Jlartin, who is
a resident of California; John, who died
while crossing the plains and who was buried
in eastern Oregon, where the town of Vale
now stands; William, living in Corvallis,
Oregon; Cynthia, who is deceased, as is also
her husband, James Hoonfield ; Adaline, who
died when a child; Louis, who makes his
home in Benton county, Oregon; Mary, who
died of cholera while crossing the plains;
Harriet, who is likewise deceased: Mrs,
Gibbs; .James, of Benton county, Oregon;
and one who died in infanc}-:

I'nto Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs have been born
ten children, as follows: Eveline, whose
birth occurred on the 16th of -July, 1864,
and who is the wife of Thomas Coon of Ben-
ton count.v, Oregon; Harriet, born Februaiy
31, 1866,' who is the wife of Frank P>um-
gardner, of Linn county, Oregon; Rachel,
born in 1868. who gave her hand in marriage
to (ieorge Coon, of Benton county, Oregon;
one who died in infancy; Marow, whose
natal day was October 27, 1869. and who
nuikcs his home in Yamhill county; Laura,
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Fletcliall, of \amiiill county; Cato, whojs
married and resides at Peoria, Oregon; W i\-
liani, who is married and makes liis home
at Oakpoint, Washington; I'erman, born
September 19, 18S1, who is marrieil and re-
sides in Oswego, Oregon; and Cordelia, whose
natal year was 1884. Mr. Gibbs is a socialist
in his political views, casting his ballot in
support of the men and measures of that
party. His religions faith is indicated by his
membership in the United Evangelical
ihurch, to which Iiis wife also belongs. He
has now reached the ripe old age of seventy-
nine years and has spent the greater part of
his life in tlie northwest, here having won a
handsome competence and g«ined a host of
warm friends.

L. P. HOPKINS is one of the active and
pro.s|)eri)U.s farmers and stock-raisers of Ma-
rion county, and is conducting his business
interests on a farm of lifty acres witliiii a
Ii'W miles of Salem. The farm's neat ainl
thrifty appearance indicates Mr. Hopkins'
careful supervision and practical methods,
and he is justly accounted one of the sub-
stantial agriculturists of the district. He
was born in Indiana on the .'iOtli of -lannnry,
1"i48. his parents being William and Huahann
I Harding) Hopkins, the former a native of
.Maryland and the latter of Kentucky. The
father's death occurred when In- wa-. eighty-
four years of age and the nii>tlier's « lien
she was eighty-si.x. To tliem six children
were born: Sarah, who is the wife of P.
Lawhead of New York state: K. E.. a resident
of Kansas; Fred, deceased: I,. P., who is the
subject of this sketch; and E. ■^.. and M. W..
both residents of Indiana.

Little occurred to vary the early life of
r>. P. Hopkins and his youth and boj-hood
were spent in attending school and assisting
his father, lie remained at home until he
was twenty-one years of age anil then en-
gaged in the mercantile business in his native
state for ten years. After disposing of this
he removed to Kansas where he lived upon a
farm for five years. In ISOO he again re-
moved westward ami came to Oregon, set-
tling in Portland for a year before Io<.'ating
piTmaneutly upon the fifty acre farm which
is his pre.senl home. During his twenty
years' residence upon this property he has
exerted every possible effort to bring his land
under a profitable state of cultivation. It is
at present planteil to pnines and is yielding
him ade<|uate returns for the labor expen<led
upon it.

In 1878 Mr. Hopkins was married to Miss
Mice ('(Hik, also a native of Intliana. ami a
laughter of .lohn R. and lemima (Coral Cook.
I'o Mr. anil Mrs. Hnpkiiis two children havi'
been born: Cora E.. who is the wife of E.
Myers <if Marion county; and (JIadys. who is
residing at home.

Mr. Hopkins easts his vote with the
democracy and is an ardent and enthusiastic
advocate of tlie principles of the democratic
party. Although he lias served for fifteen
years aa a member of the school board he
ha.s never sought oflice as a reward for party
fealty, his service on the school board rieing

prompted wholly by his interest in the educa-
tional development of his community. Mrs.
Hopkins holds membership in the Baptist
church. Industritnis habits and straigl\t-
forwardness have enabled Mr. Hopkins to
maintain his standing in tlie community as
a desirable and substantial citizen, and he is
accorded the esteem anil respect of his fel-
low agriculturists because of his conscien-
tious life in accordance witli the high ]iriii-
tiples which he liolds.

FRANCIS B. MITCHELL. Among the
younger men in professional circles in Baker
county whose education, ability and com-
mencement of their career give promise of
large success in life, is numbered Francis B.
Mitchell, who as a lawyer has recently en-
tered upon practice in Haines, this county.
He was born in California. August .'>, 1883,
his parents being .James and .lennie .Mitchell.
His father was born in the state of Maine
while his mother's place of nativity is Nova
Scotia. The latter was brought by her par-
ents to the Inited States when she was a
young girl, arriving in California in 1876.
The father arrived on the Pacific coast in
1878. After their marriage they settled in
Maker i-ounty. Oregon, in 1884, where .lames
Mitchell engaged in the lumber business in
Raker City. '

Francis B. Mitchell was the eldest of a
family of live children. Early in life he in-
dicated by his st\idious application to his
te.xt-books his eager desire to obtain a lib-
eral education. He attended the common
school in Baker City and later was graduat-
ed from the high school there. He then
spent two years in the Oregon State Univer-
sity, after which he gradmited from the Uni-
versity of Michigan in 1910. His studies in
the Oregon and Michigiii State Universities
were with the view to liis entering the legal
profession, and immediately after his grad-
natiiui from the law department in the lat-
ter institution he took up the practice of
law in Haines. He moved to Baker in April,
1912. where he now has his odice and where
by skill, ability ami integrity he is building
up a wry good practice.

As is common with the members of the
legal fraternity Mr. .Mitchell has taken a
lively interest in politics, his allegiance be-
ing given to the republican party. In con-
sequence of this activity and through the ef-
forts of the many infiuential friends which
he has nnide he has l)econie a candidate for
representative of his district in the state
legislature. Fratemallv he is a member of
Bristow l^idge. Xo. 112. I. O. O. F.. of Haines
and iMdoiigs to Baker Lodge, No. .'l.'IS, B. P.
1 1. E., and in l>oth of these 1>odies he is ac-
tive and popular. He is numbered among
the brig'it yoiuig nn>n of Baker who are
standing upon the threshold of usi'ful pro-
fessional careers, and few, if any, give prom-
ise of a more successful career in their
chosen life's work. He brings to the prac-
tice of his profession a ripe scholarship
gained in well established schools of learn-
ing whi-re he has l)y his studious and dill-
gent lalHUs Imm'ii graduated with honors. His

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

aequaiiitanee is extensive and he is wel-
comed in all of the best circles not only in
Baker but throughout Baker county. He
takes an active interest in all civic aflairs of
the community, and is interested in every
movement tor the advancement of the city
and countv of which he is a citizen.

sons of the middle west who early in life
cast in their lot with the pioneers to whom
the Oregon of today is indebted for its de-
velopment, civilization and splendid modern
advantages, is C. C. McClendon, who has been
identified with this great state since 1852. He
was born in Tennessee. .June 9. 1832, a son
of Joseph B. and Jane (Louden) McCtendon,
the father having been a native of North
Carolina and the mother of Virginia. The
latter passed away in Tennessee, where the
family lived for many years, after which
the father went to Arkansas where his death
occurred. In their family were twelve chil-
dren, of whom the subject of this review is
the only survivor. C. C. McClendon received
a common-school education in Tennessee and
Arkansas and after remaining at home until
he had attained the age of nineteen years
he crossed the plains in 1852 with ox teams,
the journey requiring six months to com-
plete. He settled in Douglas county, where
he took up a donation claim and built a
log cabin, residing there until 1864. While
in that county he cleared a large part of his
land and brought it under cultivation, spend-
ing some of the most strenuous years of his
life in that occupation. He then removed to
Jackson county where he purchased six hun-
dred and four acres of land in the Sams val-
ley, where he resided until in 1899, when he
came to Ashland for two years and then
settled at Gold Hill, where lie is now living
retired.

Mr. McClendon was married in Douglas
county, Oregon, in 1856, to Miss Susan Brown,
a native of Missouri, her birth having oc-
curred in McDonald county, September 23,
1839. She was a daughter of John and Mary
(Dodson) Brown, who were natives of Ten-
nessee, They crossed the plains in 1852 with
ox teams and settled in Douglas county
where the father took up a donation claim of
three hundred and twenty acres, upon which
he resided until 1862. He then disposed of
his holdings and removed to Josephine county,
where his death occurred. The mother after-
ward became a resident of Jackson county
and passed away at the age of eighty-seven
years. Mrs. McClendon was one of ten chil-
dren, and by her marriage she became the
mother of eleven children, namely: William
P., B. F. and Joseph B., all deceased; Mary
J., the wife of George F. Learned, of Cali-
fornia; Samuel W., of Gold Hill; Susanna
and John H.. who have also passed away;
Rose M., who married W. H. Whybark, "of
Lovelock, Nevada; Lillie B., the wife of S. A.
Mcintosh, of Nevada; Nora B.. who wedded
J. H. Eastman, of .Jackson county; and
George W.. who is married and resides in
California.

Mr, McClendon in his political views is
an adherent of the principles and platforms
of the democratic party. He has been greatly
interested in educational matters and has
served on the school board, being an active
member of that body. Mrs. McClendon is
a member of the Christian church, being
deeply interested in the work of that or-
ganization. Among the many respected and
honored citizens of Gold Hill there are few if
any who are entitled to more credit for an
active, useful life than is Mr. McClendon.
his long career as a pioneer during which
he labored early and late to advance the
interests of his community and build up his
own private fortune, rendered him one of the
valuable citizens of the state during its early
days, a service which entitles him to the re-
spect and esteem of all fellowmen. He has
an extensive acquaintance in the communities
^^•here he has lived and has been regarded
a^ one of the best citizens in those localities.

JAMES COUGHTRY, who since 1909 has
lived retired at Yamhill, is now spending the
evening of life in the enjoyment of a com-
petence which he acquired in the course of
an active and successful business career. His
birth occurred in Scotland on the 23d of No-
vember, 1840, his parents being Nathan and
.lean Smith (Candlish) Coughtry, who were
born, reared and married in that country.
The mother ))assed away in the land of
hills and heather on the 1st of B^bruary.
1850. She was the niece of the famous
Scotch clergyman. Dr. Candlish, who origi-
nated the Free Church of Scotland in asso-
ciation with Dr. Thomas Guthrie. Nathan
Coughtry crossed the Atlantic to the United
States in 1858, first settling near Rockford.
Illinois, where he made his home until 186:;.
In that year he removed to Iowa, continuing
to reside in the Hawkeye state until his de-
mise, which occurred at Waterloo on the 13th
of March, 1890. Unto him and his wife were
born six children, as follows : Henry M., liv-
ing in Waterloo, Iowa; Thomas, who passed
away at Montreal, Canada; William, who
was killed in the battle of Shiloh on the 6th
of April, 1862; Isabelle. who passed away in
Scotland on the 16th of August, 1857; James,
of this review; and Ann, the wife of T, O.
Seougall, of Portland. Oregon.

.James Coughtry acquired a practical and
thorough education in the schools of his na-
tive land and was a youth of eighteen when
he accompanied his father on his emigration
to the new world. At the time of the out-
break of the Civil war he was residing at
Rockford. Illinois, and there volunteered for
service in the Union army, joining the Fif-
teenth Illinois Infantry and remaining with
that command for four years with the excep-
tion of a two months' furlough. On the 6tli
of April, 1862, however, at the battle of
Shiloh. he received a wound which disqualified
him for further active service, .\fter being
honorably discharged in 1S64 he joined his
father at Winthrop, Iowa, where the family
home had been established while he was in
the army. There he carried on general agri-
cultur;\l pursuits until 1872 and then removed

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C. C. McCLEi\DON

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to Xebraska, where he uiiiintained his resi-
dence until ISSG. In tluU year he came to
Portland, Oregon, and dining tlie six years of
his residence in tlie Kose city was engaged
in contracting lor street grading and excavat-
ing throughout the summer seasons, while in
the winter months he worked in a cannery.
Subsequently he took up his abode in Wash-
ington county and for six years cultivated
rented land in that county and also in Vam-
hill county. In Ib'JS he returned to Dakota
county, Nebraska, and there followed farming
for ten years. In 19U'J he put aside the
active work of the liclds and took up his
abode in Yamhill, Oregon, where he owns a
handsome residence and is now enjoying the
fruits of his former toil in well earned ease.
On the 26th of July, 1S66, Jlr. Coughtry
was joined in wedlock to -Miss Mary Jane
Beith, a native of bt. Charles, Illinois, and
a daughter of Thomas and Jean (Russell)
Beith, who were born, reared and married
in Scotland. In 1S40 they emigrated to
America, first settling at St. Charles, Illinois,
while in 1S57 they removed to \Vinthrop,
Iowa. Thomas Beith there passed away in
lbS3. His widow, who still makes her home
at Winthrop, has now attained the age of
ninetv-five years. Their children were ten
ill number, namely: Kobirt, who passed away
in June, 18G4, while serving as a soldier in
the Union army; Hannah, the wife of Robert
White, of Winthrop. Iowa; John and
Margaret, twins, both of whom are deceased;
.Mrs. Coughtry; Thomas, living in Wakefield,
Nebraska; Ceorge, who is a resident of Allen,
Nebraska; Charles, of Wakelield, Nebraska;
Agnes, the wife of Dr. Hoag, of Weir, Kan-
sas; and one who died in infancy.

The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Coughtry
was blessed with twelve children, as follows:
Robert B., born July 5, 1S67, who is now a
resident of La Fayette, Oregon; Nathan T.,
born December 6, 186S, who makes his home
at Allen, Nebraska; Henry W., whose birth
occurred on the 9lh of October, 1S70, and who
is now a resident of Pike, Yamhill county,
Oregon; James C, born November 7, 1S72.
who is married and lives at Yamhill, Ore-
gon; Jean C. Candlish, born August 12, 1874,
who is still under the parental roof; George
H,, whose natal day was April 13, 187(5, and
who is now living at Emerson, Nebraska;
Hannah N., born .lanuary 2J, 1S78, who is the
wife of Harry Knglen, of Kadoka, South Da-
kota; Wheeler U ., born November 1.'), 1S79,
who is still at home; Krnest K., born October
2, 1882, who passed away in the city of
Dakota, Nebraska, on the 20th of September,
1901; Archie R., whose birth occurred on the
12th of August, 1884, and who is now living
in Dakota county, Nebraska; Anna B., born
March ."il, 1886, who is still under the
parental roof; and Flora E., born April 14,
1888, who is the wife of Eric M. Bierman, of
Nebraska.

In politics Mr. Coughtry is a stanch repub-
lican, while his religious faith is indicated by
his membership in the Methodist Episcopal
church, to which his wife and children also
belong. The salient qualities of his life have
ever commended him to the confidence, good
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will and friendship of those with whom he
has come in contact and he has always en-
joyed the warm regard of a host of friends.

G. M. PATTY. General farming engages
llie attention of G, M. Patty, who owns and
operates a hundred acre tract of iamhill
county's fertile land, located in the vicinity
of Amity. His birth occurred in this county
on (.Ictoher '.), 1872, his parents being G, M.
and Lucy (Ruble) Patty, the former a native
of Arkansas and the latter of Missouri, their
marriage taking place after they had come
to Oregon, In 1SJ2 the father left his native
state and crossed the plains to Oregon, first
locating on the Willamette. He subsequently
removed to Salem, whence he later came to
Yamhill county, settling on a farm three
miles south of .\mity. The improvement and
operation of this place engaged his undivided
attention until his death in l'J07. He was
laid to rest in the cemetery at Amity, Of
the marriage of Mr. and Mrs, Patty there
were born five sons and two daughters:
Henry, who lives in the vicinity of Amity;
William, who is deceased; G. JI., our sub-
ject; Winlield, who is deceased; Ray, who is
living with his mother; Lucy, who is also at
home; and June, the wife of Roy Shields, of
,Salem. Oregon,

The boyhood and youth of G. AI. Patty did
not dill'er in any marked degree from those
of other lads of the period and like circum-
stances. He attended the common schools in
the acquirement of his education, devoting
Midi time as he was not engaged with his
studies in assisting his father with the work
of the farm. He remained at home with his
parents until he was twenty-two years of
age. when he decided that he was fully
<inalilled to begin his independent agricultural
career, so he located on the place where he
now resides. His energies have been intelli-
gently applied to the operation of this land
for about seventeen years, and as a result
he has a tinely improved and valuable piece
of jiroperty. Diversified farming under the
capable supervision and intelligent direction
of Mr. Patty has proven to be very lucrative,
as is manifested by his fine barns, attractive
residence, and well stocked pastures. A cap-
able business man as well as agriculturist he
has applied as rigid methods and adhered to
as carefully outlined a system in the con-
duct of his alfairs as he would have followed
in a commercial pursuit. A man of progres-
sive and practical ideas he has met with a
gratifying di'grce of success, always having
operated his lields under his personal super-
vision, and given every detail of his busineaa
the most careful attention.

.•\bout sixteen years ago Mr. Patty com-
pleted his arrangements for a home of his
own b}' his marriage to Miss Anna Middleton
and unto them have been born one daughter
and two sons, Florence, f;len and Robert, all
of whom are still at home.

The family attends the Methodist Episco-
pal rhiirch. in whiih Mrs, Patty holds mem-
bership. Fraternally Mr. Patty is connected
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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to tile republican party considering that their
policy is best adapted to subserve the highest
interests of the majority. Governmental af-
fairs, however, have never engaged his atten-
tion to any marked degree as he has always
preferred to devote his energies rather to the
development of his personal interests. He
is widely known in this vicinity and is held
in the highest esteem by all who have had
transactions with him, as he is a man ol
high standards and incorruptible integrity.

CLYDE B. AITCHISON, of Salem, has
been almost continuously in public office in
Oregon since 1905, and is now a member and
chairman of the board of railway commis-
sioners, in which connection he is rendering
important service to the public. He has
been a resident of the state since May, 1903,
coming to Oregon to enter upon the practice
of law in Portland. He was then a young
man of about twenty-eight years, his birth
having occurred in Clinton, Iowa, February
22, 1875. His parents were John and Mary
J. (Nolan) Aitchison, the former a native
of Scotland, whence he came to the United
States in early manhood, making the long
voyage across the Atlantic in 1854. He had
been educated for the ministry in the Uni-
versity of Glasgow and after arriving in this
country engaged in preaching in Brooklyn,
New York, and afterward in Iowa, where
he became recognized as one of the most
prominent representatives of the Baptist
ministry. The Central University of Iowa
conferred upon him the Doctor of Divinity
degree and he was accounted one of the most
scholarly men and capable divines of that
state. In 1894 he retired from active con-
nection with the ministry and in 1903 he
came to Oregon to take up his abode with
his son in Portland, where he passed away
in 1906. His widow still survives and yet
makes her home with the subject of this
review.

Clyde B. Aitchison, spending his youthful
days under the parental roof, acquired his
early education in the public schools, com-
pleting his course in the high school of Hast-
ings, Nebraska, with the class of 1889. He
was an honor graduate of that class and also
the youngest graduate who ever finished the
work in the Hastings high school. He after-
ward entered Hastings College, from which
he was graduated in 1893, with the degree
of B. S., and again he was the youngest
pupil to complete the course in that institu-
tion up to that time. With a broad literary
learning to serve as the foundation upon
which to build professional knowledge he
took up the study of law in the office of
Tibbets, Morey & Ferris, of Hastings, and
there continued for about eighteen months,
after which he went to Council Bluffs, Iowa,
resuming his studies in the office of Finley
Burke. In 1896 he successfully passed the
examination which secured his "admission to
the bar of his native state and entered upon
practice in Council Blufl's. Although ad-
vancement at the bar is proverbially slow no
dreary novitiate awaited him. He was soon
accorded a large and growing clientage and

was numbered among the successful prac-
titioners of that city until he removed to
the west. He was also honored by the pro-
fession in an election to the office of secre-
tary of the Bar Association of Council
Bluffs, acting in that capacity from its or-
ganization until he left the state. During
that time he compiled Aitchison's Annota-
tions of the Iowa Decisions, which was pub-
lished by the Lawyers Cooperative Company
of Rochester and had a wide sale throughout
the state.

In May, 1903, Mr. Aitchison arrived in
Portland where he resumed the practice of
law, and in June, 1905, he was called to pub-
lic office, being made clerk of the commis-
sion appointed to prepare a new ta.x code
for the state. Later, in 1906, he was en-
gaged to assist in drafting the present rail-
road commission bill, which was presented
to the legislature and adopted by that body,
after which, in February, 1907, Mr. Aitchi-
son was appointed a member of the board
of railway commissioners. In April, 1908,
he was given the republican nomination for
the office and was elected to that position,
while in January, 1911, he was chosen chair-
man of the board, in which important ca-
pacity he is now serving. In this connection
he has carefully safeguarded the interests
of the people at large j'et stands strictly
for that justice which neither favors nor
abuses the corporation nor the individual.

On the 5th of September, 1900, Mr. Aitchi-
son was united in marriage to Miss Bertha
Beatrice Williams, of Pacific Grove, Oregon,
a daughter of E. B. Williams, of Iowa, in
which state his death occurred. Mr. and
Mrs. Aitchison have two children. Beatrice
and Bruce. In his political views Mr. Aitchi-
son has always been a republican and keeps
well informed on the questions and issues
of the day. He has never been a partisan
but maintains a progressive attitude that
seeks ever the welfare of the majority. He
belongs to Portland Lodge, No. 142, B. P.
O. E., is also a member of the University
Club of Portland and vice president of the
Apollo Club of this city. He is prominent
and popular in the Rose City as well as in
the state capital and in fact he has a wide
and favorable acquaintance throughout Ore-
gon. He is preeminently a man of affairs
and one who has wielded a wide intluence.

WILLIAM AMOS KING, secretary-treas-
urer of The Oregon Home Builders, to which
position he was called January 2, 1912, had
previously been connected with mercantile
and banking interests in Newberg. Here he
still makes his home. He was born in Port-
land, Oregon, October 11, 1882, and is a son
of Edward Albert and Mary (Lumsden)
King, who were married May 25, 1881. The
former was a son of Amos N. King, an Ore-
gon pioneer of 1845, who in that year located
on the present site of Portland and took up
a donation land claim of three hundred and
twenty acres. His wife also secured a claim
of equal size. When the boundaries of the
city extended to include his property, he
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107

city for a park, loceiving eight hundred dol-
lars per acre, which at that time was cou-
sidered a handsoiiie price. His liome in which
his son Edward A. King and his grandson,
William A. King, were born, is still stand-
ing. It was built in 1856 and the shingles,
split from cedar blocks, on the roof have
never been replaced and are apparently in as
good condition as when put on nity-si.x
years ago. Edward A. King was the young-
est son in a family of six children and was
horn in Portland," March 31, 18G1. After
attaining to manhood' he had full charge of
his father's real-estate and financial affairs
and for several years was treasurer of the
Multnomah Street Railway Company. He
was also clerk of the board of bridge commis-
sioners, to which oltice he was appointed by
the circuit judge. He was engaged in deal-
ing extensively in real estate and is now a
retired capitalist. He wedded Mary Uims-
den anil they became the |)arents of two
children who are yet living, the daughter be-
ing Lulu ^lay, now the wife of George L.
McPherson, of Portland, while the son is
W. A. King of this review. The mother died
when her children were quite young and the
father afterward married Miss Anna Belle
Brewer, who came from Michigan in 1888
and to the children took the place of their
lost mother, being most devoted to them.
.Mr. and Mrs. King now reside in a mag-
nilicent residence on King street in Port-
land.

At the usiuil age W. A. King entered the
Portland schools and passed through con-
secutive grades to his graduation. He was
also graduated from the Holmes Business
College of that city ami in 1906 he entered
commercial circles at Xewberg. Oregon, as
a hardware merchant, continuing in that line
of business until lOOU. when he sold out
anil entered the employ of the First Na-
tional Bank of Xewberg as assistant cashier.
He was afterward elected vice president and
later was chosen to the presidency of the
liank. which he carefully managed and con-
ducted until he sold his bank stock and re-
signed his position to accept the position of
secretary-treasurer of the (Jregon Home
Builders on the 2d of .lanuary, 1912, in
which iiiiincction he is becoming wiilely and
I'avoralily known for liusiness ability, prov-
ing ailripiate to the conditions and emer-
gencies that confront him in business life.

On the Kith of .May, 1909, Mr. King was
united in marriage at Newt>erg, (Jregon, to
.Miss -fulia Bi-rnice Woodward, a daughter
of E. H. Woodward, editor of the Xewberg
Graphic. The two children of this family
are Edward Herman, who was Ixirn Janu-
ary DO, 1910. and Sybil Luhi. who was bom
December IH. 1911. In his political views
.Mr. King is a stalwart republican and served
as city treasurer of N'ewberg from .fanuary
l,j, 1910, until .January Li, 1911. Socially
he is connected with the Multnomah Ama-
teur .Athletic Club and with the Portland
Kowiiig Club. He has a very extensive circle
of warm friends in the Rose Citv, where his
boyhood and youth were passerf and is be-
coming rapidly and favorably known in the

section of the state in which he now lives.
His energy and business capacity are stand-
ing the test of actual service in the busi-
ness world and each year tinds him in ad-
vance of the position which he occupied the
previous year.

W. H. JOHNSON is numbered among the
successful agriculturists nf .lacksoii county,
owning a choice and highly improved farm
of one hundred and sixty acres. His birth
occurred in Indiana on the 22d of November,
1849. and he is one of the four children born
to Philander and February (Banker) John-
son. He was reared in liis father's home
and educated in the public schools of the
district in which he lived. He remained with
his parents until twenty-three years of age
and, starting in life for himself, he made
his lirst settlement in the state of Kansas,
where he purchased one hundred and sixty
acres of land and for some time was en-
gaged in larming and improving tliis prop-
erty. He later sold this farm and journeyed
overland to Colorado, in which state he tiled
on a homestead in 1883. On this land he
remained for a number of years and having
largely improved it, he sold the property at
a handsome profit. In 189,") he moved to
(Jregon, settling in .Jackson county, near
Buncom, where he purchased the farm of one
hmidred and sixty acres on which he now
resides and to the development and care of
which he gives his entire attention.

In 1883 Mr. Johnson was united in mar-
riage to Miss Liya Rand, a native of Indi-
ana. Unto them have been born two chil-
dren: Rose, who died in Colorado in 1883;
and Bryan, who still survives. In his polit-
ical views Mr. Johnson has always been a
loyal member of the republican party. His
religious faith is indicated by his member-
ship in the Baptist church. He is a man
widely read in the affairs of his country
and during the i)erii)d of his residence at
Buncom. Oregon, he has come to be recog-
nized as a very desirable addition to the
conimnnity in which he lives. He is an ex-
perienced and prosperous agriculturist, keep-
ing abreast of all improvements as to farm
machinery as well as modern methods of
successfully growing and harvesting all
classes of farming produce.

EDWARD OTIS PARKER, M. D., who has

devoted liis life to the two professions of
teaching and medical practice, has qualified
for the latter by comprehensive study and is
continuously broadening his knowledge and
promoting his efficiency by further reading
and investigation. He has always lived in
Oregon, his birth having occurred in Oak-
land. Douglas county. October 19, 1872. He
is a son ol Patterson C. and Sarah A. (King)
Parker, both of whom are natives of Indiana.
They came across the plains with their re-
spective parents to Oregon, (he father ar-
riving ill \Hr,2 and the mother in 1870. Both
families settled in the Umpqua valley in
Douglas county and it was there that the
parents of Dr. Parker were married. They
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until the sons were old enough to enter
school, when in order to provide their chil-
dren with better educational advantage they
removed to Oakland where they resided for
twenty years. There the mother's death
occurred, on the 16th of May, 1907, and the
father afterward came to Pendleton, since
which time he has lived witli his son. Dr.
I'arker. He is one of the honored pioneer
residents of this state, having for sixty
years made his home in Oregon, witnessing
its marvelous growth and development and
taking an active part in promoting its prog-
ress and interest as the years have gone by.

Dr. Parker pursued his education while
spending his youthful days at home, being
a pupil in the public schools of Oakland and
afterward in the Central Oregon Normal
School at Drain, this state. He was there
graduated with the class of 1898, but long
prior to this time he had entered upon the
profession of teaching, accepting his first
school in 1890. He tauglit both in Lebanon,
and Yoncalla and while following that pro-
fession he also began reading medicine un-
der the direction of Drs. Page and Gilmour,
of Oakland. In the fall of 1900 he entered
the medical department of the Willamette
University at Salem and on the completion
of a four years' course was graduated with
the class of 1903. His training was thorougli
and he had applied himself so earnestly to
the mastery of the principles of the profes-
sion that he was particularly well qualified
for the duties that have since devolved upon
him. Immediately after his graduation he
located at Pilot Rock, Umatilla county,
where he continued in successful practice
until July, 1908, when he removed to Pen-
dleton. The following year he went to New
York city and pursued his studies in the
Postgraduate University there. He then
again came to Pendleton where he has
since remained and his broad and compre-
hensive knowledge and well developed skill
rank him with the foremost physicians of
the city. He belongs to Pendleton City Med-
ical Society, Umatilla County Medical So-
ciety, the Eastern Oregon Medical Society
of which he was formerly president, the Ore-
gon Stat Medical Society and the American
Medical Association. Through the proceed-
ings of these bodies he keeps in touch with
the most advanced thought and work of the
profession and experience is also constantly
adding to liis power and efficiency.

It was in 1898 that Dr. Parker was united
in marriage to Miss Ella Spaulduig, of Win-
nebago, and unto them was born one daugh-
ter, Alice Verne. The wife and mother
passed away on the 29th of February, 1907,
and on the 19th of October, 1911, Dr. Par-
ker was again married, his second union be-
ing with Miss Florence Maud Simonds, of
Collingwood. Ontario.

In his political views Dr. Parker has ever
been an earnest republican but without am-
bition for office although he keeps well in-
formed on the questions and issues of the
day and at all times manifests a public-spir-
ited devotion to the general good. His wife
is a member of the Presbyterian church and

Dr. Parker is identified with Pendleton
Lodge, No. 52, F. & A. M.; Pendleton Chap-
ter, No. 23, R. A. M.; Bushey Chapter, No.
19, O. E. S.; Integrity Lodge, No. 92, I. O.
O. F.; Alita Lodge, No. 146, Rebekahs; Pen-
dleton Lodge, No. 288, B. P. 0. E.; Umaholis
Tribe, No. 18, I. 0. R. M.; and is a member
of the Roj'al Order of Moose. He is also
connected with many benericial orders and in
all enjoys the high regard of his brethren
of the fraternities because his life is in
keeping with their high and beneficial prin-
ciples. He holds to advanced professional
standards and his close conformity to the
ethics of the profession has gained for him
tlie regard of his brethren of the medical
fraternity while his skill in practice is win-
ning for him an extensive and gratifying
patronage.

JAMES WESTLEY HAMMACK, who is

living on his ranch located one mile east of
Lostine, has always devoted his energies to
agiicultural pursuits, and has mot with a
goodly measure of success. His life record
was begun in Knox county, Kentucky, on the
2d of April, 1838, his parents being James
and Elizabeth (Moore) Hammack, both of
whom are now deceased, the father having
passed away in 1899 and the mother in 1905.
The early years in the life of James
Westley Ilammaek were passed on tlie farm
where he was born and in the cultivation
of which he began to assist while still in his
childhood. In common with many otlier lads
reared in the country at that period he was
given but a meager education, attending
school only at such times as his services
were not required about the farm. Under
the capable supervision of his fatlier he ac-
quired a thorough knowledge of the best
practical methods of tilling the fields and
liarvesting the crops, so that by the time
he had attained his majority he was a
skilled agriculturist. He subsequently left
home and went out into the world to make
his own way, but still continued to devote
his energies to farming. Together with his
wife and family he crossed the plains to Ore-
gon in 1865 with an ox team, nis destination
beingi Yamhill county. He remained there
for only two years, then went to Union coun-
ty, where he acquired some government land
which he cultivated with excellent success
for thirty years. From there he came to
Wallowa county, settling in the valley,
where he resumed his agricultural activities.
As he is a capable ranchman of enterprising
and industrious habits he has prospered since
coming here and is known as one of the sub-
stantial citizens of the county. At various
times he added to his original tract until
he had acquired two hundred and forty acres,
but the cultivation of this involved much
labor and close supervision, and of recent
years Mr. Hammack has given some of his
land to his sons. He retains a tract, how-
ever, that is well improved and highly pro-
ductive, and despite the fact that he is
seventy-four years of age he continues to
superintend its cultivation. He has always
led a very active life and although he is

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now able to live in retirement, having more
than sufficient to provide for the needs of
himself and wife, he is too energetic to re-
linquish his work.

In Wayne county, Iowa, in 1S63, Mr. Ifam-
mack was married to Miss Sarah Miller, a
daughter of John ami Mahaly ililler, and
they have become the parents of seventeen
children, ten of whom are living, as follows:
John L., James L., Josephine, Donald M.,
Effie, Emma, Carrie V., Ilattie, Flovil and
Bert. Those deceased are: Isabel, Thomas
F., James W.. Cora A., Elizabeth, William
and Esther.

lioth Mr. and Mrs. llanimack are members
of the Christian church, in the faith of which
tlicy have reared tlieir family, and his po-
litical prerogatives he has always exercised
in support of the men and measures of the
democratic party. Mr. Ilummack has been a
resident of Oregon for forty-seven years,
and during that period he has been an inter-
ested obsener of the state's development,
and has enthusiastically contributed his
quota toward forwarding its progress on
every possible occasion. lie is one of the
h)yal, enterprising pioneers to whose etforts
the northwest is largely indebted for the
position it holds in the agricultural world
today, and he can relate many interesting
reminiscences of those early days, when the
Indians yet roametl on the prairies and
-kulked in the forests, where now are to be
found highly cultivated ranehos and thriving
tnwil-^.

WILLIAM E. LEWIS owns and resides on
an excellent tract of twenty acres of land
which is situated near Montavilla, in Mult-
nomah county. He was tjorn in Crawford
county, Illinois, on the ITth of June, 1864, a
son of Daniel and Rachel Lewis, the former
bora in North Carolina in 1S29 and the lat-
ter in Crawford county. Illinois, in 1833.
The parents were married in Illinois and re-
sided there until 1H72, when they removed
to Washington, locating at Chelialis river.
Shortly afterwards they removeil to Jfult-
riomah county, settling si.x miles east of
Portland on the base line road where they
purchased for five thousand dollars one hun-
dreil and sixty-three acres of land which the
father operated until his death. He passed
away in 1901 and the mother is still living,
having now reached the age of seventy-eight
years. To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis were born
eleven children: I^ander, who now resides
on the old homestead: .lohn, who died in in-
fancy; .limmie, who was accidentally
ilrowni'd at the age of twenty-four; Anna,
who is the wife of Fred Davis, of Ccntralia,
Washington; Herman, who helps to operate
the old homestead; W. E., of this review;
Sarah, who is the wife of A. H. Belle, of
Tort hind: Lulu, who is Mrs. .1. W. Mills, of
Portland; Edward and Frederick, who were
twins. l)oth of whom are now deceased; and
George, of Portland.

William K. Lewis received his education in
the common schools and remained at home
with his parents until he was twenty-one
years of age. He then started out in life

lor himself by engaging in farming and
fruit growing on a tract of twenty acres
which belonged to his father's homestead
and which he inherited. He was thus en-
gaged until isss when lie sold his land and
rented for three years of J. H. Lamberts a
unit ranch of eighty acres. Subsequently
he returned to Portland and purchased twen-
tv acres of his father's old homestead, on
which he is now living. He also owns var-
ious business buildings and other real es-
tate, the interests of which he looks after,
but he is otherwise now living retired.

In 188.') Mr. Lewis was married to Miss
Elhe M. Hassler, who was born in Depew,
Illinois. ;i daughter of V. J. and Adeline Has-
sler, the father a native of Bureau county,
Illinois, and the mother a native of Indiana.
The j)arents resided in Illinois until 1888,
when they came to Oregon, settling at Ore-
gon City, and later removed to Multomah
county where they purchased thirty acres
of hind six miles east of Portland. They re-
sided on tli(' same the remainder of their
lives, the mother passing away in 1904 and
the father in 1908. In their family were
two children, Mrs. Lewis and a child who
died in infancy, ilr. and Mrs. Lewis have
become parents of four children. Chester
K.. the eldest, was born in 1887. He married
Miss Elizabeth Sjiear and now resides on his
father's farm although at the present time
he is in the employ of the Southern Pa-
cific Railway as mail clerk. He has a busi-
ness college education. Lawrence P. was
born in 1889, received a business col-
lege education and now is operating a milk
depot ill Portliiiul. his jilace of business be-
ing at Seventy-ninth and East Stark streets.
On Jlay 3, 1911, he wedded Miss Cisly Starr.
Walter was born in 1891, is a graduate of
the public school and is now at home. Irene,
who completes the family, was born in 1899
and is now attending school.

In his political views Mr. Lewis is a re-
publican but has never s'-'ight nor cared for
public othce. He is a well known and highly
respected citizen of the cotinty where he has
long made his home. In business his course
has been pursued by the strictest fidelity to
honest principles and he has miiny friends
who entertain for him the highest regard.

JOSEPH BORTON. One of the well
known farmers of Baker county is Joseph
liorton. who was born in the state of New
York, .March 0. 1853. His father, .\rthur
Borton. was born in England and the
mother, Mary (.Murtha) Borton, was a na-
tive of Ireland. They were the parents of
seven children, six of whom are still living.

Joseph Borton started out to make his
own way in the world at the unusually early
age of ten years. He had had little educa-
tion at that time. His first employment
was with a pack train, it being his duty to
ride the bell horse. At the end of a year
he returned home and for a year attended
schnnl. .Xt the age of thirteen he started
overland with some freight teams, going
going first to Boise, Idaho, where he re-
mained a short time, then removed to Baker

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county, Oregon, where he worked on a ranch
live years for one man. The following two
years were spent in Rye valley, wliere he
freighted for another year and then rented
a ranch for tliree years. Later he took up
a government claim of one hundred and
sixty acres of land, upon which he still lives.
At the time he settled on this farm there
were only a few houses in Baker City. By
industry and skill he has finely improved
his farm and brought it under a high state
of cultivation, so that it is now one of the
best farm properties in tlie eoimty.

Mr. Borton was married to Miss Clara
Boldock, who was also a native of the Em-
pire state but whose parents were natives
of England. Mr. and Mrs. Boldock had a
family of fourteen children, six of whom
are still living. Mr. and Mrs. Borton have
become the parents of thirteen children,
twelve of whom are still living: Arthur,
who was born October 6, 1874. and died
January 34, 1877; Mary, born November 13.
1875; Ada, born November 24. 1877; Ed-
ward, born January 8, 1880; Bertha, born
March 37, 1882; Pearl, born May 35, 1884;
Fannie, born November 21, 1886; Charles,
born March 16, 1888; James, born April 8.
1890; Frank, born April 19, 1893; Roy, born
,Tuly 34, 189.^; George, born October 8, 1897.
and Nora, born February 13, 1900. All of
the children reside in Baker county excejjt
a daughter, who makes her home in Port-
land.

Although not an old man, Joseph Borton,
beginning life's work at an early age, has
liad' a long business experience and his many
years of toil have been rewarded, as he is
now the possessor of one of the best farms
in Baker county. He is luimbered among
the best citizens of the community and he
and his family are well and favor.ably known
in this county.

CHARLEY E. STILWELL, who is now liv-
ing retired in Prosser. Wasliington, made liis
home at The Dalles in < Iregon for about four
decades, accumulating the competence which
enables him to spend the evening of life in
well earned ease. His birth occurred in New-
York on the 6th of April. 1839. his parents
being Labeu and Julia (Belle) Stihvell, who
were born, reared and married in the Em-
pire state. In 1843 they removed to Wis-
consin, continuing to reside in that state for
nine years. On tlie expiration of that period
they crossed the plains to the northwest,
first settling in Oregon City, where they
spent the winter. The following summer
they took up their abode in the Catlilamet
valley on the Catlilamet river, where the
mother passed away in 1866. Subsequently
Mr. Stihvell removed to eastern Oregon and
later to Walla Walla. Washington, where
he remained until 1871. He then made his
home with our subject until the time of his
demise, passing away in the 'gOs when
eighty-seven years of age.

On" the 13th of March, 187], Charley E.
Stihvell was united in marriage to Miss
Malissa Hawn. a daughter of .Jacob and
Harriet (PiersiuOHawn. more extended men-

tion oF whom is made on anotlu>r page of
this work in connection with the sketch of
■John JI. Bunn, deceased. LTnto Mr. and Mrs.
.Stihvell have been born eight children, as
follows: Julia, born April 8, 1873, who gave
her hand in marriage to Charles Severt of
Yamhill, Oregon, and died at the age of
thirty-two years; Charley A., whose natal
year was 1875 and who" is still under the
parental roof: Minnie, who died in infancy;
.Jesse, born in 1878, who resides at The
Dalles, Oregon; Mrs. Grace Wilder, whose
birth occurred on the 10th of September,
1880, and who makes her home at I'rosser,
Washington; .John, at home; Sherman, born
August 19, 1S84, who wedded Miss Hazel
Jjobaugh and resides at Prosser, Washing-
ton: and Howard, who was born on the 16th
of July, 1887, and is still at home.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Stihvell began their
domestic life at The Dalles in Oregon and
there continued to reside until 1904, when
they took up their abode at Prosser, Wash-
ington, where they have since lived in hon
orable retirement. They have a fine home
there and also own other city property. The
religious faith of the family is indicated by
their membership in the Christian church.

ROBERT R. PALMER is the junior part-
ner in the firm of Palmer & Denham, widely
known as the largest horse-raisers in the
county. They have extensive ranch inter-
ests and keep on hand about two hundred
and fifty head of Percheron horses. In this
connection they are doing much to improve
the grade of horses raised and used in Ore-
gon, and their labors are therefore an ele-
ment in the general progress as well as indi-
vidual prosperity. Moreover, they are
])roprietors of a harness and saddlery busi-
ness in Baker, and in other connections en-
joy an enviable reputation.

Mr. Palmer was born in LaGrande, Ore-
gon, October 9, 1868, and is a son of John
and Myra E. (States) Palmer. Of their
family of five living children Robert R. was
second in birth. He resided in the place of
his nativity for seven years, since which
time he has lived mostly in Baker. He pur-
sued his education in the public schools here
and in the Portland Business College, from
which he was graduated in 1888. He re-
turned to LaGrande and there entered the
harness business in connection with H.
E. Denham imder the firm style of Palmer
& Denham. and in 1896 the store was re-
moved to Baker where the business has since
been conducted. They own a good business
block here and carry a large line of harness
and saddlery, in which connection the trade
has assumed gratifying proportions. More-
over, they are the largest horse-raisers in
Baker county, keeping on hand about two
hundred and fifty Percherons on an exten-
sive ranch.

Mr. Palmer has been twice married. In
1893 he wedded Miss Maude R. Starbird.
a native of Maine, and a daughter of N. H.
and Ada F. Starbird. She died in 1902,
leaving a little daughter, Ruth M. In 1904
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Kthol Kussell. also :> native of Maine and
a cousin ot his llist wile. Her parents were
Flavin R. and Rose Russell. Mrs. Palmer
was a teacher of Herman in the high school
at the time of her marriage. Tliere has
been one child of this marriage. Fern R.,
born June 23. 1909.

Mr. Palmer votes with the republican
party and is prominent in its local councils.
In 1900 he was elected county treasurer,
and his capability and liiletity in ollice is in-
dicated in the fact that he was three times
elected, and served three terms, or si.x years.
He belongs to the lienevolent Protective
Order of Elks, the J[odern Woodmen of
America and the Woodmen of the World. He
has a circle of friends that is constantly
increasing as the circle of his acquaintance
widens. He stands for all that is progres-
sive in citizenship, for all that is public
spirited in politics and for all that is enter-
prising and reliable in business atTaira.

WILLIAM E. TAYLOR, who is station
master for tlie Soutliern I'acific at Amity.
Oregon, was born at Corsicana, Xavarro
county, Texas, on the 27th of September.
1872. and is a son of William B. and Clen-
dora I. (Bishop) Taylor. His father was a na-
tive of Mississippi, his birth having occurred
in the vicinity of Kossuth, whence he moved
to Texas, residing there until 1SS9 when he
lame to Oregon, locating at (irants Pass.
There he engaged in contracting and build
ing and also sawniilling for about eighteen
years. .'^ulpsci|uently lie lived in various
places, passinj; away in i'ortland fo\ir years
later, and there he was laid to rest. When
he was seventeen years of age William B.
Taylor enlisted in the Civil war. spending
three years at the front, during which time
he participated in a great many closely con-
tested and bitter engagements, receiving his
discharge at the close of hostilities. His
family originally came from Virginia, gning
from there to Kentucky and later to Mis-
sissippi. He removed to Texas in his earl.v
manh(>o<l ami there he met ami married Miss
Bishop, who WHS a native of that state. She
passed away in .\|>ril, 1S90, «t (irants Pass.
Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
there were iMirn si\ ihildreii: William F...
our subject; .Anna, wlm married S. F. (lies-
hire, of (Iraiits Pass. Oregon; .lolin. who is
deceased: Kmma F. who died at the age of
fourteen years: Isa. who ilied at the age of
eighteen months; and Bishop B.. who is
operating at North Bend, Oregon.

Being a youth of seventeen years when
he neeompanied his family on their removal
to Oregon, William F. Taylor ncquire<l his
early education in the common schools of his
native state and later went to a school at
r.rants Pass. Oregon, of which .Iinlge Benson
was Die principal. Remaining at home until
he Wii^ t wi'iityoni'. he entered upon his first
position ill » -.iigar pine iloor and lumber
oonipany at (Irants Pas>. with which he "n-
identified for three years. Withdrawing froni
their employ In' entereil that of another com-
pany engaged in the same business, remain
ini; two years, .\boiil twelvi' years ago he

engaged in railroad work at lliaiits Pass.
From there he went to McCoy, Oregon,
where he worked for the Southern Pacific
for about eight eon months, when he came to
Amity. He lias entire charge of both the
express and freight as well as the passenger
business here, and is discharging his various
duties with elliciciicy mid in a manner highly
satisfactory to tlie ullicials of tlic road.

In ISiiG "jlr. Taylor was uiiitid in marriage
to Miss Minnie [. Dudley, a daughter of
George W. Dudley, and unto them have bceu
born four children: Kdwin H.. Cyril W..
Harold B. and Lester D.. all of whom are at
home.

The family alliliate with the Baptist
church in which the parents hold member-
ship, and fraternally Jlr. Taylor is an Odd
Fellow and he bcloiigs to the Kncampment,
while liiitli he and Mrs, Taylor are luenibers
of the Rebckalis and the Circle, and he af-
liliates with the Woodmen of the World.
I'olitieally he is iiidepciulent, giving his sup-
port to such men and measures he deems
liest qualified to subserve the interests of
the majority. He does not take a promi-
nent part in municipal alTairs bill served for
a year as town recorder. Mr. Taylor is an
energetic man. who conscientiously applies
himself to the discharge of his duties to the
very best of his ability.

LEWIS ASH, now in the scventy-si.xth
year of his age. has been prominently iden-
tified with the agricultural and milling de-
velopmeut of Douglas county for almost half
a century. He was born in Bedford county.
Pennsylvania, .lanuary 7, 1836, the son of
Henry and Nancy (Dickon) Ash. both of
whom were natives of the Keystone state.
where their entire lives were passed. They
were the parents of seven children, only two
of whom are now living.

Lewis Ash remained at home until he was
twenty-one years of age and received his edu-
cation in the common schools of his native
state. He went to Minnesota and after three
months removed to Washington county.
Iowa, where he resided for three years. In
18.'i9 he crossed the plains to California with
a mule team and remained in that slate until
isni. when upon the outbreak of the Civil
war he enlisted in Company D. of the Fourth
California Volunti^er Infantry, and served
for three years. He received his honorable
discharge at N'aneouver in 18G4 and came
immediately to .lackson county, Oregon,
where he worked in a placer mine for thir-
teen years and became intimately acquainted
with the details of this branch of the min-
ing industry. In 1877 he moved to Douglas
county and bought eight huiidied and fifty
acres of land in the Cow <'reek valley, where
he has lived since that time. He has made
extensive ini|iroveiiients upon his holdings,
has built thereon a splendid residence and
has added many new bams and outbuildings,
built sheds for the protection of his grain
and cattle and has equipped his farm with
every new agricultural imph'nieiil upon the
market. He still engages in milling and has
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tion. He makes a specialty of stock-raising
and keeps constantly on hand a large herd
of graded cattle.

On September 3, 1875, Mr. Ash was united
in marriage to Miss Idilda Harmon, a
daughter of Powell and Mary Ann Harmon,
both natives of Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Ash
became the parents of four children : A. H. ;
U. Y. ; Clara F., now the wife of Joseph
Mostliaf; and Martha, at home. The mother
of these children died October 4, 1909. Po-
litically Mr. Ash is a stanch republican and
takes an active part in local party affairs.
He served one term as county commissioner
and for several years was a member of the
school board. He is a prominent Mason and
holds membership in Riddle Lodge of that
order. He belongs to the Grand Army of
the Republic and has been a commander in
that body for the past three years. During
the long period of his residence in the Cow
creek valley he has built up for himself a
reputation for integrity and ability in every
relation of his life. He has made many
friends during the forty-eight years of his
residence in Douglas county and is now in
the evening of a long, prosperous and worthy
life.

TOLBERT T. GLENN, who passed away
January 6. 191:>, was for more than four dec-
ades actively identified with general agricul-
tural pursuits in Union county, accumulating
more than fifteen hundred acres of valuable
land. His birth occurred in Wapello, Iowa, on
the 32d of June, 1844, his parents being Wil-
liam S. and Maria (Yates) Glenn. The father,
who was engaged in merchandising at Pleas-
ant ville, Iowa, for some years, crossed the
plains to the northwest in 18G3, locating in
the Grande Ronde valley and taking up gov-
ernment land near Summerville, Union county.
He divided his time between farming aiid
freighting, hauling goods from Portland and
Umatilla to the mines of Idaho. In 1871 he
removed to the city of Malheur, where he was
engaged in the mercantile business, and later
organized the town of Vale. His demise,
which occurred at Vale, on the 9th of May,
1900 was the occasion of deep and widespread
regret, for he had won many friends during
the long period of his residence in this state.
It was while still a resident of Iowa that he
lost his wife, who passed away in 1849.

Tolbert T. Glenn obtained his education in
the scliools of his native state and after com-
ing to the Grande Ronde valley worked with
his father in the freighting business until
1868. In that year he embarked in busi-
ness as an agriculturist on his own account,
taking up land a mile and a half from Sum-
merville and turning his attention to the pur-
suits of farming and stock-raising, in which
he was busily engaged throughout the re-
mainder of his life. That he prospered in hia
undertakings is indicated by the fact that he
accmniilatcd some fifteen hundred acres of
land, over one thousand acres of the same
i>cing under cultivation. In connection with
the production of cereals he raised fine horses
and cattle, and the secret of his prosperity
doubtless lay in tlic fact that he was very

industrious and painstaking as well as a man
of excellent business ability. His fertile farm
was most attractively located and royally re-
sponded to the care and labor which he be-
stowed upon it.

On the 20th of September, 1868, in the
Grande Ronde valley, Mr. Glenn was united in
marriage to Miss Sarah Meyers, a daughter
of Henry and Louisa Meyers, who were na-
tives of North Carolina and Maryland re-
spectively. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Glenn were
born the following children: C. Edwin; Wil-
liam; Arthur; Guy J., a sketch of whom ap-
pears below; Willard B., who is deceased;
Hattie; Daisy; Mina; and Myra.

Mr. Glenn was a democrat in his political
views and held the ollices of supervisor and
school director. He was faithful to those to
whom he gave his friendship, was loyal in
his citizensliip and true to every trust, but
his best traits of character were reserved for
his own home and fireside and there it is
that his loss will be most deeply felt.

GUY J. GLENN, the sixth child of Tolbert
Thomas and Sarnli (Meyers) Glenn, was born
on the 20th of March, 1881, in Summerville,
Union county, Oregon, where he acquired his
early education. Later he pursued a course of
study in the Holmes Business College of
Portland. He remained under the parental
roof until 1904, when he was married and es-
tablished a home of his own. His initial ex-
perience as an agriculturist was gained on a
part of the home farm of fifteen hundred and
forty acres, but subsequently he secured a
tract of eighty acres near Imbler and has
since devoted his attention to its further cul-
tivation and improvement. He raises prin-
cipally wheat and oats and also handles
horses and cattle. Mill Creek runs through
his town property and also near his farm,
which has a very beautiful location.

In 1904 Mr. Glenn was united in marriage
to Miss Lula Childers, her parents being G. P.
and Anna Childers. residents of the Alicel
district in Union county. Mr. and Mrs. Guy
J. Glenn have two children, Howard C. and
Elmer Ford. The family resides in an at-
tractive, modern home at Summerville. Mr.
Glenn belongs to the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks and is also a valued member of
the I-a Grande Commercial Club. Both he
and his wife arc well known and highly es-
teemed throughout the community in which
they reside, having ever displayed those sterl-
ing traits of characer which in every land
and clime command confidence and regard.

TOM W. PERRY, who has maintained his
residence in the Sunset state for almost six
decades, has been long and successfully
identified with agricultural and milling in-
terests and still owns and operates a plan-
ing mill at Yamhill. His birth occurred in
Wooster, Wayne county, Ohio, on the 26th of
November, 1838, his parents being Robert
and Martha (Rossiter) Perry, who were born,
reared and married in England. Their
wedding trip was the ocean voyage to the
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their home in New York. On the expiration
of that period they removed to Ohio, resid-
ing at Wooster until 1S52, which year wit-
nessed their arrival in Oregon. Robert Perry
took up a donation claim ot three hundred
and twenty acres four miles northwest of
Yamhill and continued to reside thereon
throughout the remainder of his lite, lie
handled stock in connection with his farm-
ing interests and at the time of his demise
owned six hundred and twenty-five acres of
well improved land, eighty acres thereof be-
ing under a high state of cultivation. He
was fifty-nine years of age when called to
his final rest, while his wife lived to be
seventy years old. They had seven children,
the first four of whom died in infancy. The
others were as follows : Tom W., of this re-
view; Johnson 0. II.. who passed away at
the age of twenty-six years. leaving a widow
and one daughter; and .Mary Ellen, the widow
of F. \). Stott. The last named served as
station agent for the Southern Pacific Kail-
road at Yamhill for twenty-seven years and
now receives a pension.

Tom W. Perry, who acquired his educa-
tion in the common schools, was a youth of
fourteen when he come to Oregon with his
parents. He remained under the parental roof
until his father's death, after which he was
marrie<i and had charge of the old homestead
until his mother's demise. After the estate
had been divided he occupied his share of
the property until isys and then sold out.
In connection with his agricultural interests
he had operated a Hour mill, which was de-
stroyed by fire in 1SS4, as were also three
large warehouses which he owned and which
at the time of the conllagration held eight
thousand bushels of grain. In 1S90 he be-
came manager, engineer and head planer in
a sawmill, acting in those cajiacitics for six
years. At the end of that time he returned
to Y'amhill and built the planing mill which
has since remained in his possession. His
property holdings include a fine residence,
three-fifths of a block in the business section
of Yamhill and a tract of twenty acres at
the foot of the coa.-t range.

In 1S64 Mr. Perry was united in niarriagv
to Miss 0. I. Torrance, who was born near
Springfield, Massachusetts, her parents being
.ledutlian and Kmnia il'artlett) Torrance,
natives of the "Id l!ay state. After their
marriage they removed to Illinois and a
short time later came to Oregon in 1855.
spending the remainder of their lives in this
state. Mr. Torrance lived to attain the age
of seventy-eight and his wife was eighty-six
years old when ealleil to her final rest. The
maternal grandmother of Mrs. Perry made
the journey across the plains to Oregon when
more than ninety years of age. being the
oldest woman who undertook that arduous
trip. Mrs. Perry was one of a family of six
children who grew to maturity, her brothers
and sisters being as follows; ilrs. Kmma
Cox. who resides near Forest Clrove; Henry
J., living in Dayton, Washington; Cora, the
deceased wife of I). C. Richardson, of Port-
land, Oregon; Charles F., who makes his
home near Fr)rest drove. Oregon; and Kunice.

who is the widow of Thomas Stevenson and
lives at Portland. Oregon.

I'nto Mr. and Mrs. Perry were born eleven
children, namely: Martha, the deceased
wife of Joseph Arnold of Illinois; Elsie, who
is the wife of Philip Withycomb. a tile
manufacturer of Y'amhill; Bessie, the wife
of Ivan McDonald, of McMinnville, Oregon;
Robert A., who is a resident of Yamhill;
Zella, who died when ten years of age;
Richard E., who diet! while serving in the
war in the Philippines; Hope, who acts as
deputy postmaster of Y'amhill, Oregon; Ross
B., also living at Y'amhill; Elizabeth, the
wife of Jack Ecdeston, of California;
Thomas P., an electrical engineer residing at
Manhattan, Nevada; and Mina. the wife of
Frank -Johnson, of Portland, Oregon.

Jlr. Perry gives his political allegiance to
the dcuKX'racy and his fellow townsmeu, re-
cognizing his worth and ability, have called
him to various positions of public trust. He
held the ofiice of county commissioner for
four years and at the present time is serv-
ing as an alderman of Yamhill and also act-
ing as street commissioner. His life has been
one of well directed etl'ort and enterprise, re-
sulting in the attainment of a creditable and
gratifying measure of success. In all bis re-
lations he has enjoyed the respect and con-
fidence of his fellowiiien because he is hon-
est, upright, persistent and determined.

JAMES GARFIELD KELLY, a well known
and prosperous resident of Jlontavilla, de-
votes his attention to general agricultural
pursuits in the management of the home-
stead farm. His birth occurred in Multno-
mah county, Oregon, on the 2d of October,
1882, bis parents being Plympton and Eliza-
beth .\urora (Clark) Kelly. The father was
a native of Pulaski county, Kentucky, while
the mother was born in Michigan. Their
marriage was celebrated in Oswego, Oregon,
on the 4th of July. 1864. Plympton Kelly
came to this state with his parents in 1848
and .subse(iuently took up a land claim of
three hun<lred and twenty acres which now
adjoins the city limits of Portland. His
wife came to Oregon in 1860 in company
with her uncle, the Rev. C. S. Kingsley.
Plympton Kelly remained on the old horae-
stca<l until he passed away, his demise oc-
I'urring on the l.")th of September, 11)06. His
widow has since lived retired at Montavilla.
During Mr. Kellyls business activities he
was for two years captain on the steamer
Independence but at the same time looked
after his farming interests. At the time of
his death his holdings im-luded eighty acres
of finely improved land. His sketch appears
on another page of this work. Unto him
anil his wife were born six children as fol-
lows: Kniloxia A., who is the wife of Alfred
Niblin an<l resides on the homestead farm;
(^almet A., who passed away in February,
1892, at the age of twenty-four years; Clin-
ton C. who died in September, 1887, when
eighteen years of age; Mary P., who passed
away on the Tth of June, 1907, at the age
of thirty-live years, leaving a husband, T.
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Harriet T., whose demise occurred in 1893;
and James G., of tliis review.

The last named was reared and educated
in Oregon. His common-school education
was finished at Lents at the age of thirteen
years and he then attended the Portland
Business College for two years, after which
he remained on his father's fann until the
age of twenty-one. At that time lie matric-
ulated at the (jregon Agricultural College
and attended foi- four years, being grad-
uated from that institution on the 12th of
June, 1907. During his attendance there, in
the dairy department, lie had charge of ad-
vanced registry testing under the American
Jersey Cattle Club. His father's death oc-
curring in 1906. Mr. Kelly took charge of
the home farm immediately after his grad-
uation from school in June, 1907. He con-
tinued to operate the place until September,
1911, when he removed to Montavilla, At
one time he owned one hundred and four
acres but has sold all excepting five acres.
on whicli he expects to build his permanent
home. His wife owns a fine home at Mon-
tavilla, Oregon, with a lot sixty by one hun-
dred feet.

On the 27th of October, 1910, Mr. Kelly
was united in marriage to Miss Ada Rider,
who was born in Newton county, Indiana,
on the IStli of August, 1880, her parents be-
ing John P. and Henrietta (De Armond)
Rider. The father's birtli occurred in In-
diana, while the mother is a native of Ham-
ilton county, Ohio. Their marriage was
celebrated in Indiana, where John P. Rider
jiassed away. His widow removed to Oregon
in 1893 and has since resided in Multno-
mah county. In September, 1904, she was
again married, becoming the wife of .James
Clark Miller, of Montavilla. By her first
husband she had two children, namely:
Ada, who gave her liand in marriage to
James C Kelly; and Blanche, who died in in-
fancy. To Mr. and Mrs. Kelly was born a
daughter, Euda Aletha, whose natal day was
October 3, 1911. Mrs. Kelly enjoyed the ad-
vantages of a college education, followed the
profession of teaching for eiglit years and
has also taught music.

Mr. Kelly is a republican of liberal ten-
dencies. He has never sought office, having
no ambition in tliat direction. Both he and
his wife are members of the Methodist
lipiscopa! church and they also belong to
Evening Star Grange, No. -37. With the fine
scientific agricultural education which he
]iossesscs, together with many good qualities
whicli liavc made liim well known and pop-
iihir among a large circle of friends, he is
a valuable and respected citizen of Multno-
mali county.

JOHN BRITTON PARKER. In the year
187], or more than four decades ago. .John
Britton Parker came to Portland, wliere he
was identified with business interests for a
considcrahle period, lint retireil in 1903. He
was born In Hocking county, Ohio, .March
:!0, 18t0, his parents being .losepli and .Julia
(Holconib) i'aiker. The father was a native
of Virgliiiii Mild ill his lio\li(i(icl ihns iciiiuved

to Ohio with his parents. The mother was
a native of New Jersey and a daughter of
a Baptist minister. He removed westward
with his family, also settling in the Buckeye
state. The Parker family comes of English
ancestry, the great-grandparents having
been born in England, while the grandfather
of our subject was a native of Virginia. He
had a family of eight children, including
.foseph Parker, the fatlier of our subject.
CJthers of the household were Washington.
Jonatlian and Samuel, all now deceased.

Both .Joseph Parker and Julia Holcomb
were reared in Ohio and in that state they
were married in 1836. They became par-
ents of six children. Caroline, the eldest,
is the wife of Robert J. Yeoman, of Belling-
ham, Washington, and they have nine chil-
dren, Joseph, Earl. Roth. Mary, Efiie, Mat-
tie, Nellie, Dora and Lute. John Britton
is the next of the family. Mary is the de-
ceased wife of John Wood, and their only
child has also passed away. Josephus died
leaving one child, Charles B., who is living
at Washington Court House, Fayette county,
(.)lilo. Charles Foster has also passed away,
and Amanda Ellen, the youngest, died at the
age of ten years.

Tlie youtliful days of .John B. Parker were
sjient in Ills Ohio home, where he remained
until twenty-three years of age, although he
began earning his own living when eighteen
years of age. Five years afterward he came
to the west, settling first at Denver, Cola-
rado, where he worked at the carpenter's
trade for a month. He then proceeded on
his way to Montana during the gold discov-
eries there and remained in that state for
five and a half years. In 1868 he removed
to California, and In 1871 came to Portland,
becoming a prominent resident of this city.
He first worked at the carpenter's trade, en-
tering the employ of .John StefTen, a boat
builder. In the early days of the Oregon
Locks & Navigation Company he worked at
the old central dock and afterward worked
for the Oregon Steam Navigation Company
and afterward for the Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company. For a time he was
employed on steamboats and at diflferent
])eriods he worked as a carpenter, joiner
and builder. In his later years he did work
])rincipally for John H. Johnston, a ship con-
tractor, and in 1903. at the age of sixty-two
years, he retired from active business. He
retained his residence in Portland from 1871
until 1909. when he established his home in
^Montavilla. He owns both business and res-
idence |ir<i])crty and also deals in bonds and
mortgages. In all business affairs his judg-
ment is sound and his discrimination keen,
and he carries forward to successful com-
|iletlon whatever he luidertakes.

Ill 1871 ilr. Parker was united in mar-
riage to Miss Mary J. Edwards. Some years
Uiter. after losing his first wife, he was mar-
ried, on the loth of September, 1893, to Miss
Rebecca Long, wlio was born June 3. 1847,
and was a daughter of .lohii and .Jane
(I. live I Long. In Ills family were ten chil-
dren, (if whom the eldest. Thomas and .Tames
were twins. The first named has jiassed

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away, while James is living in Ohio ami lm>
a large family. The other members of the
family are: Walter, of Xew York; Alexan-
der, who was lost when a passenger on board
ship, which sailed for San Franctsuo; John,
of Portland; Joseph, who is living in Salem.
Ohio: Ann Jane, also a resident of Portland;
Susan, who died vinmanied; Susan id, who
died in infancy; and Mrs. Parker.

Mr. Parker gives his political allegiance
to the republican party but is not an otlK'e
seeker. His religious faith is that of the
Presbyterian church and his entire life has
been spent in harmony therewith. lie was
always an industrious, energetic man up to
the time of his retirement and his labors
and energies constitute the salient forces in
the success that now enables liini to enjoy
well earned rest without further recourse
to labor.

R. J. HUTCHCROFT. who has remained a
resident oi iin-;;on >iiice his parents estab-
lished their home in the northwest about
four decades ago, now conducts the leading
mercantile estal>lishment of Yamhill as a
member of the tirm of lohnston A: Hutch-
croft. Ilis birth occurred in Wisconsin on the
7th of July, 1S70, his parents being .lohn
and Margaret (Uellel llutclicroft, who were
natives of England and Scotland respectively.
They were married in Canada and a year
later crossed the border into the United
States, settling in Wisconsin, where all of
their nine chililrcn were born. In 1S74 they
came to Oregon, locating three miles west of
Yamhill, where the mother still resides at
the age of seventy-four years. John llutcli-
croft here devoted his attention to the pur-
suits of farming and stock-raising and sub
sequently also became interested in the rais
ing of hops, to which fifty acres of the home-
stead farm are planted at the present time.
At the time of his demise, which occurred
in 1897, lie owned three hundred and seventy-
eight acres of well improved land, two hun-
dred and fifty acres thereof being under a
high state of cultivation. At one time he
likewise owned one of the linest tracts of
timber land on the mountain twelve miles
west of Yamhill, tlie place comprising one
hundred and twenty acres and representing
many million fecf of lumber. Into him and
his wife were born nine children, the record
of whom is as follows. Delia passed away
when but si.xteen months old. jiessie is the
widow of .folin A. Powell and resides at
Yamhill. Oregon. Mark is a walnut grower
who makes his home at Uassett. near Los
Angeles, California. In 1S9G he removed
from Oregon to California and for two years
was employed in Hassett's lumbei yard.
Subse<|uently he worked on Bassi'tt's walnut
farm for eleven years and while in the service
of that gentleman purchased thirty one acres
of raw land at one hundred and fifty dollars
an acre, improved the tract and pliinted it
to walnut trees, which are now in bearing.
At present he has an offer of twenty-five
thousand dollars for his ranch. His wife
bore the maiden name of Myrtilla May Uob-
erts and is a native ol Kansas. They have

two children: Grace, the wife of Clyde Nash,
of California; and Cladys, who is still at
home. Joseph W. llutclicroft is a resident
of Yamhill. Matilda is the wife of Willian\
I'ctch. ol McMiiinviUe. Lavenia gave lur
hand in marriage to Fred Cane, of VaiuluU,
(Oregon. Estella is the wife of tieorge Thros-
sel, a hardware merchant of Santa Monica,
California, by whom she has four children:
William, Joseph, Mark and Elsie, R. J.
llutclicroft. of this review, is the next in
onler of birth. George T. pa.ssed away in
1901 at the age of forty years.

R. J. Hutchcroft remained under the pa-
rental roof until twenty-two years of age.
when he was marrieil and started out in the
business world on his own account. For
seventeen years he was engaged in farming
and hop-raising on a portion of the home-
stead property and during the last four years
of that time condiicti'd u general mercantile
store in connection with his agricultural in
terests. He has been continuously identilied
w ith mercantile pursuits since 1905, becoming
at that time a partner of George W. Epley,
who in 1908 sold out to B. A. .lojinston. The
tirm has since been known as .lohnston &
Hiitclicrolt and owns and conducts thi- lead-
ing general mercantile store in Yamhill. Mr.
llutclicroft owns a two-sevenths interest in
the homestead of three hundred and seventy-
eight acres, has a timber tract of one hun-
dred and thirty acres thix'e miles west of
^amllill and owns a handsome residence in
that town. A njan of excellent business
ability, sound judgment and keen discrimina-
tion, his undertakings have been attendeil
witli a grutifviiig measure of pros])erity.

-Mr. llutclicroft lias lieeli married twice.
In 1S92 he wedded Miss Sarah Fairchild.
who was liorii in Yamhill county, Oregon, on
the 18th of Jlarcli, 1870. her parents being
.lames and Katherine Fairchild, who passed
away in this state. They had six children,
all of whom still survive with the exception
of Mrs. Hutchcroft, who died on the 1st of
.March. 1899. leaving three children, namely:
Ethel M., born .July 29, 1893, who is teachiiig
in Yamhill county and is also studying
music; Chester C, born Jlay 27, lS9fi, who is
a high-school student; and Hubert, born Kili
ruary 19. 1897, who is likewise attending
school. In 1904 Mr. llutclicroft was again
married, his second union being with Miss
Cecil Peckham. whose birth occurred at Me-
Minnville. Oregon, in 1883. Her parents, J. A.
and .Julia Peckham, were born in Michigan
and some years after their marriage removeil
to Nebraska. About 1^7(1 lliey came to Ore-
gon ami have since remained residents of this
state, now making their home at Mc.Minn-
ville. .1. A. Peckham served as a member
of thi- I'nion army throughout the entire
period of the Civil war. -Sirs. Cecil Hutch
croft has one brother, Charles, who is her
senior. By her marriage to our subject she
has a son, Kenneth S,. whose natal day was
.lune 20, I90fi. She followed the profession
of school teaching for two years and also has
an excellent musical eilucation.

In polities Mr. Hutchcroft is a stanch re-
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the line of office holding. Fraternally he is
identified with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and the Woodmen of the World at
Yamhill. His religious faith is that of the
Methodist Kpiscopal church, to which his
wife also belongs. He has made for him-
self a creditable name in business circles and
at all times has been loyal to his convictions
as regards political, fraternal and moral
interests.

JOSEPH C. WILLIAMS, who now resides
on his large and valuable farm six and a half
miles northwest of Yamhill, is a native of
Bristol, England, born January 1, 1847. His
paternal grandfather served for twenty-four
years in the British navy and his parents
preferred to live in England even though
several of their children sought homes in
America. The father and mother, Samuel
and Ann (Cole) Williams, were born in Bris-
tol in 1831 and 1823 respectively and after
their marriage in 1845 lived there for the
succeeding eleven years. The following four
years were spent in Staffordshire and at the
end of that period they came to New York
city, where they remained until 1875, when
the.y returned to England, making their home
there during their remaining years. To them
seven cliildren were born: Joseph C, of
Yamhill county; Thomas, deceased; George,
residing in New York City; Mrs. Eliza Har-
per, who has remained in England; Mrs.
Sarah Fisher, a resident of New .Jersey;
John, of Boston, Massachusetts; and Eliza-
beth, who resides in England.

At thirteen years of age Joseph Williams
learned construction of iloral wire work, and
thus began an independent career. For ten
years he continued working at this trade,
and then for a time led a sort of nomadic
life, wandering over the world. Finally he
landed in England to claim some money he
had inherited from a relative and after spend-
ing this there, he returned to America about
1871 and for a year resided in New York
city, conducting a small business of his own.
He later removed his business to California,
where he remained four months before com-
ing to Oregon, finally settling in Gaston in
1873. From there he removed to Yamhill
county, where he has ever since made his
home, now devoting his time to agricultural
pursuits. Although he did not take up farm-
ing until after he had been connected with
several other lines of industry, he has made
remarkable progress and his success has been
due entirely to hard labor.

On the 13th of September, 1877, occurred
the marriage of Mr. Williams and Miss Mar-
garet Marilda Parsons, who was born in
Dilley, Oregon, February 18. 1860, a daugh-
ter of Luther and Hester (Kingery) Parsons.
In was in 1S50 that her father canie to Wash-
ington county, Oregon, and for some time
was associated with his father in the milling
business here, the latter having the distinc-
tion of starting the first flour mill in the
county. In 1858 Luther Parsons married
Heater Kingery, and to them were born
seven children, namely: Mrs. Williams; Wil-
liam F., a resident of Yamhill; Daniel, of

Forest Grove. Oregon; Mrs. Flora Roberts,
also of Yamhill; Mrs. Emma Perkins, of
Monmouth, Oregon; Mrs. Martha Spence, of
Corvallis, Oregon; and Mrs. Daisy Carr, of
California. • The father of these children
passed away in Yamhill county in 1882 and
the mother died one year later. To Mr. and
Mrs. Williams have been born eleven chil-
dren, all of whom are residents of Yamhill
county. They are as follows: Thomas T.,
Joseph L., Charles D., Hester Ann, Addison
II., .John E., George C., Harry F., Lawrence
F., Elizabeth J. and Margaret K.

In politics Mr. Williams is a republican,
believing that the principles of that party
are best suited to the needs of the country in
its growtli and progress, but he has never
held office, his farm demanding his whole
attention. The Williams property comprises
five hundred and sixty acres, of which two
hundred acres are cleared. Mr. Williams is
one of the largest hop raisers in Yamhill
county, where hops are commonly cultivated.
In addition to this distinction he is also well
known as a most successful grain and hay
grower. Among his neighboring farmers he
is recognized as an agi-iculturist of superior
worth and ability and, as his is an occupa-
tion which depends upon individual eff'ort,
he may feel proud of the achievement which
is his.

M. L. AKERS. The industrial interests of
Pendleton find a worthy representative in
M. L. Akers of the Pendleton Iron Works.
He has, during the last two years, consti-
tuted an important element in the growth
and development of the project, and his
laudable ambition and unfaltering enterprise
augur well for future success. He was born
in Decatur county, Iowa, March 4, 1870, a
son of Harvey and Metta (Shelton) Akers,
the former a native of Missouri and the lat-
ter of Iowa. They came to Oregon in 1877,
settling in Morrow county, where the father
engaged in farming for sixteen years, or un-
til the time of his death which occurred in
1893. He had for about eleven years sur-
vived his wife who died in 1883. ,

M. L. Akers was reared at home, acquiring
his education in the public schools of Iowa
and of Oregon. AVlien he was in his twenty-
fourth year he sought and found employ-
ment in a drug store in Heppner, and for
seven j'ears thereafter was identified with
the drug trade in that place and Pendleton.
Subsequently, on account of ill health, he
turned his attention to farming, hoping to
be benefited by the- outdoor life and exer-
cise. He was connected with general agri-
cultural pursuits until 1909 when he be-
came an employe of the Pendleton Iron
Works, "^here learning the machinist's trade.
In May, 1901, he bought a half interest in
the business, and three years later Mr.
Akers became manager of the plant, in
which capacity he has since served. Their
work is that of repairing as well as manu-
facturing farm machinery, both a foundry
and machine shop being conducted. This is
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city, constituting an important factor in the
trade circles here.

In l'J05 Mr. Akers was married to Miss
Bethcna Swaggert, of Athena, Umatilla
Lounty, and they are the parents of one
daughter, Maurine.

Mr. Akers' political tendencies are along
the line of socialistic thought. lie is one of
the leading business men oi Pendleton, ac-
tive, enterprising, determined, and wluitever
success he has achieved in .ife is attributable
to his own labors.

CARL F. CENTNER. Many veterans of
the war of the Kebcllion as well as those
taking part in other military operations of
the United States have found their way to
Oregon and prospered, among such being
Carl F. Gentner. who after an active life
is now living retired near Murphy. He was
born in (lermany, March 13, 1S43, a son of
Ludwig and Catherine (8cubcrt) Gentner,
whose family consisted of six children. Mr.
Gentner came to the United States Decem-
ber 1, 1864, and began working at the car-
penter's and cabinet-maker's trade but
shortly afterward enlisted for service under
the Hag of his adoption, his enlistment oc-
curring February 2, 18C5, in the Third Penn-
sylvania Cavalry. He remained in active
service until the close of the war, when he
was transferred to the regular army, as a
member of the Fourteenth United States In-
fantry. He saw a great deal of service in
connectiim with the Indian wars and while
in the army spent one year carrying mail.
During his service he [>artieipatcd in sev-
eral important battles and on one occasion
was severely wounded, being shot in the
head. After his term of enlistment Mr.
(Jcntner purchased eighty acres of land
where he is now living and which he has
linely improved.

Mr. Gentner was married shortly after
leaving the army to Miss Amelia DalFerner,
a native of Germany. After his marriage
he settled at Virginia City, Nevada, where
he remained for one year, and then removed
to Oregon where he purchased land and
where his home has since been. Unto Mr.
and Mrs. Gentner were born five children,
four of whom are still living, Carl T., Louis
L., Kmil and Kmma. Otto, the youngest,
passed away April 17, 1897. In his political
views Mr. (ientner is a republican. He is an
active and honored member of the Grand
.\miy post and in his community has by
his many excellent traits of character formed
the acquaintance of a very large number
of people and is greatly respected and es-
teemed.

GEORGE F. BARRINGER is a well known
real-estate man of Portlanil, having opened
the tirst office in that work in the Monta-
villa addition, in which place he has had
charge of most of the property. He was
born in Wisconsin, February 28, 1857, the
son of Tniman and Nancy (.JefTers) Bar-
ringer, both of whom were natives of New
York. The parents were married in that
state but afterwards removed to Wiscon-

sin, being among the pioneers there. They
took up a homestead near Keedsburg and at
tlie time of their settlement had to go sixty
miles lor ]iiovisioiis. Mr. Harriiiger became
very, prosperous and he was a well known
farmer throughout this vicinity. His wife
passed away in 1870 and lie now lives in
.•south Dakota with his daugliter, having sold
his farm in 1',I07. In his family were twelve
children, of wliom seven are now deceased.
Tlicy A<eie Milton, Almond, Cdestia, Ida,
Charles and two who died in infancy. Those
living are: .losepliine, who is the wife of
Myron .\rmstrong. of South Dakota: Cyn-
tlii:>, who is the wife of H. L. Nye, of >Iin-
neapolis. Minnesota; George F.. the subject
of this review; Zelbur. of St. Paul, Minne-
sota; and Melviii. of Muskegon, Michigan.

George F. Harringer received liis early
education in the country schools of his dis-
trict and remained at home, worKing on his
father's farm until he was twenty-three
years of age. lie then started out in life
for himselt and. going to South Dakota, he
hoMiesteaded a tract of one hundred and
sixty acres, on which Im resided for five
years. Then, selling the same, he purchased
another farm, which he operated for two
years. Subsequently he went to Minnesota,
where for live years he was engaged in the
real estate business. Afterward he came to
Oregon, settling in Portliuid, where he has
ever since conducted a real-estate business.
He opened his lirst oHice of that kind in the
Mont:ivilhi ;iddition to this city and has sold
and haiiillod. either directly or indirectly,
nearly all the property at tliat jilace. He is
still operating his real-estate ollice there.
He has been very successful in the financial
world and he owns a beautiful residence at
^lontavilla and also two and one-half acres
in a summer home in the mountainous reg-
ions of Clackamas county.

On the 8th of .January, 1883, Sir. Bar-
ringer was united in marriage with Miss
Clara House, who was born in Iowa, Septem-
ber 17, 1857, the daughter of .Jeremiah and
Nancy (Cobb) House. The father was a
native of New York and the mother of Can-
ada. They were married in Wisconsin and
immediately after removed to Fayette coun-
ty, Iowa, where the father had previously
owned land. They have since resided in
that state but are now living retired at
West Union. In their family were nine
children, of whom .Mrs. Barringcr was the
fourth in order of birth. The others were:
Leonard, deceased; Kmma, who is the wife
of E. Webb, of West Union, Iowa; a child
who died in infancy; George and Walter, of
California; Lafayette, deceased; .Jessie, who
is the wife of .John Grabner, of Missouri;
and Nettie, who died in infancy. Mrs. Bar-
ringer received a common-school and univer-
sity educatiim and previous to her marriage
was engaged in teaching schoid for ten years
in Iowa and two years in Dakota. Mr. and
Mrs. Barringcr have become the parents of
four chihlren. G. Frank, born December 2G,
18R5, has a business college education and
is now assistant manager of the K. C. Atkins
Machine Manufacturing Company. He mar-

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ried Miss Edna Goie, a native of Oregon,
and to tliis union has been born one son,
George F. Cecil A. was born April 1, 18S7,
has a business college education and is now
a painter by trade. He married Miss Gladys
Ticer, who was born in Texas. Nancy Beu-
lah was born in 1895 and is now a student
in the high school and is also studying
music. Ned M., the youngest of the family,
was born November 33, 1890, and is now in
scTiool.

In politics Mr. Barringer is a republican
but he has never cared to hold public ollice,
preferring to give all his time to his business
interests. Fraternally he is a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
of the Foresters of America, belonging to
the Portland lodges. Also he is identified
with the Woodmen of the World, having
filled all the chairs in the local lodge. • He
and his family attend the Baptist church.
He is highly honored and well known in
Portland, especially in the addition of Mon-
tavilla, with the development of which he
has been so prominently connected.

R. G. WHEELER, a well known and prom-
inent attorney of Vale, was born in Erie
county, Pennsylvania, on the 1st of June,
1847, a son of Christopher and Emily
(Weaver) ^Vheeler. The father was for
many years actively engaged in agricultural
pursuits, but during the later years of his
life he lived in retirement in Bedford county,
Iowa, his death there occurring when he was
seventy-five years of age.

The fourth in a family of seven children.
R. G, Wheeler was reared under the parental
roof and in his native state received an ex-
cellent education. He attended the common
school in the acquirement of his preliminary
training and later was a pupil in an acad-
emy. Although he was but fourteen years
of age at the time of the Civil war the spirit
of patriotism was strong within him and he
joined the Pennsylvania Home Guards, who,
in anticipation of a battle, were foraging at
night, and he was among the ten thousand
reserves who at a distance of three miles
were within plain view of the battle of
Gettysburg. He remained with the guards
for several months and then returned home,
again pursuing his education which had been
interrupted. He entered Hiram College, at
Hiram, Ohio, during the administration of
President .James A. Garfield, but, his health
failing, he was compelled to leave school.
From an early day he had taken a deep in-
terest in the study of law and had deter-
mined to make that profession his life work,
and under the direction of Charles Cross, a
graduate of Yale and a man of considerable
wealth who took a dee]> interest in his stud-
ies, he prepared himself for his chosen call-
ing. In 18G8 he was admitted to the bar in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, by the superior
court of Pennsylvania, and when twenty-one
years of age he left that state, removing to
Illinois, where for three years he practiced
his profession in Aurora, Kane county. He
next took up his residence in Bedford, Iowa,
where he followed his ]uofession for eleven

years, after which he spent a year in Cali-
fornia, He then went to Nevada, where he
remained for nine years practicing law in
Paradise Valley, and on the 39th of March,
1891, came to Vale, Malheur county, Oregon,
where he has since maintained a law office.
Along with those qualities indispensable to
the lawyer — a keen, rapid, logical mind plus
the business sense and a ready capacity for
hard work — Mr. Wheeler also pos.sesses an
excellent presence, an earnest manner,
marked strength of character, a thorough
grasp of the law and the ability accurately
to apply its principles which, combined, have
made him very effective as an advocate and
have won for him the reputation of ue-
ing a lawyer of merit.

In July, 1878, Mr. Wheeler was united in
marriage to Miss Annie M. Neal, a native of
Iowa and a daughter of John Neal. Mrs.
Wheeler is a lady of fine intellect, posses-
sing high literary tastes, and has taken a
deep interest in educational matters, active-
ly serving as a member of the school board
for a number of years. She and her hus-
band both hold membership in the Christian
church, in the work of wnich they are help-
fully interested, and Mr, Wheeler's frater-
nal connections are with the Independent
Older of Odd Fellows, in which lodge he has
filled all of the chairs. Colonel Wheeler, as
he is familiarly known in the community,
is one of the .strong, influential citizens of
his district and for seven years served as
mayor of Vale, his election to that office
coming in recognition of his sterling worth
and excellent ability. He is, however, with-
out ambition for political preferment, choos-
ing rather to devote his time to the pursuits
of private life. During the twenty-one years
in which he has been a resident of Vale he
has through his excellent professional abil-
ity and his many attractive personal quali-
ties become firmly established in the regard
and esteem of his fellowmen who recognize
in him a citizen of high order.

DANIEL B. TROUTMAN. One of the

pioneer business men of Portland who was
also a pioneer farmer in Oregon is Daniel B.
Troutman, whose business is conducted at
Seventy-fourth and East Glison streeets. His
birth occurred in Kentucky in 1861, his par-
ents being Benjamin F. and Mary (Bringle)
Troutman, who were likewise natives of the
Blue tlrass state. The maternal grandfather
of our subject settled in Oregon in 1849.
being among the pioneers of the state. Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin F. Troutman removed
from Kentucky to Oregon in 1872, first set-
tling in Linn county, where they purchased
one hundred and sixty acres of land, which
still belongs to the heirs. Mr. Troutman
there continued to reside until the time of
his demise, which occurred when he had at-
tained the age of seventy-eight years, while
his wife was sixty-eight years old when
called to her final rest. At the time of his
death he owned two hundred and sixty acres
of finely improved land, all under a high
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ville, Oregon. Unto him and his wife were
born nine children, as follows: Nora, who
8till resides on the home place; Sophia, the
wife of David Isom, of Linn county, Oregon;
Daniel B., of this review; John, who is a
resident of Portland; Lucy, who gave her
hand in marriage to T. C. Cooper, of Linn
county, this state; Minerva, who is the wife
of Samuel Cooper, of Linn county, Oregon;
Peter, who resides on the old homestead in
that county; Charles, who makes his home
in T.inu cuunty: and Florence, the wife of
W. K. Burton, "of Medford, Oregon.

Daniel 13. Troutman received a common-
school education in the schools of Kentucky
and Oregon. He started out for himself in
business at the age of twenty-four years,
following farming for twelve years in Linn
county, Oregon. Subsequently he embarked
in the mercantile business, conducting his
enterprise at rallman, Linn county, for
eight years. He then disposed of his inter-
ests there and removed to Portland, where
he purchased property and again embarkeil
in the general merchandise and feeil busi-
ness, which he has conducted continuously
since from his present stand at Seventy-
fourth and East Olison streets. In addition
to his business property in Portland lie owns
a fine residence and other properties in this
city. He also owns a two-ninths interest in
the old homestead farm and two hundred
and sixty acres and is likewise the posses-
sor of ii tliiity-arre fruit and grain farm
near Tallman.

In 1884 Mr. Troutman was married to
Miss Lillie Farrow, a native of Oregon and
a daughter of Steven and Maria J. Farrow,
both of whom were born in Kentucky. The
parents lived in Hlinois until 1848, when
they crossed the plains with an ox team,
the passage requiring six months. They
lirst settled in Clackamas county, where
Mr. Farrow took up government land and
lived for twenty years, after which he ex-
changed his pro|>erty for a farm of two hun-
dred acres in Linn county, there residing un-
til he passed away in 1885. His widow sur-
vived him for a number of years, being
called to her final rest in August, 1911. Tliey
were the parents of twelve children, namely:
Albert, who is a resident of Lake county,
Oregon; Laura, who makes her home in Cal-
ifornia; Charles, of Letbbridge, Canada;
Emily, who is deceased: William, living in
Lake county, Oregon: Minnie, who is the
widow of >r. S. Hubble and resides in Eu-
gene. Oregon; Mrs. Lillie Troiitnum; Ralph
of Uazeldell, Lane county. Oregon; .fohn,
who is a resident of Sacramento, California;
Alice and Virginia, both of whom have
passed away; and one who died at birth.

Cnto Mr. and Mrs. Troutman were born
four children, as follows: Mabel, who died
at birth: Winifred, whose natal dav was
May 20, 1888. and who is still under the
parental roof; Alleen M., whose birth oc-
curred on the 4th of December. 1890; and
Eugene F., who was born July 30, 1901.
The mother of these children followed the
profession of school teachhig prior to her
marriage.

Mr. Troutman is democratic in his polit-
ical views and served for one term as post-
master at Tallman. He is among the well
known business men and property owners
of Portland, while his long residence in Ore-
gon entitles him to distinction as a pioneer
of this great state. Conducting a useful
and lucrative business, he is a valuable man
in commercial circles here and his geniality
and good-fellowship have won for him a host
of friends in this thriving city, ills ac-
quaintance outside of Portland is also ex-
tensive, he still liaviiig a large circle of
friends in Tallman and community among
those w^ith w^iom he is on terms of closest
intimacy.

EDWARD P. WALLACE, a retired agricul-
turist residing at Amity, has lived in the
same house for the past twenty-six years.
His career has been an eventful and exciting
one, for he has crossed the plains to and
from the northwest on thirteen dilierent occa-
sions. His birth occurred in Lagrange
county. Indiana, on the 2~th of September,
1S29, his parents being Timothy R. and Kox-
celana (Thurston) Wallace. The father, a
native of Connecticut and a genthman of
Scotch extraction, resided on the frontier
until his removal to -Michigan, in which state
his demise occurred in 1848. Throughout his
:ictivc business career he followed geiK'ial
agricultural pursuits. His wife, who was
I'orn in Painesville, Ohio, and whom he mar-
ried in Michigan, was called to her final rest
in March, 1849. Their children were six in
number, as follows: Edward P., of this re-
view; Lewis K., who passed away at Mc-
Minnville, Oregon, in 1887; Collin A., living
:it Salem, Oregon; William Henry Ihurisoif,
who is deceased; David, of McMinnvillc, Ore
gon; and Roxcelaiia, the wife of A. B. Wood
:ird, a practicing dentist of Olympia, Wash
iiigton.

Edward P. Wallace obtained his education
in the district schools of liranch county, Mich
igan, but his opportunities in this direction
were meager. He remained at home until
after the death of his parents and in 18,")2
liogau the overland journey across the plains
by team and wagon in company with his
brother, Lewis K. While en route David
Donahue shot and killed Williain Pierce,
another member of the parly. The others of
the party tried, convicted and shot tlie mur-
derer and buried him in tlu' same grave with
his victim. Edward P. Wallace resided near
I'cirtland from October, 18;")2, until February
of the following year and then took up a
donation claim near Olympia, Washington,
living thereon for four years. He also owned
and operated a sawmill in the vicinity. At
I'lynipia he enlisted for service in the Indian
war of ls.'>.')-6 and was wounihd during an
engagement in Pieri'e county, thirty or forty
miles from Seattle. Elev<'n of the soldiers
Were surroiinde<l by Indians and our subject,
who acted as corporal, was one of the two
who survived the conflict. Leaving the state
of Washington, he took the water route and
by way of the Isthmus of Pan;itna came to
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Michigan. After his marriage, which was
celebrated in that state, he journeyed by
team to Iowa, where he was joined by a
brother and sister. He remained in the
Hawkeye state from March to November of
1860 and then again returned to Michigan
in company with his wife and brother and
sister, the men traveling by team and the
women by train. In 1861 Mr. Wallace once
more began the journey across the piams to
Oregon, arriving in Yamhill county the fol-
lowing fall and taking up his abode within
two miles of McMinnville. There he devoted
his attention to the operation of a farm until
1868, when he again returned to Michigan by
the water route, remaining in the Wolverine
state for seven years. On the expiration of
that period he once more came to the north-
west, journeying by rail and boat to Olympia,
Washington, where he made his home for
about a year. After following farming on
one place in Yamhill county for seven years
he removed to another farm, where he spent
three years and then took up his abode in
Amity, Oregon, where he has resided con-
tinuously for the past twenty-six years. He
owns real estate in the town and is well
known and highly esteemed as a substantial
and representative citizen.

Mr. Wallace has been married twice. In
1S60 he wedded Miss Marian Murphy, by
whom he had four children, namely: Mary,
who is deceased; Nora M., the wife of Wilber
M. Cook, of Woodlawn, Oregon ; Edna L., who
gave her hand in marriage to J. B. Wianer
and resides in St. Johns, Oregon; and Lewis
L., who has passed away. The wife and
mother was called to her tinal rest on the 6th
of October, 1898, and in 1901 Mr. Wallace
was again married, his second union being
with Miss Rosina J. Simpson, a native of
Branch county, Michigan. She was the oldest
in a family of eleven children and her parents
were pioneer settlers of Oregon.

In politics Mr. Wallace is an independent
republican of broad views, always taking into
consideration the capability of a candidate
rather than his party affiliation. He has
strong prohobition tendencies and advocates
the suppression of the liquor traffic. In re-
ligious faith he is a Spiritualist. He has now
passed the eighty-second milestone on life's
journey and his career has ever been such
as to merit the regard and esteem which are
uniformly accorded him.

WILLIAM NORRIS GRIFFITH. The late
William Norris Griffith was for many years
engaged in agricultural pursuits on a ranch
of three hundred and twenty acres, located
a mile east of Dexter and now owned by his
widow. He was born in Charlestown, In-
diana, on the 15th of August, 1825, a son
of Elisha and Elizabeth (Finley) Griffith,
the father of Irish and the mother of Welsh
extraction. The parents were born, reared
and married in Indiana and there they passed
the first eight years of their domestic life.
They subsequently located in western Illi-
nois, residing there until 184.5. In the lat-
ter year they started across the plains with
an ox team for Oregon. Winter set in before

they reached their destination — six months
being occupied in making the journey — and
the entire family, particularly the three
younger members, who were still very small,
suffered severely from the cold and exposure
as well as from lack of suitable food, their
stock of provisions running short. When
they reached The Dalles the snow was so
deep that it was impossible for them to pro-
ceed with the wagon, so they took a boat
down the river to Oregon City. In 1848,
they went to Brownsville, and there the par-
ents passed the remainder of their lives.
The father, who was seventy-six at the time
of his death, was survived for two years by
the mother, who died at the age of seventy-
five. Eight children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Griffith, as follows: William N., our
subject; Sarah A., the wife of William Hawk,
of Brownsville; David and Mary M., both
of whom are deceased; West, of Sand Point,
Idaho; James M., of Oregon City; Delila,
who is deceased; and Lydia, who died at the
age of two years.

William Norris Griffith was early trained
to the work of the fields and care of the
stock and always followed the vocation of
farming. He met with success in the oper-
ation of his ranch, containing three hundred
and twenty acres located in Lost valley, near
Dexter, and there he passed away on the
Sth of March, 1901.

On the 14th of July, 1850, Mr. Griffith
was united in marriage to Miss Nancy
Spores, who was born in Ohio, on April 5,
1833. She is a daughter of Jacob and Eliza
(Hand) Spores, who were married in New
York. Twelve years later they removed to
Illinois and located near Rockford for a simi-
lar period. There the mother passed away,
and in 1847 the father and children joined
an emigrant train to Oregon. They arrived
in Oregon City in August and immediatel,y
started for Coburg. and located a hundred
miles up the Willamette river, where the
father filed on a donation claim of six hun-
dred and forty acres. He engaged in the
operation of his ranch during the remainder
of his active life, increasing his holdings
until at the time of his death he held the
title to twelve hundred acres of land. In
addition to his agricultural pursuits for many
years he operated what was known as
Spores' ferry and was one of the foremost
citizens of that district during the pioneer
period. He lived to attain a ripe old age,
being ninety-five at the time of his death.
Mr. Spores was twice married. To him and
his first wife there were born thirteen chil-
dren, of whom Mrs. Griffith is the only one
now living. For his second wife he chose
Nancy Orndorf, of Illinois, their marriage be-
ing celebrated in the latter part of 1844.
They became the parents of four children,
as follows: Louis, who is deceased; Henry,
a resident of Coburg; Mary, the wife of
William Bogard, also of Coburg; and Minnie,
who married Alonzo Williams, of California.
Mr. and Mrs. Griffith were the parents of
nine children: Eliza E., the wife of George
W. Bice, of Washington; Sarah Ann, the
deceased wife of Milton A. Veach, of Lane

MR. AND MRS. WILIJAM N. GRIFFITH

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county; TI. R.. of Vale. Washington;
James M.; Ailelinp. tlie wife of William
Breedin<r. of Alberta. Canaila: William L.,
who is (leoefised; Cornelia, who married
Samuel B. Amoa. of Comlon. Oreiron ; Mary
.1.. now Mrs. Bowen, who is livincj at home
with her mother; and Sabra. the wife of
Howard Reed, of Portland. James M.. the
fourth in order of birth, is one of the most
w^idely known men in the county and one of
the most versatile. He is a wagon maker,
blacksmith, carriage trimmer, carpenter and
general mechanic. He has the happy faculty
of accomplishing anything he attempts, and
does it with the ease and skill only sup-
posed to he achieved from thorough training
and long years of exiierience. iluch of his
life lias been passed in traveling throush
California. Washington and Oregon, but he
lias now settled down on a ranch of one hun-
dred and sixty acres that he owns adjoining
• bis mother's place. He has built the house,
barns and outbuildings on his ranch, which
is equippe<l with many conveniences of his
own invention and manufacture.

Mr. Crifllth was a mi'mber of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church as is also his widow
and familv with the exception of one son.
who is a Baptist. He voted the democratic
ticket hut was never identified with local
governmental affairs. He was one of the
prominent and enterprising pioneers of Tjane
county and participated in a number of the
earlv Indian wars, among them the Cayuse
Indian war and the Roiruc River war. For
his services in the latter his widow, who has
nearly attaine.l the venerable age of eiphty
vears, is now awarded a pension. Mr. Griinth
had manv friends in Lane county and was
one of the hitrhly esteemed pioneers, who
lived to witness in the country's wonderful
development the fulfillment of his early
prophecy regarding its future possibilities.

LOUIS S. NORMANDIN, one of the lead-
ing merchants of Mount Tabor, in which
connection he has built up an extensive and
profitable business, was bom in Canada, in
l.SjO. his parents being Loie and Armine
CMiller) Normandin. who are also natives of
Canada and of French and Scotch descent.
They are still living in the Dominion and
are well known in the locality which is their
place of residenci'. They became the parents
of .sixteen children, twelve of whom are yet
living. One of the sons is living in Massa-
ehu.setts and the others, with the exception
of our subject, are residents of Canada.

Tvouis S. Normandin is the only one who
came to Oregon. He left home at the age of
thirteen years and went to Vermont, there
contin\iing his education as a pupil in the
school near St. Albans. While thus pursu-
ing his education he also worked in a gro-
cery store for a year, making his own way
all the time. He afterward went to Spring-
field. Massachusetts, where he secured em-
ployment in a brickyard in the summer,
while during the winter months he was cm-
ployed along mercantile lines. Not yet con-
tent with the educational ndvantnges which
were his, he devoted much of his time in the
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evening hours for two and a half years to
study in night schools. Attracted by the
opportunities of the west, he then made his
way to N'irginia City, Nevada, in 1.S7(). and
after a brief jieriod went to Oaklmd. Cali-
f(unia. where lie worked for a building con-
tractor, having charge of the dock, barn
and teams when but seventeen years of age.
He caiiie to Portland and on the 5th of Feb-
ruary. 1879. when twenty years of age and
after working in a sawmill for a month en-
tered the brickyard of E. J. JefTries. with
whom he continued for three years. In the
meantiiiie he purchased ten acres of land on
the section line road in connection with a
jiartner. X. Remellard, and this tliey planted
to small fruit. Mr. Keniellard cultivating the
land, while Mr. Normandin worked in the
brickyard. He made the purchase of the
ten acres on credit but by hard work he
and his partner succeeded in meeting the
payments on the property, which was his
first investment in real estate on the coast.
After devoting three years to brickmaking
he became connected with the fishing indus-
try at Astoria, where he remained through
one season. He and his partner then went
to work on the ten-acre tract and con-
tinued its further development and cultiva-
tion until 1880. The following year they
sold this property for fifteen thousand dol-
lars, realizing a very handsome profit, for
the purchase ))rice had been but fifteen hun-
dred (hillars. With the capital wliicli thus
accrued. Mr. Niu'mandiii then purchased a
tliinl interest in a grocery store owned by
linibaker & Kay. and two years later Mr.
Kay sold his interest to his two partners,
since wliich time Mr. Normandin and Mr.
Bnibaker have been associated in business,
covering a period of twenty-two years.
Theirs is one of the oldest i)artnershi[)s of
the city and within this period they have
built up a large business, becoming well
known as enterprising merchants of Mount
Tabor. They have always carried a large
and well sidected line of goods and their
reasonable prices an<l earnest efforts to
please; their jiatrons have secured for them
substantial results in business. The rela-
tion between them has always been of a
most harmonious character and the labors of
one ably supplement and round out the ac-
tivities of the other. As Mr. Normandin
has prospered in his undertakings he has
invested in property and lias thus accumu-
lated a good (leal of real estate, including
a siimnier home at Long lieacli. Washington,
and a farm in Washington county, in addi-
tion to other property in Moiint 'i'abor.

On the rid of July, 1890, Mr. Normandin
was unite<l in marriage to Miss Hedwig
Welilom. a daughter of Fred Welilom of
Mount Tabor. They have become parents
of four children. Fred, bom in 1S!)1. ac-
cpiired his education in the public schools
■ It .Mount Tabor and in the Portland Busi-
ness College, thus equipping himself for the
conduct of important coniincrcial interests.
He is now with his father in the manage-
ment of the store. Herbert, born .Tiily 10,
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school. Frank, born September 8, 1895, and
Eva, born May 18, 1901, are also in school.
The family residence is at No. 34 East
Sixty-first street. The family attend the
Methodist Episcopal church and are loyal
to its interests and activities. Mr. Norman-
din votes with the republican party and
■while he has never been an office seeker, he
has ever taken a deep interest in public
affairs and several times served as a dele-
gate to republican conventions. For twenty-
one years he has been an exemplary repre-
sentative of the Masonic fraternity and he
is associated with the Woodmen of the
World, the United Artisans and the Brother-
hood of America. During the long years of
his i-esidence here he has gained a wide ac-
quaintance in Portland, especially in the sec-
tion of the city where he resides. He has
won an unassailable reputation for busi-
ness integrity and enterprise and his sub-
stantial qualities well entitle him to the
high regard and to the success which is his.

ENSIGN VERNON REXFORD, a retired
farmer .and veteran of the earl}^ Oregon In-
dian wars, now lives quietly with his chil-
dren in Portland. He was born near Wood-
stock, Canada W'est, on the 15th of August,
1831, his parents being .John and Charity
Rexford, natives of Steuben county, New
York. There they were educated, grew to
mature years and were married. After their
marriage they settled in western Canada in
1831, where .John Rexford bought land and
lived until 1841. when he removed to Lee
county, Iowa, where he also purchased land
and resided until 1849, when, deciding to go
farther west, he took his family by ox team
across the plains to Oregon. They first set-
tled on Sophia's island, where they lived
until the following spring and then moved
to Benton county, where the father took up
six hundred and forty acres of government
land located about twelve miles from where
Corvallis now stands. He occupied this
farm until 1865, when he sold it and retired.
Rev. Rexford was a Baptist minister and
throughout his career preached as opportu-
nity offered, and after his retirement from
the farm continued preaching until his
death. Avhich occurred in 1870. his wife sur-
viving him until 1887. They were the par-
ents of fifteen children, five of whom are
still living, as follows: Mary, the widow
of Thomas Blake, who died while on a ves-
sel en route to Oregon; Ensign Vernon, of
this review; Elizabeth, the wife of George
Deal, of California; Jane, who is the widow
of Abnei- Lloyd and resides in Colfax. Whit-
man county, Washington; Laura, the wife of
Jack Steward, of Whitman county. Wash-
ington. Those deceased are, Letts, John,
Charity. Lucy. Charlotte, Ann, Jerome and
three who died in infancy.

Ensign Vernon Rexford was given a com-
mon-school education and remained with his
parents until he attained tlie age of twenty
years, when he went to California and took
up mining, which he followed for one year.
Subsequently he returned to Oregon, here
working at various occupations until lie took

up a quarter section of land in Benton coun-
ty, Oregon, in 1854. There he lived for sev-
eral years, improved his farm and erected
the necessary buildings. Disposing of the
property, he volunteered for service in the
Indian war in September, 1855, becoming a
member of Company C, under command or
Colonel David Laton. He fought Indians
that winter and then returned home but
after a short time again volunteered for mil-
itary service, becoming a member of Com-
pany H, with which he remained from April
until October. He then returned to the
plains with Kit Carson and continued with
him three years, after which he came back
to Oregon. During his experiences in the
Indians wars he took part in a great many
severe engagements and was twice wounded
but not seriously. At the conclusion of the
Indian campaigns he again took up farming,
purchasing three hundred and twenty acres
in Benton county, where he resided until'
1872, when he sold o>it and went into the
logging business in southern Oregon, an oc-
cupation which he followed for four years.
Subsequently he went to Whitman county,
Washington, purchased one hundred and
sixty acres of land and again engaged in
active farm work, continuing to live on that
farm until 1896, when he sold his land and
retired, having since resided among his
children in Portland.

In 1861 Mr. Rexford was married to Miss
Sarepta Hallock, a native of Oregon and a
(laughter of Herman and Lucretia Hallock,
both of whom were born in New York.
They were numbered among the pioneers of
Oregon, having crossed the plains in 1845
and settled in Benton county, where they
spent the remainder of their lives. Sarepta
(Hallock) Rexford was one of a family of
thirteen children and by her marriage to our
subject became the mother of four children,
namely: .lohn, living in Benton county,
Oregon ; Annie, the widow of Ira Roe of
Portland; Martha, who is the wife of Isaac
Derick. of California; and Hannah, the wife
of Alvin Lloyd, of Linn county, Oregon. Mr.
Rexford and his first wife were legally sep-
arated, after which, in 1877, he wedded Miss
McCormick, a native of Benton county, Ore-
gon. Her parents, J. K. and Lucinda Mc-
Cormick. both of whom were natives of
Ohio, came to Oregon in 1851, settling in
Benton county, near Corvallis, where they
passed away. Their children were five in
number, namely: Laura, who is the wife of
•Tames Bales and resides in western Oregon;
Hardy, living in Benton county, this state;
Ira, who makes his home in Brownsville,
Linn county, Oregon; Mrs. Emma (McCor-
mick) Rexford; and Fred, who is deceased.
Mi\ Rexford lost his second wife in 1871,
and the two children born unto them are
also deceased. For his third wife he chose
^liss Linna Hoss. wliom he wedded in 1883
and who was called to her final rest in 1893.
She was a native of Marion county. Oregon,
and a daughter of Peter and Martha Hoss.
both of whom were born in Ohio. By his
third marriage Mr. Rexford became the fa-
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A., boni in 1885, who pursued a coui-se of
bookkeeping and now is the wife of Joseph
Fowler, of Portland, by whom she has a
daughter. Rosamond H., born January 16,
1910; Charity, whose natal day was Feb-
ruary 22, 1887, and who is the wife of Al-
bert" K. Lee, of Dayton, Oregon; Peter V.,
born November 16, "lSS9, who is a resident
of Hubbard. Oregon; Elizabeth, born April 9,
1891, who is the wife of S. S. Parker, of
La Fayette, Oregon; Perry Isaac, who is
deceased; and one who died in infancy. All
of our subject's children enjoyed the ad-
vantages of a good business education.

Mr. Rexford is by political faith a repub-
lican and formerly held the office of sheriff
of Coos county, Oregon. By his long and
active business career in Oregon and also by
his Indian campaigns he has been of great
value in the development ot this great state.
A respected citizen well known to a large
circle of triends and possessing the grit
which is characteristic of the pioneer, Mr.
Rexford has ever been of an active nature
and his life has been one of toil, nor has his
career been without its experiences of hard-
ship.

B. A. JOHNSTON has since lOiiS been the
senior partner nf tlie tirni of .lolinston &
Huteheroft, conducting the leading general
mercantile store of Yamhill. His birth oc-
curred in Missouri on the 24th of January,
1872, his parents being JI. E. and Louisa
(Leach) .lolinston. who are natives of Michi-
gan and Kentucky, respectively. He was a
little lad of live years when he came to this
state with his parents and attended school
until a youth of seventeen. He then worked
on a dairy ranch for five years and during
the next ten years followed the profession of
teaching, imparting clearly and readily to
others the knowledge that he had acquired.
During vacation periods he attended the
Tualitin Academy at Forest flrove. After
abandoning educational pursuits he became
a clerk in the store which he is now con-
ducting in association with R. .J. Huteheroft.
It was in 1908 that he purchased a half in-
terest in the business and became the senior
member of the firm of .lohnston & Hutch-
croft, general merchants. Thcj- have built
lip an extensive and profitable trade and
theirs is now the leading store of the char-
acter of Yamhill.

On the 1st of July. 1900, Mr. Johnston
was united in marriage to Miss Bessie
Rounds, a native of the slate of Washing-
ton and a daughter of J. C. and Mary (Robb)
Rounds, who were l)r>rn in New York and
Oregon respectively. The mother represents
one of the old pioneer families of the north-
west, her father being the late I. R. Robb.
of Portland, who crossed tlie jilains in the
same party with F. X. Matthieu in 1842 and
whose name is on the Cliampoeg monument,
whiili was erecte<l in honor of the fifty-two
members that formed the provisional govern-
ment of Oregon in 184.1. The parents of
Mrs. Johnston were married in Oregon and
have liveil here almost coiit iniioilsly since.
After his marriage Mr. Roiimls took up a

homestead in Washington and tliere resided
for a time, later coming to Portland, where
he lived until 1893. In that year he pur-
chased a farm near (iaston, Oregon, oper-
ating the same until 1901, when he disposed
of the property and bought land near For-
est Grove. Subsequently he sold that tract
and took up his abode on another farm in
the vicinity of Forest (Jrove, whereon he has
since remained. Unto him and his wife
were born five children, as follows: Bert,
who lives near \"amhill. Oregon; Frederick,
a merchant of Xorth Yakima, Washington;
Mrs. Johnston; Edward, who is still under
the parental roof; and one who died in in-
fancy. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have had
three children, namely: Ruth, who was born
in May, 1901; Carl, "born on the 22d of De-
cember, 1903, and who died when three
months old; and Harold, whose natal day
was February 15, 1906. Mrs. Johnston taught
school for three years prior to her marriage.
Since age conferred upon him the right of
franchise Jlr. Johnston has supported the
men and measures of the republican party.
He has served as city recorder of Yamhill but
has no desire for the honors and emoluments
of office. Fraternally he is identified with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, be-
longing to Lodge Xo. 56 and also to the Re-
hekahs at Yamhill. He is likewise connected
with the Woodmen of the World, being a
member of Lodge Xo. 133 at Y'arahill. His
religious faith is that of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, to which is wife also belongs.
The period of his residence in the northwest
covers more than a third of a century and
his life has been such that he has won the
regard and esteem of all with whom he has
come in contact.

F. E. ROTH is successfully engaged in
business as the proprietor of a furniture and
undertaking establishment at Amity. His
birth occurred in Henry county, Iowa, on
the 16th of June, 1878, his parents being
Michael and Xancy (Ooldsmith) Roth, both
of whom were natives of Pennsylvania.
The father removed to Iowa in early nuin-
hood and spent the remainder of his life in
that state, passing away in 1904. Through-
out his active business career he devoted his
attention to g^-neral agricultural pursuits.
His widow is still living and makes her
home at Wayland, Iowa. L'nlo them were
born four sons and six daughters, as follows:
Emma, the wife of C. Egli, of Trenton,
Iowa: Katie, who gave her hand in marriage
to H. B. White and resides in Brighton,
Iowa; Anna, the deceased wife of Joseph
Reschley; Ella, the wife of Benjamin Hill.
of Brighton, Iowa; Joseph, a sketch of whom
appears below; W. B.. a blacksmith of Way-
land, Iowa; Lena, who is deceased; Otto E..
who is associated in business with liis
brother Joseph ; F. E.. ot this review ; and
Bertha, the wife of Walter Wood, of Way-
land. Iowa.

F. E. Roth remained under the parental
roof until nineteen years of age and then
made his way to Oregon, here embarking in
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mill, a thresher and uther machinery. In
1909 he purchased a furniture establishment
at Amity and later added an undertakini; de-
partment and has won well merited success
in both branches of his business. He carries
an extensive and well selected stock of fur-
niture and is able to meet and satisfy the
demands of all patrons. His knowledge of
Ills present line of business was obtained as
an employe at Albany.

In 1900 Mr. Roth was united in marriage
to Miss Maud Smith, a native of Polk
county, Oregon. In politics he is an inde-
pendent democrat, while his religious faith is
indicated by his membership in the Chris-
tian ciiurch, in which he is now serving as
deacon. His wife is likewise a devoted and
consistent member of that churcli. Frater-
nally he is identified with the Knights of
I'ytliias at Albany and the Woodmen of the
World and the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows at Amity. Both he and his wife
belong to the Rebekahs. Mr. Rotli is a mem-
ber of the Funeral Directors Association of
Oregon. His position in business and social
circles is an enviable one and his many
friends believe that a bright future lies be-
fore him.

JOSEPH W. ROTH is well known in busi-
ness circles of Amity as the senior member
of the firm of Roth ISrothers. handling all
kinds of building materials. His birth oc-
curred in Henry county, Iowa, on the 19th
of November, 1SC7, and in the common
schools of Waj'land, that state, he acquired
his education. When fifteen years of age he
began working as a farm hand, giving his
earnings to his father until nineteen years
of age. At that time he started out as an
agriculturist on his own account, following
farming in Iowa for five years on the e.K-
piration of which period he came to Oregon
and settled in Yamhill county. After three
years' residence here he opened a general
store at Amity and successfully conducted
the same for nine years. Subsequently he
devoted his attention to agricultural pur-
suits for seven years and at the end of that
time embarked in the lumber business, which
he has since conducted in a most capable
manner, handling all kinds of building ma-
terials. He has erected a new plant, operates
a planing mill in connection therewith and
also has a dry kiln. The enterprise is con-
ducted under the name of Roth Brothers and
the partners enjoy an enviable reputation
for integrity and reliability. .loseph W.
Roth owns and has improved a farm of one
hundred and twenty-seven and ,a half acres
near Amity and also owns a tract of forty-
four acres near Corvallis in Benton county.
He also built his handsome modern residence
at Amity. Mr. Roth was one of the organ-
izers and sold most of the stock of the Yam-
hill Valley Condensed Milk Company, also
established every milk route and hired the
necessary drivers. He was likewise one
of the organizers of the Mutual Telephone
Company of Amity. His success is all the
more creditable by reason of the fact that it
is attributable entirely to his own industry

and enterprise, for he is a self-made man in
the best and highest sense of tlie term.

When twenty-one years of age Mr. Roth
was united in nuirriage to Miss Cora Martin,
a native of Iowa, by whom he had three chil-
dren, namely: Ethel, wfto died at the age of
three years: Ola M., at home; and Earl C,
who is a high-school student. Mr. Roth gives
his political allegiance to the deiuocraey and
has been a member of the election board for
years. His religious faith is tliat of the
Christian church, to wliich his wife and chil-
dren also belong and in which he has served
as deacon and elder for seventeen years. For
eleven years he has acted as clerk of the
local organization of the Woodmen of the
World at Amity. He is likewise identified
with the Protected Home Circle at that
place. His business career has been marked
by a thorough understanding of each task
wliicli he has undertaken and by that con-
tinuous jirogress which logically follows con-
stantly expanding powers and employment
of opjiort unity.

GEORGE W. HYATT, who is president of
the W:ill.>N\a ,\ati(iiial Bank of Enterprise,
and also ]iresident of the Enterprise Mer-
cantile & ililling Company, was born in
West Unity, Ohio, February" 5, 1863. He is
a son of Henry S. and Maria (Brown) Hyatt,
both of whom were natives of New York
state but were married in Michigan, to which
state they had removed in childhood with
their parents. Shortly after their marriage
they located in West Unity, Williams county,
Ohio, where the father engaged in contract-
ing and building with which occupation he
was i)rominently identified until the time of
his death. The mother still resides in West
Unity, being now in her eighty-third year.

George W. Hyatt was reared under the
))arental roof, acquiring his education in the
public schools of West Unity. However, upon
attaining his sixteenth year he put aside his
text-books and entered a general mercantile
store in W^est Unity as clerk and general
errand boy. He continued as clerk and book-
keeper for ten years and it was there he laid
tlie foundation for his later successful busi-
ness career. In 1SS9 he came to Oregon,
locating in Enterprise, which was then a new
village. He there entered the employ of
the Islam! City j\Iercantile & Milling Coni-
pan.y. and this was the connecting link which
brought him to his present business inter-
ests. In December, 189.3, be was one of the
leading factors in the organization of the
Enterprise Mercantile & Milling Company,
whiili absoibed tile Enterprise Milling Com-
jiany's mills and the mercantile stock of the
Island City Mercantile & Milling Company.
The other members of the corporation were
Reavis Brothers, .1. F. Eater and the men
connected with the Island City Mercantile
& Milling Company. During the intervening
vears Mr. Hyatt has purchased the stock of
Reavis Brothers, of Mr. Bater and of Mr.
Steel, who had holdings as a member of the
firm of Island City Mercantile & Milling
Company. These changes gave Mr. Hyatt
the controlling interest in the business. The

CEORfiE W. HYATT

1 PUBLIC UBR..,

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THE CENTEXXIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

m

('"iiipjiny liaiulles diy ^ooils. notions, groceries,
ilotliiii!;. liools and shoos, luiidwaie. a;.jriciil-
tnial iMiplfmcnts, vehicles, liiniber. ha.v and
jjiain and also does an extensive niillin;;;
Inisiness. To -Mr. Hyatt is due mnrh of the
ireilit for the huildinj; up of the large es-
laldislnnent of which he is now the able
president.

In 1804 Mr. Hyatt married Miss Leone
I'devans of Wallowa county, and to this
union have been born three children, one of
whom is deceased. The otln-rs are Ceorge
WeliloM and Robert Henry. Tn politics Jlr.
Ilvatt is a republican and has served as a
MiemlxT of the town council. Fraternally
he is iileiitified with F,nti'rpii--e Lodge, No.
'.14. K. r.. and he and his wife arc members
of the I'resbvterian church, be also being an
elder in the same. Jlr. Hyatt is greatly
interested in the welfare of his town and in
every movement for its advancement. In all
his business ventures he has ever been alerf
and enterjirising. using the most honorabh'
principles, and as a result has become prouii
nent in the banking worM ami has helped to
build up one of the largest mercantile' estab
lishnients in eastern Oregon.

JOHN H. HUTCHISON, who since 100.^.
lias r.-sided in his beautiful home, which is
located at No. 352 East Fifty-seventh street,
in Portland, was for many years prom-
inently engaged in agricultural piirsuils in
nortbeni Idaho. lie was born at Albion Sta-
tion, N'ew York, on the 16tli of March. IS.'i".
a son of James and Jane (Morris) Hutchi-
son. His father was a native of Edinburgh,
Scotland, and was brought to Canada when
he was a small l>oy. The paternal grand-
father ilied while on Imard ship en route for
Canada ami the grandmother was married
again, her second union being with a Mr.
Grant. They both resided in Canada the re-
mainder of their lives. The father, James
Hutihison, remained in Caiiaila luitil he was
thirty years of age, when he rc^moveJ to
New York and two years later married there.
He was a briilge builder by trade and fol-
loweil that occupation, working for the
Watertown Railroad, where he continued for
ten years or until his death, which occurred
in 1804. Later the mother and her family
removed to Iowa, settling at Waverly, where
she was engaged in keeping store for several
years. Afterward she retired and lived with
her children until her death, which occurred
in I'JIK") at Centralia, Washington, to which
place she had come si.x months before. To
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison were born two sons,
the younger of whom is the subject of this
sketch. The elder, James, passeil away in
1909.

In early life John Hutchison resided in
Rome, New York, but he received his educa-
tion in the common schools at Waverly, Iowa,
and was graduated from the high school
there. He then engaged in teaching school
in that state and also taught the first
school on the American Riilge, in Idaho. He
started out in life for himself when he
was twenty-three years of age. His first
trip west was made by way of San Francisco.

thence to rortlaml and on to Colfax, Wash-
ington. This journey rei|uired twenty-six
(lays. Subsei|uentl.v he located on a farm
and was engaged in the sheep industry for
two years, ami during tliis time he i)urchased
a tract of one hundred and sixty acres and
also proved up a tract of one hundred anil
sixty acres. Ho later [lurcluised a half sec-
tion in addition and then owned in all six
huiulred and forty acres of excellent land
which was known as the Claremont Farm
and was considered one of the most beautiful
farms in northern Idaho. Mr. Hutchison
operated tliis place for twenty-seven years.
During this time he made a specialt.v of rais-
ing grain and of growing fruit. He had in
coiuiection with his farm a large fruit evap-
orator wliidi dried from sixty to one hundred
thousand poumls of fruit annually. In the
grain industry he raised about ten thousand
bushels annually, most of which was wheat.
His farm was visiied by all the prominent
men of the statt who were interested in
agriculture. Uesides his farming interests
Mr. Hutchison was the promoter of the first
farmers telephone on the American Ridge,
and of the rural mail system. He was in-
strunu-ntal in building one of the county
roads from the .\iMcrican Ridge to Kendrick.
He also established the Roach Dale system
of this town which has been a great suc-
(■ess and is still in force. Mr. Hutchison re-
sided on this |)lace until July, 1905, when he
sold the same and came to Portland where
he has now one of the most beautiful homes
in his neighborhood. It is located at .353
East Fifty-seventh street, which is one of
the proiniiwnt ri'sidence streets of West
.Mount Tabor. He also owns other real
estate in Portland.

In IS'.IO Mr. Hutchison was nuirried to
Miss Clara Klla Marker, who was born in
Janesville. Wisconsin, .March 27, 185:!, a
ilaughtcr of William F. and Helen M.
Uilount) Rarker. The father was horn in
New York, of English and Scotch lineage,
and the motlu'r in .\ortli Danville, Vermont,
of English atu'cstry. They were married in
Wisconsin, in lH52. when that state was yet
a territory. Tlicy ri'sided there until 1803.
when they removed to Waverly. Iowa, where
the father operated a general merchandise
store and also a Hour mill and a hotel. He
continued there until a short time before
his death, whicdi occurred in 1883. The
mother passed away in 1893. To them were
lM)rn six chihlren, the elilest of whom is
Mrs. Hutchison. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison
have one adopteil son, Eilward Williston, who
was born in Portland. October 21. 1900.

In politiis .Mr. Hutchison is a republican
but he has never sought nor cared for jiublic
ollice anil on numy occasions has refused the
senatorship in Idaho. Also he has refused to
hold several county ollices there. Fraternally
he is a member of the Knights of Pythias,
belonging to Central I^dge, No. 23. at Ken-
drick. Idaho. Mr. Hutchison has always
taken an active part in the development of
the community with which he was identified
and has always been a leading citizen. He
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wife is of the Episcopalian faith. They are
people who have a large circle of friends and
a life of well directed activity has gained
for Mr. Hutchison a creditable place in the
business world.

C. F. LOVELACE ranks among the scien-
tific farmers of this portion of Oregon and
his highly developed ranch of one hundred
and sixty acres, located in Josephine county,
is one of the show places of this portion of
the state. His birth occurred in Grayson
county, Virginia, on the 24th of February,
1857, his parents being Jeremiah E. and
Elizabeth (Grubb) Lovelace, who were na-
tives of Tennessee and Virginia respectively.
Jeremiah E. Lovelace was engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits in Virginia at the time of
the breaking out of the Civil war, at which
time his adopted state cast her fortunes with
the Confederacy, and he was one of the
thousands who, in defense of the principles
involved in that titanic internecine struggle,
enlisted in the Confederate service and loy-
ally followed his command until the close of
the war. He passed to his reward in the year
188C. His wife died in 1908, in Nebraska,
where she was making her home with a son.

C. F. Lovelace was reared in his parents'
home and acquired his early education in the
public common schools. On reaching his ma-
jority he became an apprenticed millwright
and continued to serve as such until he had
acquired a full knowledge of that craft. In
the spring of 1882 he removed to the north-
western Pacific coast, stopping first at Ta-
coma, Washington, where he was engaged
for three months in the occupation of a car-
penter, after wliich he removed to Skamo-
kawa, Washington, where he remained for
two years employed as a millwright. He
then entered the bridge-building department
of the Northern Pacific railroad and during
the four years immediately thereafter he
conducted the building of practically all of
the railway bridges from Pasco to the Sound.
At the end of four years' service in the em-
ploy of tlie railway company he removed to
Coos bay, where he engaged in the sawmill-
ing business. He built at Coos bay a large
sawmill plant which he owned and operated
for four years and then disposed of his en-
tire holdings in that property. In March,
1892, he removed to Wilderville, .Josephine
■county, this state, locating on what had
formerh' been a ranch belonging to the
mother-in-law of Mrs. H. D. .Tones. That
property he acquired in 1900. He estab-
lished his permanent home thereon and is
now engaged in the scientific development
and operation of high-gi-ade agricultural pur-
suits.

In 1891 Mr. Lovelace was united in mar-
riage to Miss Edwina .Jones, a native of
Jackson county, Oregon. Her parents were
Alexander and Hannah (Hoxie) Gillson
Jones, the former a native of Ohio and the
latter of Massachusetts. The mother, who
was a daughter of O. D. Hoxie, also a native
of Massachusetts, was the widow of Herbert
Gillson. The father was a captain and after

his retirement he removed to this state, lo-
cating his home in .Jackson county. He was
among the very earliest pioneers, having
settled there before the days of the Indian
wars. To Mr. and Mrs. Lovelace eight chil-
dren have been born: Fred, Alice, Anna,
Mildred, Lois, Francis, Willard and Lile. All
of the children are still at home with their
parents.

Mr. Lovelace is a member of the democratic
party and has served four years as county
commissioner of Josephine county — from
1904 to 1908. In 1910 his friends persuaded
him to run on an independent ticket for the
office of sheriflF. He felt at the time that
there was little hope of his election but he
consented, however, to allow his name to be
used in the interests of morality and good
government. Mr. and Mrs. Lovelace are both
members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
C. F. Lovelace is a highly respected and
useful citizen of his state and county. His
reputation for honor and truthfulness has
never been questioned and he is always
ready to associate himself in any public en-
terprise that seeks the advancement and im-
provement of the people of Oregon, his
adopted state.

REV. CHARLES H. HOXIE. Although a
minister of the Methodist Episcopal faith
for nearly half a century, the Rev. Charles
H. Hoxie has followed in connection with
his ministerial labors the vocation of a
farmer, as well, for the most of his life. He
owns property in Medford, which he is rent-
ing, and makes his home with his sister. He
was born in Massachusetts, December 22,
1838, the son of Obadiah D. and Eliza Ann
(Stevens) Hoxie, the former a native of
Massachusetts and the latter of Rhode
Island. The father, who was a whaler, went
to San Francisco in 1849 by way of Cape
Horn, plying his trade en route and disposing
of the whale oil in 8an Francisco. The
mother, in company with her two sons.
Charles H. and J. W. Hoxie, removed to San
Francisco on November 1, 1855. From that
city they made their way by steamer to
Portland and thence by river boat to Ben-
ton county, continuing their journey to the
Rogue river valley by means of horses. This
was during the Indian war of 1855 and 185f>
and travel in that section was fraught with
so many dangers owing to the hostility ot
the Indians that they were given an escort
from Roseburg to the Rogue river valley.

Charles H. Hoxie attended the common
schools and later took a course in an acad-
emy, preparing himself for the ministry as
well as for the other activities and labors
of life. For twelve years he was a member
of the Oregon Methodist Episcopal confer-
ence and served as pastor in various parts
of the Rogue river valley. He later settled
on a farm which his father had homesteaded
and continued to make that his place of
residence "for thirty-two years. At the end
of that period he disposed of the farm and
removed to Medford, where he purchased
property which he still owns. He is now
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ville. For forty-eight years he labored as a
minister of the gospel, preaching principally
in the Rogue river valley but also supply-
ing pulpits or holding regular pastorates in
other parts of the state.

He chose as his helpmate and life com-
panion Miss Laura M. Averille, a native of
Maine, who passed away February 2G. 1911.
her remains being interred in Plioenix. Jack-
son county. Mr. Hoxie is independent in
politics, ca'sting his vote for such candidates
for public positions as he deems best fitted
to fill the places to which they aspire. He
has never been an office seeker but has de-
voted the greater part of his time to his
ministerial and agricultural labors. He is
among the highly respected citizens of
Josephine county, which he has made his
home for so maiiy years. He has an exten-
sive acquaintance throughout the valley and
is a welcome guest in innumerable homes.

WILLIAM HUTCHINSON. One of the
large owners of valuable city properties in
Portland is William Hutchinson, who was
bom in Scotland, April 8. 1839. His parents
were William and Catherine Hutchinson,
both natives of Scotland. They came to
America in 1840, first settling in Rhode
Island, where they lived for some time, hiter
moving to the state of Xew York and still
later to Xew .Jersey, and then back again to
New York, where the mother passed away in
18.54. The father died at sea in 1866, off
Acapulco, Mexico, while on a trip from South
America. They were the parents of three
children: William; Mrs. Jane Kerwin. who
was a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, both
she and her husband being now deceased; and
George, who passed away in Brooklyn. Now
York, at the age of seven years.

William Hutchinson was reared and re-
ceived his education in the schools of the
eastern states and. being ambitious to se-
cure a thorough education, he attended night
school for a considerable period. He started
out in life for himself at the age of seven-
teen years, at the time of his mother's death,
going" to Newark. Xew Jersey, where he
learned the jeweler's trade. In 1861 he re-
sponded to his country's call and volunteered
as a member of the Second New .Jersey In-
fantry, his period of enlistment being for
three' years. Throughout his three years'
service during the war he was with the Army
of the Potomac throughout all of its cam-
paigns, taking part in all the battles in
which it participated. At the end of his
term of enlistment he was honorably dis-
charged at Newark. New .Jersey. After his
return to Newark he determined to cast his
lot with the pioneers of the Pacific slope and
went by steamer via the Isthmus of Panama
to San Francisco, where he began working
at his trade, that of a jeweler, continuing in
that employment for four years in San
Francisco. He then sold his business and in
1874 bought fifteen acres of land which is
now included in the city of Portland, it being
practically all built up. When Mr. Hutchin-
son purchased his fifteen acre farm about
two-thirds of it was covered with timber,

the remainder being suitable for cultivation.
He paid for it one hundred dollars per acre
and at the present time it would bring
seventy thousand dollars. Mr. Hutchinson
is still the owner of the greater part of it,
he having sold off thirty lots, known as the
Hutchinson addition to Portland. This was
laid out in lots and included within the
limits of Portland in 1906.

In 1ST2 Mr. Hutchinson married Miss
Augusta F. Crites, a native of Wisconsin and
a daughter of Joseph Crites, of Pennsyl-
vania, who died in Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
in 1901. The mother passed away four years
previously. Jlrs. Hutchinson is a well edu-
cated woman, having graduated from the
Wisconsin high school and having also re-
ceived two years' training in the Young
Ladies' Seminary of Rochester, Wisconsin.
Previous to her marriage she had some
school-teaching experience but her educa-
tional work was materially hindered on ac-
count of the fact that her mother was an
invalid, Mrs. Hutchinson is the second in
order of birth in a family of five children
born to her parents, the other members of
the family being: A. W., a lawyer, of Ne-
braska; Delia and Dora, twins, the former
being the wife of William Foxwell, of Lin-
coln. Nebraska, while the latter is deceased:
and Libby, the wife of Basil S. Ramsey, of
Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs.
Hutchinson are the parents of three sons.
George W., the ehiest, was born May 2."!,
1874, and received a high-school education.
He resides on a part of his father's estate
with his wife and family of two children:
Frederick W.. who was bom in March, 1908;
and Dorothy May, born in May, 1910.
•Joseph D. Hutchinson, the second son. was
born in 1877 and resides with his father,
being the owner of property in Portland and
also at > ancouver. Washington. He is mar-
ried and has one child, Klinor, who was born
June 26, 1908. Edgar W. Hutchinson, the
youngest son, was born in 1879 and also re-
sides at home. He is a graduate of the high
school and also pursued an architectural
course. He is a jeweler by trade and is also
an architect, contractor and builder.

Mr. Hutchinson is a republican in his po-
litical faith but has never been desirous
of holding public office. He has, however,
served an a member of the Partlan<l school
board, and he and his family are members of
the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Hutch-
inson, who for nearly forty years has been a
resident of Portland and with whom fortune
has dealt so kindly, is a man honored in his
city and respected throughout all circles,
where he is widely known. Being possessed
of that far-sightedness which has character-
ized so many of our successful business men,
he at an early date in Portland's develop-
ment, seized the opportunity to acquire at a
comparatively small cost the estate which
has become so valuable. Knowing that
"There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to
fortune."
he threw himself upon the crest of the wave
which brought him into the possession of his

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large interests. He took a deep interest in
the progress of Portland commercially, edu-
cationally and religiously and lias been a
material factor in the development of this
city.

ALBERT ALFORD is one of the early
pioneers of this state and during the Indian
wars of 1855 and 1856 he was one of the
ready volunteers to expose himself to the
dangers and hardships of camp life among
the unsettled, mountainous districts in which
the savage red man of the north had estab-
lished his almost inaccessible haunts. He
was born in Sheridan ccmnty, Missouri, on
the 4th of May, 1833. and is the son of
Thomas and K. (Gulp) Alford, both of whom
were natives of Tennessee. His mother died
when he was but a small child. In 1S50
Thomas Alford emigrated to the state, cross-
ing the plains with ox teams. He arrived
in Oregon late in the season and at The
Dalles the members of his party took boats
down the Columbia river and made their
first settlement in Linn county. The cattle
were di'iven down the trail from The Dalles.
On reaching Linn county Mr. Alford filed upon
a donation claim of three hundred and twenty
acres, upon which he established his home and
continued to reside until the time of his
death, which occurred in the ninety-third
year of his age. He was three times married.
He chose as his second companion in life
Miss Polly Williams, who luifortunately
met her death on the |)lains during the time
of their emigration to this state. He later
was united in marriage to Miss Gaily, of
Linn county.

Albert Alford was reared in his father's
home and acquired a limited education in
the common schools of Missouri. He re-
mained under the parental roof luitil he at-
tained his twenty-first birthday. He then
filed upon a donation claim of three hun-
dred and twenty acres of land in Linn coun-
ty. On this land he established his home
and for many years was devoted to its de-
velopment and agricultural pursuits. Wliile
a resident at that place the Eogue River In-
dian wars became a menacing element to
the settlers on the Pacific seaboard and he
at once became a volunteer, enlisting in Cap-
tain Keeney's company, of which he was an
orderly sergeant, and later became a part
of the command of Captain Blakeley's com-
))any in 1856. This campaign was often at-
tended with great hardships, and at one time
during the winter of 1855 his company was
snowbound in the mountains and for seven
days were without food supplies of any kind.
At the close of his service in the Indian
wars he returned at once to his home in
Linn county and reengaged in the improve-
ment of his place. Here he continued to re-
side until 1869, when he disposed of the
property at a handsome profit and removed
to Jackson county and for five years lived
upon a rented place at Tolo. lie then pur-
chased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres
adjoining the town of Talent and on that
place he continued to live until 1910, at which
time he sold the property and built for him-

self and family a handsome home in Talent,
where he is now living a retired life. He is
one of the principal stockholders of the First
National Bank of Medford.

In 1853 Mr. Alford was united in marriage
to Miss Catherine Brinker. Mrs. Alford is
a native of Missouri and from that state
emigrated to Oregon in the same train in
which Mr. Alford was himself an emi-
grant in company with his parents to the
Pacific coast. To Mr. and Mrs. Alford four
children have been born: Russell, now at
Klamath Falls; Moses, the first cashier of
the First National Bank of Medford; Alice,
the wife of L. F. Willetts, of Klamath Falls;
and Ollie, the wife of C. W. Walters, of Tal-
ent, this state.

Mr. Alford is affiliated with the republi-
can party and has served two terms as
county commissioner and was a member of
the coimty board at the time of the build-
ing of the new courthouse. Both he and his
wife are members of the Baptist church. Al-
bert Alford is indeed one of the hardy pio-
neers of this state and among all his asso-
ciates and friends he is known to be a man
of integrity. His moral influence >ipon the
community in which he lives is distinguished
for its salutary and helpful nature in main-
taining and building up a healthy commun-
ity life among the people.

DARK D. PHELPS, who is engaged in the
plumbing business here, was born in Jasper
county, Iowa, on the 4th day of July, 1870,
being a son of Frank R. and Jennie (West-
brook) Phelps. His parents were both na-
tives of Ohio, and there resided until 1868,
when they removed to Iowa, settling in Jas-
per county. The mother passed away in
1884 and the father subsequently returned
to Ohio and has ever since resided there.
They were the parents of six children, four
of whom are living.

Darr D. Phelps was reared at home and
attended the public schools until the death
of his mother, which occurred when he was
a youth of fourteen years. This event
caused a great change in his young life and
laying aside his text-books he began earning
his own living. On starting out for himself
lie first worked at any kind of work that
came to hand, continuing to be thus em-
ployed for two years. At the expiration of
that time he apprenticed himself to the
plumber's trade, but two years later he
abandoned this for carpentry. He followed
this for three years and then learned the
machinist's trade, being identified with the
latter occupation until 1896. He first lo-
cated in Pendleton in 1887 and during the
lirst two years of his residence here was
superintendent of the water works. After
giving this up he followed the machinist's
trade for a year, following which he entered
the hardware store of W. J. Clark, remain-
ing in his employ for ten years. After leav-
ing this concern he worked for R. F. Kirk-
patrick for a year, and on the 1st of Sep-
tember, 1911, he became associated with
Alexander Burt in the establishment of a
plumbing concern, that they are still

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143

conducting. This enterprise is of very re-
cent origin, but both proprietors are well
known men of recognized skill and will un-
nucstionably make a success of their under-
taking. They keep a good supply of mate-
rials and are" well qualified to do any work
in their line, being capable and efficient rep-
resentatives of their trade.

In 1893, Mr. Phelps wa.s \inited in mar-
riage to Miss Minnie Murphy, a native of
Illinois and a daughter of .John R. and Mary
A. Murphy, and they have become the par-
ents of one son, (leorge !•'., wlio is now at-
tending business college here. Both Mr. and
Mrs. I'hclps are communicants of the Roman
Catholic church and he is a memher of the
Modem Woodmen of America. In politics
he is a republican, but has never lield public
office. Mr. Phelps has many friends in Uma-
tilla county who are most desirous of see-
ing him succeed in his new undertaking,
knowing him to bo a highly deserving man
and capable mechanic.

GEORGE 0. WALKER is devnting his en-
tire attention to agricultural pursuits and
stock-raising at Walker, where he owns live
hiuidred acres of land, llis birth occurred in
the vicinity where he is now living on the
17th of .January, 1874. his parents being
.Tohn F. and Mary .Jane (Chrismanl Walker.
The father was tM>rn in Bedford county, Vir-
ginia, in 1SU7, and there he lived until he
had attained the age of eighteen years.
In 1845 he went to Missouri, but after
seven years' residence there decided to con-
tinue his jouraey westward, so in 1852 he
joined an emigrant train coming to Ore-
gon, Lane county being his destination.
When he liret came here he located on
a claim of three hundred and twenty acres
live miles east of Cottage ("irove, that
he energetically cultivated for nineteen
years. At the expiration of that time, in
1872, he went to Creswell ami l)ouglit a quar-
ter section, and subsequently moved on to
five hundred and seventy acres at Walker,
l)elonging to his wife, upon which he has
ever since lived. The mother of our subject
is the second in order of birth of the seven
children \mm to C. K. ami Phoebe Flanry
(hrisman. The other memlwrs of the family
are as follows: C F.; P. (i. and .Sarah Ann.
both of whom are deceased; Nelson P.. who
is living at Cottage <!rove; Winfield S.,
whose residence is at llorena. this state;
anil (labriel R., of Kugene. To .Mr. an<l .Mrs.
Walker have iH'cn Ixirn seven children, as
follows: Mary Ann. the wife of N'. B. Wnl-
den. of Chester. .Mnntann ; Robert E.. of Cot-
tage (trove; Phoelie anri Elizabeth, lioth of
whom are deceaseil; .Martha .J., the wife of
•T. R. Wiseman, of Weiser, Idaho; .lohn W..
who is living in Waldport, Oregon; and
Oeorgc O.. our subject.

Practically the entire life of (Jeorge O.
Walker has been pa.sseil in the immediate vi-
cinity of his present home. Alter complet-
ing the course of the common schools he at-
tended the Drain Normal School, from which
institution he was graduated at the age of
seventeen and for two years thereafter en-

gaged in teaching. In common with all
country lads while engaged in the mastery
of his lessons he was al-so laying the founda-
tion for an agricultural career by assisting
his father with the work of the fields and
care of the stock. At the age of nineteen
years he was thoroughly familiar with
every detail connected with ranching and
began his independent career as an agricul-
turist by taking the entire responsibility of
farming the Imine place containing five hun-
dred acres. He suhsequently rented his laml
and turned his attiMition to business activi-
ties by opening a general store at Walker
station. During tliis time he also became as-
sociated with his brother .John W. in the
erection and operation of a sawmill. Tliis
venture did not prove to be remunerative
and they abandoned it at the end of a year.
.\lr. Walker cimtinued to conduct the store
I(U' six years, from the time he opened il.
anil at the end of that time withdrew from
I'lininu'rcial activities and returned to ranch-
ing. He has ever since been devoting his en-
tire energies to the cultivation of his land,
his holdings now aggregating five hundred
acres. One hundred and seventy-five acres of
this has been broiiglit into a high state of
product ivily but the remainder is in timber
and pasture. One hundred and fifty acres
of the lanil he is cviltivating is entirely de-
\oted to grain and annually yields abundant
harvests. In connection with his general
agricullure Mr. Walker also raises stock and
is now milking ten cows that yield him a
profitable income and he has a nice herd of
Angora goats and a large number of hogs.
He is meeting with lucrative returns from
his various undertakings and as he is able
is making further improvements on his
place, and is adding to his equipment.

On the 8th of November. 1893, Mr. Walker
was united in marriage to Miss Dollie S.
Mo'iiingstar, a daughter of Abraham and
Sarah .1. (Watkins) ilorningstar. They re-
moved to Oregon from Illinois in 1877 and
l)ouglit a ranch in the vicinity of Drain,
where tliev continue to live. The family of
Air. and Mrs. Morningstar numbered eleven,
as follows; Olive M.. the wife of .J. B.
i'owrie, of Kugene; Albert, who is deceased;
Charles V.. of Drain; Lewis, who is deceased;
one who died in infancy; Mrs. Walker; one
who died in infainv; .John K.. who is living
at Creswell; one who died in infancy; Sibyl
('.. the wife of F. C. England, of Walker;
and William H.. of Drain. Mr. and .Mrs.
Walker have had nine children: Icie, who
was bom on the 2Gth of November, 1894;
Valfa \'.. whose natal day was November 13,
1890; Echo O., who was "born on the 30th of
.August. 1899; Oale W.. bom on April 10,
1901; Ansel E., whose birth occurred on tlie
13th of A|)ril, 1903; Boyd F., l)orn August
19, ]9(I5: Sibyl T.. whose natal day was the
4th of February. 1907; Mary .]., born April
10. 1909; and Bonnie B., who was born on
the 5tli of February. 1912.

The family attend the Primitive Baptist
church in which the parents hold member-
ship, Mr. Walker Iwing a minister of that
faith, and in polities he is a republican, and

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for the past six years has been a director of
the school board. He is a man of pro-
nounced enterprise and activity and is intel-
ligently concentrating his energies upon the
development of his interests and is meeting
with a corresponding degree of success.

ERNEST A. BREYMAN, who now lives
retired in Portland, was born in Germany on
January 13, 1840. His parents were Carl
Frederick and Magdelena (Miller) Breyman,
both of whom spent all their lives in Ger-
many, the former passing away there at
the age of fifty-four and the latter at forty-
nine. The father was in the military service
of Germany from his early youth until the
time of his death. In his family were thir-
teen children, three of whom are now living.
They are: Ernest A., of this review; W. E.,
of Salem; and Mrs. Bertha Sohst, a widow
residing in Germany.

Ernest A. Breyman was baptised in the
Lutheran church at Bockenem, Hanover,
Germany, his godfather being the king of
Hanover, who was an uncle of Queen Vic-
toria. He received a good education in a
high school in Germany and also obtained a
diploma from a navigation school. In 1854,
at the age of fifteen, he went to sea where
he served in the capacity of cabin boy for
two years. Afterwards he became an ordi-
nary seaman and later was an able seaman
for four years and filled every position on
board including that of captain. He served
on various vessels and went into many dif-
ferent ports of the world. The entire period
of time in which he served as a seaman
covered twelve years. In 1886, giving up his
life as a sailor, he located at Salem, where
he was employed in a store by his brother
for one year. Afterwards he became engaged
in the general mercantile business at Fair-
field, Oregon, where he operated a store for
thirteen years. Subsequently selling the
same he came to Portland and was engaged
in the grocery business on Front street for
six years. Afterwards he went to Colfax,
Washington, and bought a general merchan-
dise store but after three years sold the same
and returned to Portland, where he purchased
three acres of land within the city limits,
on which tract he is now living retired.
His property is located in what is known as
South Mount Tabor, on Fifty-fifth and Divi-
sion streets.

Mr. Breyman, on July 3, 1874, was united
in marriage to Miss Mary E. Eldridge, who
was born in the village of Parkersville, in
Marion county, Oregon, the daughter of F.
E. and Anna (Cosgrove) Eldridge, the father
a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of
Canada. The mother was brought to Oregon
by her parents in 1847 and the father crossed
the plains in 1848 to California, in which
state he was engaged for a short time in
gold mining. He then came to Oregon, set-
tling in Parkersville where he operated a
general store and also a sawmill and flour-
mill for some time. He owned the mill in
partnership with Mr. Parker, for whom the
town of Parkersville was named. In 1856
the father sold his business and purchased

what was known as the old Gervais farm
where he lived until his death in 1890. The
mother passed away six years later. To Mr.
and Mrs. Eldridge were born ten children:
Mrs. Breyman; James E., who resides near
Champoeg, in Marion county; Margaret E.,
who is a sister of St. Mary's Academy; Vir-
ginia P., who is the wife of A. M. Brown,
of Marion county; Elsie A., who is now Mrs.
Goulet, of Seattle, Washington; Annie G.,
who died at the age of twenty years; Hugh
G,. living east of Gervais, in Marion county;
Emma C, now deceased, who was the wife
of M. G. Green, of California; Freeman J.,
of Portland; and Adelia, who is the wife of
Vt . H. Lawlor, who is engaged in mining in
Nevada. Mrs. Breyman received her educa-
tion in St. Mary's Academy, a convent of
&alem. Mr. and Mrs. Breyman have become
parents of seven children. Ella May, who
was born May 4, 1875, has a high-school, col-
lege and musical education and is the wife
of George H. Brownell, who is engaged in
the furniture and undertaking business in
Spokane. Frederick E., born January 13,
1877, has a good business education and now
operates a marble mine in Tokeen, Alaska.
Anna L., born in 1879, has a college and
musical education and has been engaged in
leaching school for the past five years in
various parts of the state. Ralph Werner,
bom in July, 1881, has a business-college
education and is engaged in the roofing and
contracting business. Emma V., born March
23, 1883, is the wife of J. O. Throll, who is
a traveling salesman of Spokane. She is a
high-school graduate and also has a musical
education. Albert E. was born in 1885, has
completed a business-college course and is
now engaged in the wholesale crockery busi-
ness in Portland. Gretchen Elsie, who com-
pletes the family, was born in 1899 and is
now at home.

In his political views Mr. Breyman is a
republican but has never sought nor desired
public office. Both in his work as a sailor
and in his farming interests he has been
very successful and his life record has at all
times been a creditable one. Moreover, he
has ever displayed the qualities of honorable
and upright manhood and in the evening of
his life his is a useful old age, giving of its
rich store of wisdom and experience for the
benefit of others.

GWIN S. BUTLER. Among the great de-
veloping agencies which have made the west
the magnificent country which it is today,
probably the most important, after the pio-
neers who opened the country and made the
first inroads upon its primitive wildness, are
the lives and exertions of the sons of these
pioneers, natives of the west, whose careers
have been important factors in its develop-
ment and progress. Prominent among men
of this class is Owin S. Butler, of Ashland,
who has the distinction of being the second
oldest living native son of Jackson county.
Since his birth there on January 19, 1854,
Mr. Buller has had his home in this county,
and all his efforts and energies, which are
always factors to be reckoned with, have

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14a

been devoted to the improvement and de-
velopment of tliis section ot" the country.

Gwin S. Butler is a son ol Ashman J. and
America E. (Rollins) Butler. The lather was
a native of Illinois, and tlie mother's early
home was in Kentucky. They were married
in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1850, and two years
later set out with o.\ teams for the long
and arduous journey across the continent to
the west. For five months they struggled
■n-ith all the hardships of primitive travel,
and when winter overtook them they had
reached Yreka, California, where they re-
mained for the winter. In January, 1853,
the journey was continued over the Rogue
river valley into .Jackson county, Oregon,
where Mr. Butler took up a donation claim
of three hundred and twenty acres which
now adjoins the city of Medford. Ashman
J. Butler died on this claim in 1859. The
mother and son remained on the claim, and
•on October 10, 1865, the mother was again
married. Her second husband was Jacob
Thompson, a pioneer of 1847, and at the time
of his death one of the influential and prom-
inent men in the county. A more extended
account of him is given on another page
of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson died
■within three months of each other, she in
November. 1910. and he in February, 1911,
both in the eighty-fifth year of their age.

Gwin S. Butler was reared on his father's
claim and acquired his early education in
the common schools. This was later supple-
mented by a course at the Ashland Normal
School. After finishing his education, he re-
turned to the ranch and spent five years in
farming, acquiring a practical working
knowledge of the details of western ranch-
ing which has been invaluable to him in the
operation of his present holdings. Mr. But-
ler removed to Ashland in 1879 and engaged
in the mercantile business with which he was
prominently identified for five years. The
same qualities of business sagacity and acu-
men which had made his ranching success-
ful, operated also in his mercantile career,
and when he left it to join his stepfather in
the stock-raising business, he had attained a
degree of success which we are accustomed
to associate with a long period of activity.
Owin S. Butler and his stepfather, Jacob
Thompson, owned at this time valuable
ranch lands both in Klamath and .Jackson
counties, and in 1884 they joined their re-
sources and their energies and -engaged in
stock farming on a large scale. The ven-
ture was successful. Both Mr. Butler and
his stepfather were keen and shrewd busi-
ness men, well acquainted with the details
of the business in which they were engaged,
and had an accurate and practical knowledge
of the natural conditions of the country in
which they were working, to aid them in
their activities. Mr. Butler kept his hold-
ings in the slock farm imtil IflO.'!. when he
sold his interests in it and devoted his entire
attention to looking after those of his par-
ents.

On November 4, 1879, Gwin S. Butler was
married to Miss Alice Barron, a native of
Jackson county, a daughter of Major Bar-

ron, one of the pioneers of Jackson county,
of whom a sketcn appears elsewhere in this
work. Mr. and Mrs. Butler have no chil-
dren.

Mr. Butler is essentially a public-spirited
man. He takes an intelligent interest in
the politics of his section and has served
several times in public capacities. He is
consistently republican in his political alfilia-
tions. He was for four years county com-
missioner of Jackson county, and served one
year as mayor of Ashland. He is at present
an active and efiicient member of the Ash-
land town council. He is very active in fra-
ternal organizations, holding membership in
the Ashland l.odge. No. 23, A. F. and A. M.,
in the Siskiyou Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M.,
and in Malta Commandery, No. 4, K. T. He
is also a member of the liillah Temple. A. A.
O. N. M. S. of Ashland, and of the Woodmen
of the World, besides being active in Ashland
Lodge, No. 944, B. P. 0. E.

Gwin .S. Butler is one of the most promin-
ent and active business men in Ashland
today. He is well known in commercial cir-
cles and is an active factor in the commer-
cial life of the city. His various commercial
activities include a directorship in the United
States National Bank, the presidency of the
(Jranite City Savings Bank of Ashland, and
the vice presidency of the Ashland Ice and
Cold Storage Company. He is secretary of
the Ashland Improvement Company and sec-
retary and general manager of tlie Butler &
Tliomjison Company.

Mr. Hutlcr's career has been rewarded witli
well deserved success. A man who combined
the qualities of strict integrity, honorable
methods, and fairness in all business trans-
actions, with commercial acumen and busi-
ness instinct of a high order, has in his
mental equipment and moral character the
foundation of quick and sure success.

AMOS W. BOTKIN, M. D., one of the well
known medical practitioners of Portland
who previous to his coming had a wide ex-
perience gained in other parts of the country,
is Dr. Amos W. Botkin. with olfices at 74
East Si.\ty-third street. He was born in
Keosauq\m. Iowa, June 24, 1864, a son of
Oscar F. and Agnes (Watt) Botkin. The
father was born in Ohio and came of English
and Dutch ancestry, while the mother is a
native of Scotland. They were married in
Iowa, where they lived until IRfiS. when they
took up their abode in Bartiin county, Mis-
souri. Oscar F. Botkin followed farming
in Iowa. He also bought land in Barton
county, Missouri, and while living there took
up the study of medicine at .St. Louis and
later practiced his profession in Barton City.
In 1876 he moved to Jersey county, Illinois,
where he practiced his profession until 1883,
when he decided to cast his lot with the
l)eople of Oregon and removed with his family
to the Pacific coast, locating at Mount Ta-
bor, then a little settlement adjacent to
Portland. Here he continued the pr.ictice of
medicine, but also bought and sold land, thus
accumulating considerable property. He fol-
lowed his proteasion until about 1911, when

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he retired from active practice. He owns a
fine residence property and other valuable
interests in Mount Tabor and in other parts
of the state of Oregon, his home at present
being in Cherryville, Oregon, where he also
has property. Having attained the age of
seventy years, he is pi'actically living a re-
tired life. Unto him and his wife were born
six children, as follows: Amos W., of this
review; two daughters who are deceased;
Jessie, the wife of W. W. Sibray, of Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania, who is employed by the
government in the department of commerce
and labor; Ida, who is the wife of Thomas
Graham, a druggist of Mount Tabor; and
James 0., who is still under the parental roof.
Dr. Amos W. Botkin received a common-
school education in Hlinois and while at-
tending to his school duties read medicine in
his father's office, later entering the medical
department of Willamette University, from
which he was graduated in 1890. Subse-
quently he entered the government service
as a physician and in 1892 went to Phila-
delphia, where he took a post-graduate
course in the Jefferson Medical College, be-
ing graduated therefrom in 1893. He then
journeyed to Portland, Oregon, where he
practiced until 1897, when he went to
Alaska, following his profession at Dawson
City for one year. Returning to Umatilla
county, Oregon, in 1898, he practiced there
for six years and then settled in Mount
Tabor, where he has since continued his pro-
fessional career.

In 1889 Dr. Botkin was married to Miss
Mabel Delano, a native of Portland and a
daughter of H. H. and Ella (Peters) Delano.
Her father was born in East St. Louis, Illi-
nois, and her mother in St. .Joseph, Missouri.
The mother's parents started to cross the
plains for Oregon when she was only ten
days old, the family emigrating here in 1853.
H. H. Delano came to Oregon in 1870 and in
this state wedded Miss Ella Peters. They
liave since remained in Oregon and have re-
sided in Portland throughout almost the en-
tire period. Mr. Delano was an accountant
but, having a fine education, taught school
for a considerable period. He was also a
journalist but his principal life's work was
that of an accountant. Unto him and his
wife were born five children, namely:
Mabel, who is the wife of Dr. Botkin; Will-
iam, who died in infancy; Helen, the wife
of Rufus V. Shuman, who is engaged in the
nursery business at Mount Tabor; Chester,
who died in infancy; and Miriam, who is still
at home and is fitting herself for the office
of librarian. Unto Dr. and Mrs. Botkin
have been born three children: Maurice D.,
whose natal year was 1902; Willeen A.,
whose birth occurred in 1907; and Eleanor
J., born in 1908.

Dr. Botkin gives his political allegiance to
the republican party. In a fraternal way
he is connected with the Masonic order, be-
longing to Mount Tabor Lodge No. 42, in
which he has lilled all the chairs. He is also
ainiiated with the United Artisans, being a
member of Lodge No. 36 at Portland. Dr.
Botkin is a successful representative of his

profession, enjoying a large and lucrative
practice. His extensive professional career
has well fitted him for the large medical
practice which he now enjoys and he is well
known among the progressive and efficient
physicians of Portland. He owns a beautiful
and well appointed residence and numerous
other properties in the city and also some
acreage property at Sandy, Oregon.

BRADFORD C. TROWBRIDGE, of Jolm
Day, Grant county, Oregon, has for many
years been a prominent ranchman. He was
born in Broome county, New York, Septem-
ber 20, 1836, a son of Augustus and Lucy
(Bierce) Trowbridge. The father was a na-
tive of the state of New York while the
mother was born in Rhode Island. The
jiarents were married in New Y'ork and after
living there until about 1816 they removed to
Lee county, Illinois. The father was a
farmer and shoemaker and purchased land
about six miles from Dixon, upon which he
made his home until his death, which oc-
curred in 1869.

Bradford C. Trowbridge was reared at
home and received his education in the com-
mon schools of New Y'ork and Illinois. His
first work in Illinois was breaking prairie
with four or five yoke of oxen. In 1859 he
determined to cross the great American plains
and make his home on the Pacific slope.
Accordingly he set out with ox teams in the
spring and after six months' travel arrived
in California where he became a miner, work-
ing first at Spring Gulch and later in Henley.
In 1862 he removed to Oregon, arriving in
John Day valley on .July 19, and on the next
day located the land which constitutes his
present ranch, the first to be settled upon
along the .John Day river, taking it up under
the preemption act. He built a log house
on the place that fall, cut a quantity of hay
for the winter and soon became comfortably
settled in his wilderness home. Upon this
ranch he has since continuously made his
home and it is now one of the fine rancli
properties of Grant county. He owns alto-
gether two thousand, one hundred and forty-
six acres. He has for several years made a
specialty of the horse and cattle business
and in this connection has become well known
in various parts of the state.

Bradford C. Trowbridge was married twice,
his first union in 1864 being with Margaret
McGilvlay, a native of Scotland. He was
married for the second time on the 1st of
•January, 1888, to Mrs. John Herburger, for-
merly Miss Marjory Milnie, who was also a
native of Scotland, born in Banffshire. To his
second wife were born three children, of whom
only one survives, Charles Augustus, who is
attending high school in John Day. Mr.
Trowbridge is a republican and is prominent
in the party in Grant county. He is a mem-
ber of the county board of commissioners,
and is serving his second term. Not only is
he one of the first pioneers who settled in
Grant county having been fifty years on his
present ranch but he is also a man of ability,
public spirit and enterprise. His successful
farming operations have given him promi-

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149

iieiice and his excellent qualities as a citizen
have made him greatly respected by all of the
people with whom lie is acquainted. He
takes great interest in the alVairs of the
lounty and in his ulliiial as well as private
capacity has rendered great service to his
community where lie is recognized as one of
the most prominent men.

ALONZO P. MEAD. One of the older
residents of Portland, a retired lumberman
and more recently an operator in Portland
realty, is Alonzo P. Mead, who was born
in Michigan, .July Hi. is:i8. His parents
were .Jabez and Caroline Mead, both of whom
were bom in the state of New York, where
they were married and lived for a short
time, afterwards removing to Oakland county.
Michigan, where the father bought land.
Hoth the father and grandfather owned
large tracts in Michigan, where the former
died at the age of eighty years, the mother
passing away at the age of seventy-live,
.labez and Caroline Mead were the parents
of nine children: Lafayette, deceased, who
was a soldier in the Civil war. holding the
rank of captain; Alonzo P.; Melissa, who
Ix-came the wife of a Mr. Bennett, of Mich-
igan, and is now deceased; Lucy, wliosc first
husband died in Libby Prison and who after-
ward married a Mr. Cusick, of Ashland.
t)regon; Phoebe, who became the wife of
Frank Foumia. of Michigan, and is now de-
ceased; Helen, who is the wife of Hiram
Cusick, of Le Roy. Jlichigan; Kmmeline
Roach, a widow, who resides at Ashland,
Oregon; Sarah, wlio pa.ssed away in Mich-
igan at the age of six years; and Annie, de-
ceased, who married Frank Cusick.

Alonzo P. Mead received a common-school
eilucation and was reared in Saginaw. Mich-
igan. At an early age he began working in
a planing mill and when seventeen years of
age was placed in charge of the mill, where
he worked for twelve years. He then bought
an interest in a mill, which he operated for
seven years, or until it was destroyed by
Cin\ He then removed to Cleveland, Ohio,
and in company with Messrs. Wiggins and
Howry, engaged in the lumber business.
Three years later he sold his interest in the
tirm and returned to Saginaw, Michigan,
where he was again emi>lovcd for a time in
a mill. He next removed to RulTalo, New-
York, and in partnership with W. R. Hurt,
of Michigan, built a planing mill, which he
operated for live years. He then became
interested in the Buffalo Planing Mills Com-
pany of Buffalo, New York, which became
the largest concern of its kiml in the L'nited
States, dressing annually thirty million feet
of lumber. Mr. Mead was superintendent of
this plant for seven years, when he sold his
interest in it and removed to Oregon in
1H00, settling at Mount Tabor, now in the
city limits of Portland. Here Mr. Mead led
a comparatively retired life, although he
operated extensively in realty, still owning
considerable property in Portland. He also
owns the fine home in which he lives and is
a well known man in his community.

On the 16th of July, 1861, at Saginaw,
Michigan. Mr. Mead was married to iliss
Amelia Johnson, who was born in Blcnmon,
Canada, October 6, 1S41, a daughter of Moses
and Mary (McGarvin) Johnson, both of
whom were natives of Canada. While living
in Canada ilr. .lohnson was a district judge
and a political leader of ability and |)rom-
inence. He remained in Canada until 1860,
when he renu>vcd to Bay City, ilichigan.
After living there for a time he retired and
conlimicd to live ill Michigan until his death,
which occurred when he was ninety years of
age. The mother also attaine<l a ripe old
age, passing away in the same state, at the
age of eighty-eigiit. They were the parents
of eight children: Henry, who served
throughout the entire [leriod of tlie Civil
war and passed away at the age of seventy-
live; Mary .\nn, who married Henry Rogers,
both of whom are now deceased; George,
who died in Portland. Oregon, at the age of
seventy-five; .Mfred. wlio was eiglitythree
years of age and resided in Michigan until
his death; Clark, who was a thirty-second
degree Mason, and passed away in .St. Paul,
Minnesota; Phoebe, who died at Bay City,
Michigan, at the age of twenty-five; and
Arvilla. the widow of .lohn A. Brewer, who
resided in Michigan.

Mr. and Mrs. Mead have no cliildren of
their own but have reared and educated two
children. Jennie Mead, whom they adopted,
was born in 18(;i and died at tlie age of si.x-
tceii. while ;ittendiiig Oberlin College, at
Olerliii. Ohio. They also reared and edu-
cated Laura Mead, who was a gradiuite of
Hamilton College, iut Syracuse, New York.
She became the wife of Harlow Muiisell, of
Hulfalo, New York, and passed away at the
age of twenty-four years. Mr. and Mrs.
Mead also reared William ilead. looking
after his education and training him from
his eleventh to his twentieth year, when he
was returned to his mother. They also
reared two other girls, looking after their
education until thev were graduated from
c.dlege. On July 10. 1911, Jlr. and Mrs.
Mead could look back upon fifty years of
marital life — fifty years of faithful compan-
ionship s|ient in true understanding and per-
fect sympathy with each other — fifty years
lilled with joys and sorrows jointly borne.
.Many friends, neighbors and church associa-
tions gathered around the family on this
auspicious occasiim of a golden jubilee — in
all over a hundreil — to offer to this worthy
and venerable couple sincere wishes for
many a year of happiness to come.

Mr. Mead is a republican in politics al-
though he is not and never has been an
ollice seeker. He and his wife are members
of the First Baptist church (the White
Temple) of Portland. It is fitting that when
a man has arrived at the ripe age of
.Mr. Mead, having been actively engage<l in
ihe strenuous labors of life for so many
years, that he should retire to the solitude
of his own home and the society of his
friends and neighbors. His life's lalMirs have
been for the most part strenuous and not
only lucrative to himself but of great use

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to the community at large. The labor of
love which Mr. and Mrs. Mead performed in
(he rearing and educating of children not
of their own flesh and blood indicates the
magnanimous spirit which possesses them
and was an undertaking of no small moment.
The Avordly possessions of Mr. Mead in
Portland are not inconsiderable and because
of them and also in view of his long resi-
dence in Portland, his generous spirit, his
affable temperament and his well ordered
life, he is placed among the prominent people
of this great city.

MARION VEATCH, a well known dealer
in musical merchandise in Cottage Grove,
also conducts an undertaking establishment
and has for many years been associated
with the business interests of the city. He
was born in Missouri, October 9, 1873, the
son of Francis M. and Amanda (Swearingen)
Veatch, the former a native of Illinois and
the latter of Kentucky. The father, w)io
was a farmer by occupation, removed with
his family from Missouri to Oregon in 1890.
He passed away on the 15th of July, 1907,
and the mother, who is still living, makes
her home at Buena Park, California. In their
family were three children. Marion, of this
review, is the eldest. John W. Veatch, wlio
is a stockman of Cottage Grove, is married
and has two children, Sylvia and Sibyl.
Nora M. is a resident of Buena Park, Cali-
fornia, and her mother. Mrs. Amanda Veatch,
is a member of the houseliold. The daughtei-
is now Mrs. L. Caspar Lee and has a family
of three children, George, Audrey and Grace.

Marion Veatch remained at home with his
parents until he attained the age of twenty-
four years. He then went to the gold mines
of Josephine county, Oregon, where he re-
mained for four years. He was successful
in his raining operations and invested his
savings in mining claims until he became the
owner of several. He never made any phe-
nomenal strikes but his success was above
that of the average miner. After several
years spent in mining he settled in Cottage
Grove and for three and one-half years was
engaged in the butchering business.' He then
sold out and bought a furniture and under-
taking establishment which, after conduct-
ing for a time, he sold and engaged in the
sale of nuisical instruments, retaining the
undertaking department he had previously
owned. His business is a lucrative one and
lie has an excellent standing in business and
social circles.

On November 7, 1897, in Lane county, Mr.
Veatch was married to Miss Myrtle F.
Ostrander, a daughter of James E. and Mary
B. (Lovelace) Ostrander, both natives of
Illinois. The Ostrander family lived for
many years in Minnesota, where" Mrs. Veatch
was born, but removed to Oregon in 1894,
the father being a barber by trade. They
were the parents of two children: Myrtle
F., now Mrs. Marion Veatch; and Nina, the
wife of Charles Humphreys, manager of the
Postal Telegrajih Company at Astoria, Ore-
gon. Jlr. and Airs. Veatch have a son, Roy

Neil, who was born January 12, 1901. and
is now attending the public schools.

In his political views Mr. Veatch is lib-
eral, giving his support to such candidates
for public office as he deems best suited for
the positions to which they aspire. In his
frateinal connections he belongs to the Ma-
sonic order, the Order of the Eastern Star,
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the
World. Both he and his wife are members
of the Presbyterian church of Cottage Grove
and are much interested in church work,
contributing liberally toward the support of
that denomination. Having long been iden-
tified with the business interests of Cottage
Grove Mr. Veatch has become well acquainted
with everyone in the city and community.
He bears an excellent reputation for integrity
and business acumen and by devoting his at-
tention to his business, a habit which he
formed early in life, he has accumulated a
comfortable competence. He is respected by
the entire community and has long been re-
garded as one of the leading citizens of Cot-
tage Grove.

EMERY W. GOSSLER owns and operates
a ranch of ninety-one and a half acres lo-
cated two and a half miles southeast of
Springfield, where he has resided for about
five years. He is a native of Iowa, his
birth having occurrad in .Jefferson county,
that state, on August 26, 1873, and is a son
of William Henry and Charlotte (Weaver)
• iossler. The parents were born, reared and
married in Pennsylvania and there passed
the first years of their domestic life. They
came to Iowa in 1861, first locating in Van
Buren county, but they subsequently pur-
chased a farm in .Jefferson county, which the
father operated for thirteen years. Disposing
of this he invested the proceeds in a quarter
section of unimproved and uncultivated land
in Ida county. Iowa. Twelve years later
he likewise sold this and removed with his
family to Oregon, settling on a ranch of one
hundred and sixtj' acres in the vicinity -of
Eugene. He operated this for twelve years
and at the expiration of that time disposed
of it and retired to Eugene, where he is now
living. The mother is deceased, having
passed away in Iowa on the 22d of Febru-
ary, 1893. Ten children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Gossler, seven of whom are still
living, as follows: Nelson B., who is living
on Camp Creek, Oregon; Phillip M.. a resi-
dent of Springfield; Josephine, the wife of
Moses Curtis, of Cherokee, Iowa: Maggie,
the wife of the Rev. D. T. Day, of Belling-
ham, Washington; Charles, who is deceased;
Catherine, the wife of Judge Wintermore, of
Eugene, Oregon; Emery, the subject of this
sketch; Mazie, who married B. F. Goodpas-
ture, of Eugene; Harry, who is deceased,
and one who died in infancy.

The education of Emery W. Gossler was
obtained in the common schools of his na-
tive state, whence he removed with his fa-
ther to Oregon. He remained at home until
he was married at the age of twenty-six
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(■rove, Oregon. During the succeeding seven
years he gave his undivided attention to the
cultivation of that tract, which contained
one hundred and sixty acres. Disposing of
it at the end of that time he purchased
ninety-one and a half acres two miles south
of Springfield, and here he has continued
his agricultural pursuits. He has wrought
extensive improvements on his ranch during
the period of his ownership and is annually
realizing a good income from its cultivation.
Twenty-five acres of the land has been
brought into a high state of cultivation, and
lie has good, substantial bams and outbuild-
ings and a comfortable residence on his
place.

In October, 1899, Mr. Gossler was united
in marriage to Miss Katie Brown, whose
birth occurred in Kansas on February 3,
1877. She is a daughter of Samuel and
.Tennie (Jfortimore) Brown, the father a na-
tive of Ohio and the mother of Iowa. They
were married in Kansas and lived there un-
til ISSG. when they removed to Washington.
Two years later they went to Idaho and re-
sided for a similar period and then came to
Lane county, settling in the vicinity of
Springfield. From there at the end of one
year they went to Cottage Grove, where the
father passed away in 1892. but the mother
is still living and now makes her home in
Kugene. Five children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Brown, as follows: Xellie. the wife of
Ray .Scroggin, of Eugene: Mrs. flossier;
Fannie, the wife of X. H. Champion, of Eu-
I gene; Harry, who is living in Eugene with
his mother: and Bessie, the wife of Leroy
liuloy. oi Portland. Mr. Brown went to the
front (luring the early days of the Civil
war and remained in the service for three
years. Mr. and Mrs. Gossler have had four
children: Kenneth, who was born on .Tuly
l.'>, IDOfl: two who died in infancy; and Loy,
whose birth occurred on the 2dth of Feb-
ruary, 1905.

The family attend the services of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church, in which they all hold
membership, and Mr. Gossler votes the re-
publican ticket. Although he leads a very
unobtrusive life he is not at all remiss in
matters of citizenship but takes an active
and helpful interest in all movements that
he feels will promote the progress of the
community or the development of its var-
ious public utilitica.

RICHARD McMAHON is one of Erin's

venturesome sons who in early youth saw

the superior advantages offered by .\merica

to the honest toilers of the old "world and

emigrated to the I'nited States when but

fifteen years of age. He was born in Ireland,

May 10, 1S67. a son of .lohn and Katherine

(Madilen) McMahon. He was educated in

Ireland and when free from school work he

rendered such assistance as was within his

power to his parents in tlie home. When

he had attained the age of fifteen years he

I left school and. bidding farewell to his par-

l ents and friends, sailed for America. On

r landing in Xew York he settled temporarily

' in the metropolis, where for two years he

was employed at various occupations, and
then went to Xew .Jersey, where he worked
for one year, and afterward migrated to
Oregon, where he settled in Portland. After
being employed in that city for about three
years he removed <o Condon, where he took
up one hundred and sixty acres of govern-
ment land, which he began to clear and cul-
tivate with energy and good judgment, add-
ing such improvements as were necessary
and as he could afford to place upon his farm.
He gave the strictest attention to his d\ilies
and his efforts were so well directed that
it was not a great while until he was able
to purchase two luindred acres more land,
and he has been successfully engaged in
agricultural pursuits, living on his farm near
Condon, since first settling there. Although
since coming to Oregon he has been oblige!
to learn most of what he now knows about
farming he showed remarkable adaptability
to that occupation and has followed it willi
almost uniform success from the beginning.
He follows general farming and does not
specialize in any particular branch, but is
always alert to acquire new and improved
metho<ls with a view to bettering his condi-
tion and rendering his farm more fertile
and valuable.

In his political tendencies !Mr. McMahon is
an adherent of the democracy and renders
his political support unreservedly to that
party. He regularly attends the services
of the Catholic church, being a devout mem-
ber of that religious body. He has resided
on the farm which he now owns for many
years and has become well acquainted in
Condon and vicinity and is greatly esteemed
for his many good traits of character which
render him a most desirable citizen.
Although an assiduous worker on his farm,
to which he gives the most of his attention,
he still finds time to devote to the social
side of life and is popular in social as well
as business circles, having long since been
recognized as one of the most respected
members of the community.

WILLIAM LAUGHLIN, who is living re-
tired in Vamhill. was for many years suc-
cessfully identified with general agricultural
pursuits in this state and is now the owner
of seven hundred and forty acres of valuable
land. His birth occurred in Missouri on the
13th of October, 18.10, his parents being Sam-
uel and Xancy (Doty) T.auphlin. who were
natives of South Carolina and North Carolina
respectively. They were married in Missouri
and remained residents of that state for
nineteen years or until 1847, when they came
across the plains to Oregon, stopping on
Wapato lake in Yamhill county. Subse-
quently Mr. and Mrs. I.atighlln each took up
a donation claim of three hundred and twenty
acres but the latter died before proving up
her claim and, owing to a new law which
was passed about that time, her land was
returned to the government. Samuel Laugh-
lin. however, resided on his claim and sue-
lessfully carried on farming until called to
his final rest in ]8fin. I'nto him and his wife
were born seven children, as follows: Wil-

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liam, of this review; Lee, who is a resident
of Yamhill; Samuel, who passed away in
1911 at the age of seventy-six years; Delia,
who is also deceased; Xancy, who is the
widow of Jacob Capps and resides in I'ort-
land. Oregon; and Lucinda and Mary, both
of whom have passed away.

William Laughlin acquired but a limited
education in his youth but constantly aug-
mented his knowledge by reading, experience
and observation until he became a well in-
foi-med man. When eighteen years of age ho
left the parental roof and in 1849 made his
way to California in search of the precious
metal, remaining in the Golden state for two
years and three months. (.)n the expiration
of that period, in 1851, he returned to Oregon
and took up a donation claim in Yamhill
county, disposing of the property, however,
four years later. He next bought a tract of
two hundred acres and was actively engaged
in its cultivation for a period of thirty-tlve
years. At the end of that time he purchased
and took up his abode on a farm of one
hundred and ninety-five acres, residing on
the property for twelve years and then selling
it to one of his sons. Since that time he
has lived retired, making his home on a tract
of fifteen acres in Yamhill, where he owns
a fine residence. His holdings embrace seven
hundred and forty acres of well improved
land, two hundred and fifty acres thereof be-
ing under a high state of cultivation.

In April, 1857, Mr. Laughlin was united in
marriage to Miss Phoebe Kolierts, a native of
Indiana and a daughter of Henry and Dinah
(liehart) Roberts, who were born in I'enn-
syivania and Indiana respectively. In 1848
they began the journey across the plains to
Oregon, intending to settle in Yamhill county,
but the mother passed away when within a
hundred miles of their destination. Henry
Roberts took up a donation claim of three
hundred and twenty acres near what is now
Yamhill, continuing to reside thereon until
Ills death in 1873. His surviving children are
two in number, namely: Mrs. Laughlin; and
Jacob, living in Wasco county. Oregon.

Unto our subject and his wife were born
sixteen children, as follows: Bedford Henry,
fifty- three years of age, who resides at Forest
Grove, Oregon; Charles, who is fifty-one
years old and makes his home near Roseburg,
Oregon; George, fortj'-niue years of age, who
is a resident of Fairbanks, Alaska; Abraham,
forty-four years old, who is living in Yam-
hill county, this state; Mary, forty-three
years of age, who is the widow of William P.
Tait and resides in Roseburg, Oregon; Wil-
liam R., who is forty years old and lives on
the homestead; Samuel, a sketch of whom
appears on another page of this work; Hen-
jamin F., who makes his home in Yamhill
county and is thirty-six years of age; Alice,
thirty-four years of age, who is the wife of
Carl Trnllinger, of Yamhill; Leona, thirty-
two years old, who is the wife of M. A.
Holder and makes her home in California;
Delia, thirty years of age, who is the wife of
A. L. Richardson, of Portland; Crystal,
twenty-nine years of age, who also makes
her home in Portland; Effie. Klmer and Fdith,

all of whom are deceased; and one who died
in infancy. All of the children enjoyed ex-
cellent educational advantages, some of them
being graduates of the State Normal School
at Monmouth and following the profession
of teaching.

Mr. Laughlin is a stanch republican in poli-
tics but has never sought nor desired office
as a reward for his party fealty. He has
now passed the eighty-first milestone on life's
journey and enjoys the respect and veneration
which should ever be accorded one who has
traveled thus far on his earthly pilgrimage
and whose career has been at all times up-
right and honorable. Coming to the west
when a youth of seventeen, he has since
remained in this part of the country and has
gained an enviable measure of success in the
utilization of its opportunities.

EDWARD WOOD, who is now spending
the evening of life in honorable retirement,
was for a number of years actively and
successfully identified with general agricul-
tural pursuits in Washington county and
is still the owner of a valuable farrn of
one hundred and forty acres, located four
miles southeast of Beaverton. His birth
occurred in Canada, on the 17th of March,
1837, his parents being Robert and Jane
(Lee) Wood, both natives of Canada. Fol-
lowing" the demise of his wife, which oc-
curred in Canada, in 1847, Robert Wood re-
moved to Minnesota, where he passed away.
He was the father of four children, three
of whom are yet living, namely: Kdward,
of this review; Henry, who is a resident of
Jlinnesnta; and .Jane, of Cana<la.

Edward Wood obtained his education in
the common schools and in 1847, when a
lad of ten years, accompanied his uncle to
Iowa, working in that state until nineteen
years of age. Subsequently he devoted his
attention to the cultivation of rented land
until 1859, which year witnessed his removal
to California, where he was employed in a
sawmill for two years. On the expiration
of that period he returned to Iowa and again
cultivated rented land until 1864, when he
moved westward to California and there re-
mained until 1860. In that year he came
to Oregon, settling in Washington county,
where he proved up a claim of one hundred
and sixty acres and later purchased a tract
of similar size. The land was covered with
a dense forest growth, but he resolutely un-
dertook the task of clearing and developing
it, eventually transforming the place into one
of the finely improved farms of the com-
nuuiity. Through the successful conduct of
his agricultural interests he acquired a
handsome competence and in 1903 withdrew
from the active work of the fields, that he
might enjoy the fruits of his toil in ease.
The farm of one hundred and sixty acres,
within ten miles of Portland, is still in his
possession.

In 1857, in Iowa, Mr. Wood was united
in marriage to Miss Ann Grabel. a native of
Pennsylvania. Her father crossed the plains
to Oregon in 1864, first settling in Wash-
ington countv and later in Tillamook conn-

MRS. EDWAKD M'OOD

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157

ty. Subsequently he took up his abode in
Hillsboro, where his demise occurred in 1899.
His wile was called to her final rest in 1902.
Three of their children are still living, but
Mrs. Wood passed away in 1892. To our
subject and his wife were born five children,
namely: Charles and Arvin both of whom
are deceased; Hannah, the wife of C. Chris-
tenson, of Washington county, Oregon ; Ed-
ward, living in the state of Washington;
and Clint, also a resident of Washington
county, Oregon.

Since casting his first presidential ballot
for Stephen A. Douglas, Mr. Wood has sup-
ported the men and measures of the demo-
cratic party, believing firmly in its prin-
ciples. He has been identified with the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows for thirty-
five years and is also a. charter member of
Butte Grange, which was organized in 1S74.
Mr. Wood has now passed the seventy-
fifth milestone on life's journey and enjoys
the veneration and respect accorded one.
who has travelcil thus far on this earthly
pilgrimage and whose career has been at all
times upright and honorable. The period
of his residence in this state covers forty-
five years and he is therefore largely fa-
miliar with its annals from the pioneer
period down to the present time.

MRS. MAY DE LAMTER, the manager
of the Baden Hotel, has been a resident of
Baker for eighteen years. She was born at
Ogden, Utah, and is a daughter of Ocorge

A. and Elizabeth Richardson, the father a
native of the state of New York and the
mother of Pennsylvania. They crossed the
plains to Ogden, Utah, during the early
pioneer days, making the journey with o.\'
teams. Later they removed to Nevada, and
there the mother passed away in 1880.
following which the father became a resident
of Baker, his death occurring here in 1910.
The children nt Mr. and Mrs. Richardson
numbered nine, seven of whom are still
living.

Mrs. May Richardson DeLamter was
reared to womanhood in her native city. In
1887 she became the wife of Frank DeLam-
ter. who was horn in California, whence
he came to Ogden. Soon after their marriage
they lorated in Nevada, remaining there
until 189.1. when they came to Baker. Here
Mrs. DeLamter subsequently took charge of
the Baden Hotel, nnil has ever since been
conducting this hostelry. It is a first-class
hotel in every .sense of the word and is
provided with all modern conveniences. The
rooms are pleasant and comfortable while
the table and service is better than is to be
found in the average hotel in towns of this
.siz)'. It is conducted strictly on the Ameri-
can plan, and under the capable supervision
of Mrs. DeLamter is brincing good returns.

The family of Mr. and Mrs. DeLamter
numbers five, as follows: Myrtle, the wife of

B. W. Corbett. of Westfal'l, Oregon; Clara,
who married Harry Radnbough. of Baker
county; and rieorge. Homer and Leola. all
of whom are at home.

Vol. ni— T

Mrs. DeLamter is a member of the church

of the Latter Day Saints, and has reared
her family in that faith. She is an unusually
capable business woman, and manifests much
sagacity and foresight in the conduct of her
affairs. As she is industrious and enter-
prising in her methods she is meeting with
success, and has every reason to feel grati-
fied with her achievements.

JUDGE W. H. PACK WOOD. The last
surviving member of the state constitutional
convention. .Judge W. H. Packwood, came to
the Pacific coast in 1849 and there is no
notable experience of any kind connected
with the upbuilding of the northwest with
which he has not been actively associated,
from the subjugation of the Indians to the
reclamation of the arid lands through the
conservation of the water supplies. No his-
tory 01 the state would be complete with-
out extended reference to him and his life
work. Tradition gives the origin of the
family name of Packwood as follows: In
Colonial days there was a flood in the Poto-
mac river valley in Virginia, on which oc-
casion a small boy too young to know or
tell his name was taken by some boatmen
from an immense drift tree. They reared
the little lad and called him Billy. He was
a strong, vigorous boy and would carry big
loads of wood to the boat. Because of this
it was proposed that he should be called
I'ackwood, which name was adopted. He
became a large stockman, married, settled
on the .James river and reared a family,
from whom all of the Packwoods known to
the judge have been descended. This story
of his ancestry came to him from his fa-
ther's first cousin, "Uncle" Elisha Packwood,
whom he met in 1864 and who died some
years ago in Washington. In 1854 he had
visited his old grandmother, then more than
one hundred years of age, well cared for
by two negro slaves, there being about three
hundred on the plantation. His grandfather
had willed that the negroes should have
all they made on the plantation from his to
her death and that all that would emigrate
to Texas should be free. This will was un-
doubtedly made before the admission of
Texas to the Union. An old Scotchman,
Archie Downey, in Baker county said his
lieople joined the Packwoods in \'irginia and
that the name of the subject of this review
should be Duncan, lor he claimed that at the
time of the flood when a boy was lound on a
tree it was known that four families had
settled well up the river and that all were
drowned save perhaps this one boy, for it
was known that a family of the name of
Duncan had a boy of about the age of the
one picked up and it was believed that he
was the Duncan boy.

Larkin Packwood, the grandfather of
.fudge Packwood, was botn in Virginia and
aft rward went to Kentucky and to Ten-
nessee. He married, had ten sons and two
dniiphters, including Larkin Canada Pack-
wood, who was one of the youngest and
was bom in Tennessee. The grandfather
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tlie admission of the state to the Union, re-
moved into the Ozark country of Missouri.
Larkin C. Paokwood did not go with him but
remained in Illinois and on October 31, 1831,
married Elizabeth Cathcart Stormont, who
was born in South Carolina, a descendant of
the Cathcart family of Scotland, and came
to Illinois about 1836.

The son of this marriage, William Hender-
son Packwood, was born on Jordans Prairie,
north of Mount Vernon. Illinois, Oclober 23,
1833. His middle name was in honor of
his grandmother's family, the Hendersons
of Kentucky. The father, Larkin C. Pack-
wood, first 'followed farming and was after-
ward foreman for R. G. Shannon, a promi-
nent merchant of Sparta, Randolph county,
Illinois, for seven years or more. His son
William was there "sent to school for about
eighteen months or two years, acquainting
himself with the "three R's." which was all
the schooling he ever had. His father then
lemoved about four miles east of St. Louis
and conducted a dairy. Early in 1844 he
went to Collinsville. where his wife died on
September 8th of that year. She had be-
come the mother of two sons and four
daughters, of whom one son and two daugh-
ters died in very early life. Mary became
tha wife of a physician of Quincy, Illinois,
and died in early womanhood. Agnes, the
other daughter, was married twice and her
death occurred in Coos county, Oregon, about
Diirty years ago. After losing his first
wife Larkin C. Packwood married again and
removed to St. Louis. He hauled wood to
the city and made trips as a peddler to
southern Missouri, usually accompanied by
his son William, who w-ell remembers being
frequently called upon to read and write for
groups of old men and women, young men
and girls, who regarded it as a wonderful
thing to see a boy of twelve or thirteen
years read and write as well as he did. He
spent one summer on the farm of Ed. Dews,
twenty-five miles east of St. Louis, and a
winter and part of one summer at the home
of his grandfather Stormont in Jefferson
county, Illinois. He then joined his father,
who had removed to Springfield, and in the
winter clerked in a grocery store, wiiile in
tne summer he worked on a farm, being
thus employed until September, 1848. He
frequently met Abraham Lincoln, for they
both followed the same road in going to the
business section of Springfield — Lincoln on
his way to his law office and Judge Pack-
wood to his place as clerk in the store.

On the 23d of September, 1848, having se-
cured the reluctant consent of his father for
his enlistment in the Mexican war, he at-
tempted to join the army as one of Captain
J. B. Backenstos' Mounted Rifles, the cap-
tain agreeing to accept him on the promise
that he would "never desert." He was then
in his fifteenth year and by hard stretching
could reach tl\e standard of five feet three
inches. The recruits were sent to Jeflferson
barracks in December, 1848, and were then
examined as to their physical fitness to be-
come soldiers. They stripped and the ex-
amining physician, thumping Judge Pack-

wood on the breast, said he would not live
to be twenty-two. That this was a death
blow to his hopes must have shown in his
face, for as he went out Colonel W. W.
Loring, commanding the United States
Mounted Rifles, approached him and in a low
tone asked: "Do you want to go?" He said
that he did and the next day when the re-
jected were reexamined by a board of doc-
tors Colonel Loring, again standing near the
door, came up to him with one of the ex-
aminers. He was not asked to undress but
was sent out, passed. He was assigned to
Company B, United States Mounted Rifles,
under Captain Noah Newton, and marched
overland to Forth Leavenworth, Colonel
Loring establishing Camp Sumner about five
miles west of the fort, where he drilled the
regiment. On the 10th of May they broke
camp and began the long march to Oregon
with General Wilson, commissioner of In-
dian aff'airs for the Pacific coast. Captain
R. M. Morris of the Rifles, Lieutenant
Haynes of the Artillery and twenty-five men
of Company D acting as an escort. On the
6th of June they broke camp and marched
across the plains to Sacramento, spending
five months on the trip, and proceeded to
Fort Kearney, thence to Fort Laramie, on
to Fort Bridger. to Salt Lake City, and to
Haughton, now Placerville, California. They
frequently saw Indians and many herds of
buffalo, one herd being estimated at five
thousand head. Cholera was prevalent along
the route .Tiid there were many desecrated
graves. All of the privations and the hard-
ships of campaigning across the plains in
1849 were experienced. The winter was
spent at Sonoma, during which time Colonel
Joe Hooker was tried by a general court
martial. Judge Packwood was detailed as
orderly for the court, which lasted ten or
more days, durmg which he met many men
who afterward won distinction in the Civil
war. By April only three or four of the
original escort remained, the others having
gone to the mines. These were put on
board the revenue cutter Ewing bound for
Astoria, Oregon, and they were in a heavy
storm lasting about ten days. As they ap-
proached the Columbia river night drew on
but there was no wind and Captain Mc-
Arthur secured a whaling boat, put in a
crew and towed it over the bar. From As-
toria they pulled up the river to Fort Van-
couver and joined the regiment. At Astoria
Judge Packwood saw the timber that was
gotten out by D. M. Frost for the keel of
the first steamboat ever built on the Colum-
bia river. It was named the Columbia and
came up to Fort Vancouver in July, 1850.

In 1851 the command to which Judge
Packwood belonged was sent to California.
Their steamer, the Massachusetts, stuck on
the bar and liad to put back into Bakers
bay but the next day was more successful in
making the ocean and proceeded to San
Francisco and thence to Benicia, where the
troops remained on attached service with
the infantry then at the post. Judge Pack-
wood served with Major Wessels as escort
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making treaties with all the California In-
dians from Clear Lake to Sfotts valley and
from the Trinity and Klamath rivers down
the Sacramento valley by Keddings and on
to Benicia. where he served until transferred
to Company C, First United States Dra-
goons. In 1851 there was trouble with the
Coquille and Coast Indians and .hidge Pack-
wood's command was put on the schooner
Lincoln at San l-'rancisco with First Lieu-
tenant Stanton in command, bound for Port
Orford. A heavy December storm wrecked
the boat, which was driven ashore opposite
to the present site of Kmpire City on Coos
bay, .laniiary 3, 1852. The wind and tide
drove them high on the beach. No lives were
lost but the vessel was a total wreck. With
the help of the Indians, however, they saved
their supplies and made a camp near the
beach, whence they went overland to Port
(Jrford in ilay. .Judge Packwood was soon
afterward promoted to corporal and later to
sergeant and quartermaster sergeant of the
post. He was out with .scouting parties and
was with Lieutenant Stanton in July. 1852,
in a light with the Indians at Big Bend,
on the Rogue river. His headquarters were
at Port Orford until he was discharged.
September 23, 1853, having serve<l the lull
five years. Mines had been found along the
seaside and he and a partner, (Jeorge H. Ab-
bott, purchased horses and followed pack-
ing. They also took up mining claims which
they later sold and went up the Coquille
river, securing a ranch. The Indians caus-
ing trouble, a company was formed of which
Mr. Abbott became captain and .Judge Pack-
wood lieutenant. After some of the Indians
were killed peace was declared. The part-
ners then followed mining, packing and mer-
chandising until December, 1854, when ilr.
Abbott went on a prospecting trip to Cali-
fornia. .Judge Packwood remaining on the
Coquille river. In 1855, on the outbreak of
the Inilian war, a company was formed of
which he was elected captain, afterward re-
ceiving a commission as captain of the Co-
quille (Juards from Ceorge L. Curry, gover-
nor of Oregon. By making an active and
aggressive campaign in which two Indians
were killed he brought about the surrender
of all three tribes, turning them over to
Ben Wright, Indian agent. He then dis-
charged his company after fifty-three days'
service. He ne.xt went to Coo.s bay, joined
Captain W. H. Harris of the Volunteers, and
was elected .sergeant. They had been in the
service over one hundred days when the war
closed. .Judge Packwooil then made up re-
[lort.s for S. S. Mann, quartermaster, and
B. F. White, acting assistant commissary,
receiving si.vteen dollars per daj- in war
script for eighty days' work. He" then went
to the .'>ixes river mines and in 1857. when
an election was held to choose members to
form a state constitution, .Judge Packwood,
who was then not twenty-five years of age
and had not voted up to that time, was
imanimously chosen to represent Curry
county. He had previously taken part in
making laws in mining camps and even pre-
sided as chairman at miners' meetings but

had no other experience qualifying him for
the position. Stating this fact to his old
partner, the latter gave him the advice:
"He yourself." He took his place as a mem-
ber of as distinguished a body of men as
ever met in Oregon, two becoming govern-
ors, four United States senators, two con-
gressmen, one a federal judge, six judges of
the state courts, one attorney general and
one of the United States and mayor of Port-
land and still another mayor of Portland,
while another enjoyed the distinction of be-
ing successively congressman, governor and
I'nited States senator. At the beginning
•Judge Packwood knew only two members,
■ludge Deady and David Logan. He was in-
strumental in having the elk placed on the
seal of the state, where it can be seen now,
and for over fifty years past has appeared
on the first page of "Every Orcgonian."
• fudge Packwood is now the only living mem-
ber of that convention.

After its adjournment he visited his old
frienil Abbott at Siletz and Yaquina bay,
where he was subagent for the Indians. That
winter .Judge Packwood clerked for Metcalf,
the Indian agent, and in the spring resumed
the raising of cattle and horses at Coquille.
He was elected assessor of Coos county, not
knowing that he was a candidate until the
day of election. In 1862 he lost his ranch,
lattle and horses and started for the mines
of eastern Oregon, discovered in the fall of
18G1, arriving at Blue Canyon on June 12
and helping lay out the town of Auburn
the following day. There he began mer-
chandising, freighting and i)acking, becoming
a member of the firm of Knight, Abbott &
Packwood, and in connection with Ira Ward
and others he organized the Auburn Water
Company and located the water rights about
August 30. 1SG2. They built some miles of
ditches and sold out in November at twenty-
live per cent profit. The work was complet-
ed at a cost of about two hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars and the water
rights are now owned by Baker as the water
supply for the city. He was one of three
men selected to act as judges for the miners
in September to try a Frenchman who was
later hung for poisoning his partners. The
other judges were a Mr. Able and James R.
AIcBride, afterward appointed consul to the
Hawaiian islands by President I..incoln. The
trial was by jury.

(In October Ifi. 1SG2, Judge Packwood
married Miss Johanna A. O'Brien, who came
across the plains with her sister and brother-
in-law, Daniel .McLaughlin. She taught the
first school in Omaha and with the assist-
ance of the miners had a schoolhouse built
and opened a school in Auburn, the first in
eastern Oregon, remaining as teacher vintil
her marriage. In September the legislature
created Baker county and .Judge Packwood
was appointed school superintendent, issu-
ing to Mrs. Stafford the first teacher's cer-
tfficate in the county. He also signed the
first call for the union republican party in
Baker to send delegates to the convention
to nominate a ticket for the ensuing elec-
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elected in June and he canvassed and made
speeches in favor of Lincoln in every precinct
in the county. In 1863, with Rufus Perkins
and others, Judge Packwood built Clark's
creek ditch and put to work the first hy-
draulic claims on the creek. He owned a
fourteen twenty-fourths interest in this. In
1863 and 1864 he was interested with
Knight and Abbott in merchandising and in
freighting to Idaho City and Booneville but
the Owyhee mines failed and Judge Pack-
wood's loss, for he paid the debts, was fully
forty-five thousand dollars. In 1864 he be-
gan the construction of the Burnt river
ditch to extend to Clark's creek and after
paying out three thousand dollars afterward
sold it for six hundred dollars. The same
year he was the principal in locating the
Burnt river ditch to extend to the Eldorado
mines. After building and running water
fifty-seven miles to Eldorado the company
sold out. After various changes, lawsuits
and agreements Judge Packwood finally
completed the ditch in 1874 and ran water
to Fourth of July gulch, about one hundred
and thirty-five miles. The ditch cost at
least five hundred thousand dollars but
Judge Packwood was -practically swindled
out of his rights and left with a worthless
judgment in his wife's name for purchase
money that now with interest amounts to
over one hundred thousand dollars. In 1870
with Alexander Stewart he located the
Eagle creek ditch to run to the Koosta
mines, being associated in this enterprise
with Rufus Perkins, I. B. Bowen, Sr., and
E. P. Cranston. In 1871 they built the
Eagle canal at a cost of ninety thousand
dollars and the following year he and Mr.
Stewart sold out their interests at a net
profit of twenty-one thousand six hundred
dollars. They then bought and operated a
ten stamp steam mill and a five stamp water
power mill and built the summit and other
quartz mines near Sanger, in Union county.
About April, 1865, Judge Packwood pur-
chased a three-quarters interest in the
Washoe ferry and incorporated the Oregon
Road. Bridge and Feiry Company, capital-
ized at three hundred thousand dollars. They
owned the Olds, Central and Washoe ferries
and built and controlled about seventy miles
of road. Judge Packwood was secretary,
treasurer and practically general manager.
The ferries in those days were the haunts of
bad men — horse thieves and highwaymen —
and the Washoe had a bad name, harboring
men who afterwards met justice at the
hands of the vigilantes. It was this condi-
tion of aflfairs that practically governed
Judge Packwood's ownership of the ferry,
for in February, 1864, ten or twelve men
came from Payette, Idaho, and took Stew-
art and Byron, owners of the Washoe ferry,
some ten miles into Idaho and locked them
In a cabin, intending to hang them the next
morning, but they picked the lock, swam
the Snake river in February at Washoe, ob-
tained their canoes and escaped. Later
Judge Packwood met Byron going to Walla
Walla and he said he could never go back
and also that Stewart was at Auburn and

that he, Packwood, should have the ferry.
On reaching Auburn he learned the true sit-
uation; the Washoe was the key to the fer-
rying on Snake river for the Boise Basin
mines from the fact that it cut off the fer-
rying of the Weiser and Payette rivers in
Idaho and that the real cause of the kidnap-
ing of the two men was to obtain control
of the ferry. When Stewart and Byron had
come from Washington to Nevada Judge
Packwood had befriended them, had given
them food and supplied their needs, so with-
out a dollar in exchange they made over the
ferry to him although some time afterward
he paid them five thousand dollars for their
share of the property. When he left Auburn
to go to the ferries bets were freely ofi'ered
that he would be mobbed, etc., but he fear-
lessly faced the situation. Olds and Parton
came to his terms, there was no more mob-
bing and by July the harboring of horse
thieves had become a thing of the past. He
operated the ferries until 1868, when he sold
out, for the building of the Union Pacific
railroad liad diverted trade to other centers.
He had cleared about thirty-six thousand
dollars in thirty-two months.

Judge Packwood next went to Eldorado,
devoting his time to the building of the
Burnt river ditch from 1874 until 1887. The
following year he was elected police judge
and clerk for Baker City and for five suc-
cessive years, although he is a republican
and the coimcil is democratic, he held the
office. He then went to the coast, near Port
Orford, to try beach mining and a year later
began survey work on the Daly creek ditch
to Snake river. He afterward worked on
the Northwestern railroad down Snake
river, keeping accounts for Taylor, a subcon-
tractor. Wlien the work was closed there
he went to the Pacific & Idaho Northern
raihvay and secured a position as leveler on
Friends division under Colonel Moore, chief
engineer, but found the cross-sectioning on
the Weiser river canyons below Salubria was
too hard on him. He next became an ac-
countant for Taylor, the contractor, until
the work closed in December, when he re-
turned to Baker. In a few days he became
bookkeeper for the Columbia Gold Mining
Company, acting in that capacity for seven
or more years. But the snow was deep and
the winters long at the mines, forcing him
to change his position. Returning to Baker,
he became assistant postmaster and re-
mained in the oflSce until between seventy-
seven and seventy-eight years of age, when
he resigned. He has surveyed many ditches
all over the country, has worked at leveling
and cross-sectioning the railroad from Cove
to Union in Union county and has been
closely connected with much of the pioneeer
work in the northwest. His last military
survey was under Major General 0. 0. How-
ard, who appointed him chief of scouts for
the Malheur country in the Bannock Indian
war of 1877-78. His ranch and cattle in-
terests for various reasons that no one could
foresee proved almost a total loss. At the
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the Union League, which is the only order
to which he ever belonged.

Judge and Jlrs. Packwood have two song
and three daughters. Mary Elizabeth, bom
in August, 1SG3, became the wife of Charles
F. Hyde, and died about three years ago,
leaving two sons and five daughters, the eld-
est daughter being now the wife of Dr. F. C.
Vaughan, of Portland. William H. Pack-
wood, -Jr., a lawyer, has been married and
has a son and daughter. Jefferson Carter,
the third of the family, is an accountant.
Edith (lonzaga is the wife of e.x-State Sena-
tor John L. Rand, a lawyer of Baker, and
has two sons. Martha Amelia is the wife
of Dr. L. G. \Vheeler, a mining promoter,
now at Winnemucca, Nevada, and has a
daughter. There are four living children
and twelve grandchildren. Mrs. Packwood
and children are of the Catholic faith. The
Judge's people were Covenantors and he
joined the Christian church long years ago.
While not an active church worker he has
tried to be a practical Christian, attempting
to live rather than to preach Christianity.
Honorable principles and worthy purposes
have guided him throughout his entire life.
He has always endeavored to upbuild the
state and he was instrumental in inducing
Dr. Hennan, now deceased, to bring a colony
of Germans from Baltimore to settle on the
Coquille river in Coos county. His entire
life has been full of interesting events. In
nearly every enterprise in which he has en-
gaged he has been the controlling spirit and
on most occasions success has attended him.
If he has experienced failure it was because
he had too much confidence in his fellow
men. WTiile he has had hundreds of men in
in his employ he has never missed a pay
day nor had a strike. He is, as previously
stated, the last surviving member of the
state constitutional convention and with one
I'xocption the last survivor of the Mounted
Rifles that came to Oregon in 1859. He be-
longs to the Oregon Pioneer Association, has
for several years been a member of the Ore-
gon Historical Society, is an Indian war
veteran and may well claim to be one of
those pioneers who have blazed the way for
the march of civilization and who
"Belonged to the legion that never were

li:<ted.
They carried no banner nor crest;
But. Hplit in a thousand detachments,
Were breaking the ground for the rest."

G. W. RUCKMAN, who is deputy sherlfT of
Inion riiMiity. resides in a fine modern home
in Imlilrr and owns a magnificent six hun-
dred and eighty acre farm near that place,
partly bounded by tlie Grande Rondo river.
His farm is a splendid property and has upon
it, togetlier with other fini' iniprovi>ments.
one of the most elegant farm dwellings of
the countj'. Mr. IJnrkman was horn in Wa-
pello county. Iowa. .April 2. 1«18. n son of
William and Mary (Miller) Ruokninn. tho
father a native of Xorthumberlnnd county,
Pennsylvania, and the mother of Tippecanoe
county, Indiana. When a young man the
father removed to Imliana, where hi<i wedding

was celebrated, and in 1S2S to Iowa. He
later came to Oregon and settled at Agency,
in Union county, where he lived for some
time, after which he bought a ranch a mile
and a half from that town. He made that
property his home until he bought a farm
seven miles east of his first Oregon property,
upon which he lived until 1872. He next
settled on the Grande Ronde river twelve
miles northeast of T.aGrande, where he re-
sided until the time of his death, which oc-
curred in 1891. He was a blacksmith by
trade, an occupation whicli he followed in
connection with his agrioiltural pursiiits.

G. W. Ruckman was one of seven chil-
dren born to his parents, being the sixth in
order of birth. His boyhood and schooldays
were spent in Iowa, where he received a
common-school education. He remained under
the parental roof until 1866. when he
was married. In 1871, he came to Union
county, Oregon, by wagon from Ogden. the
trip to that city having been made by rail.
On arriving in this state he settled on state
land which he purchased two miles south of
Imbler. where he is now residing in a fine
modern house.

Mr. Ruckman was married in 1866 to Miss
Lucretia Neville, a daughter of E. P. and
^r. J. Xevilte, and to them have been born
six children, as follows: William Ruffnian,
a rancher; .1. T., deceased; R. J., operating
the Now York Dental Parlors at Walla
Walla, Washington: S. G.. residing on the
home ranch; ^lary -T., the wife of E. D.
Peel, living on Prairie creek, in Wallowa
county; and Hattie, deceased. Mr. Ruck-
man has taken an active part in political
and other affairs which tend to improve the
conditions of this community and until the
silver question became the paramount party
issue ho had boon afRliated with the demo-
cratic party. Since that time, however, he
has been a republican. He is at present
deputy sheriff, an office which he has held
for a number of years. He takes an active
interest in educational matters and for a
number of years has been a member of
the school board. He has always been very
charitably inclined, has done many things
to alleviate the suffering of people around
him and has contributed to many gr)od
causes. He is a prominent man in his com-
munity and does not believe in putting his
light under a bushel basket. He has an
extensive acquaintance, and is highly
esteemed by a large number of personal
and political friends.

WILLIAM E. BRAINARD, a pioneer of
Oregon and one of IVirllaml's most respected
citizens, was bom in Milan, Ohio, December
.'>, 1832. and died in Portland. July 22, 1911.
He was the only «on of .lohn and Sallie
f.Shermnn) I!rainiiril. of old New Hampshire
and Vermont families. His mother died when
he was a boy of ten and thereafter his father
placed him in the home of his uncle, with
whom he lived for several yejirs. At the ago
of nineteen he left Ohio for the west, join-
ing a wagon train leaving St, .loseph, Mis-
souri, in the spring of 18,')2. .After an event-

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fill journey across the plains he reached Ore-
gon in the winter of that year. Shortly after
he went to southern Oregon, where he soon
engaged in steamboating on the Umpqua
river as captain and later as owner of the
steamer Washington. This was the first
steamboat to ply in Oregon waters, and was
shipped to Oregon from the east by way of
Cape Horn.

Later Mr. Brainard became interested in a
tannery in Scottsburg, Oregon. Disposing of
his interests in Southern Oregon, he went to
Canyon City, where he operated a placer
mine for eighteen months with fair success.
While there he entered into partnership with
C. W. Gay. They went to Portland to-
gether, purchasing one hundred and sixty
acres of land east of Mount Tabor, where Mr.
Brainard farmed and made his home until
1888. when he sold the property and moved to
the present family residence, at Fifty-fourth
and East Morrison streets. From this time
until his death he dealt in real estate. Mr.
Brainard was one of the organizers and first
directors of the Citizens Bank of East Port-
land, continuing to be a director until his
death. He was an Indian war veteran, serv-
ing all through the Indian troubles in Ore-
gon in Company T, of the Second Regiment,
Oregon Mounted Volunteers.

Mr. Brainard was married October 30,
1867. at Brooks, Oregon, to Miss Eliza Maria
Brooks, only daughter of Linus and Eliza
Brooks, pioneers of 1850, To Mr. and Mrs.
Brainard three children were born: Clara,
who died in infancy; Sherman Humiston, a
business man of Portland; and Linus Brooks,
a civil engineer, also a resident of Portland.

E. H. TULLEY, whose venturesome and
bold spirit led him in his prime into many
situations that inured him to the hardships
and privations of frontier life, acted for many
years as a freighter in the great west. Pie
later became a land owner, fruit grower and
cattle man in Oregon and after a life of toil
and economy is now living retired in Wal-
lowa, enjoying the fruits of his life's labors.
He was born in Piatt county, Illinois, .Janu-
ary 28, 18,S8, a son of Addison and Mary
TuHey. both parents being now deceased. He
was educated in the district schools of his na-
tive county near his father's farm, pursuing
his education until he attained the age of
fourteen years. His advantages in that di-
rection, however, were limited as it was
necessary for him to work during the spring,
summer and fall of the year in order to con-
tribute to the livelihood of the family and
himself. When he was eighteen years of ago
he removed to Kansas and took up one hun-
dred and sixty acres of Avhat was then called
neutral land. He immediately began work-
ing on this land, introducing such improve-
ments as were absohitely necessary, and re-
mained thereon until the Civil war broke
out, when ofT aiul on he acted independently
for the Union army during the entire war
but did not enlist. At the close of the war
he entered the freighting business, operating
between Kansas City, Missouri, and Denver.
Colorado, and nuulc in all seven trips across

the plains. On reaching Denver on the last
trip he decided to push on to Oregon, and,
doing so, settled temporarily in the Grande
Ronde valley, where he bought one hundred
and sixty acres of fine valley land and also
preempted one hundred and sixty acres. He
shortly afterward again entered the freight-
ing business, operating between Umatilla and
points in Washington and Idaho. This busi-
ness he continued for three years, after which
he began prospecting and mining, a business
which he followed for one and a half years.
After that experience he went to Arizona,
where for two years he followed agricultural
pursuits, and then returned to Grande Ronde
valley and shortly after that came to Wal-
lowa and was the first man to build a resi-
dence there. In that valley in company with
his brother he engaged in the cattle business,
which he followed with increasing success
until 1898. In the meantime he had planted
an orchard which was at one time one of
the largest in the valley, and from 1898 until
1905 that property required practically his
entire attention. In 1900 he retired from
active life, removing to Wallowa, where he
has since resided.

Mr. TuUey was married on April 28, 1881,
to Miss Bessie A. Lent, a daughter of James
and Sarah Lent, of Wallowa. To this union
four children have been born, namely: Wal-
ter A., engaged in the real-estate business
in Idaho; Pearl, residing at home; Clara, the
wife of Ira Martin; and Olive G., a high-
school student. In his political faith Mr.
Tulley is a republican and although not an
active politician takes an interest in matters
affecting the public welfare. His life has
not only been one of much activity and
hardship but he has performed a great ser-
vice in the west where his strenuous labors
added much to the comfort of many hun-
dreds of people whom he served in his ca-
pacity as a freighter, enabling them to ob-
tain the necessities of life. He assisted very
materially in developing those communities
in the far west of which he was for many
years a resident, and it is fitting that a life
so strenuous with labor should be rewarded
by the good things of tlie world with which
he has surrounded himself in later years.
He has a large number of acquaintances and
close personal friends with whom he has sur-
rounded himself, his many estimable traits
of character endearing him to the entire
community where he is greatly respected.

RICHARD L. DURHAM, well known in
firi;incial circles and prominently identified
with organized movements for the exploita-
tion of Oregon's resources with a view to the
upbuilding and promotion of the interests of
the state, was born in Oregon City, on the
HM of November, 1850. His father, Albert
A. Durham, was a native of New York and
in 1847 came to Oregon and settled at Ore-
gon City. In 1852 he removed to Oswego,
where he built a lumber mill and took up a
claim. He operated both until 1869, when he
sold out to the Oregon Steel Company and
went to Washington county, where he built
a mill which he operated until liis death. He

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remained an nctivp factor in the field of
business to the ape of eiglity-three years,
when in I'JOl he was called to his final rest.
His wife, who bore the maiden name of
Miranda A. White, was born in Canada, near
Niagara Falls, and died in 1907 in her nine-
tieth year. Mr. and Mrs. Durham were ainoni;
the early pioneers of Oregon and the former
was a member of the territorial legislature.

The boyhood and youth of Richard T,. Dur-
h.im were passed in his parents' home in the
acquirement of his early education, which
was supplemented by study in Willamette
University, at Salem, and also in the Port-
land Academy. He became a resident of
Portland in .Inly. 1S70, when he accepted
the apptiintment of deputy county clerk un-
der C. W. Parrish. continuin? in that posi-
tion until ISTfi, when he resi<;ned to become
deputy city auditor by the common council
and was continued in that position for five
consecutive terms. In 1S^2 he resifjned and
accepted the position of teller in the Port-
land Savings Bank and thu< entered financial
circles, in which he has since played an im-
portant part, his efforts bein<r a potent ele-
ment in the upbuilding and conservation of
the financial resources of the city. He con-
tinued as cashier in the Portland Savings
Bank until ISSR, when the Commercial Xa-
tional Bank was incorporated and ifr, Dur-
ham became cashier and vice president of the
latter institution. In ISnfi the Commercial
National sold out and he became vice presi-
dent of the Merchants National Bank, in
which position he has since remained, con-
tributing in large measure to its successful
conduct.

Thoroughly understanding modern finance,
having mastered all the intricacies of bank-
ing business, he has labored effectively to
broaden the scope of the institution with
which he is connected and to give it that
substantial standing which is considered a
sure foundation upon which to upbuild the
great west. He was also vice president of
the Merchants Savings & Trust Company for
six years and was one of its organizers. In
addition to his other interests he is also the
vice president of the Oregon T.and Invest-
ment Company and president of the Portland
Clearing House .\ssociation. He is also a
director of the Beaver Lumber Company, of
the Ban field Veysey Fuel Company and is
interested in various other enterprises.

In .Tune. 1^72. Air. Dnrham was united in
marriage, in Portland, to Miss Hannah T.
fiaiilt. a native of Oregon and a daughter of
Pembroke flault. who cam<- from Vermont to
the Pacific coa-^t. arriving in this state in
IS.IS. Three ihildren have been born unto
Mr. and Mrs. Durham: Lillian, the wife of
W. F.. .Tones, of Boston: Roy C.atilt : and
C.ilbcrt IL, who is secretary and treasurer
of the Beaver Lumber Company of Portland.
The family residence is on Riverside drive,
south of the city, on the banks of the Willam-
ette river. Mr. and ilrs. Durham hold
membership in the First Congregational
church and are prominent in the social circles
of the city. His fraternal relations connect
him with the Masons, the Odd Fellows and

the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and
in the last named he has been grand receiver
for over twenty five years. But while prom-
inent in these connections he has given com-
paratively little time to social interests.
Outside of business he has concentrated his
energies largely upon the improvement of
Portland and the exploitation of the natural
resources of this section of the country with
a view to building here a city that shall rival
in its industrial and commercial importance
the metropolitan centers of the east. He
was chosen vice president of the state board
of emigration which was organized in 1881
for the purpose of disseminating knowledge
concerning the state. In the attainment of
this end exhibition cars were equipped with
a collection of Oregon products and with
literary descriptions of the country, and
these cars were sent throughout the east,
being a practical and tangible demonstration
of what could be accomplished in the west.
The Chamber of Commerce, of which be was
one of the organizers, has long found him an
able and effective worker. He was also one
of the organizers of the Commercial Club and
served as its treasurer from its inception
until 1898, and also as a member of its board
of governors until 1890. He was also a
member of the finance and building com-
mittees at the time of tlie erection of its new
building. Preeminently public spirited, his
interests and cooperation can always be
aroused in behalf of any project for the wel-
fare of city or state. His efforts are of a
most practical character, the sound judgment
of an active business man being manifest in
all of his opinions concerning the best meth-
toIs to improve the city along lines of ma-
terial and intellectual jirogress and municipal
growth.

HENRY J. ROSENBERG is numbered
among the native sons of Umatilla county,
his birth having occurred on October 11, 1881.
He is the son of Clans H. and Anna Rosenberg,
l>oth of whom were natives of Germany and
came to America in 1871. They located in
Iowa and in 1870 came to Oregon, settling
in Umatilla county, where they p\irchased
land. The father "is now living in Pendle-
ton, the mother having passeil away in
August. 1008. In their family were seven
children, five of whom arc now living.

Ilenrv .1. Rosenberg received a common-
school education and remained at home until
he reached his majority. He then took charge
of the old homestead, which consists of four-
teen hundred and forty acres, and is still
operating the same.

Mr. Rosenberg wedded Miss Clara Hude-
mann. the daughter of .Tulius and Margaret
(Kggersi ITudemann. both of whom are na-
tives of fiermany. The parents came to
.Vmeriea. settling in Oregon, and are now liv-
ing in Pendleton. To Mr. and Mrs. Rosen-
berg have been born two childri'U. Henrietta
Clara anil Glenn .1. Mr. Rosenberg is a re-
publican in his political views. Fraternally
he is identified with Pendleton Lmlgc, No. 52,
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Union. Both he and Mrs. Rosenberg are
zealous members of the Lutheran church and
their lives are guided by its teachings. Mr.
Rosenberg is a capable and enterprising far-
mer, highly honored in his native county.

REV. J. NEILSON BARRY. Ordained to
the ministry of the Episcopal church by
Bishop H. C. Potter, in New York city, June
9, 1895, the Rev. J. Neilson Barry has since
been actively engaged in the work of the
ministry, spending most of the time in the
northwest. In August, 1907, he came to St.
Stephen's parish at Baker, Oregon, as rector.
He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina,
November 26, 1870, and comes of a family
prominent in Ireland as the owners of lands
and castles and the possessors of titles, the
original ancestor having been William de
Barri, who was with William the Conqueror.
Mr. Barry's ancestral history includes the
name of Walter Flandiensis, Lord Patteshall,
created Baron de Woodlmll by William the
Conqueror in 1066; Robert de Blakcland, of
Wiltshire, England, 1286; Rev. William Wal-
ton, of Exeter, England, wlio was a Churcli
of England clergyman during the reign of
Queen Elizabeth; and Alexander Livingston,
portioni'i of Falkirk, of the house of Dun-
frace. The first ancestor of Mr. Barry to
come to America arrived in 1630, since which
time various ancestors have held prominent
positions in Massachusetts. New Jersey and
New Amsterdam (New York), taking a lead-
ing part in civic and military matters. Some
of the most prominent were: Petrus Stuyve-
sant, governor of New Amsterdam from 1647
until 1664, previous to which time he had
been governor of Curacao in 1634; Cornells
Melyn. patroon of Staten Island; Jan Jansen
Bleeker, of the Saratoga patent, 1658; Samuel
Edsall, of Jamaica, Long Island, 1663 ; Robert
Livingston, first lord of the Manor of Living-
ston, New Y'ork, 168S. There were those who
lost their lives owing to Indian hostility and
pioneer conditions, including Catrina, the
wife of Major Abraham Staats, who was
killed by the Indians during the Esopus war
in 1664 ; Lieutenant John Sharpe, who was
killed by the Indians at Sudbury in 1676
during King Philip's war; and his father,
Robert Sharpe, who lost his life during the
Canadian expedition in 1690. The family
was represented in the war for independence
by Colonel Nicholas Fish, General John Neil-
son, Captain Johannes Voorhees and others.
Major Robert Peabody Barry, father of the
Rev. J. Neilson Barry, and formerly of the
Sixteenth United States Infantry (Regulars),
now resides at Clifton Farm, Fauquier
county, Virginia. He was twice wounded at
the battle of Stone River, or Murfreesboro,
December 31. 1S62. and was promoted for gal-
lantry on the field of action. His wife, who
l)ore the maiden name of Julia Kean Neilson,
was a niece of Hamilton Fish, secretary of
state during President Grant's administra-
tion, for whose wife, Julia Kean, she was
named. She was a first cousin of Edward
II. Kaniiiiiui, of (lie Union Pacific, and also
of Stuyvesant Fish, former president of the
Illinois Centra] railroad. Her father was

John Neilson, a son of Dr. John Neilson, and
a grandson of General John Neilson. The
last named was the son of Dr. John Neilson,
who came to America from Ireland, his birth
having occurred in Belfast in 1717. His
father was a Scotch officer in Londonderry
during the noted siege of 1689. Mrs. Barry
died November 27, 1910.

The Rev. J. Neilson Barry devoted seven-
teen years of his life to the acquirement of
an education. He attended public and pri-
vate schools in Virginia, being a student in
the preparatory department of the Virginia
Theological Seminary and also, in 1895, in
the General Theological Seminary at Chelsea
Square, in New York city. In the meantime,
from 1888 until 1890, he had been engaged
in clerking in connection with the cotton busi-
ness, serving as aecount-of-sales clerk with
(;eorge L. Arps & Company, cotton commis-
sion merchants of Norfolk, Virginia. Desir-
ing, however, to enter the ministry, he pur-
sued his theological courses of study as previ-
ously indicated and was ordained in New
Y'ork city on the 9th of June, 1895, and
advanced to the priesthood February 13, 1896,
at Palouse, Wasliington. He was in charge
of Holy Trinity church there from June, 1895,
until April, 1899. and during that period ob-
tained land and erected Holy Trinity church,
tlie parish liouse and rectory rooms. During
tlie summer of 1898 he was acting curate at
St, Agnes chapel. Trinity Parish, of New
York city. On the 2d of November of the
same year he took charge of Trinity chiu'ch at
Spokane, Washington, and while there in-
augurated the work that resulted in the
building of a wing and the introduction of
other improvements to the church property.
The rectory was built, land was obtained and
on it the parish house was erected. Plis la-
bors there continued until the 26th of De-
cember, 1904. He was rector of Trinity, an
old colonial parish in Qiarles count}', Mary-
land, from January 15, 1905, until October 1,
1906, having his residence at the Good Will
Glebe, Charlotte Hall, Maryland, On the 1st
of November, 1906, he became vicar at St.
Columba in St. Alban parish, Washington,
D. C, where he continued until August, 1907,
and then came to Oregon.

Mr. Barry was registrar of the district of
Spokane from 1898 until 1904 and registrar
of Eastern Oregon from 1908 until 1910.
As previously stated, he accepted the posi-
tion of rector of St. Stephen's parish in
Baker, Oregon, in August, 1907. and during
his ministry here Nevins Hall, the parish
house, has been built and the church has been
improved. In addition to his other labors
Mr. Barry is a chaplain of the Actors' Church
Alliance. He has done considerable literary
work, being the author of numerous articles
relating to church and to local historical mat-
ters in Virginia, Maryland, Oregon and else-
where.

In St. Ignatius church. New Y'ork city, on
the 10th of October. 1899. Mr. Barry' was
married to Miss Mildred Eldridge Pegram,
who was born in London, England, and was
reared in Paris and New York city, her father
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is a representative of an old Virginia family,
several members of which were prominent
during the Civil war. They have one son,
Eldridge Dighton Barry, who was born July
16, 1903.

RODERICK D. ALLEN, a man of enter-
prise and more than ordinary ability, who
throughout his career has made good use ot
his opi>ortunities, is now county clerk, ligur-
ing prominently in business and political
circles of Marion county. He was born in
this county on the 2Jth of .Manh. 1SJ.'>, his
parents being Henry ami Frances (Rock-
wood) .Mien, the former a native of Tennes-
see and the latter of Illinois. The falher's
birth occurred on the 21st of July, ISUS, and
after spending his early life in the eastern
part of the country he came to Marion county
as a pioneer in 1853. He removed westward
with the gold seekers of 1S4'J, but after three
years' residence in California came to Oregon
where he purchased a farm upon which he
resided until his retirement a short time be-
fore his .death in i;iO?<. The mother's birth
ocoirred on the 22d of February, 1833, and
she is still living at Silverton. Her four
brothers served in the Civil war and one was
killed in one of the important engagements
in which he took part. To Mr. anil Mrs.
Henry Allen five children were born: Timothy
D., who is a resident of Silverton; Alwilda J.,
who is the wife of L. F. .Mascher. also of
Silverton; Adella, now .Mrs. T. W. Mctirath;
Harvey L., deceased, who is survived by a
widow and one son; and Roderick D., who is
the subject of this review.

The last named received his education in
the common schools of Silverton and subse-
quently in Willamette I'niversity. After
having completed bis education he spent live
years teaching school and thus began his
active career. Subsequently he engaged in
farming and fniit growing until 1899 when
he accepted the position of head bookkeeper
at the State Hospital for the Insane. Ilis
superior educational opportunities and adviin-
tages ably qualified him for clerical work, and
for six years he satisfactorily occupied that
position. In 1906. however, he resigned after
his election as county clerk of .Marion county.
Both in 1908 and 1910 he was reelected, anil
he is still holding the position. In addition
to his clerical work he is also carrj'ing on
fniit growing and dairying to some extent
near St. Paul. Oregon. To whatever he un-
dertakes he devotes thought, energy and in-
dustry and so wins a good degree of success,
and the present state of his various under-
takings gives promise for even better returns
in the future.

On the 4th of January. 18S1, Mr. Allen was
married to Miss Hatlie Knight, whose birth
occurred in Michigan on the 20th of Inne.
18f)3. and who is a daughter of Uaniel and
Klmira (Weed) Knight, both deceased. Thi'
father had engaged in agricultural pursuits
throughout his active career. To ilr. and
Mrs. Allen six children hare been born: I.e-
ona, who is the wife of John Miller of Donald.
Oregon, and who has two sons; May, who is
married to Thomas Norwood. i>f Chemeketa.

Oregon, and has two sons; X'irgil, who is re-
siding at home on the farm; Daniel 11.. who
is an attorney at Silverton; Victor, who is
uuirried and living on a farm wliich he culti-
vates; and llertha. who is the wife of ( lif-
ford Benson, the son of ex-Governor Benson,
and who is residing at Gardner, Oregon.

In politics Mr. Allen gives his support to
the republican party. He has frequently lieen
elected to public ollice and has served as
school clerk and road supervisor in his home
district. Since 1879 he has held membership
in the Independent (.)rder of Od<l Fellows, in
which organization he has held every ottice
including past graml. He also holds mem-
bership in the \Voodmen of the World. He
is one of the most enterprising men in the
vicinity, always ready and willing to uo what
he can for the general improvement of the
county, and is held in high respect as a con-
genial and progressive citizen.

J. C. McKERN has been engaged in busi-
ness as a blacksmith of Yamhill for more
than a guarter of a century and now owns
the leading shop of the town. Ilis birth
occurred in Decatur county, Iowa, on the
19th of October, 1856, his parents being
Henry P. and Katherine (Collins) McKern,
who were natives of North Carolina and
Pennsylvania respectively. They were mar-
ried in Indiana and later removed to Iowa,
there continuing to reside until the spring
of 1862. At that time they crossed the
plains with an ox team to Walla Walla,
Wiisliiiigtnn, where tbey made their home
\intil 1805. which year witnessed their ar-
rival in Linn county. ()regon. There Mrs.
McKern passed away in August, 1867. The
following year Henry P. McKern took up his
abode near McMinnville. Yamhill county.
Ilis demise occurred at the home of his daugh-
ter. Mrs. Maddux, in 188S. Ilis children were
twelve in ntiniber, as follows: Mrs. Sarah
Waldrip, who resides in Eastsound, Washing-
ton; Abrahiim 1'., living in Hellingliam. Wash-
ington; William, who makes liis lionie at
Dee. Oregon; Mrs. Kinnia Wells, nf .\>hland,
Oregon; Saniantha Clementine, (he wife of
William Mellis, of Wajiato, Washington; J.
C, of this review, who is a twin brother of
Snmaniha C; Jane. Lawson. Spencer, Mary
and Katherine. all of whom are dei'ensed;
and one who died in infancy.

.J. C. McKern acipiiri'il only a limited ediu'n-
tion in his youth but by ri'ading. eX|ierience
and observation has become a well informed
man. Wlieii a youth of thirti'en he se<'ured
employment on a neighboring farm and was
actively engaged in the work of the fields
until ISSl. Subsequently he spent three
years as an apprentice at the binoksmith's
trade in Yamhill and in 188.". opened a shop
of his own. having conducted the same con-
tinuously since. His business has steadily
grown until his establisliment is now the
leading one of that character in Yamhill. He
owns his place of business and his residence
and also has other property interests.

On the 28th of Jantiary! 1885. Mr. McKern
was united in marriage to Miss Martha F.
Iliinsaker, who was born near Salem. .Marion

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county, Oregon, on the IStli of April, 1864,
her parents being Thomas H. and Elizabeth
Jane (Miller) Hunsaker, natives of Missouri.
The father's birth occurred in 1827, while the
mother's natal day was January 1, 1831. In
1847 they crossed the plains with their respec-
tive parents, settling in Marion county, Ore-
gon, where they spent the remainder ol their
lives. At the time of his demise Thomas
H. Hunsaker owned eight hundred acres of
valuable land in that county. He lived to at-
tain the age of seventy-three years, while
his wife was seventy-two years old when
called to her final rest. Their children were
eight in number, namely: Angeline and Eliza-
beth, both of whom are deceased ; George
Washington, who is a resident of Marion
county, Oregon; Jasper, who has passed
away; Licurgus, living in Polk county, Ore-
gon; Naomi, who is deceased; Mrs. McKern;
and Cora, who makes her home in Salem,
Oregon. Prior to her marriage Mrs. McKern
followed the profession of school teaching.

In politics Mr. McKern is a democrat of
liberal views. He ably served as city treas-
urer of Yamhill for a period of sixteen years
and is now the president of the council.
Fraternally he is identified with the Masons,
belonging to La Fayette Lodge. No. 3, of Yam-
hill, of which he is now serving officially as
senior warden. At present he is also district
deputy grand master of Lodge No. 56, I. 0. O.
F., of Yamhill, and acts as inner guard of the
grand lodge of Oregon. His religious faith
is that of the Cliristian church, to which his
wife also belongs. Over the record of his
entire career there falls no shadow of wrong-
doing or suspicion of evil but on the con-
trary his example is one worthy of emula-
tion, showing as it does the force of hard
work, close application and unfaltering in-
tegrity in the acquirement of notable and
gratifying success. He stands today strong
in his honor and good name, strong in his
ability to plan and perform and with the
confidence and good will of all who know him.

GEORGE IRVING HAZELTINE is one of

the respected pioneers of Canyon City, Grant
county, where he resides and is at present
serving the public in the office of city treas-
urer. He was born in Cattaraugus county.
New York, May 4, 1836, and is a son of Asa
and Fanny (Bancroft) Hazeltine, both of
M-liom were natives of Vermont, the mother
being a relative of George Bancroft, the
historian. The father at an early date re-
moved to Illinois, making the journey by
■way of New York where he remained for a
slKirt time and later reached the city of
Chicago, in which place he was offered a
wliole section of land located in what is now
the heart of the business district in exchange
for a hor.se and blanket. After looking the
place over carefully lie concluded that Chicago
was so unhealthy that he would be a loser
in the deal and so declined the proffered
opportunity. He continued his journey west-
ward and settled on the banks of Fox river
where now stands the city of St. Cliarles, and
there he lived until the" time of his death
which occurred in 18G4. Mr. and Mrs. Asa

Hazeltine were the parents of eight children,
of whom the subject of this review is the
sixth child in order of birth.

George Irving Hazeltine was reared at
home and received his early education in the
public schools at St. Charles, Illinois. In
the spring of 1853 he started overland for
California, by way of Mexico. On learning
later that the Mexicans were still unfriendly
owing to the late war, he discontinued his
westward journey and returned to his home
at St. Charles where he remained until the
autumn of 1853. In October of that year
in company with his brother Martin M., he
started for the Pacific coast this time by way
of New York and from there by steamer to
tlie Isthmus, which they crossed by the
Nicaragua route and arrived in San Francisco
in December, 1853. They reached New York
at the time of the Crystal Palace Exhibition,
which they visited before sailing for the west.
George Irving Hazeltine and his brother, Mar-
tin M., had learned the art of photography
some years previous and on reaching San
Francisco they at once established them-
selves in the photographic business, making
what was known at that time as the daguer-
reotypes. He continued in that partnership
until 1855 at which time he sold out his inter-
est and engaged in mining on the south fork
of the American river at the town of Coloma,
which is the site of the first discovery of gold
in California made by Mr. Marshall. At the
time Mr. Hazeltine reached Coloma Mr. Mar-
shall was still there as was also Sutter's
mill which has become famous in the history
of California as the place in which Mr. Mar-
shall was engaged in sawing lumber at the
time of his great discovery of gold. .Judge
McKenna. of the United States supreme
court was also a resident of Coloma at the
time of Mr. Hazeltine's arrival there and the
two men became much attached to each other.
From the time of Mr. Hazeltine's arrival at
the point above named until the spring of
18.J7, he Avas engaged in mining on Live Oak
Bar and was very fortunate in his findings.
He later invested in mining property and
suffered a heavy loss by virtue of the failure
of the properties to make good and also
suffered loss through the Adams Express
Company in 1855. After losing nearly all
of his accumulated gold dust he established
himself independently in the photographic
business in which he continued for a few
years. He later started for Oregon having
the Salmon river basin as his objective point.
He followed the trail of emigrant parties who
had left some two weeks previously, bound
for the same part of the state. The emi-
grant train referred to was headed by a man
whose name was McGruder. The company
making the trip was composed of thirty-five
Americans and tAventy-five Mexicans and
their means of travel and transportation
were pack horses. On reaching the Pitt river
they followed it to Goose lake and on their
way prospected for gold, finding colors but no
pay dirt until they reached Canyon creek.
On the journey the Indians gave them little
or no serious' trouble except by stealing a
few of the Mexicans' horses. They arrived at

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171

Canyon crook July 4, ISGO, at tho tiino when
tlie miners were "holding a miners' meeting
for the purpose of eloctinf; ofTicers. Mr.
Ilazcltine at this time was associated in part-
nirsliip with his brotliorin-law, and also P.
\'un Middolsworth. Thoy built a log house
and Imutcd a claim and at once began raining
operations. Mr. Hazoltine was then delegated
to go to The Dalles in Oregon and there pur-
chase a winter supply of provisions. The
journey extended over something less than
two hiuKlred miles and he used pack horses
with which to accomplish his mission. In
the spring of 1SG3 he received a letter from
his wife whom he had left in California and
as a result of the information contained in
that message he repaireil at once to Califor-
nia by way of Portland and later. foUowing
the trail by which he had come there, in
company with his wife and family and his
father-in-law, he returned to his location on
Canyon creek. During this journey they were
attacked by Indiims ami one member of the
party was hit by an arrow. They saw many
graves while en route and a skeleton of a man
who ha<l been killed by Indians. During his
absence a friend by name Kennedy, who had
been left in charL'e of his claim had sold it
for one hnn<lred and fifty dollars. Mr. Hazel-
tine receiving as his share an '•invaluable"
piece of furniture in the shape of a well worn
cookstove. He had, however, brought along
with him his photographic outfit and knew
how in times of misfortune and distress to
turn the knowledge of his trade to good ac-
count. He accor.lingly at once built a house
and in that wilderness established himself
as a photographer. In the following year
he engaged also in mining iii)erations. In
IsCit ill "ompany with others he established
a pack-train service operating between Can-
yon City and The Dalles, but the Indians
ialer stole all their horses and the enterprise
was abandoned. In the spring of l'<6.') he
and bis father-in-law. A. R. McCallum built
a flour mill at Tohn Day. Oregon, that being
the first mill in eastern Oregon. In that
business he engaged until 1874 at which time
he sold his interest in the property and con-
fined himself to the- photographic business
until 1S7S. During the summer of 1874 he
with his wife and two chihlrcn paid a visit
to his oM home at St. Cliarles. Illinois, after
which he returned to his home and business
interests in Oregon. In 1S7H he was elected
county judge, serving four years in that ollice.
He afterward engaged in photographic work
until ls!iO when he was again idectcil to that
onice serving from 1><!I0 to ll'il. In IS'.lf. he
Has elected county treasurer serving for a
term of two years. After his term expireil
he ft)llowcd the brokerage business until lOOS.
At present Mr. Hazeltine is ably serving as
citv treasurer of Caiivon City, an odice which
he"has held for the past ten years. In U|00
Mr Hazeltine built the stone building which
is now occupied by the First National Hank
of Canyon City, retaining an oflice fnr him
self in that building.

Ceorgc Irving Hazeltine was united in mar-
riage ^pril 13. 18fi2. in Shasta county. Cali-
fornia, to Miss Emeline C. McCallum. her
birth having occurred on the Brandywine m-ar

the site of the famous battle of Brandywine
in Schenectady, New York. She is the daugh-
ter of Mr. anil Mrs. A. R. McCallum, the for-
mer of whom was a native of Vermont, and
of Scotch descent, and the latter a native of
Scotland. To Mr. and Mrs. Hazeltine four
cliildren have been born: Kdith. the wife of
.Tiidge (lilford of Uakcr City, Oregon; Mabel,
the deceased wife of John liiggs, of Burns.
Oregon; Irving Bancroft, who is engaged in
the°mining and telephone business in eastern
Oregon, and has his headquarters in Canyon
City. Oregon; anil Mildred, the wife of Pro-
fessor Linden McCullough. who is engaged in
teaching history in the high school of Baker
City, Oregon.

(leorge Irving Hazeltine has been a member
of the Canyon City Masonic TiOdge. N'o. 34,
for the past thirty-six years, and has been
secretary of that lodge for thirty-four years.
He is also a member of I?lue Mountain Chap-
ter, Xo. 7, R. A. M., and of Blue Mountain
Council, No. 10, R. & S. M. He is the secre-
tary of each of the last named lodges. He is
a member of liobali Lodge. Xo. 22. Independ-
ent Order of Oild Fellows and of F.xcelsior
Kiuampment. No. 3, I. O. 0. F., of both of
which he is the secretary.

Mr. Hazeltine is one of the most interesting
among the surviving pioneers of Oregon.
His varied career of repeated success and
failure in business is remarkable and particu-
larly so as it resulted ultimately in final
and" assured prosperity crowned with the
honor of being elected to many olTiccs of pub-
lic trust by his grateful constituents. He
has been aii active man all of his life and
has devoted many years to unremiinerative
duties and public positions for the sake of the
community in general. Despite his age of
seventy-six years he is as industrious and
active "as ever. He is a man highly esteemed
for his uniform and unfinestioned integrity
of character and this was given expression to"
<m the 13th of April. 1912. at the time of the
celebration of their golden wedding when
both he and his wife were the recipients of
many valuable remembrances presented by
their large circle of acquaintances.

ELLIS B. FLETT, who has been success-
fully engaged ill the jiractice of dentistry for
the past six years, is now serving as mayor
of Yamhill, having been elected to that of-
fice on the 4th »< April. 1911. His birth oc-
curred in Yamhill county. Oregon, on the
3d of December. Is72. his parents being
■John B. and Sarah F. (Hiittl Flett. who were
likewise born in that country. The father's
birth occurred in IHiA, while the mother's
natal year was IS.";!, .lohn B. Flett followed
general agricultural pursuits throughout his
entire business career and shortly after his
marriage, which occurred in .Taniiary, 1869,
hi' look up a homesteaii one mile east of
Wapiito Station, where he resided until
called to his final rest in 1897. His
brother. \V. (ieorge Flett. of Olex, (iilliam
loiinty, Oregon, was born near Xewberg,
Oregon, in 1842. and is one of the old-
est native-born sons of this state. The
mother of our subject is still living on the
old homestead place and has attained the

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age of sixty years. She had seven children.
Ellis B. being the second in order of birth.
The others are as follows: George W. and
Hemming C, both of whom reside on the old
homestead; Ethel May, who is the wife of
Bnd Rolston and also lives on a portion of
the home place; William T., who likewise re-
sides' on a part of the homestead property ;
one who died unnamed; and Lyle E., who
passed aw-ay at the age of fourteen years.

\'\'Tien but a lad of eight years Ellis B.
Flett became a jockey and continued to ride
race horses until si.xteen years of age, when
he was no longer able to keep his weight
down to the prescribed number of pounds.
He first rode for Jerome Porter, of Forest
Grove, and with a horse called Laura D. he
got a start of almost a quarter of a mile in
a mile race at Walla Walla, Washington,
which is claimed as the world's record. For
one season Mr. Flett also rode for J. B.
Haggin, of California, at that time one of the
most prominent owners of race horses in the
world. During the year in which he rode for
.James Bybee he won all races in which he
started throughout the season. For two sea-
sons he acted as a jockey for Baker &
Kuykendall of Montana, where he rode
horses with world records. His earliest ex-
periences included a few match races for
Thomas Tongue, of Hillsboro, Oregon. When
nineteen years of age he entered the Oregon
State Agricultural College at Corvallis,
there pursuing his studies for one year. Sub-
sequently he continued his education in the
State Normal School at Monmouth, being
graduated from that institution in 1893.
During the next two years he followed the
profession of teaching, imparting clearly and
readily to others the knowledge that he had
acquired. He then operated his father's
farm for three years and on the expiration
of that period entered the North Pacific Col-
lege of Dentistry at Portland, from which he
was graduated in 1005. Opening an office
at Yamhill, he has there practiced his pro-
fession continuously since and has enjoyed
an extensive and gratifying patronage. He
still owns an interest in the old homestead
property, has a fine home in Yamhill and
also has a fifth interest in property in Gil-
liam eountv. Oregon.

On the ioth of December, 1906, Mr. Flett
was united in marriage to Miss Delma
Matheny, who was born near Salem, Oregon,
her parents being Samuel and Eva Matheny,
natives of Missouri and Maryland respec-
tively. The parents of Mrs. Matheny were
among the pioneer settlers of this state, be-
ing passengers on the first boat that went
around Cape Horn. The parents of Mrs.
Flett were married in Oregon and here con-
tinued to reside throughout the remainder of
their lives, Samuel Matheny passing away
at the age of seventy-seven and his wife at
the age of forty-four years. The former
participated actively in the war against the
Indians. Mrs. Flett was one of a family of
five children, the others being as follows:
Catherine, who is deceased; Mamie, a resi-
dent of California; Samuel, who makes his
home at Silverton, Oregon; and Estella, the

wife of P. P. Allen, of Lone Tree, Wash-
ington,

Mr. Flett is a republican in politics and
his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth
and ability, have called him to several posi-
tions of public trust. For two terms he held
the office of road supervisor and at the same
time acted as deputy assessor of his town-
ship. For three terms he served as city re-
corder and during one term acted as council-
man. He was elected mayor of Yamhill on
the 4th of April, 1911, and his administration
has been characterized by many measures of
reform and improvement. Fraternally he is
identified with the Independent Order "of Odd
Fellows, in 1894 joining Wapato Lodge, No.
40, in which he has passed through all the
chairs, while in 1897 he attended the grand
lodge. He is a charter member of Yamhill
Lodge, No. 98, K. P.. in which he has filled
all of the chairs, wdiile in 1909 and 1910 he
was a representative to the grand lodge. The
lodge of the Yeomen at Y'amhill also numbers
him among its valued members. A strong
minded, generous-spirited man, he stands as
a high type of American manhood and an em-
bodiment of that progress which in the last
half century has drawn to this country the
admiring gaze of all nations.

A. C. McKINNON, a retired resident of
Amity, was successfully identified with gen-
eral agricultural pursuits in Oregon through-
out his active business career and is still the
owner of seven hundred acres of valuable
land. His birth occurred in Nova Scotia,
Canada, on the .Sd of February, 1857, his
parents being Charles and Mary (McKinnon)
McKinnon, both of whom were natives of
Pictou county, Scotland. The father emi-
grated to America in early manhood and was
married in Canada, spending the remainder
of his life in that country. His demise oc-
curred in 1906. He was an agriculturist
by occupation and also took a deep interest
in politics, being a leading worker in the
local ranks of his party. His first wife
]iassed away when our subject was but a
year and a half old. The children of that
marriage were five in number and all .are
deceased ■with the exception of Mr. McKin-
non of this review. Their names were Alex,
■John, Annie, Alex, the second of the name,
and A. C. For his second wife Charles Mc-
Kinnon chose Miss .Jeannette McDonald, by
whom he had eight children.

A. C. McKinnon attended the common
schools in the acquirement of an education
and remained on the home farm until nine-
teen years of age. At that time he crossed
the border into the United States and took
up his abode in Polk county. Oregon, here
being employed as a farm hand for three
years. Subsequently he operated a rented
farm in Polk county for five years and then
purchased a tract of partially improved land
near Perrydale. there carrying on his agri-
cultural interests until be camp to Amity in
1898. Disposing of his farm in Polk county,
he purchased another south of Amity and
also one to the west. His property holdings
embrace seven hundred acres of farming land.

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173

all of which he leases. He likewise has
other real-estate interests and owns stock
in the Yamhill valley Milk Condensing Com-
pany at Amity, which he assisted in organ-
izing and of which he is a director.

In April, 1S97, Mr. McKinnon was united
in marriage to Mrs. Kmma Huwley, a na-
tive of Oregon. By her tirst husband, Horace
Hawley, she had two children, namely;
Lepha who is a trained nurse of Portland;
and Grace, who is attending school at Cor-
vallis.

In politics Mr. McKinnon is a stanch demo-
crat, while fraternally he is identilied with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at
Amity. His religious faith is indicated by
bis membership in the Unitarian church,
while his wife belongs to the Christian
church. The period of his residence in the
northwest covers more than a third of a
century and he is well entitled to represen-
tation among the substantial and esteemed
citii^ens of Oregon.

EDGAR D. SUMMERS, who has been ac
tively identilied with industrial interests as
a carpenter and contractor for the past
thirty-one years, came to Oregon in 1890
and has erected most of the buildings in
the town of Beaverton, where he now makes
his home. His birth occurred in Crundy
county, Illinois, on the 16th of September,
ISGO. his parents being John A. and Matilda
isomers) Summers, the former a native of
Dutchess county, New York, and the latter
of Medina county, Ohio. They were mar-
ried at Morris, Illinois, and there continued
to reside until 1S82, when they sold their
property and removed to Douglas county.
South Dakota, where they took up land and
nuide their home for about nine years. In
ISS'J they came to Portland, Oregon, where
they resided for two years and then rented
a tract of land in Washington county, .lohn
.\. .Summers devoting his attention to its
cultivation for six years. On the e.xpiration
of that period he purchased a quarter block
of city property in Beaverton and there
made his home until called to his final rest
in 1898. His widow, who survives him, re-
sidi's in Beaverton and has attained the age
iif seventy-five years. Their children were
i-ight in number, namely: Clara C. whose
demise occurred in May, 1904, when she was
forty-nine years of age; Fred E., who is
at iiome with his mother; Hortense, who
gave her hand in marriage to Charles A.
Keith and resides in Dover, Oregon; Edgar
D., of this review; Emily, the wife of Edwin
C. Keith, of Seattle, Washington; Harry,
who is also at home with his mother; Helen,
the wife of Michael Ford; and John E.,
living in Beaverton, Oregon, who wedded
Miss Carrie Pike, a native of this state and
a daughter of Lorenzo E'ike.

Edgar D. Summers made his initial step
in the business world when a young man of
twenty and during the interv-ening years has
devoted his attention exclusively to carpen-
tering and contracting, following those pur-
suits in Illinois, the Dakotas and Oregon.
The year 1890 witnessed his arrival In this

state and for live years following he made
Ills home in Portland. Subsequently he spent
three years in Kenton, Washington county,
and then came to Beaverton, where he has
since won an enviable reputation as the'lead-
ing carpenter and contractor, having erected
most of the buildings in the town. He owns
a line home in Beaverton and also has two
other modern residence properties there.

On the 8th of December, 1SS7. Mr. Sum-
mers WHS married to iliss Mary C. Beiiner.
a native of Marion, Iowa, where she lived
until fourteen years of age. Her parents,
Israel A. and Catherine H. Henner, are both
deceased. They liiid two children, the brother
of Mrs. Summers being Kobert L.. who has
passed away. Our subject and his wife
also have two children, namely: Kobert R.,
born September 9, 1SS9, who is a graduate
of the public schools and is still under the
parental roof; and Mabel C, born .lune 17,
1S91, who is likewise a public-school gr.ad-
uate and also has a good musical education.

Though a republican in his political views,
Mr. Summers is not strictly partisan, con-
sidering the ability of a candidate rather
than his party alliliation. Fraternally he
is identified with the Masonic order, the
Artisans and the Woodmen of the World,
in each of which he has filled all the chairs.
He and his family attend the Congregational
church, though Mrs. Summers is an l^iiisco-
paliaii in religious faith. Lnfallering in-
dustry and perseverance have constituted
the key that has unlocked the portals of
success for Edgar D. Summers. The prin-
ciples which have actuated him in all of his
relations with his fellowmen are such as
establish conlidence and regard in every land
and clime.

M. E. BURGESS, a well known real -estate
dealer of Amity, has for the past three years
enjoyed an enviable clientage in this con-
nection. His birth occurred August 12, 1874.
near Sheridan, Oregon, on the farm which
was homesteaded by his grandfather, his
parents being C. O. and Sarah A. (Mranson)
Burgess. The father is a native of Missouri
and the mother was born on the same farm
where the birth of our subject occurred. C.
0. Burgess, an agriculturist by occupation,
came to Oregon about forty years ago. For
the past fifteen years he has been engaged
in the real-estate business. Unto him and
his estimable wife have been born seven
children, two sons and five daughters, as
follows: M. E., of this review; Helen, the
wife of R. P. Howard, of Albany, Oregon;
Myrtle, who gave her hand in marriage to
Guy Fendle, of Willainina. Oregon; Pearl, the
wife of riary Price, of Tillamook. Oregon;
Ora, whose demise occurred in 1897; and
Lovey and Rex, both at home.

M. E. Burgess attended the common schools
of this stale in the acquirement of an edu-
cation and remained iimler the parental roof
until he had attained his majority. Start
ing out as an agriculturist on his own ac
count, he began the operation of a farm near
Sheriilan and in connection with the work
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to real-estate negotiations. Tliree years ago
he came to Amity and has since given his
entire attention to the real-estate business,
handling both local and foreign lands. He
also writes tire insurance and has built up
an extensive business in tliese connections.
He has disposed of his farm but is heavily
interested in real estate at Amity.

In 1901 Mr. Burgess was united in mar-
riage to Miss Retta Morgan, a daughter of
A. C. Morgan. He gives his political alle-
giance to the republican party, while his
religious faith is indicated by his member-
ship in the Baptist church, to which his wife
also belongs. Fraternally he is identilied
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
belonging to tlie encamiimeiit, and both he
and his wife are connected with the lle-
bekahs. Mr. Burgess likewise belongs to the
Modern Woodmen of America. His entire
life has been spent in the Sunset state and
his standing in business and social circles
entitles him to a place among its substan-
tial and representative citizens.

CLARK BENSON, who was born on the
loth of February, 1867, is one of Baker
county's native sons and a well known farm-
er and dairyman here. His parents were
Lev and Catherine (Clark) Benson, both of
whom were born in Missouri. Possessing that
»l)irit of enterprise which characterized prac-
tically all of tlie pioneers, they left the state
of their nativity in 1863 and'with ox teams
crossed the great plains to the Pacific coast,
where they located on a homestead in Baker
county. For eleven years this worthy cou-
ple bore the hardships of pioneer life, cleared
their land, brought it under cultivation, im-
proved their farm and reared their family.
They continued to be honored residents of
Baker county until 1874, when both passed
away, the mother's death preceding that of
the father by only two weeks. Seven chil-
dren were born to them but three are now
deceased. Of the surviving members Clark
Benson is the eldest, the others being: Cath-
erine, the wife of Asa Brown; Claude, a res-
ident of Idaho; and D. R., also living in that
state.

Clark Benson was reared on the home
farm and educated in the public schools of
this county. At the age of sixteen he be-
gan working on the farm, thus paying his
own way in the world. After several years
spent in farm work he decided to go to
Idaho, being attracted thither by the gold
excitement which was then prevalent. He
labored in the mines of that state for four
years with varying success and then re-
turned to Baker county and settled upon the
ranch which he still owns and upon wliich
he now lives. He cleared the land and
brought it under cultivation, adding good
improvements and taking up the busines's of
dairying. His work has been successful, his
dairy products giving satisfaction to his cus-
tomers, and thus Mr. Benson's business has
Ijrospered. He owns eighty acres of val-
uable farm land and forty acres of timber
land, and is numbered among the jn-ogres-

sive and prosperous agriculturists of this
locality.

Mr. Benson was married, in 1889, to Miss
Charlotte Dealy, who was born in Colorado
and is a daughter of D. R. and Nancy Dealy,
who reside in Haines, Oregon. To Mr. and
Mrs. Benson were born nine children but the
two eldest died in infancy. The others are
as follows: Myrtle, the wife of L. H. New-
ton; Flo, Cecil, Clyde, Lottie, Garnet and
Cloyce, all yet at home.

The political allegiance of Mr. Benson is
given to the democratic party. He takes an
active interest in civic affairs and especially
in educational matters, being clerk of his
school district, a position which he has filled
for ten years. Fraternally he is a member
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
belonging to Lodge No. 12, at Haines. He
is also afliliated with the Haines Camp of
Woodmen of the World. Both he and his
wife are earnest and conscientious members
of tlie Jlethodist Episcopal church, of which
they are regular attendants and liberal sup-
porters. In the prime of vigorous manhood
the subject of this review is contributing in
no small degree to the welfare of Baker
county in general and the city of Haines in
particular. He is a man of steady, diligent
habits, having in view not only the pecu-
niary welfare of his family but also their
educational advantages. Besides the time
consumed by his arduous farm duties and
those devolving upon him in connection with
his position as clerk of the school district,
he finds time to devote to social intercourse
with his friends whom he meets in the
lodges to which he belongs and also to take
an active part in church work. He has an
extremely large number of personal friends
and in fact is acrpiainted with practically
everybody in the community, being held in
high esteem among all classes.

C. JOHN HILLSTROM is one of the en-
terprising and successful agriculturists of
Coos county. He was born in Finland, Jan-
uary 5, 1868, and is a son of Matts and
Mane L. Hillstrom. Both of his parents
were natives of Finland and in that country
they were united in marriage and their chil-
dren were born and reared to maturity. The
father, who is deceased, followed farming
and carpentering for a livelihood. The moth-
er IS still living in the land of her nativity.
Ihey were the parents of eight children:
Matts, now of Marion county, Oregon-
Louisa, now Mrs. Anderson, of North Bend
this state; Anton, deceased; C. John, of this
review; Matts, who died in infancy; Mary
who passed away at the age of " fourteen
years; and two who died in infancy.

C. John Hillstrom emigrated to' America
in the year 1887 and first settled in the
Coos bay country at Marshfield. this state.
At once, upon establishing his residence in
that place he accepted a ,,osition in a saw-
mill, in which employment he continued for
:r brief time and then established himself in
the business of rafting timber down the
river to the mills. In that business he con-
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years, after which he engaged in farming,
conducting his operations in agriculture at
a point eleven miles from the city of Jlarsh-
field, and later, in 1900. he purchased the
farm upon which he now lives, ten acres of
which pro[ierty is now included within the
city limits ot Marshlield. He is the owner of a
very line home and conducts a small dairy
business. He is also one of the principal
stockholders in a cooperative grocery com-
pany of S[arshlield.

Mr. Hillstrom was united in marriage in
the year 1899 to Miss Alina Kankkanen.
Mrs. ilillstrom is a native of Finland and
is a daughter of John and Louisa Kank-
kanen, both of whom are natives of Finland
and are still living in that country. To Mr.
and Mrs. Kankkanen ten children were born,
eight of whom are now living: Alina, who
is the wife of C. John Hillstrom; Mary, who
resides in .Africa; ()tto. .Srlina, Willie. I.ydia.
\'erner and Kdla. all of whom are living in
Finland, and Alfred and Hildur, both of
whom are deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Hill-
strom five children have been born: Ru-
dolph .r.. born in 1900. Elsie A.. 190->. Arthur
C. 190.1. Ruth K.. 190r,. and Alphons .\l..
1910, all of whom are still at home with their
parents.

Mr. Hillstrom is politically affiliated with
the democratic party. He is a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
Marshfield and also a member of the Finnish
Rrnctici:!] Order, in wliich he has filled all of
the chairs. Both himself and wife received
in their native land a liberal education in
the public schools and are members of the
Lutheran church of Marshfield. Mr. Hill-
strom is one of the reliable and highly re-
spected citizens of the county in which he
lives and has always given the benefit of his
influence to every public measure designed
to improve the educational and religious
citizenship of the people among whom he
has established his home.

EUGENE O'CONNELL is numbered among
the successful and highly respected citizens
of this state. His name is justly entitled
to a place on the pioneer roll of Oregon,
in the development of whose resources he
has taken so conspicuous a part. He is now
living in comparative retirement in his beau-
tiful mansion. Kittyville. located on a most
jilcturesque spot one and one-half miles from
Marshfield. He was born November 17.
IMI4. in County Cork. Ireland, and is a son
of Eugene and Julia (Kelly) O'Connell. His
father was by occupation a farmer ami both
he and his wife died in their native land
when the s\ibject of this review was but a
child. Five children were bom to his par-
ents: Cornelius, of .San Francisco; Dennis,
who dieil leaving one son and one daughter,
Imth of whom are residents of New York
city; Eugene, of this review; Theodore, de-
ceasi'd: and Julia, who has also passed awny.

Eugene O'Connell was reared in his fa-
ther's home and received his early education
in his native land. He remaineil umler the
parental roof until be was seventeen years

of age, at which time he emigrated to Amer-
ica. His leaving Ireland at the time above
noted was the result of financial reverses
which unfortunately attended his father's
business interests immediately following the
death of his mother. He came to America,
where employment was awaiting him, that
having been secured by his brother Dennis,
who had preceded him to this country some
time before and with whom he made his
home at once after re.iching American
shores. He started as errand boy in the em-
ploy of the Erie Railroad Company. His
faithful attention to business and his trusty
iinil careful methods of work soon attracted
the attention of officials of the company
and he was later advanced to the position
of shipping clerk, in which position he con-
tinued for some time. While in the fulfill-
ment of his duties in that office he decided
to try his fortunes in the mining fields of
British Columbia and for that purpose he
took ship for the Pacific coast, in due time
arriving at San Francisco, only to find to his
disappointment that the mining fever had
subsided and few people were looking hope-
fully toward the gold fields for fortune.
He concluded to give his attention to other
lines and obtained employment at steam-
boating, being so occupied for one year, after
which he removed to Coos Bay and settled
in Empire, which at that time was but a
small village in Coos county. Immediately
after he became a resident of Empire he
formed a partnership with Major Kenny and
the firm engaged in the meat and butcher
business, continuing to care for the interests
of their business for the two years follow-
ing. At the end of that time Marshfield was
just entering upon its first healthy develop-
ment period and Mr. O'Connell and his part-
ner, believing that place to be one offering
great advantages to their line of business,
immediately purchased real estate and built
thereon the first pioneer meat market of the
town. Their establishment was located on
Fourth street and to this enterprise they
gave their entire attention and energies for
a period of three years, after which Mr.
O'Connell sold his interest for ten thousand
dollars cash and with the proceeds he built
the first hardware store in Coos county,
which he successfully operated for some
time and later he established branch stores
in Coquille and Empire. To the success-
ful conduct of these three stores he gave his
personal attention for the long period of
thirty-three years. The business during
that time was incorporated and later Mr.
O'Connell retired from the active manage-
ment of the concern and he has recently dis-
posed of all his interests in the bus'iness.
He. however, still owns the real estate and
buildings in connection with the business in
Marshfield. The stores and real estate con-
nected with the business in Coquille and Em-
pire he sold some years ago. To Mr. O'Con-
nell belongs the creilit of having built the
first modern apartment house in Marshfield.
This handsome and profitable property he
still owns and he is also the owner 'of a
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acres of land half way between Marshlield
and North Bend. This property bears the
unique name of Kittyville and is one of the
show places of this portion of the state.
It is modern in all its appointments and its
picturesque surroundings justly entitle it to
hi known as one of the handsomest of Ore-
gon's residences. It is so located as to over-
look the bay, which adds materially to its
elegance as a most desirable site for a coun-
try home of a retired gentleman. In ad-
dition to the above named holdings of Mr.
O'Connell he also owns a one-third interest
in the town site of Bandon, this state, and
is possessed of other valuable properties
located in various parts of this state.

On the 16th of June, 1876, Mr. O'Connell
was united in marriage to Miss Rose Hague,
who was a daughter of Samuel and Mary
(Lee) Hague, both of whom were natives of
England. She was born in Lancashire, Eng-
land, and with her parents when a child of
seven years emigrated to America and set-
tled in Pennsylvania, where her father was
engaged in the manufacturing business. To
her parents nine children were bom: Rose,
who became the wife of the subject of this
review; Elizabeth and William, both de-
ceased; Nancy, who married Gustus Steffin,
of New York city, and has two children,
Gustus and May; Clara, the wife of Jack
Minto, of Victoria, British Columbia, and
the mother of one child. May Bell; Eliza,
who married Thomas Minot, of San Fran-
cisco, by whom she has one daughter, Mary;
Samuel, who resides in Vancouver, British
Columbia; Frank E., who makes his home in
Marshfiold, and Mary, who is living in San
Francisco, California. To Mr. and Mrs.
O'Connell five children were bom: Edna,
who became the wife of Dr. B. N. Richard-
son, of Portland, and has two children, Rose-
mary and Joseph Eugene; Mabel, the wife
of E. K. .Jones, of Marshfield, and the mother
of one son, Eugene; Letta Elizabeth, who
married William Ford, of Portland, Oregon,
and has one child, Mabel E. ; one who died
in infancy, and Rose, who also died in in-
fancy.

Mr. O'Connell is a loyal member of the
democratic party and to that political or-
ganization he consistently gives his support.
He has served three terms on the city coun-
cil of Marshfield but has never aspired to
political preferment of any kind. He has
been a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the
Knights of Columbus. Both himself and
wife are members of the Catholic church.
Mr. O'Connell is one of the representative
men of the state of Oregon. He has de-
voted his life during all his active business
years to the development of the resources
of his adopted state and is imiversally recog-
nized among his associates as a man of
strict integrity, reliable in all his business
transactions and always to be found asso-
ciated with every new enterprise seeking the
improvement of the people. For many years
past it has been his custom to spend from
four to six weeks each .summer with his wife
in camping and fishing and this period of

rest from the cares and toil of business has
undoubtedly contributed very much to his
clear thinking and to the annual renewal of
tired nerves and an overtaxed physical sys-
tem.

J. W. BYBEE, who is one of the promi-
nent landed proprietors of Jackson county,
owns eight hundred acres of excellent ranch
land in one solid body located one mile
from the city of Jacksonville on the
hill road. He is also identified with the
business interests of the city, being a stock-
holder in the Bank of Jacksonville. He was
born in this county, on the farm which he
now owns and upon which he resides, his birth
having occurred October 28, 1856. He is
the son of William and Elizabeth A.
(Walker) Bybee, the former a native of
Kentucky and the latter of Missouri. The
father crossed the plains as a young man,
locating in Oregon in 1851, while the mother
emigrated to this state with her parents in
1852, their respective families settling in
.Tackson county. Captain Jesse Walker, the
father of Mrs. Bybee, on entering the valley
made entry of a donation claim, a portion
of which has since become a part of the real-
estate holdings of the subject of this review.

Immediately following the marriage of
William Bybee, he purchased a part of his
father-in-law's farm and being unusually suc-
cessful in his agricultural affairs he con-
tinued to add by purchase to his home ranch
until at one time he was the owner of two
thousand acres of rich agricultural land, all
in one body. Establishing his home, he
spent the remainder of his days here and
closed his earthly pilgrimage in November.
1908, at the age of seventy-eight years, his
wife having preceded him in death in Oc-
tober. 1899, being sixty-one years of age
at the time. He was a stanch adherent of
the democratic party and a man of great
influence in the councils of its local organi-
zation. He served for two terms as sheriff
of Jackson county and during his entire
active life he was counted among the safe
and progressive leaders in all matters relat-
ing to public affairs. He was a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for
many years.

J. W. Bybee was reared in his father's
home and acquired his early education in
the public district schools. On reaching man-
hood he identified himself with his father
and engaged with him in farming. In 1899
he acquired a homestead in his own right
and this he at once improved and cultivated,
meeting from the beginning with gratifying
results. He has continued to enjoy prosperity
and has been able to add to his original
homestead from time to time until he is
now the owner of eight hundred acres of
excellent farm and ranch land advantageously
located within one mile of the city of Jack-
sonville and to the care and improvement of
this property he gives his undivided atten-
tion.

Mr. Bybee is affiliated with the democratic
party and at one time was placed in nomi-
nation as candidate for the office of sheriff

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of his county. He is a member of the War-
ren Lodge, Xo. 10, A. F. & A. M.. of Jack-
sonville, lie is unmarried and well known
and popular in social and fraternal circles
of the community. One of the best known
men in this portion of the state he is re-
garded as one of the enterprising, practical
and successful agriculturists of .soutlioastcrn
Oregon.

ALONZO LONG. One of the notable pio-
neers of Oregon, who by successful business
management has long since been enabled to
retire from active work is Alonzo Long, re-
siding in Haines, Baker county. He was
bom in Mercer county, Illinois, July 31.
1847, the son of Lewis and Sarah Ann (Hes-
ser) Long, the former of whom was a native
of Virginia. In 1854 the parents decided to
cross the plains to seek their fortune on the
Pacific coast. The trip was made with ox
teams and required si.x months. They ar-
rived in the fall in Polk county, where they
spent the winter, and in the spring of 1855
settled in Linn county, where they took up
land upon which they erected a cabin with
puncheon floor and doors, the latter being
equipped with string latches. Here the par-
ents resided during the remainder of their
lives. In their family were nine children:
Mary J., of Baker City, who is the widow of
W. M. Ross; Jonathan C, deceased; Alonzo;
Phoebe Ann, of Linn county, who is the
widow of H. Owen; Ransom, deceased;
Peter, who resides on the old homestead:
and Gabriel, CoUimbus and William S., all
residing in Washington.

Alonzo Long remained at home with his
parents until 1869, when he began farming
on his own account in Linn county. He re-
mained in that county following agricultural
pursuits until 1872, when he removed to
Baker county and bought a ranch near
Haines. This ranch which he still owns and
which he has finely improved and brought
under an excellent state of tillage, consists
of five hundred and si.xty acres and is one
of the most valuable pieces of farming prop-
erty in Baker county. On this magnificent
ranch Mr. I>ong lived and labored until 1899,
when he retired to the fine residence which
he now owns in Haines.

On May 13, 1869. Mr. Long was married
to Miss .lulia Ann Taylor, a native of Linn
county, her birth having occurreil Se|>tember
6. 1853. She was a dauj,hter of .lames and
Elizabeth (Smelserl Taylor, the fnllicr be-
ing a native of Indiana and the mother of
Illinois. In 1852 her parents crossed the
plains, locating in Linn county, Oregon.
Subsequently they removed to Lane oounty
bu» in 1872 took up their residence in Mor-
row county, removing in 1879 to Baker coun-
ty, where they passed the remainder of their
lives. In their family were eight children:
William H., of Linn county ; I. T.. of BakiT
county; Susan J., the wife of S. P. Herring,
of Baker county; Melinda Ann, the wife of
.Joseph L. Savage, of Baker county; John ■!..
drcea.sed; .Julia Ann. now Mrs. Alonzo Ix)ng;
Mary E., the wife of J. D. Simons, ol Baker
ocMintv; and Minnie L., the wife of J. M.

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Burnsides. Mr. and Mrs. Long have become
the parents of fifteen children: Ida B., who
was born April 26, 1870. and died in Sep-
tember, 1905, and who was the wife of Wil-
liam Jackson: Charles D., of Baker county,
who was born March 16. 1872; Clara M.,
born February 24, 1874, the wife of W. J.
Welch, of Haines; John R., who was born
February 20, 1876, and resides in Baker
county; Viola A., bom January 7, 1878. who
is the wife of R. P. Anderson, of Baker
county; Thomas A., who was born Decem-
ber 31, 1878. and died July 21. 1879;
William O.. who was born April 7, 1880.
and is a resident of Baker county: Alford
M., who was born February 12, 1882, and
died June 27. 1883; James L.. who was
born July 6, 1883, and died October 15 of the
same year; Lee C, of Baker county, who
was born March 10, 1885; Archie J., of
Baker county, who was bom April 23, 1886;
Ray. who was bom July 20, 1888, and died
.'^eptenilicr Slli of the same year: l,iir;i K..
born September 17, 1889, who is the wife of
S. W. Loy; George E., who was born Sep-
tember 17. 1890. and died Au'just 22, 1S91:
and Rose 0., bom April 11, 1894, who is now
the wife of John Joseph Long.

Besides raising his own family Mr. Long
li;is also brought up his grandson, Charles
Emery Jackson, who at present is ten years
of age. He was two years and four months
old when his mother, Ida B. Jackson died,
and four years when he joined Mr. Long's
family.

In his political faith Mr. Long is a demo-
cr:it but he has never paid a great deal of
attention to politics. He takes a lively in-
terest in educational matters and served for
some time on the school board. He is an
active member of the Farmers Union, the
only fraternal organization to which he be-
longs. Both Mr. and Mrs. Long are earnest
and consistent members of the First Baptist
church, being among the most prominent of
those affiliated with that religious body in
Haines. By the long residence of Mr. Long
in Baker county, the arduous pioneer labors
which he performed and the large family
which he reared lie li:is rendered valiant serv-
ice in the upbuilding of the agricultural in-
terests and the public institutions of Baker
county. His life being that of a pioneer, he
and his family in the earlier days were com-
pelled to submit to many hardships which
the younger generation is fortunate in es-
caping. He was always industrious, econo-
mical and fnigal and his estimable wife is
deserving of much of the credit for the suc-
cess of her husband. Members of the I^ong
family are well known throughout this en-
tire section and Alonzo Ix)ng is numbered
among the most esteemed and respected citi-
zens of Haines, where he is now living in
retirement, enjoying the fruits of his earlier
life of toil ns a pioneer.

XAVIER ANTONE GASSNER, an enter-
prising and progressive young business man
of Reedville, conducts a general mercantile
establishment in association with his brother
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gon, on the corner of Second and Oak streets,
October 2, 1874. His parents, Alois and Jus-
tina (Lampert) Gassner, are mentioned at
greater length on another page of this work
in connection with the sketch of Alois Gass-
ner, a brother of our subject. He supple-
mented his early education by a course of
study in St. Michael's Business College of
Portland, of which institution he is a grad-
uate. In 1909, when a young man of thirty-
live years, he started out in business life
on his own account, becoming a partner of
his brother in the conduct of a general mer-
cantile store at Reedville. He owns a half
interest in the enterprise, which under the
able management of himself and his brother
has grown to extensive and profitable pro-
portions. He also has an interest in the
store building and likewise owns a tract
of land comprising fourteen acres within si.x
miles of Portland.

In September, 1909, Jlr. Gassner was
united in marriage to Miss Vronie Bany, who
was born at Oregon City, Oregon, in 1890,
her parents being Sylvester and Emma Bany,
natives of Ohio. A few years after their
marriage they left the Buckeye state and
came to Oregon City, Oregon, there residing
for five years. On the expiration of that
period they took up their abode in Wash-
ington county, where they have remained
continuously since. Their children are six
in number, namely: Charles and West, both
of whom are residents of Washington county,
Oregon; Mrs. Gassner; and Frank. Clara and
Joseph, all yet at home. Mr. and Mrs. Gass-
ner have one son, Robert, who was born on
the 5th of February, 1911.

Since age conferred upon him the right
of franchise Mr. Gassner has supported the
men and measures of the republican party
and for many years he ably served in the
capacity of school clerk. His fraternal re-
lations are with the Catholic Order of Forest-
ers and the Modern Woodmen of America,
while both he and his wife are faithful
communicants of the Catholic church. They
have spent their entire lives in the Sunset
state and enjoy an extensive and favorable
acquaintance in the community where they
reside.

JOHN CALDWELL, who devotes his at-
tention to tlie pursuit which George Wash-
ington designated as "the most useful as
well as the most honorable occupation of
man," is the owner of a farm of three hun-
dred and twenty-tive acres situated four and
a lialf miles southwest of Beaverton. His
birth occurred in Wellington county, On-
tario, in 18.)G, his parents being William R.
and Elsie (Rennie) Caldwell, both of whom
were born in Scotland, the former in 1836
and the latter in 1827. William R. Cald-
well emigrated to Canada in 1844 and re-
sided in Ontario until 186.5. when he took
his family to Kankakee, Illinois. There he
remained for a period of fourteen years or
until 1879. which year witnessed his arrival
in Washington county. Oregon. He purchased
the .Tohn B. Kellogg donation claim of three
hundred and twenty-five acres and made his

home thereon throughout the remainder of
his life, his demise occurring in 1891. At
that time he had cleared fifty acres of his
land and had brought the tract under a high
state of cultivation. His wife, surviving him
for a number of years, was called to her
final rest in 1907. They had two children:
John, of this review; and Annie S., who
passed away when forty-eight years of age.

John Caldwell, who acquired his education
in the common schools, was about twenty-two
years of age when he came with his father to
Oregon. He obtained a half-interest in the
home farm of three hundred and twenty-tive
acres and operated the same in partner-
ship with his father until the hitter's death,
when he came into full possession of the
property. The further cultivation and im-
provement of the place have claimed his time
and energies continuously since, and it is
now one of the attractive and valuable farms
of the community. A tract of one hundred
acres is under a high state of cultivation,
one hundred and fifteen acres is mer-
chantable timber and the balance is pas-
ture land. Mr. Caldwell also owns forty
acres of unimproved land at Little Falls,
Washington.

In 1891 Mr. Caldwell was united in mar-
riage to Miss Ada M. Frewing, a native of
England and a daughter of George and Mary
Frewing. who emigrated to Canada when
Mrs. Caldwell was but two years of age. Af-
ter a residence of two years in Canada her
parents took up their abode in Chicago, Illi-
nois, where Mr. Frewing followed the car-
penter's trade for one year. Subsequently
he spent two years in Denver, Colorado, and
then removed to Oakland, California, there
remaining for five years. On the e.xpiration
of that period he came to Washington county,
Oregon, and at the present time resides in
Portland. He h:is five living children, as
follows: Mrs. Caldwell; Mrs. H. I. Crockett,
who is a resident of Portland, Oregon; B.
S., living at Tigardville. Oregon; H. W.. also
of Tigardville; and A. F., who makes his
home at Tigardville. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell
have four children. Elsie G., Millard E., Mabel
Ruth and Eleanor M.

In polities Mr. Caldwell is a stanch re-
publican but hi? aspirations have not been
in the line of office holding. He is, however,
a warm friend of the cause of education and
has served as a member of the school board
for seven years. Both he and his wife are
devoted and consistent members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, taking an ac-
tive part in its work.

HON. 'WILLIAM GALLOWAY. The prac-
tice of law and service upon the county and
circuit bench have at dift'erent times claimed
the attention of the Hon. William Galloway
and he has also aided in framing the laws
of the commonwealth as one of the state
legislators. At the present time he is serv-
ing as circuit judge, with residence in
McMinnville. He was born in Dodgeville,
Wisconsin. .Tune 10, 1845, and comes of
Scotch-Irish ancestry. His great-grandfather
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wliile tliis country was still iiumboicd
among the colonial possessions of (Iicat
Britain and settled in Virginia, where
his son, William (ialloway. the grandfather
of the .ludge, was born and reared. With
tlie outbreak of the Kevolutionary war the
latter espoused the cause of independence
and aided in the establishment of tlie re-
public. Charles Galloway, the father of
.Judge Galloway, was born in Virginia but at
an early age became a resident of Illinois
and subseciucntly of Missouri, while later
he made his home in Iowa county. Wiscon-
sin. There he worked in the lead mines and
also followed farming. In 18;!2 he served
in the Hlack Hawk war under Governor
Dodge. Twenty years later, in 1852, accom-
panied by liis wife and eight children, he
crossed the plains from Wisconsin with ox
teams, being upon the road for seven months,
during which time one of the children <lied.
At length reaching his destiiuition, Charles
Galloway secured a donation land claim in
Yamhill county, Oregon, near Amity. This
he at once began to develop and improve
and in time converted it into a valuable and
productive property. His political allegiance
was given the democracy but he ])referred
the quiet of private life to the turmoil of
ofhce. He died in 1.SS4 and in the same
month his wife. Mrs. Mary Galloway, was
called to her linal rest. She was a daugh-
ter of Terrence Ileeney, who was a resident
of New York city, whi'rc his death occurred.
Eleven children were born of this marriage
and. with the exception of two. all reached
adult age, While three sons and three daugh-
ters are now living.

William Galloway, the youngest of the
sons, was educated in the public schools and
in the Willamette University, from which he
was graduated with the degree of 1!. S. in
(he class of IsliS. He first provided for his
o« n support by teaching schixd in Vainliill
county following that profession lor sev-
eral years, after which he took up the stuily
of law. Later he engaged in farming and
since 1S92 he has been actively interested in
horticultural pursuits, owning and developing
an eighty-acre orchard near McMiTinville.
.Judicial service, however, has claimed much
of the time and attention of .Judge Galloway.
Politically he is a democrat ami was first
called to oflice when in 1874 hi' was elected
to represent his district in the lower housi'
of the state legislature. Four years later
he was again chosen for that position and
proved one of the active working members
of the legislative body, serving as chairman
of the committee on ways and means. Again
in 1SS0 he was chosen representative anil his
labors have been a potent force in sha[)iiig
the policy and molding the destiny of the
state and winning for it the prr>niinent posi-
tion which it now occupies as one of the
leading states of the I'nion. His position
upon any vital question ha.s never been an
• quivocal one and while in the general as-
sembly he stanchly espoused every cause
which he deemed of worth in promoting the
interests of the state. In JH'.tn he was calleil
to the bench, serving as judge of Yamhill

county for a term of four years, and on
the expiration of thai period he was made
the democratic candidate for governor, his
opponents being W. 1'. Lord, the republican
candidate, anil Mr. Pierce, the populist. In
Febnuiry, 1896, ilr. (Jalloway received from
President Cleveland the appointment of re-
ceiver of the United States land olHce at
Oregon City and he continued in that posi-
tion under three presidential administrations.
On his retircMient from otH<'e on the 10th
of .Inly, l'.)02, he resumed the private prac-
tice of law, ojicning an olticc in Ori'gon City,
although retaining his legal residence? in Mc-
Miiinville, Yaniliill county. He is now serv-
ing as circuit judge and has made a most
creditable record on the bench, his decisions
being characterized by clearness and per-
spicuity, by correct application of the law,
by fairness and by equity. While long re-
garded as an able member of t\u- Oregon
liar and a |iroininent leader in democratic
I'irdes, he has at the same time continued
as a factor in the agricultural and horti-
cultural development of the state and has
ever been in the vanguard of those who are
promoting [)rogress along these lines. He is
a life member of the Oregon Horticultural
Society, of which he has served as a di-
rector for many years, and he was also a
member of the state board of agriculture
from its organization until 1897, during
which time he served for throe terms as its
president.

.Judge Galloway was married in Yamhill
county to Miss Kmnia Baker, who was horn
in Dodge county, Wisconsin, December 28,
T851, a daughter of Varranus Baker, de-
ceased. Her mother and the family came
with an uncle across the plains to Oregon in
186."), following the father's death. Unto
.Judge and Mrs. fialloway have been born
three children: Zilpha V., who is a teacher
in the high school in .\lbany, Oregon; Charles
v.. a graduate of the University of Oregon
and at one time th<' youngest member of
the state legislature and now state tax
commissioner; and Francis V., who is also
a graduate of the State University and now
the junior member of the law firm of .Mc-
Cain & Vinton, at McMinnville. Oregon.

•Judge (ialloway holds membership with the
Independent Order of Odd J'Vllows and the
Uniti'd Artisans and his wife is entitled to
niembersliip with thi' DiinghtiTs of the .Amer-
ican devolution, for among her ancestors
were those who fought in the war for in-
dependence. .She belongs to the Hebekah
lodge, the ladies' auxiliary of the Oild Fel-
lows, serving as president of the assembly
ill l!)07-8 and is at present secretary of the
lldd Fellows' home board. .She is also a
memlier of the Woman's Relief Corps, in
which organizalion she is prominent, having
lieen department jiresident in 1001-2 anil also
(I member of the national executivi' board.
■ ludge (oilloway is a life member of the
Oregon Historical Society, is ex-president
of the Oregon Pioneers Association and took
an active part in estaWishing the Sohliers'
Home at Hoseburg, serving for two terms
us a member of its board. Hoth linlge and

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Mrs. Galloway are prominent and active in
organizations wliieli affect tlie general in-
terests of society and which reach out along
broadening lines of activity that affect the
welfare and progress of the race. In his
profession his work has been of substan-
tial worth and merit and in public office he
has made a record which has shown him
to be ever faultless in honor, fearless in con-
duct and stainless in reputation.

HOWARD A. PERKINS is one of the in-
fluential and respected citizens of Josephine
county where he is engaged in the cultiva-
tion of his ranch containing one hundred two
and one-half acres of land located on Wolf
creek. He has the distinction of having
served in the regular army as a scout under
the immortal General Custer. He received
his honorable discharge and was mustered
out of service two years before the Custer
massacre occurred. He was born in Wiscon-
sin, February 20, 1855, and is the son of
William E. and Lucretia A. (Gilson) Perkins.
The father was a native of Canada and the
mother of Massachusetts. William E. Perk-
ins settled in Wisconsin in 1843 and some
time later removed to Minnesota where he
remained for si.x years. In 1887 he removed
to Oregon and settled first in Wallowa coimty
and later removed to Ashland in .Jackson
county where he lived for some time and
then established his residence at Central
Point and there continued to live until the
time of his death, which occurred at the age
of eighty-three years, Mrs. Perkins also hav-
ing died in their home at the age of eighty-
three years. To this union twelve children
were born, six of whom are still living.

Howard A. Perkins was reared in his par-
ents' home and received his early education
in the public schools of the district in which
he lived. At the early age of twelve years
he left the parental roof and was employed
as a common laborer for a number of years
in Wisconsin. He later established himself
>ipon a farm, making a specialty of truck
gardening and continued to devote his atten-
tion to that industry for a number of years.
In 1885 he moved to western Oregon and two
years later he settled in Jackson county,
that state, where he continued to reside for
seventeen years. He then purchased a ranch
of one hundred two and one-half acres in
Josephine county on which he has since con-
tinued to reside and devote his attention to
its cultivation.

Mr. Perkins was united in marriage Sep-
tember 19, 1875, to Miss Lillian King, a
native of Wisconsin and the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. 0. L. King, and to them seven
children have been born: Ada, the wife of
A. C. Spence, of Glenn county, California;
Gerald L., a resident of The Dalles; Elver
and Elmer, who are twins and still reside
with their parents; two children not named,
who are deceased; and Hazel L., who married
W. D. Mcintosh, of Josephine county, Ore-
gon.

Mr. Perkins is affiliated with the repub-
lican party and has served for some time as
a member of the school board of the district

in which he lives. He is an enterprising and
industrious citizen of Josephine county and
a man who is highly respected for his in-
tegrity among all his friends and business
associates.

WILLIAM S. ALLAN, a resident of Yam-
hill county since ISBl, is now the owner of
ninety-three acres of excellent land and is
extensively engaged in the cultivation of
apples and prunes. His place is most appro-
priately named the Park Hill Orchards and
in the midst of his land stands a fine resi-
dence and many modern improvements and
equipments. He was born in Aberdeen-
shire, Scotland, June 17, 1865, and is a son
of Alexander and Isabella (Sang) Allan, who
spent their entire lives in Aberdeenshire,
where the father was a granite worker. He
married a farmer's daughter and they be-
came the parents of ten children, seven sons
and three daughters, of whom William S.
Allan is the fourth in order of birth. The
members of the household were: Alexander,
who is now a resident of Illinois; Peter,
whose demise occurred in Dundee, Oregon;
Mary, who is likewise deceased; VVilliam S.,
of this review; Isabella, who has passed
away; James, living in Vancouver, British
Columbia; John, who likewise resides in
Vancouver; Christine, who is deceased; Rob-
ert, of London, England; and Alfred.

William S. Allan spent his youthful days
in the home of his parents, remaining in
Scotland until seventeen years of age, when
he came alone to the new world, making
his way to Illinois about 1883. He left home
on the 8th of June, desiring better oppor-
tunities than he could secure in his native
country. He was ambitious to make the
best use of his time and talents and for
four years he worked as a farm hand in
Lake county, Illinois. He then went to
Minnesota, where he entered the employ of
J. J. Hill, the railroad magnate, caring for
his herd of Angus cattle. He continued for
a year and a half with Mr. Hill and then
entered the employ of T. W. Harvey, of
Nebraska, as a cattle man, handling blooded
stock. A year later he took charge of the
Shorthorn herd of B. 0. Cowan in Holt
county, Missouri, there remaining for three
years. In 1891 he arrived in Clarke county,
Washington, where he spent four months,
since which time he has been a resident of
Yamhill county. He made his way first to
Dundee and purchasea ten acres of his pres-
ent home farm. In the spring of 1893 he
planted an apple orchard and in 1893 set
out his first prunes. He bought and im-
proved his first land and planted his or-
chards and subsequently he purchased some
improved property. He now has ninety-three
acres, of which ten acres are planted to apples
and fifty acres to prunes. The remainder
of the tract is set out to other fruits and
to trees, and the I'ark Hill Orchards is one
of the fine country places of this section of
the county. He has recently erected a fine
residence and has many other modern equip-
ments and improvements on the place, in-
cluding an evaporator. He evaporates the

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products of fifty acres and dries on an aver-
age of about sixty tons of prunes annually.
He is thoroughly conversant with the best
methods of prune production and of the care
of the fruit after it is gathered and his
business is proving profitable. His home is
situated about a mile west of Dundee, yet
his land extends to the corporation limits
of the village, which at the time of his ar-
rival contained only one store and the sta-
tion, but is now a thriving town. )Ir. Allan
was one of the original prune men of this
section and the industry has developed the
town of Dundee and largely been the source
of the upbuilding of this part of the coun-
try. He is the oldest prune grower "in the
hiils" and his success demonstrates what
may be accomplished through energy, per-
severance and the use of intelligent and
scientific methods.

ADELBERT McKEE, who was for many
year engaged in mining, has recently re-
tired from that industry and is now a resi-
dent ranchman located on Big Applegate
creek in .Jackson county. He is a native of
Missouri, having been bom in Sullivan county
on the loth of March, 1852, and is the son
of .lohn and Mariam iBowenl McKee. In
early life the father followed the occupation
of a school teacher. His parents emigrated
from Missouri to Oregon in 18j4. crossing
the plains with ox teams. t)n reaching this
state .John McKee located in .Jackson county,
four miles southeast of Medford. and later
removed to a ranch on Forest creek, where
he established his home and continued to
live for the succeeding sixteen or seventeen
years. He later removed to Butte creek and
subsequently to Eagle Point, where his death
occurred February 1.5, 1911. His wife was
called to her final rest on the 22d of Octo-
ber, 1907. For many years prior to his
death John McKee was a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was
afliliated with the republican party and was
one of the influential men in that political
organization.

Adelbert McKee was reared in his father's
home and acquired his early education in
the public schools of the district in which
he lived. His studies, however, were greatly
iiiternipted on account of the very limited
public school facilities in an early day in
his portion of the state. In his youth he
became interested in and identified with
placer mining and continued in this industry
for many years, the field of his operations
being principally confined to Forest creek
and Applegate creek in .Jackson county, al-
though (hiring the later years he has been
giving his attention largely to agriculture
and stock raising.

In December, ISTS. Mr. McKee was united
in marriage to Miss I.eila De Long, of .Tack-
son county. Twelve children have been corn
to Mr. and Mrs. McKee, eight of whom sur-
vive, namely: Adelbert, at home: Edna T..
the wife of Charles Raymond I'hillips, of
Applegate Creek, .Jackson county: Verna B..
now the wife of C. W. Culy, residing in

the Applegate valley; Fort A.; Luella L. ;
Leonard R.; Doris T. ; and Dorothy R.

Mr. McKco is a pronounced and loyal mem-
ber of the republican party and is entliusi-
astically identified with the political move-
ments and triumphs of that great political
organization. Fraternally he is identified
with the Improved Order of Red Men, belong-
ing to Jacksonville Lodge, No. 1. His long
residence in this portion of the state has
made him one of the well known citizens of
Jackson county. He is always interested in
issues of a public nature looking to the
advancement and betterment of the condi-
tions of the people and is regarded as one
of the up-to-date, thrifty ranchmen of the
Applegate valley.

W. H. HUMPHREYS, JR., a well known
and highly esteemed agriculturist residing
four miles east of Salem, on the Macleay
road, divides his time and energy between
his farm and the Automatic Call & Advertis-
ing Clock Company of Portland. Ilis birth
occurred on his father's donation land claim
in Marion county on the 8th of July, 1867,
his parents being William and Penelope (Wil-
son) Humphreys. They were both natives
of Tennessee and were married in that state
before crossing the plains in 185.1 and tak-
ing up a one hundred and twenty acre dona-
tion claim, which was located twelve miles
directly east of Salem. This property has
been his residence for nearly sixty years and
at the time of his death in March, 1910,
comprised three hundred and sixty-three
acres. To Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys the fol-
lowing children were born, namely:
Margaret, deceased; J. M., who is an exten-
sive landowner and stock-raiser in Morrow
county; Taxana Bellzora, who is the wife
of J. M. Rogers and resides in Portland;
A. M., who is engaged in the real-estate
business in Portland; Ida, who is the wife
of R. G. Ashby. an agriculturist of Marion
county; Mary L., the wife of J. B. Ashby,
who is also engaged in agricultural pur-
suits in Marion county; W. H.. the sub-
ject of this sketch; Carrie and Minnie, twins,
the former the wife of C. L. Rogers and
the latter deceased; and Harry, who is act-
ing as agent for the Automatic Call & Adver-
tising Clock Company, of Portland.

W. H. Humphreys, Jr., received his early
education in the country schools near his
home and then attended the Monmouth Nor-
mal School and the Portland Business Col-
lege. His first enterprise when he started
out upon his independent career was to en-
gage in the abstract business, but he soon
rlisposed of this to A. A. Lee and set out for
eastern Oregon, where he purchased three
hundred and sixty acres of land, which he
devoted to stock-raising. For ten years ho
was thus engaged and at the end of that
time, after he ha<l sold out to his brother,
he returned to the family homestead, where
he remained for a short time before remov-
ing to the small farm four miles east of
Salem which is his present place of resi-
dence. In addition to cultivating this prop-
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ested in the Automatic Call & Advertiaing
Clock Company, of Portland, of which he
is ail agent. In whatever he undertakes he
shows an aggressive spirit and an ability
capable of meeting the demands made upon
it.

In 1891 Mr. Humplireys was married to
Miss Hattie Ashby, who is a native of Mar-
ion county, Oregon, and a daugliter of Jo-
seph and Mary Ashby, both of vvliom are
now deceased. In the family of Mr. and
Mrs. Humphreys are two chiklren, namely:
Lola Lucile, who was born October l."), 1893,
and is a high-school graduate; and Mary
Grace, whose birth occurred February 10,
1900, and who is at present in school.

In politics Mr. Humphreys is a stanch
republican and is much interested in the
success of his party, giving it loyal alle-
giance although never seeking nor accept-
ing oflice. He is also a member of Camp No.
118, Woodmen of the World, of Salem, and
Mrs. Humphreys holds membership in the
circle of this camp and also in the Evan-
gelical church. Their noble qualities of char-
acter and their interest in the welfare of
others have given Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys
a high standing in their community.

FRANK JOHNSTON owns a blacksmith
shop in Provolt which he has conducted for
the past several years. He has an honorable
military record, having served for many
years in the regular army, the greater part
of his service being in the Spanish-American
war in connection with the Philippine cam-
paign. He was born in Ohio, September fi,
1878, a son of .John and Alice (Vamoorhis)
Johnston, in whose family were three chil-
dren. His youth was passed for the most
part in <_)hio, where he was given a good
common-scliool education, and in early man-
hood he came to Oregon, where he lived for
a time and in 1901 went to Washington.
Early in life he enlisted in the regular army
of the United States and after serving for
three years reenlisted for three years in
1898, after spending some time in Oregon.
After this period of service had expired he
settled in Oregon, where he took up a home-
stead in Klamath county. After living upon
that farm for a time he came to .Josephine,
where he engaged in blacksmithing, a trade
which he had learned in the east. He owns
his shop and is doing a very satisfactory
business.

Mr. .Johnston was married July 7, 1907,
to Miss Bessie Carlisle, and to them were
born two children, Alice M. and Thelma.
Mr. Johnston is a socialist and althougli
taking oonsiderable interest in political mat-
ters devotes the most part of his time and
attention to business. Fraternally he is a
member of the Woodmen of the World camp
and belongs to the United Spanish War Vet-
erans. Heing a workman of skill and a
busi-iess man of ability he has succeeded in
building up a very satisfactory business and
his customers are increasing in number from
time to time. He is a man of alfalile de-
meanor and, being well acquainted with
many subjects as well as having a broad

experience in travel incident to his military
career, he has become the center of a large
group of friends who mingle on terms of
close intimacy. He has won the respect and
conlidence of the entire community and is
held in high esteem by his large circle of
acquaintances and patrons.

JACOB BOSSHART. The citizenship of
the northwest has drawn its coterie from
all sections of the world. Among the resi-
dents of Warrenton who came from the land
of the Alps is Jacob Bosshart. He was
born in Switzerland, October 3, 1858, and
was there reared to adult age, securing his
education in the public schools. He re-
mained in his native land for twenty-eight
years, or until 1886, when he came to Amer-
ica and established his home in Warrenton,
Clatsop county, Oregon. Here he is at pres-
ent engaged in conducting a saloon. He
has been very successful since arriving here,
accumulating quite a fortune, and is num-
bered among the substantial residents of
the town.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN RHODES, presi-
dent of the Oregon Fire Relief Association,
has in various connections been prominently
identified with the business, professional and
public interests of McMinnville and has be-
come well established in the regard of his
fellow townsmen by reason of his loyalty
and fidelity to duty, whether of a public or
a private nature. He was born in Madison
county, Missouri, January 15, 1860, a son
of John and Eliza (Graham) Rhodes, both
of whom were natives of the same county,
where they were reared and married. They
later took up their abode upon a farm in
that locality and there the father devoted
his time and energies to general agricultural
pursuits until September, 187.'!, when he
came with liis family to Oregon. This was
about two years after the Union Pacific Rail-
road was built and even with the railroad
transportation, such as it was then, it re-
quired three weeks to make the journey.
On his arrival he settled in Monmouth, Polk
county, but after a few months — in Jan-
uary, 1874 — removed to Portland, wliere he
worked at the carpenter's trade for about
a year and a half. He then returned to
Polk county and settled upon a farm, but in
the fall of 1879 removed to McMinnville,
where he resided until his death, which oc-
curred August 15, 1900, when he had reached
the age of sixty-six years, three months and
four days. While a resident of Missouri
he became a member of the Masonic frater-
nity and was ever afterward one of its ex-
emplary representatives, upholding the prin-
ciples and purposes of the craft. His wife
died February 1, 1890, when fifty-nine years
of age. Both were consistent members of
the Baptist church and all who knew them
entertained for them high esteem.

Benjamin F. Rhodes spent the first thir-
teen years of his life in his native county
and then accompanied his parents on their
removal to Oregon, his education being ac-
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187

and in the McMinnville College and the
Portland Business College. Liberal advan-
tages well qualified hira for later responsi-
bilities which have conic to him. In his
teens he was employed by neighboring farm-
ers, working in that manner until twenty-
three years of age, but after completing his
college course he took up tlie profession of
teaching, giving the succeeding four years to
educational work. While thus engaged he
devoted the hours which are usually termed
leisure to the study of law. During tlie last
two years of his teaching he read law under
W. D. Fenton, then of McMinnville, but did
not complete his course of reading at that
time. Instead, he turned his attention to
the real-estate and insurance business in
connection with his brother. M. D. L. Kliodes
in McMinnville. Three years later he re-
sumed the study of law and in lune. ISliii,
was admitted to the bar. His brother, M.
D. L. Rhodes, had been admitted a year pre-
vious and again in a partnership relation
they entered upon law practice under the
firm style of Rhodes & Rhodes. In April.
1901, however, the brother removed to Seat-
tle and Benjamin F. Rhodes continued in
practice alone. Gradually he worked his
way upward until he stands well in the pro-
fession. In 1902 he was elected to the oHice
of county judge and served upon the bench
until April, 1906, wlien he resigned to accept
the presidency of the Oregon Fire Relief As-
sociation, which had been tendered him. He
has since served in this important capacity.
in which connection he is well known in
McMinnville and this part of the state.

On the 9th of July, 1889, Mr. Rhodes was
united in marriage to Miss Mary I. ColUud.
a daughter of J. .J. and Martha F. (Hender-
son) Collard. of McMinnville, who came to
Oregon in its pioneer days, making their
way from Missouri to the northwest some
time in the '40s. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes
have been bom four children. Veda K.. who
is now a freshman in McMinnville College;
Doda A., who is a junior in the high school
of McMinnville; .John Alvin. attending the
grammar school; and Lola Frances.

Mr. Rhodes is well known in various con-
nections outside of business and professional
lines. He is a valued member of I'nion
Lodge. No. 43, A. F. & A. M., and of Taylor
Chapter, Xo. 16, R. A. M. He is a past mas-
ter of the Masonic lodge, having presided
in the east for two years, and has served
for three years as lodge secretary. He also
belongs to McMinnville Camp, No. 12S. \V.
0. W. In politics he has ever been a demo-
crat and was elected to the olhce of county
judge on that ticket by a majority of two
hundred and forty-two. although the county
at that time had a normal republican major-
ity of two hundred and fifty. His election
was certainly a compliment to him. indi-
cating his personal popularity and the con-
fidence reposed in him by his fellow towns-
men. He and his wife are helpful and act-
ive memlK-rs of the Baptist church, in which
he is serving on the board of trustees ami
at the present time is president of the board.
He is now serving in the fourth year as

president of the board of trustees of Mc-
Minnville College and has been a member
of its board altogether for more than six-
teen years. He belongs to the Commercial
Club and to the Kono Club, a social organ-
ization of McMinnville. Tlie consensus of
public opinion places Mr. Rhodes in a
jiromincnt position among McMinnville's cit-
izens and his abilities well lit him for the
l)lace of leadership which he occupies. He
stands for those things which are always
best in individual and community develop-
ment, holds to high ideals and is ready to
meet any obligation of life with the confi-
dence and courage that come of conscious
personal ability, right conception of things
and an habitual regard for what is best in
the e.xercise of human activities.

VICTOR H. COFFEY. For the greater
part of twenty-seven years Victor H. CotTey
lias been a resident of the northwest and
possesses the alert, enterprising spirit which
lias wrought such wonderful development in
this section of the country, resulting in the
building of a "western empire" that rivals
the east in all that indicates business ac-
tivity, intellectual, moral and social progress.
He was born in Morgan county. Indiana,
May 30, 1858, his parents being J. W. and
Louisa (Norman) Coffey. In 1864 the fam-
ily removed to Washington county, Iowa,
settling upon a farm which continued to be
the father's place of residence until his
death in 1897. His widow still survives and
is now living witli her son Victor at the
advanced age of eighty-five years. They
were pioneer settlers of the northwest and
through their influence and efforts contrib-
iiteii to the substantial development and
improvement of the section of the state in
which they lived. Their family numbered
eight children: L. M.. who is living in Clat-
sop county; ). T.. who follows farming in
the same county; B. F., and J. N., who are
residents of Hammond; .J. L.. who is living
in West Chester, Iowa; Victor H., of this
review; and two who have passed away.

In taking up the personal history of Vic-
tor H. CotTey we |)resent to our reailers the
life record of one widely and favorably known
in the northwest. He was but a young lad
of six years when with his parents he came
to Iowa and until eighteen years of age re-
mained at home with his parents, after
wliich he began clerking in a store in Day-
ton, Iowa, where he spent four years. He
afterward located at Wellman, Iowa, where
he devoted two years to clerking, after which
he Went to Shelby county, Iowa, when' he
tilled the odice of deputy sheriff. In ISS.'i
he removed to Oregon and secured a claim
in Clatsop county, on which he resided for
a year. Much of the land in that district
was still wild and unimproved and in the
intervening years he has taken an active
and helpful part in the work of progress and
upbuilding. He remained upon the farm for
a year and then removed to Astoria, where
he served as county assessor for one term.
On his retirement from office in 18S7 he
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ing, conducting a store in Astoria for seven
years, after whicli he sold out and removed
to Wari-enton. Here he opened a general
mercantile establishment and is still en-
gaged in business. He keeps a carefully
selected line of goods and his well appointed
establishment and honorable business meth-
ods insure him a liberal patronage. He has
prospered as the years have gone by and
is now an active and valued factor in com-
mercial circles in his adopted city. Nor
has his activity been conlined alone to in-
dividual interests. He has been closely as-
sociated with public atTairs and for three
terms has served as mayor of Warrenton,
giving to the city a businesslike and public-
spirited administration, characterized by
many needed reforms and improvements.

On the 18th of December, 1881, Mr. Coffey
was united in marriage to Jliss Anna M.
Brandt, who was born in Trenton, New Jer-
sey, August 7, 1863, and is a daughter of
Philip J. and Mary (Raisner) Brandt. Her
parents were both natives of the north of
Germany and came to America in the early
'50s, first settling in New Jersey, where
they lived for a number of years. They
afterward became residents of Johnson coun-
ty, Iowa, where the father died in 1896,
while the mother is now living in Iowa
City at the age of eighty-one years. In
their family were eight children: Henry
Brandt, who is now living retired in Iowa
City; Mrs. Coffey; and six who are now
deceased. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Coffey have
been born seven children: P. H.. at home;
Katie M., who is now a milliner of Astoria;
Charles, who was born JIarch 5, 1887, and
died on the 28th of July of the same year;
and Mary L., Nellie H., .Java H. and Victor
H., all yet under the parental roof. In addi-
tion to an attractive home in Warrenton Mr.
Cofi'ey owns a good ranch of one hundred
and fifty acres. His wife is a member of the
Lutheran church and he holds membership
with Dayton Lodge, No. 149, A. F. & A. M.,
of Wellman, Iowa. He has not affiliated
with the order in Oregon, however, yet is in
full sympathy with the beneficent spirit of
the craft and its principles concerning mu-
tual helpfulness. He is preeminently a busi-
ness man. active, alert and energetic, and
as the years have gone by he has met with
a substantial measure of success, which is
the merited reward of earnest, persistent
labor. The history of the northwest is
largely familiar to him, as he has been a
witness of much of its growth and devel-
opment and at all times he has stood for
that which is best and most progressive in
the business life of the community and in
the advancement of its moral, intellectual
and social interests.

FRANCIS MARION ALFRED. At the age

nf eighty years Francis Marion Alfred is liv-
ing retired in Baker, and his is a well earned
and well merited rest, for through a long
period he was actively connected with busi-
ness interests, which not only brought to him
a comfortable competence but also proved

factors in the substantial progress of this
part of the state.

He was born February 17, 1833, in Pike
county, Illinois, his parents being Alonzo
and Nancy (Wilson) Alfred, both of whom
were born in the east and died there. The
son is indebted to the public-school system
of his native state for the educational priv-
ileges he enjoyed. Illinois was largely a
frontier district during the period of his
boyhood and youth. He continued a resident
of that state until he reached the age of
twenty-two years, and in 1854 he started
westward to California, attracted by the dis-
covery of gold on the Pacific coast and the
opportunities he believed might be there
obtained. He engaged in prospecting until
1859, when he came to Oregon and took up
his abode in Oregon City. He there spent
six years engaged in clerking and in the
apple business. In 18G4 he removed to
Auburn, where he assisted in building the
big ditch and also followed mining and other
pursuits. The year 1870 witnessed his ar-
rival in Baker, at which time he began driving
stage between this place and La Grande,
continuing in that work until his retirement
about 1900. He formed a very wide acquaint-
ance, and his genial nature and cordiality
made him popular with the patrons of the
stage line and with all the people residing
along the route.

Mr. Alfred is the only survivor of the
family of five children, and has reached
the age of eighty years. He wedded Miss
Mary E. Hoffman, a daughter of William
and Martha Hoffman and one of a family
of nine children, of whom two are now living:
Nancy, who is the wife of Milton White of
Portland and has four cliildren; and Thomas
Hoffman, of Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
had one child, a son who died in infancy,
and Mrs. Alfred died in September, 1905.

In his political views Mr. Alfred has been
a republican since the organization of the
party. For a half century he has held mem-
bership with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, belonging to Baker City Lodge, No.
35, and he stands very high in the order,
being a member of Canton No. 3. He has
been through all of the chairs in the local
lodge and he has long been a devoted and
faithful member of the Presbyterian church.
He has never sought to figure prominently
in any public connection, but his sterling
worth, geniality and cordiality have been
salient features in winning for him a large
circle of friends. He is now one of the ven-
erable citizens of Baker county, held in high
esteem by young and old, rich and poor.

FRED O'KELLY is one of the enterprising
merchants of Williams, Josephine county,
where he is successfully engaged in the con-
duct of a general merchandising establish-
ment and is also the postmaster of that
place. He was born in Iowa, November 3,
1887, and is the son of LaFayette and Ellen
S. (Burwell) O'Kelly, both of whom are na-
tives of Iowa. LaFayette O'Kelly. shortly
after his marriage, removed to Missouri

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191

where he was engaged in general fanning
for a period of seven years, after which ho
removed to Colorado where he was engaged
in mining until 1908 and then removed to
Josephine county, Oregon.

Fred O'Kelly wa8 reared in his father's
home and received his early education in the
public schools of the district in which he
lived. He remained under the parental root
until 1910, when he accepted employment as
a clerk in a store at Williams where lie re-
mained for one year. He then purchased
the entire establishment including the real
estate and stock of goods and has since
devoted his attention to the operation of
that business.

Mr. O'Kelly was united in marriage at
Grants Pass, in 1910. to Miss Edna Tryer,
a native of Oregon, and to this union one
child has been born, Burwell. Mr. O'Kelly is
a member of the republican party and as
a representative of that political organiza-
tion is now serving in the ollice of post-
master of Williams. He is a member of the
Modern Woodmen of America and also of
the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He
is a man held in high repute among the citi-
zens of his county where he is engaged in
the successful conduct of his mercantile busi-
ness.

FRANCIS WESLEY LIVERMORE, who
owns a tine ranch of two hundred and eighty
acres, three miles southwest of Beaverton,
that he is improving, has been operating a
sawmill in Oregon for the past eighteen
years. He was born in Iowa, his natal day
being the 3d of November, 1863. and his
parents were Theodore and Mary Ann
(Wells) I.ivermore. The father was a native
of Bloom county, Xew York, and the mother
of Indiana, but they were married in Iowa,
where they resided for ten years before
they removed to Wisconsin. There the
mother passed away in 1889, while the
father died in Oregon on a visit to our sub-
ject on the 22d of July, 1907. Ten children
were bom to Mr. and Mrs. Livermore:
Emma, the wife of B. .1. Walker, of Wiscon-
sin; Francis Wesley, our subject; r.eorge,
who is living in Corvallis, Oregon; Ernest,
a resident of Penverton; Leona. the wife of
Samuel Ensign, of Dulnth. Minnesota; Mat-
tie, the wife of B. J. .Jackson, of Roseburg,
Oregon; and Alelvin. Eunice, Elvira and
Hertnide. all of whom are deceased. Mr.
I.ivermore had been previously married and
by his first union there was bom one son,
Joshua, who is a resident of Wisconsin.

Reared at home Francis Wesley Livermore
received a common-school education and
began to make his way in the world at the
age of twenty- four years. In l'S03 he built
a sawmill in Clackamas county, this state,
that he operated for eight years and then
removed it to Washington county, where
he has ever since continued its operation.
Here he acquired two hundred and eighty
acres of land covered with an excellent
growth of fine timber, all of which he has
cleared, having realized a handsome divi-

dend on his lumber. He is placing improve-
ments on his ranch with the earnings it
yields him and is now operating forty acres,
which he has brought under a high state of
cultivation. Mr. Livermore has met with
success in his undertakings and is one of
the prosperous citizens of the county and
the owner of what promises to be a very
valuable ranch.

On the 23d of June, 1889, was celebrated
the marriage of Mr. Livermore and Miss
Esther Steel, who was born in Iowa, on the
11th of June, 1871, and is a daughter of
Abraham and Catherine (James) Steel. The
parents were both natives of Pennsylvania
but they were married in Iowa, where they
resided until 1885. when they came to Coos
county, Oregon, where the mother passed
away" on the 15th of October. 1887. The
father, who is now seventy-eight years of
age, continued to make his home in that
county until 1902. when he removed to
Washington county, and has ever since
lived with his daughter, Mrs. Liver-
. more. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Steel
numbered five, as follows: Alice, the wife
of John Lamp, of Idaho; Mrs. Livermore;
and Melvin, Mary and Laura, all of whom
succumbed to diphtheria within one week.
To Mr. and Mrs. Livermore have been l)orn
three children: Ivy May. whose birth oc-
curred in June. 1897; Francis S., who was
born on the 22d of December, 1900; and
John W.. born on September 19. 1909. All
the children are still in school and the
daughter is also studying music.

The fraternal connections of Mr. Liver-
more are confined to his membership in the
Woodmen of the World, his local affiliation
lieing with the camp at Beaverton. and his
political support is given to the repul)lican
party. Although he has never been an
aspirant to public honors or the emoluments
of olTice, Mr. Livermore has for the past
five years been a member of the local school
board. He is meeting with a goodly meas-
ure of success in his enterprises and is ac-
corded the esteem of his community, by
reason of his integrity and high sense of
honor in .nil business transactions.

WILLARD N. SMITH. For more than a
quarter of a century Willard X. Smith has
been a resident of Oregon and for some
years has been s\iecessfully engaged in the
conduct of a general plumbing and heating
business, being now located at No. 621 Com-
mercial street. .Astoria. Massachusetts
claims him as a native son, his birth having
there occurred on the 1st of N'ovember.
1857. His father. Xelson Smith, was born
in the Old Bay state in 1810 and devoted his
life to farming until his labors were ended
in death. His wife, who bore the maiden
name of Salina Burnett, also lived and died
in Massachusetts. Their family numbered
nine children, of whom two passed away in
early life, the others being: Slary, who mar-
ried Watson Williams, of Massachusetts:
Eliza, the wife of Ceorge Harris, also of
Massachusetts: and Louis B.. Osman and
Harvey f!.. all of Massachusetts; Willard, of

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this review; and Edson L., likewise residing
in Massachusetts.

Mastering the common branches of learn-
ing as taught in the public schools and at-
tending the high school of South Hadley,
Massachusetts, Willard N. Smith devoted
his energies to the work of the home farm
for a few years. Subsequently he learned
the tinner's trade at South Hadley Falls,
following that pursuit for about four years.
He was at difterent times in Holyoke and
Springfield, Massachusetts, after which he
went to Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Gradually he made his way westward and
spent two or three years in Kansas City.
In 1883 he came to Oregon and the following
year established his home in Astoria where
he has since remained. After coming here
he worked at his trade in the employ of E.
R. Hawes for several years and subsequent-
ly was made superintendent of the water-
works, which position he filled for four
years, from 1892 until 1896, when he util-
ized the capital he had saved from his earn-
ings in the establishment of a business of
his own. He opened a shop in partnership
with C. H. Gribble, with whom he con-
tinued for a year, and then bought out his
partner's interest, since which time he lias
been alone, conducting a general plumbing
and heating business at No. 631 Commercial
street. His thorough knowledge of the
trade, excellent workmanship, capability in
managing others and his carefully formu-
lated and well executed plans have con-
stituted tlie chief features in his progress in
industrial lines. He has real-estate hold-
ings in Astoria and well merits the pros-
perity which liis labors have brougiit him.

On the 3d of September, 1884, Mr. Smith
was married to Miss Jennie Hadden, who
was born in Kansas, a daughter of Levi and
Eliza Hadden. Her father was a farmer
previous to the advent of the railroad, after
which he engaged in hauling freiglit be-
tween Kansas and Missouri. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith are now the parents of a daughter,
Lena E. Their circle of friends is an ex-
tensive one and Mr. Smith is also well
known among the Elks and Artisans, hold-
ing membership in both organizations. His
political views ai'e manifest in the support
which he gives at the polls to the republi-
can party. He is an excellent type of the
enterprising young man of New England
who seeks the opportunities of the far west
and by improving his advantages reaches
a position among the substantial citizens of
his district.

ISAAC LAMBRIGHT is well known in
McMinnville and throughout this portion of
the state as the president of the Star Flour-
ing Mills and is also a prominent factor in
agricultural circles, owning and cultivating
extensive tracts of land. His business is
capably managed and that his judgment is
sound and his plans of practical character
is indicated in the success which has at-
tended his efforts. He was born in .TefTerson
county, Virginia. August 16, 1844. his par-
ents being Henry and Elizabeth (Kidwiler)

Lambright, who were also natives of the Old
Dominion and were of Pennsylvania Dutch
stock, their respective families having re-
moved from Maryland to Virginia. Early in
the '50s the father took his family to Har-
din county, Iowa, settling on a farm, which
he continued to cultivate until his death,
which occurred in 1869, resulting from the
efl'ects of an injury received while operating
a threshing machine. His widow afterward
removed to Henry county, Missouri, where
her death occurred about 1874.

The youthful days of Isaac Lambright
were spent upon the home farm and the
common schools afforded him his educational
opportunities. Ambitious to make the most
of life and believing that better advantages
were to be obtained in the far west, he
joined a wagon train of fourteen wagons in
1865 and with it crossed the plains to Ore-
gon. The Indians were on the rampage and
while the wagon train was passing through
Wyoming, within two miles of the Laramie
river, tlie party was surrounded by a band
of more than thiee hundred red men and was
forced to go into corral about two o'clock.
They were without water and undoubtedly
all would have been massacred had not a
large wagon train of freighters who had pre-
ceded them come to their rescue. All the
members of a small wagon train had but a
short time before been massacred just a lit-
tle distance ahead of the party in which Mr.
Lambright traveled and the wrecks of the
wagons wliich had been burned together with
the bones of the dead cattle and people were
strewn over the plains.

After journeying for six months across
tlie plains, over the hot stretches of sand
and through the mountain passes, during
which period many difficulties and dangers
were encountered, Mr. Lambright at length
reached Oregon, making liis way to the
present site of Newberg, in Yamhill county.
Later he went to the French prairie in Ma-
rion count}' and a year or so afterward made
his way to the Florence mining district in
Idaho and for one year worked in the mines.
He then returned to Yamhill county, where
he has resided continuously since. For six-
teen years after his return he engaged in
the sawmill business and has since given
much of his time to farming and to indus-
trial pursuits. He is now the owner of a
valuable tract of land of two hundred and
six acres nine miles southwest of McMinn-
ville and four hundred acres west of the
town. Tliese are cultivated under his super-
vision and annually bring forth good har-
vests, so that the financial return therefrom
is a gratifying one. He continued to reside
upon one of his farms until the fall of 1910,
when he took up his abode in the city. In
the spring of 1908 he purchased an interest
in the Star Flouring Mills, at which time
the company was reorganized and incorpo-
rated, Mr. Lambright becoming vice presi-
dent. In December of the same year the
president, Henry M. Daniel, died and Mr.
Lambright succeeded him in the presidency,
in which capacity he is now serving. He
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193

ests for the past three years and owns val-
uable miniiifi property at Sumpter, this
state. In addition to his other interests he
is a stockholdi-r in the L'nited !:>tates Na-
tional Bank of MeMinnville.

In October. 1S73, Mr. Larabright was
married to Mrs. Melinda S. Stow, the widow
of Marian Stow, a sawmill man of Yamhill
county. Before her tirst marriage she bore
the maiden name of Miss Downing. L'nto
Mr. and Mrs. Uimhright have been born
two children: Olive May, now the wife of
Walter Macy, who operates one of her fa-
ther's farms; and William H., at home. Po-
litically he is a democrat and socially is
connected with the Patrons of Husbandry.
MeMinnville places his name high on the
roll of her leading and representative citi-
zens. He forms his plans readily, is deter-
mined in their execution and by the intelli-
gent direction of his affairs has won a
most gratifying and creditable position in
commercial, imlustrial and financial circles.
He allows no obstacle or dirticulty to brook
his path if it can be overcome by persistent,
earnest elTort. and. moreover, he readily rec-
ognizes and improves the opportunities which
many others have passed heedlessly bj'. His
work has been a direct force for good to the
community as well as a source of individual
success.

W. T. BOSTWICK has long been a citizen
of this state and of .Tackson county. He is
the superintendent of a large ranch of which
he has entire charge, directing all its agri-
cultural and stock interests, and in addi-
tion to this position he follows diversified
farming on his home ranch, located in the
I'pper Applegate valley in Jackson county.
He is a native of California, his birth having
occurred in that state, October 31, 1807. Ik-
is the son of William H. and Eva (Dunn)
Bostw ick. his father being one of a family
of thirteen children born to liis parents.

W. T. Bostwick was reared in his father's
home and received his education in the pub-
lic schools. He remained under the parental
roof until he attained his majority at which
time he removed to Oregon and in this state
he has since been prominently identified with
the ranching business. For th<- past seven
years he has b«'en the sole director anil man-
ager of one of the large ranches located in
this county, giving his special attention to
its management and in addition he follows
diversified farming, his crops including hay,
garden truck, beans and fruit.

Mr. Bostwick has been twice married. Miss
Rhoda Dulop, a native of this state, was
his first wite. Her earthly pilgrimage was
closed .lune 1, 1889, and she was buried in
Logtown cemetery in I'pper Applegate valley.
Mr. Bostwick was later uniteil in marriage
to Miss Gussa Snyiler and to this union five
children have been born, .Josephine, Karl,
Henry. Everett and Harold, all of whom are
at home with their parents. He is alhliated
with the republican party and is one of the
stanch supporters of the principles of this
dominant political organization. Ho is a
man who is highly esteemed wherever

known and his life of devoted attention to
business matters committed to his trust has
gained for him the well merited reputation
of being a man of ability and unquestioned
integrity. In all public issues looking to
the development of his county and state
Mr. Bostwiek's support is always to be re-
lied upon, and he cheerfully contributes both
of his time and means to the success of
any worthy cause.

FRANK HOLMES, who since the 1st of
.lune. I'.IOT, has been engaged in the prac-
tice of law at Salem, wliere he is recognized
as an able and rising young attorney, was
born at Dallas, Polk county, Oregon, June
1. 1871, his parents being D. .1. and Mary
Ellen (Lewis) Holmes. The father was born
in Pike county. HIinois, July 1. 18.'i9, and
was a son of H. M. V. and Xaiicy (Porter)
Holmes. The great-grandparents of Frank
Holmes in the paternal line came from Dub-
lin, Ireland, and settled in \irginia, where
the great-grandfather died, while his wife
afterward removed to Pulaski county, Ken-
tucky, and there reared her family. Her
son, H. M. V. Holmes, was born in Wythe
county, Virginia, and after reaching years
of maturit}' wedded Xancy Porter, also a
native of Virginia. Thej- were residents of
Pike county, Illinois, at the time of their
marriage, and there resided until 1848. when
they crossed the plains with ox teams to
Oregon, settling in Polk county, where 11.
M. V. Holmes secured a donation claim of
six hundred and forty acres twelve miles
north of Sahm. Both he and his wife died
upon that [ilace. He followed farming and
also speculated in cattle, horses and sheep.
In his political allegiance he was a stanch
democrat and several times was elected a
member of the legislature, serving in the gen-
eral assembly both before and after the
admission of the state to the Union, repre-
senting Polk county. He also filled the posi-
tion of justice of the peace for a numlier of
terms and in that connection rendered de-
cisions which were strictly fair and im-
partial. As assemblyman he left the impress
of his individuality upon the laws of the
state and it was a widely recognized fact
that he ever stood for progress and ad-
vancement. He was reared in the faith of
the Methodist Episcopal church but after-
ward became a Swedenborgiaii. His death
occurred when he was more than .seventy
years of age. In his family were seven
children: I). J., the father of Frank Holmes;
Nancy Jane, deceased; A. M.. who is liv-
ing on the old homestead in Polk county;
.1. P.. who also resides on the old home place;
William Henry, an attorney of Salem. Ore-
gon; Horatio Reese, who became a physi-
cian and surgeon and died in Portland; and
Mary A., wlio died in Polk county in in-
fancy. The first four were all natives of
Pike county. Illinois.

D. .1. Holmes, father of our subject, was
but a young lad when in 1848 he accom-
panied his parents on their journey across
the plains. Much of his life has been passed
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now living in Salem. For a long period he
followed farming and he is still the owner
of a tract of twenty acres a mile went of
Salem in Polk county. In addition to the
cultivation of the soil he engaged in raising
sheep but in 18S9 suffered the loss of several
thousand sheep that perished in a storm, the
Hock being snowed under five feet in Wasco
county. It was in 1S69 that D. J. Holmes
wedded Miss Mary E. Lewis, who was born
in Marion county, Oregon, and is a daugh-
ter of J. H. and Ellen (Gilliam) Lewis, who
came to this state in 1S47 and settled in
Polk county, adjoining the county seat. Mr.
and Mrs. D. J. Holmes are the parents of
four cliildren: Webster, who is now an at-
torney of Tillamook; Frank, of this review;
Estella, who is the wife of Joseph D. Fon-
tain, of Baker county; and Ella, the wife of
T. 0. Shonkewiler, of Victor. Montana.

Frank Holmes spent a portion of his child-
hood in Polk and in Wasco counties upon
stock farms which his father was conduct-
ing. He pursued liis education in the pub-
lic schools and in Willamette University at
Salem and, taking up the study of law,
which he carefully pursued, was admitted to
the bar on the 1st of June, 1907, since which
time he has practiced in that city. He now
has a good clientage which is continuously
growing in volume and in importance. He is
careful and painstaking in the preparation of
his cases and his presentation of his case in-
dicates a thorough understanding of the
points under consideration and the law ap-
plicable thereto.

On the 1st of August, 1907, Mr, Holmes
was married to Miss Josie Adamson, a na-
tive of Silverton, Oregon, and a daughter of
Sarah and Edward Adamson. They have
two children, Frank, Jr., and Philip.

Mr. Holmes is well known in Salem where
he has lived since his student days and his
unfeigned cordiality' and geniality have been
factors in winning him a large circle of
friends, while his thorough study and un-
faltering devotion to his clients' interests
are gaining him success as a lawyer. He
now holds membership in the Marion County
Bar Association.

HARRY CHRISTENSEN, arriving in
America when a youth of seventeen
years, has become thoroughly imbued with
the American spirit and especially the spirit
of the west, where the air seems rife with
enterprise and determination to do and to
dare. He was born in Denmark, .January 24,
1854, his parents being Kristen and Katrina
Christensen, who were also natives of Den-
mark, where they always resided. The fa-
ther's death occurred there in 1886 and
the mother died in the year 1908. They had
a family of ten children, of whom four sons
and two daughters are still living, all yet be-
ing residents of Denmark save the subject of
this review and John, who resides upon a
ranch near Oregon City. The others are
Bodilmarie, Stine, Karoline and Resemine.

It was in the year 1871 that Harry Cliris-
tensen left his native country and crossed
the broad Atlantic to the new world. He

first settled at San Francisco, California, and
was afterward employed in tlio lumber
woods of Mendocino county, California, for
three years. Later he became a sailor and
in 1876 took charge of the boat Harry, of
which he was captain for three years. On
the expiration of that period he went to
Alaska, where he spent one summer, and
next took a position as bartender in San
Francisco, where he remained until 1881.
Carefully saving his earnings he then came
to Astoria and turned his attention to the
salmon fishing business, in which he con-
tinued for four years. As proprietor of a
saloon he was again connected with the busi-
ness interests of San Francisco until 1901,
when he sold out there and removed to As-
toria, where he established a saloon, which
he has since conducted, owning a fine place
at No. 640 Commercial street. He also owns
an attractive residence property where he
lives.

Mr. Christensen has been married twice.
In 1887 he wedded Miss Amelia Erickson,
who was born in Norway and died in 1892.
In 1897 Mr. Christensen was again married,
his second union being with Miss Mary
Berry, who was born in California. Her
mother died during the childhood of Mrs.
Christensen, but her father is still living in
the east. She was one of six children, all of
whom yet survive.

Mr. Christensen took out naturalization
papers in 1876. He has always voted with
the democratic party but has never sought
nor desired office. His fraternal relations
are with the Red Men and with the Owls of
Astoria and in both organizations his genial
manner and unfeigned cordiality have won
him the high regard and good-will of his
brethren.

ARTHUR S. KLEINHAMMER is one of the
enterprising and successful farmers in Little
Applegate valley, having his residence on
an extensive ranch of four hundred and
ninety-four acres which he owns, located on
Applegate creek, in Jackson county. He was
born in the county where he now resides,
May 22, 1870, and is the son of Glaus and
Frances (Saltmar.sh) Kleinhammer, his father
being a native of Germany and his mother
of the Willamette valley, this state, her
parents having settled in Oregon in 1849.
Claus Kleinhammer was identified with min-
ing interests at Sterling continuously for a
period of twenty-six years. He was one of
the early gold seekers who emigrated to
California in 1849, from which state he re-
moved to Oregon in 1851, locating in Ster-
ling, where for twenty-six years he was in-
terested in mines and mining. He removed
later, however, to the Rogue river valley, set-
tling two miles south of Medford, where he
purchased a farm of one hundred and fifty
acres. He continued to live upon this place
and improve it until 1904, at which time he
sold this property and removed to Ashland,
in Jackson county, where he spent the remain-
ing years of his life, his death occurring
in Ashland in 190S. Mrs. Kleinhammer is

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197

still living and maintains her home in Ash-
land.

Arthur S. Kleinhammer was reared in his
father's home and educated in the public
schools. He remained under the parental
roof until he was twenty years of age, at
which time he began his bu-siness career. He
has, however, been deeply interested in stock-
raising since he was a boy of sixteen, and
has spent his entire business life in Jackson
county, engaged continuously in the stock
business. His fine ranch of four hundred and
ninety-four acres has been improved dur-
ing the years until now it is regarded as one
of the most complete and best equipped
ranches of its kind in this part of the state.
His beautiful residence recently linished, is
equipped with all modem conveniences, in-
cluding hot and cold water.

Mr. Kleinhammer was united in marriage
to Miss Mary E. Anderson, of .lackson
county, on August S, 1900, and to this union
three children have been born, Esther F.,
Dorris C. and Claus T. He is a member of
one of the fraternal orders of his locality
and he and his wife are church members.

Mr. Kleinhammer is interested in all meas-
ures affecting the industrial and moral ad-
vancement ot the people and is well known
throughout his county as being a successful
stockman and a friend of every just and
worthy cause.

ENOS L. Mccormick, closely associated
with business activity in Hillsboro as pro-
prietor of a music and jewelrj- store, has
found that success is ambition's answer.
Prompted by a laudable desire to progress
in commercial circles, he has bent every
energy toward the upbuilding of his busi-
ness and is enjoying an extensive and grow-
ing patronage. Many of Oregon's native
sons have found in this state the oppor-
tunity for the attainment of prosperity.
Among this number is Enos L. McCormick,
whose birth occurred in Polk countv. April
6. 1SG5. His father, William H. .McCormick.
was a native of Indiana, born in 1S40, and
in 1859, when a young man of nineteen
years, he came to Oregon, where he has since
made his home, now residing in Washington
county. Throughout the greater part of this
period he has lieen identified with farming.
He married I.evina Hodson. of Iowa, who
was born in 1811. their wedding being cele-
brated in la.lO. They have lived to celebrate
their golden wedding and as the years havi-
passed by they have reared a family of ten
children two of whom died: Franci's .1,, now
the wife of .1. S. Robinson, of Washington
county; Enos L.-, I>nura. the wife of I). M.
Melnnis. of Marion county. Oregon; C. M.,
who is living at Xewlierg. Yamhill county:
Christina, the wife of William Davis, of
Yamhill county; Maud, the wife of .1. A.
Messenger, of Yamhill county, whose people
oame to Oregon in the 'fiOs; .1. W.. who is
at home with his parent.^; nn<l Ira O.. who
married Olga Peterson, of Washington
county.

At the usual age Enos I,. McCormick
began his education ns a public school pupil

and afterward became a student of the Pa-
cilic College at Xewberg. Oregon. He then
took up the profession of teaching which he
followed for eight years in different public
schools of this state, or until elected re-
corder in 1894. He has made his home in
Hillsboro since 1894 and was first identified
with business affairs here as a dealer in
sporting goods and furniture, but eventually
sold out to G. A. Patterson and six years
ago opened his present music house and jew-
elry store. He carries a large and well selected
line of jewelry and of musical instruments
of the best make, and liis trade in both
branches of his business places him with the
successful merchants of the city.

On the 13th of November. 1895, Mr. Mc-
Cormick was united in marriage to Miss
Geneva Helen Birdsell, of Portland, who was
born in Iowa, and they now have one daugh-
ter. Eva Helen. The parents occupy an en-
viable position in social circles and the hos-
pitality of the most attractive homes of
Hillsboro is cordially extended them. In his
political views Mr. McCormick is a republican
and ever keeps well informed on the issues
and questions of the day, for he believes it
the duty as well as the privilrgc of every
American citizen to support the principles
which he deems of most value as factors
in good government. The only oHice that
he has ever held is that of county recorder,
which position he filled from 1894 until
1898. He is a prominent and popular mem-
ber in the Odd Fellows Society of Hillsboro,
has filled all of the chairs and is now serv-
ing as grand patriarch. In manner he is
approachable and genial and those who are
closely associated with him find that his
friendship is to be depended upon under all
circumstances.

FRED C. WILSON, proprietor of a splen-
didly equipped photographic studio in Astoria,
his native city, was born here on the :iOth
of August, 1SS8, and is one of the repre-
sentative young business men of north-
western Oregon. His father. .John Wilson, a
native of Finland, was born in 1849 and be-
came a resident of .\storia in ISSO. since
which time he has engaged in the fishing
business. Unto him and his wife, .Johanna
Wilson, were born five children who are yet
living: Sandra, the wife of William Pantaja,
a resident of lierkeley. California; Edward,
who is living in Heedley, California; Wil-
liam, of Astoria; Fred C, of tliis review;
and Richard, at home.

.\t the usual ajre Fred C. Wilson entered
the public schools, passing through consec-
utive grades until he put aside his text-
books to become an active factor in the
business world. For some time he was
a.ssistnnt to A. A. Saari, a photographer,
and eventually purchased the studio of H.
•S. Carter in .laniiary. 1909. He is still pro-
prietor of this establishment and has built
up a gratifying business. The studio con-
tains four rooms, well equipped for carrying
on photography according to the latest
processes. He had but little capital when
lie begnn business for himself but was soon

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accorded a liberal patronage because of the
excellence of his work and lias discharged
all indebtedness on his studio and now has
a profitable business.

In his political views Mr. Wilson is a re-
publican and keeps well informed on the
questions of the day. His religious faith is
that of the Lutheran church and his frater-
nal relations are with the Foresters. He
also belongs to the Four A Athletic Club.
He is interested in music and his personal
talent in that direction finds expression in
his membership with the Pacific Orchestra,
with which he was connected for seven years,
when the demands of his business left him
no time for active participation in musical
circles. For a time he was a piano player
of the orchestra aiul later liad the snare
drums. His musical ability and attractive
social qualities have gained for him many
friends and he is rapidly making for himself
a most creditable position in business circles
of his native city.

GEORGE W. McQueen. One of the en-
terprising citizens of Cottage Grove who is
well known in business circles is George W.
McQueen, a dealer in real estate and prom-
inently connected with the North Fairview
Mining Company of Eugene and the Grizzly
Mountain Mining & Production Company of
Cottage Grove. He was liorn in Iowa, in
1874, a son of George W. and Kate R.
(Brown) McQueen, the father being a na-
tive of Ohio and the mother of New York.
The father passed away in 1898 but the
mother survives and is making her home in
Montana with her son Ivan. Six children
were born unto this worthy couple, namely:
Ivan, of Montana; Mary L.. the wife of
Solomon Davidson, of Portland. Oregon;
William, teaching school in Bloomfield, Mon-
tana; George W., of this review; Zaida, who
married Charles Morrow, a farmer of Mar-
cola, Oregon ; and Viola, deceased.

George W. McQueen started out in life for
himself at the early age of seventeen years
to earn his living and make his way in the
world when he came with his parents to Ore-
gon, and on arriving here secured a position
in the store of Eakin & Bristoe at Cottage
Grove, which he continued to fill for thir-
teen years. At the end of that time he pur-
chased an interest in a livery business, with
which he was connected for two years. He
then sold out and opened a confectionery
store which he conducted for five years, and
then, in November, 1900, engaged in the
real-estate business with which he has since
been connected. He owns a half interest
in a two-story business block on Main street,
also his home, which includes a quarter of
an acre, two blocks on Main street worth
twenty-five hundred dollars, besides a res-
idence property wliich he rents. He is also
general manager of the North Fairview Min-
ing Company of Eugene and secretary and
treasurer of the Grizzly Mountain Mining
& Production Company of Cottage Grove,
both mines being located in the Bohemia dis-
trict. A considerable part ot his attention
is necessarily given to these properties.

In liis political views Mr. McQueen is a
republican but has never been an office
seeker, his only public service having been
as a member of the city council for one term.
He received the appointment of postmaster
at one time but refused to accept the posi-
tion. He has always taken an active in-
terest in the affairs of Cottage Grove being
actively associated with every project cal-
culated to advance the city's interests. His
brother Ivan, of Montana, was state rep-
resentative from Lane county for two terms
and the McQueen family iS' well known in
Oregon. In his fraternal connections he is
a member of the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks and the Knights of Pytliias.
In his religious views he is liberal, liolding
to no particular sect. Mr. McQueen is one
of the most active, influential and valuable
business men and citizens of Cottage Grove,
liaving lived for over twenty years in that
city. During all this time he has been ac-
tively engaged in business, he has become
known practically , througliout the entire
community and is thoroughly respected by
all witli whom he has come in contact.

S. H. WILLET, who conducts a general
plumbing and gas and steam-fitting business
in Astoria, was born in Adams county, Penn-
sylvania, on the 37th of September, 1855.
He was an infant at the time of his father's
death. His mother bore the maiden name of
Elizabeth Auger and S. H. Willet is the only
surviving child. At the usual age he en-
tered the public schools of his native state
antl was first employed at farming in Penn-
sylvania, engaging in the tilling of the soil
for several years. In 1870, however, he
turned his attention to industrial pursuits,
liecoming connected with the plumbing busi-
ness in Kentland, Illinois. He devoted two
and a halt years to learning tlie trade and
in lS7a came to Oregon, lie first went to
Portland but after a brief period removed
to Astoria. Here he soon became a member
of the fire department and also worked at
the plumber's trade. Later he took a trip
to his old home in Pennsylvania, spending a
year in the east, and then again came to
Astoria. In 1891 he opened a plumbing shop
and now conducts a general plumbing, gas
and steam-fitting and contracting business.
He is a practical heating engineer, thorough-
ly familiar with all the diflVrent branches
of his trade, and liis labors have been very
satisfactory to all who have employed his
services. He has succeeded in winning a
liberal patronage and has ever endeavored
to please his customers, recognizing the fact
that satisfied patrons are the best advertise-
7nent.

In 1896 Mr. Willet was married to Miss
Augusta Vass, who was born in Germany,
whence she was brought to America by her
parents, who settled in Oregon. Her father
is now deceased but her mother is still liv-
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Willet have one daugh-
ter, Nora, who was born in Astoria and is
now in school. Both Mr. and Mrs. Willet
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199

reside and it is a well known fact that his
cooperation can be secured for the advance-
ment of anj- project or measure calculated
to promote the public good. He is a repub-
lican and wide reading has made him fa-
miliar with the chief political issues of the
day. He never falters in the expression of
an honest conviction, yet is never bitterly
aggressive in politics. In fact, he displays
many sterling qualities in all the relations
of life and this accounts for the large circle
of friends whose regard is so freely given
him.

IVAN L. DANIEL. Early realizing the
fact that industry, close application and
strong purpose are indispensable elements in
success, Ivan L. Daniel has utilized those
qualities in winning for himself the enviable
position which he now occupies in industrial
circles as the secretary and treasurer of the
.Star Flouring Mills of .McMinnville. lie was
born in Fillmore county, Minnesota, Febru-
ary 2, ISe.'l, and the ancestry of the famil;
in America can be traced back to a colonel
of the English army who was sent to St.
Augustine, Florida, on a government mis-
sion. There in a subsequent battle he was
wounded and receiving his commission he
located near St. Augustine, becoming the
founder of the family in the new world.
The great-great-grandfather of Ivan L. in
the Daniel line served as a sharpshooter un-
der General Scott in the battle of Lundys
Ijine in the War of 1812 and was wounded
in that engagement. Congress afterward
voted him a gold medal for meritorious eon-
duct on the Held. Two brothers of the fam-
ily served as sharpshooters and fought with
their father in the battle of l.undys Lane
and both were killed by his side. John \V.
Daniel, of Lynchburg. Virginia, was a first
cousin of Henry M. Daniel, the father of
our subject. Due of the great-grandmothers
of Mr. Daniel belonged to the Henry family
and was a direct descendant of Patrick
Henry. Two uncles of Ivan L. Daniel were
soldiers throughout the Civil war.

His parents were Henry M. and Sarah A.
(Driskelll Daniel, who were natives of Vir-
ginia and Kentucky respectively. They were
married in the latter state, whither Henry
M. Daniel had gone as a young man. In
early life he learned the distilling and mill-
ing bu.siness. having wealthy nlativis in
Kentucky who operateil ilistilleries and llour-
ing mills. In their establishment he learned
the business, thus laying the fonndation for
the aucces.H which came to him in later life
in connection with the milling industry.
About three years after their marriage they
removed to Missouri ami Henry Daniel, who
was a carpenter and millwright, followed
those trades in that state for three years,
after which he took his family to Minne-
sota, settling in Fillmore county, where he
operated a grist and sawmill for eighteen
years. In 187.1 he came west to Seattle,
Washington, and soon afterward made his
way to Yamhill county, settling in North
Yamhill, where he engaged in the sawmill

business, with which he was identified for
twelve years, lie next turned his atten-
tion to the manufacture of tlour at Yam-
hill, operating the Trullinger Mills for two
years, his son Ivan L, being a partner with
him in this enterprise. Father and son then
purchased a half interest in the La I'"ayette
Flouring Mills, which they operated for three
years. Subseipiently they cultivated a farm
near Yamhill lor one year, the father having
acquired this property while engaged in the
sawmill business in Yaniliill. In Septem-
ber. 1S94. he traded his farm for a half in-
terest in the Star Mills at McMinnville and
again entered into active connection with
the milling business, Ivan L. Daniel working
with him. In June, 1902, the father became
sole owner of the mill and a month later
sold a half interest to his son Ivan, their
business connections as eijual partners con-
tinuing until August, HIOS, at which time
they incorporated as a stock company, Henry
-M. Daniel becoming president, with Isaac
Lambright as vice president and Ivan L.
Daniel as secretary and treasurer. In De-
cember following the father, then in his
eightieth year, died and Mr. Lambright suc-
ceeded to the presidency, while Ivan L.
Daniel continued in the same position which
he had hitherto filled. Ever since acquiring
an interest in the business in 11)03 he has
practically been in charge as business man-
ager, while his father supervised the actual
milling processes. Father and son were
more like two brothers than parent and
child. Each consulted the other on all busi-
ness arrangements and the close bond of
interest between them was one seldom seen.
Henry M. Daniel was one of three men
who had the courage to go to the polls
in Fillmore county, Minnesota, during the
Civil war and there give expression to his
honest opinion in voting the democratic
ticket. He strongly believed in the prin-
ciples of that party although he was an
ardent anti-slavery man. In 1872 he was
elected state representative, the first mem-
ber of his party ever chosen to the office
after the territory was admitted as a state.
Following his arrival in Yamhill county he
remained a stanch democrat until the cam-
paign of William .lennings liryan, when he
could not support the free silver policy of
the Nebraska candidate anil alliliated with
the republican party. This was character-
istic of Mr. Daniel, who never faltered In
the support of what he believed to be for
the best interests of his country. He held
membership in the Masonic fraternity from
IsCil until his death and was n^garded as
one of its exemplary ri-presentatives. In
Yamhill county he ha>t a wide ac<|uaintance
and was esteemed bj- all who knew him.

Ivan L. Daniel was reared under the par-
ental roof and from early youth was fami-
liar with the milling business. In his boy-
hooil it was a matter of interest to him to
watch fhi' process that was carried on as
the grain was converted into flour and as
the years passed his labors became an ef-
fective force in the work of the mill. The
common schools afTorded him his educational

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privileges, yet his opportunities in that di-
rection were very meager, being limited to
attendance during the winter months prior
to his twelfth year. However, he has been
a broad reader and has become a reasonably
well informed man, learning many valuable
lessons in the school of experience. As
previously indicated, his life has been given
to the milling business and as his father's
associate he received thorough training in
early life and later proved his worth in the
capable management and conduct of a mill-
ing business as his fatlier's partner.

In 1895 Mr. Daniel was married to Miss
Bessie Perry, of North Yamhill, and unto
them have been born seven children, of whom
six are living, Elaine. Eemus. Perry, Alice,
Maggie and Nellie, all yet at home. In his
political views Mr. Daniel is a republican yet
has never sought or desired office, preferring
to concentrate his energies upon his busi-
ness affairs. He belongs to Union Lodge.
No. 43, A. F. & A. M.; to Taylor Chapter,
No. 16, R. A. M. ; and to the Woodmen of
the World. The place he has made for him-
self in business circles and in public regard
is a creditable one. He is now justly num-
bered among the representatives of indus-
trial activity in McMinnville, being today
at the head of one of its most important in-
dustrial concerns.

COLUMBUS COLE, a pioneer farmer now
living retired in Marcola, Lane county, was
the first merchant and postmaster of this
city in which he has always been a leading
and much respected citizen. After a long
and successful business career he is now liv-
ing retired and enjoys the fruits of his earlier
labors. He was born March 26, 1842, in Knox
county, Ohio, a son of Henry E. and Levina
(Beach) Cole. The father was a native of
Connecticut and the mother of Pennsylvania,
but with their respective families they re-
moved, in early life, to Ohio, where they
were married. The Cole family is well rep-
resented in Knox count.v. Ohio, for at an
early date two of the father's brothers also
took up claims adjoining, but all are now
deceased. In the family of Mr. and Mrs
Henry E. Cole were six children, the order
of birth being as follows: William, of Kan-
sas ; Columbus ; Mary, the widow of a Mr.
Wilson, of Mount Vernon, Ohio; Henry, a
resident of Red Wing. Minnesota; Clara, the
wife of Columbus Wilson, of Iowa; and
Wheeler, residing on the old homestead farm
in Ohio upon which his grandfather settled
on removing west from Connecticut.

Columbus Cole was reared on the farm of
his father in Ohio and in that state received
a common-school education and assisted his
father in the farm work until attaining the
age of nineteen years. In 1861, shortly after
the great Civil war cloud darkened the whole
country, he enlisted in the Union army and
his regiment was assigned to Sherman's com-
mand. He participated in the battle of Shilo
or Pittsburgh Landing and fought at Fort
Donelson and in a number of lesser skirm-
ishes, also enduring great hardships and pri-
vations on many of the trying marches. In

the following year, being seriously wounded
in battle, he was discharged from the service
and returned home. His ph3'sical condition
was so serious, however, that he was not able
to work for several years. In 1S70 he erai- ■

grated to Missouri and settled near Wells- I

ville, where he bought land which he culti- 1

vated and upon which he lived until 1874,
when he crossed the plains to Oregon and took
up a government homestead of one hundred
and si.xty acres in the Mohawk valley, six-
teen miles east of Eugene. Soon after set-
tling there a postoffice was established and
he was appointed postmaster. He also opened
a general merchandise business whicli he con-
ducted for many years, developing it until he
had a very fine store and a good stock of
goods. Mrs. Cole for the most part took care
of the postoffice and store while her husband
cleared his land and engaged in general farm-
ing. He also operated a sawmill at what
was then called Isabelle, bvit when the rail-
road was built the name of the place was
changed by the railroad officials to Marcola,
in honor of Mrs. Cole, the word being a con-
traction of her name, Mary Cole. Mr. Cole
continued in active business until in 1906,
when he sold out his general mercantile
stock but still owns the building in which the
business was conducted and which still ac-
commodates the postoffice. He also owns
other residence and business property in
Marcola.

In June, 1865, in Ohio, Mr. Cole was united
in marriage to Miss Mary Hart, a daughter
of Samuel and Margaret (Thrailkill) Hart,
whose father was a native of Pennsylvania
and whose mother was born in Ohio. Mrs.
Cole is the eldest of a family of nine chil-
dren, the others being: James, deceased;
Lorena, the wife of William Bates, of Ohio;
William and Francis, both deceased; George,
of Missouri; .lohn, also of that state; Eva,
deceased; and Charles, of Missouri. Unto
Mr. and Mrs. Cole one child was born, Nellie,
who was born in 1866, in Ohio, and is now the
wife of T. J. Whitmore. of Bickleton, Wash-
ington. She has three children. Delano,
Hazel and Beryl, all attending school. Mr.
Cole is a republican and although he has al-
ways been a leading citizen of his commun-
ity he has never sought nor held public of-
fice excepting that of superintendent of the
school board. Since the time he settled at
the place where Marcola is now located he
has always been a leading spirit in the com-
munity and the citizens, all of whom are
friends and neighbors, have always left to
him to take the initiative in everything per-
taining to the public good. He has now
reached the close of his active business life
and is enjoying in the seclusion of his own
home, surrounded by friends, the fruits of a
well spent life.

JOHN E. WICKS. Probaldy no resident
of Astoria has made more rapid progress in
his vocation during the past seven years
than John E. Wicks, who is a competent and
highly successful architect. He is a native
of Finland, his birth having there occurred
on the 13th of July, 1878. and a son of

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Krick and Lessie (Xasmaii) Wicks, both of
whom continue to make their home in the
native hind. Ul" the eight children born to
Mr. and Mrs. Wicks but two have become
residents of the United States: John K.,
our subject and Alfred, who is engaged in
the grocery business in Seattle.

John E. Wicks was reared at home, ob-
taining his education in the common and
high schools of Finland, where he spent the
lirst twenty-one years of his life. Being at-
tracted toward the United States, reiogniz-
ing its greater opportunities and better ad-
vantages for an ambitious and enterprising
young man, in 1S99 he took passage for this
country. He first located in Denver, where
he obtained a position on the railroad. Be-
ing entirely unfamiliar with both the cus-
toms and language of the country, those
lirst few years were extremely trying and
almost hopelessly discouraging, but he had
started out with the determination to win,
so steadily but determinedly plodded on.
From the very simplest occupation he ad-
vanced to the position of foreman of bridge
builders in an incredibly short time for one
so handicapped as he had been. His spare
moments were diligently applied to the
masterj' of the language and the acquiring
of a knowledge of architecture and con-
struction. I^ter he pursued a private
course in the latter subjects at Bethany Col-
lege, Kansas. As soon as he could qualify
he obtained work at drafting in the oflice
of a Denver architect, subsequently follow-
ing the same occupation in other cities of
the west. He continued studying all of the
time he was working, not being satisfied
with having touched the bottom rung of the
ladder, but resolved to have an office of his
own and create a place for himself among
the members of his chosen profession. In
1904 he came to Astoria and established an
oflice, and believing in himself he inspired
confidence in others and almost from the
first has met with most gratifying success,
lie designed the new Astoria high-school
building, which was erected at a cost of one
hun<lred thousand dollars, and he also made
the plans for and supervised the construc-
tion of Dr. Kinney's twenty- five-thousand-
dollar residence. During the seven years he
has been engaged in business here, he has
designed and <-<instructed many buildings for
both private and public purposes, as well as
private residences. lie has a keen appre-
ciation of architectural values, symmetry
and proportion, at the same time his build-
ings always meet the practical requirements
for which they were intended. Doubtless
one of his most valuable assets is his faculty
to design a residence that can be construct-
I'l! within the limitations of moderate means,
and yet not necessitate the sacrifice of the
artistic to the practical, nor carry the sug-
gestion of having procured its effects
through cheap imitations or substitutions.
To Mr. Wicks has been awarded the con-
tract for designing and supervising the con-
struction of the centennial bnildings.

In 1905 was solemnized the marriage of
Mr. Wicks and Miss Marie 0. Cederberg, also

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a native of Finland. To them have been born ,
two daughters, Ethel Marie and Esther
Anne.

Their religious views Mr. and Mrs. Wicks
manifest through their affiliation with the
Lutheran church, and fraternally he belongs
to the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic
order, having taken the degrees of the blue
lodge. He has become a naturalized citi-
zen of the United States and his political
support he always accords those men and
measures he deems best adapted to meet
the exigencies of the situation. His endeav-
ors have been most substantially rewarded
and he is meeting with financial success in
his profession and in addition to his other
interests is now a stockholder and director
of the Scandinavian Bank. Mr. Wicks' rec-
ord since settling in the United States is
but one more proof of the fact that infiucnce
and capital are not essential to success in
this country, where there are willingness,
determination and tenacity of purpose that
compel recognition of merit.

EDWARD MARVIN BROOKS is one of
the partners in the lirm of Brooks Brothers,
general merchants at Scholls, and in the
conduct of his business he is displaying a
spirit of enterprise and progress that brings
substantial results. He is a native of Mich-
igan, his birtn having occurred in Lenawee
county, on the 23d of September, 1873, his
parents being Emory E. and Almira (Smith)
Brooks, who, leaving the middle west in
1875, made their way to Washington county,
Oregon. Here the mother is still living but
the father passed away in 1908.

Their son Edward spent his youthful days
under the parental roof. He was only two
years old when the family came to the
northwest, so that his education was ac-
quired in the public schools of this section of
the state, with one term at Philomath Col-
lege. When twenty-one years of age he en-
tered upon the profession of teaching, which
he followed for seven years, contributing
much to the intellectual progress of the com-
munities in which he labored, for he pos-
sessed the ability to impart clearly and
readily to others the knowledge which he
had acquired. However, thinking to find a
more profitable field of labor in merchandis-
ing, in 1901 he engaged in the jewelry busi-
ness in Oakland and was prominently iden-
tified with commercial interests there for
nine years. In 1910 he removed to Scholls,
where" he joined his brother. I'ollin 11., in
organizing the present firm of Brooks Broth-
ers for the conduct of a general mercantile
store. They carry a large and well selected
line of goods and the business is bringing
to them a gratifying return, because their
straightforward dealing and earnest efforts
to please their customers have gained for
them a large patronage. In addition to their
commiTiial interests they own and operate
a farm of eighty five acres, pleasantly situ-
ated about a mile and a half from Scholls.

In ion."; Edward M. Brooks was married
to Miss Ida Oray, of Oakland, Oregon, a
daughter of Joseph and Mary (BufTington)

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Gray, both of whom flere natives of Doug-
las county, this state. The father died in
I'JOl, but the mother is still living and now
makes her home in Oakland. Unto Mr. and
Jlrs. Brooks have been born two interesting
little daughters, Wanda and Phyllis. In
his political views Mr. Brooks is a repub-
lican and, while a resident of Oakland,
served for Ave years as city recorder, dis-
charging his duties in a prompt and faithful
manner. He belongs to Oakland Lodge, I.
0. O. F., and is highly regarded by his
brethren of that fraternity because of his
fidelity to its principles. He is interested in
all projects for the public good and to such
gives his active and hearty cooperation. He
is justly accounted one of the leading and
representative business men and citizens of
Scholls and this section of the state.

WILLIAM SORENSEN. Among the high-
ly respected retired citizens of .Jackson coun-
ty is William tSorensen, who made a moder-
ate fortune through a placer mine which he
owned and for many years operated. He
has been a resident of the Pacific coast
since 1S53 and is well acquainted with the
rigors incident to frontier and mining life.
He was born in Denmark, August 11, 1833,
a son of Matais and Catherine (Christian-
son) Sorensen, both natives of that country.
In the family of his parents were six chil-
dren, all of whom were given the best edu-
cational advantages consistent with the cir-
cumstances of the family in the early days.

William Sorensen emigrated to California
in 1853, sailing around Cape Horn in 1850,
and settled temporarily in Chile, South
America, later sailing up the coast to the
Golden Gate in 1853. In his younger days
he was a sailor and for seven years sailed
the high seas. Also early in life he became
a miner and was employed by various mine
operators until he subsequently acquired a
rich placer property of his own, from which
lie made a comfortable fortune. After that
he purchased the farm of one hundred and
sixty acres which he still owns and which
he has brought under a high state of tilth
and splendidly improved. He purchased this
property in 1871 and has since lived upon
his farm where he has raised cattle and
horses for manj' years. He is now living a
retired life on his farm w'hich he leases.

Mr. Sorensen chose as his life companion
and helpmate Elizabeth Woody, a daughter
of James and Elizabeth (Logden) Woody,
who was one of nine children in her parents'
family. The Woodj's were a southern fam-
ily and emigrated to Oregon at an early day.
In his religious faith Sir. Sorensen is a mem-
ber of the Lutheran church, an organization
to which he gives his fidelity and which he
assists liberally in its work. He has long
been one of the most respected citizens in
his community and as he leads a retired life,
enjoying the fruition of his earlier labors in
the seclusion of his own home, surrounded
by his family and friends, he is entitled to
the respect and esteem of all who know him.
His has been a life of toil and in his younger
days ho was not unacquainted with priva-

tion and hardship, but with a courageous
heart and determined spirit he pursued his
various callings most assiduously and by his
well directed efforts and fortunate selection
of properties acquired a very comfortable
competence.

MILES CANTRALL is one of the landed
proprietors of this state and is deeply inter-
ested in all matters of a public nature having
in view the improvement and development
of his county and state. At the earnest
solicitation of the people of Jackson county
he has served as the representative of his
district in the state legislature for both the
long and the short term. His home at pres-
ent is located on Big x^pplegate creek in a
rich portion of the Applegate valley. He was
born in Jackson county on the 29th of
August, 1868, and is the son of John and
Sarah A. (Newlin) Cantrall, both of whom
emigrated to Oregon in 1854 and located in
the Willamette valley. They were united in
marriage in the Butte valley and in 1864
removed to the Applegate valley where for
the succeeding four years Jolin Cantrall was
engaged in mining at Steiiingville later lo-
cating upon a farm in that vicinity.

Miles Cantrall was educated at .Jackson-
ville being graduated from the high school
in that city with the class of 1887, after
which he pursued a two years' course of study
in the Oregon State University and finished
with a business course in the Busi-
ness College of San Francisco, being
graduated from that institution with
the class of 1893. After completing his
studies he was engaged as the principal of
the old North school in Ashland, a position
in which he served the public for one year
and later acted as vice principal of the Jack-
sonville high school for two consecutive
years. In 1804 he was the candidate on the
democratic ticket for count}' recorder and
notwithstanding he ran three hundred votes
ahead of his party ticket, he was nevertheless
defeated in the election by the populist land-
slide which occurred in that year. In 1902
lie was nominated by his party for the state
legislature, representing the district in which
he lives. He was elected by a very compli-
mentary majority and served the people as
their representative in both the long and
the short term of the succeeding state
legislature.

In 1896 Mr. Cantrall was united in mar-
riage to Miss Mary A. Devlin, of the Apple-
.uate valley, her father, John Devlin, being
the owner of the farm which is now operated
by the subject of this review. Unto Mr. and
Sirs. Cantrall have been born three children:
Otto L., John Leiand and Miles Harlan.

Mr. Cantrall has been a lo}-al and lifelong
member of the democratic party, following
this great political organization in its
fortunes in both national and state cam-
paigns. Fraternally he is identified with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the
United Artisans. He is at present engaged in
dairying and diversified farming, and is a
highly cultivated gentleman of a retiring dis-
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tellectually to be trusted with the most im-
portant ami sacred interests pertaining to
the varied allairs ol business and social life.
His work both as a dairyman and farmer is
recognized by the people of his community
as constituting an object lesson of a very
liigh order and of incalculable value to the
dwellers in a rural community. He enjoys
the respect and conlidence of the wide circle
of liis friends and is well known and highly
esteemed throughout the entire valley and
county in which he resides.

DR. MARTIN GIESY, retired physician and
surgeon of Aurcjra, Marion county, was born
in Ailcglieny county, Pennsylvania, .January
15, 1835, a son of Andrew and Barbara
Ciiesy. The parents, both natives of Switzer-
land, were married in that country, and came
in IS 17 to America, settling in Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, where they lived until
1S45, when they moved to Shelby county,
Missouri, residing there until ISJJ. At that
date they removed to Washington, making
the trip by way of the Isthmus of Panama,
and on their arrival lirst settled near the
Willapa river, where the father passed away
in 18110. The mother then came to Marion
county, where she died in IStJO. In their
family were fifteen children, of whom only
the subject of this sketch now survives.

Martin (Jiesy received his early education
in the common schools and afterwanl be-
came a student in the Medical University at
Salem, Oregon, from which institution he
was graduated with the class of 1808. Soon
after he located at Aurora, where he re-
mained in active practice for over thirty-
three years. He is now living in this city
retired, although he still owns and has under
his supervision a well stocked drug store. He
has been an extremely successful physician,
is well known throughout this city and the
neighboring country, and during his active
years had an extensive practice. He owns
some real estate in Aurora and in Portland,
and also owns seven hundred acres of land
near Aurora in Clackamas and Marion coun-
ties, and has presented each of his children
with one hundred acres of excellent land lo-
cated in either Marion or Claekannis county.

In 1870 Dr. tiicsy wedded -Miss .Martha
Miller, who was born in Ohio in 1842, the
daughter of Samuel and Sarah Miller, both
of whom were natives of i'mnsylvania. Af-
ter several years of residence in their native
state, the parents moved to Ohio, where they
lived until 1841, when they repaired to Mis-
souri where the mother passed away in 1845.
In 1863, crossing the plains, the father came
to Oregon, settling in Clackamas county, but
shortly afterward removed to Marion county.
He was the leader of the lirethrcn Colony in
Oregon, which was organi/ed in 18.">.'), and
consisted of abo\it nine hundred people. The
father remained in Oregon until his death,
which occurred in 1886. In his family were
seven children: Mary A., deceascil; Jacob, of
Aurora; Sarah, deceased: Katherine, of
.\urora; Martha, now Mrs. Gicsy; Joseph, of
Marion county, and Peggy, deceased. Mr.
and Mrs. Giesy have become parents of seven

children, only four of whom are now living.
They are: Julius M., who was born June 0,
1871, and is now in the custom house; Uen-
jamin h'., wlio was born in February, 1873,
and is now a practicing physician in Aurora;
Ida Sarah, who is now Mrs. Eugene Mus-
barger, of Woodburn; and Grover Cleveland,
who was born in ISMJ and is still at home.
Those deceased were: Alfred A., who died at
the age of three months; James W., who
died at the age of two and a half years; and
Lela M., who died at the age of six months.
All of Dr. Giesy 's children who arc now liv-
ing have received college educations. The
son, Ur. Benjamin F. Giesy, is a graduate of
Portland Medical College, of the Oregon Uni-
versity, and also a graduate of JelVerson
Medical College at Philadelphiii.

Dr. Martin Giesy is a democrat in his
political views, but he has never sought nor
desired ollice, preferring to devote his entire
time and attention to his professionl duties.
Fraternally he belongs to the CImmpoeg
Lodge, No. 27, A. F. & A. M., at Butteville,
Oregon. Both he and his family are mem-
bers of the Lutheran church. For more than
forty-three years Dr. Giesy has resided in
Aurora, and during that time he has won a
gratifying position in professional circles, as
a result of his skill, knowledge, ability and
untiring efl'orts.

LOUIS J. CORL, iilcntilicd witli mechan-
ical interests in Forest Grove, was born June
3, 1858, in McHenry county, Illinois, a son
of Henry I), and Mary A. (Schryvcr) Corl.
The father's birth occurred in .Schenectady,
Xew York, August 2, 1S14, and the mother
was born in Dutchess county. Xew York, on
the 18th of March, ISIS. TJicir family num-
bered seven children: .Tohn Henry, deceased;
Albert S. and Sarah ■)., both living at North
Crystal Lake, Illinois ; David .S.. deceased;
and Louis J. Two died in infancy.

In his youthful days Louis J. Corl attend-
ed the graded and high schools of Dundee,
Illinois, graduating in 1878 and entering
upon the profession of teaching in that local-
ity, devoting six years to the work in Dun-
dee and vicinity. He tlien turned his atten-
tion to merchandising, which he followed for
a time in Dundi-c, but later engaged in ag-
ricidtural pursuits for lifteen years, giving
Ills attention to the cultivation of the crops
best adapted to soil and climate and also
to dairy farming. In 1904 he arrived in
Oregon and spent five months in Albany,
after which he resided for six months in
Monmouth before coming to Forest Grove,
where he has since engaged in business .

On the 9th of February. 1881, Mr. Corl
was married to Miss Hose E. Perry, of Dun-
dei', Illinois, whose parents were Francis
anil Julia A. (Haas) Perry, of that place,
although the father and mother came orig-
inally from Xew York. Unto the marriage
of Mr. and Mrs. Corl nine children havo
been born seven of whom are living, namely:
Mary .1., now at home; Oliver A., who was
nuirried December 2, 1908, to Miss Bessie
M. Mills, of Forest Grove; Edna I., the wife
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Leland D., Frances H., iliiiam E. and James
A., all four now attending school. Those
deceased are Francis H. and Kalph E., both
passing away at about the age of two years.
Politically Mr. Corl is a republican but
without ambition or desire for office. lie is
well known in fraternal connections, hold-
ing membership with the Masonic lodge and
the Eastern Star, being now worthy patron
of the latter. He is also connected with the
Patrons of Husbandry, of which he is a
past master; the Modern Woodmen camp,
in which he has held all the offices, serving
at the present time as past consul; and of
the Royal Neighbors of America. In all
matters of citizenship he is progressive and
public-spirited and gives active and helpful
support to many measures for the general
good. He served five years as clerk of the
school board of Forest Grove and was city
treasurer three years, discharging the duties
of each position with fidelity and ability.

IVIARTIN FRANCISCOVICH. The north-
west is cosmopolitan in its citizenship, as
from all parts of the world come the men
and women who are building up the great
empire of the Pacific coast. Martin Fran-
ciscovich is a native of Austria, his birth
having occurred in Crovacia on the 10th of
November, 1865. His parents, Martin and
Elizabeth Franciscovich, were also natives
of that country. The mother is now de-
ceased but the father is still living in Aus-
tria, at the age of seventy-six years.

Martin Franciscovich, one of their family
of three children, came to the United States
in 1891, settling in Astoria, where he fol-
lowed fishing for five years. He then con-
ducted a restaurant for four years, after
which he engaged in the wholesale liquor
business. Finding this a profitable source
of income, he has continued in this line and
has built up a trade of large proportions.

Mr. Franciscovich was married, in Aus-
tria, to Miss Barbara Pauletich, a native
of that country, and by their marriage they
have become parents of the following chil-
dren: Francis, who is now attending college
at Los Angeles: Mary, Elizabeth and Kath-
erine, all of whom are students in the pa-
rochial schools of Astoria. Mr. Francis-
covich and his family are communicants of
the Catholic church. Politically he is a
stanch republican and an active worker in
the party ranks and is now serving as one
of the commissioners who are building the
sea wall at this point. Fraternally he is
connected with the Knights of Pythias and
with the Austria Benevolent Society, also
the Order of ;\[oose, of which he has been
the treasurer for the past seven years.

JAMES A. MOTT, one of the prominent
and prosperous citizens of Washington
county, was for twenty-three years identi-
fied with the police department and has for
more than a quarter of a century owned the
farm of seventy-five acres on which he now
resides and which is located a mile and a
half east of Beaverton. He is a leading fac-
tor in financial circles as the president of

the Bank of Beaverton and is likewise the
chief executive officer of a company conduct-
ing a brick-yard. His birth occurred in St.
Lawrence county. New York, on the 9th of
May, 1847, his parents being A. A. and Isa-
belle (Wood) Mott, who were natives of
Massachusetts and Canada respectively.
They celebrated their marriage at Cornwall,
Canada, and there spent the remainder of
their lives, the father passing away in 1855
and the mother in May, 1853. Unto them
were born six children, four of whom grew
to maturity, namely: Maria, who is the
widow of David Wright and makes her home
in Bay City, Michigan; Henry W., whose
demise occurred in Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
James A., of this review; and Isabelle. the
wife of Walter S. Harsham, of Detroit,
Michigan.

James A. Mott attended the common
schools in the acquirement of an education
and began earning his own livelihood when
a youth of twelve, working for two years on
a dairy farm in New York at six dollars
per month. Subsequently he was employed
in Pennsylvania for a time and then went to
northern Wisconsin, where he worked at log-
ging until 1876. That year witnessed his
arrival in Oregon and for a period of six
years he remained in the service of the Ore-
gon Transfer Company. Later he became
identified with the police department and
was connected therewith for twenty-three
years. On the expiration of that period he
took up his abode on the farm where he now
resides and which has been in his possession
for twenty-six years. His property is located
near Beaverton. Washington county, and
originally embraced ninety-four acres but at
the present time comprises seventy-five
acres — all under a high state of cultivation.
He likewise owns several business properties
in Portland and a fine residence. In addi-
tion to his agricultural interests Mr. Mott
owns stock in a brick concern and acts as
its president. In financial circles he holds a
prominent position as the president of the
Bank of Beaverton, and he is also a director
of the Scholls Telephone Company, a local
and long-distance line confined to Oregon.
His various rmdertakings have been attended
with a gratifying measure of success, for he
is a man of excellent business ability, sound
judgment and keen discrimination.

On the 16th of September, 1869, Mr, Mott
was united in * marriage to Miss Matilda
Stitt, who was born near Ottawa, Canada,
her parents being John and Catherine Stitt.
natives of the north of Ireland. They were
married in Canada and there continued to re-
side until Mr. Stitt passed away. His wife,
surviving him for many years, died in Port-
land, Oregon, in 1901, Their children were
eight in number, namely: George, who is a
resident of Washington county. Oregon;
•John, deceased; Sarah, who is the widow of
•John Crombie and lives in Portland; Mrs.
Mott: William, living in Portland; Rebecca,
the wife of Frank Parker, of Portland; Mrs.
B, J. McAllister, who makes her home in
northern Wisconsin; and James, of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Mott became the parents of

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four children. Isabelle, born October 26,
1880. is a high-school ami normal-school
graduate and also has an excellent musical
education. She is now the wife of Xelson
Walker of Portland. Kathryn, whose natal
day was February 1, 1884, is a high-school
graduate and also has a musical education.
She gave her hand in marriage to Daniel A.
Bowman of Portland, who is the manager of
the Mowyer Clothing Company and also con-
ducts a clothing store of his own. Edith,
born in 1886, passed away at the age of two
years and eight months. Edna M., whose
birth occurred on the 10th of November,
1890, has a high-school education and also
pursued a commercial course in the Oregon
Agricultural College. She has likewise been
educated in music and is still under the
parental roof.

In politics Jlr. llott is a stiuuh republican,
loyally supporting the men and measures of
that party but neither seeking nor desiring
ollice. Fraternally he is identiTied with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Ancient Order of L'nited Workmen. His re-
ligious faith is indicated by his membership
in the Presbyterian church, to which his wife
and children likewise belong. Mr. Mott is
well entitled to the proud American title of
a self-made man, for all that he today
possesses has been acquired through his own
labor, economy and well directed efforts.
His strong and salient characteristics are
such as endear him to all who come within
the close circle of his friendship, while
wherever he is known he is respected and
honored.

CHARLES H. MIMNAUGH, who has been
identified with the lumber interests of the
state of Oregon for more than twenty
years, is manager of the Xiblcy-Mimnaugh
Lumber Company, one of the leading in-
duatrics of this county, the mills having a
capacity of some ten million feet of lumber
annually. He was born in Ea>i Claire, Wis-
consin. N'ovember 4, 1S73, a son of Patrick
and Theresa (Roach) Mimnaugh. The father
was a native of Ireland, having been born
near Londondt^rry. The mot tier's birth oc-
curred at Rtaleybridge. near Manchester,
England. They were brought to the United
States by their respective parents when they
were but children and their marriage oc-
rurre<I in I>nke City, Minnesota, where the
father followed the blacksmith's trade. Sub-
sequently they removed to Stillwater, Min-
nesota, where they remained for about two
year!* before locating in Eau Claire, Wis-
consin. In the latter place the father suc-
cessfully conducted a blacksmith shop until
1SS9, the year in which he came to Oregon.
He was a member of a party which also
included L. C. Stanley and other Wi^mnsin
men, with whom he was a3-«icintod in the
organi/jition of the Hrande Rnnde Lumber
Company, which erected the fir»t h\<; liinil>er
mills built in eastern Oregon. Thi-i com-
pany had several mills, located at Perry.
I'nion county, and their operations were
very extensive. Patrick Mimnaugh was
closely associated with the firm for manv

years, being a stockholder in the company
and its purchasing agent. In li»06 he re-
moved to Wallowa and the following year
was identified with the organization of the
Nibley-Mimnaugh Lumber Company. His
death occurred in 190S, his wife dying the
following year.

Charles H. Mimnaugh was reared at home,
acquiring his education in the public schools,
and after having successively completed the
branches which thoy taught he entered the
Eau Claire high school. In 1890 he came to
Oregon with his mother and her family and
located in Perry, where the father awaited
them. After a residence of about sixteen
years in Perry they removed to Wallowa.
From the time of his arrival in Oregon, Mr.
Mimnaugh has been identified with the lum-
ber industry. Soon after he came here he
accepted employment in the mills at Perry,
in which his father was heavily interested,
and in 1907 he was one of the organizers of
the Nibley-Mimnaugh Lumber Company, the
other partners being James Mimnaugh, C.
W. Xibley and George Stoddard. The pres-
ent mills are located at Wallowa. C. H.
Mimnaugh was made manager of the business
at the time of its inception and he has since
served in that capacity. He has been en-
gaged in the lumber business throughout his
entire active career, beginning in an unim-
portant position. In the course of years he
has helped to build up a large and successful
enterprise, devoting his attention and ener-
gies to the management of a business which,
owing to his keen discernment and capable
control, has grown to be one of large pro-
portions.

In 1902 Mr. Mimnaugh was married to
Miss Oertrude Arnold, of La Grande, and to
this union three children have been born,
George. Frank and Bryan. In politics Mr.
Mimnaugh is a progressive democrat. In all
of the relations of citizenship lie is honor-
able and upright and in business circles he
has made continuous and creditable advance,
recognition being accorded him by leading
business men as one who deserves classifica-
tion in their ranks.

EDWARD D. STEWART. Of hardy
Scotch ancestry and of the courage and in-
dustry for which his countrymen are noted,
Edward D. Stewart of Rogue River, Oregon,
followed for many years the calling of the
farm employe, but has recently acquired an
interest in the Pleasant Creek Mining Com-
pany, owning valuable property. lie was
born in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1848, a son of
•lames and Anna Stewart, both natives of
.Scotland. The parents emigrated to the new
world in early life and settled in Pennsyl-
vania, where they resided until 1853. At that
time they crossed the plains with ox teams
to California and continued to make that
state their place of residence until the time
of their death. In their family were thirteen
children, seven of whom survive.

Edward D. .Stewart received his education
in the common schools of California but at
the early age of fifteen years he laid aside
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to make his own way in the world. For
many years he followed agricultural pursuits
Imt in 1910, on coming to Jackson county,
Oregon, he took up a mining claim. He has
since been actively engaged in the mining
business and at the present time owns an
interest in the Pleasant Creek Mining Com-
pany.

In his political faith ilr. Stewart is a re-
publican, rendering unqualified allegiance to
that party. He is associated fraternally with
tlie Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
which he is an active member. Being reared
in the Presbyterian faith he attends the ser-
vices of that denomination. Mr. Stewart is
well and favorably known in the community
and is recognized as one of its estimable citi-
zens. Although he does not take an active
interest in public matters he emulates by his
consistent life not only the teachings of
Christianity but also the principles taught
b_v the Odd Fellows, of whom he is a faith-
ful disciple.

JOHN W. STRINGER is an enterprising
farmer engaged in the hop-growing industry
and resides on a twenty-one acre farm near
(irants Pass, of which he is the proprietor.
He was born in .Josephine county, March 16,
1872, the son of William and Sarah (Dan-
iels) Stringer, the latter of whom was born
in Missouri. In a very early day the father
removed with ox teams from Illinois to Ore-
gon, reaching this state in time to take part
in the Rogue River Indian war. During the
journey practically no trouble was experi-
enced with the Indians, but a wagon train
which made the trip just in advance was
entirely destroyed by the Indians and all of
tlie emigrants were massacred. To William
and Sarah (Daniels) Stringer eight children
were born.

John W. Stringer received a good com-
mon-school education and remained under
the parental roof luitil he attained his ma-
jority, when he engaged in farming on his
own account. One year later he purchased
tlie farm on which he is now residing and
by his own efforts has placed upon it the
substantial improvements which are now in
evidence. The farm contains twenty-one
acres of very fertile soil and Mr. Stringer
is making a specialty of growing hops, meet-
ing with good success.

In 1901 he was married to Miss Nancy
Davenport, a native of Missouri. In his po-
litical faith Mr. Stringer is an adherent of
the principles and practices of the democratic
party, although he gives the greater part
of his attention to business affairs. He is
one of the well known and respected farm-
ers of his community, in which he has an
excellent standing.

SAM B. STRINGER. Like his brother,
Sam B. Stringer is engaged in the hop-rais-
ing industry near Grants Pass, where he
owns and operates a farm of thirteen and
three-quarters acres. He has made a suc-
cess of hop-raising and is prosperous. He
was born in Linn county, Oregon, and re-
mained at home with his parents, William

and Sarah (Daniels) Stringer, until he at-
tained the age of twenty-three years, hav-
ing in the meantime pursued his education
in the schools of Josephine county. He
then lented a farm and went into business
on his own account. After living for a year
upon that farm, which was situated in Linn
county, he removed to Josephine county and
bought the place upon which he has since
made his residence. He has carefully im-
proved his propert.v and by industry and
wisdom lias brought it under a high state
of cultivation and has for some time been
engaged in hop-raising, in which business
he is meeting with excellent success.

In 1S93 Mr. Stringer was united in mar-
riage to Miss Janie Davenport, a native of
Missouri and a sister of Nancy (Davenport)
Stringer, the wife of John W. Stringer. The
])arents of Sirs. Stringer own a farm of one
liundred and sixty acres in the New Hope
country, in Josephine county, where they
are residing. Mr. Stringer is democratic in
his political views but pays little attention
to political matters. He is one of the es-
timable citizens of his community and is
highly regarded by a large number of friends.

B. T. TURNER, who is prominently iden-
tified wilh the lumber interests of Salem as
manager of the East Side Falls City Lum-
ber Company, was formerly connected with
the Jones Lumber Company and with busi-
ness interests in Oakland, California. His
birth occun-ed in Iowa, on the 17th of April.
1875, and he is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Turner, both of whom are natives of Illi-
nois. After their marriage they left that
state and settled in Kansas for two years
before removing in 1874 to Iowa. Seeking
the greater opportunities of the far west,
they came to Salem in 1881 and are making
that city their home. They are the parents
of nine children, four of whom survive: Mrs.
M. E. Quick: B. T., of this review; and John
R. and Robert Lee, twins.

Remaining at home attending the common
and high schools and assisting his father in
the dai-ly duties on the home place until he
was of age, B. T. Turner entered upon his
independent career in the lumber business
and was employed in succession in various
lumber concerns. At first he had charge of
the Jones Lumber Company of Portland and
remained in their employ for thirteen years.
At the end of that time he removed to Oak-
land. California, but after a short residence
in that city returned to Ore.gon to become
manager of the East Side Falls City Lumber
Company of Salem, a position which he still
holds. Because of his more than ordinary
knowledge of lumber and of his conscien-
tious discharge of any duties which come to
hand he has risen rapidly in the esteem of
his employers and is today holding a re-
sponsible position.

In 1904 Mr. Turner was married to Miss
Lena Williams, whese birth occurred in Ore-
gon and who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
b. W. Williams, To them one child has
been born. Bernard E., whose birth occurred
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213

Mr. Turner gives his support to the demo-
cratic party and is ever an advocate of the
measures and policies which it sets forth in
its platforms. In fraternal circles he holds
nienibersliip with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the WoiKliiien of the World
and the Foresters, lie is loyal and enter-
prising, possessing the progi-essive spirit of
the times and accomplishing what he under-
takes, while his geniality and his respect for
the opinions of others have won him a host
of friends.

JOHN S. DELLINGER. There is no deny-
ing the fact that tin- newspapers e.xert a
controlling influence on American life. Un-
der the favoring conditions of the American
republic the freedom of the press was first
established and here the newspaper has
flourished as in no other country of the
world. Largely on this account many of
the most promising young men have been
attracted to the newspaper business and
have made a success of it. John S. Dell in -
ger, editor and proprietor of The Morning
Astorian of Astoria, which is said to be
"the best newspaper property outside of
Portland in Oregon," clearly belongs among
the leading newspaper men of the north-
west. He has perhaps founded and managed
more daily and weekly newspapers than any
other man of his age in America, thus gain-
ing a wealth of experience which he has
been able to apply to excellent advantage in
behalf of his adopted city.

Mr. Uellinger was born in Union county,
Pennsylvania, on the 30th of March, 1860,
and removed with his parents to Jefferson,
Iowa, in 1870, the family later residing at
Scranton, Iowa. In 1882 he went to I.ake
City. Iowa, and .secured employment on The
lilade, which was published by T. B. llotch-
kiss. .\fter spending about a year under
the tutelage of Mr. Ilotchkiss the ambitious
young typesetter started out in quest of
fortune, his first stopping place being Fre-
mont. Nebraska. Soon afterward he went
to Arlington and founded The Knterprise —
his lirst venture as an independent publisher.
The project failed to realize expectations
and he transported his plant and material
to Scrihner, thirty one miles away, and
started The News. After six weeks he dis-
posed of the plant and went to \'alentine,
where he publisherl The Itepnblican during
the Klaine campaign, espousing the cause of
Mr. Rlaine. There he continued for a year.
The ni'xt move was to Fremont, where he
issued The Fremont Journal for six months.
The Hooper Sentinel was his next news-
paper property. .After leaving The Sentinel
ill- founded The Nebraska Statesman at
liroken Bow, The Mason City Transcript
and The Anselma Argus. In conjunction
with The Argils he founded another paper
at Broken Bow — The Daily World. Ilyannis
was his next location. Here he entered a
tract of land in the dead of winter, ascer-
taining that the Burlington Railroad was
soon to pass that way, and founded the town
on part of his cattle ranch. He founded
The Hyannis Tribune and berame the first

postmaster and the first county clerk of
(irant county. From Hyannis he went to
Alliance, Nebraska, where he purchased The
.\rgus, and later founded The Tribune at
Marsland. From this place he went to
Chamberlain, South Dakota, and published
The Chamberlain Daily Tribune, espousing
the cause of Pierre in the famous state cap-
ital light between Huron uml Pierre.

Oregon next became the tield of ojierations
of Jlr. Dellinger. Disposing of his business
at Chamberlain, he transported the phmt to
Bay City, Oregon and established The Bay
Cit.y Tribune, which he published for eigh-
teen months. The Astoria Daily News was
his next newspaper and he also sent mate-
rial and equipment from Astoria and found-
ed The Nehalem Herald. In 18118 he shipped
a complete newspaper plant suflicient for
the ])ublication of a daily newspa))er to
Skaguay, Alaska, and founded The Morning
Alaskan, thus becoming the owner of the
first daily newspaper in Alaska. At War-
renton. Oregon, he published The Port Ore-
gon Tribune and also established a job print-
ing ollice and a blank book and bindery con-
cern in Astoria. This business flourished
and in 190.'), when opportunity was pre-
sented for him to purchase The Morning As-
torian. he eagerly availed himself of it and
consolidated with the newspaper his bindery
and blank book establishment. The As-
torian has steadily flourished and is now one
of the prominent newspajiers of the state.

He has been from the beginning of his
newspaper career remarkably energetic and
progressive and to his newspaper belongs the
honor of having used the first linotype ma-
chine employed west of the Rocky moun-
tains. This machine was set up in the ofllce
of The Morning Astorian. In politics he is a
stanch and uncompromising republican and
is one of the most active and ellicient work-
ers in the state in behalf of the party. He
is now serving as member of the executive
committee of the republican state central
committee and chairman of the city and
ccmnty republican central committees. He
is a valued member of the Masonic order and
the Klks and by virtue of patriotic ancestry
holds membership in the Sons of the Revolu-
tion. Of a genial and ]ileasing nature, he
has never lacked friends, and it is no ex-
aggeration to say that he is one of the most
l>opular men fif the state and that he enjoys
the complete confidence of his associates and
of all with whom he comes in contact
either in business or social affairs.

R. M. TRESTRAIL, who is residing in
Macleay, was horn in La Fayette county,
Wisconsin, on the r>th of Fehniary, 1S.')2. his
parents being Robert and Klizalieth (Barker)
Trestrail. both of whom were natives of
Knjrland and are now deceased. Immedi-
ately after their marriage in IS.'Jl they came
to the United States and settled in Wiscon-
sin, where Mr. Trestrail followed the shoe-
maker's trade, an ocoipation in which both
he and his father were engaged throughout
their lives. They became the parents of
three children: R. M., the subject of this re-

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view; Mary A., the wife of C. T. Douglas,
of Wisconsin; and W. H., a resident of Eau
Claire, Wisconsin.

R. M. Trestrail was educated in the public
schools of Wisconsin and immediately after
laying aside his text-books he accepted em-
ployment in the postoffiee of his native town,
where his father was postmaster for four-
teen years, passirtg away while still holding
the office. After this R. M. Trestrail re-
moved to Eau Claire, where he was em-
ployed in various railroad offices for eight-
een years, among them being the Chicago &
Northwestern, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.
Subsequently he became the cashier of the
bank at Withee, Wisconsin, a position which
he held for two years before purchasing a
hotel at Elroy, Wisconsin, which he ran for
si.x years. After disposing of this he came to
Oregon in November, 1910. and located at
Macleay, wliere he purchased a store and a
substantial home. In the following year in
October he received the appointment of post-
master. In his various positions Mr. Tres-
trail has always held the confidence of his
employers and his ability has been rewarded
by rapid promotions.

Mr. Trestrail was twice married. His first
union was in 1874 to Miss Mary E. Lawson,
whose death occurred in April. 1896. They
became the parents of three children: Rob-
ert L., a resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Elizalieth L., who is the wife of Albert C.
Bohrnstedt who is engaged in the real-estate
business; and William C, who makes his
home in California. The second union oc-
curred in 1900, when he was married to Mrs.
Jessie E. Erickson. Politically Mr. Trestrail
has ever been a republican and is thorouglily
alive to the issues of the day, doing what
he can to further the interests and success
of his party. He belongs to the Masons and
also holds membenship in the Modern Wood-
men of America. Although he has not been
a resident of Macleay for a very long period,
he has made for himself a creditable posi-
tion in commercial circles and his name is
known throughout the community by reason
of tlie progressive spirit which he has ever
displayed.

ALONZO KING RICHARDSON in his

seventh year as sheriff of Harney county.
Oregon, has gained for himself the esteem
of his fellow citizens by his coolness and
efliieiency in trying and often dangerous cir-
cumstances. He was born in Weber county,
Utah, April S. 1867, and is a son of Ebenezer
and Elizabeth (Gilson) Richardson. His
mother was one of the pioneer settlers of
Utah. She left her native country of Eng-
land when she was three years of age and
went with her parents to Capetown, South
Africa. Here the family remained until she
w-as fifteen years of age, when they crossed
the Atlantic to America and came to Utah,
crossing the plains with ox teams and arriv-
ing in the west in 1853. They later removed
to Idaho, where Mrs. Richardson was mar-
ried the second time, to Daniel McDonald.
In 18SJ she came to Oregon and settled in

Harney county. Ebenezer Richardson died
when his son was still a young boy.

A. K. Richardson wag educated in the pub-
lic schools of Weber county, Utah, which he
attended until he was thirteen years of age.
Afterward he removed with his mother, who
later located at King hill on the Snake river,
to Wood river, Idaho. Thence he went to
Bear Lake, Idaho, where he remained until
1893, when he came to Oregon and located
in Harney county. He spent one year ranch-
ing liut at the expiration of tliat time bought
an interest in a shingle mill, wliich he oper-
ated in partnership with his step-father for
many years. It was one of the first mills
of its kind in Harney county and is still in
operation. The engine with which it is
equipped at present is part of the original
machinery brought to Oregon fifty years ago
by soldiers and was the first engine ever put
up on Cow creek, from which place it was
later removed to Mill creek. After a few
years Mr. Richardson bought his stepfather's
interest in the shingle mill and conducted
it for himself for six or seven years. He
added a sawmill to his shingle business and
went into partnership with G. L. James.
Later he purchased Mr. James' interest in
the business and operated the mill himself
until 1905, wlien he was elected sheriff of
Harney county, which office he has held con-
tinuously since that time. He is in his
seventh year in this office, is a candidate for
reelection, and has a remarkable record
for honesty, coolness and courage. In 1908,
he bought a controlling interest in the store
of Fenwick & .Jackson of Burns, Oregon, and
was active in its management with Mr.
Hagey as a partner for three years. Later
he purchased the one-third interest which
Mr. Hagey owned and managed the store
under his own name.

On the 19th of October, 1887, Mr. Richard-
son was united in marriage to Miss Jeannette
Nelson, of Salt Lake City, and they are the
parents of three children: Burt, who holds a
position in his father's store; Florence, the
wife of Josepli Thompsoii, also in Mr, Rich-
ardson's employ; and Viola, who lives at
home. Fraternally Mr. Richardson has occu-
pied all the chairs in the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows and holds membership in
tlie Modern Woodmen of America. He has
had many of the experiences which naturally
fall to the lot of a sheriff in an unsettled
country. His field of activity covers more
territory than the whole state of Massa-
chusetts, but he keeps the entire county
under his supervision. He knows what it
means to look down into the muzzle of a gun
and has made some notable captures during
tlie period of his activit.v. The wild and law-
less life of western America is for the most
part a thing of the past. Cowboys and
ranchmen no longer "shoot up" their fellow
citizens on the American frontiers. En-
croaching civilization and modern develop-
ment are gradually softening the rude char-
acteristics of the Avesterner and yet even
today the men in this section of the country
are more jealous of their personal liberty and
freer witii their guns than are the citizens

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217

of other portions of the United States. In
his official capacity as sheriff Mr. Richardson
is naturally l>rmi^'lit into contact with the
most lawUss clement in the county and has
shown in the conduct of his office bravery,
coolness and calmness of judgment, and a
perfect fearlessness which are necessary
characteristics of the successful sheriff in a
growing western community.

BENJAMIN M. COLLINS, cashier and ac-
tive manager of the .Tack-onvillc State Bank
and well known as a representative of agri-
cultural and financial interests in Jackson
county, was horn in (Ireene county, Illinois,
April 4, 1876. a son of Benjamin W. and
Mary E. (Likely) Collins. The mother was
born in Pike county, Illinois, and the
father's birth occurred in Guernsey county,
Ohio. He removed westward to Illinois in
1854 and was there married. His death oc-
curred in July. ions, when he was seventy-
three years of age. and the mother now re-
sides with her son lienjamin. The father de-
voted his life to farming and also held many
political offices during his residence in
fireene county. Illinois, to which he was
elected on the republican ticket. He served
as county supervisor and for eight years he
and his wife superintended the county poor
farm. In their family were ten children,
eight sons an<l two daughters, and with one
exception all are yet living. Four are resi-
dents of Jackson county, Oregon, and one is
living in California.

Benjamin M. Collins, who was the eighth
in order of birth, was reared in his native
county, early becoming familiar with the
best methods of tilling the soil and caring
for the crops. He remained in Illinois until
the spring of 1905, when he came to Jackson
county. Oregon. He had been graduated
from Dixon College at Dixon. Illinois, in
ISnn. when seventeen years of age, be-
ing the youngest graduate up to that time.
He was too young to teach, for the law
would not permit his being accorded a cer-
tificate, so he secured a position as clerk in
a store and was thus employed for two and
a half years. He then took up the profes-
sion of teaching, which he followed in Pike,
Scott and Greene counties, devoting his en-
tire attention to that profession until he
came to Oregvin to join his brother, S. C.
Collina. who lind been residing here for seven
years. Benjamin M. Collins engaged in teach-
ing for a year at Ruch and then went to
Blue Lodse mine and shoveled snow for three
days. His financial condition rendered it
imperative that he accept any employment,
but after that brief period he obtained the
position of assistant assayer of the Blue
Lodge mine and later was made bookkeeper.
Subsequently he returned to Medford and
engaged in clerking in a shoe store for three
months. He wai next appointed city recorder
and police court ju<lge of Medford. continu-
ing in that position for three years. He then
resigned and removed to .lacksonville to fake
charge of the Farmers & Fniit Growers bank,
which he manaired for a year. He then
bought the bunk building and the capital

stock and organized the present state bank
of Jacksonville in 1910. He is the cashier
and the active manager of the bank, which
he has since capably conducted, his business
policy commanding confidence to such an ex-
tent that during the first year and a half its
deposits increased over three hundred per
cent. The bank has been placed upon a safe,
substantial basis and has now a large num-
ber of depositors, while its business in other
departments is equally gratifying.

On the 12th of October, 1S9S. Mr. Collins
was married to Miss Ericzean Walton, a na-
tive of Pike county, Illinois, and a daughter
of Henry and Minerva Walton. The two
children of this marriage are: Frederick,
born October IG, 1S99; and Grace, born July
4, 1908. In his political views Mr. Collins
is a republican and always casts an intelli-
gent ballot because he keeps well informed
on the questions and issues of the day. Fra-
ternally he is connected with tlie llasons,
the Elks and the Knights of Pythias and he
and his wife are members of the Christian
church, to the support of which they con-
tribute liberally and take a helpful interest
in many departments of the church work.
They have gsiined many friends diiring their
residence in Jackson county and enjoy the
high regard and good will of all with whom
they have come in contact.

HOLLIS PARKS is one of the thrifty, en-
terprising farmers of .Jackson county. His
farm is located near Buncom and consists of
one hundred and sixty acres, on which he
conducts diversified farming, raising hay and
caring for stock. He was born in Sterling,
Oregon, on the 15th of December. 1880, one
of a family of five children, four of whom
still reside in this state. His mother, whose
maiden name was Elizabeth Waters, makes
her home with her son Hollis, but the father
passed away on the 29th of April, 1911.

Hollis Parks purchased the farm where
he resides four years ago. Since coming
into possession of this property he has very
greatly improved it until it is now in every
way one of the model farms in the locality.
He is still unmarried and is a true son and
protector of his widowed mother. His po-
litical allegiance is given to the republican
party, while fraternally he is identified with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
the Artisans. He is an industrious and pros-
perous citizen of his county, interested in
and participating in the social and civic af-
fairs of his community and ever ready to
lend his assistance and influence to the ad-
vancement of wliatever may prove itself to
be of value and service to the people.

CHRISTIAN MARX founded and is the
proprietor of the Eugene Dye Works, the
first establishment of the kind in this city,
and from the outset has conducted a siic-
ces-<ful business, which has constantly grown
in volume and importance and is now one of
the leading industrial enterprises of Lane
county, ^fr. Afnrx is one of Eugene's na-
tive sons, his birth having here occurred
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and Caroline (Hoehisen) Marx. The father,
a native of Newark, Kew Jersey, came
around Cape Horn to Oregon when a youth
in his teens, settling first in Portland, where
he learned the barber's trade. After some
years passed there he came to Eugene in
1878 and opened a barber shop, continuing
in that business until his death, which oc-
curred in February, 1910, when he was about
fifty-seven or fifty-eight years of age. He
was well known in this city, where for about
thirty-two years he made his home. He held
membership in Eugene Lodge. No. 357, B.
P. 0. E., which he joined on its organization.

Christian Marx was educated in the public
schools and afterward learned the cleaning
and dyeing business in Portland, becoming
an excellent workman in that connection and
acquainting himself with all of the scientific
processes underlying the work. In 1898 he
returned to this city and established the Eu-
gene Dye Works, which he conducted alone
until 1904, when he sold the business and
went to Los Angeles in order to gain a
broader knowledge of the work to which he
was devoting his energies. In 1906 he re-
turned to Eugene and purchased his old busi-
ness and the same year admitted his brother
Ralph to a partnership. They now have
agencies in a number of the smaller towns
and receive work from all over the district
as far as Portland, Salem and Albany. They
employ the most progressive and up-to-date
methods and appliances for handling all
classes of work, including the cleaning and
dyeing of most delicate fabrics, and the re-
sult of their work is indicated in their con-
stantly increasing patronage.

Mr. Marx was married in 1908 to Miss
Hazel Hodkinson. a daughter of William and
Anna (Beck) Hodkinson, of Grants Pass,
Oregon, and they have one daughter, Shirley.
Jlr. Marx is a member of Eugene Lodge, No.
357, B. P. 0. E. He has a wide acquaintance
in the city where almost his entire life has
been passed and where he has so directed
his labors as to win substantial returns for
his industry, determination and capabilit}'.

JOHN T. CROENI, a well known resident
of Washington county, where he is part
owner of a farm of forty acres, was born
in Hancock county, Iowa, January 31, 1873.
The family is of German lineage, his parents
being John and Christina (Vetter) Croeni,
lioth of whom were natives of Germany, born
in Alsace and in Baden respectively. In
early life, however, they came to the new
world and were married in Iowa, residing in
that state until 1885, when they came to
Oregon and first settled in Washington
county. The father was a minister of the
(Jerman Baptist church, where he engaged
in preaching until his death in October,
1900. He exerted a strong influence for
good in the communities in which he lived
and his earnestness and zeal in the work
proved a potent force in the upbuilding of
the church. His widow still survives and is
now living in Washington county. They
were the parents of twelve children: John

T., of this review; Amelia C, who died at
the age of nine years; Jacob, who passed
away when but seven years old; George,
who is married and resides in Portland;
Julius, who is also married and makes his,
home on a farm in Washington county, Ore-
gon; Albert, who is married and likewise
lives on a farm in Washington county; Car-
rie, who is married to John Lehman, Jr., of
Washington county; Alfred, who died in
Iowa at the age of two years; Benjamin,
an agriculturist of Washington county; Katie,
a resident of the same county; Carl, a youth
of seventeen, who is living in Washington
county; and Eleanore, also of Washington
county.

John T. Croeni spent the first twelve years
of his life in Iowa and then accompanied his
])arents on their removal to the northwest,
much of his youth being spent in this sec-
tion of the country, the growth and develop-
ment of which he has now witnessed for
more than a quarter of a century. He was
twenty-seven years of age when he started
out independently in the business world by
renting land, which he cultivated for a short
time. Carefully saving his earnings, he was
at lengtli enalded to purchase sixty-three
acres, which he afterward sold, and at the
present time he is part owner and operates
forty acres of highly cultivated land, of
which he has seven acres planted to fine
fruit. His farm is splendidly improved and
is equipped with many modern conveniences.
Neat and orderly, it presents a most attrac-
tive appearance and gives every evidence of
the care and supervision of a practical
owner.

Mr. Croeni was married on the 8th of
January. 1903, when Miss Lydia Rufenacht
became his wife. She was born in Washing-
ton county, Oregon, a daughter of John and
Marguerita Rufenacht, both of whom were
natives of Switzerland. Following their
marriage they left the land of the Alps and
came to America in 1877, settling in Wash-
ington county, Oregon, where the father gave
his attention to general agricultural pursuits
until his life's labors were ended in death,
on the 18th of January, 1896. His widow,
who was born September 33, 1849. now
makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Croeni,
the latter being the only survivor of her
two children, the elder having died in in-
fancy.

Mr. and Mrs. Croeni are members of the
German Baptist church and are generous
contributors to its support. His political
views are in accordance with the principles
of the republican party. His entire life has
been the expression of energy and activity
along business lines and the j'ears have
biouglit him success that has been the fitting
and merited reward of earnest, persistent
labor.

DR. TOIVO FORSSTROM, enjoying an ex-
tensive and lucrative practice as a physician
and surgeon of Portland, also maintains an
office in Astoria. His birth occurred in Fin-
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beinj; Gustat Adolph and Louise Augusta
(Polviander) Korsstroiu, who were likewise
natives of that country, the former born in
1819 and the latter in 1829. Gustaf A. Fors-
strom. who served in the capacity of post-
master for tilty years, was called to his
tinal rest in IbUS. Our suhjeet is one of a
family of eleven children and the only mem-
ber thereof who resides in the United States.
His brothers are all professional men.

Dr. Toivo Forsstrom was educated in his
native land and served in the army of Fin-
hind from 1890 until lS9o. He is a gradu-
ate of the University of Helsingfors, leav-
ing the medical department of that institu-
tion with the class of 1S97. He had begun
the study of medicine in 1887 and likewise
pursued a post-graduate course at Berlin
and Vienna. In December, 1905. he came to
Astoria. Oregon, here practicing his profes-
sion until March, 1911. when he took up his
abode in Portland. Dr. Forsstrom -special-
izes in surgery and has performed numerous
successful operations. He has attained dis-
tinction because of his skill and ability,
which are constantly increasing through re-
search, study, investigation and experiment,
ill the line of his profession he is connected
with the American Medical Association and
the Finnish .Medical Association in Finland.

In 1909 Ur. Forsstrom was united in mar-
riage to Miss Allie Lauren, a native of Fin-
land. He gives his political allegiance to
the republican party and is a Lutheran in
religious faith. The Finnish Brotherhood
numbers him among its members. In ])ro-
tissional and social circles he holds to high
standards and enjoys in large measure the
conlidence and trust of those with whom he
is brought in contact in every relation of
life.

RICHARD H. WALTER, D. D. S., is one

of the successful and anmng the most skil-
ful dentists engaged in business in Marsh-
lield, where he has resided for many years
past, and is regarded as one of the highly
respected and enterprising citizens of that
place. He is a native of Oregon, his birth
liaving occurred at Libby in 1879, and is a
son of Richard and Kdith (Hand) Walter.
His parents are both natives of .Vustralia
and he is the only child born to them. He
\\as reared in his parents' home and edu-
■ ated in the public schools of Marshfleld.
.\t the age of eighteen years he started in
life lor himself in the dental ollice of Dr.
I'rentiss, of Marshtield. where he remained
tor several years. He later extended his
knowledge of the science of dental surgery
liy pursuing the regular course in that field
in the Philadelphia Dental College of Phil-
adelphia, Pennsylvania, and while a student
served in dental work in (larrettson Hos-
pital, perfecting himself in applied dental
science, and after completing the required
liranches of study he was graduated from
the Philadelphia Dental College with the de-
gree of D. D. S. in the class of 1902. Im-
mediately following his graduation he re-
turned to Marshfield where he opened an
ollice for the practice of his profession and

since that time has devoted his entire at-
tention to his work. He was the second
])rofessioiial dentist to open an office in
Marshtield and during his years of practice
he has built up a most enviable and lucra-
tive business.

Dr. Walter was united in wedlock to Miss
Kdiia lieiir, who is the daughter of -Mr. and Mrs.
•Jidiii Bear, more extended mention of whom is
made on another page of this work. Unto
tliera three children have been born: llich-
ard, whose birth occurred April 5, 1904;
Hurry, born May 29. 1905; and John, born
November 10. 190S. Dr. Walter is affiliated
with the democratic party but has never
had any aspirations for political preferment
of any kind. Fraternally he is associated
with the Masonic order. He is a man of
enterprising characteristics, readily giving
his time and iiilluence to the advancement of
any measure of public interest seeking to
improve the condition of the people of his
state and county and is highly respected
for his business integrity and regarded as
one among the most skilful men in the prac-
tice of his profession. His office is located
over Morgan & Matson's store on First
street and he is the owner of the residence
in which he lives, and is also the owner of
real-estate property at Empire City, this
state.

SETH W. SEELYE, who has been busily
engaged in general agricultural pursuits
throughout his entire business career, now
resides on an excellent farm of thirty-three
acres at SchoUs, eight miles southwest of
Beaverton. His birth occurred in Indiana,
on the 2Sth of September. 1837, his parents
being Abner and Mary (Craig) Seelye, who
were natives of Pennsylvania and Kentucky
respectively. They were married in Indiana
and there continued to reside for twelve
years. On the expiration of that period they
removed to Metropolis, Illinois, where they
remained but a short time, however. In
-Vugust, 1852, they came to Multnomah
county, Oregon, where Abner Seelye worked
in a sawmill for six months. At the end
of that time he went to the Lewis river, in
the state of Washington (at that time a
part, of Oregon), where he proved up a
claim and carried on farming for a few
years. Relinquishing his claim, he removed
to Sauvies Island, at the junction of the Co-
lumbia and Willamette rivers, where he
made his home for several years. Subse-
<|uently he took up his abode in Portland
and after a brief period came to Washington
ciiunty. purchasing the farm which is now
in possession of our subject. After dispos-
ing of his property he returned to Willam-
ette .Slough and there resided for a few
years, when he sold his place and removed
to Tillamook, where his remaining days
were spent in honorable retirement. He •
passed away at the age of sixty-three hav-
ing survived his wife for severalyears. Unto
them were born nine children, five of whom
are yet living, as follows: Sc>th W., of this
review; Ann. the widow of Daniid McCoy;
Catherine, who is the wife of E. C. Stan-
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a resident of Washington count j', Oregon ;
and Zacliariali. of Banks, Oregon.

Seth W. Seelye attended tlie common
schools in the acquirement of an education
and on attaining his majority started out
as an agriculturist on his own account. He
devoted his attention to the cultivation of
rented land for many years and subsequent-
ly took charge of one-half of the farm, which
he owned in association with his father for
a number of years. The property, which is
located at Scholls, on section 16. has been
his place of abode to the present time. At
one time his holdings in the vicinity em-
braced one hundred and forty-three acres,
but he has disposed of all except a tract of
thirty-three acres, twenty acres of which
is under a high state of cultivation. His
undertakings as an agriculturist have been
attended with success and he has long been
numbered among the substantial and repre-
sentative citizens of the community.

On July 26th, 1876, Mr. Seelye was united
in marriage to Miss Hannah Turpin, who
was born in Pennsylvania, on the 12th of
August, 1837. her parents being Isaac R. and
Rebecca (Davis) Turpin, natives of New Jer-
sey. They resided in that state for fifteen
years after their marriage and then removed
to Pennsylvania, where Isaac R. Turpin
passed away at the age of fifty-five years.
His wife was more than eighty years of age
when called to her final rest. During his
earlier manhood Mr. Turpin followed the sea
for twenty-four years and for several years
owned and was in charge of a vessel. To
him and his wife were born fifteen children,
all of whom are deceased except Mrs. Seelye.
At the time of her demise Mrs. Turpin had
two hundred and fifty children, grandchil-
dren, great-grandchildren and great-great-
grandchildren.

In politics Mr. Seelye is a stanch republi-
can but his aspirations have not been in the
line of office seeking. The period of his
residence in the west covers almost six dec-
ades and he is therefore largely familiar
with the annals of this part of the country.
He has now passed the seventy-fifth mile-
stone on this earthly pilgrimage and his
life has been such that he can look back
over the past without regret and toward
the future without fear.

HENRY SALVON. One of Astoria's na-
tive sons who has developed into an enter-
prising business man of the city is Henry
Salvon, one of the proprietors of the City
Drug Store. His birth occurred on the 26th
of May, 1883, his parents being Mike and
Sophia (Pirila) Salvon. The father was
born in Finland in 1852. and there he spent
the first twenty-six years of his life, emi-
grating to the United States in 1878. He
is now a watchman in a cold storage plant
in Astoria. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Salvon there were born six children: Astor
M.. who is deputy county clerk; Henry, our
subject; Nellie, a student in Bellingham
Normal; Jennie, who is attending the high
school; and fJcorge and Philip, both of whom
lire in school.

Henry Salvon was reared at home and
for his education is indebted to the public
and high schools of Astoria. After the com-
pletion of his preliminary education he de-
cided to study pharmacy, with the intention
of making it his life vocation. With this
purpose in view he matriculated in the
pharmacy department of the Oregon Agri-
cultural College, where he pursued his pro-
fessional studies. He passed his state ex-
amination in 1906 and immediately there-
after entered the employment of T. F.
I.aurin. in whose service he remained for
five and a half years. At the expiration
of that period he became associated with
Mr. Lothman and they established the City
Drug Store. They have a very attractive
establishment, containing a nicely assorted
stock of goods, and are enjoying an excel-
lent and constantly growing patronage.

Mr. Salvon is unmarried. He affiliates
with the Lutheran church and fraternally
he is identified with the Finnish Brother-
hood. Loyal Order of Moose and the Frater-
nal Brotherhood. In politics he is a republi-
can, but prefers not to figure prominently
in political activities, giving his undivided
attention to the development of his business.

KELLY FIELDS, who owns two acres near
Provolt, is one of the surviving veterans of
the Civil war. He was born in Indiana,
August 4, 1840, the son of Jackson and
Phoebe (Collins) Fields, both of whom were
natives of Tennessee. A member of a family
of eight children, Kelly Fields was given a
good common-school education in the state
of his nativity and in 1875 joined a company
of emigrants bound for California. The
train with which he journeyed comprised
sixty wagons which were drawn by horse
teams, and the trip consumed six months and
four days. He remained in California for
two years and then came to Jackson county,
Oregon, where he has since resided. On De-
cember 3, 1861, Mr. Fields enlisted in the
Federal army for service during the Civil
war. becoming a member of the Fifth Regi-
ment of Kansas, which was later transferred
to the command of General Steele. The regi-
ment participated in many battles and skirm-
ishes although a great portion of the time
was spent in scout duty. The first battle
in w hich Mr. Fields took part was at Helena,
Arkansas, and he later participated in the
engagements at Little Rock and Pine Bluff,
Arkansas. He is by trade a carpenter and
has followed that occupation during the
greater part of his life, although after set-
tling in Oregon he ran a sawmill for nine
years. He took up a homestead of forty
acres, iipon which he lived for a time, later
disposing of it and purchasing a ranch of
eigiity-six acres which he has sold to his
son Charles.

In 1865 Mr. Fields was married to Miss
Mary Waters and to them were born eight
children, all of whom are living except Min-
nie, the second in order of birth, who passed
away October 18, 1909. Those who survive
are Orley. Sarah, William. Sherman, Charles,
Nettie and (ieorge. Mr. Fields is spending

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bU declining years in hia pleasant home near
Provolt with his son Charles. In considera-
tion of his services in the Federal cause Mr.
Fields draws a pension. He and his lamily
are well known in the community and are
held in high esteem.

JOHN B. HAIR, residing near Rogue River,
is a successful man of broad experience in
business and farm atTairs, who in 1901 set-
tled in Jackson county, whore he bought two
hundred and twenty-nine acres of land. He
has .~ince disposed of all but sixty-threo acres
of his holdings. He was born in Brown
county, Ohio, -November 10, 186:), the son of
James and Elizabeth (Sweet) Hair, the for-
mer a native of Virginia and the latter of
Kentucky. The parents removed from Ohio
to Nebraska in 1866 and there the father died
in 1911. Later the motlier removed to Ore-
gon and slie now makes her home in Grants
I'ass. Of her family of six children five are
now living.

In the common and high schools of Ne-
braska John B. Hair pursued his education
and later took a collcfje c<Jur3e. He remained
at home until he attained the age of twenty-
three years and then engaged in the music
business at Auburn. Nebraska, in which he
continued fi>r about five years. Disposing of
his business at that point he removed to
DouKlaa county, Kansas, where he embarked
in the hardware and furniture business, re-
iiiaiiiinf; thus employed for seven years. He
then sold out his business interests in Kan-
sas and in 1901 came to Jackson county,
Oregon, where he purchased a farm of two
hundred and twenty-nine acres, upon which
hit has since made his home. After selling
the major portion of his land he still retains
sixty-three acres, which is finely improved,
very fertile and contains an orchard of eleven
acres of apple, pear and peach trees.

In 1893 Mr. Hair was married to Miss
Mattie Crandall. who was born in Nebraska,
June 5, 1870. She is a daughter of William
\V. and Miranda R. (Coldwell) Crandall. The
father is a native of New York, while the
mother was born in Pennsylvania, and they
now reside in Omaha. Nebrasko. In their
family were eight children, of whom seven
are now living. Mrs. Hair is a graduate of
the Auburn high school and for several years
followed the profession of teaching in his
native state.

John B. Hair ranks among the best class
of citizens in the community where he lives
and Ixith he and his wife are highly es-
teemed and re-ipected in the neighborhood.
They take an active part in all movements
caliulated t<i uplift ami benefit their com-
munity, where they have long been consid-
ered among its leading and influential citi-
zens.

T. W. MILES, a member of the Jackson
county bar and head of the .Jackson County
Abstract Company, has his olTice in Med
ford. He has spent much of his life on the
Pacific coast and the spirit of enterprise
which characterizes this section of the conn-
trv i-i manifest in his life. He was bom in

Jasper county, Missouri, near Carthage, Feb-
ruary 11, 1874, and is a son of J. W. and
Ruth (White) Miles, who were natives of
Ohio and Iowa respectively. The mother is
still living and now makes her home with
her son, T. W. Miles, but the father passed
awav on his ranch four miles south of Salem,
Oregon, in the fall of 1902, when fifty-seven
years of age. He was reared in Ohio, whence
he went to Missouri and afterward became
a resident of StalTord county, Kansas, in
pioneer times. He spent fifteen years tliero.
was deputy register of deeds while living in
that county and was also the first county
sheritV. He was likewise employed for a time
in the First National bank of St. John, Kan-
sas, and in May, 1893, he came to Oregon,
where he engaged in fruit-growing, devoting
his attention to horticultural pursuits south
of Salem until his life's labors wore ended.
Unto him and his wife were born four sons:
A. C, who is living four miles south of
Salem; O. B., a practicing physician of Salem;
T. W.; and Walter J., who is a pharmacist
of Portland.

T. W. Miles resided with hia parents until
after he had completed his education. He is
a graduate of a high school of Kansas and
of the Capital Business College at Salem and
likewise of the law department of the I'ni-
versity of Oregon, in which he completed a
course in 1900. He devoted ten years to
the i)rofossion of teacliing. spending most
of the time in a business collcfje. three years
being passed in the Portland Business Col-
lege and five years in Bakersfield, California,
in connection with the commercial depart-
ment of the high school. For the past seven
years he has been in Medford, where he has
been engaged in the law and abstract busi-
ness, organizing the Jackson County Ab-
stract Company, of which he is sole pro-
prietor. He also i)ractices law and in both
branches has been winning a satisfactory
clientage.

In June, 1903. Mr. Miles was married to
Miss Jessie X. Wagner, a native of Jackson
county and a daughter of Jacob Wagner, who
was a prominent pioneer of this part of the
state but has nosv passed away. Mr. Miles
votes with the republican parly but mani-
fests only a citizen's interest in politics. He
is a member of the Medford Commercial Club
and of the Oregon and the American Asso-
ciations of Title Men. Energetic and deter-
mined, he recognizes the splendid possibilities
offered by tlio northwest and means to use
his opportunities to good advantage, as he
has already done and is still doing.

LESTER G. HULIN. The opportunity of
which is a dominant feature in the upbuild-
ing of the northwest has brought about the
substantial development and growtli of Eu-
gene and those who arc prominent in its
commercial circles today are corrying for-
ward the work that was instituted by the
early settlers, displaying the same energy,
delerniiniilion anri capability. Of this class
I^'ster <;. Hiilin is a representative, being a
member i>f the firm of Stevens &, Hutin,
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was established in 1908, succeeding the
Eilers Piano House which was the second old-
est in Eugene. The present lii'm has shipped
pianos as far east as Iowa and Kansas and
also to California and their business has
grown in gratifying measure owing to the
enterprising etl'orts of the partners.

Lester G. Hulin, junior member of the
firm, wa.s born in Lane county, ten miles
north of Eugene, January 14, 1873, and is a
son of Lester and Abigail (Craig) Hulin. The
father was born in Saratoga county, New
York, March 23, 1S23, and attended the acad-
emy at Schnectady of that state, under
Bishop Jesse T. Peck. He then started west-
ward with Iowa as his destination and for
a few years was engaged in teaching scliool
in Henry county, but the tide of emigration
was steadily flowing westward and the spirit
of exploration was a dominant one. In 1845
he joined the Fremont expedition to Cali-
fornia and in 1846 returned to Iowa. In
April, 1847, he went to St. Louis and from
that point acted as pilot for a company
traveling across the plains to Eugene. They
made the journey by way of Fort Laramie,
Bent's Fort and Klamath county and arrived
at Eugene on the 5th of November, 1847.
Tliey were among the first of the settlers
that came from the middle west across the
country to the Pacific coast. They traveled
days and days without seeing a human habi-
tation and incurred not only many difficulties
and hardships but were also in constant dan-
ger of being attacked by Indians. Mr. Hulin
took up a donation claim of three hundred
and twenty acres ten miles north of Eugene
and with characteristic energy began to cul-
tivate his farm on which he lived until ISSl
when he retired and removed to Eugene,
spending his remaining days in the enjoy-
ment of well earned rest. He died May, 1S97,
after a residence in Oregon covering a half
century. He was one of the oldest and most
honored pioneers of Lane county and the
story of frontier life was, indeed, a familiar
one to him. He took an active part in poli-
tics, supporting the republican party, but he
refused to accept public office and many
times declined to be a candidate for the of-
fice of county commissioner. He was often
called upon to act as administrator and ap-
praiser and was widely known as a man of
unusual business integrity. The only inter-
ruption to his continuous residence in Ore-
gK3n from 1847 until his death was In 1849
when he went to California for a brief period
where he engaged in mining. His wife, who
was a daughter of Samuel Craig, was reared
in Michigan to the age of fifteen. Her father
went to California in 1849 and later his fam-
ily joined him, going by way of the Isthmus
of Panama. They came to Lane county by
way of Portland and Mr. Craig took up a
donation hind claim four miles west of Junc-
tion. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hulin were
born six children that reached adult age,
namely: Charles S., who is living in
Newbcrg. Oregon : Edgar M., who died in
1882; Anna 0., the wife of F. A. Tozier, of
Eugene; Samuel A., whose home is in Berke-
ley, California; Elmer P., who died in 1878;

and Lester G. . The parents were lifelong
members of the Methodist church in which
the father held the office of trustee and
steward for fifty years. Both were devoted
Christian jjeople whose earnest and upright
lives were well worthy of emulation.

Lester (i. Hulin spent his youthful days
on the old homestead farm and was given
good educational privileges. After attending
the public schools he entered the University
of Oregon from which he was graduated in
1896 with the Bachelor of Arts degree. He
was afterward employed in connection with
mercantile pursuits, served for a while as
deputy county clerk and then became con-
nected with the "Eugene Register," remain-
ing with that paper for about a year. In
1898 he removed to Minneapolis and took a
position with the West Publishing Company
but after two years he returned to Eugene
and in 190O entered the Lane County Bank
as cashier for about four years. He afterward
spent a year and a half in Portland with the
Northwest Electrical Engineering Company
and upon his return to Eugene he acquired
a one-half interest in the firm of A. E.
Wheeler & Company, a law and abstract of-
fice, with which he continued until he joined
Mr. Stevens in forming the present firm of
Stevens & Hulin, dealers in pianos and or-
gans, in 1908. In the intervening period of
four years their business has grown steadily
and now they carry a large and carefully
selected line, representing the highest grade
of pianos and organs manufactured, and their
business is an extensive, growing and profit-
able one.

In 1898, ;Mr. Hulin was married to Miss
Damaris Schofield, of Cresco. Iowa, the wed-
ding being celebrated in Jlinneapolis. They
now have one child, Wilbur, twelve years of
age. Mr. Hulin belongs to Eugene Lodge,
No. 11, F. & A. M.; Eugene Chapter, No. 10,
R. A. M.; and Eugene Camp, No. 115. W. 0.
W. Both he and his wife are members of
the Methodist Episcopal church in which he
is serving as steward. They are much inter-
ested in the work of the church, manifesting
a contagious enthusiasm in support of the
difterent religious activities of the city. Mr.
Hulin is public-spirited in his citizenship,
while in business he has made steady prog-
ress that, representing an advanced stand-
ard, has brought him nearer to the goal of
success.

HON. W. H. HOBSON, who has represent-
ed both Marion and Linn counties in the state
senate, is now successfully engaged in the
mercantile business in Stayton. He was born
in Jackson county, Missouri, in 1847, the son
of Hadley and Emily Amanda (Speinhaur)
Hobson. The paternal grandfather was a
brick manufacturer in North Carolina and
the father, Hadley Hobson, who was born in
that state September 6, 1811, having learned
his father's trade, went at the age of twenty-
four to Jackson county, Missouri, where he
began brick-making and masonry and also
contracting, in partnership witli his brother.
While in Missouri he was united in mar-
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in 1847 with his family he crossed the phiiiis
with an ox team, intending to go to Oregon,
but lost his way and entered California.
There he engaged in gold mining, but the
next year, or in 1S4S, removed to Oregon
and one mile north of Stayton took up a
donation elaini, where he erected a one-room
log house, in the construction of which he
did not use a single nail. I^tcr he returned
to the mines in California, where he was
very successful, and tinally oame back to his
claim, paid olT all his indebtedness and then
engaged in general stock-raising. In his
family were ten children, of whom Hon. AV.
H. Hobson, of this review, was the second in
order of birth. The others were: Mary
Anne; George and Francis M., deceased;
Lemuel, record of whom appears elsewhere
in this work; Amanda; Emily; Amelia;
Janet; and Iladloy.

W. H. Ilobson, being in his second year
when his parents removed to Oregon, was
reared there and attended the district school
in an old log schoolhouse. At the age of
twenty years he went to Sublimity, where
he conducted a store that was owned by his
father and subse(iuently coming to Aums-
ville, he manag*tl the business of Simpson.
Hunt & Company, afterward returning to
Sublimity. There he started a small grocery
store and one year later came to Stayton.
where he was engaged until 1S71 in mer-
chandising in partnership with L'riah Whit-
ney. Later with the same partner he was
in" a st(.re at Aumsville and together they
returned to Stayton and built the present
Gardner llouring'mill and also engaged in a
general merchandising enterprise. In 1"^S:!
.Mr. Whitney withdrew from the partnership
and .Mr. Iloliaon took in as partners Messrs.
Shaw and Simms. and in ISSS the firm, to-
gether with I-ee Brown, went to Mill City,
where they organized the Santiam Lumber
Company and built a large sawmill, also es-
tablishing a general store. In l'<98 the com-
pany sold out to the Curtis Lumber Com-
pany and Mr. Hobson returned to Stayton
and resumed merchandising. Subsequently
he established a dry-goods business in Salem,
which he conducted for four years, after
which period he returne<l to Stayton and
engaged in his present store.

lion. W. H. Ilobson has been twice
married, his first unii>n being with Miss Ella
Gibson, a native of Marion county, t)regon.
and a daughter of Hon. Guyan Gibion. She
died June 10, 1879, leaving one daughter,
I'earl. who is now the wife of E. C. I'erry.
of Seio, Oregon. His sccoml marriage was
on December 12, 1S80. when he weddeil Miss
Annie Thomas, a native of Portland. They
have become the parents of two children,
Alta and Everett.

In politics Hon. Hobson is a stanch repub-
lican and he is very active in party work.
In ISO.'i he was electeil to the state senate
and at the close of that term was reelected
as joint senator for Marion and Linn coun-
ties. Puring the first session he was a
member of the committees on claims, com-
merce, navigation and federal relations. Fra-
ternally he is a past master of Santiam

Lodge, Xo. 25, A. F. & A. M., and is past
grand master of the Grand Lodge of Oregon
and has filled nearly all of the chairs, includ-
ing that of grand master in 1S97 and 1S9S.
lie is a member of Multnomah Chapter. No.
1, R. A. M.. and of De Molay Commandery,
Xo. 5, K. T., and is also a thirty-second de-
gree Mason of the .Scottish Rite. He is a
charter member of Stayton Lodge, Xo. 64,
I. O. 0. F.. and has occupied all the chairs.
He also has filled all of the chairs in the
IJraml Lodge of the state of Oregon and was
twice grand representative to the Sovereign
tirand Lodge of I. O. 0. F. of America. Hon.
Hobson is a man of marked enterprise and
unremitting diligence, and his keen discern-
ment and genial disposition have made him
a sticcess in both a business and social way.

HENRY S. WYNANT. Among the owners
of well improved farms in Josephine county
is Henry S. Wynant. residing near Murphy,
lie owes his prosperity to his own industry
and wise management as he started out in
life a poor boy with no resources but those
given him by the hand of nature. He was
born in Indiana, September 19, 1857, a son
of William ami Maria (Shinn) Wynant. In
his father's family were fotir children, of
which Mr. Wynant is the only survivor. He
began making ais own living at the early
age of fourteen years, working at anything
which he found to do. He was bound out at
that age by his father for a period of seven
years' service, b>it as he did not fancy that
sort of life he terminated it by going west,
lie came to Oregon in 1SS3, having previ-
ously settled for a time in San Francisco,
California. After that, he removed to Port-
land, then to Glendale, afterward going by
stage to Grants Pass at a time when there
were practically no improvements in that
section. He later removea to Josephine
county, settling on the farm near JIurphy
which he now owns and which he has since
made his homo, lie was compelled to take
his trunk on a wheelbarrow seven miles to
his homestead for there were no wagon
roads at that time, the work of improve-
ment being scarcely begun. He developed
the excellent land which he acquired from
the government, and he has brought it un-
der a high state of cultivation and made it
one of the valuable agricultural properties
of the neighborhood. His early Oregon ex-
perience included eiglit years spent in min-
ing, a vocation which brought him moderate
returns.

Mr. Wynant was married in 188,T to Miss
Hattic Staley, a native of Imliana. and to
their union five children have been born,
all natives of Oregon and all of whom are
living, namely: Clarence, Lishie, Howard,
Floyd and Florence. The political allegiance
of Mr. Wynant is given to the democracy,
hi' being an honored and representative man
of that party. He has for twenty-six years
Ixen a director on the school board of his
local district, having given great attention
to educational afTairs as well as other pub-
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the Woodmen of the World camp, being an
active member of that order. Mr. Wynant
is a well known citizen of Josephine county,
where he has lived for many years, making
friends of all his acquaintances and neigh-
bors. He is among the most respected of
the farmers in his community and enjoys a
splendid reputation for integrity, honest
dealing and all those commendable traits
which make for good citizenship. He is a
public-spirited man, earnest in his endeavors
to improve the conditions of society and add
to the sum total of the blessings of modern
civilization.

AUGUST ROSSI, who for a number of
years was successfully identified with agri-
cultural pursuits in Oregon, has for the past
eleven years conducted a saloon at Beaver-
ton. His birth occurred in Italy in 1871,
his parents being Joseph and Theresa Rossi,
who emigrated to the United States in that
year. After spending a short time in Cali-
fornia they came to Portland, Oregon, and
later took up their abode in Beaverton,
where Joseph Rossi made his home until
called to his final rest in 1904. His widow
now resides with our subject in Beaverton
and has attained the age of sixty-nine years.
Their children were two in number, as fol-
lows : Rosina, who gave her hand in mar-
riage to George Maggei and passed away in
Portland when forty-four years of age; and
August, of this review.

The latter was not one year old when he
accompanied his parents on their emigration
to the new world. In early manhood he
became identified with general agricultural
pursuits, successfully operating a farm for
eighteen years. On the expiration of that
period, in 1900, he embarked in business at
Beaverton, Oregon, where he has since con-
ducted a saloon. He owns twenty-five acres
of land adjoining the corporation limits of
Beaverton and also owns the tract of seven
acres on which stands his residence. Mr.
Rossi likewise has other business and resi-
dence property, including holdings at Port-
land and Baker City, Oregon.

In 189-1 Mr. Rossi was united in marriage
to Miss Hattie Wolf, a native of Nebraska
and a daughter of Henry Wolf, who came
of German ancestry. Mr. Wolf is still liv-
ing in Beaverton, but lost his wife in 1895.
He was the father of twelve children,
namely: Henry, John, Lawrence, Emil, Eliz-
abeth, Katie, Hattie, Cora, Martha, Minnie,
Gretchen and Etta. All yet survive with
the exception of Elizabeth and Cora. Mr.
and Mrs. Rossi have a family of four chil-
dren, as follows: Elva, born in 1895, who is
now attending the high school at Portland;
Frank, whose birth occurred in ]898 and
who is likewise attending school; and Ray-
mond and Albert, who were born in the
years 1903 and 1906, respectively.

Mr. Rossi is a stanch republican in politics
and on several occasions has ably served as
city councilman of Beaverton. His fraternal
relations are with the Masons, the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Eagles.
His religious faith is that of the Catholic

church, of which his wife and children are
also communicants. Possessing a most
genial manner, cordial spirit and kindly
disposition, his unfailing courtesy and ready
adaptability have made him popular wher-
ever he is known.

DAVID G. OVERHOLT. The late David
G. Overliolt for many years was successfully
engaged in the general merchandising busi-
ness in Canvon City, at wliieh place he had
lived retired since 1903. He was born in
Bucks count.y, Pennsylvania, in 1831 and was
a son of Samuel and Barbara (Godshall)
Overholt, both of whom were natives of
Doylestown, Pennsylvania. His maternal
grandfather, David Godshall, belonged to one
of the old German families who settled at a
very early date in Pennsylvania and many
of his ancestors were soldiers in the Revo-
lutionary war.

David G. Overholt was reared at home and
received his elementary education in Penn-
sylvania. He emigrated to California, cross-
ing the plains with ox teams, and there re-
mained until he removed to Canyon City in
1863, walking in company with Henderson
Harrow from The Dalles to Canyon City and
having many perilous escapes from Indians
on his journey. Mr. Overholt was a wagon-
maker by trade and he made many hundreds
of wheelbarrows for the miners. In 1869 he
engaged in the merchandising business in
Canyon Cit.y, in partnership with W. V.
Rhinehart. Later they admitted to associate
partnership in their business John Muldrick.
Subsequently Mr. Rliinehart retired from
the business and removed to Seattle, after
which the enterprise was conducted under
the firm name of Overholt & Muldrick for a
period of thirty years, at the end of which
time Mr. Overholt purchased the interest of
his partner and was the sole owner and pro-
prietor of one of the most successful mer-
chandising houses in Grant county until the
time of his retirement from active life, which
occurred in 1903. He was heavily interested
in mining properties and the owner of one
thousand acres of valuable Oregon land, also
owning the well known Pittsburg mine, on
Miller mountain. During the period of his
business activities the merchandising stock
in his store was twice burned without any
insurance to cover the loss. The last mis-
fortune of that kind occurred just after he
hnd installed a complete winter stock.

On March 27, 1869, David G. Overholt was
united in marriage to Miss Sebella Tyson,
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tyson,
who were both natives of Bucks county,
Pennsylvania, as was their daughter. The
father died when the daughter was an infant
in arms. To Mr. and Mrs. Overholt three
children were born: Mary Elizabeth, now
Mrs. D. I. Asbury of McMinnville, Oregon;
Lilly J., deceased; and William Elmer, at
horne. Mr. Overholt was for nine consecutive
years postmaster of Canyon City. He was a
member of the Masonic lodge and chapter
and also held membership in the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Overholt occupies
as her home a beautiful residence which

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she owns, located on a desirable street in
Canyon City, which home since 1902 has
also shelttrid Mr. Overholt's sister, who has
reached the advanced age of eighty years.
David (I. Overholt was one of the progressive
and esteemed citizens of Grunt county and
his death, which occurred December 11, I'JOS,
removed one of its pioneer citizens whose
business activities had materially contributed
to the substantial advancement of his county
and state.

J. W. MITCHELL is a representative of
industrial activity at Medford where he is
engaged in wagon-making and in dealing in
wagon-maker's supplies. He is also well
known in the town as a public-spirited citi-
zen and is now serving as a member of the
city council. He was Iwrn at Fort Jones,
Siskiyou county. California, February 22,
1867, his parents being James and Minerva
(Quigley) Mitchell, who were natives of In-
diana. The father learned the harness-
maker's trade in St. Louis. Missouri, and af-
ter his marriage he crossed the plains at an
early day. locating in Siskiyou county, Cali-
fornia, where he conducted a harness-making
business at Fort Jones to the time of his
death.

J. W. ilitchell was but ten years of age
at the time of his father's demise and a lad
of twelve years when his mother was called
from this life. In their family were nine
children, .six who reached adult age and are
still living. J. W. Mitchell was the youngest
son and with one exception the youngest
child. He remained at the place of his na-
tivity until he had attained his majority,
when he went upon the stock ranches of
eastern Oregon, spending four year.-* as a
cowboy. He then returned to Montague. Cal-
ifornia, where he began learning the black-
smith'H trade, after which he continued in
that business together with farming, taking
up government land there. In 1901 he came
to Meilford and established his present busi-
ness in connection with E. C. TSoeck, umler
the firm style of Mitchell & Boeck. The re-
lation was continued for about ten years, or
until October. 1911. when Mr. Mitchell pur-
chased his partner's interest and now con-
ducts an independent business under his own
name a.s a wagon maker and dealer in wagon-
maker's supplies. He has built up a good
business in this connection and he also does
automobile repairing ancl rubber-tire works,
employing four men. The business was
starteil in a small way on .Main street, the
partners doing all of their own work and
their hlacksmithing at that time. As the
years ha%'e passed, however, the factory has
constantly increased and the business has as-
sumed large and profitable proportions. In
1902 Mr. .Mitchell in connection with Mr. K.
C. Boeck purchased eighty acres of land five
miles northeast of Metlford and began the
cultivation of an apple and pear orchard. In
this and other ways Mr. Mitchell has won
success as the result of his well directed
labors.

On Christmas Day of 1S90 was celebratp<l
the marriage of Mr. Mitchell and Miss
Vol. t)l— to

Phoebe A. Woodson, who was born in Ash-
land. Oregon, in ISTO, and is a daughter of
James and l^iura (Million) Woodson. The
Jlillion donation land claim is now a part of
the site of the cit.v of Ashland. Mr. Wood-
son also crossed the plains at an early day
and became identified with the pioneer de-
velopment of that community. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. Mitchell have been born two children,
Grace Elizabeth and Marvin James, aged re-
spectively eighteen and twelve years.

Mr. ilitchell is well known in Odd Fellow-s
circles, holding membership in the lodge and
encampment. Politically he is a democrat
and is now serving for a third term as a
member of the city council, in which connec-
tion he exercises his otlicial prerogatives in
support of many progressive public move-
ments. He favors the town's advancement
along modern lines and his reelection to of-
lice indicates the confidence and trust re-
posed in him by his fellow townsmen.

DR. ROBERT LEE WOOD, a rising young
physician jf Amity, was born in McCuUoch
county, Texas, on the 27th of January. 1884,
his parents being Orlando H. and Julia A.
(Lard) Wood. The father, who came of
a prominent New York family, was a native
of Livingston county, Louisiana, and spent
the first twenty-live years of his life in that
state. He was a typical frontiersman and
in early manhood took up his abode in Texas.
In 1900 he came to Oregon, residing in Tilla-
mook county until 1900. when he removed
to Amity. Yamhill county. There he died
and was buried in February, 1907. Through-
out his active career he was successlully
engaged in business as a dairyman, lie took
a prominent part in public affairs and served
as the first commissioner of Sutton county,
Texas, acting in that capacity for twelve
years. During the period of the Civil war
he served for four years as a sharpshooter
in the Sixteenth Louisiana Regiment under
command of .Mbert Sidney Johnston and
Joseph E. Johnston. He was taken prisoner
and confined at New Orleans but was ex-
exchanged at the end of three months. His
wife, a native of Mississippi, is still living
at .\mity. Oregon. Their children were eight
ill number, as follows: James T.. li prac-
ticing [diysician of McMinnville; Noah D.,
a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church
at Milner, Idaho; Florence E.. the wife of
Dr. C. R. Mathis. of Amity: M. L.. who is
a rancher of Milner. Idaho; Ludie May. who
is a resident of Portland. Oregon; Eula May,
living in .\mity. Oregon: Robert Lee, of this
review; and one who died in infancy.

Robert I,. Wooil began his education in
the common schocds of his native state and
later continued his studies at Amity. Oregon.
Having determined upon the practice of medi-
cine as a life work, he entered Willamette
University of Salem in I90n ami four years
later the rlegree of M. D. was conferreil upon
him. He first opened an office at \'ale but
a short time later removed to Ontario, while
subsequently he located for practice at John
Day. Oregon. He remained at the last named
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abode iu Amity, where he has since followed
his profession with gratifying success, hav-
ing built up an extensive and remunerative
practice. Through his membership in the
Yamhill County Medical Society and the Ore-
gon State Medical Society he keeps in close
touch with the advancement that is being
continually made by the profession.

In 1908 Dr. Wood was united in marriage
to Miss Carrie L. Kobison, by whom he has
two children, Maurice T. and Esther. He
gives his political allegiance to the demo-
cracy and fraternally is identified with the
Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows and the Modern Woodmen of America
at Amity. His wife is a devoted and con-
sistent member of the Christian church. Dr.
Wood is known as one worthy of the trust
and confidence of his fellowmen, not only in
professional relations but in private life
as well.

BENJAMIN T. FLINT, a prosperous and
highly respected citizen of Washington
county, has long devoted his attention to
general agricultural pursuits, owning one of
the best improved farms in the county. His
birth occurred at Quincy, Illinois, on the
9th of April, 1836, his parents being Arial
and Feces (Finney) Flint, both of whom
were natives of Connecticut. Sliortly after
their marriage, which was celebrated at El-
lington, Connecticut, they purchased a farm
and took up their abode near Quincy, Illi-
nois, Mr. Flint there following agricultural
pursuits until about 1843. In that year he
disposed of his property and removed to
Licking county, Ohio, later going to Shelby
county, that state, where he continued to
reside until called to his final rest in 1849.
He was twice married, losing his first wife
in 1839. By her he had two sons and two
daughters, as follows: Henry, Avho is a resi-
dent of California; Amelia, who passed away
in Albany, New York, as did also her hus-
band, Hoyt Foster; Benjamin T., of this re-
view; and Elizabeth, who is the widow of
Albert Alien and makes her home at Spring-
field, Massachusetts. In 1841 Arial Flint
was again married and unto him and his
second wife were born four children, namely:
Lucy, who is deceased; .lohn. living in Los
Angeles, California; Ralph, who is likewise
a resident of that state; and Mary, who has
passed away.

Benjamin T. Flint lost his father when a
youth of thirteen years and thus early in
life was thrown upon his own resources. He
spent a year with his grandfather, who at
the end of that time secured him a position
that paid thirty dollars a year. During this
period he spent three months in school and
bought his own clothes. The second year he
obtained thirty-five dollars for his services
and again attended school for three months.
Subsequently he secured more remunerative
employment, working at various places for
eight dollars per month during an interval
of seven months. On the expiration of that
period he spent a year in the home of his
grandfather, attending school during the win-

ter season. He afterward worked on a farm
for two years, receiving thirteen dollars a
month during the first year and fourteen
dollars the next. The following three years
he was employed in a woolen factory. When
a young man of twenty years he left the
state of Connecticut and went to Illinois,
working as a farm hand in MoHenry county
for one summer. Becoming dissatisfied with
his prospects in that state, he returned to the
east and later embarked for San Francisco,
California, where he landed in November,
185B, making the voyage by way of the
Isthmus of Panama. On the day of the presi-
dential election, when Fremont and Bu-
chanan stood at the head of their respective
tickets, the steamer was off the coast of
Mexico. The people on board the boat, num-
bering six hundred steerage and three hun-
dred cabin passengers, desired to know
which party was the stronger among them
and held a mock election. The results
showed that the nuijority of the steerage
passengers supported Buchanan, while the
greater number of the cabin passengers up-
iield Fremont. In the Golden state Mr.
Flint went to work on a sheep ranch in
Monterey county, remaining in the service of
Flint, Bixby & Company for a period of
four years and receiving a salary of thirty-
five dollars per month. At the end of that
time, having carefully saved his earnings,
he had accumidated sufficient capital to pur-
chase sheep of his own and start upon an in-
dependent business career. He first acquired
two hundred and forty-five ewes at seven
dollars a head and continued his operations
successfully for ten years, owning forty-one
hundred head of sheep at the time he sold
out. Returning to Massachusetts, he was
there married and one year later came to
Washington county, Oregon. Here he pur-
chased the farm which has remained in his
possession continuously since and which em-
braces more than a section of land, known
as the Humphrey donation claim, for which
he paid ten dollars per acre. He has met
with a gratifying measure of prosperity in
the conduct of his agricultural interests and
now owns one of the best improved farms
in the entire county, two hundred and eighty
acres thereof being luider a high state of
cultivation. His holdings likewise embrace
twenty acres of timber land. His success is
all the more creditable by reason of the fact
that it is attributable entirely to his own
well directed industry and capable manage-
ment.

Mr. Flint has been married twice. In 1870
he wedded Miss Julia E. Lawrence, a native
of Massachusetts and a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Lawrence, both of whom are de-
ceased. By that union there were two chil-
dren: Arthur B., a sketch of whom appears
on another page of this work; and Harry
L., born in 1874, who resides on a portion
of the old homestead farm. Both sons have
a college education. The wife and mother
passed away April 129, 1897, and subsequently
Mr. Flint was again married, his second union
being with Mrs. Mary S. Spidell, a native of
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Spidell. She was called to her liual rest on
the 2d of July, 1905.

In politics Sir. Flint is a republican, loyally
supporting the men and measures of that
party but neither seeking nor desiring ollice.
His religious faith is indicated by his mem-
bership in the Christian church. He is widely
and favorably known in the community
where he has now resided for four decades,
having won the regard and esteem of all with
whom he has come in contact. He has now
passed the seventy-sixth milestone on this
earthly pilgrimage and in the evening of
life can look back upon an active, useful
and honorable career.

JAMES W. GOWDY. .\bout two hundred
acres of land now occupied by a portion of
Cottage (jrovc was originally a part of the
farm belonging to James W. Gowdy, a
prominent citizen of that place, who now
owns three hundred acres adjoining the city,
a tine residence and other property and a
half interest in nine gold mines in the Bo-
hemia district. He was born in White county,
Illinois, June 12, 1839, the son of Calvin A.
and Cynthia (Miller) Gowdy, the father be-
ing a native of Tennessee while the mother
was born in Illinois. The parents were mar-
ried in Illinois and in that state passed the
remainder of their lives, the mother's death
occurring in the 'SOs, while the father
passed away in 1S61. To them seven chil-
dren were boni: John C, Robert A., and
William P., all of whom are deceased;
James W.. of this review; Henry P., de-
ceased; Mary C, who is the widow of Rob-
ert Carey and resides in Illinois; and Ma-
tilda J., who married John Blades, both of
whom are now deceased.

.James W. Gowdy, after the death of his
mother when he was thirteen years of age,
went to live with his uncle with whom he
remained until he attained the age of twen-
ty-two years. He then began working as a
laborer and was later employed in a mill
for two years. He subsequently purchased
an interest in a carding mill and his con-
nection ttien:with continued for three years.
He then took up farming as an occupation,
cultivating an eighty acre tract which he
purchased in White county, Illinois. He
lived upon that farm for fifteen years, after
which he sold out and removed to Oregon
in 1874, settling on a piece of land a part
of which is now oci-upied by a portion of
Cottage Grove. He operated his farm in
firegon for a number of years ami then laid
out a part of the farm in ten acre tracts as
an addition to Cottage Grove. This addi-
tion, which comprised two hundred acres, he
later sold and it is now known as Gowdy-
ville. He still owns three hundred acres of
land adjoining Cottage Grove, also a fine
home in the city and other residence proper-
ties, besides his extensive gold-mining in-
terests in the Hohemia ilistrirt.

Mr. (lowdy chose as his life partner and
helpmate Mrs. .Miriam (Allen) Small, a na-
tive of Oregon and a daughter of .1. U. .Mien,
one of the pioneers of the state. To this
union one child was l>orn who died at Ihe

age of two years. Mr. Gowdy was again
married, his second union being with Mrs.
.\nna J. (Coleman) Van Riper, the daughter
of William and Elizabeth Jane Coleman, the
wedding being celebrated on the 8th of Jan-
uary, IS'JtJ. -Mrs. dowdy's parents were
residents of Illinois, the father passing away
ill that state in 1S60, while the mother's
(Uatli occurred four years later, in 1864. In
their family were four children: John, a
resilient of Lane county, Oregon; William,
of Nebraska; James 1!., of Omaha, Nebraska
and Anna J., now Mrs. James W. Gowdy.
Mrs. Gowdy by her first marriage became
the mother of four children, namely: Avis
X. Van Riper, deceased; Anna F., the wife
"I David J. SchoU, of Cottage Grove; Mrs.
Clara .M. Cooper, of Seattle, Washington;
and William Guy, of Los Angeles, California.
-Mr. and Mrs. Go\vdy are the parents of two
children: Vergil W., born March 6, 1900.
and Ermine Bethel, born May 30, 1901, both
of whom are attending school.

Mr. Gowdy is a democrat in his political
faith, although liberal in his views. He has
served as a member of the city council of
Cottage Grove but has never been actively
interested in politics. Fraternally he is a
member of the Masonic lodge at Cottage
Grove and the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, having filled all the chairs in the
latter organization. He and his family are
members of the First Presbyterian church
and Mr. Gowdy has been an elder and trus-
tee of that denomination for many years.
Mrs. Gowdy is president of the Adult Bible
class connected with the church and is also
a trustee. Mr. Gowdy is a most estimable
citizen and his long residence in the com-
iminity with which he has been so promi-
nently identified has served to make him
widely known, while his upright character,
business ability and genial temperament
have gained for him the high esteem of the
entire community.

JOE GOLDSBY is the owner of one hun-
ilred and sixty acres of very choice Oregon
land located near Buneom in Jackson coun-
ty. He confines his agricultural interests
largely to the growing of hay, the major
portion of which is consumed on his own
farm, where he has established a large and
successful dairy liusincss. In addition to
the attention and care given to his farm
and dairy he has for the past three years
been the active manager of the country tele-
phone. His birth occurred in Nebraska on
the 21st of .'Viigust, 1870. his parents being
John and Emma (Bon well) Goldsby. There
were three children in this family, two of
whom now reside in Oregon and one in
Mexico.

When a young lad Joe Goldsby emigrated
with his parents to Oregon, making the over-
land journey with mule teams. He attend-
ed the public schools in the acquirement of
an education and remained at home with his
parents until he w.-m twenty-one years of
age. At this period in life he left his f.nther's
home and became engaged in the occupation
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his entire attention for a period of eight
years. Oh retiring from this occupation he
moved to Jackson county, where he pur-
chased three hundred and twenty acres of
land, afterward selling one-half of his ori-
ginal purchase and retaining one hundred
and sixty acres. He moved upon this land
and began at once to improve it with a view
to making it his permanent home. After
thoroughly testing the character of its soils
he became convinced that he had made no
mistake in his location and here he has con-
tinued to live, devoting his time to the de-
velopment of his place. His labors have re-
sulted in the establishment of one of the
most productive grass and hay farms in his
portion of Jackson county. In addition to
his farming he has established a dairy,
stocked with well selected cows and equipped
with all accessories required to make his
plant in every way modern and up-to-date,
and as a dairyman he is serving his com-
munity by the distribution of one of the in-
dispensable commodities of the family table.
He is also the efficient caretaker of that
most necessary adjunct to community life —
the country telephone line, his duties requir-
ing him to look after all kinds of repairs,
the removal of discontinued telephones and
the installation of new instruments.

As a companion and helpmate on the jour-
ney of life Mr. Goldsby chose Miss Rose
Dunlap. To this union have been born three
children, all of whom are living with their
parents. Mr. Goldsby gives his political al-
legiance to the democratic party and is in-
deed a useful citizen. He is an enterprising,
well known, reliable and successful farmer
and in every way a very valualile member of
his community.

LEWIS BLEAKNEY. At the age of sev-
enty-four years Lewis Bleakney is still a
most active factor in the public life of
Aumsville. The exercise of effort has kept
him alert and he belongs to that class of
men who grow strong mentally as the years
jiass by, giving the result of their experience
for the benefit of others as well as for the
advancement of individual interests. He has
been a resident of Oregon for forty-one
years, and at the present time is efficiently
serving as postmaster at Aumsville. His
birth occurred in Indiana coimty. Pennsyl-
vania, on the 30th of .January, 1838, his par-
ents being Samuel and Sarah (Williamson)
Bleakney, both of whom were also natives
of Pennsylvania. The father, who was an
agriculturist, spent his entire life in his na-
tive state. They were the parents of six chil-
dren: J. G., who is a retired agriculturist
living in Wasco county, Oregon, and who is
a veteran of the Civil war; Clark, deceased,
whose death occurred in Iowa at the age of
seventy-three; Lucy, who is the wife of
Isaiah Coffee, and is a resident of Iowa;
Lewis, who is the subject of this sketch;
Pauline, who is the widow of Charles Camp-
bell, of Iowa; and B. F., a Civil war vet-
eran, who is a resident of Saskatchewan,
Canada. The two sons Clark and Lewis re-
ceived their given names in honor of Lewis

and Clark, the explorers, of whom Mr. Bleak-
ney was an ardent admirer.

Lewis Bleakney received his early educa-
tion in the schools of Pennsylvania and re-
mained at home until he was nineteen years
of age, assisting his father with the duties
on the farm. At that time, however, he de-
sired to start out upon an independent
career and he began teaching school. He
continued this occupation until the Civil war
broke out, and on the 10th of June, 1861,
he dismissed his school and enlisted in Com-
pany H, Nineteenth Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry where he served under Colonel, after-
ward General, John B. Turchin. At various
times during the war he was promoted, and
at one time was appointed captain of Com-
pany H, Seventeenth United States Colored
Infantry, and after the close of the war was
offered the rank of second lieutenant in the
regular army but declined this honor. He
took part in the battles of Stone River,
Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Nash-
ville. He always performed his duties faith-
fully and was an efficient help to the com-
pany to which he belonged. He was mus-
tered out on the 25th of April, 1866. After
that he settled in Iowa and for several years
was engaged in agricultural pursuits, but in
1871 he removed to Oregon, locating first in
Turner, Marion county, where he taught
school and did shop work until 1893. In
that year he came to Aumsville and worked
at the carpentry trade until 1895 when he
accepted the position as postmaster, an office
which he is still holding. Conscientious re-
gard for duty, respect for the rights and
opinions of others, fidelity and indefatigable
labor have been salient characteristics
throughout his life, and have won for him
the success which is now his.

In 1868 Mr. Bleakney was married to Miss
Sarah White, a native of Indiana. To this
union two children were born: Winifred,
who is the wife of W. R. Evans, a merchant
of St. Johns, Oregon; and Jay, who is teach-
ing school in Portland. In politics Mr. Bleak-
ney is identified with the republican party
and has been one of its most stanch and en-
thusiastic members for many years. From
1882 to 1884 he served in the state legisla-
ture as a representative of Marion county,
and while acting in that capacity he met
many of the leading politicians of the state,
and because of his conscientious discharge
of duties won the admiration of those men
to whom he is indebted for his present ap-
pointment. He has been a prominent figure
in the active life of Aumsville, and many
activities, social, political and material, have
won his ready assistance.

H. A. CANADAY, who since his admission
to the bar in December, 1908, has engaged
in the practice of law, maintained an office
in Medford since 1910, was born at Morris,
Grundy coimty, Illinois, March 34, 1882, his
parents being Allen M. and Lj'dia A. (Tur-
ner) Canaday, the former a native of Vir-
ginia and the later also of Morris, Illinois,
where they still reside. The father is an
iron molder and farmer and in following

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those pursuits supported his family of three
children, who arc as follows: 11. A., of this
review; Ida M., the wife of William Stein-
beck, living on a farm near Morris, Illinois;
and Harold C., at home.

H. A. Canaday remained with his parents
throufih the period of his youth and ol)t;uned
a highschool education and also pur-iued a
course in Hart's Business Collejte at Morris.
He then entered the law otlice of E. L. Clove
and F. II. Reed at Morris and subsequently
continued his studies in the ollice of the
city attorney, J. W. Rausch. In December,
1908, he was admitted to the bar anil prac-
ticed in his native state until 1910, when he
came to Medford, Oregon, where he has
since remained, having an office in the J^'niit
Growers Bank building. He has won a good
clientage during his residence here and his
work has been of an important character.

In politics Jlr. Canaday is a republican
and served as public guardian in Illinois
under appointment of Governor Deneen. He
holds membership with the Knights of
Pythias, the Moose and Yeomen and the
principles that govern his life are further
indicated in the fact that he is a faithful
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

E. ROY, who is successfully engaged in
the jewelry business in Stayton. was born
in France, .\pril 9, 185.1. the son of Fred-
erick and Catherine (Ilermetet) Roy. The
parents were both natives of France and the
father, who is a shoemaker by trade, is still
living there, the mother having died in 1907.
They were the parents of four children:
Frederick, deceased ; Catherine, who is the
wife of Louis Edelmayer, of France; E., of
this review; and Lena,, who is the wife of
Paul Magnin, of France.

E. Roy was educated in France, where, at
the age of seventeen years, he began to
learn the jeweler's trade and at the same
time continued his .itudica in the evenings.
In 1890 he came to America, locating in
Salem, where he worked at his trade for two
years. Subsequently coming to Stayton,
where he has since been actively engaged,
he opene<l a jewelry shop and is conducting
a thriving business. He has erected and
now owns two concrete store buildings —
the one containing his jewelry shop and the
adjacent building, which is fifty by one hun-
dred feet in dimensions. He has also built
a beautiful residence in Stayton and owns
seventeen acres of land near the town. Mr.
Roy may well be called a self-mmlc man,
for by his persistence and energy he has
brought himself to his present goixl finan-
cial circumstance^.

On the 18th of March, 1SS2, he was united
in marriage to Miss Anna Coulon. who is
also a native of France, and they have In-
come the parents of seven children: Kliza,
who resides at home and is bookkeeper in a
bank; Albert, who is a jeweler in Portland:
Dina. who is now Mrs. Forrest Mack, of
Stayton, and is the owner of a millinery
store; Benjamin, who is in the jewelry store
with his father: Milka and Ruth, at home;
and Naomi, deceased.

In politics Mr. Roy was formerly a demo-
crat but he now gives his political support
to the independent party and has served as
city treasurer for five years. Fraternally he
is identified with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows at Stayton, and both lie and his
wife are nieml>crs of the Baptist diurcli. He
is a straight-forward, energetic and success-
ful business man and has proved to be a
most valuable citizen in his adopted country.

W. W. OGLESBY, M. D., who since 1889
has been a piouiinent jihysician of Cottage
tirove, distinguished himself early in practice
by becoming a specialist in diphtheria cases
and a widely-read author on the treatment
of that disease. He has also been a noted
horse breeder and shipper and both in his
professional and business capacity has
achieved marked renown. He was born in
Columbus, Adams county. Illinois, a son ot
William and .Mary D. (Stockton) Oglesby. The
father was a native of South Carolina while
the mother was born in Overton county,
Tennessee, where their wedding was cele-
brated. They resided for several years in
that state and then, in 1836, removed to
Adams county. Illinois, where the father
bought land and o[)crated a farm, being one
of the pioneers of that state. In 18t3 he
removed with his family to Schuyler coun-
ty, Missouri, where he settled on a farm
near the county scat and where he resided
for ten years. In 18.')0 he crossed the plains
to California and spent two years working
in the gold miiu's. He then returned to his
family in Missouri and in 1853, after dispos-
ing of his interests in that state, removeJ
with his wife and children to Oregon, where
he settled at Soda Springs in Lane county.
The journey across the plains was made
with a wagon train of which he was ap-
pointed captain, and the trip was without
unusual incident. The family spent the win-
ter at .Soda Springs and then in the early
spring removed to where Cottage Grove now
stands and took up a donation claim of
three hundred and twenty acres on Row-
river. There the family lived for nine years,
when the father sold out and ninoved to
the Rogue river valley, in .Jackson county,
and after farming there for two years went
to Benton county, where he resided until
1878. He next removed to Weston, in Uma-
tilla county, and, retiring, spent the remain-
der of his days with his son, the subject of
this review. The mother passed away in
the spring of 1880 at the age of seventy-
three years, the father's death occurring in
the following April, when he was seventy-
six years of age. In tlieir family were four-
teen children of whom seven are still living,
namely: Mrs. Sarah Knox, of Grants Pass,
Oregon; W. W.. of this review; Mrs. Malissa
Derrick, of Springfiebl, Oregon; A. .1., of Al-
sen; Mrs. .'<ylba Kahler, of Tacoma, Wash-
ington: Mrs. Lucettn Grant, of Harlan. Lin-
coln county. Oregon; and Mrs. Ida Thomp-
son, of Salem. Oregon. The ileceased are
Samuel. Mrs. Elizabeth Kelly, Alexander,
Mrs. Susan B. Cole, Mrs. Cynthia A. Robin-
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Dr. Oglesby spent the days of his boy-
hood and youth in Illinois and Missouri,
where he received his preliminary education,
and crossed the plains witli his parents at
the age of sixteen years. On the journey
across the plains he drove an ox team all
the way with the exception of two days
and took his turn at standing guard and
swimming rivers during the long trip. He
remained with his parents until he attained
the age of twenty-four years, assisting his
father in the farm work and when opportu-
nity permitted pursuing his education in the
common scliools. After he was twenty-four
years of age he began working in the gold
mines of southern Oregon, a vocation which
he followed for four j'ears. He then for
several years farmed in Polk and Benton
counties, after which he removed to Corvallis
and began studying medicine. During the
time he was there studying his wife died,
and a little later he began the practice of
liis profession. He entered the Willamette
University, taking two courses, after the
completion of which he removed to Weston,
Umatilla county, where he located for prac-
tice and remained for four years. During
his residence in that citj' an epidemic of
diphtheria attacked the people of that section
and lasted two years. During his profes-
sional experience there Dr. Oglesby treated
four hundred and ninety cases of that dis-
ease of the worst type, losing only about
eighty-six cases. His method of treatment
being particularly successful, he wrote out
his theory of the treatment of the disease
and this was published in the medical jour-
nals of the country and his system was
largeljr adopted by physicians all over the
country. His theory of treatment was also
published verbatim in the Medical Therapeu-
tics, published in London, England, and
adopted by a large number of English phy-
sicians. During this time he also organized
a company of soldiers to quell the Indian
outbreak which had arisen and of this he
became captain. Regarding his Indian fight-
ing experience the Doctor has written a
chapter for the historical volume of this
work. In IS.SO he removed to Fossil, Wheel-
er county, where for ten years he practiced
his profession and during this time was ex-
tensively engaged in the raising of fancy
horses. He came to be considered the horse
king of the state and when he closed his
business at Fossil he had shipped more than
one thousand horses to San Francisco, many
of them being sold during the latter part of
his residence there. He removed in 1889 to
Cottage Grove which has since been his place
of residence. During all of the time he has
lived in this city he has practiced his profes-
sion and is still thus engaged. He has the
distinction of being the discoverer of the
1'ohemian gold mine and is still interested
in properties there.

Dr. Oglesby was married twice, his first
union being in 1865 to Miss Sarah J. Morri-
son, of Missouri. One daughter was born of
that marriage, Anna, whose birth occurred
December 18, 1868. She was given good
educational opportunities, completing her

training at the academy at The Dalles. She
then took up the study of telegraphy and
has held many positions as operator and was
also manager of the Western Union Com-
pany at Colfax, Washington. She also be-
came interested in newspaper work and for
fifteen years at various times has been con-
nected with that business. She was a del-
egate from the Oregon Press Association to
the exposition at New Orleans in 1900 and
also the Pan American exposition at Buffalo.
She is also an author of originality and has
written considerable verse showing a high
degree of genius. Her mother died in Cor-
vallis and in 1872 Dr. Oglesby was again
married, his second union being with Miss
Xancy Morrison, a sister of his former wife,
who was born in Missouri, April 26, 1857,
a daughter of the Rev. Joseph P. and Pern-
icy A. (Hale) Morrison. The father was
born in .South Carolina and the mother in
Missouri. They were married in the latter
state, where they lived until 1803. in which
year they crossed the plains and became
pioneers of Oregon, settling near Corvallis.
After living in that place for a few years
the family removed, in 1868, to California,
where the father continued actively engaged
as a minister in the Presbyterian church un-
til his death, which occurred in 1887. having
been a preacher for sixty-two years. The
znother is still living at the age of seventy-
nine years, having been thirty years 5'ounger
than her husband. In their family were six
children, ' three of whom are still living,
namely: Isaac, of Los Angeles, California;
Mrs. Nancy Oglesby; and William, of Kern
county, 'California. The deceased members
of the family were Sarah Jane, the first
wife of Dr. Oglesby; Thomas C. ; and Rachel
A.

In his political faith Dr. Oglesby is a dem-
ocrat. Fraternally he is a Royal Arch
Mason, belongs to the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the
Elks, having filled all of the official chairs
of the orders to which he belongs except in
the last named lodge. He is affiliated with
the I'resbyterian church of which his family
are also active and consistent members. Dr.
Oglesby is one of the most valuable and
prominent citizens of Cottage Grove where
lie has an extensive acquaintance and where
he is universally respected. He holds the
enviable position of being the beloved family
physician in a large number of the homes
of the community and although not as ac-
tively engaged in the practice as he was in
earlier years he still has a very large num-
ber of clients who would think of employing
no other doctor.

AMOS W. WALKER, who for eight years
has been successfully identified with the
business interests of Medford as the man-
ager and proprietor of a livery stable, was
born in Canada on the 22d of June, 1878, and
is a son of Thomas and Anna Walker. The
parents were born, reared and married in
Canada and there they resided until 1894
when they crossed the border into the United
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Here tlie father purihii*ed the ranch which
he continues to operate, agricultural pursuits
having engaged his energies ever since the
time when he became self-supporting. Three
chiUlren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Walker,
two of whom are still living.

Amos W. Walker was a youth of sixteen
years when he i-i\me to the United States
with his parents, his education having been
acquired in the common schools of his native
land, ile remained at home assisting liis
father with the work of the fields and the
care of the crops until he was twenty-one
years of ag^, thus becoming thoroughly
familiar with the manifold duties of the
agriculturist. Feeling that he was fully
(|ualilied to begin ranching for himself, upon
attaining his majority he left home and for
live years thereafter devoted his attention
to general farming and stock-raising, with a
very satisfactory degree of success. Believ-
ing' that a business career otTereil better re-
muneration lor the same expenditure of
energy, at the expiration of that time he dis-
posed of his agricultural interests and went
to Eugene, where he operated a livery stable
for a year. .\t the end of that period he
removed his e<|uipmi-nt to .Meclford and has
ever since been located here. He keeps
thirty- five horses and has an excellent line
of vehicles, and as his place is well kept up
and he accords his patrons the most cour-
teous and considerate treatment, he has built
up a g««id trade.

In 1S97 Mr. Walker was united in mar-
riage to Miss Catherine Mulkey, a native of
Iowa, and to them have been born four chil-
dren, as follows: 11a i\, Clarke J., Paul A.
anil Annal>olle.

Mr. Walker is a stanch republican in his
political views and fraternally he is affiliated
with the Knights of Pythias, while both he
:uid Mrs. Walker are members of the Chris-
tian church. He is diligent and enterprising
and by reason of his intelligent direction of
his undertakings is meeting with well mer-
ited success, and in addition to his finel.v
equipped stable he owns a very pleasant
residence profn'rty, on South Fir street.

MRS. MARGARET MATNEY is the sur-
viving widow of Carl 1!. Matney, a native of
Tennessee. Since the death of lu'r husband
Mrs. Matney has made her home with her
son William who resides on his beautiful
ranch Incateil in .lacksim county on Apple-
gate river. Mrs. Matney was l>orn March
24, 1S4.1, a daughter of Moyd and .Mandy
(Richardson) Maupin. and in IS.'.r; at the age
of eight years, she emigrated with her par-
ents to Oregon. The overland journey across
the plains was made with ox teams, and her
father affected his settlement in the new
country in the Willamette Valley. She was
reared in her parents' home and educated
in the public schools.

In the autumn of is.'.n she was united in
marriage to Carl P.. Matney and to this
union seventeen children were born, thirteen
of whom are still living and have their resi-
dence in Orecon. The surviving children arc:
JefTerson, Xancy, Martha. Frank, Mary,

William, tieorgc, John, Millard, Isaac, Icie,
Anna and Maggie.

Immediately following the marriage of Mr.
and Mrs. Matney, husband and wile united
in the purchase of a farm of one hundred
and si.xty acres in Jackson county. This
land they improved and upon it built their
future home. Upon the death of her husband
a material change in the alVairs of the fam-
ily necessitated a change of residence on
the part of Mrs. Matney and she has since
made her home with her son William, who is
one of the enterprising ami progressive
farmers of this county. Mrs. Matney is a
highly respected wonum in her coninninity
and is a devoted member of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Applegate.

J. B. STEWART. Farming and dairying
occupy the time anil attention of J. li. Stew-
art, who owns seventy-five acres of land
in Washington county not far from Hills-
boro. lie was born in that cotinty. .luly 7,
1S55. a son of Charles and Martliii (Woods)
Stewart, both of whom were natives of Mis-
souri. They arrived in Oregon in 1S41>, when
this state was still under territorial rule
and the work of progress and improvement
had .scarcely been begun within its borders.
The father entered land here, gave his time
to the improvement of his propertj' and con-
tinued his residence in Oregon until his
death, which occurred in 18U8. His wife
survived him for several years, passing away
in .\ugU8t, 1904. In their family were eleven
children, of whom four are still living:
Martha J., now the wife of Andrew Jack,
of llillsboro; J. B.. of this review; Emma,
the wife of .James McClarken. of Laurel.
Oregon; and .Charles II., a resident of Port-
l:ind.

. I. I!. Stewart spent the days of his boyhood
and youth in his i)arents' home and early be-
came familiar with the arduous task of de-
veloping and improving a new farm. His
early experience well iiualilicd him for work
of a similar character wlun he started out in
life on his own account. For several years
he worked as a farm hand in the employ ot
others and then rented and cultivated his
father's farm for four years. On the ex-
piration of that period he removed to Port-
land, where he spent four years as a team-
ster. The money which he had saved from
his earnings, he then invested in the farm
upon which he now resides — a tract of seven-
ty-live acres of lan<l which is rich and ar-
able, lie has placeil good equipnu'Uts upon
the farm and ii.ses the latest improved ma-
i-liinery .to facilitate the work of the fields.
In addition to raising the crops best adapted
to soil and climate, he also makes a special-
ty of dairying, and his eari'ful management
of his business afTairs has resulti'd in bring-
ing to him a substantial annual income.

On the rsoth of August, 1SS2, Mr. Stewart
was married to Miss I.,ena Thing who was
born in Scappoose. Oregon, a daughter ol
Ceorge M. and ('nroline (Bozorth) Thing.
The father was a native of .Maine and the
mother of Iowa, and in the year 1H4(> they
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on the far frontier and gave little indication
of the rapid settlement and improvement
that was to transform it into the progres-
sive state of the present day. The Indians
yvere far more numerous than the white set-
tlers and in pioneer times occasioned con-
siderable trouble. The Thing family located
in Scappoose and the father died August 5,
1898. The mother still survives at the age
of sixty-nine years. In their family were
eleven children, of whom eight are still liv-
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have become the
parents of ten children: Ernest C. now de-
ceased; Bertha I., the wife of F. Edgerton,
of Portland; Arthur W., also living in Port-
land; Ida E., the wife of I. H. Crawford of
Portland; Jesse, deceased; Chester 0., Mar-
garet I., Hazel v., Stanley I. and Gladys E.,
all yet under the parental roof. Mr. Stewart
is a member of the Grange. He gives his
political support to the democratic party and
has served as school director and road su-
pervisor but has never sought nor desired
public office, preferring to give his entire
thought and labor to his chosen calling, in
which he is making steady progress, being
now recognized as one of the substantial
farmers of Washington county.

AMOS M. McKEE is a native Oregonian,
who by reputation and lifelong occupation
has been identified with placer mining and is
at present operating in a placer district lo-
cated on Palmer creek. In addition to his
mining interest he is the owner of a ranch
of one hundred and sixty acres of fertile
land located on Big Applegate creek, in Jack-
son county, this state. His birth occurred
May 27, 1864, and he is a son of John M. and
Mariam (Bowen) McKee.

Amos M. McKee received his education in
the public schools. At a very early period
in life he became interested in mining and
since his youth he has continued to be iden-
tified with this industry, operating princi-
pally placer properties on Forest creek while
at present he is working placer ground lo-
cated on Palmer creek, this state. Besides
his mining interests he is the owner of one
hundred and sixty acres of choice farm land
located on Big Applegate creek. He moved
upon this property and for one year oper-
ated it under a lease, at the expiration of
which he purchased the ranch upon which he
has since resided.

Mr. McKee was united in marriage in 1887
to Miss Charlotte F. Pence. She is a native
of Logan county, Illinois, and is the daugh-
ter of William Pence, who removed from
Illinois to Oregon in 1876 and located in
Applegate valley. To the family of Mr. and
Mrs. McKee four children have been born:
Ernest IL, now employed in Hubbard's Im-
plement Store in Medford; Floyd E. ; Pearl
A.; and Clara H., the three last named being
at home with their parents.

Mr. McKee is a republican in politics, fol-
lowing the fortunes of his party in national
and state issues. Though deeply interested in
mining he still gives attention to the con-
stant improvement and cultivation of his
home ranch and is recognized as being a

prosperous rancliman as well as a successful
miner. He is always interested in anj' public
measure affecting the betterment of the peo-
ple in his county and state, and has proven
himself to be public-spirited, enterprising
and successful in all relations of life.

OLIVER SARGENT, deceased, was one of
the early pioneers of Oregon. He was born
in Iowa, August 4, 1849, and was the son
of Abram and Nancy (Adams) Sargent, both
of whom were natives of that state. He
crossed the plains with ox teams at a very
early date in company with his parents and
settled in this state, and for the three years
immediately following he was engaged in
mining. He then purchased a farm of two
hundred acres on Deer creek, of which he
later sold eighty acres, and upon ihe one
hundred and twenty acre tract which he re-
tained, he established his home and con-
tinued to live during the remaining years
of his life. He was a veteran of the Rogue
River Indian war, having served as a drum-
mer boy for three years, and was with his
command during the most dangerous and
trying period of that Indian outbreak. He
passed away at his home in Josephine coun-
ty in 1904.

Mr. Sargent was united in marriage on
January 25, 1873, to Miss Mary Shoemake,
a native of Iowa, who removed with her
parents to Oregon in 1873. To Mr. and Mrs.
Sargent five children were born, all of
whom are still living, namely: Adelbert S.,
William D., Perry E., Ida M. and Daisy D.
Mr. Sargent was affiliated with the repub-
lican party, and fraternally was a member
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He was a member of the Presbyterian
church, as is also his widow, and was a man
highly esteemed throughout his portion of
the state not only as an industrious and
successful farmer but also for the invalu-
able services which he had rendered as a
patriot and soldier in the Indian war. His
widow now resides on the old homestead and
the farm is being successfully operated by
one of the sons of their family.

ADAM WIRT NYE. The life history of
A. W. Nye if written in detail would present
a most complete picture of pioneer experiences
in the northwest, when this was a frontier
region. For many years he was identified
with agricultural interests and stock-raising
and at diiferent times has occupied positions
of public trust and responsibility. In every
relation of life his record has been com-
mendable and Umatilla county numbers him
among her representative citizens. He is
now living retired in Pendleton, enjoying a
rest which he has truly earned and well de-
serves. He was born in Missouri, March 3,
1843, and is a son of Dr. James M. and
Nancy (Calaway) Nye. The father was a
native of Virginia and the mother of North
Carolina. They removed westward to Mis-
souri in 1841 and Dr. James M. Nye pur-
chased land in Bonno county. For ten years
he was identified with agricultural interests
in that state and in 1851 started for Califor-

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Ilia but died cii route, jnissiiij; away on tlie
Little lilue river in Juue of that year. A con-
siderable period of time passed and tlien
the mother sought a home on the Pacilic
coast, journeying to Oregon in 1S65. She lo-
cated, however, just across the Columbia river
at Vancouver, Washington, where she lived
for ten years. She became a resident of
L'mntilla county in ISSl and afterward made
her home with her children until her death,
which occurred on the 29th of September,
1883. She was the mother of twelve chil-
dren, of whom four are still living: Martha
J., who is the wife of ■!. C. Maze, a resident
of El<;in, Oregon ; Elmira. who is the widow
of Thoma.s Mctsfjer and lives in Joplin, Mis-
souri: Sarah M.. who is the widow of R. M.
Angell anil makes her home in Ritzville,
Washington; and A. V\'., of this review.

Adam Wirt Nye remained at home until
nineteen years of age and then, starting out
in life for himself, crossed the plains in 1862,
spending the winter in Vancouver. In the
spring of 1863 he came to eastern Oregon
and for two years thereafter was engaged in
freighting with pack mules. In 1S6.') he re-
turned to Vancouver, where he married Miss
Harriet •!. Switzler. a native of Missouri, who
had come to Oregon in 1845 with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. .Tohn .Switzler. who settled on a
donation land claim, which was the home of
the father until his death. TTis family num-
bered seven children two of whom are living.
Mrs. \ye and her brother. .lohn B.

Following his marriage A<lam Wirt Nye
began farming on his brother's land near
Vancouver, cultivating that tract for two
years, after which he came to Umatilla
county and purchased a ranch of one hun-
dred and sixty acres, upon which he carried
on general farming and stock-raisins. In
m70. however, he disposed of his stock, pur-
chased four hundred and eighty acres of land
near Weston, and turned his attention to
wheat-raisin;;. For two years he engaged in
the cultivation of that commoility anil was
then called to public office, being elected
sherifT of I'm.Ttilla coiinty. in which capacity
he served for two years. On his retirement
from that ofTice he again took up farming'
and sheep-raising, and purchased one thousaml
acres of land on which he farmed for eleven
years, when he sold out and became identiflerl
with commercial interests in Pendleton as
proprietor of a furniture store, which ho con-
ducted for three years. He has since lived
retired yet is still the owner of valuable
property, including two hundred acres of
land in this county and a three acre orchard
adjoinine the city limits of Pendleton. He
has a fine residence and a cottage on Water
and College streets. He has worked dilicenfly
and his unfaltering indirstry and determina-
tion constitute the basis of his success. Tie
has never been afraid of earnest, indefati-
gable labor and as the years have passed by
his determination and enerjr>' have enabled
him to overcome all difficulties and obstacles
and work his way steadily upward to the
plane of affluence.

To Mr. and Mrs. Nye have been six chil-
dren: Maud, deceased: William W.. a resi-

dent of Idaho; Jessie M., the wile of W. C.
Shults, of Portland; Thomas C, also of Port-
land; Harry, who has passed away; and
Mabel, the wife of Lachlan Macleay, who is
a resident of Tacoraa, Washington.

A. W. Nye gives his support to the demo-
cratic party and holds mcmbersliip with
Pendleton Lodge, No. 52, F. & A. il., and
Pendleton Chapter, No. 23, R. A. M. He has
tilled all of the chairs in the lodge and is
loyal to the teachings and spirit of the craft,
and at the present writing is high priest of
the chapter. He and his wife are consistent
members of the Episcopal church, in the work
of which they are actively and helpfully
interested. For ten years Mr. Nye served
as librarian and secretary of the Commercial
Club, of which he was made a life member.
His fellow townsmen have high appreciation
for his sterling worth and upright character
and all who know him speak of him in terms
of praise and high regard. He has never
sought fo figure prominently before the public
but has been content day after day to do the
duty nearest at hand, and in following this
course he has won not only a substantial
measure of success but the good -will and
esteem of all with whom he has been brought
in contact. He has been a resident of Ore-
gon for a half century and has. therefore,
been an interested witness of much of its
growth and progress. Especially has he seen
the conversion of the wild and arid district
of eastern Oregon into rich and productive
farms, in the midst of which are found enter-
prising and progressive towns and cities.
Throughout he has always borne his part in
the work of public progress in his locality and
is justly accounted one of the public-spirited
and representative citizens.

WILLIAM H. QUEENER. In every town
and city there are men who, by the con-
sensus of public opinion, are placed in the
front ranks of the enterprising citizens. To
this class belongs William II. Queener, who
for the past thirty-two years has been suc-
cessfully engaged in the practice of law in
.Stayton. A native of Missouri, he was born
in flentry county. .Tanuary 2H. IS.M, the son
of A. .T. and Elizabeth (Whit ton) O'lP'^ncr.
both of whom were natives of Tennessee and
were married in Missouri. The father, who
followed the occupation of farming all his
life, removed to Alissouri in 1820 and resided
there until 1865, when he crosse<l the plains
with ox teams, making the journey in six
months, during whiili time he and his com-
panions were engaged in two Indian fights
in which they were attacked by a thousand
Imlians. He settled in Orcgiui. near .Scio, in
Linn county, where he resided imtil his death
in 1889. His wife stirvived him by five
years, dying in 1894, and they are both
buried in the Scio cemetery. They were the
parents of thirteen children, as follows: A.
O. and Margaret, who are deceased: Martha,
the wife of .To-eph Hill, of Palouse, Wash-
ington: Mary, Hulda and .Tames P.. all de-
ceased: Sarah, who is the wife of .lohn S.
Morris, of Scio. Oregon: William II.. of this
review ; Calvin, deceased : Oeorge W.. of

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Scio; Belle, who is the wife of C. W. Cald-
well, of Oregon; C. J., of Cottage Grove, Ore-
gon; and one who died in infancy.

William H. Queener received his early edu-
cation in Missouri and in 1S76 began the
study of law under Judge Orris Strahn, of
Albanj', where lie remained for two years.
Prior to this time he had served as county
clerk for eight years. In 18S0 he began the
practice of law in Stayton and has been here
ever since. In addition to tlie practice of his
profession he is also engaged in the real-
estate and insurance business.

In 1S73 Mr. Queener was united in mar-
riage to Miss M. •!. Kelley and they have
become the parents of seven children: Lula,
who is the wife of John S. Cary, of Scio.
Oregon; Edna M., now Mrs. Warren Richard-
son, of Stayton; Norman, of Pendleton, Ove-
gan; Annaj who is .the wife of T. B. Riggs.
of Stayton; Bessie, who is the wife of
Joseph J. Korinek. also of Stayton; Earl, of
Pendleton; and Flora, the wife of Ed Sestak,
of Stayton.

Mr. Queener gives his political allegiance
to the democratic party, is interested in its
success and welfare, and has served for six
years as justice of the peace at Stayton and
seven years as police .judge. Fraternally he
has been identified with the Order of For-
esters of America, and both he and his wife
are members of the Christian church. In his
profession Mr. Queener has made continuous
and steady progress and lias thoroughly in-
formed himself on the law bearing on every
case which has been entrusted to his care.
He has a wide circle of friends in the com-
munity where he has passed so many v'ears
of his life.

FRANK L. INGRAM, D. M. D., is a rising
.young dentist who since 1908 has been prac-
ticing his profession in Cottage Grove. He
was born at Dayton, Washington, April 19,
1S84. the son of J. II. and Elizabeth (Mar-
tin) Ingram, the former a native of Illinois.
In 1852 the father with his family crossed
the plains to Oregon, settling at Oregon
f'it.y, where he began farming on land which
he "purchased there. For a number of years he
was engaged in the cultivation and develop-
ment of this farm and then moved to Day-
ton. Washington, in 187.5. In that city he
again invested in land and has since been
interested in agricultural pursuits. He at
jiiesent owns thirteen hundred acres of land,
seven hundred acres of which is under a high
state of cultivation, the remainder being in
pasture. He was twice married. His first
union was with a Miss Gillam and their
famil.v numbered three children: William,
deceased ; Charles, who resides on the home
farm; and Fannie, who is the wife of Rich-
ard Largant, of Pullman. Washington. Mr.
Ingram's second marriage was with Miss
Elizabeth Martin and to this union six chil-
dren were born, namel.v: John IT., a resident
of Clarkston, Washington; Jlay, the wife of
Clark Israel, of Davton. Washington; Cora,
deceased; Delia, who is employed in the
Bureau of Plant Industry at Washington,

D. C; Frank L., of this review; and Wal-
ter, of Dayton, Washington.

Dr. Ingram attended the common schools
of Dayton, Washington, and was graduated
from the high school at that place in 1903,
later taking a course in a business college
of Portland, Oregon. He then took up the
study of dentistry in the North Pacific Col-
lege of Dentistry at Portland, from which
institution he was graduated in 1908. Im-
mediately after his graduation he settled in
Cottage Grove, establishing his office in that
city on July 1st of that year. He owns a
fine home in Cottage Grove and also has res-
idence properties in Portland.

Dr. Ingram was married on the 23d of
November, 1908, to Miss Maud Samuel, who
was born in Missouri, August 13, 1887, a
daughter of J. F. and Mattie Samuel. Her
parents came west in 1892, locating first in
Washington. In 1909 they came to Oregon
and settled at Myrtle Creek, where they are
still residing. The members of their family
are: Homer; Leila, tlie wife of William In-
graham, of Spokane, Washington; and Maud,
noAv Mrs, Frank L. Ingram. Mr. and Mrs.
Ingram are the parents of a son, Clarence
]... whose birth occurred on the 25tli of May,
1911.

Dr. Ingram is a member of the Elks and
the Woodmen of the World. He and his wife
are adherents of the Baptist faith, being
promiiientlv identified with that denomina-
tion. Dr. Ingram, who has been thoroughly
educated in dental science, is becoming well
known and is successful in the practice of
his profession and has a satisfactory and
growing clientele. He is careful and thor-
ough in his work and as an operator is de-
veloping a technique which is indicative of
Itoth his talent and training and argues well
for his future career. He is popular in pro-
fessional, fraternal, church and social circles
and has a very extended acquaintance in the
city and community, being greatly respected
bv all who know him.

EDGAR DODGE is a progressive, energetic
young business man who has already become
an important factor in retail mercantile cir-
cles in Eugene, being president and manager
of the Dodge Department Store, Inc. Oregon
claims him as one of her native sons, his
birth having occurred in ilarion count.y, April
22, 1873, his parents being Francis Marian
and Jane (Caples) Dodge, The father was a
native of Pennsvlvania and was a son of
John Dodge, who was born in Susquehanna
county, Pennsylvania, in 1810. He in turn
was the son of a farmer of that locality. He
learned the trade of a brick mason and plas-
terer in early life. His parents died while
he was yet young and at an early age he
was forced to start out in the world on his
own account. He was always independent in
spirit and self-reliant and, moreover, dis-
played good judgment and earnest purpose.
He never gave up when one avenue of oppor-
tunity seemed closed but sought out other
paths b.v which he might reach the desired
goal. He married Sarah Ives, a native of
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their liome in Pennsylvania until 1S44, when
they removed to Stark connty, Illinois. In
1S53 thfv left that Ji-strift for Oregon,
making' tlio long and tedious journey with
slow plodding ox teams. At length, how-
ever, they had covered the long distance be-
twei'n the Mississippi valley and the Pacific
coast and made their way direct to Salem,
Oregon, where tor ten years Mr. Dodge con-
tinued to reside. In isti:'. he went to the
Puget Sound country, settling fourteen miles
from Olympia on the Miami prairie. After
remaining there for a time, however, he re-
turned to Marion county. Oregon, but later
took lip his abo.le pennaufntly in Washing-
ton. Both he and his wife died at Mud Bay,
John Dodge pa^-sing away at the age oi
eighty-two years, while his wife was
sfventy-six years of age at the time of her
demise.

Of their children four reached adult age. of
whom Francis .Marian Dodge was the young-
est, lie was born in Crawford county. Penn-
sylvania. October 29. 1835. and acquired his
education in the public schools of the Key-
stone state, the state of Illinois and of
Salem, Oregon, as his parents reniove<l to
those various localities. He left home, how-
I'ver. soon after their arrival in the west.
While living on Miami prairie in Washing-
Ion he enlisted in 1^:>j as a member of a
military company commanded by Captain
(Jilriiort" Ilayi-s for service in the Cayuse In-
dian war. He took part in a nundjcr of en-
gagement?, including the battles of White
Itiver. South Prairie. Connell Prairie and
Walla Walla and was a member of Shaw's
train when it was captured. At the cessa-
tion of hostilities he was nnistercd out and
after a year returned to Miami prairie,
where he had previously taken up a dona-
tion claim, remaining thereon until l'*61.
when he rettirned to Oregon. For eight or
ten years thereafter he was engaged in
ti'aehing at St. .Johns, not far from Portland,
and he invested his savings in land near the
Rose city. He lived there for a year and then
purchased one hundred and sixty acres,
which he made his home until his death in
innfi. This place is located on Hutte Creek,
three and a half mile east of Woo<lbtirn.
When he purchased the tract it was all wild
land save six or seven acres which were
brought umh-r cultivation, but he at once be-
gan its further development and soon trans-
formed it into productive fields.

In 1>*6." Franiis M. I)o<lgi- was married to
Miss .lane Caples. who was liorn in Andrew
eounty. Missouri. November 2, 1S4T. and in
1S49 was brought across the plains by her
parents. Dr. William and Nancy (Nowell)
Caples, whose family numbered six children.
Under Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Dodge were
■ilso born six children, of whom four reached
manhood or womanhood, namely: Elmer
.lohn, who is living on the old homestead;
Kdgar; Walter S.. who resides on the old
home place; and I.izzie Willema. the wife of
F.lmrr Pugh, of Vancouver, Washington.
The parents were members of the I'nited
Brethren church and also belonged to the
Oregon Pioneer Association.

Kdgar Dodge was educated in the public
schools and in the Presb.vteriaii College at
Monmouth, from which he was graduated
with the class of 1S94. He then began clerk-
ing in a dry-goods store at Vancouver, Brit-
ish Columbia, and removed from that city to
Eugene about 1903. Six years ago he started
his present business known as the Dodge De-
partment Store. This is the outgrowth of a
business established by the firm of Scobert
& Dodge. In 1909 it was incorporated with
Mr. Dodge as the president and manager
and M. F. McClain as the secretary. The
business has alwa,vs been carried on at its
present location and they now have a large
and well selected line of goods in their va-
rious departments, their store lieing one of
the leading retail iiu'rcantile enterprises of
Kugene. Mr. Dodge cuiiibines hop culture
with his mercantile interests, liaving forty
acres planted to that crop on the farm which
has been the family's homestead, about three
miles east of Woodburn. He maintains an
office — a buying rather than a selling agency
— at 129 West Twenty-seventh street. New
York city, where he has a man representing
him in matters relating to his eastern busi-
ness, which consists <if the purchase of dr,v
goods for the Dodge Department Store and
the sale of the crops of liops. The Dodge
Department Stores, Inc. are the largest
whidcsale produce dealers in the Willamette
valley and Mr. Dodge is well known in this
connection throughout the western and
southern states.

In 1S08 Mr. Dodge was iiuuried ti> Miss
Myrtle Scobert and they have one child. Ray.
Mr. Dodge belongs to Spencer liutte Ixjdge,
I. 0. 0. F.. and Wimawhala Encampment.
No. 0. He is also connected with Eugene
Camp. No. 115, W. O. W.. and with Eugene
Lodge, No. 357, B. P. O. E. He is preemin-
ently a man of affairs, alert, energetic and
progressive, and he has already made for
himself a prominent position in commercial
circles and is steadil,v climbing the path of
advancenu'nt and suciess.

DAVID PETER BUCKLEY, who resides
upon and assists in the operation of a mag-
nificent estate adjoining Riich. is one of Ore-
gon's favored sons, who not onl.v was so for-
tunate as to first see the light of day in this
splemlid state but was also reared by most
fxcellent parents and given a good common-
school education. He is the son of .lames D.
and Maggie (Rili'Vi Huckli\v. the former born
in Ireland and the latter in the state of New
■Ier«ey. His birth occurred lanuary 19,
I'^SI. and he is ouf of seven children born
to his parents, the other members of the
family being; Rose; John D. ; James F. ;
Mary Catherine; Frances, who ilied in 1884;
and George. More detaileil information re-
garding the ancestr.v of Mr. Buckley, will be
fouml in the biographical review introduced
by the name of Mrs. Maggie Buckley, on an-
other page of this work.

Da\id P. Buckley was reared on the home
farm adjoining Rucb, where he acquired a
goo<l common-school education and assisted
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good training so that when lie attained his
majority he was able to so direct his ef-
forts that he has since been a very success-
ful farmer and it is largely tlirough his ef-
forts that the old homestead has been kept
in such excellent condition and made from
year to year to j'ield its golden harvests, the
farm now being known as one of the most
valuable and best managed in the com-
munity.

In iijs political views Mr. Buckley in an
adherent of the principles and practices of
the democracy and although he gives his
principal attention to business, he still finds
time to take a commendable interest in af-
fairs of state. He is an earnest and consist-
ent member of the Catholic church, in which
he was reared, and by his life of uprightness
and industry he has long since been known
as one of the most estimable young men of
the community and the future for him is
bright with promise. Being of a companion-
able and genial disposition he has made
many friends and is popular particularly in
the younger set of the community.

JOHN BARKER has been a resident of
Oregon since 1882, when he became located
near Hillsboro and afterward built a sawmill
and electric light plant at Tillamook. He is
interested in gold mining, was in the saloon
business for six years in Cottage Grove and
has recently been conducting a cigar store
in this city, where he owns property as well
as in Florence, and possesses one hundred
and sixty acres of fine commercial timber
containing eight million feet. He was born
in Indiana, April 24, 1858, a son of Luke
and Delila (Mercer) Barker. The father was
a native of Vermont while the mother was
born in Ohio, their wedding being celebrated
in Indiana where they lived until the father
died in 1876. The mother's death occurred
in 1888. The foriner by trade was a car-
penter and although he owned a fine farm
he worked at his trade during his lifetime.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Barker were born ten
children, as follows: Annis McCormick. of
Kverett, Washington; William, of British
Columbia; II. S., of Portland; John, of this
review; Angle, who married George Baker,
of Everett; two who passed away in in-
fancy; and Elinore, Alice and Eliza, who
are also deceased.

John Barker remained with his parents in
Indiana, where he received a common-school
education, until twenty- four years of age.
At the age of sixteen years ho began work-
ing at various occupations for wages al-
though continuing to reside at home until
in 1882, when he removed to Oregon and
settled at Hillsboro, where he operated a
logging camp. He continued thus employed
until 1900 and during the time he was log-
ging he built a sawmill at Tillamook, oper-
ating it in connection with his other busi-
ness. He also erected an electric light plant
in that city, which he operated until 1S98.
He then sold all of his interests at Tilla-
mook and Hillsboro and began operatiuir a
stage line and mail service between Yamhill
and 'rilhiniiiok. a business which he followed

for two years, after which he came to Cot-
tage Grove and for six years conducted a
saloon. He then became uiterested in gold
mining to which he gave his attention tor a
time, after which he purchased a cigar store
which he still conducts. He owns a home in
Cottage Grove and also has property at
Florence and is the owner of one hundred
and sixty acres of fine timber land.

Mr. Barker was married in 1909 to Mrs.
Malinda Underwood, the widow of H. E. Un-
derwood, and a daughter of Robert Carie.
Mrs. Barker was born in Missouri and came
with her parents to Oregon in 1876, the fam-
ily settling in Cottage Grove. Her mother
died in 1890 and in 1909 the father passed
away. In their family were four children,
of whom Mrs. Barker was the third in order
of birth, the others being: Mrs. Ellen Mark-
ley, of Cottage Grove; Mrs. Mattie Medley,
also ol this city; and Frank, who died in
1884.

Mr. Barker in his political faith is a re-
publican and served as treasurer of Tilla-
mook county for four years. He also was
one of the first aldermen of that place after
it was incorporated as a city. His frater-
nal relations are limited to membership in
the Elks. The family belong to the Chris-
tian church and are well known and popular
in the social circles of the community in
which they move. Mr. Barker has been an
active man since being connected with the
business interests of the various communi-
ties in Oregon where he has resided and has
formed a large acquaintance, being popular
with all who know him. He is a well edu-
cated man. having received a good common -
school and business education before coming
to Oregon, and also attending night school
for a time after taking up his residence in
this state. He has been very successful in
his business operations, always being careful
regarding all details of his work and using
good judgment in all of his transactions. He
is one of the self-made men of Cottage
Grove and, starting out with practically
nothing, he has acquired a very comfortable
competence which is constantly increasing as
values rise.

JESSE A. SMITH, one of the successful
agriculturists of Oregon, is located ten
miles up the Coos river from Marshfield,
where he is specializing in dairy farming.
He was born on the south fork of the Coos
river, ten miles above Marshfield, on April
29, 1872, and is the son of Nathan and
Emily (Hobson) Smith, of whom extended
mention is made in the sketch of L. D.
Smith, the brother of our subject.

Jesse A. Smith was reared in his parents'
home and received his early education in the
common schools of Coos county. About
twelve years ago he purchased one hundred
and thirty acres of his father's homestead
and has since continued to be engaged in
agricultural pursuits. From the beginning of
his business career he has made a specialty
of dairy farming and stock-raising and in
addition to these interests for the past eight
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has been devoted to tlie duties of forest
ranger, to which oliice he is a regular ap-
pointee. His dairy fariii is one of the most
perfectly equipped ami scientifically conduct-
ed of his part of the state.

Mr. yniith was united in marriage in 1S95
to Miss Louisa M. Danielson, who was born
on the Coquille river in Oregon, October 25.
1872. Mrs. Smith is a daughter of Stian
and Elizabeth (Thrush) Danielson, the for-
mer a native of Norway and the latter of
California. The father emigrated to
America when fifteen years of age and first
settled on the Coquille river, in Coos county,
Oregon, where he purchased one hundred and
si.\ty acres of land upon which he lived un-
til "the time of his death, which occurred
in 1909. The mother, at the age of fifty-
seven, still resides upon the old homestead,
which now consists of three hundred and
twenty acres. To Mr. and Mrs. Danielson
nine children were born, Louisa M., Rosetta,
Frank D., John E., Lillie May, Tora K., Rena
L., Richard and Christopher. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith are the parents of five children: Es-
tella May, born July 17, 1896. who is at-
tending school and is also studying music;
Enos J. H., who was born June 1, 1898, and
is now attending school; Rosetta P.,
•who was born June 19, 1900, and is also at-
tending school; Jessie 0., born September
7, 1902; and Stian E.. born October 19. 190.5.

Mr. Smith is alliliated with the republican
party but has never allowed his name to be
used as a candidate for any public oliice.
Fraternally he is connected with the Knights
of Pythias and also with the Woodmen of
the World, of Marshtiehl. Both he and his
^. ife are members of the United Brethren
church. Mr. Smith is one of the well known
and highly respected men of Coos county.
His success in dairy farming has made him
one of the popular leaders of that branch of
agricultural industry and his progressive
views of stock-raising and agriculture justly
entitle him to be numbered among the most
useful citizens of Oregon.

EDMUND ALEXANDER PARKER was
an Oregon pioneer who migrated to this
state in 1S.50 and took up three hundred
and twenty acres of government land in
Clackamas county, where he lived for many
years. He afterward became a druggist at
Oregon City, where he remained in business
for ten years and then conducted a similar
line of trade in Albany for five years, after
which he sold out and retired. He was a
most popular man in the community and a
valued citizen. At the time of his death,
■which occurred in May, 1901, he owned a
fine home in Albany, having disposed of his
other property. He was a son of Captain
Harry and Martha (Mitchell) Parker, both
natives of Kentucky, in which state their
marriage was celebrated and where they
lived for a time, after which they removed
to Missouri. The father attained the age of
«ighty-nine years and the mother passed
away several years previous to her husband's
death, both dying in Missouri. To them
were born the' following children, eight of

whom have passed away: Edmund Alexan-
der, of this review; Moss, deceased; Susan,'
who married ,Iohn Stone, of ilissouri; Duke,
who was killed in the Civil war; Xanna,
the wife of Thomas P, Jones, of Cameron,
Missouri; Maria, the wife of John Knoch,
of Kidder, Missouri; Cooper, deceased;
Bazal, a twin brother of Cooper, who has
also passed away; Harry, deceased; Theo-
dore, residing in Cameron, Missouri ; Mar-
garet, who died in infancy; and Ruasel,
deceased.

Edmund Alexander Parker remained with
his parents until he attained the age of
nineteen years, when in 1850 he removed to
Clackamas count)', Oregon, crossing the
plains with ox team in company with his
cousins, Thadeus and R. R. Thomas. In the
Blue mountain district of Oregon the oxen
all died and the emigrants were compelled
to leave their wagons and equipment and
walk to the first settlement, where tliey
paid a dollar each for meals. They re-
mained there for a time until they were suf-
ficiently rested to pursue their journey to
Clackamas county, and in the spring of 1852
went to California by ox team for the pur-
pose of digging gold. Becoming discouraged,
however, before they reached their destina-
tion, they returned to Oregon where Mr. Par-
ker took up a donation claim of three hun-
dred and twenty acres in Clackamas county,
upon which he resided for several years.
After his marriage he sold this land and em-
barked in the drug business in Oregon Cily,
where he resided for ten years, lie then
sold his store and removed to Albany, Linn
county, there engaging in the same business
for five years. At the end of that time he
also sold that business and retired, living
in Albany until the time of his death. In
that city he owned a fine home.

Mr. Parker was married in March, 1856,
to Miss Sarah E. Bell, who was born in Ken-
tucky, Xovember 2, 1840, a daughter of
Archiljald and Harriet L. (Baker) Bell, also
natives of Kentucky. The parents were
married in the Blue Grass state and resided
at Louisville until the mother's death, which
occurred in 1851. In June of the following
year the father crossed the plains to Oregon,
settling at Astoria, and after living there
for a short time removed to Marion county
in 1854, later taking up goveniineiit land
near Oregon City. While living in Oregon
he purchased land in several dilVerent sec-
tions of the state and also operated a drug
store at (Jregon City and one at Albany, lie
then removed to Washington, where he took
up one hundred and sixty acres of land, and
after residing in that city for three years,
returned to Oregon, settling in Clackamas
county, where he lived until his death in
1901. I'nto Mr. and Mrs. Bell were born
seven children, namely: .James H., whose
death occurred at llillhurst, Washington;
Mary F.. tlie widow of Captain Letts, her
home being in Portland, Oregon; Samuel L.,
who died in Washington; Sarah E., now Mrs.
Parker; Elizabeth T., who married R. R.
Thomas, of Clackamas county; Isabelle, who
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Harriet B., who died in infancy. Mr. and
Mrs. Parker became the parents of seven
children, namely: Virgil, an elder in the
Methodist church, who was born in 1S57 and
died in 1904; Flora, who was born in 1858
and is the wife of X. H. Wheeler, of Albany,
Oregon; Harry H., born in 1860, engaged in
mining in the Bohemia district. Lane county;
Edmund A., born in 1802. a stockman in
eastern Oregon; Walter M.. born in 1864,
carrying on a mercantile business in Albany;
T. Roderick, who was born in Clackamas
county, in 1869, and who is engaged in the
bakery business at Cottage Grove; and Nina
the wife of W. ,J. Ortell, of Spokane, in
which city he operates a wholesale stationery
establishment. The youngest son, T. Rod-
erick, married Misa Mary E. Prettyman,
who was born in Multnomah county in 1873,
a daughter of W. D. Prettyman, of Linn
county, Oregon. She is one of four chil-
dren born unto her parents, being the second
in order of birth, the others being as fol-
lows: John, who died in infancy; Perry, an
engineer of Albany; and Lena, the wife of
L. A. Kroshel. who is engaged in the ice
business. T. Roderick Parker has two chil-
dren: Martha Ellen, born in 1904; and Mary
Ellen, born in 1907.

After the death of Mr. Parker his widow
operated a private boarding house until
1903. when she removed to Cottage Grove,
although she still owns her property in Al-
bany, where she and her son are conducting
a bakery which is one of the two bakeries
in that city. Mr. Parker was a republican
in his political faith and was for many years
up to the time of his death citj' treasurer of
Albany. Fraternally he belonged to the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Ancient Order of LInited Workmen. The
family in their religious faith are Presby-
terians, being actively engaged in church
work. Mr. Parker was a man of broad in-
tellectual attainment and also possessed
marked business ability. He won and kept
many friends and his memory is still held
dear to a large number of the people in the
cities where he resided and conducted busi-
ness. His widow and her family arc prom-
inent in Cottage Grove, and they are held
in high esteem by a large circle of friends.

ALPHONSO D. BOONE is one of the well
known early ]iioneers of Oregon, having first
settled in this state in 1840. since which
time he has been actively identified with the
exception of two years, which he spent in
California, with the growth and develop-
ment of Coos county. He is now located
a mile and a quarter beyond Sumner at the
head of navigation on Catchings inlet, where
he is engaged in general farming. He was
born near JefTerson City, Missouri, in 1837
and is the son of Alphonso and Nancy L.
Boone, who were second cousins. The pater-
nal grandfather was a great-grandson of
Daniel Boone of pioneer Kentucky fame.
The father was a native of Kentucky and
was a planter in that state in early life, but
later removed to Missouri, settling in that
state at a time when its domain constituted

the southwestern border country in the cen-
tral western states. He emigrated to Oie-
gon in 1846, settling twelve miles above Ore-
gon City, on the site of the future Wilson-
ville. To Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Boone the
following children were born: Jesse, de-
ceased; Chloe D., who was the wife of ex-
Governor Curry, both deceased; George L.,
who served in tlie Mexican war, deceased;
Mary E., who was the wife of Thomas Nor-
ris, both deceased; Joseph C. and J. Morris,
both deceased; Lucy, who was the wife of
Thomas Musick, both deceased; and Alphonso
D., the subject of this review.

Alphonso D. Boone was reared in his
father's home and when a child of nine years
of age emigrated with him to Oregon and
later with his father removed to California
in 1849 where his father's death occurred in
that year. He then returned to Oregon, set-
tling on the Willamette river at which place
he lived for two years with his brother-in-
law, ex-Governor Curry, after which he en-
gaged in steamboating, running between Ore-
gon City, Corvallis and Eugene, continuing
in that employment for the five succeeding
years. He then removed to British Colum-
bia where he was engaged in mining for one
year when he returned to (Dregon and again
engaged in steamboating on the Willamette
river for four continuous years. He then
changed his sphere of operations to the
Columbia river on which he continued in the
steamboat business for some time and later
engaged in the same line of work in Idaho
for one and one-half years, after which he
returned to Oregon City and there operated
the steamboat between that place and Port-
land for one year. In 1869 he removed to
Coos county where he took up a homestead
located on Catchings inlet, at the head of
navigation. After completing the necessary
work in the matter of obtaining a home-
stead he engaged in the steamboat business
on the Umpqua river and continued in that
employment for one and one -half years. He
then went to (.'oos bay and there operated
a steamboat for Captain Nathan Lane, who
is tne son of General Joseph Lane, of Mex-
ican war fame. He continued on Coos bay
for one year and a half and then established
his home on Catchings inlet where he now
resides.

Mr. Boone was united in marriage to Miss
Nancy N. Barker, in 187.5, the daughter of
Henry and Sarah (Nolan) Barker, both of
whom were natives of Kentucky. To Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Barker twelve children were
born, three of whom are still living, namely:
Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas Miller, of
Dixon. California; J. L., a resident of Fair-
view, Oregon; and Nancy N., the wife of the
subject of this review. To Mr. and Mrs.
Alphonso D. Boone six children have been
born. Jesse Archie is in the employ of the
Southern Pacific Railroad with headquarters
at Marshfield, Oregon, and is the father of
two children, Mark and Harold. Louisa is
the wife of William Cordell, a conductor on
the Southern Pacific Railroad, by whom she
has three children, Alton, Florence and Ma-
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Powers Logging Company. Mary Etliol is
the wife of Lorenzo Belieu, of Mnrslilield,
Oregon. Harry Cleveland is engaged in the
cnltivation of his father's ranch. Myrtle
Leohi, who completes the family, married
Dr. N. H. Hansen, of Wasliiiigton. by whom
she has one child, Lloyd lioone.

Mr. Boone is a member of the democratic
party. He has, however, never allowed his
name to be used as a candidate for public
office. When he started for Oregon he car-
ried with him the compass of his great an-
cestor, Daniel Boone, and had the misfortune
to have that priceless heirloom stolen by
the Indians on his journey. Mr. Boone is
the brother-in law of exCovernor Curry, for
whom Curry county is named, and is also
the nephew of ex-Governor Boggs, of ilis-
souri.

.Mr. Boone is one of the best known men
in his part of the state. His life as a steam-
boat man in the early days brought him in
contact with the general public and his long
business life has been distinguished for his
varied activities in many of the enterprises
which have contributed to the development
of Coos county. He is a man of great per-
sonal honor and is one of the valued and
esteemed citizens of Oregon.

C. A. JOHNSON is one of the very success-
ful business men of Marshlield, where he is
engaged in the furniture business and also
in the general contracting and building busi-
ness. He was born in Finland. Xovcmlior 15,
1849, and is a son of ,)olin and Klnka ,7oliu-
son. His parents were both natives of Fin-
land, where his mother is still living at the
advanced age of eighty-three years, his fa-
ther having passed away in 1911 at the age
of eighty-five years. Unto them were born
thirteen children of whom seven are still liv-
ing: C. A., of this review; Kriek, of Marsh-
field; Marie; Ida; Edla; Anna, of Finland;
and Otto, also a resident of that country.

C. A. .Tohnson was reared in his parents'
home and received his early education in his
native land. He emigrateil to .\merica at
the age of twenty-two years and made his
first settlement in the new world in Boston,
Massachusetts, where he continued to reside
for two years. In 1874 he removed to Cali-
fornia, making the journey by train, reach-
ing San Francisco in Febniary of that year.
He at once proceedecl to North Bend, Coos
county, ami tliere secured employment in
the shipyards ami continued in that occupa-
tion for twelve continuous years, during
which time he established his home at
Marshfield, where he has since continued to
reside. In 1886 in company with W. O.
Christenscn he built the commodious and
substantial furniture store which he still
owns and in which he established a general
furniture business. In the conduct of thai
establislmient he has been successful from
the start and in addition to the attention
require<l in its operation he is also engaged
in the contracting and building business and
pives some portion of his time to work on
the vessels plying on the river and on Coos
bay. He was formerly the owner and suc-

cessful operator of a modern pile driver
which he kc])t in commission, doing harbor
and bridge work at points along the river
in the vicinity of ^larslitield. lie also owns
seven acres of land and fifteen valuable lots,
all in the desirable residence district of that
city, and the real estate and building con-
nected with his furniture establishment and
two valuable business lots located on one of
the principal streets of Marshfield. lie has
large interests at North Rend and East
.Marshficl.l.

Mr. .lohnson was united in marriage at
Marshfield, January 4, 1879, to Miss Minnie
Ogreii, who is a native of Finland and who
emigrated to this country with her mother
when she was a child of ten. Her parents
were both natives of Finland and in that
country the father died some years before
Mrs. Ogren came to .\merica. In their fam-
ily were three daughters: Minnie; Ida, the
wife of W. W. Douglas, of Marshfield; and
Eliza, who married .Tames Lee Brown, also
of that city. The mother of this family
died at Marshlield in IIIOS. By her marriage
to Mr. .Johnson, the eldest daughter became
the mother of twelve children, eleven of
whom are still living: Ada, the wife of John
Merchant, of ^larslilield; Clara, still at home
with her father: Ellen, the wife of Albert
Seelig, of Marshlield; Carl W., who lives
with his father and is engaged in business
with him in the furniture store at Marsh-
field; Selma, at home; Norman E.. also at
home and ein])loye(l in his father's store;
George, attending high school; Alton, Ed-
wanl and Agnes, wlio are also pursuing their
education; and l!udnlpli, who comjjletes the
family. One child passed away in infancy.

Mr. Johnson is fraternally associated with
the Inilepcndeiit Order of Odd F(dlows and
is a member of the board of trustees of that
lodge. He is also a member of the Ancient
(Irder of I'nite<l Workmen. He is a republi-
can in politics but no office seeker, and he
and his family ari' members of the Lutheran
church ;it Marshfield. He has a record for
business aitivity which for many years past
has challenged the admiration of the busi-
ness men of that city. He is one of the
highly respected men of his city and has
been uniformly successful in the conduct of
his business. He is always to be relied
upon to give his inlluence and assistance
within his power to the advancement of
every measure of public interest intended to
advance and improve the educational and
religious conditions of the people in his
county and city.

JACOB P. MOOMAW is one of the enlcr-
prising fiiinni-i ••( .lnsi'pliiiie conufy, where
lie is engaged In the cultivation of a fine
ranch locati'd at Williams Creek, near Wil-
liams, in this state. He was born in Vir-
ginia. Decemlier 17, 1837, anil is the son of
rhilip and Susan (Peters) ^loomaw, who
became the )iarents of nine children, of whom
the eldest is the subject of this review.

Jacob P. Moomaw was reared in his par-
ents' home anil received his early education
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the parental roof until twenty-five years of
age and at that time enlisted as a volun-
teer in the Confederate army and continued
in that service for a period of eighteen
months, after which he was honorably dis-
charged and mustered out of sen'ice at Rich-
mond, Virginia. He then engaged in farming
and later entered educational work and
taught school for six months. In 1895 he
emigrated to Oregon and settled at Eagle
Point upon eighty acres of land, where he
established his home and some years after-
ward removed to Williams Creek, where he
purchased eighty acres of land, upon which
he resides, and is now engaged in its culti-
vation.

ilr. Moomaw was united in marriage on
February 2, 1863, to Miss Mary ZoUman, a
native of Virginia, and to them nine chil-
dren were born, Charles, Ora. Ellie. Mary.
Ben, .John, .Jewel. .Jasper and Virginia. Mr.
Moomaw is affiliated with the republican
party, and is an elder of the Dunkard church,
of which he has been a member since 1862.
He is one of the enterprising and successful
agriculturists of his section of the state and
is a man whose influence is always readily
secured to assist in the advancement of any
enterprise affecting the welfare of the com-
munity in which he resides.

NICHOLAS BABI, who figured for many
years as a successful dairyman of Tillamook
county, his enterprise and energy ranking
him with the representative business men of
his locality, was born in Switzerland on
the 16th of April, 1847. He pursued his edu-
cation in his native land and came to Amer-
ica in 1871 when twenty-four years of age.
Jjanding in Kew York city he worked there
for about two years and then made his way
westward to St. Louis'. He secured employ-
ment on a dairy farm near the city, remain-
ing there for three years, and in 1882 he
again started westward with his wife, Tilla-
mook county, Oregon, being their destina-
tion. For a brief period he was employed
as a farm hand and then purchased seventy-
seven acres of land two and one-half miles
east of the city of Tillamook. He made all
the improvements upon the place, and
although he started in a quiet way he grad-
ually won success and gained a place among
the prosperous dairymen of the county. He
kept a large number of high grade cows and
the product of his dairy found a ready sale
for it was well known that neatness and
sanitaiy conditions regulated the conduct of
his interests while honorable business meth-
ods were employed in the conduct of his
transactions. He operated his farm until his
demise which occurred on the 3d of March,
1901.

Mr. Babi was married to Miss Barbara
Fishbacher, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mel-
chior Fishbacher who were farming people
of Switzerland. In that country Mrs. Babi
was born April 22. 1845. and in 1874 she
came to America. The marriage of Mr. and
Mrs. Babi was celebrated in the state of
New York in 1878, and much of their happy
married life was passed in Oregon. Two

children, both of whom are now married,
were reared in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Babi. After the death of her husband, Mrs.
Babi continued to conduct the home place in
Tillamook county until 1909 when she dis-
posed of the farm and purchased a pleasant
home in the city of Tillamook where she now
resides.

Mr. Babi was a democrat in his political
views and his religious faith was that of the
Catholic church. His wife, however, is a
member of the German Reformed church of
Tillamook. She lives in the city and has
many friends in the town and throughout
the surrounding country to whom she ever
offers a cordial hospitality.

NELSON HOSMER has occupied his fine
ranch on Foot's creek, near Rogue River,
which contains four hundred acres, since
1879, though his first purchase consisted of
only about two hundred and forty acres. Of
this fine body of land one hundred and forty
acres is under intensive cultivation and is
well improved. He was born in Vermont,
November 14, 1831, the son of Josiah D. and
Louisa Hosmer, both of whom were natives
of the Green Mountain state. In their family
were ten children, two of whom survive.

Nelson Hosmer received a good common-
school education and remained under the pa-
rental roof until he attained his eighteenth
year, after which he began working as a
laborer. At the end of a year he began to
learn the carpenter's trade, at which he
worked for four years in his native state. In
the fall of 1855 he came to California and
began working at mining and teaming. After
a time thus employed he embarked in the
sawmill business, with which ho was con-
nected for five years. In 1879 he came to
Oregon and settled on a farm which he pur-
chased in .Jackson county. This property,
which is situated on Foot's creek, originally
comprised two hundred and forty acres, but
he has since increased his holdings by pur-
chasing one hundred and sixty acres addi-
tional and he now has a fine farm of four
hundred acres, of which one hundred and
torty acres is under a high state of cultiva-
tion.

In April, 1881, Mr. Hosmer was united
in marriage to Mrs. Martha .1. (Kester)
Mathews, widow of John Mathews, and a
daughter of Henry and Elmira (Galbraith)
Kester. By her former marriage Mrs. Hos-
mer has three children: Bessie, the wife of
Charles Anderson; Alice, the wife of A. S.
Rosenbaum. of Jfedford; and Grant, who re-
sides in .Jackson county. The parents of
Mrs. Hosmer were natives of Virginia and
Kentucky, respectively. At an early date
they removed to Missouri, where the father
died. Afterward, in 1860, the mother with
her family crossed the plains with ox team
and settled in California, where her death
occurred. Of her family of eight children
three are now living. Mrs. Hosmer is a
member of the Christian Scientist church
and takes a deep interest in the aflairs of
tliat denomination.

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In bis political faith Mr. Hosmcr is a
member of the republican party, in the coun-
cils of which he has taken un active part.
Tor tifteen years he served on the boara of
commissioners and he has been justice of
the peace for two terms. Ue belongs to
the Masonic fraternity and his life is guided
l.y the benelicent teachings of that order.
In the person of Nelson lIo.sraer the com-
munity of which he is a member has a pub-
lic-spirited citizen of great value. He is
actively engaged not only in business but in
all those enterprises which make for better
civilization and an increase in the number
of conveniences of rural life. In official as
well as in business life he is most ellicient
and equitable and is popular alike in his
business and political cajiacity.

LEONARD S. HOPFIELD, conducting an
ab-ttraot and insurance business in McMinn-
ville, in which connection he has secured a
good clientage and proven himself worthy
of the liberal support that is given him, was
born in I'ortlaml. Oregon. December 2S. 1879.
He has thus always resided in the northwest
and early became imbued with the spirit of
enterprise and progress, which has been the
dominant factor in the upbuilding of this
section of the country. His parents were
•John and Sarah (Clow) Hopfield. the former
a native of (lermany and the latter of Eng-
land. They arrived in (.)regon in 1875, set-
tling near Portland, and are now residents
of McMinnville. The father served as a sol-
dier of the Civil war, enlisting in Company
K, of the Thirtieth Regiment of Wisconsin
Infantry, with which he served for four
years, and although he participated in many
hotly contested engagements which led up to
the final victory that crowned the I'nion
arms, he was never wounded. Into him and
his wife were born nine children, of whom
six ar° now living, namely: Louis D., who
is now living in California; John W.. a res-
ident of Tillamook county, Oregon; Leonard
S.; A. W., whose home is in Ilammonton,
California; Minnie, the wife of I'rank Licse,
of Portland, Oregon; and Maud, at home.

Leonard S. Hopfield spent his youthful
days under the parental roof, starting out in
life for himself when he had attaineil his ma-
jority. For a year he filled the position of
clerk in a store, but not content with the
educational advantages he had already re-
ceived, he entered the McMinnville College,
from which he was graduated in 1901. After
putting aside his text-books, he secured the
position of court stenographer and served in
that capacity for a year. He afterward filled
the position of deputy postmaster at Rose-
burg, Oregon, for some time and at his mar-
riage took tip his abode upon the old home
farm, which he cultivated for a year. On
the expiration of that period he once more
became a resident of McMinnville, where he
joined W. H. Latourette in the conduct of
an insurance and real-estate agency, con-
tinuing in that connection for two years.
He next turned his attention to the ab-
stract and insurance business, in which he
has since been engaged. He writes a large
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amount of insurance aimually, his clientage
constantly increasing, .10 that his busincaa
has now assumed large and profitable pro-
portions.

It was on the 28th of September, 1904,
that Mr. Hopfield was united in marriage to
Miss Kuby ti. Sargent, who wus born in
Vamhill county, on the same farm where
her mother's birth occurred. The land was
secured by her grandfather, Reuben liant,
as a donation claim and he is still one of
the honored pioneer citi/.ens of this section,
having reached the age of ninety-four years.
He crossed the plains in 1S4.'> and drove the
first ox team to this county, settling here
when it was a wild and undevelo|ied region
in which the seeds of civilization had not
yet been planted. He yet owns a part of
the old farm which came into his possession
from the government. The parents of Mrs.
Hopfield are both living and in their family
were I'uur children: Albert U.. who is now u
practicing physician in Alaska; Mrs. llop-
lield; and t«o who have passed away. Unto
Mr. and Mrs. Hopliehl has been born a daugh-
ter. Mildred Lorene, whose natal day was
February U. 1906. The family o<'cupy u
beautiful residence in .McMinnville and Mr.
Hopfield also owns another residence prop-
erty. He is one of the prosperous ami pro-
gressive young business men of the city and
his worth in commercial and financial circles
and in other connections is widely acknowl-
edged. In .luiie, 1908, he was chosen justice
ot the peace, which (losition he has now lillcd
for three and one-half years, discharging his
duties in a uniformly just and equitable
manner. His circle of friends is always co-
extensive with the circle of his acquaint-
ances, and the high regard entertaiiu'd for
him by those with whom he has come in con-
tact indicates a well spent life.

HART M. MANVILLE is the owner and
proprietor of one of the most up-to-dato
and best stocked new and second-hand
furniture stores in Eugene and enjoys the
reputation throughout Lane county of l«Mng
one of the reliable and progressive dealerx
in his chosen line. He was born in Snring-
boro, Crawford county, IVniisylvaiiia, .Starch
29, 18.")S, a son of fieorge C. and Lydiu (Pot-
ter) Manville. His father's birth occurred
on Black river. New Vi>rk state in 1818.
At an early age (ieorge C .Manville had the
misfortuneto lose his father, and as a young
boy he was apprenticed to a cabinet maker,
and to the trade he thus learned he con-
tinued to apply himself until he had become
a proficient master cabinet maker. After
Home years of employment at his trade he
Ix'came the owner and proprietor of a gen-
eral store at .Springboro, but later purchased
a farm in IW-aver township and in addition
to the care he gave this investment he went
into the oil regions at the first opening of
the oil industry in that part of Pennsyl-
vania. He eventnolly sold all of his inter-
ests in his farm and oil ventures and re-
moved to .Ashtabula county. Ohio, where
he continued to live the remainder of his
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Hart M. Manville was educated in the
public schools and during the interims cf
the school periods was employed by his
lather at the cabinet maker's tiade. Un at-
taining his twentieth birthday he left the
parental roof and removed to Fort Scott,
Kansas, at which place he was in attendance
for two years at the State Normal College.
On the completion of his studies at the nor-
mal school he engaged in teaching, which
occupation he followed for one year and then
removed to Stuart, Nebraska, where lie se-
cured a position as clerk in a store. He re-
mained in Stuart from 1S8:J to 1896. Dur-
ing tlie latter year he removed to Kugene,
this state, where he formed a partnership
with Xathan Winters, his father-in-law, and
this firm owned and operated a furniture es-
tablishment dealing in both new and second-
hand stock. His partnership in this estab-
lishment continued until the death of Mr.
Winters, after which time he purcha.sed the
interest which had been held by his father-
in-law. and has since operated the business
as the sole owner and proprietor.

In April, 1887, in Nebraska, Mr. Manville
was united in marriage to Miss Mary Win-
ters, a daughter of Nathan Winters and a
native of Wisconsin. Four children were
born to this union, Ira, Floyd, Leona and
Clayton. Mr. and Mrs. Manville are both
memliers of the Baptist church of Eugene.

Mr. Manville enjoys the confidence of his
fellow citizens and conducts a well kept and
up-to-date furniture establishment, in which
he carries a full line of both useful and
ormimental furniture and furnishings. He
is always a ready and willing contributor
to the advancement of any measure seek-
ing to improve the advancement and better-
ment of the peo])U> of his city and county.

P. M. HERMENS. who is manager of a
creamer}' at Sublimity, was born in Brown
county, Wisconsin. April l.'i, 1873. the son
of William and Natalia (Meulmans) Her-
mens the father a native of Holland and
the mother of Belgium. The father came to
the United States, locating in Wisconsin,
and remained there until 1884, when he
went to Oregon, settling in Washington
comity, where he still lives. The mother died
in 11)11 and they had celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary just ten days before her
death. They were the parents of thirteen
childien: Rosalia, the wife of .John Bernards
of McMinnville, Oregon; Antone, of Forest
Orove, Oregon; Lewis and Cornelius, both
residents of Mcilinnville; Cornelia, the wife
of .lohn Peters, of Forest drove; Willie, de-
ceased; I'. M., of this review; Constance, the
wife of ,Tohn Van Dyke, of Forest Grove;
I'iiuline, the wife of Peter Kreiger. of Mc-
Minnville; Adelia, who is Sister .Juliana in
St. Mary's Convent at Beaverton. Oregon ;
Ncdlii . deceased; and two eliildri'U who died
in infancy.

I'. M. TIermens was educated in the common
schools in Wisconsin and Oregon and remained
at home helping on the home farm until
twenty-two years of age. He then went to
Washington county, Oregon, where he was

employed in farming for three years, subse-
quent to which he was in a creamery at Ver-
boort, after which he came to Sublimity,
where he has been connected with the cream-
ery business ever since. He built the lirst
creamery in this locality, erecting the plant
and installing the machinery and general
equipment, but he later sold the establish-
ment to the Hazelwood Creamery Company
of Portland and the same jilant is now leased
by the Purity Creamery Company and Mr.
Hermens operates it for them. He has also
been engaged in freighting and in the livery
business in Sublimity, having a barn on his
home lot, which lot is two hundred feet
square.

In 1895 Mr. Hermens was united in mar-
riage to Miss Antoinette Vandervelden and
they have become the parents of eight chil-
dren: Angeline, William, Katie, Adrian, Mary
and Agnes, all at home ; and Katie and Gene-
vieve, deceased. In politics Mr. Hermens is
a democrat and he has filled some of the town
oHices. Both he and his wife are members
of the Catholic church and they are held in
the highest regard by all tlie residents of Sub-
limity.

MONROE H. GORDON hlling the position
of postmaster at Beagle, was born in De-
catur county, Iowa, August 25, 1858. He ia
a grandson of Alfred Ciordon who passed
away in Jackson county, Oregon, at the
remarkable old age of ninety-four and one
half years, and his wife, Mrs. Matilda Gor-
don, who died in Medford at about tlie same
age. They were the parents of Uriah Gor-
don, who was born in Kentucky and was
reared in Illinois and Missouri. In Iowa he
was united in marriage to Miss Matilda
Margaret Ross, a native of Pennsylvania.
In the spring of 1865 they left Iowa and
started across the plains for the north-
west, making their way to the Willamette
valley where they remained for eighteen
months. In the spring of 1867 they removed
to Jackson county and took up their abode
near Medford on what is known as the old
Gordon ranch. The name has since figured
ill connection with the history of the county
and is ])rominently known in a.ssociation
with the development and progress of this
part of the state. The father was a life-
long farmer and became an extensive stock-
raiser on the Rogue river. He had four hun-
dred and eighty acres of rich land which he
brought under a high state of cultivation,
continuing its development and improvement
to the time of his death which occurred at
Rogue river near Prospect in 190.3 when he
was seventy-three years of age. His widow
still survives him and is now living in Med-
foril. They were the parents of si.x sons
and six daughters, and with the exception
of one daughter all are yet living.

Monroe H. Gordon is the eldest son and
the second child, and has been a ranchman
throughout his entire life, having early be-
come acquainted with the best methods of
tilling the soil and caring for tlie crops.
He is a man of great energy and determina-
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257

dustry and perseverance are indispensable
elements of siiooess. He is now the owner
of one luindred and sixty acres at Beagle and
devotes his place to general farming and
stock-raising. He is also serving as post-
master of the town, to which position he
was ap[)ointed in May, 191)5, as a successor
of A. il. Houston, who was the first post-
master of the place and had continued in
that position for twenty years. Mr. (iordon
gives his political support to the democratic
party and has voted for its men an<l meas-
ures since age conferred upon him the right
of franchise.

In 1SS4 Mr. Gordon was married to Miss
Sarah Murray, who was born in TUinois.
June 3, l,S()o, and came to Oregon in the
fall of ISTl with lier parents, lames and
Flora A. Murray, who were natives of Penn-
sylvania but were married in Illinois. On
reaching tlie northwest the family settled
in .Jackson county, two and one half miles
north of Medford, and both Mr. an<l Mrs.
Murray died upon their farm. In their fam-
ily were eight children, four sons and lour
daughters. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon has been blessed with seven cliil-
dren: Clara, who is the wife of Clarence
Wiehite of Sams Valley; Pearl, who died
at the age of ten years; Milly, the wife of
Elbert Glass of Sams Valley; Bessie, the
wife of Karl Case of Sams Valley; Olive,
Mattie and Samuel A., all at home.

Forty-five years' residence in Jackson
county has made Monroe H. Gordon largely
familiar with the history of this part of tlie
state. He has not only been an intcrcstcil
witness of the changes which have oiiurred
but has also been a cooperant factor in
many movements related to the public good.
His labors are indeed a beneficial element in
behalf of general progress as well as of in-
dividual success.

A. V. ODEN is one of the sons of Oregon,
bom of parents who came here at an earl.v
day. He owns and lives upon a portion of
the old honieste:id and is one of the most
widely known and n'S])ected men of the com-
munity. He was born in Douglas county,
September 15, 1S(")2. a son of William and
Eveline (Brown) Oden. The father was a
native of Missouri and the mother of Ar-
kansas, anil they came overland to Oregon
with ox teams in 184^. They had an event-
ful journey and lost a considerable portion
of their stock en route. Settling in -lackson
county, the father bought three hundred and
eight acres of land, which he improved and
upon which he lived until his <leath, which
occtirred in 1883. He was buried at Rock
Point cemeter.v.

A. V. Oden is one of ten children born to
his parents, of whom the sons are all living
while the daughters have all j)asseil away,
six of the former now living on the old
homestead. In company with the other chil-
dren he received a gooil education iind was
well eqnippeil in that respect for the duties
of life. lie resides on the old family hnme-
stead of which he owns forty acres, unci lins
his farm well improved and under a high
state of cultivation. lie has always given

his Inisiness carefvd attention and has
brought his acres to a state of high pro-
ductivity.

Mr. Oden was nmrried in is;)7 to Miss
Moore, and to this union three children have
been born, Nellie, William and Homer. Mr.
Oden is one of the highly respected men of
the community of which he is a member and
besiile his own business he has always been
interested in the welfare of the neighbor-
hood. He takes a deep interest in educa-
tional affairs and is a director of the district
school board.

JOSHUA PATTERSON, who is now living
retired in a beautiful home standing in tifty
acres of valuable laml on I'acilic highway in
Talent. Jackson county, was during his ac-
tive career a successful business man, being
a raneher and a prominent orchardist. He is
Well kiujwn in political circles, having held
several important public ollices which brought
him in close touch with one of his main ob-
jects in life, namely, the building of good
roads. He was born in Eaton county, Xlich-
igan, December 2, 1857, the son of .Toshua
and Catherine E. (May) Patterson, the
former of Irish extraction and the latter of
Pennsylvania Dutch stock. The father was
born in Dan])hin county, Pennsylvania, Sep-
tember S, islo, and the mother's birth oc-
curred in Wayne county, Pennsylvania, .Jan-
uary 4, 1823. The parents were married in
Ohio, October 15, 1S40, and in Jtine, 1854,
removed to Charlotte, Eaton county, Michi-
gan, where they resided until 18(i0, when
tlu'V removed to Iowa, taking up their
abode in Marion county, that state. In 1803
they crosse<l the plains to Oregon, arriving
in Ashland on October 10 of that year. A
year later the father purchased a homestead
right from Preston Anderson, the land being
located one mile east of the town of Talent,
and the title to the land was perfected by
the mother, the father having died Septem-
ber 30. 1871. The mother's death occurred
in Ashland, August 1, 1884, They were the
parents of fourteen children, ten of whom
are now living,

.loshua Patterson was reared under the pa-
rental roof and acquired his eilucation in the
public schools. At the age of sixteen years
lie began earning his own living, going llrst
to Volo county. California, where he en-
gaged in ranching on the Sacramento plains.
The following summer he formed a partner-
ship and purchased a threshing machine
which he assisted in running for eight years.
At the end of that period he returned to
.lackson county, Oregon, and with his brother
.'Sylvester leased his mother's ranch. A year
later, in parfiiership with his brother Syl-
vester he purchased the home farm, which
they operated jointly for two years, nt the
end of which time the subject of this re-
view purchased his brother's interest. The
hiunestead originally eompri.sed one hundred
and sevenfytwo acres and to this Mr. Pat-
terson had added by purchase until his farm
now consists of four hundreil and sixlyeight
acres. Mr. Patterson has planted ami de-
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thirty-five acres, which is pronounced by ex-
perts as the finest in Jackson county. This
orchard up to its fourth year was handled
personally by Mr. Patterson, who did all of
the pruning and bestowed upon it all the
requisite care and attention. In 1908 he
sold the farm now known as Sun Crest
Orchard, to Dr. F. C. Page and removed to
Talent, where he erected his pre.sent com-
fortable home on Pacific highway and owns
fifty acres of land.

Mr. Patterson was married in September,
1881, to Miss Klla -J. Fewel, of Sonoma
county, Califonia, and to their union three
children have been born: ilyrtle, the wife
of E. F. Jacobs, of Jackson county; Clay, at
home; and Hazel, the wife of W. J. Ferns,
of Jackson county. Mr. Patterson is a re-
publican of prominence, his first public of-
fice having been that of road supervisor, the
appointment being made by .Judge Crowell.
The state legislature subsequently passed a
bill establishing the oflice of county road
supervisor and he was elected to fill that
office. In 1902 he was elected as a member
of the board of county commissioners and
.served for two terms, or eight years and
six months. Fraternally he is a member of
Oregon Lodge, W. 0. W., and of Talent
Lodge, No. 211, I. 0. 0. F., serving as district
deputy grand master of the latter order.
He is also a member of Phoenix Lodge, A.
0. U. W. Mr. Patterson is one of the prom-
inent and substantial men of his county,
having long since attained an enviable repu-
tation for integrity and business ability and
as the possessor of those virtues which
make for good citizenship. lie is extensively
acquainted in Jackson county and is highly
esteemed by all who know him.

CHARLES H. LAW, M. D., is among the

successful and highly respected citizens of
Union, where he has been engaged in the
practice of his profession since 1907. He
was born at Ravenna, Portage county, Ohio,
September 5, 1873. His paternal grand-parent
was .Jonathan Law. who at a very early day
established his home in Ohio, locating at
Brimfield, where he followed farming for a
livelihood. He was twice married, his first
wife being Miss Mary Hotchkiss, to whom he
was united December 10, 1S07. and to them
eight children were born. The mother of
this family died September 12, 1827, and
Mr. Law later married Miss Amelia Strong,
who became the mother of Jay Law, the
father of our subject. The maternal grand-
parent of Dr. Law was John Cutler, whose
birth occurred in Wyndham county, Connecti-
cut, November 27, 1799. He wedded Miss
Sally Oillet, who was born in Plymouth,
Litchfield county, Connecticut, March 10,
1807. To them nine children were born, one
of whom, Sally Miranda, became the mother
of Dr. Law of this review, her birth having
occurred December 23. 1833. The father of
this family died at Ravenna, Ohio, October
If), 18fi5, and the mother's death occurred in
that city, June 3, 1889. The written record
relating to so much of the history of John
Cutler, his wife and family, as is here given.

is recorded in the old family Bible — one of
the early editions of 1794. The book, which
is a valued and highly prized heirloom, is
now in the possession of Dr. Law.

Jay Law, the father of Dr. Law, was en-
gaged in farming during the earlier years of
his life and later devoted his attention to
contracting and building. He first estab-
lished his home at Ravenna, Ohio, and from
that place removed to Wichita, Kansas, with
his family. Three years later they removed
to Dallas. Texas, where they resided for one
year, and in 1890 the family settled at
(hithrio. Oklahoma, where Mr. Law has since
discontinued contracting and building and is
now engaged in agricultural pursuits. In
the family were four children, all of whom
are now living.

Dr. Charles H. Law, the youngest member
of this family, received his early education
in the public schools of Ravenna, Ohio, and
completed all the grades of the common
schools in Wichita, Kansas, after which he
was a student at Garfield University for two
years. In 1898 he engaged in the study of
medicine and entered the Marion Sims Beau-
mont College, that being the medical depart-
ment of the St. Louis University, and was
graduated from that institution with the de-
gree of M. D., May 1, 1902. As a student
of medicine he held high rank in his class.
Immediately after his graduation he located
in St. Louis, where he engaged in the gen-
eral practice of medicine for one year. At
the end of that period lie removed to this
state and located at North Powder in Union
county, where he was engaged in the prac-
tice of his profession for the three following
years. In 1907 he changed his location and
established his home in Union, where he has
since continuously devoted his time to the
practice of his profession, in which he has met
with very gratifying success. Dr. Law is
the owner of a very beautiful farm of eleven
hundred acres situated one mile east of
North Powder, having a frontage on Powder
river of three-quarters of a mile. In addi-
tion to this very desirable feature there are
also three valuable springs of pure water
upon the place, which very materially en-
hances its value for stock and irrigation
jiurposes. One of the springs has an eleva-
tion of sixty feet above the buildings upon
the property. At present this property is
under cultivation, being used as a grain and
alfalfa farm. Dr. Law, however, intends
later to make of this property a modern, up-
to-date stock ranch, for which it is so well
adapted.

Dr. Law was united in marriage Novem-
ber 2. 1895, T Miss Lilly L. Taylor, of Marion
county, Iowa. She is a daughter of Wil-
liam H. and Henrietta (Sylvester) Taylor, of
Van Buren county, Iowa, the former, being
one of the first white children born in that
state. To him and his wife nine children
were born, two of whom died in in-
fancy. Mrs. Law's paternal grandfather was
Samuel Taylor, of Illinois. The family is of
Scotch descent and at a very early day lo-
cated in Kentucky. Of the descendants of
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261

of Illinois, Kansas and Iowa. Mrs. Law's
maternal grandparents, Dixon and Ann
(Johnson) Sylvester, were natives of Dela-
ware. To Dr. Law and wife one child has
been born, Charles J., who is still under the
parental roof and has taken a very deep
interest in wireless telegraphy, having a
modern and well equipped plant constructed
on the top of the family residence in Union.
Of this new and interesting phase of com-
munication he is making a systematic and
technical study.

Fraternally Dr. Law is a member of the
Masonic lodge and also of the chapter. He
likewise belongs to the Modern Woodmen of
America and has served in the office of mayor
of I'nion for one term, in 1909. Mrs. Law
is a member of the Eastern Star. The Doctor
is regarded as one of the enterprising and
desirable citizens of Union and he and his
family are held in high esteem. He is a man
of great resourcefulness and stands high both
in business and professional circles.

FRANK B. ROOD is numbered among the
successful and enterprising farmers of Coos
county. His excellent ranch of one hundred
and twenty-five acres is located on the north
fork of the Coos river, where he is engaged
in general agricultural pursuits. He was
born in New York state. May 1, 1882. and
is the son of Alva and Kate (Knapp) Rood,
both of whom were natives of New York.
In that state they were married and con-
tinued to live for the eleven years immedi-
ately following their wedding. At the end
of that period they removed to Michigan and
settled upon a beautiful farm, where they
have since continued to reside. To them
four children were born: Frank B.. of this
review; Vernon K., residing on the south
branch of the Coos river: Winifreil, the wife
of n. L. Russell, who resides at Catching
Inlet; and Mildred, who is engaged in teach-
ing music at North Bend.

Frank I?. Roo<l was reared in his father's
home and received his early education in the
public schools of Nashville. Michigan. He
was later graduated from the high school
and subsequently was graduated from the
.State Normal College of Ypsilanti. He was
engaged in teaching school in Michigan for
two years, after which he removed to Cali-
fornia, settling in Los Angeles, and there
was engaged in teaching for one year, after
which time he removed to Oregon and set-
tled at North Bend. He became at once
identified with the educational interests of
that place and was one of the prominent
factors in the organization of the high school
at North Bend, of which he was the prin-
cipal for two successive years. Tn 1906 he
purcha.sed throe hundred and forty acres of
land on the south branch of the Coos river,
which he continued to improve and cultivate
for five years. He then sold the property
at a handsome profit and purchased one
hundred and twenty-five acres several miles
up the north branch of the Coos river from
Marshfield, seventy acres of the property
consisting of fine bottom land. He moved
upon this place and has continued to im-

prove and cultivate the land until today bis
beautiful ranch is one of the best of its
class in his portion of the state.

On SeptemlxT 2(3, 1904, Mr. Rood was
united in marriage to Miss Ethel Witte, who
was born in Michigan. March 1, ISS.'J, and is
the only dungliter of George and Mary
Witte, both of whom were natives of that
state. Mrs. Rood is a high-school graduate
and also a graduate of the Normal College
of Ypsilanti, Michigan. She is a musician
of marked ability, having taught music for
some years previous to her marriage. Her
parents celebrated their marriage in Mich-
igan and there continued to live until 1902,
at which time they removed to Oregon and
settled at North Bend, where Mr. Witte at
once engaged in the general grocery busi-
ness, in which he continued to be success-
ful for two years. He then disposed
of his establishment and moved to the
south fork of the Coos river, where he
purchased two hundred acres of choice agri-
cultural land, upon which he established his
home and has since continued to live. He
is also the owner of two fine resilience prop-
erties and nine valuable business lots in
North Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Rood are the
parents of a son, Leonard L., who was born
.January 12, 1908.

Mr. Rood is a member of the republican
jiarty and also belongs to the Orange. He
and his wife are both atliliated with the
Prcsbj'terian church. Mr. Rood is one of
the highly respected, enterprising and suc-
cessful farmers of the Coos Bay ilistrict and
is a man who readily gives his assistance
to the advancement of every public enter-
prise which seeks to improve the moral and
educational condition of the people of his
county and state.

JACOB EDWARD BROLLIER. There is
no better exaniple of rapid and sutistantial
growth such as is common in the Pacific
coast country than Seaside. While it has
all the advantages of location and outdoor
life and freedom common to the summer
resort, it is at the same time an enterpris-
ing city with splendid business interests,
enterprising men controlling many impor-
tant commercial and industrial interests.
Among this number is .Tacoh Edward Itrf)|-
lier, senior member of the firm of Brollier
& Haley, painters and contractors. The
firm deals in paints, oils and varnishes and
takes contracts for paper hanging and eal-
cimining. and the business is steadily grow-
ing. He is one of Oregon's native sons, his
birth having occurred in Astoria. Ocfob<T l."!,
1863. His eilucation was acquired in the
common schools and when his course was
completed hi* first work was in carpenter-
ing. He followed that trade in and near
-Astoria for about twenty years and nid<'il
in the construction of many important build-
ings in the northwestern section of the slativ
The capital that he acquired during that
period enabled him. in 1907, to embark in
the paint and oil business at Seaside. He
was alone in the conduct of the trade for
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mitted Alfred H. Haley to a partnership,
which relation still maintains under the tirm
name of Brollier & Hale.y. They do an ex-
tensive painting contracting business, also
paper hanging and calcimining, and a liberal
patronage is accorded them. They are well
qualified for the various kinds of work and
under the supervision of the proprietors the
work carried on by their employes is most
satisfactory.

On the 15th of September, 1902. Mr. Brol-
lier was united in marriage to Miss Delia
Peterman, who was born in Columbia coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Wil-
liam B. Peterman. Mr. Brollier has spent
practically his entire life in Clatsop county
and has been well known and prominent in
lodge work, his acquaintance in fraternal
connections extending throughout the state.
He is a valiant member of tlie Knights of
Pythias and the beneficent spirit of that
order finds exemplification in his relations
with his fellowmen. His political allegiance
is given to the republican i)arty and he re-
ceived presidential appointment to the office
of postmaster at Seaside, which position he
filled for two years. He was also deputy
sheriff of Clatsop county in 1891-2.

GEORGE W. JACKSON is a native son of
Oregon, his liirth liaving occurred in Curry
county on April 17, 1864. He is the son of
John James and Margaret A. (Harrison)
Jackson, the former a native of Cork, Ire-
land, his birth having occurred March 20,
1815, while the latter was born in Ken-
tucky, March 17, 1825. As young people
they moved with their parents to Oregon
and" later celebrated their wedding at Em-
pire. Coos county. The father when a boy
of eleven years engaged as a sailor and con-
tinued in tliat occupation and later as cap-
tain, sailing the Great Lakes in 1837 and for
many years thereafter. He finally started
for the Pacific coast, making the journey,
around the Horn and reaching San Francisco
in 1849. In 1856 he settled at Coos Bay
an<l there l)ecame the pioneer pilot on Coos
I'.ay bar. In tliat business he continued un-
til the time of his retirement from the life
of a sailor. He shortly afterward settled
in Empire, where he spent the remaining
years of his lite, his death occurring on
October 18, 1901, when he was eighty-seven
years of age. His wife also died at Em-
])ire, April 20, 1907. In early life she crossed
the plains with her parents and settled
in Oregon in October, 1852. To her belongs
the ilistinction of having been tlie mother
(it (lie iirst wliite child born in Coos county
and also in her home occurred the death of
the first white child in that county. During
the early days of her womanhood she was
sviccessfully engaged in the operation of a
boarding liouse, which consisted of a tent
|iitehed under a tree, where now is built
ilie city of Empire. At that time no dwell-
ing house liad been built in Coos county.
Slie was (lie mollier of eleven children, five
of whom are still living: Lyman, of Marsh-
field; Mr.s. Emily 0. Saunders, of Empire,
who was born April 24, 1854, and who was

the first white child born in Coos county;
Andrew J., of Montesano, Washington;
Charles H., of Marshfield; and George W.

George W. .Jackson was reared in his par-
ents' home and received his early education
in the public schools of the district in which
he lived. He remained under the parental
roof for forty-three years, during which
time, however, he had started in business
for himself at the age of sixteen years and
since that time has been engaged in various
occupations at different points throughout
the state of (Iregon. He is the owner of
very valuable projterty in Empire, where he
now resides.

His political affiliation is with the socialist
party and he is at present a member of the
town board of Empire and also a member
of the Catholic church. He is one of the
well known and influential citizens of Em-
pire and a man always interested in the
development and improvement of the busi-
ness and educational interests of his county
anil state.

HENRY F. BAILEY is postmaster and
since 1907 has conducted a general merchan-
dise store at Provolt. He was previously
engaged in mining, being thus employed in
Oregon from early manhood up to the time
he embarked in the mercantile trade, with
the exception of one year spent in California.
He was born in Jackson county, Oregon,
August S, 1870, a son of G. W. and Talitha
J. (Norman) Bailey. The father journeyed
from the east to Oregon in 1S52 with three
other men, looking for gold and spending a
considerable time in Josephine and .lackson
counties. He then returned home and with
his family migrated across the ]ilains with
ox teams and settled in Jacksonville, where
the father took up a claim of one hundred
and sixty acres on Foot creek.

It was upon this homestead that Henry
F. Bailey was born and reared. He received
his education in the district schools and af-
ter attaining his majority went to California
where he worked for one year, after which
he returned to Oregon and has since made his
home here. He followed the occupation of a
miner throughout his younger days, retiring
from that pursuit iu 1907, when he engaged
in the mercantile business which he is now
carrying on with satisfactory results.

Mr. Bailey was married, in 1895, to Miss
Josie Warden, a native of Oregon, and to
their union five children have been born, all
of whom are living at humc, namely. Fern,
Arthur. Harold. Arnold and Kevilo. In his
political affiliations Mr. Bailey is a democrat
and is one of the few members of that party
who has held office during the administration
of President Taft. Fraternally he belongs to
the Woodmen of the World, of which he is
a popular member. He is extensively known
throughout the community in which he lives,
where by his many excellent traits of char-
acter be has formed an extiemely large num-
ber of ac(|uaintances and close personal
friends. He is one of the prominent men of
his town, is active in all of its affairs, ex-
erts himself to the utmost in forwarding its

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enter|)rUe< ami tncourag'in^ new citizens to
settle there, lie is of an optimistic turn of
niiml. having great faith in the future of his
locality and of the state in general.

G. V. QUERNER. Agricultural pursuits
have nuicli of the time engaged the attention
of ti. V. Querner. who owns and operates a
fine farm of one hundred and fourteen acres,
located two miles east of Amity, where he
malies a specialty of hop-raising. He was
born in Saxony, Germany, on December 31,
1852. and is a son of .John and Dorothy
(Duetch) Querner. who were natives of the
same province in whidi tliey spent their
entire lives. Clf their marriage there were
born four sons, of whom our subject is the
youngest, the others in order of birth being
as follows: Ferdinand, who is deceased:
Herman, who is living in Texas; and Wil-
liam, who is also deceased.

The education of (;. V. Querner was pur-
sued in the common schools of his native
land until he had attained the age of four-
teen years, when he went into a machine
shop, applying himself to the mastery of this
trade until he was twenty. In compliance
with the re(|uirenients of the (icrman gov-
ernment he then entered the array, spending
three years as gunner in the artillery. Dur-
ing that time he served in the Franco-
Prussian war. participating in some of the
most severe battles of that bitter conflict.
Immediately following his discharge at the
close of hostilities he decided to come to
America, believing that here he would find
better opportunities for advancement. He took
passage for the United States in 1.S74 from
Hamburg and upon his arrival in Xew York,
made his way straight to Texas, locating at
Waco, near which place he engaged in farm-
ing for about seventeen years. At the ex-
piration of that time he became a resident of
Oregon, settling near Dayton, where he co"n-
tinued to follow agricultural pursuits for
about nine years, then removing to town he
opene<l a saloon which he conducted for two
years. From Dayton he came to Amity, oper-
ating a saloon here for about eleven years,
at the end of which time he disposed of his
business and located on the farm where he
now lives. During the period of his resi-
dence on his homestead -Mr. Querner has
made extensive improvements thereon, hav-
ing erecteil a good residence and substantial
barns and outbuildings, that he has kept in
the very best of repair. In connection with
diversified farming he is devoting consider-
able attention to hop culture, which, con-
ducted according to his method, has proven
to be a very lucrative undertaking. He has
twenty acres of his home place devoted to
hops and has built a hop house that is sup-
plied with all necessary ei]nipment for the
pursuit of this industry. Hesides his fine
homestead Mr. f.hierner owns eighteen acres
of land on the other side of Amity, where he
has a hop yard of eleven acres. Hotli of
these properties are under a high state of
cultivation and are very valuable.

In 1SS2 Mr. (Juerner consummated his ar-
rangements for a home of his own by his

marriage to Miss Anna Schramm, and they
have become the parents of six children':
Emma, the wife of Howard .tones, of I'olk
county; Alvina, who is at home; .\iuia, the
wife of Kdward Howard, who is living in the
vicinity of Amity: and Mary, Albertina and
Lewis, all of whom are at home.

In matters of faith the family are Luth-
erans and |)olitically Mr. Querner is a repub-
lican, but he does not actively participate
in local governmental alTairs. He is one of
the highly prosperous and estimable citizens
of Vaudiiil county, where he has manifested
those ((ualities in the conduct of his under-
takings that entitle him to be nund>ered
among the capable and iiitidligeut ranchmen.

CHARLES RAYMOND PHILLIPS. .Mr.
Phillips is the owner of one of the rich and
well located ranches consisting of one hun-
dred and ten acres situated on Pig Apple-
gate creek in .lackson county, this slate. He
is a native Oregonian. his birth having oc-
curred on Jlay 19, 1^75, in the house now-
used as the Buncom postotlice, im Little
Applegate creek. He is the son of Samuel
ancl Klizabeth (Wade) Phillips. His father
emigrated to Oregon from Illinois in l.sSO,
crossing the plains with ox teams, and his
mother also, when a child, crossed the plains
with her parents. Sanuiel Phillips on reach-
ing this state tiled upon a government lionu'-
stead located on Litth- Applegate crci'k and
later preempted the property now known as
the Arthur Kleiiihammer farm. C'ondnning
these two properties as his real-estate hold-
ings he engaged at once in the stock busi-
ness, in which he was very successful from
the beginning. In the midst of his years of
prosperity lie met with the great misfortune
of losing his eyesight which compelled his
removal from the ranch ami his withdrawal
from all business cares. For sometime there-
after he was a resident of Ashland, at which
place Mrs. Phillips passed away, ami later
he removed to Jacksonville and there con-
tinued to make his home iluring the re-
mainder of his life.

Charles liaymond Phillips was n-ared in
his father's home and educaleil in the public
schools of the district in which he lived. His
father being extensively engjiged in the
cattle business. .\lr. Phillips Ipcianie. as his
heir, the natural successor ami From his
earliest Imyhood has been constantly identi-
fied with this business, the earliest memories
of liis life having to do with the ponies, the
saddh' and the cattle. He remained at homo
with his father until fifteen years of age.
when, starling in life for himH4'lf, he found
employment among the ranches in fhi- stale,
spending Hie early years of his young man-
hood in riding the range wherever stock was
being railed, on the plains or on the moun-
tain steeps. In the year 1002 he purchnseil
his present home site of one huni|re<l And ten
acres, located on Hig .-Vpplegate creek, and
here he hnn continuetl lo maintain his resi-
dence and is engaged in the business of farm-
ing anil stock-raising.

Mr. Phillips was united in marriage to
Miss Kdna McKee, in the vear 1900, she ho-

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ing the daughter of Adelbert D. McKee, of
whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this worlv.
To Mr. and Mrs. Phillips four children have
been born, Wretha Fern, Ora Vernon, Em-
mett Raymond and Edna Leona. Mr. Phil-
lips is affiliated with the republican party
and is a loyal supporter of the principles of
this political organization. Having spent his
entire life in the cattle and ranch business
he is one of the recognized authorities in
that line in this part of Jackson county. He
is a thrifty, reliable and enterprising busi-
ness man and always associated with meas-
ures of a public nature looking to the im-
provement of the conditions of the people of
his locality.

ENOS RHOTEN is one of the well
known characters of Oregon, a typical miner
of the old school, a ranchman and a mer-
chant, having his residence in the Applegate
valley in Jackson county, this state. He
was born in Iowa on the 15tli of February,
1852, his parents being John and Elizabeth
(Hodson) Rhoten. They crossed the plains
with ox teams, emigrating to Oregon in 1859
and making their first location in this far
western state in Jackson county.

Enos Rhoten began his career as a
miner when he was a boy of only ten years
of age. At that early time in life he worked
in placer mines in Jackson county, wherever
his keen young eye and native 'miner's in-
stinct directed him to prospective ground in
stream or mountain gulch. His whole heart
was in his occupation and no phase of the
miner's life escaped his attention. He very
early learned to follow the leads of placer
deposits as he panned in the virgin sands and
gravel deposits to be found scattered along
the rivers and at the mountains' base. Very
early in his career he came to be known as
a successful finder of pockets and has the
reputation of having taken from one of these
rich pockets one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars in large and small nuggets
of pure virgin gold. He is still an enthusi-
astic seeker and a successful finder of the
deposits of placer gold and is recognized
throughout this state as being at the very
head of his associates in this line of indus-
try. In addition to his occupation as a gold
miner he owns and operates a fine ranch of
one hundred and sixty acres located in the
Applegate valley in .Jackson county, upon
which he has built his home and where he
also conducts a general merchandisin" store
In the year 1900 Mr. Rhoten was united
in marriage to Mrs. Gale, by whom he has
one child, Ida May. He is atiiliated with the
democratic party but in no sense can he be
called a partisan man, being liberal in his
views. Fraternally he is identified with the
Eagles.

Enos Rhoten is perhaps one of the best
known men throughout western Oregon and
the gold-bearing mountain country of the
Pacific coast. His life having been devoted
to the industry of mining principally and he
has been brought in contact with every phase
of the business. From the experience of a
lone prospector in a wilderness waste, he has

become acquainted with every detail and oper-
ation of the industry in its most modern
procedures. He has lived a useful life and
m his line has contributed his full share to
the development of this state and to the in-
crease of the nation's wealth.

JOHN SMITH LAMAR, who is a well
known druggist of Tillamook, has been
identified with the commercial activities of
this city for the past thirteen years. His
birth occurred near Fulton in Callaway
county, Missouri, on the 30th of November,
1864, his parents being B. B. and Maiy T.
(Dunlop) Lamar. The father was born in
Cloverport, Hancock county, Kentucky,
while the mother's birth occurred in the
vicinity of Fulton, Missouri. Our subject is
the eldest of the five children bom unto Mr.
and Mrs. Lamar and was named after an
uncle, .John Smith Lamar, who was a cap-
tain of a regiment of Louisville mounted
cavalry during the Civil war. The other
members of the family are as follows:
James D. and R. 8., both residents of Ful-
ton, Missouri; Benjamin D., who is in busi-
ness in Tillamook; and Susan K., the wife
of Clarence Craghead, also of Fulton, Mis-
souri.

Reared on the farm where he was born,
during his boyhood and early youth John
Smith Lamar was sent to the district
schools, where he acquired a thorough knowl-
edge of the common branches. Being the
eldest son, he remained at home assisting
his father in the operation of the farm until
he was about twenty-two, when he purchased
a grocery store at Auxvasse, Missouri, which
he conducted for two years. In common
with the majority of young men he desired
to begin his active business life in a new
country, so disposing of his store he came
to Oregon, where he lived with an uncle,
Robert Dunlop, at Jacksonville. Mr. Dun-
lop was one of the pioneer miners of Ore-
gon, having installed the first hydraulic mine
in the southern part of the state. When a
youth of nineteen years Mr. Dunlop enlisted
in the Mexican war and in later life was a
member of the body that put down the up-
rising among the Rogue River Indians. Up-
on his arrival there Mr. Lamar engaged in
freighting, between Medford and Jackson-
ville. He followed this for a year and then
accepted a position with Kubli & Son, who
were engaged in the general mercantile busi-
ness at Applegate. He withdrew from this
position at the end of two years and re-
turned to Missouri for a visit. When he
came back in the spring of 1890 he went
into business in North Yamhill, where he
remained for eight years. In the fall of
1898 he came to Tillamook and went into
business here. He subsequently opened a
drug store in the spring of 1900 and later
erected the building he now occupies. He
has a large and well selected stock of both
drugs and sundries, maintaining a fine pre-
scription department, and is enjoying an
excellent patronage. Mr. Lamar has met
with great financial success in his various

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enterprises and owns some town lots in
Tillamook as well as timber lands.

On the 4th of March, 1890. Mr. Lamar was
united in marriage to Miss Ella A. Galwith,
of Fulton, Missouri, and a daughter of P. F.
and Susan E. (Smith) Gahvith. Her father
was for many years engaged in agricultural
pursuits in the vicinity of Fulton. The
father and mother are deceased. Two sons
and one daughter have been bom unto Mr.
and Mrs. Lamar. In order of birth they are
as follows: Paris Cleveland, Howard Lor-
ing and Mary Emily.

In matters politic Mr. Lamar is a demo-
crat, but does not take a prominent part in
municipal affairs. Fraternally he is identi-
fied with the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks, and the Artisans. Mr. Lamar has
many friends in Tillamook, his genial nature
and liberality making him most popular
with all of his associates.

REV. L. B. AKERS is one of the success-
ful farmers located on Bull creek in .Joseph-
ine county, this state. His birth occurred
in Morgan county, Illinois, on the 4th of Jan-
uary, 1853, his parents being George H. and
Julia E. (Harmon) Akers. the former a na-
tive of Louisville, Kentucky, and the latter
of Mount Carmel, Illinois. They were mar-
ried in Jacksonville, Illinois, where Mrs.
Akers as a young woman was for some
time engaged in teaching school. After
their marriage they located in Morgan coun-
ty, Illinois, and in 1S59 removed to Goodhue
county, Minnesota, where Mr. Akers passed
away in 1892. His widow, now eighty-eight
years of age, is residing with her daughter
in Anoka county, Minnesota.

Rev. L. B. Akers was reared at home and
acquired his preliminary education in the
public common schools. After attaining the
years of his majority he was engaged in
farming until he was thirty-four years of
age, at which time he entered the ministry
of the Methodist Episcopal church and for
six years continued in the work of an itin-
erant minister of that denomination. At
this time, his health having become seriously
impaired, he was compelled to give up his
work as a traveling member of his confer-
ence and for seven years thereafter lived a
somewhat retired life engaged in light
farming, to which he added the chicken in-
rlustrj-. In November. 19():f, he removed to
Oregon and located on Granite land five
miles from Grants Pass in Josephine county,
where he remained for the brief period of
one season only, after which he exchanged
this land for his present home ranch com-
[irising one hundred and sixty acres on Bull
creek, where he now resides. This beautiful
piece of ground is located immediately at
the base of the mountains at the head of
Hull creek. To the development and culti-
vation of this fine property he is now giving
the major portion of his time and attention.
His health has sufficiently improved so that
he is enabled to fill appointments in the pul-
pit at various near-by preaching places in
the surrounding country.

In Xoveniber, 1883, Rev. Akers was united
in marriage to Miss Elsie R. Spaulding, of
Pierce co\mty. Wisconsin. He is a repub-
lican in politics, though he has never sought
political preferment at any time. He is in
every way one of the desirable citizens of
the county in which he lives and his repu-
tation and character as a Christian citizen
are such as to reflect credit upon his associa-
tions with tlie people of his state and
county.

GUY ODELL SMITH, one of the more re-
cent acquisitions to the legal fraternity of
Salem, where he has engaged in practice for
the past two yean-, was born in Polk county,
seven miles west of this city, in 18S2, and is
a son of Paul A. and Susan A. (Higgins)
Smith. The maternal grandfather was a na-
tive of Massachusetts and the maternal
grandmother was a native of the state of
Maine, whence they came in 1851 to Oregon,
locating on a donation claim in Polk county.
There in 1S53 the mother was born, con-
tinuing to live on licr father's ranch until
her nuirriagp. In the acquirement of her
e<lucation she attended the public schools of
I'olk county, and in 1876, at the age of
twenty three years, she became the wife of
I'aul A. Smith. Four children were born to
them, as follows: Nellie B., the wife of R. L.
Antrim, of Portland, who has been a postal
clerk on the Southern Pacific Railroad for
the past five years; Ida May, who is at
lioine; Guy Odell, our subject; and Lorena
II., the wife of G. II. Thompson, a farmer
of Marion county.

Reared at home, in the acquirement of his
I)rcliminary education Guy Odell Smith at-
teniled the public schools. After the com-
pletion of his course he was enrolled in
Willamette University, this city, where he
jiursued a course in liberal arts for five years.
Having decided to become an attorney he
subsequently matriculated in the legal depart-
ment of the same university, being grad-
uated two years later, in 1911), with the de-
gree of LL. B. As soon as he was admitted
to the bar, Mr. Smith became associated
with R. F. Shields in the practice of his pro-
fession and is making very favorable prog-
ress in the establishment of a ri.pufation oo
a representative of the law. He has been
given the advantages of an excellent e(|uip-
ment, added to which he is eiidownl with
fine nu'ntal faculties, a reaily and fluent flow
of language ami more than average oratorical
skill, and these, with his earnest manner, fine
presence and poise of mind, shouhl make him
a power in his profession, lie is well known
in the city, as he has passeil his entire life
here and is descenili'd from its early pioneers,
so is not nie(.ting with the difiiculty that
confronts an absolute stranger in buibling
up a practice. .Mthough he has maintaineil
an office for less than two years, he has
a very good following ami numbc.rs among
his clients some of the city's best business
men.

KratiTnally Mr. Smith is affiliated with the
Loyal Drder of .Moose, the MnccalM-es and the
Brotherhood of American Yeomen, and in

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politics lie is a republican. He has always
taken an earnest interest in tlie work of the
State Oratorical Association and in li)09 and
1910 he was president of this organization.
Mr. Smith has many friends in Salem, who
have watclied with interest the development
of his career and prophesy for him a most
promising future.

WILLIAM HANNA, who is residing about
ten miles west of Yamhill, was born in Ve-
nango, Pennsylvania, on tlic 2oth of Decem-
ber, 1825. His grandparents were natives of
the north of Ireland and his grandmother,
whose family name was Stewart, was of
Scotch descent. The father of William Hanna
was Stewart Hanna. who was born in Lan-
caster county, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1798,
and was the third of seven children, the
others being: William, .Tames and .John, de-
ceased; Mrs. Mary Gilmore. who died in
Pennsylvania, leaving three children ; Mrs.
Nancy Tollman, who became the mother of
four children and is now deceased; and Mrs.
Jane Hayes, also deceased. Mr. Hanna's
mother bore the maiden name of Sarah Has-
san. She was born .Tune 9, 1800, in Venango,
Pennsylvania, a daughter of Hugh and Mary
Hassan, who were natives of Pennsylvania,
and had a family of five children: John, now
deceased, who was the father of five sons
that became soldiers in the Union army;
Sarah, and three who have passed away.
John Hassan was a volunteer soldier in the
War of 1812. His father served as a soldier
in the Revolutionary war and was a pris-
oner aboard the .Jersey prison ship for three
years. Among the engagements in which
he participated was the battle of Trenton,
in which he was seriously wounded. To
Stewart and Sarah Hanna two children
were born: William; and Sarah .J. McCoy,
who died September 8, 1854, leaving two
children, a son, and Mrs. Mary C. McCon-
nell. a resident of Grove City, Pennsyl-
vania. The parents crossed the plains to
the west in 1848. making the journey from
Illinois and traveling day after day over hot
stretches of sand and through the mountain
passes until they finally reached Dayton,
Oregon. Here they settled on a donation
claim of six hundred and forty acres and
held the land for many years, but before
his death Mr. Hanna sold it.

It was two years after the arrival of the
family in the northwest that William Hanna
f(dlowed his parents to the Pacific coast
country, where he has since made his home.
In 1850, in Yamhill county, occurred his mar-
riage to Jlartha A. Holdridge. a native of
Illinois. She left her native state with her
parents, Frank and Martha (Hibbard) Hold-
ridge. and came to Oregon in 1848. The
family settled on a six hundred and forty
acre donation claim which Jlr. Holdridge had
taken u|) near Dayton and here they con-
tiiuied to reside during the remainder of
their lives. Tlu' death of the mother oc-
curred in IS.")!;;, while the father passed away
later.

At the age of twenty-one William Hanna
started out in life for himself and began

working at the carpenter's trade. This work
proved so profitable and agreeable that he
has engaged in it more or less ever since,
varying his regular work as carpenter with
employment as draughtsman and millwright.
After some time he took up a homestead
claim, which he turned from barren soil into
productive land, and for a number of years
he lived there. Even this did not interrupt
his working at his trade and for seven years
he also worked in a sawmill. He afterward
sold the homestead and bought one hundred
and sixty acres of land for his only son,
Ralph E., with whom he now makes his
home. The son is engaged in the dairy busi-
ness aiul has some timber interests. Mr.
Hanna's two older children are: Mrs. Amer-
ica M. Stroble, whose husband is chief en-
gineer in the Union JIachine Works in Port-
land; and Mrs. Jennie L. Wheeler, who is
employed in the Portland postoffice and
whose husband is a newspaper man of excep-
tional ability.

In politics Mr. Hanna favors the broad
humanitarian principles of the socialist
party but has never taken an active part by
seeking nomination to any office. As one of
the assistants of Mr, .Joseph Gaston he held
a position of importance during the survey-
ing of the Soutliern Pacific Railroad.
Tliroiigliout his career he has consistently
applied himself to the duties of his chosen
trade and at the same time has profitably
carried on various outside interests.

U. J. LEHMAN, who is engaged in the un-
dertaking business in Salem, was born near
Defiance. Ohio, August 8. ISfiS. His jiarents
were J. B. and Rebecca (Arnold) T^ehman,
both of whom were natives of Oliio. The
parents removed to Oregon in 1873. locat-
ing on a farm five miles east of Salem. The
father is now living retired in Idaho and the
mother is deceased. In their family were
nine children, eight of whom are yet living.

U. J. Lehman received his early education
in the common schools of Marion county,
Oregon, and later attended ^Monnnuith Col-
lege for one .year. On starting out in life
for himself he began working in a planing
mill in Salem, where he remained for seven-
teen years. He then worked as a machinist
in an Oregon paint factory . for two years,
after which he took up the undertaking busi-
ness in partnership with a Mr. Rigdon. After
one year he dissolved partnership with Mr.
Rigdon and purchased an interest in the
Clough Undertaking! Establishment, with
which he is now connected. He has been in
his present location for two and one-half
years and has an excellent business stand-
ing among the best classes of people. Also
he has mining interests in Marion county.

In 1896 Jlr. Lehman wedded Miss Lydia
Vandevort. a native of Polk county, and to
them two children have been born. Russell
and Robert Milton. In his political views
]Mr. Lehman is a prohibitionist, and fratern-
ally he is identified with the Knights of
Pythias, the Woodmen of the World, the
Artisans and the Yeomen. He is a very ener-
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cial and Imsiness acquaintance, and lias
gainod the liigli regard and esteem of all
with whom he lias hecn brought in contact.
Both he and Mrs. Lehman are members of
the Methodist Episcopal cliurch and he lias
been connected willi the First Methodist
Episcopal choir for the past eighteen years.

JAMES J. BROWNING, a well known real-
estate dealer of >pringlield, Oregon, where
he has been in business since 11)07. settled
ill Oregon in 1901 and has since been promi-
nently identified with its development and
n])bniUling. He was born in Illinois in 1847,
a son of J. D. and Arena (Matthews! Brown-
ing. The father was a native of Tennessee
and the mother was liorn in Illinois, their
marriage occurring in the latter state in
1S35. To the parents were born live chil-
dren: George W.. of Renfrow. Oklalioiiia;
Daniel E.. deceased: T. J., of l^euis, Kan-
sas, where he is engage<l in the banking l)usi-
ness; Sarah, the widow of .John M. Kogland,
of Oceola. Missouri ; and James ,1., of this
review.

The last named was reared and received
his education principally in the schools of
Illinois, which he attended in winter, being
employed on the farm during other times of
the year. By taste and training he inclined
toward farming and from the time lie was
thirteen years of age until he was thirty-
two he lived on the ranch and spent a great
deal of his time in the saddle. When he
attained his majority he purchased forty
acres of land in Jlissouri, which he kept for
one year. He also owned .some cattle and
traded in cattle and fed stock for the mar-
ket. Karly in his career he bought stock
for a government contractor to supply meat
to the Indians. He was for seven years a
cowboy foreman in Indian Territory, now
Oklahoma. He removed from that state to
Missouri, where he had previously lived, and
again engaged in the handling of live stock
on a small scale on his own account. In
18S4 he removed to .Stevens county, Kansas.
where he continued to follow agricultural
pursuits and dealing in stock, and in isiio
went to .Sumner. Kansas, where he lived until
in IS'j:;. when, on the lOth of February, when
the Cherokee lamls were opened for settle-
ment, he joined in the general exodus to
take up homesteads and obtained a good
quarter section of land. He lived on this
farm, which he cultivated until the spring
of 1901. when he came to Oregon and settled
in Springlield. The reason for his removal
to this state was ill health, and he believed
that the change of climate would be bene-
fieial. In this hope ho was not disappointed
and his physical condition improved rapidly
and he is now as hale and hearty as ever. In
1907. when he engaged in the real-estate
business. Mr. Browning hnilt a large two-
story business block which after four years
has advanced in value, according to his esti-
mate, about one hundred per cent on account
of the rapid growth of the city of .Springfield,
which has doubled in inhabitants since Mr.
Browning settled there.

In 1S6.S, in Knox, Missouri, Mr. Browning
was united in marriage to Miss .Vdcdaidc
JIann, a daughter of Peter .1. and Maria
(Elliotte) Mann, the father and mother be-
ing natives of Kentucky and Connecticut re-
spectively. .Mrs. Browning is one of three
cliildien. her brother ami sister being: Virgil
.A., of Caldwell. Kansas; anil Myriam, the
widow of David Savers, also of that city.
1 iito .Mr. and Mrs. Browiiiiig were born two
children, .\iina l.ce. the eldest, was born in
18(;9 and was ediicateil in Kansas. After
completing the literary course ill the public
schools of that state she was well equipjied
for teaching and engaged in that profession
in Kansas for seven years. She is now the
wife of W. C. Meyers, of Springfield, aud
has fmir children. Paul. William K.. Helen
and Horace. The younger daughter. Connie
May. born in 1S74, was also e<liicatcd in the
schoids of Kansas, and married W. B. .Mc-
Kinney, now of California, by whom she has
three children, Ivan B.. Wanna .luanita, and
Weiidle W.

The political allegiance of Mr. Browning
is given to the republican jiarty but he has
never been a politician in the olhce-seeking
sense of the term. He is a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fidlows. in which
he takes an active interest, belonging to
S]iringMcld lodge. Both he and his wife are
memlicrs of the Christian church at Spring-
lield and assist materially in the support of
that denomination, helping liy their inllu-
ence and personal worth to make it a power
for good in the cominunity. Like most
other real-estate dealers in Oregon. Mr.
Browning has faith in the possibilities and
resources of his state. He is enthusiastic
in his efforts to advance the interests of the
community of which he is a prominent citi-
zen and loses no opportunity to render any
assistance within his power to advame the
business and social interests of .Springfield.
He is popular and greatly respected and has
an extensive aci|uaintancc not only in Spring-
field but in the surrounding district.

JUDGE WREN E. CREWS is one of the
competent and successful attorneys engaged
in the practice of his profession in Mcdforil.
this state, in which place he has established
his residence. His birth occurred in Port-
land on the 4tli of .August, isdl, hi.s parents
being .lolin B. and .\ngc-line (Smith) Crews,
the former a native of Tennessee and the
latter of Indiana. .Icdin B. Crews crossed the
plains as a .voung man in 18.'>2, emigrating
from Missouri to this slate and liringing
his mother and sisters with him. His father
bad ilied sonic years before in the stale of
Missouri. He located first at Portland and
here engageil in the sawmill ami lumber busi-
ness. Mis wife crossed the plains with her
parents in 1S40 and their family constitiileil
a part of a large train of i-migranls which
suirered severely from Imlian raids during
their journey. On Hearing tlie borders of
this state, messengers broiighf news into
Salem of the deprerlntions of llii' Indians and
the peril surrounding the train of hardy
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ganized a rescuing party and proceeded to
the relief of tlieir suffering fellow pioneers.
The father of Mrs. Crews shortly afterward
died in Cow Creek Canyon. His widow un-
falteringly assumed the burden which was
placed upon her shoulders by the death of
her husband to provide for a large family
of six boys and one girl who looked to her
for support, and she proved herself equal
to the occasion. Immediately after the death
of her husband she filed upon a government
donation claim near Salem. Here she built
a home for herself and family, thus keeping
the children together until the years of their
maturity. John B. Crews removed to south-
ern Oregon and has since lived at dilferent
times in various portions of the state. At
present he is retired, having his home with
his daughter in Santa Cruz county, Cali-
fornia, at the age of eighty-seven. His wife
closed her earthly pilgrimage in the year
1886.

Wren E. Crews was reared in his father's
home, acquiring his early education in the
public schools and later attending the busi-
ness college of Portland. Having completed
the elementary courses of English, he later
became a student of law at the Thornton
Law School, which at that time was a part
of the State University, and from this insti-
tution lie was graduated with the class of
1885. Following his graduation he began the
practice of law in the office of Gerin & Gil-
bert, where he remained for four successive
years and at the end of that period formed
a copartnership with John M. Gerin, with
whom he was associated In the successful
practice of his profession for a period of five
years in Seattle, Washington. In 1896 he
went to Alaska, where he accepted the posi-
tion of attorney for the Perseverance Mining
Company and the Ebner Gold Mining Com-
pany. While there he became attorney also
for various other mining companies. His
residence in Alaska extended over a period
of ten years, after which, in the 3'ear 1905,
he returned to his Seattle office and resumed
the practice of law with his former associ-
ate, continuing his residence in that city
until 1910, after which he removed to Med-
ford, Oregon, where he established his home
and has since been engaged in the active
practice of his profession.

In 1887 Judge Crews was united in mar-
riage to Miss Louisa Rush, a daughter of
Richard and Nancy Ann (Breeding) Rush,
both of whom were pioneers of Oregon, the
Rush family crossing the plains from Arkan-
sas early in 1853. The members of the
Breeding family, however, emigrated to this
state in 1846.

Politically Judge Crews is affiliated with
the democratic party and for two terms was
elected to the ottice of police judge of Pendle-
ton, lie was also a candidate for the su-
perior court judgeship while in Seattle and
during that campaign he was far in advance
of his ticket but, in company with the ma-
jority of tlie candidates of his party, he suf-
fered defeat in the election. During his
residence in Alaska ho was the organizer of
the Elks lodge of Juneau and was made a

life member of that lodge on April 10, 1901,
a book of membership bound in solid silver
being presented to him as a token of the
high appreciation in which he is held by his
brother members. He has been three times
exalted ruler and also district deputy grand
exalted ruler for one term. He is still a
member of Juneau Lodge, No. 420, B. P. 0.
E. Mrs. Clews is a member of the Christian
church. Judge Crews, though a recent ad-
dition to the population of the thriving city
of Medford, is nevertheless one of the vital
civic forces and a most welcome and desir-
able citizen in the community in which he
has established his home.

ORVILLE D. ISAMINGER, who owns and
operates an excellent farm of three hundred
and twenty acres, in Umatilla county, was
born in Ohio, February 2t, 1879. He is a
son of John and Kate (Lavine) Isaminger,
both of whom were natives of Ohio and re-
sided in that state until 1885, when they re-
moved to Nebraska and in 1904 went to
Wasliington, where they still reside. In their
family were seven children, five of whom are
yet living.

Orville D. Isaminger received a public-
school education and remained at home, work-
ing on his father's farm until he was twenty-
one years of age. At that date he began
farming in partnership with his father and
continued the same until 1904, when he came
to Oregon. In 1906 he settled in Umatilla
county, where he has since resided. In 1911
he purchased his present farm of three hun-
dred and twenty acres, for which he paid
twenty thousand dollars. He engages in gen-
eral farming and is meeting with excellent
success.

In 1907 Mr. Isaminger wedded Miss Bertha
K. Iludemann, who was born in Umatilla
.county, July 10. 1886, a daughter of Julius
and Margaret (Eggers) Hudemann. of Pen-
dleton. Mr. and Mrs. Isaminger are the par-
ents of one son. Bertrand IJuval, who was
born August 6. 1909.

In politics Mr. Isaminger is a republican,
and socially he is i<lentified with Stockvillc
Lodge, No." 196, A. F. & A. M., at Stockville,
Nebraska; with Pendleton Lodge, No. 32, I.
0. O. F. : and is also a member of the Far-
mers Union, No. 21. Mrs. Isaminger is
affiliated with the Lutheran church. Mr. Isa-
minger has been connected with farming the
greater part of his life and has demonstrated
the fact that he has great ability in that
line of work. He is progressive and energetic
and has won many friends throughout the
community during his residence here.

MARCUS BURRIS SMITH. A native son
of Oregon and for many years actively
identified with the development of the mag-
nificent ranch lands in this state is Marcus
Burris Smith. He was born in Polk county,
this state, July 7, 1863, and his parents were
Rev. John B. and Emily (Thorp) Smith,
both natives of Missouri. The father was
a Christian preacher in his native state and
married his wife there. They crossed the
plains together in 1853, making the long

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journey with ox teams, and arrived in Mon-
mouth, Polk county, six months after the
beginning of their trip. Here John Smith
took up a donation ehiim of three hundred
and twenty acres and his wife one of simiUir
extent. The mother died when the subject
of tliis review was in liis infancy and the
father remained upon the land imtil 1870,
when he came to Douglas county. He re-
tained the title to his six hundred and forty
acres in Polk county for seven or eight
years after his removal from that district.
On coming to Douglas county he located
nine miles north of .Myrtle (Jrcek and bought
one hundred and sixty acres of land which
he improved and developed until the time
of his death in I'JOl. at the age of eighty-
five years.

M. B. Smith was reared at home and edu-
cated in the common schools of his district
until his nineteenth year. In 1882 he began
life as a wage-earner and engaged in ranch
work in the Missouri bottoms, Douglas
county, where he has continued to reside up
to the present time. During his years of
work at ranching he has acquired one of the
tinest tracts of land in the valley. He is
the proprietor of lifty-two acres of improved
and developed ranch lands. He has twelve
acres planted with prune trees fourteen years
old, constituting one of the best producing
orchards in the district.

In 1886 Mr. Smith was united in marriage
to Miss Mary Adams, a native of this county
and a daughter of Henry A. Adams, who
came to Oregon from Jlissouri in 1S53. They
are the parents of three children: .lessie
May, who married Frank W. Miller, of De-
troit, Oregon; James Cliflord, who lives at
home; and Laura Izetta. the wife of G. F.
Hamilton, of Roseburg, Oregon.

Mr. Smith gives his political allegiance to
the democratic party but has never sought.
public office or put himself forward in any
way in local affairs. He is a member of
Myrtle Creek Camp, No. 404, W. 0. VV., and
is 11 prominent member of the Presbyterian
church, which his wife also attends. He has
reduced ranching and prune farming to a
scientific basis and is himself an expert on
these subjects. His knowledge is practical
and definite and is the foundation of his
success in his chosen line of activity.

GOTTLIEB WYSS. Probably no young
man of Tillamook county has more wisely
or capably directed his energies than Gott-
lieb Wyss, who, although he has only at-
tained the age of twenty-six years, has
through his own efforts attained a position
that entitles him to be classed among the
affluent agriculturists of the community. He
was bom in Switzerland on August 14. 1885,
and is a son of Gottlieb and Susanna Wyss,
natives of the same countrj-. WTien he was
a lad of thirteen years the family emigrated
to the United States, locating in Oregon,
where the lather purchased the ranch now
occupied by our subject. There Mr. Wyas
passed away in 1899, but the mother lived
until 1905. Unto this couple had been bom
the following children: Susanna, the wife

of Julius Hauschel, now living in the state
of Washington; Kosie, who married Benja-
min Jacob; Gottlieb, our subject; Alfred,
who is deceased; Margaret, the wile ol
IVter Becker, of Pendleton, Oregon; Peter,
who is living in Cook county, this state; and
Christ. John, Fred, Anna and Ulrich.

Gottlieb Wyss received a common-school
education in his native country, after which
he turned his energies to farming. Being
the eldest son in a large family, much de-
volved upon him, his responsibilities being
greatly increased after the death of his
father, at which time he was only a youth
of fourteen. He was a capable lad. however,
possessing the executive ability and keen
judgment, that enabled him to develop into
the business man he is today. He still en-
gages in the operation of his father's farm
and in connection with his agricultural pur-
suits is making a specialty of dairying. He
keeps forty-eight fine milch cows, which net
him on an average three hundred dollars per
inoiith. Thrifty and of temperate habits he
has acquired a very comfortable capital and
recently purchased an improved ranch of one
hundred and forty acres, live miles south-
east of Tillamook, for twenty-nine thou-
sand dollars.

Mr. Wyss was married on the ISth of
October, 1911, to Miss Anna Curflueh, a
daughter of John and Katie Curflueh, the
former of whom is engaged in dairying in
Tillamook county. He is a member of the
Inde|iendeiit Order of Odd Fellows, belong-
ing to the Tillamook lodge, and he votes the
republican ticket. He has never taken an
active part in local politics, however, always
having juelerred to give his undivided at-
tention to his own affairs, in which he has
met with such gratifying success.

JOHN SCHINDLER, a thrifty and enter-
]>rising farmer, residing four and one-half
miles northwest of Salem, on the River road,
was born in Switzerland, February 24, 1873,
the son of John and Wilhelmina (Knapp)
Schindlcr. The father came to America in
1879, locating in Salem, Oregon, and after u
few months removed to a farm four and one-
half miles northwest of Salem, where he pur-
chased one hundred and ten acres, later buy-
ing two hundred and twenty and again fifty-
eight acres more. He cleared and developed
the land, putting up the best of improve-
ments, and resided there until his death, in
1889. While in his native country he served
for two years in the army. The mother died
in Switzerland when the subject of this
sketch was only five years of nge and the
father married again in that country, his
second union being with Ficnu Schiiebcli.
By his first marriage the fatlnr had three
sons: John, of this review; Emil, of Sniem,
Oregon; and William, of Aberdeen, Wash-
ington. Of his second marriage three daugh-
ters were born: Ida and lycna, deceased; and
Anna, who is the wife of David Ynnli'<, the
owner of the Toggery Men's Furnishing
Goods Company, of Salem, Oregon.

John Schindler received his education in
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until the death of his father, purchasing soon
thereafter tlie farm which he now owns, con-
sisting of one hundred and litteen and one-
half acres. He has put up excellent improve-
ments and makes a specialty of raising hops
and grain and also feeds live stock, par-
ticularly hogs.

In 1903 Mr. Schindler was united in mar-
riage to Miss Stina Mitchell, who is of Scotch
descent, and they have an adopted daughter,
Helen. He gives his political allegiance to
the republican party, and he is a member
of the German Reformed church and his wife,
of the Presbyterian church. Fraternally he
is identified with the Woodmen of the World
at .Salem, and his alert, energetic disposition
which enables him to accomplish his ends,
his kindly spirit and those sterling character-
istics, which are perceptible in his business
and his social life, everywhere inspire con-
fidence and respect.

JAMES GRAVILLE. Four miles north-
west of Eugene on the Irving road is located
the ranch of James Graville. one of the most
progressive and liighlj' prosjicrous ranchmen
of Lane county. He was originally a subject
of England, having been born at Epworth,
Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, on the 25tli
of March, 1845. His parents were Henry and
Mary Ann (Standerin) Graville, likewise na-
tives of England, where they passed their en-
tire lives, the mother's death occurring in
1S50 and that of the father in 1908. In the
paternal line our subject is descended from
an exceptionally long-lived family, four of
his father's brothers and sisters having
passed the venerable age of ninety before
their demise. James Graville is the eldest
of the three children born to his parents and
the only son, his two sisters, Anna and Har-
riet, are both deceased. For his second wife
Henry Graville chose ilary M. Clark, and to
them were born five children: Clark, who
lives in Wisconsin; William, of England;
Albert, also of England; Elizabeth, of Aus-
tralia; and Edward, deceased.

James Graville, who was a child of only
five and a half years when his mother died,
at the age of nine began earning his own
living. He was placed in the service of a
well-to-do yeoman of his native county, who
owned and ojierated a farm of seven hun-
dred acres. When he first began worthing he
received twelve cents a day, without board,
but as he was a strong, energetic youth and
developed at a very early age he made rapid
progress and subsequently became superin-
tendent of the place. He later withdrew from
farming and learned the brick and tile busi-
ness, but as the work in the open air was
more congenial he once more turned his at-
tention to agricultural pursuits. He was em-
ployed iin several farms from then until 1870
when he decided to become a citizen of the
United States, so he took passage for this
country, arriving here in 1871. He arrived
at hi.s destination, a village in Wisconsin,
with a capital of fifteen dollars, but he had
no fears regarding the future, as he was
young and strong and possessed the deter-

mination of purpose and energy that open
the road to success. Very soon thereafter he
found employment as a farm hand, continu-
ing to follow this line of work for three
years. During that time he very pleasantly
and profitably devoted his leisure hours to
tlie study of entomology, the knowledge thus
acquired having proven of incalculable value
to him as an orchardist. Later he took up
the machinist's trade, which he followed dur-
ing the remainder of his residence in Wis-
consin. From early youth he had been able
to appreciate the value of thrift and dili-
gence, having learned this lesson in the great
school of experience, so he always managed
to save a portion of his earnings, however
small they might be. Therefore, when he
decided to come to the northwest to live in
1903, he was the owner of two good farms
in Wisconsin and had other interests. Dis-
posing of his property there he traveled over
a large portion of the country looking for
a permanent location, finally deciding that
he preferred Oregon and the section where
he is now residing to any place he had vis-
ited. He invested in one hundred and twenty-
six acres of land, wliich was partially culti-
vated and improved, and has ever since made
this his home. The pleasant two-story resi-
dence now occupied by Mr. Graville and
his family was erected before he bought the
place, but during the period of his owner-
ship he has added many other improvements.
All of the barns and outbuildings are sub-
stantially constructed and provide ample
shelter for both his stock and grain, and
everything about the ranch is well kept up,
indicating systematic supervision and good
management in every detail. At various
times, as his circumstances have warranted,
he has installed on the place many modern
conveniences and appliances, thus minimiz-
ing the labor and expediting the work, and
now he has one of the most thoroughly equip-
ped and best operated ranches in the county.
Mr. Graville is a very practical man, but
he is progressive in his ideas and conducts
his operations in strict accordance with the
most highly approved methods of the mod-
ern agriculturist and orchardist. He has a
fine prune orchard of five acres and he also
raises other fruit and such cereals as are
used in the feeding of stock. Much of his
attention is given to the breeding and rais-
ing of high grade cattle and hogs and in this
he is meeting with lucrative returns as in
his other pursuits. In addition to his fine
ranch, he has other interests and has ac-
quired a very comfortable competence being
one of the most prosperous citizens of his
community.

Mr. (iraville was married in 1876 to Miss
Mary Ann Bennett, a daughter of Samuel
and Tamley Bennett, and to them have been
born seven children: Earl, Elma and Ralph
are all living in Canada; Laura received a
common-school education in Wisconsin and
is now living at home; Arthur was educated
in the public schools of Eugene and possesses
fine mechanical skill; Epha is the wife of
Earl Biger. a farmer of Eugene. Frank, the
oldest, died in infancy.

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The family atteiul tlic iletliodist Episco-
pal cluircli in whidi the parents !ioUl mem-
bership and Mr. Graville vntes the republi-
ean ticket. While livin-j; in Wisconsin he
was supervisor of his township and a mem-
ber of the board of health and a school di-
rector. He is now serving; as a school di-
rector but has never held any other ollicial
position since he came to Orc<;on. lie is one
of the foremost citizens of his community,
however, his general etiiciency and business
sagacity making him a leader in every pro-
gressive public movement, while his upright
principles and integrity have won for him
the esteem of all with whom he has had
transactions.

MATHIAS E. FURROW, who is engaged
in general mercantile jmrsuits at Pleasant
Hill, this county, where he also owns and
operates a fine ranch of one hundred and
sixty acres, is one of the ellicient and highly
prosperous business men of his coinnumity.
He was born in Vermilion county. Illinois,
on .July '>. laCA. and is a son of Matliias and
Lorana (Pratherl Furrow. The father was a
native of Kentucky and the mother of Indi-
ana, but they were married in Illinois, where
the father passed away in 186,">. Two years
after his death, the mother became the wife
of William Wilcox of Ohio, and in 1869
they removed to Jackson county, Kansas.
They resided there for three years, and then
went to Rilev county, that state, remaining
there until 1892. In the latter year they
became residents of Kiowa county, Kansas,
where Mr. Wilcox died. In 1902. the mother
came to Oregon with our subject and is now
living in Kugene at the age of seventy-five
years. Four children were born to Mr. and
llrs. Furrow, of whom our subject is the
youngest. The others are as follows: W.
T.. who lives in Xowata. Oklahoma: Eliza-
beth, who is deceased: and .John, who died
in infancy. To the mother and her second
husband were born five children: Alice, the
wife of S. 1). Clark, of Wisconsin; F. O.. of
Islanil Lake. Wisconsin: Hlanche W.. who
married JI. W. Elliott, of Eugene; and Flor-
ence and Clara, both of whom are dece.ised.

ilathias E. Furrow received a common-
school education and was early trained to
the work of the fields and care of the crops,
remaining at home on the farm until he
was twenty-one. Immediately after attain-
ing his majority he homesteaded a cpiarter
section of land' in Kiowa county, Kansas,
and industriously applied himself to culti-
vating and improving it for five years. At
the end of that time he disposed of it and
bought one hundred and sixty ncre.s located
in the same county, and there continued his
agricultural purstiits until 1902. During
that perioil he extended the boundaries of
his farm imtil his holdings aggregated four
hunilred and sixty-five acres. He disposed of
this and came to Oregon in 1902 and in-
vested in one hundred and sixty acres of
land, nine miles south of Springfield, that
he still owns. In the cultivation and devel-
opment of his land. Mr. Furrow ha» met
with success and in 1907, he extended the

scope of his activities by the purchase of a
general store adjoining his ranch. He has
ever since conducted this in connection with
his agricultural pursuits :ind he is also the
postmaster of Pleasant Hill. In addition to
liis tine ranch and store, he owns ten acres
of land within the city limits of Eugene
and some business property. He had the
misfortune to have the residence on his ranch
destroyed by fire in 1907. but it has since
been replaced by a very ]ileasant and com-
fortable, modern house. All of the buildings
on his place are substantially constructed
and well eared lor, ample provision having
been made for the shelter of both his stock
anil grain. He is progressive and enterpris-
ing in whatever he docs, as is evidenced by
the excellent ai>pearancc of his homestead as
well as his methods of conducting his store.
On the 10th of December, 18SS. Mr. Fur-
row was married to Miss Catharine M.
Meals, who was born in Butler county, Penn-
sylvania, on the nth of September, isr.,").
She is a daughter of .loliii and Elizabeth
W. (.Jack) Meals, who were born, reared and
married in the Keystone state and there the
father passeil away on the Itjth of Septem-
ber, 1806. The mother renuived to Kiowa
co\nity, Kansas, with her children in 1886,
but five years later she returned to Pennsyl-
vania, where she died on the 2Sth of Jan-
uary. 1900. Four children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Meals. Mrs. Furrow being the
youngest of the family. The others in order
of birth are as follows: Melrlia, the wife of
.1. P. McWilliams, of liellevue. Pennsyl-
vania: Samuel A., who lives in Pittsburg;
and William Austin, who died in Kiowa
county, Kansas. Mrs. Furrow was given the
advantages of a very good eilucation and
for some years prior to her nuirriage en-
gaged in teaching. The family of Air. and
Mrs. Furrow numbers four ehildri'n. as fol-
lows: Fred A., who was born -lanuary 11,

1890, living at home an<l ;issistiiig his father:
Louis E.. who was born on the 10th of May.

1891. a gradinite of the high school; Lor-
ana E.. whose birth occurred on .Iiine 23,
]89.'{. also a graduate of the high .school;
and .lesse L.. born September 20. 189.'), now
attending high school.

The family are members of the Christian
church of Pleasant Hill, and .Mr. Knrrow
votes the democratic ticket. In the develop-
mi-nt of his undertakings he has always
manilesti'd the diligence and enti-rprise that
invariiibly bring success, innl tlirnugh his
high standards and the excellent pidicy he
has athipted in his transactions has won and
retained the confiden<'e and respect of all
who have had dealings with him.

WILLIAM B. YORK. Prominent among
the ayrieulliirists who resiile in the vii'inity
of Murphy is William It. York, a respecteil
and ri'presentafive menilM>r of Oregon's na-
tive sons. He was l)oni in .lonephine county.
April 28. 1862. the son of Henry and Sara
E. (Slaple) York, the former a native of
Kentucky. Heing of an adventurous and am-
bitious nature the father left his native state
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in that year, settling near Murphy, Josephine
county, Oregon. Here he bought a squatter's
right to a homestead and upon this place he
has since resided.

William B. York was given a common-
school education and as his tastes and rear-
ing have been along agricultural lines, he
has always followed that business and is
now operating half of the original family
hojnestead upon which he was born. He
pursues a diversified system of farming and
also pays a great deal of attention to stock-
raising.

On October 14, 1898, Mr. York w'as united
in marriage to Miss Josephine Knox, a na-
tive of Oregon, and they have become the
parents of two children: Gladys, born
August 25, 1899; and Henry I., born Novem-
ber 17, 1902. Mr. York is a democrat in
his political views and takes a commendable
interest in affairs of the state and nation.
He is a man of energy and perseverance and
stands very high in the community, being
one of the directors of the Applegate Tele-
phone Company. The York family has long
been well and favorably known in Murphy
and vicinity, where the father was one of
the early settlers of the community.

WILLIAM W. ALLEN, M. D., successfully
engaged in the practice of medicine and sur-
gery in Jefferson, Marion county, was born
in Portersville, California, October 22, 1870,
the son of J. L. and M. J. (Sallee) Allen. The
father, a horticulturist by occupation, was a
native of Missouri and in 1852, crossing the
plains, he located in California, near Stock-
ton, and later lived in various places in that
state until he finally moved to Los Angeles.
The family came from Virginia and the
great-grandfather of Dr. Allen was a pioneer
in Kentucky. The mother, who is still living,
is a native of Missouri, but her family, who
is of English descent, came from Carolina,
the members being noted frontiersmen and
the grandfather having crossed the plains to
California in 1830. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Allen
were the parents of six children, of whom
W. W., of this review, was the eldest. The
others are: H. H., of Santa Ana, California:
C. C. of Los Angeles, California; and C. M.,
Virginia and Hazel, all at home.

William W. Allen, after completing his
studies in the common school, including the
grammar grades, and taking a high-school
course at Santa Ana, California, attended for
two years the University of California and
later beo^ me a medical student at the Willa-
mette University, from which institution he
was graduated in the class of 1905. Having
thus carefully prepared for the practice of
medieine and surgery, he immediately after
leaving college entered upon his professional
work at Jefferson, where he has been engaged
ever since. He has been very successful in
his work and great trust is reposed in him.

In J907 Dr. Allen was united in marriage
to Miss Mildred Looney, who is a daughter
of J. n. Looney. In politics Dr. Allen is a
republican and takes a very active interest
in all local party issues and has now been

filling for four years the office of mayor of
Jefferson, the duties of which he has dis-
charged both conscientiously and efliciently.
Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic
order at Jefferson and both he and Mrs. Allen
are members of the Eastern Star. They are
both earnest and helpful workers in the
Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Allen is a
member of the Central Willamette Valley
and State Medical Societies and he keeps in
touch with the advancement that is being
made in the medical fraternity. Although
he is comparatively young in the professional
world his practice is already large and is
constantly growing, and he is known not
only in Jefferson but in the surrounding
country as well.

E. J. WARD, former county commissioner
of Washington county and the owner of a
productive farm near Gaston, is well known
throughout this region as one of its most
trustworthy citizens. He has been a resi-
dent of Oregon for twenty-three years, dur-
ing which time he has made his home in
Washington county. Born in Indianapolis,
Indiana, October 15, 1862, he is a son of
James A. Ward, who was born in Kentucky
May 10, 1833. The father devoted his at-
tention to farming, and is now living at
Lenox, Indiana. The maiden name of the
mother was Catherine Neiman. She was born
near Indianapolis and died in 1873, at the
age of thirty-three years.

After receiving his education in the public
schools E. .J. Ward devoted his attention to
farming in his native state until he was
twenty-five years of age. In 1888, he came
to Oregon and for a year and a half was
connected with the logging and sawmill busi-
ness near Hillsboro, Washington county. He
then purchased a ranch in the same part of
the county but, subsequently, disposed of it.
He now lives on the farm which was pre-
sented to Mrs. Ward by her father. This
property comprises one hundred acres and ad-
joins fifteen acres of land which Mr. Ward had
previously purchased. It comprises one hun-
dred and fifteen acres, of which about one
hundred and five acres have been cleared and
are now under cultivation. Mr. Ward re-
cently erected a commodious and beautiful
residence, and has made a number of other
improvements. He carries on general farm-
ing, and has a dairy herd of about twenty-
five cows. He has managed his business to
excellent advantage, as is indicated by the
air of prosperity which prevails everywhere
on his farm. He is thorough in his work,
leaving nothing undone which should be
done, and everything connected with his
place seems in perfect order.

On the 5th of December, 18S9. Mr. Ward
was married to Miss Mary J. Scholfield, a
native of Washington county and a daughter
of Benjamin and Sarah (Hall) Scholfield.
Her father was a farmer and was also in-
terested in the banking business. Three
children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Ward: James B., Sarah Catherine and EtheL
They are all living at home and have been
given excellent advantages of education. Mr.

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Ward is independent politically, preferring
to vote for the man rather than in support
of the party. He was elected county com-
missioner on the union ticket and served
with great acceptance to the people for four
years. For fourteen years past he has been
ii member of the school board. He was on
the independent ticket for sheriff in 1906
but was defeated. He is a sincere believer in
the Bible and holds membership in the Con-
gregational church to which he is a liberal
contributor. Fraternally he is identified with
the Odd Fellows, Rcbekahs, Kniglits of
Pythias and United Artisans. He is an en-
thusiastic advocate of Washington county
and is an active member of the Commercial
Club of (iaston. Mr. Ward owes his high
standing to his friendly disposition, sound
business judgment and unquestioned in-
tegrity of character. That he is entitled to
the entire confidence of his fellowmen is
the opinion of all with whom he has had so-
cial or business relations.

JOHN HALL is one of the pioneer settlers
of northwestern America and has been active
in its development and progress from an
early time. He is called the father of the
town of ilyrtle Creek from the fact that
the community grew up upon his half sec-
tion of land and owes much of its prom-
inence and growing wealth to his power of
organization and his indefatigable energy.
He was horn in Champaign county, Ohio, on
October :;, 1837. His parents were Thomas
K. and Maria (Housman) Hall, botli natives
of Ohio. His mother died when he w.is only
six years of age and his father later married
Miss Teresa Dickison. The father was a
farmer by occupation and he and his second
wife lived and died in Champaign county.

John Hall remained at home up to his
eighteenth year. In 1857 he started across
the plains for California, traveling with ox
teams and spending six months upon the
journey. He arrived in Sierra county. Cali-
fornia, where he worked at mining and saw-
milling for one year. In the fall of 1858
he came north to Douglas county, Oregon,
where he mined for about three years, after
which he engaged in farming and the flour
milling business. In 1863 Mr. Hall bought a
ranch comprising a half section of land and
on this tract the town of Myrtle Creek now
stands. He built a small house upon his
holdings and farmed there alone for three or
four years. At the end of that time he
platted out a town which he named Myrtle
Creek and which is now one of the growing
commimities of Douglas county. -lohn Hall
has lived in this section since he first bought
his ranch and has been extremely success-
ful along many lines. At one period in his
career he was the owner of extensive hold-
ings around Myrtle Creek hut in recent years
has disposed of all except his home ranch.
John Hall has been twice married. His
first union occurred in 1SG2, when he wedded
Susanna Weaver, a daughter of Hans
Weaver, of whom more extended mention is
made on another page of this work. They
were the parents of seven children: Will-
^ol. Ill— 12

iam T., now a resident of Portland, Oregon;
James R., a farmer in Douglas county; Har-
riet .A., who married Charles Davis, of
Salem, Oregon; Emuui, the wife of Charles
1). liuick. of Myrtle Creek; Florence, who
married Dr. Seeley, now a practicing physi-
liiin of Roseburg, Oregon; Grace, who is Mrs.
IClmer Lutz and now a resident of Summer
Lake, Lake county, Oregon; and .lohn, Jr.,
now in the railroad business at Silverton,
Oregon. Mr. Hall's first wife died in 1896
and two years later he was united in mar-
riage to Miss Florence Seeley.

In his political views John Hall is con-
sistently ilemocratic. He lias served for sev-
eral terms as mayor of Myrtle Creek, was a
uu'mber of the town council at various times
and served as county commissioner for two
terms. He is a member of Myrtle Creek
Lodge, No. 38, I. O. O. F. He was a charter
member of this organization and on May 4,
1912, was given a gold badge for forty
years' continuous niemhership. He was one
of the incorporators of the Citizens State
Bank of Myrtle Creek and is at present
])resideMt and a member of the board of
directors of that institution. Since the
foundation of the town he has always been
recognized as its foremost citizen, inter-
ested in its development along commercial,
industrial and political lines and in a large
measure responsible for its splendid growth.

W. W. EDINGTON. Twenty years have
jiassed since W. W. Kdiiigton arriveil in
.lackson county, and for a decade he has re-
sided on liis present ranch near Cold Hill.
owning and cultivating two hundred and
forty acres of land in Sams valley, six and
one-half miles from the town. He was born
in Webster county, Missouri, February^ 13,
1858, and is a son of James A. and Ellen
(Scott) Edington. who were also natives of
that state. In 1SS3 they removeil to the
Pacific coast, settling at Dayton In eastern
Washington, and in 1892 took up their abode
at Central Point, Jackson county, Oregon.
The fatlier died in 189G but the mother still
survives and is now making her homo with
her son, W. W. IC<lington, at the age of
seventy-six years, her birth having occurred
Jlay o", 183fi". Her husband was born on the
r.th" of August of the same year, and
throughout his life he followed the occupa-
tion of farming. Thev were the parentH of
seven chiMrcn: Sarah ,Tano, the wife of
James Shield of Central Point; W. W.;
Mary A., the deceased wife of F. M. Plifer;
Lucinda A., the wife of L. R. Venable living
near Astoria. Oregon; Thomas A., who died
ot the npe of nineteen years; Nancy Ellen,
who is the wife of D. W. McMorris of
Seattle. Washington; and Susan ,\della, who
died at the age of seventeen years.

W. W. Edington remained at the place of
his birth until fourteen years of age when
he accompanieil his parents on their removal
to Nappa Valley, California. Three yearn
were there spent nt the end of which time
the family returned to Missouri, and Mr.
Edington of this review continued a resi-
dent of that state until 1882. He then went

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTOEY OP OREGON

again to California where he spent the win-
ter, and in tlie spring of 1883 he removed to
Columbus county, Washington. In 1892 he
arrived in Jackson county, Oregon, where he
has since lived, and for ten _years he has
made his home upon the ranch which he
still occupies. He has been a life-long farmer
and now gives his attention to the cultiva-
tion of two hundred and forty acres pleas-
antly situated in Sams valley, six and one-
half miles from (lold Hill. The Indians have
camped upon his place, many arrows having
been picked up here; in fact, great changes
have occurred in this section of the state
during Mr. Edington's residence in Jackson
county. He carries on both general farming
and stock-raising, and has a well developed
property. His fields are largely given to
the odtivation of alfalfa, wlieat and corn,
and he makes hogs the principal feature of
his stock-raising. The excellent improve-
ments upon his farm make it one of the at-
tractive features of the landscape, and his
practical and ])rogres^sive methods m.ake it a
productive and profitable property.

On the 1,3th of April, 1879, in Missouri,
Mr. Edington was united in marriage to Miss
Frances E. Newton, who was born in Wright
county, Missouri, .January 8. 1860. and there
resided until 1882 when she came to the
west with her husband. Her parents were
Andrew and Mary (Ripy) Newton. Mr. and
Mrs. Edington have become the parents of
five chihlren, but lost their first born, James
A., when twelity-one years of age. The
others ai'c: Thomas B.. who is living at Cen-
tral Point; John N., whose home is at Sams
valley; and Mary E. and Retta A., who are
with their parents.

In his political views Mr. Edington is a
republican. His life is guided by the teach-
ings of the Church of Christ in which he
holds membership. He is a self-made man,
owing his success entirely to his own labors,
perseverance and capable management. He
early realized that industry is the basis of
all business advancement, and his indefatig-
able labors have brought him to a creditable
position among the substantial farmers of
Jackson county.

WALTER E. JACOBS. Out of the struggle
with small opportunities Walter E. .Jacobs
has come finally into a field of broad ami
active infiuence and usefulness, and yet at
times there seem to be almost unsurmount-
able difficulties and obstacles in his path but
unfaltering determination and perseverance
have enabled him to overcome this and
eventually reach the creditable position
wliicli he now occupies in business circles,
lie is now engaged in the grading and exca-
vating liusiucss as a contractor and is also
owner of a livery stable. He was born May
8, 18.57, in Hamilton. Illinois, his parents be-
ing John and Caroline (Herndon) Jacobs,
who were also natives of the same state.
The father was a steamboat man, running
on boats on the Mississippi river for a num-
ber of years. His family numbered five chil-
dren: James A., of Oakland, t'alifornia, who
is married and has two children; Mary, the

wife of Isaac Hart, of Bowen, Illinois: Wal-
ter E., of this review; Mattie, the wife of
H. N. Holmes, manager of the general mer-
chandise store at Warsaw, Illinois, and the
mother of two children, both school teachers
of Illinois: and Marscy. deceased.

Walter E. Jacobs was only six years of
age when his father died and he then went
to live with his uncle. M. K. .Johnston, in
Adams county, Illinois, spending his youth
there upon a farm in the usual manner and
with the usual experiences of most farm
boys. He continued with his uncle until he
attained his majority ami tlien went to Chi-
cago, where he entered the employ of the
Pullman Palace Car Com])any in connection
Avith its erecting and building operations.
After two years, however, he sought the
western coast, making his way to San Fran-
cisco and thence to Seattle. After a short
time he came to Portland and was employed
b.y the Oregon Railway & Navigation Com-
pany for three months. In the following
spring, however, he went out on a pile driver
to Avork on the railroad. As he had no
money he boirowed twenty dollars so that he
could make his way to the point where he
could obtain employment. The summer was
thus passed at most arduous labor, after
which he returned to Portland and pursued
a business course under Professor .James. In
the spring he returned again to the Oregon
Railway & Navigation Company and in the
fall again came to the Rose city and com-
pleted his business-college course. The next
year he worked for tlie Portland Electric
Light Company under P. F. Morley, being in
charge of the first arc lights installed in
the city. He was also connected with the
fire department under Joseph Buchtel, his
identification with the department covering
sixteen years, while at the present time he
is an exempt fireman. He was also engaged
in the coal oil business for fifteen years of
tluit period. In fact throughout his entire
life ho has made the best use of every op-
portunity that has come to him. It was in
the spring of 1888 that he purchased a team
and wagon for seven hundred and fifty dol-
lars, his own capital at that period amoiint-
ing only to four hundred and fifty dollars.
Thus equipped he started in the oil busi-
ness and later he bought out a competitor
with borrowed money. (Tradually he built
up a large trade in oil and the success of
the enterprise made him one of the svib-
stantial business men of the community.
After fifteen j'cars he concluded to with-
draAV from active connection with the oil
business .and began taking grading and exca-
vating contracts. In this work he has con-
tinued to the present time and is always
busily employed along the line of his chosen
labor. He has also established a liver}'' barn
and both branches of his business are prov-
ing profitable sources of income. He and his
wife are now the owners of property one
hundred by one hundred feet, facing on
Alden street, and they have a lot sixty by
eighty feet with frontage of eighty feet on
Thirty-fifth street. The barn is very large
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success of the business is due to the capable
manafrement and unfaltering enterprise of
.Mr. Jacobs.

On tlie 10th of June, 1896, in Portland,
Mr. .Jacobs was united in marria«re to Mi.ss
Carrie Mohle, the daughter of William and
'Willamina Caroline (Kinsley) Mohle. in
whose family there were eight children.
Out of these William and Sophia are now
deceased. Louisa is the wife of .John Boldt.
of Wisconsin. Mary is the wife of Fred
Cierling, of Tortland. August has departed
this life. Mrs. .laoobs is the next of the
family. Knima is also deceased and Bertha
is the wife of John Steiger, of Lents. The
parents of these children were pioneer
settlers of Multnomah county and purchased
the donation land claim upon which Monta-
villa now stands. They own over seventy-
si.\ acres which they used as a prairie ranch
for a number of years, their business being
conducteil under the name of the Mount
Tabor Dairy.

Mr. and Sirs. Jacobs have become the par-
ents of one child. Florence Pearl, who was
bom April 4. 1904. and is now attending
school. Politically Mr. .Jacobs is a repub-
lican but while he votes for the candidates
and supports the prinoijdes of that party he
is not a seeker for ollice. Fraternally he is
connected with the Knights of Pytliias and
the Woodmen of the World, and his wife
holds membership in the Congregational
church. His early career was indeed one of
adversity and hardship but as the year."
passed on he gnulually worked his way up-
ward and his course proves that upon the
sure foundation of industry and indefatig-
able energy success may be built.

EDWARD CLARK IRELAND is the owner
and proprietor of a large wholesale and re-
tail cigar business in Sledford, this state,
and is numbered among the men who stand
well at the front of enterprising business
interests in this porti(jn of Oregon. He is
a native of Ohio, having been born in Cincin-
nati on the 20th of May. 1860. His father.
William Ireland, was Ikuti in Kentucky and
followed the profession of teaching in early
life but later became engaged in various busi-
ness cnterpri.ses. In iS49 he cro.ssed the
|)lains to California, being one of the many
thousands of gold seekers who were swept
westward by the gold fever then alTecting
the people throughout the entire nation.
After spending some little time in the f!ol-
den state he returned to the east and in 1S5.">
he again crossed the plains and engaged in
mining in California. In both of these for-
tune-seeking ventures he was entirely suc-
cessful, although eventually he encountered
the misfortune of losing his entire wealth
by investing in a liusiness venture which
proved to be un|irofitalde and at the Inst a
disastrous failure. On the breaking out of
the Civil war he entereil the government
service as a volunteer soldier, remainintr at
the front for four continuous years and hold-
ing the military rank of cidonel at the time
he was mustered out. At one time he was
the junior partner in the firm of Mcflill Jt

Ireland, the concern being engaged in the
packing business in Cincinnati, Ohio, at a
time when that city was hcadi|uarlers in the
meat and packing business throughout the
west. In 1S70, while actively engaged in the
alVairs of business life, he passed away in
Watseka, Illinois, lie had for several years
survived his wife, who passed away when
our subject was but two and a half years
of age.

Kdward Clark Ireland was reared by fos-
ter parents and by them educated in the
pidilic schools. -Vt the age of ten years he
left his ndoptwl home and as an inexperi-
enced boy went to IndianaiK)lis. Indiana, and
at once invested in a bootblacking outfit and
established himself in the shoe-shining busi-
ness, having his headquarters in the rear
room of the law ollices of Benjamin Harri-
son, who at that time was engjjged in the
practice of his profession and just beginning
to acquire a reputation througlio\it that por-
tion of the state as a corporation lawyer.
The boyhood days of Mr. Ireland were full
of trials and tribulations. Without the love
of a mother or the protecting care of a
father, he was alone in the world, young,
without experience and without means of
support other than what he provided by his
own labor. Being ambitious he watched
his opijortunities diligently and soon found
more profitable employment than shining
shoes, and was enabled to accumulate sur-
plus funds sullicient to enable him to obtain
two winter terms of study in the public
schools, this constituting his entire schooling.
His first employment of consequence was
with a firm of contractors and bridge build-
ers. As a common lalxirer in the employ of
this company he received the handsome
compensation of one dollar n day and suc-
ceeded in obtaining iMwrd at the rate of two
dollars per week. By giving perfect .satis-
faction to his employers he was later put in
charge of all their derricks anil his salary
increased to three dollars and a half per day.
In ISSl. after having terminated his connec-
tion with the former company, he secured
the position of brakenian in the employ of
the Wabash Railway Com|mny. Here he
cimtinucd to give undivided and competent
attention to his duties and in ISH.'t he was
advanced to the po.sition of conductor of a
freight train and in ISS.'i further promoted
as concUMor of a niixeil freight anil passen-
ger trom^running in the Bchc<lule of first-
class service. Shortly after thi« he wan
again promoted, this time becoming a con-
ductor in the regular passenger service. He
was employed by the railroad company eon-
tinuou!.ly for a period of twenty live yearn.
Retiring from this tiusiness in IU06, he «p<'nt
the two following years in the pro-
motion and real e«tafe business in flmm-
paign. Illinoi*. miil at the enri of this period
lie journeveil to the Pacific coast, hoping to
(ind here better r)pportHnitie» than were of-
fered in the middle west where business cnn-
ditiont were more fixni. After reaching the
Pacific ciia«l he spent some six months look-
ing over the entire wcntern country and fin-
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this state, believing that to be tlie place offer-
ing the greatest inducements for future busi-
ness. Having once made up his mind to be-
come a citizen of this place, lie established
himself in the retail cigar business and later,
extending his operations, he added to his
retail store a wliolesale department. In
this business he is now engaged, giving his
entire time to its interests.

In 1883 Mr. Ireland was imited in mar-
riage to Miss Belle Beams, of Havana, Illi-
nois, and to their home three children have
been born, one of whom is still living, Etha
May, now the wife of E. F. Thompson, who
is associated with Lampson Brothers, Board
of Trade operators of Chicago, Illinois. Unto
Mr. and Mrs. Tliompson has been born one
child, Edward F., Jr.

Mr. Ireland gives his political allegiance
to the republican party and is a member of
the present city council of Mcdford. He has
also been a member of the Commercial Club
since his arrival in Medford and likewise
belongs to the ]Merchants Association. In
Masonry he has attained high rank, belong-
ing to Western Star Lodge, No. 340, F. &
A. M., of Cliampaign, Illinois; Champaign
Chapter, No. 50, R. A. M.; Champaign Com-
niandery. No. 68, K. T. ; Urbana Council, No.
IS, R. & S. M.; Valley of Peoria Consistory,
A. & A. S. R.; and Mohammed Temple, A.
A. 0. N. M. S., of Peoria, Illinois. He is like-
wise a valued member of the following or-
ganizations: Medford Lodge, No. 1168, B.
P. 0. E., which fraternity he joined in
Champaign, Illinois; and Crater Lake
Lodge, No. 675. R. 0. M. of Medford.
Edward Clark Ireland is one of the best
known and most effectively public-spirited
men in the city of Medford. He is always
identified with every good cause seeking the
improvement of the business interests and
the educational and moral wellbeing of the
community in which he lives. His life of
varied experiences, abounding in hardships
and prosperity, has rendered Mr. Ireland a
safe business adviser and a generous, help-
ful friend to every man who worthily is seek-
ing to improve the conditions of himself and
family. He is a popular and trusted leader
among his associates and has a reputation of
being one of the most effective agencies in
the building up of the new western city in
which he has established his residence.

ARTHUR G. LEWIS is the popular and
successful young proprietor of the Josephine
Livery Barn in Grants Pass, an establish-
ment which he is managing with skill and
profit, having been reared in that business.
He was born in Marion county, Oregon, June
1, 1881, the son of George and Mary (Tucker)
Lewis. The father, who was a native of
Nebraska, removed from that state to Ore-
gon in 1888, taking up his residence in
Jackson county. In his family were six
children.

Arthiir G. Lewis pursued his education in
the common schools and remained under the
parental roof until he was eighteen years of
age. Ho was first employed in a livery barn
with his father and later came to Grants

Pass, where he purchased the Josephine Liv-
ery Barn, which he has since been success-
fully conducting.

JNIr. Lewis was married June 34, 1907, to
Miss Margaret Matney, a native of Oregon,
and to them has been born a son, Howard,
whose natal day was September 8, 1909. In
his political faith Mr. Lewis is a republican
and a ])opular young man in the local or-
ganization. He is a member of the Odd Fel-
lows lodge of Jacksonville, an order in which
he takes a lively interest. He is one of the
popular young business men of Grants Pass
and is serving the public in such a manner
as to merit the liberal patronage which he
is receiving.

JUDGE JOHN A. LAYCOCK has been
piomineut in polilical circles of Grant county,
Oregon, for a number of years and owes his
title to four years of able and efficient serv-
ice ;is county judge. He is now engaged in
general farming and stock-raising near the
town of John Day, Oregon, and is also a
stockholder and vice president of the Grant
County Bank, one of the strong financial in-
stitutions of tlie county, and has contributed
his full share to the agricultural progress of
this region. He was born in Hancock county,
Illinois, August 37. 1S46. and is a son of
Peter and Susannah (Pilling) Laycock, both
natives of Preston, England. The paternal
grandfather of our subject was Charles Lay-
cock of England, who lived and died in his
native land. Judge Laycock's maternal grand-
father, John Pilling, came to America at an
early date and was one of the pioneers in
the settlement of the state of Iowa. Peter
Laycock. the father of our subject, married
in England and came to America shortly
afterward. He located in Illinois, where he
remained until 1848, when he removed to St.
I^uis, Missouri. In 1852 he started for Cali-
fornia, having purchased teams and a travel-
ing outfit. He sent his outfit and teams
ahead overland to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and
he with his family took a boat to. Council
P>luffs, expecting to be there in time to meet
the teams. On the journey up the river the
steamer containing his goods and outfit struck
a snag and sank. The family was rescued
but the entire outfit of traveling utensils and
supplies was lost. The family continued their
journey by teams to Council Bluffs, where
Peter Laycock arranged for their comfort the
best he could under such circumstances, rent-
ing a small house for them to live in, while
he returned to St. Joseph, Missouri, in order
to purchase a new outfit so they could con-
tinue their journey. After purchasing an-
other outfit he again started for Council
Bluffs by steamboat, but before reaching
Council Bluffs he was seized with cholera
and died, leaving a widow with five small
children. The outfit which he purchased was
never received by his family, and they were
obliged to remain in Council Bluffs until
1856. In that year the family resumed their
journey by teams and crossed the plains to
Napa county, California, where they made
their home until the time of Mrs. Laycock's
death, in the fifty-sixth year of her age.

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Judge Laycock'o educational resources were
limited. His opportunities in this direction
were meaner and were obtained largely by
his own efforts. ITe attended the public
schools of Napa county, California, at inter-
vals. Being the eldest son. there were many
duties commanding his time and attention
which compelled him to lose nuich time from
school. In order to better his condition in
this respect he went to Nevada in 1863 and
there engaged in mining for two years. Fol-
lowing his return to Napa he arranged with
the president and principal of Napa college
to take up extra lessons after regular hour.-,
and by so doing he caught up in his stuilies
with the class he had left two years before
and passed a very creditable examination.
In 1865 he came to Canj-on City during the
gold excitement and engaged in mining for
five years. He was one of a company who
erected the first quartz mill in Grant county
and was the general superintendent of mill
and mine for two years. The property paid
very well during that time. He then engaged
in farming and stock-raising, having pur-
chased a squatter's claim to a piece of land
seven miles from Canyon City on the .John
Day river, where he now has a most beauti-
ful home situated in the midst of two hun-
dred and forty acres of bottom land. He has
put most of this under cultivation and irri-
gation, raises an abundance of timothy, red-
top clover and alfalfa hay, and is making
this portion of his enterprise an important
department. By patient industry and strict
economy he has constantly added to his hold-
ings and now has besides his grain and
meadow land, twelve hundred acres of pasture
land adjoining his home and is also proprietor
of a large stock ranch in Bear valley. His
agricultiire is carried on along the most
scientiric and progressive principles and his
home is among the model properties of Grant
eountv. .Judge T^aycock has been prominent
in political affairs "of his district. He gives
his allegiance to the republican party and
served as county judge from 1808 to 1902.
He made a record for efliciency and careful
conservation of the people's interests and wag
well known as an honorable and incorruptible
public oflicial. He also served as joint sena-
tor from r.rant. Crook, Klamath and Jjike
counties during the legislative sessions of
inn.5 and 1007 and carried on his activities in
this line with his usual energy and resource.

On December 21, 1S71, Judge I.aycock was
united in marriage to Miss .Josephine Officer,
a danghter of Casey Officer, who came from
his native state, llissouri, to Oregon in IS JO.
He was one of the pioneers in the settlement
of the state and was a member of a party of
settlers who organized and developed Grant
county. To Judge Laycock and his wife have
been born folir children: William C, now in
business in Vancouver, British Columbia:
John A., a resident of Alberta, Canada; Mary,
who is deceased; and Guy H., now active in
the mercantile business in the town of Tim-
ber, Oregon. .Judge Laycock has given his
three sons the advantage of a good education
and himself supervised their start in life.
All have justified their father's confidence in

them. William C. Ljiyoock is quite prominent
in business circles in Vancouver, British
Columbia, where he is heavily interested in
real estate. The two younger sons have fol-
lowed in their elder brother's footsteps and
are active and discriminating business men.
■ luilge Laycock in the varicius relations of
his life has always been ilistinguished by
iiuirked ability and keen and well directed
ambition. He has served his county with
credit and honor and has been active in the
agricultural development of Grant county,
where his name is a synonym for high-mindeil
effort and an upright and honorable life,
•ludge Laycock was initiated into the Masonic
order soon after arriving at the age of twenty-
one years. He has advanced in Masonry by
receiving the degrees in Blue Mountain Chap-
ter, No. 7, p. A. M., and is a charter member
<if Blue Mountain Council, No. 10, and a
MU'mbcr of the Order of High Priesthood, lie
has been honore<l by his brethren and com-
panions, has served" in various stations of
his lodge and cliapter,' was worshipful master
of his lodge for five years and high priest of
his chapter eight years. He has been an
active and zealous Mason for many years and
discharged his Masonic duties with zeal and
fidelity.

LEWIS STOUT, one of the most prom-
inent citizens of Mehama, Marion county,
was born in McLean county, Illinois, May
3, 1S29, the son of Kpliraim and Sarah
(Stout) Stout, the father a native of Ten-
nessee, born in 1798, and the mother of
North Carolina, born in 1792. The great-
grandfather, who was the first of the Stout
family in America, was a native of Eng-
land and lived in North Carolina during the
Revolutionary war period. His wife was of
German nationality. The grandfather settled
in Missouri in 1802. The iiarents. Ephraim
and Sarah Stout, were nuirried in Ohio in
1S22, moved to Illinois in 1S2."). and in 1838 to
Iowa, where they resirled until 1S.".2. At that
date they crossed the plains with ox teams,
being eii route six montlis, during which
time they had some trouble with the In-
dians. They settled three miles west ot
Mehama on a donation land claim which
they improved and resiiled on the remainder
of their lives, the mother dying in 1873 and
the father in 1879. The latter, although a
cripple, was very active in pcditical work
and served as justice of the peace in Iowa
and refused the nomination for the state
legislature. In their family were five chil--
dren: .Mrs. .fane Hi'unis, deceaseil; Mr».
Susanna Fisher, of .Salem, Oregon; Isaac, de-
ceased; Lewis, of this review; and Re-
becca, deceased.

Lewis Stout received his education in
Iowa, where he attended the common schools
and. later, a Quaker institution. He re-
maine<l at home operating his father's do-
nation claim and his own, which adjoine<l
it. until 1H88. when he sold the land. He
now owns seven acre.<t in Mehama and twenty
acred in Linn county. While reniding on
the farm he mode n specialty of growing
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berries in Salem. He also raised stock quite
extensively and brouglu the tirst Angora
goats to this section of the country; also he
bought the first stand of bees in the neigh-
borhood, for which stand he paid sixty dol-
lars. He spent a great deal of time in the
sawmill business, erecting one of the earliest
sawmills in this section and building the
first ferry boat at Mehama.

In Oregon, in 1865. Mr. Stout was united
in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Byers, a na-
tive of Iowa, and they have become the par-
ents of nine children:" William H., deceased;
Clara, who is the wife of \V. P. Mulkey, of
Mehama; Lois, who is the wife of B. Irving,
of C'orvallis, Oregon ; Anna, who is a trained
nurse at Salem, Oregon; Mary, the wife of
C. A. Mulkey, who resides near Portland;
Jessie, of Salem; Ray L., of the Pacific Power
and Light Comp.any, at Portland; Alpha, the
wife of W. F. Horner, of Mill City; and
Luther, ac home.

In politics Mr. Stout is a prohibitionist
and he is proud to say of both the sons and
sons-in-law in his large family that none
have ever used strong intoxicants. He takes
an active interest in all party issues and
has held some minor offices. Although Mr.
Stout was raised a Quaker he is now a
member of the Dunker church, and he is a
worthy representative of the class of citi-
zens whose industrious and useful lives con-
stitute the true wealth of the state.

JAMES EDWIN LOOSE, one of the well
known farmers of Polk county, is a native
of Salem. Oregon, born May 5, 1868, the son
of Frederick and Emily (Stout) Loose. The
father, a native of Germany, was brought
to America when a small boy by his parents,
who settled in Dutchess county. New York,
In 18.53, when the father was fifteen years
of age, he removed to California and in the
same year came to Oregon, settling in Salem,
where" he engaged in teaming. Later he re-
paired to a farm near Fairfield and lived in
various other locations until he finally came
to the farm where he now lives, which is
situated three miles northwest of Salem and
is the present home of his son. .James Edwin,
of this review. He went through the hard-
ships of early pioneer life and served in the
Indian war. ' In his family were seven chil-
dren: Cora, who is the wife of J, D, Wall-
ing, of Lincoln, Oregon; Charles, of Stayton,
Oregon; James Edwin, of this review; Annp,,
deceased; Minnie, of Portland, Oregon; Frank,
connected with the transfer line: and Wes-
ley, head cook at the Asylum Farm.

James E. Loose was educated in the com-
mon schools. He has always remained on
the home farm and now owns fifty-three
and one-half acres of land, on which he has
put up substantial improvements and is en-
gaged in raising hops, grain and other farm
])roducts.

On the 36th of December. 1S92, Mr. Loose
was united in marriage to Miss Hattie
Amelia Harris, a native of Todd county, Min-
nesota, and a daughter of E. V. and Saloma
Anne (Sarll) Harris. The father was a na-
tive of Nova Scotia, of English descent, and

the mother was born in Indianapolis, Indiana,
of German parentage. They were married
in Minnesota and came to Oregon in 1886,
settling near Dallas, and later removed to
McMinnville, Oregon. The father followed
the occupations of farming and carpentering.
The mother died in 1905 and is buried in
McMinnville, Oregon. In their family were
four children: V. D., of Lake county, Ore-
gon; Hattie Amelia, now Mrs. James E.
Loose; Pearl, deceased, who was the wife
of Clarence Hendershot, of McMinnville; and
Ella, who is the wife of Roy Fink, of Mc-
Minnville. Mrs. Loose was educated in the
common scliools of Fairview and remained
at home until the time of her marriage. Mr.
and Mrs. Loose are the parents of four chil-
dren: Lloyd, deceased; Emily C. ; Voorhis
Frederick; and Carol Amelia.

In politics Mr. Loose is a republican but
he always takes into consideration the quali-
fications of the man to be put in office. He
displays great interest in the cause of edu-
cation and for thirteen years has been clerk
of the school board. He attends the local
church and gives his support to all measures
that tend to upbuild the community.

HON. DANIEL M. C. GAULT. Prom-
inently idriitilied with the journalists, edu-
cators and pul)lic men of Oregon was Daniel
M. C. Gault. postmaster of Cottage Grove,
a position he has acceptably filled from
1908 until the time of his demise, April 30,
1912. His professional career covers a period
of nearly half a centui-y and he is widely
known and universally respected. He was
born in Davis county, Iowa, in May, 1843,
the son of John and Lucy (McClein) Gault,
the father a native of Massachusetts and the
mother of Kentucky. They were married in
Davis county, Missouri, and removed shortly
afterward to Iowa.- where they lived until
1852. The father followed agricultural pur-
suits in Iowa, although he had formerly been
a carpenter, having learned that trade in
Massachusetts. On leaving Iowa the father
i-emoved with his family to Oregon and
settled on a donation claim of three hundred
and twenty acres, eight miles southwest of
Portland. He at once set about erecting the
necessary buildings, clearing up the land,
making improvements and tilling the soil,
and resided on that farm until his death in
ISfil, the mother having passed away in
1858. They were the parents of five chil-
dren: Daniel M. C, of this review; Mrs.
Mary Humphreys, of Portland. Oregon; two
who' died in infancy; and John W"., who
])assed away in Spokane in 1908.

Daniel M. C. Gault was nineteen years of
age when he started out in life on his own
account by teaching school, which profession
he followed at intervals for a period of
twenty years, his first service of that kind
being "at" Walla Walla, Washington. He was
also interested in newspaper work, and con-
ducted the Jacksonville (Oregon) Senti-
nel. During the time he conducted that jour-
nal be read law for three years. Tie then
removed to Salem, where he accepted a jiosi-
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remained for one year. He then went to
Dallas. I'olk county, where he established
the Polk County Republican. After conduct-
ing that paper for a time he disposed of it
and began in ISTO to teach scliool in Yam-
hill county, a profession wliich he followed
for two years. Going to Hillsboro. he taught
there for eight years, and subseciueiitly for
two years in the graded schools of the Hal-
liday addition" in Portland. After that he
removed to a farm near Portlaiul but con-
tinued to teach in connection with his farm-
ing pursuits until 1892. when he removed to
Hillsboro and i)urchased an interest in the
Hillsboro Independent, remaining with that
paper until January. 1903. after which he
went to Salem, where he and his son Harry
established a job printing otlice, there known
as the (iault Printing Company, and operated
it for two years. They then removed the
plant to Cottage firove, where they estab-
lished the Western Oregon and after operat-
ing it for three years disposed of the prop-
erty to .J, C. Howard, who established the
Cottage Grove Sentinel.

Mr. Gault was marrieil in Oregon to Miss
Anna Rebecca Howell, who was born in
18li7, and they became the parents of two
children: Elizabeth, who died at the age of
eleven years; and Mary, the wife of Charles
Halstead, of Portland," Oregon, Jlrs. Gault
passed away in 1S70 and in 1S78 Jlr. Gault
was again nuirried, his second union being
with Miss Lydia E, Hum])hrey, of Portland,
a daughter of Homan M. and Lydia (Snow)
Humphrey. The father, a native of Xew
York, was of English lineage, and the mother
was born in Ohio and they were married
in the Empire state. The "father of ilrs.
Gault first took up a claim of one hundred
and .sixty acres in Towa for which he paid
$1.2."> an acre, which he sold and came
to Oregon in 1S.52. Mrs. Gault's mother was
a teiicher before her marriage. They crossed
the plains with ox teams to Oregon, settling
in Portland, where the father took up a
donation land claim of three hundred and
twenty acres. This farm, which adjoins the
city of Portland, was the home of the family
until the father's death in 1887. the mother
having passed away in 1859. To them six
children were born: \Y. .1. and Dr. T. C.
Humphrey, both residents of Portland;
I.ydia E.", now Mrs. Haniel M. C. Gault:
llrpha G.. deceased; Eliza, who became the
wife of H, Denlinger and is now deceased;
and .Tulia, who first married Samuel L.
Simpson, the poet, and after his death mar-
ried .Julian Y. Briscow and is now deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Gault had two children. .Tohn
H.. who wa» born December 2."!. IH7S. is
married and is an instr\ictor in plumbing
in the Trade School of Portland. William
H.. who was born November 8. 1880, is mar-
ried and resides at Everett, Washington, He
is foreman of the Everett Paint Shop and is
also a stockholder in that concern.

In his political views Mr. Gault was a re-
publican and his political career had been one
of importance. He served as superintendent
of sciiools in Washington coimty for one
term, was in 1876 elected to the legislature

from Washington county, serving for one
term, and in 1880 was again elected to the
legislature from Multnomah county, serving
for one erm. In 1902 he was again elected
to the legislature from Washington county,
serving for one term. He was ajipointcd
postmaster of Cottage (Irove in March, 1908,
a position which ho held until his death.
Fraternally he was a charter member of
JIutazuma Lodge, Xo. 50, I. O, O. F., and has
filled all of the official chairs in that body.
He also belonged to Portland Camp. Xo. 27,
A. O. U. W., and had occupied practically all
of its chairs. Jlr. Gault was a nu'uiber of
the Congregational clunch, as is his family,
their nuMubership being at Salem. The Hon.
Daniel .M. C. (Jault served the state of Oregon
and its people in a most conscientious and
useful way. lieing a man of excellent edu-
cation and training, he was a very success-
ful teacher, giving universal satisfaction
both in that capacity and as superintendent
of public instruction. Mrs. Gault received a
high-school education and was a teacher and
had charge of the eighth grade at the Hills-
boro school for three years and before that
taught in the country schools in Washing-
ton county. She also was deputy postmis-
tress for threes years when Mr. Gault was
aii])ointed postmaster of Cottage (irove. The
entire family have been well sduxded and
stand high in the best circles of society. Mr.
Gault jjassed away April 20, 1913, greatly
mourned by his family and a large circle of
devoted friends, in the seventieth year of
his life.

CHARLES A. CROW is one of the success-
ful miTcliiints of Merlin. Oregon, where he
is successfully engaged in the general hard-
ware business. He was born in Lane county.
Oregon, .\ugust 3, 1874, and is the son of
William and Xancy .lane (Xealey) Crow, the
former a native of Illinois and the latter of
Missouri, The father emigrated to Oregon
in 185,3, crossing the ])lains with ox teams
during the time of the cholera epidemic and
two members of their company died of that
disease while on their western journey. On
reacliing Oregon Mr. Crow settled in Lane
county, where he remained for a short time
and later removed to .losejihine coiuity and
there took up a homestead claim in 18S2,
on which he has since continued to reside.

Charles A. Crow was reared in his father's
home and educated in the public schools of
the district in which he lived and was later
graduated from the Portland llnsiness Col-
lege. He started in life for himself at the
age of seventeen years and spent the early
years of his nuinliood engaged in various
occupations, among others that of mining.
At the time of his nuirriage he was living in
Grants Pass ami iluring the period of his res-
idence there he served one term as assessor
of .Josephine county. Inimeilintely following
his marriage he settled upf)n his ranch of one
hundred and sixty acres in .losephine coimty,
where he remained for three years, after
whiih he removed to Merlin, where he is en-
gaged in the successful ojieration of nn up-
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which he is the owner of several valuable
pieces of property in Merlin.

Mr. Crow was united in marriage to Miss
Julia Hamlin and to them two children were
born: Louis Glenn, who died on October 9,
1909, and is buried at Merlin; and Even L.
Mr. Crow is justice of the peace at Merlin
and is also a notary public. Fraternally he
is affiliated with the Odd Fellows lodge at
Grants Pass. He is one of the highly re-
spected and Tiseful citizens of Josephine
county and is numbered among the enterpris-
ing and progressive citizens of his portion of
the state.

RUSSELL CALVIN KELSEY, M. D.
While actively engaged in the practice of
medicine, in which connection he has become
recognized as an able, learned and conscien-
tious physician. Dr. Kelsey lias also become
well known in business connections of an im-
portant character and through his efforts for
public progress and improvement. He was
born in Deerfield, Steele county, Minnesota,
a son of Calvin and Anna (Russell) Kelsey,
who now reside at Wells, Minnesota. He is
descended from English ancestors who at an
early period in the colonization of the new
world settled at Hartford, Connecticut. This
was in the year 1636 and in 1639 William
Kelsey was numbered among the property
holders of that city. During the Revolu-
tionary war two brothers of the. name were
ca]jtured and placed on the British prison
ship Sampson, off the coast of New Jersey,
and died while thus incarcerated.

Following the removal of the family to
Wells, Minnesota, Dr. Kelsey there contin-
ued his education until graduated from the
liigli school with the class of 1877. Follow-
ing his determination to become an active
member of the medical profession he began
reading along that line and in 1888 was
graduated from a medical college at Indian-
apolis, Indiana, while in 1899 he was grad-
uated from the medical department of the
University of Illinois — the College of Phy-
sicians and Surgeons at Chicago. Since
188S he has continuously engaged in the
practice of medicine and surgery and during
the gold rush to Alaska in 1897-8 he was
surgeon for one of the steamship companies.
Returning from that district in the latter
year he spent the year 1S99 at the College
of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago, where
he won the degree of Doctor of Medicine, Ad-
dendiim. The following spring he removed
to White Rociv, South Dakota, and became
surgeon for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railroad Company. At the same time
he conducted a large private practice and
also while at White Rocl'C was elected secre-
tary of the Midland Canal Company and sec-
retary of the Tri-State Drainage Associa-
tion which embraced the states of North Da-
kota, South Dakota and Minnesota. This
last association sent Dr. Kelsey and Major
Edwards, of Fargo, North Dakota, to Wash-
ington to secure an appropriation to survey
the head waters of the Minnesota river and
those of the Red River of the North to de-
termine the feasibility of constructing a

canal between the two rivers. The mission
was successful in securing an appropriation
of some eleven thousand dollars for that
purpose. At this date, ten years later, the
subject is still under consideration by the
Canadian and the United States govern-
ments. At the time of tlie origin of the
movement J. J. Hill opposed the project but
later, however, when the railroads became
glutted with freight they could not handle
Mr. Hill favored the project and it is now
quite likely that the scheme which was orig-
inated by Dr. Kelsey will reach a success-
ful issue.

Dr. Kelsey has done other important pub-
lic service. While in South Dakota he was
appointed by the governor of that state as
its representative at the exposition held in
Portland, Oregon, in 1905, at which time he
removed to tliat state, settling at Gold Hill
in the summer of 1906. Soon afterward he
opened an addition to that place known as
Riverside Park, and later he purchased the
entire Dekum addition to the place and suc-
cessfully closed out the same within a year.
At about the same time he was elected a
director of the city schools and during the
summer of 1910 was very largely responsible
for the erection of a modern school build-
ing, the first strictly modern building to be
erected in southern Oregon.

In 1884 Dr. Kelsey was married at Wells,
Minnesota, to Miss Cora Hallock, who died
a year later. It was this that caused Dr.
Kelsey to take up the study of medicine and
in 1889, after graduating in medicine, ha
married Flora Adella Tamblyn. of Indian-
apolis, Indiana, who is a daughter of John
Tamblyn. The family is of English descent
although at a more remote period her an-
cestors were of German extraction. It is be-
lieved that members of the family removed
from Germany to England during the days
of William the Conquei-or. Unto Dr. and
Mrs. Kelsey have been born the following
named: John R., William C, Dolores Phyllis,
Walter Odukcr and Flora Ann Yolanda.

In politics Dr. Kelsey has always been a
republican where national issues and ques-
tions are involved, yet always uses his judg-
ment concerning the support of any candi-
date and frequently casts an independent
local ballot. At Gold Hill, November 1, 1911,
he organized the Voters League and the or-
ganization successfully carried the city elec-
tion the following spring. This is an organ-
ization formed for the support of the best
qualified candidates and in opposition to
strong partisanship when the welfare of the
majority is disregarded. He became a Mas-
ter Mason while residing in Indianapolis, join-
ing Center Lodge, No. 33, the oldest Masonic
organization in the state of Indiana. While
living in South Dakota he became one of
the organizers of White Rock Lodge, No. 138,
F. & A. M.. and demitted therefrom Janu-
ary 23, 1908. On the 5th of March, 1898, he
was made an honorary member of the Din-
apore India Arya Samaj, which translated
means the White Man's Association. He was
also made a member of Bombay Samaj in
August of the same vear. His religious

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faith is tliat of the Methodist Episcopal
church and his membership is willi the so-
ciety of tliat denomination at Gold Hill. In
1911 he was elected a trustee of the church
and was chosen chairman of its board. His
life has been actuated by a desire for pro-
gress and improvement and by the spirit of
justice, truth and right. lie has ever
endeavored to make his life count tor frood
in the world's work and his record is indeed
one of serviceable worth.

SAMUEL W. TAYLOR is tilling the office
of treasurer of Lane county, to which he was
called by popular ballot in 1910. He was
born in Huntingdon county, IVnnsylvania,
•June 22, IStS. and is a son of Andrew Jack-
son and Jane (Linn) Taylor. The Linn fam-
ily traces its ancestry back to 10U4, accord-
ing to a published history which gives the
genealogical record. One of the great-great-
grandfathers of Mr. Taylor on the maternal
side was a Mr. Widney who settled in
Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and built the
first cabin in that valley, this being in the
decade between 1770 and 17S(). His de-
scendants have since always lived in that
section of the state. The maternal grand-
father, Hugh Linn, was a stone nia.'^on, con-
tractor and miller. The paternal grand-
father of Mr. Taylor was Caspar Taylor,
who was born near Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania, and devoted his life to general agri-
cultural pursuits. His son, Andrew Jackson
Taylor, was reared to farm life, but think-
ing to find industrial pursuits more con-
genial than the life of the agriculturist he
became a harness maker and saddler. He
was a justice of the peace for some years,
in which ollice he rendered decisions that
were strictly fair and impartial. His record
at all times commended him to the regard
and confidence of those who knew him.

Samuel W. Taylor was reared in Hunting-
don county, Pennsylvania, and was but fif-
teen years of age when, in 1S63. he enlisted
for service as a member of Company B,
Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. He re-
mained at the front for two years and was
with the regiment in all of its battles and
campaigns until honorably discharged after
the close of the war, on the Hth of July,
1865. On the night that he was fifteen
years of age he did picket duty and served
Under Captain Wallace when the Union
troops checked the Rebel advance from Mc-
Connelsburg road to Cove Mountain Pass on
the Meroersburg mad. Although hut a l>oy
in years his bravery and loyalty were equal
to that of many a veteran of twice liis ngc.
After the war Mr. Taylor engaged in rail-
roading for a few years, and then settled in
Carroll county, Illinois, whore he was mar-
ried and established his home. After a year
or two, however, he removed to Nebraska
and subsequently spent five years in .Shelby
county. Iowa, during which period he en-
gaged in farming. In March, 1888. he ar-
rived in Eugene and for a year and a half
thereafter was engaged in stock farming.
In 1890 he entered the employ of the Eugene
Water Company as engineer and for some

years before the plant was sold acted as
superintendent and manager. In I'JIO he was
elecle<l county treasurer and is now filling
this position, the duties of which he is dis-
charging with promptness and fidelit}', win-
ning the commendation of all concerned.

In ls7.! Mr. Taylor was united in marriage
to .Miss Florence Hall, a daughter of Charles
Hall, of Lanark. Illinois, and unto them have
been born three children; Harriet, who is the
wife of Halph (!. Starr, of Dayton, Oregon;
Blanche, who is the widow of .Samuel S.
Thurston, a teacher in the high school; and
George M., who is nuinager for the Western
Cnion Telegraph Company at Eugene. He
is also a veteran of the Spanish-American
war, having been with the Second Oregon
Regiment all through its term of service.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Taylor hold nu'inbcrship
in the Congiegational church, in the work of
which they are actively and helpfully inter-
ested. Mr. Taylor fraternally is connected
with Eugene Lodge, Xo. 11, F. & A. M.;
Eugene Chapter, No. 10, R. A. M.; Helmet
Lodge, No. 33, K. P., of which he is past
chancellor commander; Eugene Camp, No.
113, W. O. W.; and Eugene Aerie. No. 27.5,
F. O. E. He likewise belongs to J. W. Geary
Post. O. A. R., of which he is now serving
his fiftli term as post commander, and thus
maintains pleasant relations with his old
army comrades. He is as true and loyal to
his country today as when he followed the
old Hag upon southern battle fields, and
though but a boy in years gave practical
demonstration of the fact that age is no
criterion of patriotic service.

JOSEPH M. RADER, e.x-sherifT of Jackson
county, is one of Oregon's popular sons now
residing on a little farm of twenty acres
near Phoenix, this county, living compara-
tively retired. He was bom a mile and a
half south of Eagle Point. July 31, 1864, a
son of Jackson and Clara (Loehkamp) Rader.
The mother crossed the plains from Missouri
to Oregon in 1850 or 1S.')1, coming as a girl
with friends, her parents having died when
she was a child. The father migrated to this
state some time previou.s and both settled in
Jackson county. It was soon after the
mother came to this state that their mar-
riage was celebrated, and they took up their
abode near Jacksonville. Four or five ycara
later they removed to a ranch near Eagle
Point where the father died in 1872. His
widow continued to reside on the homestead
until 1002. when she made her home in
.laeksonville with her son .loseph, of thJB re-
view. Four years later she removed to Med-
ford, where she has since resided with her
daughter, Mrs. Clara Phipps.

Joseph M. Rader was reared in the home
of his parents and acquired his education in
the common schools of Oregon. After at-
taining his majority he continued to remain
at home and assisted in the operation of the
home ranch, containing five hundred and
thirty acres, and it required the combined
efforts of the entire family to successfully
conduct the farming business in which they
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chased tlie old home rancli wliith he sold to
advantage in 1910. During tlie same year
he purchased his present little home ol twenty
acres near Phoenix where he is now living
comparatively retired and at ease.

In 1902 Mr. Rader was elected to the office
of sheriff of Jackson county on the demo-
cratic ticket, being reelected in 1904 to suc-
ceed himself in that office. During his period
of service as a public official he proved to
be a popular and efficient sheriff.

Mr. Rader was married on the 7th of April,
1908, to Miss Bertha M. Rose, a daughter
of L. A. Rose, one of the pioneer settlers
of Jackson county who is still living, making
his home in Phoenix. Politically Mr. Rader
has always been a stanch democrat and for
many years has been an active man in his
party. He is a member of Medford Lodge,
No. 168. B. P. O. E.. and belongs to Jackson
Tribe. No. 1, I. 0. R. M. He is one of the
well known residents of Jackson county, and
is highly esteemed by all who know him.

HON. D. C. BAUGHMAN, a retired farmer
residing at t'ottage IJrove. owns a brick
business building and warehouse on Wall
street and a fine residence which he occupies.
He is well educated and taught school for
many years during his earlier life. Mr.
Baughman was born in Illinois, October 8,
1843, a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Mc-
Call) Baughman. His father was born in
Ohio, while his mother was born in Ten-
nessee, their marriage being celebrated in
Illinois. They resided in that state until
1843, when they removed to Iowa. In 1850
the father crossed the plains to Oregon to
look over the country and select a place on
which to settle. He returned to Iowa and
brought his family to this city in 1851. Dur-
ing the journey across the plains considerable
trouble was experienced with the Indians
who stole part of their oxen while in the
state of Nevada. The first settlement of
the family was made on Myrtle creek in
Douglas county, where they wintered. The
following spring Mr. Baughman settled in
Rattle Snake valley in Lane county, where
he took up a donation claim of three him-
dreil and twenty acres. He lived upon that
land luitil 18(59. clearing it and getting it
under cviltivation and making the necessary
improvements. He then removed to Pleas-
ant Hill, Oregon, where he purchased the
Abel Russell donation claim, upon which he
lived for fourteen years and where the
mother died at the age of sixty-one. On
selling this property Mr. Baughman pur-
chased a small farm on w'hich he made his
home for a number of years, and. again sell-
ing out, purchased five acres near Pleasant
Hill school, where he died in 1003. In his
family were born twelve children, five of
whom are still living, namely: D. C. of this
review: Sarah A., the wife of a Mr. Law-
rence, of Xome. Alaska : Clarinda J., who
married Edward Doring. of Helix. Oregon:
Samuel T., residing near Sacramento, Cali-
fornia; and Elijah G., of Seattle.

When his parents crossed the plains D. C,
Baughman was about ten years of age. He

remained at home until he attained his ma-
jority, after which he engaged in steamboat-
ing and other occupations for a period of five
years. He then took up a homestead of one
hundred and sixty acres in Benton county,
Oregon, upon which he lived for eight years
and then, selling his homestead, he bought a
small farm near Monmouth, upon which he
lived for a time, when he again sold out and
went to Clackamas county, six miles east
of Oregon City, where he purchased one hun-
dred and sixty acres. He only occupied this
land for one year, however, after which he
sold out and, going to Pleasant Hill, pur-
chased one hundred and seventy acres upon
which he lived for one year. He then re-
moved to the vicinity of Cottage Grove on a
farm which he operated until 1905, and then
removed to Cottage Grove, where he is now
making his home and living retired. Mrs.
Baughman owns three hundred and sixty
acres of farm land and he still retains title
to seven acres adjoining the city of Cottage
Grove and twenty-one lots, all improved, in
the city, in addition to his own fine home.

Mr. Baughman was married September 36,
1869, to Miss Catherine Braman, who was
born near Pleasant Hill, Oregon. To this
union six children were born: Elizabeth E.,
the wife of Lewis Gerrum. of Eugene; Frank
A., who died at the age of one and a half
years; Wealthy N., who married John
Sweeney, of Lockwood, Canada; Henry Del-
bert, a resident of London, Oregon; Jessie P.,
the wife of .John Taylor, of Cottage Grove;
and Belle C. who wedded Harvey Taylor,
also of this city. The wife and mother died
in 1883 and on the 39th of January, 1884,
Mr. Baughman was again married, his sec-
ond union being with Mrs, Martha Powell,
the W'idow of .James H. Powell and a daugh-
ter of .John M. and .Jane (Wilson) Harris.
Her p.arents were natives of Kentucky and
their wedding was celebrated in Indiana,
where they lived for twenty-five years, after
which they removed to Pike county, Illinois,
later returning to Indiana for several years.
They then took up their residence in Min-
nesota, but owing to the threatening atti-
tuile of the Indians in that state they re-
moved within less than a year to Illinois.
There they continued their residence imtil
1865, when they crossed the plains to Oregon.
They set out on the journey with horses
but lost those and were compelled to journey
the rest of the way with ox teams. On
reaching Oregon they settled in Linn county,
where the father purchased a ranch. After
living in that county for several years the
family removed to a farm seven miles south
of Cottage Grove and ujion this place they
lived until about two years previous to the
father's death in 1883. The mother passed
,nway in 18S1. Eleven children were born
unto them, five of whom are still living,
namely: Martha, now Mrs. Baughman;
David, of London, Oregon; T. W., of Eugene;
.1. W., also residing in Eugene; and James
H.. of Bellingham.

The political allegiance of Mr. Baughm.an
has always been given to the republican
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party to the state legislature of Oregon,
serving in 1S'J2 and ISiJ.i, and there made a
creditable record lor himsell, proving en-
tirely satisfactory to his constituents. He
and his laniily are members ol the Christian
church, being active in furthering the inter-
ests of that organization and making it po-
tent for good in the community. Mr.
Baughman is one of the most vahuible and
highly respected citizens of Cottage Grove.
He is a linely educated man, having during
the time he taught school carried a lirst
grade certificate. His long period of resi-
dence in Oregon, together with his service in
the state legislature, has given him an ex-
tended acijuaintance, and among his a.sso-
ciates and friends he is greatly respected.

GEORGE M. BIGGS actively interested in
minin;;, i- •nu- cii ihr [lartners in the Tie Bar
Mining Company which controls six claims.
The work is being successfully promoted and
the property is being rapidly developed. Mr.
Biggs came to Oregim. when sixteen years of
age. He was born in Allamakee county. Iowa.
July 20. ISlJIi. and is the .son of Samuel II.
and Harriet 0. (Xewcomb) Biggs. The father
has been identified with agricultural pursuits
in Wallowa county for nearly thirty years
and is a well known and highly resjiected
resident of that region. Extended mention is
made of him on another page of this work.

In the j>ublic schools of Nebraska, (ieorge
M. Biggs pursued his education until he
reached the age of about fourteen years, af-
ter which he devoted three years to farming
in that state and then came to Oregon with
his parents, the family home being estab-
lished in Wallowa county where he engaged
in the stock business with his father for four
years. On the expirati<in of that period he
removed to La (!rande where he learned the
trade of a machinist and engineer. After
three years there spent he was employed at
various places in Wallowa and Union coun-
ties as a macliinist and engineer, being thus
engaged until the spring of 1911 when he be-
came interested in placer mining in soutli-
w^estern Oregon. He is now canying on his
operations as a member of the Tie Bar Min-
ing Company which controls six claims and
has a sixty thousand pound dredge. The
property is being rapidly developed and Mr.
Biggs is one of the principal owners. The
claims prumise to return a gooil yield, there
being every indication of success.

The four i-hildren nf Mr. Biggs are: Hattie.
the wife of L. firecnough; (ioldie, the wife of
M. T. Adams; and Fee and fJaynell. both at
home. Mr. Biggs gives his political support
to the republican party and is a member of
the Odd Fellows society. He also attends
the Methodist church and these associations
indicate much of the nature of his interests
and principles which govern his conduct.

L. A. HAMMERSLY. Among the patri-
otic young .\merican citizens of whom this
country is justly proud is L. A. Hammersly,
editor of The Argus. He responded to his
country's call, which came to him in early
manhood, and after serving under its tlag.

engaged in the newspaper business, a pro-
fession with which he is still connected. He
was born in Oregon, .lune 5, Issi^ the son
of (ieorge K. and -Martha .1. (lUirrough)
Hammersly, more extended mention of whom
will be found in connection with the bio-
graphical review of John B. llammerlsy, on
another page of this work.

Mr. Hammersly attended both the com-
mon and high schools and remaiiu'd at home
with his parents until he attained his ma-
jority, when he enlisted in Company K of
the Nineteenth United States Inlanlry and
served for three years in the I'hilippine Is-
lands. On returning to Oregon he engaged
in the newspaper business at tlold Hill, at
first being connected with his father in that
work. In May, I'JU, he founded The Argus,
a publication which he has since conducted
in a successful and acceptable manner.

In July, 1909, Mr. Hammersly was united
in marriage to Miss .Vnna Johnson, a native
of Kansas and a daughter of N. B. anil
Christina Johnson, both of wIkuu were born
in Sweden. The parents emigrated to Amer-
ica in 1S77 and settled in Kansas, where
they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr.
Hammersly is alliliated with the republican
party, giving to it his active and loyal sup-
port. He is a member of the Fraternal
Brotherhood, that being the only order to
which he belongs. In his capacity as editor
of The Argus he has become an extrenudy
active and valuable citizen of Itoguc Kiver
and he is a popular young man, always giv-
ing his earnest support to every good cause
and assisting to the extent of his ability in
such projects as seem likely to benefit the
community. In the conduct of his business
he has shown tact, education and business
ability and without doubt a useful and bril-
liant career awaits him, and his name has
become synonymous with progress in his
town. His acquaintance is extensive, his
popularity is increasing and he has become
one of the most respected and highly es-
teemed citizens of the community.

JOSEPH H. BROWN has been active in
agricultural, business and political circles of
Douglas county since 1881. He is now car-
rying on an extensive butcher busiiu-ss in
(Ilendale. Oregon, and is a well known citi-
zen of this section of the country, lie was
born in .Missouri. January 7, ls,"iH. the son
of Alfred and Mary (Oilhaml Brown, the
fornu'r a native of Indiana and the latter of
Ohio. The father was a |iromiiu>nt farmer in
Missouri for several years and was following
that occupation when the Civil war broke
out in ISOI. He joined the Federal army in
that year and .serveil until his di'ath at
.'springlicld. Missouri, in 18')2. The mother's
death occurred in the same state in 189.1.

.loseph H. Brown received his early edu-
cation in the public H(*hools of his native
state and laid aside his text-l>o<iks at the
early age of fourteen and worked for lour
years in the employ of others. He then
started for liiniKelf in the gr<M'ery business
ami was active in this line of occupation for
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operated a ranch in Missouri for some time.
In 1881 he came to Oregon, locating at Can-
yonville, wliere lie teamed on the Southern
Pacific Railroad for two years. At the ex-
piration of this period he returned to Mis-
souri and for nine years operated a farm in
his native state. In 1892 he sold his hold-
ings in Missouri and came to Glendale, Ore-
gon, where he bought a farm and cultivated
the soil for three years. At the end of that
time he removed to Ashland, where he en-
gaged in the grocery business for a short
period. After five months he sold his inter-
est in the store and retired from all active
business for a year. In 1896 he went into
the butcher business in Glendale in the shop
where he is at present located. He has
made a success of the various enterprises in
which he has been engaged and has gradually
accumulated a comfortable fortune and has
made judicious investments in Glendale real
estate. He owns much property in this city
and is keenly interested in its development
and advancement.

In 1884 Mr. Brown was united in marriage
to Miss Emmeline Ball, a native of Oregon,
and they became the parents of five children.
Pearl, William C, Alfred, Allen J. and Veta,
all of whom are now living except Alfred,
whose death occurred in 1902 in Canyon-
ville. In politics Mr. Brown is a consistent
republican and a firm believer in the policies
and principles for which that party stands.
He has always taken an active interest in
the afl'airs of his community and served for
two years, in 1910 and 1911, as mayor of
Glendale. He is at present a member of the
town council and is doing able and efficient
work in this capacity.

HORACE D. JONES, SR. Since 1894 Hor-
ace D. Jones has been engaged in placer min-
ing in Jackson county, and during the past
three years has been in partnership with A.
E. Eeames, a sketch of whom appears else-
where in this work, owner of the valuable
"Blue Jay" placer property on Foot's creek.
He began his career in the newspaper busi-
ness and early in life held important posi-
tions on several well known Pacific coast
journals. He was born in Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania. May 7, 18.59, the son of .J. Hannum
and Josephine (Lawrence) Jones, both na-
tives of the Keystone state, the families of
both parents having been established in the
new world in the seventeenth century. The
great-grandfather of the father was born in
Lancaster county. Pennsylvania, in 1740, his
parents having emigrated to the new world
from Wales. The father, who was born in
Philadelphia, resided in Pennsylvania during
the earlier part of his life but spent the lat-
ter years on the Pacific coast. He was a
newspaper man and journalist of prominence,
owning from 1878 until 1883 a half -interest
in Godey's Ladies' Book. He removed to the
Pacific coast, settling in Washington in 1890.
Shortly after moving west he became a
newspaper man in Nooksack. Washington,
and with his son. Horace D. Jones, of this
review, was engaged for a time in the pub-
lication of the Nooksack Reporter. In 1893

he assumed entire control of that paper,
which he conducted until the time of his
death, which occurred in 1899. The father
was an honored man in his profession in
Washington and for four years was the
president of the Washington Editorial Asso-
ciation. He was a strenuous advocate of
tliose policies whicli make for public im-
provement and became widely known as
"Good Roads Jones." In liis family were
three sons: Frank Hartley, deceased; Ed-
ward S., of Philadelphia; and Horace D.

Hoiace D. Jones remained under the par-
ental roof until 1S82, having in the mean-
time attended the common schools and later
being graduated from the Lancaster high
school. In 1879 he entered the publishing
business with his father and was for a time
thus associated, later pursuing that work on
ills ow;n account until 1892, when he went to
San Francisco and in 1894 came to Oregon.
Since then he has spent two or three years
at various times as city editor of the Port-
land Journal and during 1903 and 1904 was
connected with The Portland Evening Tele-
gram as political editor. Previous to com-
ing to Oregon he completed a period of two
.years' service in editorial work in San Fran-
cisco, a portion of that time being with the
Call while he was employed on the Chron-
icle during the remainder of the period. In
December, 1894, he came to Jackson county,
Oregon, and engaged in the mining business.
With A. E. Reames he owns and operates
the Blue .Jay placer mines on Foot's creek,
and has become well known in the Gales
Creek mining district, where he is familiarly
called the "Golden Eagle" on account of his
famous free milling quartz property.

In 1883 Mr. Jones was united in marriage
to Miss Sarah W. Lyons, who was born in
Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, in 1862,
(he daughter of Joseph and Sophia (Patton)
Lyons. To ilr. and Mrs. .Jones have been
born three children: Horace D., Jr., who was
l>orn in Philadelphia in 1884 ; J. Hannum,
who passed away in infancy; and Bert M.
Tlie two surviving sonsi are residents of Port-
land, Oregon.

In his political faith Mr. Jones has al-
ways been a republican, belonging to what
is termed the progressive element of the
party. He was chairman of the county cen-
tral committee of Jackson county, from 1897
to 1899 and was a member of the executive
board from 1896 to 1902. Mr. Jones is a
man of more than average ability and be-
lieves that there is as much need for brains
in the mining business as there is in any
other occupation, and he has a large num-
ber of very close personal, political and busi-
ness friends.

R. L. CASTEEL is one of the largest deal-
ers in furniture, carpets and rugs in Pilot
Rock, Oregon. Ilis birth occurred in Mercer
county, Missouri, on the 7th of June, 1889,
liis parents being R. K. and Polly (Riggs)
Casteel, who were natives of Kentucky and
Virginia respectively. They moved to Mis-
souri at a very earl.v date and in that state
Mrs. Casteel passed away on the 29th of

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July, 1904. R. X. Casteel. who still sur-
vives, now makes his home in his native
state, Kentucky. Unto him and his wife were
Imrn five sons and all are still living.

n. L. Casteel spent his early boyhood days
in his father's home and received his early
education in the public schools of the district
in which lie lived. At tlie early age of fifteen
years he emigrated to Oregon, coming direct
to Pilot Rock, wliere he established his resi-
dence. His first year in tlie new state was
spent on a nearby ranch, at work as one of
the employes, where he was engaged in fann-
ing and caring for stock. At the end of one
year he obtained a clerkship in a store in
Pilot Rock, where he remained for the follow-
ing twelve months. At the end of this time
he" removed to Corvalli^. at which place ho
remained for two years and tlion returned
to Pilot Rock, wheie he established himself
ill the general merchandising business and
continued to look after the interests of this
new business for a period of three years. At
the" end of three years' experience in suc-
cessful business he sold out his merchandising
establishment and established a furniture, car-
pet and rug store, and in this business he is
now successfuUv engaged.

On the 1st of February. 1911, 'Mt. Casteel
was married to Miss Helen (Jilbert, who was
born in Panora, Iowa, her parents being H.
H. and Ktta Cilbert. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
are now residents of Oregon, having come to
this state in 190?,. One girl has been bom to
Mr. and Mrs. Casteel on starch .30, 1912.
Mr. Casteel has implicit faith in the future
development and growth of Umatilla county.
His store and its equipment, consisting of a
large assortment of fine furniture, carpets
and rugs, high grade in fpiality. is an evi-
dence of his belief that the jieople of his city
and the surrounding country require house-
bold supplies of the very best pattern and
material, and to meet the growing demands
of his customers he has provided for them an
up-to-date, high-class furniture and carpet
house. Mr. Casteel is a republican and is in-
terested in all civic matters of importance
to the betterment of his community.

JAMES H. SHORTRIDGE, who is living
retired in Cottage Orove. has resided near
that city since 1851 until his retirement in
1906, owning a three hundred and twenty-
acre farm which he filed upon as a donation
claim in the year of his arrival in Oregon.
He is now residing in a comfortable home in
Cottage Grove. He was bom in Tippe-
canoe countv, Indiana, a son of Samuel
Boone Shortridge, whose grand-uncle was
Daniel Boone, the noted Indian scout. The
parents were both natives of Bourbon
county, Kentucky, .and they were also mar-
ried in that state, where they resided for a
time, later removing to Indiana. Still Inter
Samuel Shortridge removed to Iowa, settling
in Muscatine county, where he bought land
and occupied it for some time. It was in
that countv that his wife pas.sed away,
shortly after which Mr. Shortridge removed
to Mercer county, Illinois, where he made
his home until 1852. He then crossed the

plains to Oregon, settling about six miles
south of ( ittage Grove, where he took up a
donation • hum of one hundred and sixty
acres upon which he lived for several years,
and then, disposing of that land, removed to
■Salt Lake City, Avhere he resided for a few
years. On leaving that stat? bi returned to
Lane county, Oregon, wb-" ^i lived until
liis deatli, which occurref in J\ily, 187G. In
his family were seven children, four of whom
died ill infancy, the others being: .lames
II., of this review; Caroline D., the widow
of Hiram Stewart, residing in iMigene; and
William Wallis, making his homo near Lon-
don, Oregon.

.lames H. Sliortridge received a common-
school education in Illinois and one year in
advance of his parents crossed the plains to
rircgon ill 1H.')1 and settled six miles south
of (^ottage (trove, on a donation claim
wliicli liis fiithei-'s farm later joined, resid-
ing upon that farm until in 190G, when he
disposed of it and retired. During the long
period of his occupancy of his donation
claim he labored untiringly to get it under a
thoiDugli state of cultivation, building suit-
able improvements, and at the time he dis-
posed of it it was one of the finest farming
properties of the community. With his
family he now resides in a line home in Cot-
tage Grove, where he is taking a well de-
served rest and spending his declining years
surrounded by his famil}' and friends.

Mr. Shortridge was married, March 13.
1853, to Amelia S. Adams, who was born in
Vermilion county, Indiana, in 1835. a daugh-
ter of .lohn F. and Rebecca (Hinkle) Adams.
Her father and mother were both natives of
Kentucky, their wedding, however, being
celebrated in Indiana, where they lived for
twenty years. After leaving that state they
settled in Louisa county, Iowa, and resided
there for fifteen years, then crossed the
plains by ox teams to Oregon in 1852, The
eldest son died of cholera on the trip but
none of the other members of the family
were afllicted with it. Their first settlement
in Oregon was made in Salem Hills, eight
miles south of Salem, where tlie fatlior took
up a donation claim of three hundred and
twenty acres upon which he resiiled until
witliin a sliort time of his death, which oc-
curred in October. 1870. The mother passed
away in .Tuly, 1876. To them were bom
ten "children, "of whom Mrs. Shortridge, who
was the seventh in order of birth, and S.
Rebecca Rogers, of Turner, Oregon, are the
only surviving members. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
Shortridge were born seven children. n» fol-
lows: Kmily R., who was bom in 1854 and
pn.ssed away in 1858; Franklin Boone, who
was born in 1856 and is a miner at Esta-
cada, Oregon; Mary Rosetta, born in 1857,
who marrieil Dr. .1. W. Harris, of Eugene;
William .Johnson, who was liorn in 1858 and
died in infancy; Alice A., who was liorn in
September, 1862, and is the wife of .T. .1.
Weeden. of T,ane county, Oregon; Lillie .Inne,
born in 1865, who passed nwny in infancy;
and Sarah 0. C. who married Sam Lncy, of
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Mr. Shoi'tridge in his political allegiance
is a republican. He has taken considerable
interest in politics, has served as deputy
sheriff of his county and also for many years
tilled the office of supervisor. In his fra-
ternal relations he belongs to the Cottage
Grove Grange while his religious faith is
that of the Christian church of which his
family are also members. He is among the
earlier settlers of Cottage Grove and has
always been a leading and greatly respected
citizen of the community. He is a man of
sterling integrity, strong personality and
possesses a strength of character which
makes him greatly esteemed by all who know
him. In his official positions he distinguished
himself by the efficient service which he
rendered to the community and both as a
public servant and a private citizen he has
always been popular.

LOUIE OTHELLO COLVER is a grandson
of that historic ]ii(jneer character, Samuel
Colver. extended mention of whom is made
elsewhere in this work under the biographical
sketch introduced by the name of his brother,
Frank L. Colver. He resides on a portion of
the original homestead, the only home he has
ever known, owning seventy-tive acres upon
which he has built one of tlie prettiest bung-
alows on the Pacific highway. He was born
near Phoenix, .Jackson county, November 27,
188.3, a son of Llewelyn and .Jemima (Dol-
larhide) Colver. He was reared on the old
homestead and educated in the district
schools of his community. L'pon reaching
manhood he continued living and working on
the old place and since 1905 he and his
brother Frank have had full charge of that
property. In 1910 the estate was settled
and Mr. Colver obtained seventy-five acres
thereof, upon which he has built a handsome
bungalow, one of the most delightful homes
in the community. He pursues a general
farming and stockraising business and is re-
garded as one of the progressive young farm-
ers of the count}'.

Mr. Colver was married June 18, 1908, to
Miss Minnie Robison, a daughter of one of
the early settlers of the Wagner creek dis-
trict in .Jackson county. In his political
faith Mr. Colver adheres to the practices and
principles of the re]iublican party. He be-
longs to Phoenix Camp. No. 438. W. 0. W.,
being one of the active, aggressive members
of that organization. He has an extensive
acquaintance throughout the county where
he is recognized by all who know him as
being one of the influential, progressive and
estimable citizens of his county. He is a
worthy descendant of his illustrious progen-
itor. Samuel Colver, the sturdy pioneer, pos-
sessing much of his spirit, enterprise and un-
usual business ability.

JOHN W. WEAVER, in the eighty-first
year of his age, an active and sviccessful
farmer of Douglas county, is engaged in the
cultivation of a two hundred acre farm, part
of a domition claim of six hundred and forty
acres which his father acc|uired in the early
period of the settlement of this state, Mr.

Weaver was born in Tennessee on February
28, 1832, and is a son of William and Annie
(Adams) Weaver, the former a native of
Virginia and the latter of South Carolina.

•lohn Weaver received his early education
in the schools of his native section and came
to Oregon with his parents in 1850. The
journey overland was made with ox teams
and took just six months to a day to ac-
complish. The family settled in Benton
county anil remained there for six months
before they removed to Douglas county
where the father took up a claim of six
hundred and forty acres which he improved
anil cultivated until the time of his death.
The mother of our subject is also deceased.

•John W. AVeaver is now living upon two
hundred acres which are a part of his fath-
er's original claim. He has been an active
and progressive farmer all his life and has
improved his land to a remarkable extent.
It is his ambition to kee|) abreast of the
times and to be well acquainted with every
new discovery in the agricultural field. He
has a model farm, well equipped with effi-
cient and time-saving machinery and has im-
proved his land along scientific lines.

Jlr. Weaver has been twice married. His
first union occurred in 1858 when he wedded
Miss Harriet Wright, a native of Missouri,
who died sixteen months after' their mar-
riage. On the 29th of January. 1879, Mr.
AVeaver married Miss Clara Summer, a na-
tive of Illinois, and they became the parents
• if nine children: Walter, deceased; Lula;
Frank, also deceased; Fred; Bertha, John
and Annie, all of whom have passed away;
Hnllie; and Fay.

Politicall}' Mr. Weaver gives his allegiance
to the democratic party and has served as
postmaster of Myrtle Creek. He otherwise
has taken no active part in public affairs,
preferring to devote his time and attention
to the cultivation of his laiul. He is a mem-
ber of the Order of Elks and is well known
in fraternal circles of Douglas county. Al-
though he is now in the eightj'-first year of
his age Mr. Weaver has never lessened his
efforts to make his farm one of the most
etTiciently equipped and modern agricultural
holdings in his section of the country. He
is an active and progressive man and is well
known throughout Douglas county for his
scientific agricultural knowledge and his
broad and liberal qualities of mind.

SHERMAN S. MORSS, one of the estim-
able anil widely known retired agriculturists
of Creswell. is the proprietor of a; fine two
hundred acre farm in the vicinity and owns
a beautiful residence and other property in
the city of his adoption. He was born at
Cottage Grove. Lane county. .July 21. 1869, a
son of Jolm M. ami Caroline M. (Knox)
Morss. The father was a native of Indiana,
while the mother was born in Missouri. He
crossed the plains with his parents to Oregon
in 1853. the mother coming to this state in
the same year with her parents. The grand-
fathers of Mr. Morss took up land in Lane
comity ten miles distant from Cottage
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cumulated two hundred acres of land and
Grandfather Morss owned three hundred and
twenty acres. Both died in Lane county,
aged eighty-two and eighty-four years re-
spectively. .John M. Morss was married in
1859 ami immediately began farming his do-
nation claim of one liuiidred and sixty acres,
which he operated for nine years. He then
traded it for a three hundred and twenty
acre tract to which he later added until at
the time of his <leath his holdings amounted
to live hundred acres of land located a half
mile from Creswell. He divided his farm
among his children and is at present living
in Creswell at the age of seventy-eight years,
while his wife is seventy-two years. Two
children were born to them, namely: Sam-
uel B.. a nurseryman of Cottage Grove; and
Sherman S.

The last named lives on his portion of the
homestead, which amounts to two hundreil
acres. He owns a tine home in Creswell as
well as other properties there including a
good business building. He was reared on
the farm of his father near Creswell and was
educated in the ))ublic schools of that city.
He showed a natural aptitude for agricul-
tural pursuits and took great delight in the
beauties of nature, inheriting marked talents
as an artist, to the development of which he
has given considerable attention. During the
time Avhen he was a student in school he
assisted his father with the farm work and,
on laying aside his te.xt-books. he became
actively engaged in the business which he
followed until the time of his retirement.
As a farmer he was successful from the be-
ginning and, being industrious and frugal.
he acquired comparatively early in life in
addition to the farm which he owns a con-
siderable amount of income-bearing prop-
erty which enables him to live in compara-
tive ease, giving his attention principally to
looking after his invested interests,

Mr. ifnrss was married three times, his
first union being to ^fiss Laura E. Sears in
1895. She was a native of Lane county,
where she resided all her life, passing away
in ^^ay. 1898. In December. 1900. he wedded
^fiss Ilattie Miller, who was also born in
Oregon. Her death occurred in 1002 and she
is survived bv one daughter. Beulah K.. who
was born .Tuly Ifi. 1902. and is now attend-
ing school and studying music. Tlic third
union of Mr. Morss was to ^fiss Blanche
Gregory, the wedding being celebrated on
.September 1.3. 190.">. Mrs. Morss was bom
in Bismarck. North Dakota. February 13.
l'S87. a daughter of William H. and Nfary E.
(Patterson) Gregory-. Her father was bom
in Michigan and her mother in Iowa, their
marriage, however, being celebrated in Xorth
Dakota, in which state they lived for several
years, after which they came to Oregon and
later removed to British Columbia. Still
later they went to Idaho, where the mother's
death occurred in 1900. Tlie father still sur-
vives and makes his home at Walla Walla.
Washington. In their family were three chil-
dren: Ernest P,, bom in 1883 and now re-
siding in Minnesota; Carl S., who was bom

in ISSo and is connected with the fire de-
partment of Walla Walla; ami Mrs. Morss,
who is the third member of the family. By
her marriage to Mr. Morss she became the
mother of one son. I.*on .S., whose birth oc-
curred -luly Ifi. 190fi. Politically Mr. Morss
is a prohibitionist and his wife is of the same
party. The family are members of the
I'rcsbytcrian church, being active in their
association therewith. Mr. Morss is one of
the substantial farmers and business men of
Creswell and is popular among his many ac-
quaintances, being a man of excellent social
attninments as well as of marked business
ability.

T. E. LOBAN is the postmaster at Leland,
Josephine county, having been appointed to
that position in March, 1910, He has been
a resident of Oregon since ISSO and for
many years conducted a harness shop in
Yamhili county, Mr. Loban is a veteran of
the Civil war." having enlisted for service at
the early age of seventeen years, and is a
member of the Grand Army post at McMinn-
ville. He Avas \wm in McHenry county, Illi-
nois, Xovember 5, 1848: a son of Thomas
and Saloma (Stowell) Loban, the father a
native of Scothuid an<l the mother of Ver-
mont. The wedding of the parents was cele-
brated in McHenry county. Illinois. In
1849. while they were cro.ssing the plains en
route to California, the father died of chol-
era, and the mother later passed away in
Duliith, Minnesota, In their family were two
children, the sister of our subject, who is
tlie elder, being Armaina, the wife of M,
Stewart, of California.

T. v.. Loban after his ninth year began
earning his own living and at the age of
seventeen enlisted in Company G, of the
Xinth Illinois Cavalry for service in the Civil
war. and after nine months of service was
honorably discharged. Meanwhile he had ac-
quired a common-school education, and after
the war he returneil to Illinois, where he re-
mained for a short time, after which he went
to Iowa, where he spent ten years. The two
succeeding years were passed in Nebraska
and in 1880 he came to Oregon, locating in
Yamhill county, where until 1903 he operated
a harness sho|> in McMinnvillc, He then re-
moved to .losephin unty and settled on n

ranch near Wcdf creek. In March. 1910. he
was appointi-d postmaster at Leland and hn.s
made his home at that place since.

Mr. Loban was married in 1870 to Miss
.Vnnetta Manger, a native of Illinois, and
unto them were born ten children, ns fol-
lows: E. M.. M. T. and L. L.. all residents
of Yamhill county: W. N.. of .losephine
county: Andrew, residing in Portland; E. E..
also of .Josephine county; Theodore, living nt
Merlin; Ernest, deceased: Pearl G.. the wife
of E. A. Perkins, of Merlin; ami .Agnes, who
married G. H. Miller, of Leland.

In his political views Mr. I^oban is a so-
cialist and is now serving n« school clerk nt
Iceland. He in n memlter of the Masonic
lodge. No. 199, nt Glendnle, and takes nn
active interest in that body. He is one of
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Leland, enjoying an excellent reputation
among his wide circle of acquaintances. He
is a valuable member of the community,
taking an active interest in political and
iniblic affairs, and contributing by his influ-
ence and experience to the common good of
his town.

JOHN HAMILTON ELLERSON, who owns
and operates a ranch of one hundred acres,
two and a half miles west of Beaverton, has
been living in Oregon for over sixty years;
his residence covering the great formative
period in the history "of the state's develop-
ment. His birth occurred in Wisconsin on
the 29th of July, 1849, and he is a son of
David and Annie E. (Lord) Ellerson. His
father was a native of the state of New
York and his mother of Wisconsin, and they
were married in the latter state and for
seven years thereafter made it their home.
In 1850 together with his wife and family
David Ellerson made the overland journey
to Oregon, locating in Multnomah county.
During the first three years of his residence
he operated a ferry for "Uncle Jimmie"
Stephens on the Willamette river, but at
the expiration of that time he took up a
donation claim, giving his undivided atten-
tion to the cultivation of his land until 1870.
He then withdrew from the work of the
fields and removed to Portland, where for a
time he operated a wood yard, but subse-
quently engaged in the street-paving busi-
ness. After following this occupation for
eight years he retired, but continued to make
his home in Portland, where he passed away
in 1884. He was long survived by his widow,
whose death occurred in 1909. Unto Mr.
and Mrs. Ellerson there were born nine
children: Elizabeth, the eldest, who became
the wife of Dr. C. E. Hunt, of Wisconsin;
Catherine A., the deceased wife of Cornelius
Morrison, of Oregon; James H., of Portland,
now deceased; John Hamilton, our subject;
Harry J., who is a resident of Multnomah
county, Oregon; Alice M.. who is living in
Multnomah county, Oregon; Emma Flor-
ence and William, both of whom are de-
ceased; and Ida, the wife of J. H. Shelton,
of St. Helens, Columbia county, Oregon.

As he was only a child of nine months
when his parents removed from Wisconsin,
the educational advantages of John Hamilton
Ellerson were very limited, being confined to
the district schools of Washington county.
Owing to the sparsely populated country
and remoteness of the settlements very little
provision was made at that period for edu-
cational facilities. Thus the youth of the
pioneer families were denied the advantages
and opportunities to provide the mental
equipment deemed so essential in the attain-
ment of success. ^Vllen he w,as twenty-two
years of age John Hamilton Ellerson began
to work for himself, and for nine years
thereafter teamed with his father. At the
expiration of that period he bought a tract
of land in Washington county that he oper-
ated for a few years, and disposing of it in-
vested the proceeds in his present ranch but
always having resided in the country, he nat-

urally felt" a longing to try city life and
removed to Portland. For seven years
thereafter he applied his energies to work
on the streets of that city and also on the
street cars, but recognizing the utter futility
of ever hoping to attain financial independ-
ence as an employe, returned to his ranch at
the end of that time. When he purchased
his land it was covered with a dense growth
of timber, and thirty acres of this Mr. Eller-
son cleared himself and has brought under a
high state of cultivation. In addition to his
fine homestead he has an interest in three
hundred and twenty acres of land belonging
to his father's estate, a portion of this being
jiroperty in the city of Portland. Mr. Eller-
son has made extensive improvements on
his place and noAV owns one of the valuable
properties of this section. His fields are
given his personal supervision and annually
yield abundant returns for his labor.

In 1877 John Hamilton Ellerson was united
in marriage to Miss Rebecca Hunter, a native
of Iowa, and a daughter of Henry C. and
Ruannah B. Hunter. It was in the year
1847 that Mr. Hunter decided upon a west-
ward move and started for the great north-
west, accompanied by a number of others,
all of whom crossed with ox teams to Cali-
fornia and thence to Oregon. During the
journey overland the party endured many
liardships and had many hairbreadth es-
capes from death by the Indians. The trials
of tlie trip proved too much for Mr. Hunter's
liealth and he had to be taken back to his
liome in Marion. Linn county, Iowa. He
there recuperated, remaining with his fam-
ily until the spring of 1865, when he re-
turned to Oregon alone, for he still had a
strong longing for the west and its oppor-
tunities. Arriving at his destination, he pre-
pared a comfortable home and then sent for
his wife and children. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter
always showed a preference for the open
country, and soon became fond of their new
home, which consisted of valuable land in
Beaverton, Washington county, and here
they lived until the time of their death.
Mr. Hunter, whose death occurred August
16, 1908, reached the age of eighty-three
years, while his wife passed away at the
age of eighty. For sixty-two years they
had traveled life's path together, bearing its
sorrows and sharing its joys.

In their family were nine children, which
in order of birth were as follows: John, now
deceased; Alonzo, who is a farmer and lives
in Clackamas county; Julia, who married W.
B. Baker, an agriculturist of Clackamas
county, and is now deceased; Alexander, a
farmer who makes his home in the same
county; Elizabeth, the wife of F. C. Hausfus,
of Arlington, Washington; Rebecca, who is
Mrs. John Hamilton Ellerson; Mary, who is
united in marriage to H. G. Poitras, of Port-
land; William H., who still makes his resi-
dence on the old home place in Beaverton;
and James F., who has for the past twelve
years been employed by the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, and lives in Portland.

iMr. and Mrs. John H. Ellerson became the
parents of a son, David Edwin, whose birth

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occurreJ in Portland in May. 1889. He i8
married and makes liis liome in Vorest Grove,
Oregon, where he holda a position as dairy
inspector.

The political views of Mr. EUerson con-
form to the principles of the republican
party, but he is not strictly partisan and
often times casts an independent ballot in
local elections. When he first came to Oregon
as a child, there were great forests and
vast stretches of prairie that have since been
converted into bearing orchards and exten-
sive grain fields, the Indian villages having
been succeeded by flourishing towns and
cities. He has been an interested observer
of this phenomenal development, which is a
fullilment of the prophecy of those brave
men and women who formed the advance
guard in the westward trend of civilization.
their implicit faith in the country's future
giving them the courage and fortitude to
endure the hardsliips and privations of the
pioneer period.

ALFRED COBB HOWLETT. One of tlie
best informed men in Jackson county on
pioneer conditions in this section of Oregon
is Alfred Cobb Hewlett, proprietor and man-
ager of the Sunnyside Hotel at Eagle Point.
His residence in this county covers a period
of forty-five years, and during that time
he has been identified witli various activities
and has engaged in different occupations and
many are the interesting reminiscences he
can relate of his early days in Oregon. He
was born in Augusta, Maine, on the 16th of
March, 1S32, and is a son of James and
Mary (Cobb) Hewlett. The father was born
in Boston. Massachusetts, his natal day be-
ing the 4th of March, 1801. while the
mother's birth occurred in Lynn, Massa-
chusetts, on the 3d of April, 1803. Soon
after their marriage they went to Maine, re-
siding in that state until 1838, when they
removed to Missouri, settling in Boone
county. In 1849 the father and his two eld-
est son*. .James Henry and our subject, went
to California. They made the journey with
an ox team, going by way of New Me.\ico to
r>o9 Angeles, and spent the winter just out-
side of that city at .San fJabriel Mission.
That spring they engaged in mining and sub-
sequently went to Amador county. Califor-
nia, and there continued their prospecting for
a time, and then engaged in the mercantile
business. They continued to be identified
with this until 18.')2, when they went to the
Suisun valley and engaged in ranching. In
Is.'ii") thev were joined by tlie mother and the
reniaimler of the family, who came around
the Horn. They made their home in the
Suisun valley until the father's death in Jan-
nary. 1.^7.'). after which the mother returned
to the east and lived with her daughter at
Kvanston. Illinois, until she passed away in
18Sf.. During his early life James Howlett
engaged in the manufacture of tobacco for
the European trade on what was an exten-
sive scale for that time. He was a very re-
ligious man, however, and feeling that he
could no longer conscientiously deal in this
commmlitv he withdrew from the business

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entirely. Later he turned his attention to
agricultural pursuits and the latter years of
his life were devoted to farming and church
work. He was a local Mctlioaist preacher
and supplied nnuiy pulpits in California dur-
ing the pioneer period. Botli the father and
mother were people of rare culture and edu-
cation, and Mrs. Howlett, who was reared in
the Quaker faith, was for many years a reg-
ular contributor to the Ladies' Repository of
Xew York city, a very popular household
periodical of that period. The family of Mr.
and Mrs. Howlett numbered ten, six of
whom, four sons and two daughters, lived to
attain maturity, our subject being the sec-
ond son.

Alfred Cobb Howlett was a youth of sev-
enteen years when he came to California
with his father and brother, and had al-
ready assumed the duties of manhood. His
early education was acquired in the common
schools of Jlissouri, but this was later sup-
plemented by a year's study in the academy
at Vacaville, California. During the first
four years of his residence here, from 1850
to 1854, he worked in the mines, and later
he assisted with the operation of the home
ranch in the Suisun valley, remaining there
until 1857. He subsequently decided to en-
ter the service of the church and in 1S58 he
was licensed to preach, and the following
year he was admitted to niemliership in the
conference of the Methodist Episcopal church.
South. In October, 1861, he began his duties
as circuit preacher in Oregon with head-
quarters at Eugene. His circuit embraced
sixteen appointments covering a territory of
one hundred and seventy-five miles, and he
visited each place of appointment once a
month. In the fall of l.'<02 he was trans-
ferred to the Oregon city circuit and the
next year he was given charge of the field at
Vreka, California, .\fter a year's service in
this circuit he was located at Williamsburg.
•Josephine count}', and there terminated his
work as a circuit rider. In 1867 he came to
Jackson county, settling at Eagle Point,
where he taught school during the
wi'ck and preached on Sunday. He was
later forced to abandon this, us the
exposure and hard work while on the
circuit was beginning to tell on his health,
so lie went up into the mountains to live
until he should be well and strong again. In
1868 he withdrew from the Methodist con-
fen-nce and located on a ranch adjacent to
Kagle Point, where he turned his attention
to agricultural pursuits and stock-raising,
but his Sundays were still devoted to relig-
ious work, and he held church services every
week at various places in the community,
and performed such other duties as usuallv
devolve upon a home missionary. .Subsc
i|uently he reinoverl to Eagle Point ami went
into the hotel business and in lOiit he
erected llii' present Sunnyside Hotel. It is
most delightfully locoted, fronting on Little
Putte creek, nn<l commands a beautiful view
of the surroundini; valley. In connection
with the management of hi§ hotel. Mr. Ilou-
lelt is still iqierating his rnneh of one bun-
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the well iinprovecl and valuable properties
of the community. Ever since September,
1856, he has also been a contributor to the
press, many of his articles appearing in the
Pacific Methodist of San Francisco. For
more than forty years he has been a news-
paper correspondent and for the past
twenty-seven years has written from one to
three letters each week for publication. He
possesses a marvelous capacity for work and
is most versatile and so intelligently com-
mands his forces that anything he under-
takes is performed most capably and ef-
ficiently. Jlr. Howlett has rendered notable
service to the community where he has re-
sided for so many years in various capacities
and has the distinction of having organized
the first Sunday school in this part of the
county, which was convened on Bear creek.

In July, 1863, in the vicinity of Oregon
City. Mr. Howlett was united in marriage
to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Cooke, who was
born in Lafavette countv, Missouri, on the
31st of December. 1847. In 185:2. at the
age of five years, slie crossed the plains to
Oregon with her parents, William Willis and
Martha Jane (Young) Cooke, who located at
Oregon City. The father was a native of
North Carolina and the mother of Missouri
but they both passed away in Clackamas
county, this state. To Mr. and Mrs. Howlett
there were born thirteen cliildren. six of
whom died in infancy, the others being as
follows: Walter Henry, who is living in
Muskogee. Oklahoma; Alfred Willis, who
died at the age of fourteen years; Sarah,
the wife of James M. Lewis, of Meadow
Lake, Washington; Mildred Maria, who mar-
ried C. E. Hoyt. of Fort Klamath. Oregon;
Octavia Grace, the wife of Grant Shaw, of
Fairview, Oregon; Lucy Hattie. who is at
home; and Agnes Love, also at home.

The family afliliate with the Congrega-
tional church. Mr. Howlett having joined the
East Willamette Association of Congrega-
tional churches in 1907, since which he has
been engaged in home and missionary work
for this organization. He is one of the highly
esteemed and widely known residents of the
county, and has hosts of friends as he is a
man who strives to put into practice in his
everyday life those principles which he ad-
vocates others adopting. He has always
been a hard worker and as he is a capable
business man he has succeeded in his under-
takings, thus acquiring a comfortable com-
petence and some valuable property. De-
spite the fact that he has attained the ven-
erable age of eighty years he is still leading
an active life and gives his personal super-
vision to his various interests, his energy
and enterprise putting to shame many a man
years his junior.

RANSOM CARTER, who is a well known
farmer, resides near Rogue River on forty
acres of well improved and fertile land of
which he is the proprietor. He was born in
Ohio, November 25, 1856. the son of French
and Elizabeth Carter, both natives of Vir-
ginia. The parents removed to Ohio early in
life and in 1856 went to Kansas, where the

mother passed aw.ny in 18G4. There the
family remained until 1874, when they
migrated to California, where they resided
until 1875. when they came to Oregon and
settled on Pleasant creek, in Jackson county.
There were three children in the family, all
of whom are now deceased except the sub-
ject of this review.

Ransom Carter received a good common-
school education and remained at home until
he was eighteen years of age, assisting his
father with the work of the farm. He then
became a farm laborer and by carefully sav-
ing his earnings was enabled in 1892 to pur-
chase the farm upon which he now resides.
He has given to his property the strictest at-
tention and by his well directed efforts has
made it very productive.

In 1888 Mr. Carter married Mrs. Ellen
(Ammons) Brayton, the widow of D. Bray-
ton and a daughter of D. R. and Nancy
Ammons. Her father is now deceased but
the mother is living. In their family ^\■ere
five children, three of whom survive. Mr. and
Mrs. Carter have become the parents of
eleven children: Ida May, the wife of G. F.
Howell ; Bessie Lee, who married Arthur
Werner; Susan E., now Mrs. Harvey Smith;
Billie R.; Wilmer E.; Evalena; Robert A.;
Olive J.; Roy R. ; Grace A.; and Opal G.,
deceased. By her former marriage Mrs.
Carter became the mother of two children:
Mertie N., the wife of Finis Jlayfield; and
Pluma Z., who is Mrs. Fred Yocum. Mr.
Carter, who has long been a resident of the
community where he now lives, is regarded
with great respect by all who know him and
held in high esteem by his many friends.

WILLIAM L. NICHOLS is one of the well
known and highly esteemed farmers of
Douglas county where he is active in the
cultivation of six hundred acres of improved
ranch land. He makes a specialty of stock-
raising and has also in the last ten years
built up a flourishing butcher business in
Riddles, which is an outgrowth in his activi-
ties in the buying and selling of cattle. He
was born in Douglas county, November 26,
1856, and is the son of Israel B. and Isa-
bella (Riddle) Nichols, the former a native
of Ohio and the latter of Illinois. The
father left his native state in 1847 and came
overland to California with ox teams. He
remained in that state until 1850 when he
traveled north to Oregon and settled in
Douglas county. He and his wife were
pioneer settlers of this district and botli died
in Oregon.

William L. Nichols is one of a family of
twelve children. He received a common-
school education in Douglas county and re-
mained at home until he was twenty-one
years of age. When he had attained his
majority he went into the stock-raising
business for himself and was extremely suc-
cessful along this line. In 1890 he married
Miss Ada Fullerton and he and his wife re-
moved to Washington where they remained
for four years. At the end of that time he
returned to Douglas county and bought the
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now living, two hundreJ acres of whivli be-
longed to the family estate. He has im-
])rove(l and developed his large holdings, has
added many new barns and outbuildings and
has operated his larni along modern and
seientitie lines. He makes a specialty of
cattle-raising and is the owner of many
head of tine-grade stock. About ten years
ago he opened a small butcher shop in the
town of Kiddles and has built up a flourish-
ing business along this line. He buys and
sells cattle of all kinds and is known
throughout Douglas county as an expert
judge of stock.

In his political alliliations Mr. Nichols is
a stanch republican and has always taken
an active i>art in local affairs. He is now-
serving as chairman of the election board at
Riddles and has made an ellicient and honor-
able record in this oHii'c. He is a prominent
Mason and has served as junior warden in
that organization. All during his life Mr.
Xichols has been prominent in the agricul-
tural development of Douglas county and
has done miich toward the progress and de-
velopnu-nt of this section of the country. He
is one of the many active, intelligent and
broad-minded men who bring to the cultiva-
tion of the soil a degree of efliciency along
modern and active lines which is rapidly
making modern agriculture a progressive
science.

ROBERT B. PURVES is residing on the
old donation claim taken up by his maternal
grandfatlicr. David K. Steams, in Jackson
county, near the present town of Talent. He
wa.s born on that farm November 29, 1871,
the son of .James and Arminda (Stearns I
Purves. Tlie grandfather crossed the plains
with ox teams from Illinois to Oregon in
1853, settling on Wagner creek, .lackson
county, where he took \ip a donation claim
of three hundred and twenty acres on which
he and his wife, Fidelia Steams, spent the re-
mainder of their lives. The father and
mother are now residing in Ashland, having
lemoved to that place from the farm in 1910.

Robert H. Purves obtained a common-
-chool education in the district school near
the old homestead, his education being
somewhat limited, however, as he was the
second in order of birth in a family of ten
children and his services on the farm were
needed to help support the family. As soon
as he was large enough to h<dd the plow he
was put to work and thus continued to assist
his father with the farm work until he
reached maturity, when he also engaged in
mining during the winter months. In 1898
and 1899 he conducted a dairy business in
Klamath county in partnership with an
uncle. O. A. Steams. During the time he
was thus employed he purchased from one
of his cousins the northwest forty acres of
the home farm, which had been acrpiired by
his brother as an inheritance. He made his
home upon that place until 1910, when he
sold the farm and bought sixty-seven acres
of land, upon which he now resides. He fol-
lows general farming, making a specialty of
raising alfalfa.

Mr. Purves was married in I'.iui to Miss
t'harlotte Whittington. of .lackson county,
b\it a iu\tive of Missouri. She removed to
'•regon with her father, William Whitting-
ton, in 1888. Mr. an<l Mrs. Purves arc the
|>arents of four children. Floyd B., Clyde
Dewaril, .Margaret Isabclle "and Robert
William.

I'olitically .Mr. Purves is an adherent of
the principles and policies of the republican
[larty but has never been an ollice seeker,
although he is at present a member of the
school board. He belongs to Talent Lodge,
No. :.'n, 1. (). O. F., and also is a member
of Oregon Lodge, No. :t48, W. (). W., of
Phoenix. He is one of the progressive, highly
respected and public-spirited citizens of the
Wagner creek district and is a successful
agriculturist and valued citizen.

JAMES CENTERS CATCHING. The late
• lames Centers Catching was one of the I'arlv
pioneers of Oregon and a man who during
liis active life performed his full share in
the developnuMit of that part of the state in
which he established his liome. He was born
April 4, 1S27, and was the son of .John and
Jane (Warren) Catching, both of whom were
natives of Tennessee. In their family were
twelve children, all of whom are now de-
ceased.

James C. Catching in company with his
brother Kphraim crossed the plains to Ore-
gon in 1847, settling in Douglas county.
He took up a donation claim located near
Canyonville and there established his early
home. In the fall of 1847 he enlisted in
the Indian Cayuse war and continued to be
identified with his comnian<l during the
period of that Indian uprising. He later
was engaged in prospecting anil mining in
California and was one of the men who
reached the Salmon river district during the
time of the gold excitement on that stream,
but. however, did not succeed at that place.
Later he was very successful in mining in
another part of the fiolden state. Ho after-
ward purchased a homestead known as the
Stickner place, located at Sumner, at the
head of navigation on Catching Inlet, the
place having been named in his brother's
honor, and that property together with other
interests was a portion of the estate at the
time of his death, which occurred .January
21, 190.').

In 1854 Mr. Catching was united in mar-
riage to Miss Patsy Kllcn Russell, a daugh-
ter of .Joseph and Mary (Hysmith) Russell.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell were the parents of ten
children, all of whom are deceased except
Mrs. Catching and one son, Cyms, now a
retired farmer residing at Canyonville. To
Mr. and Mrs. Catching four children were
born. .John, the eldest, who is engaged in
farming in Coos county, is married and has
six children. Ceorge, Bertha, KfTie, James,
F.velyn and Jennie. Bertha is the wife of
Paul Crooks. Elllic is the wife of Tom
(Joodnle and they have one child, Vernon.
Arthur, who completes the family, passed
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Mr. Catching was a loyal republican dur-
ing all his life but at no time did he seek
political preferment. He was one of the use-
ful and respected citizens of Douglas county,
in which he passed the major portion of his
active career, and his death lost to that part
of the state one of its most esteemed and
enterprising citizens.

C. A. BARRETT is the owner of a hard-
ware store in Athena and is also engaged
very extensively in stock-raising in Umatilla
county. The breadth and importance of his
business interests place him in a foremost
position among the citizens of his part of
the state and in the political field he has
also labored earnestly and effectively in sup-
port of measures and movements which he
deems of value to the public good. The en-
tire width of the continent separates him
from his birthplace, for he is a native of
8umner. Oxford county, Maine, his birth hav-
ing there occurred June 21, 1852. His par-
ents were James S. and Elizabeth M. (Bar-
rows) Barrett, who were likewise natives
of Maine, in which state they spent their
entire lives, the father following the occupa-
tion of farming.

C. A. Barrett was the second son in a fam-
ily of six sons and four daughters. In his
home district he acquired a common-school
education and resided with his parents upon
the farm until seventeen years of age. He
afterward spent two years in Massachusetts
and there learned the boot and shoe trade,
working in a large factory. The opportuni-
ties of the far west, however, attracted him
and in 1S72, when a young man of twenty
years, he made his way alone to Oregon by
Way of San Francisco. At the Golden Gate he
took passage on a steamer bound for Port-
land and thence by Columbia river boat and
stage went to Weston. Umatilla county. He
spent the first winter in the northwest in
the vicinity of that place and in the spring
of 1873 secured a position on a stock ranch
owned by J. F. and H. C. Adams, near where
the town of Adams now stands. For six
years he continued with those employers and,
saving his earnings, at length made invest-
ment^ in sheep and other live stock. For
seven years he continuously engaged in the
livestock business and as he prospered in
liis undertakings he made larger and still
larger investments in land. In 1883 he turned
his'' attention to commercial pursuits, estab-
lishing a hardware business at Centerville.
now the city of Athena. Here he has since
conducted hi's trade and has a well appointed
store, which has brought to him a gratifying
annual income. He has also continued his
live-stock interests save that at the present
time he raises no sheep. However, he keeps
on hand many head of cattle and horses and
his property includes a very large stock ranch
ten miles north of Athena on Pine creek. He
has altogether thirty-five hundred acres of
land, of which he devotes two thousand acres
to stock-raising, while twelve or fifteen hun-
dred acres arc utilized for general farming
purposes. His holdings include not a little
land in close proximity to Athena, for he

has eight hundred and forty acres near the
city devoted to wlieat-raising. He likewise
lias extensive real-estate holdings in Athena,
where he owns two brick business blocks and
other buildings. He erected brick buildings
witli a seventy-five foot frontage, a part of
which were the first brick structures in the
city, and otherwise he has taken active and
helpful interest in making improvements in
the town.

In fact, in all that he does Mr. Barrett is
actuated by a spirit of progress which is
manifest in his political as well as in his
commercial and agricultural connections. He
has always affiliated with the republican
party and is connected with its progressive
branch. For a number of terms he has served
as city councilman and has also filled the
otTice of mayor of Athena. He has likewise
been chairman of the water commission for
several years and the city water works were
established largely through his practical and
intelligently directed efltorts. He has been
a member of the school board for a number
of years and the cause of education finds in
him a stalwart champion. Still higher official
honors, howeved, have been conferred upon
liini. for in 1906 ho was elected to the lower
house of the state legislature and received
endorsement of his first term in reelection in
1908, so tliat he served altogether for four
years in the house. In 1910 he was elected
senator from the district embracing Uma-
tilla, Union and Morrow counties, his in-
cumbency to continue through 1914. He
stands for advancement in political as well
as business lines and believes that party
politics should further the interests of the
community at large rather than those of the
individual. Indeed, he is opposed to anything
like misrule in municipal or governmental
affairs and over his official record there falls
no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. He
is recognized as one of the political leaders
of the county, having for the past twenty
years been an active factor in republican
circles.

In 1 877 occurred the marriage of C. A.
Barrett and Miss Jennie E. Mays, of Weston.
Oregon, who came to this county in 1868 with
her parents. John C. and Martha J. (Nye)
JIays. who had arrived in Oregon in 18.52.
settling first at JIcMinnville after they had
crossed the plains with ox teams. Unto Mr.
and Mrs. Barrett have been borri two chil-
dren: Areta. the wife of Dr. J. D. Plamon-
don, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work:
and Henry A., who is his father's partner in
the hardware business and superintends his
farming.

Mr. Barrett is identified with the Elks, the
Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the
World and is loyal to the teachings of these
different organizations. The record which he
has made as a merchant, as a ranchman and
a public ollicial has at all times been most
creditable. In his business affairs he has
displayed notable enterprise and sound judg-
ment and in all his dealings has been known
for his prompt and honorable methods, which
have won him the deserved and unbounded
confidence of his fcllowmen. He commanded

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the rp'*pi"ft i>f iiu'iiiliers nf the state legisla-
ture and all who know liiui have the highest
admiration i<n- his good qualities of heart
and mind.

W. M. COBURN, who is an enter|Mising
farmer of .Marion county, residing three and
one half miles southeast of Salem, was born
in iladison county, Xew York. July 23,
lf)55, a son of Silas and Ellen (Baker)
Coburn. The father was also a native of
Madison county, born September 15, 1832,
but his parents came from Connecticut and
were of English descent. He resided in Xew
York until shortly before the beginning of
the Civil war. when he moved to Wisconsin,
and later to Minnesota, where he remained a
short time. Subsequently entering the war,
he died in the service while in the south.
The mother was born in -Jefferson county.
Xew York. February 22, 1S36. and having
reached the advanced age of seventy-six
years, is now residing in Salem, where she is
greatly loved by all her acquaintances.

W. if. Coburn. an only child, was educated
in the common schools of Xew York and left
that state in 1869. going ti> Minnesota,
where he lived until 1ST4. At that date he
came to Oregon and resided in Salem for
three years, at the end of which time he
went to Idaho and later to Washington,
where he spent sixteen vears as a ranchman.
In 1891 he returned to Oregon and settled on
his present farm. He owns twenty acres of
good ranch land and also operates one hun-
dred and forty-nine acres for his mother, on
which lie is s'uccessfuUy engaged in general
farming.

In 1881. Mr. Coburn was united in mar-
riage to Miss Susie E. Quimby, and they
have become the parents of five children.
They are: -J. M.. who wedded Miss Evelyn
McAllister and resides at home; Hester, now
Mrs. Rue Drager. of Stay ton, Oregon; Caro-
line, the wife of f: H. Hrabenhorst, of Sa-
lem; Lena D. and Harriet, both of whom are
at home.

Mr. Coburn's political allegiance is given
to the republican party and fraternally he is
identified with the Ancient (irdcr of United
Workmen. Both he and his wife are mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal church. He
has since the beginning of his career shown
those traits of energy, industry and perse-
verance which mark him as a strong factor
in the development of the welfare of the
community in which he resides.

HON. CARLTON E. HARMON. Among
the pioneers of Uiegoii who liave devoted
a large share of their time and energy to
public service. Hon. Carlton E. Harmon is
worthy of special mention. He served for
four years as a state senator, many years as
a county ollicial and wa.s for a long time a
teacher In the jmblic schools of this state.
He is now residing on his forty-acre ranch
where he conducts ii hotel and keeps a stage
station. He was Inirn in Iowa, Xovember 2.
1867, a son of Tilmon and Lydia (Hatha-
way) Harmon. The father was a native ol
Illinois while the mother was born in In-

diana, and ill their luiuily were seven chil-
dren of whom our subject was the eldest.
The parents removed to California in 1873
and after spending some time in that state
removed overland with their family to Ore-
gon, settling ill Albany and there remaining
for three years. They then came to .loscph-
ine county, where the family located per-
manently.

Carlton E. Harmon was given a good com-
mon-school education and at the age of eigh-
teen years began teaching in the rural
schools of Josephine county and thus con-
tinued from 1SS5 until IHiil. He was mar-
ried, August 18, 1892, to Miss Eflie lireen, a
native of Oregon, and to their union sl.x chil-
dren have been born, all of whom survive
with the exception of one. They are as fol-
lows: Louis, Lois, Gladys, Kiith, Elsie and
Donald, and all live of those who are living
reside with their parents.

Politically Jlr. Harmon is a republican
and he was lirst elected to public ollice in
1S90. being chosen as county assessor, serv-
ing in that capacity for two years. He was
elected to the county clerkship in 1S92, a
position which he held lor four years, then
ill isyo was elected to represent liis ilistrict
ill the state senate, an olVue wliich he held
with distinction to himself and satisfaction
to his constituents for four years. In 189'J
lie was appointed postmaster of (iraiits Pass
and for nine years acceptably fullllled the
duties devolving upon him in connection
with that ollice. He then removed to his
ranch of forty acres near Wonder, in .losepli-
ine county, where he conducts a hotel and
stage station and also farms. Fraternally
he belongs to the Elks lodge, his member-
ship being at Roseburg. He is one of the
extremely well known citizens of Josephine
county where his long and honorable career
has made him a conspicuous figure. He is
universally respected, has an unusuall.v
large number of intimatc> personal friends
and is greatly esteemed by all who know
him.

PROFESSOR H. C. BAUGHMAN, -iiperin-
tciiilcnt of schools of Lam- county and mie of
the progressive young educators in this part
of the state, was born at I'leasant Hill. Ore-
gon, September 4, 1880, and is a son of Wil-
liam Howard and Liicetta (Callison) Baiigli-
man. His paternal grandfather, .Samuel
Baughman. came from Illinois across the
plains to the northwest in the early '50s and
settled at I'li'asant Hill in Ijine county, lie
was a farmer and became closely identilied
with the agricultural development of Oregon.
His tirst wife was Sarah McCall, from whom
Professor naiighman is descended. Samuel
liaiighman aiuj Sarah McCall were married
in the east anil Mrs. Itaiighman died in the
'70s. In their family were live sons and
three daughters, of whom William H. Itniigh
mnii was the third in order "if birth. He was
reared at I'leasant Hill and devoted his life
to general fariiiiiig. being recognized as one
of the repri'sentative agriculturists of hi"
community, whose InlMirs proved an effective
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(lied in 1902, at tlie age of fifty-five years.
His wife was a daiigliter of Robert Callison,
a pioneer of Lane count}' who was a native
of Kentucky. The family were all members
of the first Christian church organized in the
county and took an active interest in the
agricultural development and the material
jjrogress of the community.

H. C. Baughman was educated in the pub-
lic schools and at Ashland, Oregon, but be-
fore even completing his own education had
already begun teaching. He has taught for
twelve years in Lane county and during that
period was for two years at the head of the
Coburg schools and for one year was prin-
cipal of the Geary school in Eugene. He was
also superintendent of the schools of Spring-
field, Oregon, for four years and entered
upon his fifth year's work there when he was
appointed by the county court to fill the
vacancy in the office of county superintend-
ent of schools caused by the resignation of
W. B. Dillard. He holds to high ideals in his
professional service, is constantly studying
the most advanced methods of the profession
and has greatly raised the standard of the
schools both as a teacher and as superintend-
ent. He belongs to the National Educational
Association.

Professor Baughman was married in 1901
to Rosa Lee Rees, a daughter of M. V. and
Martha Rees. of Thurston. They have three
children, Howard R.. Ma.K K. and Dorothy.
The parents are members of the Christian
church at Springfield and their influence is
always on the side of righteousness, justice
and truth. Professor Baughman is a descend-
ant of some of the earliest pioneers of the
county but it is not this which entitles him
to representation among the leading citizens
of Lane county but rather his excellent work
as an educator and his attractive social qual-
ities, which render him popular wherever he
is known.

CHARLES E. TERRILL is the owner of
a fine ranch of ninety-four acres in the
vicinity of Brownsboro, where he success-
fully engages in breeding and raising thor-
oughbred horses. He has been identifii'd
with agricultural pursuits and stock-raising
in Jackson count.y since his boyhood, having
been reared in this county, although he is a
native of Linn county. His birth occurred
on the 29th of September, 1867. and he is a
son of H. J. and Lucy A. Terrill, who were
born, reared and married in Ohio. They suli-
sequently removed to Iowa, residing tlicre
until 1867 when they came to Oregon, mak-
ing the journey with a mule team and
wagon. tJpon their arrival here they located
in Linn county, but the next year they
came to Jackson county and bought tlncc
hundred and twenty acres of land for which
they paid two hundred and fifty dollars, and
upon this place they resided until ISSll.
The father ]iassed away in 1910. at Talent,
and the mother who has attained the age of
seventy-seven, still makes her home in
Talent. The family of Jlr. and Mrs. Terrill
TUimbered eleven and the six who are living
all reside in this countv.

Charles E. Terrill was reared aanid the pio-
neer conditions that yet prevaiiledlin this sec-
tion of Oregon at that period, and while mas-
tering the common branches of learning in
the local schools assisted his father about
the ranch. By the time he had attained his
maturity he was thoroughly familiar with
the practical methods of tilling the fields and
caring for the crops and was well i|ualified
to undertake the management of a place of
his own. After attaining his majority he
left home and bought five hundred and
twenty acres of land and engaged in ranch-
ing for himself. He subsequently sold all of
his place but ninety-four acres and is now
devoting his attention to raising horses. He
owns a fine breed of Belgian stock, haying
one stallion that cost Uim four thousand
dollars. Mr. Terrill has prospered in his
undertakings as is manifested by his highly
improved ranch. His fields have h^p care-
fully tilled and brought into a high state of
productivity and at various times he has in-
stalled on his ranch many modern conven-
iences, making it one of the best equipped
places in this section of the county. He is
practical and systematic in his methods and
gives his personal supervision to every detail
connected with the operation of his ranch, as
a result it has an appearance of thrift and
prosperity suggestive of capable management
and intelligent direction.

In 1897 Mr. Terrill was united in marriage
to Miss Effie Bradshaw, a native of Ne-
braska and a daughter of W. H. and Delilah
Bradshaw. The parents came to Oregon
about 1890 and purchased a thousand acres
of land in Jackson county. The father
passed away in Medford but the mother is
still living and continues to make her home
in the latter place. They were the parents
of four children. Mr. and Mrs. Terrill have
two sons: Glenn, who is twelve years of
age; and Dalton, who is looking forward to
his tenth birthda}'.

Fraternally Mr. Terrill is affiliated with
Medford Lodge, No. 116S, B. P. 0. E., while
in politics he is a republican and is now
school clerk. He has always been active
and enterprising in his undertakings and is
meeting with highly deserved success by
reason of his unwearied diligence and per-
severance.

W. H. BOSWELL, one of the enterprising
business men of Newberg, Oregon, was born
Marcli 1">, 1890, in Malheur county, Oregon.
The first Boswell to come to America was
a captain of one of the first three ships that
sailed to St. Augustine. Florida. From this
southern port the family drifted north into
Pennsylvania and then crossed over to the
central states, where they stopped for a time
before coming west to the Pacific coast
states. The great-grandfather was one of
the i)ioneer medical missionaries among the
white men of the west, having come to the
station at Colfax, Washington, before the
massacre. Mr. Boswell's maternal grand-
father was a soldier in the Civil war, enlist-
ini: in an Indiana regiment.

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315

Tlie father, Robert Boswell, a concrete con-
tractor, is living at Medford in this state.
In 1S70 lie crossed the plains to Grand Ronde
valley and has always been actively associa-
ted with stock-raising in this part of the
state, at one time being inspector for the
territory including Malheur. Lake and Ilarney
counties. In addition to this important po-
sition he has also held several minor olFices.
Jlr. and Mrs. Boswell are the parents of
three chihlren: Cecile. the wife of R. 0. Horn-
ing, who is now residing in Xewberg; W. H.,
the subject of this sketch; and Robert, who
is a resident of Medford.

W. H. Boswell received his education in
the public and high schools of Medford and
then took up a commercial course. When
he left school thus equipped with business
training he entered the general grocery store
which iiis father was then conducting, but
he remained here only one year. However,
he again associated himself with the activi-
ties his father was carrying on, this time in
the concrete business which has been pur-
chased after the grocery store was sold. For
a year and a half he helped conduct this
growing enterprise. Then he began a busi-
ness career for himself by purchasing Mr.
Bradley"s photograph gallery at Newberg
and since May, 1911, he has been conducting
this gallery in a highly satisfactory manner.
He was well prepared to enter this line of
work because he had been in photographic
field work and had also received some train-
ing under his predecessor in the gallery he
now owns.

On the 0th of .June, 1911. Mr. Boswell was
marrieil to Stella Schuler. a native of North
Dakota and a daughter of Richard Schuler, a
retire<l farmer, who came to Oregon from
North Dakota in 1907.

In politics Jlr. Boswell is a republican and
to that party he gives his support. He is a
member of the Baptist church ami of the
Modern Woodmen of America, .\lthough a
young man. Mr. Boswell has already made a
good .start in life and with a continuance of
the quick perceptive faculty he has shown
he will meet with success in the business to
which he has brought the modern ideas re-
cently advanced in photographic art.

J. E. PARMLEY. For almost twenty-five
years .1. E. I'armley has been a resident of
Oregon and he has no cause to regret estab-
lishing his home in this state, as he has pros-
pered financially and is one of the well known
and highly respected citizens of Washington
county. A native of Wayne county, Ken-
tuckv. he was born in August, 185."., a son
of .l! E. and Lottie (Baker) Parmley. The
parents weri' also natives of the Blue rira.ss
state and spent their entire lives llii-re. The
father died in 1879 and the mother was
called away in 1801. when the son -I. E., was
about six years of age. Thi-re werr sevrn
children in the family i>f Mr. and Mrs. Parm-
ley, namely: Bnu-k. who died in Iowa in
1910; Robert, of Missouri: Esther, who
makes her home in Kentucky: William, of
Kansas: Polly, of Oklahoma: Betty, de-
ceased; and J. E.

At fourteen years of age .1. E. Parndey
left home and started out upon his own ac-
count to meet the world. He secured pas-
sage on a boat by hohling a torch at night
and landed at Cairo. Illinois. After crossing
into Missouri he was obliged to walk for
three days before he found employment ami
the first wages he earned were at the rate
of ten dollars a month. He spent a year at
Leadville, Missouri, and then went with his
brother to Iowa and was engaged in farm
work for two years. He herded cattlf for
two years and spent the ne.xt three years
as a farm laborer, at the end of which time
he returned to his old home in Kentucky and
was married. He lived for a year in Ken-
tucky upon a farm which he purchased, hut
having lieard many interesting stories con-
(I'rning the resources and possibilities of the
northwest, he disposed of liis place and emi-
grated to Washington territory. He sn-ured
employment in a Hour mill for a year and
then came to Cornelius. Wasliingt<Mi lounty,
Oregon. He was greatly pleased with this
section of the state and located upon a claim
near Banks, of which he acipiired full owner-
ship in ISSS. Here he has since made his
home. He has a well improved farm, forty
acres of which are in a high state of culti-
vation, lie also owns forty acres of farm
land a halt' mile east of his homestead and
Is the owner of a number of buildings ami
vacant lots at Banks. Being a man of sound
business judgment he has prospered in his
affairs and is today one of the substantial
citizens of the county.

In 1879 Mr. Parmley was marrie<I to Miss
Alice Randall, of Kentucky, the youngest of
a family of nine children. Their names are
.rohii. Sarah. William, Sherman. Susan, Ro-
man, .lames. Xannie and .Miie. These chil-
dren are all living except Sarah. Mr. anil
Mrs. Parmley are the parents of four chil-
dren. Fillmore H., the eldest, was I)orn Sep-
tember 29, 1SS4, and was educated in the
common schools and at a business college.
He was married to Miss N'iola Shipley, a
native of Nebraska, who came to Oregon
with her |)arents in 1898. Mr. and Mr«.
Shipley reside in Washington county. Kill-
more H. and Viola Parmley are the parents
of two children: Cleo, who was Iwirn in 1909;
and Christina B., born December S.'). 1910.
Lilly, the second of the children of .1. E. and
.Mice Parmley, was born in Kentucky in Sep-
tember, 1880. She married < tic Hopkins, of
Washington county. Oregon, anil they have
two children: Wilbur, who was iMirii Octo-
ber L'9. 1907; and Leono, born Oetober 22,
1909. The two youngest children are Rny
and Florida, the former of whom was Imrn in
is;ii and the latter in 1902.

Mr. Parmley has been a supporter of the
demmTotic party ever since he reaehiMl ma-
turity, but not through any desire to share
in the honors or emoluments of ofllce. His
interest has l>een centered in his business and
his family, but he has not iH-en unmindful
of his duties as a citizen and is a willing
supporter of all movements that seek to pro-
mote the public welfare. He and hi« fiimily
are niemI"''"-< of the Metliodl^t Kpi-»rnp:il

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church. A patriotic and public-spirited citi-
zen, he lias gained and retained the confidence
and respect of all with wliom he has come
into contact either in business or social re-
lations.

ELDIN W. LAMB. Oak Hill farm, com-
prising one iiundred and sixty acres two
miles southwest of Forest Grove, is one of
the attractive agricultural properties of
Washington county and its owner, Eldin W.
Lamb, is regarded as one of the progressive
men of Oregon. He is a practical farmer of
long experience and by intelligent supervi-
sion and the application of modern methods
he secures from his place highly gratifying
results. He was born in .Jefferson county,
Iowa, December 9, 1856, a son of Jacob and
Selina (Byers) Lamb. The mother is of
Scotch descent and is a daughter of Thomas
and Mary Byers. The father ivas born in
Ohio and in his boyhood learned the tailor's
trade, which he followed for many years.
In 1853 he removed to Iowa and engaged for
a few years at his trade in that state, but
finall.y applied himself to farming. In 1865
he located in Jasper county, Iowa, where he
died nine years later. The mother is still
living and makes her home at Spencer, Iowa,
being now in her eighty-seventh year. Three
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lamb,
the youngest of whom is the subject of this
review. The others are: .John B.. who lives
at Spencer: and Mary M.. who is the wife
of G. R. Ward, also of Spencer.

Eldin W. Lamb removed with his parents
to Jasper county, Iowa, at the age of nine
years and in the district schools secured his
preliminary education. In March, 1874, when
he was sixteen years old. he went to Clay
county. Iowa, and resided on his brother's
farm until the spring of 1878. After arriv-
ing at maturity he purchased one hundred
and sixty acres and engaged successfully in
agriculture and stock-raising for twenty-two
years. At the end of this time, however, he
left Iowa and landed at Portland, July 20,

1900. He lived for nine months in the city
and in March. 1901. purchased one hundred
and sixty acres in Washington county, which
is known as the Oak Hill farm. In April,

1901, he visited his old home in Iowa on busi-
ness and pleasure, but returned in September
of the same year and has ever since actively
applied himself to the improvement of his
place. He is diligent and persevering in all
his undertakings and now enjoys the results
of many years of wisely applied effort.

On .j"uly 27, 1892, in Clay county, Iowa,
Mr. Lamb was married to Miss Minnie
Shaffer, a daughter of William F. and Mary
E. (Van Matre) Shaffer. Mrs. Lamb was
born in Stephenson county, Illinois, April
20, 1869. At the age of three years she was
taken to Clay county. Iowa, and there grew
to womanhood, receiving advantages of a
good education in the common schools. Her
father was a native of Pennsylvania and re-
moved to Illinois about the time he reached
maturity and there engaged in farming. He
passed the last years of his life in Clay
county, Iowa. The mother of Mrs. Lamb

was born at Whiteoak Springs, Illinois, and
died in Clay county, Iowa, .May 19, 1898.
In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer were
nine children, namely: .John L., who makes
his home at Minneapolis, Minnesota; Alice
E., who is the wife of P. Roberts, of Royal,
Iowa; Jennie, who married A. L. Adams, of
St. Paul, Minnesota; Samantha S.. now Mrs.
S. Wetmore, of Redwood Falls, Minnesota;
Susie I., the wife of N". W. Reese, of Stewart-
ville, Minnesota; Minnie, now Mrs. Eldin W.
Jjamb; Flora E., who married L. R. Jones,
of Hadley, Minnesota; and Charles W. and
Jay Leroy, both of whom are living at Red-
wood Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb are the
parents of four children: Edith M., who was
born on December 24, 1893; Donald E., born
December 29, 1897; Wilbur W,, born at
Portland, November 18, 1900; and Florence
E., born January 10, 1904. All of the chil-
dren are at home. Mr. Lamb and his wife
are members of the Christian church of For-
est Grove and are prominent In religious and
social circles of this region. He gave his s>ip-
])ort to the republican party as a young man
and he has seen no reason to change his alle-
giance to any other political organization.
Throughout life he has been observant and
willing to learn and he has adopted many
suggestions in his business which have
proved of material benefit. He is loyal to
ins state and has gained a host of friends in
Washington county, who have found him to
be generous in his dealings and governed in
all his acts by a high sense of Justice and
truth.

GEORGE T. ELLIS is interested in a large
transfer business in Baker City, Oregon, but
prior to entering into his present connec-
tion devoted thirty- five years of his life to
the active work of the Baptist ministry.
Failing health caused his retirement there-
from and he sought rest in a change of vo-
cation, so that he now figures as one of the
leading and enterprising business men of his
adopted city. New England claims him
as a native son, his birth having occurred
in Caledonia county, Vermont, February 10,
1851. His father, "t. A. Ellis, was born in
New Hampshire. November 4, 1820, and
was a farmer by occupation. After living
on the Atlantic coast for many years he
sought the far off Pacific slope, journeying
westward to eastern Oregon in 1862. He
soon afterward established his home at Grande
Ronde, where he secured a homestead claim
and developed a good farm property, upon
which he spent his remaining days, his deatli
occurring in 1896. His wife, wlio bore the
maiden name of Jane Dow, and was a na-
tive of Vermont, died in 1887, at the age of
sixty-four years. In their family were six
children, of whom three are yet living,
George T. Ellis being the youngest. His sur-
viving sisters are: Mrs. Martha J. Cran-
dall. who is living in Spokane. Washing-
ton : and Mrs. Mary A. Cummings. of Mont-
pelicr. Vermont.

In the public schools of the east George T.
Ellis pursued his education until he entered
Bucknell University, at Lewisburg. Pennsyl-

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819

raiiiu. His interest in the nioi;il progress of
tlie race led to his deteriuinution to devote
his lite to the ministry and he qualitied lor
preaching the gospel in accordance with the
teachings of the Baptist church. In 1S74 he
entered actively upon the work in Michigan
and tor almost thirty-five years thereaiter
continued in that tiehl, serving in but five
pastorates throughout the entire time — a
fact indicative of his popularity with his
parishioners and the ellicacy of his labors
in behalf of the church. He came to Ore-
gon in 1S84 and was pastor at I.^ Grande for
si-\ years, at the end of which time he came
to Raker City, filling the pulpit of the Bap-
tist church at that place for fourteen years.
Sulisei|Uently he spent four years in Athena
and then failing health caused him to put
aside the active work of the ministry. He
returned to Baker in 1908 and became inter-
ested in the Ellis Transfer Company, with
which he is still connected. In this enter-
prise he is associated with his son, who has
the more active management of the business
that is bringing substantial returns and is
continually growing.

Mr. Ellis has never failed to manifest deep
interest in the church and it* work, although
forced to retire from his place as teacher
and preacher, because his denomination is
very dear to him. as its teachings embody
principles as he interprets them and yet even
above doctrinal prejudice he holds to that
Christianity that reaches out in sympathy
and helpfulness to all mankind. His polit-
ical allegiance has long been given to the
prohibition party and thus he has manifested
his attitude tow'ard the temperance question.
He stands for all that means the uplift of
humanity, the progress of the individual and
the advancement of the general community.
His cooperation in many public movements
has been a tangible element for good in the
city in which he makes his home.

in IS72 Mr. Ellis was united in marriage to
Miss Clara M. Britten, who was born in
Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis have be-
come the parents of one son. William H..
who is manager of the transfer business, in
which both he and his father arc interested
financially. He, too, occupies a prominent
and inllnential position in business circles
here. He pursued his education in the
schools of Baker City until graduated from
the high school with "the class of 1894. Im-
mediately afterward he became connected
with the draying business, starting in that
line in .\ugiist, 1S94. He delivered for a
man for a time in order to obtain the use
of his wagon and horses and thus he made
his start. Something of the growth of the
business is indicate<l in the fact that he
now utilizes eleven teams and wagons and
employs a dozen or fourteen men in the
conduct of a general transfer, storage and
coal business. For seventeen years he has
employed men and has never dismissed biit
two from his service, and then for cause,
which shows the i-lose relations existing t>e-
tween employer and eniproye. It indicates,
too. that absolute justice is maintained and
speaks as no other fact could of the eipiit-

alde business methods of William H. Ellis.
In the public life of the community, too, he
has been an important factor. He was chief
of the volunteer fire department and reor-
gtinized it into a partially paid departmenl
in 1898. He was one of the first council-
men who did duty in the new city hull, and
lor the past twelve years has been humauf
ollicer. He is a member of the city Iniard
of charities and is a member of the building
committee of the Young Men's Christian
Association. He served as captain of the
winning team in the whirlwind campaign for
raising funds for the erection of the new-
building, c<intinuing to act in that capacity
until the last day. His fraternal relations
are with the Benevolent Protective t)rder of
Elks, the Knights of I'ythias and the Wo<nI-
nuMi of the World. He also belongs to the
Commercial Club and in that connection doi's
everything in his power to promote the biisi
ness activity and consecpunt prosperity iii
the city. His political faith is that of the
republican party and his religious belief that
of the Baptist church.

On the 22d of December, 1897, William II.
Ellis was married to Miss Lizzie Woods, a
native of Iowa, and a daughter of Richard
and -Margaret (SpeersI Woods, the former
a grocer. Unto Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Ellis
liave been born two children, Henry Claire
and Clara.

Xo history of Baker City would be com-
plete without e.vtended reference to Cicorgo
T. and Williiini H. Ellis, father and son.
Both are allied with all that pertains to the
welfare and best interests of the city. They
stand prominent among the progressive, I'u
terprising, industrious business men wh'i>e
intelligently <lirectcd labors accomplish re-
sults and yet their industrial interests do
not monopolize their time and attention to
the exclusion of active participation in other
affairs of equal importance to the individual
and the city. In fact they stand for ad-
vancement along all lines and have contribu-
ted in large measure to the material, intid-
lectual, social, political and moral progress
of the comniMiiity.

JOHN SCHOLL, senior partner of the Imr.l-
ware firm of J. .Schcdl & Son. of llubbani,
has been a resident of .Marion county fur
over forty years. He was l>orn in Shelby
county, Missouri, on the I.'>tli of Et'bniary,
Is IT, and is a son of (leorge K. and Dora
ililanki Seholl. lH>th natives of Germany.
The fnlhcr, whose natal year was IS19, eini
grated to the I'nited .Sfaten to «eek his for-
tune in Is.'l.T and iH'ing favorably impressed
with conditions as he found them deeideil
to remain. In IS.!.") he was married at I'll Is-
biirg. I'ennsylvania, to Mi«s Blank, who was
born in 1H20 and emigrated to this country
in the same year as her hu«banil. As he
had never learned a trade, when he first
lanie to this Miuntrv, .Mr, Srholl worked as
II day laborer or followed any other occupii-
lion that nllered him living wages. Soon
after his marringe, however. In- and his wife
went til .\li««'iiiri. joining n i.i'rman colnny
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held iu common. They remained there until
1S65 when together with some of the other
members they crossed the prairies to Ore-
gon, locating at Aurora, this county, where
they established another community. After
the death of the leader, some of the younger
members became dissatisfied with conditions,
so they disbanded by mutual consent in
1883, distributing the propertj' equally
among the dift'erent shareholders. The por-
tion of Mr. Scholl and his heirs was one
hundred and fifty-seven acres, which is now
the propert}' of our subject. This was the
home of the parents until 1893, when the
father passed away, following which the
mother resided with her children, making
her home with her daughter at Hubbard at
the time of her death in 1897. The family
of Mr. and Mrs. Scholl numbered six, as
follows: Louisa, who is living in Hubbard;
David, now deceased, whose widow is resid-
ing at Aurora; Mary, also deceased; Caro-
line, the wife of George M. Fry, a retired
merchant of Hubbard, and the mother of two
children; .John, our .subject; and Frederick,
who makes his home in Hubbard.

John Scholl was a member of the Aurora
community until it was disbanded, after
which he began for himself as an agricul-
turist. He subsequently purchased the in-
terest of the other heirs in the property they
had drawn from the colony, engaging in its
cultivation until 1897. In the latter year
he withdrew from farming and turned his
attention to contracting and building, fol-
lowing this for about six years. At the ex-
piration of that time he decided to identify
himself with commercial activities and es-
tablished a hardware store in Hubbard
which he has ever since been conducting. His
second son, George F., is associated with him
as an equal partner, the enterprise being op-
erated under the firm name of J. Scholl &
Son. They carry a very good assortment
of shelf and heavy hardware and as they
have an extensive acquaintance throughout
the county enjoy a very good trade. Their
methods of conducting the enterprise are
above question, and as their wares are fully
commensurate in quality with the prices
asked, they have succeeded in building up
a permanent following.

For his wife and helpmate, Mr. Scholl
chose Miss Mary M. Warner, who was born
in Ohio in 1846] her parents being Frederick
and Gotleibie Warner. They were likewise
members of the Aurora community, having
crossed the plains with the colonists. Seven
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Warner,
as follows: Catherine, who died and left
two children; John, also deceased; Mary M.,
now Mrs. Scholl; Louisa, who is deceased;
Susan, the wife of Arnold Zimmerman, of
Chicago; and Frederick, who is deceased, as
likewise is .Josephine, the wife of Christ
Crieger. by whom she bad four children.
Mr. and jirs. Scholl are the parents of four
Bona. Henry F.. who was born on the 2d
of June. 1871. is a machinist and is fol-
lowing his trade in Hubbard. He married
Clara Stahl and they have two children, Lu-
cille and Carmen. George F., whose natal

day was the 7th of December, 187.^, chose
for his wife Annie Will, a daughter of Leon-
ard and Tryphena (Forsner) Will, members
of the Aurora community as likewise were
the grandparents, and they are the parents
of two children: Lenore, who was born on
the 1st of November, 1908; and Alveria.
whose natal day was February 1, 1911.
Lawrence M., whose birth occurred on the
30th of November, 1876, married Miss Sadie
Christina Wolfer, a daughter of George
and Ootavia Wolfer, and they have two chil-
dren. Velma and Vesta, David J., whose na-
tal year was 1878, married Annie Gowdy.

Both Mr, and Mrs. Scholl are Lutherans
and have reared their family in that faith,
while fraternally he is an Odd Fellow, A
stanch republican in politics he gives his un-
qualified support to the men and measures
of that party, but he has never been an as-
pirant to official honors, A man of energy
and keen business discernment, he has pros-
pered in his undertakings and in addition to
his store and the building in wdiich it is
located owns a fine residence property, and
also his old ranch, Mr. Scholl enjoys the
esteem of a large circle of acquaintances,
whose respect he has won and retained by
reason of his genuine worth and sound busi-
ness principles,

CONRAD ALGESHEIMER, who devotes
his time and energies to general agricultural
pursuits, is the owner of a tract of two
himdred and six acres of rich and produc-
tive land, lying seven miles southwest of
Beaverton. His birth occurred near Milwau-
kee, Wisconsin, in 1864. His parents were
George and Eva Algesheimer, who were born,
reared and married in Germany. Crossing
the Atlantic to the United States in 1858.
his parents took up their abode near Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin, and there resided for
nineteen years. On the expiration of that
period, in 1877, they came to Washington
county, Oregon, George Algesheimer pur-
chasing three hundred and seventy-three
acres of land and continuing to reside here
until called to his final rest, in 1881, For
four years he had survived his wife, who
passed away in 1877, Unto them were born
nine children, five of w^hom are still living.
as follows: John, who is a resident of
Washington county, Oregon; Mary Elerson.
living in Portland; Christ, also of Portland;
Conrad, of this review; and George, who
makes his home in Portland,

Conrad Algesheimer attended the com-
mon schools in the acquirement of an edu-
cation. He remained under the parental roof
imtil twenty years of age, when he went to
I'ortland and there worked for one year. On
the exjiiration of that period, in association
with his brother John, he purchased his
father's estate of three hundred and seventy-
three acres, and, at the present time, owns
two luindred and six acres thereof. A tract
of one hundred and forty acres has been
brought under a high state of cultivation
and improvement.' The property was en-
tirely covered with brush and timber when
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321

but has been developed into exoelleiit farm-
ing land and is well drained. In the con-
duct of his agricultural interests, Mr. Alge-
sheinier has won a gratifying measure of
prosperity, annually gathering rich crops
which find a ready sale on the market.

.Since age conferred upon him the right
of franchise, Mr. Algesheimer has supported
the men and measures of the republican
party, believing that its principles arc
most conducive to good government. The
honors and emoluments of ollice, however,
have never had any attraction for him. He
is a man of strong character and sterling
worth, and well merits the high regard in
which he i> uniformly held.

DR. JOHN WILLIAM HUFF, the present
city physician, is one of the worthy repre-
sentatives of the medical fraternity of Baker
City, where he has built up a lucrative prac-
tice. He is a native of Harrison county,
Iowa, his birth having occurred on the 14th
of October. lS.i7. and a son of Hiram M.
and Lucinda (McCahan) HutT. The father
was lM)rn in Kentucky in 18:?2, but the
mother was a native of Illinois, her birth
occurring in 1S30. In his early manhood,
Hiram M. HufT went to western Iowa,
where for many years he engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits, but he subsequently with-
drew from the active work of the fields and
disposing of his interests there came to Ore-
gon, and is now living retired in Baker
City. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Huff
numbered six, our subject being the eldest
of the four who are liviu". In order of
birth the others are as follows: Ciara M.,
the wife of M. T. Weston, of Mi-ssouri Val-
ley, Iowa; B. Frank, who is connected with
the Baker Grocery Company of Baker and
Thomas C. a ranchman living about six
miles northeast of Baker.

The early years in the life of Dr. HufT
were passed on the farm where lie was born,
his early education being obtained in the
common' schools of that vicinity. I>ater he
supplemented this by a course at Magnolia
Academy at Magnolia, Iowa, and afterward
engaged" in teaching. He followed this pro-
fession for three years, but having decided
that he would become a physician, at the
end of that time he matriculated in the
Rush Medical College at Chicago. He w;as
gradiiated from this institution in 1881 with
the ilegree of M. I)., and immediately re-
turned lo Iowa ami established an ollice at
Modale. that state. He engaged in general
practice there for four years, and at the ex-
piration of that period located in Missouri
Valley. Harrison county. Six years later
he again removed, this time locating in On-
Bwa.' Monona county. Iowa. His residence
there covered a period of fifteen years, and
during that time he was the local surgeon
for three railroad companies and was also
a member of the board of pension surgeons.
These duties together with his large prac-
tice kept him very busy, but nevertheless.
Dr. Hutr found opportunity to serve the mu-
nicipalitv in various ways, having at one
time been a member of the school board,

while for four years he discharged the du-
ties of county coroner. He has always taken
an active interest in all matters atlecting the
welfare of his profession and while living
in Onawa was president of the Monona
County Medical Society. In August, I'.iO.'i.
he removed to Baker City, where he bought
the practice and ollice of a retiring physi-
cian. Dr. Hull has met with very good
success in his work here and is enjoying a
good practice. That he is a thoroughly qual-
ified and capable practitioner he has olteii-
times demonstrated during the period of his
residence, and he has become recognized as
one of the leading members of his profes-
sion in the town. In addition to his pri-
vate practice he is discharging the dutie> of
city physician, having been the incumbent
of this ollice since 1911.

On the 17th of .lune. 1888, Dr. HufT was
united in marriage to Miss Ella Davis, who
was born in Little Valley, New York, and is
a daughter of K. .1. and Fannie (Shannon I
Davis. The father has always followed the
vocation of farming.

Fraternally Dr. I luff has passed the de-
grees of the blue lodge of the Masonic or-
der, and he also belongs to the Order of the
Kastern Star and the Modern Woodmen of
America. He is one of the enterprising
members of his profession who were actively
engaged in the organization of the Baker
County Medical Society in 1911, and is now
presiilent of tlie society, being the second
to till that oflice. He also belongs to the
(liegon State Medical and the American Med
ical Associations, and liis political support is
given to the republican party. In matters
of faith l)oth Dr. and Mrs. Huff are Pres-
byterians and take an active interest in the
w'ork of their church and number many
stanch friend-i among the members of its
congregation.

ABRAHAM BLACKBURN, for many
years iictively loniuMteil with farming in-
terest in Yamhill lounly. is now living re-
tired about two miles northeast of Carlton,
lie is still the owner of eighty acres, having
sohl a considerable portion of his original
farm in small tracts for the raising of fruit.
His life, which spans a period of seventy-
seven years, has been nn active, busy and
useful one.

He was born in England, .lanuary .'•. M'il.
and his parents. .lohn and Frances (Mo<ire)
lilnckbiirn. were aNc> natives of that coun-
try, where tliey resided until isil. when
they crosned the .Vtlantic to .Vmerica, lirst
settling in Racine lounty. Wisconsin, where
their remaining days were passed. The
death of the father occurreil when he was
oighty-six years of age and the mother
passed away at the age of sixtylivr years,
lie was superintendent of a large stock fiirin
in England but in Wisconsin purchased laml
and engaged in general farming on hi^ own
aerouni until his death. l»ros|MTity attended
his efforts and he added to his original tract
until he was the owner of four hundreil
neros, constituting n linely improveil prrqierty
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

sories of the model farm of the middle west.
Unto him and his wife were born nine chil-
dren, of whom five are still living: Hannah,
the wife of Dr. Hankinson, a veterinary sur-
geon of Wisconsin; Abraham; Mrs. Ann Sol-
let, who is living in Chicago; Mrs. Frances
Healey, of Racine, Wisconsin; and Mrs.
Elizabeth Hulbert, also of that city. The
others were Matthew, Amos, Jesse and
James.

Abraham Blackburn spent the first seven
years of his life in the land of his nativ-
ity and then came with his parents to the
United States, continuing to assist his father
in the development and cultivation of the
home farm until twenty-four years of age.
He was a fancier of fast horses, to which
he devoted his time for several years, and
also operated a threshing outfit in Wiscon-
sin. In the year ISfiO he made the long jour-
ney across the ])lains and over the moun-
tain passes with horse teams, at length
reaching Marion county, Oregon. In the vi-
cinity of Gervais lie worked at farm labor
for a year and then went to the gold mines
in Idaho, where he spent two summers, pass-
ing the winter seasons in his father's home.
He next purchased one hundred acres of land
in Marion county, near Woodburn, which he
cultivated for a short time and then sold.
Later he invested in two hundred and fifty
acres in the same countj^ but soon disposed
of that property and liouglit one hundred and
sixty acres near by. This he also sold three
years later and on coming to Yamhill county
he purchased four hundred and thirty- four
acres near Carlton, in partnership with R.
Hanna, and also bought a tract of one hun-
dred and ten acres independently. He contin-
uously followed farming in Yamhill county
up to the time of his retirement and his
labors were crowned with a substantial meas-
ure of success that brought to him the hand-
some competence that now enables him to
live retired. With the rapid settlement of
the county in recent years he has disposed
of much of his farm in small tracts to be
used for fruit raising, but still retains the
ownership of eighty acres.

On the ^4th of November. 1862, Mr. Black-
liurn was united in marriage to Miss Caroline
Hall, a native of Missouri and a daughter of
David and Lucy (Tolan) Hall, both of whom
are now deceased. Their familj' included the
following named: Thomas, now a resident
of Marion county, Oregon ; Mrs. Rebecca
Johnson, of Centralia, Washington; Willard,
whose home is in Sheridan, Oregon; Mrs.
Blackburn; Mrs. Mary Cox, of Canby, Ore-
gon; Alice, deceased; George, who is living
in Woodburn, Oregon; Henry, whose home is
ill Falls City, Oregon; Mrs. Fannie Dimick,
of Canby; Mrs. Nellie Engle. of Woodburn,
Oregon; Bertha, the deceased wife of Rob-
ert Cpples; and two who died in infancy.

Unto the maniagc of Mr. and JIrs, Black
burn were born eleven children: Frances, the
wife of Louis Hutt, of Y'anihill county;
Caroline, the wife of F. L. Sapington, of
Tillamook. Oregon; Verna, Nellie G. and
Daisy, all at home; Zella R„ the wife of
Fred .Mauerman, of Centralia, Washington;

ihace, Glennie and Sherman, all at home;
James, who is married and lives in Yamhill
county; and Jesse, who completes the fam-
ily.

Mr. Blackburn votes with the republican
party but has never aspired to office. He
has lived in Oregon continuously since 1860
and has, therefore, been well acquainted
with its history for more than a half-cen-
tury. He has seen its villages grow to
thriving towns and cities, its forests cut
down, to be replaced by fields of waving
grain or by productive orchards, and has
seen its business interests extend not only
to all parts of this country but also to the
furthermost parts of the world. His own
work has been an element in the agricul-
tural progress and development of Yamhill
county, and his labors have brought him the
rest which he has so truly earned and richly
deserves.

ROBERT NELSON STANFIELD, a well
known citizen in Umatilla county, who passed
away April 15, 1S9B, was born on his father's
farm in Sangamon county. Illinois, December
.1, 1832. There he spent the earlier years of
his life, remaining in his native state until
he was seventeen years of age. His early
education, which he acquired in the common
schools, was limited, consisting of only three
months of actual attendance in the year, due
to the primitive conditions of the school s.ys-
tem of that day and the early death of his
father, who passed away when our subject
was a small child. But being of a progressive
nature, as he grew older he read extensively
and acquired a knowledge of many branches
fully equivalent to a high-school course,
r^ater he received commendation as one of
the best bookkeepers and keenest business
men of the county. AVhen he was but seven-
teen years of age he crossed the plains to
California, locating in Yreka, being there
during the gold excitement of 1849. For
several years he followed mining, accumulat-
ing sufficient money to purchase a fine herd
of cattle. He then secured a farm near Yreka
and engaged in stock-raising, achieving excel-
lent success until an unusually hard winter,
when he lost all of his stock. Being left
without any means in 1860 he came to LTma-
tilla county, where he began freighting, pur-
chasing a mule train, and later freighted
from LTmatilhi Landing to Boise and other
points. During this time he made his home
in Umatilla. In 1865 he sold his freighting
train, and en
fer business.

In 1883 Mr. Stanfield moved to Pendleton,
where he opened up a warehouse and also en-
gaged in general transfer business, wliicli he
was obliged tc abandon after one and a half
years, on account of his health. He th^n
purchased a farm on Butter creek, where he
raised alfalfa, and also engaged in the cattle
Inisiness. He continued in this work with ex-
cellent success until the time of his death.

In January, 1865. "SU: Stanfield wedded
Miss Phoebe Atwood. who was a native of
Oubuquc. Towa. She passed away November
20, 1.S71, leaving three children: .lessie, who

ROBERT N. STANl IKI.I)

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325

is now .Mrs. I'erry, of Pendleton; Sidney, who
is a farmer and stock-raiaor of Wasliinjjton;
and Ralph H.. "ho is a banker at Echo, in
this county, yn May G. 1S73, Mr. StantioUl
was again unitctl in marriage, his second
union being with Miss Ilattie Townsend, a
native of Washington, and a daughter of
Evander L. and Amanda E. Townsend, the
father a native of Maine and the mother of
Ohio. The father passed away in 1S89, and
the mother on March .'>, 1901, at the age of
seventy-line years. Of his second marriage
eight children were born to Mr. Stanlielil.
They are: Carrie A., who is the wife of Asa
Thomson; Robert X.; Daisy 0.; Hugh I,..
who re.side.s on the home farm near Hiittei
creek; C'hloe A.; Emery G.; Lucy .!.; and
Kate May.

Mr. Stanfield always took an active inter-
est in the welfare of his community and
served as deputy sheriff of Umatilla county.
When the change of county seat was made
from I'matilla to Pendleton Mr. Stanlield
had charge of the removal of the county
records to the latter place. In 1878 during
the trouble with the .Snake and Cayuse In-
dians, he rendered excellent aid as a member
of the Guardsmen of this county, serving
with the rank of captain of volunteers. He
was a well known man and highly honored
throughout the county, and his death was
deeply regretted by a large circle of friends
and acquaintances, llis family are all mem-
bers of the Episcopal church and are highl.v
honored by all their acquaintances. Mrs.
Stantield now resides in Portland.

SILVESTER B. KENT, who owns and op-
erates a ranch located on the Elliott
Prairie road in the vicinity of Woodburn,
has been identified with the agricultural de-
velopment of Marion county for thirty-five
years. He was born in Iowa in 1S37 and is
a son of Robert and Sarah (Collard) Kent.
The parents were born and reared in Mis-
.souri. whence they removed to Iowa, mak-
ing their home in that state until 1860,
when they cros.sed the plains to California.
They purchased land in Sacramento county,
that state, in the cultivation of which the
father energetically engaged for fifteen years.
At the expiration of that time he disposed
of his property and in 1875 removed to Or-
egon, settling in Douglas county. There
tiiey re-iided the remainder of their lives,
the father's death occurring in Roseburg in
ISS.i. while the mother passed away on the
farm in lOni. The family of Mr. and Mrs.
Kent numbered ten children, of whom our
subject is the youngest. The others in or-
der of birth are as follows: Isaac, who is
living in Douglas county; Charles, a resi-
dent of California; Gideon, living in the state
of Washington; Gus, who is a resident of
Montana; William, who is deceased; .loseph,
who lives in Washington; two, who died in
infancy; and Elizabeth, who is also de-
ceased.

Reared on nn Iowa farm during the pio-
neer period, the boyhood and youth of Sil-
vester )'. Kent were very similar f" those of
other lads living in the more sparsely

settled frontier districts at the period. His
meager education was ac.|uired in the little
log schoolhouse with its slab benches and
puncheon tloor, while his amusements and
recreations were such as are usually in-
dulged in by country youths. In common
with other lads of his aVquaintance he earlv
began assisting with the work of the fanii.
thus (|ualifying himself for an agricultural
career. He assisted his father with the cul-
tivation of the fields until he was nineteen,
when he left the parental roof and started
out to make his own way in the world. As
he possessed sullicient money to enable hiui
to begin farming on his own account he
renteil one hundred and sixty acres of land
that he cultivated for six years. At the
expiration of that period he decided to join
his people in CHilifornia, so with his wife
:inil family he crossed the plains to the
Pacific coast. He located in the Sacramento
valley, where he purchased a ranch that he
cultivated with varying degrees of success
tor tifieen years. lielieving that Oregon
atforded better opportunities, he then sold
his place and came to Clarion county anil
purchased a quarter section of land, all of
which he has now sold with the exception
of thirty acres. This is well improved and
ill a high state of productivity and annually
yields him an income more than sullicient
for the needs of himself and family. Mrs.
Kent is the owner of a ranch of forty-three
acres in her own right that she rents to her
son-in-law. J. W. Fleegle. In the develop-
ment of his land -Mr. Kent has met with
more than average success and he is now
numbered among the substantial citizens of
his community.

In 1S.')7, at the age of twenty years. Mr.
Kent was united in marriage to Miss Mary
11. Price, who was seventeen years of age.
the ceremony being celebrated in Iowa. Mrs.
Kent was born in England on the 2d "f
February. 1840, and is a daughter of Ed-
ward and Charlotte (Reeves) Price, who
were born, reared and married in England.
When she was eight years of age she ac-
companied her parents on their removal to
America. They first settled in Iowa, but
later they went to Nebraska and there the
mother passed away in 1890. The father
subsequently returned to England, where be
remained until the time of his death in
ISMi.'i. Nine children have been l>orii to Mr.
and Mrs. Kent, as follows: ,lohn, residing
in Oregon City, who has three children,
.liiaiiita, Lowell and Otto; Robert E. I^-e,
who is deceased; Biidd, who is living at
home; Albert, operating a farm ni-ar Wood-
burn, who married a widow, Mrs. Ina Owens,
with one daughter, Ethel; I»ttie, who fir«t
married Frank De Harco. by whom she had
one child, I-ula. and is now the wife of .1.
W. Fleegle; E!i7.aheth, the wife of ,Iolin
liall, of Portland, who is engaged in the
sawmill business; .Mice, who married Thomas
Dumphy, of Raker City, Oregon: and two
who died in infancy. Mr. and .Mrs. Kent
ga\e their chihlren the advantages of a good
common m-liofil e, location.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

The family have always affiliated with
the Baptist church in which the parents
hold membership, and in politics Jlr. Kent
is a democrat. He is not a man who has
ever figured prominently in local political
affairs, but he has always contributed his
quota toward assisting to maintain high
standards in the community b.y giving his
support and cooperation to every movement
which would tend to advance the financial,
moral, educational or social welfare of its
citizens.

W. F. BUTCHER. The late AV. F. Butcher,
colonel on the staff of Governor Sylvester
Pennoyer and well known in the legal and
political circles of Oregon, was one of
Baker City's foremost citizens. He was born
in Pocahontas county, Virginia, on the 13th
of December, 1858, and was a son of Dr.
Oscar and Jane Butcher, likewise natives of
Virginia, where they Ijoth passed away. The
father went to the front during the Civil
war as a member of the Confederate army
and died while in the service.

W. F. Butcher was reared on the planta-
tion where he was born and was educated in
the common schools. Having decided to be-
come an attorney he subsequently entered
the office of Governor Matthews, of Lewis-
burg, West Virginia, where he began his pro-
fessional studies. Later he went to Saline
county. Missouri, remaining there until 1882,
when he went to Idaho. He taught school
in the latter state for a j'ear, then went to
Walla Walla, Washington, engaging in the
same profession. While residing there at
such times as he was not occupied by his
school duties he pursued his legal studies in
the law office of Sharpstein & Sharpstein,
until admitted to the bar on the 7th of
May, 1885. Immediately following this he
withdrew from teaching and went to Athena,
Oregon, and there opened an office and en-
gaged in general practice until he came to
Baker county in .luly, 1900. Upon his arrival
liere he established an office in Baker City,
which he maintained until forced to retire
owing to the state of his health, two years
prior to his death. He was well read and
widely informed on legal principles and at
the time of his death was the senior partner
of the firm of Butcher. Clifford & Correll.
His energies were not entirely confined to the
development of his practice but were di-
rected in other channels as well and he ac-
quired extensive business and important
mining interests here.

On the 4th of September, 1894, Mr. Butcher
was united in marriage to Mrs. Helen Coe
of Washington. Her maiden name was
Helen W. Feamster. her parents being John
and Virginia (Snyder) Feamster, natives of
West Virginia, where the mother is still liv-
ing, but the father passed away in 1906.
In her early womanhood Helen W. Feam-
ster was married to Dr. W. G. Coe, who was
born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 9,
1854, and passed away on the 4th of Au-
g\ist, 1893. Four children were born of this
marriage, as follows: W. G., a resident of
Baker City; Mary, who became the wife of

C. L. Godding, of Vancouver, B. C. ; Emma,
who married T. L. Delahanty, of Salt Lake
City; and Blanche, a graduate of the Baker
City High school, who is now Mving at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Butcher had three children:
Edna and Helen Fontaine, both of whom are
deceased; and Thomas, now a student here.

Fraternally Mr. Butcher was a member of
the Masons, Elks, Knights of Pythias,
United Workmen and Red Men. He had at-
tained high rank in the first named order, be-
ing past grand master and past junior war-
den of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Oregon.
In politics he was a democrat and was one of
the prominent members of that party in the
state, and on three consecutive occasions he
was a delegate to the national convention,
having been sent to Cliicago in 1896, to
Kansas City in 1900 and St. Louis in 1904,
while in 1893 he was a candidate for presi-
dential elector, and in 1903 he ran for con-
gress in the second Oregon district but was
defeated. Mrs. Butcher is a member of the
Order of the Eastern Star and she also be-
longs to the Presbyterian church, in which
he likewise held membership. Mr. Butcher
left his family well provided for and his
^^•idow is a stockholder in a very valuable
gold mine and is the owner of a most at-
tractive residence and several other pieces of
property in Baker City.

Mr. Butcher passed away In Portland, this
state, on the 18th of November, 1910. just a
few weeks prior to the fifty-second anni-
versary of his birth. He was held in high
esteem in professional and business as well as
social circles in Baker City, where his high
standards of citizenship, upright ]irinciples in
business transactions and liberal, charitable
views on all matters of vital interest to hu-
manity, won him hosts of stanch friends.

S. H. HARNISH, who owns and conducts
a livery stable in Eagle Point, is one of the
successful and capable business men of the
town. He takes an active and helpful in-
terest in all local affairs, particularly those
of a political nature, and is now serving as a
member of the council. He is a native of
Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in
Lancaster county on May 11, 1867. He is a
son of Benjamin W. and Susanna A. Harnish,
the parents both natives of the Keystone
state, where the mother also passed away. In
1888 the father and remaining members of
the family removed to Nebraska, and in
March, 1900. Mr. Harnish again changed his
place of residence, this time locating in
North Dakota. He remained there only two
yeai-s and at the expiration of that time set-
tled in Jackson county, Oregon, where he
still lives, now making his home with our
subject. Six children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin W. Harnish, four of whom
are living.

S. H. Harnish, who was a lad of only three
years when his mother died, made his home
with his grandparents until he was ten. Al-
though he was still very young he com-
menced working out and was self-supporting
from that time. He went to Nebraska with
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327

marriefl, this event ocpuriiiig wlicii lu- was
twenty-three years of age. Inimeiliately
thereafter he and his bride settled on a claim
and he <levoted hi-i entire attention to the
further cultivation and improvement of his
place for ten years. Relieving that North
Dakota afforded better o[>portunities, he dis-
posed of his interests in Xeliraska and re-
moved to the former state, but he remained
there for only two years, and then came to
•Tackson county. When he first located here
Jlr. ITarnish engaged in ranching and team-
ing, but he subsequently camo to Eaude Point
and built a barn and went into the livery
business. His establishment is well ei]uipped
for a town of this .size and he is doing a good
business. Tie has prospered in his under-
takings as lie is industrious and energetic in
his methods and in ndilition to his stable
owns three and a half acres of land within
the city limits on which he has erected a fine
residence.

In 1890 ^Ir. Ilarnisli was unite<l in mar-
riage to Miss Susanna Moomaw. who is a
native of Nebraska, and to them have been
born three children: Hay. Dottie and Robert,
all of whom are at home.

Fraternally Mr. Ilarnisli is a member of
the In<Iependent Order of Odd Fellows, and
his political support he gives to the repub-
lican party. After many years of hard work
his perseverance is being rewarded and he
is gradually advancing in the business world
and is meeting with creditable success. At
the same time he is gaining the esteem and
regard of his fellow citizens both because of
his business ability and by reason of his
geniality and piiblicspiritedness,

JOHN HENDRICKSON is one of the suc-
cessful farmers of Oregon and his beauti-
ful ranch is located eleven miles up the
north fork of the Coos river from Marsh-
field, He was born in Finland, May 28.
1870, and is the son of William and Chris-
tina Hendrickson, who .spent their entire
lives in that country. To them six children
were Imni, the subject of this review being
the only one of the number to emigrate
to America, Two daughters of the family
are still living in Finland.

•lohn Hendrickson was reared in his par-
ents' home and received his early education
in the schools of his native land. He emi-
grated to America in 1888. settling first in
California, where he was engaged for two
years as a laborer in the lumber camps. He
then removed to Coos county, Oregon, and
there found employment in the lumber
woods for .some time. In 1893 he filed on
a homestead claim in Coos county, where he
established his home and continued to live
for fourteen years. In 1907 he sold that
property and purchasefl a farm of seventy-
three acres located on the north fork of
Coos river, eleven miles from MarshfieM.
where he is now located and successftilly en-
gaged in truck ami ilairy farming.

In 1897 Mr. Hendrickson was united in
marriage to Miss Hilma Storn, who was
bom in Finland, .Tune 2,'>. 1870, and is the
daughter of Mat and Johnnnah Storn, The

latlicr emigiated to America in 1SS2, set-
tling at Coos Hay, tVegon, and later moved
to Oakland. California, where he has since
continued to live. After settling in Califor-
nia he was successfully engaged in the cul-
tivation oi a hop ranch ami also was the
proprietor of a profitable hotel property.
He has been retired for many years past.
The mother never emigrated to America
and still resides in her native country, Fin-
land, at the age of eighty-eight years. To
.Mr, and Mrs, Stora four cliildrcn were
born and of this number Hilma, now .Mrs.
Hendrickson, and her brother Andrew emi-
grattd to America, while Hcrinen ami
Hannah still reside in their native land, Mr,
and Mrs. Hendrickson are the parents of two
children: Kubeii, born September 12, 1899,
who is now attending school; and .Vgnes,
born February 23, 1901, also at scho<d,

-Mr, Hendrickson is afliliated with the re-
publican party, and fraterna'ly is i member
of Siiomi I^odge, No, 1, of Marshlield, He is
also a member of the Grange at Marshficid,
and he and his wife are members of the
Lutheran church. He is one of the succesa-
ful truck and dairy farmers of Coos county
and his beautiful place of seventy-three
acres is one of the most perfectly equipped
and best conducted farms of its kind in his
jiart of the state.

HENRY BLACK is one of the respected
and inllucntial citizens of Miirshfield where
he now resides in retirement from active
business life. He was born in Missouri in
1838, and is the son of Adam and Mary
(Morgan) Black, the former a native of Vir-
ginia and the latter of Missouri, The father,
during his life, was a planter and also en-
gaged in the general practice of law. He
served as county judge for the counties of
Ccntry and Livingston continuously for a
period of fifty years. To .Mr. and Mrs.
Adam Black nine children were bom. two of
whom are still living: Henry, the subject
of this review, and Charles, of Idaho.

Henry Black was reared in his parents'
home and received his early education in
the public schools of Missouri. He remained
under the parental roof until twenty-one
years of age. after which time he wna en-
gaged at labor until the opening of the
Civil war when he enlisted in the Confed-
erate army nncl served during that great
national conflict. In 18til he crosseil the
|)laiiis to Oregon, settling in Doiigla,* county
and there engaged in the cultivation of a
rented farm for one year and then filed on
a homestead of one hundred and si.xty ncn-s
of government land in Douglas county upon
which he continued to live until 187S and
then moved to Coos county where he set-
tli'd on ft prermpled claim of forty acres
located nine miles from Mnrshfield. He later
iHiught forty acres nrljoining his original
preemption claim and upon this property of
eighty acres he wns successfully engaged in
farming until 1907 when he retired from
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Marshfield, where he now resides at No. 881
Fifth street, South.

Mr. Black was united in marriage in 1865,
in Douglas county, to Miss Sarah McGee, a
daughter of William D. and Jane (Nelson)
McGee, both of whom were natives of North
Carolina and who moved from their native
state, settling in Missouri in 1833, where
Mrs. Black was born. To Mr. and Mrs.
William McGee ten children were born,
three of whom are still living: Charles, who
is engaged in farming in Douglas county;
William, a resident of Seattle; and Sarah,
the wife of the subject of this review. Unto
Mr. and Mrs. Black five children have been
born. John D. is a resident of California
and the father of one child, Sarah. William
F., of Marshfield, Oregon, has two children,
Thelma and Lois. Lucy, who was educated
for a teacher, married George Ross, a dairy-
man of Coos county, Oregon, and they are
the parents of tlnee children. George. Eliza-
beth and Robert. Mary also pursued a
teacher's course in the University of Oregon,
but later was engaged as a professional
nurse. She is now the wife of Carl Med-
bery, of Coos county. George, who completes
the family, is a resident of North Bend,
Oregon, and the father of one child, Cecile.

Mr. Black is affiliated with the democratic
party, but has never sought political pref-
erment. He has. however, been a member
of the school board for nine years and has
also served as road supervisor for four years.
He and his wife are members of the Baptist
church of Marshfield. Mr. Black for many
years has been one of the influential citi-
zens of Coos county and a man who readily
gives his assistance to the advancement of
every enterprise seeking the further develop-
ment and improvement of his county and
state.

RALEIGH S. ROBINSON, who is a native
of Washington county, now owns and oper-
ates a portion of tlie farm where he was
born on the 2d of May, 1857. His parents
were William J. and Emeline (Barnum)
Robinson, the father's birth having occurred
in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, on the 12th
of October, 1827, and that of the mother in
Jefferson county, Indiana, on September IC,
1829. They were married in the latter
county on the 9th of January, 1848. but be-
gan their domestic life in .Jennings county,
Indiana, where they resided until April,
1851. The children of pioneers, naturally
they felt that better opportunities were af-
forded all young people in a new country,
so despite their very limited means and the
many hardships and dangers they knew lay
before them, they courageously started
across the plains to Oregon. The journey was
long and tiresome, occupying nearly sis
months, but in September they arrived in
Clackamas county, where they spent six
weeks. In the following March Mr. Robinson
filed on a donation claim in Washington,
(tounty, to which they removed and there
spent the remainder of their lives, and it is
a remarkable fact that there has never been

placed a mortgage on this property either by
William J. Robinson, who tiled the home-
stead claim or any of his children up to this
time. The father passed away on the 23d of
May, 1898, and the mother on June 11,
1911. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Robinson there were born six children: Ber-
rilla. who died at the age of sixteen years;
Agnes, the wife of .James Walker, of Wash-
ington county; Viola, who married J. J.
Smith, of this county; Florence, who has
always remained at home, taking care of her
parents in their old age and is now residing
on the old homestead in the dwelling which
her father built in 1874; Raleigh S., our
subject; and Luona. who died at the age of
three years. The paternal grandparents
were natives of Pennsylvania while the
mother's parents were from the state of New
York, the mother being of Scotch and the
father of Irish extraction.

The entire life of Raleigh S. Robinson has
been spent on the farm where he is now
living, his education having been acquired in
the common schools of the vicinity. He as-
sisted his father in the operation of the home
ranch until he had attained his majority,
when he rented a portion of it that he oper-
ated until the latter's death, at which time
he inherited eighty acres. In the cultivation
of this land he has met with such success
that he has been able to add to his holdings
from time to time, until he now owns one
hundred and thirty-five acres, all of which is
under a high state of cultivation. His place
is well improved and fully equipped with all
implements and conveniences essential to the
successful pursuit of agriculture. In addi-
tion to his fine home ranch, Mr. Robinson owns
twenty acres of good land located elsewhere
in this county and two residence properties
in Portland. He is one of the progressive
agriculturists and a capable business man of
Washington county, whose prosperity is
largely attributable to his practical methods,
definite purpose and keen judgment in all
business matters.

Mr. Robinson was united in marriage on
the 12th of October, 1892, to Miss Emma
.Tarred, whose birth occurred in Kansas, in
1863. Mrs. Robinson is a daughter of James
and Louisa Jarred, the mother a native of
Kentucky and the father of Kansas. They
were married in Kansas and continued to
make their home in that state until 1871.
when they removed to California. After a
brief residence in the latter state they came
to Oregon, locating on a ranch in Washing-
ton county, where the father died a year
later. The mother, who has now attained
the age of sixty-seven years, is a resident of
Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Jarred were the
parents of four children, of whom Mrs.
Robinson is the eldest, the others being as
follows: Ida. the wife of a Mr. Glenn, of
Oakland, California; Ada, who is living in
Portland; and one who died in infancy. The
two last named were twins. The family
of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson numbers three:
Ora E., the wife of Fred Sylvester, of Wash-
ington county; Harry L., who is operating
the homestead and has land interests in this

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county, still at homo; and Bessie, the wife
of Carrol Behn, of Beaverton. The parents
gave all of their children the advantages of
a hijrh-school education.

Fraternally Mr. Robinson is a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, be-
ing affiliated with the lodge at Tigard. His
political views accord with those of the re-
publican party, for whose candidates he
always casts his ballot, but he has never
been an office seeker. ilr. Robinson is
widely known in the county and has a large
circle of friends, many of whom have known
him from his boyhood, this in itself bein" a
high tribute to his character and standal-ds
of life.

W. R. NEWMAN, JR., is one of the rc-
spcctoil ;inil liighly cstcomrd citizens of .To-
sephine county, where he is engaged in gen-
eral fanning. His ranch is well located on
Wolf creek and is one of the most select
pieces of agrioiltural land in that locality.
He was born in England. December 0. lS-t1.
and is the son of W. R. and Elizabeth Xew-
man. both of whom were natives of that
country. In 1S62 the parents emigrated to
America and settled in the state of New
York, where they continued to live during
their remaining days. In their family were
twelve children, three of whom are now living.

W. R. Newman. .Jr.. was reared in his par-
ents' home and educated in the public schools
of his native land. He started in life for
himself at the age of eighteen as a sailor
and continued to follow that occupation for
a period of sixteen years, after which he re-
tired from the sea and settled in the state
of New York. In 1877 he removed to Cali-
fornia and there remained for the four years
immediately following, after which he moved
to Morrow county. Oregon, where he con-
tinued to reside for a period of thirteen suc-
cessive years. He then removed to .Josephine
county, where he purchased forty acres of
valuable agricultural land on Wolf creek, on
which he has since continued to reside. .\
portion of his land is well planted to se-
lected apple trees, which are now in bearing
and his orchard is regarded as one of the
best of its kind in that part of Josephine
county.

Mr. Newman was twice married, his first
wife being Miss Esther Swan, whom he mar-
rietl in 1S67 and who died in 1870. He was
united in wedlock in 1877 to Mrs. Charlotte
Steward. He is affiliated with the republi
can party, and both he and his wife are nu'ni
bers of the .Methodist Episcopal church of
M'olf creek. Mr. Newman is <pne of the en-
terprising and successful agriculturists and
fruit-glowers of .lost-phine county and is a
very highly I'stcpmed and respected citizen of
his state.

J. B. McDILL, superintemli-nt of the
county hospital of I'matilla county, was born
in Lyon county, Kansas, September 12. ISfil.
His parents were .Tohn M. and Elizabeth
(Brown I McDill. the formrr a native of
Scotland and the latter of Illinoio. The fa-
ther came til the Tnited .StateM when a Imy
Vol IM— M

in his teens in company with his brother
Samuel, and they located in Nebraska. Sub
secjueutly .lohu ".M. McDill removed to Illi-
nois where be was married and not long
afterward to Kansas where he worked as a
millwright having learned this trade in early
life, lie continued as one of the busy and
energetic men of his locality to the" time
of his death, which occurred "in ISS8. when
he was seventy-two years of age. His wife
h>ng survived him. passing awav in Kansas in
1010.

.1. B. McDill was reared at home, acipiiriiig
his education in the ptiblic schools ami in
the Americus high school of Lyon county,
Kansas. When lie reached man's estate he
started out in business life as an agriculturist
on his own account, renting a tract of land.
He was well (|ualilicd lor the work, for, from
his tivelfth year he had been engaged in
farm labor, not only proviiling for bis own
support but also contributing to the sup-
port of his parents who were in humble linan-
rial circumstances. He continued this con-
tribution during his father's lifetime and
supported his mother after the death of her
husiiand. thus rewarding the parental care
bestowed upon him in youth by filial love
and devotion as manifest in uuiny material
ways.

In iss.") Mr. McDill came west to Oregon,
believing that there were broader opportu-
nities for a young man on the Pacific coast,
lie located about seven miles south of Pilot
Rock in I'matilla county where he purchased
land and engaged in ranching. His location,
however, proved to be a poor one and four
years later he removed to Camas Prairie, be-
coming one of the members of the Camas
Land Company that fournleil tin' town of
I'kiah. Mr. McDill erected the first house in
that town and in partnership with Dr. Al-
exander opened a drug store there with which
he was identified for two years, at the end of
which time he sold his interest in the store
to his partner. At the time of the establish-
ment of the town the Camas Land Company
liuilt a sawmill and this Mr. .\Ii-l)ill operated
for a few years. In I><08 he became an em
ploye of the county, being made superinten-
dent of the lounty roads, in which i-upacity
he served for about eighteen inonths. In
•July, 1900, he was made superintendent of
the county hospital in connection with which
he operates a farm of one hundred and sixty
acres, having complete business mniiag>-ment
of both farm and hospital. He has served in
this important capacity continuously since
I'.iOO and has disiharged his ililtics with the
utmost capability and faithfulness. In the
meantime he has carried on farming on hi*
own account. For two years be cultivated
a tract of reserNBtion Inml but in 1908 hi-
determined to no longer pay rent and made
his wnv into the .Mbertn country of Canada,
where be invi-»te<l in nine hundreil and sixty
acres which has more than paid for itself in
the intervening years. In fact the crop of
I'.m brought him •ufficient returns to cover
the entire payment. Mr. McDill has brought
this farm to a high »tote of cultivation and
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erties in the section in which it is located.
His son, J. Harvey McDill, resides upon that
place and is looking after its operation.

In 1882 Mr. McDill was married to Miss
Anna Edmiston, of Americus, Kansas, and to
them was born a daughter, Mabel, who is
a graduate of Whitman College of Walla
Walla, Washington, and is teaching school
in Sitka, Alaska. The wife and mother died
in 1888 and Mr. McDill has since married
Miss Cora Patten, of Umatilla county. They
have two children: .J. Harvey, who was
graduated from the Pendleton' high school
with the class of 1909; and ilollie, who com-
pleted a course in the Pendleton high school
with the class of 1910.

Mr. McDill votes with the republican party
and fraternally is well known, holding mem-
berships in Pendleton Lodge, Xo. 52, F. &
A. M., Integiity Lodge, Xo. 92, I. 0. 0. F. and
Pendleton Encampment. He is one of the
best known men and leading citizens of Uma-
tilla county. His resourcefulness, his deter-
mination and his keen insight into business
affairs have been strong features in his suc-
cess and as superintendent of the county hos-
pital he has made a creditable record, car-
ing for its interests as he would those of an
individual character. In his life he exempli-
fies the progressive spirit which is bringing
about the wonderful development of the
northwest and he ever indorses those move-
ments and cooperates in those projects which
are instituted for the benefit of his town and
county.

GUSTAV A. REMBOLD. An indefati-
gable student of the law and one well versed
in the detailed knowledge necessary for suc-
cessful practice along this line is Gustav
Rembold. wlio has been a prominent attor-
ney of Burns since 1899. He is a native of
Germany, having been born in Mannheim,
Germany, October. 1866. His father was .J. G.
Rembold. a native of Germany, engaged in
the mercantile business in Mannheim. Both
of our subject's parents died when he was
quite young, leaving four children, of whom
Gustav A. is the eldest and is the only one
now living. He received his early education
in the German schools and finished in the
Gymnasium. He left his native land in May,
1886, and came to America, going immediately
to San Francisco, where he remained until
February, 1890, He spent these three years
as a bookkeeper in that city, resigning this
position to come to Harney countv. Here he
remained two years entering the law de-
partment of Harvard Lhii versify at Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, in 1892, from which
he was graduated in 1895, receiving the de-
gree LL. B. He spent three years after this
in San Francisco. In 1898 the reports of the
wonderful gold discoveries in the Klondike
fields reached California and in February of
that year Gustav Rembold started for
Alaska. He was on the snrve.v of the Dalton
Trail where he remained for one .vear, re-
turning to tile United States in 1899 and
locating in Burns, where he engaged in the
general practice of law which profession he
has followed in this city ever since.

Mr. Rembold was married in Burns, to
Miss Eugenia Racine, a daughter of Louis
and Matilda Racine. The former is now liv-
ing in Rhode Island, but Mrs. Racine died in
1908. During the time of their residence in
Burns they conducted the French hotel in
this city with remarkable success.

Mr. Rembold is a blue lodge Mason and
prominent in the affairs of that organization.
He has never sought political preferment, but
has devoted himself entirely to the practice
of his profession and has built up a large and
important practice in this city. He is a
nephew of Henry Miller of the Miller & Lux
Company, which is now doing business under
the name of the Pacific Live Stock Company
and has a capitalization of twenty million
dollars. Mr. Rembold is an able lawyer and
widely popular in this city. He is a splendid
type of a western man, a devoted friend and
a loyal citizen, and the success which he has
obtained in this county is a direct result of
his intelligence and hard work.

LEWIS SHATTUCK, who is successfully
engaged in the gener.al mercantile business,
is one of the foremost citizens of Gresham.
He has the distinction of having been the
town's first mayor and has ever since held
this ofiice with the exception of two terms.
He is a native of Oregon, having been born
in the city of Portland on the 21st of De-
cember, 1808. and is a son of J. W. and Mary
C. (Allen) Shattuck. The father was one
of tAvo children born to his parents and was
a native of Illinois, to which state his people
removed from Pennsylvania during the
early years of their domestic life and there
the paternal grandmother lived to attain the
age of ninety-six years. Henry Shattuck,
who was older than his brother' J, W., left
Illinois just before the opening of the Civil
war and crossed the plains to Oregon. Here
he acquired a small ranch of eighty-five
acres and devoted his attention to its further
improvement and cultivation until his death
in ISSl, He was the father of four chil-
dren: William, who is deceased: .John W.. a
resident of Damascus. Oregon; Gertrude, of
Gresham; and Paul Edwin, an attorney of
New York city. J. W. Shattuck also came
to the northwest in his early manhood and
here he met and subsequently married ;\Iiss
.^llen. the event being celebrated in Portkand
in 1867. She crossed the plains with her par-
ents during the gold rush to California in
1849. and there her father engaged in pros-
pecting with indifferent success for several
years. In 1862. with his wife and family,
he went to Portland, making the journey by
water, and filed on a donation claim just out-
side the city limits. A portion of this is
now known as Fener's addition to Portland,
the entire holding having become very valu-
able with the development of this western
city. It bears little resemblance now to the
ranch on which the Allen family settled a
half century ago, save that the old residence
is still standing. Mr, and Mrs, Allen had a
large family of children, the eldest of wliom
was Mrs, Shattuck. the others being: ila-
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Portland, one of the oldest engineers on tlie
Southern Pacitic railroad, and is the mother
of two children: Mildred, the widow of tins
Xewell; Parmelia, the wile of 0. Casper,
secretary of the Commercial Club of Tacoma,
Washinjiton; Robert, now deceased, who had
four children; George G., who is a resident
of Los Angeles and has two children; Wil-
liam F., who is living at Monroe, Washing-
ton, and has four children; Archie F,. of Al-
aska, who has one child: and Emma, the wife
of Mr, Richie, who is with the International
Correspondence Schools in Glasgow, Scotland,
by whom she has had two children. To Mr,
aiul Mrs. J, W, Shatluck there were born
nine children, of whom our subject is the
eldest. In order of birth the others are as
follows: Henry, a prominent merchant of
Juneau, Alaska, who has three children;
Allen, who is a resident of Portland, also
the father of three children; Carl C„ who is
engaged in the lumber business in Greshani;
Matilda J., the wife, of E. E. Sleret, the
brother of Mrs. Lewis Shattuck, of Gresham;
Dudley M., a resident of Mar(|Uam; Bates,
who is also living in Mari|uam; Mary C, the
wife of Dr, F. A. Short, of Portland; and
.John, who is attending the University of
Oregon at Eugene.

Lewis Shattuck was reared at home and
educated in the public schools. At the age
of nineteen years he learned the tinner's
trade, and for live years thereafter followed
this occupation in the state of Washington,
At the expiration of that period he came to
Gresham and together witli his brother en-
gaged in establishing the business he is still
conducting. They had not sulTicient capital
to finance this unilrrtaking. so were compelled
to depeml u[M>n borrowed capital to develu]i
their enter])rise. This naturally made the
first years somewhat more difficiilt than they
otherwise wouKl have been, but they were
both energetic young men of m\ich deternii-
nation of purpose, and (les])ite the fact that
they met with many discouragements and
apparently insurmountable obstacles they
eventuallv won. The brother sold his inter-
est to Mr. Shattuck at the end of eight years
and thi' latter continued alone until -Tuly.
1010, when his brotlierin-law purchased a
half interest in the business which is now-
operated as a partnership concern. They
cnrrv a large and carefully assorted stock of
nierchandi'<e. that they olTer at reasonable
prices and they are meeting with very satis-
factorv results,

Mr. Shattuck married Miss Olive B. Sleret.
who was born in 1*79 and is a daughter of
George W. and Barbara i I!umgar<Iner» Sleret.
who came to f)rei;on from Illinois in lt.'>2.
I'pon their arrival in this state they located
at fJreshnni and purchased what was known
a- the WeblKT ilonation lan.l claim which
was in the family until 1001. The lather
is now deceased but the mother is still living
and continues to niaki' hc-r home in Grch-
am. Kight (hildren were liorn to Mr. and
Mrs. Sleret. as follows; fleorge W.. .lohn G.
and E. E.. all of whom are re-ideiitt of
Greshani; .lune. the wile of K. K. Iteiigg. of
Gresham; Carrie, who married 1. W. Town-

!-i-n>l of Troutdale, Oregon; Mrs, Shattuck;
Nellie, the wife of A. E. Lindsev; anil .Mary,
who is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. .'shattuek
have two children: Wesley A., born on the
10th of March, ISOS; and Hazel .\l.. born
-May 0. lOUO, both still in school,

Mr. Shattuck is a member of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He votes the
democratic ticket and although he has never
been an oflice seeker has held the mayoralty
chair practically ever since the town was in-
corporated. He is a very progressive and
enterprising man whose powers of organiza-
tion and executive ability well qualify him
for the duties of his ullice. and during the
period of his administration the main busi-
ness and residence streets of the town liave
been paved and the water system has been
installed. Mr. Shattuck is held in high es-
teem by his fellow townsmen, whose respect
he has won by reason of his excellent service
to the municipality not only as a public of-
ficial but as a private citizen, his support and
cooperation always being given to every pro-
gressive movement that he feels will assist in
promoting the public welfare.

JOHN WILLIAM KRUSE during life wa.s
highly rc--pectcd by his friends and asso-
ciates and for many years was identified
with the development of his adopted state,
in which he resided at the time of his death,
which occurred at Marslifield. ^lay 1. lOOH.
He was born in San Francisco, California,
in 186(>. and was the son of .John and Mary
(Lyons) Kruse, the former a native of Ger-
many and the latter of \'irginia. The ftt-
tlier was twice married and .lohn W. Kruse,
the subject of this review, was the child of
his first marriage. The father chose as his
second partner in life Miss Alice Pettice.

.John W. Kruse was reared in his father's
home and educated in the public schools.
Having completed his elementary education
in Marshfield he took a preparatory course
at Kiigene and later became a student of the
University of California at Berkeley, after
which he' entered Hill's Business College at
San Francisco and completed a full course
in that institution. Wh.-ii his student <lays
were over hi- was employed by the Simpson
Lumber Company at North Bend, this state,
lis iMxikkei-per. in w-liich position he contin-
ued to serve that company until the time of
his father's death, after which he lioeame the
superiiitenilent of the Simpson Luinlwr Com-
(lany's interests at North Benil. a position
whii-h had formerly been held by his father
and to which upon his death the son sue-
leeded. He ixntinued ns superintendent of
the Simpson Company for fourteen years,
litter which he removed to Marshfield nnri
•■ngageil in business for himself, to which
he devoted his entire time until shortly Im--
fore his ileath. whirh iM-curred on May 1.
190.1. .\t the lime of his death he had dis-
|K>sed of nil of his real-estate holdings as
well as his other bllsin<-ss interests, leaving
for the care and sup|>ort of his family an
estate of «hich a part consisteil in shares
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stock lias since been ti'ansfened to his
widow.

Mr. Kruse was united in marriage on Sep-
tember 17, 1893, in Marshiield, Oregon, to
Mi.ss Christine Rolandson, a native of Den-
mark, and to their union two cliildren were
born. Kalph, whose natal day \vas August
9, 1894. is now a pupil in the high school,
where he is preparing himself for a business
career. Margaret, born .January 4, 1897, has
completed her preparatory education and is
now entering high school.

Mr. Kruse was a republican and a loyal
member of that political organization but
at no time permitted his name to be used as
a candidate for any public office. He was
liberal in his religious views, and fraternally
associated in membership with the Wood-
men of the World. His widow and family
now reside at No. 107 Eighth street north,
Marslifield. Mr. Kruse was a vevj highly
respected man, devoted entirely to his busi-
ness interests and the care of his growing
family. The integrity of his character Is
evidenced by the responsible position with
which he was entrusted by the Simpson
Lumber Company as its superintendent for a
long period of fourteen years. His death
deprived Marshfield of one of its most re-
spected and useful members of society.

HENRY MOSSIE, who together with his
sons, owns forty-five hundred acres of land in
one tract in Umatilla county, has been en-
gaged in the stock business here for more
than twenty-five years. He was born in Mon-
roe county, Michigan, on the 14th of August.
1843, and is a son of Lewis and Euphrozinc
Mossie. His parents were born in Canada, the
father's natal year being 1812 and tliat of
the mother 1813. and there they were reared
and married. In 18.34 they crossed the bor-
der into the United States, being among the
early pioneers to the state of Michigan, where
they passed the remainder of their lives.
They were the parents of fifteen children, all
of whom are now deceased with the exception
of four.

Reared at home, Henry Mossie was given
the advantages of a common-school education
and remained a member of the parental house-
hold until 1861. His patriotic fervor then
compelled him to lay aside every other con-
sideration but his country's need and, en-
listing in Company B, Fifteenth Michigan
Volunteer Infantry, he started south. He re-
mained in the service until the close of hos-
tilities, participating in all of the notable
conflicts in the west and being with Sherman
when he made his famous march. He re-
ceived his discharge at Little Rock. Arkansas.
and, returning to his native state, went to
work in a sawmill, but he later found em-
ployment as a ship carpenter. In 1886 he
decided to come to Oregon, and after dis-
posing of his interests in Michigan he re-
moved to the northwest with his wife and
family. He came directly to Umatilla county.
where he exhausted his claim rights by filing
on six hundred and forty acres of land. This
formed the nucleus of his holdings, to which
he and his sons have since added until thev

now own forty-five hundred acres of land,
all fenced and in one piece. It is well im-
proved and fully equipped with all modern
facilities and conveniences essential to the
successful agriculturist or stockman. Here
they engage in both farming and stock-rais-
ing, making a specialty of the latter. They
now have a fine herd of five hundred head of
cattle of good grade and own ninety head of
horses. The prosperity of Mr. Mossie has
not been an easy achievement by any means,
but is the result of hard work, constant appli-
cation and intelligent and capable supervision.
He has used discretion and foresight in di-
recting his activities, and his efforts have
been correspondingly rewarded and he is now
one of the substantial citizens of Umatilla
county.

Michigan was the scene of Mr. Mossie's
marriage in 1S64 to Miss Mary C. Loranger.
a native of that state and one of the twelve
children born to Augustine and Lucy (Bran-
cheau) Loranger. five of whom are still living.
The parents were both born in Jlichigan and
there they passed their entire lives. The
family of Mr. and Jlrs. Mossie numbered
nine children, as follows: ilary E.. who is
deceased: Lewis IL. who is at home; Charles
A. and Charles A., both of whom are now
deceased; .James A., a stanch democrat in his
politics, who received a common school edu-
cation and is now engaging in the stock
business with his father; Eber D., who is a
resident of Portland; Edmond .J., deceased;
Luc}' E., the wife of Charles Jlorris of Wash-
ington; and Rose C, who is living at Pendle-
ton. Oregon.

The faiiiily are all communicants of the
Roman Catliolic church and in politics Mr.
Mossie is loyal to the principles of the re-
publican party. He is one of the well-to-do
residents of the county and also one of the
largest landholders, his long years of toil
having brought him the well merited and
highly deserved success that usually rewards
honest and capably directed effort.

ARCHELAUS CORNUTT has devoted
practically all of his active life to farming
and operates part of a claim of five hun-
dred acres which his father took up when
he settled in southern Oregon. Mr. Comutt
is a native of Virginia where his birth oc-
curred on May 8, 1837. His parents, Alfred
and Mary (Delph) Cornutt were both natives
of that state and moved to Missouri in
1839 and in 1853 came to Oregon and died
in this state. Their son received his early
education in the public schools of Missouri.
The father farmed in that state for some
time and then sold out his holdings and
started overland with ox teams. There were
six wagons in the caravan and seven months
were spent upon the journey. The party
landed at Stott's landing near Portland and
here Arcliolaus Cornutt and his parents stayed
for a time. They then removed to Washing-
ton county where the father took up a claim
and remained there for about ten years and
then returned to Portland and remained there
for several years thence coming to Douglas
counts-. Here he bought five hundred acres

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of land which he improved and operated dui -
inj; his lite.

Mr. Cornutt remained at home until he
was twenty years of age and assisted his
lather in the work of the farm. He gained
a practical knowledge of the cultivation and
improvement of the soil and of the many
details incident to agricultural life. When
he started out for himself he removed to
Washington county, Oregon, where he farmed
for two or three years. At a later period he
went to Portland and was employed in that
city and in Douglas county for some time.
He has given practically all his energies and
activities to gaining a thorough knowledge
of land cultivation and values. He has been
extremely successful during his life and is
now the owner of a part of his father's
original farm. He has made many improve-
ments, has erected new buildings upon his
holdings and has installed modern equipment
at various times.

On May 17, 1895, Mr. Cornutt was united
in marriage to Miss Maggie Taylor, a na-
tive of Missouri and they became the par-
ents of three children: .John D. T., Thnr-
sey and Archie, all of whom are living with
their parents on the home farm. Mr. Cor-
nutt and his wife are devoted members of
the Free Methodist church and t.ike an
active part in the affairs of that organiza-
tion. In his political affiliations Mr. Cornutt
is consistently democratic and always votes
his party ticket on local and national issues.
He takes an intelligent interest in public
affairs but has never sought office for him-
self. He prefers to devote his time and at-
tention to the improvement and cultivation
of his land. His prosperity has been rapid
and sure and well founded on an expert
knowledge of the value of land and the
methods of its scientific cultivation.

THEODORE F. HAUSCHILDT is one of
the enterprising and successful farmers of
Coos county, located upon a well improveil
ranch four miles up the Coos river from
Marshfield. He was l)orn in Germany. .Jan-
uary 7. 1852. the son of Henry and Sophia
llaiisrhildt. both of whom were natives of
Germany, the mother having died in her
native land many years ago. The father
emigrated to America in 1869 and settled
at San Francisco, where he remained for a
short time and later removed to The Dalles
and there continued to live with his daugh-
ter until the close of his life, which occurred
in 18H7. In his family were nine children,
who are now widely scattered and settled
in their homes in various parts of the United
States.

Theodore F. Hauschildt wan reared in his
father's home and received his elementary
education in Germany. In 1869 he emigrated
to America, making his first settlement at
San Francisco, California, where he remained
for a period of ten years engaged in the
general teaming business. Sulwequently ho
removed to Oregon but -lOon aftir returned
to California, where he continued to Vive for
a few vears. In 1992 he moved to Coos

counly. this stale, where he was married,
and has since been engaged in the cultiva-
tion of a highly improved farm of one hun-
dred and thirty-live acres loiuted four miles
up the Coos river from Marshfield. He has
made a specialty of dairy fanning and in
that branch of agricultural industry he has
been highly successful. He and his wife are
the owners of very valuable city property
on the east side at Marshfield.

Mr. Hauschildt was united in marriage in
1S94 to Mrs. Mcintosh, the widow of .lamog
X. Mcintosh, and a daughter of llowman O.
and Mercy J. (Mcintosh) Hunt, both of
whom were natives of the West Indies, where
they lelebrated their wedding and there
passed away many years ago. Mr>. Ilaiis-
i-hildt was born in the West Indies and ri--
ceived her education in the local schools
there. She came to Coos county in 1883
with her first husband. James N. Mcintosh,
who died on March 27. 1893. To them five
rhildren were born, Millie May. -lames N.,
Klhel .1.. William 1. and Edna' L. Mr. and
Mrs. Hauschildt are the parents of two chil-
dren: Ferdinand T. F.. who was born in
November, 1895. and is still at home; and
Henry K.. who was born in 1897 and is now
:ittending school.

Mr. Hauschildt is a loyal member of the
republican party and also of the Liithornn
church. Mrs. Hauschildt belongs to the
Church of England. Mr. Hau.schildt is one
of the reliable and enterprising citi/.cns of
Coos county and in every way :•. worthy
representative of the great agricultural in-
dustries of his adopted state.

JOHN KRUSE, ileceased. was for many
years one of the sticcessful shipbuilders of
Coos county. Oregon. He was a native of
Germany and wis fir«t employed as a cabin
boy on a small schooner plying the waters
along the German coast. In '854 he emigrat-
ed to America, settling in San Francisco,
where he continued to live until 1865, at
which time he removed to Oregon and thera
"as engaged in shipbuilding and in this
employment he continiieil until the time of
his death, which occurred .lanuary '. 1896.
He left an estate consisting of seven hun-
ilred acres of land, located on the unper
Isthmus Inlet at the head of navigation..

Mr. Kruse was twice married, his first
wife being Miss Mory Lyons and to them
one son. .lohn William was bom, of whom
a more extendeil review is published in an-
other part of this work. lie was later mar-
ried, .lanuary 30. 1875, to Miss Alice Pat-
tee, till- daughter of Orison anrl Mary EHen
I Houston I I'attee, the former n native of
Canada and the latter of Ohio. To Mr. and
Mrs. Orison Patter eleven rhildren wore
bom: Sarah Ann, the wife of A. H. Moore,
of California, a pioneer of Oregon who in
now dereaseil; N. W., who resides in I>eovcn-
worfh. Kansas; Constantine, a resident of
Indiana: Louisa and Elizabeth, both de-
rensed; A. K., who reside* in Kansas; .John.
Theo<|ore and Emma, all deoeaseil; Alice, the
widow of Mr. .Tohn Knise, of this review; and

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Mary Ellen, the wife of Charles Rodgers, of
Bandon, Oregon.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kruse seven children
have been born. Virginia Alice is the wife of
.J. Albert Matson, a merchant of Marsh-
field, Oregon, and the father of one child.
Julius Alford. Fred D. married Lorraine
Escott, a native of Pennsylvania, and the
daughter of William J. and .Jeannette (Wil-
son) Escott, the former a native of Wales
and the latter of Nova Scotia, who emigrat-
ed to Oregon many years ago and settled in
Marshfield where they now reside. Mr. and
Mrs. Fred D. Kruse are the parents of one
child, Frederick Donald, born July 4, 1913.
The family reside upon the old homestead
with the mother of Mr. Kruse. He is a
graduate of the Oregon Agricultural College
where he completed a special course in elec-
trical engineering. Archie E., who is en-
gaged in the shingle mill business at Pros-
per, Oregon, is married and has one child,
Eugene, born June 23, 1908. Julius, who
lives at home, is engaged in company with
his brother Fred D. in the care and opera-
tion of the home farm consisting of seven
hundred acres. Sarah is the wife of B. T.
Van De Car, of Medford, Oregon. George
lives at home with his mother. Grace, who
completes the family, is attending high school.

Mr. Kruse was affiliated with the republican
party but was never at any time an office
seeker. He was a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and also of the Ma-
sonic lodge, that order officiating at the time
of his burial. Mr. Kruse was one of the
highly respected and enterprising citizens of
Coos county, a man of great energy and rare
business ability. He was well known for
his integrity in all business transactions and
his death removed from this portion of the
state one of its most useful citizens.

A. H. DOERING, an honored veteran of the
Civil war, who since 1908 has been engaged in
the harness business in Helix, was born in
Crawford county. Pennsylvania, September
10, 1840. His parents were Henry and Mary
Ann (Higenell) Doering, the father a native
of Pennsylvania and the mother of Germany.
The parents came to Oregon in 1869, first
locating in Portland, and later removing to
Princville. They afterward went to Iowa,
where the mother died in 1884, and the
father then returned to Pennsylvania, where
he resided until his death. In their family
were seven children, two of whom are yet
living.

A. H. Doering received his education in the
pidjlic schools and remained at home with
his parents until he attained his majority.
He then took up the harness-maker's trade,
which he continued to follow until the out-
break of the Civil war, when, in 1861, in
response to his country's call for troops, he
eidisted as a member of Company IT. Ninth
Indiana Infantry. He served until the close
of the war, participating in forty-six battles.
He received two wounds but never was com-
pelled to leave the field of action. At the
close of the war he was discharged in Texas

on the 25th of September, 1865, after which
he returned to Indiana and resided in that
state until 1866. He then went to Minne-
sota, locating in Douglas county, where be
followed his trade for seven years. In IST.'i
he removed to Buffalo Grove, Iowa, where he
resided until June. 1875, when he went to
Kansas and lived there until 1886. He then
repaired to Colorado, in which state he con-
tinued to make his home until 1907, when
he came to Oregon, settling at Helix, and in
1908 established the harness shop which be
is now conducting.

In February, 186.S, while at home on a fur-
lough. Mr. Doering wedded Miss Jennie E.
Van Epps, who was a native of New York.
She passed away in 1878, leaving four chil-
dren. Everett; Fred, Guy and William, all of
whom are now living in Colorado. In 1882
Mr. Doering was again married, his second
union being with Miss Sue Wing, and to them
were born two children: Stephen, a resident
of Colorado ; • and Grace, the wife of Harry F.
Terrell, .also of Colorado. Mrs. Doering died
November 21, 1911. Mr. Doering is a man of
upright character, and his genial and kindly
manner has won for him many friends during
his residence in Helix. He is now serving as
a member of the city council.

JOSEPH F. SHEPHERD is one of the

successful agriculturists in .Josephine county
whose beautiful farm of one hundred and
sixty-flve acres, improved with excellent and
suitable residence and necessary farm build-
ings, is a compliment to his industry and
economy. He was born in the state of Iowa
on January 11. 1847, and is the son of Jos-
eph and Jeannette M. (Hendricks) Shepherd.
His parents crossed the plains with ox teams,
emigrating to California in the year 1861.
The train of which their wagon formed a
part consisted of seven prairie schooners at
the time of its departure for California but
at various times during the long journey
across the plains the train frequently reached
a length of four miles. During" this partic-
ular journey the Indians, for some unknown
cause, were unusually troublesome, and at
one point a lone woman who had escaped
from a band of marauding Indians who had
taken her captive, joined them and reported
that the train to which she had belonged
had recently preceded their emigrant train
and all of their company, except herself, had
been massacred. The parents of our sub-
ject were exactly si.x months in making their
journey — from the day they started until
they reached their place of settlement in
California. Mrs. Shepherd passed away
many years ago in California and her sur-
viving husband now m.ikes his home with
his son .Joseph.

.Joseph F. Shepherd was reared in his par-
ents' home and received his early education
in the public common schools. He remained
in California twenty years and in 1881 he
removed to Oregon and some time after
reaching this state he purchased a ranch of
one hundred and sixty-five acres, upon which
he has since continued to reside and to the
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841

erty he has given his entire attention since
he first established his home upon it. At
the time of his settlement his hind was little
else than an unbroken wilderness and this
forbidding piece of real estate at that time
Mr. Shepherd, by his constant toil and the
wise investment of his strength and time
and means, has turned into a highly culti-
vated and improved agricultural property.
His buildings are among the tinest in this
portion of the state. In addition to his
home farm and its cnuipment he is also
the owner of a mining claim, located near
Kerby. which has a very promising future.
In 1890 Mr. Shepherd was united in mar-
riage to Miss Colvin, a niitive of Wisconsin,
by whom he has one child. Narcissa, who is
at home. In his political affiliations Mr.
Shepherd is a socialist in the broad sense
and in his religious connection he is a devout
adherent and member of the Seventh Day
Adventists church. He is a man of great
ambition and intensely devoted to his home
and the interests of his family. Throughout
his community he is recognized to be a man
of sterling integrity and always interested in
every public enterprise of a beneficial char-
acter to the people of his community.

G. W. OWINGS first came to .Tackson
county in HTT and although he has lived in
the county since that year never perma-
nently located in Eagle Point until ho went
into business here two years ago. At that
time he engaged in the hotel and mercantile
business and continues to be successfully
identified with these activities. His birth
occurred in Morgan county. Illinois, on the
6th of .January, 1S.").3. and he is a son of
Rlward and Xancy (Allen) Owings. The
father was a native of Kentucky and the
mother was a descendant of Ethan Al-
len, of Illinois. They passed the early years
of their domestic life in the latter state, go-
ing from there to Iowa in IS.iS. After a
year's residence in the Hawkeye state they
"removed to Alissourl, settling in Harrison
countv in lS.-i4. where the father passed
away" in 18.57. In 1884 the mother came to
Oregon, locating in .Tackson county, and later
she went to Coos county where she subse-
quently died. The family of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Owings numbered five, three of
whom are still living.

The early years of C. \V. Owings were
fille<l with" h.-irdships and privations. The
son of a widow, he was early tlirnwn on hi«
own resources and at the ace of eight years
became self-supporting. N'nturally un'ler
the circumstances his schooling was quite
limited but he managed to acquire a gmxl
practical education. In 1877 he crossed the
plains with a team and wagon to Oregon, lo-
cating in .lackson county. A year later he
went to Portland, g>>ing from there to Orant
county three years later. Here he filed on a
homestead and turning his attention to ag-
ricultural pursuits, devoted his enerRies to
the cultivation of his land for fourteen
years. At the expiration of that time he
disposed of his holdings and once more "et-
tled in this county, making his borne here

for ten years. His ne.\t removal was to Ne-
vada but after a three years' residence
there he decided he preferred Oregon ao he
returned to .Jackson county, in 191(1, this
time settling in Eaglo Point. I'pon his re-
turn he engaged in the hotel and mercantile
business and during the two years of his '-on-
nection with these activities has mi't witli a
good measure of success, and has ivery
reason to feel gratified with his achieve-
ments. Mr. Owings' business training has
been a hard and bitter one, as is that of
every man who is thrown out into the world
to make his own way at such a tender age,
but it has developed the sagacity and fore-
sight that are never acquired in any other
school. He is a man of practical ideas, de-
termination of purpose and tireless energy
and undoubtedly finds much satisfaction in
the fact that such success as has come to
him is the result of his own unaided ellort.

In .lackson county on the Kith of March,
ISSt, Mr. Owings was unileil in marriage to
Miss Hattie Ritter, who was born and reared
in this county and is a daughter of the Kev.
.Joseph and Caroline (.Morgan! Hitter. The
father was a native of Indiana and the
mother of Tennessee but they came to Ore-
gon in l.St!5, crossing the plains with an ox
team. They took up their residence in Jack-
son county and thereafter made this state
their home. Five children were l)orn to
Mr. and Mrs. Uitter. of whom four are liv-
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Owings have four chil-
dren: Amie M., the wife of Fred Findley, of
Eagle Point; Willard .1.. who is at home;
liobert K. : and Carrie Ellen.

The political allegiance of Mr. Owings la
given to the republican party and he and his
wife arc members of the Haptist church and
are accorded the esteem and regard of its
congregation.

JOHN W. BIGGS. Prominent among the
many rising ycning attorneys of Harney
county is .lohii \V. Biggs. lie has been an
important figure in the legal profession in
this city since 1S91, at which time he was
ailmittcd to the bar of Oregon and In-gan
general practice. Mr. Kiggs is a native of
Ki'ntuiky, having been born in Georgetown,
that state. May 18, 1870. His |)arents were
.lames I), ami Utcy C. ( Hatch i Iliggs, tin- for-
mer a native of N'ew London, Missouri, and
the latter of I^iuisville. Kentucky. The
liigjjs family has been in .\merica since colo-
nial tinu's. The greatgrandfather wos
Davis Itiggs, o native of North Carolina, who
removed from that state to Keiiliirky and
in 1821 to Mis«>iiri where he made his home,
following his calling n» a minister in the
Itaptist church anrl for a short time enk'nKing
in farming, .fohn P. Biggs, the grandfather
of the subject of this review, was the next
representative of thi- line. He was l)orn In
Kentucky and was extensi\ely enRaKeil In
the stockrnisinif hiisiness in MiMoiiri. In
this ocnipolion he engiilferl actively for over
thirty years, dying in Missouri at the ven-
erable ttk'e of seventy eight years.

His son, .Fomes H. Biggs, Ine father of the
subjert of this sketch, was educated in the

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Baptist College at Georgetown, Kentucky,
and followed the ministry in Missouri until
1909. His son, John W. Biggs, the subject
of this sketch, was the eldest of a family
of seven children. His primary education
was received at the Glendale Boys' School in
Glendale, Missouri. He later went to Mc-
Cune College at Louisiana, Missouri, finish-
ing at William Jewell College located at
Liberty in the same state. L^pon his gradu-
ation he went to Bowling Green, Missouri,
and taught mathematics in a small college
in that city for a short time. He has tlie
distinction of having read law under Champ
Clark, now speaker of the national house of
representatives. He came to Oregon and
taught school for a short time in Canyon
City, removing to Burns in 1S93. The fol-
lowing year he was admitted to the bar and
began a general practice of law in this city,
where he has since remained. He practiced
alone until 1900 when he was joined by his
brother, Dalton Biggs, now circuit judge of
llarnej' county and this partnership contin-
ued until 1906. yir. Biggs has always been
keenly interested in national a:nd local poli-
tics, but has always avoided public office
for himself.

John W. Biggs was married twice. His
first wife was Miss Mabel Hazeltine, whom
he married January 1, 1896. She was the
daughter of G. L Hazeltine of whom more
extended mention is made on another page
in this work. She died in 1904 leaving one
daughter, Helen, On June 11, 1907, Mr,
Biggs was again married. His second union
being with Miss Mary E. Byram, a native of
New York, by whom he has two children,
John Byram and Edith Lucy.

John W. Biggs is a thorough lover of out-
door life. He owns a small ranch one mile
north of Burns where he makes his home
and gives much time and attention to the
breeding of fine registered trotting stock.
His activities along this line were at one
time very extensive but he has now reduced
his stock to six or eight horses. He has won
many blue ribbons at state and county ex-
hibitions. He has a prize mare named Ju-
dith which he raised himself. She has a
record of 2:25 and is the dam of Harold
Welcome, a horse which Mr. Biggs recently
sold and which made a record of 2:11%.
Mr. Biggs last year sold his horse Sidney
Wilkes with a record of 3:22%.

Mr. Biggs is an able lawyer, actively inter-
ested in the details of his profession. He is
a highly respected citizen and widely popu-
lar in Burns where he has been for several
years a prominent member of the school
board.

MRS. MAUD KUBLI is one of the large
ranch owners in Jackson county. Her ranch,
comprising two hundred and twenty acres of
highly improved land, is located on Big Ap-
plegate creek in that county. This large
body of land she is engaged in developing
and cultivating and is in every way success-
ful as an agriculturist. Her birth occurred
in Oregon on the 24th of September, 1870,
her parents being William and Emma (Stur-

giss) Cameron, the father a native of Iowa
and the mother of this state. There were
five children in the family.

On the 25th of May, 1887, Maud Cameron
was united in marriage to Henry Kubli, who
was also a native of Oregon, his birth having
occurred on the ranch, now owned and occu-
pied by his widow, in 1860, Unto Mr, and
Mrs. Kubli were born four children: Ches-
ter, Harold, Edith and Edward. The father
of this family closed his earthly pilgrimage
September 8, 1910, and his remains were in-
terred in the Jack.sonville cemetery. In his
political afliliations he was a republican and
in 1906 he was honored by election to the
lower branch of the general assembly as
state representative. He was a worthy ex-
emplar of the Masonic fraternity and also
belonged to the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks. His surviving widow, Mrs. Maud
Kubli, is a woman universally esteemed
throughout the entire circle of her acquaint-
ances. Being a representative of one of the
pioneer families of the state, in this section
of which her birth has occurred, her educa-
tion has been acquired and her married life
has been passed, she has become one of the
best known and influential among the women
of her community. She is a capable business
woman, a devoted mother and a loyal friend
to every good cause seeking the betterment
of her county and state.

LOUIS HANKS, JR., is now prominent in
agricultural circles of Douglas county where
he is engaged in the cultivation of one hun-
dred and thirty-nine acres of land which
he has planted in grain and prune orchards.
He was born in Klamath county, March 30,
1880, and is a son of J. L. and Mary Jane
(Perdue) Hanks. His father was a native
of Springfield. Illinois, and his mother's
birth occurred in Douglas county, Oregon.
They were the parents of ten children:
John, Marion. Ella, Lennie, Edward, Emma,
.Jessie, Afta, Louis, .Jr., of this review, and
William.

Louis Hanks, Jr., received his education in
the public schools of Klamath county and
remained at home with his parents, assist-
ing with the work on the farm until he
was twenty-nine years of age, when he
started in life for himself and worked at
various occupations for some time. He is
now the owner of the homestead which his
father operated and the acres surrounding it
and he makes a specialty of his grain and
his fruit orchards. He has a large number
of acres planted to prune trees which he
cultivates along modern, scientific lines.
The quality and abundance of his harvest
increases every year and his fruit always
finds a ready sale on the market. Mr.
Hanks also specializes in the breeeding of
high-grade hogs and this branch of his busi-
ness is constantly growing and is one of the
most important departments of activity on
ilr. Hanks' ranch.

On October 20, 1909, Louis Hanks was
united in marriage to Miss Edith Montgom-
ery of Canyonville, Oregon, She is a daugh-
ter of Thomas and Effie (Lowe) Montgom-

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THE CENTKNNIAI, IllsTolJV OF ORKCftX

.•i4r)

ery, the lather a native oi Arkansas, and
the mother of California. Thomas .Mont-
gomery came from his state when he was
still a small child and the family settled in
Redlands, California. His father was a
member of the California Volunteer Kegi-
ment during the Civil war.

Mr. Hanks has been aOiliated with the
Democratic party since the time when he
cast his first vote. His allegiance to this
party's principles and policies is a tra<lition
in his family and was handed down to our
subject from his father, who was stanchly
and consistently democratic all during his
life. Louis Hanks takes an intelligent in-
terest in business afTairs but has never
sought political preferment. He devotes his
entire time and attention to improving the
quality of the grain which he raises, to
making his fruit harvests more abundant
and to breeding his hogs along scientific
lines. He is a fitting type of the young
western ranchman, active, energetic and
broadly intelligent, — a type which is the
outgrowth of western conditions and which
is doing so much to promote the progress
and development of this section of the
country.

JAMES T. HUSTON, who is one of the
prominent residents of L'kiah, was born in
Callaway county. Missouri, September 20,
1852. lie is a son of John and I'ermelia
(Branham) Huston, both of whom were na-
tives of Kentuckj' and were reared and mar-
ried in that state. The parents removed to
Missouri in 1S24, settling on a farm where
the city of St. I-ouis now stands. Con-
structing the first house in that place, they
resided there for some time hut not liking
the location, they removed to a farm in
what is now known as Callaway county,
where they remained until 1864. In that
vear they crossed the plains to California,
locating in Ijike county, about one hundred
miles north of San Francisco, where the
father en;;agi'd in the stock-raising business
and resided until his death, .lanuary 22,
1891. The mother died there October 23,
1893. They were both members of the Bap-
tist church. Four of their sons, William,
lohn. Robert and Edwin, enlisted in the Con-
federate army, during the Civil war under
f;eneral Price) and William was killed at the
battle of Vicksburg.

•James T. Huston was but twelve years of
age when his parents removed to California,
where he crew to manhoml. He had little
opportunity for an early education, there be-
ing no schools open in Missouri during the
war, and on removing to California, he could
only take advantage of three months' school-
ing during each winter. At about the age of
twenty he started out in life for himself by
renting a ranch, which he operated until
1876. .\t that time, his father having re-
tired from active work. -lames T. Huston
took charge of and operated the home place.
In ISSO he came to Oregon, settling in I'ma-
tilla county, where he homcsteaded one him-
dred and sixty acres of land in the Camnn
vnllev. a half "mile west of where Ikiah now

-laiiils. He improved and cultivated this
larni. residing theriiin for ten years. In 1890
he removed to l'kiah. where in June, 1891,
together with J. B. Despain, J. B. McDill, E.
H. tianbee, D. C. Whiting and John T. Dir.-
ney, he laid out the town. The tract of land
which the partners purchased at that time
was an old preemption claim. Mr. Huston
later erected the L'kiah Hotel, which occu-
I'ied one of the most imposing buildings at
that time and is today one of the largest
ill l'kiah. He operated the same for seven
years and conducted in connection a feed
stable. For the first four years of this pe-
riod he al.so managed the stage line between

I kiah and Pendleton, having two stages
which made the trip ol lifty-one miles daily,
one leaving Pendleton and the other l'kiah,
every morning. They covered this entire dis-
tance with but two changes of horses. In
1905 Mr. Huston sold the hotel and fec<l
stable and removed to Malheur county,
where he resided one year and then re-
turned to Umatilla county, living two years
in Pendleton. Subsequently he came back
to L'kiah, where he has since resided. He
owns three hundred and twenty acres of
land, which is situated half a mile west of
the town and is operated by his son, H. H.
Huston.

In Lake county. California, on the 6th of
January, 1878, Mr. Huston wedded Miss
Helle Rippey, who is a daughter of fJibson
and Elizabeth (Lake! Rippey. Her parents
were both natives of Kentucky and were
reared and married in that state, later re-
moving to Missouri, .-^bout 1852 they crossed
the plains with ox teams to California and
located in .Amador county, where the father
engaged in freighting to Virginia City and
Carson City. Nevada. Later they removed
to Solano county and subscipiently to Lake
county, where they both died. To Mr. and
Mrs. Huston have been born two sons:
Harry H.. who manages his father's ranch
and engages in the dairying business; and
Louis (;., of Ikiah. who is also a dairyman.
In politics. Mr. Huston is a democrat, and
fraternally he is a member of Eureka 1/odge,
\o. 32, I." O. O. F., and he is also a member
of the United Artisans. He is a progressive
man with many friends, a prominent citi/en
of l'kiah. and greatly interested in the wel-
fare of that toHii, which he helped to estab-
lish.

JUDGE JOHN S. COKE fnr ninny yearn
past has been known thriiiighont this portion
of Oregon as one of the most reliable jurists
Ml this state. He was born near Morristown,
Teiini-ssee. .August 21. lsf,7. and is « son of
J. din S. and Mary E. (Moore) Coke, both of
whom are natives of Tennessee. Mrs. Coke is

II daughter of Or. I«aoc Moore, her birth hav-
ing occurred in l'4t2 and that of her husband
in the year 1h2S. Mr. and Mrs. 0>ke emi-
grate<t to Oregon in H71 and settled in Coos
county, where they have since continued to
live. John S. Coke has served as collector of
customs at r<Mis liav and has also filled the
odlce of superintenifent of public srhools of
Coos county. He now maintains his resi-

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

dence at North Bend witli one of his sons and
is the owner of a tract of fine agricultural
land in this state. To Mr. and Mrs. Coke
eight children were born: Thomas, now of
Marshfield, this state; Richard J., of North
Bend, Oregon; P. S., a practicing physician of
Oakland, California; John S., of this review;
Hugli M., of Berkeley, California; James L.,
of Honolulu; Frances, now the wife of Judge
Harlocker, of Coquille, Coos county; and Car-
oline, deceased.

Judge Coke received his early education in
the public schools of this state and also
under the private tutelage of his father,
who is a highly educated and accomplished
gentleman. After completing his early edu-
cation he engaged in the study of law, tak-
ing his preliminary course in law offices in
Portland and at Coos bay and later com-
pleting a thorough course at the University
of Oregon. At present he is circuit judge
of the second judicial district of Oregon,
which includes in its boundaries six coun-
ties of this state: Coos, Douglas, Lane,
Curry, Benton and Lincoln. He was first
elevated to the bench by appointment in
1909 and later, in 1910. he was elected for
the regular six-year term, receiving a very
large and conifilimentary plurality vote.

Li 1903 Judge Coke was united in mar-
riage to Miss Annie Laurie Anderson, a na-
tive of Oregon and a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Anderson, of Marshfield, who had
six children, five of whom are still living.
To Judge Coke and his wife two children
have been born: Morton, whose birth oc-
curred in 1904; and Virginia, whose natal
year was 1907.

Judge Coke is a republican consistently
giving the benefit of his suffrage to the
party. He has served as mayor of the city
of Marshfield and also as state senator for
four years. He and his family are all mem-
bers of the Episcopal church of Marshfield.
Fraternally he is identified with the Masons
and the Knights of Pytliias.

Throughout the state of Oregon he is
known as an able and honorable jurist and
the district over which he has jurisdiction
fully realizes that no mistake was made in
his election to that high and honored posi-
tion which he now holds in the interests of
all the people. He is descended from the
best blood of Tennessee and brings to his
work the power and abilitj' of a highly cul-
tured man. Ho is ever to be found giving
the weight and benefit of his influence to
the advancement of every good measure seek-
ing the enlightenment and advancement of
the people of his state and county.

H. G. CASTEEL is a partner in the Mon-
arch Hardware & Furniture Company of Pi-
lot KiK'k, being associated in this enterprise
with his brother R. L. Casteel and with J.
M, (iilbcrt. He began his career as a farmer
in Kentuck.y, his native state, but earlj' in
life recognized the advantages offered by
the great northwest and in 1903 came to Ore-
gon, settling in Pilot Rock. He was born in
Laurel county, Kentucky, August 14. 1880,
and is a son of Robert N. and Polly (Riggs)

Casteel, who were natives of Kentucky and
Virginia respectively.

H. G. Casteel spent his youthful days in
his parents' home in Kentucky and is in-
debted to the public-school system of his na-
tive state for the educational opportunities
accorded him. On attaining his majority
he began farming on his own account, oper-
ating a part of the old homestead. In 1903.
however, he severed home ties and. leaving
the Blue Grass state, made his way to the
northwest, settling at Pilot Rock. Oregon.
Here he engaged in the confectionery, sta-
tionery and notion business and shortly
afterward was appointed postmaster of the
town. He resided here until October 1, 1910,
when, in company with J. M. Gilbert, he pur-
chased the mercantile business of I. R. Lau-
rance in Ukiah. The store was conducted
under the firm style of Gilbert & Casteel
until March 1, 1911, when Mr. Casteel pur-
chased Mr. Gilbert's interest in the business
and the Ukiah Mercantile Company was
formed. He remained a factor in the con-
duct of the store there until 1912, when he
disposed of his interests at Ukiah and be-
came a partner in the Monarch Hardware &
Furniture Company at Pilot Rock, having
returned to this city to make his home.

In 1903 Mr. Casteel wedded Miss Lilly
Kinnison. of Pilot Rock, a daughter of Na-
thaniel Kinnison, a retired ranchman resid-
ing in this city. Mr. Casteel is a stanch re-
publican, following in the political footsteps
of the grandfather, Lemuel Casteel, who was
one of only eleven voters in Laurel county,
Kentucky, who cast their ballot in favor of
Abraham Lincoln. H. G. Casteel has served
as a member of the town council of Pilot
Rock and is interested in all that pertains
to public progress and improvement. Fra-
ternally he is a member of Alta Lodge, No.
165, I. 0. 0. F., and he also holds member-
ship in the encampment and with the Re-
bekahs. He is affiliated witli the Improved
Order of Red Men, with the United Artisans
and with Pendleton Lodge, No. 288, B. P.
0. E. His wife is a member of the Presby-
terian church and the family give their sup-
port to that denomination. Mr. Casteel is
a public-spirited citizen and an enterprising
and diligent business man and during the
years of his residence in the northwest he
has won the warm regard and good-will of
many with whom he has come in contact.

LOUIS C. SIVERS. The farming inter-
ests of Jackson county find a worthy repre-
sentative in Louis C. Sivers, who is devoting
his place to the production of alfalfa and
to the raising of stock. In other connec-
tions he is also prominently known, being
the leading grower of onions in this part of
the state. In fact, he is a wide-awake and
alert business man, who is making good use
of his time and opportunities. He was born
in Syracuse, New York, January 1, 1841, and
is a' son of Captain Henry Sivers, who com-
manded Admiral Sloat's flagship during the
Jlexican war. He had both legs shot off
during the siege of Vera Cruz, after which he
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347

suit ol his injuries when his son Louis was
but four years ol" age. His widow passetl
away almost immediately afterward and the
little orphaned boy was reared by Walter
Cole. He was one of six children, John,
Jacob, Henry, I.ouis, Mary and Susan. His
first work was on the Erie canal and at
length he became a cabin boy under Captain
Hunter on ocean vessels, being thus engaged
until after the outbreak of the Civil war.
He enlisted in 18G1 as a seaman and contin-
ued to serve in the navy until 1S7G. His
last cruise was on the Kearsarge and he be-
came a quarter gunner. Because of the vio-
lent concussion in the discharge of the gims
his hearing was destroyed and, this render-
ing him unfit for further military duty, he
was honorably discharged on the 19th of
April 1S76.

At that time Mr. Sivers went to Califor-
nia, where he engaged in driving a si.x horse
team. In 1SS2 he took up a soldier's home-
stead near Eybee Springs on Evans creek,
comprising two hundred acres of as fine
ranch land as there is on the creek. His
place is beautifully located and has been
cleared and put under cultivation by Mr.
Sivers, who is engaged largely in the raising
of stock and in the production of alfalfa
and of onions, being now known as "the king
of the onion growers." The southern Oregon
onion is a splendid vegetable, growing to
large size, anil he finds a cash market here
for all he can raise. In 1904 ho went to
Washington, where he foimd Rear Admiral
Manning, who used his intluence in securing
for ^Ir. Sivers a well deser\-ed pension of
forty-live dollars per quarter. ilr. Sivers
is still carrying a minie ball in his right leg
which was imbedded there at the siege of
Vicksburg, when he was serving on board
the gunboats Argosia and Clary Dolson. His
hack also shows seven scars received in the
same campaign and he was struck by a
minie ball in the right arm at the battle of
Fort Henry. He knows all there is to be
known about naval warfare and a life on the
broad deep and he can relate many interest-
ing incidents concerning his experiences while
a seaman and naval otficer.

In l.t79 Mr. Sivers was married to Mrs,
Nancy Jane Amnions, a widow, and they
had one son, Isaac, who died in the mines
when twenty-three years of age. In poli-
tics Mr. Sivers is a democrat and a believer
in free trade. He is always fearless in de-
fense of his honest convictions ami li>yal to
his principles. In the management of hi*
farming interests he shows good judgment
and unfaltering enterpri.se and is winning
well merited success,

L, C. CHARLEY is engaging in general
dairying and farming as well as stork-rais-
ing in the vicinity of Hrownsboro. where he
owns three hundred acres of well cultivated
and hitjhiy improved laml. He was born in
Nebraska on the irith of .July. H-'ifi. and is n
son of William and Meda (Hurst) Charley.
The parents were natives of Iniliana but in
18.1.'. they went to Nehrnskn, returning to
Indiana two years later, Thev remninc<l in

the latter state until 1S07, when they went
to Illinois, locating in Mason county. Four
years later they continued their journey
westward to Iowa, coming from thiTe to Or-
egon in 1S76, Soon after their arrival in
Jackson county the father filed on a home-
stead which he cultivated during the re-
nuiinder of his active life. He and the
mother now reside in Medlord where he is
living retired. They are the parents of five
children, four of whom are still living.

The education of L, C, Charley was ac-
quired in the public schools of the various
states in which the family resided during his
boyhood and early youth, and duriii;; that
time he was also assisting with the work "f
the farm, lie remained at home with his pa-
rents until he attained his majority and then
started out to make his own way in the
world. During the intervening years, through
his unceasing diligence, thrift and capable
management he has acquired three hundred
acres of fine land. It is all under cultivation
and well improved and is a credit to his en-
terprise and activity. He has erected large,
commo-lious barns and outbuildings and a
comfortable residence on his place, which is
Ihorciughly e(|uipped with all inacliinery and
implements needed in its operation. Here,
in connection with his general agricultural
pursuits, he is engaged in stock-raising and
dairying and is finding each to be very remu-
erative.

In 1S80 Mr. Charley was nniled in mar-
riage to Miss Jennie Urowii, a daughter of
Henry R. and Martha Itniwn, who are men-
tioned at greater length elsewhere in this
work. Seven children have been horn I'l
-Mr. and .Mrs. Charley: Nora, the wile of \.
L. Hradshaw, of this county; Edna M., who
was born on the 2Gth of .September, issij,
and died on .\pril 27, 190;!; William H,, who
was bom in .September, 1.S87, and died .luly
7, 1SS9; Hazel .M,, the wife of tieorge Nidi
ols, Jr.; and Lemon R., Verna H. and one
who died in infancy.

In his politiial views .Mr. Charley is a
republican, but he has never aspired to figure
in public life, always having prelerriil to
give his entire attention to the development
of his agricultural interests in which he is
meeting with very satisfactory results.

WILLIAM C. COFFMAN is one of the
highly respecli'd residents of tiolden. He
was Ixirn in Kulloli I'nunty, Illinois, October
29. I'M.'IT. and is the son of .Augustus and
Maruaret (Co/by) ColTman, the former a
native of Virginia and the latter of Blunt
county, .Alabama. .Augustus ColTmnn emi-
grated to Oregon in IMj.l, crossing the great
Americnn desert with ox teams and madi-
his first settlement in Kenton county. Ore-
gon. He remained on the place of his first
hiealion for eiifhtien months and thi-n re
moved til Cnlifnrnin where he re^idnl for
one year during whicli lime ocrurred the
death of Mrs. ColTman. He then returned to
Ilenton county, Oregnn, and there continued to
live until Is.'.o and then removed to Douglas
county, when* he engaged in the cattle busi-
ness and continuod to lire until the time of

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

his death which occurred in 1875, at Eugene,
Oreycin .

Williiim C. Coffman was reared in his
father's home and received his early educa-
tion in tlie public schools of the district in
which he lived. In 1862 he moved to Idaho
where he was engaged in mining for one
3^ear. In 1863 he settled in Boise, Idaho,
where he remained until 1865 and then re-
moved to Jackson county, Oregon, and after
spending one winter there he moved to Deer-
lodge county, Montana, and later to Salt Lake
City, in which place he remained for a short
time. He then removed to California and
shortly after returned to Jackson county
where he continued to reside for a period of
three years during which time he was en-
gaged in the general teaming business. He
afterward removed to Crescent City, Cali-
fornia, at which place he was married and
thereafter continued to be engaged in the
teaming and sawmill business for eight con-
secutive years. While a resident of Cres-
cent City his wife died and immediately fol-
lowing her death he removed to Lane county,
Oregon, and after spending eighteen months
in that county lie returned to Crescent City,
California, where he remained for a brief
time and later removed to Colfax, Washing-
ton, and took up a government homestead
upon which he continued to live for nine
years. He later disposed of that property
and moved to Coos county, Oregon, where
he maintained his residence for three years
and then returned to Washington and there
continued to live until 1900. He then re-
turned to Coos county, this state, and later
settled in Golden, in Josephine county, where
he has since continued to reside and where
he is interested in mining.

To Mr. and Mrs. Coffman three children
have been born : Mary, the Avife of Louis
Williams, of Washington; J. W., a resident of
this county, and Sarah M., deceased. He
has one grandson, Claude Wilkenson, who re-
sides in Hood river valley. Mr. Coffman is
a member of the A. F. & A. M. Lodge, No.
45, of California. He is one of the well
known and respected citizens of Josephine
county and is an enterprising and public-
spirited member of the community in which
he resides.

JUDGE RICE R. McHALEY, by virtue of
his wi'll known qualifications for the position
and his acknowledged reputation for scrupu-
lous integrity, is now occupying the bench
as county judge of Grant county. Oregon, for
a third term. His birth occurred in Aums-
ville, Marion county, this state, on the 25th
of August, 1865, his parents being George W.
and Mary (Jackson) McHaley, who were
natives of Indiana and Missouri, respectively.
His paternal grandfather was John McHaley,
who emigrated from Missouri to Oregon in
1843, traveling in company with the now
famous Whitman party. Reaching Oregon
late in the season, they wintered in Oregon
City, at which place they endured great hard-
ships and where Mr. McHaley and his family
\vo\ild no doubt liave perished had it not been

for tile generous and timely assistance given
tu them by Dr. Mc].rf)Ughliii, a name now al-
most sacred in the annals of the McHaley
family and the people of Oregon. With the
opening of the following spring John McHaley
removed to Marion county, locating near
Salem. Here he filed on government land
and established his home. He was a man of
pronounced convictions and strong will. At
the time of the outbreak of the Civil war he
declared himself a strong symiiathizer with
the southern cause, to which lie proffered his
services as a soldier in tlie field, but was re-
jected on account of his extreme age. Still
lioping to be of service to the cause so dear
to his heart, he started for Texas, no doubt
with the evident purpose of finding some place
where his enthusiasm and I'cmaining strength
could contribute to the .success of the Con-
federacy. From the time he left his early
pioneer home near Salem he was never heard
of again. He sleeps in an unknown but the
honored grave of a man who contributed the
full measure of his strength to the cause
which to him appeared to be righteous. He
was the only member of the McHaley family
to sympathize with the southern Confederacy.
His wife died on the old home farm near
Salem. The maternal grandfather of Judge
McHaley was Thomas P. .lackson, who came
to Oregon soon after the emigration of the
McHaley family. He made his first location
in Clackamas county and in 1S69 removed t'l
Grant county, locating near ilonument on
the north |ork of the John Day river, at which
place he entered government land, dividing
his time in later years between his farm and
interests he still retained in Clackamas
county. His death occurred in Grant county
in 1905.

George W. and Mary (Jackson) ilcHaley,
the parents of .Tudge McHaley, were married
in Molalla, Clackamas county, and located at
Aumsville, Marion county, Oregon, where Mr,
!McHaley owned three hundred and twenty
acres of his father's donation claim. In 1870
they came to Grant county, locating near
Monument, where George W, McHaley con-
tinued to reside until 1881, at which time he
lemoved to Prairie City, where he made his
home until his death iii July, 1906. At that
time he owned some two thousand acres of
land. He was elected to represent his county
in the state legislature, serving during the
session of 1882 and 1883 and also in the
special session of 1883 and 1884. He was a
republican in politics and was one of the most
prominent and influential party leaders and
representative citizens of his county.

Judge Rice P. McHaley was reared at home
and educated in the public schools. Prior to
his twenty-first year he had been somewhat
busy in gathering cattle, sheep and horses,
thus laying a foundation for his future busi-
ness career. At the age of twenty-one he
left the parental roof and located in' what is
now a part of Harney county, at that time
Grant county. Here' he remained but two
:ind a half years, when he removed to Prairie
City in Grant county and in 1889 received the
.ippointment of postmaster, in which office
he continued to serve for a period of five
years, carrying over one year from the close

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Till-: CKNTKNNIAI. lllSToKV oF oliKtiUN

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tif tlic iei>iil>liriiii iKliiiiui^tiiitiim. I'ri)iu wliii h
he lind rci-fivcd his iii)i)oiiitiiifiit. l)uriii<; hi-
incumlicncy of thi- otficc hr Imd i-oiitiiuu-<l in
the stiM'k business ami also lor a short liiiii-
owned and operated a biitolier shop in Priiirii-
City. In 1*'.'* he was eleeted to the olliio ot
county th-rk for (Irant eoinity. servin-; two
terms in that otlice. At the expiration of the
second term he was elected county jilils«-.
In this ollicial capacity he has since eontinu
onsly remained and is now serving his third
term. He owns three hiimlred acres of laml
adjoinini; Prairie City and lour hundred ami
eifthty acre* of land in the Fox valley in
Crant county. He still continues in his cat
tie business and is amonj; the most successfid
ranchmen of his county.

On the 2d of Jlarch. ISST. ■^\\l\l^c McITaley
was married to Miss Lizzie lliilibard. a dauyli-
ter of Nathan and Mattie iCarpenteri Hub
bard, a veiy accomplished and refined lady
who has aided materially in her luisl)and"s
success. She came to Ore;;on from Wisconsin
in 1R7T. Her father. Nathan Hubliard. was
a veteran of the Mexi<an and Civil wars. To
the union of .Tudfte and Mrs. McHaley have
been born nine children, six of whom still
sur^'ive: .\vis C. Kenneth C... ElizJibeth M..
Rice F.. .Tr., Eileen and .lames .lackson. .Ml
are still under the parental roof.

•Tudge McHaley is a worthy exemplar of the
^lasonic fraternity, being a member of Blue
Mountain T-odge. Xo. 34, .\. F. & A. ^r.; Rluc
Afountain Chapter, No. 7. R. A. M.: and
Union Council. No. ,->. R. & .=5. M.. of Union.
Oregon. Both he and his wife belong to .Tulia
Chapter of the Eastern Star of Canyon City.
Judge McHaley is a republican in politics.
Tfe has inherited the responsibilities of a
highly distinguished and honored name and
iluring the busy and varied business years
of hi- life he has maintained the unsullied
name of his father and added substantially
by his own integrity and ability to the capi-
tal stock of the family history. Today he is
one of the most inlluential. enterprising and
useful citizens of his county and state.

GEORGE HERBERT WILCOX, serving
for the -ecoiid term a- mayor of Newport,
and occupying as well a prominent position
in commercial circles as senior partner in the
grocery firm of Wilcox & Hamer. was born
November 13. IS.IS. in Erie county, Pennsyl-
vania. His parents were Charles N. and
Elizabeth (Pike) Wilcox, both of whom were
natives of the state of New York. The
father followed the milling trade during the
greater part of his life, being engaged for
many years in the manufacture of flour. _

Ceorge Herbert Wilcox, one of n family
of !ii\- children, was educated in the public
schools of Canon Falls. Minnesota, to which
place his parents removed when he was »
young lad. He was about sixteen years of
age when he took up the milling business,
learnini: 'he trade under the direction of his
father. He has lieen nctpminted with the
busine-v> from the days of the old mill stone
system and through all the intermediate pro-
cesses of development and iinppn-ement to
the pre-ent methods, continuing actively in

that Held ol labor until his reiuovul to Ore-
gon, with the exception of two years !.|>enl
in Missouri and Colorado. On the 2'M of
.March, ISS!), he arrivi'.l in Hillsboro, Ore-
gon, where he was engagetl in the milling
iaisiness for four years. Subsequently lie wa«
called to public olUce, being elected in .luiie.
1900, to the position of assessor of Wash
ington county, in which he »cr>'ed lor four
years. He was afterward for two years
acting deputy assessor, after which he was
reelected county assessor and served lor
eight years. Soon after the expiration of
that period he was appointed deputy sherilf
and continued in ollice until his removal to
New|>ort. Oregon, in .Iiine, lUlO. In the
meantime he had been elected mayor ol
Hillsboro and remained chief executive of
that city from December ."). ISKO. until l)c
cember 5. 1900. This followed his service
as one of the trustees of Hillslxiro from l)i'
cember. 1897. until he assunusl the duties of
the mayoralty. On his removal to Newport
.\!r. Wilcox .ntcrcd the grocery business in
partnership with W. U. Hamer, in which con-
nection they have become established as
leading grocery of the town. They have a
large and well appointed store and are ac-
corded a liberal patronage. Mr. Wilcox has
not only become recognized as one of the
leading merchants of the city but, as in
Hillsboro, has also been accorded high (Milil-
ical honor-- in his election to the mayiirally.
He assumed the duties of that position on
the 1st of .lanuary. 1911, and by reelection
lie is now serving for the second term.

While in Hillsboro Mr. Wilcox was mar
ried on the 11th of April, innti. to .Miss l.ura
Waggener. a daughter of Rufiis and Anna-
bell (Bailel Waggener. who are now resi-
dents of Newport. Oregon, anrl have a fjini
ilv of five living cliildren, of whom Mrs. Wil-
cox is the eldest. Her father is a Civil war
veteran, having served with the Third Iowa
Regiment of Volunteers. For many years
he was proprietor of the Tualatin Hotel, and
on selling out removed to Newport, where
he is now living retircl. .Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
cox have one child. Theodore HerlM-rt, who
was born December 21, 1907. I'lie parents
are members of the New|x>rt llo|itist
church and fraternally Mr. Wilcox is a
Mason, belonging to the lo<lge and also to
the Eastern Star. He is a repuldicnii of
broad and liberal views. Iwing connected
with the progressive wing of the party. In
fact he stands for development and improve
ment along all lines which are of vital in-
terest to the individual «n<l the cominiinlty.
and his cooperation <'»n ever Im- i-<iiinted
upon in support of proje<'t« and measures for
the general good.

C. S. SANDERSON, the proprietor and
manag«-r of the Hotel Dunlnp. has
iM'cn identified with the biislne.. in-
terests 'if Central Point for eight yeof, and
rliiring that time has won rpcojfni''"" •" »
man of more than average capability and
ellicjency. He was born in Vernon i-oiinty.
\Vi<cf>nsin. on ihe lOth of .August. ISMV and
i. a son of liridune anil .\ngcline M. 'Zander-

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son. The parents were born, reared and
married in New Hampsliire, whence they re-
moved to Wisconsin in 1853, and there the
father passed away in 1800. He was long
survived by the mother wlio came to Jack-
son county in 1905 and here lier death oc-
curred in January, 1907. Tliree children
were born of this union and of these two
are still living.

C. S. Sanderson was reared at home and
given the advantages of a common-school ed-
ucation. At the age of sixteen years he left
the parental roof and started out to make
his own way in the world. A year later, as
a youth of seventeen he went on the road
as a traveling salesman. He continued to
follow this vocation for eighteen years, and
in 1904 he came to Jackson county, becom-
ing a resident of Central Point. During the
early years of his residence here he engaged
in contracting and building in which he met
with very good success, but he withdrew
from this on the Ist of January, 1913, to as-
sume the management of the Hotel Dunlap.
In connection with this he also handles real
estate and is succeeding in building up a
very good business. Mr. Sanderson's many
years on the road and knowledge of hotels
generally well (|ualify him for his duties as
a landlord and that he is profiting by his
observation and experience is manifested by
the excellent establishment he maintains.
The service and table are much superior to
what is usually found in towns of this size
and although he has been conducting the en-
terprise for only a brief period his success
seems assured.

In 1885 Mr. Sanderson was united in mar-
riage to Miss Anna Milkie, a native of Ger-
many, who came to America with her pa-
rents when a child of four years, and to
them have been born two children. B. L.
and C. C.

The family affiliate with the Baptist
church and the political support of Mr. San-
derson is accorded the democratic party. In
addition to his other interests Mr. Sanderson
is a stockholder in the Mutual Telephone
Company and is secretary and treasurer of
this organization. He is one of the intensely
loyal and enterprising citizens of the town,
whose energies are largely expended in the
betterment of public conditions and in for-
warding every movement that will redound
to the benefit of the community generally.

FRED E. FURRY, one of the representa-
tive men of Phoenix. Jackson county,
owns the original mill property in the town
and has ten acres of alfalfa land adjoining
the corporation limits, besides other inter-
ests. He was born in Henry county. Towa,
February IS. 1860. a son of Samuel and
Amelia (Barnebory) Furry, ivatives of
Pennsylvania and Germany respectively. The
mother emigrated to the new world with
her parents when a young girl. The father
crossed the plains in 18fiO with an ox team
from Iowa, his destination being Oregon.
He arrived in this state with his team
and wagon, two and a half dollars in cash
and a sack of Hour and settled in Phoenix.

He there opened a hotel and later was the
first man to open a resort at Soda Springs.
He was engaged in this undertaking for a
considerable period but on account of failing
health removed to a ranch he had previously
acquired, two and a half miles northeast of
Phoenix, where he purchased additional land,
his holdings totaling about five hundred
acres. He made the ranch his home for
forty-five years, living there until his death.
He was politically a stanch democrat, a
power in his party and served as the repre-
sentative of his district in the state legis-
lature for two terms, and was also county
commissioner for several terms.

Fred E. Furry was reared under the pa-
rental roof and acquired his education in the
public schools of Jackson county. When
he attained the age of sixteen years he ap-
prenticed himself to the gunsmith's trade with
John Miller, of Jacksonville, with whom he
remained for nine years. He then resigned
and returned home to take charge of the
home ranch on account of his father's ad-
vanced age. After conducting the place for
several years he purchased one hundred
acres belonging to the J. W. Bishop ranch
and removed to his new holdings but con-
tinued for a considerable time to operate the
home ranch of his father at the same time.
In 1908 he sold his ranch and removed to
Phoenix, where he has since made his home.
Adjoining that place he owns ten acres of
fine alfalfa land and is also the proprietor
of the old original mill propertj' of that
town.

Mr. Furry was married in ISSG to Miss
Isabella Caton, a daughter of Captain Milo
Caton. one of the pioneers of Jackson county
who is still living at the age of ciglity-six
years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Furry have been
born six children, Milo F., Xina M.. Robert
S.. Leo L., Raymond and Sybil. In his polit-
ical faith Mr. Furry is a democrat and is
now the town recorder of Phoenix. Frater-
nally he is a member of Tenant Lodge, Ko.
Ill, I. 0. 0. F., belongs to Oregon Camp,
No. 438, W. 0. W., and is a member of the
Rogue River Tribe. No. 57. L 0. R. M. Mr.
Furry is one of the prominent and jirogres-
sive citizens of Phoenix, is widely known
and universally respected.

S. T. HODGES. S. T. Hodges, the popu-
lar liveryman, is the owner of considerable
])roperty in Gold Hill where he has acquired
the distinction of being one of its most val-
uable citizens. He was born in California,
December 13, 1861, the son of Daniel and
Elizabeth Hodges, the former a native of
ilissouri and the latter of Texas. In 1851
the parents journeyed to California, where
they lived for several years, later removing
to Jackson county, Oregon. In 1907 they
came to Gold Hill, where the mother still
resides, the father having passed away in
July of that year. In their family were six
children, of whom four still survive.

S. T. Hodges rec'cived a common -school
education and started out in life for him-
self at the age of sixteen years. He worked
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353

one years of age, when he became a gold
miner, engaging in that occupatiun for six-
teen years with varying success. His next
business venture was in the mercantile line,
which he followeJ until 190S, when he en-
gaged in the livery business at (iold Hill,
where he is still thus engaged. In addition
to his other interests he is also the owner
of several pieces of property in the town
where he resides.

On the 29th of November. 1SS7, Mr.
Hodges was united in marriage to Miss Isora
Gall, a native of .Jackson county and a
daughter of C. C. Gall. To Mr. and Mrs.
Hodges four children have been born: Al-
bert L., deceased; and Millie P., Hattie E.
and Letsy. all of whom are at home.

>Ir. Hodges is a democrat in his political
faith, and fraternally is a member of Gold
Hill Didge, No. 129, I. O. 0. F. Mrs. Hodges
is a member of the Advent ist church, being
actively engaged in the affairs of that de-
nomination. Mr. Hodges, being a man of
much natural ability along business lines
and also possessing a marked degree of in-
dustry, has made a success of his business
life. His efforts have always been well di-
rected as his judgment in business matters
is good and he has always done his work
in a conscientious manner. As he is just
in the prime of life he looks forward ex-
pectantly to many good things along busi-
ness lines in the future and in the activities
of his business career he takes great pride
and pleasure. He is a conspicuous ti^rurc in
business circles of Gold Hill and lias tlio re-
spect and confidence of a very large num-
ber of people with whom he meets on the
most familiar terms. He is one of the most
valuable cili/ens of his town and in the per-
formance of the duties of his calling most
cfliciently serves a large number of patrons
who are pleased to give him their business.

GEORGE McGOWAN. To George Me-
Govvan's Scotch virtiies of initiative and
thrift the town of Tiurns. Oregon, owes its
municipal life and to his love for the im-
mortal .Scotch poet. Hobcrt Hums, it owes its
name. George McGowan was one of the pio-
neer settlers of the great northwestern Amer-
ica, one of the sturdy, determined men to
whom the country is indebted for the devel-
opment of tliii great and prosperous region,
lie was lif)rn in Itanffsliire. Scotland, in lS4.'i.
the son of .Tames Mi'Gowiin. who died when his
eon was still an infant, fleorge McGowan was
the first of the name to come to America,
crossing from Glasgow. Scotland, to Syd-
ney. Australia, and thence to San Francisco,
where he arrived in IStVt. He immediately
enlisted in the I'nited States army service
and was sent to Snn Diego ami he and his
company were appointed to guard the pack
trains between Fort Yuma anil Fort Whip-
ple. .Arizona. The .\pache Indians were at
that time in a state of insurrection and
travel in that section of the country wn«
extremely perilous. In the course of an en-
pngement with the savages George Molowan
WBs wounded in the hand by an arrow but
continui-d in the service until the close of

the war, when he was musteretl out at Pre-
sidio, California, receiving his honorable dis-
charge as a private. He went to. and re-
mained in Snn Francisco for a short time and
engaged in business there but later cume to
I >regon and located in Lane c*>unty. near
Eugene. Here he reinaineil until the spring
of 1882. teaching school and later engaging
in the mercantile business. He was one of
the early pioneer settlers of Harney valley,
lie formed a partnership with an old and
wealthy pioneer named Peter Steng«"r and
\inder the tirni name of McGowan & Sleii-
ger opened a small store near a place called
Egan. one and a half miles from llie pres-
ent townsite of Hums. Their original build-
ing is still standing but the business was
moved one year later to the location where
this city now stands. George JIcGowan
made application to the Tnited States gov-
ernment for postoHice privileges and founded
the town which he named in honor of his
national poet. Robert Hums, for whose work
he had always had the most profound ad-
niiralion. The partnershiji of .McCowan &.
Stenger conlinued until Isss. when GiKjrge
McGowan sohl out his interest in the enter-
prise and went into the hardware business,
in which he continued until 1890. and wan
extrenu'ly successful during that time. After
he founded the town of Hums he directed
his energies toward the fornuiti<ui of Har-
ney couniy, which was then a part of f;raiit
coiinty, governed by a county commission. He
was one of the "leaders who induced the
government to create what is now the Hums
land district and was appointeil under the
Cleveland administration the first receiver
of the office. He served in this capacity only
a short time for when President Cleveland's
term expired he resigned his oflice and de-
voted his entire attention to his hardware
business until 1890. when he sold out to .Mr.
Calvin (Jeer. Mr. McGowan then removed
to Portland, Oregon, where he engageil in
the grocery business until his retirement
from active life in 1910.

In 187.T fieorge McGowan was married in
Cottage Grove. Oregon, to Miss Mary .Jane
Martin, a native of that city and a daughter
of Louis Martin. They became the- parents
of four children: .Jessie, now the wife of .L
.1. Walker, of .San Francisio; Archie; .Tanle^
Kdniund. now in business in Spokane. Wash-
ington: and Crace, the wife of B. B. Flerken-
stein. of I'ortland.

Mr. McCJowan is possessed of rare energy
an<l the power "f concentration. He i« well
known for his initiative ami ability to or-
ganize and to these virtues the city of Burn*
is indebted for much of il« present prosper-
ity as well OS its pa«t remarkable grow I h.
He was the (lr«t postmaster of the city and
was re«|Hinsible (fir iddnining (or the city
postolVice privileges at an early rlay in itn
foundation. Ho »«» « charter member of
lliirney I.o.lKe. No. 77. I. O. O. F.. and was
the tlrst iHdde grand master of that oriler.
lie i« now spending the evening of his hnn-
oralde life in retirement at Portland. Ore-
gon, where he is well known and greatly lio-
love*l.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

The second son, Archie McGowan, received
his early education in the public schools of
Burns and later attended Portland high
school. From there he went to the Uni-
versity of Oregon at Eug«ne and after his
graduation engaged in business with his
father, continuing in that connection until
1899. His failing health compelled him to
travel at this time and he went north to
Alaska as far as Kotzebue sound, where he
remained for six months. The healthful out-
door life soon caused him to recover his
health and he returned to Burns where he
engaged in general farming and stock-rais-
ing for Jive years. Then he sold his farm
and stock and engaged in the real-estate busi-
ness in Burns and has been remarkably suc-
cessful in this line during the seven years
in which he has been connected therewith.
He does a large amount of business each
year and has already sold over a half mil-
lion dollars worth of land.

Archie McGowan has a firm faith in the
future of his native section. He considers
the farm lands of the great northwest the
richest and the stock-raising business to be
one of the most advantageous pursuits open
to man along commercial lines. He is en-
gaged in the developing of the agricultural
districts surrounding Burns and owns and
controls several hundred acres of choice
farm land in Harney valley.

He was married in April, 1905. to Juanita
Smith, of Kansas, a daughter of Harry C.
and Mollie L. Smith, residents of Burns.
They are the parents of one child. Burns
McGowan. There is scarcely a line of ac-
tivity in this city in which Archie McGowan
is not an active and dominating force. He
has filled all of the chairs of the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows and has received all
of the honors open to him in that organiza-
tion. He is grand master of the district and
has been delegate to the grand lodge several
times. The qualities of concentrated indus-
try, remarkable business instinct, the faculty
for organizing and developing which have
made his father one of the pioneer settlers
of Burns and a prominent man in its com-
mercial and social history, have been handed
down to the son.

C. L. SMITH is one of the successful dairy
farmers of Coos county located four miles
up the Coos river from Marshfield. In that
county he was born April 29, 180S, and is
the son of Nathan and Emily (HobsonI
Smith, a more extended review of whom is
published elsewhere in this work.

C. L. Smith was reared in his parents'
home and received his early education in
the public schools of the district in which
he lived. He remained under the parental
roof until twenty years of age and at that
time started in life for himself, following for
a livelihood various occupations for a period
of twelve consecutive years. He then pur-
chased eight hundred and eighty-nine acres
of land located four miles up the Coos river
from Marshlield. upon which he established
his home and has since continued to devote
his attention to the development and opera-

tion 01 his large ranch. He has made a
specialty of dairy farming and in that busi-
ness he ranks as one of the foremost men
of his portion of the state.

C. L. Smith was united in marriage
in 1894, to Miss Calla Tennison, a native of
Arkansas, her birth having occurred July
17, 1873. She is the daughter of Levi and
Mildred (Brandon) Tennison, both of whom
were natives of Tennessee. Her parents cele-
brated their wedding in Arkansas where
they continued to live until 1874, at which
time they removed to Oregon, settling first on
the west coast and there remained until
1897 when they moved to Washington. The
father is still living, but the mother closed
her earthly life in 1905. They became the
parents of live children, three of whom are
still living: Calla. the wife of the subject
of this review; Charles, a resident of Seattle,
Washington; Lillie, who is the wife of John
Clarkson. of Seattle. Washington; and
Walter and Alonzo, both deceased.

To Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Smith seven chil-
dren have been born: Dorothy, born July
17, 1895, who is attending school; Harry L.,
born in 1S97, also attending school; Bonnie,
who was born September 19, 1899; Harvey,
whose birth occurred in 1902; Mildred, who
was bom in 1905; Gracie, born in 1908; and
Lillie, whose birth occurred in 1911. Mr.
.Smith is a stanch member of the republican
party and his fraternal association is with
the Myrtle Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
of Marshfield. He and his family are mem-
bers of the United Brethren church.

Mr. Smith is one of the enterprising farm-
ers of Coos county and one of the largest
land proprietors of the state. He is a man
who is always identified with all public
measures intended to advance and improve
the agricultural and civic interests of hi>
county and state.

DAVID DERSHAM, who was called to
his final rest on the 12th of August. 1888.
was for a number of years actively identi-
fied with the agricultural interests of Wash-
ington county, owning and operating a farm
of three hundred and sixty-five acres. He
was a native of Pennsylvania and a son of
Samuel and Sarah Dersham, who were like-
wise born in the Keystone state. Subse-
quently they took up their abode in Wiscon-
sin, continuing to reside in that state
throughout the remainder of their lives.
Their children were eight in number, namely:
Mrs. Savilla Strickler, who makes her home
in Iowa; Mrs. Sophia Mills, of Warren. Illi-
nois; Mrs. Mary Richmond, living in South
Dakota; Mrs. Annie Matingly. of Iowa;
Moses, of Warren. Illinois; David, of this
review: Mrs. Sadie Gosmer. who is deceased;
and Perry.

David Dersham came to Oregon in 1874,
settling in Washington county, where he
was employed as a farm hand by Ulysses
.Tackson. After working by the month for
two years, he married the hitter's daughter
Lydia and took up his abode on the farm,
renting the property, which is now in posses-
sion of his widow, for two years. On the ex-

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liiration ot tlmt period lii.t I'atlier-iii-law JieJ
and the farm was iiilierited by Mrs. Der-
sham. It embraces tliree hundred and sixty-
five acres of laiul. two h\indrcd acres of wliich
is under a high state of cultivation and
improvement. Mr. Derslium devoted his at-
tention to general ajjricultural pursuits
throughout his active business career, ami
paineil an enviable reputation as one of the
substantial and representative citizens of his
community.

On the 8th of Noveml>er. 1876. Mr. Der-
»hani was united in marriage to Mi.ss Lydia
O. Jackson, wliose birth occurred in Wash-
ington county. Oregon, on the 14th of De-
cember. 1855.' her parents being Ulysses and
Lucinda ( Dobbins i .Tackson. The father was
a native of West Virginia, his natal day
being November 6. 1824. while the mother
was born in Virginia on the lOtli of July.
1829. Mr. Jackson crossed the plains to
this state with an ox team and, clearing the
timber from a densely wooded tract, began
the development and improvement of a farm.
He gave his attention to the work of the
fields throughout his entire business career
anil at the time of his death was the heaviest
landowner and taxpayer in Washington
countv. His demise occurred on the 22d of
Deceml>er. 1882. while his wife was called to
her final rest on the 1st of February. 1911.
Their marriage had been celebrated in Wash-
ington county, Oregon, on September 4. 1851.
To them were born nine chihlren. as follows:
Mrs. Ix)visa Crane, who is a resident of Mil-
waukee, Oregon; Mrs. Mary Carpenter, liv-
ing in .Spokane. Wa.shington; Mrs. Der-
sham; John W., of Washington county. Ore-
gon; Ulysses, who makes his home at
Fossil, this state; Mrs. Henrietta Barrett,
who is deceased: Henry, who has also passed
away; William C of Washington county;
and Oeorge, who is deceased.

Mr. and Mrs. Dersham had five children,
namely: Dolly C. who died at the age of
four years; Sadie, who passed away when
eleven months old; F,vn I^.. whose natal day
was N'oveml>er 12. 1882, and who is still at
home: and Hertha and Francis, twins, bom
March 18, 1885. the former of whom is the
wife of John Vanlom. of Portland. Oregon,
while the latter is married and resides on
the old homestead with his mother. Mr.
Dersham gave his political allegiance to the
republican party hut neither sought nor de-
sired office. His life was upright and hon-
orable in all its relations and he well mer-
ited the regard and esteem wliich were imi-
formly tendered him. His widow has resideil
in Washington county from her birth to the
present time and is widely and favorably
known within its borders.

BERNHARD FRIEDRICH. Bcrnhnrd Fried
rich, who resides on hi* farm situated two
and one half miles from Molalla, kh'^ born
in Baden, Cermany, August 19, H.M. He is
a son of .\ntone and Ursula (Reinemani
Friedrich, lioth of whom were natives of the
grand duchy of Baden. The father was
there engaged in agricultural pursuit* and
was a man prominent in public afTairs. hav-
Vol ni-is

ing served as mayor of his community and
as a justice of the peace. In 1^7S he came
to America, following the subject of this
sketch who had preceded him several veam,
and located in Salem, Oregon, where death
overtook him the same year at the early age
of forty-eight years. His wife, who is siill
surviving, makes her home with her 'laugh-
ter, Mrs. Ida Tuefer in Portland, Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Friedrich were the parents of
seven children: Kate, who was the wife of
Andrew Orieshaber and is now deceased;
Bernhard, the subject of this sketch; .luliua,
a retired farmer who now nuikes his home
in Portland; Tlionuis, who was a barber in
that city and is now dccease<l; .Alois, who
is a mechanic at Underwood, Washington;
Ida, the wife of Joe Tuefer, who resides in
Portland, Oregon; and Thusnelda, who
passed away in Germany at the age of six
teen years before her parents came to this
country. Mr. Freidrich was a faithful ad-
herent of the Koman Catholic faith, of
wliich church his wife is also a memlier.

liernhard Friedrich received a fair isluca-
tion in Oennany and in 1872, when eiglitei-n
years of age, set out for America ahuie, at-
tracted by the opportunities offered in the
unlimited resources of the new world. On
arriving in this country he located in Itocli-
ester, Xew York, and there remained for
three years, when he followed (ireeley's
sovind advice and set out for the west, set-
tling in San Jose, California, where he found
employment in a brewery. In 1 877 he h'ft
tlie sunny shores of the (lolden state for the
virgin territory of Oregon and came to Port-
land, where he worked for some time in
Weinhard's brewery. In his various posi-
tions he had saved enough money from his
earnings to purchase a sample room at Sa-
lem and this he operativl for the next two
years, when he sold out and purchase<I with
the proceeds seventy acre* of undeveloped
land near New Kra, Oregon. He grublied
and cleared this property ami greatly im-
proved the place and resii|«r there until
1907. In 1902. however, he had already
bought the farm near Molalla on which he
now resides. It comprises one hundre<t and
eighty one acres of rich, fertile Innil, eighty
acr<;s of which is umler cultivatii'n, and he
engages in general farming and •(MMialir.es
in the dairy Ipusiiiess. In .Inly. 1909. he
built an iie plant and creamery in .Midnlla
with a capacity of one and one half ton* of
ice |M'r day. and he can handle in thi* plant
two hundred gallons <if cream daily.

In 18S|. at New Kra, Oregon, Mr. Fried-
rich was married to Mi«s Mary E. Crader,
of Calhoun county, lilinoln, a daughter of
Jacob and Klizn Crader. They came to Ore-
gon in 1^8n and settled near New Kra,
where Ihpy owned a farm niwl later on en-
gaged in the hotel busines'. lUith parents
have n"W pnxed away. To Mr. nnil Mrs.
Frieilrich six children have Iteen l>orn;
Olire. who is now Mrs. Meindl, residlnir at
Clackamas Heights; Frank and Otto, who
took a sperial dairy cour«4> in the Slate An-
ricultural College and now operate a cream-
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Davidson, a farmer residing near Molalla;
and Grover and Selma, who are yet at home.
In his political faith Mr. Friedrich is in
sympathy with the tendencies of the social-
ist party and, being deeply interested in the
welfare of the community, he is widely and
favorably known and has many warm
friends. He may well be called a self-made
man, for he started out in life empty handed
and by his persistence and energy has won
independence and financial success and today
stands among hia fellowmen honored for his
sterling character, his pertinacity of purpose
and his well merited attainments.

HON. D. H. MILLER. Gold Hill is for-
tunate in having among its citizens so emi-
nent and valuable a man as Hon. D. H.
Miller, a successful hardware merchant and
an owner of city property. He is a man
with a notable political record and is ex-
tremely active in matters which concern the
public good. He was born in Jefferson
county, Iowa, May 10, 1850, the son of
Henry A. and Nancy Miller. In 18-40 the
parents took up their abode in Jetlerson
county upon a donation claim, where they
resided until 1866, when they removed to
Marion county, Iowa. In 1875 they came
to Jackson county, Oregon, where the re-
mainder of their lives were spent. In their
family were ten children of whom only three
survive.

D. H. Miller attended the common and
high schools and remained at home until he
attained his majority. He then embarked
in agricultural pursuits, choosing Marion
county, Iowa, for his field of operations. He
farmed there until 1875, when, becoming
convinced that the west offered advantages
superior to those of the Hawkeye state, he
emigrated to Oregon and engaged in farm-
ing for seven years. In 1883 he removed
to Medford and entered the mercantile busi-
ness, in which he continued for twenty-one
years. He then disposed of his interests in
Medford and settled in Gold Hill, where he
engaged in the hardware business. In this
line of trade he is meeting with much suc-
cess and in addition to the business which
he owns and operates he is the possessor of
several pieces of real estate in Medford and
Portland.

In 1871 Mr. Miller was married to Miss
Elmira Brous, a native of Marion county,
Iowa, and a daughter of James M. and Mary
Brous, the former a native of Pennsylvania
and the latter of Ohio. In 1S42 the parents
removed to Iowa, where the mother passed
away. The father later emigrated to Jack-
son county, Oregon, and resided there until
the time of his death.

In his political views Mr. Miller has al-
ways been a member of the democratic party
and has risen high in its councils. In 1909
he was elected to the state legislature, serv-
ing for two years. He also served for two
terms as county treasurer and was for five
years postmaster of Medford, having been
appointed by President Cleveland. He is a
member of the Masonic fraternity of Med-
ford and also belongs to the independent Or-

der of Odd Fellows of that city, while hi::'
wife is a member of the Order of the East-
ern Star. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller are ac-
tive and consistent members of the Chris-
tian church and to the extent of their abil-
ity labor to make that denomination effec-
tive in the community. The Hon. D. II. Mil-
ler stands very high in business, fraternal,
political and social circles of Gold Hill,
where he has long since been recognized as
one of the leading citizens of the town.
Having been extensively engaged in poli-
tics, he has a state-wide political acquaint-
ance, many of his closest friends being prom-
inent and honored state political figures. In
his immediate community and county he is
widely and favorably known and as he is ac-
tive in his efforts to build up and promote
the various interests of Gold Hill, he is re-
garded as one of its most prominent men.

DARWIN BRISTOW, assistant cashier of
the First National Bank of Eugene, Oregon,
was born in Pleasant Hill, Lane county,
this state, December 21, 1862, a son of the
Hon. William Wilshire and Elizabeth (Cof-
fey) Bristow, both natives of ICentucky.
The grandfather in the paternal line was
Elijah Bristow, a biography of whom appears
on another page of this work.

Mr. Bristow attended the public schools
of Oregon and later was graduated from the
University of Oregon, in the class of 1884,
receiving therefrom the Bachelor of Arts de-
gree. His first business undertaking was as
a member of the firm of Eakin & Bristow,
general merchants at Cottage Grove, Oregon,
which he entered in 1884 and with which he
was connected for twenty years. That com-
pany established the First National Bank of
that town, of which Mr. Bristow became
president, a position which he held until
January 1, 1904, when he removed to Eu-
gene and with F. L. Chambers opened the
Chambers, Bristow Banking Company. In
February, 1907, that institution was con-
solidated with the First National Bank of
Eugene, at which time Mr. Bristow became
assistant cashier of the new organization, in
which capacity he is now serving, proving
a most capable and popular ofiicial. In ad-
dition to his banking interests lie is also a
director of the Chambers Power Company,
of this city, and is numbered among the
well known and representative business men
of the community.

Mr. and Mrs. Bristow became the parents
of si.x children, two of whom, Dorothy and
Darwin, are now deceased, Darwin Darrel,
having died March 26, 1912. The others are
Greta E., William Wilshire, M. Evelyn and
Helen K. In his religious faith Mr. Bris-
tow is a member of the Christian church
while his wife is a communicant of the Ro-
man Catholic church. Politically he is a re-
publican and has taken an active interest in
the affairs of the communities in which he
has lived. His oflScial service covers one
term in the city council of Eugene. He
served two terms as city treasurer and five
terms as mayor of Cottage Grove, in all of
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361

able and efficient. Fraternally he is affili-
ated with Eugene Lodge, No. 11, F. & A. M.,
of which he 13 past master; Eugene Chapter,
No. 10, R. A. M., of which he is past nigh
priest; Hiram Council, Xo. 7, of which he
is treasurer; and Ivanhoe Commandery, No.
2, K. T., of which he is past eminent com-
mander; and he has also crossed the sands of
the desert with the nobles of Al Kader Tem-
ple of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise
past grand patron of the Order of the East-
ern Star, his membership being in Evange-
line Chapter, No. 51.

Mr. Bristow's career in Oregon has been a
most notable one, not only as a business man
but as a citizen in the communities in which
he has lived, and his life has ever been in
harmony with that of an honored father who
did so much to make the name of Bristow
a prominent and influential one in the his-
tory of the state of Oregon.

HERBERT H. HAYNES is one of the en-
terprising and successful dairy farmers of
Coos county. He is a native of Oregon, his
birth having occurred at the old home farm
which is the original donation claim of three
hundred and twenty acres taken up by his
father at the time when the family settled
in this state. He is the son of Jerry C. and
Lois A. (Hall) Haynes, the former a native
of Ohio and the latter of New York state.
Jerry C. Haynes emigrated to California in
1850 with the intention of interesting him-
self in the mining business. He, however,
instead, engaged in the lumber business in
the Golden State and continued to give his
attention to that industry for a number of
years. He later settled in Coos bay and
took up a donation claim consisting of three
hundred and twenty acres located in Coos
county. He did not, however, devote much
of his time to the development of that prop-
erty, but at once engaged in the logging busi-
ness after settling in this state, and con-
tinued to devote his attention to that indus-
try for a period of twenty years. In 1887
he retired from the logging business and es-
tablished his home in Bandon, where he en-
gaged in the hotel business for one j-ear and
then returned to the old home farm on
which he continued to live until 1S92, thence
removing to Myrtle Point where he pur-
chased a dairy ranch which he operates un-
der a lease and rp.iide.s at the hotel in
Myrtle Point. To .Mr. and Mrs. .Terry C.
Haynes ten children were bom: Ida, de-
ceased; .'Mlie, the wife of James .Vrrington,
of Myrtle Point, Oregon; Frank, a resident
of Portland, Oregon; Charles, deceased;
Lois, the wife of Edward Marcy, of Marsh-
field, Oregon, who is in the employ of the
government; J. G., a resident of PUircka,
California, who is also in the employ of
the government; Katie, deceased; Minnie,
the wife of R. H. Noble, of MarshflcM, Ore-
gon; Herbert H., the subject of this review,
and Myrtle, the deceased wife of Fred Barn-
ard, of Marshfleld, Oregon. Mr. Haynes is
affiliated with the republican party but has
never at any time sought public ofllcc.

Herbert H. Haynes was reared in his fa-
ther's home and received his early education
in the public schools of Coos county. He
started in life for himself at the ago of
eighteen years, at which time he obtained
employment aa a laborer anil continued to
work in various places for a number of
years after which he rented a dairy ranch on
the Coquille river and as a renter operated
that property lor one year and then re-
turned to the old home farm, which lie rented
and where he engaged in dairy I'arming for
four years. He later inherited a one-third
interest in that property and he and his
sister purchased the deceased sister's part.
He now resides on this homestead of which
he and his sister Minnie are the owners and
there he is engaged in the dairy business.
He uses in his business si.xteen well selected
dairy cows.

Mr. Haynea was united in marriage, in
January, 1904, at Myrtle Point, to Miss
Lillie Frances Arrington, the daughter of
v. I., and Julia (McConnell) Arrington, the
former of whom crossed the plains with his
parents in 1S5;;. The father of Mrs. Haynes
is a native of Maysville, Missouri, and tho
mother of Portland, Oregon. To Mr. and
Mrs. Arrington four children were born:
Lillie Frances, the wife of the subject of
this review; Violet, the wife of Richard
Hancock, of Bandon, Oregon; Vincent and
Gertrude, both of whom are still under tho
parental roof. To Mr. and .Mr.i. Haynes three
children have been liorn: Wanda Pauline,
l)orn October 25, 1005; Raleigh J., whose
liirth occurred November IS, 1907; and
Chester Herbert, born August 3, 1909. Mrs.
Haynes is tho niece by marriage of Aaron
Rose, the founder of the city of Roseburg,
Oregon.

Herbert H. Haynes is one of the well
known citizens of Coos county and has been
uniformly successful in all his business ven-
tures. Ilis highly cultivated farm of one
hundred and two acres located seven miles
up Isthmus Inlet is one of the interesting
and well managed dairy farms of Oregon.
He is n man who is always ready to lend
his assistance to the advancement of any
public enterprise H<-eking the improvement of
the people in his cotinty and state.

ELI ELLSWORTH WILSON has been a

resident of the state of Oregon iiince isol
and is actively interested in the oerupations
which are to a large extent peculiar to we«t-
ern .America. He has a large ranrh and is
engaged in stock-raising and dairying and
is also the proprietor of a sawmill. Ho was
Ixim in Washington county, Ohio, August 10,
isr.s, a son of William ond Sarah (WorfT)
Wilson, both natives of Ohio, in which state
they lived ami died. They were the parents
of seven rhildren: Petty, now living in Co-
lumbus, Ohio; .lemimn and Ephraim, l>olh
of whom ore "lecooscd; Charlotte, who is
a resident of tho state of Indi.tnn; William,
who lives in Penn^ylvonin ; Margaret, who
is al-*'* dt'Ccnflrd. iin-I Fli KlUwt>rfh_ nf thl«

review.

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The last named received his early educa-
tion in the common schools of his native
district but laid aside his books at the age
of sixteen to take up work. In 1894 he
came to Oregon and located at Ashland for
one year. He then removed to Douglas coun-
ty, where he bought a ranch on Cow creek
which he has owned and operated since that
time. He is also proprietor of a sawmill
and has been remarkably successful along
this line. His ranch is one hundred and
twenty acres in extent and is operated un-
der Mr. Wilson's personal supervision. He
takes a keen delight in his herd of graded
stock and his dairy is one of the cleanest
and most modernly equipped in the county.
He takes great pride in the quality of his
butter and milk and they find a ready sale
on the market.

In 1884 Mr. Wilson was united in mar-
riage to Miss Emma Minch, a native of Ohio
and a daughter of Adam and Margaret
(Rice) Minch, both natives of Germany, who
came to this country and settled in Ohio,
where they died. Eli Ellsworth Wilson
and his wife became the parents of twelve
children: Harry W., who is deceased; C. L.
and H. H., living at home; E. M., a resident
of Central Point, Oregon; Doris M., who has
passed away; Dolores V., living at home;
•Clarence A., deceased; Margaret, Rice H.,
Honor A., Roy L. and Josephine H., all of
whom are living with their parents in Doug-
las county.

In his political views Mr. Wilson is con-
sistently republican and takes an active in-
terest in the public affairs of his district.
He is a justice of the peace, in which ca-
pacity he has served for a number of years.
He has held the position of school clerk for
ten years and has made a remarkable record
in this office. He is a true western rancher,
interested in everything concerning the cul-
tivation of the soil and the raising of high-
grade cattle. His success is the result of
hard work and personal experience and is
due to the fact that he never let an oppor-
tunity pass unimproved.

H. E. BESSEY is the general manager of
the Coos Bay Creamery, one of the best
equipped enterprises of its kind in this por-
tion of the state, the principal factory being
located two and one-half miles up the river
from Marshfield. He was born in Massachu-
setts, January 38, 1860, and is the son of
Hansard and Lucy Bessey. The parents
were both natives of Maine, where they
spent their early years and later settled in
Pennsylvania, in which state they contin-
ued to" live until the time of their death.

H. E. Bessey moved to Pennsylvania with
his parents when a child of nine years and
four years later ran away from home and
settled in the state of Maine, where he
continued to live for eight years. From
there he went to Eureka, California, and
was employed in one of the sawmills in
that state and in that occupation continued
until 1885. He then removed to Oregon and
settled in Coos county, where he purchased

four hundred and twenty acres of agricul-
tural land located twelve miles up the Coos
river from Marshfield, upon which he estab-
lished his home and continued to reside for
thirteen consecutive years. Disposing of that
property he shortly after organized the Coos
Bay Creamery Company, of which he later
was made the general manager, and has since
given his entire attention to the development
and operation of that business. He also
owns in addition to his interest in the cream-
ery very valuable property in Marshfield.

Mr. Bessey was united in marriage in 1894
to Miss Josephine Mcintosh, a native of Coos
county and a daughter of Donald and Nancy
Mcintosh, both of whom were natives of
Nova Scotia. The parents emigrated to
Oregon in 1869, settling in Coos county,
where the father died in 1906. The mother
is still living and maintains her residence at
the old home in Coos county. Mr. and Mrs.
Bessey are the parents of five children:
Catherine, who was born in 1896, and who
is now attending school; George, bom in
1898; Lawrence, born in 1899; Lucy, born
in 1903; and Frederick, born in 1906.

Mr. Bessey is affiliated with the republican
party, and his fraternal relations are with
the Masonic lodge of Marshfield, the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Wood-
men of the World. He and his family are
members of the Presbyterian church of
Marshfield. He is one of the respected and
enterprising citizens of his county. His suc-
cess in the building up of a prosperous
creamery business has confirmed in the pub-
lic mind the standard of his business ability
and has identified him as one of the enter-
prising leaders among the business men of
his part of the state.

^ F'RANK MENEFEE is the president of the
United States Casliier Company which owns
one of the rapidly developing industries of
Portland. Their business as manufacturers
and distributors of money-making, cliange-
making, computing and adding machines, has
been established but a comparatively brief
period, but within that time has enjoyed rapid
growth, for its output is one which ajipeals to
all business men, its worth being of imme-
diate recognition. Moreover, Mr. Menefee is
a splendid type of the alert and energetic
business man of the northwest whose labors
are of effective and far-reaching force in the
growth and progress of this part of the coun-
try. He was born at The Dalles, Oregon,
Januarj' 31, 1866, and is a son of William R.
and Nancy J. (Benefiel) Menefee. The father
was born in Culpeper county, Virginia, but
was only twelve years of age when his par-
ents removed to Iowa, becoming pioneer set-
tlers of ^Muscatine, where he was reared to
manhood and was educated. The year 18.52
witnessed his arrival in the Willamette val-
ley, at which time he took up his abode in
Oregon City, then a more populous and pros-
perous town than Portland, In 18.'),5 he re-
moved to The Dalles, tlien at the head of navi-
gation on the Columbia river. He turned his
attention to stock-raising about fifteen miles
soutli of tliat place, at first handling horses

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

865

and cattle and later sheep, becoming' one of
the first sheep men in that country. This
was in 1S73. He was prominently and
widely known in his neighliorhood and was
one of its venerable citizens when he
passed away .lune 19. 1906. He was born
December 5, 1823, and was therefore eighty-
two and one-half years of age at the
time of his demise. His wife, who was a
daughter of Robert Benefiel. had a family of
ele\en children, seven of whom reached adult
age. Those who survive are: Henry, who is
living in Durfur. Oregon; Mrs. Mary Oillian;
Jlrs. H. J. Emerson of The Dalles": Mrs. E.
B. Durfur of Portland: Frank of this review;
and William who is living at Heyburn. Idaho.
Frank Menefee was educated in the
academy at The Dalles and read law with his
brother-in-law, K. H. Dufur. In 1SS9 he was
admitted to the bar and entered into partner-
ship with his preceptor under the firm style
of Dufur & >Ienefee, which connection was
continued until .Tune. 1900. At that time
Mr. Menefee became district attorney of the
seventh judicial district at The Dalles and
was reelected in 1904. continuing in the otTice
until .June, 190S. His eight years' service in
that position was most creditable, being
characterized by capable and unfaltering
loyalty to duty. He afterward engaged in
private practice at The Dalles until Septem-
ber, 1910, wlien lie came to Portland and
assisted in organizing the I'nited States
C'a-shier Company, of which he has since been
president and manager. This company was
incorporated under the laws of Oregon. August
9, 1909. and was capitalized for two hundred
thousand dollars. It purchased the Potter
patent No. 8SB..'?07, for a change-making ma-
chine known as the Potter cashier, and while
this machine was yet under constnnticm the
company consolidated by jjUrchasiMg on the
10th of .Tuly. 1910, the biisine-is of the Ameri-
can Cash Record Company, which was incor-
porated uniler the laws of the state of NVash-
ington. This company owned the I'nited
States and Canadian rights of the Bilyen and
Overlin patent for a coin delivery machine
known as the Bilyen Automatic Cashier.
This machine had previously been constructed
and was demonstrated to perfection that it
would do all the work for which it was des-
signed. At this time the company increased
its capitalizjition one million dollars, making
its capital one million two hundred thousand
ilollars. It has more than one thousand share-
holders. It occupies a splendid factory build-
ing, excellently equipped for the manufacture
of the machines and the conduct of the busi-
ness. The ninchine will till a need in banks
anil all institutions hn\ine large pay rolls,
including postofFices, department stores, res-
taurants, theatres, railroad ticket offices, etc.
There is every reason to believe that the
business will develop rapidly and that it wdl
bring a large amount of nmni-y to Portland.
The main building of reinforced concrete is
forty-two hv one hundred ami «i\ty feet and
two" stories" in height. In ad.lition there is
also a iMiiler house and blaeksmithinif and
woo<lworking departments, and about fifty
people arc employed. Since the orgnnintlion

of the present company Mr. .Meiu»fee has been
its president and general maimger and his
well formulated plans are being carried for-
ward to a successful completion in the man-
agement and conduct of the business. Al-
ready its moncynuiking, change-making,
computing and adding nuichines are exten-
sively used all over the Pacific coast and in
many other sections of the country. Tho
capacity is five humlred nuichines per month
or six thousanil aiuiually. Their machines
have the following technical jniints of su-
periority: fiexible keyboard, light and uni-
form key action, repeat key, error key for
clearing l>oard, governor I'ontrolled adding
mechanism, lever action of operating handle,
sectional unit metho<l of assembling. In addi-
tion to .Mr, .Menefee the other olVicers of the
company are Robert .1. I'pton, secretary, K,
11, (;lov"d, treasurer. V. M, Ix-Monn, sales nuin-
agvr anil 0. K. (ieniert, a.ssistant sales man-
ager. Besides their well appointed and
equipped factory the company has general
oliices in the Lewis building in E'ortlaiid.

In 1903 Mr. Menefee was married to Miss
Mabel C. Cowles, a daughter of ClitTi>rd S.
(owles of St. Paul. Minnesota, and they have
two children, Kmily and .Selden. aged respec-
tively four and two years, .Mrs. Menefee is a
member of the (Jrace Memorial church and
takes an active part in the work of the
women's societies. On coming to Portland
Mr. Menefee purchased a beautiful home at
East Xineleentli street and Broadway. He is
a member of the Ad Club and very active and
helpful in his support and promotion of the
city's best interests. Fraternally he was con-
nected with Friendship Lodge. Xo. 9. K. P. at
The Dalles, served as past ilianeellor and was
past grand chancellor of the granil lodge of
Oregon, lie was also a past exalted ruler of
tlie'^Klks L<Mlge at The Dalles, belonging to
the Improved Order of Red Men there and
was its treasurer from the founding of the
organization imtil his removal to Portland.
In politics he is a stalwart republican ami
served as city recorder of The Dalles and was
also mayor "for two years. He lias ra|iiilly
nnide his way to a prominent position in in
ilustrial anfl" commercial circles and is now
at the head of a growing business, the value
and importance of which as a factor in Port
land's growth and commercial prosperity is
being widely recognized.

T. H. B. TA'VLOR, of i;..gue C^er. . •'
proprietor of a popular hotel at that ■
lie is a veteran of the Civil war anil i« t im..
liar with pioneer life in this slate, having
lived on a form near his present home (or
twenty-eight years. He wo» liorn in Marion
count V, Illinois. May 19. 1848. the son of
Ebenand Mary (Collinsworth) Toylor, the
former a native of Kentucky, ond the latter
of Tenne««ee. The parents removed to
Illinois in 1^10 and later •ellled in Misioiiri.
where they resided during the remainder ol
tlieir lives. They were the parents of sexen
children but the' subject of this review is
the only one now surviving,

T. it". B. Toylor remained lit home with
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twenty j'ears, receiving a good commoii-
scliool education. Shortly before attaining
his majority he enlisted for service in the
Civil war, joining Company C of the Elev-
enth Indiana Infantry. He was seriously
wounded in the battle of Pittsburg Landing,
his injury being to the left shoulder. He
was discharged from service on account of
disability but in the spring of 1863 he re-
enlisted, becoming a member of Company A
of the Third New York Cavalry. While
participating in the engagement at Peters-
burg he received an injury to his left hand
and shortly afterward he was transfen-ed to
the Volunteer Relief Corps, serving in that
capacity until the close of the war. He re-
ceived his honorable discharge in Rhode Is-
land in 1865, after which he went to New-
port, where he remained for a year and then
removed to Maine. After a residence of two
years in that state he settled in Iowa, where
he remained for five years. In 1872 he went
to California and in 1876 he came to Jack-
son county, Oregon, and bought a farm in
Evans creek valley, six miles north of Rogue
River. At the time he purchased it this
farm was in a very primitive state but by
hard labor and continuous effort during the
period of his occupancy he succeeded in
placing the greater part of it under a good
state of cultivation and erecting suitable
improvements. For twenty-eight years he
resided on this place when he sold the prop-
erty and removed to Rogue River, where he
erected the Waldorf Hotel.

In 1869 Mr. Taylor married Miss Florence
E. Booker, a native of JIaine. and to this
union was born one son, E. H. B., who died
in 1908. In his political views' Mr. Taylor
is affiliated with the republican party and
has served on the school board. He is ac-
tive in his endeavors for the upbuilding of
the community of which he has long been
an honored and energetic citizen. As a sur-
viving veteran of the Civil war he is entitled
to and has the respect in more than an or-
dinary degree of his large circle of friends
and associates, by whom he is held in high
esteem. There are no citizens of the town or
county who are more highly regarded or
have a larger list of close personal friends.

JOHN THOMAS ODEN. Starting out in
life on his own account at the age of sev-
enteen years, John Thomas Odon is a self-
made man and whatever success he has
achieved is attritutable directly to his own
labors. He is now the owner of a good
tract of land of forty acres not far from
Rogue River in Jackson county. He is one
of the native sons of Oregon, his birth hav-
ing occurred in Douglas county, December 19,
1861. His parents are both natives of Mis-
souri but in pioneer times they became resi-
dents of Douglas county, Oregon, where they
reared their family of fourteen children. The
mother's maiden name was Cordelia Monroe.

At the usual age John Thomas Oden
entered the puldic schools and acquainted
himself witli those branches of learning
which are regarded as indispensable factors
in the attainment of success in the business

world. Neither was his training at farm
labor meager. Almost as soon as old enough
to handle the plow he began work in the
fields and when seventeen years of age he
started out in the world on his own ac-
count. He was employed at farm labor for
some time and also engaged in mining. As
he prospered in his undertakings he made
investment in property and is now the owner
of forty acres of land, which is naturally
rich and arable and on which he raises hay,
grain and fruit, producing good crops of
these various products. He also raises cat-
tle and he keeps everything about his place
in a neat and orderly condition. He took up
his land as a homestead and his labors have
brought it to its present well developed con-
dition.

In 1891 Mr. Oden was united in marriage
to Miss Olive F. McAlister, who is a native
of this state. They became the parents of
seven children. Nelson, Earl, Ernest, Vira F.,
Floyd, Ralph and Lester, all of whom are yet
at home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Oden are well
known in this locality and the hospitality of
its best homes is freely accorded them. His
political allegiance is given to the democratic
party but he has no time nor inclination to
seek public office, preferring to concentrate
his energies upon his business affairs, which
are now being capably directed and are
bringing to him gratifying success.

ZACHARIAH T. KINTZLEY, a veteran of
the Civil war whose life has been full of ac-
tivity, is now living retired at his home,
Douglas Garden, one mile east of Springfield.
He was born in Clay county, Indiana, Sep-
tember 16, 1847, a son of George and Sarah
(Wheeler) Kintzley, natives of Virginia and
North Carolina respectively. The parents
were married in Louisville, Kentucky, where
they resided for a short time, after which
they removed to Clay county, Indiana, and
later to Putnamville, Indiana, where the
father built a large grist mill and sawmill
which he operated for seven years. He
then sold his mill property and moved to
Story county, Iowa, where he bought land
and began farming, but died one year later,
in 1855. The mother remained on the farm
until 1863, when she sold the property, and
moved to the vicinity of Denver, Colorado.
There she resided for a short time and then
returned to Story county, Iowa, where she
died in 1872. In their family were seven
children, namely: Adolphus, who died during
the Civil war in which he was participating,
and whose widow passed away at Ames,
Iowa; Mrs. Mary MeHiron, of Decatur, Ne-
braska, who is now deceased; George B., of
Jasper, Oregon; Barbara Jane, who died in
Springfield, Oregon; James K. and Priscilla,
both deceased; and Zachariah T., of this re-
view.

The last named was reared in Indiana and
Iowa and in the schools of those states re-
ceived a good education. He helped his fath-
er with the work of the mill when not en-
gaged with his text-books, but at the early
age of sixteen years enlisted in the Ninth
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18G3, and served until March 23, 1S06, when
he was discharged at Darenport, Iowa. Alter
the close of the war he returned to Story
county, Iowa, there residing tor a short time,
after which he removed to the vicinity of
Sioux City, Iowa, where he entered upon
farming pursuits and remained for five years
on a farm which he had purchased. He then
sold his farm and removed to Sloan. Iowa,
where he was married anil went into the
sawmill business. He was thus engaged for
ten years near that city and then moved to
Sloan, where for two years he served as city
marshal and for some time operated a res-
taurant. He was also elected sheriff, a posi-
tion which he filled for two years and then,
in 1S90, came to Oregon, settling in Spring-
field after stopping for a short time in east-
ern Oregon, driving thence across the slate
to Lane county. Here he went into the fur-
niture business, a vocation which he followed
for seven years, after which he sold out and
became a dealer in real estate for a time.
He then retired from active life and built a
home calle<l Douglas Garden where he now
lives, on a tract of ten acres one mile from
Springfield. He is also the owner of two
other fine residence properties in the town.
Mr. Kintzley was married, March 19,
1870, to Miss .Mary C. Cain, who was born in
Wisconsin, January 12, 1S48, a daughter o(
Milton and Hanna"h Cain. The father was
bom in this country while the mother's
birthplace was England. After his marriage
the father worked in the lead mines of Wis-
consin until 18(59. when he migrate<l with his
family to California and settled in Eldorado
county. ()n reaching the Golden state he
began gold mining, an occupation in which
he continued. His wife died in 1871 but the
father, who has not been heard from for
some time, is supposed to be living. Mrs.
Kintzley was the eldest of four children who
were born unto her parents, the others be-
ing: John M.. of Sioux City, Iowa; James B.,
residing in Seattle, Washington; and Charles,
living in California. The family of Mr. and
Mrs. Kinl/ley consisted of four children but
two are now deceased: Ida F.. who died at
the age of four and a half years; and Kdna
v., who passed away at the age of seventeen
months. The mother passed away on the
13th of January. 1900, leaving besides her
husband two children to mourn her loss,
namelv: Mrs. Mary A. Dn.ine, who resiiles
with iier father at Douglas (Jarden and ha<
two children, Mary C. and lielvin B.; and
George M., clerking in a hardware store in
Springfield. Both were given a high-school
education.

In liis jiolitical views Mr. Kint/.ley is a re-
publican iwi'l has been quite active in the
party and a stanch adherent of it* princi-
ples'although he has not been an office seek-
er anil never held any public olTice excepting
that of sheriff and city marshal while living
in Iowa. In his fraternal relation* he is a
member of the Odd Fellows I.o<lge. No. 70.
of Sprini-field, in which he has filled all of
the chairs. .Mr. Kintzley has a genial dis-
position and by his warmheartedness and
business and social nctivity has become well

and favorably known to practically every-
body in Springfield as well as to a large
portion of the citizens of Lane county. He
has a large nuiubcr of close personal friends
who hold him in high esteem, and although
living a retired life he still remains a con-
spicuous figure in Springfield where he is
recognized as one of the best citizens of the
community.

CHARLES F. BAXTER, who came to Ore-
gon with his parents when a child, has lived
in this state since and has been here engaged
in agricultural pursuits. He is greatly in-
terested in educational matters and has been
a member of the local school board for
many years. He was born in Missouri,
September 9, 1860, a son of Benjamin K.
and Eleanor A. ( Tnte) Baxter. The luther
was born in Missouri while the mother is a
native of Virginia, and their wedding was
celebratiKl in Missouri where they lived until
1802. They then removed to Montana, after-
ward coming to Oregon and settling in I'olk
county in 1S6S. The father was a NIethodist
Episcopal minister and had charge of va-
rious churches in Montana and was actively
engaged in the ministry in Oregon until his
death. He was one of those ministers who.
without remuneration of any sort, preaclicil
on Sunday and wr>rked on the farm during
the week. The journey to this state was
made by ox team and on many occasions the
road had to be cut through the timber fo
make way for the passage of the wagons.
The father first located on a farm in I'olk
county, which he operated for seven years,
then removed to Benton county, near Cor-
vallis, and operated a sheep ranch for four
years, after which he removed to a point
"ten miles south of Corvallis, where he pur-
chased three humlrcd and twenty acres of
land, but owing to bad conditions he was
obliged to give it up. He next removed to
Ijine county and again rented a farm for
three years, afterwanl going to the Mohawk
valley and shortly thereafter went to Mar-
cola, Ijinc lounty,' where he resided until the
time of his death, which occurred on Jan-
uary 17, 1891. His wife survived him until
Dcciinhcr 10. 1008. In thi-ir family were
fifteen children, of whom the following arc
decease.1: llenrv R.. Virginia T.. Lydia A.,
Laura U, Perry' F., Jane T.. Edwin ('.. Kato
T., Altwrt S. and Lizzie I). The .urvivinR
members are as fidlows: Bfunnnn. who
owns a splen<Iid farm of one liundrrri and

ninety. four ■• ■>' - i ■ •■■■ ' - > .•'■•nch

nrlmir>r ■ '.

of this r. . . •'"■,

vollis; (o'orgc; and .\loilie, the wilo of
Frank M. Staffonl, of Ijine roiinlr.
Cliiirlc^ F. Bn\t<T remainr<l at '
his parents. nci|uiring a Koo<l conn
■ ducal ion ond o«si<ting hi« father «i'h tli'-
farm work until he w«« twenty one yenr« of
age. He then t'Hik charge of the homestead
farm, operating it >"><'' t''" death of hi»
father, since whirh time he has managed It
for hii nistcT Rosanna. to whom it now l>e-
longs.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Mr. Baxter was married on the 20th of
February, 1889, to Miss Catherine Root, who
was born in California, April 26, 1872. a
daughter of Austin and Ellen J. (Smith)
Root. Her parents were born in Indiana but
were married in California, and after living
in that state for a time they removed to
eastern Oregon, and afterward to western
Oregon, where the father passed away in
1906. The mother survives at the age of
sixty years and now makes her home in Mar-
cola. In their family were nine children,
namely: Mary, the wife of Emmett E. Bog'gs,
of Lane county; Mrs. Baxter; Oliver, of
I^ane County; Alice Mathews, also of this
county; Lena Anderson, a resident of Can-
ada; Nettie Neal and Ettie Robley, twins,
residing in Lane county; Frank, of this
county; and Carrie Bell, deceased. Unto Mr.
and Mrs. Baxter were born six children, as
follows: Edwin, born July 10, 1890, who is
still at home; Nellie M., born February 23.
1S93, who is the wife of Riley L. Garrison.
of Marcola; Elmer, born December 26, 1895.
who died at the age of nine months; Law-
rence E., born May 4, 1903; Kate E.. born
October 18, 1908; and Ella I., born December
34, 1911.

Mr. Baxter in his political views is a re-
publican but has never paid a great deal of
attention to politics. He is much interested
in school affairs, however, and has been a
member of the school board for many ,years.
He belongs to the Woodmen of tlie World,
his memliership being at Springfield. Mr.
Baxter ranks high as an estimable citizen,
being well known in Marcola and vicinity,
where he is held in high esteem by all wlio
known him.

A. A. RUSSELL. Iowa has furnished a
large percentage of worthy citizens to Ore-
gon and among this number is A. A. Russell,
who is now living in Yamhill county, his
time and energies being devoted to the fur-
ther development and improvement of a farm
of one hundred acres, about a mile south of
Gaston, where in addition to cultivating the
cereals best adapted to soil and climate, he
is also engaged in dairying. He was born
in Iowa, February 4, 1845, his parents being
C. R. and Charlotte (Robison) Russell, both
of whom were natives of Ohio. They became
residents of Iowa at an early period in the
settlement of the state and in 1850 removed
to Missouri, where they resided for four
years. The tide of emigration was con-
tinually flowing westward and in the decade
between 1850 and I860 there was a great
influx of settlers in the Pacific coast coun-
try. Men who came to take charge of the
natural resources of the northwest deter-
mined to make permanent residence in this
part of the country. Among the number
was C. R. Russell, who in 1854 crossed the
plains witli ox teams. It required six months
to make the long journey to California, where
he resided until 1864 and then came to Yam-
hill county, Oregon, settling near Gaston.
He purchased a farm and to its cultivation
and improvement devoted his attention
throughout his remaining days. L'nto him

and his wife were born six children: Mrs.
J. J. Palmatier, of Hillsboro, Oregon; Mrs.
M. A. Johnson, who resides in Ashland, Ore-
gon; Mrs. L. A. Knoblock, of Heppner, this
state; and A. A., of this review. Those de-
ceased are: F. A., who was drowned in 1875;
and Mrs. L. F. Neil, of Ashland, Oregon, who
passed away in 1910.

No event of special importance occurred
to vary the routine of farm life for A. A.
Russell in his boyhood and youth. He at-
tended the public schools and worked in the
fields, and when his time was not thus em-
ployed he enjoyed the games in which ,vouths
of the period indulged. Having arrived at
man's estate he made preparations for hav-
ing a home of his own through his marriage
to Miss F. A. Matteson, who was born in
Elgin, Illinois, in 1852, and crossed the plains
with her parents in 1854. She is a member
of the well known Slatteson family of Yam-
hill and Washington counties. The occupa-
tion to Avhich Mr. Russell was reared he de-
cided to make his life work and has always
engaged in farming, with the result that he
is now the owner of an excellent property of
one hundred acres, pleasantlj^ and conven-
iently situated about a mile south of Gaston.
He raises good crops and also keeps a num-
ber of cows for dairy purposes and the prod-
ucts of his dairy, because of their e.xcellence,
find a ready sale on the maiket and add
not a little to his annual income.

As the years passed six children were added
to the household of Mr. and Mrs. Russell:
Lillian M., the wife of C. W. Hudson, of
Portland; Francis A., who follows farming in
Yamhill county; Jlinnie C. the wife of E. F.
Magoon, a resident of Ashland; G. W. H.. at
home; Charles A., of Washington county;
and B. A., who makes his home in Yamhill
county. The parents are members of the
Congregational church and do all in their
jiovver to promote its growth and extend its
influence. The cause of education finds in
Mr. Russell a stalwart champion and for
several years he served on the school board,
while for two years he filled the oflice of
supervisor. He belongs to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, with which he has
afliliated for thirty-eight years, during which
period he has filled all "of the chairs and
acted as representative to the grand lodge.
He is faithful and loyal to the teachings of
this fraternity and many of his warmest
friends are found in its membership. How-
ever, he is widely and favorably known
throughout Yauiliij] and Washington coun-
ties, having made his home in this part of
the state for forty-seven years. He has been
an interested witness of the events which
have marked its upbuilding and in as far as
possible has given his cooperation to meas-
ures for the public good.

F. C. FREY is a leading representative of
tlio commercial fraternit.v of Baker, where
he owns and conducts one of the largest and
best equipped exclusive sporting goods
stores in the state of Oregon. He was born
in Minnesota on the 9th of March, 1869,

MR. AND .MU>. A. A Kl SSKr.I.

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and is a son iif I'liarles and Ilenricha Frey,
both natives of (lermany. Thcri- thev were
likewise reared anil married, imme<liatelr fol-
lowing whieh thev eniij;rated to the United
States. The father, who was a farmer, en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits in Minnesota
for some years, but about 1874, together
with his wife and family he crossed the
plains to Oregon. I'pon his arrival in this
state he tiled on a homestead on the John
Dr.v river in (^rant county, energetically ap-
plying himself to the cultivation and im-
provement of his land until his death. He
nu'l with success in his undertakings and
left his widow a ranch containing about four
hundre<l acres of finelv improved and val-
uable land in the vicinity of Mount Vernon,
this state. The family of ^Ir. and .Mrs.
Frey numbered nine, six daughters and three
sons, but two of the daughters are now de-
ceased. The mcmU-rs of the family who
are still living are as follows: Louise, the
wife of William Sproul, of Los Angeles. Cal-
ifornia; F. \V., who is an agriculturist; F.
C, our subject; Xettie, the wife of W. Wil-
son, of Canada; Ed, who is living in the Fo.x
valley, Crant county, Oregon: Ella, who
marrieii Ira Sproul, of Fox valley. Oregon;
and Dora, the wife of Charles McKroley, of
Mount Vernon, this state. The mother is
still living and continues to make her home
on the old ranch in Grant county.

As he was a child of only five years when
his parents came to Oregon, practically the
entire life of F. C. Frey has been passed in
the northwest. He remaine<l on the ranch
until he was fourteen, following which he
attended school during the winter months
and worked in the summers. \\'Tien he was
seventeen, he begsin to learn the carpenter's
trade, but discovering that he possessed un-
usual mechanical ai>ility he subsef|uently
withdrew from this and went to work in the
mines. He advanced rapidly and later en-
gaged in amalgamating, continuing to fol-
low this until his health began to fail, when
he was compelled to take up another line of
work. Me then went to Seattle and took
a position on the Seattle Telegraph, which
is an evening paper, but was later employed
on one of the morning journals, continuing
to be identified with the newspaper busi-
ness for three years. Withdrawing from this
he went into the sewing machine and piano
business, as representative of the Singer
people and Pettis & Company. The climate
of .Seattle did not agree with him, and feel-
ing the necessity of making another change
he returned to Haker, where he owned soine
real estate. I'pon his return here he built
a residence on his lots and continued to en-
gage in the sewing machine business as agent
for the Singer people for about two years.
Hiving this up he opened a second-hand store.
He began with a capital of twenty five dol-
lars, but owing tn his knowle<lge of cabi-
net making and his mechanical skill he was
aide to invest this to excellent advantage
and realize goo<l returns therefrom. He
bought up old. broken, discarded furniture
for a very sinnll amount and took it to his
work room and repaired it and sold it for a
goo<l price, which was practically all profit.

This proved to be a very profitable venture
and he continued in it for alMiut eij;ht years.
At the end of that time he hail sulVieient
ca|iital to engage in something else, so dis-
posing of this in 1901 he went into the sport-
ing goods business. Here he again mani-
fested unusual sagacity and foresight in the
selection of a business, as this enterprise has
nourished from its incipiency, and is now
one of the largest and l>est known of the
kind in the state. Mr. Frey carries a very
large and well selected stock of goods and
is not only favored with a good local pat-
ronage but does an extensive mail order
business. He has applieil himself energeti-
cally and intelligently to the development of
his establishment and now has a stock that
invoices twenty-five thousand dollars, and it
is entirely clear of all indebti'diicss. In adili-
tion to this he owns some quite valuable real
estate, which is also iininciimbererl. and he
has some mining interests in firant county,
being one of the stockholders in the Canyon
.Mountain Mining Company.

On the 3 1 St of December. 1902. Mr. Frey
was united In marriage to Miss Cl.vde Trus-
cott, a native of .\uburn, Haker county, and
a daughter of Richard and Susanna (Bal-
dock) Truscott. The parents were both na-
tives of England, the father lioving been
born in 18.15 and the mother on the L".ith of
.Iniiuary, 18,')4, Mr. Tniseott, who was a
civil engineer, was one of the prominent and
well known mining men of this section dur-
ing the early days, and for more than ten
years was superintendent of the Haskell
phicer mines. l)uriiig his later years he gave
this up and engaged in agricultural pur-
suits, and at the time of his death, which
occurred in 1900, was living on the ranch
where his widow still resides. The family
of Mr and Mrs. Truscott, nuinber<-<l fen,
eight daughters and two sons, all of whom
arc living. In order of birth they are as fol-
lows: .lennie. the wife of P. Miller, of Haker;
May. who married Charles Crant. of Hacon;
Charlf s, who is living on a ranch three miles
from Haker: Mrs. Frey; Nile, the wife of
Hert Kutler; Mary, who married Frank
Evans, a ranchman; William, who lives »ix
miles from Haker; Ollie, the wife of Oscar
Zimmerman, of Haker; firace, who married
Harrv Spence, of Haker; and Nellie, a stu-
dent in the Haker schools, who is living at
home with her mother. The entire family
are residents of this slate and live within
a radius of thirty miles from one another.
In common with olhi-r pioneer families, the
Tniscolts had many unusual exp<'rience«. Mrs.
Frev has a vivid recollection of their spend-
ing •everni months in a sto<-knde. 'luring an
Indian outbreak, when she was a girl of
I' ■ ■ ar«. In the maternal line she is

from one of linker county's ear-
! ■. li. r frnndfather. William Hal-

this county in l^rtS He
,. I some government land,

and was the lir«t man in Haker county to
engage in agricultural pursuits. During the
enrlv venrs he useil to freight from I'ma-
tilla tci Auburn, and he was a velernn of the
Rogue River Indian war. One chihl has lieon
b. rn to Mr. aixl Mrs. Frey, P. C. Jr.

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Both Mr. and Mrs. Frey are members of
the Methodist Episcopal church, and frater-
nally_ he is affiliated with the Knights of
Pythias, while his political support he gives
to the republican party. He is a strong
champion of Baker county and is one of the
active and enthusiastic members of the Baker
Commercial Club, giving his unqualified in-
dorsement to the various movements insti-
tuted by this organization. Mr. Frey has
always been quite a sportsman and has
mounted many of his hunting trophies, now
having several deer, wild cats, wolves and
coyotes in an excellent state of preserva-
tion, that he has used in window decorations.
He deserves much comm£ndation for the suc-
cess he has achieved in the direction of his
undertakings, as for many years he strug-
gled against the adversities that seem to ac-
company poor health, meeting with condi-
tions during that period that would have con-
quered a man of less energy and determina-
tion of purpose. Unceasing diligence, keen
perception, honesty of purpose and a happy
faculty of doing the right thing at the right
time have been the salient factors in his
success, and have been the means of plac-
ing him among the foremost business men in
the county.

I. FRANK COFFMAN. The town of
Lents owes its existence, development and
improvement largely to the efforts of I. Frank
Coffman, who is one of the most influential,
active and respected citizens. He was born
March 29, 1861, in Mahaska county, Iowa,
and was one of a family of eleven' children
whose parents were John and Jane (Camp-
bell) Coffman, who were natives of Pennsyl-
vania and of Indiana respectively. They
were married in the latter state aiid had a
large family but only four are now living,
namely: Van, who is a railroad engineer re-
siding at Los Angeles, California; Peter L.,
of Iowa; Eliza Ann, the wife of John Far-
rell, of Clay Center, Kansas; and I. Frank.

The last named was a youth of eighteen
years when he started out in the world on
his own account. He had been reared to
farm life and early became familiar with the
practical methods of clearing and developing
the fields. He rented a part of his father's
farm for two years but afterward withdrew
from agricultural pursuits ami went into the
coal mines of Iowa, after which his time was
divided between mining and railroading un-
til 1886. That year witnessed his arrival in
Oregon and he settled in Lents, where he
entered the employ of 0. P. Lents. For
some time he was employed in various ways
but at length opened a small store and se-
cured the establishment of a postoffice here.
He was appointed the first postmaster by
President Cleveland in his second administra-
tion, continuing in the position for three
and a half years, when he retired from the
office to make way for a republican succes-
sor. After a year's time, however, he was
again appointed postmaster and so contin-
ued until aliout four years ago. In the man-
agement and control of the office he was as-
sisted by his wife and while he was at the

head of the postoffice two rural free delivery
routes were established, one of these being
the largest rural route in the United States.
In the beginning of his business career Mr.
Coffman purchased a steam wood saw and
this proved to be a profitable investment.
He sawed wood, gummed saws, ground plow-
shares and ground feed. In fact he did every-
thing that would give him a start. In time
he established the Lents water works which
he operated with his wood saw engine but
later put in a gas plant and still later put
in electric motors. Mr. Coffman also was
sole owner of the water works for eight years
but has recently sold out to the city of
Portland.

Mr. Coffman married Miss Clara Robinson,
a native of Iowa and one of a family of six
children, as follows: Theodore, a resident of
Mississippi; John, of What Cheer, Iowa;
Mary, the widow of Dr. Irwin, of .Seaside,
Oregon; Ida, who is the widow of Joe Oel-
mayer, of Iowa, and a resident of Portland,
Oregon; Emma, who married S. S. Frisbie,
of Mississippi; and Mrs. Coffman.

In his political views Mr. Coffman is a
democrat but has never been an oftlce seeker
save for the fact that he served as postmas-
ter. He is at the head of the community,
however, inasmuch as his abiliy well fits him
for leadership. His opinions carry weight
in everything connected with public sei'vice
and he is called "the mayor" of Lents al-
though the town is not incorporated. He
has given liberally of his time and money in
support of interests for the improvement of
the village, has proved himself a stanch
friend of the public schools and in fact his
cooperation is a strong element in progress
along various lines. When an effort was
made to change the name of the postoffice
at Lents to Mount Scott he bitterly opposed
this and caused the measure to be defeated,
and he now has in his possession a letter from
Harry Scott, late editor of the Oregonian,
saying that he did not wish to deprive Mr.
Lents of that honor. The spirit of advance-
ment has characterized Mr. Coffman through-
out his entire career and out of the strug-
gle with small opportunities he has come
finally into a field of broad and active influ-
ence and usefulness.

FRANCIS S. SLATER is one of the re-
spected and influential citizens of Canyon
City. Oregon, where he is engaged in the
general banking business, being at present
the first cashier of the First National Bank
of Grant County. He W'as born in Baker
county, Oregon, August 5, 1865, and is the
son of Senator and Mrs. Slater, of whom
a more complete review is published in the
biograph}"- of ex-Judge W. T. Slater, of Sa-
lem, Oregon, in another part of this work.

Francis S. .Slater was reared in his par-
ents' home and received his early education
in La Grande, being graduated from the
high school. In 1886 and for the succeed-
ing three years he engaged in the general
land business in this portion of the state.
He later accepted the position as book-
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Union county, and continued in that occu-
pation for several years. He was attcr-
■\vard appointed deputy assessor of Union
county, under John S. Clark, serving in
that office for two consecutive years after
which he spent one year as deputy county
clerk. He then entered into the employ of
the Farmers and Traders Bank at l.a CJrande
to which business he, however, only gave a
portion of his time. In the fall of 1902
he accepted the position of cashier in the
First National Bank, of Canj-on City, Crant
county, since which time he has continued
to devote his entire attention to the bank-
ing business. The bank building is one of
the most modern of its kind in this part of
Oregon, being constnioted of cut stone and
furnished with modern and up-to-date de-
posit vaults, burglar proof safes and elegant
and complete interior fittings required to
accommodate the work of a complete and
modern banking house.

Mr. Slater was united in marriage in
1903, to Miss Jeanette McGilli-*. a native of
Oregon, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.
^[cGillis. Iler father was one of the pio-
neers of Oregon who settled at a very early
date on .Saurie Island, Multnomah county,
Oregon, where he passed out of this life
when ilrs. Slater was but a young girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. Slater two children have
been born, Francis Robert and .James Gil-
bert, both of whom are pupils in the public
school.

Mr. Slater is one of the highly esteemed
citizens of Canyon City and is well known
throughout his portion of the state. He is
a man of strict integrity in his business
transactions and has the unqualified con-
fidence of all his business associates. He is
a man thoroughly familiar with the banking
business in wliich he has spent the largest
portion of his active years and is always to
be found identified wiUi every enterprise in-
tended to improve the business and social
conditions of his county and state.

REV. PLYMPTON KELLY. Among the
pioneers of .Multnomah <ounty was Rev.
I'lvmpton Kelly, who was born in 1828 in
Pulaski county," Kentucky. His parents were
Rev. Clinton and Mary (Bastianj Kelly, who
were early settlers in Kentiu?ky, where they
were married in Pulaski county. There they
resided until October, ISIT. when with ox
teams they started overland for Oregon.
They made their way as far as Mis-touri.
where they spent the winter of 1S17-194S,
and in the spring set out for Oregon with
four yokes of oxen and three wagons. In
due time they. landc<l in Multnomah county,
where they settled upon six hundred and
forty acres of government land, erecting
thereon a log cabin, and Ix-gan to clear the
land for farming. Clinton Kelly, who had
been both a farmer and minitter in Ken-
tucky, continued l)Oth his business and pro-
fessional career in Oregon, preaching when-
ever he had an opportunity and working hard
to clear ami cultivate his land. He met with
success in his business and a few years after
settling on the homestead built a commodious

and comfortable house for his family, resid-
ing here for twenty-seven years, his death
occurring on the I'Jth of .lune, 1ST5, in his
sixty-seventh year. Mr. Kelly was married
three times. Ilis first wife was .Mary Has-
tian, who died in Kentucky, having beeen
the mother of five children. .lane Burns, liis
second wife, bore him one child and passed
away in Kentucky. Mr. Kelly later married
Maria M. Crane, by whom he had nine chil-
dren. His third wife died in Oregon in
1863. Out of the section of public land
which Mr. Kelly took up he donated two
acres upon which the Kelly school was built,
it iH'ing the secoml school distriit formnl
in Multnomah county, and at the time of
his death owneil the remainder of that large
tract of land, upon which he snenf twenty-
seven years of his lite in Oregon. This tract
is all now included within tlu< limits of the
city of Portland. Dr. Kelly still owns twelve
acres of the original Kelly section, it being
within the corporation of Portland.

The youth of Rev. Plynipton Kelly was
passed in Pulaski county, Kentucky, where
he received his education in the common
schools. He lived with his parents until he
had attained the age of twenty-two years,
when in 1850 he settled on three hundreil and
twenty acres of government land, where he
lived and which he tilled until his ileath. on
the loth of September. I'JOfi. This lainl
now adjoins the city limits of Portland. The
surviving members of his family continued to
live on tliis farm until 1911, when they sold
it and since his widow has resided in Port-
land in a beautiful home. During his entire
life Plympton Kelly followed tlie business
of farming but was quite active in his min-
isterial work as well. He was one of the
pillars of the Methodist church and it was
lie who conferred the name of Mount Tabor
on that suburb of I'lirtland.

In Multnomah county, on the -Ith of .July,
IStJt, .\|r. Kelly «a-i marrii'il tn Miss Kliza-
beth Clark. She was born near Adrian, Mich-
igan, December 26, lH4n, and was n daughter
of Alexander and Nancy (Hitchciis) Clark.
The father came from New York to Michigan
in 1S,1.">, iK'ing one of the early pioneers of
that state. There he took up government
land and lived until his death, which oc-
curred in 181.'). the mother surviving until
18it"i. They were the parents of two ihil-
dreii: Klizabeth, now the widow oi Plynipton
Kelly; and Selh, who died at the age of five
years. K.li/abcth (Clark) Kelly mine In Ore-
gon in 1860 with her aunt, .Mrs. KiiiK«ley,
with whom she lived in Portland until the
time of her marriage to Mr. Kelly. She jkxi-
sesses a cidlege education and taught school
in a log schiMdhniiKc in Multnomah eoiinly
previous to her marriage. To Ker. and Mrs.
Plympton Kelly six rhildren were Imrn:
I'.U'lnxia A., who is now the wifo of .Mfred
Niblin and resides on forty-eight ncren ,>f
her father's homestead; .Tomes <!., of Port-
IniiJ \ii MMtim r uli.i iiass?d away nt thn
•■>n C, who died at
t • v, irho b<>?amo Iho

wife of Thnmaa Howilt, of Dreihiim, and

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died at the age of thirty-five years, leaving
a davighter; and Harriet, who died at the
age of nineteen.

Politically Mr. Kelly was a republican. He
was for many years road supervisor in the
Mount Tabor district and contributed greatly
to the perfecting of the roads of the county
and later to the street improvements of the
city of Portland. His fraternal relations
were limited to membership in the Evening
Star Grange, of which he was a charter
member. He was also an Indian war veteran.
The life work of Rev. Plympton Kelly was
of great importance in the early development
of Multnomah county and has left its impress
ineffaceably upon our public institutions and
improvements. He was a good citizen, re-
spected in his day and generation, and no
history of Multnomah county would be com-
plete without prominent mention of his
career.

FRED S. AND RICHARD J. WILCOX.
The name of Wilcox is well known in
Washington county and Fred S. and Richard
J., representatives of the second generation
of the family in this county, are numbered
among its most progressive citizens. They
are twins and w^ere born in Washoe county,
jSTevada,. May 12, 1869, being sons of .John
W. and Susinna (Gill) Wilcox. The father
was born in New York state and the mother
at Fort Wayne, Indiana. They were mar-
ried at Fort Wayne and a short time after-
wards moved to Minnesota. Two years later
they crossed the plains by ox team and Mr.
Wilcox engaged in ranching in Washoe county,
Nevada. In 1880 he came with his family
to Oregon and first located near Forest
Grove but after two years moved to Green-
ville, Washington county, and bought a small
farm which he developed to a good state of
productiveness. He died October 9, 1906,
and his wife was called away August 9,
1888. At the time of his death he was the
owner of forty-seven acres of well improved
land in this county. In the family of Mr.
and-Mrs. Wilcox were seven children, namely:
Martha A., a resident of Newport, Lincoln
county; George J., record of whom appears
elsewhere in this work; Ruth, who is the
wife of Dr. Tamiesie, of Hillsboro; Fred S.
and Richard J., of this review; and Bessie
and Robert, both of whom died at the age
of three years.

Fred S. and Richard .J. Wilcox came to Or-
egon with their parents in 1880 and in the
public schools gained their preliminary edu-
cation. Fred S. continued at home with his
father after the death of the mother but at
the age of twenty-one, in 1890, took up a
homestead near Banks. He has been con-
tinuously identified with agricultural and
stock-raising interests since he entered upon
his business career and is now one of the
substantial men of the county, whose word
is as good as his bond and who is ably per-
forming his part in the development of this
section.

Richard J. Wilcox began working in a saw-
mill in Washington county at the age of
eighteen and continued in this employment

for two years. In .September, 1893, he went
to Mexico and became a locomotive fireman
on the Mexican Central Railway, continuing
in that position for six years. He then took
charge of the electric light plant in the city
of Mexico, which position he held for three
years. However, the railway business pre-
sented inducements which he could not re-
sist and he gave up his position in the city
to become locomotive engineer for the El
Oro Mining and Railway Company. After
two and one-half years he transferred his
allegiance in the same capacity to the Ix-
tlahuaca Railroad and continued with that
company until May, 1908, when he resigned
from the railway service and has since made
his home in Washington county.

The brothers Fred S. and Richard •!. own
the old family homestead, having acquired
the interests of the other heirs, and are
joint owners of one hundred and thirty
acres of land in this county. Twenty-five
acres of this land is highly developed and
they have ten acres in productive orchards,
also some valuable vacant property within
the limits of Portland. They are unmarried
and as their attention is closely concentrat-
ed on their business the results have proved
highly gratifying. They are thoroughly en-
ergetic and efficient and are rapidly coming
to the front as important factors in Wash-
ington county. Fred is a member of the
Odd Fellows and Maccabees and Richard is
also identified with the Odd Fellows, having
recently transferred his membership from
til" City of Mexico to the lodge at Banks.
The brothers are stanch advocates of the
republican party but neither of them has
ever sought public office. They have many
warm friends who have at all times found
than to be true to every obligation and fully
worthy of the good fortune with which they
are blessed.

AARON HARVEY, an honored pioneer
resident of Oregon, is living retired at the
home of his daughter on Deer creek road,
about seven miles from Roseburg. He has
reached the age of eighty-one years and six
decades of this period have been passed in
the northwest, so that he is familiar with the
history of pioneer development as well as of
later progress in Oregon. He was born in
Staffordshire, England, October 6, 1831, and
in 1837, when five years of age, was brought
to the United States by his parents, Aaron
and Elizabeth (Hall) Harvey, both of whom
were natives of England. On arriving in the
new world they established their home upon
a farm in Illinois which was then one of the
frontier states. The mother died there, after
which the father came to Oregon in 1860 and
lived with his son Aaron.

Aaron Harvey pursued his education in the
public schools of Illinois, giving his attention
to his text-books when his time was not de-
manded by farm work. He assisted his
father in the cultivation of the fields until
twenty-one years of age, at which time he
started to Oregon with an ox train of twelve
wagons. The long journey was a tedious
and arduous one, involving manv discom-

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forts and hardships, but they had no troubli-
with the Indians save that the red men stole
a few of their horses. Mr. Harvey arrived
in Oregon on the 7th of November, 1853, and
located in the Umpqua valley, where he took
up a donation elaini of one hundred and si.xt.v
acres, which he cultivated and improved, con-
verting the wild and hitherto unprinluctive
land into rich and fertile fields. Year by
year he carried on the work of the farm
with success and he made his home there
until about three years ago. He worked at
carpentering to some extent also during that
period, displaying considerable skill and in-
genuity with tools. He is now living retired,
enjoying a well earned rest.

In 1>*5S Mr. Harvey was united in marriags
to Mrs. Elizabeth (Harris) Coats, a daughter
of David and Xancy l.'^tovehalll Harris.
^Irs. Harvey came to Oregon in ISa.l but her
parents remained in Missouri until her fatliet
died in St. Joseph. Her mother came to
Oregon in 18.54. Mr. and Mrs. Harvev are
the parents of the following named: ^lary.
Ellen, William, Thomas, Ann, Eliza, Robert.
Edna, Bessie, and Aaron, of whom the latter
is deceased.

Aaron Harvey holds membership with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and gives
his political support to the republican party.
He was at one tinu> elected constable but
would not serve having never had aspirations
nor desire for public olTice, However, he has
always been loyal in his citizenship and in
a private capacity has aided in promoting the
progress, upbuilding and prosperity of the
community in which he has long lived. Hav-
ing made his home in this state for about
sixty years he is familiar with its pioneer
history, with the story of its reclamation
from Indian r<ile and with the work of de-
velopment as wilderness conditions have
given way before an advancing civilization.
He can remember the days when there were
no niilroads in the state and when the mov-
ing wagon was a feature of the old trails,
but all this has long since changed and no
one is more interested in modern progress
than Aaron Harvey.

WILLIAM H. SCHROEDER is one of the
enterprising and -mcessfnl men of Canyon
City, in which place he is engaged in gen-
eral merchandising, bein^ at present the
general manager of the ('anyon City Com-
mercial Company, of whic-h he is also one
of the principal stockholders. He was liorn
December 12, 1S65, and is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nicholas Schroeder, Ixith of whom were
natives of Germany, the father's birth having
occurred near Hamburg, where he engaged
in the manufacture of corks and continual
to live during all the years of hi.i life.

William H. Schroeder wan reared in his
parents' home and received his education in
the schools of fiernmny. .\t the age of
sixteen years he emigrated to America and
established his first resilience in the new
world with his uncle who, at that time,
was living near Denni«)n. Pottawattomie
county. Iowa. He remained with his uncle
from August, 1881, until .lanuary. 1S84, at

which time he removed to Walla Wulla.
Ijiter he settled at Tlie l)«l|,-s U-uig there
engaged in work on Muddy Creek for three
months and then moved' to I'rairie Citv
where he established his home and contin-
ued to reside until lUOO. While a resident of
I'rairie City he was engaged in the utock
business in which he was very successful,
grazing his stock on the ojM-n" range. He
later removed to Canyon City and lor the
following four years served as deputy sher-
iir of lirant county. In I'JOO he wag'clcctoil
county clerk in which ollice he served for
two years and was then reelected in I'JOs
and served for the ensuing two and one
half years. In January, 1911, ho purchased
a stock interest in the Canyon City Com-
mercial Company, of which "he at o'nce be-
came general manager in connection with
L. Woldenbcrg. To that business .\lr.
Schroeder has since given his entire atten-
tion and has met with gratifying succes.,..
The principal ollice, warehouse and wiles-
rooms of the Canyon City Ci>mmercial Com-
pany occupy a building fifty by seventy
feet, located at a most advantageous point
■ m Main street. The business of this estab-
lishment under the present ellicient inanage-
iiieiit is maintained at the \ery highi-st
standard of commercial operations. It car-
ries a large general stock of merchandise
and is one of the most prominent and suc-
cessful establishments of its kind in this
portion of Oregon. In aildition to his inter-
ests in the Canyon City Commercial Com-
pany, Mr, Schroeder is also a director in
the First National Bank of (irant County,
at Canyon City,

Mr. Schroeder was united in marriage,
March 27. 1001, to Miss Charlotte Illake. a
native of Susanville, (irant county, Oregon,
and the daughter of Mr. and -Mrs. .lohn H.
Itlake. Her father emigrati'd to Oregon in
the early 'oOs and settled in Crant county
in I8G.'> whi're he was engaged in the stock
raising business and was identified with
merchamlising interests at .'^usaiiville. At
the time of his settlement in Ofgiui he was
successfully engaged in freighting mipplie*
to the mines throughout this |H>rlion ■>( ine
state. To Mr. and Mm. Schroeder t«o !,;l
dren have b«'en born, Frances and KIi ■

.Mr. Schroeder is a nienilH-r of the Indi'
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, al«o of the
Nlasoiiic lodgi', ami a memi" - * " " • ''
.•\rch Masons, and of the \'.
World. H- '- ••"•■ "•' 'I'-
ami pro. ' ^

and a ni I •:

rity. He is alwuj" 1" lo- i>-li«>l u|»'ii for
support of every measure lending to tm
prove the ci\ic and moral i-onditiona of the
|H-ople of his county and state.

LORENZO DOW SMITH i« one of the en-
trri'tMitif II ! -.i,,,>««ful farmen* of Coo«
roiiiitv 1 •>! one hundred and sixty

acres i« " the south fork n' the

Coo* river, ten milea up from *'
where he i* engaged in the real -
neKs and bIao in ilairy farming lie w,i<
born Septemhrr 14. IHJO. anrt i« the •on of

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Nathan and Emily (Hobson) Smith, the
former a native of Tennessee and the latter
of North Carolina. The parents emigrated
to Oregon at a very early day, making their
first settlement in Marion county, where
they lived for one year and then went to
Douglas county, settling at Oakland, where
they resided until 1865, at which time they
removed to the south fork of the Coos river
and continued to reside there until the time
of their death. The father was a loyal mem-
ber of the republican party, and in early life
was a member of the Quaker church, but on
coming to Oregon both he and his wife be-
came members of the United Brethren
church. In their family were sixteen chil-
dren: William, who died of cholera while
crossing the plains with his parents in 1852;
Enos and an infant, both of whom died
while crossing the plains; Lydia C, now the
wife of C. W. Dickman, of Portland; Levi,
a resident of Marshfield; Lorenzo Dow, of
this review; Mary E., the wife of Henry
Flook, of Salem; Ellen M., who became the
wife of John G. Flook, of Roseburg, and is
now deceased; Harvey N., of Portland; Alvin,
who is engaged in farming in Coos county;
Henry C, a resident of San Francisco, Cal-
ifornia; John M., deceased; Robert M., also
residing in San Francisco; Charles Lestor,
whose home is on the Coos river, in Coos
county, Oregon; Jesse, also residing on the
Coos river; and Annie Laura, the wife of
S. B. Cutlip, residing on the Coos river.

Lorenzo D. Smith was reared in his fa-
ther's home and received his elementary edu-
cation in the public schools of Oregon. He
remained under the parental roof until the
time of his marriage and in 1889 he estab-
lished his home on Daniel's creek, on a raneli
which he had purchased some years before.
During his residence at his father's home
he was engaged frequently in the logging
business throughout his portion of the state.
On settling on his ranch he engaged in the
cattle business, breeding and raising stock
and also buying and selling stock of every
description, raised in his immediate neigh-
borhood. He also pays considerable atten-
tion to the dairy industry, in which he uses
at present eighteen well selected cows. In
addition to his dairy and cattle business he
is also engaged in the real-estate business, to
which he gives a considerable portion of his
time. His present home ranch, which con-
sists of one hundred and sixty acres located
on the south fork of the Coos river, ten
miles from Marshfield, he purchased in 1900
and has there since continued to reside.

Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss
Rosa M. La Cross, a daughter of Henry and
Roselia (Cutlip) La Cross, the former a
native of Canada and the latter of Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. La Cross were the parents of
one child, Rosa M., whose birth occurred in "
Coos county, this state. The mother closed
her earthly jiilgrimage many years ago and
the father died in 1910. To Mr. and Mrs.
Smith nine children were born: Thomas F.,
E. George and Annie Laura, all of whom are
at home; James D., deceased; and John G.,

Samuel V., Henry H., Florence M. and Dow
L., all of whom are at home.

Mr. Smith is a member of the republican
party and was deputy sheriff of Coos county
for one term. He has also served as school
director and road supervisor. He holds mem-
bership in the Woodmen of the World, and is
a man who has attained commendable suc-
cess in all his business ventures. He is wide-
ly known throughout Coos county and highly
respected for his integrity in all business
matters, and is one of the thrifty and enter-
prising citizens of his part of the state.

CHARLES E. DAUGHERTY. The history
of C. E. Daugherty's early settlement in
Oregon goes back to the days when the stage
coach was the only means of transportation
between western towns, when the great In-
dian, Sitting Bull, was a power on the prair-
ies and when the large herds of cattle had
to be driven by land over the plains to mar-
ket. He was born in Huron county, Ohio,
December 13, 1858, the son of Richard and
Annetta (Baker) Daugherty. The father
was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio
at an early date. He later removed to Mar-
ion county, Illinois, and thence to Kansas in
1870. His wife was a native of New York
state and went to Ohio, Illinois and Kansas
with her husband and in the latter state they
both died, the mother in 1873 and the father,
surviving his wife for many years, died in
1898. They were the parents of eight chil-
dren, five of whom are still living.

C. E. Daugherty was educated in the com-
mon schools of Huron county and remained
at home until he was eighteen years of age,
when he went to the Black Hills, in South
Dakota, and drove a stage from that section
to Carney for some time. He spent the
next four years herding cattle for D. C.
Rankin and in 1883 drove a herd for Sitting
Bull over the Green river trail from Grant
county, Oregon, to Valentine, South Dakota,
taking si.x months to make the trip. He
then went to Oklahoma, where he purchased
sixteen thousand head of cattle for Hunter
& Newman and drove them to northwestern
Nebraska, selling them at a good price in the
markets of that state. In 1890 he came to
Oregon, locating in Marion county, where
he bought a ranch which he operated for
some time, engaging at intervals in the ma-
son's trade, which he had learned in his
youth. He lived in Marion county for three
years and then sold his holdings and bought
a ranch in Linn county, where he remained
for a similar length of time. Subsequently
he sold out and bought a ranch in Douglas
county, where he has since resided. He now
owns an interest in seven hundred acres of
improved land in the Cow Creek valley,
known as the Daniel Levins ranch, situated
on the site of the old Galesville stage sta-
tion. He gives most of his time and atten-
tion to the dairy business and has been re-
markably successful along this line. His
dairy is one of the cleanest and most effi-
ciently equipped in Douglas county and its
products find a ready sale on the market.

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In 1886 Mr. Daugherty was united in
marriage to Miss Etia Jane Fish and they
became the parents of eight children: Archie
C, deceased; William R.; Agra; Laura M.;
Mabel C; Elma; a child who died in infaniv;
and Marj' A. Mr. Daughcrty owns property
in Portland and his family reside there to
obtain the best educational facilities for the
children. He claims Portland as his home
but spends most of his time on the ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Daugherty are devoted mem-
bers of the United Brethren church and have
always been active in the afTairs of that or-
ganization. Politically Mr. Daugherty gives
his allegiance to the democratic party and Is
a lirm iK-liever in its principles and poli-
cies. Although he never seeks public ollice
for himself he takes an intelligent interesi
in local public alTairs, and is a prominent
member of the local lodge ot Odd Fellows.
He is one of the intelligent farmers of tho
district, whose siieiitilic knowledge of the
details of the business is doing so much to
raise the standard of agriculture and to
place it upon a higher level.

CHARLES FRANKLIN McKINNEY. Con-
trolled and owned I'V local interests and
managed bv local m.n, the Harney County
National Hank of Burns. Oregon, stands
for the development of the commercial in-
terests of this section. To individuals,
firms and corporations engaged in legitimate
productive enterprises it assures all the ac-
commodations and courtesies usually ex-
tended by conservative and progressive
banking institutions. Its president and a
dominating factor in its principles and
policies is Charles Franklin McKinney. who
has been connected with this institution
since 1907. Mr. McKinney is a native of
Ohio, his birth occurring in Washington,
Fayette countv. October 15, 1846. His par-
ents were William S. and Sarah (Adams)
McKinnev. The mother was a daughter of
Charles "Adams, a prominent resident of
Favette c<uintv, and a grandson of Joliii
Quincv Adams, the great statesman and
former president of the United Stales.

William S. McKinnev, the father of our
subject, settle<l in Iowa with his family in
1849 The trip from Ohio overland was
made bv team amid the hardships and
dangers 'incident to travel at that time and
in That section of the country. He took
UP a homestead in Marion county, where he
resided until the outbreak of the C'vil war
when he immwliatoly enli-fed m the for-
tieth Town Volunteer Infantry and senre^d
for one year, dying from sickness in 1864.
The homestead which he took up in 1919
remained in the family until the -l^oth °f
hi, wife which occurred in 898. »'•";';
ret.irnrd to Ohio when William >'■ ^ ""'y
went to war, getting money for Iwr journe>
from the sale of her personal elTects.

Charle. Franklin M-Kinney serve, for three
months in the Forty^Fifth Ohio M.li.m und«
Colonel Hinkle and Captain Marks He w«.
taken prisoner, parole,! and returne.1 to
Ol^o l>.n the death of Will mm ^-^^^^"^
ney the family returned to the old home-

stead ill Iowa in the fall of 1S65 where
Charles McKinney remained for live years,
coining to Oregon in 1S70. His life in this
section of the country, then in the process
of settlement, read like a story of western
adventure. It was full of rugged hard-
ships, the perils of war ami tlie fear of
Indian encroachnieiits, and made a constant
call upon the emlurunee and strength of
the pioneer settlers.

lliarles F. McKinney arrived in .Jordan
\'ulley. Baker county! Oregon, and spent
some months in farming in that section.
During the winter he removed to Silver
Citv. Idaho, and in the spring of ls71 went
to "Boulder Creek, California, where he en-
gaged in the lumber business. The country
was wild and unsettled; night and day the
lumber plant was guarded; the Indians were
constantly on the waroalh and the business
was continued amid the dangers and hard-
ships of the primitive settlement. During this
time Mr. McKinney gave much of his at-
tention to mining interests in California and
had manv rough experiences to mark this
time, lie never carried a gun, although he
served two terms as sherilf of Mono ctiunty,
but manv times in the course of his work
was com"pelled to look down the muzzle of
a revolver drawn on him. The times were
primitive and the customs rough and the
man who did hold his own amid the dangers
and hardships of life in the mining camps
had necessarily to possess a rare degree of
coolness and courage. Mr. McKinney re-
mained in California until the fall of 1887
when he came to Harney county. Oregon,
and engaged in the lumber business. He
erected and operated a sawmill nine miles
up a mountain side until 1907 when he sold
out to his son-inlaw, K. E. Purrington.

The year 1887 marked the beginning of
Mr. McKinney 's association with his present
enterprise, the Harney County National
Bank. At that time it was a privotc insti-
tution conducted by X. Brown 4 Son, hut
it was made a National bank when Mr.
McKinney became cnnnecteil with it ond the
name wa"s changed to its present form. He
was elected president, which ollice he has
held since that time. The bank is one of
the largest in the city of Burn-. Its capita
stock IS twenty-six tliousaml dollars and
the surplus on hand i» tl'irty thou>.nnd
dollars. Us deposits amount to three hun^
dred seventy-two thousand seven hundred
ond cightvtwo dollars ond seventy seven
cents It does on nnniiol h.«n and di^cniinl
busincsB of two hun.l, ' thou.ond

eight hundre.1 ond nin 1 nr-^_ ""''

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bonds" and pr- i..unt ench y.

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McKiniiey purchased for his bank and for
the benefit of the community in general,
one hundred Duroc Jersey and Poland
China brood sows, to be distributed among
the settlers on easy terms. The idea is
to encourage the breeding and raising of
hogs and to raise the standard of the breeds.
This is a most commendable movement.

In February, 1868, Cliarles MoKinney was
united in marriage to Jliss Emma Wilson, a
native of Iowa and they became the parents
of two children, Cora, now the wife of E. E.
Purrington, of Burns, Oregon; and William,
who is in charge of the foreign exchange de-
partment of the American National Bank of
Pendleton, Oregon. Mr. McKinney is a
prominent Mason, belonging to the chapter
and the commandery. He is a member of
Blue Lodge, No. 97, of Burns, Oregon, and
is prominent in the Knights of Pythias. Dur-
ing his eventful career Charles McKinney has
made judicious investments and has ac-
quired by his own labor and efi'orts a com-
fortable fortune which he uses liberally to
promote the happiness and prosperity of this
section. He owns valuable timber land on
the Columbia river which has added materi-
ally to his wealth. He is successful in busi-
ness, prominent and public-spirited in public
affairs and genial and hospitable in his pri-
vate life.

JAMES F. HAUN is one of the large landed
proprietors of Oregon, his entire holdings be-
ing in Wallowa county, this state. He is a
native of Platte county, Missouri, where he
was born September 25. 1858, his father be-
ing Wilson Ilaun, His mother, having died
when he was but an infant, has left no
memory wliatever with him concerning her
life. When he was a child eight years of
age his father removed to Kansas and here
the subject of this review continued to live
until he was twenty years of age. In 1878
he left the parental home and, in company
with his brother .Jacob and his brother-in-
law. William McGlenire, emigrated to Oregon,
making the journey across the plains by
wagon. On this long journey across the desert
they were compelled to stop at two different
points and devote their energies and time
to whatever available labor ]n-esented itself
to them in order to supply their company
with funds and food with which to complete
their journey. On arriving in this state they
located in the Wallowa valley and were
among the first of the pioneers to settle in
tliis rich agricultural district. Here they fileil
upon adjoining homesteads two miles north
of Lostine. on the west branch of the Wallowa
river. Mr. Haun continued to reside upon
his homestead for several years, after which
he purchased a farm of three hundred and
twenty acres in the Buttes of Wallowa
ciiMuty. to which he removed ami on which
he remained for three and a half years. lie
tlien returned to Lostine and liought his
present property. Here his wife died April
27. 1900, and immediately following her
death he spent two years in Lostine and one
year in .Ashland, after which he returned to
Lostine. in wliicli plneo he continued to re-

side until 1909. In that year he removed his
buildings to Evans, which at that time was
only a surveyed town site, in which he had
become interested, having purchased the same
in company with Messrs. Couch, McDonald
and Miles. Here he operated a general store
for one year. His landed holdings comprise
twenty-six hundred acres, which he leases.

Mr. Haun has been twice married. He
chose as his first companion in life Miss Ida
M. Hayhurst. of Lostine, Oregon. Her
father, William Hayhurst, passed away in
Iowa, and it was in company with her mother
that she made the journey to this state. By
her marriage she became "the mother of three
children: Roy H., who is a resilient of Evans,
Oregon; .James Ralph; and one who died in
mfancy. On the 12th of June, 1901, Mr.
Haun was again married, his second union
being with Miss Mellie Dodd, of Auburn,
Illinois, by whom he had three children, two
of whom are still living. Joy D. and M. Edith.
Mrs. ilellie (Dodd) Haun" is a daughter of
James E. and Annis Dodd, the former ;i
native of Tennessee and the latter of Ken-
tucky. The parents were married in Illinois
and are both living in that state, where the
father is engaged in farming in Sangamon
county. He has been prominently identified
with the political life of his county, of whicli
he has served for thirteen years as treas-
urer. He enjoyed the distinction of an inti-
mate friendship with Abraham Lincoln. He
is greatly interested in the Masonic craft
and joined that order in 18G3, assisting to
organize several lodges in the state of Illinois.

Mr. Haun is affiliated with the republican
party of his state but has never at any time
been ambitious for political preferment. He
is a member of the United Artisans. He
belongs to the First Day Adventists church,
and his wife is an adherent of the Presby-
terian faith. James F. Haun, being one of
the early pioneers of Wallowa county, had
the wisdom in an early day to take adv'antage
of the opportunity to obtain large land hold-
ings in the very richest portion of the state
of Oregon at a price easily within the reach
of an enterprising man" whose ambitions
might lead him to wealth and independence,
and this he has accomplished in a very high
degree. He has given himself entirely "to the
care of his interests and has not failed to
do his honest part as a citizen in the build-
ing up of all the necessary public institu-
tions required by a well or'dered community
life. He is favorably known throughout the
entire county and is recognized as an unfail-
ing source of help in the advancement of any
measure seeking the moral and social better-
ment of the people among whom he has for
so many years maintained his home.

HARRY L. RUSSELL. Age has seemed no
harrier to success in the case of Harry L.
Russell, for although he has not yet reached
the twenty-fifth milestone on life's journey
he has nevertheless won a place for himself
among the prosperous and progressive busi-
ness men of his locality for whom the future
holds rich promise. The width of the conti-
nent separates him from his birthplace, for

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he was born in Florida, on the 9th of April,
1888. His parents, John and Helen (Strong-
ham) Russell, are natives of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and of Mirhi^'an, respectively,
and were married in Kansas, in which state
they made their home for live years. Later
they removed to Florida where the father
purchased land and planted an orange grove
in the cultivation of which he engaged for
twenty years. At the expiration of that
period he sold his orchard and came to Ore-
gon, arriving in this state in I'JO.'i. He located
at Xorth Bend and later entered the dairy
business on Coos river, in which he continued
for seven years, after which, in 1912, he
removed to California, where he entered the
same business, his time and attention now
being thus employed. His wife also sur-
vives. They are the parents of nine chil-
dren, all of whom are yet living, namely:
Elmer, a resident of North Bend. Oregon;
Lillie, of Oxford, Florida; Willard, of Tu-
lare. California; Walter, of Marshtield, Ore-
gon; Nellie, residing at Fort Meyers. Flor-
ida; Harvey, of North Bend, Oregon; Law-
rence, of Tulare. California; Leonard, also
of that city; and Harry L., of this review.
As a youth of fifteen years the last
named came to Oregon with his parents, and
his education, which had been begun in the
public schools of his native state, was con-
tinued in the schools of Oregon. After
graduating from the high school at North
Bend he pursued a commercial course in the
Modern School of Business at Eugene, and
was thus well fitted bj- training to assume
the duties and responsibilities of business
life. He remained with his parents, assist-
ing his father in his dairy, until his mar-
riage, which occurred when he was twenty-
three years of age, after which he embarked
in the dairy business independently. He
purchased forty-seven acres of land located
on Catching creek about six miles from
Marshtield. on the county road, and there
he is busily engaged in the conduct of his
agricultural and dairying interests. His at-
tention is principally given to the latter
branch and his place is well stocked with
a good grade of cattle. His product finds
really sale on the market for its quality is
well known, cleanliness and sanitation being
the salient elements in the conduct of his
dairy.

Mr. Russell was married, on the 26th of
December, 1911, to Miss Winncfred Rood,
who was bom in Lockport, New York, De-
cember 25, 1890, n daughter of Alve and
Katherine Rood. Mrs. Hiissell. who grad-
uated from high school and also from Al-
bany College, taught school for about a year
and a half at North Bend, and also acted aa
instnictor in a cotmtry school previous to
her marriage. She and her husband are
both atViliated with the I'nited Brethren
church, in the work of which they are deeply
interested, and the political afllliation.s of
Mr. Russell are with the republican party.
The honors and emoluments of office have
no nttrnctiona for him. for he prefer* to
give his undivided attention to his business
vii. m I li

interests, and although he is numbered amonfr
the younger generation of business men in
Coos county, the prosperity which has al-
ready attended his elTorts augurs well for
continued success in the future. He is pos-
sessed of traits of manhood which win con-
tidenee and esteem, and his list of friends
is gradually increasing as his circle of ac-
quaintances expands.

FLECK WESLEY BEYER is the well
known and popular cashier of the Riddle
Slate Bank, of which he was the principal
organizer and of which he has been the
cashier since the establishment of that well
known financial house. He was born in
Kdgewdod, Clayton county, Iowa, on March
9. ISHL'. anil is the son of Henry Fleck and
Alma R. (Fenner) Beyer, both of whom are
natives of Iowa. The paternal grandfather
was one of the early pioneers of Iowa and
in the midst of his active life was killed
by accident, after which the paternal grand-
niiither ri'tiirned with Iht family to Pennsyl-
vania, where her people lived. The mater-
nal grandfather was Nelson Fenner and to
him belongs the distinction of having built
and operated the first creamery in Iowa.
The father. Henry Fleck Beyer, was reared
in Pennsylvania, having removed with his
mother from Iowa to that state immediately
following the death of his father.

He remained in Pennsylvania where he re-
ceived his early education until the age of
eighteen, at which time he and his brother
Jabez returned to Iowa ami there engaged
in the development of a homestead which
had been eiitereil by their paternal grand-
father. Henry F. Beyer, the father of our
subject, remained for twelve years on that
property and was engaged in teaching school
and also in the improvement and cultivation
of the old family homestead. During these
years he had saved a thousand ilollars with
which he engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness in F.dgewood. and continued to devote
his attention to that business for a period
of thirty-three years, during which time ho
also became one of the largest owners and
operators in the creamery business in his
part of the state, owning at one time six-
teen creameries located in various sections
of the country in whii-h he lived. He ii still
identified with the rreamery business, tx-ing
owner of three of the well known estab-
lishments of that kind in thin eoimty. His
initial investment in the creamery business
was the p\irchase from his fntherinlnw.
Nelson Fenner, of the first erenmery built
in the state of Iowa. He hn.« also In-en en-
gaged in the real estate and land bimineai
for many years past and is now the owner
of twelve or fourteen farms located in .'^outh
Dakota and Texas and is also the owner of
properties in Pes Moines and Kansas City.
He is still aetively engaged in business in-
terests and maintains his residence in Kdgp-
wood, Iowa.

Flerk Wesley Beyer was reared in his
parents' home and received his early educa-
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ing the winter terms and was engaged in
work in Pennsylvania during the summer
months. In 1898 he entered Cornell Acad-
emy at Mount Vernon, Iowa, and two years
later became a student of Cornell College,
entering, that institution with advanced
grades from the academy. He completed
the required collegiate course at Cornell and
was graduated from that institution with
the degree of B. S. on June 18, 1903. Dur-
ing liis student days at Cornell Academy
and College he used his spare time in tutor-
ing private students, one of whom was the
son of Leslie M. Shaw, who at that time
was secretary of the treasury. From the
money received while engaged in private
teaching he was able to save five himdred
dollars with which he established the Cedar
Rapids Cream & Butter Company at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, which he owned and operated
until March, 1906. At the time of the open-
ing of the business his father became an
equal partner with him in so far as his
name and bank account were necessary to
carry on the business, but the father did not
share in the profits of the concern. The first
weeks' receipts did not cover the expenses
of the company but within two and a half
years from the time the business was started
it had built up a trade whose volume of
business was more than nine hundred tlious-
and dollars annually. In 1906 Mr. Beyer
disposed of the property and on account of
failing health he spent the following summer
in travel in Old Mexico, after which he re-
turned and entered the law department of
the Cornell University at Ithaca, New York,
where he took a special course under Dean
Huflfcutt who at that time was special coun-
sel to Governor Hughes of New York. The
law studies of Mr. Beyer were cut short by
the unfortunate occurrence of the Dean's
suicide in June, 1907. Immediately after
that Mr. Beyer went down to Old Point
Comfort for rest and recuperation and while
there became interested in the Jamestown
Exposition and took a contract for the de-
livering of all building materials and all ex-
hibits. He complied with all of the terms of
his contract until the exposition opened and
until the following June, at which time he
had exhausted his financial resources, hav-
ing been a loser on his contracts to the ex-
tent of more than one tliousand dollars per
week. In December he returned to his home
in Iowa, where he spent the holid.ays, and in
January, 1907, he started for Los Angeles,
stopping off on his way at Cedar Rapids,
where he attended the consistory of the Ma-
sonic lodge which at that time was being
held in that city, and he there became a
member of that body and took the degree,
after which he coiitinucd on his way to Los
Angeles. He remained in that city for six
weeks and then went to Portland, Oregon,
where he engaged in the real-estate and
brokerage business. In September, 1908, he
returned to Iowa to look after the business
interests of his father, who at that time was
temporarily incapacitated as a result of im-
paired lienlth but at the end of the following
year he liad wliolly recovered from his. dis-

ability and Mr. Be}'er entered the employ of
the Peoples Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. He regards the entering as an employe
of that bank as the real beginning of his
business career, it having been his ambition
from early manhood to be engaged in the
banking business. In March, 1910, he left
Cedar Rapids for Oregon and located at
Riddle, where he at once established the
Riddle State Bank, of which he has since
been the cashier. The bank opened its doors
for business on May 19, 1910, and has since
met with remarkable success. Out of tne
profits of the first eleven months of business
the bank paid all of its organizing expenses
and created a surplus of thirteen per cent of
its capital stock. This showing puts the
stamp of prosperity on the business of the
bank which is now placed by public opinion
among the most successful institutions of
its kind in that part of the state.

Mr. Beyer is a member of the Masonic
lodge of Riddle, of which he is a charter
member, and has helped to organize two
other blue lodges. He is a member of Trowel
Chapter, No. 49, R. A. M., of Cedar Rapids,
and also of Apollo Commandery, No. 26, K.
T., of that city; and El Kahir temple, A. A.
0. N. M. S., of Cedar Rapids. He belongs
also to Cedar Rapids Lodge, No. 251, B. P.
O. E. He affiliates with the republican party
and has been city treasurer of Riddle since
lie first established his residence in that
place. He is also the secretary of the Riddle
Development League, an organization having
for its object the promotion of the business
and material welfare of the city. He is
among the most enterprising and successful
business men of Douglas county and a man
who is devoting his time and attention to
the upbuilding of the city in which he lives.

JOHN ENEGREN is one of the successful
farmers and fishermen of Oregon. His home
ranch and fishing grounds are located seven
miles up the Coos river from Marshfield.
He was born in Wasa, Finland, in 1860 and
is the son of John and Marie (Sophia) Ene-
gren, in whose family were seven children:
John, of this review; Charles, who resides
in Coos county; Edward, Ephraim and
Julius, all of whom reside in Finland;
Simon, who makes his home in Coos county,
Oregon; and Adeline, the wife of Alfred
Westerland, of Bonneville, Oregon.

John Enegren was reared in his father's
home and received his elementary education
in the schools of his native land. He re-
mained under the parental roof until he
emigrated to America, settling at Coos bay
in 1892. The father ten years before had
come to the new world and established his
home at the place above mentioned. He met
death by drowning at North Bend, in 18SS.
Mr. Enegren of this review before coming to
America was engaged in the operation of a
flour mill. On reaching the shores of the
new world and after having efTected his set-
tlement at Coos bay he was there employed
iov one summer on the farm of Ansen Rog-
ers. He later worked in sawmills at Coos
bav for some time, after which he lived on

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rented farms for fourteen continuous years.
He then purchased forty-eight acres located
on the river, seven miles from Marshfield.
near the north fork.

In 1883 Mr. Enepren was united in mar-
riage to Mi.is Ulrika Sophia, a native of
Finland, and to them two children were
bom. John was born October 16, 1884, and
resides with his father on the home ranch.
He received his elementary education in Fin-
land, where he attended the public schools
for some time, and after reaching Oregon
he continued his studies for live months in
the English schools of this country. Edia
Sophia is the wife of Carl Silvcsten, who is
employed in a sawmill at East Side. Oregon,
and they have one child, Signe Sophia. Mrs.
John Enegren, the wife of the subject of this
sketch, passed awaj' in Finland in 1889.
Mr. Enegren is a member of the republican
party but has never allowed his name to be
used as a candidate for any office of public
trust. He is a member of the Lutheran
church and has ever been a devout and con-
sistent communicant of the faith and church
of his early childhood. He is one of the
thrifty and successful dairy farmers of Coos
county and a man whose well known integ-
rity admits him to the confidence of all his
friends and associates.

JOHN JACKSON is one of the many pio-
neer settlers of Oregon who crossed the
plains with ox teams in 1853, took up the
donation claims in this state which were
then offered by the government and oper-
ated, improved and developed them into the
splendid ranches and stock farms which are
the foundations of the greatness of the state
of Oregon. He was bom in Tennessee. .Jan-
uary 25, 1833, the son of Abraham and
Xancy (Hngcrman) .Jackson. The mother
was a native of Germany, while the father's
birth occurred in Tennessee. They removed
to HIinois at an early date and spent the
remainder of their lives in that state.

John Jackson was one of eight children.
He received his early education in the public
schools of his native state and when he was
twenty years old crossed the plains to Ore-
gon. The journey was made under the most
primitive conditions and six months were
spent in traveling from Illinois to Portland,
where .John Jackson first located. The city
was then in its early stages of development.
The inhabitants were few and the municipal
advantages limited. Our subject soon re-
moved to the town of .Jackson, where he
spent a short time before he came to Doug-
las county and located at Canyonville. He
took up a donation claim of one hundred and
sixty acres near this city, improved and de-
veloped it and made it his home for several
years. Later he sold his holdings and went
into the mercantile business, in which lino
of activity he has been prominent and nctivo
ever since. He keeps a full line of jr-^nernl
merchandise and is well eqtiippeil to supply
the needs of a growing community.

In 1864 Mr. Jackson was united in mar-
riage to Miss Mary Rose, a native of Illi-
nois, and they are the parents of five chil-

dren: William, deceased: C. S., who is now
living in Roseburg, Oregon; .John, Jr., prin-
cipal of the Indian schools, at Elbiwood, North
Dakota; Delia, who married Joe Boyle and
hius seven children, Grace, Clifford, Thur-
man, Ruth, Wayne, Lawrence and Conrad:
and Libby, who married A. C. Goodrich and
is now deceased. Politically >[r. .Taekson
afTiliates with the republican party and has
\>een active in its interests all during his
career. He served for some time as county
commissioner and was a member of the town
council for several terms. He is interested
in the educational affairs of his ciuumunity
and has served as a member of the school
Imard. He is a devout adherent of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church and prominent and
active in its affairs. In his business life ho
has been successful in the building up of a
large mercantile establishment, the operation
of which makes constant calls upon his
energy, ability and resourcefulness.

DR. MALCOLM BRONSON, physician and
surgeon of Hood River, was Ixirnin Cincin-
nati, Ohio, Xovembcr I. ISS'J, a son of
Edward M. and Alice (Riley) Uronson. The
father is a native of Oswego, New York,
and the mother's birth occurred in Lafay-
ette, Indiana. The father has been prom-
inently connected with the frafTic depart-
ment of the Pennsylvania Railroad system
for the past twenty-eight years and at
present lias charge of tlio traflic department
of the Norfolk & Western Railway, with
headquarters at Roanoke, Virginia, and
Cincinnati. Ohio. He is a Knights Templar
ilason and a Shriner and is very prominent
in the railroad circles of Cincinnati.

Dr. Bronson was reared at home, acquir-
ing his education at Kenyon College, at
(lambier, Ohio. In 1902 he took up tho
study of medicine, reading under Dr. George
C. Skinner, of Hamilton, Ohio, and in the
fall of the same year he entered the Miami
Medical College, from which he was grad-
uated with the class of 1906. Following
his graduation he served as interne for
seven months in Mercy Hospital at Hamil-
ton. Subsequently he served in a similar
position in the Miami Valley Hospital at
Dayton, Ohio, after which he went to CTii-
cago and took tii) jio.st grailiiate work for
a short time. llelcire deeiiling ilelinitely
where he woillil lorate he tn'^'l'l 'I'rough
the norlhweat for eight nm ^ up

as far a.s Itriti.'th Columbia. -^ ' ' >' did
this country appeal to him lluit in Kebni-
ary, 1909, ne came to Hood River, Oregon,
and in Augiist, after parsing the examina-
tions of the state lK>ard, began the active
practice of medicine in this city, with of-
fices in the Elliott bnililing. About two
months later he formetl n partnership with
Dr. M. F. Shaw, with whom ho is now as-
sociated. They rank at pre«ent among tho
foremost practitioners in Hoo<I River.

In Janiiory, 1910, Dr. Uronson was mor-
ried to Miss Cornelia -Skinner, a daughter
of Dr. Ge<jrge C. Skinner, of Hamilton. Ohio.
He holds memWrship in the Kpi«eopol
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Commercial Club, the University Club of
Hood River, The Dalles Lojge. No. 303, B.
P. 0. E., the Eastern Oregon District Med-
ical Society, the Oregon State Medical So-
ciety and the American Medical Associa-
tion. For some time he has been health of-
ficer of the city. Through the various med-
ical organizations of which he is a member
he keeps in touch with tlie results being
constantly reached in medical science and
his familiarity with the various depart-
ments of materia medica has made hira ex-
ceptionally successful in the diagnosis and
treatment of disease. As a physician he
possesses the necessary qualifications both
as to character and learning to win him an
extensive patronage and make him one of
the most popular and practical of the med-
ical fraternity.

ANDREW HONGELL is one of the well
known and successful farmers of Coos
county, his farm being located six miles from
Marshfield on Catching Inlet. He was born
in Finland in 1866, and is the son of John
and Brita (Johanna) Hongell, both of whom
were natives of Finland, and who died in
their native land many years ago. They
became the parents of five children, two of
whom are still living in Finland. The others
are: Andrew, the subject of this review;
.Jolm. a resident of Salem. Oregon; and
Alexander, who is a resident of Nevada
City, Nevada.

Andrew Hongell emigrated to America in
1889 settling first in Coos county and was
there engaged in the logging camps on Coos
river for eight years. In 1896 he purchased
fifty-five acres of land located on Catching
Inlet in school district No. 12. six miles up
the inlet from Marshfield. He there estab-
lished his home and has since continued to
give his attention to the development and
improvement of liis place. For many years
past he has made a specialty of dairy farm-
ing and also of raising stock for his own
use and for sale in the open market. Twenty
acres of his farm he has brought to a high
state of cultivation and his property is now
one of the best improved and among the
most valuable farms in the district in which
he lives.

Mr. Hongell is a loyal member of the re-
publican party and one of the reliable and
respected citizens of the county in which he
lives. He is also a member of the Lutheran
church and is ready at all times to do his
part to advance and improve the conditions
of the people in his county and state.

C. B. MATTSON is the owner of a highly
<leveloped farm of forty-five acres located
seven miles from Marshfield on Catching
Inlet, Coos county, Oregon. He was born in
Coos county, January 7, 1885, and is the son
of .lohn and Sophia (Stora) Mattson, of
whom a more extended review appears in
another part of this work.

C. B. Mattson was reared in his parents'
home and received his early education in the
public schools of Coos county. He remained
under the parental roof until he was twenty-

one years of age, at which time he started
in life for himself as a farmer on his fa-
ther's homestead. He purchased forty-five
acres of the old home farm located seven
miles up the river from Marshfield on Catch-
ing Inlet and since having established his
residence there he has continued to be en-
gaged in the cultivation of highly improved
property.

Mr. Mattson was imited in marriage In
1906, to Miss Rose E. Harris, a native of
Humboldt county, California, her birth hav-
ing occurred February 8, 1885. Mrs. Matt-
son is the daughter of Captain W. C. and
Amelia H. (McCall) Harris, the former a
native of Nevada and the latter of Cali-
fornia. Her parents lived in California until
1889 after which time they settled in Coos
county. The father for many years was
captain of a boat plying the western Cali-
fornia coast and after settling in Oregon he
operated a boat and also engaged in the
merchandising business. In addition to these
properties he also owned a cheese factory
which he has recently sold. To Mr. and Mrs.
Harris eight children were born, five of whom
are still living: Clarence, a resident of
Sumner, Oregon; Rose E., the wife of the
subject of this review; Myrtle, who is the
wife of John Barker, of Sumner, Oregon;
and Ruth and Wilda, both of whom are at
home. Mrs. Mattson was reared in her par-
ents' home and received her education in
Humboldt county, California, and also in
Coos county, Oregon. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
Mattson two children have been born, Lorin
and Jean.

Mr. Mattson is aflSliated with the repub-
lican party but is liberal in his view regard-
ing political matters. He is one of the well
known citizens of Coos county and numbered
among the most successful and enterprising
farmers of the community in which he lives.

CHARLES P. BISHOP. Success has fol-
lowed the enterprising efforts and determined
purpose of Charles P. Bishop who is asso-
ciated with the Pendleton Woolen Mills, and
is closely connected with the commercial in-
terests of Oregon. He was born in Contra
Costa county, California, September 23, 1854,
his parents being William R. and Elizabeth
J. (Adams) Bishop. The father was born in
Indiana, was educated for the ministry and
became a preacher in the Presbyterian church.
For a number of years he continued active in
the pulpit, but for the past third of a cen-
tury has lived retired. In 1850 he made his
way westward to California, and six years
later came to Oregon. He afterward en-
gaged in farming in that state and for the
past thirty-two years has resided in Port-
land where he still lives retired at the ad-
vanced age of eighty-six years, while his
wife has reached the age of seventy-eight.
His life has been a busy one and has consti-
tuted a forceful element for progress and im-
provement along material, political and moral
lines. He has been a stalwart republican
since the organization of the party and rep-
resented Multnomah county in the state
legislature in 1893. He is also a member of

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391

the Masonic lodge, and in these different con-
nections has become one o( the well known
men of Oregon.

Charles P. Bishop was reared at lionie, ai'-
quirinj; his education in the puhlic scliools,
although his opportunities in that direction
were somewhat limited. He was twenty
years of age when, in 1S74. he started out to
earn his own living, becoming a clerk in a
store at Brownsville, Oregon, where he was
employed for two years. He then served
as a salesman in the store of the Browns-
ville Woolen Mills Company for two years
at Brownsville, and from each experience in
life he learned the lessons it containe<l. and
developed [Hiwer and energy to take up the
succeeding work that devolved upon him.

While thus engaged Mr. Bishop was united
in marriage to Miss Fannie Kay, a daugh-
ter of the late Thomas Kay of Salem, Ore-
gon. Through the succeeding six years Mr.
Bishop was a junior member of the firm of
Class & Bishop of Crawfordsville, Oregon.
dealers in general merchandise. Whatever
he has undertaken he has carried forward to
a successful completion, his determination
and honorable purpose enabling him to over-
come all dilliculties and obstacles in his path.
In 1884 he removed to McMinnville, and
founded the firm of Bishop & Kay. proprie-
tors of a clothing store. During five years
he successfully conducted a good trade in
that connection but in issci sold his interest
in the biisiness and joined Thomas Kay, Sr..
in the building of the Thomas Kay Woolen
Mills at Salem, Oregon. He became a domi-
nant factor in the upbjiilding of the indus-
try, anil in 1891 he purchased the Salem
Woolen Mills store and developed a large
mercantile establishment which is now the
most extensive retail clothing store in Ore-
gon outside of Portland. It is now managed
by Mr. Bishop's eldest son, Robert C. Bishop,
the father however, still owning the business.

In 1907 Charles P. Bishop crossed the ocean
and spent two years traveling in Europe.
On his return he and two sons, Clarence M.
and Roy T. Bishop, purchased the old P<n-
dleton Woolen Mills, erected the present sub-
stantial building, and with new machinery
outfitted one of the most modern plants in
the state, Mr. Bishop becoming president of
the company. His position as a foremost
business man has long been widely acknowl-
edged.

Mr. Bishop gives his political allegiance
to the republican party, and for five years
—from 1H99 until 1901 — served as mayor of
Salem, giving to the city n businesslike ami
progressive administration that brought
about various needed reforms and improve-
ments. He belongs to the Pendleton Com-
mercial Club, the Commercial Club of Port-
land and the Commercial Club of .Salem, thus
taking an active interest in all that tends
to advance business conditions and promote
public progress in the state. He likewise
holds membership in the lUihee. a social club
of Salem, and is widely known in various re-
lations, commanding in all the respect, con-
fidence and goo<l-will of those with whom he
has been brought into contact. His business

interests hare been of the most important
character, contributing to public progress as
well as to individual success, and yet he has
not limited his activities to commercial and
industrial interests alone but has cooperated
in those wide fields of labor which touch the
general interests of society and promote the
welfare of humanity at large.

HENRY KAINO is one of the successful
dairy farmers of Coos county, located on
his highly developed ranch of twenty acres
off Catching Inlet, where he is engaged in
the operation of a well known dairy farm.
He was born in Finland in 1859 and is the
son of Leander and Louise (Mattson) Kaino.
both of whom were natives of that country.

lleiiiy Kaino. an only child, was reared
in his parents' home and received his ele-
mentary education in his native land. At
the age of ten years he was employed on
one of the farms in Finland and in that oc-
cupation continued until 1879, at which time
he emigrated to America, settling first in
Michigan, where he was engaged for one
year in the lumber woods. Later he worked
as a farm hand for one year, after which
time he removed to California and there
found employment in the lumber business
for one and one-half years, when he removed
to Astoria, Oregon, and there engaged in fish-
ing for one season, after which he returned
to California. He remained in the Golden
state for one year and then removed to
Oregon, settling in Marshfield, where he waa
engaged in business for two years. Becom-
ing an employe in one of the lumlwr camps,
near Marshfield he continued to devote his
attention to that occupation until isg.l, at
which time he purchased twenty acres of un-
improved land located off Catching Inlet.
The land at the time of his purchase was .i
wild swamp covered with brush and forbid-
ding as a place upon which to establish a
home and engage in agricultural pursuits.
He, however, was not deterred by the ap-
|)earance of the property and. having tin-
will and ambition to make for himself a de-
sirable home, he at once improved his prop-
erty and lias continued so to do until lie im
now the owner of one of the most productive
and valuable farms in his section of the state.
In the operation of his place he makes a
specialty of dairying, having at |>resent ten
dairy cows.

On October 31, IBS.";. Mr. Kaino was unitcti
in marriage to Miss Mary Wiklund. who was
Ixirn .March 5, 1«(>0, ami is a daughter of
.Matt and Mary K. (Stora) Wiklund, in
whose family were ten children, four of
whom are living, namely: Alfred, who re-
sides in Finland: Mary, now Mm. Henry
Kaino; Helen, who is the wife of John
Weaver, of British Columbia, by whom she
hns two children, Carl and I/eonard: ami
Tilda, who resides in Morshfielrl. To Mr.
and Mrs. Kaino four children were bom:
Henry .\lbin. Who was Imrn March 1. 18S7,
anil died December 10, I«S7; EIna .Iiilin
Mary, bom February Ifi. 1891. who in at
home with her parents; Walter Henry, bom
February l-i, 1893, who also resides at

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

home; and Edith Helen Elizabeth, born
March 30, 1895, who is a student in the
high school at Marshfield.

Mr. Kaino is affiliated with the republican
party and has served as school director for
two terms. He belongs to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife
are members of the Lutheran church and
the children have all been confirmed in that
faith. Mr. Kaino is one of the enterprising
and successful farmers of Coos county and a
man whose success in life is due entirely to
the faithful attention he has given to the
conduct of his affairs.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NICHOLS is one
of the many men actively engaged in the
cultivation of the soil, the raising of high-
grade stock and in the operation of a fruit
ranch, which industry is doing so much to
make southern Oregon a wealthy and pros-
perous section. He was born in Douglas
county, January 11, 1872, the son of Israel
B. and Isabel (Riddle) Nichols, the former a
native of Ohio and the latter of Illinois.
The father came to Oregon in 1853 and took
up a donation claim in Douglas county,
married in this section and died in 1893 •
upon his holdings. The mother died in 1892.
In his family were twelve children, ten of
whom are living.

Benjamin F. Nichols received his early
education in the public schools of Douglas
county and remained at home until he was
twenty-one years of age. He then began
farming and stock-raising and was so suc-
cessful in this line that he is now the owner
of two hundred and eighty acres of culti-
vated and improved farm land and a large
herd of graded cattle in the Cow Creek val-
ley, near Riddle. He is also the proprietor
of large fruit orchards and in this branch of
his activitj' he takes a keen and intelligent
interest. He is well versed in the details
of fruit cultivation and has a scientific
knowledge of the care of apples, prunes and
berries. His fruit is of fine quality and his
harvests grow more abundant every year.
He has recently added to his activities by
the purchase of a livery barn in the village
of Riddle. This he operates with great busi-
ness ability and common sense and is rapidly
making a success in this line proportionate
to his prosperity in the purely agricultural
field.

On January 9, 1896, Mr. Nichols was
united in marriage to Miss Lenora Yar-
hrough, a daughter of George W. and Emma
- (Brown) Yarbrough, former residents of
Josephine county, who are now living in
Douglas county, Oregon. The father of Mrs.
Nichols was born in Missouri and the
mother in Washington county, Oregon. The
former came to Oregon in 1844 with his par-
ents when he was only four years of age.
They settled in Linn county and afterwards
moved to Josephine county. The mother's
parents came to Oregon in 1843 from Mis-
souri and settled in Washington coimty,
being among the earliest settlers and pio-
neers in Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols are
the parents of three children: Lenora Mil-

dred, who was born June 15, 1898; Stilley
R., born September 1, 1900; and Ruth Jane,
born August 7, 1906.

Mr. Nichols has always been active in
local political afl'airs. He is a consistent re-
publican and a firm upholder of the prin-
ciples and policies of that party. He has
recently been nominated for representative
from his district and has held the position
of county stock inspector for six years. He
is a member of Riddle Lodge, No. 136, I. 0.
0. F., and has filled all the chairs in that
organization. He belongs to Roseburg
Lodge, No. 47, K. P., and is a member of
the Grange at Riddle. He is an intelligent,
active and broadminded man, well versed in
all matters pertaining to his life's occupa-
tion, able in politics, capable in business and
well beloved by his many friends.

JUDGE THOMAS F. FLOYD for many

years has been one of the active and highly
respected citizens of Josephine county. He
was born in New York, April 26, 1837, and
is the son of Heathcoat and Lucy S. (Tozer)
Floyd, both of whom were natives of New
York. Judge Floyd was reared in his jjar-
ents' home and received his elementary edu-
cation in the public schools of the district
in which he lived. He remained under the
parental roof until he was twenty-eight
years of age and at that time he emigrated
to Oregon and in 1855 settled in Josephine
county, where he filed upon a government
homestead, which he improved and cultivated
for a number of years, after which he dis-
posed of that property and removed to
Kerby, where he now lives a retired life.

In 1860 Judge Floyd was united in mar-
riage to Miss Julia Briggs, a native of New
York, and to that union four children were
born: George and Lucy, both deceased, the
former of whom passed away in 1904 and the
latter in 1894; Harriet; and Thomas F.
Judge Floyd is a member of the republican
])arty and, for many years was one of the in-
fluential men in the councils of that political
organization. As a representative of that
party he was elected to the ofiice of county
judge, in which he served the people of
Josephine county for four years. He also
served as school commissioner of that
county for a period of four years. He is a
member of tlie Masonic fraternity and also
belongs to the Odd Fellows lodge. Judge
Floyd is one of the highly respected citizens
of his portion of the state of Oregon and
has always contributed his influence and as-
sistance to the advancement of every public
measure having for its object the improve-
ment of the people in his state and county.

CHARLES T. JOHNSON is widely known
throughout his portion of the state as one of
the successful fishermen of Coos bay. He
was born in Coos county, Oregon, in 1876,
and is the son of Stephen F. and Mary E.
(Gibbs) Johnson, the former a native of
Denmark and the latter of the Willamette
valley, this state. The parents celebrated
their wedding in Curry county and later the
father with his familv removed to Coos

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393

county, where he has since continued to be
engaged in farming and also in tlie dairying
business. He lias bci-n the owner of exten-
sive real-estate holdings in his portion of
the state, having recently sold two hundred
and forty acres of choice agricultural land,
and still owns one hundred and sixty acres
upon which he now resides, which he has
brought to a high state of cultivation. In
his family were live children, of whom four
are still living, namely: Charles T., of this
review; Mrs. Laura G. Counts, of Grants
Pass; and Emily K. and Kachel C, both of
whom reside in I'ortland.

Charles T. .Johnson was reared in his par-
ents' home and received liis early education
from his mother, supplementing this by dili-
gent study and reading. He was the first
white child born within ten miles of his
parents' home and his playmates were In-
dians. He remained with his parents until
he was fifteen years of age. at which time
he started in life for himself and was en-
gaged for a brief period as a farm laborer.
He afterward took up the occupation of a
fisherman and to that business he has since
devoted his entire attention, maintaining his
home and the headquarters of his fishing
operations at Empire, on Coos bay.

In January, 1911, Mr. Johnson was united
in marriage to Mrs. Kittie Lanagon, a widow.
By her first marriage Mrs. Johnson became
the mother of live children, Elmer, Artie,
Joseph, Mary and Seth. She was reared in
her parents' home and received her early
education in the public schools of Coos county'.
Charles T. Johnson is one of the successful
men in his line of business and is well and
favorably known among his associates for
Ilia habits of industry and the strict integ-
rity of his business transactions.

HENRY ALBERT RASOR. The banking
institutions of a city reiiuire as their otliccrs
and directors thoroughly honest men. They
are institutions of so much weight in a
community and of so much financial impor-
tance that the characters of the men who
form their policy and direct their move-
ments must be honorable and upright to n
high degree. A bank official of this kind is
Henry Albert Rasor, now vice president of the
Kiddle State liank, to which position he was
elected four months after its organization.
He was born in ColTey cDunfy, Kansas, Feb-
ruary 9, 1867. the son of David and Amanda
(Chambers) Rasor, the former a native of
<1hio and the latter of Indiana. His parents
moved to Kansas in ISfiO and lived there
continuously until the time of the father's
death with the exception of four years' resi-
dence in Roseburg. Oregon, where they re-
siiled on account of the failing health of
David Rasor. When he returned to Kansas
in 1900, for the purpose of closing out his
affairs and removing permanently to this
state, death overtook him. His wife survived
him for three years, dying in Aberdeen,
Washingtiin. in 190."!, where she had been liv-
ing for some time with a son.

Henry Albert Rasor was reared at home
and attended the public schools of Kansas.

He remained in that state until ho was
twenty-one years old and came west to
Washington in 1,S88. Here he spent six
months in a logging camp at Grays Harbor,
removing from there to Westport, Oregon,
where he took up a preemption claim of one
hundred and sixty acres. This ho sold one
year later and came to Roseburg, where he
took <ip a timber claim and followed the oc-
cupation of timber cruising for three years.
I'pon the death of his father lie refurneil to
Kansas and settled up the estate. While ho
was in Kansas, Mr. Rasor was married to
Miss Minnie O. Hefner on the 28th of De-
cember, 1892, and returned with his wife to
Oregon, where he spent one year logging in
Grays Harbor. The death of his inotlier
obliged him to return again to Kansas, where
he spent four years Icmking after the in-
terest of the estate. Later he engaged in
various lines of activity until 1902. when he
came to Riddle, Oregon, and settled on a
farm two and a half miles from town. He
engaged in the occupation of general farming
for eight years, making a remarkable suc-
cess of this line of business and acquiring
large tracts of land. He still owns throe
hundred and fifty acres, which he keeps
under cultivation. In 1910 he moved into
the town and was one of the leading factore
in the organization of the Riddle State Hank,
with which institution he is now connected.
Four months after the foundiition of the
enterprise Henry A. Rasor succeeded U. F.
Nichols as vice president and in this position
he is now serving. He is active in other
commercial lines in the city and is well and
prominently known in various enterprises.
He is owner of the Riddle opera house and
he built the Pacific Highway Garage, which
he now operates.

Politically Mr. Rasor gives his allegiance
to the republican party. He takes an intel-
ligent interest in local affairs and lias served
for one year as a member of the town coun-
cil. He belongs to Riddle Lodge, A. F. &
A. M., and is jirominent in the Modern Wood-
men of America. There is hardly any lino
of business or social activity in Riildle with
which he is not prominently identified. He
has a keen business instinct which makes
his judgment of the value of an investment
sound and discriminating and his advice is
often sought and followed.

WILLIAM LACKSTROM is successfully
engaged in farming on his highly improved
ranch consisting of one hundred and llvo
acres locatM ofif Catching Inlet near County
Landing in Coos county. He was Imrn in
Finlanil. April II, IHfiO, and is the son of
Leander ami lireta (V'itick) Lackstrom,
both of whom were natives of Finlanil, and
to tliem twelve chihlren were bom, four of
» hum died in early life, and ono son Victor
is bI"o il ^nued. The others ore: Han-
nah, who residei in Finlanrl; William, the
subject of thi« review; .lohn. who is a resi-
dent of Seattle, Washington, and the father
of three children; ond Otto. Ina, Verner and
Scnnc, all of whom are residents of Finland.

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William Lackstrom was reared in his par-
ents' home and received his early education
in the schools of Finland. At the age of nine-
teen years he emigrated to America, settling
in Marshfield, where he \earned the carpen-
ter's trade and for some years was engaged
at work in the shipyards at Marshfield. In
1911 he purchased one hundred and live acres
of highly improved land located off Catch-
ing Inlet, in Coos county, and has since
given his entire attention to mixed and dairy
farming, having at present seven dairy cows.

Mr. Lackstrom was united in marriage to
Miss Selma Stora, of Finland, on August 9,
1889. She is the daughter of Carl and
Louisa (Stora) vStora. To the parents of
Mrs. Lackstrom twelve children were born,
of whom only si.x are still living. .John is
a resident of ' Marshfield, Oregon. Matt is a
resident of North Bend, Oregon, and the
father of three children. Sophie married
John Mattson. of Coos county, Oregon, of
whom a review is published in another part
of this work and they are the parents of five
children. Hannah is the widow of Victor
Lackstrom by whom she has one child. Hil-
ma, who completes the family, married Con-
rad Hajquist, of Marshfield, Oregon, and they
have one child.

Mr. and Mrs. Lackstrom are the parents of
five children, namely: Rudolph, who was
born July 24, 1891, and resides in San Fran-
cisco, California; Arthur, deceased; Albin,
born May 25, 1898, who is attending school;
Elvira, born December 21, 1903, who is also
attending school; and Ferdinand, born April
3, 1907, who completes the family.

Mr. Lackstrom is liberal in his political
views, giving the benefit of his support to
the party which in his estimation represents
the best interests of the people. He is a
member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
and he and his family are members of the
Lutheran church. He is one of the success-
ful dairy farmers of his portion of the state
and a man held in high esteem by his friends
and associates.

J. M. MITCHELL for many years has been
one of the substantial citizens of Wallowa
county, in this state, owning at present one
of the most highly improved farms all under
irrigation within one-half mile of the city of
Joseph. He was born in Lafayette county,
]\Iissouri, November 18, 1848, and is a son
of Frederick and Rebecca (Hill) Mitchell,
both natives of Appomattox county, Virginia,
where they were married. Shortly after this
event the family removed to Mis,souri and in
this state maintained their residence until
1852. In that year Frederick Mitchell, tak-
ing his family with him, crossed the plains
to Oregon, making the journey with horses
and oxen. The long {rip consumed seven
months of that memorable year. On reach-
ing this state he made his first settlement
in Milwaukie. Multnomah county, in Novem-
ber. 1S52. He brought with him across the
plains sixty-four head of cattle and on reach-
ing his destination had the misfortune to
encounter one of the most severe winters
.ever known in this part of the Pacific coast.

the snow being two feet on the level all over
the valley and ranch lands during the greater
portion of the winter. His splendid herd of
sixty-four head of cattle when spring dawned
upon him had dwindled to a small bunch of
eight half-starved animals with which to
establish his intended stock industry. In
1853 he removed to Douglas county and
there continued to reside for the succeedino-
ten years. Closing out his interests in thil
county at that time he removed in 1863 to
the Grande Ronde valley. Union county
where he spent the remaining davs of his
life. His wife pa.ssed to her reward in the
land beyond in the year 1886 and he passed
away in 1887.

James M. Mitchell was reared at home and
acquired his education in the pulilic schools
of this state. At the age of twenty-one he
began life for himself, his first business ven-
ture consisting in the purchase of agricultural
land at Cove, in Union county. Here he at
once engaged in farming and the cattle busi-
ness In 1879 he filed upon a desert claim
in Wallowa county and later, fearinc the
title was not perfect, he relinquished" this
claim and preempted open government land
one-half of a mile east of Joseph, to which
place he removed his family in 1880. He
still owns this ranch togethe'r with fifty-five
acres which he subsequently purchased and
he is also the owner of a one hundred and
sixty-acre timber claim. His home ranch
consisting of two hundred and fifteen acres is
all under a complete and well established
irrigation system, affording an ample supply
of water for his stock, orchards and diversified
farming. On this place he continued to live
until 1894 and in that year he removed to
Joseph, where Mrs. Mitchell purchased the
hotel property and for the succeeding fifteen
years conducted the well known Mitchell
Hotel. This hostelry is one of the most
famous institutions of its kind in the north-
eastern portion of this state. Mrs. Mitchell
being a woman of rare business ability with
special qualifications as a hostess succeeded
in making this hotel an establishment little
short of famous both for its equipment and
management as well as the generous treat-
ment accorded the traveling public. The
Mitchell Hotel was known to be a place where
the best was always to be obtained at a
reasonable price and where the weary traveler
could find lodging and rest "without money
and without price, anchored under the lee
of the generous friendship of its far-famed
proprietress." Since 1894 Mr. Mitchell has
been extensively engaged in contracting and
construction work, giving special attention
to ditching and grading. In 1910 he secured
the contract for the construction of the city
waterworks of Joseph and in that year in-
stalled the present water plant of this city.

.T. M. Mitchell was united in marriage to
IMiss Mary A. Boothe. of Grande Ronde val-
ley, in the year 1870, his bride being the
daughter of Rev. L. J. Boothe, who ci-ossed
the plains and located in this state in 1865.
To Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell have been born
seven children, si.K of whom are living: Fred
W., who resides near Midvale, Idaho; Anna,

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the wife of L. E. Caviiicss, of Joseph; Her-
man, eiii,'ay«d in ranching near Joseph; Meiiry,
living on thu lionie ranch, wlio is cngafieil in
farniini;; and stock-raising; Welton, also at
the home ranch; and Guy E. living with his
parents at home.

Mr. Jlitchell is a member of the democratic
party, following the standard of that j>oliticaI
organization in its national and state cam-
paigns. He is a puMic-spirited citizen, well
known throughout the county as one of its
most enterprising men and at all times ready
to give the benefit of his inlluence to any
measure seeking the advancement of the best
interests of his state and community.

SAMUEL T. MOTHERSHEAD. In the
year 1S49 when the famous California gold
fields were discovered, when the country
thrilled with stories of the sudden transfor-
nuition of poor laborers into men of millions,
when the air was tilled with the clang of
pick and shovel, Willis F. Mothershead set
out from his home in Louisville, Kentucky,
and traveled overland by team until he
reached California. Here he remained five
or si.K years, made his fortune and removed to
Missouri where he engaged in farming a tract
of land five miles from De Soto, in that state,
and dieil in 1907, at the age of seventy-four
years, Willis Mothershead was the father
of Samuel T, Mothershead, the subject of this
review, who is a prominent resident of Burns,
Harney county, Oregon, where he is engaged
in the real-estate and abstract business.

Samuel T. Mothershead was born in De
Soto, Missouri, September 23, 1872, His fa-
ther, at that time had returned from Cali-
fornia and with his wife, Melissa (Wiley)
Mothershead, was residing on the farm in
Missouri. The father, a democrat, was
prominent in this section and took an ac-
tive pan in political matters. He worked
hard for the benefit of the party, was a dele-
gate to many state conventions and a leader
of the party in De Soto, although he never
sought office for himself, Sanuud T. Moth-
ershead was the youngest of four chihlren.
He received his elementary education in De
Soto and came west in .Fanuiiry, ls02, lo-
cating immediately in Burns. He had learned
the trade of printing and his first occupation
in this city was in that line. He later
founded the paper called the Burns Times,
which he operated in partnership with >f.
Fitzgerald, one of the earliest white settlers
of Harnev valley. Mr. Fitzgerald's duties as
a soldier" had brought him west and as he
liked the life there and was interested in the
development of the new country he remained
at (amp Harney. He was a man of more
than ordinary ability and under his direction
the paper which the two partners operated
was remarkably successful. They sold out
at a KOf>d profit, after two yi-ars and their
peri<><lical was combined with the Burns Her-
ald and is now jiublished under the title of
the Times Herald. .\ short time afterward,
Samuel T. Mothershead accepted the posi-
tion of deputy sheriff, serving under A. J.
.\lcKinii<m for 'six years, Mr. .MeKinnon wn.i
later killefl by an insane man whom he had

assisted in taking to the asylum. This man
followed Mr. MeKinnon to California, upon
his release from the a.sylum, and took his life
ill that state. After his e.xperience as deputy
sheritr Saraiud Mothershead served two
years as deputy assessor and in l'J04 was
elected county clerk. He waa elected to this
ollice three times and has the distinction of
being the lirsl oHice holder in Harney county
to serve three consecutive terms. When he
gave up his duties as county clerk he engageil
in the real-estate and abstract business which
is his present occupation. His business is
extensive in both its branches. He is a keen
judge of the value of land and his invest-
ments have always jjroved judicious. He
takes a marked interest in his abstract de-
partment and has a complete set of abstracts
of the county. He kci'ps these thoroughly
up-to date and his business along this line is
increasing year by year. He is known as
the pioneer in this line of activity in the
county.

On September 21, 1898, Mr. Mothershead
was united in marriage to Miss Ella K, Swain,
a daughter of A. S. Swain, a pioneer of Har-
ney county and a prominent resident of this
city. Our subject and his wife became the
parents of three children: Mildred, who died
in 1908, at the age of eight years; John S,,
and Frank C.

-Mr. Mothershead is a thirty-second degree
Mason, a member of Blue Lodge, No. 97, and
of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is
a member of Oregon Consistory, No. I, and
the Portland and Al Kader Temple. He is
secretary of the A. F. & A. M. lodge, is
prominent in the Knights of Pythias, and is
likewise, an active member of the Wood-
men of the World, He is a worthy citizen
of Burns, active in politics where his inllu-
ence is always given to a worthy cause and
he is well known and widely iiopular in its
social life,

MONROE MULKEY. One of the pioneer
agriculturists of Polk county, whose lalmr
for manv years contributed toward the de-
velopment "of this section of the state, was
Monroe Miilkey, He was born on n farm in
Cass county, .Mis.souri, on the 11th of .lanii-
ary, 18.19, and is a son of Thomas and Sarah
(Carpenter) Mulkry. The father was of Cer-
man extraction but" the mother was descended
from a long line of New England ancestor*.
They were married in Missouri and there the
father engagi'd in fanning and also pri-achcd
in the Christian church until the ipring of
1817. On the 1st of April, of that year, with
his wife and family, he »tarted across the
plains to Oregon, The journey was ma<le
with wagons and ox team*, and oiir subject
assisted in driving a llork of sheep, which
were the first brought into the slate of Ore-
gon, It was a long, hard trip and on Christ-
mas day they cam|>e(l at the fiMit of Mount
Hoo*!. They remained there for two weeks
ond then storfed orross the mountains. This
was consid'-red to lie practirally impossible,
no one ever having l»een known to attempt
the trip in midwinter with an ox team. It
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the way being fraught with danger, but they
were true pioneers and already worn with the
long journey were anxious to reach their des-
tination. They made the passage without
any mishap of a serious nature, and located
temporarily on the Clackamas river, nine
miles from Oregon City. The hardships and
exposure incident to the trip and their mode
of living was not without its effect on their
health and the following spring the father
succumbed to mountain fever. Soon there-
after the mother with lier family drove to
Yamhill county, settling on the present site
of McMinnville. Here two years later, in
1S50, she was married to R. J. Lamsfield,
who had crossed the plains in 1846. Eight
children were born to Mr. and Jlrs. Mulkey,
as follows: Zerelda; Cyrenus; America;
George, who died at Walla Walla in 1S62;
Monroe; Hamilton; Emily and William. All
of the family accompanied the parents on
their removal to Oregon -with the exception of
Zerelda, who was married and remained in
Missouri until 1S52. Mr. and Mrs. Lams-
field had two children. May Ellen and Rob-
ert W., who were still in their early youth
when the mother passed away at the age of
forty-five years.

There was no one upon whom the hard-
ships of pioneer life inflicted greater self-
denial than the ambitious young people who
accompanied their parents to the northwest,
realizing that thereby they cut themselves
off' from practically all educational advan-
tages. Of such as these was Monroe Mulkey,
who received very little schooling after leav-
ing his native state at the age of eight
years. In common with other youths on
the frontier his services were required at
home, especially as his mother was a widow
and the family was practically dependent
upon him and his brothers for support. He
remained on the farm until he was eighteen
at about which time he was married and
began working for himself. His bride was
yet younger than he was, but they were
strong, healthy and energetic and had no
fears for the future. They began their do-
mestic life on a farm, their home being a log
cabin fourteen feet square. After residing
there for five years they removed to what is
now known as one of the finest and most
valuable ranches in the county. This con-
tained five himdred acres of very fertile
land, and here he engaged in general farm-
ing and stock-raising until 1877. In the
latter year they came to a place near Mon-
mouth that contained one hundred and thirty-
three acres. Mr. Mulkey 's undertakings
thrived and he prospered, becoming known
as one of the substantial ranchmen of this
vicinity. In his later years he lived retired in
Monmouth, having a competence that, to-
gether with the income from his property,
provided him with all of the necessities of
life and many of the luxuries.

In 18.")8 Mr. Mulkey was married to Miss
Margaret Garrison, a native of Missouri and
a daughter of Abraham H. and Margaret Gar-
rison, who crossed the plains in 1846, passing
their last years in Yaniliill county. To Mr.
and ilrs. Mulkey seven children were born:
L. D., who is on the old lionu^stead; Nora,

who is living in Oregon; Samuel A., a dentist
at Sheridan, this state; Wilbur, who is living
in southern California; and Alice Amanda,
Rosalie and Marion, all of whom are de-
ceased. Mrs. Mulkey passed away in 1885
and Mr. Mulkey was later married to Mrs.
Sarah Martin, who crossed the plains in
1875. He died May 11, 1912, after an illness
of only a few days.

Mr. and Mrs. Mulkey reared their children
in the faith of the Christian church, in which
they held membership. In politics he was a
republican, and although he was never an
oflice seeker, during the greater part of his
active life he was road supervisor in his dis-
trict. Mr. Mulkey's residence in the state
of Oregon covered a period of sixty-five years,
during which he witnessed a wonderful trans-
formation as pioneer conditions have been
swept away by the introduction of modern
comforts and conveniences, bringing the fron-
tier of fifty years ago into connection with
the world's great centers.

ROBERT E. SMITH is the well known and
popular cashier of the First Trust and Sav-
ings Bank of Roseburg, Douglas county, Ore-
gon, and is one of the leading and infiuential
citizens of his part of the state. He was
born in Jlinneapolis, Minnesota, February 11,
1876, and is the son of Emery T. and Anna
J. (Demmon) Smith, the former a native of
Kennebunk Port, Maine, and the latter of
Montpelier, Vermont. The paternal grand-
father, Robert S. Smith, was a well known
lumberman and shipbuilder and the maternal
grandfather was a lawyer and the first at-
torney of St. Anthony, Minnesota which later
became the city of Minneapolis. The father
celebrated his marriage in Minneapolis, at
which place he settled with his parents when
a young man and at the time of his marriage
was engaged in importing silks. In 1907
Emery T. Smith, the father of the subject of
this review, established his home in San
Francisco and was t
importing business.

Robert E. Smith was reared in his parents'
liome and received his early education in the
public schools of Minneapolis. After passing
through the lower grades he was graduated
from the high school in that city and after-
ward pursued a course of study in the State
Agricultural School at Minneapolis. He then
began work in the lumber woods of the north-
west and was for some time the assistant
manager for the Brooks Scanlon Lumber
Company of Minneapolis. In 1907 he came
to Roseburg intending to engage in the tim-
ber business but as conditions were not fav-
orable at the time he changed his plans
and bought out the Douglas Abstract and
Trust Company of which corporation he has
since been the president. In May, 1910, he
organized the First Trust and Savings Bank
of Roseburg of which he has since been the
cashier and is devoting his attention largely
to the banking business. Professionally he
is a civil engineer, surveyor and attorney at
law.

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tracts of timber land in Oregon and Cali-
fornia.

Mr. Smith was united in marriage Octo-
ber 2, laOG, to Miss Sibyl E. Kiiykendall,
of Eugene, Oregon, a daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Kuykendall. Her lather, is one of the
prominent physicians of this part of the
county. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith two chil-
dren have been born: Dorothy A. and Robert
\V. K.

Mr. Smith is a member of Laurel Lodge,
A. F. & A. M.; is a thirty-seoimd dej;ree Ma-
son and a Shriller. He is the lecturing knight
of Rosebur^ Lodg«. Xo. 326, B. V. O. E., is
past council commander of the Woodmen of
the World, and a member of Rising Star
Lodge, I. 0. 0. F. He is the president of the
Oregon Title Men's Association and is also
president of the Hoy Scouts' Association. He
is likewise a member of the Roseburg Com-
mercial Club, of which he served as vice
president in I'Jll. and is the secretary of the
Roseburg Park Fair Association. He gives
his political allegiance to the republican
party and is a member of the Pilgrim Con-
gregational church while Mrs. Smith Is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church of
Roseburg. Robert E. Smith is placed by pub-
lic opinion among the iiilluential and leading
citizens of Douglas county and is a man
whose character and business integrity en-
title him to be niimlHTcd among tlie most de-
sirable and useful citi/ciis of the state.

JAMES J. DONEGAN. A native of Ore-
gon and for many years prominently identi-
lied with its political and commercial life, is
James J. Donegan, assessor of Harney
county and active in real-estate circles of this
citv. He was born in Jacksonville. Jackson
county, Oregon, August 2U, 1S72. His parents
were Patrick and Margaret (Lynch) Donegan,
both natives of Iielaml. His father came to
America alxjut 1S53 and went to San Fran-
cesco, California, by way of the Isthmus of
Panama. From there he went to Crescent
City, California, where he remained for some
tim"e. Later he came to Oregon by mule team
and located in the mining camp at Sterling.
where he engaged in his trade of blacksinith-
ing until he removed to Jacksonville upon
its founding, in lS.').->. He opened a little
blacksmith shop and did an increasing busi-
ness there, remaining in the camp until his
retirement from active life in 1910, when he
went to San Diego, California, where he now
resides. Mr. Donegan, of this review, was one
of a family of eight children, four of whom
are still living. When he was twelve years
of age his father married for the second time,
his si'cond wife being Mary Fleming, a native
of Ireland, whither Patrick Donegan had re-
tiiriiid in the late '70s for a visit.

James J. Donegan received his early educa-
tion in the public schools of Jacksonville and
is a graduate of the local high school. He
settled in Harnev county in 1889 and re-
maineil there for' one year, after which he
returned to his native city. His father at
that time owned a large tract of land on the
Roene river and Mr. Donegan and his elder
brother Hugh, now a civil engineer of Son
Kr.in.i*<ii. traveled to their father's holdings

and engaged in the occupation of sheep ranch-
ing until 1894, when he again went to Har-
ney county and located in Hums. There he
operated a saloon business until I'.IOS, giving
up that occupation upon his election to the
ollice of county assessor, in which capacity
he has served for four years. In 1911 he be-
came associated with Samuel Mothershead,
in the organization of a real-estate, insur-
ance and abstract business and he has re-
tained this connection ever since. The firm
has ollices in the .Masonic Temple and are
doing a satisfactory and constantly increas-
ing Dusiness. They represent some of the
best old line companies in the state and have
gained a reputation for capable business
methods.

Mr. Donegan was married on the ;iOth of
August, 1896, to Miss Margaret Smith, a
daughter of .John Smith, who with his lather
was murdered by the Indians during the up-
rising of the Hannocks who were later joined
by the Piutes. Mr. Donegan and his wife
became the parents of five children, one of
whom died in infancy, the others being: Car-
men, who is now a student in the public school
of Burns; Patrick Hugh; James D., deceased;
and Frances Mary. Mr. Donegan is one of
the most popular residents of the city of
Burns. He is a member of Portland Lodge,
No. 142, B. P. 0. E. He helped to organize
the Native Sons of Oregon and was the first
president of the Harney county branch. As
county assessor he has made a record for
clean, upright and successful policies. He is
a fluent speaker and this (piality has aided
him materially in his public life. He never
allows personal prejudice to interfere with
the conduct of the allairs of his ollice and no
hint of anything unworthy or dishonorable
has ever been attached to his name.

JOHN C. STRONG, who for the past four
years has bren engaged in dealing in farm
implements and vehicles at Myrtle Point, has
gained a creditable position among the enter-
prising young business men of Coos county.
He was born in .losephine county, this state,
.November 14, 18S4, and is a son of U-wia and
Catherine (Winier) Strong, in whose family
were twelve children of whom the f<dlowing
nine are now living: James F.. a farmer re-
siding at Mvrtle Point; .Iac<d) W., also of the
same place;" Lncv, the wife of E. W. Jones,
of Mvrtle Point," Henry A., of Myrtle Point;
I>ewis >L, who is engnged in the maimfac
ture of cheese at Arago, Oregon; Viola, the
wife of Seldon Warner, of Myrtle Point: Al
berta, the wife of William J. Floyd, of River
ton, Oregon; Alice, the wife of C. I.. Neil, of
Ruckles. Oregon; and .lohn C, of Ihi.i review.

Th"' last naiiifd stiirtol in the business
worhl for himielf at the age of eighteen yiam.
Ills fath'-r was a duiryiimn and .lohn C. Strong
was reareil upon the home farm and througli
the period of his teens worked for his father.
When eighteen years of age he began working
for his brother on a ranch and a year later
he rented a tract of land of one hundred and
••ightyseven acres, which he cultivated for
a year. He then bought a forty acre form,
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end of wliich time he sold out and joined his
t'atlicr in tlie implement and vehicle selling
business in il3-rtie Point. Four years have
been devoted to this undertaking and his
labors have been crowned with success, owing
to his close application, his unfaltering energy
and his wisely directed efi'orts. His political
allegiance is given to the democratic party
but he does not seek nor desire office, pre-
ferring to concentrate his energies upon his
business affairs. He has always lived in Ore-
gon, is imbued with the spirit of progress
which has brought the state to its present
condition and his interest in its welfare is
manifest by active cooperation in movements
for the development and advancement of
the count}' in which he lives.

On the ilth of September. 1907, Mr. Strong
was united in marriage to Miss Maud P.
Clinton, a native of Oregon and a daughter
of R. J. and Mary (Carter) Clinton. They
became the parents of two children: Dorward
E., who was born September 20, 1909; and
Ernest E., whose birth occurred October 23,
1910. The family is well known at Myrtle
Point and their circle of friends is a con-
stantly increasing one.

JESSE MOORE, deceased, long occupied a
prominent place among the honored residents
of Umatilla county. For nearly sixty years
he lived in this county, coming from Missoviri
when but eleven years of age. He is remem-
Ijcred as an upright and sincere man who
knew no higher motive than duty and who did
not hesitate to cast his lot on the side of
right and justice. He was born near James-
town, Missouri, February 16, 1840, and was
left an orphan at an early age. He came to
Oregon in 1851 with two uncles, crossingi the
plains to the Willamette valley with ox
teams. They located near Sheridan but
shortly afterward one uncle returned to Mis-
souri and a few months later the other one
died, thus leaving Mr. Moore a stranger in a
strange country. He worked for his board
until after he was sixteen years of age.
Amid the environment of pioneer life he.
when still a youth, became acquainted with
the hard labor which the early settler en-
dured. The opportunities for education were
limited and in his case consisted principally
of attendance at the country school for a few
months under a teacher whose accomplish-
ments were limited to reading and writing.
After he was sixteen years of age he began
to work and received as his first wage a
horse and saddle. The following year he be-
gan freighting from The Dalles to Baker
City and was thus engaged for two years.
Hy careful saving and the exercise of much
restraint in providing himself with the com-
forts of life he succeeded in accumulating
sullicient capital at the end of that time to
purchase a half interest in a pack train con-
sisting of sixteen ox teams and a trail wagon.
After making one trip he purchased the en-
tire outfit and conducted it until he w'as
twenty-two years of age. At that time, in
1802, lie located on the present home ranch of
one hundred and sixty acres at Butter creek.
He secured this i)ioperty in exchange for ten

tons of hay, a saddle, a horse and one hun-
dred dollars cash. At that time tlie nearest
neighbor was over sixteen miles distant. Mr.
Moore added to the tract until at flie present
time it comprises two hundred and forty
acres. As he irought this property under a
good state of cultivation he took up a home-
stead claim of one hundred and sixty acres
and purchased sufficient adjacent territory to
bring tlie property up to a tract of four hun-
dred and eighty acres. He owned another
ranch two and one-half miles further up the
river. This property is well improved and
adapted for both agricultural pursuits and
horse raising. He kept only a very high grade
of race horses and received for his runniii.n
horse I^eanington. the sum of three thousand
dollars. He also raised cattle and draft
horses but not so extensively. His was one
of the first pieces of property to be irrigated,
a fact which showed his belief in adapting his
agricultural methods to the progress of the
times. The first irrigated land there being
one hundred and sixty-seven acres was put
under to alfalfa. Mr. Moore's death occurred
October 29, 1910. At that time few agri-
culturists of Umatilla county had met with
a success equal to his. and the appearance of
his property and the extent of its yields
jirovcd the wisdom of his judgment in adopt-
ing all practical and modern methods in his
pursuits.

Mr. Moore was married on the 2,'jth of
October, 1882, to Miss Avarilla Mitchell,
whose birth occurred near Gaston, Oregon,
May 2, 1859, and who died on the 17th of
October, 1895. She was a daughter of John
A. Mitchell, a pioneer of Missouri. To their
union five children were born: .Jesse Franklin,
whose birth occurred in September, 1883, and
who died August 14, 1901; Celia I., who was
born February 10. 1886; Kate Irene, born
September 4. 1887; Mabel I., who was born
July 20, 1890, and who is now the wife of T.
W. Harris; and Hiestand Mitchell, whose
birth occurred December 25, 1892.

In politics Mr. Moore gave his support to
the republican party and in religious faith he
was a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church. He also held membership in the
Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mr. and
Mrs. Moore were willing and active supporters
of all methods, social or otherwise, tending
to promote the moral and intellectual interests
of the community, and as their lives were
thoroughly upright and honorable they were
recognized as worthy and useful representa-
tives of the best class of citizenship in this
region.

ABNER RIDDLE, prominent in agricul-
tural circles in Douglas county, where he
owns and operates extensive ranches and
prune orchards, is one of the earliest settlers
in the state of Oregon, where he has been
located since 1851. He was born in Illinois.
October 29, 1841, a son of William H. and
Maximilla Riddle, both natives of Ohio,
who came to Illinois after their marriage
and in 1851 crossed the plains to Oregon
with ox teams. They came in the party of
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months upon the journey. They located in
Cow Creek valley, where the father took up
a donation claim of three hundred and twenty
acres and lived upon his holdings until the
time of his death. He was the father of ten
children, six of whom are still living.

Abner Riddle came to Oregon with his par-
ents in 1851. He was living in this state at
the time of the outbreak of the Civil war
and enlisted in Company C. First Oregon
Cavalry, on January 10, ISIU, and served
four years, receiving his honorable dis-
charge at Vancouver in January, 1865. He
returned to Douglas county and settled on
the farm where he now lives. He gradually
added to his holdings until he had three hun-
dred and seventy- five acres but has sold and
given to his family all but one hundred and
thirty-seven acres of land, mostly under cul-
tivation as prune orchards. He has always
been intensely interested in the scientitic de-
velopment of agriculture and never allows
any new discovery along this line to escape
his attention. His prune orchards are among
the most valuable in Douglas county and
his harvest increases every year.

In January, 1866, Abner Riddle was united
in marriage to Miss Alice C. Rice, a daugh-
ter of Harrison Rice, who came to Oregon
from Illinois at an early date and died in
this state. To Mr. Riddle and his wife were
bom six children: Ernest D. ; Maud A., who
is the wife of Louis Grant, the postmaster
of Riddle; Grace I., who married 0. V.
Logston ; Blanche A., who is a school
teacher; Claude A., at home; and Lena, a
high-school graduate, who is yet under the
parental roof. Mrs. Abner Riddle died in
1903.

Abner Riddle has always voted the repub-
lican ticket and has been actively interested
in the political aflfairs of his district all dur-
ing his life. He served two terras as county
commissioner and was a member of the
school board for many years. He is a de-
vout adherent of the Baptist church and is
one of the tnistees of that institution. He
has been prominently connected with the de-
velopment of his section for many years and
is the brother of John B. Riddle, from whom
the town of Riildle received its name. The
fruit ranches and stock farms of Douglas
county are among the most ■ important
sources of its wealth and .Abner Kiddle has
been a prominent tignn' in thi'ir develop-
ment for many years.

CHARLES R. FRANKLIN i» one of the re-
H|Hitid and proniiiiiiit litizens of Elkton,
Douglas county. lie lia.s been Identilird with
the expansion of the states of Oregon and
Woshington liine his early youth and has
Wen a contributing fonp in the growth of
this section of the country. Me was born in
Walla Walla. Washington. September 10,
1S59, and is the son of Ceorge B. and Olive
(Whitel Franklin. His father was a native
of New York. »Kirn April 22. 1819. The
mother's birth occurred in *)hio on the 5th
of August, in the same year. George B.
Franklin made the journey from Ohio to the
nurtliwest three times, traveling with ox

teams. His first trip was made in the early
days and his last in is.lit. In the interval
between his second and third journeys he
went east and returned In Washington by
Panama and up the coast by train to Walla
Walla. He was a millwright by trade and a
skilled worker in wood, and many of the
mills throughout the Pacific coast country
are the products of his hands, lie also diil
much work in the mines. Iiuilding shafts, and
installing ei|uipmeiif, gaining hi^ ri'putatinn
for mechanical skill in this direction, lie
traveled extensively over the country in this
way and commanded a high salary. He is
still living at the age of ninety-three years
and resides in Dayton, Oregon, where he is
numbered among the representative and
prominent citizens. His wife passed away
August 26, 1891.

Charles Franklin was reared at home and
acquired his education in the common
schools of his native state. When he was
twenty years of age he went to Boise City,
Idaho, where for some years he followed the
occupation of sawmilling, which he had
learned under the instructi<m of his father.
At the end of that time he went to the
Oregon coast and worked at logging in the
lumoer woods near the Coquille river. He
was married in 1S90 and remained in Coos
county for six or seven years foUowing. At
the end of that time he was sent to Alaska
as manager of a crew of men working for
the Ford & Stoakes Salmon Canning Com-
pany of Astoria. He made a success in this
line of work where his talent for organiza-
tion and his power of controlling subordi-
nates were valuable as.scts. He remained in
Alaska for one season and then returned to
Coos county, where he sold his property and
removed to The Dalles. His parents were
then living in that section, where his father
was operating the Fifteen Mile House lo-
cated twelve miles from the city. In 1892
Mr. Franklin established his residence in
Douglas county, locating in Elkton where he
has since resided and has been identified with
some of the most important commercial en-
terprises here.

On November 29, 1890, Mr. Franklin was
united in marriage to Miss Anna Halter, a
native of Nebraska, who came with her pa-
rents, John and Elizabeth (Epp> Halter, to
Oregon in ISSQ. To their union have b<»on
Iwirn three children: Ethel, who i.^ nowa
teacher in the Douglas county district
schools; Edith, who is following the same
profession; and Gladys, who lives at home.
.\lr. Franklin is a republican, lie helongx to
Elkton I^Klge. No. f,.!. A. F. A .\. M., and Elk-
Ion Lodge. Nil. I'.l'.'. I. n. n, F. Ili» wife nllil-
iates with the Mi-thodist Episcopal church,
lie has sought success along the roa<l of hard
wf)rk and persistent lnlw>r. He has not found
the path a royal highway hut has achieved
liis end by worthy and honorable methods.

E. B. WATERS. The history of the settle-
ment iti any new section of a country is a
record of harri work amid the hardships and
dangers of primitive conditions. The pioneers
of l>regon, men of sturdy and courngeous

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

spirit, capable of battling with elementary
conditions, the qualities which made them suc-
cessful and gave to this country the rich and
prosperous state, are active in the second gen-
eration and are making the commercial in-
dustries in this state factors to be reckoned
with in the development of American re-
sources. Mr. E. B. Waters, county clerk of
Burns, Oregon, is of the second generation. He
is a native of the state, having been born in
Harrisburg, Linn county, Oregon, November
8, 1863. His father was A. W. Waters, who
came west from Iowa in 1852, He crossed the
plains with ox teams this being the general
method of travel in those days. He settled
first in California, afterward came to Jose-
phine county, Oregon, and later to Harrisburg,
Linn county. In 1870 he moved to Umatilla
county, then to La Grande, Union county,
where' he engaged in the stock-raising busi-
ness for a short time. In 1875 he bought a
newspaper in Salem, Oregon, The Statesman,
which he conducted with great ability and en-
terprise for two years. In 1876 he was ap-
]iointed United States marshal and moved to
Portland, but retained his interest in The Sa-
lem Statesman. He held the office of marshal
until ISSO and when his term expired was
elected state senator from Multnomah county.
In this office he remained until he came to
Harney county in 1884, where he made his
home for nineteen years. He was admitted to
the bar there, and practiced law in Burns from
1SS4 until 1903 when failing health compelled
him to retire from active life and thus lie lived
at Weiser, Idaho, until his death in 1906 at
the age of seventy-three years. In 1862 he
was made captain of a volunteer militia com-
pany. The troops were assigned to the duty
of protecting the citizens of the community
from Indian depredations. Mr. Waters served
as captain until the close of the war when he
received his honorable discharge.

E. B. Waters, the subject of this sketch,
was one of five children. He received his pri-
mary education in the public schools of La
Grande and was graduated from the high
scliool at Portland, Oregon. He learned the
printer's trade and followed it until 1884 when
he came to Harney county. For some years he
engaged in ranching and stock-raising here
and had considerable success in this line of
work, abandoning it in 1899 to accept the
position of postmaster, in which capacity he
served for six years. In 1910 he was elected
to his present'position of county clerk.

During his mature life Mr. Waters has
been prominent in the Knights of Pythias,
but beyond this has no fraternal affiliations.
He is well known in this section of the coun-
try as an exemplary citizen and a capable
olilcial. Ills friends' and admirers are num-
bered among the most prominent and im-
portant residents of Burns, His record in
Imsiness life has been an excellent and
worthy one and has been unmarred by any
hint of dishonor or corruption.

S. W. NOAH. A native son of Oregon
and one whose family history is intimately
connected with the stirring events of pioneer
settlement is S. W. No;\h. now in active

operation of one hundred and twenty-four
acres of ranch land in Coos county. He was
born in Olala, Oregon, when that state was
still a territory in the section which is now
known as Douglas coimty, on the 3nd of Jan-
uary, 1859, His parents were John and
Mary M. (Jones) Noah, the former a native
of Iowa and the latter of Indiana. His ,
mother came to Oregon with her parents in
1852 in the caravan drawn by ox teams, of
which Jacob Jones was the captain. The
train started from Northfield, Indiana, on the
15th day of March, 1852, and reached The
Dalles, Oregon, on the 19th of September, in
the same year. Of the number of people
who started on the journey forty-six reached
The Dalles and four died on the plains, Lydia
Jones, Mrs, Sarah Jones, Mrs, Lewis Jones,
and Mark Dugan, succumbing to the hard-
ships and perils of the pioneer journey. The
caravan consisted in all of ten wagons. It
was composed of the following people:
Jacob Jones and his wife and five children:
Harvey, George, Henry, Lydia, and Mark;
Mr. and Mrs. George Jones and five children:
Susan, Elizabeth, Mary, Nancy, and Joseph;
John Jones, his wife and three children:
Caroline, Emeline, and Margaret; Ike Jones,
his wife and six children; Mr. and Mrs.
Abraham Jones and their two daughters:
Sarah Jane, and Mary Ann; Lewis Jones,
his wife and child, David; D. Imbler, with
his wife and three children: John, Sarah,
and Emily; George Shirts, his wife and two
cliildren: Samuel Jones; Jesse Davenport:
.James Richardson; Mark Dugan; and Nel-
son Knight. The mother of our subject
spent her first winter in Oregon at the home
of Dr. John McLaughlin of Oregon City and
in the following spring came to the present
site of Roseburg where she joined her father
and the remainder of the family. She lived
at home with her parents until December
18, 1857. The father of our subject came to
Oregon in 1853, making the journey by the
southern route. He settled first in Douglas
county and shortly afterward enlisted in the
American army and served during the In-
dian war for six months and eight days. It
was he who delivered the dispatch to the
soutliern battalion at Whiskey Run contain-
ing the conditions of the battle and a few
days later the war Avas ended as a result of
his bravery and activity. He received his
honorable dischargee at the end of the war and
in 1S57 married and followed farming and
freighting for a number of years thereafter.
In 1872 he moved to Coos county and en-
gaged in the logging business which he fol-
lowed until his death, December 22, 1901, at
the age of sixty-eight years. His wife sur-
vived him until September 21, 1907, dying
a.t the age of sixty-five years, eight months
and seventeen d.ays, Mr. and Mrs. John
Noah were the parents of fifteen children,
thirteen of whom are still living: .Joseph
L., who is now deceased; S, W,, the subject
of this sketch; Alice, the widow of G. W,
Yoakum, who is deceased; Viola, deceased;
^larietta, who makes her home in Portland,
Oregon; Story, of Butte City, Montana; Mrs,
Ilattie Musson of jNIarshfield, Oregon; Mrs.

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405

Elizabeth Condron ol" Marshfield; Edward
and Fred, both of whom reside in Allegany,
Oregon; Alonzo, who lives in Vuncouvcr.
Washington; Mrs. Kronholm of Marshfield,
Oregon; Mrs. Louise Summers, who lives in
Prescott, Arizona; George, who now makes
his home in Allegany, Oregon; and Lorenzo
of La Grande, Oregon.

Mr. Noah received his early education in
Douglas county and pursued his studies
until he was nineteen years of age. He
then started active life for himself, working
in a lumber mill and he has the distinction
of having cut the first timber in Douglas
county that was felled with a saw. He fol-
lowed various lines of occupation until lOOO,
when he bought one hundred and twenty-
four acres of farm land on Coos river In Coos
county which he now operates as a dairy
ranch. He gives his personal attention lo
the supervision of his holdings and his dairy
is one of the finest and most efficiently
equipped in this section of the country. Mr.
Noah is at the present time state game
■warden of Oregon and has served in this ca-
pacity with great success for the last six
years.

Mr. Noah was united in marriage to Miss
Stacy Ellen Watson. Mrs. Xoah's parents
are both dead. Her father passed away in
Missouri and her mother's death occurred in
Douglas county. Oregon. Mrs. Xoah died
October 19. 1910, and is buried in the Coos
River cemetery. She was the mother of two
children: Wesley, bom December 25, 1885,
and who is now a licensed gasoline boat cap-
tain; and Ollie. born in 1884. who also re-
ceived a hlgh-schonl education and is now
the wife of D. C. McKay, of Coos River.

Mr. Xoah Is a reiuihllcan and a firm be-
liever in the principles of that party and is
an Intelligent thinker on public issues
although he has never sought public office.
We holds membership in the Wooilmen of the
World and this Is his only fraternal aflfiHa-
tlon. His life reaches back into the early
days of pioneer settlement and he can still
rememl>er many of the hardships and priva-
tions which the citizens of that early time
were obliged to undergo. It Is no longer an
Oregon frontier. The next generation In that
state will be as rich In the comforts of
civilization as are the citizens of any other
section of America; yet in their hearts and
influence their lives will always be the
memory of their forefathers, "the brave who
pushed their way into the western wilds and
molded o\it of flie chaotic struggle of pio-
neer life, civilization, society and govern-
ment."

I. R. LAURANCE of the Iklah Mercnn-
tlle Compiiny, was bom In Prairie City,
Grant county, Oregon. He is a son of Is-
ham anil .\nna (Whittler) I.nnrnnce. the
father a native of Xorth Carolina and the
mother of Maine. Isham Laurnnre was one
of the pioneers of Oregon. He crossed the
plains in the early '.lOs and went north
where he settleil in the Willamette valley
for a short time, but soon afterward re-
moved to Grant county and there spent the

remainder of his life. For a number of
years he was engaged In ranching but later
he became Identified with the milling busi-
ness, operating a grist mill for several years
which was located four miles from Prairie
City. Subsequently he I'Utered the mercan-
tile business and also became Interested in
extensive mining properties. At the time
he located In Grant county he was a poor
man, but through thrift and energy he rap-
idly gained financial resources which later
helped make him successful. Politically he
was a democrat but he never sought public
ollice and fraternally he was aflillated with
the Inilepen<lent Order of Odil Fi-llows. He
died in May, 1910. at the age of seventy-six,
being survived a little more than a year by
his wife, who passed away in June, 1911.

The mother, Anna V. (\Vlilttler) I.au-
rance, came to Oregon about the year 1S75,
going to the home of her sister in Grant
county. She was a school teacher, having
followed that profession in her native state
and also later in Minnesota. .Shortly after
her arrival in Oregon she married Mr. I,au-
rance wlio at that time was engaged in the
mercantile business. She was a great help
to him in his oflice work and also assisted
him materially in his business.

I. R. Laurance was reared under the pa-
rental roof and received his eiliication in the
public schools of Oregon. While attending
high school In Portland a large fire, in Prai-
rie City, which destroyed half the town,
burned down his father's mercantile store
and he was forced to return home. The fol-
lowing year, however, he returned to Port-
land and completed a business course. He
then assisted his father in the mercantile
business for a year and a half, and in 1905
came to Uklah where he purchased the mer-
cantile business of C. A. Despain, which
he operates under the firm name of the
I'kiah Mercantile Company.

In UiOs Mr. Laurance married Miss Lola
Sturdivant, who is a daughter of .loseph
Sturdivant, a prominent ranchman residing
three miles from I'kiah. To Mr. and Mrs.
Laurance one child, Sheldon M., has been
born.

In politics 5Ir. Laurance is a republican,
and he has served as postmaster of I'kiah
for five years. Fraternnllv he Is identified
with the "Pendleton Lodge, "No. 28s. II. P. O.
E. He is one of the progressive bu«ine«s men
of Umatilla county, and is a popular and
well liked merchant.

PETER ULAM. The large fruit orchards
of noutliern Kregon arc rapidly rovering
many thousands of acres. The amount of
land under cultivation in apple, pnine and
pear ranches is increasing yearly ami is l>e-
conilng one of the chief sources of wealth in
this section of the country. A man prom-
inent In this line of activity and one who
has I)een Identified with it for a great many
years is Peter flam, now the owner of ex-
tensive fniit orchards in Douglas county. Ho
was born in Iowa. Febni«ry 12. isno. a son
of .1. C. and Sarah (Hire») Ulam. the former
a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of

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Scott county, Iowa. In 18G6 they went to
South Dakota, where they remained for four
years and in August of the year 1870 came
to Oregon. They located fir.st near Rose-
burg, where they remained for eight years
and then moved near Canyonville, where the
father died four years later. He was sur-
vived by his wife until July 28, 1903, in
wliich year her death occurred. They were
the parents of three children: Ada, the
wife of John Thomas, of North Yakima,
Washington; Peter, of this review; and .Jen-
nie, who married Peter Clemens, of Burns,
Oregon.

Peter Ulam received his early education in
the public schools of South Dakota and
Oregon and remained with his parents until
he was twenty-two years of age, when he
went to Harney county and engaged in the
horse business in that section for five years.
At the expiration of this period he returned
to Douglas county and bought the ranch of
eighteen acres upon which he now lives. Be-
sides this tract of land, which he has en-
tirely under cultivation as a fruit ranch, he
is also the owner of two hinidred and forty
acres of land in the same district. Mr.
Ulam is a practical farmer and has improved
and cultivated his holdings for many years.
He is well versed in the science of fruit
farming and the quality of his product and
the abundance of his harvests increases
every year.

Mr. Ulam has been twice married. In
188,3 he wedded Miss Matilda Worley and
they became the parents of two children:
Georgia, the wife of Wendell Wright, of
Roseburg; and one who died in infancy. Mr.
Ulam's first wife died on November 28. 1886.
Three j'ears later he was iigain married, his
second union being with Miss Etta Butler, a
native of Illinois. They are the parents of
four children: J. C. Clay. Peter, Jr.. and
Addie Clifford, all of whom are living at
home.

Mr. Ulam gives his political allegiance to
the democratic party. He takes an intel-
ligent interest in local ])ublic affairs but
has never sought office for himself. He is a
member of Riddle Lodge. A. F. & A. M.. and
of Azalia Lodge, No. 136, I. O. 0. F., and has
filled all the chairs of the latter organiza-
tion. He is well and prominently known in
his district and has gained a reputation for
the practical and scientific manner in which
he operates his fruit farm.

PHILIPP MEIER. Among the worthy and
representative citizens of Sublimity is num-
bered Philipp Meier, who is the proprietor
of an excellent hardware and implement
store and a blacksmith shop. He was born
in Kunten. Switzerland. September 27. 1S55,
the son of Martin and Barbara (Westein)
Meier, both of whom were natives of Kim-
ten and spent all their lives there, the father
being a fanner by occupation. They were
the jiarciits of three chililr<>n: One wlio died
in infancy: Bertha, of Switzerland; and
Philipp. of this review.

The last named was educatcil in the com-
mon schools of Switzerland and learned the

trade of blacksmith. In 1886 he came to the
United States and located at Mount Angel,
Oregon, where he worked at his trade for
twelve years, after which he removed to
Portland and was engaged in blacksmithing
for eight years. Subsequently he came to
Sublimity and started a blacksmith shop
and two years later added an implement and
hardware store. He now has an excellent
store and blacksmith shoji with eight lots
in connection and a fine residence on the
same.

In 1884 Mr. Meier wedded Miss Mary
Waser, who died in 1899, leaving three chil-
dren: Edward, who is in business with his
father and is married to Mary Kentz; and
Rosa and Mary, both of Portland. In 1901
Mr. Meier was again married, his second
union being with Miss Rosa Buergi and they
have become the parents of four daughters,
Anna. Bertha, Theresa and Martha. In his
political views Mr. Meier is independent and
in casting his vote he always considers the
man who is best qualified to fill the office.
He and his family are members of the Cath-
olic church, and fraternally he is identified
with the Catholic Order of Foresters and
with the Swiss Order in Portland. Energetic
and honest in every connection and having
the good will of all who know him, Mr.
Meier is very successful in both lines of his
bvisiness.

H. S. JORY, who passed away January 4.
1912, was for many years identified with the
business interests of Salem, as a dealer in
fruit driers. He built up an excellent trade
in the face of difficulties and obstacles which
would liave utterly discouraged many a man
of less resolute spirit, and he based his suc-
cess upon the sure and stable foundation of
honorable and persevering effort. He was
born in St. .John, New Brunswick, on the
28th of November, 1833, coming of a family
of English origin, his parents being James
and Mary (Stevens) ' Jory, who came to
America from England in 1831 after their
marriage. They located in New Brunswick,
where they resided for six years before re-
moving to St. Louis, Missouri. Sul)sequcntly
tlicy removed to Pike county, Illinois, and
lived there ten years before settling in Brown
county. Illinois. Having heard much of the
possibilities which the far west offered, they
set out in 1847 to cross the plains with ox
teams. They came direct to Oregon and
located near Salem upon a donation land
claim of six hundred and forty acres. The
log cabin which they erected for their home
was covered with a cliipboard roof and had
puncheon floor and door. They resided here
until their deaths. To them ten children were
born, two of whom survive. Thomas and
William.

After receiving his education in the com-
mon schools IT. S. Jory assisted his father at
home luitil he was twenty- one years of age.
At that time he learned the carpenter's trade
and later patented a fruit drier. He en-
gaged in promoting the sale of his drier and
was manager of the firm of H. S. Jory & Son,
manvifacturers of fruit driers and fixtures.

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The l)U»iiiesa has constantly grown in impor-
tance and it is now one ot tlie important
industrial and commercial concerns of the
town, while its owner l)ecame one of the sub-
stantial residents of Salem. He proved hin
worth in many public connections and his
fellow townsmen, recognizing his ability and
loyalty in citizenship, frequently called upon
him for various public services.

On .January 27. 1SJ7, Mr. Jory was married
to Miss .Mary Muild. whose birth occurred in
I'ike county. Illinois, in .lanuar.v. l,s::7. and
who is a daughter of Aaron and Phoebe Uudil.
Two of Mr. Jory's brothers married two sis-
ters of his wife. To Mr. and Mrs. .Jory live
children have been born: Charles, who is a
resident of ."stockton, California; Oliver, who
is in business with his father; (;)scar. who
died in infancy; and Alfreil and Ualpli. de-
ceased. The two last named were drowned in
the Willamette river.

In politics Mr. Jory gives his support to
the prohibition party during his later years
but in early life was a republican. He served
as justice of the peace for four years. He
was a member of the (!ood Templars and
held membership in the Methodist church of
Salem, to which his wife also belongs. Be-
cause of his lung residence in Oregon he wit-
nessed much of the growth and upbuilding
of Salem and this part of the state. His close
application in business and his excellent man-
agement brought him a good competence, and
he was thus alile to leave his family in com-
fortable circumstances.

MRS. ANNIE HONAN, who resides in La
Grande, has lived in Oregon for many years
and owns valuable property in the city and
in the (Iranile Itnndc valley. Her circle of
friends is an extensive one and the hospital-
ity of the best homes of this section is freely
acioriled her. Mrs. Honan was born in Eng-
land, anil when a young lady of nineteen
years accompanied her father to the United
.states in ISGfi, settling in Portland, Her
lather remained in this country, however,
but a short time and then returned to Eng-
land. Mrs. Honan, however, continued to
reside in the U'lrthwest and in ISfiO became
the wife of ( leorge Coggan. al.so a native of
England, who in early manhood came to the
new world. He eros.sed the plains and set-
tled on land in the Willamette valley, where
he farmed for a few years and then removed
to the t;rande Itunile valle.v. There he en-
gageil in raising horses and for nine years
operated a stage line between Monticello and
olympia. a distance of more than one hun-
dred miles. He afterward leased portions
iii the line, while he turni'd his attenticm to
business interests in Portland, for a time
conducting the St. Charles Hotel.

In the year ls78 serious Indian troubles
occurred and Mr. Coggan went to I.a fJrande,
svberice he was summoned to Pendleton by
C.eneral Hi>ward. who wished to se>' him on
business, .\ccordingly he set out for Pen-
dleton in his bugfry. and at Meacham over-
took the stage. o\ving to the alarming re-
ports eimcerning the Indians, the driver re-
fusel i.> make the journey to I'mntilla. stop-
VoLin— 17

pin^ at Jleacham. Mr. Coggan therefore
with two companions, Messrs. Hunker and
Foster, set out on horseback, proceeding
safely on their way until within six miles
of Pendleton, when they were attacked by
the Indians with the result that .Mr. Coggan
and .Mr, Hunker were both badly woimded,
the fornu-r surviving his injuries for but a
brief tinu-. .Mr. Foster, escaping, hurrieil on
to Pendleton and the next morning startled
out with a rescue party to bring hack Mr.
Hunker and also the remains of Mr. Coggan.
I pon reaching the place where the three
nuMi hail encountered the Indians they found
(leneral .Miles, who had come with troops
from Walla Walla, lighting the Indians over
the remains of .Mr. Coggan. It w as well he had
come, as Ceneral Howard had taken his troops
away that morning, not waiting for Mr. Cog-
gan, and leaving the whole country and
every one at the nu'rcy of the Indians, who
went on the war path as .soon as he had gone.
The red men were captured and White Owl.
the Indian chief who had shot Mr. Coggan,
was tried at Pendleton, convicteil of murder
and hung for his crime.

Three years later, or in 1SS1, Mrs. Coggan
became the wife of Dr. .Michael llonan, a
native of Ottawa, Canada, who was gradu-
ated from the Hellevue Hospital Medical Col-
lege of Xew York city. He was not only a
physician of superior scientilic attainments
liut also a gi-nlleman of wide general culture
and accomplishments, speaking lluently a
number of languages. Following their mar-
riage Dr. and Mrs. Honan spent several
years in travel, visiting France.. Italy and
England. Dr. Honan passed away in 1890
and since his death Mrs. Honnn has been suc-
cessfully managing her extensive property
interests. Having long resided in Oregon, she
has a wide acipiaiiitance in the state and is
held in high regard by all who know her.
She possesses excellent business ability and
under her capable control her properties are
continually increasing in value. Her social
iiualities are of a most attractive character
ami win for her a constantly increasing cir-
cle of friends.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN SWARTZ. The
farming interests of Douglas county are well
represented by A. L. Swart/., now engaged
in general agriculture one and a half miles
north of the town of Kidille. He was Nim
in Marion county, Oregon, on February a.'i.
IHtirf, and is one of the oldest native sons of
this stale. Ilis parents were Alonzo and
.lulia (.Matthewsi .Swartz. The father wna
iMirn in Illinois but came to (»regon in 1H53
with his parents. Thi-y crossed the plains with
ox teams, coming in a wagon train with
Colonel Ne^bitt. Arriving in Marion coun-
ty. Simon Swnrtz. grnmlfather of our sub-
ject, took up a donation claim three and
a half miles east of Salem. ,liilla (Matthews)
Swartz crossed the plains to Oregon from
Sew York in IH,*i2 with the ox team which
brought the ItulT family. Neither of her
parents lived to complete their journey but
died on the way of cholera, which was then
raging along the trails. The parents of .\.

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L. Swartz were married in the west and
settled in Marion county, four miles east of
Salem, where the father operated a sawmill
for some years on the Little Pudding river.
He retired from the sawmilling business and
bought a farm in 1871, three miles east of
Salem, where his death occurred at the age
of sixty-eight years. He was a prominent
man in the pioneer life of the west and Avas
a veteran of an Indian war. At the time
of the ^Vllitman massacre and the Indian
uprising in 1855, he served on the staff of
Governor Grover. It was during this war
that Captain Bennett was killed.

A. L. Swartz was reared at home, acquir-
ing his education in the common schools of
Marion county. From his early manhood he
worked in a sawmill, spending thirteen
years of his life in this occupation in the
employ of his uncle, R. L. Swartz. After
the expiration of that period lie removed to
Portland and spent three years there in the
same line of activity, when he returned to
Marion county. Here he engaged for some
years in the operation of a bee ranch and in
1898 moved to his present farm in Douglas
county, where he has since resided. During
the last fourteen years of his life he has
been intensely interested in mining and has
been remarkably successful along this line.

In 1883 Mr. Swartz was united in marriage
to Miss Ella Stotlar, of Marion county. Her
father, 0. D. Stotlar, was one of the pioneers
in the early settlement of California, remov-
ing subsequently to Oregon, where he made
his home until his death. A. L. Swartz and
his wife are the parents of five children:
Elba May, the wife of E. M. Neal, of Doug-
las county; Palmer S., Harry H., Jessie L.
and Lila, all of whom are living at home.

Mr. Swartz gives his political allegiance
to the democratic party but takes no very
active part in local affairs and has never
been an aspirant for public office. He holds
membership in Riddle Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
and in Alpine Lodge, No. 47, K. P., of Rose-
burg. He is one of the prominent citizens of
Douglas county and has been actively iden-
tified during his career with the development
of its natural resources. He has aided in
the cultivation of its soil and in the de-
velopment of its mineral products. His suc-
cess has been gradual but continuous since
.the beginning of his active life and he is now
recognized as among the foremost citizens of
his native state.

ALFRED A. NICHOLLS is one of the re-
spected citizens of Empire, where he now
lives. He was born in County Cork, Ire-
land, in 1873, and is the son of Henry E.
and Catherine (Dugan) Nicholls, the former
a native of London, England, and the latter
of Ireland. In their family were nine chil-
dren: Thomas and Henry are both de-
ceased. Caroline is a resident of Empire,
Oregon. George is also deceased. Char-
lotte, who is the owner of a productive farm
of one hundred and sixty acres, is the wife
of William McCullen and they have one child
named Charlotte. Charlie is a resident of

Empire. Alfred A. is the subject of this
review. Georgiana, the wife of Glen Rozell,
of Empire, has the distinction of being ac-
corded by public opinion a place as the best
rifle shot in Oregon. Among her many ac-
complishments in the use of her rifle is the
success she has attained as the "Mistress
Nimrod" of the mountains. During her
hunting adventures she has killed bear, deer
and wild cat and specimens of all the other
known wild animals of the Rocky mountain
region. Constance, who completes the fam-
ily, is the wife of Nick Basendorf, and they
have three children, their residence being
near the Cape Argo lighthouse. The father
of this family was at one time one of the
richest men of Coos bay, where he took up
his residence in the early '70s. On reaching
Oregon he at once chartered a vessel for the
purpose of importing a large grist mill from
London, which he intended to install at
Coos bay and operate as a commercial cus-
tom mill, but his death, which took place
at the time when he was engaged in the
construction of the plant, resulted in the de-
feat of his plans and the mill was never
completed as he had intended.

As a child Alfred A. Nicholls emigrated to
America with his parents, settling in Coos
bay. He was reared in his parents' home
and received his early education in Empire
City. Later he was engaged in work on a
pile driver for a period of five months and
then became an employe in a sawmill for
one year, after which he learned the trade
of marine engineering. He was then em-
ployed by the government on a jetty at the
mouth of Coos bay and later was connected
with the life-saving station for two years,
during which time he took part in the rescue
of fifty-six people, one man only being lost,
at the time the steamer Emily was wrecked
oB the Oregon coast, July 17, 1893. At
the close of his time of service at the life-
saving station he was engaged in coal min-
ing for four years and then spent four years
at Grays Harbor. In 1899 he went to Libby
and was there engaged in mining until 1901.
On April 1, 1911, he enteied the service of
the United States government as engineer
on a live-saving boat on the Coquille river,
continuing in that occupation until he re-
moved to Empire and was there engaged in
the employ of the Simpson Lumber Com-
pany.

Mr. Nicholls was united in marriage to
Miss Bertha Oldland, a native of Oregon and
a daughter of Watts and Izora (Meyers)
Oldland. the former of whom was born in
the southern part of Wales and the latter in
Pennsylvania. In the family of Mr. and
Mrs. Oldland were eight children. James,
who resides at Libby, is married and has
two children. Stanley makes his home on
Coos bay. Bertha is the wife of Alfred A.
Nicholls. of this review. Walter and Ed-
ward are both residing in Coos county. Fan-
nie married Morris JIcDonald, of Oswego,
Oregon, and they have three children. Fran-
ces is the wife of Homer Mauzey, of Marsh-
field. Delia, who completes the family, is
attending the Marshfield high school.

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411

As a retired citizen of Coos county Mr.
NichoUs is held in high esteem by his fellow
citizens and is a man who has always so
conducted his life as to win the respect and
confidence of all the people with whom he
has been associated.

C. W. WOMACK, who lives retired at
Lostine, is one of the pioneer settlers of
Wallowa valley. He was born in Shelby
county. Illinois, on October 4. 1S44, the son
of William and Martha A. l-Ionlan) Wuniaek,
both of whom were natives of Tennessee. The
parents were married in Illinois, where they
had removed in youth with their parents.
After their marriage they reside<l for a short
time in Shelby county and then removed to
Lee county, Iowa, and later to Putnam county.
Jlissouri. In 1SS6 they came to Oregon, lo-
cating near Lostine in Wallowa county, where
they purchased one hundred and sixty acres
of land. Later they moved into the town of
Lostine, where they both passed away, the
father, October 15, 1901, at the age of eighty-
four years, and the mother February 9, 1901,
at the age of eighty-three. Tliey were both
members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
The father belonged to the Masonic lodge,
having joined that order in the early '60s.

C. W. Womaek was reared under the pa-
rental roof and acquired his education in the
common schools, attending an old time log
schoolhouse. with its split lugs for benches
and its puncheon floor. In 1S63. at the age
of nineteen, he went with the gold seekers to
Pike's Peak, in Colorado, where lie spent the
summer, returning that winter to his home
in Missouri. In the spring of 1864 he started
across the plains for Oregon, making his way
with ox teams in a wagon train of about
eighty-three wagons. He was six months on
the road, between the Missouri river and
Boise, Idaho. He stopped in Boise for one
year and in 1865 came to Oregon, locating at
Webb Foot, Marion county. There he resided
only one year, when he went to Wasco
county, locating thirty miles from The
Dalles. He there took up land and for sev-
eral years operated a sawmill. He was one
of the pioneers in that section of the state
and the town of Waniir which has been built
there was name<I for him. In 1877 Mr. Wo-
maek removed to Wallowa valley, taking up a
homestead on the south fork of the Wallowa
river, one and a quarter miles west of where
Lostine was later built. This land was then
a part of Union county. Mr. W'omack re-
sided until 1907 on this farm, to which in
the meantime he had added by purchase un-
til he owned in all two hundred and eighty-
two and a half acres. In that year he renti'd
his farm and moved into Lostine, where he
is now living retired.

On the 1st of November. 1877, Mr. Wo-
maek was married to Miss Mclvine Mcrulitiin.
danphter of .Mirnhnm MrCiibbin. who came to
Oregon from Missouri in 1S52. Mr. McCiibliin
located in Clackamas county, but Inter rf-
moved to Jackson county, then to Washineton
county and subsequently to Wasco county,
where he passed away in 1891 at the age of
sixty-five years. His wife, whom he married

in Missouri, was Miss Sarah Dean. She
passed away in 1897 at the age of sixty-
eight years. To Mr. ami Mrs. Wnniack have
been born six chililren, live of whom are living.
They are: William, of Alberta, Canada: Fred,
a ranchman near Lostine; Charles nf .-Vlberta,
Canada; Sadie, who is the wife of .lene W.
Hall, of Lostine; and Grover of Alberta, Can-
ada. In his political views .Mr. Woinack is
republican. His wife and daughter Sadie are
members of the Christian clnircli. .Many years
have passed since Mr. Woinack arrived in Ore-
gon, and he is justly numbered among her
honored citizens. He has the remarkable rec-
ord of one who has always by his upright life
won the confidence of all with whom he has
come in contact.

HARRY W. PRATT. One of the growing
industries of Douglas county and one which
is responsible in a large measure for its
prosperity and rapid development is that of
fruit farming. The prune and apple orchards
of southern Oregon are increasing in size
and in the quality of their harvests every
year and their growth is contributing to the
wealth of the section and to the individual
prosperity of their owners. Prominently
identified with this line of activity in .Myrtle
Creek is Harry W. Pratt. He was born in
Greenup county, Kentucky, November 22,
1855. His parents were .Jonathan H. and
Sarah (Morton) Pratt, both natives of Ken-
tucky, where they were reared and married.
In 1860 they removed to Kansas, locating
in Miami county, about twenty-live miles
from Kansas City. The father held a degree
in law and had been admitted to the bar
and practiced his profession for some time
but devoted his later years to farming in
Miami county, where his death occurred in
1910. He had long survived his wife, who
died in 1875.

Harry W. Pratt received his education in
the common schools of Miami county, Kan-
sas, and lived with his parents until 1878,
when he crossed the plains to California with
a mule team. He spent three years traveling
in the state, becoming acquainted with its
commercial opportunities. In INSl he moved
north to Oregon and spent fifteen years min-
ing in the eastern part of this slate and in
Iilaho. In ln95 he bought thirty acres of
fine fruit land near Myrtle Creek, in Doug-
las county, which he is at present operating.
He is principally interested in the cultiva-
tion of prunes. His harvest increnxes in
volume every year and he is constantly
adopting new methods and more scientific
equipment for the cultivation of his trees.

In 1.HS4 Mr. Pratt was united in marriage
to Mrs. Rosa (McCartyl .Aflams, a daughter
of Or. A. (i. McCarty, a practicing physician
of Douglas county, who came to Oregon from
Indiana in 1877 and located in Myrtle Creek,
where he wan extremely successful in his
profession up to the time of his death, in
1895. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt arc the parents
of a son, Hnrrj- C., who lives at home.

Mr. Pratt is entirely nonpartisan in his
political views. He takes an intelligent in-
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public office for himself. He is a member of
Umpqua Camp, No. 444, W. 0. W., while his
son holds memb'ership in Myrtlu Creek Loage,
A. F. & A. M. Engaging as he does in a
comparatively new industry Mr. Pratt has
attained remarkable success during his
period of activity. He keeps an open mind
on all subjects and is actively interested in
each new discovery which puts fruit farm-
ing on a more scientific basis. His orchard
is run on modern lines. He pays great at-
tention to the quality of the soil and the
soundness of his young trees and is a prac-
tical workman along scientific lines.

GEORGE ELMER DAVIS is one of the

leading and representative attorneys of Vale,
Oregon, and has a large and still increasing
practice, based upon efficiency, industry and
ability. He has been admitted to the bar
in Missouri and in Oregon, dating his resi-
dence in the latter state from the year 1890.
His remarkable legal knowledge and attain-
ments have been recognized in his election to
the office of judge of the ninth judicial dis-
trict, in which capacity he served with gratify-
ing success for over six years. As a lawyer
he is recognized as a strong and able practi-
tioner, shrewd, calculating and thoroughly re-
liable, and during his tAventy-two years' iden-
tification with the legal profession in this
state he has been connected with some of the
most important local litigation.

He was born in Bowling Green, Clay county,
Indiana, on the 28th of March, 1862. and is a
son of John H. and Amanda Ann Davis. He
was educated in the public schools of his
native section and later attended the Lan-
caster Academy at Lancaster, Missouri, com-
pleting his studies in the Missouri State Nor-
mal Scliool at Kirksville. While pursuing
his education he followed the various occupa-
tions familiar to the southwestern farmer's
boy of fifty years ago and upon leaving
school entered upon those two pursuits which
have been followed by so many ambitious
American youths — teaching school and study-
ing law. He followed botli of these lines for
several years in Missouri and Kansas and
was finally admitted to the bar of the former
state in 1889. One year later he removed to
Oregon and entered the law offices of H. B.
Nicholas in Portland. He carried on his
studies, making wise use of every favorable
npportunity, and, having succeeded in greatly
increasing his knowledge, he was admitted to
the bar of Oregon in May. 1891. He imme-
diately opened offices in Portland, where he
practiced his profession with steadily increas-
ing success until the winter of 1898, when he
removed to La Grande. After a brief resi-
dence in that community he went to Canyon
City, which is the county seat of Grant
county, where he soon won a leading place in
legn' circles and where he continued a suc-
cessful practice until .June. 1901. when at the
general election of that year he was elected
judge of the ninth judicial district of Oregon,
comprising the comities of Grant, Harney and
Malheur. Tn this position he was signally
successf\il and was recognized by the bench.

bar and laity of eastern Oregon as an able
and conscientious judge. Having served for
over si.\; years, he retired in January, 1910,
and resumed the practice of his profession at
Vale. A vast project for the irrigation of
thousands of rich acres of land in this section
had already been inaugurated and special in-
ducements were held out to Judge Davis if
he would remove to Vale and accept the presi-
dency of the Vale-Oregon Irrigation Company
and to act as its general counsel, both of
which positions he now fills.

(tn July 3, 1S9S. Judge Davis was united
in marriage, at Vancouver, Washington, to
Miss Anna Harriet .Johnson, a daughter of
Jacob and Catherine Johnson, of Litchfield.
Minnesota. They have become the parents
of two children: Julia Lilian, aged eleven;
and .John Elmer, aged eight.

In jiolitics Judge Davis is by nature a pro-
nounced partisan and a republican. He has
never been an office seeker but his great
ability, his power of organization and his
constructive skill have been rewarded at
various times by his election to positions
within the gift of the people. He began his
public career at the age of twenty-two years,
when he was elected county school superin-
tendent of Schuyler county. Missouri. His
next olficinl position was that of judge of the
circuit court of Oregon. In 1910 he was
strongly urged by his many friends to become
a candidate for congress, but despite their
earnest solicitations and the high promise of
success he refused to enter the contest. He
is now serving as president of the Vale Cham-
ber of Commerce and a director in the United
States National Bank. He is a member of
Canvon City I^dge. No. 34, A. F. & A. M.: of
Blue Mountain Chapter. No. 7, R. A. M.; Blue
5Iountain Council, No. 6. R. & S. M.; and
Baker Commandery. No. 9, K. T. He is also
prominent in Tlobnh Lodge. No. 22, I. 0. 0. F.,
and in Excelsior Encampnn'nt. No. 3, of Can-
von City. He is well known in Vernon Lodge.
No. 43. K. P.. at Canyon City, Vale Camp.
No. 5496. M. W. A., at Vale : and Baker Lodge.
No. 338. B. P. O. E. He has met wnth suc-
cess in life, being a man of varied interests,
with the canacity of making them separately
effective. He is nn able lawyer; a conscien-
tious and high-minded public official ; and a
worthy, progressive and liberal man.

WILLIAM A. J. MAYES is one of the

prospei-ous farmers of Douglas countv. He
was born in Cr.awford county. Arkansas.
September 7, 18.52. His parents were .John
and Pernetta Ann (White) JNIaves. the
former a native of Arkansas and the latter
of English descent. The family moved to
Texas when William Mayes was only one
year old and remained in that state until
the fall of 1861. at which time they returned
to Arkans.as and remained there \intil 1876,
when they again returned to Texas and
from there in the fall of 1892. they came
to Douglas county. Oregon, and settled in
the town of Riddle, where the father died
in November. 1895, and the mother in Jan-
uary. 1909. They were the parents of five
children: William A. J., of this review;

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415

Joseph M., now living in Oklahoma; .J. T..
who is a resident of California; and James
W. and Mary Ann, both of whom are now
deceased.

William A. J. Mayes received his education
in the common schools of Texas. When he
laid aside his books he worked upon his
father's farm until he was tliirty-tive years
of ape. when he enjsrajred in the occupation
of agriculture on his own account in Texas
and farmed in that state until he came to
Oregon in November, 1902. He bought a
ranch of sixty-nine acres in Douglas county
which he now owns and operates and which
he is gradually bringing to a high state of
cultivation.

On August 1, 1886, Mr. Mayes was united
in marriage to Miss Eliza B. Chandler, a
native of Kentucky, and a daugliter of R. M.
and Susanna Chandler. Mr. and Mrs. Mayes
are the parents of six children; Grace, the
wife of Amos Biasing; Kit tie. now a school
teacher in Douglas county: Kva Belle, who
married U. Y. Ash; Johnann. living at home:
Marion, who is attending school; and Wil-
etta. wno is also yet under the parental
roof.

Politically Mr. Mayes gives his allegiance
to the republican party but beyond casting
his vote at each election lie takes no very
active part in public atTairs. He is a mem-
ber of the Woodmen of tlu- World and is
also active in the affairs of the Orange. He
has iIevote<l most of his life to farming and
his experience along this line has been a
practical asset to him in the cultivation ot
the ranch of which he is now tlie owner.

A. L. BOONE owns and resides upon a
iM'antiful farm of forty acres, located on
Applcgate creek. Jackson county, this state.
He was l)orn July 17, 187:!, anil is the son of
J. C. and Mary" (Davy) Boone. He contin-
ued to live in liis father's home until he was
twenty-live years of age and at that time he
emigrated tii California, where lie tiecume in-
teresteil in mining. He has devoted nearly
his entire time since leaving home to this
line of wi)rk and is still interested in mines
in various localities tliniughout the west.
He removed to this state in the fall of 190,'t
and at that time purchase.l the farm upon
which lu' now resiiles. He is engaged in
diversilied farming and gardening and in this
busini'ss is very successful.

On Kcbnniry ft. IHOI'.. he was united in
marriage to .Miss iJertrude Allen, a native
of N'irginia. To Mr. and Mrs. Boone live
children luive lieen lx>ni, Frank, Martha. Vir-
ginia. (;oldie and Annie. Mr. Boduc is n
socialist in his political aOiliations and is
also a memlier of the W. <». W. He is at
present giving his entire time to the de-
velopment and cultivation of his farm anil is
known tliniughout his cmnninnity as a re-
liable and desirable mi-nilx'r of society.

JAMES M. BELCHER. One of the oldest
surviving pioneers of Yamhill county is
James M. Belcher, whose residence here
covers a perioil of sixty-two years. The
greater portion of this time has l)ecn passed

on his tine ranch in the vicinity of l>afay-
ette, where he located on his arrival here in
18,'jI. He was boni in Virginia on the 11th
ot July, 1823, and is a son of .lohn and
Sarah *( Brown i Belcher. The father was a
native of England, whence he emigrated to
\ irginia. residing there until 18:i0, when ho
removed to .Missouri. There he was joined
two years later by his wife and their two
elder children, .\gricultural pursuits always
engaged the attention of .lohn Belcher, who
aci|uircd the title to a line tract of fertile
land in .Missouri that he cultivated until his
death in 1843. He was survived by the
mother, who svibseipiently went to Texas,
where she passed away in lSt;3. The family
of Mr. and -Mi's. Belcher n\imbered seven,
four of whom are now deceased. Those liv-
ing are as follows: .lames M.. our subject;
T. •!.. who is a resident of Texas; and A. S.,
who lives in Salt Lake City.

•lames M. lirlrlier. « lio was a lad of nine
years when he accompanied his mother to
Mis.HDuri. was given the advantages of such
an education as was nfTonled in the district
sclniols of that period. In common with all
youths of the pioneer period he nuitured
early, and while still in his Ixiyhood could
do the work nf a man in the tields. He as-
si^ted his father with the operation of the
homestead \uitil the hitter's death, follow-
ing wlilch lie engaged in agricultural pur-
suits fur liimself. cultivating that portion of
the farm belonging to him. At the end of
seven years he decided to go to the north-
west, following a strong desire to try life
in a new country, as had his father before
him. so in 1850 together with his wife and
family he joined an emigrant train and
staited across the prairies to Oregon. It is
hardly possible for the present generation
to appreciate the courage and fortitude it
reijuired fur thiise brave nU'U and women,
wild fiirmcd the advaiue guard of civiliza-
tion, to undertake this journey. It took
them live miinths to cross the plains and
during that tinu' they encountered the usual
perils and hardships endureil by practically
all of the early settlers, and were ciunpclled
to leave some of their parly in luimarkcd
graves on the western prairies. I'pnn tlieir
arrival in Yamhill counly. Mr. Belcher liled
on a donation claim of six hundred anil
forty acres that he still i>wns. lie erecteil
thereiin ii crude cabin with a claplMiard roof,
while the hard, lirmly packed soil of the
prairies Mcrveil for a Moor and the door was
provided with a string latch. During the
xuceeeiling fourteen yettrs he applied liiniself
energetically to bringing his land under cul-
tivation and making further improvements
upon his claim. Thi- life was hard and
ol'tenllines iiio«l ilisoniraging. bill he and his
wife pimiessed the coura/e and determina-
tion of purpose that characterized the pio-
neers o( this section and turned their de-
feats into opporlunltieM, profiting In* each
experience. In 18ti4. Mr. Belcher removed
t€> I^fayetle nml went into the mercantile
busine**. continuing to be connected with
the eommerrial activities of that town for
twplve vears.

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In Missouri on tlie 15th of February, 1844,
Mr. Belcher waa united in marriage to Miss
Margaret Chrisman, who was born in Lee
county, Virginia, on the 21st of October,
1826, and is a daughter of Wallcer and Ada
Chrisman. The parents were likewise na-
tives of Virginia, whence they removed to
Missouri in 1835. They, too, started across
the plains in 1850, being members of the
same party as their daughter and son-in-law,
but when they were crossing the plains the
mother passed away. The father came on
to Yamhill county, where he resided for
some years and then went to California.
After remaining there a short time he re-
turned to this county, and here he died in
1877. Mr. and Mrs. Chrisman had eleven
children, all of whom are now deceased with
the exception of three. Seven children were
born to Mr. and Mrs. Belcher, but only two
are living: C. T., who is a resident of Port-
land; and Belle, who is living at home witli
her parents.

Mr. Belclier was formerly a member of
the Odd Fellows fraternity and in politics
he has always been a democrat, and during
his early years he held various minor offices
in his district. He is one of the widely
known men of the county and can relate
many interesting reminiscences of the pio-
neer period and of the old settlers who have
long since passed away. During the long
period of his residence here he has witnessed
the marvelous development that has fol-
lowed the advent of the railroad and the in-
troduction of the conveniences of modern
civilization. The forests and prairies have
been transformed into beautiful farms and
orchards, while Indian villages have given
way to thriving towns and cities. Not only
has he witnessed all of these changes, but
it is men such as he who have made pos-
sible this development, their enterprise, for-
titude and determination of spirit providing
the sustaining force that carried forward
the movement of progress.

MARION F. DAVIS, the present popular
and efficient postmaster of Union, is one of
the best known residents of that section of
the Grande Ronde valley, having for many
years been closely identified with business,
political and fraternal interests in his local-
ity. For more than thirty-six years he has
made his home in Union county and during
that period he has gained for himself a posi-
tion of prominence among his fellow citizens.

He was born in Fond du Lac county, Wis-
consin, on the 26tli of September, 1864, a son
of Wilber F. and Francclia L. (Branion)
Davis, natives of Ohio and New York re-
spectively. His maternal .grandfather was
Albert H. Branion, a native of Massachu-
setts, while his paternal grandfather was
Gardner Davis.

The paternal grandmother, who in her
maidenhood was Prudence Markham, was
born in 1792 and passed away at Union,
Oregon, after having reached the very old
ago of ninety-three years. Either her
father or her uncle, William Markham,
served in the Revolutionarv war. At an

early age Wilber F. Davis removed to Gene-
see county, New Y'^ork, where he resided for
several years, after which he went to Fond
du Lac county, Wisconsin, there continuing
until 1862, when he went to Colorado
and a portion of that and the following year
was spent in mining. The remainder of his
time was devoted to hunting, disposing of
his product at the Denver market. On this
trip he was accompanied by William Frazier,
also from Wisconsin, who later went to Iowa,
remaining in that state for a couple of 3'ears
and then crossing the plains to California,
where he lived for about three years. At
the end of that time he came to Oregon, lo-
cating in the Grande Ronde valley, where he
continued until his death in 1900. It was
through his influence that Wilber F. Davis
was induced to come to Oregon, arriving in
the Grande Ronde valley in 1874. He pur-
chased property at Union, whereon he built
a house, and then returned to Wisconsin for
his family, which he brought to Oregon in
1876, being accompanied on his trips west by
his brother Jarvis E. Davis. The family
was established in the home at Union which
had been prepared for them and in that city
Wilber F. Davis f<illi)\veil his trade as a
carpenter for a time, later purchasing a saw-
mill, and then removed it to the mining
camp of Cornucopia, which he conducted un-
til 1885. There he became interested in min-
ing, and later was identified with the Last
Chance mine, where he erected a mill, in-
vesting his entire capital in the enterprise.
In the following spring, however, his mill
was carried away by a great snowslide. and
later he started another mill, but lack of
fimds compelled him to abandon that pro-
ject and he returned to Union, where he was
variously engaged until his death, which oc-
curred on the 10th of August, 1910. He had
become ver.v well known during his resi-
dence in the Grande Ronde valley and was
very popular among his fellow citizens. Dur-
ing the Indian troubles in the years 1877
and 1878, he was one of the volunteers under
Captain Creighton, who, while performing
patrol duty found the bodies of Coggan,
Smith and several other freighters who had
been killed by the red men. He also served
as councilman and mayor of L'nion for sev-
eral terms. He survived his wife, Francelia
L. Davis, for two years, her death occurring
on the 19th of June, IOCS, when she was
sixty-three years of age. In their family
were three children, of "whom the subject of
this review is the eldest. The others were
Emma May, who passed away in 1878 at the
age of niiie years: and Wilber B., now re-
siding in Chicago, Illinois.

Marion F. Davis was a lad of twelve years
when the family home was established in Ore-
gon and his education, which had been be-
gun in the schools of Wisconsin, was con-
tinued in LTnion. where he pursued a high-
school cour.se. After the completion of his
public-school course he entered the Univer-
sity of Oregon, from which he was gradu-
ated in 1S85, and with the broad general in-
formation thus acquired he returned to Union
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career. He was appoiiitej deputy United
States marshal and also served as city re-
corder for one year, alter which he acted
33 deputy sheriff tor some time. He then re-
tired from public life for a time and in part-
nership with his cousin L. J. Davis took con-
trol of The Republican, which paper they
continued to conduct for twelve years. At the
expiration of that period the cousin took up
the practice of law and Marion F. Davis as-
sumed the duties of postmaster of Union, to
which position he was appointed on the 14th
of February, 1S99. He has since continued
the incumbent in that ollicc, the duties of
which he is performing in a manner that
has brou-iht satisfaction to his constituents
and retlected credit upon himself.

Mr. Davis was married on the 11th of Octo-
ber, 1893, to Miss Cora M. Compton, a native
of Michigan. She is a woman who takes a
deep interest in the different organizations of
women and in I'.IOO was eledeil to the posi-
tion of presiding officer in the state or-
ganization of the Pythian Sisters. In 1906
she was chosen to represent that order in
Oregon in the Supreme Tem|)le and is at
present one of its supreme ollicers. Her
father was a soldier in the Civil war, hav-
ing served in the Twelfth Indiana Volun-
teer Infantry. From that fact she be-
came identified with the work of the wom-
an's auxiliary to the Grand .\rmy of the
Republic. In 1907 she filled the position of
department president of Oregon, anjl in Au-
gust, 1911, in the city of Rochester, New
York, at the national' convention she was
elected national president of the Woman's
Relief Corps.

Mr. Davis is also prominently known in
fraternal circles of Oregon, being a past
master of the blue lodge of Masons. He is
also identified with the Knights of Py-
thias, having served in all of the chairs of
the home lodge and having passed through
all of the chairs in the grand lodge of Ore-
gon. He acted as grand chancellor of the
state from October, 190j, until May, 1907,
and at the session of the grand l-^lge held
in .June, 1911, was elected supreme repre-
sentative to the Supreme Lodge for a term
of four years. Thus in the various interests
that go" to make up community liie in
Union he has taken a prominent part, his
identification with business, political and
fraternal matters having brought him to a
foremost place among the best known and
most representative citizens of his section,
no history of Union county being complete
without reference to his record.

M. C. DAVIS is engaged in the real-estate
business in Portland, dealing in timber and
farm lands. He owns his own property ami
handles it exclusively, and in the conduct of
the business his sound judgment and keen
discrimination are manifest in the success
which has crowned his labors. He came to
the Pacific const from the middle west, for
he is a native of Iowa, bom in li?65. His
parents, Joseph and .\merica (Hood* Davis,
had a family of eleven children, of whom
M. C. Davis is the youngest. Of this nura-

bt-r three sons and lour daughters are yet liv-
ing as follows: Caroline, now the wife of
F. M. lioxley, of Iowa; Arthur, who is liv-
ing in Portland; Elias, of Iowa; Catherine,
the wife of Kdward Solomon, of North Da-
kota; Permelia, the wile of William Brass-
lield, of South Dakota; Kmcline. the wife of
William Hanson, of Iowa; and M. C, of this
review.

In his native state M. C. Davis was reared
and early became familiar with farm work
through the assistance which he rendered
his father in the cultivation of the fields.
When nineteen years of iige he rented the
old homestead, for his fatlicr was then well
advanced in years and desired to retire from
active life. For two years thereafter M. C.
Davis carried on the work of the farm and
prospered in his efforts. He then started
for the Pacific coast, having with him about
six hundred dollars in money, which was
the result of his two years' work as an agri-
culturist. He made his way to Seattle and
there worked at the plasterer's trade for a
time but afterward returned to Iowa and
entered the high school, feeling the lack of
education. He afterward pursued a three
years' college course, and thus equipped by
liberal intellectual training, again came to
the northwest, feeling now that he was pre-
pared to win success. Portland was his des-
tination and here he set up a hou.sehold of
his own, being married in January, 1M93, to
Miss Frances H. Borders, of this city, a
daughter of C. W. Borders, the foumler of
the Pacific Pottery, which was the first suc-
cessful enterprise of this character estab-
lished on the Pacific coast. In her father's
family were seven children, of whom four
are yet living, Mrs. Davis being the eldest.
The "others are; John W., a practicing den-
tist of Portland, Oregon; H. P., who is also
a dentist of this city; and Charles W., who
is a real-estate dealer and manager for the
Kmpire Investment Company of Portland.
The marriage of .Mr. and Mrs. Davis has
l>een blessed with six children; Ora May,
who was l«)rn in 1S'.I5 and pursued her eilu-
cation in the schools of Salem and of Port-
land, Oregon, and is now preparing herself
for the teaching of Knglish literature; El-
wood Percy, who was lx.ni in 1H97; Mar-
gery Fern, "born in 1900; -Vrthiir Lloyd, Inirn
in 1902; Harold Wclwter, in 1903; and Don-
ald Forest, in 1907. .All of the children arc
yet pursuing their education.

Mr. and Mrs. Davis Ix-gan their domentic
life in a rented cottage, at which time sixty
ilollars constituted his capital. Moreovor,
the year was that of n widespread finaminl
panic — 1193. However, he was resolute in
his efforts to obtain work and seciirol a
position in a crockery store where he was
paid n salary of two dollnm per day. Later
ho was promoteil to the position of foreman
at two dollars ond a fjuarter per day. and
worked there for two yearn. He and his
wife lived very economically, so that he
oaved his money and was enabled to make
his tlrst piirchose of property. IxToming
owner of a lot in North Portland, nn which
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position with the first firm in Porthvnd for
six years he began working in a planing mill
at a salary of sixty-five dollars per month,
which was the largest amount he had re-
ceived up to that day. He was thus em-
ployed for some time. In addition to his
business duties he took an active interest in
public and political affairs and was nom-
inated by his party for the office of state
legislator but was defeated by a very small
majority. He then went to Astoria, Oregon,
where he became chief engineer for the Tong
Point Lumber Company at a salary of one
hundred and twenty dollars per month.
There he continued until the spring of I'JOG.
when he started for Alaska with one hun-
dred cases of eggs and a complete outfit and
equipment with which to engage in mer-
chandising. His father-in-law was to have
been associated with him in this venture but
died in camp on the way and Mr. Davis
had a very hard trip but finally landed
at Fairbanks. However, his business ven-
tures in the north were not successful
and he returned to Portland, where he
opened a real-estate office that he is still
conducting. He platted and sold the Wi-
berg Heights addition to Portland and has
handled other city property but now deals
largely in timber and farm lands. He is
practically dealing in none but his own prop-
erty, which he handles exclusively. He also
owns several farms in addition to timber
land of considerable acreage. He has re-
cently purchased an improved business lot,
for which he paid forty thousand dollars.
This indicates something of the extent and
magnitude of his operations and establishes
his place as one of the foremost real-estate
dealers of the city.

Mr. Davis gives his political allegiance to
the democratic party and his religious faith
is that of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He belongs to the Woodmen of the World
and b}' reason of his activity along these
lines and in business connections he has be-
come widely known, while the sterling traits
of his manhood and citizenship have gained
for him the unqualified regard and confidence
of those with whom he has come In con-
tact.

JUDGE WILLIAM CANNON HUBBARD.
For four years .Judge William Cannon Hub-
bard served on the bench of the county court
of Marion county, and prior to that time he
liad proven his worth as a citizen in other
pul)lii- ollicos. He liad also given practical
cicinonst ration of his business ability along
agricultural lines and is still the owner of
valuable farming property although in re-
cent years he has disposed of much of his
land. He was born in Pike county. Illinois.
November 8, 1836. his parents being Charles
and Margaret (Cannon) Hubbard. The
fatlicr was a native of Kentucky and the
mother of Missouri, in which state' they were
married. Cliarj.-s Hubbard had been pre-
viously married and l)y the first union there
were two children. Soon after he wedded
Margaret Cannon he removed to Illinois,
whi'i-e he resided until 1847, when he crossed

the plains with ox teams to Oregon, making
his first location on Clear creek, about seven
miles from Oregon City. A year later, or
ill the fall of 1848. he took up his abode on
French prairie, in Marion county, where he
acquired a donation claim of six hundred and
forty acres. Upon that property he resided
to the time of his death, which' occurred in
1884. when he was eighty-four years of age.
He had placed many substantial improve-
ments upon his land and had converted the
Willi prairie into rich and productive fields,
lluliliard Place, on the Southern Pacific rail-
ifiail. is built upon that claim and was named
ill his honor. He had for thirty-seven years
been a resident of Oregon at the time of his
demise, and had taken an active and helpful
part in the work of pioneer development and
iniprovenieiit as well as in the labors that
lirought about the later day prosperity. His
wife passed away in February, 1880, at the
age of sixty-nine years.

•Tudge Hubbard spent his yoiithful days
with his parents and acquired his education
in the public schools. In the winter of 1854
he began earning his own living, becoming a
partner in an enterprise to furnish saw logs
for a mill near his home. His time was thus
occupied from November until the following
•Tune. In 1855 he left home and went to the
mines at Yreka. California, where he was en-
gaged in mining until ,Tuly. 1857, when he
returned to Marion county. He then took
up the occupation of farming, in which he
continued until 1802. winning a substantial
measure of success along that line. His
methods were practical and progressive and
his labors resulted in the development of pro-
ductive fields and the harvesting of large
crops. At one time he owned six hundred
acres of land in the Mission bottoms, in
Clarion county, but since his removal to Salem
has disposed of portions of this tract from
time to time until his hohlings now include
about two hundred and forty-five acres. He
was first called to otWoe in 1SS2. when elected
county commissioner of Marion county. His
record in that position received public indorse-
ment in a reelection in 1884, so that he re-
mained in the office until 1886, or for two
complete terms. In 1892 he was elected
county judge and removed to Salem, where
he has since resided. He served upon the
bench for four years but since that time has
lived retired.

In 1S59. Judge Hubbard was married to
5Iiss Helen M. Cooley. of Marion county, a
daughter of Cliristopher Cooley, who came to
Oregon from Cla.v county, Missouri, in 1845,
I'litd .Judge and Mrs, Hubbard have been
born seven children of whom four are yet
living: Walter S., engaged in the drayage
business at Seattle, Washington; Orville 15.,
mining in Alaska : Ira W.. a fanner of Idaho;
and Dolly H.. the wife of .Joseph Oraber. a
plumber of Salem, Oregon.

Politically .Judge Hubliard has ever been
a stalwart republican since a,ce conferred upon
him the right of franchise and at all times
is conversant with the vital questions and
issues of the da.v. He is well known in the
Indepc'ndeiit Order of Odd F(dlo\vs. holding
nieiiibership with Chemcketa Lodge. No. 1.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

421

the first lodge orgiiiii/ed in the state. He
)ias |>as-«e<l tliroii<,'h all the chairs in the local
organization and enjoys the high regard of
his brethren of the fraternity in an unusual
degree. Few eiti/cns of Oregon can boast of
a longer residence in this state than .luilge
Hubbard, who for sixty-live years has lived
within its borders. Oreg<ui was then a terri
tory and was indeeil a frontier district, it
re(|uiring months to reach the older and more
thickly settled portions of the country —
months of travel acro.ss the plains or by the
water route arounil Cape Horn or across the
Isthmus of Panama. The early settlers en-
dured many hardships and privations and
they also faced the danger of Indian attack,
but with courageous spirit they met the con-
ditions that existed and in the course of years
have gained the reward of their laliors ami
their sacrilices. for the lands which they en-
tered in early days have become valuable
with the rapid settleuu-nt of the state and
the improvements that have been introduced.
Judge Hubbard has ever been an intereste<l
witness of the changes that have occurreil
since he first came to the northwest and has
home his part in the work of early progress
in Marion county.

ALBERT J. GOODBROD is one of the
best known ammig the cmly pioneers of this
state, in which he has spent the major por-
tion of his long and active life. He is in-
deed one of the battle-shattered veterans of
the Civil war and notwithstanding the
hardships of his early pioneer days and the
all but death-dealing experiences through
whi<h he passed as a defender of the stars
and stripes, lie is still an active member of
society and one of the successful agriculttir-
ists and fruit-growers of I'nion county.

He was born at Wittenberg. Ciermany,
Febniary 27. 1S44. and is the 'ton of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas (loodbrod. botli of whom were
natives of that country. Thomas fioodbrod
with his wife and two children emigrated to
America in 1S.">2 and on reaching the new-
world he established his home at Newark,
New .Tersey. where he maintained his resi-
dence for many years and where five of the
nine children born to himself and wife were
called in one year from the fireside of their
parents' home to the land beyond, the cause
of their death having been the result of an
acute and malignant attack of measles.

.•\lbert •!. (Iixidbrod was reared in his
father's home anil received his early educa-
tion in the public schools. .After coming
to .America he became an apprenticeil baker
and continued in that work until he had
acquired a complete knowleilge and under-
standing of the trade, and for .some years
gave his entire time to the pursuit of that
vocation. .At the age of seventeen years
he heanl the cry of his a<lopted country
cnllini.' for volunteers in defense of her flag
and on the M ihiy of .fnnuary. isri2. he en-
listed in C<impany H. Eleventh New York
Volunteer Cavalry, which Inter in army par-
lance was nicknamed ".'Ncott's Nine Hun-
dred." with Colonel .Tames P. Swine in com-
mand. He was mustered into the I'nitml

States service in New York city and left
at once with his regiment for Washington,
I). C. where for a brief tinu' only the per-
sonnel of the reginuMit was maintained.
Soun- of its companies were commissi(uied
to do duty in Maryland, others were dis-
tributed tlirough various places where the
army was in tlu- lii'M and some were re-
tained in Washington. Company It, to
which Mr. tioodbrod belonged, was first en-
gageil at .Muddy Mranch and in various parts
of Marylanil. also iloing patrol duty at
Washington. I). C. It has the distinction of
having at one time served as a bodyguard
to President Lincoln. Later it was trans-
ferreil to New tTrleans and in .lune, ISii:!,
Company 1! and Company L. of the old
New York regiment. weri> sent to \irginia
for the purpose of heading oil a part of
Lee's army. On that expedition they en-
countered the enemy at Fairfax Courthouse,
•lune 27. ISO:), ami at once gave battle.
-Acting on the olVensive, they assaulted by
a desperate charge their well proteitol and
half-hiililen foes, who immediately responded
with true southern valor and fury and in
vasi and overwhelming luimbers. The re-
pulse of the Federal t roups in that engage-
nuMit was complete ami Mr. (loodbrod was
numbered among the many wounded and
dead left upon the battlefield. In retreat-
ing with his conwnand he was shot in the
back, the bullet piercing his left lung and
passing out through his shoulder, leaving
that part of his body broken and shattered.
His wound was too severe for further at-
tempt to escape and he fell, a helpless
(ierman-.American soldier boy, among his
ilead ami wounded companions on the battle-
field. There he lay for several days. sulTer-
ing and struggling against the violence of
his wound for an added lease of life, as the
Confederate troops passed over the ground
so rei'ently covereil by the enthusiastically
fighting Federal forces but now a plain of
Confederate victory covered with llie spoil
of Cnion sacrifice. Mr. (loodbrixl was only
disturbeil by having his weapons of warfare
ri'moveil from his person and he was left as
one dead among the many others of his si-
lent comrades. In that condition he was
later found by a sipiad detailed from his
own command to bury thi'ir dead and by
them reseiieil and later removeil to a hos-
pital in Washington, I). C, whi-re he re-
nniined for several nmnlhs. In the engage-
ment abovi' described those of his command
who did not escape or ilie upon the field
were taken prisoners by the Confederate
troops. Mr. JiomlbriMl eventually recovered
from his wouncN ami completed the term of
his enlistment in doing duly in the ranks
at Washington. |). C. On the .lOtli day of
S<'pteniber. Isr,.-,. ho was honorably dis-
ilijirijeil and mustered out of service at
Meniphis. Tennemee, hut March 1. ISfifi, he
reenli«ted in Company I) of the First
I'nited Slates Cavalry and with his com-
mand was «ent to Snn Francisco, doing de-
tached duty. His company was sent to
Comp Lyons where its piirjMKP was in part
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Volunteer Cavalry, and on the way to that
camp they encountered a band of three
wagons and sixty-seven Chinamen who were
moving across the country to Silver City,
Idaho. The Chinamen were allowed to travel
and camp with the company until they
reached Dry creek, on the Winnemucca
stage route, and at that place Major Hunt,
who was in command of Company D of the
First United States Cavalry, ordered the
Chinamen to separate from the shelter of
his troops on account of insufficient water
with which to supply so large a company
moving in the same direction. He accord-
ingly directed the Chinamen to move on to
the Owyhee river by a new route, the dis-
tance to water for their party being only
seven miles away, promising them at the
same time to rejoin them on the day fol-
lowing. Company B started on its march
early in the morning following the depart-
ure of the Chinamen and on entering the
canyon they found a dead Chinamen who
had been recently killed by Indians, hav-
ing been shot to death with arrows from
the red men's bows. Major Hunt immedi-
ately detailed a portion of his command to
make a careful and vigorous search in and
about the environs of the canyon and tl»e
scouting party very soon came upon the bat-
tletield, where they found sixty-five dead
Cliinamen, only one among their original
niunber having escaped with his life, the
entire party having been attacked by the
savage Piute Indians and in their defense-
less condition had become the helpless vic-
tims of the native wild Indian of the west.
Two of the bodies of the women had been
horribly mutilated but the men had been
spared the degredation of being scalped,
which is the final tribute of the savage red
man to his pale-faced brother. This refusal
of the Indian to take the Chinamen's scalp
was no doubt occasioned by the Chinaman's
queue, whicli in some respects simulates the
custom of the Indian's manner of wearing
the hair. The massacre as above recited
occurred on May 6. 1866. Mr. Goodbrod re-
mained in the service under the command of
the famous Indian fighter. General Crook,
during nearly the entire time of his second
enlistment and with his command took part
in all the engagements under that famous
general in suppressing the Indian at that
time in the inter-mountain territory. On
March 1, 1869, he was honorably discharged
from duty and mustered out of service at
Camp Lyons, after which he settled in east-
ern Oregon, spending, howevei-, some time in
Pendleton, Walla Walla and Baker City.

In 1876 Mr. Goodbrod located in Union,
where he was engaged for five continuous
years in the operation of the Centennial
Hotel. He later sold this propert}' and lo-
cated his present home on a most pictur-
esque spot at the south end of the Grande
Ilonde valley, where he is now engaged in
the cultivation and growing of apples and
small marketable fruit. In this business he
has been very successful and in addition to
the other improvements upon his place he
has built a perfectly equipped cider mill and

is engaged in the manufacture of cider, a
portion of his product being converted into
high grade vinegar.

Mr. Goodbrod was united in marriage De-
cember 10, 1890, to Louisa Shoemaker, of
Oregon, and to them three children have
been born: George A. and Adrian, who are
students in the high school at Union; and
Miriam E., who died in infancy.

Mr. Goodbrod has served for three terma
as city marshal and as councilman for two
terms. He has, however, avoided as far as
is consistent with good citizenship political
positions of any kind. He is a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
in that fraternal society has maintained an
uninterrupted membership for the past
twenty-eight years. He is also a member
of the Improved Order of Red Men and
Preston Post, No. 18, G. A. R., and has
passed through all of the chairs in the post
and state, serving in 1900 as department
commander of this state. He has been twice
a member of the council of administration
and is a member of the National Encamp-
ment.

Mr. Goodbrod as a pioneer of this state,
a veteran of the Civil war and a private
citizen of Union county, has so lived among
his associates and friends as to be under-
stood and recognized by them to be one of
the most honored, respected and useful citi-
zens of Oregon. By virtue of his loyalty
to the flag of his adopted country and his
consistent interest in the nation's welfare
he has for many years past been known in
this portion of the state as General Good-
brod, a title which he honorably bears as an
evidence of the high respect in which he is
held by his generous countrymen and com-
rades of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Though his years are now leading him into
the sunset days of his earthly pilgrimage he
is nevertheless deeply interested in every
matter of public interest that concerns the
welfare of his country and his state and he
is always enthusiastically identified with
every measure of a public character that
seeks to improve the condition of the people
with whose business life and society he has
for such a long period been closely identi-
fied.

GEORGE M. HAWLEY, of Cottage Grove,
is a retired farmer and stock-dealer who
has been active in political matters, in which
he still takes an active interest. He was
born in Lane county, Oregon, September 9,
1857, a son of Ira and Elvira (Riley) Haw-
ley, the father a native of New York and
the mother of Indiana. In their family were
eight children, namely: Nirom, of Moscow,
Idaho; Lyman, deceased; William, of Lo-
rane, Oregon; Annie, the deceased wife of
Frank Stockwell, of Idaho; George M., of
this review; Robert D., of Creswell, Oregon;
James H.. of Divide, Oregon; and Alice, de-
ceased. The youngest son is now making
his home on the old donation land claim
which was taken up by his father after he
crossed the plains in 1852. The father had
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in 1849, remaining in that state until tlie
following year, when he returned to Illinois
by way of Cape Horn, and in 1852 again came
west, taking up a claim at Divide, Oregon.

George M. Hawley remained under the
parental roof until he attained his majority,
and when he left home his father gave him
three hundred and seventy-five acres of land
near Creswell, Oregon. He lived on that
land until in 1911, when he sold out and re-
moved to Cottage Grove, retiring from busi-
ness. For five years during his early career
he followed the business of buying and selling
stock, but he later disposed of that business
and gave his entire attention to diversified
fanning, which he continued until the time
of his retirement.

Mr. Hawley was married twice and by
his first union has two children: Oscar, who
is married and resides at The Dalles; and
George Francis, also making his home at
that place. Mr. Hawley's second union oc-
curred March 31, 1894, when he wedded Miss
Minnie Ozment. a daughter of J. S. and Eliz-
abeth (Dilon) Ozment, both natives of N'orth
Carolina. The Ozment family crossed the
plains in 1869 from the latter state and
settled in Lane county, Oregon, where Mrs.
Hawley was bom and where her marriage
took place. In his political faith Mr. Haw-
ley is a republican and has held numerous
local offices. He was justice of the peace at
Creswell for two terms, was road supervisor
for twelve years, has been school clerk and
served on the school board for several years,
and is now a candidate for county commis-
sioner. In his fraternal relations he is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and the Woodmen of the World. In
his religious views he is liberal and attends
different churches. Mr. Hawley, who is one
of the early sons of Lane county, has been
an active and valuable man in the develop-
ment of the resources of his community and
in later years particularly has assisted in no
small way in the public projects of the
county. Following for many years agricul-
tural pursuits on a large scale, he labored
hard and faithfully and is well entitled to
the rest from hard work which he is now en-
joying. He is widely known throughout the
entire community and Is greatly respected by
all who are acquainted with him.

JOSEPH W. HARMON, who has for sev-
eral years past been engaged in the general
mercantile business at Selma. .Josephine
county, is a pioneer of this state, having
come here when a child with his parents in
1873. He was born In Missouri in ISfiO, a
son of Tilmon G. and Lydia ( Hathaway i
Harmon. He removed with his parents
across the plains to California in 1873, where
they resided for a time, afterward removing
to Oregon. He is a brother of the Hon.
Carlton E. Harmon, who is mentioned on
another page of this work. He received o
goo<l common-school education ond ofter-
ward taught school for one term. He re-
mained at homo until he nttalneil the age
of twenty-three years and then engaged in
agricultural pursuits in .Josephine county.

where he purchased a ranch of one hundred
and sixty acres and made his home upon that
place for many years, improving it and
bringing it under a high state of cultiva-
tion. He afterward sold his homestead and
removed to Selma where he purchased a
general mercantile store which he has con-
ducted for four years. He is doing a very
satisfactory business and his dealings are
all characterized by strict integrity and fair
dealing.

Mr. Harmon was married in 1897 to Miss
Kva Martin, a native of Iowa, and to their
union have been born three children, all ol
whom are living at home. Celeste. Ray and
Tilmon. The wife and mother died March G,
1905, and was burled In the Deer Creek V«l-
ley cemetery. After her death the children
made their home with Mr. Harmon's [)arents
until the fall of 1911 and since that time
have been living with him In Selma. Mr.
Harmon is a well known and popular citizen
of .S'hna. where he Is regarded as an ctli-
clent business man and a valued member of
society. He exerts himself to acceptably
serve his customers and as he possesses wise
discrimination in the solution of business
problems and conducts his store on a Golden-
Rule basis he is enjoying a very satisfactory
trade. He is one of the valued citizens of
the town and is popular in all circles In
which he moves.

CHARLES S. FITZPATRICK, who passed
away at his homo in Lostine on March 11,
1905, was born at MoMinnville. Oregon,
February 13, 1854. His parents were James
and Margaret (Veck) Fitzpatrick. who came
to Oregon from Illinois in 1853, crossing the
plains with ox teams. They located in Mc-
MInnvillo, Yamhill county, whi^re they re-
mained but a short time, when they re-
moved to California, where they lived for
eighteen years. They then returned to Ore-
gon and located in Wasco county, residing
there about eighteen years when the mother
passed away. The father later came to Wal-
lowa county and took up his home with his
son. Charles S., of this review. He was
the father of eight children and outlived them
all. passing away in February, I90B, in his
elglitysixth year.

Charles S. Fitzpatrick was reariil under
the parental roof, acniiirlng his •••liiratjiin in
the putdie schools, .\tter attaining manhood,
he located on a ranch which he had taken
up OS a homestead in Wasco county, ond
here he engaged in raising horses, cattle
and sheep, some of »vhirh he hod acquired
before he was twenty yenr« of age. having
<taiiei| in the stockrni«ing buslni-ss for
hinwlf when he wos o mere tioy. on Ids
f.TtlH'r's farm. He resided in Wosro county
until 1891 when he sold his ronrh and came
to Wallowa county, where he purchase*! a
farm three miles north of IxMtine. Ho
live<l on that farm until 1903 when he
movorl into I,ostine. Some years prior to that
time lie hod e«tobIi«hed himself in the mer-
rontile business in Ix>stine, taking in with
him his son. Frederick W.. os partner and
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Patrick & Son. After his removal to Los-
tine lie gave his entire attention to his busi-
ness interests until the time of his death.
At that time he owned about fifteen hundred
acres of land on the east fori; of the Wal-
hiwa river, about five miles east of Lostine.
His wife and two sons, Frederick and James,
now own this land.

In 1874. Charles S. Fitzpatriek was wed-
ded to Miss Margaret McCubbin. Of this
marriage five children were born: Grace, the
wife of S. P. Crow; Alfred, of Salem, Ore-
gon; William, who died in infancy; and
James and Frederick W. Mr. Fitzpatriek was
extremely successful in the financial world
and his wife as a result thereof now has a
goodly competence. He was a democrat in
politics, but never sought nor desired public
office, preferring to give all his time to his
business interests. He was a member of the
Christian church and his wife and children
also adhere to that denomination. He was
one of the most successful stockmen and
farmers of Wallowa county and on entering
the mercantile business was extremely pros-
perous in that line. He was one of the most
esteemed men of this county and a highly
honored citizen of Lostine. When he passed
away his death was deeply deplored by a
wide circle of friends and acquaintances,
and his loss was most keenly felt in his
home, for he was always devoted to the in-
terests of his family.

ALLEN P. SNYDER has long been identi-
fied witli tlie agricultural development of
Grant county, where he owns a highly culti-
vated and valuable ranch of four luindred
and forty acres. His birth occurred in West-
moreland county, Pennsylvania, on the 24th
of January. 1844. his parents being John and
Hannali (Storor) Snyder, tlie father a native
of the Keystone state and the mother of Ohio.
The first member of the American branch of
the Snyder family was the great-grandfather
of our subject, Nicliolas Snyder, a native of
Germany. He located in Pennsylvania, where
he engaged in farming, and there his son
Nicholas was born and reared and upon at-
taining manhood adopted the vocation of
asriculture. He always made his home in
the state of his birth, where he passed away
at tlie venerable age of ninety-eight years.
In 1852, John Snyder, a son of Niclml-s
Snyder. Jr., removed to Missouri with his
wife and family, locating eighteen miles from
Alexandria. He was also a farmer, and lived
on his homestead in Missouri until 1865, when
he removed to a farm seven miles north of
Springfield. Missoviri. and there passed away
Avhen he w.ts sixty-five years of age. Tlie
family of "Mr. and Mrs.' Snyder numbered
fourteen children, twelve of whom lived to
attain maturity, our subject being the seventh
in order of birth.

Allen P. Snyder, who was a lad of eight
years when he accompanied his family on
their removal from Pennsylvania, began his
edn<'iition in the schools of his native state
and completed it in ^lissouri. He remained
at home until he was nineteen years of age.
and then in common with the majority of

youths he was seized with a desire to try his
fortune in a new country and determined to
go to California. He made the journey from
liis home to Omaha in company with his
brother Nicholas and on their arrival in that
city joined an emigrant train consisting of
about eighty wagons. They were provided
with a military escort of eighty men, and
one of the emigrants, who had served in the
war under (ieneral Bragg, organized the men
;ind bo,ys of their party into a company to
serve under his command in case they had
trouble with the Indians. Fortunately, how-
ever, they were not molested, making the
entire journey without experiencing any un-
usual hardships or difficulties. They arrived
in the Round Valley. Plumas count.v, Califor-
nia, early in September, and later in the
autumn Mr. Snyder went to Virginia City,
Xevada. where he worked in the mines for
about a year. From there he returned to
California, and for a time continued min-
ing and prospecting but later engaged in
ranching in Sonoma county, that state. He
snlisci|uentl,v went to Idaho, where he worked
for three months in the Poorman mine, team-
ing in the fall from Boise to Silver City and
spending the winter of 1866 on the Payette
river. At the expiration of that time he
went to freighting, coming to Oregon in the
spring of 1867 and following that occupation
until 1871. when he located on his present
ranch, one-half mile below Dayville in Grant
eoiinty. which he had purchased the year
previously. It is comprised of four hundred
and forty acres, more than a hundred of
which is located in the river bottom, and all
is under irrigation. Mr. Snyder has worked
tirelessly in his efforts to develop his place,
and has been well rewarded for his eiTorts,
as it is one of the most attractive and valu-
able properties in that section of the county,
lie has a comfortable residence, ample barns
and sheds for the protection of his stock and
grain, and an equi]iment that is in every
wav fully adequate to his needs. In connec-
tion with diversified farming he engages in
raising horses and cattle, in which he has
met with good success. His early experiences
were verv similar to those of the other pi-
oneers and he suffered the loss of some horses
and cattle at the time of the Indian out-
break in 1878. His family were not exposed
to any danger, however, as he had previously
jiroviilcd for their safety by removing them to
the Willamette valley, where they remained
until the uprising was quelled. The Snyder
ranch is very pleasantly located on the John
Day river a half mile below Dayville. and
is a most desirable place of residence.

On the 6th of December, 1876, Mr. Snyder
was married to Miss Missouri Officer, who
was born while her parents were crossing the
plains on the 13tli of August. 1845. at a
place known as Ash Hollow. Wyoming. She
is a daughter of James and Eveline (Cooleyl
Officer, the father a native of Tennessee and
the mother of Kentucky. The paternal grand-
father. Thomas Officer, was also a native of
Tennessee, whence he removed with his fam-
il.v to ^lissouri, and there passed the remain-
der of his life. In 1845 James Officer started

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across the (ilaiiis with liis wife and family for
OreKDii. TlifV made the journey with an ox
team and were memlH-rs of a party piloteil
tiy a Mr. Meek, a hrotlier of Joseph Meek.
He U)st the trail, and the men deeply aroused
l)y the possilde danfjers that confront«l them
selves and families threatened to nii«l> him
hut he made his escape, leavinp them to their
fate. Thev passed throufjli Harney county
to The Oalles. ami then went down the river,
spendin-; the winter in some cabins that had
l>een used l.y former setth-rs. In the spring
Mr. OlVicer continued his journey to Portland
and purchased a donation claim twenty-live
miles south of that city, where he passed the
remainder of his life. It is interesting' to
know that their party was rescued and
started on the rifflit trail through Harney
county under the v'"''!'""'"' "' <* yo|'"f! ?'■"'•
one of their nu-ndiers. Refore starting west
she had made a careful sfuily of the jrcog-
raphy of this section, payinj; particular atten-
tion to the streams an<l their source, and liy
means of this knowledi.'e they finally reached
The Dalles. The family of Mr. and Mrs.
Ollii'er numliered eleven children. Mrs. Snyder
heiii;; the ninth in oriler of birth. The others
are as follows: Martha A., deceased: Kli
Casey, who is mentioned at preater li-nf;th
under the sketch of his son Floyd L. : Susan
M.. decoaseil: .Ti.hn E.. also deceased: Robert
v.. whose history is also piven elsewhere in
this work : Krancis M.. .Toseph Thomas. Xancy
and Ellen, who are decease<l: and David. To
Mr. and Mrs. Snvder there have been born
the folliiwini; chililren: .Ies*ie. the wife of
E. .\. ruminins. a farmer in .John Day valley:
Frankie. rieccased: Delia, the wife of Harlan
Ifaves of Canyon City, Oejion; Dora, the
wife of Donahi McCleiinan of the -Tohn Day
valley; Ada, the wife of .Tolin Daninn. a
rancher of drant county: and Alice ^^ay. the
wife of Otis Mascall.

Mr. Snyder is one of the prosperous and
highly esteemed ranchmen of the valley where
he has resided for over forty years and has
ai'tivelv cooperated in promotinf,' its progress
and development. He is a man of well de-
lined purposes, honorable motives and in-
cfirnititible inteffritv. as has been manifested
in his laisiness transactions, thus acquirini;
fl.e enviable reputation of beinc thorouifhl.V
reliable and trustworthy in all of hi-< dealinj;*.

CHARLES SHERBONDY has for four
years been en>.M>,'ed in the operation of a
ranch of twenty-one acres located two miles
north of Eugene on Irvine road, and is now
the owner of one of the most attractive
places in that immediate vicinity. He was
txirn in Ohio in 1S4.T and is n son of I.,evi and
Elizabeth (.Smith) Sherliondy, both natives
of Pennsylvania, and the parents of five chil-
dren, of whom our subieet is the eldest. In
order of birth the others are as follows:
Homer and Ksther. both of whom are de-
ceased: .loseph and Thomas, who are living
in .Akron. Ohio.

Tlie boyhood and youth of Chnrles .Sher-
bondy were in every way similar to those
of other youths of that period. He wa-s
reared at home and cdurated in the common

school.s. but in ISiH. at the age of nineteen
vears. he left the parental roof and went to
the front, serving through the entire period
of the Civil war. He was umler CeneraU
Shields. McDowell. Logan. Sherman and
Hooker, and participated in somi' of the not-
able anil nuist closely contested battles of
the Relndlion. When mustered out he lo-
cated in Pennsylvania and prospwted for
oil and coal for a time, but subsciuentlv
returned to his native state, continuing to
follow the same line of wiuk. .\fter his
marriage lie renuivetl to Illinois and turned
his attention to agricultural pursuits. Six
years hiti'r he again started westward. Kan-
sas being his ilestination on this occasion.
He farnu'il thi-re for eighteen months and in
1S77 he anil his wife decided to come to the
northwest, so they joine<I an emigrant train
containing forty-two wagons and slarted
across the prairies on the long perilous
journey. It ,was fraught with imusual
danger" at that time its the Indians in east-
ern Oregon were on the warpath, but the
emigrants made the trip withtuit encounter-
ing any particular ditlicidty. other than was
experienced by all who made the jouriu^y
across the plains during the pioneer days.
Thev first settled at .lunclion City, where they
liurihased eighty acres of land which they
cultivated for two years. At the expi-
ration of that time, Mr. Sherhondy disposed
of liis tract and together with his family
removed to the coast, locating in the vicinit.v
of Florence. There were very few white
settlers in that portion of the state at that
time, the country being almost entirely in-
habited by Indians, nevertheless, he pur-
chased a hundred and sixty acres of land with
the expectation of permanently making it
his home. He placed a jiortion of his land
under cultivation and in connection with his
farming engaged in stock-raising. During a
large portion of the time while living on the
coast. Mr. SherlHindy engaged in Ixiat build-
ing, which trade he had previously learned.
In 1000. he disposed of all of his interests
there and removed to I.ane county, buying
forty acres of land near Eugene. He culti-
vated this with very good success for four
years, but at the end of that time disposed
of his holding and withdrawing from active
work retired to Eugene. .As he is an ener-
getic, enterprising nuin and had always led
an active life, this nninner of living ulti-
mately became unendurable and in HiOM, he
Isiught his presi'nl riinch and resumed hi»
agricultural pursuits. During the period of
liis owniTship he has wrought ipiite exten-
sive improvements in his place, thus greatly
enhancing the ap|H-aranre and value of tho
property.

For his wife and helpmate, Mr. Sher-
iMindy chose Miss Martha Forrer. a native
of the stale of Pennsylvania and the seennd
in order of birth of the twelve children Uirn
to .tohn ond Mary (Meek) ?'tirrer. likewise
natives of the Keystone state. The other
memliers of the family arc as follows:
Katherine. the widow of .Tocid) Kurt/, of
Ohio; Mory. the wife of John Nfartin:
Susan, who married Christian Orr: Chritinnn,

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the widow of David Zook; Elizabeth, the
wife of Daniel Burneman; Frances, whq
married David Bear; Arvilla and Fannie, both
of whom are deceased; one who died in in-
fancy; George; and Sadie, the wife of Mr.
Demmick. All of the family with the ex-
ception of Mrs. Sherbondy reside in Ohio.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Sherbondy
was celebrated on the 13th of August, 1868,
and in the following September they moved
to Illinois. They have no children of their
own but adopted a son, William, at the age
of fifteen months. He was born on the 17th
of April, 1875, and came to Oregon with Mr.
and Mrs. Sherbondy, who gave him the ad-
vantages of a good common-school education.
He was reared on the farm and in April,
1900. established a home of his own by his
marriage to Miss Laura McAfee, and they
have become the parents of four children,
Hazle, Oscar, Claude and Clarence. He is
the owner of a ranch near Gardiner, this
state, and is meeting with very good suc-
cess in its cultivation.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Sherbondy are mem-
bers of the Christian church, and he is an
honored member of the Grand Army of the
Republic. He votes the republican ticket
and has held the office of school director but
has never been prominently identified with
local governmental affairs, although he is a
very public-spirited man and takes an active
and helpful interest in promoting the devel-
opment of the community.

J. B. KOOCH, who for twenty-six years
has resided four miles south of 'Enterprise,
where he engages in general farming, is one
of the foremost ranchmen of the Wallowa
valley. He is a native of Tennessee, his
birtli having occurred in Wayne county that
state on the 27th of January, 1857, and is
a_ son of David and Fannie (Collier)
Kooch. The parents were born, reared and
married in Tennessee and there the mother
passed away in 1863. Seven years later the
father with his family moved to Kansas,
remaining there until 1875, when the lure
of the west again called him and he crossed
the plains to Oregon. The journey was
made with wagons and horse teams and oc-
cupied several months. On the 10th of Sep-
tember, 1875, he arrived in the Grande
Ronde valley, Union county, and remained
there until 1877. In April of that year he
removed with his family to the Wallowa
valley, settling on Aldee slope, where he
liad previously homesteaded the land now
owned by his son, J. B. Kooch. The im-
provement and cultivation of this land en-
gaged his entire attention during the suc-
ceeding ten years, at the end of which time
be sold his property to his son and removed
to Enterprise. While residing in Kansas,
David Kooch married Mrs. Ross, who thus
became his second wife and who passed
away in Enterprise in 1896. He thereafter
made his home with his son. our subject,
until his death in 1898. From his earliest
youth he had manifested much independ-
ence of thought and had pronounced views
on right and wrong, so despite the fact that

he was the son of a strong southern sym-
pathizer and had two brothers in the Con-
federate army, he enlisted in the Union
army as a member of a Tennessee regi-
ment and went to the front, where he re-
maiiied for four years. He was republican
in his political views and always conversant
with the principles of the party but never
sought public otfiee. In matters of faith he
adhered to the teachings of the Baptist
church. A man of much strength of char-
acter and determination of purpose he was
one of the highly esteemed pioneers and as-
sisted to the best of his ability in promot-
ing the development of the country. In both
the maternal and paternal lines our subject
is descended from old Tennessee families.

.J. B. Kooch was a lad of six years when
his mother passed away and his father was
still at the front fighting for his country.
As the schools had been disrupted by the
unsettled conditions then prevailing in the
south, his education was not commenced un-
til he had attained the age of nine years,
and was then pursued irregularly and for
only a brief period as he early left home
and went out to make his own way in the
world. He first worked as a farm hand, but
subsequently engaged in teaming, while
later he clerked in a general store for
eighteen months. After his marriage, how-
ever, he again turned his attention to agri-
cultural pursuits, settling on Trout creek
where he had previously preempted a claim.
He energetically applied himself to the oper-
ation of his ranch until 1885 when he dis-
posed of it and purchased his father's
homestead, and here he has ever since re-
sided. Mr. Kooch is a very capable agricul-
turist, whose progressive ideas and practi-
cal methods have brought him prosperity.
He has always given his personal supervision
to the tilling of his fields on which he plants
.such cereals as are best ad.apted to the soil.
In connection with general farming he raises
hogs and has met with very gratifying re-
turns from both. As the years have passed
he has made extensive improvements on his
ranch, which is now in a high state of culti-
vation and fully equipped with such modern
conveniences and appliances as will expe-
dite the work and minimize the labor of its
operation.

In 1883, Mr. Kooch was united in mar-
riage to Miss Dora Basim of this county,
and a native of Missouri, and they have be-
come the parents of seven children: Delia,
the wife of Everett Stubblefleld, of this
county; Elmer, a ranchman of Baker county;
Etha, who married Grover McClain, of Rob-
erts, Idaho; Burl, who is engaged in farm-
ing in this county; and Lora, Mamie and
Mildred, all of whom are at home.

The family worship in the Baptist church
in which the parents hold membership. Mr.
Kooch is a republican, and although he takes
an active interest in all public affairs he,
like his father, has never sought public of-
fice. A man of positive aim and definite pur-
pose, he has always directed his undertak-
ings with foresight and clear judgment and
is known as one of the most substantial ag-
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The most salient factors in his prosperity
have been his marked enterprise and integ-
rity, which have won him the confidence
and esteem of all with whom he has had
dealings and the commendation of the com-
munity where he has resided for more than
a quarter of a century and has many stanch
and loyal friends.

FRANK KNOWLES is one of the success-
ful and up-to-date merchants of the city of
Florence. His birth occurred in Kew Hamp-
shire in Xovember, 1S54, his parents being
E. C. and Lucinda (At wood) Knowles. who
were born, reared and married in that state.
In 185S tliev removed to Minnesota and were
residents of" that state until ISSl. when tliey
removed to Oregon and settled at Mapleton
in Lane county, where Mr. Knowles passed
away in 1903." His widow is still living at
the age of seventy-nine and maintains her
residence at Florence. To Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Knowles were born five sons and three
daughters, and of this family five are >till
living: John, now a resident of JefTers,
Minnesota: Albert, of Mapleton, Oregon;
Frank, of this review; George O., of Cottage
Grove, Oregon, and Mrs. Cora E. Witherson,
the editor of The West. Jane, Ezekiel and
Mary are deceased.

Frank Knowles was reared in his parents'
home and educated in the common schools
of the districts in which he lived. He re-
mained under the parental roof until twen-
ty-two years of age and at that time re-
moved from Minne.sota to California in the
month of Xovember, 1876, making the jour-
ney by rail, which at that time required the
period of nine full days. The slow progress
made by the train was occasioned by the
imperfect construction of the railroad track,
whith at that early period was new and un-
settled m its roadbed. On his- arrival in
the Golden state he settled first at Xord,
and there spent one and a half years, after
which he removed to Mapleton, Oregon,
where he filed upon a homestead of one hun-
dred and forty-two acres, upon which he es-
tablished his home and continued to live for
the following twenty-nine years. In 1907
he removed to Florence, where he engaged
at once in the general mercantile business,
to -which he has since devoted his entire at-
tention. He still owns his beautiful farm
near Mapleton and is also the owner of the
real estate and improvements connected with
his mercantile establishment and in addition
to tnesc holdings he is the owner of several
fine business lots in Florence and with his
wife is joint owner of a valuable tract of
commercial timber, consisting of two hun-
dred and eighty acres near the city of
Mapleton.

In 1,><77 Mr. Knowles was united in mar-
riage to Miss Elizabeth Morton, who was
bom in Nova Scotia in 1856, her parents be-
ing Lemuel and Sarah (Foot I Morton, who
were likewise natives of Nova Scotia and
who ppent the early years of their married
lift in their native" land. In 1872 >lr. and
Mrs. Morton removed to Minnciota. where
they ra.iintnined their residence until Mrs.

Morton's death, alter which the father of
Mrs. Knowles removed to Oregon, w-here he
made his home with his son-in-law, Frank
Knowles, until the time of his death, wliii-li
occurred at sixty-seven years of age. To
Mr. an('. Mrs. Morton si.\ children were born,
three of whom are still living: Clmrles, ot
Minnesota; Mrs. Elizabeth Knowles, and
Mrs. Laura Workman, of Spokane, Wash-
ington, Caleb, Wilson and William arc de-
ceased. To Mr, and Mrs. Knowles five chil-
dren have been bom. Maud, the eldest, is
deceased, Mabel is the wife of Joseph Sleni-
mons, of Dead wood, Oregon, who is in the
employ of the State Fish Hatchery, Pre-
vious to his present position he was en-
gaged in educational work as a public-school
ti-achei, Grace has passed aw-ay. Rosa s
the wife nf William F.. Wells, of Mapleton,
Oregon, who is now- retired, Ruth is attend-
ing college at Albany, Oregon.

Mr. Knowles is alliliated with the rep\'l)li-
can part J but very liberal in the use of h's
franchise", giving the benefit of his sut^rage
to the men whom he believes best represent
the vital and most pressing interests of the
people. During his residence in Florem-e he
has served as a member of the city coimcil.
He served as master of the Grange, rt
Mapleton, for more than a year, during th-i
years 1903 and 1904, Frank Knowles is in
every way one of the representative citizens
of L.ine county. He is highly esteemed as a
business and educational interests of the
and associates as one of the enterprising
and influential citizens whose help is always
to be relied upon in the advancement of any
measure calculated to further develop the
business and educational interests of the
community in which he lives.

JOHN C. BECK is justly entitled to recog-
nition as one of the enterprising and puD-
lic-spirited citizens of Lane county, this
state. He is a native of Denmark, his birth
having occurred in that country in IS61,
and is a son of Chris Peterson Heck and
Inger Marie Johannesscn. both of whom
were natives of Denmark. In their family
were seven children: .lolin Peter, of Min-
nesota; Ida and Margaret, deceased; .lohn
C, the subject of our sketch; Peter Chris-
tian, Jens and .Johannnh Marie, all of whom
are now deceased.

Mr. Beck began to earn wages at the early
age of six years. At that period in his life
he worked as a sheep herder during the sum-
mer season ami lived with his father's fam-
ily <luring the winter. In this empli>ynii-nt
he continued to Iw engaged until he was ten
years of age. His inclinations, however, led
him in the pursuit of knowledge and such
was his ambition from early boyhood that
notwithstanding the fact that he was eim-
stantly employed he still found time to <lc-
vote himself to educational pursuits and by
the time he had attained his eighteenth year
ho bad sufllriently educated himself to (|iibI-
ify as teac-her in the public schools of his
native land. Much of his early education
was acquired in the open tlelds of Denmark
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to be made in attendance upon the night
schools. At the age of eighteen he entered
educational work and continued to be en-
gaged as a teacher in the public schools for
three years thereafter. He was then re-
quired by government law to enter the serv-
ice of the army of Denmark and as a sol-
dier of his native land he served in the ranks
of her army for si,\ months, at the end of
which time his wedding occurred and he
was immediately thereafter recalled to the
colors, to which call he was required to im-
mediately respond. During the time he was
engaged in the army he did not at any time
see active service in the field. On retiring
from military duty he was engaged in farm-
ing on twenty acres of land which he had
previously acquired. That property he
eventually disposed of and emigrated to
America. On reaching the shores of the
new world he continued his journey from the
eastern seaport westward, making his first
stay in Minnesota, and in that state for one
year engaged in educational work, teaching
in one of the Minnesota public schools and
later renting a farm which he operated for
two years. In 1883 he purchased eighty
acres of farm land upon which he estab-
lished his home and continued to reside un-
til 1880. at which time he disposed of that
property and removed to Oregon, settling at
Point Terrace on the Siuslaw river, where
he purchased seventy-six acres and has since
been engaged in farming and fishing. In
addition to his interest in farming and in
the conduct of his fishing business he has
also cut and sold at a handsome profit a
large amount of timber. To him belongs
the credit of having laid out the town of
Rockport, the site of which by good fortune
is located upon his own farm. The South-
ern Pacific Railway survey crosses his place,
taking a strip of one hundred feet in width,
I'xactly paralleling one of his boundary lines.
He has already disposed of twenty acres to
good advantage and expects to realize the
building up of a new and thriving inland
town, which he has named Rockport, lo-
cated within the surveyed limits of his own
home on the Siuslaw river. Here he fol-
lows mixed farming, giving particular at-
tention to the growing of fruit, berries and
garden truck, and in addition to the cultiva-
tion of his farm he engages in salmon fish-
ing and also has a dairy, in the conduct of
which lie is very successful, as well as in
the breeding and raising of fine hogs for
the market.

Mr. Beck has been twice married, his first
wife being Anna Magdalena Peterson, a
daughter of Peter Troelsen, of Denmark,
and to this union three children were born:
Mattie Catherine, the wife of Bruce David,
a sawmill operator of Point Terrace, by
wlioni slie has four children. Edwin. Leon-
ard, .lennie and Myrtle; Chris, a farmer of
Point Terrace, who is married to Irma
Neely and they have one boy, Willie; and
Mary, deceased. The mother of these chil-
dren closed her earthly pilgrimage in Den-
mark, her native land, in 1888. and in the
staff of Minnesota, in 1889, Mr. B';ck was

united in wedlock to Miss Johanna Marie
Johannasen, a daughter of Laust and Enger
Marie Johannasen, in whose family were ten
children: Jens and Jens Christian, both of
Denmark; Johanna JIarie. now Mrs. Beck;
and Johannah Catherine, Maren, Lausine M.,
Hans, Christian, Ludvikka and Nels, all of
Denmark. To Mr. and Mrs. Beck seven
children have been born: Laust Christian,
deceased; Anton Marius, an engineer of
Point Terrace; Anton Marinus, deceased;
Lausine Marie, who is a pupil in the public
schools; Johannah Catherine, who is also at-
tending tlie public schools; .Jolmnie, at home;
and Merrill, deceased. In 1800 they also
adopted a six-year-old nephew of Mr. Beck,
M. C. Beck, who carries their name. He
proved a great helper to his new parents
during their hard struggles and remained
with them until he was married to Miss Mary
Fredericksen. They have two children, Clif-
ton and Myrtle, and he has built his home
on a piece of land acquired from Mr. Beck's
home place.

Mr. Beck politically is affiliated with the
socialist party, following the standard of
that organization in its national and state
campaigns. He has never been a candidate
for public office, preferring to give his at-
tention to his private interests. In his re-
ligious life he is associated with the Evan-
gelical Lutheran church, of which he is a
member. John C. Beck is regarded by his
friends and associates as one of the enter-
prising and successful men of Lane comity
and is identified with every enterprise in-
tended to advance the material, educational
and religious welfare of the people among
whom he has established his home, where he
is now engaged in a successful effort to
place a new town on the map of Oregon,
which later should increase substantially the
value of the real-estate holdings of all the
people within its immediate vicinity.

ALMORAN HILL, now deceased, who was
one of the early settlers of Oregon and
gained recognition as a successful farmer
and a man of unimpeachable character, was
for sixty-six years a resident of Washington
county. He was born in Sheridan county,
Missouri, December 26, 1822, a son of Wright
and Frances (Christian) Hill. The father
was born in Tennessee and became a settler
of Missouri, continuing there during the re-
mainder of his life.

Mr. Hill of this sketch grew to manhood
in his native state. At the age of nineteen
he was married and in 1843 started with his
wife across the plains with an ox team and
wagon. They joined with others who col-
lected on the Missouri river the same spring.
The jiarty was the largest that had under-
taken the journey on the overland trail up
to that time. There were six hundred wag-
ons ill tlie caravan and in accordance with
the custom of those days, officers were chosen
before leaving the river, .Jesse Applegate
being selected as captain. It required si.'C
months lacking two days to accomplish the
journey, the start being made May 12 from
St. Clair. Missouri. Fortunately the Indians

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were not iipoFi tlie war |>iith at this time
and they were I'ree from many disasters which
overcame other parties iu tlie years follow-
inp. A little boy was run over and killed on
the route ami several persons were drowned
in the Columbia river near The Dalles, but
with these exceptions no fatalities occurred.
They left their wagons and o.\en at. Fort
Walla Walla until the followin<r sprin<; and
came down the t'tdumbia river in a batteau
anil three skiffs. Peter H. Burnett, who sub-
sequently was elected the tirst governor of
California, was captain during this voyage.
The travelers arrived at Fort Vancouver
N'ovemlM-r 1(1 and were most hospitably re-
ceived by Dr. Mcl.oughlin. who extemled to
them every assistance within his power. Mr.
Hill and his wife spent a week at Oregon
City, where one of the brothers of Mrs. Hill
had settled, and then came to Washington
county. On February 20. 1845, Mr. Hill
took up a donation land claim upon which
he established his home. He built a little
log cabin with a cla[>board roof, in which he
and his family lived for eighteen months.
There was no Moor to the cabin and the latch-
string always hung on the outside of the
door. The family then moved into another
log house with one room and continued
there until 1860 when a more commodious
log residence was erected. This house still
stands as it was originally built and is mu;
of the interesting historic structures of this
region. About sixty acres of land was cleared
at the time the claim was taken up. the rest
being thickly set in timber. Mr. Hill ap-
[ilied himself with great diligence in the e.s-
tablisliment of a comfortable home ami also
cleared the land, tinally developing the farm
into one of the productive properties of the
neighborhood.

On .July 4, 1S41. Mr. Hill was married on
the Big >Sock river, in Missouri, to Miss
Sarah .lane Reed, who was bom at Indian-
apolis, Indiana. .Tuly 20, 1823: She is a
daughter of .Joseph C. and Hannah .loan
(Clemens) Reed. The father was f>orn in
Connecticut and became one of the |iioneers
of the middle west. In his family were
twelve children, all of v.iiora grew to ma-
turity except one. Of the children of Mr.
and Mrs. Hill ten attained maturity. The
elilest chilli died in infancy in Missouri.
Diantha was Imrn when her mother was on
her way to Oregon and became the wife of
Thomas .Jenkins. She died in February,
1911. A son William went to Alaska and
has not been heard from for six years past.
It is. therefore, believed that he is dead.
The other children were txirn on the home
place in Washington county. Francis Mar-
ion was married and is now a widower with
four children who make their home with
Mrs. Hill. Narcissa married .James Allen
and died leaving two children. Mary Ann
was the wife of William Davis and is also
deceased, .'^he was the mother of one child.
Margaret is the widow of William Cnniplwll
and has one child. Tryphena married Kd-
ward Money and they have four children.
Hannah is the wife of Herl>ert Cowles and
they are the parents of eight children.

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Sarah .lane, who married Edward Tate, is
now a widow and has oiu- daughter. Al-
moran Lincoln is nuirried and has three chil-
dren. Mrs. 'Hill has had thirty-seven grand-
children, ten great grandchildren and three
great -great -grandchildren.

-Mr. Hill died February 2, UK)!), in the
eighty-seventh year of his age. In politics
lie adhered to the republican i)arty.
He was for a number of years a member of
the school board but held no other olTiceii
ns he had no desire for ]>olitical honors.
He was a stanch friend of education and the
Hill schoolhouse which stands on part o'
the original donation claim located by him
was iiami'd in his honor. He was a member
of the Christian church and he ami his
family attended the cliunh many times at
llillsboro. fourteen miles from home. He
enlisted in the Cayuse Indian war and went
with other volunteers as far as The Dalles
and there learned that the Indians had given
up hostilities. He was a brave, straightfor-
ward, manly and generous-hearted man who
nobly perfornu'd his part in opening the way
for civilization. Mrs. Hill proved indeed a
worthy heljunate to her husband and a kind
and considerate mother to her children. She
still resides in the old home which is en-
deared to her by countless associations. She
is one of the esteemed pioneer women of
Oregon. Her mind reverts to the time when
there were no towns in Oregon apart from
the fortilied settlements on the large rivers
and the country was occupied by Indians
and wild animals. She was a witness of the
great transformation represented by steam-
boats, railways and the automobile and in
her declining years is receiving the loving
care of her children and descendants even to
the fourth generation. That she has earned
the gratitude of those who appreciate the
sacrifices of the pioneer wonu'n of the north-
west is the opinion of all who know her,

ORLANDO THOMAS PROUT, who resides
two and one half niilis iiurlliwest of .Jos-
eph, is one of the prominent ranchmen of
\Vallowa county. He was lM>rn in Branch
county, Michigan, .luly 12, 18.'>4, the son of
•Silas mill Betsy (I'rine) Prout. the father a
native of the state of New York and the
mother a native of Wales. The parents
were married in .Michigan and located in
Branch county, that stati-. where the father
followed till- carpenter's trade in connection
with his work as a farmer. At the opening
of the Civil war he enlisted in the Fourth
Michigan Cavalry and died in a hospital in
MurfreeslMiro, I'ennessee, in 180.1, The
mother passed away in Quincv, Michigan, in
March. 1804.

( Irlando T. Prout was reare<l at the home
of his parents and aciiuired his education in
the common schrsds of his native state. At
the early nge of sixteen he started out in
life for himself and was engaged as a team-
ster in the lumlMT regions of Michigan.
,\f(er working nt teaming for a year he ap-
prenticed himself to a stonecutter In
•Quincv. Michigan, but after one ami one-
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and went to Nebraska. Two years later he
went to Colorado, locating in Golden, where
he remained for about four years, being em-
ployed on a ranch and at railroad work.
Subsequently he 'worked his way through
to Oregon, consuming about a year or more
on his journey westward. In 1882 he ar-
rived in Wallowa county and located on his
present ranch, which he took up as a home-
stead. Here he has since followed general
farming and is now one of the good, sub-
stantial and well-to-do men of this county.
He is president of the .Joseph Warehouse
Company and his interests have connected
him with other prominent business rela-
tions.

In 1885 Mr. Prout was united in marriage
with Miss Sarah C. Cole, a daugliter of
Wiley P. Cole, who came to Wallowa county
from Nebraska in 1880. Mrs. Prout passed
away in March, 1911, leaving eight children.
They are: Jasper, who is a ranchman liv-
ing on Pine creelc. this county; Eva. who is
the wife of Arthur Hewitt, of Joseph; and
Roy, Earl, Clarence, Lawrence, and twins,
named Aubrey and Audrey, all of whom are
at home. Mr. Prout is a democrat and he
has always been interested in everything
that stood for public advancement. Through-
out his entire residence on his ranch in this
county, which covers a period of over
thirty years, he has ever been actively iden-
tified with all measures of reform and prog-
ress.

WALTER ROSS McCORNACK, deceased,
was born in Illinois on July 13, 1845, and was
the son of Andrew A. and Maria McCornack.
His father was a native of Scotland and his
mother of Londenderry, Ireland. Andrew
A. McCornack emigrated to America at an
early date and settled in Illinois. His wife
emigrated to this country with her i)arents
in 1840, the family settling in Illinois, She
remained under the parental roof until the
time of her marriage, which was celebrated
in the days of her early womanhood in tlie
state of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. McCornack
removed to Washington in 1853 and from
that state to Lane county, Oregon, in 1858.
Twelve children were born to them, of whom
all are still living except Walter R., of this
review. The record of the surviving chil-
dren is as follows: E. A., of Eugene; Dr.
W. A., of Oakland, California; E. P., of
Salem, this state; Dr. H. F., of Eugene;
Mrs. J. G. Stevenson, of Eugene; Mrs. C.
M. Collier, also of Eugene; Miss Mary, of
Eugene; Mrs. Dr. E. P. Geary, of Portland,
Oregon; J. K.. of Palouse, Washington; Mrs.
F. A. Wells, of San Francisco. California;
and Frank H., of Klamath Falls, Oregon.
The father of this family passed aw'ay in
1872 and the mother in July, 1901.

Walter R. McCornack established his per-
manent home in 1893 on a ranch located on
the north fork of the Siuslaw river, four
miles above Florence, and to the care and
development of this beautiful farm he con-
tinned to give his attention until the time
of his death. Some years prior to his lo-

cating his home he served as deputy sheriff
for Lane county for some years and was
also appointed to the office of deputy county
clerk of that county for several succeeding
terms.

In the year 1874 Mr. McCornack was unit-
ed in marriage to Miss Elizabeth E. Hazle-
ton, whose birth occiu'red in Canada, .lanuary
16, 1854, her parents being Louis and Re-
becca (Beals) Hazleton, who were born,
reared and married in Canada. Louis Hazle-
ton was born July 10, 1830, and his wife
exactly three years later. To them six chil-
dren were born, four of whom are still liv-
ing: Elizabeth E., the widow of Walter R,
McCornack; .John W., a resident of Mani-
toba, Canada; Sarah, who died in infancy;
Peter, of Manitoba, Canada; Equilla, who
likewise passed away in infancy, and Mrs.
Mary C. Williams, of Manitoba, Canada.
The father of this family passed away in
July, 1865, and the mother is still living in
Manitoba, Canada, at the age of seventy-
nine. To Mr. and Mrs. McCornack two sons
were born. Eugene R., born November 30,
1881, now resides on the old homestead, and
is a half owner of seven hundred and sixty
acres of agricultural land. He married
Josephine Herring and two children have
been born to them: Edna Elizabeth, born
Fel>ruary 5, 1909; and Emily Lois, born Jan-
uary 23, 1911. Kenneth H., born October
10, 1887, is engaged in stock-raising and
dealing in Florence and owns a half interest
with his brother in the old homestead con-
taining seven hundred and sixty acres.
Both of the sons of Mr. and Mrs. McCornack
received a good English education in the
public schools. The father of this family
passed away at his home in 1903. His
widow continued to live upon the home
rancli until 1911, when, during the month
of Sepie)nber of that year, she removed to
the city of Florence, where she built one o*
the finest among the many handsome resi-
dences of that city, in which she now resides.

Walter Ross McCornack was a member of
the Presbyterian church, to which his widow
and children still belong. During all his life
he was recognized by his friends and asso-
ciates as being a man of the highest type
of Christian character, devoted to the best
interests of the commnnity in which he
lived, and in his death the county of Lane
suffered the loss of one of its best known
and most useful citizens.

KARL A, MILLER is the well known cash-
ier of the Glendale State Bank, which is one
of the up-to-date and successful banking
houses of Douglas county, Oregon. He was
born in Portland, Oregon", December 8, 1874,
and is the son of Arthur F. and .Jennie R.
(Stevenson) Miller, the former a native of
Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the latter of
Springfield, Illinois. The father was the son
of Henry Miller who crossed the plains from
Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Oregon in 1852.
He traveled in company with the emigrant
train until he reached Granger, Idaho, at
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of Karl A. Miller tinished his journey to
Oregon where he settled near Milwaukie, in
Clackamas county, and there tiled u|M)n a
homestead. Arthur F. .Miller, the father of
the subject of this review, located in Port-
land, Oregon, shortly after his marriage and
has there since continued to reside. He has
devoted the greater portion of his life to
the grange work and is the president of the
life insurance branch of that organization
and is also secretary of the lire insurance
branch ami is superintendent and one of the
directors of the Multnomah County Fire As-
sociation. He was associated for some time
with the Northern Pacific railway in the
collection of grasses and grains for exhibi-
tion purposes and during the Columbian E.\-
position in Chicago in 1893 he had charge of
the t)regon department of forestry. The
mother of the subject of this review was
the daughter of J. W. Stevenson, who
crossed the plains from Springfield, Illinois,
with ox teams in 1S53 and settled in Wash-
ington between the Cascades and Cape Horn.
The family was living at that point when
the massacre occurred at the Cascades and
were near enough to the site of that tragedy
to know much of the suffering endured by
the victims.

Karl A. Miller was reared in his father's
home and received his early education in the
Sellwood grammar school and after passing
through the lower grades was later grad-
uated from the Portland high school, after
whii [i lie conipleti'd a liusiness course, in the
College of Portland, graduating from that
institution with the class of 1893. He then
went to Chicago and was there assistant to
his father in the forestry department of
Oregon at the World's Fair exhibition. He
later accepted a clerkship in the Citizens
Hank, of Portland, and was identified with
that institution for seven years.

While in the service of that institution he
was advanced to the position of assistant
cashier which position he resigned to accept
the position as bookkeeper in the Wells
Fargo Hank ami during his three years' serv-
ice in that financial house he was advanced
to the position of receiving teller. When
the Wells p'argo Hank was sold out he took
up work as cashier in the Portland Tnist
Company, in which employment he contin-
ued until 190H. He then i-ame to Olendale
to accept the cashiership and business man-
agement of the Olendale .State Hank since
which time he has continued to give his un-
I divided attention to the interests of that In-
stitution.

Mr. Miller was united in marriage Decem-
ber 21, 1900, to Miss Frances May Cline
of Portland, Oregon, She is the daughter ot
Dr. and .Mrs. C. E. Cline. of Portland. Ore-
gon. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller two children
have l)een born. Bayanl .A. and Alden K. In
189.') Mr. Miller received the appointment
as notary public and has continued to serve
in that office. His fraternal relations are
with Azalia Lodge. No. 119, F. A A. M. He
is the school clerk of lilendale anil also the
treasurer of that city. Mr. and .Mrs. .Mdler

are members of the Presbyterian church of
which he is treasurer and one of the elders.
Karl A. Miller is one of the sultstantial
and enterprising citizens of (llendale and a
man who always is to be relied upon to give
his su|>port to the advancement of any
worthy cau.se which will improve the civic
anil moral conditions of the community In
which he lives.

MADS C. JENSEN is one of the enterpris-
ing agriculturists of Lane county, in which
he lives, his farm being located at Point
Terrace, si.x and one-half miles up the river
from Florence. He was tM)rn .lanuary 5,
1876, and is the son of Lanst and Annie
(Knudsoni Jensen, both of whom were na-
tives of Denmark, His mother's parents
followed farming for a livelihood and his
paternal grandfather was by trade and oc-
cupation a blacksmith. Lanst Jensen emi-
grated to America with his family in the
year ISS'i. reaching the shores of the new
world on the 291 h day of October of that
year. He maile his first settlement in the
state of Minnesota at the time when the
subject of this review was seven years of
age. On reaching Minnesota Mr, .Jensen
purchased a farm of one hundred and twen-
ty acres in Polk county of that state and
later added to his original purchase one hun-
dred and sixty acres of good Minnesota
land. Upon that land he established his
home, where he continued to live until 1901,
at which time he removed to Oregon and
settled on the Kiuslaw river, where he en-
gaged in the business of farming. The first
real estate he purchased in this state was
locateil but a short ilistance east of Maple-
ton. That property he later disposed of and
removed to a point farther down the river,
near Acme. To Mr. and Mrs. Lanst Jensen
five children were l>oni: Stina. the wife of
Peter Larson, of ^(innesota. and the mother
of ten children: Christina, the wife of .lames
C. .Johnson, residing on the Siuslaw river,
their family consisting of five children;
•lensina, who is the wife of Antone Knudson,
of Minnesota, ami the mother of five chil-
dren; Mary, who is the wife of Omar Wis-
ilom, of filenada. and the mother of two chil-
ilren; and Mads ('., of this re\ iew.

Mads C. Jensen was reared in his par-
ents' home and educated in the common
schools. He remained under the parental
roof until twenty-two years of age ami at
that period in his life he became a ioint
partner with his father in all matters of
business interests, a relationship which con-
tinued until 1909. .\t that time they pur-
ehaseil one hundred and sixty-three arrea
of land and later ,\Ir. .Jensen inilividiially
liecame the owner of one hundred and sixty
acres of the alsive deserilM'd property, which
it still in his iMmscssion. Ilis father Inter
purchased thirty aires, u|M>n which he now
lives. Mnds ('. .Jensen established his home
upon his tract of one hundred and sixty
acres, where he is now engageil to some ex-
tent in agricultural pursuits, giving the
major portion of his time and attention to
the business of fishing and dairying.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Mr. Jensen was united in marriage to
Miss Darthea Frederickson, a daughter of
Nels and Enger (Jensen) Frederickson, in
whose family were seven cliildren: Jens,
deceased; Metta, the wife of J. M. Gibson,
of Point Terrace, and the mother of two
children: Fred, of Point Terrace; Jens, of
Acme; Mary, the wife of Mads C. Beck, of
Point Terrace, and the mother of two chil-
dren; Jensina, who resides with her sister,
Mrs. Mads C. Jensen; and Darthea, the wife
of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen are the
parents of four children: Lawrence, born
July 30, 1899; Edward, born December 14,
1900; Lillie, born May 17, 1904; and Melvin,
born July 23, 1910.

Mr. Jensen is not affiliated with any par-
ticular political party. He is liberal in his
political views and gives his support to the
men whom he believes represent the best in-
terests of his state and county. He has never
sought political preferment of any kind.
Fraternally he belongs to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and his religious as-
sociation is with the Lutheran church. He
is one of the representative men of the com-
munity in which he lives and is loyally de-
voted to the interests of his family and
friends. He is regarded as a man of strict
integrity in his business associations and at
all times ready to lend his assistance to the
advancement of any public interest tending
to improve the condition of the people in
his state and county.

JEREMIAH COBB BAISLEY. W\n]e all
days have nut heen equally bright in tlie
1)usiMess career of Jeremiah Cobb Baisley. he
has on tlie whole made steady progress in
his mining, farming and stock-raising — tlie
three interests which have claimed the greater
part of his time and attention. He was born
on the 7th of March, 1842. in Jefferson town-
ship, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, and is
now living upon a well improved farm near
Durkee. Oregon, where he is carrying on agri-
cultural pur.suits along improved lines. His
fatlier, Amos Baisley, Was born in New Jer-
sey and is a son of a Revolutionary soldier.
The iiiotlier, who bore the maiden name of
Hiihln llazen. was also born in New Jersey
and in that state was married. Amos S.
Baisley, who was both a farmer and carpen-
ter, removed from his native state to Pennsyl-
vania and afterAvard to Missouri, whence, in
1S63, he crossed the plains with ox teams
to Oregon, accoTiipanied by his family. He
locate<l land in the Powder river valley belnw
Raker City and afterward discovered placer
gold mines below the Virtue gold quartz
mines. He worked his placer lands with con-
siderable profit and at the same time im-
proved his farm. After his death, whicli oc-
curred December 8, 1871, his widow returned
to Pcinisylvania, where she passed away a
few years later. The father left his family
in comfortable financial circumstances. There
were three sons and four daughters. Sarah.
born in isris. became the wife of Richard Wil-
liams, of Missouri, and they had three sons
and two dans-hters. Barbara Ann became the
wife of William .■Xdams and is now a resi-

dent of the Powder river valley. They have
four sons and two daughters. Jeremiah C.
is the third of the family. Malinda is the
wife of W. James, living about five miles west
of Baker, and they have two daughters.
Samuel B., living on a farm about six miles
west of Baker, married a Miss Warfield and
they had two sons and two daughters. Mary
died when about seven years of age. James
L., living in Baker, married Miss Bowman
and had six daughters.

Jeremiah C. Baisley was educated in the
public schools of Glasgow and of Mercer
county, Missouri. His first work was in placer
milling on his father's property near the
Virtue gold quartz mine. While they had
water to work with this paid them well, Mr.
Baisley and his father clearing sixty-four
dollars in a single day with a rocker. He
afterward purchased land near Durkee, also
liomesteaded one hundred and sixty acres and
preempted one hundred and sixty acres. He
likewise bought other land adjoining until he
now has in one body eight hundred and forty
acres on Durkee creek suitable for grain and
pasturage and nearly all enclosed and under
cultivation. He has raised as high as fifty-
five bushels of wheat to the acre and has an
orchard of about eighteen acres bearing
apples, pears, plums, apricots, peaches, etc.
A large part of his land is excellent fruit
land. He owns the waters of Durkee creek,
having purchased the right from C. W. Dur-
kee, whose location dates back to 1862. By
means of ditches constructed for irrigation
purposes he has been using this water for
between twenty and thirty .years and in
order to add thereto he now has under con-
struction a large ditch seven miles in length,
intended to carry two thousand inches of
water. He hopes with the use of reservoirs
to irrigate all of the property and it is his
plan to subdivide this into ten, twenty and
thirty-acre tracts for truck and fruit farms,
for which it is well adapted, while the rail-
road, three miles distant, will afford excellent
shipping facilities. Mr. Baisley has dealt
largely in cattle and horses, at times running
on the land several hundred head of cattle
and from one to three hundred head of horses
annually. He now has a large number of
cattle and horses, including some fine Per-
cheron stock.

On the 24th of October. 1867, Mr. Baisley
was married to Miss Mildred Peyton, of Mon-
ticcllo. Howard county, Missouri, a daughter
of Andrew Jackson and Nancy .Jane (Smith)
Peyton. Her father was born in 1815 and
was the son of a Mexican war soldier. Her
parents went from Madison county, Kentucky,
to Missouri, where they Avere farmers, stock-
raisers and slaveowners, living near Glasgow.
Her grandmother was a half-sister to the
famous scout Kit Carson. Her father was
married twice and by his first wife had a son
and four daughters, while by his second wife,
.Mrs. Baisley 's mother, he had two sons and
two daughters. His eldest child. Sarah, be-
came the wife of Addison Houston. Elzira
Miller Peyton, the second of the family, born
.laiiuary 14, 1839, lives in Baker county.
She took lip a homestead claim of one hundred

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and sixty acres, a desert claim of forty acres
and a timber culture claim of one hundred and
twenty acres. She secured title to all these
and eventually sold the land. She is now
seventy-lour years of age, a hale, hearty
and cheerful old lady. She has been of much
assistance to her sister in rearing the thirteen
children of the liaisley family. The other
children of the Peyton family by the tirst
marriage were: John Henton, who wedded
Kuretta Hulsey; Eliza F.. the wife of Uavitl
Dunn; and Mary, the wife of William lioyd.
All three are residents of Missouri. The
children nf the second marriage were as fol-
lows: .Mildred Ann. now .Mrs. Baisley, was
burn .laiuiary 27. IS.'iO. She hail a first cousin,
•lohn .\. I'eyton. who was born on the same
day and he became a noted educator, school
superintendent and for several years was
assessor of Baker county but is now deceased.
Andrew .Jackson, born December 21, 1852,
married Jane Alice Maddnx, and lives in Mis-
souri. Semira Jane, born November .T. 1S54.
is the wife of James Fical, of California.
James Oscar. iMirn in 1836. died when he was
eleven years of age.

Mr. and Mrs. IJaisley became the parents
of seven sons and six daughters: Edna, born
March 22, lSf>9, is the wife of William Jack-
son Peyton, of I'nity, (Iregon. and has three
sons and a daughter. Oliver Oscar, born
November 3.>. 1X71. was married October 11.
ISSS. to nnisilla Peyton, and they have two
sons and two daughters: Maymie, born July
iri. 1S9((: .\rthur Calvin, who was lM>rn Octo-
ber II. IH'.pl. and is lunv a registered pharma-
cist: Wineda. b irn .August 22, 1S99: and Wil-
bur lirailley. born October 4. 1901. Minnie,
born February 1, 1S7:!. married Edward Hen-
ley ami has one daughter. .Jennie, born ^lay
9. 187.?. is the wife of Samuel Lycette.
Clyde, born December 2s. 1870, died at the
age of eleven years. Tennessee, born Decem-
ber 12. IS77. is the wife of John Cannon and
they have a son and two daughters. .lames
.Tackson. born February 1. 1879. married T.ila
Cunningham and died leaving a wife and onf"
.laughter. Frank S.. b'«rn November 19. 1881.
married Magsie Oroesnickle. The ninth, a
dauirhter. died in infancy. Cordell. born May
6, 1884, is at home. Roy X.. born Febniary
1. lS8r.. marrie<l Nellie Hoyd ami has a daugh-
ter. Howard, born -Tune 19, 1SS8, is decense<l.
Petilali nianih. b.irii March 24, 1891, is the
wife nf Edward flerber.

Mr. Haisley is a democrat in principle but
at local elections votes for the candidate
whom he regarils ns best qualified for ofTice.
He has server! as sehixd director in Baker
loiinty for four yi'ars and has also been a
loyal and publicspirited cifi/en since hin stal
wnrt advocaty of the fniim ns a soldier in
the Civil wir. He enliste.l with the volun
teers at Chillicofhe. Missouri. October 23,
1SB2, and after spending the winter at Cane
rjirnrdeau on the Mississippi was sent in 18r.:i
to Viiksburg and ioiiied Oeneral Burns' rom-
niand. In an attack on the city he wn«
wounded and taken pri-oner but was after
ward parrded and sent to .TefTemon Barracks.
Because <>f his wounds he was grnnteil a fur-
loU);h and w«« sent to his home in Mercer

county, Missouri, after which he was never
called into active service again. He has led
a l>\isy and useful life, has ever been generous
anil open handed and it is trulv said of him
that he never turned any one from his door
hungry. lie has reached the Psalmist's al-
lotted span of three score years and ten and
is still an active and enterprising citi/en and
one who has gradually worked his way tip-
ward to success.

CHARLES EDWARD FOSTER, chief en-
gineer of the paid lire department of As-
toria, was born in Portland. Oregon, Oc-
tober •>. lSfi9. his parents being Isaac and
lane (Coyne) Foster. The father's birth oc-
curred in .Manchester, p^ngland, while the
mother was U.rn in County Oalway, Ireland.
Their marriage was celebrated in Portland,
Oregon, in ISC.li. Isaac Foster followed the
trades of a iKiilermakcr and molder. He
was disabled bv an accident, however, which
prevented his continuance in those lines, then
he became jiroprietor of a cigar, tobacco and
notion store in Portland, carrying on busi-
ness there until December. is7ti, when he
came to Astoria and resumed business along
the same lines. He was numbered among
the progressive merchants of this town for
about eight years, or until 1884. His death
occurred in .Mine of that year, at which time
he was the owner of a fine business prop-
ertv in this citv. His widow still occupies
the old home in Astoria where she reared
her family of four children, namely: Charles
Edward: Thomas F.. now living at Port Or-
chard. Washington: Mary A., the wife of R.
A. Cearns. of Astoria: and Harry J., who is
connected with the fire department of As-
toria, One son, William, died at the age of
two years in Portland. Oregon.

After his father's death, which occurred
when he was fourteen years of age. Charles
E. Foster worked with his mother in the
store until twenty years of age. He then
became engiiged in the transfer business in
Astoria and the succeeding eight years were
thus passed. At the end of that time he
turned his attention to bookkeeping and did
business as collecting agent and accountant
until November. 1901. when he was appointed
the chief engineer of the paid lire depart
ment. which |N>sition he still fills. He had
first become identified with the volunteer de-
partment in Iss.i, when with other lads he
organiz<sl the Engine Teniler Company of
Bescue Engine Company, \o. 2. He »er*'ed
as foreman of the junior company until 1888,
when he was ejected a member of Kescue En-
gine Company. He served as secretary of
that company for two years and in .Septem-
ber. 1*92. was elected foreman, which oflice
he filled until Isy.T. when he was chosen chief
engineer of the department. In 1891 he was
reelected and ser*-ed until August. 1S9.'>, and
he also acte<l ns secretary of the depart-
ment from 1.8911 until 1893. He was ap-
pnintol to his present position by the fire
and water committee in October. 1904, and
his long trnuiing well ipialifies him for the
responsibilities and obligations which now
devolve upon him.

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In January, 1903, Mr. Foster was married
to Misg Margaret E. Gilmore, a native of
Astoria and a daughter of Cornelius and
Bertha (Ferrj') Gilmore, natives of Irehxnd
and Nebraska, respectively. The fatlier died
in 1898 but the mother is still living in
Portland. Of their family of eight children
six still survive, namely: Mrs. Fo.ster; Cliar-
lotte, at home; Mary, the wife of T. A.
Leahy, manager of the Ford & .Stokes Hard-
ware Company of Astoria: Catherine, the
wife of F. Balmer. of Spokane, Washington;
and Genevieve and Florence, both at home.
Two children, Annie and Cornelius, died
when young. Mr. and Mrs. Foster now have
four children: Charles Coyne, who was born
November 8, 1903; Thomas Henry, July 18.
1906; Francis (iilmore, January 3, 1909; and
Genevieve Evelyn, March 33, 1911.

Mr. Foster and his family are members of
the Roman Catholic church and he is a mem-
ber of various fraternal organizations, in-
cluding the Knights of Columbus, the Benev-
olent Protective Order of Elks, the Fra-
ternal Order of Eagles, the Independent Order
of Red Men, the Foresters of America, the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Mod-
ern Woodmen of America, the Knights of the
Maccabees, and the Woodmen of the World,
his membership being with lodges in Astoria.
In politics he is a republican and while he
is not a politician in the commonly accepted
sense of the term he has served as road su-
pervisor for two terms. He has served as a
member of the Oregon State Militia, being a
member of Company H, from which he holds
an honorable discharge. He is popular with
the men who serve under him and who recog-
nize that his promotion has been well mer-
ited. He never regards the duties of his of-
fice lightly but loyally and faithfully meets
the tasks that devolve upon him and is calm
and clear-headed in times of dang<?r, using
his men and apparatus to the best advantage.

THOMAS ROBERT MONK, who is engaged
in the photograph business in Tillamook,
was born in Crawford county, Indiana, on the
18th of January, 1863, and is a son of Rob-
ert S. and Rachel (Tucker) Monk. His par-
ents were also natives of Crawford county,
the father's birth having occurred in 1834
and that of the mother in 1835. Robert S.
Monk, who was a farmer, responded to his
country's call in 1861, enlisting and going to
the front as a member of the Fifty-Eighth
Indiana Regiment. The hardships and priva-
tions incident to camp life in the army un-
dermined his constitution and he contracted
a disease to which he succumbed in 1862, dur-
ing the infancy of our subject. He left a
widow and one other child, Simon, both of
whom are now deceased.

Reared by his mother, Thomas Robert
Monk acquired his education in the graded
and high schools of Marengo, Indiana, then
began his real life work as a wage earner.
He early decided that he wished to become a
physician and entered the medical college of
Louisville, Kentucky, being graduated in 1896.
During the first year of his professional ca-
reer he engaged in practice in Indiana, but

subsequently located in eastern Oregon and
for twelve years thereafter was identified
with the medical fraternity of Union county.
At the expiration of that period he came
to Tillamook, and finding here a good opening
for a photograph gallery bought out J. A.
Dahlgran, and has ever since been successfully
engaged in conducting a studio here.

In 1885 Dr. Monk was married to Miss Ida
Coppock, a daughter of Jesse Coppock, a
farmer of Nebraska. Four children were
born of this union: Robert 8.. who is a hos-
pital steward in the United States navy, sta-
tioned on the torpedo boat. Smith; Nellie,
who is the wife of Bliss McKennon, of Alicel,
Oregon; Lloyd, who is also a resident of Ore-
gon; and Lois, who lives in Salem. Mrs.
Monk passed away in 1897 and on the 19th of
October, 1903, Dr. Monk was again married,
his choice being Miss May J. E. Conrad, who
was born and reared in Logansport, In(liana.
Mrs. Monk is a daughter of Edward J. Con-
rad, a farmer and stockman, who is also a
native of Logansport, while her mother, whose
maiden name was Elese Geisseler, was born
in Geneva, Switzerland.

Dr. Monk is a republican in politics and in
1906. while living in Union county, was cor-
oner. Fraternally he is a member of the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.

BUTLER DE LASHMUTT. For a <|uarter
of a century Butler De Lashmutt has owned
and occupied the farm on which he now re-
sides— a good tract of land of one hundred
and thirty-five acres, five miles south of Mc-
Minnville. This is a rich agricultural dis-
trict and the soil responds readily to the care
and labor which is bestowed upon it. so that
Mr. De Lashmutt is meeting with success in
his efl'orts to cultivate the fields and improve
his property. He was born in Iowa, Novem-
ber 17, 1853, his parents being John K. and
Amanda (Hodges) De Lashmutt, the former
a native of Kentucky and the latter of
France. The mother accompanied her parents
to the new world and went with them to
Iowa, in which state John K. De Lashmutt
had located in early manhood. There they
became acquainted and were married, and in
1853 they joined the vast throng of people
who in that year crossed the plains to the
Pacific coast. They made the journey with
ox teams to Oregon and Mr. De Lashmutt
took up a donation claim of six hundred and
forty acres in Polk county. With character-
istic energy he began the task of transform-
ing the wild land into productive fields, work-
ing on year after year until about 1877,
when he removed to Washington county,
trading his homestead place in Polk county
for a farm in Washington comity, ujion which
he lived for ten years. He then traded that
property for the old homestead and once more
took up his abode upon the land which had
come into his possession as a donation claim.
For ten years he lived upon that place, after
which he sold out and took up his abode
upon a farm near Falls City. Oregon, where
he spent one year. After disposing of that
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conducting the business for two years, at the
end of whiih time he Imii^tit ii farm near
Wilhimina. iipuii wliiih he spent tlie sueceed-
ing two years. Ajrain he soKI out and at that
time took up his aliode in Amity, where he
lived retired in tlie enjoyment of a well earned
rest until his death, which occurred when he
was seventy-six years of age. His first wife
had died soon after their arrival in Oregon.
Later he married ag-ain and afterward lost
his second wife. His third wife passed away
soon after his demise. There were seven chil-
dren born of the tirst marriage, of whom four
are yet living: K. I!., a prominent resident of
Spokane. Washington, who at one time was
mayor of the city of Portland. Oregon ; I'.
L., a resident of Yamhill county. Isahelle.
the wife of Kd Wicks, who resides at The
Dalles. Oregon; and Butler, of this review. Of
the four children horn of the second marriage
two are yet living hut Fillmore and Catharine,
the eldest and the youngest, are now de-
ceased. The others are: Douglas, whose home
is in BentoM county. Oregon; and KIworth. a
resident of Pendleton. Oregon. Tlieri^ were
two children of the third nuirriage: .Jennie,
who has departed this life; and Mrs. Abbie
Bently, who resides at The Dalles.

Butler De Uishnuitt was only six months
old when brought by his mother to Oregon
and in the schools of Portland he pursued his
education, completing tlie high-school course
and afterward attending the Old Portland
Academy. He also spent some time as a stu-
dent in a business college and at the age of
twenty-one years went to Albany, where he
kept books for two years. He afterward re-
moved to Hallston. where he engaged in farm-
ing, working in the fields during the day ami
teaching in the night schools. He also taught
penmanship and thus his life passe<l for
twenty years. Surely this is an indication
that indolence and idleness are utterly foreign
to his nature. After a time he took up his
abode upon a farm at Falls City, where he car-
ried on general agricultural pursuits for seven
years and continued to teach in the night
schools during the same period. Later he re-
moved to The Dalles, Oregon, where he en-
gaged in the real-estate business for a year
and a half, at the end of which time he pur-
chase<l one hundred and thirty-five acres of
land situated about live miles south of Mi'-
Minnville. This was in issf, and during the
intervening period, covering a rjuarter of a
century, he has since lived upon this farm,
which presents a neat and thrifty appearance,
the spring time jilanting giving promise of
rich harvests in the late autumn.

In 187.'i Mr. De Lnshmutt was married to
Mi.sa F.lla Martin, a native of Polk county.
Oregon, and a <laughter of .1. S. nnil .\manila
(MiKanei Martin. Mrs. De Lanhmutt was
educati'il in Salem, attending the university
there, and made her home in F'olk county
up to the time of her marriage. She has be-
come the mother of seven chiMren and the
family circle yet remains unbroken by the
hand of ileath. These are: Warner, a rail-
road man. now living in Spokane. Washing-
ton; .\lbert. who is connerteil with news-
paper interests in .Spokane; .lohn. at home;
Le Roy, who is engaged in (he telephone Inni-

ness in Idaho; Earl, who is interested in the
hop industry at McMinnville; Victor, who is
engaged in the same line of busim'ss in Mc-
.Minnville; and Mildred, at hcmu>. .lohn and
Albert were l>otli sohliers in Company K of
the Oregon viduntei'rs in the Philippine war.
Mr. De Lashmutt gives his political alle-
giance to the republican party and has held
some local ollices. serving as constable of Polk
county, as road supervisor anil school clerk,
ever discharging the duties of those positions
in a conscientious and lapable nninner. Both
he and his wife holil membership in the
.Methodist church ami their inlliii-nce is al-
ways given on the siile of right, Justin- and
truth, of reform and progress. They are well
known people of Yamhill county, where their
many sterling traits of character have gained
for them high regard. .\Ir. De Lasliiniitt is
ever a champion of improvement anil de-
velopment, is exceptionally earnest in his ad-
vocacy of the |iublicscliool system, and does
all he can to further material, intellectual
and moral progress in this \niTt of the state.

NORRIS G. RUSSELL. The operation of
a finely improved ranch of fifty acres located
three miles northwest of Yamhill engages the
attention of Xorris (;. Russell, w lio repre-
sents the third generation of his family to
be identified with the agricultural develop-
ment of this state. His birth occ\irred in the
vicinity of North Yamhill in isori, and he is
a son of William and Elvira (Perkins) Rus-
sell. The father was born in Ohio on the .3d
of .July. 1.'*.'52. but at the ag<' of two years
removed to Indiana with his parents and
there he was educated and reared to man-
hood. At the age of aljout twenty he joined
a party of emigrants to the northwest, mak-
ing the long journey across the plains from
Indiana to Oregon with ox teams. When he
lirst located here he worked for a time on
the donation claim of .lohn Perkins but sub-
seipieiitly acfpiired property of his own. The
mother was born in Imliana in l.'^l'.i. but
spent practically her ciilire life in the im-
mediate vicinity of North Yamhill, having ac-
compaiiii'd her parents on their removal to
the northwest when she was a child of one
year. She was a daughter of .John Perkins,
who owned six hundred and twenty acres
of lanil two miles northwest of North Yarn-
hill, known as the .lohn Perkins donation
land claim. Her preliminary education was
aci|uired in the crude and inelliiient district
schools of the period, after the completion of
which she attended the only college in this
section of the country at that time. She was
graduated from thi.s institution and nt the
age of about eighteen years was married to
William Russell. They In-gan their domestic
life on a f|iiarter section of land owned by
the father and locoted in the vicinity of the
Perkins claim. .\ few years Inter they sold
this and lioMght a place containing nine hun-
dred acres nlwHit lour miles north of the Per-
kins homestead. Here they reareil their chil-
dren and spent the remainder of their lives.
Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Russell
there were bom four children, of whom our
subjeet is the second in order of birth, the

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others being as follows: John H., who was
born in 1860, living at North Yamhill; Eliza-
beth, now Jlrs. Perrine, wlio was born in
18(54 and is living near the old home place;
and Clara, who is deceased.

The early years in the life of Norris G.
Russell did not differ particularly from those
of other Inds reared in pioneer" homes. In
tlie acquirement of his education he attended
tlie district scliools, meanwliile assisting his
father in tlie operation of the ranch. He was
married upon attaining his majority and im-
mediately following located near the old Per-
kins sawmill where he was employed for
about eighteen months. He and his wife
subsequently spent a year on the Perkins
farm, then removed to 'Oak Point, Washing-
ton, on the Columbia river, where he engaged
in the lumber business for three years. At
the expiration of that time they returned to
the old donation claim, which he operated for
four years, during that time acquiring the
capital to purchase the place they now oc-
cupy, and where they have ever since resided.
Mr. Russell owns one of the best cultivated
and most highly improved ranches in this
section of the county. He has a very pleas-
ant residence, large commodious barns and
substantial outbuildings, while the grounds
about his house and his fields are kept in
the best condition. There is a general air of
thrift and capable management about the
place that invariably accompanies prosper-
ity. He is meeting with more than the aver-
age degree of success in his undertakings and
is recognized as one of the substantial ranch-
men of the county. His personal attention
has always been given to the tilling of his
fields, that are almost entirely devoted to the
raising of grain, and the harvesting of his
crops. He makes a careful study of his soil,
its needs and requirements, and under his
capable and intelligent direction each acre
produces its maximum yield annually, the
quality in every way being proportionate to
the quantity.

:Mr. Russell was united in marriage on the
10th of Jlay, 1884. to Miss Ella Simmons,
who was born on her father's claim located
three miles west of Carlton, this state, in
1867. She is a daughter of .John A. and
Julia Simmons, natives of Indiana, the fath-
er's birth having occurred in 1843 and that of
the mother in 184.5. In the early years of
their married life they crossed the plains with
an ox team, locating on a claim three miles
west of Carlton, where they resided for a
inimber of years. They later sold this place
and went to North Yamhill, and there the
mother passed away in 1888. The father is
still living, however, and continues to make
his home in Yamhill. Of the marriage of Mr.
and Mrs. Simmons there were born six chil-
dren, as follows: William, who is deceased;
Ida May. who was born in 186.'!, the wife of
Robert Petty, of Roseburg, Oregon: Reiija-
niin F.. who is engaged in farming near Yam-
hill: Mrs. Russell; Gertrude, the deceased
wife of Ernest Farrow; and Dora, who is
also deceased. The family of Mr. and Mrs.
Russell numbers the following children: Ma-
mie, who was born in 1886. now deceased;
Nina, born on January 9, 1889, the wife of

Florance McCarthy, who is operating the place
adjoining the Russell homestead; Scena, who
was born on May 22. 1891. now Mrs. Fred
Reimers. of Portland; Leta, born on the 15th
of March, 189.i. the wife of Isham .Tohnston,
who is living near Carlton; and Veral, born
on October 7, 1902. attending school.

The political allegiance of Sir. Russell has
always been given to the democratic party,
and for the past nine 3'ears he has been serv-
ing as road supervisor, but he has never been
an ofiice seeker. His fraternal connections
are confined to his membership in the Ma-
sonic order, and he has the distinction of be-
ing identified with the third oldest lodge in
the state. He is a man of high principles
and integrity, who is accorded tli'e regard and
esteem of all who know him in either a social
or business way. Progressive in his ideas yet
practical in his theories he is meeting with
success in his agricultural pursuits by reason
of his concentrated and intelligently directed
efforts.

CHARLES H. BASYE. who is one of the
well known and popular men in Jacksonville,
is the pro|>riet<ir and owner of a prosperous
blacksmith shop in that city. He was born
October 15. 1858, in this state, and is the
son of William H. and Elizabeth (Streight-
hoof) Basye. William H. Basye emigrated
to this state in the year 1840, making the
journey overland with ox teams, six months
and six days being required to reach the
border of this far western and then undevel-
oped territory, his wife following him to
his new home later on during the same year.
On reaching this state his journeys led him
directly through what is now the city of
Portland. At that time it was a spot in
the wilderness on which stood one lone set-
tler's cabin, housing the entire population.
Continuing his journey he filed upon a gov-
ernment claim of one hundred and sixty
acres at Albany in Linn county, where he
established his home and continued to re-
side for the succeeding twelve years, after
which he removed to Del Morte county, Cali-
fornia, and there continued to reside for a
period of five years. The place has since
been known as the Bas_ye Place. On his
removal from this location he settled in
Applegate valley, this state, where he pur-
chased of a Mr. Davison a ranch consist-
ing of three hundred and twenty acres. He
was one of the volunteers in the Cayuse
Indian wars, remaining with his command
)intil the Indians were subdued and peace
was reestablished throughout this portion
of the state. At the conclusion of the up-
rising he received his honorable discharge at
The Dalles, Oregon.

Charles H. Basye remained in his father's
home until twenty-seven years of age. In
his nineteenth year he became an apprenticed
blacksmith in Salem where he remained un-
til perfecting himself, becoming a master
in his craft, after which time he returned
tc the parental roof and on the home ranch
opened a shop and general blacksmithing
business. He removed to Jacksonville in
(he year 1886 and after purchasing a suit-

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able property in tlmt pliUf lie opened u
bliieksniitli shop and lin.s since euntinued tu
en<;age in general blacksmitliing and repair
work.

In the year 1SS7 ilr. Basye was married
to Miss Aliie Bailey, a native of this state,
and to this union three ehildren were born:
Zepha K; Cora L; and Charles L., decca.sed.
The mother of this family reached the enil
of her earthly pilgrimage in 1S99. her young-
est child. I'harles, dying at the same time,
and both were interred in one grave in the
city cemetery.

ilr. Hasye is atUliated wiih the Independ-
ent Order of ( lild Ftllows and is a nu'Ui-
ber of the Kriiternal Order of Kagles of
.Jacksonville. He has been three times chosen
a delegate to the .'^tate tirand Lodge of
this order, being elected for his third term
in 1912, and is also a district deputy. He
is an industriovis. respected and representa-
tive citizen of .Jacksonville and a man well
known throughout this portion of the county.

ARTHUR N. BUSICK, who has been a
residi'nt of the state of Oregon for e.\actly
a half century and now resides on Catherine
creek in I'nion county, has been actively
identified with general agricultural pursuits
throughout his entire business career, devot-
ing his attention principally to the stock
business, although recently he has been en-
gaged in dairying. His birth occurred in
I^itnam count,v, Missouri, on the Sth of De-
cember. Is.'iT. his parents being .\iiilrew H.
and .Ariiiinta (l-'ickle) liusick. The father.
a native of North Carolina, started for (Ore-
gon in .\pril. 1802. joining a party who had
beg\in the westward journey with a few o.\
teams but whose number was continually in-
creased en route until the emigrant train
was quite a long one. One night, while the
emigrants were camping on Green river, the
Indians stampeded the cattle, some of which
were lost. Some of the wagons were badly
damaged by the stampeding cattle and some
of the eliihlren were injured in the upset-
ting of the wagons. .-Vfter arriving in the
Soda Springs country in Wyoming the parly
was divided, some going on to California
and others to the mines in Idaho. Andrew
Busick, the father of our subject, was the
only one to continue to the (irande Konde
valley, locating three-fourths of a mile east
of I'niim ()M Catherific creek, where he es-
tablished his home and where his wife passed
away in 1S07. In 1^09 he leased his farm
and worked in the valley and later engaged
in the butchering business, while subse-
(pienfly he went to the mines. At the pres-
ent time he is living retired in California
at the ripe old age of seventy-eight. He has
the distinction of being the first grain
grower in the Orande Honde valley ami is
well entitled to mention in thii uurk as
one of the valued pioneers of Oregon. I'nto
him and his wife were born four children.

Arthur N. Biisick. who was the eldest
child in his father's family, spent the p<'riod
of his boyhood in the (irande Bonde valley
ond most of the time lived with his uncle.
Jackson Fickle, who is now eighty years of

age and still resides in the valley. After
reaching young manhood he ran stock to-
gether with his uncle until ISSti, in which
year he was married and located on his
present property on Catherine creek. He
has devoted his attention principally to live
stock but recently has been eng>iged in
dairying. His undertakings have been at-
tendol with a gratifying measure of success
and he is widely recognized as one of the
substantial and enterprising citizens of
I'nion county.

In ls.si> Mr. Busick was united in marriage
to .Miss Ktlie Cusiek. of Linn county, Oregon.
Her father. K. <!. Ciisick. who «as a native
of New York, came across the plains to
California in 1S49 ami returned by way of
Cape Horn, In IS.').! he made his way to
Oregon by o.\ team in company with his
mother, a Conklin. who was one of the early
Holland settlers of the Empire state. She
was eighty-two years of age at the time of
her removal to the northwest ami was be-
yond doubt the ohlest woman who had
crossed the plains up to that time and prob-
ably for many years after. The chair in
wliich she sal during the long jimrney is still
in iMissession of the family. She was so
feeble that it was necessary to help her in
and out of the same. II. (!. Cusiek pur-
chased a claim and took up his abode in
Linn county, this state, where his demise
occurred in 1884. He was twice married,
liis first union being with Miss Harriet
llollciibeak. .\fter her demise he wedded
Miss Evidyn Bi-rry, who became the mother
of .Mrs. ICIlie Busick. the youngest of four
children. .Mr. and Mrs. .-Vrthur .V. Busick
have four ehildren; Eunice. Alpha. Robert
ami Dorothea, all of whom are attending
school.

.Mr. Busii'k is an independent democrat in
politics and is a member of the \V<H>dnn'n of
the World. He has been a most enthusiastic
champion of education and has spent a great
deal of time and money in furthering this
lause.

ANDREW STORGARD is one of the en-
terprising and successful business men of
Marshlield and is numbered among the in-
fluent ial and highly respecteil resiilents of
that place. He was Inirn in Finland in IHiit'i
and is a son of Eric and .-Vnnie .Storganl.
IhiIIi natives of Finland in which country
they passed away many years ago. They
became the parents of a very large family,
only two of whom are still living: .Vndrow,
of this review; anil ■Inhn. who 'till reside*
in Finland.

.Anilrew Storgard emigrated to America in
the year \HHC< and upon reaching the Mhnreit
of tile new world he niade his first settle-
ment in California, where he remained for
thr4'e years, and afterward removed to Coos
Bay. this state, and settled in Marshfield.
I'|>on establishing his residence in that city
he was engaged in various occupations un-
til IN91 when he efitnblishe<l himself In busl-
ni-ss. in which he continued until 1H94 ami in
that year he returned to Finland. He con-
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in the boarding-house business, in which he
continued until 1909. after which he became
the owner and proprietor of a popular cigar
and stationery business at Marshtield. to
which he has since given his entire attention.
In addition to his cigar and stationery bvisi-
ness he is also engaged in the real-estate
business. He is the owner of a considerable
amount of property in and about the city
of Marshtield and in addition lie also owns
valuable options on various lands and other
properties throughout the city and county in
which he lives.

Mr. Storgard was united in marriage to
Miss Annie Styris, a native of Finland, in
which country her parents are still living.
To her father and mother were born nine
children, three of whom are still living in
Finland and six in the United States. To
Mr. and Mrs. Storgard five children have
been born: Eric A., born in 1897, who is
attending the high school : Elsa. who died
at the age of eleven year.s; Annie E.. born
in 1900; Estella A., born in 1904; and Mil-
dred E., in 1910.

Mr. Storgard is a member of tne socialist
party. Both himself and wife were liberally
educated in the schools of Finland and he
and his family are all members of the Luth-
eran church. Mr. Storgard is known as one
of the genial and progressive residents of
Marshtield. He is a man of great energy
and in every respect regarded as a compe-
tent and successful business man. He is at
all times actuated by a public-spirited inter-
est in the general good and enjoys the es-
teem and confidence of his fellow citizens.

KNUD AAGE BENDSTRUP, now general
manager of the Booth Fisheries Company
at Astoria, has made his home in this city
since 1903. in which year he arrived in
America. He was born in Denmark on the
30th of December. 1871, a son of Carl and
Elizabeth Bendstrup. who spent their en-
tire lives in their native country, the father
passing away in 1899. while the mother's
death occurred in 1911. Of their family
of four children. Knud and Frederick are now
in the United States, while .Jens and Holger
are still residents of Denmark.

In the schools of his native country Knud
A. Bendstrup acquired his education and was
employed in various ways there until he
sought the opportunities of the new world,
coming to America in 1903. He at once took
up his abode in Astoria, and secured employ-
ment in connection with the cold storage
plant, there remaining until January. 1910.
At the latter date he accepted the position of
general manager of the Booth Fisheries Com-
jiany and has since served in this capacity,
giving entire satisfaction to the corporation
which he represents. The company finds him
energetic, capable, reliable and progressive,
and his labors are constituting an element in
its success.

On the 1st of September, 1909, Mr. Bend-
strup was married to Miss Magdalena Laurid-
sen. who was born in Denmark and was the
daughter of Jens Lauridsen. Her mother died

in Denmark, after which her father sailed
for the new world in 1894, and has since lived
at Bear River, Washington. Of the six chil-
dren of the Lauridsen family four are still
living in America, while one remains in Den-
mark and another is deceased. Those still
living are: Marie, the wife of S. Jensen, of
Astoria ; Laurids, a resident of Portland, Ore-
gon; Karen, also living in Astoria; Mrs.
Bendstrup; and Sophia, the wife of Christian
Krarup. of Denmark.

Mr. and Mrs. Bendstrup are members of
tlie Lutheran church and he is well known
in the Odd Fellows lodge of Astoria. Com-
mendable ambition led him to seek a home in
the new world and has prompted him to put
forth earnest effort in the attainment of hon-
orable success in a business way. Gradually
he is progressing and his present position is
one of large responsibility, bringing to him
also a goodly remuneration.

FRANK D. HESTER. Although still a
young man. Frank D. Bester has met with
such lucrative returns in the direction of his
agricultural pursuits that he is now in a po-
sition to retire from active work. He was
born in Jones countj'. Iowa, on the 30th of
July, 1872. and is a son of Stephen D. and
Jane A. (Henry) Bester. natives of Oliio and
Pennsylvania, respectively. His parents re-
moved in 1876 to the Pacific coast, first lo-
cating in California, where they spent a
year. In 1878 they came to Oregon, taking
up a homestead of one hundred and sixty
acres in Tillamook county. This is now the
property of our subject and is known as the
licster Ford. The father devoted his energies
toward the cultivation and improvement of
this place until he died in 1893. The mother
survived eighteen years thereafter, her de-
mise occurring in 1910. Of the marriage of
ilr. and Mrs. Bester there were liorn six chil-
dren, four of whom are still living: Charles
E.. who is a resident of Coos county, Ore-
gon; Frank D.. our subject: Lola M., the wife
of Charles Stokes, of Forest firove, this state;
and Jolin.' who is a resident of Coos county.
Those deceased are Nellie M. and Estelle.

As he was a little lad of only six years
when his parents removed to Tillamook
county, Frank D. Bester has spent practically
his entire life amid its scenes. It was but
sparsely settled at that period, containing
great stretches of uncultivated prairie and
acres of timber. Here he was educated and
reared to manhood, sharing with his parents
the hardshi])s incident to life in a new coun-
try. From his earliest boyhood he rendered
assistance in the work of the ranch, assum-
ing heavier tasks and greater responsibilities
with the passing years. The limited social
life of the country in addition to the priva-
tions incident to pioneering doubtless made
the youth early feel that business afforded
greater opportunities financially, while the
advantages of enjoyment afforded in town
were not to be scorned, so when he attained
his majority he left the homestead and ob-
tained employment as a clerk. Two years
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to be enjoyed by a life in the open, so lie re-
turned to his father's ranch. He first oper-
ated this as a renter, meetiiii; with svu-li
success in his undertakings that he was sub-
sequently able to become its owner. Pros-
perity still foUoweil him and later he in-
creased his holdings by the addition of an-
other eighty acres. His undiviiled attention
was given to the development of his place,
with constantly increasing returns, until he
had acquired sutTicient means to enable him
to retire from the active cultivation of his
fields. Mr. Bester then purchased tifteon
acres known as the Roberts' corner, where he
is now erecting a large modern residence, sur-
rounded by beautiful grounds, and there he
expects to live in retirement.

Cliristmas day, l>i9S. Mr. Hester was mar-
ried to Miss Clara Ci. Turney. who was horn
in Goldendale. Washington, and is a daugh-
ter of Morton and Lydia (Skidmorel Tur-
ney. The father was a native of Indiana and
the mother of Iowa, but they emigrated to
Oregon in 1S90. locating on a farm. They
are now making their home in California.
Twelve of the thirteen children born of the
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Turney are still
living. I'nto Mr. and Mrs. Bester there have
been born a daughter and two sons, as fol-
lows: Edna M.. who is deceased; Arthur F,.
who was born October 5, 1900; and .John L,.
whose birth occurred on the 25th of May,
1902.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Bester are members of
the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work
of which they take an earnest and active in-
terest. Politically he is a republican, but has
never been an aspirant to ollicial honors, al-
ways having preferred to give his undivideil
attention to the direction of his own atTairs.
He is alliliated with the Fairview Grange,
through the medium of which he maintains
relations with other members of the agricul-
tural community. During the thirty-three
years of his residence in the county Mr. Hes-
ter has seen many changes; the agricultu-
ral and commercial interests of the county
have developed, the prairies and forests have
Iteen converte<l into productive ranches, while
mere settlements and stations have grown
into thriving towns of recognized importance.

HON. EDWARD H. HARTWIG is a rep-
resentative of the Hood River bar and occu-
pies a prominent pi>sition among western
lawyers. He was born at Shawano, Wis-
consin. November ■*, 1^74. a son of William
and Marie (Neumant Hartwig. The parents
were l>oth born in (;ermany. where they were
reared and marrieil. In ItttVS they came to
the t'nited States and at once settled in
Wisconsin, their emigation from their native
country occurring immediately after the
father's release from the army. The farm
upon which he located on arriving in this
country was the one upon which his death
occurred in May. I0()2. The mi.ther still re-
sides upon the' home place, which is Iwing
managed and cultivated by her youngest son.

Edward H. Hartwig was reare<l on the
home farm and acquired his early education
in the public schools. After graduoting from

the Shawano high school in the class of 1896,
he took up teaching as a profession and dur-
ing the four years in which he was engiiged
in that occupation he pursued the study of
law, reading privately during spare hours
and also in various law ollices iluring vaca-
tion months. He became accustomed to work
hard for whatever education he ilcsired to
acquire, as he had supporte<l himself while
attending the high schiM)l. During that time
lie lived with a physician anil dlil thi' gen-
eral work around thi' house ami stables.
Thus, when he determined to make law his
life work he was prepared to carry out his
resolve even though it involved numy hard-
ships and privations. In the autumn of ISUS
he entered the Northern Imliana Law School
at Valparaiso, Indiana, from which institu-
tion he was grailualcd .May '-M. I'.ioo. The
course which he had suii-essiully followed
at the Indiana Uiw School entitled him to
admission to the bar in Indiana an<l also to
practice in the I'nited States circuit courts,
lie resigned his position as teacher in the
spring of 1900 and came west, arriving in
Portland, Oregon, in April of that year. He
spent the next summer in finding a location
which he thought would atlord good op|)ortu-
nitics for an opening, his linal selection be-
ing Hood River, where he began to practice
law in the winter of 1901. On November 11,
1902, he was admitted to the bar of Oregon,
on the 24th of May, 190C, to the Washington
bar and on March 10, 1912, to the bar in
California. His ability had already become
recognized when in the winter of 190:!-4 he
went to tJoldemlale, the county seat of
Klickitat county. Washington, where he as-
sisteii W. H, Presby. who was at that time a
mcndier of the state senate and was I'nited
.States commissioner of that section. A
railroad was being built from Lyic to Gold-
endale and prospective settlers were fast ar-
riving, .ludge Presby was called upon to
handle much more business than his time al-
lowed and Mr. Ilartwig's services for six
months were very valualde. After he had
completed this work for .Iu<lge Presby he
returned to HiM)d Hiver. where he has since
been active in the legal profession anil
where he has practiced longer than any of
the other members of the bar. lie hag be-
come one of the leading attorneys of the city
and for the past eight years has served as
deputy district attorney of this county, the
district attorney residini; in The Dalles, As
a memlHT of the Hood liiviT county bar he
has been identitlcd with much im|Hirlnnt lit
igation in the western courts and has
earned an enviable position as a counsellor
and able advocate. In no profession does
advancement de|H<nd more entirely upon in-
■lividual merit than in the practice of law
and. reali/.ing this fact, .Mr, Hartwig gives
to his clients the Ix-neflt of his talents and
untiring support and he has gained the re-
spect of all lawyers, while the public accords
him ft distinctly represi^ntatlve clientage.
Mr, Hartwig takes n great ib'al of interest
in reol estate in the Hood River country. He
is the owner of twelve and one-half acre*
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half miles west of Hood River and also one
liundred and sixty acres near Lyle, Wash-
ington. His interest in the civic improve-
ment and welfare of his town has always
been very noticeable becoming more conspic-
uous since his election to the otbce of mayor
in 1910. He has not only used his influence
for good government but has also been an
agitator for many improvements which will
add to the attractiveness and appearance of
Hood River. He advocated the building of
.sewers in the hill district and also cement
walks, which are now being laid throughout
the city limits. The latter are six feet
wide in the residence district and ten feet
in the business section. This adds greatly
to the appearance of Hood River and is ap-
preciated by all its citizens.

On the 12th of December. ]!)0S. Mr. Hart-
wig was married to Miss Ethel Entrican, a
daughter of Mrs. Annette M. Entrican. Mrs.
Entrican spends her summers with Mr. and
Mrs. Hartwig but during the winter is a res-
ident of California. To Mr. and Mrs. Hart-
wig one child, Edetha Annette, has been
born. Mr. Hartwig gives his allegiance to the
republican party. Both he and his wife are
members of the First Congregational church.
He is a member of Idlewilde Lodge, No. 107,
I. 0. 0. F., of Hood River; Arleta Assem-
bly, No. 10.3. of the United Artisans; the
Business Men's As.sociation of Hood River, of
which he has been secretary for three years;
and the Hood River Commercial Club.

JOSEPH C. OLIVER, one of the popular
citizens <if tin' .Tiihn Day valley and perhaps
the heaviest tax payer in Orant county, was
born in Portugal. March IG, 1850, a son of
Anthony and Luvovina Oliver. The father
dying before Joseph's birth, he was reared by
his maternal grandmother, who took him
when an infant and cared for him until he
attained his seventeenth year. He received a
good common -school education in his native
land and early in youth became intensely in-
terested in the Inisiness and social opportuni-
ties aflforded by the new world. Accordingly
as soon as he could arrange it or when he
was seventeen years of age he crossed the
Atlantic and then the great American con-
tinent to Oregon, making his first stop in
Portland, where he remained for two and a
half days. At that time where the heart of
Portland now is large trees were being felled
and split into rails for the use of the com-
munity. From that city he came up the
Columbia river by steamer to The Dalles and
there took a stage for Grant county, arriving
in Canyon City. March 27. 1S68. From there
he went to the mining cajnp of Dixie, four
miles from Prairie City, working in the mines
for wages one year. He then bought a half
interest in a mining claim on Dutch Flat,
near Canyon City, and there was engaged in
mining until 1S70, when he sold his interests
and for another year worked for wages in
the mines. He then repurchased the interest
in his former mining claim but in 1872 again
sold and. tiring of mining, invested his money
in a few head of cattle which he cared for on
the oi)en range near .John Day, From that

time until now he has been prominently
identified with the cattle business in the state
of Oregon, In 1877 he rented a ranch near
John Day. on which he lived for three years,
and in the spring of 1880 purchased the
present ranch four miles east of .John Day,
where lie has since resided. He now owns
between fifteen and sixteen thousand acres of
good land constituting one of the finest
ranches in the .John Day valley, and is said
to be the wealthiest man in this district.

In 1879 Mr, Oliver married Mrs. Lizzie
Ciregg, who was formerly a Miss Miller and a
native of Bavaria, Germany. On coming to the
United States in 1871 she first located in
San Francisco. She was subsequently mar-
ried, in Canyon City, Oregon, to August Gregg,
who died in 1878, leaving his wife with three
children, namely: William Otto, whose death
occurred in lOOfi; Henry J., now a resident of
Portland ; and JIary Elizabeth, the wife of
H. F. Pound, of Canyon City. To Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver have been born three children,
two of whom are still living, Herman and
Frank, who now carry on the ranch for their
father. The former married Elizabeth Law-
rence, of Prairie City, Oregon, and has one
child, Anna Elizabeth. Frank married Mar-
garet Gunther. of Prairie City, and also has
one child, Clara Margaret.

Politically Mr. Oliver is a republican and
though he has never been an office seeker
he takes a lively interest in political as well
as civic aflfairs. He took out his naturaliza-
tion papers shortly after coming to the United
States and has always taken a deep interest
in the affairs of his community. Fraternally
he is a mejuber of Canyon City Lodge, A. F.
& A. M.; Blue Mountain Chapter, No. 7, R.
A. M. ; and Baker Commandery. No. 9, K. T.;
and he also belongs to Hahah Lodge, No. 32,
I. 0. 0. F., at Canyon City, which body he
joined in 1872. lie is one of those men in
whom are found an unusual amount of cour-
age and energy. He came to a country in
which the language and customs of the people
were all new to him. when only seventeen
years of age but he has met with a success
which has continued to grow throughout the
years that he has been a citizen of the Pacific
coast and particularly during more recent
years while living in Oregon. He is one of the
most respected and valuable citizens of Grant
county and enjoys the highest reputation for
integrity among all who know him.

FRANK KELLY is a native son of Oregon.
He was born on the 20th day of March,
1877, and is the son of Henry and Mary
(Parks) Kelly. His father and mother were
among the early pioneers of this state and
for many years were numbered among the
lu'ominent citizens of Josephine county.
Henry Kelly closed his earthly pilgrimage in
1885 and was buried in Grants Pass. His
Avife passed away in 1890 and was buried
in the cemetery at Kerby. Unto them were
born two sons: Frank, of this review; and
Alfred, now a resident of California.

Frank Kelly was reared in his father's
home and received his early education in the
jiublic schools. At the age of twenty-one

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he left the parental roof and bej^aii his iiule-
pendent business career in life. The first
few years alter starting for himself he was
employed at various kinds of work in the
vicinity of his Ixn'hood home. He later pur-
chased a farm near Kerbv, consistinj; of
ninety acres, and to the development and
care of this splendid piece of agricultural
land he has since devoted his entire atten-
tion, specializing in the raising of hay and
grain.

Mr. Kelly is a republican in jiolitics but
has never at any time sought political prefer-
ment. He is one of the well known and
highly esteemed men in this section of the
state.

JOHN WILLIAM WALKER, a prominent
liusiiicx riuiM (■! l.iiKi'lii county, whose
home is at Waldport, has been a resident of
this place since 1903. He was born at Cot-
tage drove. Oregon, December 14, ISG.i, a
son of .John Walker, who was born in
Bedford coiuity, Virginia, in 1S27. The
father continued to reside in his na-
tive state until 1.S45 and then removed to
Missouri, where he was connected with the
tanning business for five years. In IS.'iO he
yielded to the gold excitement and crossed
the pNiins to California, where he mined for
two years. He then came to .lackson county,
Oregon, ami engaged in mining for a year,
at the close of whicli time he took up a do-
nation claim in Lane county. lie subse-
quently engaged in farming in various parts
of the state but finally located in Lane county
and was one of the founders of the town of
Walker, wliich was named in his honor. He
is still living there and has now reached the
advanced age of eighty-five years. The
maiden name of the mother of our subject
was Mary .Jane Chrisman. She was born in
.IrtTerson county, Missouri, and came to Ore
gon with her father in IS.'iO. He engaged in
farming at Muddy and in the hotel business
at Canvonville. locating permanentiv near
Walker."

In his infancy -Tohn William Walker re-
moved with his parents to a farm near Cres-
well and shortly afterward to the present
site of Walker. He received his preliminary
education in the common schools and. desir-
ing to secure instruction along practical lines,
became a student of the Colundiia Commer-
cial College at Tortland, from which he was
graduated after taking the regular course.
He applieil himself snccessfully to farming
in the region of Creswell with the exception
of one yi-ar which he spent in a general store
at Walker. On account of over application
liis hi'alth became impaired and in 100.! he
took up his residence at Waldport. .\fter
resting for a year and becoming thoroughly
recuperated he associated with his brother in-
law. Marian Lebow, and purchased of C. I,.
Ucven the only general store then in the
town. I'nder capable management the bu«i-
ness prospered and Mr. Walker bought out
his partner's interest in the spring of 1011
and in the .Inly following purduiseil the
store which hnd l»'en operateil by the Walil-
port Lumber Company, thu< acquiring practi-

cally the entire mercantile business of this
section. He carries a large and carefully se-
lected stock of goods and has attracted a lib-
eral and growing patromige.

In isoo .Mr. Walker was married, in Ijine
county, to Miss Kachel Kngland. who was
born in l.,ake county. California, a ilaiighter
of David and Kliza (Hopkins) Kngland. the
former of whom was born in Kentucky ami
the latter in Ohio. The father was taken
to Iowa very early in life and was reared
in that state. He emigrated to Cjilifornia in
1 >•'>."> and was engaged in farming, coming to
Lane county, Oregon, early in tin- 'TOs. He
spent the remainder of his life as a farmer
in this state. Xix children have been born
to Mr. and Mrs. Walker: .\my, Ira. .John,
Dora. Neva and Kaynnuid.

Mr. Walker is identified with the Artisans
and has served as master of the lodge, lie is
in sympathy with the principles of the re-
piddican party and thoroughly believes that
the organization has within itself the ability
and progressiveness to manage successfully
the allairs of the state ami nati<ui whatever
may be the issues. .\n evidence of the es-
teem in which he is held by the community
WIS indicated by his election as mayor of
the town in 1911, an ollice which he now
holils, r.eing a man of sound business judg-
nu'nt. he has succeeded in his undertakings
;inil each year adds to his prosperity, lie
has a wide acquaintance and is held in high
esteem wherever he is known on account of
his nnmv admirable traits of character.

CHARLES V. KUYKENDALL. lly perse-
verance and in spite of idistacles diaries V.
Kuyki'ndall has succeeded in turning an un-
used tract of land into a profitable one. and
has used the natural resources of Oregon to
their best advantage. His home is a mile

«est of Yamhill and he has 1 n a resilient

o|' Yamhill county since IST.I. He was born
in l"*.')! in Hampshire county. West Virginia.
His parents. Luke and .Vnna (Williams) Kuy-
kendall. his grandparents anil his great -
grandparents were all born and reareil in
West Virginia, excepting his paternal great-
grandfather, who came to .-Xmerii-a fmm Ibd-
land. His father was twice married. Ity his
first nnirriage he had three i-liildren, all of
whom have resided in Dan\ille, Illinois, since
1S.-|0. namely: William; .Tacob; and Mrs. .Sii-
s:in Smith, who is a widow and has now
ri'ached the age of seventy-five yeorn. To
ilie second union seven children were liorn:
.leseph. Eliza and Luke, all decensi'cl; Mrs.
Switzler, of Torlland, Oregon; Charles V.,
our subject; and Fannii- and Siillie. ileeeased.

Having eimie from We.t Virginia in early
life, Charles V. Kuykendall started out in
life on his own account at the age of nine-
teen years. While a young man he marri"!
Eli/a Davis, the daughter "f Thomas C. and
Nancy (Hines) Dnvis. of Yamhill county.
Mr. and Mrs. Dnvis %verc liotli natives of
Missouri but were married in Yamhill county
in .\ugiHt. Is'iO. three years after fliey had
come across the plains to settle on a dona-
tion clmni. They were the parents of four
cbihiren: Mrs, Sarah Manning, dece«»«l;

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Mrs. Mary Harris, of Portland; Mrs. Belle
Beard, of Yamhill county; and Mrs. Cliarles
V. Kuykendall.

Mr. Kuykendall began his property lidding
by taking up a homestead claim on the coast.
In the early days these claims on the ex-
treme western border of the country were the
most difficult to cultivate and the great hard-
ships to be endured could scarcelj' be borne
by any but the strongest men. The wild
state of the immediate country made access
to it almost impossible and the limited num-
ber of comforts to be obtained by any
means made the thought of living there al-
most prohibitive. Mr. Kuykendall did not
feel that he could take his wife to undergo
the hardships which were to be encountered
in this unsettled district and so he gave up
the claim and remained in the country farther
east. He came to Yamhill county in the au-
tumn of 1875, and rented his father-in-law's
farm for ten years. Desiring to hold land
rather than to rent it, he gave up that lease
and purchased eighty-four acres. To this
tract he later added one hundred and fifty
acres One of the valuable resources of tliis
land is the large clay pit from which clay is
shipped to Portland. This is a good paying
product and lu'ings four cents per ton. His
whole farm is under a good state of cultiva-
tion and is utilized to excellent advantage.
His timber tracts, comprising two hundred
acres, six miles north of Y'amhill. are covered
with virgin timber and this will in time prove
a most valuable holding.

Mr. and Mrs. Kuykendall are the parents
of twelve children: Mrs. Lena Walker and
Mrs. Blanch Walker, both of Portland, Ore-
gon; Mrs. Zella Wilson, residing in McMinn-
ville, Oregon ; Mrs. Kathleen Lampman, of
Stayton, Oregon; Lawrence and Charles, who
are still at home; .Jennie and Hazel, both edu-
cated at college and both teaching; Mrs.
Mary Hutchcroft, of Xewberg, Oregon;
Marvin, who is still attending school and
lives at home; Opal, who died at the age of
five years; and one who died in infancy.

Politically and socially Mr. Kuykendall is
liberal in his views. He is a member of the
socialist party and, although he does not de-
sire to show his interest by seeking office, he
is earnest in his efforts to spread a broad
social doctrine. He, with his wife and chil-
dren, are members of the Christian church,
which again shows his liberal views. His life
has been characterized by progress and by
ability. In making the best use of his op-
portunities he has added to the development
of his county and has made it possible for
others to succeed as he himself has done.

WILLIAM M. RENSHAW is a cigar dealer
of Eugene, who has made for liimself a
creditable position in the business circles of
the city, where his trade has now reached
large proportions. He came to Oregon in
18.t1, brought by his parents, for he was then
less than a year old. He was born in
Springfield, Missouri, November 7. 1850. a
son of William D. and Mary J. (Walker)
Renshaw. The father was a native of Ten-
nessee, his birth having occurred near Nash-

ville in 1823. The mother was of .Scotch-
Irish lineage, the family, however, being
long represented in the south. William D.
Renshaw was a farmer by occupation and
in addition to cultivating the crops best
adapted to soil and climate he also engaged
in raising stock. In 1837 he left Tennessee
for Missouri and became the owner of a large
farm near Springfield, upon which he lived
for about fourteen years, or until 1851. when,
attracted by the development of the north-
west, he made his way across the plains to
Oregon, traveling with ox teams. It was a
long, tedious and wearisome trip, and there
were some dangers as well as difficulties to
be encountered. However, they did not have
much trouble with the Indians but some of
their stock was stolen by the red men. After
six months spent upon the way they reached
Oregon and settled near Salem. He remained
for a year at his original location and then
established his home six miles south of Eu-
gene, where he secured a donation claim of
three hundred and twenty acres, whereon he
engaged extensively in stock-raising, his
sound judgment, judicious investment and un-
faltering energy winning him success. He
was also a very popular resident of the com-
munity, having the social qualities and mani-
festing the personal worth that gained him
tile confidence, high regard and friendship of
all with whom he came in contact. He died
in 1SS8. at the age of sixty-five years, and
his death was deeply regretted by a large
circle of friends. His political indorsement
was ever given to the republican party but he
was never ambitious for office. His religious
faith was that of the Presbyterian church
and to its teachings he was always loyal. In
early manhood be wedded Miss Mary .J.
Walker, who was born in Georgia or in Ten-
nessee and in her girlhood days went with
her parents to Greene county, Missouri. She
was born in 1828 and died in 1887. By her
marriage she became the mother of the fol-
lowing named children: Theodore M.. Wil-
liam it., Hugh A.. Elmer L.. Sanniel O..
Sarah L. and Hattie. The elder daughter is
the wife of Charles Mayhew and the younger
the wife of .Tefferson Gwin.

William M. Renshaw was but an iiif;int
when brought to Oregon and was, therefore,
reared amid the wild scenes and environment
of frontier life. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools and remained upon the home farm
until he reached the age of nineteen years,
during which period he was thoroughly
trained in the work of tlie fields and the care
of the stock. He afterward spent four sum-
mer seasons employed on the government
survey in eastern Oregon and in 1873 he em-
barked in business on his own account, estab-
lishing a butcher shop, which he conducted
until 1878. He then went to Grant county
in eastern Oregon, where he engaged in
stock-raising for two years, but in 1880 re-
turned to Eugene, where he again conducted
a butcher business for two years. On the
expiration of that period he turned his at-
tention to the liquor business, in which he
continued for twenty years, and in Sep-
tember, in02, he leased the Smeed Hotel,

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455

which he conducted lor live years, uiuking it
the loading liotcl of the city. In 1907, how-
ever, he retired from tlie hotel business iind
after a perio<l of rest opened his present cijiar
store. He handles the best line of tobacco
ami cigars and has built up a trade which is
most gratifying.

Mr. Renshaw was married in 1.S7S to Miss
Eleanora Cochran, a daughter of James Coch-
ran, who came to Oregon from Indiana in
1853. Mrs. Renshaw was born in the west-
ern part of this state, and has been a life-
long resident of Oregon. Mr. Renshaw is
very widely known in fraternal circles, hold-
ing nicnibersbip in Kugcne Lodge. Xo. 11.
F. & A. M.: Kugcne Chapter Xo. 10, R. A.
M.; Eugene Lodge. Xo. 357, B. P. O. E.. of
which be has been a trustee for ten years:
and Eugene Lodge. Xo. 15. A. O. U. \V. He
is likewise an honorary member of the Im-
proved Oriler of Red Men ami of the For-
esters. He has a wide ac()iniintance and is
popular among all classes, having the busi-
ness and social ((ualities which commend him
to the good-will and conlidence of all who
know him.

NORRIS STAPLES is a retired lumber-
man ol A-tnria. and although now largely
resting iroui strenuous business cares is
the president and manager of a brick man-
ufacturing company. Carefully directed
industrial and commercial pursuits brought
him in former years a substantial income
that now enables him to rest in considerable
measure from further labor and his prospiT
ity is jiroof of what may be accomplished
when one has determination, energy and
sound judgment. He was born in Jlinnesota
on the 30th of December. 1866. his parents
being .lobn and Mary ((iarlinghotis) Staples.
The father was born in Maine and the mother
in Ohio, but their marriage was celebrated
at Minneapolis. Minnesota, where they re-
sided for ten years. Subse(|uently they re-
moveil to Elk River. Minnesota, and lived
there for twenty years or until the mother's
death, when she was about fifty years of aye.
The father afterward came "to the Paeilie
coast, settling at Spokane. Washington, where
he passed away at the venerable age of
eighty-four years. They had a family of
seven" sons and one daughter: Richard IL.
who died at the age of forty-five years:
Clarence, who died when forty-two years «i
age; .John, of Post Falls, Washington; Cyrus,
who is living in the state of Washington:
Xorris. of this review; Herbert L.. who passe<l
awav near (Ireat Falls. Montana: .Mice, the
wife" of Herbert Briekell. of Wardner, Iilaho:
and Eugene, who is living near Davenport.
Washington.

Xorris Staples spent his youthful day*
under the parental roof and ba^ been a r»'si
dent of the I'acitie coast country a number ot
years. He acf|Uircil a coniinon sihool educa-
tion to serve a.s a foundation for his Inter
advamement in life, and after spending n
con.sidcTable period in the employ of others
lie use<l the capital that he had saved from
his earnings in establishing business on his
own account when thirty-two years of age.

At that time he opened a logging camp which
he conducteil with most gratilving success
until 1004. wlicn he sold out and has since
jiractically lived retired in .\storia, where he
owns an elegant hiune and various business
properties. He has not altogether, however,
put aside business interests, for he is now
president and manager of a brick nuinufae-
turing companv. Other than business atlalrs,
however, make denniml upon his tiiiu> and at-
tention and no ilut.v or obligation of i-itizen-
ship is ever neglected b.v him. His pcditical
alU'giance is given to the republican party,
and although he can in no sense be calleil an
otlice seeker, he is now serving on the execu-
tive board of the centennial committee of
the sanitarv and reclannition c<immittee.

On the 13th of November, IS'.ll. was cele-
brated the marriage of Xorris .Staples to
Miss Mattie S. liehnke. a native of Iowa
and a daughter of Frank and Doretta liehnke,
both of whom were natives of Cermany.
They were married, however, in Iowa, and at
an early day came to the ni>rtliwest. seltlina
in Washington where thev residetl until the
father's death in ISIK). Iditer the mother
removed with her family to Astoria where
she is now living at the age of si.xty years.
Mr. Ik-hnke was a soldier of the Civil war,
earnestly supporting the I'nion cause during
the sanguinary struggle which proved the
supremacy of the national government. I'nto
him and his wife were Isirn live cliililreii:
Frank, now living in .\st<iria: Charlie, who
died at the age of twenty-four years: .Mrs.
Staples; and Fred ami Christopher, also resi-
dents of Astoria. Mr. and .Mrs. Staples are
the parents of two children: Elva 1)., who
was born September 29. 1S95, and is now at-
tending the high school of Astoria, and also
pursuing studies in music: and Harvey I).,
who was born April S, 1S97, and is yet in
school.

Mr. Staples holds membership with the
F.Iks lodge and also with the Concatenated
Order of HooHoos. an organization of lum-
bermen. His manner, frank, genial and jo-
vial, wins for him friends wherever he goes
and the reliability and integrity which he
displayed in the condint of his business af-
fairs gained for him the conlidence and high
regard of all with whom he was associated in
commercial relati«ms.

ROBERT TILDEN BOALS, M. D., one of
the riling ycmng pliy"iriiiiis of Tillamook,
was born in Parsiuis, Kansas, February
6, 1S77. In the maternal line he i» of
Irish extraction, his mother, whose mniilen
name was Mary Kane, having been liorn
in the Emerald i«le. In .April. |sMl.
his father. ,1. W. Iloals, with his family
migrated to Oreg<in. locating on a home-
>teai| on the Cidumbin ri\er. His entire
attention was thereafter devolml to the im
provement of this place, which he brought to
a high state of cultivation liefore his death
in l'.in5. Of the live children l>orn of the
union of Mr. nn<l Mr«. Hoals, but two are
now living: S. M,. who is n lumberman of
Mavger. Oreipm ; ami our subject. Mr. ItoaU
was a veteran of the Civil war, having iMcn

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

a member of the One Huiulred and Seventh
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and spent three
years in service at the front.

As he was a child of only four years when
brought to Oreijon, Robert" Tilden" Boals has
spent practically his entire life on the Pacific
coast. In tlie acquirement of his early edu-
cation he attended the public schools of Ka-
lama, Washington, and those of California,
later attending the Oreg-on State Normal
School, while he spent two years in the Uni-
versity of California. Having decided to
adopt the profession of medicine for his life
vocation he then matriculated in the medical
department of the Oregon State University,
from which institution he was graduated with
the degree of II. D. with the class of 190.'!.
In order to acquire a more practical under-
standing of the science of healing he accepted
an interiieship in the Multnomah county hos-
pital, where he spent a year. At the expi-
ration of that period he went to Portland to
take a similar position in St. Vincent's hos-
])ital. He >Nubscquently spent six or seven
months in the children's hospital at San
Francisco, of which city he was a resident at
the time of the earthquake. Feeling at the
expiration of that period that he was fully
qualified, both theoretically and practically,
to assume the responsibilities of a private
practice, he came to Tillamook, where, in
September. 1906, he established an office for
the general practice of medicine, for which
he is ably qualilied. He has met with very
good success since locating here and is suc-
ceeding in building up a lucrative practice
among a most desirable class of people.

In December, 1907. Dr. Boals was united in
marriage to Miss Clara Tohl of Nehalem.
Oregon, a daughter of William Tohl, one of
the pioneer farmers of that vicinity. Unto
Dr. and Mrs. Boals hag been born one son.
Pvobert.

His political support Dr. Boals gives to the
republican ]iarty, but his interest in civic
aflairs is practically limited to the casting
of a ballot on election day. Fraternally he
holds membership in the jiasonic order and
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while
Mrs, Boals belongs to the Shakespearean
club of Tillamook. Dr. Boals is a conscien-
tious practitioner, constantly studying and
keeping in close touch with ever}' progressive
movement of the science, j-et is not too keen
to laj' aside a well tried and thoroughly
proven method for one more recently ad-
vanced, if he is not thoroughly convinced of
the latter's efficacy. His spirit of good-cheer
and helpfulness, as also his close attention
to the needs of his patients and his unre-
mitting efforts to relieve their suffering, have
won him the high regard as well as loyalty
of those who have emplo.yed his services.

OTIS I. CIRCLE, who since 1909 has been
a prominent merchant of Mareola, became
identified with the state of Oregon in 1903,
when he became a clerk in a general mer-
chandise store. He was born in Rice county,
Kansas, May ?.0, 1875. a son of I. F. and
Margaret •!. (Martin) Circle. The father was
born in Indiana and the mother in Iowa.

their wedding being celebrated, however, in
Missouri, Shortly after their marriage, in
1872, they removed to Rice county, Kansas,
and settled on a homestead near Plum creek,
where the family resided for fourteen yeara.
In the early days in Kansas the father
killed bulfalo and other game for food for
his family. Before leaving that state he was
obliged to turn his farm over to his creditors
in payment of bills accumulated during three
successive dry years, which yielded him no
crops. He removed to Missouri in 1888, set-
tling in Carroll county, where he remained
for two years, and then removed to Iowa
and there purchased a farm of eighty acres
upon which he resided for six years, "At the
end of that time he traded this farm for a
hundred and sixty-acre tract of land which
he operated for four years, and then, selling
out, removed to Oklahoma, settling in Noble
county, where he purchased one hundred and
sixty acres, upon which he lived for five
years. In 190,1 he removed to Oregon and
settled at Eugene, where he retired and now
makes his home. Shortly after going to that
city he purchased an eighty-acre tract which,
however, he recently sold. He is living in a
beautiful home in the city of Eugene. In
his family were eleven children, seven of
whom are still living, four having passed
away in infancy, the surviving members be-
ing: 0. I., of this review; E. M., of Flo-
rence, Oregon; S, W., of California; Leila
May, at home; I^ester, of California; Lewis,
of Mareola; and Taylor, living with his par
cuts in Eugene.

Otis I. Circle remained with his parents
until twenty-one years of age and then for
four years worked as a farm hand. After
that he worked in a store for fifty cents a
day for nine months, after which, his serv-
ices proving satisfactory, his salary was
raised to twenty dollars a month. He then
spent five months in school, after whiph he
returned to work in the store and was paid
thirty-two dollars and fifty cents per month
for three years. In 1903 he migrated to
Oregon and settled in Eugene, where he be-
gan working in a store. He lived in that
city for six years, being continuously em-
ployed in general mercantile stores there,
and then, in 1909. he purchased a general
store at Mareola and in its operation he is
assisted by his father, who is a silent part-
ner, the father having come to this state
shortly after the son's arrival here. The
store now owned by Otis I. Circle and his
father is the leading one of Mareola and
comprises a large stock of general merchan-
dise. Mr. Circle also owns his own home in
the town where he is engaged in business.

In 1905 Mr. Circle was married to Miss
Nellie Leeper, a native of Douglas county.
Oregon, where she was born December ,31,
1879. a daughter of W. H. and Annie Leeper.
Her father was a native of Iowa and the
mother's birth occin-red in Oregon. In the
latter state they were married and here
they have since maintained their home, now
living retired in Philomath. The grandfa-
ther of Mrs. Circle crossed the plains to this
state at a very early day. In the family

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459

of Mr. and Mrs. Leeper were three children,
of whom one passed away in infancy. The
surviving brotiicr of Mrs. Circle is George,
who makes his home in Eugene. Unto Mr.
and Mrs. Circle were born two children:
Neva, whose birth occurred December 16,
1906; and Nola May, who was born Decem-
ber 1, 1'J09. The family are adherents of
the Methodist Episcopal church and contrib-
ute liberally to the support of the church
work. Mr. Circle is one of the most prom-
inent and successful business men in Mar-
cola, his methods being modern and progres-
sive, while at the same time he has earned
a reputation for square dealing. lie is a
remarkably good buyer, using excellent
judgment in the selection of stock, a fact
which in a great measure explains the suc-
cess which he has so largely attained in his
mercantile career in Marcola. Having re-
ceived a college education he is well equipped
to successfully manage business affairs and
is also valuable as a citizen of his commun-
ity, being a useful member of society. Al-
though liis residence in Marcola has been
comparatively brief, he enjoys a very wide
acquaintance in the community in which he
is well known and universally respected.

WILLIAM SWIGER, a farmer and dairy-
man of I'nioii county, lias been actively iden-
tilied with agricultural interests in this state
for almost a quarter of a century and has
won a gratifying measure of success in this
connection. His birth occurred in Sarpy
county, Nebraska, on the 10th of October.
ISfiO. his parents being Nathan and Polly
(Wilkinson I Swiger. The father was born
in Muskingtim county, Ohio, on the 6th of
January, IS.'JO, while the mother was a na-
tive of .Fackson county, that state. .John
Swiger. the paternal grandfather of our sub-
ject, removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio in
early manhood, settling in Muskingum county
of the latter state. Subsequently he took up
his abode in Illinois, where he spent the re-
mainder of his life, passing away in La
Salle county about 1830. Nathan Swiger.
the father of William Swiger, was married
in Illinois and in 18.'J8 or 18.">9 removed to
Nebraska, locating in Richardson county,
where he remained until 1864. In that year
he joined a party journeying westward with
ox teams, and all along the road others fell
in with the train, some being bound for
Montana. They experienced no trouble with
the Indians, "and Mr. Swiger eventually
reached the Crande [{onde valley, where he
remained until 186,'>. In that year he re-
moved to the Willamette valley, where he
continued to reside until the fall of 1S69,
when he returned to the firande Honde val-
ley and located in High valley, Union
county. There he made his home until the
spring of 1889, when he sold out to his son.
William, and p\irchased property from H. P.
Stewart on Little creek. thre>- miles east of
I'nion, where he spent the remainder of hi»
life, passing away in May. 1><?0. Through-
out hi.s active business career he had been
nuccessfullv engageil in the pursuits of
stock raising and farming. I'nto him and
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his wile were born seven children, four of
whom still survive.

William Swiger, who was the fourth in or-
der of birth in his father's family, spent bid
boyhood days in the \\'illamette and lirande
Konde valleys. In ISsy, when a young man
ot twinty-nine years, he started out B» an
agriculturist on his own account. At the
time of the division of the home farm, com-
prising nearly six hundred acres, the home-
stead fell to his share. The creek and two
small branches run through the property, so
that the land is well supplied with water.
Mr. .Swiger gave his attention principally to
stock-raising during his earlier business ca-
reer but has recently taken up dairying,
which is proving a profitable source of in-
come to him.

Mr. Swiger has beeu twice married. On
the 18th of October, 1882, he wedded Miss
Laura M. Crosby, her father being .lames
Crosby, who was a native of Ohio and came
to Oregon in 1880. Unto them were born
the following children: Willis V'., who is now
a student in a medical college at San Fran-
cisco; Ernest E., a resident of Uregi^n; and
Lloyd M., who makes his home in West
Berkeley, California. The wife and mother
was called to her final rest in 1891 and in
November of the following year Mr. Swiger
was again married, his second union being
with .Mrs. Milda Snivley, who came to this
state in 1882. Earl Vernon, the only child
of this marriage, is still at home.

At the polls Mr. Swiger casts his ballot in
support of the men and measures of the
democratic party. The cause of education has
ever found in him a stanch champion and for
the past eighteen years he has served in the
capacitj' of school clerk. Fraternally he is
a member of the Woodmen oi" the World.
Practically his entire life has been spent in
the northwest and he is therefore thoroughly
familiar with its history and growth, which
has always been to him a source of justi-
fiable pride.

WILLIAM F. KEADY. Some men po«se»«
several talents aiicl have little dillicully in
making a success of anything thev under-
take. To this class belongs William F.
Keady, postmaster of Waldport, Lincoln
county. He is a highly cflleient public oflicer,
a musician of aekiiowledged standing through-
out the northwest, and a business man who
has demonstrated his ability to compote suc-
cessfully in an open field' with those who
make a specialty of their respective linc».

He wos born at Salem. Oregon, OcIoIht 14,
1974, lieing a son of Williom P. Keady. The
father was tKirn ot Sprint'fl<"ld. Illinois, in
IS.'jO, and receive<l his education at Kankakee
in the same stale. lie m.i« employed by
his father upon the Kankakee Time«. ■

>!• ,...,. ^ r mIm.i, ^vns in a hiahly

'lie latter part
• t. iy emigrated to

the I'ucitic const nnd eiiipiKed in placer min-
ing at French Camp, Colifornia, for a •Imrt
time. .After giving up thi« work he loenled
at .Salem. Oregon, where he Ix-came eonnei-tcd
with the printinir husinr««. which he had

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learned in his earlier years. He gained an
excellent reputation in his calling and was
appointed state printer for the unexpired
term of W. B. Carter, who was his partner
in publishing the Corvallis Gazette. In 1883
he was elected upon the republican ticket
from Benton county as representative to the
state legislature and displayed an ability
which gained for him the speakership of the
lower house when he was returned for a sec-
ond term. He removed to Multnomah county
in 1887 and in 1893 was elected to the legis-
lature from this county and again occupied
the chair as speaker of the house. He was
connected for a number of years with the
Oregon Water Power & Railway Company
and was also for ten years in the employ of
the Oregon Railway & Navigation Com-
pany. Since 1905 he has been identified with
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway,
with headquarters at Seattle, Washington.
The maiden name of the mother of our sub-
ject was Julia G. Wilson. She was born in
Indiana and crossed the plains as a cliild in
1851, the family locating in Tillamook
county, Oregon.

William F. Keady possessed advantages
of education at Salem, Portland and Corval-
lis, passing through the various grades of the
public and high schools. He became a stu-
dent of the Oregon Agricultural College at
Corvallis and was graduated from this insti-
tution in 1896. After leaving college he took
the civil service examination and passed so
creditably that in 1897 he was appointed
United States customs examiner at Portland.
This office he filled for nine years and for
five years of this period was chairman of the
board of examiners. He resigned on Christ-
mas day, 1906, and came to Waldport, Ore-
gon, where he assisted in organizing the
Waldport Lumber Company. After serving
as secretary of the company for ninu months
he disposed of his interest and engaged in the
real-estate business. Since May, 1910, he has
served as postmaster of the town and has
discharged his duties in a way that meets the
hearty approval of the patrons of the oflice
and the officials at Washington.

In 1898 Mr. Keady was married to Miss
Maud Cauthorn, who was born at Corvallis,
a daughter of James A. and ilartha M. Cau-
thorn, who were pioneers of Benton county,
Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Keady are the parents
of four children: James C, who is now
twelve years of age; Kenneth W., aged ten
years; Martha M., six years of age; and
Paul F., who is three years old,

Mr. Keady gives his political allegiance to
the republican party, in which he was an ac-
tive worker before appointment to the office
of postmaster. He served most creditably as
secretarv of the republican county central
committee in 1908. He and his wife are
members of the Episcopal church at Cor-
vallis. Fraternally he is identified with (he
Artisans and the Woodmen of tlie World,
being a past master of the former organi/.a-
tion. lie jKissesses musical ability of a high
order and for three years led a band of
twenty-f<nn- jiieces at Portland known as
the Woodstock band. He has [dayed in a

numljer of bands and in 1907 organized and
incorporated a band of eighteen pieces at
Waldport, which under his efficient direc-
tion has become recognized as the best band
ill this part of the state.

GEORGE W. SHARP is one of the active

and aggressive farmers of Yamhill county.
Like his father, Elislia Sharp, he is a na-
tive of Illinois, having been born there in
1870. His mother, Ellen (Houston) Sharp
was born in Texas but at the age of four
she was sent to Illinois to one of her great-
aunts to be reared, and the remainder of her
life was spent in that state. At sixteen
years of age she married Elisha Sharp, who
was two years her senior. Her death oc-
curred in 1881 and that of Mr. Sharp in
1885. To this union nine children were born,
namely: Oliver. Walter, Oscar and Temple,
all deceased; Mrs. Flora Hubert, of Port-
land. Oregon; Dr. Florence Manion, also of
Portland; Mrs. Mary Breeze, of Los An-
geles. California; George W. ; and Mrs. Cath-
erine Miller, of Yamhill county.

George W. Sharp left school and started
upon his independent career at the age of
fifteen. For five years he was employed near
his home by a railroad company and worked
at grading and on the river levees. After
this, realizing the opportunities the west of-
fered to the beginner, he removed to Port-
land, Oregon. There he made his start by
working in a sawmill for two years and in
this way made it possible for him to pur-
chase eighty acres of the farming land which
has since proved so productive.

Shortly after his establishment upon his
own farm he married Kate Miller, who was
born in New York state in 1874. Her par-
ents. Clans and Anna (Clintworth) Miller,
both born in Germany in 1844. were mar-
ried before leaving their native country to
settle in New Y'ork state, where they lived
until 1875. At that time they moved to
Nebraska and later came on farther west to
Oregon. In Nebraska Mr. JMiller farmed and
raised stock. When he came to Oregon he
lived for a few years near where the town
of Gaston now stands and later in 1890, re-
moved to Yamhill county, settling six miles
north of Yamhill, It was here that their
daughter Kate was married to George W,
Sharp in 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were
the parents of four children: John and Wil-
liam, both of Yamhill county; Mrs. Anna
Jones, of Washington county; and Mrs.
(Jeorge W. Sharp. To Mr. and Mrs. Sharp
six children have been born: Ann. born in
1894, who has finished high school and will
soon complete her college course; Elisha,
born in 1896; Merle, born in 1898; Paul,
born in 1901; Lawrence, born in 1904; and
Maurice, born in 1908, Elisha, Merle. Paul
and Lawrence are all attending school.

Mr. Sharp's wdiole attention has been given
to farming and agricultural pursuits, and
since ]mrchasing the original eighty acres he
has addeil live hundred acres to his farm.
All this land is in a rich agricultural coun-
try and has been cultivated by Mr. Sharp
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481

to this he has a hop yard aiul also raises
thoroughbred cattle and" other stock. Heiiig
a comparatively young man. his progress
seems far above the average and gives prom-
ise for even greater achievements in the
future.

He is a member of the Wo<xlincn of the
World. Finding that his af;riciillur:il pur-
suits must have his whole attention if he
is to continue to prc.>gre-.s in the future as
he has done in the past, he has never sought
election to any ollicc and he docs not en-
gage in any political activity. This concen-
tration of effort doubtless accounts for the
success which he has experienced. At fif-
teen years of age lie started upon his inde-
pendent career anil he has constantly ad-
vanced, so that todaj' he stands high among
the successful farmers of his county.

REV. FRANCIS E. SCOFIELD, who since
Scptetntier, I'JO'J. h:>- Imi-ii preaching in the
Methodist Episcopal church at Myrtle Point,
was born in New York, a son of Wilson and
Mary (Scoficldi ScolicM. in whose family
were four children: Elizabeth, deceased;
Ruth, the wife of .hie linker, of Illinois;
Loretta, the wife of Ira W. Russell, of Can-
ada: and Francis E., of this review.

The last named spent the first eighteen
years of his life in the Empire state and was
reared upon a farm which his father owned
and cultivated. The public schools afforded
him his educational privileges anil his ex-
periences were those which usually fall to
the lot of farm lads. On leaving New York
he made his way to Illinois but remained
only a brief period and then went to Iowa,
where he engaged in teaching scho<d. His
father also went to that state and purchased
a farm which he afterward sold to his son
Francis, who lived thereon for several years.
Our subject then went to Kansas, where he
remained for four years, taking up a home-
stead and also purchasing land. He there
engaged in raising sheep and cattle until
he determined to locate in the far west and
made his way to California. After spending
the summer in that state, however, he came
to Oregon in 1S76 and settled at Dora, where
he engaged in farming for twelve years. In
188S he removed to .Marshfield, where he be-
gan preaching regularly having previous to
this time done some ministerial work in the
communities in which he had lived. His
parents were Methodists and he ^' ' — '
in that faith. A church was or.
Coos county before he removed to '
and Mr. Scofield joined that church, which
was of the Baptist denomination. He was
chosen its preacher and continued there to
deliver the gospel message for nine years,
after which he returned to his ohi home at
Dora and engaged in preaching for the Con-
gregational church there. In '^ • ■ • --

1909, he came to Myrtle I'oint .u
the pastorate of the Melho<iist i , ,
church here. He. however, also often preaches
in the Presbyterian church. Rev, Srofleld
is an exponent of one of the signs of the
times — that feeling which recognizes that
Christianity in its broadest and t>c«t senw

transcends denominationalism and tboiurb

pi-<jple may differ ..f- - •■•■•<, In the

essential points of ' „,|, ((„»

are one. This has . : _ •_, wurk in

harmony with various cliurchcs and at each
point to do a notable work for the good of
the community.

In Fort D.Mlgc, Iowa, the Rev. .Scofleld
was married to Jliss Knsi-Hii Kmnionx, a
native of New York and a daughter of Am-
iisa Knimons, who removal to the west dur-
ing her infancv. Her brother Avcrv and a
sister, Emma, live in Iowa, and another nis-
ter, Ko.xanna. is a resident of Nebraska. The
Itev. and Mrs. Sc<iflcld have become parent*
of four children: Ida R., the wife of Profes-
sor Fargo, of Salem. Oregon, who was at one
time a teacher in the .McMinnville (Oregon)
College; .Mrs. Edna Dailey, a wiilnw who ia
a trained nurse living with her parent* and
has one son, Wilbur; Ivan, a practicing den-
tist of (;ranls Pass, Oregon, who is married
and has six children; and Clara, who is the
wife of Clark Hunch, of .Myrtle Point, by
whom she has two children. Andre<l and Ko-
sella. In his business affairs Mr. Si-ofield
has always been successful and at the prea-
ent time is engaged in loaning money on
property. He is a man liberal in his j)olit-
ienl views and yet never neglectful of the
duties of citizenship. He is a meiiil»<r of
the Independent Order of 0<ld Fellows. His
honorable, upright life and his example and
teachings all are jiotent elements for moral
progress in his community.

J. H. McCUBBIN, who passed away at hia
home in I.ostiiie on January 31. 1910. waa
well known in that town and tlirnughoiit the
surrounding county and his i|uulities were
such as gained for him the respect and
friendship of all with whom he came into
contact. In his busine.ss career ho won suc-
cess and was honored by reason of the
straightforward methods which he alwaya
followed. He was born in Miller county,
.Missouri, on Oitol.er L'."., Is(.'.. th>' son of
\Villiain R. and Nancy illilyeni Mi-<'iililiin,

who came from .Miller con'v \i n i,.

Oregon, locating in (
twelve mile.* east of l>
they took up a '
hundred and ♦»•
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mnrriai;« in l»72 ho f»« in«»

iipri'C*! in «ll four Imi
lie lived on that pi ■
I'lO', when h« rent»d the Mine and mo%<-l i"

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Lostine where he spent the remaining years
of his lite in retirement.

On the 4th of September, 1872, Mr. Me-
Cubbin was united in marriage to Miss Ma-
rietta Young, who is a native of Clakamas
county and a daughter of Joseph and Emily
(Barnes) Young. Her parents moved from
Missouri to Oregon in 1847, locating in Clack-
amas county, where the}' took up a donation
land claim and resided on the same until the
mother's death, when the father went to
Wasco county and there made his home with
his son Jerry until his death. To Mr. and
Mrs. McCubbin were born six children of
whom four survive: Rebecca, the wife of
James T. Johnson of Morrow county; Bertha
J., who is Mrs. H. A. Kuhn of Wallowa
county; Dolly E., who is Mrs. F. L. Pearce
of Be'llingham, Washington; and Violet W.,
the wife of W. W. Kuhn of Lostine. The
deceased were: Andrew J., who died in in-
fancy; and Mary A., who passed away when
twenty-two years of age. The demise of
Mr. McCubbin, the husband and father, was
deeply deplored by a wide circle of friends
and acquaintances.

In politics Mr. McCubbin was a Jackson
democrat and took an active interest in local
party work. He served as county assessor
of Union county when Wallowa county was
yet a part of the same, and in 1880 while
in that office, was census taker of this
county. After the division of Union and
Wallowa counties, Mr. McCubbin was for two
terms assessor of Wallowa county. Fra-
ternally he was a member of the Lostine
Lodge,' A. F. & A. M., and of the Anthony
Chapter No. 88, of the Order of the East-
ern Star, of which chapter Mrs. McCubbin is
also a member. Mr. McCubbin was one of
the foremost citizens of Wallowa county and
was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
He was quick to recognize the rights of oth-
ers and he looked at life from a rational
standpoint that brought him a clear under-
standing of the conditions of the world, its
possibilities, and the obligations that rested
upon him in his relation to his fellowmen
and in citizenship. Mrs. McCubbin resides in
Lostine and has a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances there who hold her in the
highest esteem.

HEIKKI KOLJONEN. A successful rep-
resentative of the medical jirofession in As-
toria is Dr. Hcikki Koljonen, whose name in-
dicates his Scandinavian birth. He is a na-
tive of Jamsa, Finland, born May 11, 1874,
his parents being Charlie and Serafia Kol-
jonen, who were also natives of Finland,
where the mother died in 1899 and the father
in 1907.

Of a family of nine children Dr. Koljonen
is the only one that ever came to America.
He was a' young mim of thirty years when
he crossed ithe Atlantic. In the meantime he
had acquired a high-school edtication and had
taken up the study of medicine when nine-
teen years of age. In time he was gradu-
ated from the Imperial Alexander University
at Helsingfors, Finland, completing a course
in medicine and surgery in 1903. The fol-

lowing j-ear he crossed the Atlantic to the
new world and first settled at Ashtabula,
Ohio, where he entered upon active practice,
remaining there until 1906. In that year
he came to Astoria, where he opened an office
and continued in practice until 1908. He
then went abroad for further study and re-
search, pursuing' a medical course in Berlin,
Germany, in 1909. Later in the year he went
to Finland, where he practiced for a year
and a half in a state surgical hospital at
Helsingfors, but in the meantime he had
come to appreciate greatly the wider oppor-
tunities offered in the new world, and re-
turned to America, settling in Astoria. Ore-
gon. In February. 1911, he opened an office
in this cit}' where he lias since remained,
having a well appointed suite . of rooms in
the Page building at the corner of Twelfth
and Commercial streets. He not only has a
good practice among his fellow countrj'men
but also other people as well and the prompt,
capable and conscientious manner in which
he performs his professional duties is win-
ning him gratifying success.

In 1908 Dr. Koljonen was married to Miss
Annie Schistad, who was born in Astoria in
1888, a daughter of Peter and Annie Schis-
tad, the former a native of Norway and the
latter of Finland. The parents were married
in Astoria and are still living here. Mrs.
Koljonen is their only child. Both the Doctor
and his wife have many friends in this city,
occupying an enviable position in the socal
circles in which they move.

GEORGE W. MOODY was well known in
the vicinity of Ricldand and through the
Eagle valley where during an active life he
carried on general agricultural pursuits. Ho
died in 1910, being at that time in the
seventy-fourth year of his ag*', his birth hav-
ing occurred in Kentucky in November. 1830.
His parents were Michael and Mary (Mer-
cer) Moody, natives of Nortli Carolina, who
in 1843 removed from Kentucky to Missouri
where they continued to live until called to
the home beyond.

George W. Moody was hardly six years of
age at the time of the removal to Missouri,
and in that state his boyhood and youth
were passed with the usual experiences that
fall to the lot of the farm lad. He was abovit
twenty-six years of age when in 1863 he
started across the plains witli ox teams, at-
tracted by the interesting tales he had heard
concerning the northwest and its opportuni-
ties. It was a long and tedious journe.v. for
tlip slow moving animals covered only a few
miles each day. The roads, too, were in poor
conilition and there were various difficulties
and hardships to encounter, but at length
Mr. Moody reached his destination and took
up his abode in Burnt River valley where he
remained for a year. He then went to Auburn
and was engaged in mining for six years. In
1S74 he removed to Eagle valley and secured
a homestead upon which liis widow now re-
sides. He at first owned one hundred and
sixty acres of land there but later gave fort.v
acres of this to one of his sons. The re-
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of Mrs. Moody and is a finely improved farm,
equipped with all the accessories and con-
veniences of a model place of the twentieth
century.

Mr. Moody was twice married. His first
wife, who died in 18S0, was the mother of
three sons and two daughters, as follows:
Willard, who was murdered several years apo;
Henry, who is married and reside.s in Eagle
valley; George, also a resident of Eagle val-
ley; Laura, the wife of Albert Young, a resi-
dent of Baker; and Fannio, the wife of Wil-
liam Cole, of Haines. Oregon. Mr. Moody was
afterward wedded to Mrs. Polly (Ymini;)
Kaetcham. a daughter of Mitchell and Hosa
(Daniels) Young, and a native of .Mason
county. Illinois. She came to Oregon in
1887 and since then has lived in Eagle valley.
She had two children by her marriage to
John Kaetcham: Elizabeth, the wife of F. F.
Severs; and Charles, a resident of St. Louis.
Jllasouri.

Mr. Moody was a republican in his politi-
cal views, ever standing by the party which
was the defense of the Union during the
(lark days of the Civil war and which has
ever been recognized as the party of reform
and progress. When hostilities broke out be-
tween the north and the south his patriotic
spirit was aroused and he donned the soldier's
uniform, doing active duty at the front in
defense of the cause in which he firmly be-
lieved. He ever manifested a spirit of patriot-
ism in his allegiance to his country and his
loyalty constitutes an example that might
well be followed by others. He also mani-
fested various other sterling traits of char-
acter and enjoyed the high regard and good
will of all with whom he came in contact.

GILES B. JOHNSON, general agent for
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad at
Astoria and also agent for the rjreat Xorth-
ern Express Company at that place, was
born in Watervliet. >Iichigan. on the fith of
October. 1872, his parents being .1. T. and
Elizabeth .Johnson, the former a native of
Michigan and the latter of derma iiy. The
father was of English lineage and «as mar-
ried in his native state, where he eontinue<l
to make his home until 1SS9, when he re-
moved westward with his family and set-
tled in Portland. Oregon. He there worked
at the millwright's trade for a short lime
and later tofik up his abode at Clatskanie,
whi-re he conducted a hotel for several years.
He next removed to lI(H|iiiani. Washington,
where his wife died. Shortly afterward the
father returned to Michigan, and still makes
liis home upon a farm. In the family were
four children: L. B., now a resident of Kala-
mazoo. Michigan, and proprietor of the
business conducted under the name of the
Kalamazoo Label Company; Giles B.. of this
review: H. M.. who died at the age of nine-
teen years; and W. ^L. who is boiikkee|>er in
a paper mill, and resides with his father.

Giles B. .lohnson spent his youthful dnyi
under the parental roof until the age of
sixteen years and then started ont in busi-
ness life on his own account. He was con-
nected with farming interests in the mid-

dle west until ls90, when he came to the
Pacific coast, settling in Portland, where he
pursued a business course. He then pur-
cliaseil an interest in a mercantile store,
which he conducted a short time. In .May,
189i, he removed to Tillanicxik aiunty. Ore-
gon, where he aided in buiUling tlie lir»t
telegraph line in the county, extending from
Forest (;rove in Wa-shington county down the
river to Tillamook City, Oregon. Subse-
quently this line was extended to Nelmlem,
at the mouth of the Xehalem river. When
this was completed Mr. .lohn.son became su-
perintendent and manager of twenty miles
of the line, wliiidi he operated for a year and
a half. On the expiration of that period
he purchased a half interest in the Nebalem
Times, a weekly paper, and soon afterward
purchased the interest of his partner, Ira
B. Malin. who had purchased the same from
J. S. Uellinger, the pioneer newspaper pub-
lisher of Tillamook county, who at the pres-
ent writing owns and publishes the Morn-
ing Astorian. .Mr. .lohnson coiitiiiiieil as
publisher of the .\chalem Times until the
spring of 1S08, when he removed the plant
to Tillamook City, later sellini; out. In the
same year he entered the emphn- of the As-
toria & Columbia Hiver Railroad as local
agent at Seaside, where he remained a year,
when he was transferred to Rainier, Oregon,
where he stayed five years. In I'.in.'i he came
to Astoria as local agent for the railroad,
which i>ositioM he tilled until I'.lOS, when he
was madi' general agent of the Astoria *
Columbia River Railroad Company, which in
March, I'JU, changed its name to the S|mi-
kane, Portland & .Seattle Railroad. He is
also agent for the fJreat Northern Kxpp'sn
Company at .Astoria and his servire in lioth
connections is highly satisfactory to the pub-
lic as well as to the corporations which he
represents.

In his political views Mr. .lohnson has nl
ways been a republican and upon the party
ticket has been elected to several oHires. He
served as police judge and city auditor of
Seaside for one term, resigning the odico
upon his removal from that city. Ho nUo
occupied the same position at Rainier for
four terms and at (lilTep-nt linns has t«'»n

prominent in the cnuncilH of the ]'-'i^ I

ing in shaping its course in an
pacity. He served as secretarv ■
lumbia County Central Commitle«' (or twii
years an<l was also rhainnan of that com-
iiiittee. From 1902 iinlll Hint he w«« a
niembfr of the second rongrei-oonal ili«trirt
committee of Oregon and during the legiaU
live session of Iflu.") was chii-f clerk of en-
grossed bills in the senate, and also «rr*eH
in a similar capacity in the senate ilurtng
the session of 1007. He is not a sentimen
talisf but A worker and his r(Torl« whether
in political or btisin""* line^ are alwajrs re-
sultant anil I '

In .Ittnu«r> .Johnson wa» m»r-

riwl to Mi«« ' i ■■ . f

Michigan nn.l

lx>vell. Her ...:.. r

mother now resides in ' 'regon. In

I heir family were four of whom

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riage she has become the mother of a daugh-
ter, La Veta R., who was born April 21,
1895, and is now attending the high school
in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and also pursuing
a course in both instrumental and vocal mu-
sic. Mr. Johnson is well l<nown in fra-
ternal and club circles, holding membership
with the Woodmen of the World and with
Astoria Lodge of Elks. He is likewise a
member of the Irving Club of Astoria and
the Astoria Motor Boat Club, and attractive
social qualities render him popular among
all with whom he comes in contact.

GELO FREEMAN PARKER, who is serv-
ing for the second term as county surveyor
of Clatsop county, Oregon, and makes his
home in Astoria, was born in Petaluma,
California, January 17, 1854. His father,
Freeman Parker, was a native of Washing-
ton, Vermont, born April 5, 1823, and mar-
ried Laura Adaline Roberts, whose birth oc-
curred in Barre, Vermont, June 1, 1821.
Both were representatives of old New Eng-
land families. Freeman Parker attended
the Norwich LTniversity of Vermont and af-
terward engaged in teaching school, in sur-
veying and in farming. He went to Cali-
fornia by the Panama route during the great
gold rush of 1849 and in 1852 he brought
his wife and eldest son by the same route,
proceeding by boat up the Chagres river,
his wife being "packed" or carried on the
backs of donkeys or men over the route
where the canal is now building. All were
sick with Panama fever and Mrs. Parker's
brother, dying, was buried at sea when they
were a few days out from San Francisco.
Arrived in California it was a year before
Mrs. Parker saw another white woman and
such respect was entertained for her because
of her character and because of the fact that
she was the only white woman in that vi-
cinity, that men spread their brocaded silk
sashes upon the ground for her to walk upon.
She died at the age of fifty-four years.
Freeman Parker has remained through life a
man of liberal education, because of his
broad reading, and is still vigorous mentally
and physically and is beloved by all. At the
age of ninety years he still resides on the ■
old farm at Petaluma, worn out by gratu-
itous attention to the sick.

G. F. Parker acquired a common-school
education in his native town but ill health
prevented his pursuing a college course dur-
ing the years he would otherwise have given
to further study. He worked upon the home
farm until he had reached the age of twenty
and then removed to Astoria, Oregon, in 1874.
He there secured a clerkship in the general
mercantile store of C. L. Parker with whom
he continued until 1880. He afterward filled
the positions of county and city surveyor un-
til 1887 when, under the firm name of Parker
& Hanson, he began merchandizing on his
own account and continued in that business
until 1897. .^t the time of the gold dis-
coveries in Alaska he went to Skagway and
was appointed by General Distin to the po-
sition of United States deputy surveyor for
Alaska and also served as mineral surveyor.

He was on the engineering corps of the
White Pass & Yukon Railway during its
construction and until his return to Astoria
in 1902. Since the 6th of July, 190S, he has
served as county surveyor of Clatsop county,
Oregon.

On the 20th of August, 1885, in Astoria,
Mr. Parker was married to Miss Lucy J.
Powell, the fifth of the nine children of
Henry and Martha Powell. Both of her
parents were born in Aitringham, Cheshire,
England, the former in 1824 and the latter
in 1827. In 1849 they became residents of
Illinois and in 1875 arrived in Astoria, Ore-
gon. Her father died in 1892, followed three
years later by his wife. He was a man of
unusually estimable character, a prominent
church worker and was an elder in the Pres-
byterian church at the time of his death.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Parker have been born
three children: Lois L., Kenneth H. and
Lenna G. The daughter Lois is the wife of
Lincoln Beaumont Chambers, first lieutenant
in the Coast Artillery, U. S. A.

Mr. Parker has always been a progressive
republican but has never sought or desired
ollice aside from the position of surveyor.
He is a man of broad, liberal views, whose
ideas of life are practical, being based upon
thorough understanding and study of condi-
tions. He has had many interesting experi-
ences during his residence upon the coast
and in his sojourn in Alaska, has firm faith
in the future of the west and is thoroughly
imbued with the spirit of enterprise which
has been the dominant factor in the upbuild-
ing of this section of the country.

ALBIN W. NORBLAD. It is always in-
teresting to note the rise of one whose
business prominence and success entitles
him to more than passing mention, and in
this connection it is pleasing to record the
history of Albin W. Norblad, who at the
age of seven years sold newspapers in
Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is now a lead-
ing and growing lawyer of Astoria. He
was born in Malmo. Sweden, on the 19th
of March, 1881, a son of Peter and Bessie
(Anderson) Xorblad. who were also natives
of that country. Coming to America dur-
ing the early childhood of their son Albin
they settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
where they resided until the death of the
father in 1910, since which time Mrs. Nor-
blad has become a resident of Astoria.
Their family numbered three children, of
whom Albin W. is the eldest. The others,
Clara and George, are still with their
mother.

Following the arrival of the family in
Grand Rapids Albin W. Xorblad attended
the public schools until twelve years of age,
but for five years prior to that time also
carried and sold newspapers, thus contribut-
ing to his support. He was a member of
the Evening Press Newsboys Band, with
which he made a trip through the southern
states, the band winning a gold medal of-
fered by .John Philip Sousa to the boys'
band making the greatest advancement in
music in a year. Leaving school at the age

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4C7

of twelve, Mr. Xorblad secured a position
with the Grand Rapids Furniture Company
of Chicago, with which he continued for a
number of years. Later he obtained a po-
sition as a newspaper reporter and while
acting in that capacity promoted his educa-
tion by attending the Chicago Seminary of
Science for four years. Thus laying a good
foundation for further progress along edu-
cational lines, he entered upon a three years'
course of law at the Chicago Law School and
was graduated in June, 1905. In April of
the same year he was admitted to the bar
and at once began practice in Clrand Rapids,
where he remained for a few months. He
then removed to Escanaba. Michigan, where
he again followed his profession, forming a
partnership with Judd Velland. which con-
tinued until 190S. He was appointed acting
prosecuting attorney of Delta county, Michi-
gan, and filled that position until July, 1908.
His partnership with Mr. Yelland was dis-
continued on the election of the latter to the
office of probate judge and Mr. Xorblad then
practiced alone in Escanaba until 1909. The
west, with its broader opportunities, how-
ever, attracted him and. conimg to the coast,
he settled at Astoria, where he entered into
partnership with G. A. Hcniple for the prac-
tice of law, this relation continuing until
June, 1910. He has since been alone, with
offices at Nos. 3 and 4 Page building, As-
toria. He has been admitted to practice in
the Oregon and Michigan federal courts and
also in the supreme court of the L'nited
States. At the present writing (1911) he
is serving as city attorney, having been the
nominee of both the republican and derno-
cratic parties at the primary, a fact which
indicates his standing as a man and citizen
and the confidence reposed in his professional
ability. He is a lawyer of ability, his prep-
aration of his cases is thorough and exhaus-
tive, and his presentation of an issue clear
and forcible. He is seldom, if ever, at fault
in the application of a legal principle and
his devotion to his clients' interests is pro-
verbial. He is also attorney for the Port of
Astoria and citv of Warrcnton.

On the 29th of September, 1900, Mr. Nor-
blad was married to Miss Edna Lyle Gates,
who was born in Wisconsin, and is a daugh-
ter of Lew and Liva Cates, both of whom
were natives of Iowa. The mother died in
1890 and in 1909 the father removed to Cot-
tage Grove. Oregon, where he is now publish-
ing a paper known as the Cottage Grove Sen-
tinel. In the Cates family were four chil-
dren: Ina. now the wife of -•^sa Curtis, of
Astoria; Mrs. Xorblad; Harry, a resident of
Michigan; and Grace, who is living with her
sister Mrs. Xorblad. A. \V. Xorblad. Jr.. the
only child of our subject and his wife, is an
interesting little lad of four years, his birth
having occurred September 12. 190S. The
parents are both members of the Presbyte-
rian church and are widely and favorably
known socially in their adopted city. Mr.
Norblad is now lecturing knight of the order
of Elks, is a member of the Knights of
Pythias lodge, the Modern Woodmen camp,
the Odd Fellows society and the Masonic

fraternity, in which he has attained high
rank, being now a thirty-second degree Ma-
son and a member of the Mystic Shrine. Ho
also belongs to several .Scandinavian lodges
and the Phi Alpha Delta, a law fraternity.
At one time he was secretary of the Ilusi-
ness Men's Association of Escanaba, Miclii-
giin, and in 1910 president of .\slorirt Cham-
ber of Commerce, and his military history
covers service with the Second Michigan
Infantry and the First Illinois Infantry,
and with the Michigan X'aval Brigade, hav-
ing been commissioned a lieutenant of the
latter. Each experience in his life he has re-
garded as a preparation for the duties and
labors to follow, and he has made each day
count tor tlie utmost, actuated at all times
by a laudable ambition that has prompted
him to put forth earnest and elTective elTort
in the attainment of the goal which lies be-
fore him.

ROLLIE W, WATSON, who for the pn^t
four years has b.in engaged in the real es-
tate and insurance business in 'rillamook
county, was born in Cottonwoorl Falls, Kan-
sas, on the 9th of .January, 1871. lie is a
son of Clarence C, and Ida Ella (Hinckley)
Watson, the father a native of Lynchburg,
Virginia, and the mother of Dublin, Ohio,
His father, who was engaged in the railroad
and mercantile business during the entire
period of his active career, passed away in
l»tieblo, Colorado, in 1890, at the age of about
fifty years. The mother is still living and
makes her home in Xew Mexico. Of the union
of Mr. and Mrs. Watson there were born
three children: Ferry, the wife of Dr. C. H.
Brown, of Roy, New Mexico; Rollie V\'., our
subject; and Frances E,, who is a resident
of Tennessee.

The education of Rollie W. Watson was
obtained in the public schools of Cottonwood
Falls, Kansas, which he attende<l <intil he
was thirteen years of age, when hi- went to
sea. For seven years thereafter he was in tlie
merchant marine service on the Pacific co««t,
then went into the navy. He enterinl tlie
naval service of the l'nited Stales in .Inly,
189.'). remaining therein until December, iOiri.
During this period he served on seveiil.'i-n
ililferent vessels, among them being tb"
lowing: Mohican, Marion, Inrlepeii :
Dlympia, Petrel, Machias, M' '
ton, Isla de Luzon, Calami i
Yorktown, Manila and (Jen-
served with two honorable ili- l>->th
of which he is creiliteil witli t per-
sonal (|unlifications. He was in the ,*^pani«h-
American war from 1"'98 up to the time of
his lirst discharge. Some nf the engagi'-
menfs took in all of the porf« of the I«lnnd
nf Mindanao. nii<l during the Mnro upri»inK«
he assisted in •"•tnldiobing nnvnl nlntion* at
Pasta Ijind. on the NInnd of .lolo, in the
soutbernniost part of the Philippine nrrhi-
pelago. The lighthou«ie« in the •nuthern part
of the i'land" were rep«tobli«hp<l by the Gen-
eral AlaVB. during the period of Mr. Waf«on'«
serviee on that boat. They took many out-
posts and established g»rri<on«. their duties
being at times most arduous and diUlrult.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTOKY OF OREGON

He was on the islands from 1898 to 1902 and
during his service was wounded in the wrist.
He has since been awarded a pension by the
government for injuries sustained.

After receiving his discharge in December,
1902, Mr. Watson came to Tillamook and
engaged in newspaper work, becoming pro-
prietor of the Herald, which journal he edited
until 1907, when he disposed of it and
entered the real-estate and fire insurance
business. He has met with a goodly meas-
\ne of success in this undertaking, having a
well established business with a consfantly
increasing patronage.

On the 13th of January, 1903, Mr. Watson
was united in marriage to Miss Hope M. No-
lan, who is a native daughter of Tillamook,
and a representative of one of Oregon's pio-
neer families. Mrs. Watson is a daughter
of M. E. and Margarete E. (Jenkins) Nolan.
The father, who is deceased, was a packer
and owned a donation claim of three hundred
and twenty acres, while the mother, who is
living in Portland, came to the state with
her family in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Nolan
had the usual experiences that fell to the lot
of the early settlers, and he was a veteran
of the Cayuse and other Indian wars. Two
children have been born of the marriage of
Mr. and Mrs. Watson: .James Clarence and
Rolletta .Jewel.

Mr. Watson is one of the public-spirited
men of the county, who has the greatest con-
fidence in the wonderful possibilities afforded
by Oregon both commercially and agricultu-
rally and is one of the enthusiastic mem-
bers of the Tillamook Commercial Club. He
is also one of the board of directors of the
Oregon State Good Roads Association, be-
ing an ardent good roads booster. Fraternally
he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and also
belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Order
of the Eastern Star and the Rebekahs, be-
ing an earnest worker in all of these organi-
zations. Mr. Watson's extensive travels and
varied experiences have made him not only a
very interesting man socially, but have been
the means of his developing those qualities
that give most promising assurance of his
success.

JOHN MAKI, manager of the Western
Workmen's Company, a publishing concern,
to which position he was appointed on com-
ing to Astoria in 1910, was born in Finland
in 1880. His parents were Mathew and Eliz-
abeth (OUinn) Maki. The father died in Fin-
land in 1896 and the mother still resides
there. To them were born nine children of
whom three arc living in America, ilatt. now
a resident of Duhith, Minnesota; Jacob, also
of that state ; and John. The other six are
still residents of Finland.

The boyhood and youth of John Maki
passed uneventfullj^. A portion of his time
was devoted to the acquirement of an edu-
cation and later he utilized the means pre-
sented for earning a living, but, awakening
to a realization of the fact that business
opportunities in America were superior to
those of his native country, he came to the
new world in 1903, first settling at Ashta-

bula, Ohio. There he worked in the employ
of a railroad for three months, after which
he removed to Duluth, Minnesota, where he
was employed in the Cutler Company ware-
house for three years. Realizing that his ad-
vancement might be more rapid if he had
better educational facilities, he resolved to
overcome this lack of earlier years and at-
tended business college near Duluth, pursu-
ing a three-years course which he completed
by graduation in 1908. He was then ap-
pointed manager of the college and occupied
that position for two years, and in 1910 came
to Astoria, where he accepted the position of
manager of the Western Workmen's Com-
pany, a publishing company, which is his
present business connection. He is well qual-
ified for the work that is entrusted to him
and is extending the scope of the business
which is meeting with substantial success.
His political views are in accord with ad-
vanced ideas of socialism. He has never had
occasion to regret his determination to seek
a home in the new world, for he not only
found the opportunity he has sought but also
pleasant social relations which have brought
him many friends.

MRS. MAGGIE BUCKLEY is the widow of
James D. Buckley, having her residence on
the beautiful estate, comprising three hun-
dred and fifty-one acres of highly improved
land, located in Jackson county adjacent to
Ruch postoflfice, Oregon. This property con-
sists of the entire real-estate holdings pos-
sessed by Mr. Buckley at the time of his
death Mrs. liuckley wa.s liorn in Trenton,
New Jersey. She is the daughter of James
and Mary (McGovern) Riley, both of whom
were natives of Ireland. She emigrated to
Oregon with her grandparents in 1869, mak-
ing the journey down the Atlantic seaboard
and by way of Panama, landing safely in
due time in the golden state of California.
From this state the family moved to Oregon
and made their first settlement on Bear
creek. She made her home with an uncle
until the time of her marriage which occurred
June 13, 1870, on which date she was united
in wedlock to James D. Buckley, who was a
native of Ireland and who emigrated from
his native land to Oregon in 1852 and in
1854 he preempted a government homestead
of one hundred and si.xty acres in .Jackson
county, settling in the Rogue river valley.
Having duly made entry of his homestead he
moved at once upon the land and there built
his home and immediately occupied himself
with the development and cultivation of his
land.

As the years of sunshine and shower con-
tributed their share to his ceaseless industry
he reaped abundant harvests, the value of
which far exceeded the expenses necessary
for the family and the operation of the land,
and he was enabled to add by purchase to
his original homestead and continued so to
do until he wa.s the owner of three hundred
and fifty-one acres of the very best agri-
cultural land in the Rogue river valley. As
a farmer he paid special attention to the
breeding and raising of fine stock. While

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thus engaged in the work of improving and
enlarging his farm and home he was sud-
denly called to rest from his earthly labors
and ended his pilgrimage at his liome in the
midst of his strength and active years.

He was a member of the Pioneer Society
of Southern Oregon and also a member of
the Masonic lodge. He died a member of the
Catholic church, the faith in which he was
born and reared. In the family of Mr. and
Mrs. Buckley seven chiUiren were born: Rose;
John D.; .James T. ; Mary Catherine; Frances,
who died in 18S4; David P.; and George.
Mrs. Buckley, upon the death of her husband
found herself confronted witli the large task
of caring for the interests of the family, and
in the conduct of the estate of her husband
she has proven herself to be a woman of
unusual business ability and with the
efficient assistance of her daughter Catherine
has maintained the high reputation of the
family as one of the most progressive and
successful in agricultural pursuits in Jackson
county. Slic is a woman highly respected
by her friends and loved and revered by her
children, in each of whom she takes a vital
and sustained interest.

WILLIAM U. CROW, a retired agricultur-
ist of Wallowa county, was born in Noble
county, Ohio, April so". 18-14, a son of Peter
and Sarah (Pryori (row. both of whom
passed their entire lives in Noble county.
The father was engaged in agricultural pur-
suits.

Reared in his native state. William U.
Crow at the usual age attende<l school in an
old pioneer log sehnolhouse which was fur-
nished with slab benches and ])iinchenn
floors. Ilig education was naturally limited,
as at that time the district schools taught
only the most rudimentary branches of
sttidy. In 1863 Mr. Crow' undertook the
management of the home farm, which he
operated in connection with other land until
1888. Disposing of this property in that
year, he came to Oregon, where his son S.
P., and daughter Sarah L., had preceded him.
Upon arriving in this state he located in the
Lost Prairie country of Wallowa county,
where he remained for a short time. .Subse-
quently he purchased a ranch of one hun-
dred and sixty acres on Scotch creek, thred
miles west of Joseph, and took \ip his abode
on that property. He resided there for six-
teen years, disposing of the property in lOO.'i
and removing to Marion county, where he
purchased a farm of forty acres, three miles
east of Salem. That was his home for three
years, when he sold the land and returned to
Wallowa county, locating in Lostine, where
he has since resided. Ilis agricultural pur-
suits taught him to be a man of unremitting
energy and persistent purpose. Whatever
property he undertook to farm he brought
to a high state of cultivation, and this net-
ted him substantial profits and made possi-
ble the fruits and luxuries of life which he
is now enjoying.

On February 19, 186.3, Mr. Crow was united
in marriage to Miss Susan M. Cooley. of
Noble countv. Ohio. To them «ix children

were born: Sarah L., the wife of Ren Wor-
stel, a resident of Ohio; Simon Peter, u
merchant of Lostine; Charles E., deputy sher-
iff of Wallowa county; Samuel M.. also a
merchant of Lostine; Mary >L, the wife of
Stewart llambelton, of Newberg, Oregon;
and MichatI who is iilentified with the com-
mercial circles of Lostine.

Mr, Crow has been a member of the Ma-
sonic fraternity since May, 1S65, Mrs.
Crow holds membership in the Baptist
church, while her husband is identilied with
the Methodist Episcopal church. Wherever
he is known he is held in high esteem. lie is
devoted to the welfare of his family, has al-
ways been faithful to every trust reposed in
him and by reason of his upright life he en-
joys the respect of the entire lomniiinity.

BYRON BRANSON owns and operates
one hundred and six and a half acres of
land, two and a half miles northeast of
Sheridan, where he has continuously resided
for the past twelve years, lie was lM)rii in
Polk county, Oregon, on the 22d of .lune,
1864, and is a son of fl. W. and Mary K.
(Wood) Branson. The father was a native
of Illinois anil the mother of Missouri, and
they Wen- married in Yamhill county, fn-
til he had attained the age of nineteen years,
C. W. Branson made his home in his native
state, but in 1849 he joiiu'd his parents, who
were living in Oregon, After remaining with
them for a short time he went to California.
to prospect for gold h\it, this venture not
proving equal to his dreams, lie returned to
Oregon a few months later, and bought his
lather's donation claim. This was located
on the present site of the town of Willaniina.
its operation engaging the attention of Mr.
Branson for some years. He 8ulisei|Ueiitly
went to Benton cotinty, where he cultivated
rented land, going from there to Polk county
and then to Walla Walla, Washington.
After a residence of a year in the latter city
he returned to ^'andiill cnuiity. where he re-
sided until his death in .January. IS'JH. The
mother survived until .Inly, 1908. Of the
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Branson there were
born fifteen children, twelve of whom are
living, as follows: II. C, who is a resident
of Polk county; I. N.. who is living in Yam-
hill county; fieorge W., who makes bin home
in Mi'Miniiville; Byron, the siilijeet i>f this
sketch; Adaline, of SHeramento. ('aliforniji ;
Amos, who is living in Ynniliill county;
Troy, who is a guard in the slate pcnilen
tiary at Salem; I)>ira, who married Neil Sti.l-
tenbcrg, of Yainliill coiinty; Helen, thn wife
of C. Moe. of (aliloniia ; and Miirvcy. Wil
liam and .(esse, all of whom are renidcnt* of
California.

Although he was lH)rn in Polk county, By-
ron Branson was reared in Yamhill rouiity,
his education tw-ing obtnined in the ronimon
Rch<M>ls. lie rcmaiiK'd at home until he wn*
twcntv-four years of age, during that periixl
becoming thoroughly familiar with the lie«l
methods of operating the fields and raring
for the cTop^. When old enough to begin for
himself he renteil some land in thi« rounty
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removed to his present place, which he culti-
vated as a renter. He met with financial suc-
cess and acquired the means to purchase a
place of his own, buying one hundred and
twenty acres which he operated for eight
years. After settling upon this place mis-
fortune followed misfortune in quick suc-
cession, and despite the most rigid economy
practiced by himself and family he was com-
pelled to dispose of his property, to meet his
obligations. He again operated rented land
for a time, saving his earnings and later
bought two hundred acres on the hills three
miles from Slieridan. His eflforts here proved
to be more successful, and at the end of three
years he disposed of this place, having
doubled his money during the period of his
residence. He then purchased the place
where he is now residing and which he had
formerly cultivated as a renter, locating
here in 1899. Mr. Branson has made quite
extensive improvements on this property dur-
ing the period of his ownership, and it is
now clear of all incumbrance. Such pros-
perity as has rewarded his efforts is the re-
sult of his perseverance and determination
of purpose, as despite the misfortunes and
hardships he has encountered, he has never
lost his courage, but has kept on steadily and
persistently, feeling confident of ultimate
success.

On July 2, 1888, was celebrated the mar-
riage of Mr. Branson and Miss Rosa J.
Tharp, also a native of Polk county and a
playmate of his childhood. Mrs. Branson is
a daughter of G. W. and Rosa Jane (Eaton)
Tharp, who came to Oregon from Illinois,
locating on a claim in Polk county where
they continued to live during the remainder
of their days. Of the twelve children born
of their marriage, seven are living: Frank,
who makes his home in Albany; Mary, the
widow of George Leibold, of Sheridan; Mar-
tin, who is also living in Sheridan; Tilly, the
wife of M. F. McMillan, of Eugene; Rosa J.,
now Mrs. Branson; Leonard, who is living
in Willamina; and Lilly, the wife of Ernest
Broders, of Eugene. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
Branson there have been born three chil-
dren: Delmer, whose birth occurred on Sep-
tember 5, 1890; Archie, who was born on the
27th of July, 1894; and Alta, who was born
on the 3d of April, 1896. All are still at
home with their parents.

In matters of faith both Mr. and Mrs.
Branson are Methodists and hold member-
ship in the church at Bellevue. Fraternally
he is a member of the Woodmen of the
World, and he is a republican, although not
active in politics as his time and energy are
largely demanded in the development of his
own interests.

J. H. BENNETT. A successful representa-
tive of the commercial interests of Whiteson
is J. H. Bennett, who is conducting a general
mercantile business here. His birth occurred
on a farm a half mile from Whiteson on
March 26, 1853. his parents being Levi and
Mary Matilda (Stephens) Bennett. The
father, who was born in Peoria, Illinois, was
left an orphan at the age of four years and

from then until he was fourteen lived at va-
rious places in that vicinity. Soon after at-
taining the latter age he joined a party that
was crossing the plains to Salem, driving an
ox team all of the way. Upon his arrival at
their destination he assisted the others of his
party in hauling the lumber with which to
construct the first residences in the town.
Later he came to Dutchtown, where for a
time he attended school, going from there to
Moors Valley and then to Whiteson. Very
little of the country in this vicinity, was set-
tled at that time, the conditions surrounding
the inhabitants being primitive in the ex-
treme. He acquired a claim a half mile from
Whiteson, to the cultivation and improve-
ment of which he immediately applied his
energies. His experiences were not unlike
those of the other pioneer settlers, upon
whom were visited all of the hardships and
privations that characterize life on the fron-
tier. He has always been a public-spirited,
enterprising man and readily assumed his
share in promoting every movement that in
any way tended to advance the development
of the country. Having from his earliest
childhood been more or less dependent upon
his own resources he developed those quali-
ties that made of him a very capable busi-
ness man. It was after his arrival in Ore-
gon that he met the lady who subsequently
became his wife. She, too, was an orphan
and a native of the state of Indiana, and
came to this state about the same time as
Mr. Bennett. They reside on their home-
stead a mile from Wliiteson, the father con-
tinuing to take an active interest in the
operation of his land, despite his eighty
years. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ben-
nett there were born five children: C. N.,
who is living at home; .J. H., our subject;
Rosa, the wife of E. G. Murphy, a farmer of
Yamhill countv; Jemmina, who is at home;
and Rosetta, who is deceased.

J. H. Bennett spent his boyhood and youth
in a manner very similar to the sons of other
frontiersmen, obtaining his early education
in the crude log schoolhouses of the vicinity
of his home, during their irregular sessions.
The knowledge obtained thus was later .sup-
plemented by a winter's terra in the school
in Amity. He remained at home until he
had attained his majorit.y, assisting with the
operation of the ranch, thus acquiring the
knowledge which enabled him later to engage
in truck gardening. This occupation he fol-
lowed for a time near The Dalles, when he
went into business for himself. During the
succeeding seventeen .years he remained in
that section identifying himself with various
occupations. Returning to Whiteson at the
end of that period he established a general
mercantile business, that he has ever since
been conducting. He has applied himself in-
telligently to the operation of his enterprise,
and consequently has met with a very grati-
fying degree of success. Mr. Bennett makes
a careful study of the needs and require-
ments of his patrons, carrying a well se-
lected and varied stock that meets the tastes
and circumstances of his customers. Gra-
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to please all. it being his policy never to piT-
mit a patron to leave dissatisfied. In addi-
tion to his lar-ie stock of goods he owns the
building in which he is conducting bis busi-
ness and four blocks of town property, on a
portion of which be has erected dwellings,
and some other property. Prosperity has at-
tended his efforts, but it has been earned by
the exercise of tireless industry, judicious
mana^'emcnt and clear judgment in the direc-
tion of bis affairs.

In bis political views Mr. Bennett is some-
what independent, although he formerly gave
bis entire support to the republican party,
but be now casts his ballot for tbo candidate
he deems best adapted to nioct the needs of
the situation. Fraternally he is affiliated with
the Masonic order and the Eastern Star at
Amity, and formerly be held membership
in the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Bennett is
widely known in Yamhill county, where he
has a large circle of friends, whose allegiance
he holds by reason of bis many fine personal
qualities.

W. J. ODELL, who is successfully engaged
in dairy farming in Yamhill county, was born
in Tennessee on the 11th of December, 1862,
and is a son of .Tohn V. and Margaret (Chat-
man) Odell, both of whom are also natives
of Tennessee. The father, who was reared
and educated in the state of bis birth, after
leaving school learned the blacksmith's trade.
For a time be followed this in Tennessee but
subsequently removed to Xorth Carolina, con-
tinuing to engage in blacksmithing. lie later
returned to liis native state, where he passed
away at the age of seventy-five. The
mother survived for ten years thereafter, her
death occurring when she was seventy-two.
Five children were born of the marriage of
Jlr. and Mrs. Odell, of whom our subject is
the j'oungcst. the others being as follows:
Anna, the wife of Frank Spradling. of Yam-
bill county; .John, who is deceased; Denitia,
who married .Toe Kcaton and is living in
Tennessee; and .Samuel, who passed away
in Tennessee.

The boyhood and youth of W. .1. CklcU
w<-re siJcnt in bis native village, whose schools
be attended in the acquirement of an educa-
tion. After the completion of the common
branches he entered bis father's shop where
he learned the blacksmith's trade, continuing
to follow this for twenty years. When be
was twenty-five be left the parental roof
and established a home of bis own, continu-
ing to be a resident of Tennessee until 1902,
when together with his wife and family he
removed to Oregon, settling in ^his county.
Upon bis arrival here, Mr. Odell located on
a ranch and turned his attention to general
farming, but is now making a specialty of
dairying. .Mlbougb this was a new uniler-
taking for him lie has met with a very grati-
fying degree of success, by reason of his
practical and painstaking methods of direct-
ing his activities. lie is a man of progress-
ive ideas and carefully plans whatever he
undertakes before attempting its execution,
fully realizing that farming is a business and
its success requires as careful and systcmotic

management us is necessary in the develop-
ment of any enterprise. As he is not afruid
to experiment he has made many mistakes,
but it is in this way that he has aciguired
the practical knowledge he now possesses re-
garding the various branches of agriculture.

In ISSS was celebrated the marriage of
Mr. Odell and ilrs. Mary .Stamfer, also a na-
tive of Tennessee and a claugbter of Samuel
and Mellie Seals. L'nto Mr. and Mrs. Odell
there have been born ten cliildren: (ieorgo
I., who is marriwl and living in Yamhill
county; Charles H., who is a resident of
California; Liiura 1)., the wife of KImcr Cush-
man, also of Viimbill county; llaltic K., the
wife of Frank Loop, of this county; and Hu-
licrt C. Ilobart H.. Car.son, .\manda E.,
Arthur J., and Ilernuin C, all of whom are
living at home and attending school.

Biith Mr. and Mrs. Odell hold membership
in the Baptist church of McMinnville, in the
faith of which denomination I hey have reared
tbeir family, and fraternally Mr. Odell is
affiliated with tlie Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, belonging to McMinnville Lodge, No.
:!(). I. 0. 0. F., and the Woodmen of the
Worlil, also of McMinnville. His political
prerogatives Mr. Odell always exercises in
support of the men and measures of the re-
publican party, but he has never U-en an
office bolder. During the period of Ihcir resi-
dence in the county both Mr. Odell and his
family have nuide many friends and they arc
held in high esteem.

PAUL CLARK, who is proprietor of the
.\lbee Feed Barns & Liverj' Stables, was
born in Pasco, Washington, on November 2,
1S91. He is a son of Joshua and Addie V.
(Woodruff') Clark, the father a native of
Bloomfield, Iowa, and the mother of Water-
town, Ohio. Joshua Clark crossed the
plains with his parents in a wagon train in
the early '60s when he was a youth of only
eighteen years, and settled with them near
Forest firove, Oregon. In early manhood he
went to Portland where he was employed in
a wholesale meat house for several years,
after which he went to Washington and
engaged in the stock raising business, locat-
ing in Franklin county, where be became a
very prominent and influential man. Ho
served as sberilT of Fronklin county for two
terms and as county assessor for nine years.
During his residence there he acqiiire.l »omn
mining interests in I'matilla county. Ore-
gon, and in ISO.', he came here to look oflcr
the same. In the fall of isy; he lo<-ate<l at
Albce where he resided until his death. For
some years he was engoged in the shinKte
mill liu.sine.ss and olso operated a hotel at
.Mbee. .\t the time of his dcoth he ownnd
line-half section of bind near this town. He
was twice ninrried, his first union lieing with
.Miss Mary Tennyson, of llold neach, Ore-
gon, who passed ttwnv in ISS2. Iravins three
children: Fred, of F!llensburg, Washington;
Jessie, who is the wife of .lames Pepper, of
Phoenix. Arizona; ond Kriith, the wife of
Cus Schul>ert of Athena. Oregon. In IS89
he married Miss Addie V. Woo<lni(T. who ■■
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and later to Kansas, where she engaged in
teaching. Thence she went to Spokane,
Washington, where she again engaged in the
profession of teaching. Subseciuently she
taught in Pasco, Washington, where she met
Mr. Clark. By Joshua Clark's second mar-
riage eight children were born, six of whom
survive. Tliey are: Paul, of this review;
and Grace, Hazel, Earl. Jean and Fa,y, all of
whom with the exception of Grace who is a
trained nurse in the St. Joseph's Hospital at
Phoenix, Arizona, are living at home. The
father was a democrat, and was a member
of the Modern Woodmen of America. He
was progressive, widely known and a prom-
inent man in his community. He passed
away, January 17, 1909.

Paul Clark was reared under the parental
roof and acquired his education in the com-
mon schools. In the spring of 1911 he and
his mother purchased the feed barn at Al-
bee, of which he is now the efficient man-
ager. The mother, Mrs. CTark, is a cultured,
capable woman, and now has charge of her
hotel, and tlirough her excellent management
meets with much success. She is greatly
interested in education and uses every ef-
fort to give her children the best advantages
possible. Paul Clark, brought up by his
capable mother, has had excellent training in
both business and social life, and is one of
the promising young men of Camas valley.
He is well liked and highly honored by all
who know him.

C. H. VOEGTLY, one of Harney county's
successful men, has been in Oregon since 1886
and has been actively identified with the hard-
ware trade of that county for a little more
than twenty years. He is a native of Alle-
gheny, Pennsylvania, born on January 8, 1861,
and is a son of Nicholas H. and Mary
(Steiner) Voegtl.y, also natives of Pennsyl-
vania. The family is of Swiss origin and
was founded in America by Nicholas Voegtly,
the great-grandfather of our subject, who
left Switzerland for the United States in
1807 and in ISll he returned with his family.
His eldest son. Nicholas Voegtly, Jr.. bought
a tract of land then known as Dutchtown in
Allegheny county, where he farmed and
worked at his trade until his deatji at the
age of eighty years. His son, the father of
our subject, spent his school days in Alle-
gheny, where he engaged in the flour and
sawmill business for several years. His mills
stood upon land a portion of which is now
occupied by the great plant of the Heinz
pickle works. He took an active part in local
public affairs all during his life and was one
of the most prominent residents of Allegheny.
He served a number of terms in the Pennsyl-
vania state legislature and was elected mayor
of his city in 1888. His death occurred in
1893, when he was fifty-nine years of age.
His wife survived him until 1911, when she
died at the age of seventy- four years.

C. H. Voegtly was the second in a family
of seventeen children. He was reared at
home and educated in the public schools of
Allegheny. He later attended the Western
University at Pittsburg and after his gradua-

tion learned the machinist's trade, working
for some time in the employ of the Westing-
house Electric Company. He has in his pos-
session a number of old books and documents
relating to his family history and dating
back over two hundred years. He is the
owner of a certificate of apprenticeship,
dated December 19, 1883, and written with
one of the first typewriters used in Pitts-
burg. The certificate is entirely in capital
letters and is signed by the secretary of the
Fort Pitt foundry and speaks in the highest
terms of Mr. Voegtly's ability as a machinist.
He also has a valuable document of a similar
nature which belonged to his great-grand-
father in 1764 and which states that the lat-
ter had served his full apprenticeship to the
shoemaker's trade.

In 1886 Mr. Voegtly removed from Pennsyl-
vania to Oregon and engaged in herding cat-
tle and horses in Grant county for six years.
The name of part of the county was later
changed to Harney and Mr. Voegtly is still
a resident of that section. He became in-
terested in the hardware business in 1891,
when he bought the stock of Calvin Geer.
The store stood upon the lot adjoining his
present location and Mr. Voegtly made im-
portant improvements and additions to the
property and conducted business there until
1899. He still owns the original building
and is now using it as a warehouse and ma-
chine .shop. In 1899 he erected his present
large and modern hardware store, which is a
beautiful brick building with stone facings,
two stories high and has a floor space of
twenty-five by ninety feet. Mr. Voegtly
utilizes the lower story for his business and
carries a general stock of heavy and shelf
hardware. He also carries an e.vtensive line
of farm implements and carriages and is well
known in Harney county as a progressive
and up-to-date merchant. He has the agency
for the John Deere Plow Company and carries
a full line of their implements. Beside his
hardware business Mr. Voegtly is the owner
of a large amount of farm land in Harney
county. His residence is situated upon one
hundred and sixty acres adjoining Burns.
The city is built up to the farm on the north
side and makes his property extremely valu-
ivble. It is in such a condition that it could
easily be laid off into town lots and will in
a few years be made into city property.

Mr. Voegtly has been twice married. In
December, 1894. he wedded Miss Mary Tup-
ker, a daughter of A. Tupker. of California,
and they became the parents of two children:
Nicholas H.. now a student in the Burns pub-
lic schools; and Mary Flora, now deceased.
:\rr. Voegtly's first wife died :\rarch 1, 1900,
and one year later he was again married.
His second -wife was Luella Williams, a daugh-
ter of M. F. Williams, a former resident of
Ohio, who is now living in Canyon City. Mr.
Voegtly is the father of two children by his
second marriage: Charles Raymond, now at-
tending the public schools of Burns; and
Frank L.. deceased. The family residence is
an elegantly equipped nuidcrn home which
^Ir. Voegtly erected in 1907. He has a pri-
vate acetylene gas plant and a steel garage

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upon the plate. The house stands in the
midst of one hundred and sixty acres of im
proved farm land adjoining the city of Burn:>
and is one of the most pleasant and beauti-
ful homes in Harney county.

Politically Mr. Voegtly gives his allegiance
to the republican party and has in the past
served as a member of the cit.v council. He
is prominent in Masonry, belonging to the
blue lodge, the chapter in Canyon City, the
commander.v in Baker, the consistory in Port-
land and is also a member of the Mystic
Shrine. He is one of the most prosperous
and successful business men in llarnej- county
and by his power of organization and his dis-
criminating judgment has built up one of
the most flourishing mercantile establish-
ments in this section of the country.

LEANDER LEBECK. A distinguished
financier has said: "If you do not succeed
do not place the blame on circumstances or
environment but where it belongs — on your-
self; success is won by the price of earnest,
self-denying effort." This statement finds
verification in the lives of those who have
made failures and those who have at-
tained prosperity. Mr. Lebeck is numbered
with the leading business men of Astoria
who have gained their advancement through
energj- and determination, guided by sound
judgment. He is todav one of the leading
contractors of the northwest, his industrial
inteu-sfs making constant demand vipon his
time. He was born in Finland in 18G3, a
son of John and Annie Lebrck, who were
residents of that country until called to their
final home, the mother passing away in 1S7-1,
while the father's death occurred in 1909,
■when he was eighty-four years of age. He
was married three times and of the five chil-
dren born of the first union only one is still
living, a daughter who yet resides in Fin-
land. By the father's second marriage there
were four children, two of whom are in Amer-
ica. r.pander and Mary, the latter the widow
of Leander Haggman and a resident of .-Vs-
toria. By the father's third marriage there
were two children, both of whom are now de-
cea.sed. His third wife still survives her hus-
band and is yet a resident of Finland.

The youthful days of Leander I^ebeck were
passed in his native country to the age of
seventeen years and his educational advan-
tages were only such as he could secure before
he reached the age of nine years. Industry
and energy, however, were early developed
and awakened in him a realization of the
fact that one of the most potent forces in
life is diligence. He was seventeen years of
age when he crossed the Atlantic, making his
way at once to Astoria, where he worked in
a lumber yard for a short time. He after-
ward secure<l employment on the con'tnic-
tion of the city gas works and later engaged
in the fishing' business with a partner, the
connection continuing for four years. On
the expiration of that period he turned his
attention to the construction business, with
which he was connected until 18S6. when he
extended the scope of his labors to include
contract carpentering and construction work.

liradually he has forced liis way upward, en-
larging the field of his latmrs" until he has
gained a place among the foremost contrac-
tors and builders of the northwest, lie built
the greater part of all the docks that front
on the Columbia river at Astoria and also the
docks on the Washington side of the river.
He was the builder of a quarantine station,
also of an addition to Napton Mills and the
Elmore Cannery. He has likewise erected a
great number of the buildings for the Taylor
Umd Company, also built the railway ware-
house and tracks and roadway in Astoria, to-
gether with till' Calendar dock ami roadway.
The excellence of his work has stood the test
of time and, combined with his reliable busi-
ness methods, has secureil for him a growing
patronage that is perhaps second to that of
no other contractor operating in Astoria or
this section of the state. Substantial evi-
ilence of his progress and prosperity is shown
in the fact that he owns two of the flneat
residences of the city and also several other
dwellings and additional properties in As-
toria. He likewise has one hundred anil
sixty acres of land near Seaside, on which are
six million feet of lumber: a ten acre tract
of hind near Astoria; and business property
at Alderbrook, Oregon.

In 18SS Mr. I>ebeck was married to Miss
Millie Kaonkkonen, who was bc.rn in Gamly
Carleby, Finland, a daughter of Wilhelm and
Bridget Kaonkkonen. who are still residents
of that land. In their family were three
sons and three daughters, four of whom are
now living in .-Vmerica. The record is as fol-
lows: Hilda, the wife of Andrew Oinia, still
in, Finland; Fannie, who is yet living in that
country; and Charles. Frank, Fritz and Mrs.
I^'beck, all of Astoria. Mr. and Mrs. Lel>eck
have become the parents of four children
but Ililfred, the eldest, died at the age of
seven .vcars. Arthur, bom July 8, 189.3, is
attending the higli school and is studying
architecture. Kinnrd \V., Ixirn in I89.'>. is
also a high-school student. Ililfred J., l>orn
in 1897, is attending a convent, making a
special study of music.

Mr. I>ebeck and his family are members
of the Lutheran church, and his political
faith is that of the democratic party.

He has held the olliiv of ri'
of .'\storia for si.x years and

clerk for three years, aflir win ,,.. .

He bi'lonirs to the .\ncienl < >nlcr of (niteil
Workmen ol .\storia, the Knights of Pythia*,
Con Conley Tril*, No. 7, I. O. It .M.. and the
Finnish Brotherhood of the World. He i», in-
deed, a self-made man and as the architect
of his own fortunes has builded wisely and
well. Hi- IS a

xiiur'i' of II (ii

others, iiir .. — t

is iipi'n to ani'r
and that the re
by sound judgment ar* ura.

CLEMMONS G. SCOTT For ov.-r tl,iri.»
live vcars <'Iemninn« < ,. .S--iift n rc«i<ti*nt nf

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farming district in a way -which has aided
tlie progress and general improvement of the
county as well as given him encouraging and
substantial rewards. He was born in Indi-
ana, July 9, 1845, and is the son of William
and Sarah (Ferrell) Scott. His grandpar-
ents were all natives of Kentuckj', but his
great-grandfather Scott was born in Ireland.
Grandfather Ferrell passed away in Ken-
tucky but the three other grandparents died
in Indiana. William Scott was one of five
cliildren, three sons and two daughters, all
of whom are deceased with the exception of
Mrs. Martha Bartlett, of Bartlettsville, Indi-
ana. Mrs. Scott was one of eight children,
all of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs.
Scott were married in 1842 and in 18G5
crossed the plains with ox teams, coming di-
rect to Yamhill county and first locating
near Dayton. Purchasing one hundred and
sixty acres near Wheatland almost imme-
diately, they removed there and made that
farm their home until after Mrs. Scott's
death, when they sold it. At the time of its
purchase there was a house on it and they
were able to take immediate" possession and
begin to clear land, a task which occupied
Mr. Scott thereafter, and when he sold it
shortlj' before his death, all except ten or
fifteen acres had been brought under a state
of cultivation. Mrs. Scott's death preceded
that of her husband by about five years.
They were the parents of five children,
namely: Clemmons G., the subject of this
review; Harmon, an agriculturist of Pull-
man, Washington, and the father of three
children ; Mrs. Martha Addison, the mother
of four children, who is living on a farm
at Dayton, Oregon; Mrs. Elizabeth Fishback,
deceased, wlio was formerly of ilonmouth.
Oregon, and the mother of nine children; and
Vardemon, who died at Salem, Oregon, in
1910.

Clemmons G. Scott started out for him-
self at the age of twenty-two years, having
remained at home and assisted his father on
the farm until his marriage. He began his
independent career by renting a farm which
he cultivated for eight years. He then pur-
chased two hundred and eighteen acres near
Carlton, in Yamhill county, and made that
his home until 1905. Selling this property,
he moved to what was known as the Hib-
bard place, having purchased it some time
previous. Here he remained until the spring
of 1910, when he sold the farm and bought
thirty-eight acres within the city limits of
Carlton, where he is now living a retired life.
It is a valuable and attractive property and
one of the finest in Carlton, being modern in
all its appointments, and well suited for the
home of one of the town's most prominent
and respected citizens.

Mr. Scott has been twice married. His
first union was with Miss Mahala A. Me-
Cutcheon. who was born in Iowa in 1847 and
died in Yamhill county in 1904. By this
marriage he had three children, namely:
James W., who resides in Carlton and is the
father of one son; William, who is principal
of the Forest Grove public schools; Mrs.
Sarah Tucker, who is a resident of Corval-

lis, where Mr. Tucker ' is a hardware mer-
chant. Mr. Scott's second marriage, in Sep-
tember, 1906, was to Mrs. Mary A. Fouts, the
daughter of W. T. Kutch, of Carlton, who
was born in Iowa in 1859. By her former
marriage she was the mother of the follow-
ing six children, all living in Carlton: Wil-
liam, Mrs. Lydia Steward, Mrs. Sadie Arm-
brose, Roy, Braxton and Carl, the two latter
residing with Mr. Scott and assisting him
with his farm work. No children have been
born to Mr. Scott by his second marriage.

Mr. Scott is a democrat and although he
has not sought public office, he has served as
road supervisor. He is a member of the
Grange and of the Baptist church, although
his parents belonged to the Christian church.
For twenty-four years he has served as
superintendent of a Sunday school in Carl-
ton. Ilis chief interest in social welfare has
been in the schools and he has served in many
positions relating to those in his district.
His life activities have all been along the
lines of progress and development and the
energetic, persistent adherence to duty which
he has manifested has been effective and is
most praiseworthy. He has well earned the
place he now occupies as one of Carlton's
most successful and esteemed citizens.

KARL KNOBLOCH, who is conducting a
blacksmith shop at the corner of Thirteenth
and Duane streets, Astoria, was born in Tor-
neo. Finland, on the 17th of March, 1868.
His parents, Ludvig M. and Hannah M. (Berg)
Knobloch, were natives of Germany and
Sweden respectively. They were married in
the latter country but soon thereafter crossed
the border into Finland, where they resided
for some years then returned to Sweden and
there the father passed away in 1894, but
the mother still survives at the venerable
age of seventy-two years. Of this union
there were born eighteen children, of whom
our subject is the only one to have become a
citizen of the United States.

Karl Knobloch was only a youth of eight-
een years when he broke the home ties and
crossed the Atlantic to the United States.
He was already a graduate of the high school
of his native land, where he had also learned
the trade of blacksmithing. He first located
in the vicinity of Tower, in St. Louis county,
Minnesota, where he clerked for four years,
after which he bought out a blacksmith shop.
After operating his shop for about eight-
een months, he decided to see more of the
western portion of the United States and
traveled from state to state unil 1893, when
he came to Astoria. He remained here but
a brief period, going away for six years, at
the expiration of which time he returned. In
1903 he bought a blacksmith shop in West
Astoria that he operated for three years then
disposing of it, purchased his present stand.
He is associated with J. H. Saarinen in this
establishment, which they are conducting
as a general repairing and horse-shoeing
place. The undertaking is proving highly
successful and very lucrative, being one of
three similar places conducted in a town of
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In Astoria, on the SOtli ot" Juno, 1900, was
solemnized the marriage of Mr. Knobloch
and Miss Edla Rimpela, who was born in
Kalvia, Finland, where slie h>st her parents
during her infancy. Four children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Rimpehi. two of whom arc
still living in Finland. Mrs. Knobloch came
to America alone in 1891 settling in Astoria,
where her sister .Josie afterward passed
away. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Knobloch there has been born one son, Lud-
vig Oliver, whose birth occurred on the 11th
of .January, 1905.

Mr. and Mrs. Knobloch aflRliate with the
Lutlieran church and he is also a member
of the Kniglita of Pythias fraternity, the
Mo<lern Woodmen of America, the Moose or-
der and the Finnish Brotherhood, all of which
organizations are located in Astoria. He
casts his ballot in support of the republican
party and is at present serving as a member
of the city council. He has always been most
loyal and patriotic in matters of citizenship,
and served for three years in the United
States cavalry before the .Spanish war, and
for live years he was a member of the Wyo-
ming state militia, and is first lieutenant in
the Oregon state militia. All community
matters that are subject to improvement,
particularly those alTecting the temperance
question enlist his indorsement and cooiicr-
ation. Mr. Knobloch is quite a linguist,
speaking Swedish. Finish, German and Eng-
lish and he is also a very good musician and
has taught music. He has traveled cx-
tensivelj- in this country and has also seen
a good deal of Europe, and having been a
close observer has benefited very much by
what he has seen. Good success has attended
his elTorts since he has been in Astoria and
in addition to his business property he owns
a handsome residence and two hundred and
forty acres of timberland in the state of
Washington.

J. D. JONES, who for twenty-one years
was s\iciessfully identified with the agricul-
tural and stock-raising interests of Tilla-
mook county, is now living practically re-
tired in Tillamook, where he owns a hea\i-
tiful residence and devotes his energies to
transactions in real estate. He was born in
Pennsylvania on the 4th of October, is II,
and is' a son of Willard and Hannah (Donal-
sont .Jones, the mother also" a native of the
Keystone state, while the father was born in
the' state of New Ynrk. The family were
resiiling in Pennsylvania at the time of the
father's death, but the mother passed away
in Ohio. There were five childri-n born unto
Mr. and Mrs. .Tones, as follows: Ephraim.
who is a resident of New York state; Levi,
who lives in Pennsylvania; J. 1)., our subject;
and two daughters who are deeeaseil.

Agrirultunil pursuits have engaged the at-
tention of J. n. .Junes during tlir gr'ater part
of his life, his lioyhof)d and youth having
been spent on a farm in his native state.
His early years di<l not differ in particular
from those' of other lads of the same period
and like circumstances, his time being quite
equally divided between the work of the

school room, the performance of such task*
as were assigned by parental authority nod
those pastimes that delight the heart of all
country boys. He acipiired a conimonschool
eduiation alter which he gave his entire at-
tention to the work of the honir farm until
he had attained his majority, when he set to
work for himself. For lour years there-
after he rented land in Pennsylvania that he
cultivated, then laying aside agricultural
pursuits he engaged in milling tor nlmut
eight years. At the expiration of that time
he went to Ohio, continuing milling opera-
tions there until his reumval to Indiana,
where he resided for six years. In 1S77 he
came west, locating in Polk county, Oregon,
and there for five years he engaged in ranch-
ing, subsequently locating in Yamhill county
wliere he followed the same pursuit for two
years. From there he removed to Tillamook
county, where he filed on one hundred and
sixty acres of land on llig creek, N'estucca,
in the vicinity of Tucker Falls. The cultiva-
tion and impp'vement of this engaged his
attention for twenty-one years thereafter,
his fITorts being rewarded in a most gratify-
ing manner. He made a specialty of stock-
raising and dairying, realizing lucrative re-
turns from both owing to the judicious man-
agement and capable direction of his inter-
ests. Believing implicitly in the wonderful
possibilites this country afforded both agri-
culturally and commercially, Mr. .lones in-
vested his capital in real estate, ac(|uiring,
together with his sons, eleven hundred and
twenty acres of valuable land in Tillanu>ok
county. They have recently dis|H>scd of
two hundred acres of this at a handsome
profit, but still own nine hundred and twenty
acres, in addition to some |)roperty in Tilla-
mook. In 1906, Mr. Jones decided to with-
draw from the exacting activities of ranch-
ing and coming to Tillamook erected a beau-
tiful resilience where he is now living prac--
tically retired. He gives his personal atten-
tion to the supervision of his property and
also engages in .some real-estate transactions,
having lived too active a life to Ito contented
to do nothing.

On the ISth of October, IHC,'.', Mr. .Tones
was united in marriage In Miss Mary P.
Txiwell, who wos born in the stale of New
York and is a daughter of Daniel and .Mary
.\. (Wiseman! l-ouell. Iler parent* were
both natives nf the sinle of Maine, but were
living in Ohio at the time nf their death
and there they were both loid to re»t. The
family of Mr. and Mnt. I»well numlMrefl five,
two of whom are now decea«ei|. I'nto Mr.
and Mrs. .'ones there have been liorn four
children: Mat' ' ' ' ' ' !" "

of Vancouver. '

is living in pi.iii.i. i: 1. .."■; ;-

\., lK)th of whom ni«k(i their home In Tilla-
mook county.

In political mnttrrt Mr. .Tones i* it repub
lican. but has never Ix^n an olBcr "eeker,
while Mr«. Jonen is a memlx-r of the Meth..

ilist Kpi«eofu»l ehlirrh. He M nnw one of the
very

in OT

his Wlle fii'iiiii'i mi "i III'- ii.»i,t-"'c- I",

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vations incident to pioneering, their determi-
nation of purpose and confidence in the ulti-
mate successful outcome of their undertaking
sustaining them despite many disappoint-
ments and misfortunes.

JOHN B. HERRIOTT is one of the progres-
sive men of Jackson county, Oregon. He is
the proprietor and owner of a fine sawmill
property located on Big Applegate creek, in
Jackson county, where he resides. He is a
native son of Oregon, his birth having oc-
curred November 29, 1885, his parents being
William W. and Amanda E. (Knox) Herriott.
The father was a native of Pittsburg, Penn-
sylvania, while the mother was born in Han-
cock county, Illinois. The parents of Mrs.
Amanda E. Herriott emigrated to the Apple-
gate valley from the Willamette valley in
the year 1859, locating at Murphy in Jose-
phine count}', where they filed upon a dona-
tion claim still occupied by tlie maternal
grandparent of our subject, Mrs. Sarah Knox,
who is now eighty-one years of age. At fif-
teen years of age William W. Herriott, in
company with another boy of the same age,
crossed the plains, reaching Oregon some time
in the early '50s. After his marriage he
lived for some time at Steamboat, at which
place he owned the famous Steamboat mine,
at that time the richest mine in the state.
This property he eventually sold to a Chin-
ese company and later purchased a ranch on
Thompson creek and some time afterward
he iiought the present home ranch one mile
southeast of Applegate postoffice. Here he
spent the remaining days of his life, reach-
ing the end of his earthly pilgrimage in 1898.
His wife was called to her final rest on the
27th of February, 1909. i

John B. Herriott was reared in his father's
home and educated in the common schools.
At present he is associated with his brothers,
Thomas and George, in the lumber business,
the brothers owning their own mill on Big
Applegate creek in Jackson county. He also
owns a small ranch on which he has estab-
lished a comfortable home.

On the 30th of March, 1911, Mr. Herriott
was united in marriage to Miss Maud M.
Pernoll, a daughter of William Pernoll, of
whom more extended mention is made in con-
nection with the sketch of John W. Pernoll
on another page of this work. Mr. Herriott
is affiliated with the republican party, fol-
lowing the standard of that dominant organ-
ization in its national and state campaigns.
He is one of the progressive, live citizens of
Jackson county and is always a ready sup-
porter of every measure tending to the im-
provement of the community in which he
lives.

THOMAS W. HERRIOTT is the owner of
a ranch containing ninety-four acres, locat-
ed on Big, Applegate creek in Jackson coiinty.
ai)d. is also' associated with his brothers.
.John B. and Oeorge, in the manufactiu'e of
lumber. He is a native of this state and
was born on March 10, 1872, bis parents be-
ing William W. and Amanda E. (Knox)
Herriott, of whom more extended mention is

made in the preceding sketch of John B.
Herriott, a brother of our subject.

Thomas W. Herriott left his father's
home at the age of sixteen and became
an apprenticed blacksmith. Mastering the
trade, he continued to follow this vocation
for a period of sixteen years, during which
time he conducted his own shop for a num-
ber of years in Central Point. He after-
ward purchased the home farm of ninety-
four acres on Big Applegate creek, to which
he removed and where he has maintained his
residence for several years past. He is as-
sociated with his brothers, George and John
B., in the manufacture of all grades of lum-
ber, their mill being located on Big Apple-
gate creek in Jackson county. In this busi-
ness the brothers have been very successful.
In addition to this manufacturing enterprise
they have also constructed a large, service-
able dam and extensive water power plant
on the Big Applegate river, which provides
an abundance of water for the irrigation of
all their farm lands.

In the year 1903 Mr. Herriott was married
to Miss Helen Grieve, a sister of the present
efficient county recorder of Jackson county.
In politics he is a devoted and loyal member
of the republican party, while fraternally he
is identified Avith the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of
America. Mr. Herriott is one of the progres-
sive men of this section of the state. His
integrity of character and warm-hearted
friendship have been helpful in making per-
sonal friends of his acquaintances, and he is
regarded throughout Jackson county as one
of its reliable, progressive and substantial
citizens.

THOMAS F. LATHROP, a resident of Wal-
lowa, has since January, 1911, been employed
in the government forestry service, having
charge of district 7. Wallowa National For-
est Reserve. He was born in Summerville,
Union county, Oregon, August 27. 1877, a son
of Thomas M. and Elizabeth (Fox) Lathrop,
the father a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana,
and the mother of Missouri. Thomas M.
Lathrop was a volunteer at the outbreak of
the Civil war and he served throughout the
entire period of hostility. After the close
of the war he enlisted in the regular army
and spent four years on the plains, fighting
the Indians, his regiment being stationed at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. There he met
and married Miss Elizabeth Fox and in 1870
they crossed the plains to Oregon. For the
first three or four years of their residence
here they lived in the western part of the
state and then removed to eastern Oregon,
locating in LTnion county, near Summerville.
In the spring of 1882 they came to Wallowa
county, where the.v homesteaded one hun-
dred and sixty acres of land in the Leap
country, nine miles east of Wallowa, and
where they have resided for the past thirty
years. Thomas M. Lathrop is a democrat in
politics and for several years has served as
road overseer in his district.

Thomas F. Lathrop grew to manhood on
his father's farm and acquired his early edvi-

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483

cation in the public schools. When he was
twenty years ot age he started out in life
for himself, going to Montana, where he en-
gaged in the sawmill business for five years,
during which time he saved one thousand
dollars. He then intended to go to Alaska
but met with a country ministrr. with whom
he had worked in a sawmill and who per-
suaded him to use his money in the acquir-
ing of an education. Therefore, he went to
Wayne, Nebraska, where he entered the State
Normal school. Enrolling as a student
there, he completed the four years' course
in three years, attending fifty weeks out of
fifty-two weeks each year. During his last
year at this institution he taught review
arithmetic, for his board. He finished this
course in the spring of 1905 and then re-
turned to Oregon, where for one and one-
half years he taught in the Wallowa county
schools. Then, in company with his brother
Duane, he engaged in the sawmill business,
operating a mill eight miles east of Wallowa.
He was identified with this work until in
1910. when he sold his interest in the mill
and in January, 1911, was appointed to the
forestry reserve, in which position he is now
ably serving.

In 1906 Mr. Lathrop wedded Miss Zelnie
Downing, of Wallowa, Oregon, and to this
union have been born two children, Thelma
and Thekla. In his political views Mr. Lath-
rop is republican and he cast his first vote
for William McKinley. Fraternally he be-
longs to Wallowa Lodge, L O. O. F. Mrs.
Lathrop is a member of the Methmlist Epis-
copal church. Mr. Lathrop is recognized as
a prosperous young business man and his ad-
vancement in life is not the outcome of pro-
pitious circumstances but the honest reward
of labor, ambition and energy.

MILTON METCALF OILMAN. The late
Milton Metcalf r;ilni;ui uas born in Hollo-
way, Maine, November 8, 1810, where his
parents, Moses and Mary Gilman, passed
away. At the age of ten years Milton Met-
calf Gilman broke home ties and started out
in the world to seek his fortuni'. -■^ fe'''
years later he became a sailor on a sailing
vessel; a reliable man, ambitious and diligent,
he was advanced in the service and ultimately
was made captain, continuing to follow the
sea during the remainder of his life. He re-
moved to Oregon in 18.10. For many years
after he came to Astoria he was a sea pilot,
bringing in vessel.s over the bar, also iictinif
as river pilot between Astoria and Portland.

In 1875 Mr. Gilman was united in mar
riage to Mi.ss Ijiura Mare, who was Ixirn in
Ohio, and was of English extraction. .Mrs.
Gilman is a daughter of the late Joseph anil
Ellen Hare, the father a native of England
and the mother of Virginia. They were mar
ried in the latter state, suhse<|uenlly mi'vinv'
to Ohio where they resided for a time, pro-
ceeding to St. Paul. Minnesota. Then- the
father died and a few years later the mother
came to Astoria, to make her home with hi-r
daughter, Mrs. Gilman. Here she continuos
to reside and in February last celehrntol
the one hundretlth anniversary of her birth.
Vol. 111—20

Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hare nine chil-
ilren were born, all of whom are deceased
with the exception of two daughters.

Mr. and Mrs. Gilman always attended the
services of the Episcopal church of which »he
is a c<immunicant and Mr. Gilman was a
memt)er of the Masonic order for a great
many years.

J. J. CARY. Among the successful agri-
culturists of Yamhill county i.« J. J.
t'ary, who resides four and one-half miles
southeast of Carlton anil who was born Feb-
ruary 14, 1S45, his parents being Miles and
C'yrena B. (Taylor) Cary, the former a na-
tive of Kentucky and the latter of Virginia.
They were married in Kentucky and lived
there for two years before removing to Mis-
souri, where they made their home for sev-
eral years previous to crossing the plains and
coming to Oregon in ISt.'i. This trip across
the plains was a very hard one for the par-
ents. When they left Missouri they had
their four children with them, but by the
time they arrived at Oregon City, Oregon,
where they lived for two years, they had lost
two by death, one having died at Fort Itriilfes
and the other at Linnton, Oregon. Leaving
Oregon City, they came to Carlton and re
mained here until IS 19, when they joined the
great army going to California. It was dur-
ing their residence in Carlton that their son,
J. J. Cary, was horn. Iteturning to
Oregon in 1850. they took up a donation
claim near St. Joseph and until the father's
death, in 18."i3, this was their home. .-Vfter
tliis the family settled in Iji Fayr<tte and
while there six of the children died, three
sons and three daughters. Mr. and Mr*.
Cary were the pari'Uts of twelve children, all
of whom except J. J. and Mariette have
died. The eldest died in infancy, and the
names of the others ore as follows: RoImtI,
Martha .Ann. Catherine, William, Miles, J.
J., Wesley, Cyrena, Mariette, Lucy and Nancy.

J. J. Cary made his independent -tart
in life at the" age of twenty-one year«. when
he purchased one hundn-d and thirty <even
nrri-a of land, paying twenty-live ilollan
down and gaining a clear title to the remain-
der after paying twelve per rent ,.ii fli.- l.il
ance. .-Vt ditTerent times he h ■
farms and ni>w own» one hun
of which is cleared ami in a -late of l<i|{h
cultivotion. Ilia cITortu to gain a bmn.. And
a comfortable income shows jm
energy and determination o« stron
his character.

In HfiS he wa» married to .'iorah Perkin«
a native of Iowa an-' ••'•■ -i ■"'•!. >.•■• ■>' i..Mr,;r
W. anil llarrielti-
were the pnrenl« of .

Mory Eli^ahofh and lieorge .M.. deera.r.1.
Mrs.' Cary: Edgar, who residM in \m Fayrilr.
Oregon; Mnry .1., n renidrnt of Port|jinr|;
Emeline, who Is re«idln(t in I* F«ypti<';
Delmar. of Carlton: .lerry C, do'-ensed. » hn
was scalded to death upon the plains by hur-
ing a largo pot of woter turned up'm liini
When Mr. and Mrs. Perkins rro.«e.| the
plains in HSS. Mrs. Cary was a child of but

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

five years, and since that time her entire
life has been spent in the west. For the
last ten years the Gary family home has been
on the sixty-eight acres of an old dona-
tion land claim which she owns. To Mr.
and Mrs. Gary three children have been
born: Elma, deceased; Edwes, who resides in
Yamhill county; and George, deceased. Ed-
wes Gary received a business education and
for a time taught school. He is now suc-
cessfully engaged in the dairy business and
keeps only registered Jersey cows. He is
such an excellent judge of cattle that he is a
director of registered stock at the state fair.
Mr. Gary accords his political support to
the democratic party but has never sought
office as a reward for his party loyalty. His
has been a life devoted to the agricultural
pursuits he began when a young man and
the success due to a life's earnest endeavor
has been his reward.

JOHN HJ. SAARINEN is a member of the
firm of Saarinen & Knobloch, engaged in
iron work and general blacksmithing at As-
toria. Like many another worthy and rep-
resentative resident of this city, he was born
in Finland, his natal day being November 38,
1873. His parents were John and Erika
Saarinen, both of whom were natives of Fin-
land, where the mother died in the year 1911.
The father is still residing there, as are five
of their seven children, while two are resi-
dents of the new world.

In his youthful days John Hj. Saarinen
devoted his time to the acquirement of an
education and to such tasks as occupied his
attention after he had put aside his text-
books and entered the business world. He
made steady but slow advancement and,
thinking that it would be too difficult to
gain a comfortable fortune in that country
where labor brought but comparatively slow
returns, he resolved to come to the United
States and in 1903 sailed for the new world,
first settling in Astoria, where he engaged
in fishing for nine months. He afterward
spent two months in an iron and blacksmith
shop but, desiring that his labors should
more directly benefit himself, he formed a
partnership with a Mr. Asp in 1904 and es-
tablished a smithy, which they carried on
for seven years. Mr. Saarinen then removed
to his present location and formed a part-
nership with Karl Knobloch. The.y built a
fine large plant and are still successfully
carrying on business, doing iron work and
general blacksmithing. They have secured
liberal and gratifying patronage, owing to
the excellence of their work and the straight-
forward business methods which they em-
ploy.

Mr. Saarinen's home life. in Astoria had its
beginning in 1909. when he wedded Miss Ka-
tie Hapaniemi. who was born in Finland and
came to the United States in the year her
marriage was celebrated. Her parents are
Michael and Caroline Hapaniemi. who are
still residents of Finland. Four of their chil-
dren, however, are in America, n.amely: Evert,
Verner, Fannie and Katie. Mr. and Mrs.
Saarinen have but one son, Arthur .J., who

was born in 1910. The parents are both well
educated, having been high-school students
in their native land, and they have a warm
circle of friends among people who regard
intelligence and worth as the best passports
to good society. They are members of the
Lutheran church and Mr. Saarinen belongs
to tlie Knights of Pythias lodge at Astoria.
As the years pass by his love for his adopted
country becomes deeper and deeper and no
native son of America is a more stalwart
champion of the institutions and interests
of this country.

JOHN C. ARMSTRONG, who resides five
and one-quarter miles northeast of Carlton,
was born in Marion county, Oregon, near
Silverton. in 1866. He is the son of Thad-
deus and Maggie (Bentz) Armstrong, the for-
mer born in Iowa in 1839 and the latter in
1841 in Ohio. The parents were married in
1863 while living in Nebraska and the fol-
lowing year they crossed the plains with ox
teams, remaining in Idaho for the first win-
ter. On arriving in Oregon they settled at
Silverton and engaged in the sawmill busi-
ness, Thaddeus Armstrong associating him-
self with his father and brothers. The father
was a skilled carpenter and worked at his
trade for many years. Today John Arm-
strong has in his possession a broadax which
was given to his grandfather by General
Curtis, who had been a boyhood friend and
with whom he had worked in later years.
Mr. Armstrong continued in the sawmill busi-
ness with his sons for many years. At one
time his mill was washed away but he speed-
ily rebuilt it and at different times he had
mills advantageously situated in various
places. At such times as he was not en-
gaged in the operation of a mill, he farmed,
built bridges, barns and houses.

John G. Armstrong was the second of
three children, his two sisters being: Mary,
the wife of Egbert Simons, an agriculturist
residing in La Center. Washington ; and An-
nie, the wife of Oliver S. Andrews, of Port-
land. Oregon.

Mr. Armstrong started in life for himself
at the age of thirty years. Prior to this
time he had stayed at home and farmed with
his father. In 1882 they removed to eastern
Oregon, taking up a land claim of twelve
hundred acres and engaging in cattle and
stock-raising and in farming, but as the
crops were rather uncertain they went over
into Washington. Here they remained for
seven years, purchasing four hundred acres
upon which to start farming and adding one
hundred and sixty acres later on. All of
this was good grain land and the,y devoted
their time to raising wheat. The father
spent his life in agricultural pursuits as long
as he was actively engaged but now he is
retired and is living in Salem.

John C. Armstrong was married to Weltha
C. Todd, June 16. 1898. Mrs. Armstrong
was born in 1879 in Iowa and was the daugh-
ter of Ozro J. and Rebecca (Hoff) Todd. Mr.
and Mrs. Todd were the parents of seven
children, namel,v: Emil,v, who was born
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485

Bunnell, of The Dalles, Oregon; ArcliibiiM,
born Tiinuarj' 29, 1872. and now residing' in
Adams county, Washington; Martha, who
was born January 11. 1S7G, and is now de-
ceased; Weltha. who was born September
29, 1879, and died March 3. 1911. and who
was the wife of the subject of this sketch;
Ina Bell, who was born .\larch 29. 1882. and
is the wife of .1. C Kaidra. a bank cashier in
Centerville, Washin-rton; Clara I»uise, born
January 11, 1885, and now deceased; and
Esther, who was born December 4, ISSG. and
is the wife of W. J. Sullivan, of The Dalles,
Oregon. In ISSS Mrs. Armstrong came to
Oregon with her parents and later settled in
Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong are
the parents of the followin;; children: Jo.
Willis, born May 11. 1899; llugh Todd, who
was born May 7, 1900; Ella Maud, who was
bom September 28, 1901; (leorge W.. born
February 22, 1904 ; Robert Spencer, who was
born July S, 1907; ilaggie May. born Octo-
ber 19, 1908; and Weltha Marie, who was
born July 13, 1910. They are all living at
home and the four older ones are attending
school.

After returning from Washington and at
about the time of his marriage. Mr. .\rm-
strong purchased one hundred and eighty-
eight acres in the Chahalcm valle,v and he is
still residing on this farm, it being his desire
to keep up a home for his children. One
hundred and thirty acres of his home land
which is in a high state of cultivation, is a
part of the old Doris donation land claim.
In the 'oOs this was bought for five dollars
an acre and now is worth one hundred and
forty dollars per acre. This fact alone shows
what intelligent labor has done to ilevelop
this district. In addition to the interest .Mr.
Armstrong has shown in his agricultural pur-
suits, he has also given much attention to the
schools in his district. Having received a
high-school education himself and being a
graduate of the Portland Business College,
he can appreciate the value of an education,
and besides his desire to give his children
any college training they may care to take,
he also tries to give some well directed at-
tention to the schools which the youth of hi.s
community attend. Mr. Armstrong is a
stanch republican and gives his support to
that party, firmly believing that the repub-
lican policies are the best we have for aiding
the material development of the west. He
is a student of all that pertains to social wel-
fare and relating to many vital issues of the
day his judgment and advice are held to l>c
highly valuable.

ADOLPH LEVY, who passed away at
Liiion on the 0th of October. 189."), was long
numbered among the town's most respected
and substantial citizens and for n number of
years was actively engaged in business there
as the proprietor of a general mercantile
store. His birth occurred in Wurtemberg,
German}', on the 4th of June. I S3.".. In
early manhood he crossed the .\tlantic to the
United States, locating at Stoikton. Tali-
fomia, and applying for his first nnturalizn-
tion papers on the 13tli of April, 1857. On

the 22(1 of .March. 1SC7. at Oregon City, he
was admitted to full citizenship by Judge E.
I!. .Sliattuck. After sonu- years' residence in
California, during which he was engaged in
business, he became a resident of Oregon and
for a time conducted his interests in the city
of .lolin Day, now in Crant county. Sut.-c-
i|uenlly he took up his abode in Oregon iity
and there continued in business until l^rs,
whi'ri he removed to Union, where the re-
mainder of his life was spent. There !»• pur-
chased an interest in the general store of
Sommers and Baer and later bought out the
partners, conducting the enterprise under his
own name until within a short tinu- of his
demise, when his sons, Leon and Milton .S.,
punliased the liusiness. His undertakings
wi're attendeil with a gratifying measure of
prosperity, for he was a nuiii of excellent
executive ability, sound Judgment and keen
discrimination.

On the Jth of August, 1862. at San Fran-
cisco, Mr. Levy was united in marriage to
.Miss Babette Wertheimer. by whom he had
the following children: Leon, a review of
whose career follows; .luliiis .A.. xwJio
is engaged in the book and stationery busi-
ness at Walla Walla. Washington; .Minnie,
now Mrs. J. Block, of Portland; Lily, whose
demise occurred in 1894; Helen, the widow of
Max Lewiii: Milton S.. a sketch ol whom also
follows; (i. S., who is engageil in the drug
business; and Stella aiul Kdna. both at home.

.•\dolph Levy gave his political allegiance to
the democratic party and took an active in-
terest in local, state and national atTairs but
neither desired nor courted ollice. His fellow
townsmen, however. fre(|uenlly called him to
serve as councilor or alilerman and in this ca-
pacity he ably represented their interests.
Fraternally he was identified with the Mn-
siins. belonging to (iranile Uimde Valb-y
l.<)dge. No. 50, in which he filled all of the
chairs. In a biography written by a brother
.Mason and published in one of the local pa-
pers at the time t)f his demise, the Iohs of
.Mr. Levy is mourned as that of an honor-
able and respecti'd citizen who was |>os«eH»ed
of a warm, sympathetic and generous heart
and who was both neighbor and brother to
the destitute and unfortunate. Ills widow,
who still survives him, is eipially well known
lor her many excellent traits of lionrt and
mind.

LEON LEVY, the eldest child in hi«
father's family, acquired hi« eilncntion in Orr.
gun City nn<l removed with his parent* to
Union in 1878. An altove stateil. he and hia
brother. Milton S., purchased the general
store of their father, and they coniluclnl the
same in partnership until (.nin l><iu|{ht hi<
brothi-r's interest. .At the pre'ent time he i*
carrying on the enterprise indr|M'ndently and
the large polronaffi' «hich he enjoys \* a com-
pliment to his ability and neumen as a mer-
chant. He al<K> onrn* a farm of three hun-
rlred ami sixty arre* within three miles of
Union and is ojM-rating the same in <-<mnee-
lion with hi* mercantile interests, sp^cialiit-
ing in high grade stork. One of hi* hor«<><

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

is a grandson of Electioneer. He likewise
raises heavy draft horses from registered
stock and makes a specialty of registered
Jersey cattle. As a raiser of hoga he favors
Berkshires and in his breeding pen has a son
of "Masterpiece," who was considered the fin-
est hog in the world. Leon Levy is a Master
Mason and a worthy exemplar of that fra-
ternity. In the community where he has now
resided for more than a third of a century
he is well known and highly esteemed as a
representative and prosperous citizen.

M. S. LEVY, a native of Oregon City, ob-
tained bis early education there and at
Union, later continuing his studies in Leigh-
ton Academy. After putting aside his text-
books he entered his father's store and, as
above stated, remained identified with mer-
cantile interests until he sold out to his
brother Leon. In 1901 he purchased the stal-
lion "Teddy McDonald." a son of "Little
Mack" (Shetland pony). Subsequently he
bought several mares of high grade stock and
engaged in breeding Shetland ponies, now hav-
ing the largest band of ponies in the western
country. He has exhibited at the district
fairs in Union and La Grande and has al-
ways won the highest honors. His stock farm
is at the edge of the city limits, his pasture
land being a short distance from the home
farm, which comprises two hundred and fifty
acres. The climate is adapted for horse rais-
ing and disease is practically unknown. On
the pasture are hot springs and experi-
ments have shown that the temperature is
sufficient to hatch chickens. Mr. Levy's pon-
ies weigh from two hundred to six hundred
pounds. The head of the herd at the present
time is Kenilworth No. 6168, sired by the
champion. Prince of Wales. Mr. Levy's large
barns are modernly equipped for the purpose
of breeding and raising ponies on an ex-
tensive scale and his reputation in this con-
nection is a most enviable one. He belongs
to the Knights of Pythias and has attained
the thirty-second degree in the Masonic fra-
ternity. His life has been upright and hon-
orable in all its relations and the circle of
his friends is an extensive one.

LYMAN M. CHAPMAN, who lives retired
at Lostine, Wallowa county, is an honored
veteran of the Civil war. He was born in
Montgomery county, Indiana, December 18,
1S36, the son of Simeon and Jane (Mitchell)
Chapman, the former a native of Pennsyl-
vania and the latter of Kentucky. The par-
ents were married in Indiana, to which state
they had removed in yoiith with their par-
ents. After their marriage they resided for
about five years in Montgomery county, In-
diana, then went to Illinois, and about one
year later removed to Crawford county, Mis-
souri, where they resided four years. Subse-
quently they went to Monroe county, Iowa,
while that state was yet a territory. There
tliey took up government land, but later sold
the same and took up another claim in Lucas
county, Iowa, this being before that county
was organized. They resided on this land

until their deaths, tlie father passing away in
1896 at the age of eighty-five and the mother
several years earlier.

Lyman M. Chapman grew to manhood on
his father's farm in Lucas county and there
his opportunities for a school education were
very meager. He learned all he could in an
old log schoolhouse, with its slab benches and
puncheon fioor. At the age of twenty-one
years he began farming on his own account,
living at that time under the parental roof
and renting land in the vicinity. He continued
farming in Lucas county until August 11,
1862, when he enlisted in the Union army
during the Civil war, joining Company G,
Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, his regiment be-
ing assigned to the Army of the Tennessee.
He was with Sherman at the attack on Vieks-
burg and took part in the battle at Arkansas
Post, following which he returned to Vicks-
burg and was there at the time of the sur-
render of that city. He was then transferred
to the Trans-Mississippi Department and go-
ing to Texas was with the Banks Red river
expedition to the Brandy Core fight. Thence
he went up the Mississippi river to Baton
Rogue. Louisiana, and subsequently was sent
to Pensacola, and later went under the com-
mand of Steel around to the rear of Fort
Blakcly, being present at the surrender of
Moliile. He was in Mobile at the time of the
great explosion of the ammunition. Shortly
afterward he went to Selma, Alabama, where
his company was on guard duty for about six
weeks. Afterward he was sent to Houston,
Texas, where his regiment was stationed at
the time of the surrender of Lee and he was
mustered out of service at Houston, August
15, 1865. He had served three years. Subse-
quently he returned to his home farm in
Iowa, but in 1870 removed to Nebraska, where
he resided for three years and in 1873 came
to Oregon, by train to Kelton, Utah, and
from there by wagon, having shipped his team
and wagon that far. On arriving in Oregon
he located in the Grande Ronde valley in
LTniori county, where he lived eight years. In
1881 he came to the Wallowa valley, reach-
ing here Jfarch 17 and locating near the head
of Parsnip creek, seven miles northeast of
Lostine, where he took up a timber claim of
one hundred and seventy acres and preempted
another one hundred and sixty acres. He re-
sided on this ranch, being engaged in farm-
ing and stock-raising until March. 1910, when
he sold the same and removed to Lostine,
where he has since lived retired.

In Lucas county. Iowa, on the .31st of Octo-
ber, 1861. Mr. Chapman was married to Miss
Pleasant P. Wade, a daughter of Waitman T.
Wade, who was a pioneer farmer of Lucas
county, Iowa. Mr. Wade had removed to
Iowa from Pennsylvania and later he went to
Appanoose county. Iowa, where his death oc-
curred. His wife was IMiss Ruhama Eakins,
who died in Lucas county. To Mr. and Mrs.
Chapman have been born tour children, only
two of whom are now living: .Tasper J., who
is a ranchman residing eight miles east of
Lostine; and Edward W.. who is at home and
is the owner of a ranch and also of town
])roperty.

MR. AND MHS. L. M. t II.M'M.VX

THE NEW vo:;.
PUBLIC LI3r'M

*MTn, LINOX AN*
TfLIEN F«UNDATI«N«.

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

489

In his political views Mr. Clmpnian is a re-
publican and sociallv lie is a member of the
John F. Reynolds Post, No. 15, G. A. R., at
Joseph. Mrs. Chapman is a member of the
Rebekah lodge and belongs to the Presby-
terian church. All his life Mr. Chapman has
been active and progressive, and has ever sup-
ported all measures of reform and progress.
He has a large circle of friends and acquaint-
ances throughout his county and espeiially
deserves mention in this work for the faith-
ful service which he rendered in the Civil war.

L. B. FETTER is a retired fanner, living
in Myrtle Point. He has reached the age of
eighty-three years, his birth having occurred
May 24, 1829. His parents were Christian
and" Sarah (Lobinger) Fetter, natives of
Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively.
Removing westward in 1S40, they settled in
Putnam county, Illinois, where the father en-
gaged in the practice of medicine, in which
profession he continued to the time of his
death. The mother afterward took up her
abode in Evansville, Indiana, where she made
her home until called to her final rest.

L. B. Fetter is the only survivor of seven
children. He was a youth of eleven years
when the family removed to the Mississippi
valley and he remained a resident of Illinois
until' the 29th of February, 1832. when he
went to California, attracted by the gold dis-
coveries in that stale. For two years he en-
•laged in mining and in the fall of lS.i4 came
to Oregon, and purchased one hundred acres
of land near Rosehurg, on Deer creek. He
cultivated that land for a year and then re-
moved to Coos county. In 1855 he was ap-
pointed L'nited States district clerk by
Judge M. P. Deady. serving' for one year,
during the time of the Indian war. Shortly
after that he married and removed to his
farm, which he afterward sold. He then es-
tablished his home in the Camas valley,
where he homesteaded one hundred and sixty
acres, residing thereon for eleven years.
Later he disposed of that property to Gen-
eral Holmes and secured another homestead
of a quarter section, located on the Coquille
river. For thirty-eight years he engaged in
its cultivation and improvement and trans-
formed the land into productive fields, from
which he annually gathered good harvests.
.\t the end of that time he retired from ac-
tive life and has since lived at Myrtle Point,
enjoying a well merited rest. He still owns
this homestead, together with other land
which he purchased, making in all two hun-
dred and eighty acres. He is likewise the
owner of a fine residence and eight lots in
the town.

.\lr. Fetter was united in marriage, June
15. 1S57, to Miss Julia Day, who was born in
Illinois, October 2fi, 18.17, n daughter of
Adam and Sarah Day. the former being n
veteran of the War of IS12. who in 1833 came
to Oregon and died at Roseburg. His wife
had previously passed away at their home
about twenty-five miles west of Roieburg. All
of the children of the Day family are de-
ceased with the exreplion of Mrs. Fetter,
who by her marriage became the mother

of eight children, four of whom arc still
living and are: Sarah .Maud, who is the
widow of Edward Jennings and resides at
Remote, Oregon; Winnie K. \olkmiir, of
North Yakima, Washington; Hubert, of the
Willamette valley; and Lillian Pearl, who
is the wife of John P. Hayes, of I'.iiral, Cbo«
county. The deceased were: Williani, who
died in Camas valley, Oregon; John L., who
passed away in Alaska; \'cmer, who uUu
died in Alaska; and Ella B., who died at
Salem, Oregon.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Fetter were school
teachers in early life. The former pursued
his education in Pennsylvania and Illinois
and afterward taught school. The latter
was educated in Illinois and Oregon, and
when but fourteen years of age taught school
in a little log building in the former state.
Mr. Fetter votes with the democratic partv.
yet is liberal in bis views. Few men of his
years keep more thoroughly in touch with
the trend of modern thought, p<ditii'al and
otherwise, than does he. I >ur subject is al-
ways greatly interested in questions and
issues of the day, which he intelligently dis-
cusses with his neighbors and friends. He
has long been a resident of the northwest
and has been an interested witness of its
growth and development, at all times bearing
his part in the work of public progress.

H. H. WEATHERSPOON, manager of the
Elgin Commission Company, which carries on
a general warehouse business in this city,
was born in Allen county, Kentucky, Octolnr
31, 1865, a son of William L. and Ada
(Kirby) Weatherspoon, both of whom were
natives of Kentucky, in which state they
were reared ami married. In 1884 they re-
moved to Missouri, locating in Jasper county,
where they both passed away, the mother
in 1888 and the father in 1808. Both were
earnest and devoted members of the Bap-
tist church. The father was a succesaful
farmer and horticulturist.

II. II. Weatherspoon was reared under the
parental roof and his early education was
very limited, most of it being acquired under
his own direition. .At the age of twenty-
one lie started out in life for i. ...... h' lit.img

employment with the SI. !.• "•

Cisco {{nilroad Company and i

tion agent ot Webb City, Mi««<juti. Iln Uirr
worked at other points in thai stale, rnninin
ing with this <-ompany for live y»f». Mr
then went to Toledo, Ohio, and iHH-amo •
salesman for the (Jendron Wlie. ' ■ v.

manufacturers of bicycles. He -I

this llrni, on •' ' '■■' •" ■ ■ n

1894 went I '"

NilITl.! f?Tjlilil'. I ■ ' . ■ I'll

^^ made a*si«tant to the

I of this company, in

wliiili c»p«vit4 he served for five veoT". In

1900 h«* mm«* tn Oreifon and herr nr entered

the . i-

gnli '<■

at ■■ -"■■ • ' , ■■•'•

iiig w«» engajtwl in busineM

for , -iting a sawmill and box

factory at H«rri»on. Idaho. He tlwn mat

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

to Elgin as station agent for the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation Company, remaining
in their employ for three years. Subse-
quently he engaged in agricultural and horti-
cultural work in partnership witli J. B.
Thorson and they now own three hundred
acres of land near Elgin, one hundred and
fifty acres of which is planted in apple trees.
In 1909 Mr. Weatherspoon was one of the
organizers of the Elgin Commission Com-
pany, which carries on a general warehouse
business, and he was also made manager
of the same, in which capacity he is ably
serving.

In 1901, H. H. Weatherspoon married Miss
Frona B. Taylor, of Chicago, Illinois. In his
political views he is independent. In the
spring of 1910 he was elected mayor of
Elgin and was reelected to that office in
1911. Fraternally, he is a member of Elgin
Lodge, No. 98, A. F. & A. M., and of the
Royal Arcanum, Chapter No. 72, of Fredonia,
Kansas. He belongs to Al Kader Temple,
No. 52, K. T., and both he and his wife are
members of Blue Mountain Cliapter, No. 52,
0. E. S. Mr. Weatherspoon is extremely
successful in his business i-elations and his
popularity in the city of his residence is
shown by the fact that his fellow townsmen
have twice chosen him as their chief execu-
tive.

H. LEE FLETCHER. East of McMinn-
ville, on the Dayton road, is the old Fletcher
homestead, which H. Lee Fletcher is, now en-
gaged in cultivating, also making a specialty
of raising hogs and hops. He is a young
man but lias already established himself in
a position as one of the progressive agri-
culturists of this part of the state. Yamhill
county claims him as a native son, his birth
having here occurred on the 18th of June,
1888. His parents were J. B. and Etta E.
(Martin) Fletcher, the latter a native of
Oregon and the former of Missouri. The
father came to this state in 1865 and settled
in Yamhill county, where he has since made
his home, being identified for many years
with its agricultural development and prog-
ress. His wife passed away in 1907 and her
death was the occasion of deep regret to
many friends who held her in high esteem.

The only child of this marriage was II.
Lee Fletcher, who enjoyed the benefits of a
high-school education and of liberal and
kindly home training. In his youthful days
he assisted his father and about the time he
attained his majority took charge of the old
homestead, which comprises one hundred and
fifty acres, situated a mile and a half east
of McMinnville, on the Dayton road. The
entire farm is under cultivation and presents
a neat and attractive appearance, which indi-
cates his careful supervision and practical
methods. He makes a specialty of raising
and breeding 0. J. C. Chester hogs, keeping
at all times some for sale. He also has a
hop ranch of twenty acres and the cultiva-
tion of hops adds materially to his annual
income, for it is a vine for which the soil
of this district seems especiallj- adapted.

On tlie 8th of June, 1910, Mr. Fletcher was
united in marriage to Miss Nellie M. Gilson,
a native of Missouri. He belongs to Occi-
dental Lodge, No. 30, I. 0. 0. F., at MctMinn-
ville, but has comparatively little time for
outside interests, for he is concentrating his
energies upon his business affairs and, al-
tliough a young man, is making substantial
progress in agricultural circles by reason of
his close application, keen discernment and
sound judgment.

DR. LESLIE G. JOHNSON is a capable
and successful physician of Coos county,
practicing at Myrtle Point. His professional
attainment and his fraternal relations have
made him widely known. He is a member of
various societies and lodges, which have for
their basic principles a recognition of the
brotherhood of mankind and whose members
number among his host of friends. He was
born in California in 1885, his parents be-
ing W. Wynn and Retta (Cougill) Johnson,
lioth of whom are natives of Oregon. The
father was born on the present site of the
city of Portland. His parents were married
before coming to the Pacific coast and on
their arrival in this section of the country
they settled upon what is now known as
Johnson creek, near Lents, Oregon. W. Wynn
Johnson was long a well known and promi-
nent resident of Portland, where for many
years he acted as business manager for the
Oregon Daily Journal. LTnto him and his
wife were born two children, the youngest
being Sidney L. .Johnson, of Tacoma, Wash-
ington.

At an early age Dr. Johnson started out
in life on his own account. His education
was acquired in the public schools, whicli he
attended until he had completed the high
school course. He determined to make the
practice of medicine his life work and with
this end in view he entered the medical de-
partment of the University of Oregon in
1905 and was graduated from that institution
in 1909. Immediately afterward he came to
Myrtle Point and has since engaged in the
practice of medicine in Coos county. He was
not long in demonstrating the fact that his
knowledge of scientific methods is compre-
hensive and exact and his judgment is sound
in applying the principles of medicine and
surgery to specific needs. He holds to
high professional standards and keeps in
touch with the advanced work of the profes-
sion through his membership in the Ameri-
can Medical Association and in lesser organ-
izations.

Dr. .Johnson was married to Miss Leta L.
Drain, a daugliter of John and Lucy (CrUiZon)
Drain. Tlie town of Drain, Oregon, was
named for her grandfather. Mrs. Johnson
has the following sisters and brothers:
Anna F., the wife of A. M. Smith, mayor of
Astoria; Mrs. Nancy Singleton, a widow,
who is a teacher in a public school of Port-
land; .Tolui, who is captain of tlie Fulton sta-
tion of the Portland fire department; Otto
D., a member of the fire department of that
city; and Rclva. the wife of W. P. Lillis, of
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491

ried in October, 1909, and during their resi-
dence here, brief as it has been, they have
won many friends. They hold membership
in the Methodist Episcopal church. Dr.
Johnson gives his political allegiance to the
republican party and is identified with vari-
ous fraternal organizations, including the
Masonic, the Woodmen of the World, Mod-
ern Woodmen of America, the Royal Neigh-
bors, the Women of Woodcraft and the local
Grange. Genial, courteous, cordial and cap-
able, his salient qualities are such as have
won for him botn professional and social
prominence.

AUGUST DANIELSON. For more than a
third of 11 century Augu^it Danicl>on has lived
in Astoria and throughout the entire period
has been connected with the liquor trade as
a jobber. He is also now identified witli
banking interests here and his prosperity is
further indicated in the fact that he is the
owner of good residence and business prop-
erty in the city. A considerable number of
the" residents of Astoria are of Scandinavian
birth or descent, which class includes Mr.
Danielson, who was born in Sweden, on the
11th of August, 1855, a son of Lars P. and
Christina C. (Anderson I Daniebon. both of
whom were natives of Sweden, where the
father died in 18S8, while the mother still
resides there at the age of seventy- four years.
Of their six children August is the eldest,
the others being: Anders P., who died in
Sweden; .John 0., who passed away in
Alaska; Christina L.. who also dii'd in
Alaska; Vendla C, the wife of Adolph John-
son, of Astoria; and Joel H.. of Sweden.

When a young man of twenty years Au-
gust Uanielson arrived in America, reaching
the new world in June. He had no capital
save determination and a willingness to work,
but those are valuable assets in business and
so proved with him. He first settled in As-
toria and soon afterward opened a jobber's
liquor store, which he has since carried on,
building up a ."tubstantial and growing busi-
ness. -Many of his patrons have remained
with him through all the years and to the
original number he has added many others.
He has likewise extended his efforts to bank-
ing circles and is now a stockholder and di-
rector of the Scandinavian American Savings
Bank of Astoria. He has made judicious in-
vestments in real estate and now owns two
fine business properties, a splendid residence
and other realty in this city.

On the 2fith "of October, 1890. "Sh. Daniel-
son was united in marriage to Mrs. Johanna
C. Nelson, who was born in Sweden, a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Larson, who were
also natives of Sweden, where they spent
their entire lives. They had six children:
John G., who is now deceased ; Sophia, the
widow of O. Henderson; Mrs. Danielson;
August, who has ileparted this life; Amanda,
the wife of .\xel Ijirson. of .Sweden; and
Olaus. living in Portland. Oregon. I'nto the
marriage of Mr. anrl Mr». Danielson were
born three children. I^ura Augusta, born in
1SS5, pursued a college coiirse and was al«o
educated in music and is now a stcnogrnphcr

and typewriter. Arthur Frederick, born in
June, 1S90, is a higli-school graduate and
now an electrical engineer. Frances Li>uisc,
l»«ru in October, 1900, is still attending
school.

Mr. Danielson exercises his right of fran-
chise in support of the men and measures of
the republican party and, although he keeps
Well inlormed on the questions and issues of
the day. is not an oHice seeker. He bclongw
to the Knights of Pythias lodge of Astoria,
has filled most of the chairs and at present is
nuister of finance, which position he has held
for twenty-two years. He is likewise a pop-
ular member of the Fraternal Order of
Kagles of -Astoria and belongs to the Scandi-
navian lienevolent Society, of which he is
treasurer, and to the Sweilish Brotherhood,
He and his family attend the Kpiscopal
church and their many good qualities have
gained them the warm regard of a large cir-
cle of friends and arquaintances.

SIMON L, McKENZIE, who is a druggist
and p<istmaster of Lostine. whs l«jrn in the
province of Quebec, Canada, March 7, isil.
He is a son of Roderick and .Viina (Ken-
nedy! McKenzie, both of whom were no-
tives of Scotland and were married in that
country. In IS,!? they removed to Caniula,
locating in Quebec, where the father en-
gaged in farming. Both died there, the
father in 1858 and the mother in 1854.

Simon L. McKenzie was educated in the
common schools and at St. Fnuicis" College
in Richmond, Canada. On reaching nnin-
liood he began life for himself as a clerk in
a general merchandise store at Granby, Can-
ada. Subsequently he engaged in the insur-
ance business and was also identified with
mining interests. In 1870 he came to the
I'nited States, locating at Dardanelle,
.Arkansas, where he spent eight years as a
clerk in a store. In 1878 he came to Ore-
gon, locating in Summervillc, Union county,
and there established a drug store. In con-
nection with his work ai a drugi;'''' he al""
engaged in the insuranrr bii'.ini'Hs. On the
1st of May, 1S79, hf was an|»iititeil poit-
master of Summerville, which position ho
held for about seven years. lie then re-
signed his otlicc in favor n( a friend and
was prominently identilied with the busi-
ness interests of Suininerville until 1900,
when he came to Lostine, where he ha< lincp
iM'en engaged in the drug bu"ine»s. tin the
14th of S'oveml>er, TJO."!, he %vo« npiminled
postmaster of Ixistine nml has held that
position continuouily ^ince.

In 1881 Mr. Mi-k<-nzie »a» married to
Miss Klin A. Williams, a ilanghter of Jamoa
Williams, who came to I'nion cnunty, Orr-
gon. from California, and i« derease<l. To
Mr, and Mm, MeKen»ie have Ix-rn l>orn eight
children, seven of whom are livini;. They
are: Kenneth, who is n member of thi- drug
lirm nf McKentip 4 Allen, at Wnlliiwo;
John, who is employed in his fath<'r's ilriig
store in this rilr: Grace, »li . <■' ii. «ifo
of Archilmid Wil'lett. of I.. i

teacher in a Wallowa rniint,> i.

Frances and Thomas, at home; and liubrrt.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

who is attending the State Agricultural Col-
lege at Corvallis.

In his political views Mr. McKenzie is re-
publican. He is a member of the town coun-
cil, and while a resident of Summerville was
for manj' years a justice of the peace. He
gives much time and attention to educational
work and is chairman of the school board.
Fraternally he belongs to Lostinc Lodge, No.
12.3. A. F. & A. M., and both he and Mrs.
McKenzie are members of Anthony Chapter,
No. 8S, 0. E. S. His life has been one of
continuous activity, in wliich has been ac-
corded due recognition of labor, and today
he is numbered among the substantial and
foremost citizens of Lostine.' Both he and
his wife are members of the Presbyterian
church.

JOHN S. CHURCHILL is a well known
druggist and property owner in Marcola. He
has had a broad experience, having been a
rancher, business man and educator of prom-
inence. He was born in Iowa. December 30,
1847, a son of William and Elizabeth
(Lemon) Churchill, the father a native of
Kentucky and the mother of Illinois. Both
parents are still living. They were married
in Illinois, where they resided until 1851,
when they crossed the great American
plains by ox teams and settled at Santiam.
After remaining there for a short time they
removed to Coles valley, in Douglas county,
where the father took up a donation claim
of three hundred and twenty acres of land
and began to clear it and make improvements
without delay. He remained on this farm
until 1S66, when he sold out and removed
to Polk county. After arriving in that coun-
ty he purchased various tracts of land at
different times, residing there until in 1880,
when he removed to Lane county and re-
tired. He is at present residing in Eugene
at the age of eighty-seven years, while his
wife has reached the age of eighty-five years.
To them were born the following children,
of whom J. S. Churchill, of this review, is
the eldest, the others being: Mrs. Sarah L.
Knox, of Cottage Grove, Oregon; Henry, of
Santa Rosa, California; Alva, a resident of
Bohemia, Lane County. Oregon; Mary, the
deceased wife of E. J. Fenton, of San Fran-
cisco. California ; Corinne, the wife of Frank
E. Alley, of Roseburg, Oregon; and two who
passed away in infancy.

John S. Churcliill received a common-school
education and later attended college in Ore-
gon, in which state he was reared. At the
age of twenty-two years he began his busi-
ness career when he purchased an interest
in a general mercantile store at Indepen-
dence, in Polk county. He retained his con-
nection witli tliat business for two years,
when, selling his interests there, he pur-
chased a stock ranch in Marion count,y, which
he operated for two years and then sold in
1874. removing to California. In that state
ho again became engaged in ranching and
other occupations for four years. At the
end of that time he sold his interests in the
rinlden state and returned to Lane count.y,
Oregon, where he taught school and con-

ducted a nursery on a ranch which he pur-
chased until 1903, when he became book-
keeper for the Fischer Lumber Company at
Marcola, a position which he held for sis
years. In 1900 he purchased the drug store
at Marcola which he still continues to oper-
ate, and in addition to the regular drug line
he also handles many other articles. ' He
owns a fine home in this city and also has
various other properties including a livery
barn.

Mr. Churchill was married in 1872 to Miss
Ann E. Drinkwater, a native of Oregon, and
unto this union were born seven children,
as follows: Myrtle, the wife of E. B. Doane,
of Springfield, Oregon; Karl, a resident of
Pendleton; OUie, who married William Mc-
Dougal, of Washington; Earl, deceased;
Howard, living in Springfield; Raymond, also
of Springfield; and Zuleika, who has also
passed away. From his first wife Mr.
Churchill was legally separated in 1907 and
later was again married, his second union
being with Mrs. T. G. McMurry. tlie widow
of M'lton McMurry, and a " daughter of
Stephen_ Meriau. Mr. Cliurchill in his po-
litical views is an adherent of the republican
party, having taken a commendable interest
in politics as afl'ecting tl)e common good.
He has been a justice of the peace, a notary
public and a member of the school board
for many years. Fraternally he belongs to
the Masonic lodge, of which he has been
secretary, and is also a member of the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, having
filled all chairs in that order. Mr. Churchill,
who is prominent in business and fraternal
affairs of Marcola, is a well knovpn business
man and the success which he has achieved
may be attributed to his own well directed
efforts. Starting out in life with practically
nothing, he has succeeded in building up a
substantial competence and as he is still
vigorous and ambitious he continues in a
business which is very satisfactory. He has
an extended acquaintance in business, fra-
ternal and social circles throughout the com-
munity and in the business world he is re-
garded as being one of the most reliable and
solid men in Marcola.

WALTER KALLUNKI, one of Astoria's
successful business men, was born in this
city on the 1st of December. 1S80. He is a
son of John Abraham and Christina (Poh-
jonen) Kalhniki, the father a native of Fin-
land, and the mother of Sweden. The father
emigrated to the United States in 1875 and
during the first three years of his residence
in this country remained in the east. At the
expiration of that period, however, he came
west, locating in Astoria, where he met and
subsequently married Miss Pohjonen. After
settling here he turned his attention toward
agricultural pursuits and fishing, in which
occupations he continued to be engaged until
his demise in 1902. He was quite successful
in his enterprises and acquired a very pleas-
ant honiestond in Union township, adjoining
.\storia on the west, where his widow con-
tinues to reside. Of this marriage there
were born three children: Walter, the sub-

J. fci. cm KUlll-L

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495

ject of this sketch: Annie Evelyn, wlio is still
at home; anU Albert, nt the present time
a resident of the state ot" Georgia.

Walter Kallunki has spent his entire life
in this city, wliere he is now engaged in
business. He was reared at home and in the
acquirement of his education attendeil the
common schools. On the 1st of May, 1908,
he started in the mercantile business at Xo.
221 West Bond street, where he is still lo-
cated. He has met with most gratifying suc-
cess in his endeavors and now has a large
and well assorted stock of goods, while his
patronage is constantly increasing. His is
one of the largest establishments of the kind
in Astoria.

On the :id of April. 1909. Mr. Kallnnki's
plans for a home had their culmination in
iiis marriage to Miss Rosa Peterson Jampsa,
also a native of Astoria, and a daughter of
Peter and Eva Jampsa. Her parents were
both natives of Finland but were married in
Xorway whence they emigrated to the United
States. I'pon their arrival in this country
they first located in Michigan, where for ten
years the father engaged in operating a
mine. After they settle<l in Astoria he de-
voted his energies to agricultural pursuits
and fishing, until 1S92 when together with
his family he removed to the Xehalem val-
ley, Oregon, where he is engaged iii farming
exclu<ively. To Mr. and Mrs. Jampsa eleven
children have been born, six of whom are
surviving: Ida, now the wife of Axel Carl-
son, of Astoria : Josie. who married Charles
Anderson, of Milwaukie, Oregon: Henry, who
is a resident of San Francisco, California;
.\nna. the wife of Emil Glutsch, of Portland;
Kosa P., now Mrs. Kallunki; and Alice, who
is still at home. Mr. and Mrs. Kallunki
have one son, his birth having occurred on
the 2Sth of March, 1910.

The religious views of both coincide with
those of the Lutheran church, in the faith of
which denomination they were reared. He
also lielongs to the Moose oriler and the Fin-
nish l{ri(therln)od. His political allegiance
Mr. Kallunki gives to the republican party,
but he has never been an office seeker or
candidate for municipal honors. His undi-
vided attention is given to his busincs.s in
the development of which he is meeting with
more than an average degree of success.

JOHN W. MINNICK, who settled in Union
iiiiinty when that section was still di'ilurbcl
by Inilians. has V)een the owner of six hun-
dred and forty acres of land there and for
many years operated a threshing machine,
a business which he still follows. He has
a fine home in Union, where he has resided
since 1909. He was bom in Highland
county, Ohio, in September, 1819, a son of
Samuel Minnick. who was born in Rock-
ridge county. Viriiinia, .lanuarv II, 1812.
The grandfather. Henry Minnick, was a na-
tive of Germany and emigrated to the new
world at a comparatively early day, settling
in Rockridge county. Viruinia. In his fam-
ily were four sons and two daughters. Three
of the sons took part in the Civil war in
the Confederate army, one of them being a

colnni-l who was killcil in battle. Another,
Joshua, died in Dcs Moines. Iowa. Henry
Minnick died in Virginia. As a ynung man
his son Samuel, the lather of .lolin W! \liii
nick, removed to Ohio, settling m 1

county, where he engaged in u
pursuits. He remained there untu n
when he removed to Iowa, settling m I
county, where he residetl until liu ■ •
which occurred in 1886. He hail a :
of twelve children, of whom John W.
nick was the seventh in order of birth.

Mr. Minnick of this review spent his boy-
hood in the state of Iowa, where he wa»
given a common-school education. In I.S7S
he removed to Wyoming, settling at
Evanston, where he was married. He re-
mained in that state for two years. « hen he
returned to Iowa, engaging in thi- conl min-
ing business for a year and a half. He then
with his wife and baby drove to Oregon by
mule team, the trip requiring three months
and twenty days. On arriving at Kock
Creek. Idaho, they joined a wagon train
containing sixty freight teams and one hun-
dred and fifty emigrant wagons which wos
accompanied by an escort of soldiers and
citizens as far as Ittiise, where the train
broke up, the various members starting out
directly for their destinations. On leaving
that city Mr. ^linnick had a narrow escape
from the Indians, who broke through their
camp grounds of the previous night, alniut
eight miles east of Glen's Ferry, when they
were two days out from that city, being at
that time, however, twelve miles ahead of
the Indians' approach. At King Hill they
found Barlow & Holladay's stagi- couch
burned, the horses and two drivers having
been killed. Shortly afterward they passed
the remains of an emigrant wagon which
had been burned, the driver killed and the
horses stolen. They crossed the Snake Itiver
at Burnt Riier Ferry, reaching Oregcin June
24, 187S. They bushed on li> Unmn, where
they arrived a wei-k later, at about tlie
time the settlers there were building forfs
to defend themselves against the Imlinn*
who, however, confined thenneU'- !•■ I lie
hills surrounding the settlement. r

days Mr, Minnick locaterl a hnmi -
miles cast of Union in High valley Ami '
built a house, living alone with his i
during the Indian excitenii-nl of t'
He made his home on tlinl land,
priseil six llTir: '• ' ■■ ' • -• • 1

1909. at which 1

to Union. lb . , .. . ;;

ing. but made a <periolty nt raising cattir,
owning as many a< Iwn hundred and fifty
head at one tinn-. He haa fnllrurp,! the
threshing l>ti»ini'«« (or iw«ii»y-thr>-«' vrars
and for ' ' Anlrnl

of the •' Me

ni'
He

'h up'tn-dale mn''
man tn drive a

tlifuher in llie tirinily of I'nion. a 'yi'"
^^llich has long since suppliin(e<l the oM
horsepower marhinrs.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Mr. Minnick was married June 5, 1876, to
Miss Mary Davis, a native of Missouri, and
to them were born five children, namely:
Jessie May, who married Charles W. Wool-
ever, residing near Union; Macy E., the wife
of J. W. Evans; William A., who is mar-
ried and resides at Twin Falls, Idaho; Mary
C, now Mrs. V. W. Dodson; and Ivy V.,
the wife of E. F. Renter. The wife and
mother died in 1889 and Mr. Minniek was
again married, in 1891, to Miss Mary J.
Vass, a native of Marion county, Iowa. By
this union were born two children, Milo
CliflTord and Kenneth Clayton.

Mr. Minnick is a member of the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, when he joined
in 1886. He has been a very successful busi-
ness man, being aggressive in all of his
operations, yet always characterized by a
reasonable degree of conservatism which has
resulted in his acquiring a very comfortable
competence. He has an extensive circle of
acquaintances throughout Union county, hav-
ing done business with a very large propor-
tion of the farmers of that section.

WILLIAM SPREADBOROUGH, who de-
votes his time and energies to general agri-
cultural pursuits, is the owner of a well
improved farm of forty and a half acres sit-
uated four miles southeast of Banks. His
birth occurred in County Surrey, England,
on the 21st of November, 1856, his parents
being Eli and Elizabeth (Elliott) Spread -
borough, who were born, reared and married
in that country. In 1888 they crossed the
Atlantic to the United States, settling on a
farm with two of their sons in Washing-
ton county, Oregon, where they have resided
continuously since. Eli Spreadborough is
now eighty-five years old, while his wife has
attained the age of seventy-eight. Unto
them were born twelve children, three of
whom are still in England, namely: Harry,
Fannie and Annie. The others are as fol-
lows: William, of this review; Elliott, who
resides on the old homestead place; Turvill,
Alfred. Frank and Walter, all living in Port-
land: Arthur, who makes his home in the
state of Washington; Sidney, who died at
the age of twent.y-four years; and George,
who passed away in England.

William Spreadborough obtained his edu-
cation in the common schools of England and
remained in his native land until twenty-
seven years of age. In November, 1SS3, he
crossed the Atlantic to the United States,
settling in Ohio, where he worked on a farm
for two years. Returning to England, he
there remained for two years and then
again set sail for American shores, once more
going to Ohio, in which state he worked for
a short time. Subsequently he came to
Washington county, Oregon, here working on
farms and also assisting his brother in the
cultivation of the fields until the time of his
marriage. Following that iinportant event
in his life he settled on his wife's farm of
forty and a half acres, whereon he has re-
sided continuously since, having brought the
property under a high state of cultivation
and improvement. The fields annually yield

golden harvests as a reward for the care
and labor which is bestowed upon them, and
the neat and thrifty appearance of that place
indicates the supervision of a practical and
progressive owner.

In 1906 Mr. Spreadborough wedded Mrs.
Margaret Gable, the widow of Henry Gable,
who lived but three years after his marriage
and who became the father of one son, Wil-
liam. Mrs Gable had previously been the
wife of Rudolph Winterrer, who died one
}'ear after their marriage and by whom she
had a daughter, Emma, whose birth occurred
on the 18th of June, 1892. and who is now
the wife of John Courss, of Centerville, Ore-
gon. Mrs. Spreadborough was born in Ger-
many on the 12th of February, 1858, her par-
ents being Christian and Charlotte (Brown)
Loch, both of whom passed away in that
country, the father's demise occurring in
1879, while the mother was called to her
final rest in 1882. Their children were seven
in number, namel,y: Sophia, the wife of
August Bronner, of Washington county, Ore-
gon; George, Carl. Catherine, Magdalena and
Mary, all of whom still reside in Germany;
and Mrs. Spreadborough, the youngest of the
family.

In politics Mr. Spreadborough is a stanch
republican but the honors and emoluments of
ofBce have no attraction for him. In relig-
ious faith he is an Episcopalian, while his
wife is a faithful communicant of the Cath-
olic church. His life has been well spent.
In all of its relations he has been true to
high and honorable principles and has never
faltered in a choice between right and
wrong but has always endeavored to follow
a course that his judgment and his conscience
have sanctioned.

BENJAMIN A. RICKKOLA. The interest
that centers in many countries in the old
world clings around its past rather than its
present gi'eatness, but the history of America
and especially that of the Pacific coast coun-
try is yet in the making. The progressive
residents of this region are the builders of a
new empire; theirs the task to reclaim and
improve the land and to utilize its advant-
ages for their own benefit and for the honor
and welfare of the country. The bounteous
opportunities of the west are attracting hun-
dreds of young men to the Pacific coast and
among those who have come from Finland is
numbered Benjamin A. Rickkola, who was
born in that country January 25, 1880. His
parents were August and Emma (Waara-
nimi) Rickkola and the father is still a resi-
dent of Finland, their native land. They
had a family of twelve children, of whom
four have crossed the Atlantic, the eldest be-
ing Benjamin A., of this review. His sister
Fannie and brotlier Adam are also residents
of Astoria, while eight others are still living
in Finland and one of the family has passed
away.

Not content to find his labors hampered
in a country where caste and class prevail
and where effort is but poorly repaid with a
limited wage, Mr. Rickkola resolved to cross
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497

world. From the eastern coast he made his
way into the interior of the country, lirst
settling in Michigan, where he remained for
four years. He tlien went to Alaska, where
he engaged in digging coal for lour months.
On the expiration of that period he came to
Seattle, Washington, and remained a short
time, after which he went to Butte, Montana,
where he lived for four mmitlis. He next
located at Ked Lodge, where he was cm-
ployed in a store for a year and a half, and
afterward came to Astoria, and secured work
at the carpenter's trade. He also followed
fishing for one season and subscciuently wont
to the state of Washington, conducting a
hotel at Deep River. He was proprietor of
that hostelry for two years, at the end of
which time he sold out and returned to As-
toria, where lie opened a saloon, in which
business he is still engaged. He also has an
interest in the Finnish Mercantile Company
of this city.

On the 20th of .January. 190G, Mr. Rick-
kola was married to Miss Mary I'irila, who
was born in Astoria and is a daughter of
Andrew and Katie Pirila, who were natives
of Finland but came to America prior to
their marriage and settled in this city, where
the mother now resides. The father, how-
ever, passed away here in 1904. Their fam-
ily numbered four children, of whom Mrs.
Rickkola is the eldest, the others being:
.Sophia, who is living in Xehalera, Oregon;
Albert, a resident of the state of Washing-
ton; and Gustav, also of Washington. The
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Rickkola has been
blessed with one son, Archie A., who was
born in 1907.

Mr. Kickkola is a member of the order of
Mnose and he and his family arc of the
Lutheran faith. His diligence has been the
source of whatever success he has achieved,
his prosperity coming to him as the reward
nf his labor.

OLIVER CRESSIE SHELDON. The oper-
ation 1)1 one hundred and fifty-one acres of
land situated in Yamhill county engages the
attention of Oliver Cressio .Sheldon, who is
one of Oregon's native sons. Ilis birth oc-
curred in Polk county on the 13th of .lune,
1S74. his parents being -Mbert and Lettie
(Durbin) Sheldon. Their parents crossed the
plains to Oregon during their youth with
their parents, who located in Marion county,
where Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sheldon were sub-
sequentlv married. Farming always en-
gaged the attention of Mr. Albert Sheldon
during the entire period of his active career,
and a few years after his marriagt' and after
the death of his father he inherited one hun-
dred and fifty-one acres of land in Yamhill
eoimty. upon which he and his wife settled.
He met with such excellent financial returns
in the operation of his land that he was able
to withdraw from the active work of the
fields in lOin. and he and his wife are now
living retired in rortlanil. Of the marriage
of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon there were horn
three children, of whom our suliject i< the
eldest. The other two sons, nallic and Clif-

ton, are both living in Marion county this
state. "

Oliver Cressie Sheldon was educated in the
common schools of Polk county, remaining
at home with his grandparenta'until he at-
tained his majority. He then started out for
himself, and having been born and reared on
a farm, naturally he turned his attention to
agricultural pursuits. So he operated some
rented land fur a time, but later withilrew
from this and followed vario\is pursuits until
1910, when he bought the old home farm of
his father. His entire attention is now given
to the cultivation of his ranch and he is meet-
ing with very good returns.

In 190G Mr. Sheldon was united in mar-
riage to Miss Minnie Kosehmieder, and tliev
have become the parents of one child, 'Mari-
ann, whose birth occurred in August, 1907.

Mr. Sheldon is quite well known in this
comnuinity, where his parents resided for
many years and where he has a large circle
of friends, many of whom have known him
from boyhood.

JOHN LEA, conducting the Irving Hotel
in Astoria, which under his management has
become a popular and well appointt'd hos-
telry, was born in Stavanger, Norway, on the
L'Sth of February. 1875, his parcnt.H being
•Jle K. and Kathinka S. (.lohn.son) Lea. The
parents are still living in that laml, where
their entire lives have been passed, and the
father has conducted a tannery since start-
ing in business for himself. Of their family
of four children John Lea is the second in
order of birth. The eldest, Ole E. Lea. .Jr.,
is the captain of the steamship Rask, which
sails from Haugesund. Norway, and makes
trips between England and Spain. Pre-
viously his run included ports in Knglaml,
Russia and Spain, and over the .-Vrctic routi-
in the summer months. Kathinka .S., thi-
only daughter in the family, is still living
with her parents in Norway and is einployeil
in a general mercantile store. Alfred, tlic
youngest of the family, is deceased.

.Tohn fyoa sup|>lrniente<I his cnmmon-schnol
education by a businesn course and had iom«
business training ere he starli'd for the new
world, for he felt that his elTorl^ were <onie
what hampered in hig native conntrv. He,
therefore, ilctermlned to «e<-k the hrnailer
ailvantages of the new world and on Ihi' lltli
of .March, 1901, having bade adieu tn friend*
and family, started for .Vmi-rirn. Ilia dentl.
nation was nrooklyn. New York. He »a«
ambitious and energetic, and made a gnoil
start during his residence there. After re
nmining in this country for n year and a
half he was joinnl by the Indy whom he
made his wife. Th'v u.i.- inirn.d in Hr«Kik
lyn on the 2'ilh of i. at whirh

time Miss Olgo ^- .Mr*. lx>n.

She was l)orn in .\orwoy, May

11. l^sT. nml w»« nf i lie .tnhann-

eiten \ ■ " who were

like ntrr. Th"

fatle-r •II'- 1 i ri'T l--i> K'li ii. - •' - ->

still living »t the old home in ^ I

has reached the age of terenty ^i .,. y

had Ave children: Johannes, who ia atiil

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

living in Norway; Anna, the wife of Cris-
toffer Lindtner, of Norway; Hans W., who
is conducting a hotel in Astoria ; and Magna,
the wife of Gudmund Urdal, of Norway.
Mrs. Lea is the youngest of the family,
and by her marriage has become the mother
of one son, John N., who was born in Brook-
lyn, New York.

For three years after their marriage Mr. and
Mrs. Lea "remained residents of Brooklyn
and then sought the far west, making their
way to Wasco, California, where he operated
a farm for three and a half years. He then
sold his property in that state, and in July,
1910, came to Astoria, where he has since
conducted the Irving Hotel, which is be-
coming for him a profitable investment. He
keeps everything about the place in good con-
dition, provides an excellent table, studies
the comfort and convenience of his guests
and. therefore, secures a liberal patronage.

Mr. Lea votes with the republican party
and holds membership with the Fraternal
Brotherhood at Los Angeles. California. He
and his family attend the Lutheran church and
he is in sympathy with all movements and
projects for the benefit of the community
and its upbuilding along substantial lines.
What he has accomplislied indicates what
jnay be done by persistent energy and effort
where men are "rated at their true worth and
labor finds its just reward.

H. 0. WORTHINGTON, postm.nster of
Athena and one of the leading and most re-
spected citizens of that place, was born in
Tennessee, June 2fi, 1871. a son of William L.
and Nancy E. (Kinser) Worthington, the for-
mer a native of Kentucky and the latter of
Pennsylvania. The parents came to Oregon
in 1881 and settled in Umatilla county, where
the mother passed away in 1884. After her
death the father returned to Tennessee, where
his death occurred in 1893. They were the
parents of six children, three of whom are
still living.

H. 0. Worthington was given a common-
school education and at seventeen years of
age started out ifi life on his own account,
working at whatever opportunity offered. He
later went into the butchering business in
Weston. Umatilla county, in 1893, and still
later engaged in the grocery business. In
1895 he removed to Pendleton, Avhere for two
years he clerked in a store, after which he
engaged in the livery business, in which he
continued until 1898, when he removed to
Athena, where he was appointed postmaster
in Janiuiry. 1911.

In 1891 Mr. Worthington was married to
Miss Marv McDonald, who was born in
Canada, a' daughter of Duncan McDonald.
To Mr. and Mrs. Worthington has been born
a son. .John E.. who is attending high school.
In his political faith Mr. Worthington is a
republican, having been reasonably active in
the nil'airs of his party and community. Fra-
ternally he is affiliated with the Woodmen of
the Wiirld. having filled all of the chairs in
that order, and he is also a member of the
Odd Fellows lodge. ^Ir. Worthington and his
wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal

church and the family take much interest in
the affairs of that church. Postmaster Worth-
ington has by careful attention to the duties
of his office gained high appreciation from
the entire community. He is courteous and
obliging in his business intercourse with the
patrons of the oflfice and in all his relations
with the people of his city and community he
is affable and obliging. He easily ranks
among the best of Athena's citizens and the
Worthington family is a popular one and has
not only a wide acquaintance but also enjoys
a most excellent reputation.

AMEDY LASHAPELLE. One of the well
equipped and prosperous farms in Marion
county, one and one-half miles west of Ger-
vais. is managed by Amedy Lashapelle. Mr.
Lashapelle has been a lifelong resident of
Oregon and is a son of one of this state's
pioneer settlers. He was born in St. Louis,
Oregon, in 1858, his parents being Andrew
and Adrian (Lucier) Lashapelle. the latter a
daughter of Etienne Lucier. The father of
Aniedy Lashapelle came to Oregon in the
employ of the Hudson's Bay Company and
lived here until his death in the Portland
hospital, in 1883, at the age of eighty-two
years. His marriage had occurred when he
was forty years of age, his wife being nine-
teen years of age, and to them twelve chil-
dren were born, namely: Felicite, deceased;
Mrs. Adelaide Lavier, of Woodburn, Oregon;
Joseph, who resides in Hubbard; Victor, de-
ceased; Mrs. Kate Chamberlain, who is a
resident of Idaho ; Prosper, who resides on a
part of the old homestead in St. Louis, Ore-
gon; Mrs. Clementine Vandile, who is a resi-
dent of Champoeg, Oregon; Amedy; Blan-
dine and Odeal, both deceased; Mrs. Lena
Cummings, of Portland. Oregon; and Mrs.
Cirenier. of Carlville, Washington.

At the age of twenty years Amedy La-
shapelle started in life for himself and for
nine years was employed in various lines of
work. At the end of this time he rented
three hundred and fifty acres of land and
engaged in agricultural pursuits, an occupa-
tion which has since occupied his time and in
which he has had more than ordinary suc-
cess. He has always had about this same
amount of land and today he owns horses
and farming implements to do the work on a
farm of this size.

Mr. Lashapelle has been twice married.
His first marriage was to Phoebe Chamber-
lain and to tliem four children were born:
Lois, who is a resident of St. Louis. Oregon;
and Rosie, .Jessie and Leo. all of whom are
deceased. His second union, in 1894, was
with Lena Vandile who was born in 1868
and was one of two children, the other hav-
ing died in infancy. She was the daughter
of John B. and Marceline Vandile, both na-
tives and lifelong residents of Oregon. The
father was born in Marion county and died
in St. Louis, Oregon, in 1908, aged sixty-
three years. Of this second union ten chil-
dren have been born, namely: Ernest, in
1894; Jerome, in 1896; Amy, in 1898; Sadie,
in 1899; Elsie, in 1900; Irvin. in 1902; Hazel,
ill 1904; Alice, in 1906; Archie, in 1908;

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

501

and Marceline, deceased. Mr. Uishapolli-'^
mother, who is now ninety-three years old,
is also a member of her son's family and
has been living with them for the past
twenty-one years. All of her donation claim
except three acres has been sold.

In politics Mr. Lashapolle gives his sup-
port t<> the republican party. He is a mi'ni-
ber of the Catholic church and has served
as school director for several years. Ilis in
terest in the development and progress of
the community has been great, but the activ-
ities demanded in carrying on his agricultu-
ral pursuits occupy the greater part of his
time and he has little time for politics. His
neighbors find him a modern and successful
agriculturist and a citizen worthy of their
regard and esteem.

JOHN NEAL. One of the largest and most
efliciently managed farms on the Coquille
river is owned and operated by John Neal, a
leading and representative agriculturist of
that section. His place is run along modern
and systematic lines and his success is the
direct result of his energy and ability. He
was born in 1S51 and is a son of .John 0. and
Roener (Pruett) Xeal. the former u native
of Missouri, and the latter of Indiana. His
father was one nf the early Oregon pioneers,
coming across the plains with ox tennis in
184t. His caravan was the first to come the
entire way by wagon and the members of
the party had several narrow escapes from
death at the hands of the Indians. Upon one
occasion they were without food for three
days and endured all the hardships and priva-
tions incident to travel in the early days of
the settlement of the northwest. The elder
Mr. Neal settled first in liinn county in the
forks of the Santiam river but later took up
a donation claim of six hundrerl and forty
acres. Previous to his proving liis title he
took part in the Cayuse Indian war, fighting
ill the Oregon State Militia under Captain
liillham. .At one time he was pursued by
seven Indians for fifteen miles and narrowly
escaped with his life. He lived upon his
donation claim for eight years and married
during this time, his wife having come to
Oregon in IS47. She crossed the plains with
ox teams and the caravan with which she
traveled had several narrow escapes from
Indians. In 1S.5S the father sold his dona-
tion claim and removed to .Tiickson county,
where he engaged successfully in stock-rais-
ing until 1SB1 or lSf)2. hiirine n haril
winter he lost his stock consisting of three
hundred head of highgrnde cattle, thirty
horses and two hiindrel hoffs. He removed
to T.inn county and farmed for several year^,
meeting with a good dcjrree tif siircpss. In
1ST1 he came to Cnos county and made his
home with his son. the subject of this sketch,
and died in the fifty-fifth year of his aire.
His wife survived him until ISO!), and pn««e<l
away at the acre of seventy-eight. They h<>-
came the parents of nine children, four of
whom are still living: -lolin. the •iibjert of
thij sketch ; William, of Myrtle Point. r>re.
pon; Barbara, who first wediled William
Phillips and is now the wife of W. .'«. flarnett

of Coquille, Oregon; and Darius, u re«ident
of Myrtle Point. The deceiiseil member* of
this family are buried in Coos county with
the exception of one sister, who was "laid to
rest in Wallowa valley.

Air. Neal was reared at home and rccoived
his education in the public schooLs of Linn
county. lie remained with his parriils until
he was tweiity-two years of iiijr and then
began general farming and stock-raising upon
a homestead claim of oin- hiinilr>'.| and \'-
acres, uliieh he purchased in {\x>-^ ...
Here he has since resided and made exlin n,
improvements, adding to his property iroiii
time to time until he now owns three hun
dred und forty acres of the finest and mo«t
productive land in the district. lie ral»e«
high-grade and registereil slo.-k fur the mar
ket and this branch of his enterprise forms a
splendid source of iiicniiie to him. He Is mini-'
bered among the men who have aani^tetl in
the development of Coos county. Diirini; the
first years of his life as an independent agri-
culturist he had a diiriciilt time to i;nin bis
livelihiwd. He ground his own Hmir in n
small cotTee mill ami raised the potatoiM
which, with elk flesh fried ill liear oil, fornii'.|
the principle item of his diet. He. Iiowcmt.
won suci-e-is by reason of his industry and
activity anci now has one of the fincHt and
inoit highly improved farms upon the Co-
quille river.

March 31. ISSl. >Ir. Xeal was niarrip<l to
Miss Sarah \Vliobrey, who was born in .Io«e-
phinc county, Orecon. in Peceniber. isdl. .She
is a daughter of Matthew K. and Margaret .1.
(r;ro.<honi,') Whobrey. Imth natives of Mis
soiiri. Mrs. Xeal's parents crossed the plain*
with ox teams and were among the pioneer
settlers of Oregon. Her father fought in the
Indian war of I.S.'iri-,')7. He spent nmst of his
active life farming and stock-raUing in Coos
county and ilied in this seelion in ISS'J. His
wife is still living in Myrtle Point, Orrgon,
anil is seventy-one years of age. To Ihem
were born eight children; .''arah. the wife of
our subject; .lames, of Myrtle Point. Orrifon;
Willi.', who aUo liven in Myrtle Pi)inl whero
he makes hl< home with lii.' "...il..!- Mr«,
.lane Whetstone, of Coiiuille ' who

residi's In Mar«hfieli|; Willinn ■ iit of

Oregon; .loseph. decen«e<l: nml ."^aiii.iTi' ' i
who marrie<l Mr. Klf"ri| of NfvrHn I' ■ < f
Mr. Whobrev hnd been mnr' m to

his union with the mothiT i. '. and

by hl« first »>ife had ' Mr«.

Mnritnret Nonh. of It.. and

MrM. Mnry Hiinllev ,.(

I'ntM Vfr. and ^' '•^•n l>orn

nine rlill.lren: 1,11! ■( \r»hiir

Sigway. of Canailn
O, K, ond .1. n. I

Irf'tha, the wife of Ar' 'i. i.f ( !•••«

roiintv; Marv, flidie W '•■hn M.. all

n» li ' Ii.««e n«v, nr... .111-.) at Ihr ajf

of I

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tjpf ' take* »erT lit-

Jle . -». A« a rillrrn

nf Oresron in the enrlv il«v« be h»« wit"e««<>«I
the derelopmeni of lh» slate and ha« U(«red
for Ihr adrnnfrmcnt of hi» MK-|ion. HU t<ny-

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

hood comrades are his friends today, and the
respect and esteem in which they* hold him
has deepened and grown greater with the
passing years.

OTTO SUND, a resident of Astoria since
1892, was born in Finland, September 16,
1871, a son of Jacob and Susanna Sund, who
spent their entire lives in Finland. The
mother died in 1887 and the father, surviv-
ing her for nine years, passed away in 1896.
They had a family of twelve children, of
whom five became residents of America,
namely: Katrina, the deceased wife of Will-
iam Sjoblum. of Astoria; Sophia, the wife
of Judge Olaf Anderson, also of Astoria;
Adolph. living in South Bend, Washington;
Andrew, who is married and is living in As-
toria; and Otto.

In the land of his nativity Otto Sund spent
his youthful days to the age of nineteen
years and the public schools afl'orded him his
educational opportunities. Various tasks
were also assigned him so that he came to
correctly value industry and diligence. With
the hope of bettering his financial condition,
he came to America in July. 1891, and first
settled in British Columbia, where he re-
mained for eight months. He thence came to
Astoria, and took up the business of salmon
fishing in the Columbia river, which he con-
tinued for thirteen .years. He then sold out
and secured a position as bartender, work-
ing in that capacity for two years, after
which he opened a saloon of his'own at No.
509 Commercial street. This he has since
conducted and in connection with his busi-
ness he owns a fine home at No. 351
Eighth street.

In 1896 Mr. Sund was united in marriage
to Miss .Johannes Seepola. who was born in
Finland and came to America alone in 1891,
leaving her parents in their native land,
where both passed aw-ay. Mrs. Sund was
the eldest of tlieir children, the others being:
Feena, now the wife of Matt Kaski, of
Oakland, California; and Helma, the wife of
Matt Mattela, still a resident of Finlancl.
Three children have come to brighten the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Sund: Sigrede Myrtle,
who was born January IS. 1S98. and is now
attendfng the public schools; Stanley E., who
was born July 17, 1899. and is a' pupil in
the sixth grade, and Mildred Caroline, born
July 18. 1911. The family arc of the Luth-
eran faith and Mr. Sund is well known in
fraternal circles, holding membership with
the Red Men. Lodge No. 822 of the Order of
Moose, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the
Order of Owls, all of Astoria.

CHARLES R. HIGGINS, the assistant
cashier of The Astoria National Bank, is like-
wise connected with the Higgins & Warren
Insurance Company at Astoria and is an ex-
tensive landowner. His birth occurred at
Wolfville. Nova Scotia, on the 3Cth of Octo-
ber, 1866, his parents being W. J. and Rachel
(Strong) Higgins, of whom more extended
mention is made on another page of this
work in connection with the sketch of James
Edward Higgins, a brother of our subject.

Cliarles R. Higgins supplemented his prelim-
inary education, obtained in the common
schools, by a course of study in the Horton
Collegiate Academy of Wolfville, Nova Sco-
tia, of which institution he is a graduate.
In 1891 he won the degree of Bachelor of
Arts from Acadia University at Wolfville.
Subsequently he entered the' service of the
Peoples Bank of Halifax at Wolfville and
was transferred successively to Halifax, Lun-
enburg. Mahone Bay and Riviere du Loup in
(,)uebec. Canada. In 1893 he became identi-
fied with the Astoria National Bank at As-
toria, Oregon, of which institution he is now
serving as assistant cashier. He is likewise
connected with insurance interests as a mem-
ber of tlie firm of Higgins & Warren at As-
toria. Mr. Higgins owns an interest in many
tracts of land in the vicinity and is a holder
of timber land in southern Oregon. In asso-
ciation with his brother-in-law he owns what
is known as the Page block in Astoria. He
also has a handsome residence at Astoria
and is widely recognized as one of the lead-
ing and prosperous citizens of the community.
For four years he served as secretary of the
( hamber of Commerce.

On the ISth of October, 1899, Mr. Higgins
was Joined in wedlock to Miss Maude M.
Warren, who was born at Astoria, Oregon,
on the 26th of October, 1873. Her father was
Daniel K. Warren, of whom more extended
mention is made on another page of this
work in connection with the sketch of George
Wright Warren, a brother of Mrs. Higgins.
(tur subject and his wife have one daughter,
Maude Elizabeth, whose natal day was Febru-
ary 11, 1907. Mrs. Higgins acqiiired her edu-
cation at Auburndale, Massachusetts, and
also pursued a course of study in Snell Semi-
nary of Oakland. California.

In politics Mr. Higgins is a republican, loy-
ally supporting the men and measures "of
that party. At the present time he is serv-
ing as treasurer of the centennial committee
at Astoria. He is a member of the National
Union of the state of Ohio, an insurance or-
ganization. His religious faith is that of the
Presbyterian church. The success which he
now enjoys is well merited, for he has ever
followed the most honorable business methods
in his dealings with his fellowmen and there-
fore enjoys the high regard of all with whom
he has been associated.

AUGUST SCHNEIDER. Six miles south-
west of Ccrvais. on the Salem and Cham-
pocg road, is situated the well cultivated
farm of August Schneider. He has been en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits since he started
to earn his own livelihood in Germany, at the
age of eighteen, with the exception of the
time he served in the Franco-Prussian war,
in 1870-71. He was born in Germany in 1847
and is the son of Ferdinand and Christina
(Fcit) Schneider. Ferdinand Schneider was
married three times. Of the first union four
iliildren were born: Francisca. wlio is a resi-
dent of Buffalo. New York, and is now eighty-
four years of age; Rosina, deceased; Guiercro,
who resides in Germany; and Franz Joseph,
deceased. Of the scccuid marriage there were

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

503

four pliildren. namely: Tona. Eloise ami
Elizabeth, all deceased; and August, the sub-
ject of this sketch. Of the third union there
are three children, namely: Francis; and
Annie and Ferdinand, who reside in Germany.

After being eraploye<l by farmers in Ger-
many for six years August Schneider came
to America and for seven years was a resi-
dent of Xew York state, working by the
day for two years and then renting and cul-
tivating a farm for five years. After this
he removed to South Dakota and took up
a homestead upon which he built a home
and which he developed until he brought it
to a good state of productivity, raising cat-
tle and engaging in general farming. For
nineteen years he resided on this farm but
sold it at the time he removed to Oregon,
where he purchased one hundred and eighty-
four acres of land at forty dollars per acre,
■which is now worth one hundred dollars an
acre. Since acquiring this property Mr.
Schneider has made many improvements upon
the buildings, which are now commodious
and modern, and has brought tlie entire prop-
erty under a high state of cultivation. In
carrying on his agricultural pursuits he has
engaged in raising various products, includ-
ing wheat, oats, hay. corn and clover. He
also makes stock-raising a feature of his
business, keeping hogs, cattle and horses. In
all of these lines he has met with the suc-
cess due to the persistent energy and diligent
labor he has expended upon them, employing
such scientific methods as assure the meas-
ure of success he has attained.

In lS7fi, in Xew York, occurred the mar-
riage of Mr. Schneider to Eva Seigfried,
who is the daughter of Adam and Elizabeth
(fireenwaldl Seigfried, and was born near
IJutTalo. Xew Y'ork. in 185.5. To this union
ten children were born, all of whom have
been given a common-school education:
George, who is residing in Oregon and is a
railroad carpenter; Mrs. Annie Kersch, who
is a resident of Marion county. Oregon; John,
who has removed to Canada; Henry, who re-
sides in Idaho where he is a railroad car-
penter; Mrs. Mary Pitsel. who is the wife
of .Mbert Pitsel and has two children;
Fronie, Marguerite, .lohn and Dora, all re-
si<ling at home and the latter attending
school ; and Catherine, deceased.

In politics Mr. Schneider is a republican
and has held the offices of road supervisor
and township supervisor. In religious faith
he is a Roman Catholic. In all the rela-
tions of life he has proven his worth: an an
agriculturist he has labored for scientific
development and practical and substantial
results; in odice ne has rlemonstrated his
loyalty to the public trust; and in matters
of general citizenship he has ever stood for
patriotism and progress.

LARS LARSEN, a well known and highly
esteemed resident of Astoria, is now liv-
ing retired save for the supervision which
he gives his business interests. Mis birth
occurred in Xorway on the fith of ^^arch.
1854. his parents being Ijirs Torsen and
Larcena Ijirsen, who spent their entire lives

in that country. The father followed gen-
eral agricultural pursuits throughout bi« ac-
tive business career. Our subject was one
of a family of ten children and one of the
two who came to the L'nited States, his
brother Henry Larsen now residing in the
upper town of Astoria. The other surviv-
ing children of the family. Christina, Martha
ElizalM-lh and Thore, still make their homo
in Xorway.

I^rs Liirsen obtained his education in the
common schools of his native land and in
IS73 crossed the Atlantic to America, first
locating in I'hilailelphia. Pennsylvania. In
1S77 he removed to San Francisco, California,
where he maintained his residence for two
years, being a sailor during that [M-riod.
In 1S79 he came to .\storia, Oregon, and be-
came identified with the fishing industry,
owning his l>oat an<l net and hiring some
help. Alter being thus engaged for twelve
years he opened a saloon at Astoria and has
conductcfi the same continuously since. Mis
is one of the fine homes of the town and he
likewise owns property at Seaside. He still
supervises his business interests but is liv-
ing practically retired in the enjoyment of
well earned rest.

On the 17th of May, ISOO, Mr. Larsen wb»
united in marriage to Miss .Vmelia Ferry,
who was born at Astoria in 1S72. her par-
ents being .lohn and Kate (Miller) Ferry,
the former a native of tiurenienyltaly and
the latter of St. I/iuis. Missouri. Their
marriage was celebrated at Oak Point, near
Astoria. John Ferry has been engaged in
salmon fishing throughout his entire busi-
ness career and is now living at .\berdeen,
Washington, at the age of seventy years.
His wile passed away in March. IS'J.'i. when
fiftytlirei' years of age. I'nto them were
born three children, as follows: Mrs Ijirsen;
.Annie, the wife of Joseph Watwin, of San
Pedro. California; and George, who is con-
nected with the cold storage plant at As-
toria.

Mr. I.arsen is a stanch democrat in poli-
tics but has never sought olllce as n reward
for his party fealty, lie was formerly con-
nected with the Astoria fire department and
for six years acteil a« foreninn "' i mn
pany Xo. 3. Fraternally he i- !

with the Knights of Pythian t '
I.o<lge No. 0 at Astoria. If
both he and his wife are M> ■■
home is at Xo. 647 Eleventh .slrn-t m .\'
toria.

CHARLES H. GLOVER, who ui>on the 1st

of ||..|..l...r t III .,.f.T..| <IT...T1 t)i.- .Illtl.'a llf

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farm '

otT an«i on lor over twenty hre yrar«. He
was liorn in Minnesota on the 2d of Febru-
ary, Itfil. and i« a s«n of Joshua T. «n<l
Mary (Sigbyl Glor»r. The father w«« born
and reared on I»n - " ' ' " ' ' ' ■

the mother was ,\

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tamed his majority. He then took ■ pi»i-

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

tion as ship carpenter, and during the suc-
ceeding years made voyages to many ports.
About 1849 he sailed around the Horn to
San Francisco, where for a time he followed
his trade, receiving for his services eighteen
dollars per day, and prospected along the
Sacramento river. He remained in Cali-
fornia for two years then returned to New
York by way of the Isthmus. For a time
thereafter he was engaged in the mercantile
business in New York city, but in 1855 he
left the east and went to Minnesota, locating
in St. Paul. There he devoted his attention
to contracting and building, becoming ex-
tensively interested in real estate in St.
Peter, Minnesota. About this time a bill
was introduced in the legislature to change
the capital, but the bill was stolen just be-
fore it was to have been signed, and a heavy
slump in property values resulted. Mr.
Glover lost considerable money, but he con-
tinued to reside in St. Peter until 1878. His
next removal was to Kansas, where he en-
gaged in farming until 1888, when he came
to Oregon. Upon his arrival here he first
located in Lane county, but subsequently re-
moved to Douglas, where he engaged in farm-
ing until 1900. In the latter year he with-
drew from active work and made his home
with his son, our subject, who was then liv-
ing in Washington. There he passed away
in 1901, at. the age of seventy-seven years.
The mother passed away the same year. Of
the marriage of Jlr. and Mrs. Glover there
were born five children, our suliject being the
third in order of birth. Tlie otliers are as
follows: a daughter, who died in infancy;
Sarah, the wife of Festus Cowger, of Okla-
homa, who died on October 3, 1911; Harriet,
the wife of Eugeno Harvey, who is a resident
of Chelan county, Washington: and George
A., who is living in The Dalles, Oregon.

Reared in Minnesota to the age of eight-
een j'ears. Charles H. Glover attended the
common schools of that state in the acquire-
ment of an education. In 1879 he started
for himself, his first position being on the
Burlington & Missouri Railroad. In 1882 he
went to California, locating in Sacramento
county, whence he later removed to Wyom-
ing and for five years worked on a ranch
where they kept seventy-five thousand cat-
tle. At the expiration of that time he re-
turned to Minnesota, where he farmed for
two years, then went to California. After
spending two months in the latter state he
came to Oregon, locating in Lane county in
1889. There he bought and operated a ranch
for a year, then selling it he once more lo-
cated in Minnesota. LTpon his return to his
native state he bought two farms and for
eight years thereafter he devoted his entire
attention to their operation. Disposing of
his land at the end of that time he came to
Oregon, but purchased a fine ranch across the
Columbia river in Washington. He remained
there until 1903. when selling his land he
came to Yamhill county and bought eighty
acres of most excellent land nine miles west
of McMinnvillc. He devoted his attention
to the further improvement and cultivation
of this place until July, 1911, when he sold

it and on the first of the following October
entered upon the duties of superintendent
of the Yamhill county poor farm, containing
one hundred and twenty-seven acres.

In 1884 Mr. Glover was united in marriage
to Miss Edith Davis, who is a native of
Minnesota and a daughter of Isaac and Cath-
arine (Pettice) Davis. Of the marriage of
Mr. and Mrs. Glover there have been born
three children: Ina C, who was born on the
24th of October, 1888, now teaching school
in Gopher valley, Yamhill county; Iva H..
whose birth occurred on the 23d of Decem-
ber, 1890, a teacher in Wasco county, Oregon ;
and Irl I., born on May 15, 1903, who is
still in school.

His political support Mr. Glover gives to
the republican party, but gives his indorse-
ment to the policy of the insurgent faction
of that party. He has never sought official
honors or political preferment but served as
school clerk at one time. Fraternally he is
afiiliated with the Woodmen of the World
of Minnesota. Mr. Glover has met with a
goodly degree of success in his undertakings
and in addition to his other interests has a
nice residence property in Portland, that he
rents. He is well qualified for the position
he is now filling, and will undoubtedly dis-
charge his duties with efficiency and in a
manner entirely satisfactory to those respon-
sible for his appointment.

FRANKLIN THATCHER, who is success-
fully engaged in the fruit and dairy busi-
ness four miles northwest of Forest Grove.
Washington county, is a native of this
county and has spent most of his life amidst
scenes with which he was familiar in his
boyhood. He is remarkably well acquainted
with the climate, soil and resources of west-
ern Oregon and by practical application of
his knowledge has gained a gratifying meas-
ure of prosperity. Born on the 30th of Jan-
uary, 1854, he is a son of Harmon and
Jemima (Parker) Thatcher. The parents
were married in Indiana in 1847 and soon
afterward started for the northwest. They
left their oxen and wagons at The Dalles
and were brought down the river in canoes
by Indians. They spent a year in Yamhill
county and then came to Washington county,
where Mr. Thatcher took up a donation
claim of five hundred and thirty-seven acres.
Here they passed the remainder of their lives.
In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher were
eight children, namely: Isabelle. who is now
the widow of G. W. Hadden; Warren, who
lives in Tillamook, Oregon; Franklin, of
this review; Lewis, who is deceased; Marcia,
who makes her home at Forest Grove; Julia,
who married William Barker and is now de-
ceased; Martha, who is the wife of E. J.
Bondshu, a record of whom appears else-
where in this work; and Norman, who was
last heard of in southeastern Oregon.

Mr. Thatcher, whose name stands at the
head of this sketch, possessed good advan-
tages of early training in the district schools.
His education, however, did not end with his
school days for he has traveled extensively
and, being a man of fine powers of obser-

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MHS. KKANKI.IN TIIATCIIKK

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

509

vation. he has gained much inloimation
which can be learned only by personal ex-
perience and direct contact with the world.
He has devoted his attention to farming,
making a specialty of fruits and dairying,
and is the owner of forty-seven acres, all of
which is under cultivation. His orchard is
one of the most productive in this section
and the cows on his place are all of good
grade. As he understands both producing
and marketing, his labors are rewarded with
handsome annual returns.

In 1S83 Mr. Thatcher was married to Mias
Mary F. David, a daughter of William and
Franeisca (Buoymasteri David. The father
was born in Germany and was taken by his
parents to Australia, later coming to San
Francisco, California. He finally located near
Forest (irove, Oregon, where he spent the re-
mainder of his life, which covered a period
of thirty-five years. He was one of the
leading grape growers of Oregon and gained
a wide reputation in a business for which he
was eminently adapted by natural inclina-
tion and experience. He had a large vine-
yard and always found a ready market at
Portland for the products which he had to
offer. David Hill, northwest of Forest Grove,
was nauieil in his honor. Two children have
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher: Or-
minda. who is the wife of William Hancy
and lives on part of the Thatcher donation
claim; and .Josephine, the wife of Victor
Griep, also living on the Thatcher claim.

Fratenially Mr. Thatcher is connected
with the Orange. He has been an adherent
of the democratic party ever since he ar-
rived at manhood and has actively assisted
in promoting the interests of the organiza-
tion. He was nominated for county com-
missioner and at another time for represen-
tative to the state legislature but in each
instance was defeated by a small number of
votes. .A postoflice was located at his place
and was known as Thatcher postofTice but it
was discontinued upon the introduction of
the niral free deliverj'. As a friend of edu-
cation Mr. Thatcher is an earnest advocate
of the |)ublic-school system and has served
very acceptably as member of the school
Imard. He occupies a highly creditable place
among the representative men of a com-
munity where he has been favorably known
during his entire active business career.

H. D. SPENCER is one of the up-to-date,
live. prcij.'ri-^i\c' business men of eastern
ftregdu. I If is the owner of a large lumber
business in the city of Elgin, at whirh plmr
he maintains liis residence. He was b<>rn in
I'tic'a. Licking county. Ohio, Deremtier in.
isiu. anil i- n son of William .\. and .Ann •'.
(Burrou^'hsi Spencer, his father being of EnL'-
lish extraction and his mother a native "f
Ohio. William .\. Spencer, for many years,
was a ri'sidcnt of Ontario, Panada, and from
that place he removed to the I'nited States,
settling in I'tica. Ohio. In early life he had
mastered the cabinet maker's trade, which
he contintU'd to fcdlow after taking np hi?
residence in this country. In ISO.'i he re-
moved to Henry county. Missouri, where he

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"as engaged in the furniture business and
also pursued his trade as a cabinet maker.
In addition lie operated a farm near Clinton,
the work and care of which was looked after
by his sons under his immediate supervision.
In ISS.'i he removed to southern Ciilifornia,
settling near the city of Los Angeles. There
be livcil until his death which occurred at
Long Iteach, in l'.M)7. His widow still main-
tains her residence at Long Heach.

H. U. Spencer, the subject of this review,
was reared at home, acipiiring liis early
education in the eoinmon schools and later
completed a course in a business college at
Sedalia. .Missouri, graduating from that insti-
tulion with the class of 1SH3. In that year
lie removed to the western country with his
father, settling in southern California, where
he f.piind c>mpliiynieiit on a ranch and also
did bookkeeping. He contimied to devote his
attention to this iliversilied employment until
an op|H>rtiinity to better his coinlitiim was
olTered to him in the employ of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad Company, which at that
time was building its main branch through
that section of the state. He accepted the
position as assistant station agent at Santa
I'niila. California, wliii'h at thiit time was
tile terminal of the Southern I'acillc Railwoy.
-Afterward he removed to Seattle, Washing-
ton, and for some years in that city he served
as ticket agent for dilTereut lines of railroads
among which were the Oregon Railroad ft
Navigation, the C. & P. S., the P. S. S., the
Xortliern I'ai'ific Railwa.v and the Pacific
Coast Steamship Compan.v. In ISOil he re
moveil to P()rtian<l. where he accepteil the
position as chief clerk in the ticket ilepart-
ment of the assistant general passenger
agent's ollice of the Xortliern Pacific Railroad,
continuing in the employ of this road until
Xoveinber, ISil.n. In that year he tendered
his resignation and in isoi he removed to
KIgiii. in which place he establislii'd a nhingle
and planing mill. Since the establishment
of this business he has been very successful
in its cnndiii-t. the biiHines< having grown
from a small lieginiiiiig until now it is niiin
bcrcd among the large and prominent mnnu
fnctiiries of lumber ami timlier prn<lnct«. In
lOO.'i. having secured the neccssnr.v franchise,
lie constructed the electric light plant nt
Elgin, which he has since oiM^rati-.! In con-
necti'iii with his various other enterprise*.

H. I). Spencer has been twice innrried. Ili«
first wile was .Miss Ibiltie P. I'nrt,. with
whom he was joined in we.ll it»T

'i\. ISST, and to this union ■ Irm

were horn, «tx of whom are still livmif: Ilos
sie. the wife of Chorles 0. Ilendshailler :
Ilettn. one i>f the tenrhers in the Island City
school"; Roy, Frank. Ilnrry D., .Ir.. nnd F'Imrr.
nil of whom are still nt home ond attending
the public "chooN. Thr mother of this (urn-
ily pns«ed awny Novenilwr 7. 1007. Ijifer
>tr. Sjiencer was ngnin niarrietl and this lime
selected for his partner in life, Mrs. William
Curtis Measirk, she liPinK a raii*in of hi* (ift
w i f e.

Mr. S|ien"'er is in politic* afniiatnl with the
republican party, lo which he give* the nn-
divided siip|>ort of hi* influenre and siifTrB|p<.

510

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

He is a member of La Grande Lodge, Xo. 433,
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks; and a
member of Elgin Aerie, Xo. 3S9, Fraternal
Order of Eagles. He is a member of Rock-
wall Encampment, Xo. 700, Woodmen of the
World and also of the Women's Woodcraft
Circle, Xo. 333. ilrs. Spencer is a member
of the Presbyterian church.

H. D. Spencer is a man of large diversified
business intercuts and has by the judicious
application of his talents and ability, arisen
in the scale of citizenship, from a poor boy
working as a common laborer to a man of
public distinction in the large business affairs
of the county and city in which he lives.
His influence and unreserved assistance is
always readily given to the advancement of
all issues affecting the educational, political
and business uplift of his state and the com-
munity in which he lives.

CAPTAIN OSCAR B. WICKLAND lias for
the past eleven years been in command of
the Point Adams life-saving station and
many timely rescues have been made under
his wise and capable direction. His birth
occurred in Sweden on the 4th of X'ovem-
ber, 1868, his parents being Captain Olaf
Henry and Blanche Sophia (Anderson)
Wickland^ who were born, reared and married
in that country. The father served as mas-
ter of the Dani.sh schooner Napoleon for
seven years. On the expiration of that
period he became a wholesale dealer in lob-
sters, herring, etc., conducting a business
of that character until called to his final
rest on the 7th of October, 1878. His wife
passed away on the 6th of February, 1897.
Unto them were born three children, as fol-
lows: Oscar B.. of this review, Katherine,
the deceased wife of Carl Jorling of Sweden;
and Henry S., who is employed as head
bookkeeper in a furniture store at Stock-
holm, Sweden.

Oscar B. Wickland was a pupil in the pub-
lic schools of Sweden until fifteen years of
age and then pursued a business course in
school, attending night sessions for a year
and a half. Subsequently he joined his step-
father on the ship Arizona, sailing along the
coasts of Sweden, Norway and Denmark un-
til a youth of eighteen. In his earlier years
he had also made a number of voyages with
his father on the ship Napoleon. At the age
of eighteen he emigrated to America, first
landing at Astoria, Oregon. During the fol-
lowing summer he sailed along the coast and
also engaged in fishing on the Columbia river
and Puget Sound, continuing thus until 1890.
On the 3d of January of that year he engaged
as surfman in the life-saving service at Point
Adams station, while in January, 1896, he
was promoted to the keepership of the Ya-
quina Bay station, remaining in charge there-
of for tliree years. In 1900 he was trans-
ferred to the Point Adams station, of which
he is still in command. During the period
of his connection with the life-saving ser-
vice he has rendered assistance to more than
two hundred and fifty vessels of all descrip-
tions and has been instrumental in saving
hundreds of lives. On one occasion sixteen

lives were saved from a watery grave from
the wreck of the Italian bark Covour, which
stranded on Peacock Spit, Washington, on
the evening of December 9, 1904. The life-
saving crew under Captain Wickland's com-
mand rescued the crew of the vessel at 11:30
that night, and an hour afterward the bark
went to pieces, scattering its timbers on the
beach of Sand Island. On October 36, 1906,
the British bark, Peter Iredale, stranded on
Clatsop beach in a terrible southwestern
gale. The surfboat was taken overland to
the scene of the wrecked vessel and the crew
of twenty-seven men safely landed on the
beach. Captain Wickland was selected to
repi'esent the life-saving service at the Al-
aska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at Seattle in
1909 and was in command of the station at
that exposition giving daily exhibitions from
the beginning to the end of the fair.

On the 7th of October, 1897, Captain Wick-
land was joined in wedlock to Miss Marie
Fanning, a native of Fort Canby, Washing-
ton, and a daughter of Thomas and Sophia
(Pollont) Fanning, who were born in Ireland,
and Vancouver, Washington, respectively.
They were married in the state of Wash-
ington and subsequently came to Astoria,
Oregon, where Thomas Fanning passed awaj'.
His widow still makes her home at that
place. They had five children, namely: Mrs.
Wickland; Thomas E., who is a resident of
Astoria; and Delphine, Bertha and Evelyn,
all of whom are deceased. Unto Captain
and Mrs. Wickland have been born two sons
and one daughter, as follows: Blanche S.,
whose natal day was September 26, 1898,
and who is now attending school; Oscar F.,
who was born March 5, 1905, and died on
the 19th of December, 1910; and William H.
Robert, whose birth occurred on the 19th
of December, 1909. Mrs. Wickland, w'ho is
a graduate of the Astoria high school, taught
music prior to her marriage.

In politics Captain Wickland is a repub-
lican, while his religious faith is that of the
Lutheran church. His wife is a devoted
communicant of the Catholic church. Fra-
ternally he is identified with Temple Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., of Astoria; Bay Lodge, No.
ISO, I. 0. O. F., of Y'aquina Bay; and Astor
Lodge, K. P., of Astoria. His genuine per-
sonal worth and sterling traits of character
have won him the unbounded confidence and
esteem of the entire community and the re-
spect and admiration of all with whom he
has come in contact.

SAMUEL JOHNSON, who is ranked among
the valued and representative citizens of the
section in which he resides, operates one hun-
dred and sixtj' acres of well-improved land,
located on the Coquille river, in Oregon. He
was born in Missouri, X^ovember 16, 1833,
and is a son of Samuel and Elvira Johnson,
the latter a native of Missouri and the for-
mer of England, Their marriage occurred
in the state where their son was born and
there they resided for many years. They
became the parents of six children, all of
whom are now dead with the exception of the
subject of this sketch. One of our siiliject's

THE CENTENNIAL ITISTOKY OF OREGON

511

brothers onme to Oregon in 1672 and died
in this state in I'JOO. Two others served in
the Civil war and <lied during the period of
their enlistment. The otlier two meml)ers of
the family passed away in Missouri.

Samuel Johnson, of tliis review, received
his education in the public schools of his
native state. His residence in Oregon dates
from 1870, in which year he settled on the
south fork of the Coquille river, in Coos
county, and bought one hundred and sixty
acres of land known as the Eliza Morris
donation claim, located eight miles above
Myrtle Point. He immediately began its cul-
tivation and has kept up a continuous policy
of improvement since tliat time. He is now
the owner nl one humlriHl and sixty acres of
fertile and productive land, one hundred acres
of which is kept constantly under cultiva-
tion. He has one of the model farms of Coos
county and is an intluential factor in agricul-
tural circles in this section.

In l.S.')fi Mr. .Johnson was united in mar-
riage to Miss Angeline P. Morris, who was
lM>m in Crawford county, Missouri. She is a
daughter of Evans and Elizabeth (fluntl
^Morris, both of whom were horn in Tennessee
and died in Missouri. Mrs. .Tohnson is one of
n large family of children born to her parents,
only two of "whom arc still living: her sister
being ilrs. Sarah Barnes, of Kansas. Mr.
and Mrs. .Johnson have become the parents of
nine children: Thomas W.. who is now a
resident of the state of Wa.shington; .Joseph
E.. who was accidentally drowned : -James M.
and Samuel E.. of Washington; C. N.. who
lives at home: H. A., now operating his
father's homestead, who married Miss .Jessie
Warner, by whom he has three children, Alma,
Ruby an<i Warren; Arminta. the wife of
.Joseph Dean, of North Yakima. Washington;
Milton II., who is also a resident of the same
city: and Frank, who passed away when he
was eighteen years of age.

Mr. .lohn-ion and his family nfTiliate with
the Seventh Day Arlvcntist c-hnrch. In all of
bis agrii-ultiiral and business alTairs Mr. .John-
son is alert and enterprising and has met with
the measure of success which always rewards
earnest, per-»istent and well-directed labor,
lie is well known in this district where he
has resided since 1870. and won uniform trust
and gf)od will by reason of a life which in all
its phases is straightforward and honorable.

ALA 0. HOSIER, of Canyon City. Oregon,
lounty treasurer of Crant conntv. «»« liorn
in .John Day. this count v. December 2'"). I'tT'.
a son of .Xrthur 1. and I.ina (Har(«-r) Mosier.
Tlis father is a native of Conni-il Crove. Kan-
sas, and the mother was born in eastern Mis-
souri. They came to Oregon with their re-
sjMTlive parents in the early "fiOs, crossini;
the plains with ox teams, subseipientlv set-
tling at .John Day. flrant county, where the
fatlier and mother were married. The father,
who is still a resident of -John Day. is now
li\ing a retired life. The grandfather.
Emanuel Mosier. was a blacksmith by trade
and worked for many years in the mine*,
while his wife conducted a hotel.

Ala O. Mosier was educated in the public
schools of Oregon, finishing in the high ncliool
of Eugene, After his traduation therefrom
he took special courses in chemistry and then
began teaching, a vocation which be followvil
for ten years in different parts of Oregon, lie
always took a considerable interest m poli-
tics, being by political faith an adherent of
the republican party, and in Deci'niber. lUoT,
he was appointed to till the unevpired term
of wiunty treasurer, a vauincy caiiseil by the
death of county treasurer N.' 11. Il4dey." He
tilled that position with distinction to himself
and such satisfaction to his cunstituentK
that he has twice been electol to succeed him-
self as county treastirer and is again u can-
ilidate for reelection.

Mr. Mosier was married, September I, lOOU,
to Miss .liilia II. Kound, of .Jetferson, Oregon,
a daughter of the Uev, (Jeorge F. Kound, a
prominent Methodist Episcopal minister, now
located at Coburg, Lane county, Oregon. .\lr.
Mosier is a member of Vernon I.<Hlg«-, No. -IS,
K. P. and of Canyon Camp, No. 2 is. W. Q. W.,
being secretary of both lodges. His wife i« a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He is numbered among the moiit popular
young sons of Crant county, where his can'«'r
as an instructor ami official have Ix-en espe-
cially brilliant, his work in connection with
these duties having been efficient and alxio-
lutely above criticism. Withal he has the dis-
tinction of being the only native son of fJrant
county ever elected to public office. He is a
well educated man, congenial in his manner,
optimistic by nature and a great favorite
among a large circle of friends. He is with-
out (piestion one of the most valuable asset*
to the citizenship of rirant county and his
future career will lie one of which any man
might well be proud.

AMOS L. NOSLER. The name of Amos
}j. Nosier is prominently connected with the
agricultural developun-nt of many seeticms of
the state of Oregon and stands in C<m>« county
for all that is most progressive ami up to-
date in the principles of farming. Mr. N'o«-
ler's residence in this state dates from 1S70
and his career has been connected with early
agricultural expansion, lie now owns in run-
junction with his son. si\ ' of

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512

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

up a liomestead claim on Iowa Slough. He
was successful as an agriculturist for six
years but eventually retired and moved to
Coquille city where he became identified
with the public life of the community. He
served for eight years as county judge and
was the first mayor of the city. He was ap-
pointed postmaster and did able and eOicient
woi-k in this line. He subsequently engaged
in the drug Ijusiuess and was successful until
his death in 190S. He passed away five
years after his wife, who was accidently
killed in 1897. He was the father of seven
children, four of whom are still living: Amos,
the subject of this review; James, who re-
sides in Coquille. Oregon; ,J. W., who makes
his home near Hubbard. Oregon; B. E.. wlio
was formerly postmaster of Coquille and
who is now a resident of Enterprise, Cali-
fornia; one daughter, who died in infancy;
Emma, the deceased wife of Dyer Leneve of
Port Orford, Oregon, who passed away at
the ago of twenty-three years; and William,
■who was crushed between two logs in an
accident on his father's homestead camp in
1870.

Amos L. Nosier was educated in the public
schools of his native state and came to
Oregon with his parents in October, 1870,
preempting a claim near Coquille City. He
later moved to what is now known as Bridge
and hei'e he and his son own six hundred
acres of highly productive and well improved
land. Besides this tract of land Mr. Nosier
owns one hundred and sixty acres of fine
timber land and an interest in three hun-
dred and twenty acres of fertile farm land
in Harney coiinty. He is interested in town
property in Coquille and owns a four-acre
tract within the city limits. For ten years
he conducted a general merchandise store
in Bridge, Oregon, which he brought to a
flourishing and prosperous condition before
he disposed of his interest in it. He is one
of the enterprising and representative men
in this section of the country, interested in
the growth of the county along agricultural
lines and always eager to promote in any
way its progress and development.

Amos Nosier was united in marriage in
1874 to Miss Annie Hatcher, a native of
Missouri and a daughter of William and
Mahalah Hatcher, both of whom lived ;ind
died in Livingston county, in that state.
There are four living children of this fam-
ily: Annie, the wife of our subject; Hiram,
of Bridge. Oregon; Nancy, the wife of J. P.
TMesser. of Coquille; and Sarah, who mar-
ried Trvin Gibbs of .Josephine county, this
state. Mrs. Nosier was educated in the
public schools of her native state and re-
mained at home until her marriage. She
and her husband are the parents of four
children: Claude H.. who resides in Bridge.
Oregon; Fred N., who lives in the same city;
Maud, who married Aaron Wilson of Co-
quille. Oregon; and one child who died in
infancy.

In his ])olitical ;illiliations Mr. Nosier is
a republican and lakes an active interest
in public all'airs and he and his family be-
lonjr io the Cliristian church. He is one of

the representative citizens of Coos county,
where his activities have been carried on
along progressive lines. His farming is
practical and productive, based as it is on
scientifically efficient methods, and he is
doing much to raise the standard of agricul-
ture in the state of Oregon.

JOHN D. RICE, identified with farming in-
terests in Umatilla county, was born in Ben-
ton county, near Belle Plaine, Iowa, Septem-
ber 18, 1867, his parents being Daniel and
Amanda (Winslow) Rice. They were both
natives of Indiana, where their youthful days
were spent and where their marriage took
place. .Soon afterward they decided to try
their fortiuie in another state and took up
their residence in Iowa in 1867. Seven years
later they removed to Denver. Colorado,
where they are now residing. In that state
Mr. Rice has been active in real-estate circles
and has engaged in that business throughout
the greater jjart of his career. He purchases
and sells property, never making a sale on
commission.

.John D. Rice, the only child born to his
jiarents, spent his youthful days in his
father's home. His educational privileges
were such as the public schools of Denver
offered. He spent his summers in the moun-
tains of Colorado, being at Leadville during
the time that city was one of the booming
mining centers. He was employed to carry
meat from the slaughterhouse at Malta at a
time when two stumps and slabs set up on
ends served foi- a butcher shop at Leadville.
Tu 1880 he left Colorado and set out for Boise,
Idaho. He left the train at Ogden. Utah, and
came across the country to Corinne. Utah,
where he was engaged in loading freight for
five years. At tlie end of that time be re-
moved to Kelton when the Oregon Short Line
was being built. He again accepted work on
a freight train and during his service in that
cajiacity traversed the greater part of the
country. After giving up that position he
removed to Ijtke county. Oregon, in 1887 and
engaged in the stock business, which he dis-
posed of about seven years later. He next
removed to California, where he resided for
three years before going to northern Idaho,
where he engaged in ranching, lumbering and
stock-raising. He did not locate in Hermis-
ton. Oregon, until May, 190.'). Since he has
resided here, he has been one of the active
stock-raisers and agriculturists and he at
present owns one hundred and sixty acres of
land, all of which is adequately irrigated. He
also owns twenty acres in Umatilla and five
acres where he is now residing. This is all
irrigated and is, therefore, some of the most
liighly productive land in the district. About
five years ago he erected a good substantial
house and it is one of the attractive homes of
Hermiston. When it was built irrigation had
not yet been introduced and it stood in the
midst of sagelirush and cactus. It is now
within the city limits and is equipped with
electric light and city water. On his farm
Mr. Rice intends to make a specialty of
fruit growing. In this he will probably win
a good degree of success because during the

JOHX D. KICK

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

515

iVw jt'iiis ill wliii'li 111' 1ms lipfii I'liiiiiri'tcil with
a*;i'ioiilturiil piiiMiit-i in Hrruiistoii lie Im-i
•.iiiiwii tliat 111- lias the aliility and the will
to so stinly the cliinatir ami .-oil oniclitions
of the (listrirt as to he alile to plant to the
liest [lossihlc a(lvaMtai;e.

On the !ith of laniiarv. 1SS9. Mr. Rioe was
niari'ied to ili-s Ma^srie K. fiark, whose birth
occurred in S|>rinj;t»wn, Parker county. Texas.
Fehriiary I". l.>72. ."^lie resided in that state
until she was fifteen years of a<;e. when she
came to llaruey county, Orcfion, with her par-
ent.s. Itcnjaiiiin and C'atura (lark. To Mr.
anil Mrs. Hicc four children have been born:
Dei/., whose birth occurred in Harney county.
(Irefron: Delta and Frank, who were liorn in
Oakesdale. \Vashiii;.'toii: and Carroll, whose
birth occniTi'd in Elk Prairie. Idaho.

In his (lolitical views Mr. Rice is indepi'nd-
ent and as every .\inerican citizen should do
keeps well informed on the iinestions and
issues of the day. He has .serve<l for four
years as a member of the city council and for
several years filh d the oHice of city treasiiri>r.
Siibse(|U"'ntly lie av'aiii served in the council
for three terms. . Fnitenially he is a mem-
ber of the Iiidi'pendeiit ( Irdcr of Odd Fellow s.
the Masons, the Rebekahs. the Fastern Star
and the Farmers I'liion. During' tlu-ir resi-
dence in this county both Mr. and Mrs. Rice
have naiiied the warm regard of many friends.

WILLIAM J. GALBRAITH is one of the
wealthy and >ncii's-ful ranchmen of tlrant
county. Itiefron. llis liirth occurred in
f'onnty Tyrone. Ireland, on the I'lth of
Xovemlier. l'^4."i. his parents beinj; .Iidiii W.
and Mar;;aret ( AleCullouph » fialbrailh. who
were of Scotehlrish ancestry and spent
their entire lives on the Kiiierald isle. In
ISCi.-). when a yonnjr man of twenty years,
William -I. fJalbraith crossed the .Xthmtic to
the Tnitcd States, reaching' New York on the
Stii of luly. f'onlimiin^' liis journey wi'st-
ward, he settleil in Didaware county. In-
diana, He was -iiccessfnl in obtaiiiin;; eiii-
ploymeiit at once as clerk in a mercantile
establishment in Miincie. that slate, where
he remained for the siiccecKlinj» two yenfH.
In IStiT he eniifrated to Oregon, making the
long journey by w-ay of the I.sthmus of
Panama. On reaching this stale he located
in Canyon City, firaiil county, where he
was employed as clerk in one of the mer-
cantile houses I'or a period of nine yi'ars.
In l«7i'. he removeil lo Prairie City and eiii
barkeil in the mercantile biisine«« on bin
own account. This enterprise hi- conducted
without interruption until 1SSH, at which
time he disposed of his inlere»l« and turneil
his attention ami resources to the business
of slockraising and farming. In tlii< line
of activity he lins been eminently siicee»»-
ful. lie now- owns fourteen hiindreil nrres
of good Oregon farm and well-stoekeil range
land. His home of mo<lern construction,
supplied with bath and running hot and cold
water throughout to suit his convenienci-
is located one and n ipiarter miles from
Prairie (it.v and is e'ui"iilereil one of the
hamNonie-.| in firant eonnly.

Ill jsTs Mr. lialbiaith wedded .Mi.u .Mary
K. Siittlenieir. of ilrant county, »iul to thin
union four children lia\e iH-en liorn, ttvu of
v\hi>m are still living: .lohn W.. of ]/o*
.\iigeles. California: and .Mice, the wife of
Frank Howell, resiilinj; in .Iidin Dav valley,
Crant i-otinty. Mr. lialbraith is allied with
the deinoenitic party in |i<ditics, and i* a
meinber of the Presbyterian church, lip i»
now in the enjoyment of ii well eiirnol
competency. His successful buxini'sii career
has given him an enviable rating in the
business world and is a high compliment to
his industry and the wise management of his
business alTairs. He liears an honored name
and enjoys the reputation of iM-ing one of
the representative citizens of the John fliiv
valley.

EDWARD E. HAINES is following the
agricultural standards set him by hl« father,
who was one of the pioneer Hettlers in
Douglas I'onnty. and in the cultivation of
si\ hundred acres of lami has adilcd to the
growth anil development of the rich and
I'crtile rinp<|iia valley. He was liorn on
the old Haines homestead, a portion of which
he now owns, on S^-pteinber 111. 1'«ri'J. and
is a .son of .Mfreil and Sarah (\i\on)
Haines. llis father was a native of New
.lersey and was married in Indinnn. where
his wife was iMirn. neceinber -M. 1S40. He
lived in .-Vlbany. Illinois, until l>tri2. in which
vear he cro-sed the phiiiis to Oregon, mak
in" the journey with mule teams and spend
iiig four months in traveling from the Mis-
souri river at Omaha to Scottsburg, Oregon,
where he joined bis son. William Haines,
who was then located in that city with hi«
twin brother .lo-eph. thev having come to
Oregon in is.'.l. Alfred Haines, the father
of our subject, was one of the pioneers of
Oregon. Soon after his arrival here he
bought one hundred and sixty acres of land
two miles south of KIkton. for which he
paid four hundred dollars and upon which
he resided until his ilealli. which occurnsl
in 1HS.S. when he was eight vUve years of
age. He acquired extensive holdings diirinif
his life ami was one of the hir-,-
owners in this section. One Irn' '
comprising sevent.V-tw" acres he ii
the small price of one didhir |n'i

it now constitute* one of 'I

piei )f land in l)<iuglas

Fdward K. Hnine. wn« r. ""e

and ediicaleil in the public s«li.».;-
las county, which were llion
primitive. His nrlive 1

was eighteen years of i ■ inie

he piirebnseil a singe lim- ...■>.... i; ..„ .«ii.l
Seottsbnrg and this he ran with siiccrss for
lour yearn. .\t the ■ "■! •■' •'>-'' '""•■ ''c wU\
out ami went to i «nr

winter in fju* Aug- ' ■ "•

lurntHl to Oregon, ami setlUsI i(|i..ii ■> (s>rll"n
of the home farm, which he improve.1 and
• >|H<rale>l for s.>nie lime nlnng the <•
..rcs.ive and u»o.lrrn line* nf a,

llf, 1* •' . owner of six * ' .■ ^

,ind '- *• "ue ,»f Ih* fall-

tinl ,11 :ituil men >n 'I

516

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

In his political views lie keeps himself in-
dependent of lines and parties, being
influenced in his vote by individual worth of
the candidates. He is a member of the Mod-
ern Woodmen of America and the Modern
Brotherhood of America. He is the father
of ten children: Maud, who is now Mrs. Alva
Darby of Portland; Homer H.. who resides
in Elkton? Florence, the wife of Joseph Hud-
son, who is assisting Mr. Haines in the work
of the farm; Walter B., who lives at home;
Ruth, who married Victor Miller, of Kellogg;
Harry, at home; Lawrence, Lydia and Opal,
also at home; and Wilford, who is the
youngest of the family.

Edward E. Haines is a man who was born
and reared in the open west and who grew
up imbued with its spirit. He studied agri-
culture as a modern science and understands
the care of stock and the cultivation of the
soil. He owns six hundred acres of land
constituting one of the finest ranches in the
Umpqua valley, and his success in the con-
duct of his farm and in the rapid expansion
of his enterprise is due in a large degree to
his personal supervision of its various details.

JOSEPH A. MANNING. Agricultural prod-
ucts constitute the chief source of wealth in
Marion county for the rich and fertile soil
ofTers excellent opportunities to the indus-
trious and progressive farmer. To agricul-
tural pursuits .Toseph A. Manning gives his
attention, having a half interest in an ex-
tensive farm situated five miles northwest of
Gervais on the Salem and Champoeg road.
He has always resided in Marion county, his
birtli having occurred here on the So'th of
•lanuary. 1880. His grandparents crossed
the plains with one of the many parties
which left the east for Oregon in l'8.53. The
journey was made with ox teams and took
the usual time of six months and was
fraught with all the dangers which the pion-
eers were wont to encounter in making tin-
trip westward. They settled in St. Loui-*.
Oregon, and for a number of years were suc-
cessfully engaged in the hotel business. TIjp
parents, Vincent A. and Felicity (Viesman)
Manning, were born in Missouri and Oregon
respectively. The father's birth occurred in
18.53 and he was the third of fourteen chil-
dren, the others being: Mrs. Cecil Gleason, tlie
wife of Morris Gleason, of Portland; Dennis,
of Parkersville. Oregon; Mrs. Mary Moisau.
who is the wife of F. X. Moisan of Brooks:
Joseph and Kenrick, both residents of Port-
land; Mrs. Martina O'Brien, who is living at
Salem. Oregon: Mrs. Blandina Kenney, a
resident of Portland: and six who are de-
ceased. Mrs. Vincent Manning was born in
1853, and was the youngest of three children,
the others being: Mrs. Mary Nathman, wlio
is the wife of B. A. Nathman of Gervais.
Oregon: and Mrs. Teresa Mangold, who is
married to F. A. Mangold of Gervais. Mr.
and Mrs. Manning were married in 1874 and
to them eleven children were born, namely:
Mrs. Frances McClellan. who is the wife of
a. B. McClellan of Portland; Ernest, de-
ceased; .Toseph A., who is the subject of tliis
review; Augustine, who was married to Han-

nah Brassell on the 10th of November, 1910,
and who is residing in Marion county; Albert,
deceased; Fidelis, a resident of Stanwood,
Washington; Cecilia, deceased; and Stephen,
Clarence, Zita and Cyril, all living in Port-
land.

In the common schools of Marion county
Joseph A. Manning acquired his education
and remained at home engaging in farming
duties until he was twenty-three years of age
when he went to Portland and accepted em-
ployment in various lines of work. Leav-
ing that city he worked in the fisheries on
the Columbia river for a short time but soon
returned to Portland where he remained un-
til 1907 in which year he rented his father's
farm in partnership with his brother Augus-
tine. They have proven themselves success-
ful farmers and at the present time have
twenty-five acres planted to hops and fifty
acres in grain and hay. They have also en-
gaged in stock-raising and dairying to some
extent and are planning to keep some twenty-
five or thirty cows and engage in the dairy-
ing business more extensively. They are
adding every improvement which will con-
tribute to the neatness of their place and the
systematic handling of their products and
are also making such a study of the soil as
will enable them to cultivate their crops so
as to reap the maximum yields per acre.

On the 24th of November, 1909, Mr. Man-
ning was married to Miss Anna Brassell,
whose birth occurred in 1887 in Salem, South
Dakota. She is a daughter of Ferdinand and
Elizabeth (Munsky) Brassell, and was one
of eight children, the others being: two who
died in infancy; William, who is a resident of
St. Louis. Oregon; Mrs. Joseph Manning:
Mrs. Hannah Manning, who is the wife i)f
Augustine Manning, of Marion county :
Frances, who is living at home with her par-
ents; and Frank and Peter who are resid-
ing in St. Louis, Oregon. To Mr. and Mrs.
Manning one child has been born, Herbert,
whose birth occurred on the 29th of Januarv,
1911.

In politics Sir. Manning has usually favored
the principles, measures and men of the demo-
cratic party, but because of his broad-minded
political views has frequently cast his vote
for man or measure rather than for party.
He is a member of the Catholic church and
fraternally is affiliated with the Yeomen. He
is a progressive and wide-awake farmer, al-
ways on the alert and ready to incorporate
in his business the most modern methods,
and his industry and enterprise have enabled
him not only to attain prosperity but have
won him a high place in the respect and re-
gard of his neighbors.

HIRAM NELSON WILLIAMS is one of the

most successful agriculturists in the county
of Wallowa, this state, in which he has
lived for a third of a century. He has always
been a public-spirited man, contributing his
share of service both in private and public
life in the interests of the development of
his state and county. His birth occurred in
McDonough county, Illinois, on the 30th of
August, 1850, his parents being James and

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

517

Mary J. (Millsap) Williams, who were na-
tives of Kentucky and Indiana, respectively.
They were united in wedlock in Illinois, to
which state Mrs. Williams' parents had re-
moved many years before. Immediately after
their wedding they removed to McDonough
county, where they establisheii their resi-
dence and spent the remaining years of their
lives. Mr. Williams passing away in 1S95, in
the eighty-tifth year of his age, while his
wife was called to her final rest in 1S97.

Hiram Nelson Williams was reared in his
father's home in .McDonough county and
was there educated in the common schools.
After ciimpleting his education he engaged
in teaching, entering this vocation at the
early age of nineteen years. He remaineil
under the |>arental roof until he was twenty-
one years of age and then removed to Mis-
souri", locating in Bates county, where he
l>ecame one of the resident farmers, contin-
uing in this business for a period of nine
years. In 1^79 he emigrated to Oregon, cross-
ing the plains with horse teams and arrive<l
in Wallowa county on the 26th of .Tuly. In
this county he homesteaded a claim near Los-
tine and here he has continue<l to live until
the present time. He has been very success-
ful in business as an agriculturist and now
has joint title with his brother. Heorge W..
to twelve hundred acres of fine land, which is
under cultivation, being managed entirely by
Mr. Williams and his brother. In addition to
his agricultural interests he is also engaged
in the mining business, being the owner of
some very promising mining properties in
Wallowa countv.

On the nth of September. 1970. Mr. Wil
liams was married to Miss Sarah E. Peck,
of McDonough county, Illinois. To this union
eight children have iieen l>orn. four of whom
Rul-vive. namely: .Tames R.. who is engaged
in ranching near I-ostine; Lulu Belle, the
wife of .Tames A. Read, who is engaged in
farming on a portion of the twelve hundred
acres owned bv Mr. Williams and bis brother:
Cora K.. wbo'is the wife of Harl.-y Fleener.
a ranchman of I'nion county; nnd Stella I.,
who is at home with her parents.

Mr. Williams is amiialed with the demo
cratic party and in 1S9<^ was elected to the
office of coiintv commissioner, in which office
he succeeded himself in the fall of 1903 Hi-
long re-idence in one locality in \NalloW|i
countv has sufficed to thoroughly establish
his reputation as beinir one of the most up-
to-date nnd enterprising citizens in his por
tion of the state. Durinc his resilience here
he has Wen identified with the is«ne< alTect^
ing the welfare of the l)usiness an.I politicnl
advnnci-Mient of his county and his large real-
estate holdings j\istly entitle him to rank
anions the most -urce-sful agriciilliirisis of
the state.

JOEL B. KINDRED, a cnrp.nter nnd con
tractor of W..rr.Mit...i. has been in the «er^
vice of the government for a number of
vears. His birth occurred in Clatsop connty.
bregnn. on the 17th of March. \'<M. his par
ents being T. F. and Elizabeth Kindred. A
sketch of the father appears on another page

of this work. Our subject lost his mother
when a youth of sixteen and then began earn-
ing his own livelihood, learning the carpen-
ter's trade. Subsequently he took up hi«
altode on u ranch of one hundred and sixty
acres in Pacific county, Washington, operating
the same for ten years. He sold the prop-
erty on the expiration of that periuil and Imn
since l)een in the service of the government,
being first connected with fortifii.ition work
lor four years. During tin- past several
years, however, he has been enyugi'd in car-
pentering and contracting. He has a line
home in Warrenton and uUo owns other prop-
erty.

When a young man of twenty-four years
Mr. Kindred was united in marriage to Miss
Ida Kngland, a native of Sweden, who emi-
grated to America in 1SS9. Her parents, who
passed away in Sweden, had a family of six-
teen children, two of whom are dcceoned.
Jlrs. Kindre<l is the only one who came to
the I'nitcd .^^tates. By her marriagi! she has
become the mother of five children, namely:
Minnie B., born on the Cedar river in Po-
cific county, Washington, and is still at homo
at the age of twenty years; Sadie, a native
of Clatsop county and a young lady of nine-
teen, who is the wife of Seal .\llcn, of T»-
coma, Washington: Elizabeth, who is seven-
teen years old: and Oscar and Estdla, (i>ur-
tcen and twelve years of age respectively.

Mr. Kindred is' a stanch republican in |>oli-
tics but has never sought the honom ami
emoluments of oflice. Kraternallv he is iden-
tified with the Ancient Order of I'nited Work-
men at .-\storia, the Independent Order of <Wil
Fellows at Hammond and the Degree of Honor
at Astoria. In religious faith he is an Episco
palian. He is regarderl as a reprcsentatue
and enterprising citizen and wherever known
is held in the highest esteem.

FRANCIS RICHARD DU RETTE, »hn has

bei-n a life long ri-sident of Marion counir, is

living on a farm seven miles west of Ciervai*

on tlie Salem. Fairfield and St. Pmi' '""d

His birth oc<-iirred on the 2.1d of I'

I'^rtO. bis parents iM-iiig II. <;. ami

(Wnddell) Dii Relfe. the former ii

South Carolina aiiil the hitter o'

The father was Inirn in ISOH, i- -

init come to .\merica with a poi ■

who settled in I,fluisiann.

however, he moveil cost to .Soul I'

where he brought up his family 1

mother wos of tierman '■Ir. I!, i..

Dii Rette wan one nf »•■ ■ n. all of

whom ore no\v

whose birth

doughler of K ',....,.., »

Scotch- Irish .Irs.-.-iit. Mr. nnil Mf«

Rette weri- niurrieil in |SI2 in \i

where they re«Mb'd (or « long peril"! until .Mr.

Ihi Rette rrmnvr.l fn Orrsfon Two r»«r»

later his ■■'

tliirf<-«n !■

518

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

Later tliey lived in various places in Ma-
rion county, but iinally purchased three hun-
dred and twenty acres of the William Mill-
sop donation land claim, making this their
home for the remainder of their lives. The
father's death occurred in 1SS4, and his wife
passed away eight years later. Before her
death, however, she purchased another one
hundred acres of this donation land claim
which is now the property of her son Fran-
cis. Sir. and Mrs. B. G. Du Rette were the
parents of six children, namely: two who
died in infancy; Mrs. JIary J. Smith and
John W., both deceased; George A., who
is married and living in Portland, Oregon;
and Francis R.. who is the subject of this
sketch.

When Francis Du Rette was but fourteen
years of age he assumed entire management
of his father's farm while the latter took a
necessary trip to Mississippi to look after
the business interests which he had there.
His father was absent from home for sev-
eral years. On his return trip he made the
journey from New Orleans to San Francisco
by the way of Panama. After arriving in
California lie worked in the mines for a year
and then came to Champoeg. During the
ten .years Francis Du Rette managed the
home propei'ty he brought the land under a
high state of cultivation, and by untiring
energy and constant application rendered
the farm profitably productive. When the
father returned to Champoeg he engaged in
the mercantile business for foiu' years but
at the end of that time returned to his farm
where he resided until his death. At
present Francis Du Rette owns one hundred
and thirty acres of fine land near Gervais
and six hundred and fort.v acres in Polk
county, eighty acres of the first named tract
being in a state of cultivation. The Polk
county property is leased, and because of its
highly productive soil is proving very re-
munerative. Putting into practice what he
learned by experience in early life he is one
of the most successful grain and stock rais-
ers in the vicinity, and in addition to this
carries on dairying to some extent, having a
large herd of Jersey cows.

On January 6, 1889, Mr. Du Rette was mar-
ried to Miss Isabelle Imlah, whose birth oc-
curred in Scotland in 1861. and who is the
daughter of Alexander and Louisa (Mit-
chell) Imlah. She came to America with her
parents who moved to Yamhill county, Ore-
gon, fi-om Baltimore, Maryland, in IBTS.
After residing in Yamhill county for eight
years, they removed to Polk county where
the.v remained for one year before coming to
Marion county. - In the latter coimty the.v
purchased foiU' hundred acres of land, which
is still the family home. Jlrs. DuRette was
one of eight children, namely: one who died
in infancy; Mrs. Du Rette; Alexander, of
Tillamook county; Agnes, who is the wife
of Harrison .lones. of Jlarion county, and
has four children; Louisa, who is the wife
of G. A. !Miller, of Polk county, and has
one child; James, who is married and living
in Polk C(mnty and has two children; David,
who resides in 'I'illaniook county and has

three childieii ; and John, of Marion county,
who is mariied and has three children. To
Mr. and Mrs. Du Rette five children have been
born: Donald B., whose birth occurred on
the 7th of April, 1891; F. R., Jr.. whose
birth occurred March 27, 1893; Cecil Alex-
ander, whose birth occurred on the 11th of
March, 1895 ; Louisa Murle, who was born
.July 27, 1898; and Agnes, who was born on
the 17th of January, 1901. The children are
all residing at home and the younger ones
are attending school.

In politics Mr. Du Rette maintains an in-
dependent attitude and casts his vote for
the men and measures rather than for party
favor. He has always, however, manifested
a great interest in the political issues of the
day and has accepted office when he
thought he could render efficient and bene-
ficial service to his community. He has
served as clerk of the school board for thir-
teen years and has also been road super-
visor. Although he was brought up in the
Roman Catholic faith the family are regu-
lar attendants of the Presbyterian church,
of which Mrs. Du Rette is a member. In
Mr. and Mrs. Du Rette the community finds
citizens to whom they mav' look for support
along educational, social and moral lines,
and who prove their worth to society by liv-
ing according to the high ideals which they
hol.l.

GEORGE W. KERR, a miner of consider-
able prominence iind experience, resides in
Cottage Grove, wliere he owns ])roperty and
is interested in two mines in the Bohemia
district. He was born in Pennsylvania in
1846, the son of M. N. S. and' Mary J.
(Luther) Kerr, both of whom were natives
of the Keystone state. The father was a
furnace-blower and a lumberman but de-
voted the latter part of his life principally
to prospecting and mining in the Dakotas.
In 1882 he emigrated to Oregon, where he
continued mining in Douglas county. He
died in Pennsylvania in 1905, at the age of
one hundred and six years. When he was
one hundred years old he timbered his mine
in Douglas county, returning to Pennsyl-
vania in 1901. He had a family of seven
children: 1. A., of Tennessee; J. L. B.. of
Roseburg. Oregon ; R. L., of Warren. Penn-
sylvania; Mary C, deceased; Henrietta, the
wife of Thaddeus Songer. of Pennsylvania;
Clara, the wife of George Wolf, of Central
I'oint. Oregcui; and (Jeorge W.

George W. Kerr began to make his own
way in tlie worhl at the early age of twelve
years, when he ran away from home and
worked at various occupations in his native
state until 1862. In that year he joined
Company M of the Second Pennsylvania
Cavalry, with which he served until the end
of the war. After his discharge from the
Cnited States service he returned to Penn-
sylvania and worked at the lumber busi-
ness until 1S77. when he removed to Kan-
sas, where he followed farming. In 1880
he went to Idaho, where he worked in a
nuichine shop for three years and then came
to Oregon, renting a farm upon which he

V.

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

521

lived for two years. At the end of tUat
time be took up a guvernment hoincstoiid
at Wildwood, upon which he lived for sev-
eral years. He then took up mining a.s a
business and is one of the men who assisted
in opening up the Bohemia mining ilistrict
and also engaged in building the lirst wagon
road into that section. During his experi-
ence as a miner he was for three years fore-
man of the Annie Consolidated Mining Com-
pany. After leaving the employ of that con-
cern he began developing properties in his
own bohalf and was fairly successful in his
work. He owns an interest in two mines
in the district where he worked for so many
years and also retains his original farm and
owns residence property in Kugene.

Mr. Kerr was married in Pennsylvania in
1869 to Miss Sarah K. .lohnson. a daughter
of Jacob and Mary (.Milleri .lohnson. iKith
of whom were natives of the Keystone state.
Mr. and Mrs. .iohn.son were the parents of
ten children: .lane, who is the wiilow of
Ed Farrell and resides in Pennsylvania; Ed-
ward, deceased; Miles, who resides on the
old homestead in Pennsylvania; Arnold, of
Wisconsin; Marshall, of Pennsylvania:
Sarah E.. now .Mrs. (Jeorge W. Kerr; Mary,
ileceased: Malinda. the widow of Henry Shel-
don, of Penn-ylvania : KMa. the wife of .Tohn
I.. Blodgett, of Dallas. Oregon; and Alva,
deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Kerr ten children
have been lK>rn. Mary, the wife of William
McNeil, of California, and the mother of
three children. .Archie, Willis and Wayne;
Clara, the wife of .John H. Kirk, of Dorena,
Oregon, and the mother of four children,
Murle, Wayne. Kmmctt and Bertha; Klla.
the wife of Ben Pet<'her, of Disston. Ore-
gon, and the mother of two children. Wil-
ber and Vita; Lena, the wife of Cary Pitch-
er, of California, and the mother of three
children. I..ola. CJladys and Georgia; Nellie,
the wife of Green I'itcher, of Cottage Grove;
Georgia, deceased; Clyde, of Cottage Grove,
who is married and has one child. Pearl:
Edna, the wife of f.eon Sullivan, of Kla-
math Falls, Oregon; Raymond, who is at-
tending school; anil Charles, ileceased.

In his political faith .Mr. Kerr is an ad-
herent of the ilemocrai'V and although he
has never been an olllce seeker or particu-
larly interested in political matters he
served as road supervisor for three years.
He is a memb<>r of the lo<-al tfrnml .\riny
Post, and also l)elongM to the MethiMlinl
Episcopal church. Mr. Kerr i.« a prominent
man of Cottage (Jrovi' and has the res|><-cf
of the entire community. He possesses
more than average ability and exerts a ma-
terial inlluence in municipal and social ns
well as in business iitTairt.

WILLIAM H. SKINNER. Drawing »alu
able lessons from the history of the [wisl.
William H. Skinner, as one of the foniHlcrs
and promoters of Herniiston, has e'tablislwd
the town upon a safe foumlation and with an
absence of anything like "lioom" methods
has utilized every advantage nnd opportuiiit\
for the development of the place nnd for the
furtherance of its interests and nctivilim.

His home at the present ti is fur separated

irom the place of his birth, which ocrurrrU
in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, .hilv -M. ISSl.
His parents were Henry and Kuth'A. (IlUlcy)
Skinner, both of whom were iiativiii of Nov«
Scotia. In 1S60 they becunu' residrnls of
Iowa, settling in Cliicksaw county, and sub
sei|uently thej liHik up their alioi'le in .South
Dakota, whither they went to join Iheir son
\\illiani in is-;!. Both passeil away in
Brookings, that state, the death of' the
father, who was a lifelong farmer, iMvur-
ring in I902, when he had reached the ad-
vanceil age of seventy-nine years. In their
family were eight sons and two daughters,
of whom two died in early chihlhood, while
four are yet living.

William H. Skinni-r pursued his ediu-ution
in the -.chiMils of his native country mid in
.\cadiu College at Wolfville. Nova Scotia.
He taught school for al>oul ten years alto-
gether in Nova Scotia and in Iowa. He
reiiiled with his parents until IST."!. when, at
the age of twenty two years, he married and
removed to Brookings i-ounty. South Dakota,
where he secured a homestead, upon which
he re-ided until the fall of ISHO. He thi-n
took up hi' abisle in the town of llris>k'
ings. which had lu'eii foundisl and developiil
while .Mr. Skinner was living ujion his claim,
lie was one of the pronuiters of the town
-lite ami engaged in the real-estate busineiu
there until llino. Me was al«n prominent in
the public affairs of the community and
served for about five years as rierk of the
district court and one term as nii-mlMT of the
board of regents of the South Dakota .Vgri
culturjil Colli'ge. He was also |Mislinasler "f
Brookings for m-arly live years and did much
to further the interest' ami substantial
activity of that place. While living in South
Dakota he was admitted to prnctice law in
the courts of the state but never followril
the profeasion to any great extent. In I!)O0
he removed westward to I^>wi«ton. Maho,
where he engagi'd in the real-estate biiainesa,
and was iiUo an aeti\-e factor in the develnp-
ment and progress of the town, where ho
served as mayor for two years.

In ino.'l t Mr. Skinni-r serurrd a larRr
trart of land in I 'mat ilia roiinty. nttnytMng
aliotit eleven hundred acres. This he after
ward sidd and invoteil in at>n>i» s ll><>ii*aT«l
acres elsewhere. He aisl h wn

most of thi» land, whiih - >vn

of lliTinisloM. nnd uif' • iwl

growth of lh»« di«tri • --en

i-lo«i>l\ a«'(s-)at*-<l ilh

Colonel H. <;. V •wn

of Ilermi'lon nn "H.

In the fall of h*o.t Ibr ifo«>-rtiiiN*nl put
thr«>njfb it" trri;,»t»tl«»t» pr**!*,*-! 4*»«f in t'MMl
Mr SI h.-

Irirt. . >ml

aiding i.ir:.'«-i_\ in »ii.- .i.-\ i-ii,|.mi .
re«« of the town. lie ««• i.l

Coloni-I W" - '•' alanit a ■•■

tlii't wt-T*- in the • a

itiiiitl««-r of ^ M.i...- _ — . **fi

i>ii.iTM<« hoiisrs and ,:•. ^Ir,

skinner ami two or ; trtr in-

slnitiM-nlal in iayinR mil hifhwar* on all

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

the section lines and in other connections
he has done much to further the develop-
ment and upbuilding of this part of the
state. He was one of the first directors
of the Umatilla River Water Users Associa-
tion and assisted in making the contract
with the secretary of the interior for the
construction of the water ways that irrigate
this part of the state. Whatever he under-
takes he carries forward to successful com-
pletion, for he is determined and energetic
and, moreover, he sees the po.ssibilities for
development in this region.

Mr. Skinner has been married twice. On
the 13th of April, 1873, he wedded Eliza-
beth A. Laird, a native of Iowa, who died
at Brookings. South Dakota, in July, 1886.
They were the parents of five children:
Ansel 0., who is living at Rathdrum, Idaho;
Agnes A., the wife of C. L. Wight, of Her-
miston; Charles H.. also of this place; Guy
E., living in Spokane. Washington; and
May E., the wife of -J. M. Griffin, of Hermis-
ton. On the 29th of February, 1888, Mr.
Skinner wedded Georgia A. Laird, who was a
cousin of his first wife. Their children are
seven in number: Gladys, who died when
but two and a half years of age; Catherine,
who is now in college at McMinnville, Ore-
gon; and Ruth A., Rae G.. Grant, Helen and
Georgia, all yet at home. When Mr. Skin-
ner first came to Hermiston there were thir-
teen children in attendance at the first school
and six of them were his own. His daughter
May was the first public-school teacher here.
Mr. Skinner aided in organizing the first
Baptist church and erected its house of wor-
ship. He also became a charter member of
Hermiston Lodge. Xo. 138. F. & A. M., was
its first senior warden and served as master,
being the first to fill that position after the
charter was obtained. His has been a well
spent life, fraught with successful accom-
plishment, and his labors have been an im-
portant source of public progress as well as
of individual advancement. When he came
to Hermiston there was practically nothing
here but sage brush. He has not only seen
the development of the town but has done
much for its upbuilding and his work will
ever be a creditalile chapter in its history.

PERRY E. SWEARINGEN is cultivating
two hundred and fourteen acres of land one
mile west of Klkton in Douglas county.
Oregon. He is a native son of Oregon and
was born in Douglas county, August 4,
1871. a son of Andrew J. and Charlotte
(Poland) Swearingcn. He was reared at
home and received his education in the pub-
lic schools of his native district. He has been
identified with agriculture since he was six-
teen years of age. at which time he was
given charge of his father's farm. He be-
came acquainted with the rudiments of scien-
tific farming when he was still a child and
before he attained his majority he was an
expert and scientific farmer and his personal
experience has been a valuable aid to him
throughout his life. He cultivated his
father's land for several years and then pur-
chased eighty acres in Tin Bot, which is now

called Sunny Dale, Oregon. There he resided
for eight years and still owns the property
although he does not live upon it. In 1909
he removed to the old Hart homestead, one
mile west of Elkton and is now developing
this property as a renter. He is cultivating
two hundred and fourteen acres of land and
by his progressive and scientific methods has
made every acre productive. He is accounted
one of the most prosperous and successful
farmers in Umpqua valley.

In 1890 Mr. Swearingcn was married to
Miss Janie Frieze, a daughter of Leander
Frieze, who came to Oregon from Missouri
and who now resides in Fossil. To Mr. and
Mrs. Swearingcn have been l)orn nine chil-
dren. Fred. Dale, Victor, Clyde, Alva, Jack,
Chester, Adelia and Charlie, all of whom are
living at home. Mr. Swearingcn is a republi-
can in his political views but has never been
an office seeker. He is a member of Elkton
Camp. No. 359 M. W. A., and Drain Camp,
No. 5786 W. 0. W. He is one of the few
men who really make a study of agriculture.
His methods are systematic and accurate, his
equipment thoroughly modern and his knowl-
edge of farm economics has brought his
property to a high state of productive effi-
ciency.

SAMUEL D. EVANS is one of the suc-
cessful orchardists and farmers of Douglas
county, farsighted and enterprising in busi-
ness, and active in support of any progres-
sive movement for the betterment of the
community. He was born in Washoe county.
Nevada, November 6, 1861, and is a son of
Samuel D. and Louisa (Thompson) Evans,
who were natives of Ohio and Tennessee,
respectively, but were married in Illinois.
In 1.852 they crossed the plains to Oregon,
settling in Coles Valley. Douglas county,
where Mr. Evans secured a donation claim.
A few years later, however, he sold that
property and bought the farm in Coles Val-
lev. upon wliicli nur subieet now resides. In
1859 he removed to Nevada, where he en-
gaged in the stock business, and on the 1st of
August, 1861, in company with .Toe Bailey
of Eugene, he was driving eight hundred head
of cattle to Virginia Citv. Nevada, when
they were attacked by the Pitt River Indians
in Hot Spring valley. Jlodoc county, Cali-
fornia, and both were killed, the cattle being
driven off 1)y the red men. A year later the
mother returned to Oregon and settled on
the old home, farm in Coles valley, where
she passed away April 27. 1912. in the eighty-
first year of her age.

Samuel D. Evans was renred at home and
the public schools afforded him his educa-
.tional opportunities. Upon reaching his
majority he entered the railway mail service,
in which he was eneagcil f(n' six years. He
then turned his attention to merchandising
in Roseburg. where he conducted a store for
six years. In 1S92 he disposed of this busi-
ness and returned to the home farm, which
he has since c\iltivated. He now owns three
hundred ami thirty acres and the place is
attractive by reason of its many excellent
improvements, including modern, substantial

THE CENTHXXIAL HISTORY OK oKKCoN

523

liuil(liii^'~. lie has about thirty acres planted
to prunes and has set out twelve acres in
walnuts. Few men are more thoroughly or
accurately informed concerning the possibility
of the county in the cultivation of those two
products and lie has won for himself a credit-
able and enviable position as an orchardist
and farmer.

On the 22d of November. 1892. 5tr. Evans
was united in marriage to Miss Etta Willis.
a daughter of Judge W. R. Willis, a pioneer.
and one of Roseburg's most prominent citi-
zens. Two children were born of this mar-
riage, of whom one has passed away, the
other being Dorothy, who is attending the
State Agricultural College. Mrs. Evans is
a menibrr of the Episcopal church and Mr.
Evans has membership relations in Laurel
Lodge. Xo. 13, A. F. & A. M.. of Roseburg. and
in Oak f'amp. W. O. W.. of Roseburg. He
votes with the republican party and is con-
versant with its attitude concerning vital
questions of the day. Tie stands for all that
is progressive and, while he has won individ-
ual success, he has never neglected public
duties whereby county and state have been
benefite<l.

H. F. FISHER, who has lived rctirefl at
Hammond since 190S, was for a number of
years actively and successfully identified with
general agricultural pursuits in Clatsop
county and still owns a valuable farm of
one hundred and sixty acres. Tlis birth oc-
curred in (iermany on the 24th of August.
1840. his parents being Carl Albert and Crys-
tal (Witticki Fisher, who were bom, reared
and married in that country. They crosse*!
the Atlantic to the rnited ."states in 1854. first
settling in Connecticut, where they made their
home until 1860. In that year they came to
Oregon, locating near Astoria, where they
continued to reside until called to their final
rest, the father passing away at the age of
seventy-two and the mother when flftyeight
years of age. Carl A. Fisher followed farm-
ing throughout his active business career.
I'nto him and his wife were horn nine chil-
dren, as follows: Henrietta, who is the
widow of Peter Svensen and resides at Sven-
sen Station. Oregon; Augusta, who is de-
ceased, as is also her husband, Ixjuis Wilson;
Wilhelmina. who is the wife of .John N"un-
bareg. and resides near Astoria. Oregon; H.
F.. of this review: August, living in .\storin;
Anstine. who is the widow of William Cole,
of Connecticut; .\nnie. whose demise oc-
curred in Connecticut; Ferdinand, of Astoria;
and Edward, who passed away in Cermanv.

H. F. Fisher was a youth of foiirtecn when
he accompanied his parents on their emigra-
tion to the new world. Soon afterward he
left the parental roof and began earning hi«
own livelihood, working as a farm hand for
about five years. On the expiration of that
period he became connected with river work
and followed it for ten years. He then
homesteaded a tract of land comprising one
hundred and sixty acres near Svensen. nine
miles east of As'toria, and was busily en-
gaged in the operation of that farm until
1908. In that year he put aside the active

work of the tlelils and took up his alimle at
Hammond, where he has since livtst in honor-
able retirement. He has a Imndsotne home in
the town and also owns three other residence
properties.

On the 24th of August. 1868, Mr. Fishrr
was united in marriage to Miss Xancy Kin-
dred, a native uf Orfgnn. Her parmts. II. »'.
and Rachel (Nlileri Kindrol. are mentioned
at greater length on anntlxT pane of tlii"
work in connection with the sk"loh of Duvid
C. Kindred, a brother of Mrs. Fisher. Cnto
our subject and his wife have Ix-en born five
children. Crystal, who is a highscho<il grad-
uate, pursued a course in iKxikkeeping, and
gaVH her haml in marriage to .1. T. I.ee. with
whom she livi's nn her lather's homestenct
larm. Mr. Ia'c wa* awarded a state certifi-
cate and follons the profession of teudiing.
Amy is the deceased wife of Samuel Mrlntire,
of Svensen, Oregon. Carl was drowned in
the Columbia river on the 27th of February,
1910. when a young man of twenty-six. He
had we<lile<l .\iiss <;race Powers, a native of
Oregon, by whom he had one son. Carl.
Ilcorge Fisher passed away at the age of
two years. Estella. a high-school graduate
has a teacher's certificate, and has also com-
pleted a course in music.

Mr. Fisher is a republican in politics and
has held the ollice of county commissioner of
Clatsop county, while for twelve or fifteen
years he served as a memlier of the school
board. He is a Congregationalist in religion-
faitli. and fraternally identifii'cl with the In
dependent Order of t^dd F>-llows, belonging I-
Reaver I.odge at .\storia. He has now pastel
the seventy-first milestone on this earthly
pilgrimage and is spending the evening of lile
in th<- enjoyment of well earned rest, happy
in the reg-.trd and esteem of all with whom
he has lieen associated.

OLIVER ARAL In the death of Oliver

Aral, on Kebrnary s. IHOO. Marion count v
lost one of its most progressive and sn.-
cessful argriculturists. For twenty li>e
years he reiided on his one hundred and sixlv-
. four acre farm, four miles west of Crrrai".
on the Salem anrl (1niml»><'B mail, and dnr
ing that time brought it (■• o high stale of
prmluctivitv.

Oliver Aral wa» liorn in St. Martins. Can
ada, on the 1.1th of ^• • - ■ t ' " -

son of I/uiis and I'
were the p.irents ni •
c-ensed. Winn but
l.i't I 'ii. 1 hi t,, -I . _ ■

' n. New \ of ik.

- and harness
maker's tr...le- .iiij t!i'» ..iming west !•>
Sin Fr»ni-i«rn via Panama. After threo

(iur niu' ■•' " ' "
woolen mill.

whirh was his :

his life.

Oil the 15th of Septembrr. 19«4. In S«n

Mr. Aral was married to M'**

Maniis. who was liorn in r.itir,i>

Cavan. Irelarol. on .August 15. HI2, an.1 rame

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

to the United States in 1848. Her parents
(lied when she was five years of age and her
older sister reared her. Following the two
brothers who had preceded them and were
working in the mines of Idaho, the three sis-
ters came west to San Francisco via Panama.
They were traveling on the same steamer
with Mr. Aral but did not meet him until
after reaching their destination, where they
remained three ,years. Jlrs. Aral was one of
ten children, namely: llargaret, Francis,
Jliehael, James. Patrick, Anna, Martha, Cath-
erine, Xora and Mrs. Aral.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Aral
went directly to Salem where they joined
one of her brothers and the three were em-
ployed in a woolen mill for the ten years
previous to the removal of the Arals to their
farm. To Mr. and Mrs. Aral five children
were Iiorn, namely: Francis, who is a resi-
dent of California, and is the father of two
children: Oliver, who resides at home; Augus-
tine, who is residing in Marion county, Ore-
gon, and is the father of one child; and Louis
Ij. and Pauline, who are living at home. The
three sons. Oliver, Augustine, and Louis,
are engaged in hop raising and are the larg-
est producers in this section. In addition to
hops they raise oats, wheat, hay, logan-
berries, vegetables and other farm products,
and carry on dairying to some extent.

In politics Ml-. Aral was a democrat and
gave his support to that party liut never
sought office as a reward for party fealty.
He was a member of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen and of the Catholic church.
So .successful and prominent did Mr. Aral be-
come that his name was among the foremost
in the county. By nature he was diligent,
energetic and loyal and by the exercise of
these characteristics he became a leader for
good and progress in his community, and the
large circle of devoted and admiring friends
who mourned his death attest to his popu-
larity.

WILLIAM M. BLAKLEY. A well known
and highly res])ected resident of Pendleton
is William M. Blakley. the owner of eight
hundred acres of valuable land in Umatilla
county, and his extensive interests place him
:unong the leading agriculturists of this part
of the state. He was bom in Missouri. Octo-
lier 14. 1S40. and is a son of James and Sarah
(Dick) Blakley. both of whom were natives
of Knox county. Tennessee. About IS^ifi they
removed to Missouri and remained residents
of that state for ten years. In ]S4fi they de-
termined to establish their home on the
Pacific coast and traveled to Oregon across
the plains with ox teams. Only a few miles
coidd be covered each day and the journey
was a very long, tedious and difficult one, for
six months passed ere they arrived at their
<I('stlnation. At length they located in Linn
comity. Oregon, where the father took up a
donation land claim and began the develop-
ment of a farm. The wild and unimproved
land was converted into rich and productive
fields from which he annually gathered good
harvests. He is still living upon the old home-
stead at tlic I'cimiikablc iii;c of iiiiictv-iiinc

years, but his wife passed away there on the
14th of June, 1888. In their family were
twelve children, each of whom reached mature
years.

William M. Blakley remained at home until
he had attained liis majority after whicli he
engaged in iiiiiiiiig in the Orofino mines in
the Oieur d'Alene. spending one season in that
way after which he returned to Linn county.
Oregon, where he engaged in freighting, mak-
ing trips from The Dalles to Boise. Idaho.
On one of these trips Indians stole all of the
freight horses, numbering four teams. Mr.
Blakley then sold out his Vjusiness and in the
fall of 186.3 came to Umatilla county where
he purchased a herd of cattle. The following
spring he sold his stock and again went to
Linn county.

While residing there Mr. Blakley was mar-
ried to iliss Margaret Baird, who was born
in La Fayette, Indiana, and was a daughter
of William C. and Margaret (McBride) Baird.
After his marriage he still continued to en-
gage in the live-stock business which he fol-
lowed successfully for a long period. In 1S6.S
he removed to Umatilla county and took up
a homestead which he still owns. He also
owns a wheat ranch of a hundred and sixty
acres ten miles east of Pendleton. His land
is very valuable and is highly cultivated ac-
cording to the most modern and progressive
methods. This part of the state is especially
adapted for wheat raising and liis success is
well merited because of his unfaltering in-
dustry and perseverance. Mr. Blakley also
owns a fine residence in the city of Pendle-
ton where he makes his home.

As the years have passed Mr. and Mrs.
Blakley have become parents of five children:
Anna L.. who became the wife of J. C. Losier
and since his death has married O. M. Leser.
of Los Angeles. California: Lilly 51.. born
August IS. ISfiT. died August 5. Is't.t: Farrow,
born February 14. 1870. died August 7. 1875:
Lollie. born January ?>1. 1874, died August
8. 187.'--these three children passing away
within three days of each other: and Frances,
who is the wife of S. B. Thompson, of Pendle-
ton.

Politically ]\rr. Blakley is a democrat and
for two terms he served as sherift' of the
county, in which connection he made a most
creditalile official record, discharging his duties
without fear or favor. Other political hon-
ors have been accorded him for he has twice
represented his district in the state legisla-
ture where he gave earnest consideration to
each question that came up for settlement.
He was an active working member of the gen-
eral assembly and his course commanded the
commendation of his colleagues and the gen-
eral public. He belongs to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and his wife is a con-
sistent ineiiiber of the Presbyterian church.
In every relation of life he has measured up
to the full standard of honorable manhood
and citizenship. He has a wide acquaintance
throughout the state and wherever known he
is held in high esteem. Tic certainly deserves
much credit for what he has accomplished
in a business way for he started out in life
empty-handed and bv jicrsistcnt energy and
straighl forward ib-alittg has won his success.

Wll.l.l \M M l-l VKI.KV

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'JOATIONi.

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF ORI-XJON

At tile siiiiH" time lie lias ever recognized hi-,
duties and obligations of citizenship and liu-
l>een most loval to tlie trust reposed in lilin
as a piiblie ollirial.

MRS. KATIE N. BYRNE is the widow of
Torrencc l*. Byrne. « Im passeil away .January
5, 1904. on the delijihtlul homestead of one
hundreil and sixty acres near Watkins. where
the I'aniily settled many years a^o. Mrs.
liyrne was born in California. .March T2. 1SJ4,
a daughter of William C. and Ellen (Owens)
liyrne, l)Oth of whom were natives of Iowa.
There were two children in their family.

Katie N. Byrne was given a goo<l ronimon-
sohool education and "as carefully reared
under the parental roof, where she remained
until her marriage, in 1.S7J, to Torrcnce I*.
Byrne, a native of Ireland. To their union
six children were born. i>ne of whom, Lillian.
passe<l away in lS7t> and her remains are
interred in a cemetery at Eureka. Nevada.
Those who survive are .Mary. William C
.Margaret E.. .John S. and Katherine.

At an early date Mr. Byrne took up a
homestead of one hundred and sixty acres
near Watkins and to the development of
what was later a very fine agricultural prop-
erty he devoted his time and attention, work-
ing early and late to get his land cleared and
to erect the suitable and necessary improve-
ments thereon. Fortune smiled upon him and
he raised abundant crops as well ns a good
deal of stock, and from year to year the
financial condition of the family improved.
The old homestead is still in possession of
the wiihiw and is one of the tine farming
properties in the community, being well im-
proved, well stocked and under a high state
of cultivation.

Mrs. Byrne «as reared in the Catholic
faith an<l is an earnest and consistent mem-
ber of that church. The family has for many
years been extremely well and favorably
known in Watkins and the community,
where during the lifetime of -Mr. Byrne he
was an active and useful member of society
and a thoroughly representative and hon-
orable citizen. Since his demise his widow
ha", owing to the excellent business training
which she receive<l. been able to manage her
alTairs in such a manner that her income
provides her with all of the necessities and
some of the luxuries of life ami she main-
tains the e\cellent standing which the family
has always enjoyed in the community.

JOSHUA W. MARSH. Among the r.
sprctcd pioneers of Wanliinglon county inny
be iiaineil .loshiia W. .Marsh. For over fifty
nine years he has been a resilient of this
county ami no man has been more interested
in it.s" development or in the wonderful prog
ress that has taken place throughout the
I'acilic coast region. During most of the lime
named he has been actively identifie<l with
farming. He is now living retired on thi' old
homestead which is emleared to him by
many ai'<ociatioiiH. lie is a nati*'- of Brnu'l'
county. Michigan, and was born o.t..l..r •■
IS40. a son of .lohn and Kelx-cea i l.»-veri'-h •
Marsh. The father «ns Imrn in New York

state and the mother in t)bio. They were
married in .Michigan anil liV(>t| in that state
until IHi-j. They then j..m.-.| u, the great
movement across the plain-, .iiid rami- over
land to Washington county. Oregon, \iliere
-Mr. .Marsh took up a donation claim of ihiee
hundretl and forty acres. He died at hi«
home at the age of sixty-live and his »ii|o\t
"as call(>d away several years later. Of the
ten children of .Mr. and .Mrs. .\|ar'<h two arc
no" living: .loshiia. the subject of this re
liew: uiiil Mrs. ."sarali .\iiii /.ininiermitii. of
Washington county. Those deccB«<-d are.
.John, .\lbert, Martha, l.«rettn, Sylvia, Mary,
• ieorge William and Charitv.

■loshua W. .Marsh was twelve years of iig<i
when he undertook the long journey across
the plains and mountains to Oregon. The
stirring events of a trip by wagon throu(i<i
a strange country made a deep impression
u|H>ii his mind and furnished material for
many reminiscences of surpassing interest.
After arriving in Washington county he as
sisteil his father in clearing th. Imd and
erecting buildings, thus gainii^ >! ex-

perience which was highly i. . r he

began life on his own account. At llie age
of twenty-one he proved up on one hiindre<l
and sixty acres of land. He al«f> ■ ■
contracting and lo(jging, which \i-
lor two years in connection « it -
Me then turned his attention to c|.
developing the place which was
thickly covered with timU-r and brush. He
prospered as the years pasjied ond acquired
more land, becoming the owner of three hun
dri'il anil lifty acres, all of which he brought
under cultivation. He also owned one hun
dred and sixty acres of heavy timln-r land
which he recently s<di|. He has divided hi«
farm among his children but he is still liring
at the old homestead.

.Mr. Morsli was married in \^
i-ounty OctolM-r .'(, ISns. to Mi»«
Deletts. who was born in »•-
gon. Her parents were ami"
of this state. The fother dir.l m Wi-h-.'-^
ton county but the mother is still luiiik'
.'she makes her home at Salem m- ' - •■ ■■
seventy eight years of oge. In '
of Mr. and .Mrs. IVIetts were
dren. namely: .\ngenetle, now M
.M. Marsh: .Mollie, wbi i« rn ■
lives in the stato "' '
wife of .John W.

n ml

lM>rn

Is7»i, lU-rtha

iill'l IS the «

and Edward, wIm> Mas liurn \l*) i*. isii^.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

aud died June 9, 1896. The mother of these
children died September 2, 1910. She was a
woman of many noble qualities and was
highly respected wherever she was known.

Mr. ilarsh has passed the age of three
score and ten and the responsibilities which
for many years he faithfully discharged now
devolve upon younger men. He has wit-
nessed many great changes in his adopted
state, which is now recognized as one of the
important producing sections of the union,
and, comparing the conditions of the present
with those of half a century ago, he has just
cause of gratification for having remained a
citizen of Washington county. He is not
identified with any religious denomination
but his wife was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church as are also his children.
In politics he adheres to the republican party.
His life has been one of activity and enter-
prise and as he has ever been mindful of the
interests and welfare of others, he can claim
many friends in Oregon.

EZRA H. WOODWARD. One of New-
berg's citizens who has been an active factor
in promoting the town's development is Ezra
H. Woodward, who through twenty-three of
the thirty-two years of his residence in Yam-
hill county has been editor of the Newberg
Graphic. He is a son of Benjamin and Lydia
Woodward, and a native of Indiana, his birth
having occurred on a farm in the vicinity of
Mooresville. Morgan county, on the 29th of
January, 1S54.

There have never been any unusual or ex-
citing occurrences in the life of Ezra H.
Woodward, his youthful experiences having
been very similar to those of other lads of
the same period and like circumstances who
were reared in the country. He belonged to
a family whose members placed a high valu-
ation upon education, so after completing
the course in the common schools he was
sent to the Bloomingdale Academy. From
early boyhood, at such times as he was not
engaged with his studies, he assisted his
father in the work of the farm, thus by the
time he had completed his education he was
a good, practical agriculturist, ^^^len ready
to assume responsibilities for himself natur-
ally he continued to follow the vocation to
which he had been trained from his early
youth and for ten years his time and atten-
tion was entirely devoted to agricultural pur-
suits. The first twenty-six years of his life
were spent in his native state, but the west
had a very great attraction for him, therefore
in ISSO he decided to become a citizen of Ore-
gon, and in September of that year located in
Newberg. Here he has continued to reside
for thirty-two years, and during that time
has contributed his full quota to the advance-
ment of the interests of the town and county.
Twenty-three years ago Mr. Woodward be-
came the editor of the Newberg Graphic, one
of the well-known publications of the county.
He has made a success of this, being in every
way a man well qualified to edit a local
paper. He has high standards of the duties
of citizenship, pronounced views on right and
wrong and is absolutely fearless in his de-

nunciation of whatever he deems unjust or
harmful to the interests of the community.
His is neither a scurrilous nor sensational
sheet in any sense of the word, but thor-
oughly clean and wholesome and worthj- of
admission into the home. He is a man of
progi-essive ideas and public spirit and it has
always been his custom to use the columns
of his paper in advancing every movement
that he deemed likely to be of benefit to the
community at large. Owing to his high
ideals, sound principles and irreproachable
reputation the indorsement or cooperation
of his publication has much weight and in-
fluence, and when he champions any cause,
his readers know that it has been given his
careful consideration and that he is well
qualified to pass judgment.

For his wife and helpmate Mr. Woodward
chose Miss Amanda Maris, a daughter of
.Tonathan and Julia A. Maris, their marriage
being celebrated at Bloomingdale, Indiana,
on the 27th of December, 1877. Unto them
have been born five children: Walter C;
Sibyl; Bernice, who married W. A. King; and
two who are deceased.

Both ;Mr. and Mrs. Woodward are mem-
bers of the Friends church and his political
support is given to the republican party.
He has always taken an active interest in
all governmental matters and represented his
district in the state legislature in 1885. Mr.
Woodward is highly esteemed throughout
the county, where he is widely known, and is
accorded the respect of all who know him. as
during the long period of his residence here
he has ever manifested those qualities that
are associated with the highest types of man-
hood.

JOHN OMAN. For the past twenty-five
years John Oman has been engaged in salmon
fishing in Oregon. He was born in Finland on
the 11th of December, 1864, and is a son of
John and Bertha Oman, also natives of Fin-
land, where they spent their entire lives.
The father passed away in May, 1S67, and
the mother two weeks "later. Of this union
there were born five children, none of whom
came to America with the exception of our
subject.

Left an orphan at the age of three yeaj-s,
John Oman was early dependent upon his own
efforts for a livelihood. He obtained an edu-
cation in the common schools of his native
land, and began his career there as a wage
earner. When he was seventeen years old he
decided to emigrate to the United States and
with this purpose in view took passage
for America. Upon his arrival in this coun-
try he made his way westward to Minnesota,
locating in Duluth". where for three years
thereafter he worked on the railroad. At the
expiration of that period he again started
westward, arriving in Astoria in 1885, and re-
maining until 1897, engaging in salmon fish-
ing. In the latter year he came to Hammond,
continuing to fish until 1908. when he entered
the government employ and has ever since
been working on the jetty that is being con-
structed at the mouth of the Columbia river,
ilr. Oman has always been diligent and

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529

thrifty and has succeeded in acquiring an
ample competence and a coiniortalile resi-
dence ill Hammond.

On the 0th of November, 1S9S, Mr. Oman
wa3 united in marriage to Miss Hilda Fred-
rick-fon, also a native of Finland, lii-r natal
day having been the 25th of Xovomber. 1S75.
Mrs. Oman is a daughter of Alexander and
Catrina iSlottei Fredrickson. both of whom
were born in Finland. In 18S0 the father
emigrated to the I'nited States, fir*t locating
in Minnesota, where he remained for a brief
time before coming west. For several years
thereafter he resided in California, whence he
moved to Astoria. In 1SS3 he sent for his
wife and family who joined him here and
have ever since made Astoria their home.
The father is a carpenter and contractor and
is meeting with excellent success in the pur-
suit of these occupations. Mrs. Oman is the
eldest of five children, the others, in order
of birth being: Hugo, who died when he was
eighteen months of age; William, who was
one year of age when he died; Ellen, whose
death occurred when she was eleven years
old: and Hilfre<i, who is living in Astoria.
To Mr. and Mrs. Oman there have been born
three children: John Ture. whose birth oc-
curred on the 1st of September, 1999; Oeorge
Albin, Ixjrn on the 4th of April, 1901; and
Ellen Waldina, whose birth occurred on the
10th of September. 1903.

The family affiliate with the Lutheran
church, and fraternally Mr. Oman is a mem-
ber of the Maccabees, being identified with
Stevens Hive, No. 64; and he also belongs to
the Improved Order of Red Men, being a
member of Nicarine Tribe, No. 12, Hammond.
His political allegiance he gives to the repub-
lican party and always taTces an active and
helpful interest in all' municipal affairs, now-
serving his third term as a member of the
city council, the period of his service being
proof of the satisfactory discharge of his re-
sponsibilities.

JOHN MARTHAtER, who resides on his
farm near Fairfield, on the Willamette river,
is one of the prominent farmers of Marion
county. He was born in Illinois on January
12, 18.'>6, and is the son of Joseph and .\nnie
(Knetcr) Martlialer, both natives of Ger-
many, The father was born in Bavaria, Feb-
ruary 7, 182."!, and, coming to the I'nited
States at the age of eighteen years, settled in
New Orleans, I>ouislana, for twelve years. At
the end of this time he removed to Illinois
and engaged in agrioiiltural pursuits for three
years and then went to .Minnesota, being one
of the pioneers of that state. He took up »
homestead and is still residing in Minnesota.
Mrs. Marthaler was bom in Prussia. March 7,
1830, and came to the United States at on
early age and in 1848 was married in New
Orleans. To this union eleven children were
iKirn, namely: .loseph, deceased; Mrs. Mary
Webber, a widow, who is a resident of St.
Cloud, Minnesota; Mrs. Katherine Wilhelmi,
a resident of Albany, Minnesota, who is the
wife of Jacob Wilhelms; John, the subject of
this sketch; Mrs. Martha Schmidt, residing in

St. Martin, Minnesota, who is the wife of
I'eter Schmidt ; Alex, a rt-'id-nt of West
Tnion, Minnesota; Mr- llnimen-

■"•henkel, who is the ». llnimrn-

"chenkel, of ."^ttuk CeutiT, ill 1 . - i.i, .Vntone,
"f West I'nion, Minne»i>t.i: ll.nry. al»o a
resident of West L'nion; and Frunk and Si-
mon, both resident! of Meyers Urove, Minne-
sota.

During his youth ,lohn Marthaler ns>i»trd
his father on the home place but in 1-7? he
left home and came to Marii>n con
ping en route for two months in '
and for eight in Corv " " /.in. ii'- ;iiiiiiy
*fttle<l on the F. I •• form on the

French prairie and ^•■.- - ...j-. .yed there until
the autumn of 18H3, when he renti-d f"Ur hun-
<lred acres, which he cultivoted for seven
years, the first three years in partnership with
J. R. Broyles, whose interest .Mr. .MarthnbT
purchased later assuming compb-te chorge of
the farm. In 1*90 he removed to the .lack>iiii
farm and reniaim'd there for the '
following his mnrriagi' the next -

fore going to the Skaife farm of l..i..

dred and sixty acrfs. which he has since piir
chased. Two huiidre<l ninl i'"r'-. .i.-res of this
is under a high state of and it is

one of the most pnxln < in the

county. The farm prmli. oot* and

clover, and he aNo raise- .< and cat

tie of a very fine breed. He li.i« won a «iib
stantial degree of success as the reward "f
able and well directed effort.

On April H, 1891, .Mr. Marthaler was mor-
ried in Fairfield, Oregon, to Margaret A.
Skaife, who was liorn on November 30. I"',?
in Fairfield and is the daughter of .John oiid
.Marietta /Hilest Skaife. The father wos ■
native of Yorkshire, p^ngland, and the nwlhor
was Iwrn February 4, 1832. near "
Missouri, of French and flerman il-
father being a native of Kentucky. V,i ...i
Mrs. Skaife were married in ls4U In low,i
ami in 1S.'.0 they set out for Oregon. I hi-ir
first winter wos sjM'Ut in Oregon City. In
18.'>2 Mr. Skaife came to Woodbiirn, u ». '.
lie liveil for two years on a don '
claim on which he hud piir"hss~l '
but later come to 1
donnlion Uml claii'
To Mr
liorn. 'I

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*|i|e« in *-
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530

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

The family attend the Presbyterian church
at Fairfield, and in his political views Mr.
llarthaler is a democrat, giving his support
to the men and policies of that party.

EMIL BRITT. One of the best cultivated
and most attractive ranches in Jackson coun-
ty is that of Emil Britt, who holds the title
to two thousand acres of valuable land in
the vicinity of Jacksonville. He is not only
one of the representative agriculturists and
business men of the town but he has promi-
nently figured in public affairs in .Tackson-
ville from his eai"ly manhood, having been
a member of the council for many years,
while he held the office of mayor for several
terms. He is .1 native of this county, his
birth having occurred on the place where he
is now residing on the 22d of Jlarcli, 1863.
and he is the eldest child and the only living
son born of the marriage of Peter and
Amelia Grob Britt. The paternal grand-
father, Kas]ier Britt, was a soldier in the
Napoleonic wars and participated in the bat-
tle of Waterloo luider the command of the
great emperor. Tlie parents were both na-
tives of Switzerland whence the father emi-
grated to the United States in his early
yoiith. The father was a gifted artist and
painted in oil, being proficient both in por-
trait and landscape work. He first located
in Illinois and engaged in farming for sev-
eral years, and also learned the art to make
daguerreotypes. He followed this art in
Illinois until 1852 when he crossed the plains
to Oregon, locating in Jacksonville, where he
continued to make daguerreotypes, having
the distinction of being the first photographer
in the state. He also engaged in packing
from Crescent City to Jacksonville, owning
his own pack train and selling his goods and
wares to the miners in the latter place. He
was a republican in politics and served as a
member of the city council of .Jacksonville.
Here he wedded Mrs. Grob in 1861. but ten
years later she passed away. Of this mar-
riage there was born beside our subject a
daughter, Amelia, who is living in the old
home with her brother. Mr. Britt sur-
vived his wife for many years, his death
occurring in October, 190.5.

The boyhood and youth of Emil Britt were
passed very similarly to those of other lads
reared in this section of the state at that
period. He was given the advantages of a
public school education and helped his father
when not engaged with his studies. After
his graduation from the high school he
turned his attention to agricultural pursuits
and has met with excellent success in his
undertakings. He now owns two thousand
acres of land in this county, a large por-
tion of which is improved while the remain-
der is in timber. His home place in Jack-
sonville is well kept up and equipped with
everything essential to the modern agricul-
turist. The farm buildings are substantially
constructed and provide ample shelter for
his stock and grain, while the residence in
.lacksonviUe is pleasantly situated amid at-
tractive grounds and is fitted with all mod-
ern appointments. 5Ir. Britt is a man of

keen discernment, clear judgment and sys-
tematic methods and directs his undertakings
with sagacity and foresight. He gives his
personal supervision to every detail con-
nected with the operation of his business
and the excellent condition of the property
generally manifests competent oversight and
intelligent direction. In addition to his high-
ly cultivated fields Mr. Britt has some valu-
able timber holdings and other interests.

The political prerogatives of Mr. Britt are
exercised in support of the men and meas-
ures of tlie republican party and he takes
an active and helpful interest in all local
aff'airs. He served for fifteen years as a
member of the council while for six he dis-
charged the duties of mayor. That he was
efficient in both capacities is evidenced by
the length of his period of service, no less
than by the esteem in which he is held
throughout the community. Fraternally he
is a member of the Masonic order, being af-
filiated with Warren Lodge. Xo. 10, A. F. &
A. M.; Oregon Chapter, Xo. 4, R. A. M., in
both of which he has held all of the chairs,
while he and his sister belong to the Order
of the Eastern Star. Miss Britt is also presi-
dent of the Native Daughters of Jackson-
ville. Oregon. Mr. Britt is one of the enter-
prising men of the county whose eff'orts have
always been largely directed toward tlie bet-
terment of local conditions, and as he is up-
right and honorable in his transactions and
loyal to his friends he is held in high es-
teem bj' all who know him.

JESSE H. LEWIS. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
II. Lewis are among those brave men and
women who formed the advance guard of
civilization and courageously faced the hard-
.ships and privations incident to the life on
the frontier, leaving behind them all of the
comforts to which they had been accustomed,
to establish homes for themselves and fam-
ilies in western Oregon.

Jesse H. Lewis was born in Breathitt
county, Kentucky, May 3, 1830. He mi-
grated from Platte county, Missouri, May 5,
1851, to Oregon, crossing the plains at that
early date, making his first location in Silver-
ton. About the same time Mrs. Lewis, who
was then Mahala J. Dickson, crossed the
plains with her parents and a year later was
united in marriage to Mr. Lewis.

Jesse H. Lewis is descended from colonial
stock, and his father was James Lewis, a
second cousin of Daniel Boone, Kentucky's
frontier hero. The father was also a son-in-
law of Jonathan Couch, famed in American
history, as one who fought at the side of
General Washington. His son. Daniel L. be-
came one of the early settlers of Marion
county, Oregon. .James Lewis was born in
North Carolina, .January 23, 1S07. the family
removing from North Carolina to Kentucky
in 1810. By trade and occupation he was a
stone mason and he continued his residence in
the Blue Grass state until 1840. at which time
he moved with his family to Platte county.
Missouri. Here he remained until 1851 and
in that year emigrated to Oregon, crossing
the plains with ox teams, the long journey

PETER BKITT

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OUKllo.N

V?S

re(|uiriiig one luiiidred and thirty days to
coiiipU'tf. Having arrived at his destination,
lie seourcd a donation cUiini of three hun-
dred and twenty acres, eight miles south-
east of Silverton. on Waldo hills. Here he
established his western home, being occupied
alternately at his trade and in the develop-
ment of his farm, until the time of his
death, which occurred in the eightieth year
of his age. lie was married when he was
seventeen years of age on November 28, 1S24.
to Margaret SpurUxk. His wife was a
mitive of Virginia, her birth occurring ,Ian-
uary 1), ISOS. and at the time of her mar-
riage she was sixteen years of age. She
passed out of this life at the exceptional
age of iiiiiely-one years. Ten children
were born to this union, of which their son,
.Tesse H., crossed the plains with his parents
at the time of their emigration to this state
in 1S5I. Throughout his life .Jesse H. Lewis
has followed agricultural pursuits.

In Silverton. Oregon. .January 21. 1S53.
was celebrate<l thi- marriage of .lesse H.
Lewis and Mahala .Jane Dickson and in 190r!
their golden wedding was celebrated. Al-
though they have now traveled nearly si.vty
years on life's journey together, both are
hale and hearty and they look forward to a
diamond wedding celebration fifteen years
hence. They now reside in .Johnson, Wash-
ington, respected and loved by all who know
them.

JACOB WILLIAM MILNE, who is winning
his way to pn>iiiiMi'iLi-e in Washington county
as one of its enterprising farmers and stock-
raisers, is a native of Hillsboro. Oregon, born
August 2.'?. 1882. He is a young man who
has from his boyhood been active and enter-
prising and has shown an ability in his busi-
ness that gives bright promise for the future.
He is of Scotch descent on both sides of the
family and his parents. .lohn and JIaggie
(Linklateri Milne, were both born in Scot-
land. They were married in the old country
and emigrated to America, spending several
years iu Canada where Mr. Milne secured
lucrative employment. N'ot being satisfied
with conditions in the older settled part of
the country, he came west to Californiii
with his fiiniily and operateil a Hour and
oatmeal mill. Subsequently he removed to
Portland and conducted a ' mill there until
1870. when he settled at Hillsboro. He i"
still living in this county but his wife died
in 1000. leaving three children, the subject
of this sketch being the youngest. .John, the
eldest of the cliildren. is the owner of a farm
of two hundred and fifty-four acres in this
county. He married Eva Cawrse. of Wash-
ington county, who died in 1!>I0. Klizabetli.
the only daughter of ilr. and .Mrs. .Milne, is
the wiii. of Willis Ireland, of Washington
county.

In tlie comniiui scIm'oIs .lacob W. Milne ac-
quired his early education, to which he has
added by reading, observation and exfierienoe.
He continued at home until twenty five years
of ;>ge and then began cullivniinp a portir>n
of his father's land in this county. Four

vears later I ame into |iosse«sion ot <•'<>'

Vol. Ill— 22

hun<lred and one acres and i- n>.w the owner
of one of the best iuiprovol properties in the
neighborhood. It is provided with substan-
tial buildings and all the a<'cessories of an
up-to-date farming establishment. Mr. .Milne
is fully awake to the advantages of improved
ery. thus securing advantag«s>us returns u|H>n
the tinu" and labor expended. He keeps giMwl
grades of stock and as he understaniU farm-
ing he usually secures satisfactory prices for
wliat he has to olTer.

On October 10. UIOT. Mr. Milne wns mar
ried to Miss Maud .Mice Cawrse, a native of
this county and a daughter of ,Iosepli and
Sarah Cawrse, both of whom were liorn in
Knglund. The parents came to Washington
county, Oregon, thirty-six years ag" and Mr.
Cawr-e has ever since been successfully iden
tilled with the agricultural development of
this section. He is now living on the old
homesteail but his wife was calle<l away in
1903. In their family were ten children,
namely: Adelaide, who is at home; Maud
.Mice iinil Mabel, twins; the former of whom
is now Mrs. .1. W. Milne, while the latter
married II. O. Voss, of Spokane, Washing-
Ion; Fannie, who married H. I.. Mcriii-rson.
of I'ortland, Oregon; Birdie. .John and .loseph,
all of whom are at home; and William,
Florence ICva and .losie, all of whom are de-
ceased.

.Mr. .Milne is identified with 1/idge \o. 22.
K. 1*., of f;lencoe, and he i-, a splendid repre-
sentative of the beneficent teachings of that
order. He and his wife are memlx-rs of the
I'resliyterian church and in politics he sup-
ports the candidates and principles of the
republican party. He has been a lifelong
resilient of Oregon and is a lover of his state
and its institutions. Honorable ami upright
in all his dealings, he is the jiosses^or of
numy attractive traits of character that have
gaineil for him the respect of all with whom
he has loine in contact.

PETER G. HOFFMANN. Although he in n
larpcnier .ind i'.>iilinucH to follow that trade,
the greater part of hid attention I'eter C.
liotrmaiin devotes to the operation of hid
tini- farm of one hundred and ten acre* lo-
lated five miles southeast of Dayton. He wn«
born iu Minnea|>olis. Minnc-.ta. on the :i<)th
oi September. 1 Sfirt. ami i« the elde«l child
of Lawrence and Kli/alMlh iMetliri Ho|T
niann The father. « bo wa« Is.rn in In-rninny.
emigrated to the fnited State, in HtM). lo-
cating in Minueajiolis where he cfMituMip<l to
li\e until his death in the Infe so. Wlirn
the call came for trooi« in ISC.l he enli«ted
ill Company 'i. Swoml .Minnesota \iilunlrrf
Infantry, i" -it the front until he re

,,.iv,.,| i,i. in isr,.',. He -aw ~.iiii<

verv hard "r>... .i..! »«« taken by the en-
emy at Chattanooga and cmsiRned to a •oiith-
irn prison where he .(M-nt two inonlh<. \\f
pnrticipate<l in some of the iniwl wrrri- l«l-
lles that were tragml, ami had the misfor-
tune to lie woiinileil thrn- limi«, Iwicr at
i;ettr)tblirg and nnee nt Shiloh. Hi' alio-
ginnre to the rounlry of hi* niloplioii wa»
,'\i.r iiiml lo\>il and he wa« nn Iwiiored mem-

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

ber of the Grand Army of the Republic until
his death. The mother although of German
parentage was born and reared in McHenry
county. Wisconsin, and is now residing in
Fairfield, Minnesota, where all of her chil-
dren with the exception of our subject live.
Beside the subject of this sketch the fam-
ily of Mr. and Mrs. Hoffmann numbered the
following children: Mecheal; Josephine, the
wife of Henr_y Ritter; Margarette, the wife
of John Ritter; Tena, who is at home; Law-
rence; and Edith, who is also at home.

In the acquirement of his education Peter
G. Hoffmann attended the common schools of
Minneapolis, remaining at home until he had
attained the age of twenty-six years. He
then turned his attention to the carpenter's
trade, which he followed in Minneapolis un-
til his removal to Oregon. Upon his arrival
in this country he located on the ranch where
he is now living, and has ever since engaged
in its cultivation in connection with his car-
pentry work. He has wrought many and ex-
tensive improvements on this place duringi the
period of his occupancy and it is now one of
the very valuable properties in this section
of the county. The land is devoted to general
farming and is operated under his personal
supervision, every detail connected with the
cultivation of the ranch from the tilling of
the fields to the harvesting of the crops be-
ing given the most careful attention. Mr.
Hoffmann is in every sense of the word a
self-made man. having begun for himself at a
very early age and through his own unaided
effort acquired all that he possesses. He is
a most practical man who by intelligently
concentrated effort, as well as through
thrift and capable management, has attained
his present state of prosperity.

Mr. Hoffmann completed his arrangements
for a home of his own about eighteen years
ago by marrying Miss Josephine Fassmann,
a native of Minnesota, and unto them have
been born eight children: Lawrence, Hilda,
Elizabeth, Rosa, Carline, Henry, Peter and
Lewis, all of whom are at home.

In matters of faith Mr. Hoffmann was
reared a Roman Catholic and his wife a
Lutheran, while his political support he gives
to the democratic party. He is one of the
progressive citizens of the county and takes
an active and helpful interest in promoting
its development along the various lines of
activity.

H. E. PRANGER, who is in charge of his
father's farm three and one-half miles north-
west of Hillsboro, Washington county, is one
of the bright young farmers of Oregon; and
gives promise of becoming widely known in
connection vfith his chosen calling. He is a
native of Illinois, born at CarroUton, Oc-
tober 36, 1883, a son of Gerhard Henry and
Mary (Meyer) Pranger. The parents were
both born in Germany, and came to America
early in their lives. They were married at
CarroUton. and made their home in that city
for a number of years. In 1903, Mr. Pranger
arrived in Oregon with his family, and lo-
cated on a farm in Washington county.
Here he continued until October, 1909, when

he retired from active labor. Since then, he
and his wife have resided at Hillsboro.
They are the parents of ten children:
Bernhard J., a resident of Illinois; Frank, of
Creswell, Oregon; H. E., of this review;
Marie and Annie, twins, the former of whom
is the wife of William Weible, of Hillsboro,
while the latter married W. Sohlar, of
Banks; Henry, Ella, William, and Margaret
and Rosa, twins, all of whom are deceased.
Mr. Pranger received a good education in
his boyhood and youth, in the public schools
of CarroUton. He was reared under con-
ditions favorable to the formation of habits
of industry and self-reliance. He came with
tis parents to Oregon at the age of twenty,
and assisted in the development of a farm
on which was established the family home.
At the age of twenty-five, he began farm-
ing on his own account, and is now in
charge of his father's place, which com-
prises ninety-six acres. The farm is
located three and one-half miles north-
west of Hillsboro, in a productive district.
It is one of the most desirable properties of
its size in this part of the county.

In June, 1910, Mr. Pranger was married
to Miss Rose Ostermann, of Forest Grove,
Oregon, a daughter of Bernhard and Gezina
(Siemer) Ostermann. The father is a native
of Germany, and the mother of Illinois.
They were married in Illinois and lived in
that state until March, 1884, when they
came to Portland, Oregon. Two months later,
Mr. Ostermann purchased a farm in Wash-
ington county, upon which he established hia
residence. He has prospered as an agricul-
turist and stock-raiser, and he and hia wife
are now living, with several of their chil-
dren, on the family homestead. To Mr. and
Mrs. Ostermann seven children were born,
the youngest of whom, Rose, is now Mrs. H.
E. Pranger. The others are Herman, who is
living with his parents; Mary, who married
Remy Delplanche, of Washington county;
John B., who died at the age of four years;
Helen, the wife of John W. Bernards, of
VVasliington county; and John and William,
both of whom are at home.

Mr. Pranger and his wife were reared in
the Catholic faith, and are consistent fol-
lowers of the teachings of the church. He
cast his first vote in support of the dem-
ocratic party, and has seen no reason to
change his political views. He is straight-
forward, prompt, energetic and efficient in
whatever he undertakes; and, as he possesses
a pleasing manner and gentlemanly address,
he readily makes friends. Being guided by
the laudable ambition to win an honored
place in the estimation of his fellowmen,
there is no doubt that Mr. Pranger will
succeed; at the same time, his excellent
business ability gives brilliant promise of
financial success.

PHILIP KUNTZ, who resides in Wood-
burn, Oregon, was born in Bavaria, Ger-
many, on the 27th of April, 1S5G, his par-
ents being Henry and Barbara (Yilk)
Kuntz. the former having been born in Ger-
many in 1832. To them six children were

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:)35

born: Michael, deceased; Philip, the sub-
ject of this sketch; Katie, who is the wife
of Henry Sump, of Williamsport, Pennsyl-
vania, and has three children; John, de-
ceased; George, deceased, who is survived
by his widow and three children; and Henry,
of Williamsport, who is married and has
two children.

Philip Kuntz came to America in 1S71
and after arriving in Xew York went di-
rectly to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where
he resided for five years and was employed
as an engineer. But after his marriagie," at
the age of twenty years, he started for
South Dakota, becoming one of the pioneers
of that state. The journey westward was
an exceedingly ditlicult one, as a ride and
very little money were his only possessions
when he left Williamsport and it was neces-
sary for him from time to time to engage
in hard labor in order to earn the money
necessary for the continuation of the trip.
Going directly to the Black hills, he settled
in Deadwood, .South Dakota, where he
worked for the Home Stake Mining Company
on the first stamp mill they erected. Sub-
sequently he was employed for twenty-six
months as an engineer for Crane Brothers in
Chicago previous to his return to South
Dakota, where he took up a homestead of
one hundred and sixty acres in the spring of
1881. For nearly thirty years excepting the
four years he spent in the gold mines he
was engaged in the cultivation of this farm,
devoting his time and efforts principally to
stock raising, but in August, 1908, he re-
tired from his ranch and came direct to
Woodburii, where he purchased a home and
where in partnership with his brother-in-
law, George Frasier, he engaged in the
bakery business. They conducted this in
partnership for one year, after which Mr.
Kuntz purchased Jlr. Frasier's share and dur-
ing the following year remained as sole
owner and manager." At that time he pur-
chased stock in the Peoples Stove Company,
of which he is now president and which en-
joys a large patronage in the surrounding
country.

In 187G Mr. Kuntz married Miss Emma
Frasier, whose birth occurred in 1857 in Phil'
adelphia, and who is a daughter of Charles
and Amelia (Bisch) Frasier. Mrs. Kuntz was
the eldest of six children, the others being:
George, who is a resident of Newberg. Ore-
gon, and has three children; Cliarles, who
makes his home in Iowa and has two sons;
Herman, who lives in South Dakota and hag
four children; William, of Chicago; and one
who died in infancy. To Mr. and Mrs.
Kuntz nine children have been born: Kate,
who was born August 4, 1877, and married
Fred Rano. by whom she has four children;
Oara, who is the wife of -John Geriis. of
South Dakota, and has five children; Ed-
ward, who resides in Woodburn, Oregon, and
has two children; Herman, who is also liv-
ing III Woodlmrn: Emma, who is the wife of
Carl Faust, of Minnesota, ami the mother
of one child; Harry of Umatilla, Oregon:
and Charles, Philip and Albert, who are all
living at home and attending school.

In politics .Mr. Kunt/ has al«avs cast his
vote for the men and measures of' the re|.iil.-
lican party but has never sought any ojh..-.
although he has etbciently served on the •'.I,..,. I
hoard of his district, fie has manifested a
great interest in the educational and relig-
ious activities of his cominiinilv. having
donated land for both a s.lioolhniise and a
church in South Dakota. In religious faith
he alliliates with the I, nth.. ran church
although all of his lamily are Preihytcriiins.
He holds membership with the .Mn^oni and
the .\ncient Order of liiiled Workmen. .Mr.
K\intz holds the confidence and respect of his
fellow citizens and has won for himself an
enviable place in the business, social and fra-
ternal circles of Woodlmrn.

JOSEPH L. GROFF. There is no doubt
as to the energy ami ability of .Tnseph L.
lirofT who is now successiuUy enj-iip.,! in
farming in Washington county" and has also
been identified with irrigation. He possesses
the laudable ambition to advance in the
world and his friends do not hesitate lo
prophesy that he will win high standing as
a farmer and stock-raiser. He was horn in
Stephenson county. Illinois, .\pril !i, IfS'J. u
son of .John and Catherine llrofT. the former
of whom was born in BufTalo. New York,
and the latter in Illinois. Mr. GrolT con
tinned in that state until his arrival in
Hood River county, Oregon, where ho
engaged in farming. He died in 1907 anil his
wife was called away at the old home in
Illinois in 1SH8. There were nine children
in their family, one of whom died in infancy,
the others being: Jlrs. Mary Seals, a resi-
dent of Illinois; Mrs. N'etlie Williams, also
of Illinois; fieorge, of Illinois; Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Zephies. of Kenosha, Wisconsin; Henry,
of Washington county, Oregon; .Joseph Ia.
the subject of this sketch; and .Julia and
Edward, both of whom arc deceased.

Joseph L. (JrofT attended the common
schools of his native state and as a hoy
showed an interest in his various iliities nt
home or in school which pave bright prom-
ise as to his future. At the age of ninele«'n
he accompanied his father acrosn the plains
to Oregon ami fmir years later piirchn»e«l
one hundre<l and sixty acres of land in Hooil
River county, which he cnltivate<l for two
years, ilis attention was attracted to irri-
(ration and for three venrs he wiut connrcled
with the Mountain Valli'V Irrigating Com-
pany, in which he served with marked ertl-
i-ieniy as director, secri'lary. treasurer and
foreman. In 1910, having disposed of part
of his interestn in Hood River county, ho
came to Washington county and piirch«.««Hf
sixty-seven acres one mile we«( of North
Plains. This place is well improved and i«
under n good sfote of ciillivatinn. He in the
owiMT of one hundre«l and se\en acres of
land in Orej^on and also of VAltiahle town
t,r..>..rtv In the state of Wanhington and,
< young man. Is on the high road

i>ii I lie 1-Mh of June. 1907. Mr. GrnfT wo«
married to Miss E>lilh .Agnes Hetme, and Ihrr
have one son, John Vernon, who was horn

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

■ liiiu- fS. 1908. Mi-s. Groff was born at Ben-
tdii Harbor, JMichigan, April 6. 1883, and is
tlip only child of John Fowler and Kowena
(Hudson) Helme. The father was born at
Kcickford. Illinois, and the mother in Oak-
land county, Michigan. They were mar-
ried in Michigan and lived in that state for
f(nir years, at the end of which time they
moved to Chicago, Illinois, and Mr. Helme
was employed for eighteen years as sales-
man for Heath & Milligan wholesale dealers
in paints, etc. In 1903 Mr. Helme removed
with his family to Colorado Springs, Colo-
rado, and a year later came west, finally
locating at Hood River. Oregon. He died
July 10, 1907. but the mother is still living
and makes ber home with !Mr. and Mrs.
(Iroff.

Mr. Grofi' and his wife attend the Presby-
terian church and are active workers in tlie
promotion of the best interests of this re-
gion. Although not an office seeker he is
an earnest supporter of the republican party
whose principles of protection and centrali-
zation of authority he heartily indorses
Being a man of thorough honesty and genial
spirit, he enjoys the respect and good-will
of all who know him. Jlrs. Groff secured
fine advantages of education in the public
schools and also received excellent training,
in music, an art in which she is quite pro-
ficient. She has proved an inspiring helji-
mate to her husband and their home is a
center where friends may always be assured
a cordial greeting.

THOMAS A. BRASFIELD, who has been
closely ideut Hied with tlie development and
improxemeut of eastern Oregon for more than
a half century, devoted his attention to the
pursuits of farming and sheep-raising through-
out his active business career with great suc-
cess and is now living practically retired at
Baker. He owns six hundred and forty acres
of improved land in (JiUiam county and a
tract of one hundred and sixty acres almul
six miles from Durkee. His birth occurred
in Randolph county, Missouri, on the M of
April, 1831. his parents being Dennis M. T.
and Clarica (Williams) Brasfield. who were
born in Tennessee and came of German and
Welsh ancestors. Dennis M. T. Brasfield fol-
lowed the pursuits of farming and stock rais-
ing throughout his active business career,
^fr. Brasfield of this review has one surviving
sister, who is eighty-six years of age and
makes ber home in California.

Thomas A. Brasfield acquired a district-
school education and remained with his par-
ents in Missouri until nineteen years of age.
Tn the spring of IS.'iO he traveled overland
across the plains, spending about one month
in Salt Lake City. Utah, and then journeying
on to Eldorado county. California, where lie
arrived on the 14th of October, 18.50. He
took lip his abode at what was then com-
monly known as Kelsey's dry diggings, and
engaged in jdacer mining during the follow-
ing winter. Tn the spring he made his way
to Sacramento. California, and there spent
seven months. In the spring of 1833 he be-

gan farming and gardening, following those
pursuits with excellent success. On the 3d
of March, 185.j. he began his homeward jour-
ney, returning to Jlissouri by water via the
Nicaragua route and the Jlississippi river.
On his trip to California and back he had
been accompanied by his brother Alexander.
His brother .John became ill with typhoid
fever the day following his return and died
nineteen days later. His mother .also fell a
victim to that dread disease. In the spring
of 1861 he again crossed the plains and,
settling in Oregon, located on the present
site of Echo, which was known in earlier days
as old Fort Henrietta. There he engaged in
farming and stock-raising. The winter of
1861-63 was a very severe one and from
sixty-five to seventy-five per cent of the cat-
tle peiished during its course. Mr. Brasfield
also conducted a roadhotise or station for the
accommo<lation of the traveling public at
what was called The Crossing, en route from
Echo to Walla Walla. He took up his abode
there in July. 1867. but a year later removed
to Scio, Linn county, where he remained for
five years. On the expiration of that period
he went to Weston and was there engaged
in sheep-raising for eighteen years. During
the followina' fourteen years he made his
home in Gilliam county, devoting his time
and energies to the sheep business with ex-
cellent results. In the spring of 1900 he
came to Raker county, wliere he has since
been engaged in farming and sheep raising
to some extent, though now living practically
retired at Baker. During his forty years'
experience as a sheep raiser he has enjoyed
gratifying success and has found it most
])rofitable to run about fifteen hundred head
of ewes in one band, often having as many
as seven thousand head of sheep at one
time, while at present he runs about six thou-
sand head. He has learned that a good sheep
for mutton of coarse grade is the most profit-
able and has raised all kinds of coarse-grade
sheep, making a specialty of Southdown.
Shro)ishire and Lincoln. These grades of
sheep are all excellent for mutton and also
good wool jiroducers. ^Ir. Brasfield has found
the fine-wool sheep more delicate and more
. diflficnlt to raise than mutton sheep. It is
his conviction that when a sheep's mouth be-
gins to break the animal shovild be disposed
of. as it can no longer be kept with profit.
He has always endeavored to winter his sheep
with about three months' feed, preferably good
alfalfa, for which he pays from five to six
dollars a ton in the stack. He has generally
purchased enough hay to supply the need of
a long winter and has thiis always had jdenty
of feed ex'cn when the cold season was un-
usually lengthy. He owns six hundred and
forty acres of wheat land in Gilliam county
and also has a tract of one hundred and sixty
acres of good farming land about six miles
from Durkee. in Baker county. Mr. Brasfield
likew ise owns his residence in Baker and has
nracticallv retired from active work, spend-
ing the evenina- of life in well earned rest,
in the congenial coniTiauionshIp of his wife
and youncrer grandchildren. His sons also
reside in the same localitr.

J

IllHMAs A. r.i; \^i iM,i>

THENE
PUBLIC Li!>ri..Kit

*»T6H, LtNOX MB
TILD€N FOUND*TIOM«,

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

:.39

On the ICth oi March, ISOO, Mr. Brasliehl
was uiiiteil in marriage to Miss MatiUla C.
Williams, her father being Aaron Williams of
Schuyler county, Missouri, who was i^ngageil
in the hotel business at Kirks\ ille, that state.
Their wedding was celebrated in Schuyler
county. Missouri, and seven children were born
unto "them. John Sila-;, who is now liily-
seven years of a;;e. niarrieil .Miss Sivila Hale,
of Rye" Valley, Oregon, by whom he has three
children. Anna Isabel, tifty-four years of
age, has been twice married, her first hus-
band being Albert O'llara. Following his
demise she gave her hand in marriage to A.
M. Tegarden. of Spokane. Washington,
.lames McClellan. who is now fifty-one years
old, is engaged In the sheep bu>iMe>~ in Baker
county. Oregon, .\aron Brasfuld and his wife
are both deceaseil. Their tliree ihihlren have
lieen ri'ared by our subject and his wife.
Mary, now forty-six years of age. is the wife
of William .\. Baker and resides in Baker,
Oregon. William, who is living in Kiigene
at the age of forty-four years, married Miss
taissie Drake. (Jeorge W.. forty-one years of
age. weddcil Miss Fraiikie A. PutTer. who
passed away leaving two small children who
are also beiiig reared by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Hrasfield. The three children of Aaron Bras-
lield, ileceased. are as follows: Robert A.,
born in .January. ISO.'i. who attended school
in Baker for about five years and is now in
Idaho; Raymond, who wa.s I)orn in February,
I.S94, attemled school for about six years and
is now a resident of Idaho; and Edith M..
who was born on the 2nd of October, isns.
and is still attending school. The children of
Oeorge W. Brasfieldare as fidlows: fleorge
Wilbur, who was Ixirn on the 31st of March.
i;iO:i. anil has attended school for one term;
and Bavmond I.angdon. whose birth occurred
on the L'tith of March. 1907.

Thomas A. Brasfiehl gives his p<ditica1 al-
h-giance to the socialist party. He served ns
sirerilT of Wasco county. Oregon, for one
term, during the years' ISfi.t and 18fi-». at
wlii<-h lime that county embraceil all of east-
ern Oregon. Since IS.'.fi. or for a period of
llftv-six years, lie has been a member of the
Methodi-t Episcopal church and has exempli-
fied its teachings in his daily life. He has
now passed the eighty-first milestone on life's
journev anil niav w<dl look back with satm-
fnctioii upim an aitivi>. us.'fnl and honorable
career.

GEORGE VANDECOEVERING. The oper
at ion 1,1 fiflv one acr<s of icrtil.' land a mile
and a tpiarter southwest of Roy. Oreffon, suc-
cessfully engag«'s the attention of George
Vandecoevering. who has been n resident of
Washington county for thirty-six years. He
was l>orn in Wisconsin, in IS.'.S. and is a son
of .Tohn and Mnrv Vandecoevering. who were
Imrn and reared in Holland. They emigrated
to the Inited Stales in IS-I-". first 1ocntin)r
in New York but subsei|nently became resi-
dents of Wisconsin. There the father eii-
gaged in farming until l'>7fi when with hi.*
wife anil family he again started westward,
Oregon being their destination. I'pon their
nrrivnl here thev settled in WnshinRton

county, where the lather acpiired a tract of
government land that he op4-riited until his
ileath in .July, 1911, at the venerable age of
eighty-two years. He is survived by his «i!e,
who has passed tlie eiglhty-fonrth' milestone
on life's journey, but is 'still i|uite active.
Into Mr. and .Mrs. Vandecoevering there
were born twelve children, lour of wlioiii are
liNing and resiile in Washington county. In
order of birth they are as follows: .losephiiie,
the wile of .Jacob Vanloo; Hannuh, who ninr
ried Antone Kierg<er; George, our subject;
and I'eter.

The lirst eighteen years of his life (leorge
X'aiidccoeveriiig spent in his native state, to
whose common schools he is indebted for
such educational advantages as he was «f.
forded. His early years were very similar
ij» eterj" respect fo those of other lads who
^^el:e. reared in the rural districts at that
period, his advantages and amusement, lie
iiig somewhat simpler in their nature llian
those aH'orded the youth of lo<lay. while his
duties aiKJ responsibilities wen- greater.
Beared on a farm naturally his energies froiii
his earliest childhood were <lirecle<l along ag
riciiltural lines, while lessons of the value of
thrift and industry were inculcated in his
youthful iniiiil. He accompanied his par
ents on their removal across the plains, and
most vividly iinpresseil on his miiul are the
liarilships and privations as well as dangers
eni-ountered on that long, tiresome journey
to the new home. For three years after thi-ir
arrival here his energies were devotiil to as
sisting his family establish a home and « rest
;i living from the fields. They met prac
lically the same conditions, eiicoiiiiterjiig ami
coni|nering problems very similar to tho.se
that confronted all of the pioneers in this
section iliiring those early days. Discour-
agements and misfortunes iniinmerable were
theirs but ultimately they won, the suc-
cesses that followed so overshadowing the
I'arlier trinibles that they were alniimt f"i

gotten. -At the age of twenty one I, : .•

Vandecoevering left the parental piof ti. U
gin for himself. During the succeeding tell
years he worked as a farm hand in thi«
county. sa\ing in that time sullicieiil money
to enable him to engage in rnnchinK for hini
self. He I'liltivated rented lainl until ''
when he purchased his present place, v
is located n mile and a ipiu
of Roy. Since hicnting her.'

he has succeeded in ma'

improvements in his r.i '

high cultivateoi Mr ^ '

very capable -t. vha*r prartiral

ideas, thrift jh iri"' are m«nlfe«lc'l

in the apiiearaiice ol Ins li.>inr«teod. He take*
great pride in his jirojM-rtv. krepin« hi«
biiildiiiKs and fenres in ' >le of re

pair and giving the gr" ' hi« re«j

deiice and his fields cnrei.,, ...: I -M

pervision. .\ great l>elievpr in in'

tlirr ''■ xten«ive farminn, in '

,,f |,i ' the rare of his rrofm he ii«e«

thr ; • •! and carp thai result in the

mntiniiim reliirns from each arrc. Hi' "•■
fort* are lieing rewarded in a moot cri-
tying manner and everything alioiil l>i«

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

homestead is suggestive of success and pros-
perity.

Mr. Vaudecoeveriug's plans for a home of
his own had their culmination in his mar-
riage on the 8th of September, 1891, to Miss
Nellie Smith, who was born in Wisconsin, on
April 3, 1873. Mrs. Vandecoevering is a
daughter of John and Henrietta (Vandolman)
Smith, natives of Holland, who emigrated to
the United States in 1851. They located in
Wisconsin, continuing to reside there until
1875 when they removed to Nebraska. After
spending eleven years in the latter state
they again started westward, ultimately lo-
cating in Washington county, this state.
Here they spent their latter years, the fa-
ther passing away in 1900 and the mother
in July, 190S. Their family numbered eleven,
as follows; .Jacob, who is living in Linn
county; Hattie. who is a resident of Baker
City, Oregon; Peter, who makes his home in
Nebraska; Dinah, John, Mary and William,
all of whom are living in Washington count}' ;
Nellie, now Mrs. Vandecoevering; and Annie,
Henry and Minnie, also residents of this
county. Mr. and Mrs. Vandecoevering are
the parents of ten children, all of whom are
still at home: Theodore, who was born on
.June 30, 1892; Martin, born on March 10,
1894; Henry, whose birth occurred on the
5th of June] 1896; Herman, whose natal day
was August 10, 1898; Peter, born on Au-
gust 15, 1900; Minnie, whose birth occurred
on the 18th of December, 1903; Theresa, who
died at the age of three years; Walter, born
on Decemlier 23, 1907; Grace, born on the
26th of Februarv, 1909; and Louisa, who was
born on July 30, 1911.

The religious views of the family are mani-
fested through their affiliation with the Ro-
man Catholic church and in politics Mr. Van-
decoevering is a democrat. He has never
taken an active interest in local matters of a
governmental nature, although he meets the
requirements of good citizenship by casting
a ballot on election day. Mr. Vandecoever-
ing is one of the capable citizens of the
county, whose efforts have been directed along
lines in the promotion of his personal inter-
ests that have been identical with the de-
velopment of the community at large.

A. D. MORRISON, M. D., is the only phy-
sician of Carlton and the worth of his pro-
fessional service is widely acknowledged. He
has been a close and discriminating student
of his profession, keeping in touch with the
progress and trend of the times and utilizing
the latest improved methods for the benefit of
his patients. He also established the Carlton
Hospital which he is now conducting and it
is a liberally patronized institution.

Dr. Morrison was born in New Jersey in
1873, a son of Hugh D. and Mary (Sample)
Morrison, both of whom are of Scotch-Irish
descent although born and reared in the north
of Ireland and married in that country. They
came to America in 1864, settling in New-
York, where they lived for nine years, after
which they removed to New Jersey where
they resided for two years. On the expir-
ation of that period they went to Canada,

sjiending four years in Toronto, and later
were for two years residents of Michigan.
At the opening of Dakota in 1883 Hugh D.
Morrison took his family to that state where
he engaged in farming on an extensive scale,
having about six or seven hundred acres
planted to wheat. In 1888 he arrived in
Olympia, Washington, where he remained for
a short time, removing to Linn county, Ore-
gon, in 1SS9, There he engaged in farming
until 1905, when he went to Sunnyside, Wash-
ington, where he still makes his home, now
living retired at the age of seventy-sevc'ii
years. In 1911 he was called upon to mourn
the loss of his wife who passed away on the
1st of October. In their family were eight
children of whom six still survive: Mrs. Bart-
lett, of Hill, New Hampshire; Mrs, Lena An-
derson, now living in Vancouver, Washing-
ton; A. D, ; Samuel, a resident of Sunnyside,
Washington; Mrs. Sarah Matherson, of Sun-
nyside; and William, who is a druggist of
Portland.

Dr. Morrison accompanied his parents on
their various removals, coming with the fam-
ily to the northwest in his youthful days.
When sixteen years of age he entered the drug
business at Corvallis, Oregon, devoting three
years to that work. Believing that his oppor-
tunities would be better if he had a broader
education as a foundation for success he be-
came a student in the Agricultural College of
Corvallis and graduated from that institution
in 1895 with the degree of B. S. He then
again became connected with the drug busi-
ness of that city in which he continued until
1898. He was then married and took up tlie
study of medicine, attending the College nf
Physicians and Surgeons in San Francisco, be-
ing graduated therefrom with the class of
1901. He then came to Oregon and began
practice at Pineville, where he remained for
a year, removing thence to Carlton where lie
has since been located. He is the only phy-
sician of the town and in 1905 he opened the
first hospital in Yamhill county, known as the
Carlton Hospital. At the present time he is
attending physician thereto and is also phy-
sician to the" Carlton Coast Railroad and the
Carlton Lumber Company, Consolidated. He
holds to high ideals in his practice, is most
careful in diagnosis and conscientious in all
of his work, and as the years have passed his
increasing experience and study have splen-
didly qualified him for the onerous and re-
sponsible duties which devolve upon him in
following his profession.

Dr. Morrison was married in 1898 to Miss
Alberta Linnville, who was born in Polk
county, Oregon, and is a daughter of Willard
S. Li'nnville, Her father's birth occurred
near Independence, Polk county, Oregon, May
19, 1S49, his parents being Harrison and
Nancv (Bounds) Linnville, the former a na-
tive of Campbell county, Tennessee, and the
latter of Missouri. They were married in
her native state and there resided until 184G,
when they crossed the plains to Oregon, first
settling at Parker, where Harrison Linnville
took up a donation claim of six hundred and
forty acres. Upon that place his wife died
in 1855. He continued to occupy and culti-

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541

vate the farm until 1864, when he sold the
property and turned his attention to the saw-
mill business. He afterward conducted a
general mercantile store for a few years and
also operated a hotel at Buena Vista, Oregon.
In 1873 he was appointed United States In-
dian agent for the Snake and Piute tribes
and after retiring from that position he made
his home with his son Willard until his
death in December, 1S93. lie hud been mar-
ried a second time in ISJS, when Jlrs. Clara
L. Frederick, a native of Ohio, became his
wife. Of the nine children of his first mar-
riage three are yet living: Airs. Mary E. Dav-
idson, a resident of Parker, Oregon; Mrs. 0.
.J. Richardson, of Buena Vista, Oregon; and
Willard S. There were two cliildren of the
second marriage: Mrs. Viola Abel, now of
Portland: and J. A. Linnvillc, who is in busi-
ness at Colon, Panama. By her first marriage
Mrs. Clara Linnville had five children of whom
three survive: Mrs. M. J. Casper, of Dallas,
Oregon; J. W., of Benson, Arizona; and Mrs.
J. E. Connor, of Santa Rosa, California. In
his political views Harrison Linnville was a
stalwart republican and became prominently
connected with public affairs in this state at
an early day, serving as the first county judge
of Polk county and also being elected to the
provincial legislature in 184S. He likewise
held a number of minor offices and exercised
his official prerogatives in support of many
progressive movements. His religious faith
was that of the Christian church.

His son Willard S. Linnville, father of Mrs.
Morrison, received an academic education and
after completing his course at the age of nine-
teen years, engaged in teaching school for a
short" time. Later he followed bookkeep-
ing until 1010, when he opened a real-estate
otiice in Carlton and is still engaged in that
business. He, too, is a republican and has
been in the government employ in a clerical
capacity for six years. He holds membership
with tlie Maccabees at Corvallis and he and
his family are members of the Christian
church, tie was married January 8, 1S71.
to Miss Hannah C. Nash, whose birth oc-
curred in Putnam county, Missouri, in 1S.-|2.
a daughter of Daniel S. and Susanna (Ma-
lone) Xa*h, who came to Oregon overland,
crossing the plains with ox teams in lSfi>.
They first settled in Yamhill county but
afterward removed to Buena Vista, Oregon,
takin" up their abode on a farm where they
lived until 1882. The father then retired
and was a resident of McMinnville until liia
death in 1001. The mother pasned away in
1882 and Mr. Nash was afterwanl miirneil in
1885 and is yet survived by his senmrl wife.
They had no children but by his first mar-
riage he had seven children of whom four
are" living: Mrs. Margaret McLean, of I ni-
versitv Oregon; Jacob, also of that place:
Mrs. 'Mary Rathbum, of Portland; and
Mrs. Eunice Bonine. of Wnodbiirn. Oregon.
The other member of the family to reach
adult age was Mrs. Linnville. who died in
1884. She had become the niofber of five
children of whom three yet survive: Mil-
dred, who is a graduate of the ABricultiiral
College and is now the wife of W. L. Pat

terson, of Baker City, Oregon; Alberta, who
was graduated from the Agricultural Col-
lege of Corvallis and is the wife of Dr. Mor-
rison; and Ethel, the wife of W. 11. Week,
a nurseryman of Salem, Ohio. She had the
same educational privileges as her sisters.

Dr. and Mrs. Morrison have become the
parents of a daughter, Catherine .\I., who
was born November G, 1905. Mrs. Morrison
holds membership in the Cliristian church
and Dr. Morrison belongs to the Odd Fel-
lows lodge of Carlton, and La Fayette
Lodge, No. 3, F. & A. M., of Yamhill, of
which he has filled some of the chairs. His
political allegiance is given to the republi-
can party and he is recognized as one of its
local leaders, doing all in his power to pro-
mute its growth and insure its success. U\^
fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth
in this connection, elected him to the office
of mayor for the term of 190 (05. He gave
to the city a practical and businesslike ad-
ministration, introducing many needed im-
provements and progressive measures. Ilolh
lie and his wife are widely known socially
and theirs is an attractive home whose hos-
pitality is greatly enjoyed by their many
friends.

REBER G. ALLEN, who has been dis-
charging the duties ot postmaster in Silver-
ton for more than a year, is a native of this
place and was born on the 28th of February.
1882. He is a son of T. D. and Geneva
(Wolford) Allen, likewise natives of Sil-
verton, where the father is now living re-
tired. In the paternal line, Reber 0. Allen,
is of Scotch and English extraction, while
his maternal great-grandparents were na-
tives of Germany, altbough they lived in
France. The parents of T. D. Allen mi-
grated to Oregon from Illinois in 1848, set-
tling in Silvcrton, where the father passed
away but the mother is still living. Their
family numbered five, as follows: T. D., the
father of our subject; Rodriek D., who is
countv clerk of Marion county; .Mlio. the
wife of L. F. Maschcr, of Silverton: .-Vdele,
the wife of T. W. McOrnth, of Silvcrton:
and Harvey, who is deceased. The nintornol
grandparents removed from Ohio to Oregon
in 1853.

Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Allen were married
in 1H30 and are the parents of six children,
those beside our subject being o» follows:
U Clay, who is living ot homo with his
people; Floyd W., a machinist, also at
home; Wviioln. the wife of M. V. Ott«
way. of 'Silverton; and Dewey and Fay.
iKit'h of whom are still in school.

Reared at heme. Rcber i;. Allen, who In
the eldest of the six children Imrn unto his
parents, was ediicnled in the miblic srhooU.
At the age of nineteen years he starle<l out
to earn his own living as an employe of
the government, and for right years them
nfter was a rural mail carrier out of Sd
verton. .At the end nf that lime he resigm-rl
his position and engaged as a clerk in a l".»l
hardware "tore, serving in this eaparily for
a year. He withdrew from this po.ition to
assume the duties of postmaster, to which

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

office he luid been appointed in February,
1911, by President Taft. Although he has
been discharging the duties of this office
for only a little more than a year, he has
proven highly efficient and entirely satis-
factory and is held in high favor among the
business men of the town.

Mr. Allen is not married and continues to
make his home with his people. Fraternally
he is connected Avith the Independent Or-
der of Odd Fellows and tlie Woodmen of the
World, while in politics he is a republican.
He is a young man of pleasing personality,
high principles and strict integi-ity and
among those who know him are many
friends from childhood days, which in itself
is a telling tribute to his character.

CAPTAIN WILLIAM A. COX is one of the

founders of Florence, having owned the
property and platted the site upon which
that town later has grown to be one of the
thriving and important commercial cities in
Lane coimty, this state. He was born in
Nova Scotia in 1832 and is the son of Joseph
and Mary (Bigelow) Cox. Both of his par-
ents were natives of England but at an early
day emigrated from that country to Amer-
ica, where they established their home in
Boston, Massachusetts, and from that city
later removed to Nova Scotia, settling in
Kings county, where the father purchased
the property said to have been the home of
Evangeline, the heroine of Longfellow's fa-
mous poem. Longfellow's mother was a
Bigelow and Captain Cox is therefore a kin
of his on the maternal side. He was by trade
and occupation a shipbuilder and in addition
to his shipbuilding business was also the
owner of farm property which he purchased
upon his removal to Nova Scotia. Captain
Cox is one of ten children born unto his
parents, the others being: Ebenezer, who
resides in Nova Scotia: Mary Eliza, deceased;
Nancy, the wife of Joseph Woodworth. of
New Brunswick: Abraham B. and Isaac,
both residents of Nova Scotia; Rev. .Jacob,
a Congregational minister residing in New
Brunswick; Joseph, of Winnipeg, Canada;
Daniel, of Connecticut; and Samuel, deceased.
Captain William A. Cox was reared in
his father's home and educated in the public
schools of Nova Scotia, and during the early
years of his life he was engaged in work
upon his father's farm and in the shipyards.
He remained under the parental roof until
he was twenty-one years of age and at that
time he became one of the paid employes of
his father and was engaged in work in ship-
building. He remained for one year in that
occupation and then removed to Boston,
where he spent one year in employment in
the shipyards, after which he returned to
Nova Scotia and engaged in the lumber busi-
ness, where he established the first lumber-
yard at Cawning. Having been successful
in his lumber venture he was enabled to es-
tablish himself in the shipbuilding business
and for some time was engaged in building,
buying and selling seafaring vessels and op-
orating boats of his own in merchandise and
passenger lines. To him belongs the dis-

tinction of having owned the lirst steamboat
on the Bay of Fundy. He was also the
owner of two large merchantmen and a large
lumber and sawmill and shipyard, and in ad-
dition to the above described property he
added and operated a large and successful
merchandising house at Wolfville, Nova Sco-
tia. Captain Cox was connected with the
shipping commission business between Phil-
adelphia and the West Indian islands from
1854 to 1861, with headquarters in Philadel-
idiia. and during the time he was in the ship-
ping business he had at one time as high as
twelve cargoes alloat. In 1875 he removed to
San Francisco where he remained for one
year, and while there was identified with
shipping interests. After spending one year
in that city he removed to Smith river, Cali-
fornia, and there purchased four hundred
acres of land and at that time he brought
the lirst ship up that river. After settling
on Smith river he continued his residence
there for two years and then removed to
Coos county, where he settled on the Co-
quille river and for two years immediately
following he was engaged in the salmon-fish-
ing industry. He then started the first jetty
i]i the mouth of that river. At the end of
his two years' residence on the Coquille
river he built a small craft for his personal
use and moved to Florence, where he main-
tained his residence for a short time and
later removed to Acme and there home-
steaded one hundred and sixty acres of land
vipon which he lived for the twenty years
following, during which time he was "also the
owner of a large stock ranch located on the
coast of Lane county six miles north of the
mouth of the Siuslaw river. After spend-
ing twenty years of his active and indus-
fiious life upon his one hundred and twenty
acre ranch near Acme he removed to Flor-
ence and at that time laid the foundation
for the building of the future city which
lias come to be one of the enterprising com-
mercial centers of this part of the state of
Oregon. In addition to his holdings of real
estate in Florence he is also the half owner
of the Chicago addition to Florence, a por-
tion only of which has been disposed of since
idatting this addition to the town. He is
the founder of Acme and Mrs. Cox named the
town. He platted the town and still owns
most of the land and also owns and operates
a thirteen hundred acre stock ranch upon
which he is specializing in the breeding of
imre-blooded sheep and cattle. He has the
distinction of having purchased for the use
and pleasure of his family the first organ
ever shipped into the town of Florence.

Captain Cox was twice married, his first
marriage having occurred on December 21,
1855, when Miss Elmira S. Tolman. a daugh-
ter of William and Jane (Sale) Tolm.an, be-
came his wife. She was a granddaughter of
a colonel in the Revolutionary war and was
one of four children born unto her parents,
all natives of Boston and all now deceased.
Unto this union were born several children.
William and Frank, the eldest, were dro\vned
at the mouth of the Siuslaw river in 1880,
at the time when Captain Cox brought his

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ship into the port at Florence ami (lelivorcil
it to his sons who were to sail as super-cargo
to San Francisco. In compliance with their
father's request tlicy manned the vessel and
after reaching the open sea the ship was lost
with all on board, the lirst night out on its
way to San Francisco it is supposeil as the
ship was found water-logged outside the bay.
Lily M., the eldest daughter, marrieil O. \V.
Hurd. a well known and prominent sawmill
man of Florence. They have three children:
Marguerite, at home: Roscoe. attending the
University at F.ugene: and Hester, a high
school student at Florence. Charles F. Cox
who is a resident of Acme. Oregon. The
mother of these children passed from this
life in the year 1870 and in the following
year Captain Cox chose as his second part-
ner in life Miss Charlotte Jane Pliipps, to
whom he was united in wedlock in 1871.
Mrs. Cox is a daughter of William F. and
Hannah (Sanders) Phipps. both of whom
were natives of Xew Brunswick and in whose
family were seven children, namely: Per-
sus A. and Azor .1.. both deceased; Mrs. Cox:
and Mary M.. William F., (Jeorge E. and
Sarah H.. all of whom have passed awav.
Mrs. Cox is a lineal descendant of Sir Will-
iam Phipps.

Captain Cox is a loyal member of the re-
publican party but has not allowed his name
to be used as a candidate for any political
office. Fraternally he is associated in mem-
bership with the Masonic fraternity and his
wife is a member of the Eastern Star, and
matron of the Vesta Chapter, O. E. S., of
Florence, and they belong to the Congrega-
tional and Episcopal church respectively.
Captain Cox is one of the best known men
in Lane county, where his extensive busi-
ness operations have brought him into con-
tact with the leading tinancial institutions
of that part of the state. His holdings in
real estate place him among the largest
landed proprietors of Oregon and through all
of the years of his business career he has
I)een regarded as one of the most successful
and enterprising citizens of the Pacific slope
lountry. His well known integrity in all
business matters has secured the unques-
tioned confidence of not only his intimate
friends but the public at large and his name
can always be counted upon in connection
with the larger business enterprises of the
rapidly developing commonwealth of Oregon.

JAMES EDWARD HIGGINS, a promi
nent and leading resident oi' Astiirin, is a
member of the firm conducting business
under the name of Ross. Higglns & Com-
pany anil Is likewise identified with financial
Interests as the cashier of the .Astoria Xa-
tlonal Hank, having held that position for
a periiid nt eighteen years. His birth or-
'iirred in Halifax. Nova Scotia, on the 29th
111 .March. 1S4;i. his parents being William
I. and Rachel (StroncI Iliggins. who were
born, reared and married in Kings county.
Nova Scotia. The father, who condnctol n
mercantile establishment during the grealer
part of his life, passed away about lOO.'i.
when eighty-three years of age. The ilemi«e

I'i his wile occurred three >i-ars later, when
she had attaiiu>d the age oi' eightynne. I'nto
them were born eigiit children, nunielv:
lames Edward, of this review; Susan, who
passed away at the age of seven yoarn;
.lessie, the wife of Albert (.'ohlwell, olWnlf-
ville, Xova l^cotia, who is an ••xeoUcge pro-
fessor and is now serving in the lapnclly
of town clerk; Thomas F„ who is u resi-
dent of Portland: Miiiiiii-, the wife of t;eorge
F. nahhvin, who is serving as comptroller
at Vanciuiver, British Columbia; l.iniiu. who
resides with her sister at \°anciiuver: Wil-
liam .1.. a merchant iif N'ancnuver, Wash

iiigton: and Charles K., a sketch uf wl i

appears on another page of this work.

.lames E<lward Iliggins entered the Wolf
ville Academy of .N'ova Scotia when a yoiitli
of eighteen and at the same time bei;aii
working in his father's mercantile estab-
lishment, being employed therein until
twenty-one years i>f age". .\t that time he
went tn Halifax and secured a |H>sltion as
clerk with a mercantile concern, acting In
that capacity for three years, tin the ex-
plralion of that period he went to lloston,
.Massachusetts, and was there employed as
clerk for a similar period. Ueturniiig to
Wolfville. Xova Scotia, he became associated
in business with his father and remaiiivil
with him for five years. Coming to Oregon
he settled at .\sforia. where he was em-
ployed as bookkeeper liy the firm of Hadol-
let (S Company for the years. He was then
appointed a special deputy in the ciistoiu
service, under Cleveland's adnilnistnitloii.
holding that position four and a half years.
Subse(|uently he embarked in business In
partnership with .1. T. Kos«, K. Z, Fergu-
son and H. C. Thompson, under the llrm
style of Ross. Hlggins & Company and hu«
since remained an active factor In the con.
trol of that concerii. In .laiiuary. isy.'l. h<
became cashier of the .Astoria .National Itank
and for the past eighteen years has nblv
discharged the duties devolving ii|hmi him in
that connection.

On the '.JOth of Xovember. I>t7S, Mr. Hig
gins was united In marriage to Miss Isobelio
■J. Eraser, a native of Hallfav, Nova ."scn-
tia, and a daughter i>f .lames Frooer, who
was born, renrc<l and married ?!• «., ..n ....|_
lie and his wife emi:,'raleil i

shortly aftiT their niarriagi'. it

Halifax, Nova Scotia, where they spent the
remainder of their livo«. .Mr». Frn»er dietl in
middle age. leaving n family of five rhildren.
ai follows: Margaret, who in a resident of
Floston, Mnssacliu«etl»: Mr- Ie««e

living at Lunenburg. Nova Minnie,

of Portland, Oregon: nn<l ,I.iii,, . ,. im, of

Nova Scotin, Into .Mr, ami Mrs. Illggina
were liorii ?!>•• .liiMnii Margaret M., who
it n li ' ■. rompletetl a

course ill 'y of ('nlifornia.

and also .lielit-.l niu-i' . Ibrliert .\., who was
iMirn in Nnvemlwr. IH7!>. pa««p«l away at the
nge of fifteen years. ^Iiiinie ilied when a
little maiden of ««>ven years. Edward A ,
a graduate of Portland .Xrademy. is now
employed by the firm of Bii»«. Higgins A
Conipany, of Astoria, in which he ■• • .lorL

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

holder. Winifred, whose natal year was
1885, is a high school graduate, pursued a
course of study in the Annie Wright Semi-
nary of Tacoma, Washington, and likewise
attended Stanford University of California.
She also has an excellent musical education.
Her husband is Lieutenant Richard Pork,
located at Washington, D. C.

Mr. Higgins gives his political allegiance
to the Democratic party and has served on
the school board of Astoria for a period of
twelve years. He is now acting as treasurer
of the city of Warrenton. Fraternally he
is identified with Seaside Lodge, A. 0. U.
W., at Astoria, while his religious faith is
that of the Baptist church. His interest in
matters of public concern is deep and sin-
cere and his influence is always found on the
side of progress and improvement, while to
many measures for the public good he has
been a most generous contributor. Through-
out his business career he has endeavored to
make all his acts and commercial moves
the result of definite consideration and sound
judgment. There have never been any great
ventures or risks in his business career, but
by honest, slow-going, dependable methods
he has made steady progress, his course at
all times being characterized by energy and
good system.

JOHN CALDWELL. A well improved
farm of one hundred acres in Washington
county, five miles north of Banks, pays trib-
ute to the industry and good business judg-
ment of John Caldwell. The success he has
attained is due to his unremitting efforts to
establish a home, backed by the worthy am-
bition to perform his part in the develop-
ment of a section in which he is deeply in-
terested. He was born at Battle Creek,
Michigan, in August. 1866, a son of John and
Bridget (Quinn) Caldwell, both of whom are
natives of Ireland. The father emigrated to
America in 1861 and the mother came to
this country with her parents in her child-
hood. She was married to Mr. Caldwell in
New York state and a short time afterwards
they moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, where
they lived for ten years. At the end of the
time named they went to Eaton county,
Michigan, and Mr. Caldwell is now the owner
of a productive farm near Grand Ledge. In
their family were the following children:
John, of this review; James J., of Eaton
county, Michigan; Fred, of Buxton, Oregon;
Mary, who married William Dunn, of Wood-
hall, Michigan; George and Charles, both
of whom reside at Lansing, Michigan; Peter
who came to Oregon and died in this state
at the age of twenty-two; Frank, Joseph,
Emily and Jewel all of whom died in Michi-
gan "after arriving at maturity, and two
others who died in infancy.

John Caldwell received his preliminary edu-
cation in the public schools of his native
state and continued with his parents until
twenty-one years of age. He then entered
upon his business experience by associating
with a brother in the purchase of forty acres
of timber land. They took up their resi-
dence on the place and cleared away the

timber which was sawed for the market.
At the close of six years Mr. Caldwell dis-
posed of his interest in the property and
came west, working for wages in Washing-
ton county, Oregon, for three years. Having
acquired the necessary capital, he purchased
fifty acres in a good locality and managed
his affairs to such excellent advantage that
he is now the owner of one hundred acres,
most of which is under cultivation. He has
made many improvements on his farm which
add gi'eatly to its appearance and value. Be-
ing a mail of energy and perseverance, he has
never yielded to discouragement and ob-
stacles have only served to spur him to re-
newed activity.

In January, 1899, Mr. Caldwell was married
to Miss Lena Thomas, who was born in Wash-
ington county, Oregon, a daughter of Riley
Thomas. The father was born in Illinois
and the mother in Washington county. They
were married in Oregon and are now living
in this state, being the parents of nine chil-
dren, namely: Otis, deceased; Bertha; Lena,
now Mrs. John Caldwell; Minnie; Claude, also
deceased; Jessie; Ethel; Lloyd; and Lottie.
Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell are the parents of four
children: .John, who was born June 20, 1900;
Fred, born in 1903; Bessie, born in Novem-
ber. 1905; and Earl, born September 1, 1908.

Mr. Caldwell is not a member of any re-
ligious or fraternal organization but as a
patriotic and public-spirited citizen he takes
an active interest in politics and is a sin-
cere advocate of the principles of the repub-
lican party. He has been very industrious
ever since his boyhood and the neat appear-
ance of his farm indicates that he is a man
of good taste and one who takes true pride
in his work. He feels the quickening influ-
ence of the twentieth century and responds
by enhancing the beauty and value of his
surroundings. It is men of this character
who become the leaders and are largely re-
sponsible for the progress which may be wit-
nessed in all parts of the country.

OLIN WAYNE LOVE, who for the past
three years has been engaged in the real-
estate business in Woodburn with his
brother. Louis D. Love, was born in Burling-
ton, Michigan, on March 16, 1886, and is a
son of George W. and Hannah M. (Lewis)
Love. The father was a native of Michigan,
but his parents were born and reared in
Bridgeport, New York, whence they removed
to Michigan during the pioneer days. George
W. Love was the youngest member of a fam-
ily of four, the others being as follows:
Homer and Albert, both of whom are de-
ceased; and Hattie, who was the wife of
Charles Frye, and passed away leaving two
children, Louis and Lottie. The maternal
grandparents of Olin Wayne Ix)ve were also
natives of the Empire state and their fam-
ily numbered six, as follows: Benjamin,
who lives in Michigan; James, a resident of
Burlington, Michigan, and the father of one
child, Louise; Robert, of Athens, Michigan,
who has two children. Harry and Flora;
Villie. the deceased wife of Benjamin Hines,
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and Winnie; Hannah JI., the mother of our
subject; and Leslie, who is deceased. Mr.
and Jlrs. George W. Love were married in
Michigan in 1S74, and to them were born live
children. Charles G., who is living in Lans-
ing. Michigan, was born in that state in
April, 1ST6. He is married and has two
children, Everette and George. Ralph, the
next in order of birth, is also a native of
Michigan, his birth having occurred on Au-
gust 21, 1S73, but he now lives in Wood-
burn. Kuth C., who was born in the 30th
of January, 1880, became the wife of Mil-
lard A. Seitz, an attorney of Portland, Ore-
gon, and they have one son, William L., whose
natal day was the 8th of January, 1907.
Louis D., who was born on the 13th nf June.
1SS3, married Miss iloUy E. White, of Grand
Rapids. Michigan, and they have one child,
Lazetta Ruth.

The youngest child, Olin Wayne Love, was
reared "in the state of his birth, and there
he pursued his education in the common
schools until he had attained the age of thir-
teen years. He then laid aside his text-
books" and apprenticed himself to the cigar
maker's trade, which he followed in twenty-
six different states. He subsequently lo-
cated in Elkhart, Indiana, engaging in busi-
ness there until 1908. In February of that
year he disposed of his establishment and
joined his father, who had previously pur-
chased a ranch of fifty acres near Woodburn.
Soon thereafter he went to Spokane. Wash-
ington, where he followed the cigar business
for a year, but at the end of that time he
returnf<l to Woodburn and together with
his brother Louis D. opened a real-estate
office. Although they have been engaged in
this business for only a brief period, they
have become very well established and have
every reason to feel most sanguine regardmg
its future success.

For his wife and helpmate, Mr. Love chose
Miss Mabel E. Gaulet of Woodburn, the only
daughter and oldest child of Dr. W. II. Gau-
let. who has two sons, W. H., Jr., and Glen.
Mr. and Mrs. I>jvr are the parents of a
daughter, Alvis Ruth, whose natal day was
the^Uth of October, 1911.

Mr. and Mrs. Love attend the Methodist
Episcopal church and in politics he is in-
dependent, casting his ballot for such men
as he deems best qualified for the office. He
is one of the highly esteemed and enterpris-
ing young business men of the town, who is
meeting with success in the development of
his interests because of his close applica-
tion and energetic methods.

ALMUS M. ARNOLD owns a pleasant home
jun .Mit-i.b- 111.' limits of Myrtle Point, Ore-
gon, set in the midst of thirty acres "I well
improved laiul. and is carrying on an exten-
sive and carefullv managed dairy business.
He was born in Tennessee. August 4, 1SI4.
and is a son of William A. and Annie
(Alford) Arnold, both natives of that state.
Mr. Arnold's parents died when he was three
years of age and he was the only child born
to their union. He is practically a self-
made man. He went to school for a short

time in Tennessee but was obliged to earn
his own livelihood when he was fourteen
years of age. He learned the carpenter'*
trade and worked at this until the Civil war
broke out when he enlisted in the First Con-
federate Volunteer Cavalry and served for
two years and nine months, being niustereil
out with honorable discharge, November IG.
l.SliS, After the close of hostilities he re-
turned home and went to school for one year,
at the end of which time he worked in a gen-
eral merchandise store for one year niid then
went to Missouri, where he followed farming
as a inonthly laborer. He next went to
Texas and engaged in the cattle business for
a short time. lie went to Colorado and New
Mexico anil followed the same line of occupa-
tion in those states. He came to this state
from Colorado in isst and resumed his stoik
business, carrying on an extensive enlerpri-i*
along this line for two years. He then went
to Washington and settled on the Columbia
river, where he established himself in thc>
same business, but was unsuccessful, owing
to the cold winters. His stock was frozen
and he was obliged to give up his entcrprisi>.
In 1SS9 he returned to Oregon, settling in
Baker City, and for two years was prominent
in the cattle-raising business. lie sold out
eventually and came to Coos county, setth-d
near Rural and followed general farming upon
one hundred and sixty acres of land which lie
had purchased. He brought this propirty to
a high state of development and was active
in the cultivation of the soil for fifteen years.
He cleared his land, built suitable barns and
outbuildings, fenced his property and also
drained it and was the owner of one of tln'
attractive farms in the county. He even
tually sold out and came to Myrtle Point,
where he bought twenty-two acres and farmed
upon this property until 1910. In that year
he moved to his present home just outside th'-
town limits of Myrtle Point and is now en
gaged in carrying on a large and constantly
increasing dairy business upon thirty aorei
of improved land. Ilis enterprise is one of
the largest of this kind In Coos county. The
buildings are kept in a sanitary condition
and an- eqiiippeil with modern mnchiner.v.
Its value has increased about twofold and if
is now worth ten thousand d<dlnr«.

January l.l. in**!. Mr- .Vrnold was united
in marriage in Pueblo, Oiloraib". to Mi" Cath-
erine Dolan. a nntiv of Enirlnnd but of ln«h

anrrstrv. She is a dniiijhl'r of ' - ■"■!

Annie (Mrnermntt i IVdnn, who
born in Ireland. Mr«. Arnold is "" -

rhildr.n l->rn to her parents, only thre.- of
whom are still living, the other two Iwing:
Michael, who lives in Pueblo. Colorodo. »nr|
Thomas. al«o of Purbl", Colormlo. Mr. »nd
Mrs Arnold hnvx ten children, namely:
Annie, the wife of noiilK-n Heortly. of W».h.
ington and the mother of four rhlldren: F.va.
who married AH-erl Ciir^er. of Coquille. by
whom she hn. two son«: William P.. » re«i
dent of Santa Ana. California; Mary K..
who married Otto Prey, of Co ,."11- Orejron.
and is the mother of one ■
making her home at Salt I.
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

side uitli llii-ir parents; and Daniel It. and
Franees X., who are at home and pursuing
their edueation. In his political affiliations
ilr. Ar)iold is a consistent democrat and
wliile he has never sought public office he has
iloiu- effective work as road supervisor. He
is one of the enterprising citizens of Coos
county and is engaged in a representative
industry. By intelligent lalnir and careful
nuiuagenient he has lirouglit his dairy to a
point of success where it may be regarded
as an influence upon the growtli of the in-
dustry in this section of tlie state.

SOLOMON TAYLOR is a retired business
man having his residence in Prairie City,
Orant county. Oregon. His birth occurred in
Logan county, Ohio, on the 12th of .January,
1841. liis parents being -Tohn and JIargaret
(Jlcllvain) Taylor, the former a native of
Vermont and the latter of Logan county. Oliio.
They were nuxrried in Logan county and there
speiit the remainder of their lives, the
mother passing away in 1854. The father
died one year later, passing away while
absent from home attending to business in-
terests of a personal nature in connection
with property he owned in Greenbrier county,
West, Virginia.

Thus, at the early age of fourteen. Solomon
Taylor found himself an orphan, compelled
by dire necessity to make his own way in the
world. He was fortunate enough to secure
work as a farm laborer near his boyhood
home and he thus spent the first year after
his father's death on the farm of John JIay.
During the next two years he was employed
on the farm of a Mr. Stewart and for the
succeeding three years he worked for the Mil-
ler brotliers. all old neighbors of his father..
On the 11th of August. 1S62. he enlisted for
service in the Civil war as a member of Com-
pany I. Xinety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
His regiment was at once sent to the front
and Mr. Taylor was taken prisoner during the
battle of Sabine Crossroads. April S. 1863.
He was taken to Tyler. Texas, where he re-
mained for six months in the Confederate
prison at Camp Ford. On October 2?,. 1863,
he was exchanged and removed to New
Orleans, reaching that city by transport down
the Mississippi river. On arriving there he
was granted a thirty days' furlough and im-
proved the opportunity thus off'ered him in
rest and recuperation from the hardships of
prison life. During this period he returned
to his home in Ohio, where he was married,
and at the expiration of thirty days he was
ordered to report to his I'egiment at the
mouth of White river in Arkansas. Rejoining
his regiment, he continued in the service until
the close of the war. at which time he ob-
tained an honorable discharge and at once
returned to his wife and home in TjOgan
county. Ohio. There he engaged in farming
for a period of five years. He then removed
to Toledo. Ohio, where he followed carpenter-
ing and buildins for ten consecutive years.
In the spring of ISSn he removed to Denver,
Colorado, where he obtained employment as
carpenter in the service of the Denver & Rio
Crande Railway Company. He remained at

that place but one year and in the spring of
ISSl removed to Oregon, locating in John Day
valley, Grant county, where he was engaged
in farming for several years. In 1893 he
purchased a half interest in the Prairie City
Mills and three years later purcliased his
partner's interest, thus acquiring title to the
entire property. This he operated for ten
years in connection with his home farm of
two bundled and eighty acres and also one
hundred and sixty acres which was part of
the mill property. In 1903 he sold the mill
property and returned to his home farm,
where he remained for one year, after which
he removed to Prairie City. In 1904 he took
over the mercantile establishment of R. I).
Williams, conducting the .same until 1911,
when he sold the business to Daly Brothers.

Mr. Taylor has been twice married. In
October, 18G4, he wedded Miss Jennie Mc-
Pherson, by whom he had one child. .Jennie
B., who still lives at home. The wife and
mother pa.ssed away in May, 1872. and in
October. 1876. Mr. Tavlor married Mrs. Mar-
.garet (Trask) Ryer.

In his political affiliation Mi'. Taylor is a
democrat and he has served as a member of
the lioard of county commissioners for six
.vears. He is a member of the board of trus-
tees of the Methodist Episcopal church, to
which his wife also lielongs. :Mr. Taylor is
one of the well known and inlluential citi-
zens of Orant county. Starting out in life
in the midst of great hardships and suffering
at an early age the loss of both his parents,
he has nevertheless surmounted the difficul-
ties which confronted him in youth and looks
back upon a history of patriotic devotion to
bis countrv and a successful business career.
He is now living a retired life in Prairie City,
where he enjoys a nu^rited and well earnrd
rest.

WALTER W. RUSSELL is one of the en-
ergetic and successful .young agriculturists
of Yamhill county, where he has been re-
siding for the past twelve years. He was
born in South Dakota on the' 3d of February
1881. and is a son of William S. and Sarali
J. (!Morket) Russell, the former a native
of Pennsylvania and the latter of Iowa. In
his early manhood William S. Russell left
his native state and removed to Iowa, where
for five years he engaged in farming. There
he met the lad.y who subsequently became
his wife and soon thereafter he and his bride
removed to South Dakota, where the father
filed on a homestead. To the further im-
provement and cultivation of liis farm, ;\Ir.
Russell devoted his entire time and energies
for twenty-seven years. At the expiration
of that period he disposed of his propert.v,
and together with his wife and family came
to Oregon, where they have ever since re-
sided. At the present time thev are living
in McMinnville, the father having attained
the age of sixty-six years and the mother
sixty. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Russell
numbers eleven, as follows: Melvin. who is
living in Watertown, South Dakota; .Jasper,
whose home is in St. Paul. Jlinnesota;
Charles, who lives in ^McMinnville: Fannv,

SOLUM' >N lAM.i'l;

";t7 new Y0I^>,

Lf.Tr.a. LSNOXAN* I

THE CENTENNIAL HIST(>i;V (>K olClJiu.X

551

file wile III' I. Ottingor. of Slieridaii. Ore;iiin:
\'ii't<)r. "Ill) is also a ii-sident of Sliprulaii:
Walter \V.. who is our subject: Chester ami
Pearl. iKith of whom are at home: Hessie.
who is a teacher in the schools of McMiiiii
ville: anil Ethel anil Millie, who are attend-
ing hi^rh school in McMiinn ille.

Walter W. Kussell was a youth of eight-
een years «hen he removed from his native
state to Dreiron. In the aoniiirement of his
edncation he attendi'd the common schools
of South Dakota. duriM<.' which time he also
assisted his father with the work of the
farm. When he attained his majority he
left the parental roof and entered upon an
indepenilent career, his energies being de-
voted to agricultural pursuits, in accordance
with his early training, lie is an ambitious
and energetic young nuin who always fol-
lows out a well conceived plan of action in
whatever he undertakes, and concentrates
\ipon it all his powers. His elTorts are
meeting with success, owing to his enter-
jirise and the intelligent direction of his ac-
tivities, and he is now engaged in the op-
eration of a ranch of three hundred and fifty
acres, locateil eight miles southwest of
McMinnville.

In I'.iil.") Mr. Russell was united in marriage
to Miss Mary Duerst. a daughter of Bal-
thasar and Anna Duerst. and they have lie-
come the parents of two children: Ruby, who
was horn on the I.'ith of November. lOOfi:
anil Raymond, whose birth occurred on
August ill. inio.

The fraternal connections of Mr. Russell
are conlined to his membership in the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, his local iden-
tification with the order being' through the
lodge at McMinnville. He is a republican,
but" never having sought political preferment
doe, not actively jiarticipate in governmental
alfairs. preferring to concentrate his energies
upon the development of his personal inter-
ests, in which he i- meeting with a gratifying
measure of success.

JAMES H. NICHOLS was born in Lima.
I.al'.range. ciiiintx. Indiana, on the I2tli day
of .Tul>\ lSS;i. liis parents being Drnsus It.
and lane Louise (Shipnianl Nichols. Drusus
r.. NiihoN was born in Knglish Prairie. In-
diana in IH.'.'.i. and the mother in Lima, in
that state. Drnsus I!. Nichols, the fiither of
the subject of this sketch, was the grandson
of Samuel I'.urnell. one of the pioneer bankers
of northern Indiana, and the organizer of the
lniliaii;i National Bank in 1H.".9. Drnsus R
NichoN was tor a number of years the owner
of a merchandising establishment in Lima. In-
diana, and later engaged in the same bii«ine.-
in (■hica;.'i>. Illinois, where he died in IS90.
Mrs. Nicliid- survives her husband and m«ke»
her home «ith our subject in Maker. Ore-
gon She is the mother of three chihlren. as
follows: .lames IL. of this review; DrilsiI*
lU who lives in Chicago: and Marian ^^ il-
liams. the wife of Charles II. Kven.son. of St.
Paul. Minnesota.

.lami's II. Nichols «as idmated in the pub
lie schotils of Lima. Indiana, and also in tii'-
Howe Military School of the same pbo •

After his graduation from high seliiHd he en-
tered the Iniversity of Michi;;un at Ann Ar-
bor, where he spent the flrst year in the
ai-ademic department. Tiie following year lie
entered the la» department of the same insti-
tution from which he' was graduated in the
class of 190.">. I'pon his graduation Mr.
Nichols came west in search of a location and
selected Baker City, where he at onci- o|M-ne<l
an ollice for the practice of law. In luml he
entered the ollices of Hart A Smith. Shortly
after this, the senior member of the lirm. .Mr.
.Smith, was elected to the circuit Ix-nch, and
the lirm became Hart & Nichols. In 1911
the tirm of Hart &. Nichols dis.solved and Mr
Nichols opened his present ollices for the
practice of law in the Citizens National Bank
building. He was appointed city auditor of
Baker City in lOOS and was eld-ted for n
two-year term to succeed himself in I'.lO'.i.

In politics Mr. Nichols is a demiHTat and
during his early years as a student he was
elected president of the rniversity of Michi
gan Democratic Club in the campaign ol
1904. He is a memlM>r of the Masonic blue
lodge, the Benevolent Protective Order of
KIks and the Fraternal Order of Kagle-. II i-
religious faith is indicated by his memlMTship
in the Protestant Episcopal church. Mr,
Nichols has alreadv attained a place of high
staiiiling among the nii-mbers of the bar. not
withstanding the fad that he is a compara
lively voung man and he enjoys an extensive
and substantial clientage. He is interested
in all of the social issues of his adopted city
and can always be relied iijion to bring his
inlliience to bear toward the advancement of
any enterprise favoring the improvement ol
his county and state.

ANDREW ANDERSON, a ciii/en ..f Ham

iiioiid. has 1 n a resident of the Cnitiil

.States fur over thirty years. He was l>om in
.Sweden, on the HOth" o'f SeptemlM-r, H.'i9, In-
iiig a son of .\ndrew and Sophia .-KHdrrson.
The parents are now both deceased the
mother having passol away in the early '".tiu
and the father some six months later. To
them were liorn three sons; .Mfred anil !"»•
car. who have remained in the old isiuntrr:
and .\nilrew. our subject.

The first twenty tHO year* of his lif<> An-
drew .Vnderson •iM'nl in Swiilen where he ol.
lained a common sehixd education. Krrlinf
much ilissatisfleil with conditions for mh ■
meiit as he found them in his native I.m
ISSl he determined to come to A"
llrst li>eale<l in Michigan, where 1 '

for eighteefi months, th' ' . i •

I'pon bis arrival there "

the government employ

ill the Cobiinbin river forty nvr miles r««t
of Portland. In IHS.' he w«. transforred to
Fort Ste\en«. where he lias ever since I«r4»n
employiil HI gi'»erii'iieiit srrvirr. ThrifiT and
energelie Mr. .\ndersoii hits art|iiire<l a \ery
nice resiilriiw in llammoiMl. l»«ides which lie
nnns some vacant lots there and also prop
ertv in Porllnml.

Sir. Ander«on i-'-i '"- "'"-''",'

home by his niarn >
\n,li-r«on iiNo at'

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

she emigrated to the United States in 1891,
tirst locating in Astoria, but later coming to
Hammond, where she was residing at the
time of her marriage. Mrs. Anderson is a
daughter of Andrew and Christina (Matson)
Jacobson, who were born in Sweden and there
the mother passed awaj' in 1891, but the
father still survives at the age of about
eighty-eight years. The family of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacobson numbered nine, as follows:
Emma, who passed away in the old country
at the age of forty-seven; John, who died in
America; Peter, who is a resident of Michi-
gan; Edward, who was living in Astoria at
the time of his death, at the age of thirty-
seven years; Olaf, who is a resident of Swe-
den ; Sophi.a, who died in her native land ;
Matilda, now Mrs. Anderson; Wilhelni. who
is a resident of Astoria; and Charley, who is
married and living in the old country.

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are the parents of
five children: Winnie, who was born on the
23d of January, 1S96. now in high school;
Ruth, whose birth occurred on the 13th of
October, 1898; Edward, born on the 25th of
July, 1900; Elsie, born on the 12th of June,
1903; and Wilhelni, whose birth occurred on
the 5th of August. 1905.

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and their family
affiliate with the Lutheran church, and fra-
ternally he is identified with the Improved
Order of Red Men and the Maccabees, his
membership in both of these organizations
being held in Hammond. Ever since he was
granted the right of suft'rage through natural-
ization Mr. Anderson has east his ballot in
support of the republican party, and has
served as a member of the city council of
Hammond. In matters of citizenship he has
ever been loyal in his allegiance to the coun-
try of his adoption, giving his support and
indorsement to all progressive movements in-
augurated in his community.

CHARLES E. FORD, who for twenty-one
j-ears has been a resident of Hammond, where
he engages in contracting and building, was
born in Washington county, Oregon, in 1866.
His parents, Edward J. and Welthy A. (Pom-
eroy) Ford, were natives, the father of New
York state and the mother of Washington
county, Oregon. Mr. Ford, a carpenter by
trade, emigi-ated to Oregon in the pioneer
days, and here he met and subsequently mar-
ried Miss Pomeroy. He devoted his entire
attention to the carpenter's trade and con-
tracting in Washington and Oregon until his
retirement in 1910. He then removed to As-
toria, Oregon, where he continues to live at
the age of seventy-one years, while the
mother is sixty-one years old. To them
were born six children, of whom the son
Charles E. is the eldest. The others in order
of birth are as follows : ilary Olive, who died
at the age of four years; William A., who is
living at Chinook. Washington; Minnie, who
married Leander Lebeck, also a resident of
Chinook; Benjamin D., who is living at
Beaverton, Oregon; and John E., of Chinook,
Washington.

The early years in the life of Charles E.
Ford were spent amid the hardships and pri-

vations generally incident to pioneer life^
He acquired a common-school education, re-
maining a member of the home circle until
he was seventeen years of age when he be-
gan to shift for himself. His first work was
as a salmon fisher on the Columbia river.
For fourteen years he followed this occupa-
tion during the summer season, devoting his
winters to carpentry work. Since that time,
however, he has given his undivided attention
to contracting and building in which he has
met with excellent success. He owns a very
pleasant home in Hammond, besides three
other residence properties which he rents.

In 1889 Mr. Ford was married to Miss
JIabel N. Andrews, a native of California and
a daughter of Samuel and Jane Andrews.
Both of Mrs. Ford's parents are now deceased,
the father having passed away in California
and the mother in the state of Washington.
Their family numbered eight: Marion;
Thomas; Samuel; Martha, who married a Mr.
Pate, of California; Mary, the wife of J. P.
Paul, both now deceased; Henry Andrews,
who is now deceased; Mabel N., the wife of
Jlr. Ford; and Olive, who is deceased. Of
the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ford there has
been born one son, Reuben P., whose birth oc-
curred in 1890, in Pacific county, Washington.
After graduating from the grammar school he
began his business career and is now
residing at Eugene, Oregon, where he is en-
gaged in railroad work. Four years ago Mr.
and Mrs. Ford adopted a little daugliter. May
^fildred, whose birth occurred on the 9th of
December, 1906, in Multnomah county, Ore-
gon.

In religious faith they are Episcopalians,
and fraternally he is connected with the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, while they
both hold membership in the Rebekahs and
the Maccabees, all of these organizations be-
ing represented in Hammond. His political
support Mr. Ford gives to the democratic
party, and for ten years he has served as
mayor of Hammond, while for two years he
was a member of the town council. His long
period of service as head of the municipality
attests the regard in which Mr. Ford is held
in Hammond, among whose citizens he num-
bers many stanch friends.

JAMES A. NEAL, who has been a resident
of Warrenton. Oregon, for the past fifteen
years, was born in Orono, Maine, on the 4th
of July, 1S44, being a son of James A. and
Sarah 11. (Knapp) McNeal. The father was
also a native of Maine, but of Scotch extrac-
tion, his parents having emigrated to the
United States from Scotland. The mother
was l)orn in Ireland, whence she emigrated
to the I'nited States when a child with her
parents, who settled at Bucksport. Maine, in
1827. There she was reared to womanhood
but she was married to Mr. McKeal at Orono.

After his marriage James A. McNeal es-
tablished a blacksmith shop at Orono. which
lie operated until the Civil war broke out.
He enlisted in the Eighteenth Maine Volun-
teer Infantry, and went to the front where
he remained" for three years. He was dis-
chnrgeil on account of his wounds and be-

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

5r.3

cause of the fact that his constitution was
entirely depleted by the hardships and priva-
tions of army life. He survived for a little
more than a year, his demise occurring' in
1866. The mother lived until the 16th of
December, 1897. Of this union there were
born thirteen children, of whom the son,
James A., is the only one now surviving.- the
others are as follows: Daniel, who died
when he was five years of age; Adeline, who
passed away at the age of fifty-one; Abbie,
who was nineteen years old when she died;
Zephaniah, who was killed in the army in
18B2; Angeline, whose death occurred when
four years old; Elizabeth, who passed away
at thirty-five; ilary, whose demise occurred
when she was twenty-five years; Charles,
who was fifty-seven years old at the time of
his death; Daniel, who died at the age of
sixty-three; Albridge, who attained an age of
sixty-five years when he passed away; and
two. who died in infancy.

The first seventeen years of his life James
A. Neal spent under the parental roof, ac-
quiring a knowledge of the common branches
in the public schools of his native town. His
career as a wage earner began in a lumber
camp in the vicinity of Orono. where he spent
one winter. On the 10th of November, 1862,
he enlisted in Company C, First Maine Volun-
teer Cavalry, remaining at the front until the
9th of August, 1865, when he was mustered
out at Augusta, Maine. During the period of
his service he participated in many notable
battles and skirmishes, among them being
the following: Stony Creek. Ring Station,
Sycamore Church, Hear of Petersburg, Cedar
Creek, Hatch Run and Hanover Court House.
He was shot in the left side at the battle of
Ring Station and again wounded at the bat-
tle of Petersburg, where his horse was killed
and fell on him, throwing his eyes out on his
cheeks. After receiving his discharge. Mr.
Keal returned to Orono residing there until
1868, when he came west, locating in Michi-
gan where he engaged in the lumber business
for three years. From there he went to Wis-
consin, remaining until 1874, being' employed
as a foreman by his uncle, Daniel E. Hub-
bard. He then moved to Portland, devoting
seven years to agricultural pursuits, follow-
ing which he spent six years in the vicinity
of Walla \\'alla engaging in various occupa-
tions. At the expiration of that perio<l he
went to Squaw N'alley. California, and oper-
ated a hay ranch for seven years, then came
to Ashland, Oregon, and bought a fruit ranch.
Two years thereafter he di-siio-icd of this
property and came to Warrenton, where he
has ever since resided. Mr. Neal owns a fine
residence here, which togvther with his other
interests and the pension he receives from
the government enables him to live rom-
fortably.

Mr. Neal has married three times, his first
union having been with Miss Elizabeth J.
Good, in Portland, Maine, November. I'^fifi.
Mrs. Neal passed away in 1868. having been
the mother of three chililren, twins, who died
in infancy and a daughter, Abbie, the de-
ceased wife of John I^erne. her demise occur-
ring at the age of twenty-four years. In ISTO

Mr. Neal was again married, his choice thi«
time being Mrs. Sultana Woodard, a wi.low,
and a daughter of William Cleveland of Fond
du Lac, Wisconsin. This marriage took place
at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the union lieinp
terminated by the death of .Mrs. Neal in lS7'.t.
She also left one daughter, .Mittiebell, who
married Elmer Benhani of Beaverton. Oregmi,
and died in 189S, leaving one child, Zella May.
Mr. Neal married his present wife, formerly
Miss Jlary Henrietta Stadaroth, on the 16tii
of May, 1883. Mrs. Neal was lK)rn in Hano-
ver. Germany, emigrating from there to
America when a child with her parents, who
settled in Jacksonville, .lackson county, Ore
gon, in lS6.'i. There the father passed away
two years later, leaving a widow and two
daughters: Mary Henrietta, now Mrs. Neal;
and Matilda, the" wife of C. W. Wentwortli.
of California. The mother was again nmrriisl
in 1S6S, taking for her second husband C. I).
Reed, of Jacksonville, by whom she had four
daughters: Charlotte, who is a teacher; Kate,
a milliner; Emma, also a teacher; and .Sarah,
who died on the l.")th of January. 1H,S.^. The
daughters are all unmarried and make their
home with their parents in Jacksonville.
The father formerly engaged in placer mining,
but is now living retired at the age of
eighty-two years, while the mother is
seventy-two. Mr. and Mrs. Neal have one
son, Loris Dewey, who was born in Ashland,
OregxDn, on the 2Sth of August, 1897. He is
now attending high school.

Mr. and Mrs. Neal alfiliate with the Meth-
odist Episcopal church, and fraternally he is
a ilason, his membership beine held in a
lodge in Maine, and he also belongs to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Wiscon-
sin, while he maintains relations with his
comrades of '61 by means of his membership
in the Grand .\rmy of the Republic. In mat-
ters politic. Mr. Neal was formerly an anient
republican, but he now easts an independent
ballot, giving his support to such men and
measures as he deems best adapted to sub-
serve the interests of the majority.

J. L. HOSKINS. One of the highly honore.1
pioneers and substantial citizenii of YnmhIII
county is .1. L. Ilookins. who for the pii»t
three years has been president of the United
States Bank of Newberg, the dutien of which
post he is discharging in ronnedinn with the
operation of his ranch. His birth ocnirred in
Clinton county. Ohio, on the 'JOth of Mari-h.
1"<46. his parents being Ji>«eph and Sorah A.
(Ilodxonl Iloikins. They were nl»o natix-s
of Clinton i-oiinty. the father's natal dnv t-
ing in Iil9 and that of the mother in 1*<'.".'
The family of Mr. and Mr». IIn«kin« num
bered four: Cvrud E.. who paused away leav-
ing a wife but no chihlren; J. I... our «ubjer» ;
.\. >!.. who ilie<l in Portland; anil Carrie M..
who is al- ' '

.J. L. II given the ndvanlaifea of

a good e<'ii "l education in hi« native

<tiife. where hi' n-sided until he was iievpn
teen. I'pon alt.iiiiinir that age he respond"!
to the rail for volunteers and enlisted in the
Thirteenth Ohin Volunteer Cavalry. He re
mnined at the front for two and a half years.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

iUid during tliat period saw imich active serv-
ice but WHS never wounded. He was present
at tlie siege of Petersburg and participated
in the battle of tlie Wilderness, while he also
witnessed Lee's surrender. Although he was
one of the youngest men in his regiment, he
displayed rare courage and presence of mind
and was discharged with the rank of ser-
geant. When mustered out he joined his par-
ents, who had removed to Indiana during his
absence. There he engaged in farming during
the summer months, while his winters for
four years were devoted to teaching. At the
end of that time he learned to mould brick,
following this occupaton for four years in
Indiana, whence he subsequently removed to
Oregon. During the first six years of his
residence in this state he continued to mould
brick, but at the expiration of that period
he turned his attention to agricultural pur-
suits, purchasing the ranch where he has ever
since lived. The country in this vicinity was
but sparsely settled when he located here, his
arrival being prior to the founding of the
town of Newberg. In the operation of his
land Mr. Hoskins has met with success, as he
is very practical in all that he undertakes
and has made a careful study of his soil, de-
voting his fields to such crops as he considers
they are best adapted for. His personal
supervision has always been given to the
work about his place, much of which he has
]ierformed himself, and the result has been
all that coiild be desired. As his circum-
stances have warranted he has added such im-
provements and conveniences as were needed
to operate his land in accordance with modern
methods of agriculture, while he has also
erected substantial barns and a comfortable
residence. His ranch presents a most attrac-
tive appearance, everything about the place
indicating careful supervision and capably
and intelligently directed efforts. He takes
great pride in his homestead, which has re-
sponded most gratifyingly to the labor he has
expended in its cultivation and now nets him
a handsome annual income. In 1900 Mr. Hos-
kins entered public life in the capacity of
county recorder, and owing to the nature of
his duties during the four years of his term
he lived in McMinnville, but at the end of
that time he returned to his ranch. He has
always taken a deep interest in the develop-
ment and upbuilding of Newberg and has been
associated with its business life through his
connection with the bank for more than six
years. For three years he was a director and
vice president of this institution, displaying
diu-ing that period such fine powers of organi-
zation and executive ability that lie was later
elected president. He has discharged the re-
sponsible duties of this otlice in a manner
highly acceptable to the stockholders, and the
bank has become recognized as one of the
stable and conservative financial institutions
of the county.

In Indiana on the 10th of February, 187(i,
Mr. Hoskins was united in marriage to Mary
L. Hadley, who was born in Monrovia. Mor-
gan county, that state, on March 17. 1850.
Her parents were T. M. and L. M. (Macy)
Hadley, the father a native of North Caro-

lina, his birth occurring Ueceniber 10. 1810,
while the mother was born in Tennessee, Au-
gust 28, ISIS. They were the parents of nine
children. Unto Mr. and ilrs. Hoskins there
have been born three cluldrcn, as follows:
Anna, the wife of F. K. Jones, principal of
the high school at Santa Paula, California,
by whom she has had two children, Bernice
and Merle; Hervey JI., who is married and
living at ilcMinnville, where he is post-
master; and Cecil J., who is a lawyer by pro-
fession, also married and living in McMinn-
ville, where he is connected with one of the
banks.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins are members of
the Friends church, and he is a charter mem-
ber of the Woodmen of the World and for
forty-three years he luts been aHiliated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
the Rebekahs. He maintains relations with
his comrades of the war through his connec-
tion with Shiloh Post, G. A. R., and he also
belongs to the Commercial Club of Newberg.
His political support he gives to the republi-
can party, and has always taken an active
interest in all governmental afl'airs. Beside
acting in the capacity of county recorder, as
previously mentioned, he was deputy assessor
tor six years and represented Yamhill county
in the state senate for four. A man of
sound judgment and progressive views he is
often called upon to serve in a public capac-
ity and for twelve years he was one of the
trustees of Pacific College, having entered
upon his duties when the school was first
founded. Mr. Hoskins is one of the pioneers,
who in the development of his own interests
has not forgotten his duties as a citizen in
the community at large, and has always
given much of his time and energy to promot-
ing the various public utilities. A strozig
personality, his influence is ever e-xerted in
advancing the best intej'ests of the people by
giving bis tinipuilified support to every move-
ment that will tend to uplift the standards
of the community along moral, social or in-
tellectual lines.

JACOB KAMM. It is frecpiently the case
that men who are pioneers in an undeveloped
region or in the establishment of a business,
who bear the hardships and trials incident
to settlement in a new connnunity or meet
the discouragements and didiculties attend-
ant upon the establishment and development
of a new industry or commercial enterprise,
do not receive the financial returns which
seem to be their due. Not so in the case
of .Jacob Kamm. He is now one of the
wealthiest residents of Portland and in his
success his fellow townsmen feel that he has
fittingly come into his own. His prosperity
has followed the closest application, the most
unremitting industry and ready utilization
of opportunities that others might have en-
joyed had they possessed the ability and the
courage to utili7.e them. No history of the
development of the northwest would be coni-
]dpte without mention of .lacob Kamm. for
as one of the promoters of navigation inter-
ests he has accomplished for this section of
the count IV a work th<' value of which can

JACOB KAMM

MRS. CAROLINE A. KA>tM

jjrucu

AtTor

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

559

scarcely be overestimated. While he has
prospered, the public at large has been a
direct beneficiary of his labors in that his
work has been a factor in opening up this
great section of the country with all of its
splendid natural resources. His history con-
stitutes an interesting chapter in the life
of the northwest.

Psychologists claim that ancestry, individ-
uality and environment are the three-fold
elements of success, representing material,
ability and opportunity. The land of the
Alps was the ancestral home of Jacob Kamm,
who was born in Canton Glarus, Switzerland,
December 12, 1823, and to the eighty-eighth
milestone he has traveled life's journey, the
evening of his days being spent in one of
the beautiful homes of Portland in an hon-
orable retirement from the labors that so
many years engaged his attention. His
father resigned his commission in the Swiss
army to make a home for himself and his
family among the broader opportunities
offered in America, but four years later, in
Xew Orleans, yellow fever claimed him as
a victim and his son, then twelve years of
age, was left to face the difficulties of
life alone. A sturdy, self-reliant spirit came
to him from his ancestry and with this there
developed in him a determination to utilize
to its full every advantage. Already prior
to his father's death he had secured a posi-
tion in the ofTice of a prominent daily paper
in New Orleans and after leaving that posi-
tion, which he had obtained tlirough the
influence of the foreman, who was his friend,
he performed any task which he could secure
until November. 1837, when he changed the
base of his business operations to St. Louis.
On the trip up the river he was robbed by
a smooth-talking stranger of all of his money
save ten cents. The urge of necessity there-
fore forced him to obtain immediate employ-
ment, which he secured as cabin Iwy on the
Ark, a small steamer on the Illinois river.
During the winter months he attended a
private school. Contact with the world
served to show him his own limitations and
at the same time awakened his ambition.
He gave every leisure niomc-nt to mastering
the details of marine engineering and, be-
coming an expert workman in that field, was
offered paying positions which in time
brought to him the capital that enabled him
to become part owner of the steamer P.elle
of Hatehie, a steamboat which he ran until
his health became impaired. He then sold
out and for several years thereafter was
chief engineer on packet l)oat« plying lyf-
tween St. Ix)uis, Keokuk and Xew Orleans.
The requirement demanded of engineers bo-
fore they were licensed was at that time
very higii. Mr. Kamm rec-ivcl his iliploma
from the Engineers Association of Missouri
but again impaired health forccl bim to «eek
a chance and. hoping that dilTereiit clinintic
conditions would prove beni-fi'i:il. h>> (•r'--"'d
the plains in 19i9 to the mining regions
around Sacramento. After a brief perio<l ho
was installed as engineer on a «tenmlK)at
running on the Sacramento and Feather
rivers in Californin. The following year, in
Vol. 111—23

San Francisco, he became acquainted with
Lot WTiitcomb and it was this inciilent that
eventually brought Mr. Kamm into such
close connections with the development of
navigation in the northwest. In order to
install the machinery ordered for the steamer
Lot Whitcomb, Mr. Kamm went to Miluau-
kie, a Portland suburb. While his knowl-
edge of such work was of expert character,
his sole equipment at that point was a bel-
lows and anvil; but with the assistance of a
blacksmith by the name of Plukesley, who
was ingenious and painstaking, .Mr. Kamm
managed to shape the crude tools that
enabled him to perform the work that he
had undertaken. It was necessary also that
he assemble the boilers, which had been
shipped from New York in twenty-two sec-
tions, and at length the I-ot Whitcomb
steamed out of the harbor — the first craft
of the kind ever equipped in this port, Mr.
Kamm being behind the engines and operat-
ing the machinery until the vessel was sold
and taken to California.

From that time forward Mr. Kamm wa»
closely identified with navigation interests
of the northwest. He built the first stern
wheel steamer of Oregon, the .lennie Clark,
of which he was half owner with Messrs.
Ahernethy, Clark and Ainsworth owning the
other half. This enterprise was a stupend-
ous one for that day, for all machinery had
to be brought around Cape Horn, but the
work was successfully executed ami the craft
launched. Later he was active in the con-
struction of the Carrie Ladd. also one of the
first steamers on the Columbia, this vessel
becoming the nucleus of the property of what
was later the Oregon Steam Navigation Com-
pany, which was organized in lUfiO with Mr.
Kamm as one of the large stockholders and
as chief engineer. He sold his interest in
the business in 1965 to a syndicate, which
in turn transferred its stock to the Oregon
I'ailroad A Navigation Company. Mr. Kamm
also became one of the or(;ani?i'rs. presiilent
and priiicipal stockhnMi-r of the Willanietto
.Steam Navigation Company, which oprrnte<l
extensively on the Willamette anri eventually
sold out to the Oregon Railroad A Naviga-
tion Company. He wns likewise the owner
of the George S. Wright, a stennx .
in the coast trade, running from
to Victoria and Sitka. With thi- -
of Oregon and the northwest he
his business (o m''et th'- ■>r..n".. .,

of the time. .Although ■ i ho

thought to withdraw fn>ii lion

with navigation, he was (nrcrd li> takn in
payment the smnll iir-nm-r rurrie. which
was made the • • ' of thu

\'nnroiivrr Tr ' 'or that

noe-

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loni;

ment ...

owner oi '" ''"' ll»»«>'

Kailwny .'. >ny "nd with

nth.Ts he »i 'in hiiildinj Ihn

Ocean Wave if -ma. of the Snak»

River Transporintinn < 'impany, which ar«

560

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

the only boats that have passed through the
famous Box canon on the Snake river with-
out being wrecked. Long before the era of
railroad transportation his labors had facili-
tated trade relations in providing means of
transportation for the products of the north-
west. The growth of a district must al
ways depend upon this and the work of
Mr. Kamm was therefore of incalculable
benefit and value to Oregon and Washington.
Moreover, he became a factor in banking
circles in Portland, subscribing largely to the
stock of various banks and at one time serv-
ing as vice president of the United States
National Bank. His business operations at
Astoria featured largely in the upbuilding
of that city. He invested extensively in
property and business enterprises there until
he became one of the large tax-pa.yers of that
seaport and is now president of the First
National Bank of Astoria. His realty hold-
ings include valuable property in Portland
and in San Francisco.

On the 13th of September, ■ 1859, Mr.
Kamm was married to Miss Caroline
Augusta Gray, a daughter of William H. and
Mary A. (Dix) Gray, missionaries of the
northwest of 1836 and 1838 respectively.
Both of her parents, of whom mention is
made on another page of this work were
prominent in the educational and religious
development of the northwest. The mis-
sionary spirit brought them to this section
of the country that they might spread the
teachings of the gospel among the Indians
and the eai'ly white settlers in this region.
The father was also a practicing physician
and a man of considerable literary ability.
Unto Dr. and Mrs. Gray were born seven
children, of whom Mrs. Kamm is the second
in order of birth, and by her marriage she,
has become the mother of one son. Charles
T. Kamm, now deceased, who became his
father's assoiciate in navigation interests.
He left four children: Mrs. Caroline A. Mc-
Kinnon: Jacob G.. now in Europe; Willis
W.; and Philip S.

While the extent of the business interests
which Mr. Kamm has managed is such as
would preclude for many a man the oppor-
tunitj' for engaging in other interests. Mr.
Kamm was long known among the active
workers of the First Presbyterian church
and as president of its board of trustees. He
contributed generously to the maintenance
of the church, manifesting deep interest in
the extension of the work. In Masonry he
has attained high rank. His initiation into
the order occurred in St. Louis. July 27, 1847,
and following his arrival in this state he
became one of the early members of the
Multnomah Lodge, No. 1,' A. F. & A. M., of
Oregon Citj', but is now a member of Willa-
mette Lodge, No. 3. of Portland. His name
is also on the membership rolls of Portland
Chapter, No. 3, R. A. M.; Oregon Com-
mandery, No. 1, K. T.; Oregon Consistory,
No. 1, A. & A. S. R.; and Al Kader Temple
of the Mystic Shrine.

A review of his life seems to indicate that
Mr. Kamm has lost no opportunity not only
to further his own interests but also to con-

tribute through his business activities to the
growth and development of the northwest.
The sterling characteristics of the Swiss
people— industry, reliability and courage-
are liis and they enabled him to meet the
demands of our splendid western citizenship.
Rich in its natural resources, the country
offered him opportunities of large value. He
saw them and made them his own. His
knowledge and his business training, both
largely self-acquired, were of the most prac-
tical character and as the years passed he
developed a marked genius for organization
that carried him into important business re-
lations. He spends his time today in super-
intending the details of his large business
interests. Although he is unable to leave
the house he daily receives reports from the
First National Bank of Astoria, of which he
is president, from the Vancouver Trans-
portation Company and from his other ex-
tensive interests, and regularh' gives advice
with reference to their management. He oc-
cupies one of the most beautiful homes in
Portland. In the period of his early resi-
dence here he purchased, in the early '60s,
fourteen acres of land then outside of the
city limits. Today this tract is in the cen-
ter of the great and beautiful city that has
grown about it and is in itself a center of
beauty scarcely surpassed. Beautiful trees
and shrubs indicate the art of the land-
scape gardener and, though in the very
heart of tlie city, seem in a measure to shut
out the cares and activities of the outside
world that the owner may enjoy that peace
and quiet which he has so worthily won and
which are so rightfully his. The home with
its magnificent surroundings is a most suit-
able environment for the honorable old age
to which he has attained.

CHARLES A. PELLAND, a well known
farmer of Marion county, was born in Cham-
poeg. February 11. 1874. His parents were
Charles 0. and Mary E. (Coleman) Pelland,
the father being a native of Canada, and the
mother of Yamhill county, Oregon. The fa-
ther came to Oregon in 1860, locating at Ore-
gon City, where he was engaged for eight
years in milling. Upon his removal to Cliam-
poeg he established a mercantile business but
in ISSO he removed to a farm near McMinn-
ville. in Yamhill county, and remained there
two years. Subsequently for six years he was
again in mercantile work at St. Paul, Oregon,
and at the end of this period he purchased a
farm of four hundred acres, where he lived
until his death, IMay 31, 1904. He wedded
Mary E. Coleman, at St. Paul, Oregon, on
January 1. 1873. She was a daughter of
James and Frances (Murrey) Coleman, who
were married in Iowa in 1847. came directly
to Oregon and settled in Yamhill county, near
Bellevue, on a donation claim where they
lived several years. They then removed to
St. Paul, w^here they resided until the
father's death, which occurred June 11,
1911. He was a very prominent farmer.
In their family were eleven children,
of whom Mary E. was the third in order of
birth. The others were: Mrs. Ann Davidson,

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

-)«!

the (leceased wife of W. F. Daviilson, of St.
Paul, Oregon; John, deceased; W. Thomas, of
Champoeg. Oregon; James, of Tnrnor; Mr<.
Eliza Hamnionil. the wife of Frank ('. llani-
niond, of Portland; Steve H. and Charles I).,
both of St. Paul; .Mrs. Emma .Aliirphv, the
wife of W. il. .Murphy, of St. Paul;" Mr«.
Louise Casey, the wife of J. J. Casey, of
Portland; and Frank X.. of St. Paul. Cliarli-,
O. and Mary E. (Coleman) Pelland lierame
the parents of eight children, of whom GliarU-s
A. wa-s the eldest. The others are: Mrs.
Florence (!. Daly, the wife of Alfred J.
Daly, of Seattle. Washington; George, de-
ceased; Fred J., of Athena. Oregon: Mrs.
Marie Xewsom. the wife of t!. S. Ncwsom. of
Athena. Oregon; Philip O.. of l.ostine. Ore-
gon; Helen L.. of Corvallis: and Francis
(ierald, whu is a student i>\ the electrical en-
gineering department of the State College at
Corvallis.

Charles A. Pelland received his edtication in
the common schools and remained under the
parental roof until he was twenty-live years
of age. when he started out in life of his own
accord by renting a farm of three hundred
acres, on which he engaged in raising oats
and live stock. After two years he took
charge of his present farm, which consists of
four hundred acres and is a part of his
mother's home place, and he owns twotifths
of it. His principal crops are grain and hops,
and he is also engaged in raising live stork.

In 1899 Mr. Pelland was united in mar-
riage with Miss Mary A. (Iratton. who was
born October 4. 187G. in St. Louis. Oregon.
She is a daughter of Felix and Sophia lOui-
mette) fJratton. both of whom were natives
of Canada, born in Quebec. In \S6'>. soon
after their marriagie. the parents came to Ore-
gon, and settled in St. Tx>liis, where they lived
for twenty-seven years, during which time
the father followed the trade of blacksmith.
They then removed to a farm of seventy-five
acres near St. Paul, where they lived until
the father's death, September 17. 1SS9. In
their family were ten children, of whom eight
are deceased. The two surviving are: Ed-
ward F.. of Portland; and Mary .\.. who is
now Mrs, Pelland. Mr. and Mrs. Pelland have
four children: Florence M.. horn .August 19.
tono. who is attending an acailemy in .St.
Paul; Kathryn. t)orn October HI. 1902. who is
also attending an academy in St. Paul: Mary
Octavia. born September 2. 1904. who attends
the same school; and Charles Felix, born
Februarj- 21. 1912.

In politics Mr. Pelland is a democrat, hut
has niither sought nor desired oflice. Fra-
ternally he is identified with the .Vnrient Or-
der of United Workmen, and both he and his
family are zealous members of the Catholic
church. For his advancement in life he de-
pends entirely upon his own pfTorts and en-
terprise and he is .steadily nehieving »nccf««.

ROBERT A. ABBOTT. The life record of
I'obert .\. .\bbott. who for more than n rpinr-
ter of a century has been a resident of .Skip-
anon, Oregon, began at Hinghamton. Ne"-
York, on the 22d of May, 1^4.1. His father,
fieorgc W. Abbott, was a native of Conneeti-

cut ot English parentage. In his early lunii-
hood he mi.ve<l to New York state where he
met and subsequently niiirri.d Mi,, Aiigeline
Carmon. who was of l)in,li extraction and a
native of Dutehe.ss eoiiiitv. New York. Their
marriage occurred at Hiiighamton. where ho
worked at shoemaking and also eiig»gi>d in
the tannery business with his brother until
his retirement. lie passed nwav in 1SH5.
but till' mother survive.1 until IS92. llv this
union there were born the following chililr<'n,
the eldest of whom died in infancv; in order
of birth, the others are as follows: Kobert
.-\.. our subject ; Hetsy A., the wife of Samuel
liennett. of Kinghamton, Xew York; .lames
F., who is living in Oregon; Eunice \Y., a
resident of Walerville. .New York; .Iiilia. the
wifeof ,loel Van Xesvkirk. a ha n I ware man
of New York city; Carrie Itelle, who passed
iiway at the age of twenty three; and Oeorge.
who died at Brookline, New York.

Robert .\. .\bbiitt remained umler the pa-
rental roof until he was sevi-nteen years of
age. when he left to join the I'nion forces in
the Civil war. lie enlisted on the 4th of
March. 1S62, in the Fifteenth Unite<l States
Infantry, spending three years at the front,
receiving his discharge on the 4th of March,
isr,r,, on the top of Ixokout mountain in
(leorgia. He actively participated in twenty-
seven battles, among them being those iif
Pittsburg Laiiiliiig and Stone Kiver. .-VftiT
receiving his discharge he retiirne<l home,
where he remaineil until September, l.st>7,
when he again enlisted in the army. lie
joined Battery I. Fourth Cnited States .-Xrtil-
lery for three years, being discharged on the
4th of September. IH70. at Fort Maryland on
the Potomac. Immediately thereafter lie re-
enlisted in Itattery E. of the same regiment,
and has the ilist ini'tioii of assisting ill the
capture of Captain .lack of the .Modix-,. in
the Modoc Indian war in 187.1. He was
honorably discharged at Fort Stevens. Ore-
gon, on the 4th of SeptemlM>r. Is7.'i. with-
drawing permanently from army life. lie
subsei|iieiitlv came to Skipanon and lioiight
a homestead, that he improved and ciiltivnti-d
fi'T twenty-live years. Disposing "f hi" ranch
in 191111 he has ever "ince followed the car-
penter's trade, .Mr. .-XbtioM aN- i- ■ • - i jM-n
sion from the I'nitiil States l t.

Ilaltimore, .Maryland, was t' i the

marriage of Mr. Ahliott to Miss .Maria Hen-
derson, the event ooeiirring on the 7th of
.(line. |S70, Mrs. .-Vbliott is the only dmiKh
Ut of William H. and .-Vnnie llhiwpsi Hen
ilertoii and was horn ' ' '' the

vicinity of Fort Wn I'hrr

was a native of |. "—

mother of Florida,
her early childhool,

iiway nt the Iwrraeks at the l'rp«i<lin, .san
Fnnia.-fi in |ss| ffr h,->« hern in the
I years, alwa.rs

iinwiii n1 \lr.
aiil ' i- ■ ■■

ing rl

the w 1 1 .» 1 r' •• , "■ •- . ,,i \ -

Edwin v.. who is a farmer at ^
ington: Mary. Ihc wife of C. 11
i* in tha •errice of tbc OrMt Northern Hail-

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

way, also at Auburn, Washington; Blanche,
who married S. T. Smith, who" is engaged in
the clam business at Skipanon, Oregon; Nel-
lie, the wife of J. A. Collins, of Hammond,
Oregon, who is a sergeant in the United
States army and also a ticket agent; Lottie,
who is still at home; William H., who is en-
gaged in the lumber business, married and
living in Warrenton; and Fred and Charles
H., both of whom are unmarried and living
at home. The two eldest were twins.

The family affiliate with the Episcopal
church, and politically Mr. Abbott is a re-
publican. He has held the position of police
judge and justice of the peace, and he also
served for many years as a member of the
school board at Skipanon. He has been on
the republican committee since locating here
in 1875, and has repeatedly been chosen as a
delegate to state convention.?.

CHARLES F. TRUE. To men, who pos-
sess the initiative and determination of pur-
pose to cope with conditions that confront
the new settler, the northwest affords the
opportunities to quickly attain the plane of
prosperity. Of such as these is Charles F.
True, one of the successful general farmers
and extensive hop-raisers of Washington
county.

His birth occurred in a little seafaring
village in Cumberland county, Maine, on the
16th of January, 1845, his boyhood and
youth being spent within sight and sound of
the Atlantic. His earliest memories are of
the water, during both calm and storm, and
the various crafts that plied their trade.
The son of a shipbuilder, he delighted to
spend his time about his father's place of
business, where he met many sailors with
wonderful stories and experiences that fired
his imagination and intensified his longing
to adopt the same vocation when he had at-
tained manhood. At the age of eleven years
he lost his mother, and, as is often the case
with a mother's passing, the home soon be-
came but a memory and from then on the
lad was practically dependent upon his own
resources, so he laid away his school books
and gratified the great longing of his life,
to go to sea. For eleven years he served
in different capacities on various sailing ves-
sels, where his youthful knowledge and en-
thusiasm, and the natural understanding of
the sea, as well as his love for the seafarer's
life served to promote him, while yet in his
early youth, to the position of an officer.
During the time of the nation's great need
for men of fortitude he withdrew from his
work and offered his services to his country,
going to the front on the 33d of December,
1863, with Company C, Thirty-second Maine
Volunteer Infantry. He entered the ranks
at Augusta, Maine, and was sent from there
to Alexandria, Virginia, where his regiment
joined the Ninth Corps. They participated
in the battle of the Wilderness, Spottsyl-
vania. North Anne, Bethany Church, Five
Oaks and Cool Arbor, as well as the advance
on Petersburg. Their regiment was com-
posed of brave men, whose fearlessness made
'them almost reckless in the face of danger

and as a result their showing at the end
of the year revealed many empty places,
both in the ranks and among the officers.
Probably no other regiment had met with
greater disaster in the same length of time
or could produce a more remarkable record.
Eighteen officers and one hundred and sixty-
five men were killed on the field; thirty-four
died in rebel prisons; one hundred and forty-
two were in the hospitals, and four hundred
and forty-five received non-mortal wounds.
Thus there were about eight out of every nine
killed or wounded and of this brave company
of volunteers only sixty-four men were left
at one time. Mr. True, himself, was twice
wounded in the advance on Petersburg and
in consequence spent four months in the
hospital at Alexandria. At the expiration
of that period he was mustered out and re-
turned to his home in Maine, glad of the
restoration of peace and proud of the part
he had played in hastening the end. When
his health was fully restored and he was
able to once more resume the responsibilities
of civil life, he decided to avail himself of
the greater opportunities which he felt were
afforded on the western coast, and it was in
the summer of 1867, that he took passage
on the Meldon for Portland, by way of the
Horn. He reached his destination on the
17th of September and soon thereafter be-
came identified with the lumber interests of
the vicinity. Later he severed this connec-
tion with the lumber business to become
manager of the Dave Logan ranch, contin-
uing to discharge the duties of this position
until his marriage in 1871. Very shortly
after this event he and his bride located in
McMinnville, where for a year Mr. True con-
ducted a meat market. A man of much sa-
gacity and foresight, he early recognized the
wonderful possibilities Oregon afforded agri-
culturally and purchased the ranch where
he now resides. After giving up the meat
business he engaged in carpentry work until
1883, when he removed to his ranch. A
dense growth of marketable timber covered
his land and much time was consumed in
clearing and grubbing preparatory to opera-
tion. Mr. True has spared neither expense
nor labor to create out of a wilderness one
of the most attractive and valuable proper-
ties of the county. He has erected a mod-
ern residence and durable outhouses and
barns, many modern improvements are to be
found on his place and the grounds are under
intense cultivation. In connection with gen-
eral farming, he has made a specialty of
hop-raising and has met with lucrative re-
turns from both. He is one of the best
known and most influential ranchers in the
vicinity of Middleton, and of great credit to
the community, in the development of which
he has prominently figured.

In 1871 Mr. True was united in marriage
to Miss Lucetta Van Curen. Mrs. True is a
native of the state of Iowa, whence she
crossed the plains with an uncle in 1863 to
Oregon. Four children were born of this
marriage, as follows: William, who is en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits in Washing-
ton county; Estella. who married C. L. Shat-

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tuck, of Pineville, Oregon; and Blake and
Albion, who are deceased.

His political allegiance Mr. True gives to the
republican party, and fraternally he is identi-
fied with the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, in which organization he has held all
of the oflices, and the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. He is also a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic, thus maintain-
ing his connection with his comrades of the
field. Mr. True is held in the highest esteem
in Washington county, where he has resided
for over thirty years. During three decades
he has always manifested substantial quali-
ties and that stalworthiness of character
that would make him an acquisition to be
desired in any communitj', his efforts and
influence ever being exerted on behalf of
general progress.

J. W. JACOBS. Forty-seven years' resi-
dence in Oregon has made J. W. Jacobs
largely familiar with the history of the state
and he has witnossoil many of the events
which have heen prominent features in the
development and upbuilding of the state. He
now resides at Central Point and at the
present time is serving for the second term
as city recorder. His birth occurred near
Mcilinnville. in Yamhill county, December
15, 1865, his parents being A. S. and Rebecca
E. (Matthews) Jacobs, the former a native
of Jefferson county, Indiana, and the latter
of Clark county, >fissouri. They were reared
and married in Keokuk, Iowa, and in l'>fi5
they started across the plains with mule
teams for Yamhill county, Oregon. The fol-
lowing year they removed to Ashland, where
the father followed his trade of a brick-
layer and stone mason. In 1882 he was
elected sheriff of Jackson county and re-
moved to Jacksonville. ser\"ing in that posi-
tion for two terms, or four years. He hought
a ranch two and one-half miles east of Cen-
tral Point and resided thereon for about ten
years after which he took up his abode in
the town and lived retired throughout hit
remaining days. He died in l!Hi7, at the
age of seventy-five years and thus paaseil
away one of the well known and worthy
pioneer settlers of the state. Mrs. Rebecca
E. .Jacobs had died in Ashland in 1S75 ami
Mr. Jacobs afterwards wedded May Smith,
who now re'idis in Ashland. There were
foiir children hy the first marriage: N'. A.,
of Rivertide, California, who served for two
terms as county superintendent of schools
in Jackson county and as county clerk for a
term of two years, ere his removol to the
south: L. L.. who for two years was county
treasurer of Jackson county and is now
cashier of the Fniit CrowiTs Bunk of Med
ford; J. W., of this review; and Mary F., who
is the wife of A. E, La Ponta, of Central
Point.

J. W. Jacobs resided with his parents until
he had reached man's estate and b-nrned
the marble-cutter's trade in .Jacksonville,
after which he followed that pursuit in Jack-
son county for twenty years, beintr I'ngnt'od
in the business on his own account most of
the time. He conducted the first marble shop

in Medford and twu >ears ago he rftumnl
to Central Point, where he now make* hia
home. He was elected city recorder in lUlO
and is now serving in that |><>sition fur the
second term. He was also sc-ho.il clerk here
for nine years. All of the family have l)een
adherents of the deinii<nilic parly and have
held many otliccs, although living in a atrong
republican county, their election U-ing proof
of their personal popularity and the con-
fidence reposed in them.

On the 16th of April, 1897, Mr. .lai-olit wu«
married to Miss Mary Morris, who wa.s born
six miles east of Central I'nint in 187U, and
is a daughter of Archie Morris ami a grand
daughter of the Rev, Martin I'eterson, u
well known pioneer preacher and farmer of
(Oregon, Mr. and .Mrs. Jacobs have one
child, Edith, born November 12, 190H. Mr.
Jacobs belongs to the Independent Orrlcr of
Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of I'nite.l
Workmen and in tho.se organiuitions has
many friends. He is proving an able ofUcial
and one in whom the public has aliiolule
confidence. He early recugni/ed the fact thot
the only way (o win regnril and retpect as
well as success, is to be thoroughly reliable,
to discharge his duties faithfully and to meet
every obligation of life as it comes, and by
following these principles he has become well
established as a worthy citizen of Central
Point.

WALTER S. CARSNER is the owner of a
valuable ranch of fcmr hundred and eighty
acres located on the south side of the .lohii
Day river, four miles below Mount Vermui.
He ia one of firant county's pioneers and
was formerly extensively engage<l in the
stock business, but Utf greatly reduced his
herds of recent years, giving more attention
to the cultivation of his land. He was iMirn
in Polk county. Iowa, on the lllh of Novi-in
ber, 1852, and is a son of ,lonas and Sarah
(Parkinson) Carsner. The father wn.- n no
five of Rav county. Misinuri. anil the nmther
of Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather,
Henry Carsner. who was a former. Inentnl in
Missouri during the pinneer days and thrrn
passed the remainder of hi« life. His son
.lonas subsequently reiiiovr.1 In In'
was his place of re«i<lence until u
'."lOs, when he went to Kon«a". "
vicinity "< Leavenworth. He
spent the winter of isill nl
and there the folloning •pruiu they loinml
nn I'misrranl train fif nb<iut 'ixty wonoiM
coming to Oregon. They ninde the )nurnpr
with six yoke of r.»en e»i».TienrinR no un-
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widow and a family of seven small children
practically penniless. Despite the many hard-
ships and privations Mrs. Carsner experienced
in supporting and rearing her family, she
lived to attain the venerable age of eighty-
two vears, her death occurring in November,
1910.'

Walter S. Carsner was a child of twelve
years when his father died, but despite his
youth he was compelled to assist in maintain-
ing the family. They remained on their claim
until the spring of 1865 when, owing to the
danger from the Indians, they removed to
the Willamette valley, making their home
there for three years. In the spring of 1868,
they returned to this section, settling six
miles below Mount Vernon, which was their
place of residence for many years. Mr. Cars-
ner has passed the greater part of his life
in this immediate vicinity, where of recent
years he has prospered in his undertakings
and is now numbered among the well-to-do
citizens of his community. His first ranch
was situated three miles below Mount Ver-
non, and there he engaged in stock-raising
until he bought his present place, which is
located on the south side of the river and
four miles from Mount Vernon. He lias a
good location and a large portion of his hold-
ings is bottom land and is very productive.
Until the last three year.^ he has been
ranging a large herd of cattle, but he now
keeps only about three hundred head. His
place, which is crossed by the McLellan creek,
is well improved and equipped and one of the
attractive properties of the county. Although
his early education was very limited, as he
had but meager schooling, Mr. Carsner has
overcome his deficiencies by close observa-
tion and careful reading, developing into a
man of practical intelligence, sound judg-
ment and liberal views, whose opinion is often
sought in business affairs.

On the 27th of November, 1877, Mr. Cars-
ner married Miss Tennessee Dunn, a native
of Tennessee and a daughter of Robert and
Ellen (Page) Dunn, the former of North
Carolina and the latter of Virginia. They
came to Oregon in 187(3. locating on Long
creek in Grant county. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Dunn died in 1883. During the long period
of their residence in this section Mr. and Mrs.
Carsner have become widely acquainted and
have a large circle of friends.

JESSE D. CLINTON is living five miles
below Myrtle Point on the Coquille river in
Coos county, Oregon, and is actively engaged
in the cultivation of a fine tract of land.
He was born in Crawford county, Missouri.
April 27, 1873, and is a son of John W. and
Eliza Ann Clinton. His parents were mar-
ried in Missouri and they lived in that state
until 1873, when they came to Oregon and
settled on tlie north" fork of the Coquille
river where the father cultivated land for
four years. At the end of that time they
removed to the eastern part of the state,
settling in Umatilla county, and there the
father became a tie contractor for a local
railroad company. In 1880 he returned to
the Coquille river and settled three miles

below Myrtle Point where he has since re-
sided. He is known as a representative and
prosperous agriculturist who has done much
to promote the farming interests of his
section. He and his wife became the parents
of twelve children: James, Marion, Jesse
D. and Mary, all of whom reside in Coos
county; George, of California; A. R., .Samuel,
Dora, Edward, Clarence and Ray. of Coos
county; and Annie who is deceased.

■Jesse D. Clinton started life for himself
when he was eighteen years of age. His
education was acquired in the public schools
of Coos county. When he laid aside his
Ijooks he obtained work in the logging woods
and was prosperous in this line of occupa-
tion in the employ of others for six years.
At the end of that time he worked at the
same business in the employ of his father and
altogether spent eighteen years as a logger.
For two years of this time he was foreman
of a large camp and gained a valuable ex-
perience in all the details of himlx'ring. In
1904 he lunight a small farm five miles below
Myrtle Point on the Coquille river and began
its cultivation. As he was able financially
he added to his holdings and now has one
hundred and seventy-six acres of land all
improved to some extent and seventy-five
acres under constant cultivation. He does
general farming but makes a specialty of the
breeding and raising of high-grade cattle, and
keeps at the present time twenty-two cows
for dairy purposes, besides the large number
of horses and cattle which he raises for the
market.

In 1896 Mr. Clinton was united in marriage
to Miss Daisy Myers, and to their union four
children were born: Lilas. born in 1899, and
who is now attending school ; Lillie A., who
died in infancy in 1903; Lawrence W., who
was born in 1904; and Ardis. born in 1909.

In his political views Mr. Clinton is a re-
publican and is always ready to do his duty
in the service of his fellow citizens. He was
road supervisor for his district for a number
of years and the county highways have been
placed in their present splendid condition
through his able and constructive work. For
six vears he has been a member of the
school board and has always been interested
in education. He belongs to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and to the Modern
Woodmen of America and is active and well
known in both of these organizations. In all
relations of life he shows a progressive spirit
and a policy of gradual expansion. These
qualities, directed toward agriculture, have
made him prosperous as a western farmer and
an important infiuence in the development of
Coos county.

COLONEL H. G. NEWPORT. Hermiston
largeh- stands as a monument to the enter-
prise and progressiveness of Colonel H. G.
Newport, who was one of the founders and
builders of the town and whose labors have
been a factor in the upbuilding of this sec-
tion of the state. He has for a long period
conducted a general contracting business and
at the same time he is identified with agri-
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a generous supi)oitci- of projects for the in-
tellectual and moral advancement of the
community and cooperates in every move-
ment for the public good. The greater part
of his life has been passed west of the Mis-
sissippi and the spirit of advancement char-
acteristic of this section of tlie country linds
exemplituation in his life. He wa.s iMjrn in
Newport, Washinjrton county, Ohio, October
8, 1850, his parents bein^' Reese and Mary
(Cole) Newport, who were natives of Penn-
sylvania and of Ohio respectively. The
father, who was born in 1797, ilied in ISJ."?,
at the age of fifty-si.v years and the mother,
whose birth occurred in 1S14. passed away
in 1852. Reese Newport was a very enter-
prising and industrious man. Before the
Civil war lie built the first swinging ferries
and spent a number of years in installing
these through the south. Witnessing condi-
tions which existed in that section of the
country, he became a strong abolitionist and
because of his admiration for Horace Oreeley,
who advocated the same principles, he gave
the name of the prominent New York jour-
nalist to his son, the subject of this review.
Doing all in his power to further the cause
of liberty, he made his home one of the
stations on the famous underground railroad
and thus assisted many a slave on his way
to freedom in the north. By a former mar-
riage he had five children and by his mar-
riage to Mary Cole there were also born
five children, of whom Colonel Newport is
the youngest.

Co"lonel H. G. Newport has been engaged
in railroad construction and general contract
work for over thirty years. He is president
of the Newport Laml & Construction Com-
pany, of which his son Harry R. Newport is
superintendent. Their company is the
largest contracting concern in eastern Ore-
gon, and has done a great deal of wi>rk in
the irrigation line.

Colonel Newport is an optimist in reclaim-
ing the desert and nothing iilcas.-* him so
well as to give the desert drink. He and his
son Harry R. have done more to develop
the I'matilla project than any other two
men in the community. They have both
been live wires in building up the fine little
city of Hermiston. They in fact both
always stand for advancement and improve-
ment" and employ practical methods in their
attainment.

Colonel Newport is a man of determined
purpose in business affairs and in public life
manile<ts the resolution and energy which
enables him to carry forward to successful
completion whatever he undertakes. He
has been both the architect and the builder
of his own fortune and at the same time hit
labors have been of a character which con-
tribute to general prosperity as well as to
individual success.

ANDREW SMALLEY owns a well ini-
proviil farm of our hundred and sixty-seven
acres, six miles below Myrtle I'oint. Oregon,
and is well known as n general ngricultiirist
and stock-raiser. He dates his residence in
this section from l.'*s^ and i.t widely and
favorably known as one of its substantial

residents. He is a native nf I'ennsylvania,
horn April ;'.. \s:,:;. His parents were Benja-
min L. and Hannah M. Smalley, the former a
native of (iermany and the latter of Pennsyl-
vania. The father came to America when he
was sixteen years of age and nnirried in
Pennsylvania, where he resided until the out-
break of the Civil war. He enlisted in the
Federal army as one of the first volunteers
from his state and was killed in the battle
of Bull Run. He and his wife were the
parents of three children; Mary .1.. who dieil
in Virginia City, Nevada: Andrew, the sub-
ject of this sketch; and Edgar, who was
killed in a mine acci<lent in Nevada. Mrs.
Smalley, the mother of our subject, died at
the home of her daughter in Virginia City.

Andrew Smalley was eilucated in the public
schools of Pennsylvania and remained at
home until he was twenty years of age. He
came west a few years later and mined for
eight years in Virginia City, Nevada, and
thence" went to California, where he worked
in the timber forests and at various otln-r
occupations for seven years. When he came
to Coos county in ISSS he bought one hundred
and sixty acres of laml on Hall creek and
began its" improvement by biiihling femes and
erecting good barns and outbuildini;s. He has
since added seven acres to his original pur-
chase. He carried on the work of tilling
and cultivating the soil, later adding stock-
raising to his activities, until ho is now
one of the most s\ibstantial citizens of his
district and his farm is n>nnbere<l amone
the prosperous enterprises of this kiml in
the state.

In 1S7.3 Mr. Smalley was united in nmr-
ria"e to Miss Emma Tillman, a native of
Pennsylvania. In that state their marriage
occurred and in l^^S they came west to
Oregon. Mrs. Smalley is a daughter of
DaWd and Sarah Tillman, who lived in Penn-
sylvania for a number of years and l)Otli
died in that state. She is one of five chil-
dren born to her parents, the otherB being:
Sarah, who died in Pennsylvania; Mirumln.
the wife of .Tames Brewster, of Penniylvnnni;
Marcus, also a resident* of Peniitylvania:
and one chiM who died in infancy. lo
Mr and Mrs. Smalley liavi- Inen born four-
teen children: David .1.. who is still at home:
Charles E.. also living at home; Amlrew. who
.lied at the age of nine years; n.ri-i»"pher.
who passed away when ten nion'
Carl, who is now a resident >•'
Washington; Callie, the wife of i nit.- Mi-
Vev of Napa, ralifornia; Dolly V., »h» mar-
ried Russell Hill of Cn Kmmn .1..

the wife of Bud King, '"*>.. ' ",

jamin S., Mnr.elln. Mar. Irrd 11. and

Ktta. all of whom are at home; and Kvn,
who diid nt the age of two year*. All the
.hil.lren of Mr. and Mr.. Smalley ri«riv«l
their education in the public »chool» of too*
county.

During the twenly-foiir yt*n of hii r»«l-
dence in this section Mr. Smulley has taki-n
an active and helpful port in the work of
improvement and proijreM which has t^-en
carried forward along varimis line«. Ilr ha*
directed and manaaed hi« bu«ine«« alTair«

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so succeasfully that he is today placed among
the prominent agriculturists of Coos county.
In his political affiliations Mr. Smalley
gives his allegiance to the republican party
but takes no very active part in public
affairs.

ORSON AVERY STEARNS is in every
way entitled to be numbered among the
pioneers of Oregon and is known throughout
his portion of the state as a pioneer soldier,
settler and in later life a successful agri-
culturist and stockman. He was born on his
father's farm sixteen miles northwest of
Rockford, Winnebago county, Illinois, .Jan-
uary 9, 1843, and is a son of David Ebenezer
and Fidelia S. (Cannon) Stearns, the former
a native of Vermont, his birth having occurred
at Monkton, February 11, 180S. The latter
was a native of Ohio, her birth occurring
at Twinsburg, September 30, 1820. The
family of which the subject of this review
is descended was founded in America in
1630, when Isaac Stearns and family, in
company with Sir Richard Staltonstall" and
family and Rev. George Philip and Governor
Winthrop, together with many others, sailed
from Yarmouth, England, and landed at
Salem, Massachusetts, June 12, of that year.
The party upon investigation was not pleased
with the location at Salem and at once pro-
ceeded to Charlestown, from which place
they removed to Watertown. near Auburn,
Massachusetts. The paternal grandparents
w-ere Rev. John and Asenath (Campbell)
Stearns. David E. Stearns at the age of
nine years left home and engaged in work
as an apprenticed carpenter. At the age of
fourteen as a master carpenter he engaged
in the pursuit of his trade wherever an open-
ing presented itself. ^^Hiile working as a
carpenter he was for some time employed
in the construction of a number of early
buildings in Buffalo, New York. During the
early '30s he removed to Winnebago county,
Illinois, and there settled on government
land and was engaged in farming until 1853.
On April 5, of that year, with his family
he began his journey across the plains with
ox teams to Oregon and on October 9 camped
near Wagner Springs, twelve miles south of
Ashland, which was the point of his destina-
tion. Two days later he took up a dona-
tion claim of three hundred and twenty acres
on Wagner creek, near Talent, .Jackson
county, and there remained until the time
of his death, which occurred August 31. 1886.
His wife died February 4. 1869. They were
united in marriage in Illinois in 1840 and
became the parents of six children: Oscar
Leroy, deceased : Orson Avery, the subject
of this sketch; Newell Dasky. also deceased:
Armirda Melissa, the wife of James Purves.
of Talent; George Arthur, who passed away
in 1861; and Emily Maria, deceased.

Orson Avery Stearns was reared in his
parents' home and received his early educa-
tion in the public schools of the district in
which he lived. He came to Oregon with his
parents in 1853 and grew to manhood imder
the parental roof. On November 17, 1864, he
enlisted in Company I, First Regiment of

Oregon Volunteers, and was the first to
enlist in that company, in which he served
as first sergeant. His command remained in
Jackson county until May 35, 1865, when
with his company he went to Fort Klamath
and there took part in locating and build-
ing the new road from that fort to the
Rogue river and the road survey passed
through the vicinity adjacent to Crater lake,
which up to that time had remained undis-
covered. The lake was discovered when two
coiiirades, John M. Corbell and Francis M.
Smith, were out on a hunting expedition and
shortly thereafter Mr. Stearns in company
with Captain Sprague and a party of gentle-
men from Jacksonville when inspecting the
construction of the road passed near the loca-
tion of the lake. On seeing the same
Sergeant Stearns and a Mr. Coates attempted
a descent to the lake. Sergeant Stearns was
the first to reach the water's edge and at
once christened the lake as Lake Majesty.
The name was later changed to that of Crater
lake on account of the discovery of a crater
on the island near the northwest bluff. Mr.
Stearns served with his company in the
Snake country and was there engaged in the
building of Camp Alvord during the fall of
1865, in which year his company also made
several campaigns in search of hostile In-
dians and later was engaged in one battle
near Alvord lake in 1866. He was sergeant
of his company during his period of service
in the army with the exception of two
months. On July 19, 1867, he was mustered
out of service at .Jacksonville. During the
time he was engaged in the army he locateil
his present farm and immediately after his
discharge he settled on the place and has
since continued to devote his entire time
and attention to its cultivation. His farm
is located six and three-fourths miles south-
west of Klamath Falls on the Ashland road
and includes four hundred and seventeen
acres, of which three hundred has been
brought to a high state of development.
On that property Mr. Stearns lived until
1905 when he removed to Klamath Falls.
During this time he has made a specialty of
stock-raising and for many years past has
been numbered among the most successful
stock-raisers of his portion of the state. For
twenty years he has successfully conducted
a dairy and was one of the pioneers in this
business in the county. He now owns five
hundred and sixty-five acres of valuable land
which he rents out.

Mr. Stearns was united in marriage at
Sacramento. California, May 17, 1873, to
Miss Margaret .lane Riggs, who was a native
of Ray county, Missouri, her birth having
occurred July 22, 1855. She died May 17,
1895. They were the parents of three chil-
dren: Leslie O., who resides at Klamath Falls;
Blanche Alice, the wife of George Ager, who
owns a farm adjoining her father's place;
and Eva May, who is the wife of W. E.
Bowdine. of Klamath Falls. The father of
this family was married on January 10, 1897,
to Miss Luella M. Sherman, a native of
Ohio, her birth having occurred in .July,

0. A. STEAItNS

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

571

1861. Thev are the parents of one chilil,
Ernel Everett.

Mr. Stearns is afliliated with the republi-
can party and has the distinction of havln;;
hoen the first delegjite from his portion oi
the state to the republican county conven-
tion, which was held at Jacksonville, March
16. 1SG6. To that convention he was a
representative of the republican soldier vote
at Fort Klamath. At that time he was also
serving as the first justice of the peace
over a jurisdiction which then included all
of Klamath and Lake counties. In 1880
he was elected by the republican party to
the state legislature and at that time Kla
math was still a part of Lake county. Dur-
ing that session of the legislature he served
with credit to himself and with entire satis-
faction to his constituents. Mr. Stearns was
one of the prime movers in the establish-
ment of a county historical society and served
as president of the Klamath County Histori-
cal Society. During a long life of useful-
ness he has so lived as to maintain the
respect of all people with whom he has come
in contact and is in his advanced years
numbered among the active, enterprising and
progressive citi;;ens of his county and state.

JOHN HENRY SCHROEDER. Although
seven years have passed since John Henry
Schroedcr died in Coos county, the residents
of that section still mourn his passing, which
deprived the state of Oregon of an early
pioneer, a man who aided in the slow work
of development which has brought the wild
sections of the country to a state of fertility
and productiveness and who was a vital and
efficient factor in agricultural, political anii
business life of his state. Mr. Schroeder was
born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 7. 1810.
and was a son of John Henry and Dorothy
Schroeder, both natives of Germany. His
parents came to America when tliey were still
very young and settled in fialtimore. when-
their marriage occurred. They lived in that
city until l.S')9, in which year they came by
way of the Isthmus of Panama to Cons
county. They settled on the south fork of
the Coi|iiille river, where the father bought
land and was active in agricultural develop-
ment until his retirement. His death occurred
while he was living with his son. His wife
survived him for some years and died in
Coos county. They were the parents of six
children: John Henry, of this review; August,
of Cons county; Fred, who is residing in
Coquille, Oregon; Louisa, the wife of Orvilln
Dodge, of Myrtle Point ; William, who met
his death by drowning: and Charles, of Scat-
lie, Washington.

John II. Schroeder received his education
in the public schools of Haltiniore. Marylnntl.
and was a graduate of the high school therf.
He early in life learned the millwright's
trade and followed this for a number "f
years. In 1S70 he bought a farm on thi»
Coquille river, cnniprising one hundred and
lixty acres of unimproved land, and this he
brought to a high state of devidopmcnt, adil
ing to his property from time to time until

he owned two humlred ami sixty acres of
the most fertile and productive propt-rty in
Coos county. He was associated for a time
with placer mining on the cooiit and auisted
in the construction of the first commercial
sawmill in Coos coimty. He In-eame inter-
ested in this line of wnrk and nftrrwantu
held the position of head sawyer in the mill
which he constnicfed. He saw the develop-
ment of the county in which he settled from
an unorganized community into one of the
wealthiest and most thriving districts of the
state of Oregon. He was a force in its evolu-
tion and his comniiTcial and agricultuml
skill added materially to the change. He
crecte<l the first creamery in Coos county
and operated this upon his farm, supplying
it from the products of his meat and sani-
tary dairy. This ent<'rprise was aftiTward
ileslroyed by fire. He made extensive im-
provements upon his farm from lime to time
and was always at the heod of any move-
ment looking towards agricultural develop-
ment. He built till! first silo ever erected in
the county and introduced the first head of
.Tersey cattle into the state. He was an ex-
tensive and expert stock-raiser and breeder
and owned the first head of Ilerkshire hogs
in Coos county. Hi- efTorts were all along
constnictive and extensive lines and Coos
coMiity owes him a debt of gratitude for hU
:iid in its development.

December 31. 18t>l. 'Mr. Sehroe<ler was
united in marriage in Coos county, Oregon,
to Miss Emily Perry, who wos liorn March
17. 1845, in Clatsop county, near Astoria.
She is a daughter of William T. and Ann
(Able) Perry, the furmcr n native of Con-
necticut andthe lalti'r r>f Ohio. Mrs. Schme-
der's parents were married in July, l'*39, in
South Bend, Indiana, and moved to Micliignn
and later to Muscatine. Iowa. The father
was a carpenter and contractor by trade and
wnrked at his occupation at irregiilar inter-
vals until he came to Oregon in the early
ilays of its pioneer scttli'ment. He made the
journey across the plains with ox teams,
l.icating in Clatsnp county, six mile, from
.\sloria. in l**!-. H« re he took up a donation
claim of six hundn-d and forty acres and wb»
active in the management and develnpnient
of this tract of land until IS.M. He con-
stnicted, in 194.1, the first grist mill ever built
ill this slote, erc-iiti... it near Oreifon CilT.
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Mrs. Schroeder received her education in
the public schools of Douglas county, Oregon,
and remained with her parents luitil her
nian'iagje. She is now living on one hundred
and sevent,y acres of her husband's farm
which she owns in connection with her chil-
dren. This property is now operated by her
two sons. She and her husband became the
parents of eleven children: Dora M., born
in October, 1892, who is now the wife of T.
P. Hanley, residing near Parkersburg. Ore-
gon; Mary E., the wife of Harrv S. Kril)lis,
of Myrtle' Point, Oregon; W. IL.'of Coquille;
Mrs. Ella J. Laingor, wlio lives upon her
fatlier's homestead ; (George, who is prominent
in the hotel business in Florence. Oregon;
Alice M., the wife of AUie Hite. of Coquille:
Walter B., of Gravel Ford. Coos county;
Clarence E., who in conjunction with his bro-
ther, Jolin Henry, operates his father's home-
stead and who is tlie fatlier of three chil-
dren. Emily L., Lloyd and Irma ; Ralph, who
is a farmer of Coos county: fiustav. who re-
sides near his father's farm; and Jolin Henry,
who is residing on tlie home farm.

.Tohn Henry and Clarence E. Schroeder are
in partnership in the operation of the largest
dairy farm on the Coquille river. They han-
dle ninety cows and have a cheese factory on
their farm whicli they supply with dairy
products. This enterprise, however, is con-
ducted by C. E. Broadbent.

In liis political views Mr. Schroeder always
aftiliated witli the democratic party and
served his fellow citizens in many ditt'erent
capacities. He was elected county superin-
tendent of schools and served with ability
and efficiency in this office for two years. He
was county representative at one time and
in 1874 was elected county judge. For many
years he was a member of tlie school board
and took an intelligent and active interest in
educational expansion. At the time of his
death he was a menilier of the Pioneer His-
torical Society of Oregon and his early remi-
niscences were extremely valuable to this
organization. His life was molded along hon-
orable and upright lines and no suspicion of
business corruption was ever connected with
his name. In attracting to himscjf numerous
friends among the most respected residents
of liis district. Mr. Schroeder won true suc-
cess. His death, which occurred Ma.y 30, Ui05,
was regretted in many circles of Coos county
where he was held in universal respect and
esteem for his exemplary personal life, his
high sense of honor and his rare qualities of
citizenship.

■WILLIAM CORVOSSO LEE is a prominent
and wcll-knnw?i representative of the sheep
industry near P.aker. He was born in Paoli,
Orange county. Indiana. May 31, 1863. a sou
of Hiram and Ruth Elizabeth Lee, who were
also natives of that state. The father was
born October 13. 1833. and he was married
about 1860 in Orange county. He devoted his
life to general farming until 1863, when he
enlisted for service in the Civil war in the
Tliirteentli Indiana Cavalry, with which he
served until the close of hostilities. He par-
ticipated in the battle of Murfreesboro in

which his brother. .lohn Lee, was killed.
Hiram Lee also took part in the battles of
Memphis and Mobile and in a number of
lesser engagements, but was never wounded.
Unto him and his wife were born seven chil-
dren, three sons and four daughters, but the
first born, a son, died in infancy. The sec-
ond, William C, is the subject of this review.
Archie, the third, was born .June 18, 1866;
Cleopatra, born July 16. 1869, became the
wife of .John Payton. of Indiana, and after
his death she married .John Steiger, with
whom she is now living in Baker county,
Oregon. She has one son and one daughter
b.v her first marriage. Junie Viola, born
about 1873, died when twenty-two ,yeaTs of
ag^. Alfaretta died in early girlhood. Ruth
Elizabeth, born February 1, 1883, became the
wife of Walter Steiger and lives in Baker.
The mother of these children passed awa.y in
Indiana, Februar.y 5, 1883. The father mar-
ried again and by the second union had two
children. Charles Isaiah and Leslie H. His
second wife also died in Indiana. About
1900 he came to Oregon by railroad and set-
tled in Baker City, where he lived to the
time of his death, six or seven ,years later.
William C. Lee was educated in the com-
mon schools of Paoli, Indiana, being a stu-
dent in the old Atkinson school, in which his
father had also pursued his education and
which is still in use, being one of the oldest
schoolhouses in that state. Mr. Lee was
reared to farm life, remaining at home and
assisting his father in the cultivation of the
fields until about twenty-four years of age.
He then went to southern Kansas and worked
with a construction train for about four
months. He afterward removed to Kansas
City, Missouri, where he was employed in
laying street car tracks until the snow and
cold of winter terminated that work for the
season. He then took up the trade of brick-
making, whicli he followed while he remained
in Kansas City, covering a period of about
foiirteen months. By rail he then came to
North Powder, LTnion county. Oregon, in
August, 1888. and entered the employ of his
uncle, David Lee, at hauling saw logs. After
two months he began hauling lumber and
was thus encaged until winter came on. Dur-
ing the cold season he fed his uncle's stock
— ^^horses and cattle — after which he again
hauled logs until the 1st of September. At
that time he began herding sheep for his
uncle, ililes Lee, and was thus employed for
two or three years, his uncle being then, as
now, one of the wealthiest sheep growers of
Oregon, William C. Lee afterward purchased
an interest in the sheep business and for a
number of years acted as camp tender. Sub-
sequently he became associated with his
iincle, David Lee. in the sheep industry, the
partnership continuing for a number of years.
About 1903 he began to raise sheep on his
own account and is finding it a profitable
business. He has about twelve hundred ewes
and their lambs on the government reserve,
paying six cents per head for the ewes while
the lambs are ]iastured free. It is necessary
to feed his flocks for about three months
during the cold season.

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578

In Paoli, Indiana, Mr. Lee was married on
the 2d of October, lUlO, to Miss Minnie Adel-
phia Jones, a daii>>hter of X. L. Jones, who
was a carpenter and also operated a threshing
machine. lie Miarrie<l a Miss Hill and they
tecanie the parents of six children, three sons
and three daui;litcrs. Edward married Ijiiira
Atkinson and they lieiame parents of three
daiif^hters. one of whom is deceased. Ijiter
he married again and there was one daughter
by that union. Adelphia, now Mrs. Lee, was
born July 23, 1S79. Ray is married and has
one son. The fourth child was a daughter,
who died in infancy. Alta and Cliarles are
both at home with their parents in Paoli,
Indiana.

Mr. Lee is a republican in politics, inter-
ested in the welfare and success of the party
yet never seeking olliee. For about twenty-
seven years he was a member of the Method-
ist Episcopal church but now has his mem-
bership in the Church of God.

JOHN W. KIRK, a progressive and enter-
prising hiriiiir oi ilarion county, Oregon, was
born in Minnesota. Xovember 8, 1857. a son
of Peter and Margaret (Lyon) Kirk, both na-
tives of Ireland. The former came to Amer
ica at the age of twenty and the latter, ac-
companied by her mother, at the age of six-
teen. They were married in 1854, resided
in Massachusetts for three years and then re-
moved to Minnesota, where they obtained a
farm of one hundred and sixty acres. The
hardships he encountered there were very
great, the nearest market for the grain which
he raised being sixty miles distant, and after
making the long trip with oxen he received
only forty cents per bushel tor the grain.
Leaving bis family in Minnesota, Peter Kirk,
together with two hundred men made up a
wagon train and went into Montana prospect-
ing for mines. After investigating condi-
tions there he decided to establish a shoe-
making shop and with a crude beginning, be-
ing forred to depend upon a pack horse to
carry the small purchases that he made, he
gradually added to his stock until he had a
mercantile business rc<|uiring his undivided
attention. After three years of persistent
cfTort he had accumulated a small fortune
and in 1S70 he came to Oregon, making his
way direct to San Francisco and thence by
water to St. Paul. There he purchased three
hundred and forty-five acres due north of
St. Paul, living there until his death. Mrs.
Kirk died there in 1S73. In their family
were eleven children, two of whom died in
infancv. The others are: Mrs. Klizabeth
Murphy of St. Paul, who is the mother of
seven children; Thomas F., also a resident
of St. Paul; John \V.. of this review; Mary
J., who died in .Minnesota; Richard, of Port-
land. Oregon; Robert E., of St. Paul, who i*
married and has three chihiren: ami Peter P.,
James and Margaret, all now derensed.

John W. Kirk spent his early boyhood
<lay» in Minnesota, where he and his broth-
ers attendc.l to the farm of on<- hundred and
sixty acri's while the father was establish-
ing "his shoemaking business in Montana.
Later he went with his family to Oregon.

where he grew to manluKHl. .\t the ugv of
twenty-two ho and his brother iH'gan fann-
ing for themselves, purchasing oi their fa-
ther two hundred and tifty-seven aere» of
land which they continued to culti\ate until
1890 when they added to this an aitjoining
one hundred and lilty acres, o|i»Ti>(ing botli
farms together until I'.iOt;. They then di-
vided the place, .lolin W. Kirk taking (Mis-
session of the larger farm and his brother,
of the one hunilred and lifty acres. Prior to
his marriage he built his home and nt prptt-
ent he holds two hundred acres of land un-
der a high state of cultivation and carrieit
on various lines of farming, and raises cat-
tle, horses, sheep and hogs. Thirty acre* of
the farm are planted to hops and yield yearly
a prolitable crop.

Mr. Kirk was married to Miss reellin Mc-
Kay, a native of St. Paul, born in ISii'J, the
(laughter of .lames and Cecilia (I^iwson) Mc-
Kay. The father was a native of Ireland
and the mother of Scotland. Mr. and Mrs.
Mi'Kay were marrii-il in .Seotland, came to
America and crossed the plains with ox
teams, locating in Marion county, at .Mission
Mill, near St. Paul, where they lioth died.
They were the parents of five children: Wil-
liam It., of .^t. Paul, who is married and has
live children; Mary, now resiiling in Port-
land; .Tohn N.. of St. Paul, who was Ixjrn on
the home place and who is married and has
frnir children; Mrs. Kate McCormick, of
Woodburn. Oregon, who has five children:
and Cecilia, the youngest, who is now Mrs.
Kirk. Mr. and Sirs. Kirk have become the
parents of eight children: Ralph 1).. wh"
after completing a college course returned
to his father's farm which he helps to oper-
ate; deraldine, a teacher in Portland who was
grailuated from St. Mary's Cidlege with the
highest honors; .lames V., n graduate of Co-
lumbia College, who is now at home with hl»
parents; Marie. Klinor, Louise and .lohn !#..
all of whom are attending school and Ijiur-
etta, who passed away at the age of two
years.

Mr. Kirk ami his family are lovnl nieni-
la-rs iif the Calhiilic church and his fra-
ternal relations are giv.-'- • •'■ '■■''■■■i--
Order of Foresters. In ]■■

crat and is verv much i

cnniliti<ms but (uis neither sought nor de-
sired olVice. In liusiiii s» Mr Kirk 'ii« m-ide
continuous progress
to prosperity and 1

high in the Vegnnl of all 'i" ir in.t,.is ii> ine
county in which they are well known.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

her native sons. He was born September 30,
1864, his parents being E. W. and Hannah
C. (Bryant) Conyers. His youthful days
were spent under the parental roof until he
reached the age of seventeen years, when he
began earning his own living by hunting and
trapping in Columbia county, Oregon. He
afterward went into the woods, where he
worked in connection with his brother for
three years in locating timber tracts. He
then formed a partnership with his father
and brother for the conduct of a general mer-
cantile business, in which he continued until
May, 1894, when, owing to a financial strin-
gency, he retired and took up his abode upon
the homestead claim in Columbia county
which he had previously entered. There he
resided until 1896, proving up the property,
after which he removed to a farm near Clats-
kanie, upon which he lived for a year. In
May, 1897, the first passenger train came to
this point over the Astoria & Columbia Rail-
road and Mr. Conyers met the train with a
hack. For two years he continued to fol-
low that business and then again turned his
attention to merchandising, opening a small
store at Clatskanie in a rented building. In
this field of labor he has since remained and
growing success has attended his eff'orts. He
now owns the building in which he carries
on his business and he has one of the largest
stocks of hardware, crockery and sporting
goods between Portland and Astoria. His
place is well supplied with an extensive and
attractive line of goods and his straightfor-
ward business methods combine with reason-
able prices to secure him a liberal patron-
age. From time to time he has made ju-
dicious investments in real estate and now
owns a fine home and other properties in
Clatskanie. He is also one of the stockhold-
ers in the Cooperative Creamery Company
and in the Nehalem Mutual Telephone Com-
pany, with main office at Mist, Oregon. He
likewise has stock in the Pacific Fire Insur-
ance company of Portland and thus is ex-
tending his efforts to various lines which
contribute to the business development and
prosperity of the state as well as to indi-
vidual success.

On the 21st of May, 189.3, was celebrated
the marriage of Mr. Conyers and Miss Lizzie
Miller, a native of Ohio and a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Miller, both of whom
were natives of Ohio, where they were reared
and married, removing thence to Illinois,
where the mother died in 1884. Five years
later the father came with his family to
Clatskanie, where he made his home until
his death in May, 1908. He is survived by
three daughters and a son: Mrs. C. H. Owens,
of Clatskanie; Mrs. Annie G. Murray, also
of Clatskanie; Mrs. Conyers: and A. R.
Miller.

In his political views Mr. Conyers has al-
ways been a republican since age conferred
upon him the right of franchise. He has
been recorder of the city and councilman for
several years and has also served as mayor
of Clatskanie, ever discharging his official
<luties with strict regard for the interests
involved, giving to the city in his position

of mayor a most businesslike and progressive
administration. He was one of the organiz-
ers of the Commercial Club of Clatskanie, of
which he has been president, and at this
writing, in 1911, is president of the Lower
Columbia County Good Roads Association.
Fraternally he is connected with Clatskanie
Lodge, No. 160, I. 0. 0. F.. and is serving
as deputy grand master; also is state master
of arms of the state organization of the Mac-
cabees and both he and his wife are con-
nected with the Rebekah degree of Odd Fel-
lows. His fraternal and political interests
constitute an even ba,lance to his business
afi'airs and produce a well rounded charac-
ter that invites the confidence and good-will
of his fellowmen and proves himself worthy
of the trust reposed in him.

WILLIAM H. GRAY. This pioneer of
pioneers and historian of events in which-
he took so conspicuous a part was born in
Fairfield, New York, on the 8th of Septem-
ber, 1810, and was a gentleman of Scotch
descent. When but a lad of fourteen he lost
his father and was apprenticed to the cabi-
net-maker's trade. At the age of seventeen,
before the term of his apprenticeship was
completed, he became foreman of the shop.
.\fter attaining his majority he studied
medicine and, being a member of the Pres-
byterian church, he was solicited by the
American board to accompany Dr. Whitman.
He crossed the plains with Dr. Whitman and
wife and Rev. Henry H. Spalding and wife,
the party arriving at Fort Vancouver on the
12th of September, 1836. Having come with
Whitman in 1836 across the plains in com-
pany with Sublette to the Greene river, hav-
ing assisted the other missionaries in the
journey to Vancouver and in establishing
themselves at Waiilatpu. and having himself
gone to Alpona among the Flatheads, he
determined to return the next year for re-
inforcements. To defraj' the expenses of his
journey he drove a band of twenty horses
and also had as companions in his company
three young Flathead Indians, one of whom
was the son of a chief. All went well with
the party until Ash Hollow on the Nebraska
river was reached. There they were at-
tacked by a war party of three hundred
Sioux. The Flatheads, being desperate
fighters, although vastly outnumbered, kept
the enemy at bay for three hours, laying
fifteen of them dead on the sand. Gray
liimself took a hand in the fight, having two
horses shot under him and receiving two
bullets through his hat. The Sioux, having
lost a war chief among the slain and seeing
no likelihood of overcoming the doughty lit-
tle band, proposed a truce. But while the
chiefs were parleying with Gray, others of
the Sioux treacherously attacked his young
men, shooting down one Iroquois, one Snake
and three Flatheads, one of whom was the
chief's son. The French interpreter then
declared that the others were prisoners and
must give up their guns. This Gray refused
to do and told the rest of his squad to sell
their lives as dearly as possible. At this
show of determination the Sioux gave back

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

again and proposed a talk, and over the slain
of both sides smoked the pipe of peace. It
has been said variously that the death of
this young chief alienated the Flatheads
from Gray and that it was one of the causes
of the Whitman massacre. Neither of these
statements is correct or even reasonable.
After his return to his mission, the Flat-
heads allowed Mr. Gray to live and teach
among them until 1842; and his final with-
drawal seems to have been due not to the
disaffection of the Indians but to lack of
agreement with his missionary companions.
To suppose that the death of a Flathead in
company with Gray in 1S37 would cause
another tribe, the Cayuses, two hundred
miles off, to kill Whitman in 1847, is very
peculiar.

Gray's services in establishing the provi-
sional government were as that of originator
of the scheme. His Americanism found no
vent or scope in the Oregon of the old Hud-
son's Bay rule; and. shut off from the na-
tional life which had been a part of his
own and learning to hate the plans and ex-
pectations of the British, ho was no sooner
in the W'illamettc valley than he conceived
the idea of the American settlers establish-
ing a government of their own. He took the
responsibility of agitating the matter, of
interesting Le Breton and Matthieu and
others, of getting up the Wolf meetings and
of pushing the scheme which seemed con-
stantly on so slender a basis as to be ready
to fall to the ground either on this side or
that. With admirable tact, shrewdness and
force, Gray and Le Breton led the column
and carried the matter through to a most
pronounced victory. The following is an ac-
count of the "Wolf meeting." An avowed
attempt to form a government would have
arrayed the Canadian-French in opposition,
would have confirmed the doubting or con-
servative Americans into opponents. Hence
the expedient was resorted to of bringing
together all classes and uniting them in a
movement in which all felt a common inter-
est. A notice was issued for a meeting on
the 2d of February, lS4r!, at the Oregon
Institute, to consider the propriety of
adopting measures for the protection of herds
and for the destruction of animals which
preyed upon cattle, stock, etc. The ulterior
purpose was a combination of settlers — a
cooperative association to concert measures
for the formation of some kind of civil gov-
ernment. At this meeting William H. Gray
was chosen a member of a committee of gi.x
to make arrangements for a general meeting
and to report buslnorts to such meeting. This
done, the "Wolf meeting." as it is known in
history, adjourned to meet at the house of
.Joseph Gervais on the first Monday in
March. After adopting resolutions looking
to the defense and welfare of their live <itock
against predatory animals and organizing
the "Wolf Association." the meeting diil not
adjourn but appointed a committee of
twelve, of which Mr. Gray was a member,
to take into consideration the propriety of
taking measures for the civil and military
protection of this colony. That the outcome

of that meeting to form a "Wolf Associa-
tion" would prove to be either the submis-
sion of a plan of government, or a proposi-
tion to initiate the preliminary step* to
organize, had been public expectation. There
was an eventful meeting at Cliampoeg, Mr.
Gray was chosen a member of the tlrst legis-
lative committee. He was a member of the
first territorial legislature and was one of a
committee of five appointed to draft a me-
morial to the congress of the United Slates,
setting forth the condition, situation, relation
and wants of the country. In achieving the
success of the "Wolf Association," the cun-
ning of Le Breton would have had no effect
without the moral earnestness and direct force
of Gray, who did the talkini;. made the ap-
peals, wrote the resolutions an.l el.iied the
debates. This detracts nothing from the
merits of Grillin, Meek, Smith and others, who
were not simply followers but colaborers. It
is to be regretted that no record remains of
the secret sessions of these American agita-
tors.

After the full establishment of the pro-
visional government Gray went to Clatsop
Plains and in 1852 went ea.st once more for
the purpose of getting sheep for the young
settlement. The scheme had been original
with him for some time; and it was a
favorite theory with Whitnuin himself that
sheep were of more value than soldiers to
the earlj' settlers and also to the Indians.
Colonel .lames Taylor was interested in the
same line and formed a partnership with
Gray for the purpose. Gray made the ardu-
ous journey in safety, bringing his Hock by
boat down the Columbia, hut at Tan/y Point
a heavy south wind coming down Young's
Bay prevented a landing. The scow was
caught in a storm and blown out upon the
sands and was wrecked on Chinook .Spit,
and the whole almost invaluable fioek was
drowned. He assumeil the entire responsibil-
ity of the loss anil irave up his farm and
home to meet the oblinaf ion. vet was not di«

heartened by the reverse, lie "■ ■ d

in many business operations, be-

fornia in HtO to dig gold. He

Fraser river mines at Fort Hope '

gan in 18'iS. In the wintiT of

built a boat nt Asooya's lake on U

border. This was n ernft with

foot keel nnil a i ' beam n "»»

constructe.l with n ' » »«". hstchet

and chisel »i^ ' ' '' " '' ' ' '^

mingleil witli "

trees. She «.. "

and Columbia rn ' '•'

was also one of ' ■'■

the violent .Snake ii»rr.

For many years he U«"H «t A«t«Tl» ami
during part of thnt tii. nt

inspe.t'ir of the p..il

most eii ' ' *

son-in-l.i

It i' • • •■

for- •'

hi-
wn -
on-
to prewut the rava;;!« of ^Ni-h ''■ ■» ••■ l'»'

578

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

ticularly desired to remain by those who
were going to the scenes of war and who
wanted some one upon whom they could
rely to care for their families in this sick-
ness. He was the only physician in that
region. For a number of years he was thus
practicing medicine on tlie plains and was
ever successful. Dr. Gray performed the
first operation of trephining of the skull on
the Pacific coast, and the Indian boy who
was thus benefited b.y his skill spread his
good fortune up and down through the
forests. He was ever the friend of cluivches
and schools, ever bore his hand in politics
and public affairs, served as representative,
county judge and justice and found his chief
interest in public improvements. He was
exceedingly active in the promotion of tem-
perance, holding the most advanced views
upon that subject.

Mr. Gray's history of Oregon, the first
history written in the state, is so well
known and so important in its sphere that
it is fitting to devote some space here to
its special consideration. The history was
published in 1S70. It exhibits flashes of
dramatic power throughout. To those who
have no interest in the contests of old times
and to whom it is somewhat offensive to
read of plots, charges and countercharges,
the book ceases to pleasfe. But while these
elements awaken the opposition of the
reader. ... to the scientific or phil-
osophical inquirer into the early conditions
of our state, it is invaluable as presenting
the feelings of all parties — not only of Gray
himself, but of the Presbyterians. Metho-
dists, the non-mission people and even of
the English. This makes Gray's history a
most useful work upon this subject. Gray
discards nothing as unimportant and makes
little use of the cloak of charity but tells
everything with reckless truthfulness. He
caters to no one, writes nothing for the sake
of popularity and never changes a word for
the sake of rhetoric.

In his political career, as well as in all his
enterprises, Mr. Gray was ever inflexible,
blunt and direct, hard to manage, a good
hater, but keen and faithful to his cause.
When he had some great object to accom-
plish, he showed address and appreciation of
the circumstances, and in the early days was
without doubt the Achilles of the American
party. He was an honest friend, moreover,
and liis personal relations with Dr. McLough-
lin were most kindly, although for many
years they were firm political opponents.
Mr. Gray' died on the 14th of November,
1889. and his remains were taken to Astoria
to rest beside those of his loved wife. Taken
all in all, William H. Gray is one of the
most remarkable characters of North Pacific
history.

One of Mj. Gray's objects on his first re-
t\n'n trip to the east, in 1837, was to claim
his liride. The young lady to whom he was
betrothed was appalled by the prospect of a
life in the far western wilderness among
savages and remote from civilization, so the
match was broken off. After a brief but
ardent and forceful wooing, he married Miss

Mary A. Dix. who was born in Rallston Spa,
Xew York, on the 2d of January, 1810. The
marriage ceremony took place on the 25th
of February, 18.18, Mrs. Gray being the
daughter of a Revolutionary soldier who
had decided to devote her life to missionary
work. In 1838 tliis courageous couple set
forth upon their life mission in the west,
taking with them three other missionaries
and their wives and locating at Fort Lap-
wai, Idaho. The zeal of the missionaries is
understood when it is known that two weeks
after their arrival Mrs. Gray had started
a school for Indians under a pine tree in the
wilderness and had a membership of from
fifty to one hundred. Nor were her efforts
confined to teaching the children, for during
leisure hours she instructed tlu' mothers in
keeping their homes clean, in the art of
making bread, and also taught them to cut
and make clothes for their families. In 1838
both Dr. Gray and his wife received certifi-
cates from Rev. Dr. Greene of New York as
missionaries of the American Board of For-
eign Missions, both of which now hang in
the historical rooms together with their
passports. In Jul.v, 1842, Mr. Gray resigned
from the Board of Foreign Missions and
made a trip to the Willamette valley, where
he became trustee and contractor and built
the old Oregon Institute, since known as
Willamette University. From 1843 until
1844 he lived with his family in Salem and
then until 1846 in Oregon City. He next
removed to Clatsop Plains, where, aided by
his wife and three others, he organized the
first Presbyterian church in Oregon. During
the latter years of their lives Mr. and Mrs.
Gray lived principally at Astoria. Mrs.
Gray died in 1881. They had the following
children: Captain .1. H. D. Gray, who died
at Astoria on the 26th of October, in02, and
w.as ex-state senator and ex-county judge
of Clatsop county ; Mrs. .Tacob Kamm ; Mary
S.. deceased, who was the wife, of Frank
Tarbell of Tacoma, Washington; Sarah F.,
who became ilrs. Abernethy. of Oregon
City and Portland; Captain William Polk;
Captain Albert Williams; and Captain
.lames T. Mrs. Gray was a lady of educa-
tion and refinement and of unusually lovel.y
person, manners and character. She was an
humble, consecrated Christian. One espec-
ially interesting fact in connection with her
labors at Lapwai has been handed down to
us. She had a remarkably sweet, finely
trained voice, and when upon the morning
after her arrival she joined in the singing
at family worship, Mr. Spalding felt that it
would be a power in their Sabbath services
and requested her to conduct that part of
the worship. When the Indians heard her
sing they were visibly impressed and after-
ward spoke of her as "Christ's sister."
While visiting at her mother's a few months •
before her death. Mrs. Kamm said to her
one day, "Mother, I have often wondered
how you, with your education and sur-
roundings, the I'efinements of life that you
were accustomed to, and your own personal
habits, could possibly have made up your
mind to marrv a man to whom von were a

THE CENTENNIAL III8T0HV OF OREGON

579

total stranger so short a time from your
first meeting with him, and go with him on
such a terrible journey, thousands of miles
from civilization, into an unknown wilder-
ness, across two chains of mountains and ex-
posed to countless dangers. Mother, how
did you ever do it;" Her mother sat with
her eyes intently lixed upon the carpet and
then, after a few moments' pause, replied
with great earnestness and solemnity: "Car-
rie. I dared not refuse 1 Ever since the day
when I gave myself up to -Jesus, it had been
my daily prayer, "Lord, what wilt thou have
me to do ' And when the question, •\\'ill
you go to Oregon as one of a little baml ot
self-denying missionaries and teach thtse
poor Indians of their Savior';' was suddenly
proposed to me. I felt that it was the call
of the Lord and I could not do otherwise."

MRS. Vr. H. GRAY. Side by side with the
fathers, husbands and brothers who consti-
tuted the mighty army that conquered the
west for civilization stood the women who
in spirit were as heroic, whose endurance
was as great and whose zeal as untiring as
that displayed by the men of the pioneer
households. Many of them were reared in
eastern homes of culture and refinement, ten-
derly nurtured and carefully educated. It
seems that it would have required sterner
stufT to meet the conditions here to be found,
but one of the eli-nii-iits in Oregon's splendid
citizenship of today is fo\iMd in the gentle in-
lluence and consecrated lives of those east-
ern bred women. History contains no more
thrilling story than the records of the lives
and military records present no account of
greater fearlessness in the face of danger
than is contained in the life story of >irs.
W. H. Hray. who in 1835 came as a mission-
arj- to the Oregon countrj-. Her Christian
work was among the Xez Perce Indians.
"A labor loved and followed to the goal. . .
A faith so sure of the divine intent
It dignifies the deeds of daily life."
In her maidenhood Mrs. (Jray bore the
name of Mary Augusta I)ix. She was of
Knglish lineage and <am<' of the same an-
cestry as Dorothy A. l)ix. the philanthropist.
She was born at Hallston Spa. New York.
January 12. is 10, and was one of n family of
seven daughters who were reared in a Chris-
tian home amid refined associations. Her
parents took an active interest in church
work and it was no unusual thing to see
them with their seven daughters seated in
the church elioir. the mother and daughters
dressed in white. The first break in the
happy home circle came in Kebniary. fSS.
when W. H. Oray of I'tica, N'ew York, sought
the hand of Mary Dix in marriage. He hnd
recently returned from the Oregon roiintry.
where he had gone in 183B with Or. .Marens
Whitman and Rev. H. H. Spnidine ni s.-iiilnr
agent of the missions they went to estnh
lish. She was to be not wife alone but co
laborer in this mission field. Not long before
the Heath of Mrs. Gray her daughter, Mr<.
K«mra. said to her: "Mother. I hav« otten
vfondrTed how. with your education and sur-
roundings, the refinement* of life you were

accustomed to and your personal habits, you
could possibly have nnnle up your mind to
marry a man to whom you "were a total
stranger so short a lime In-fore and go with
him on such a terrible journey thousands of
miles from civilization into an unknown
wilderness, exposed to countless daiigrra.
Mother, how did you do it!" After a few
moments' pause her mother replied with earn-
estness and solemnity: "Carrie, I dared not
refuse. Ever since the day I gave myself lo
•lesus. it has been my daily prayer', 'l.oril.
what will thou have me to do?" When this
question. Will you go to Oregon as one of u
little band of missionaries to teach the p<M>r
Indians of their Savior?' was so sudilenlv
proposed to me. I felt that it was the cnil
of the Lord and 1 could not do otherwise."

This was the motive lliat led Mrs. Cray to
sever home ties and go with hi-r husband in
the work of consecrated Christian si-rviee to
the far west. By steamer ami stage coach they
traveled westward until they reached hhle-
pendence, Missouri, where they were joined by
the Uev. Cushing Eells, and wife. Kev. AI-
kanah Walker. >!r. and Mrs. .\. M. Smith
and -Mr. Rogers, who were also to Un-ome
workers in the missionary field. Thfy
planiieil to make the journey on horsebaek
a ditiicult undertaking as well as arduous
one in that day when the streams and rivers
in the west were unbridged ami when little
more than an obscure trail marked the way
to the coast. The Indians were a constant
menace and often surrounded their camp,
standing arouml like great dogs and some-
times even following the party all day.
They carried with them tents which served
as shelter at night while a biilTalo rolM' and
oil cloth blankets constituted their l>eds. .\t
times their blankets would become litavy
with rain ami their clothing in the inornini;
would be as damp as when they took it off
the night before and when darkness cann-
upon them they pitched their tents, spread
the robes upon the ground within anri then
the piece of oilcloth. The sadilles nn<l Imwe
baggage were arranged neatly nbniit on the
walls inside and ndled up blanket' -••i- i •■■r
seats. In the center of tin- l<'nt ii
spread for the evening mrnl. .\l
cries ond howling of wilil nnlmaU rniibi !"•
heard. When day broke, nimiit 3 1o In ♦h<'
morning, all were nslir; the onn'
turned out to feed, hreakfa^l pr- :
eaten, the ilislies «ii '
niorninu prnyi-rs \>

ready for thn i

had traveled •
nine dny" ni'-

soiiri, »h' • .\ngii«C

reached \\ ". whrrp i

jorniislv i;r«-et*-'l b\ Uf. and Mrs, Wbitiniin
nn'I Rev nnd Mrs ^pahting, who had hern
,■ ■ •■ -n, Mr ■ '•

I Is of Ur\

>]■'•■>'■'.■ ■•"■' ■■' '

at Ijipwui Mrs. i;r«r •

(I,., f.i.'. ..:' t. ., ', ti.' tti.

a |>in<- iirr unlil a log «<<lM>i-ltto>L'<> tould Im>

580

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

built. It was a primitive structure with
puncheon seats and earth floor. There Mrs.
Gray continued her labors until November,
1842. Her well trained voice proved a potent
factor in her work. When she first joined
in the singing at family prayers Rev. Spald-
ing realized what a power her voice would be
in his Sunday worship and requested her to
take charge of that part of the service.
The Indians, too, were visibly impressed by
her singing and spoke of her as "Christ's
sister," and told the tale of her music long
afterward. No doubt the awakening powers
of her voice, coupled with her rare sweetness
of character, had much to do with bringing
about the great revival among the Nez Perce
Indians. Several hundred made confessions
of religion and the influence was at least in
a degree lasting, for years after Mr. Spalding
left that field the Indians in many of the
lodges continued to read the Bible, to sing
hymns, to pray and return thanks at their
meals.

In November, 1840, the Gray family came
to the Willamette valley, Mr. Gray having
severed his connection with the missions to
accept the appointment of secular agent for
the Oregon Institute. The journey to the
coast was one of untold liardships, the par-
ents, their son and two daughters floating
down the Columbia to Clilo in a bateau be-
longing to the Hudson Bay Company. Be-
lieving that the trail would be safer than the
turbulent waters of the Columbia near the
cascades, Mr. Gray arranged that he and his
family should proceed on the backs of Indian
ponies, but when they were deep in the moun-
tains they encountered a severe snow storm
which not only imperiled their lives but ren-
dered further travel impossible. Some of
their Indian guides were then sent to Fbrt
Vancouver for help. At the Columbia the red
men found a canoe in which they prooeeded
down the river and when Dr. McLaughlin
heard that a woman and little children were
snowbound in the mountains he at once sent
a boat manned by Hudson Bay Company men
to their relief. Mrs. Gray's calm faith and
belief that all would yet be well served to
keep up the courage of the others and as the
relief party were making their way up the
Columbia, there came to them upon the
wings of the wind the strains of a song that
she was singing. Thus they directed their
course to where the little party were im-
prisoned. They returned with the family to
the river bank where embarkation was made
for Fort Vancouver.

From that time forward the work of Mr.
and Mrs. Gray proved a strong force in ad-
vancing the religious development of Oregon
and also the temperance and educational
work. Their home was the center from which
radiated social and reform movements. In
1848 they assisted in forming on CTatsop
plains the first Presbyterian church in the
northwest. The strongest influences in life
are often the most intangible and who can
measure the work of this noble couple who
were never contented with second best but
chose those things which are highest and
holiest. Everv movement or measure for

the promotion of truth, justice and righteous-
ness received their support and many such
found their impetus in their home. In 1870
they returned on a visit to their old home
in New York, going from Portland to San
Francisco and thence across the continent by
rail, accomplishing in a few days a journey
to which they had devoted months when they
made their way on horseback to the Pacific
coast thirty-two years before. It has been
said of Mrs. Gray that her presence was gen-
tle and dignified. Many there are yet who
bear testimony to the nobility of her char-
acter. She possessed a pure spirit and
strong soul and was so pacific in her dis-
position that under the severest tests she
remained calm and self-possessed. Her last
words were a prayer that her husband, chil-
dren and friends might join her in the Fath-
er's house not made with hands. She passed
away at her country home, the Clalskanle
farm, December 8, 1881, when nearly seventy-
two years of age, survived by her husband
and seven of the nine children born unto
her. The high sensitiveness of her nature
was tempered by a serenity that had its root
in an unwavering faith. She never faltered
when she believed that the work before her
was that which her maker intended that she
should do. Of a most quiet, refined nature,
her life was a restraining power to the spirit
of lawlessness which is too often an element
in a new community where an organization of
society and of government has not been ef-
fected. While her words carried weight and
influence, the beauty of her own Christian
life and spirit constituted a still stronger
power for good.

DR. ERNEST A. WOODS is a medical
practitioner of Rogue River, where he set-
tled in September, 1910. He is a leading
man of his town, being president of the coun-
cil and secretary of the Commercial Club.
He has a satisfactory and growing practice,
many of the best families of the community
having chosen him as their regular physi-
cian. Dr. Woods was born in Chicago, Illi-
nois, July 26, 1876, a son of Josiah G. and
Martha E. (Huggins) Woods, both of Bos-
ton, Massachusetts. The parents removed
to Chicago in 1873, where the mother died
in 1900. Later the father removed to the
state of Washington where he died at
Puyallup in 1910. In their family were
four children, of whom three are still
living, those besides our subject being: Clar-
ence, of Chicago; and Jessie May, the
wife of Edwin Draper, of Marshalltown,
Iowa. The deceased member of the family
was Alfred P. C. Woods.

Dr. Woods was educated in the public
schools of Chicago, later attending the Uni-
versity of Chicago. He next entered the
Chicago Athenaeum where he made drawings
for the Chicago World's Fair. He was later
employed by Fraiser & Chalmers, after which
he entered the First National bank of Chi-
cago, remaining for two years engaged in
writing bills of exchange. In 1895 he en-
tered the College of Medicine and Surgery
of the University of Minnesota and was

DR. ERNFvST A. WonUS

UBllC LIBh.,h

MTC
TH-Dei

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OKKGON

583

graduated in the year 1899. After hospital
interneship in the Twin cities Dr. Woods
settled in tlie city of Stillwater, where he
practiced for -si.x months. He then removed
to Clear Lake, Minnesota, where he re-
mained in general practice until September,
1910, when he migrated to Oregon and set-
tled in Rogue River, Jackson county, where
he has since been engaged in the practice of
his profession.

Dr. Woods was married at Clear Lake.
Minnesota, in 1901, to Miss Adel A. Ander-
son, of that place, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. 0. Anderson, Ijoth natives of Sweden.
She received her education in the schools of
Minnesota, being graduated from the St.
CToud Xormal school, after which she taught
for a considerable period in the Clear Lake
district. The Doctor and Mrs. Woculs have
become the parents of four children: Ches-
ter Y., Harvey A., Marcus B. and Clarence
A. In his political views Dr. Woods is a
republican. He has attained to the second
degree of the ^fasonic body, being an active
member of that order. He belongs to the
Stearns and Benton County Medical Society
of Minnesota, the State Medical Society and
the American Medical Association. Rogue
River is extremely fortunate in having as a
resident so estimable a representative of the
medical profession as Dr. Woods, who has
been thoroughly educated in mc<lipine and
has in addition received nuicli experience in
the practice of his profession before settling
in Rogue River, being thus splendidly equipped
to discharge the duties which fall upon him
in the community of his adoption. He is
uniformly successful in his practice and has
formed an extensive acquaintance in .Jack-
son county where he is greatly respected and
held in high esteem by his close friends.

DAVID WINN HOLMAN owns and oper-
ates a ranch of one hundred and fifty-nine
acres, located on .'mutton creek, nine miles
from Raker City. He is a native of Tennessee,
his birth having occurred about eight miles
from Sparta, the county seat of White county,
that state, N'ovember"2r), IS.'jfi. His father.
A. .1. Tlolman, was born in North Carolina in
181S, an<l there he was educnte<l and reared
to manhood. When he was atH>ut twenty-one
years of age he removed with his parents to
Tennessee, and there he met and subsequently
married Miss JIary -Jane Spiers, a native of
White county, where their marriage occurred.
Jlr. Holman". who had been given the ad-
vantage of a good education, taught school
until he was married, when he accepted the
position of overseer on the plantation of
William Glenn, one of the wealthy citizens
of White county. I-ater he ensnged in farm
Ing on his own account, continuing to follow
this vocation during the remainder of his life.
He removed to Arkansas in 1S70, and there
he and the mother passed the remainder of
their lives, his death occurring in .lohn'nn
countv in ISS.I, and hers in 1SS2. They worn
the parents of thirteen children, our sul>)n<-l
lieing the eitrhth in order of birth. William
Henry Harrison, a soldier in the Confederat<-
armv. died from the effects of a cold con
vm. in— 24

traded soon after recovering from an attack
of the measles. The father obtained permii-
sion to take him home, where he ilied nine
days later, .lames S. was iiUo a niriiilx'r ot
the Confederate army, wherv he servrd for
three years. While at the hri^akfo't table
with an uncle one morning during the w«r,
he was shot through the .shoiiMiT. by a minir
ritle slug ball, which he picked up and kept.
It was never known who shot hini a» there
were no suspicious characters about, nor ilid
any one hear the report of the rith-. He mar-
ried Miss Hannah Welch, of Putnam county.
Tennessee, which state continued to Ix' their
place of residence, and they became the par-
ents of four sons and three daughter*.
Martha, who is the third in order of birth,
died in infancy. Mary married Klijah Do
Rossett, and to them were Iwirn a son ond
a daughter, .\maiida KlIwilM-th iM'canie the
wile of W. L. Overbey, a nnisler mason, of
.Johnson county. .Arkansas, and becanif the
mother of three sons and two daughters.
Perry S., also a ri'sidtnt of .Johnson county,
married Miss Itelle Stewart. an<l they have
two sons and twn daughters. Thomaa ("i.
married Miss Kliza .Joiner and resides in .John-
son county. Arkansas. Flori'ucc nmrrii-d
.Joseph Horn, also of .Johnson county, and they
have had two sons and two dauiihters.
Charles S. married Emma Nelson and they
have become the parents of several children.
Frank riiriitheni clmsi- for his wife Martha
Harmon, and to them were iMirn thirteen chil
dren. Margaret .J. married Robert Hardy
and they have several children. .losie F. be-
came the wife of Bud Harmon, by whom she
has had four or five children.

The e<lucation of David Winn Holman was
begun in his native state and completed in
the schools of Arkansas. Having been reared
on a farm he was early traineil to the duties
of llie acrii'ultiirist. I'pon leaving home he
cngnired in farming for himself in the vicinity
of I.aniar. .lohnson county, until 1><H7. His
principal crop was cotton, and in cunneetion
with this he also raised large i|Uontitii'« of
corn, wheat and oats. For about Iw.i years
prior to the date mentioned he had I'wn
keeping an account of the tim^-
pense entailed by each cr»p on
end of that time that he ■■ ■-
about fifty cents a ilay ti
this did not include ihi-

ond the expense invoke,! in ■ ''>e

propertv Aft'-r mn -^ !.-'■'-.
his V
not "u
tinunnce, -
April 12. !

(Ireifnn. He lliiis »-')ii.r..l •
to en'b'e him •" Ix'ffin for t

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584

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

leased land, but. he later purchased the im-
provements on a tract which he subsequently
homesteadcd. He proved up on this place
and about 1006 sold it, ami purchased his
present ranch, which is well improved and
easily worth fifty dollars per acre. As he
has made steady progress in the development
of his interests and each year has proven
more successful than the one preceding he has
never had occasion to regret locating here, but
on the contrary has ever been thankful he
made the change when he did. His farm
is splen.lidly adapted to dairying and stock-
raising, of whicli he makes a specialt.y, and
he is realizing' good results therefrom.

In .lohnson county, Arkansas, on the 8th
of March. 1S83. Mr. Holman was married to
Miss Eliza Shackelford, a daugliter of J. C.
Shackelford. The father, who was a native
of Tennessee, removed from tliere to Illinois,
whence he crossed the plains with an ox team
to California in 1849. He worked in the
mines of the latter state until 18.55. when
he went back to Tennessee, making the
return journey li.y way of the isthmus, lie
took with him some gold, which he had panned
and had it manufactured into jewelry, whicli
he presented to different members of his fam-
ily. Mrs. Holman has one of the rings, in-
side of which is engraved the initials of her
father, and her sister has some earrings and
a brooch. The father is still living and con-
tinues to make his home in Arkansas, but the
mother passed away in Illinois. They had
three daughters, the second in order of birth
being Mrs. Holman ; Fanny, the eldest of the
family, married Frank Ric-hey, a prominent
mason and farmer of niinois, now deceased.
by whom she had eight children; Fredonia,
who was the youngest, died in earl.y life.

Mr. and Mrs. Holman have had ten children.
all but the two eldest of whom have been
born in Oregon. James F., the eldest, who
owns a homestead of one hundred and sixty
acres adjoining his father's place on Sutton
creek, is employed b.v the E. P. Vorez Furni-
ture Company of Baker City. He was born
Jlarch 12. 1884. and married Hattie Carter,
and to them have been born two sons. -Jennie
May. born in 1886, has been teaching in the
district and public schools of Baker county
for the past five years and is preparing to
continue her education in the college of Cor-
vallis. Maud Elizabeth, born in 1888, has
for two .years engaged in teaching and is
now occupying a position in Harrison's ice
cream parlor in Baker. Margaret Alma, born
in 1890. is at home. Ruth Belle, born in 1892,
will graduate from the Baker High School
with the class of 1913. Adeline Eliza, born in
lS9fi, became a high-school pupil in Baker
in September, 1912. William Jennings, born
in 1898. Eugene David, in 1900, Cecil Ger-
trude, in 1902, and Edith ilaria, are all in
school.

The family attend the Presbyterian church,
with which denomination Mr. Holman united
in 1874 and his wife in 1883. He became a
charter memlier of the Odd Fellows lodge at
Durkee, Oregon, December 6, 1902, and is also
a charter member of Triumph Lodge, No, 80,
K. P., of Durkee, which was organized about

1900. In his political views Mr, Holman is
a democrat, thus following in the footsteps
of his forefathers who have for several gen-
erations been stanch advocates of the demo-
cratic party. He .served both as road super-
visor and constable while residing in Malheur
county. That Mr. Holman is now tlie owner
of an excellent tract of land comprising almost
a quarter of a section is an indication that
his has been an active and useful life. At all
times he has commanded the respect and
good-will of his fellow townsmen by reason
of his enterprise, his determination and his
capability.

HUGH COSGROVE. Among the natives
of Jlarion county who still remain within
its borders is Hugh Cosgrove, a prosperous
farmer, residing two miles east of St. Paul.
He was born January 9, 1849. on the tract
of laud wliere now St. Paul is situated and
is a son of Hugh and Mary (Roseter) Cos-
grove. The father was born in the north-
ern part of Ireland in 1802 and was brought
to America at the age of six years, the
family locating in Canada, where he lived
until he was twenty-seven years of age. He
was married in Perth, Canada, at the age .of
twenty-three, and in 1830 he moved to
Michigan and settled near Detroit, where he
remained two years. At the end of that
time he went to Illinois and in 1847 came
to Oregon, crossing the plains with o.x teams,
and on reaching The Dalles he floated the
wagons down the river on rafts and drove the
oxen over the trail. At the Cascades he
again took the baggage and hauled it to
Vancouver. At first he left the family in
Vancouver and went out prospecting on the
French prairies, and, b\iying of a British
subject three hundred and twenty acres near
St. Paul, he moved his family there. The
next year, or in 1848, the gold fever broke
out in California near Seutters Point and to-
gether with James McKay and John Kennedy
he went to that region. He mined gold that
summer and, making quite a considerable
sum of mone.v, returned in the fall. After
placing his six daughters in a convent in
Oregon Cit.y he took his wife and two sons
overland to California, where he was en-
gaged in the mercantile business at Jack-
sonville until 1851. Selling his store on that
date, he moved to Sacramento and bought
propert,v but soon sold it and purchased a
stock of goods in San Francisco, which he
brought to Oregon, opening a general nier-
cliandise store on his home place, two miles
east of St. Paul. He continued in this busi-
ness until 1856. when he took up farming, an
occupation which he followed until his death,
April 10, 1901, being laid to rest on his home
place. Ten children were born to this union,
of whom seven are deceased, namely: Mar-
garet; Annie and Mary, twins; Elizabeth;
Caroline; James; and one boy who died in
infancy. Those who are living are: Susan
fi.. a resident of Portland; Eraeline, the wife
of D. F. Wagoner, of Salem, Oregon; and
Hugh, of this review.

Hugh Cosgrove started out in life for
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585

on a farm for one year and then taking up
minini,' in Idaho. Up then engaged in cattle
raising, and later in stage driving, after
which he returned to his home place. }le
had prospected a good deal and several of his
mining enterprises returned fair financial re
suits. In all he spent four years away from
his present farm. The homestead wliich he
now- owns consists of one hundred and si.\ty-
nine acres and his wife also owns three lots
in Woodburn, Oregon. Mr. Cosgrove has
engaged in various branches of agriculture,
including dairying and the cultivation of
oats, wheat, potatoes and hops, to the lat-
ter of which he has planted fifteen acres
yielding him a crop, the profit on which
materially adds to his income. lie has also
engsiged in raising live stock of a high grade,
making a specialty of hogs and horses.

ilr. Cosgrove was married Xovember 16,
1S83, to Mrs. Emma Clifton, who was l»rn
in St. .Joseph, Missouri, in ISa], a daughter
of Thomas and Mary Anna (Morgan) Stan-
ley, both of whom were born near St. .loseph.
Missouri, of Kentucky parentage. The fa-
ther toi)k up a homestead near St. .Joseph
and lived there until 1860, when with his
family he started to cross the plains, but
died on the way of lung fever. The mother
came on with her brother, James Morgan,
and settled in Linn county, Oregon, seven
miles south of Albany, where she lived tin-
til her death in 1SS4. In their family were
four children: Martha, the wife of Lee Ken-
dall, of Marion county; Emma, now Mrs.
Hugh Cosgrove; Xoah, of Eastern Oregon;
and Isabella, deceased. Mrs. Cosgrove at
the time of her marriage was the widow of
Thomas Clifton, whom she wedded in 187G.
The three children by her first marriage are:
John, who was born in 1878 and is now a
resident of Alaska: Lawrence, deceased; and
Annie, born November 1, 18S0, who mar-
ried Frank Lurze, of Vancouver, Washing-
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Cosgrove were married in
Albany, Oregon, and lived in Linn county one
year. Then, on the death of Mr. C'osgrove's
father, they moved to his farm, where they
now reside. They are the parents of one
child, Mary Ethel, who was born August
6, 1894. aiid is attending college at Mount
Angel. Oregon, where she is fitting herself
for the teaching of literature. In politics
Mr. Cosgrove's allegiimre is given to the
republican party, and in religi'm he adheres
to the Roman Catholic faith. Fle is widely
known in his county and is highly respected
by all his acquaintances.

EDWARD L. EDGERTON. The bu.iincss
interests ..I Clatskniiie find a worthy rep-
resentative in Edward L. Edgerton. a general
merchant, who was born in Tnylorville. Illi-
nois, on the 21st of November. 1S75. a son
of William A. and Mary Edgerton. the former
a native of Vermont and the latter of Illinois.
They were married, however, nt Oiicnu". Illi-
nois, and for a number of years the father
was upon the road as a traveling .'inb-sman.
He afterward embarked in business on hi« own
account, opening a general store in Toylnr-
ville, which he conducted for several years.

The opportunities of the far west, however,
attracted him and in 18S4 he cnnic to the Pa-
eilie coast country, settling in I'ortland, Dre-
goii. where he lived retired. In lss5 he re-
moved to Clatskanie. where he reoidnl until
I'.KIK. when he wi-nt to Vandiill, where he
opened a store. He is still an active factor
in the business worhl, being now proprietor
of a large mercantile establishment at Long-
beach. California. In 1877 he lost \t'\» first
wife and has since been marriitl again. By
his first union there were six children, of
whom three are deceased, while those living
are: Mrs. .M. K. I'age. a resident of Clals
kanii': Mrs. Nellie .Met lure, oi the stale of
Washington; anil Kdward L. The only i-hild
of the lather's second marriage was Agnes
Edgerton, now deeeaseil. In ls<i."> the mother
died and in 190-' William .A. Kdgerton was
again married.

E<lward L. Edgerton spent the lirst nine
years of his life in the middle west and
then came with his father to the Pacific
coast, where he has since lived. His edu-
cation was acijuireil in the public sebools
and his business training was received un-
der his father's direction. In 1905. when
thirty years of age. be started upon an in-
dependent business life and has since U-en
jiroprietor of a general mercantile store in
Clatskanie. He has here a well selected line
of goods and makes every elTort to meet the
wi>lH's of his patrons and to give to them
full valui' receive<l.

On the 4th of May. 1904, Mr. Edgerton
was married to Miss Kthel Hill, who was
born ill Wisconsin and in 1H9I came from
that state to Portland with her parents, who
are still living in the Rose city. They have
but two children, their son, the younger. Le-
roy Hill, being still at home. Tin- marriage
of .Mr. and .Mrs. Kdgerton has been blcseil
with one child. Leonard .lames, born Septem-
ber 7. 1907. Politically .Mr. Kdgerton is n
republican but while he keeps well informed
on the questions and issuen of the day. ho
has never sought nor dcsirwl public ollice
as a reward for party fenlty. Ho ond his
wife hold membership in the MetlnMlisl
Kpiscopal church and arc people of sterling
worth, being hidil in high regaril wherever
known and most of all where thry are best
known.

DR. LEROY ELSO^ DOOLITTLE, who

lias 1 n engaged in the praeliir of ineilicinn

ill Newberg tor the past t.>,, \.i.r-. i' re.-og-
ni^ed as one of the ver\ '

representatives of the pi

county. He is » native of Illinois, hi* birth
having oecurre*! in (lene«eo, on the Hth *t{
March. IHS:t. If ' are E. H «nd -Inlm

E. (Kimberly the father haMng

l.eeii b«rn in >r"HMf .n IH.',». while the
iTiotber is a nalire nf New Haven, ('"nnee-
. ,.i l,..r l.irth ,..-. uriinif in 1S.'|2. The fa
Mnan and the fam
lied at Sioi>\ KnlU.
N.iuth Dakota. • M' ilie niarriai;e of Mr. ami
Mrs. E. n. Doolittlr there were Imrn two
sons, the other being HerWrl E. who is
li\in|f in Sioii\ Falls.

586

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

The boyhood of Dr. Doolittle was spent in
his native town, in whose common schools
he acquired liis elementary education. The
family subsequently removed to Luverne,
Minnesota, where he pursued his high-school
course, being graduated in 1901. He then
enrolled in the academic department of the
University of Minnesota, being graduated
with the degree of B. A. in the class of
1905. Having decided to become a physician,
after the completion of his collegiate course
he matriculated in the medical department
of the same university, being awarded the
degree of M. D. in 1909. In order to better
qualify himself for the practical duties of
his profession, Dr. Doolittle spent a year
as interne in St. Luke's Hospital at St.
Paul, his experiences there having proven
very helpful by giving him greater confidence
in himself and his powers as a practitioner.
At the expiration of his term of service he
came to Newberg and entered into partner-
ship with Dr. Rankin, with whom he has ever
since been associated. Although he engages
in general practice. Dr. Doolittle infinitely
prefers the work in surgery, in which he spe-
cialized during the entire period of his prep-
aration. Since locating here he has had am-
ple opportunity to manifest his skill both
in medicine and surgery, and that he is a
<'apable representative of his profession is
•evidenced by the extent of his practice as
well as the social class his patients repre-
sent. His preparation has been very thor-
ough in every respect, in addition to which he
lias the strong personality and ready sym-
pathy so essential to success in this profes-
sion. He is a progressive man and keeps
in touch with the discoveries made through
modern research and scientific investigation,
readily adopting in his own practice every
new theory, the practicability of which has
been proven to his satisfaction. He is too
conservative, however, to lay aside an old
method, the efficacy of which has been well
tried and proven, for a more recent discov-
ery that is yet in an experimental stage.

On the sdth of March. 1911, at Spokane,
Washington. Dr. Doolittle was united in mar-
riage to Miss Bessie Kent, who was born and
reared in Elv, Minnesota, and is a daughter
of Captain Frank Kent, vice president and
superintendent of the Chandler mine in the
Vermilion range. Dr. Doolittle met his wife
while an interne in St. Luke's hospital, where
she was a trained nurse.

Both Dr. and Mrs. Doolittle are members
of the Methodist Kpiscopal church, and fra-
ternally he is affiliated with the Knights of
Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of
America, and also the Phi Beta Pi. with
which he became identified during his uni-
versity days. Tn his political views he is in-
dependent, giving his support to the men and
measures he feels are best qualified to sub-
serve the interests of the majority. In
June, 1910, Dr. Doolittle passed the exam-
ination at Fort Snelling entitling him to
the rank of first lieutenant in the medical
corps of the United States army, and has
five years in which to accept, but at the
present time feels that he prefers a private

practice. His decision in this respect would
appear to be a wise one from a personal
point of view, as judging from present in-
dications his future gives every assurance
of being a most promising one.

ALEXANDER MURRAY, who owns a

ranch of eleven luimlrcd acres two and a
half miles below Dayville, is one of the well
known pioneer stockmen of Grant county, of
which he has been a resident for more than
forty years. He was born in Lairg, Scotland,
on the 24th of April. 1849, and is a son of
Robert and Ellon (McDonald) Murray, natives
of the same place. He is descended from a
long line of sturdy Highland ancestors, whose
energies were largely devoted to agricultural
pursuits and stock-raising. His paternal
grandfather lived to attain the venerable age
of ninety-one years, while his father was
seventy-seven at the time of his demise. The
mother, who was the only daughter in a
family of fifteen children, also lived to attain
a ripe old age. Both parents passed their
entire lives in the old country. The father
had two brothers, William and Alexander
Murray, who came to America in early life
and established a business in Buffalo, New
York, which is still conducted under their
name, although they have long since passed
awa.y.

The first nineteen years in the life of Alex-
ander Murray were passed in the land of his
birth, where he received a practical education.
His home was the t.vpical Highland Scotch
household, where respect and obedience is
exacted of the younger members, into whose
youthful minds are early instilled precepts
of thrift, diligence and honest.y. These quali-
ties have become more marked with the pass-
ing of time and are the most noticeable char-
acteristics of Mr. Murray, and without doubt
have been the salient factors in promoting
his success. In 1868 he left the parental home
and emigrated to the Ignited States, joining
his uncles at Buffalo, with whom he remained
for three years. At the expiration of that
time, in 1871, he and his brother William
came to Oregon by way of the isthmus, their
destination being the .John Day valley. They
filed on land two and a half miles above Day-
ville, now known as the Glenshield ranch,
where for ten years they engaged in stock-
raising. Their place was within the district
attacked by the Indians in the uprising of
1878, and they consequently suffered heavy
losses at the hands of a marauding party,
which raided a territory about twelve miles
wide, taking from the Murray ranch alone
about fourteen thoiisand dollars worth of
stock, mostly horses. Although resistance
was offered but two lives were sacrificed, two
English lads, sheep-herders, being killed by
the thieves just as they were crossing the John
Day river. A long series of misfortunes re-
sulted in the financial failure of the Murray
Brothers in 1893. and William Murray re-
moved to Malheur county, where two other
brothers, Adam and Kenneth, are also re-
siding. Alexander IMurray subsequently came
to his present ranch, where he continued his
stock-raising, making a specialty of sheep.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

589

His sheep herd has numbered as high as
twenty-nine thousand head, while he hos had
a thousand cattle and about four hundrnl
horses. He is prospering in his business anil
is interested in Malheur county property with
his brothers, while he formerly owned the
section of land on which Dayville is now
located, there erecting the first building, a
frame store room.

On the 30th of .June, 1886, Mr. Murray was
married to Miss Jennie Mitchell, a native of
Scotland, and to them liave been born livi'
sons: Robert, Adam, Kenneth. Alexainlrr
and John. The second named is a graduate
of the Hill Jlilitary Academy, which insfit\i-
tion two of the other boys attended for two
years.

Mr. Murray is one of the substantial citi-
zens of Grant county, where he is highly
esteemed and has many friends. He is a
man nf high standards of cond\ict. upright
principles and incorruptible integrity, as has
been manifested times innumerable during
the long period of bis residence here and is
accorded by all who know him the respect
such qualities command.

HENRY A. DUGGAN is proprietor of the
largest general mercantile store in Clatskanie,
havin? developed his business along progres-
sive lines that have secured to him an ex-
tensive patronage. Kach year chronicles a
growing success and the position that he
has already won in commercial circles argues
well for the future. His birth occurred in
east Tennessee. March 25, 1863. his parents
being H. D. and Susan (Ware) Duggan, both
of whom were natives of the same state,
where they were reared and married, there
residing until 1877. when they removed to
^^cPonald county. Missouri, where they re-
sided for three years. The succeeding nine
years were passed in Cass county. Missouri,
after which they became residents of Allen
county. Kansas, where they still reside, their
home being in Towa. The father is now
sixty-eight years and the mother sixty-two
years of age. To some extent ever since his
marriage he has engaged in preachinp the
gospel as a minister of the R.iptist church
and has also followed farming but is now
living retired from agricultural pursuits,
spending his days in quiet at Inwa. Unto
Mr. and Mrs. Duggan were born thirteen
children of whom twelve are still living:
Henry A.; J. R.. of Allen county, Kansn»;
Sarah J., the wife of J. >f. Rhodes, of Okla-
homa ritv: Mrs. Elizabeth E. Thompson, of
Moran. Kansas; W. J., also living in Mnrnn;
Emma, the wife of Ed Trvintr, of loin. Kan-
sas; Ellen, the wife of Ed Hart, of nnrtles-
ville, Oklahoma; Rirtie, the wife of Irn
Downs, of Pawnee Rock. Kansas; Edward,
of I>nwrence. Kansas: T»uis. of IjiHarpe.
Kansas; Everett and Russell, both of flats-
kanie.

Henrv A. Dugjnn spent his youthful days
amiil the pleasant environment of a nil.
tiired home, acquiring' his education in the
public schools and devoting much of his time
to assisting his father in the onerntmn of
the home farm. When twenty-six year* of

age he started out in buxineas life on hia
own account, taking up farm work in Kan-
sas, where he followed agricultural pursuit*
until 1900. He then came to Oregon, settling
in Columbia county, where he secured a
homestead claim which ho inipruveil until
alter he had secured his title, and then sold.
Turning his attention to commercial pur-
suits he formed a partnership with u Mr.
Simmons for the establishment and conduct
of a general mercantile store. .Success at-
tended the new venture and In 1011 Mr. Ilug-
gan purchased his partner's interest and is
now sole proprietor of the largest store in
the town, carrying an extensive and well
selected line of goods. His business methods
are strictly reliable and his enterprise and
modern ideas constitute the basis on which
his prosperity is founded. He hos not con-
fined his attention, however, entirely to one
department of labor but is connected with
various business concerns which are impor-
tant elements in the upbuilding and progress
of the community. He is a stockholder of
the Creamery Company, also of the Tile-
phone system and of the (lold Hill Mining
Company of southern Oregon. He is the own-
er of one hundred and sixty acres of land
in the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico; fifty
acres in the state of Ohuca, .Mexico; and ha»
five acres planted to rubber pro<lucing tree*
in the state of Chiapas, .Mexico. He Is like-
wise finoncially intereste<l in the Consoli-
dated Typewriter & Telegraph Company and
in the British Columbia Coal .Mining Com-
pany operating near Vancouver, and his prop-
erty interests in Clatskanie include a omi-
modious and beautiful residence.

Mr. Duggan was marrieil. October 13, IMSO,
to Miss Eva M. Marvin, who was born in
Xeosha county, Kansas, a daughter of Ceorgo
and Rosa (CulbertsonI Marvin, the former a
native of Illinois and the lotter of l)es
.Moines. Towa. They were married in Kan-
sas and there reside<l until the father's death
in 1887. The mother still survives and in
now living in .■\drinn, Missouri. The Mar-
vin family were among the prominent rnrlr
settlers of that state and I''
of Mrs. Duggan there passed
ing made their home in the ^un i ■"••r ni.i-
for many years. In the family nf Mr, anil
Mrs. flcorije Marvin were live rhildrrn:
Mrs. Dupgan; Edward, of PorlUnd. Orrgon;
Robert, living in ( Inlskiinie; <;ra.. 'h- wife
of Claud I,e»is; ami Estolla. of '
.■\fler losing her first liiishflM-l ^' i

was married to Mote \' ! 1> that

marriage bad a "on, Fi it. ni>w of

Adrian. Missouri. Her ' ' ' !

in IflOO ond she has s
nf .John .\dams. I'nto .'.'..
hove Iwen \tnrn seven children: Hcul ■
who .li.l -f til' ipe of two rears; \j-,x .
Inirii •■ May. 1H9I. now alien. I-

injj 1 also sluilring music; H.

I.e»lir. who »*« U.rn In Orlol-r. imi. and
is now attending scho.d; Ethel M and Rob-
ert E.. both now H«<-«<a«c<l: Susan E. R.. I'om
in May, loo.i: and Henry E., bnrn in D«>-
cemb«r, 1906.

590

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

The Duggan family hold memliership in
the Baptist cliurch in which Mr. Duggan is
serving as deacon. In the worlc of the
church he takes an- active and helpful inter-
est and is also in full sympathy with the
beneficent and fraternal spirit of the dilTerent
associations to which he belongs, holding
membership in Clatskanie Lodge, F. & A. M.,
and also witli the Modern Woodmen of
America and the Foresters. Politically he
is a republican but while lie gives expres-
sion to his belief by his ballot he does not
seek nor desire office, preferring to concen-
trate his energy upon his business interests,
the capable direction of which has brought
him substantial returns while the reliability
of his methods has gained for him the con-
fidence and good-will of all.

RICHARD PATTERSON, who is a native
of Marion county, was born near Silverton,
March 9, 1857, the son of John and Sarah
Ann (Stout) Pickering Patterson. The ma-
ternal grandfather and grandmother were
both natives of Tennessee, the grandfather
being of German descent. The father, John
Patterson, was born in Pennsylvania, of
Irish parentage, and was one of a family of
seven children, all of whom are deceased. He
crossed the plains from ilissouri in 1845 and
came directly to Oregon, settling in Marion
county near Abiqua, where for a number of
years" he kept a place for emigrants to stay
until they should decide upon a location.
Later he "took up a donation land claim of
six hundred and forty acres but being a
bachelor at that time, "was forced to give up
three liundred and twenty acres. After his
marriage he lived on this land until 1866
when, selling it, he moved across Abiqua
creek and bought an old donation land claim
of one hundred and sixty acres which be-
longed to a Mr. Beardslee. There he and
his wife lived the remainder of their days,
he dying in 1869 and she in 1868. During
his early days in Oregon he volunteered his
services to the government to fight the In-
dians, who at that time had captured a
number of emigrants and had massacred
Whitman. This uprising was known as the
Cayuse war and lasted about six or eight
months. Mr. Patterson, buying his own
horse and equipment, joined a force of fifty
volunteers which was later increased to five
hundred. He served as a member of Com-
panies A and C, under Captain Maxim, and
no remuneration was ever received by him
for his services or for the loss of his horse
and equipment.

In 1853 John Patterson was united m
marriage to Sarah Ann (Stout) Pickering, in
Marion county, Oregon. She was one of a
family of five" children, all of whom are now
decea"sed. At the time of her marriage to
Mr. Patterson she was the widow of Mr.
Pickering, whom she had wedded in Missouri.
His death took place while he was on the
plains en route to the far west and he was
buried where he died in a very deep grave
to prevent the wolves from digging \ip the
body. By the mother's first marriage three
children were born: William, of California;

Cordelia, the wife of Daniel Markluun, both
of whom are now deceased; and Sereldia,
who married a Mr. Wood, of California, and
died one year after her marriage. John and
Sarah (Stout) Pickering Patterson were the
parents of four children: Elizabeth, of
Portland, who is the widow of James Down;
Richard, of this review; Samuel, who is a
farmer in Ontario, Oregon; and Nancy, who
died in 1878, and who was the wife of James
Bowman, of Idaho.

Richard Patterson was twelve years of
age at the time of his father's death, the
mother having passed away the previous
year. He stayed with a neighbor, Andrew
Shepherd, for si.x months, or until the mar-
riage of his older sister, after which lie lived
witli his brother-in-law for three years. He
did various kinds of work until he was
twentj'-seven years of age and then pur-
cliased his home place, where he lived until
1898, when he sold it and rented two farms,
one of which was the property of Judge Hub-
bard. In 1904 he bought his present farm of
one hundred acres.

On the 5th of November, 1883, at Silver-
ton, Richard Patterson was united in mar-
riage to Miss Lola Desart, who was a native
of Idaho, born in 1864, while her parents
were crossing the plains. She was the daugh-
ter of George and Melissa (Armstrong) Des-
art, both natives of Illinois. After cross-
ing the plains the parents first located at
Boise, Idaho, and a year and a half later,
in 1866, came to Oregon and settled on
Lower Abiqua creek, in Marion county. In
1899 they removed to Salem, where the fa-
ther died in 1903 and where the mother
now resides. To Mr. and Mrs. Patterson
eight children have been born. Raymond,
born December 30, 1884, resides with his
parents and helps to operate the home place.
He has a business-college education. Ches-
ter died at the age of six years. Mabel was
born May 6, 1889. Rosie^ born August 24,
1891, is at home with her parents and has
a high-school education. Nellie was born
July 27, 1894. and is now attending high
school. Wilhelmina was born August 5,
1897, and died May 16, 1899. Pearl, born
December 10. 1900,' is now a student in the
public schools. Ruth died in infancy.

Mr. Patterson is a republican and very
strong in his convictions of the principles of
the party. Although he has neither sought
nor desired office, he was at one time road su-
pervisor. He has always given much time
to the interests of education and has advo-
cated those principles which tend towards the
good of the community, and as a result he
is well known as oiie "of the highly honored
citizens of the county.

JULIAN E. JOHNSON, who is conducting
a photograph studio at Hillsboro, to which
endeavor he has devoted his attention for
over twenty years, was born in Buffalo
county, Wisconsin, in 1861, his parents
being Mordecai and Lydia (Curtis) John-
son, both of whom were natives of
the state of New York, where they were
married and lived for more than four years.

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

591

They then removed to Wisconsin where the
father dieJ at the age of eighty-three years,
while the mother passed away soon after-
ward in Minnesota, at the same age. In
their family were eleven children: Annette,
who died at the age of sixty-five years; De-
catur, who died of typhoid fever while serv-
ing in the United States army; Pulaski, liv-
ing in Wisconsin; Elizabeth, who died in
1908 at the age of sixty years; Jane, the
widow of Alonzo Lewis; Jasper, whose home
is in McGregor. Minnesota; Adelaide, the
wife of B. K. llolcomb. of Mondovi. Wis-
consin; Hart well, whu passed away when
twenty years of age; Romanus, living at
Barnum. Minnesota; Julian E.. and George
A., of St. Paul.

The educational opportunities which Julian
E. Johnson enjoj'ed were those offered by
the public schools of his native state, and
when nineteen years of age he started out
in life for himself. For ten years he engaged
in teaching school and then took up the
study of photography, in which field of busi-
ness he has since continued. He has fol-
lowed that profession in Minnesota, being
located successively at McGregor. Morgan
and I-ittle Fall*. He next went to Oakes,
North Dakota, and in the year 1907 arrived
in Oregon, making his way to Portland,
where he spent two years. In 1909 he came
to Hillsboro. where he has since remained,
and presides over a well appointed photo-
graphic studio, using the latest improved
processes in his work. He gives close study
to the effect of light and shade and has
the happy faculty of so placing his patrons
at tlioir ease that he gets most natural pic-
tures.

In 1S«(2 Mr. .Johnson was married to Miss
Caroline .Johnson, who was the first white
child born in Brown county. Minnesota, her
parents being Isaac and Almina (Hcwetti
Johnson. Her father was born in Canada
and in his childhood days came with his
parents to the L'nited States. His mother
was a native of New York and they were
married in Michigan, alter which they re-
moved to Minnesota where they spent their
remaining days, the father f.dlowing the oc-
cupation of farming in that state. In their
family are the following children who are still
living: George, a resident of Sleepy Kye.
Minnesota; Permelia. the wife of George
Miller, of McGregor. Minnesota ; Charlotte,
the wife of Merrill Tolman. of Morgan. .Min
nesota; Lillie Porter and Mrs. Johnfon.
Two children. Permelia and Frances, have
passe<l awav. I'nto the marriage of Mr. nn<l
Mrs. .lohnson have been b«irn five children:
Corn, who was liorn in 18S4 and is the wife
of Fred Strom, of Ocean Falls. British Co-
lumbia: Florence, who was born in l-^SB and
is the wife of I-ee Witheril. of I'ortland. Ore
eon- Viola who was born in HOr,. is attend-
ing high school; Dewey, l>orn in 1S99; and
Rose Selma. in 1003.

Mr .Johnson and his family hold memhj^
ship in the Presbvterian church and he he-
long, also to the Mutual Brotherhood of
America and the Modem Woodmen of
\merica He votes with the republican

party aii.i is in hearty sympathy xvith it«
principles. He has never l>een " an otllM-
seeker yet has filled several county otHcet,
the duties of which he has discharged with
promptness and fidelity. His life has b*en a
useful, active ami busy one and whaterer
success he has aihieved has come to him
as the reward of ability and industry. Tho«o
who meet him find him a social, genial gen-
tleman, and his good ipialities win for him
the warm regard of those with whom ho
comes in contact.

AARON W. NUSOM. Through improve-
ment of the opportunities which Oregon olTers
in agricultural lines Aaron W. Xusoin has
become one of the substantial citizens of
Marion co\inty. He is now residing ii|»>n his
farm six miles southwest of Gervais on the
Fairfield and Salem road. His birth occurred
in New York in is.")9. and when he was but
one year of age his father enlisted in the
Federal army and served until the close of the
war four years later. The fathi-r was a na-
tive of Ireland but came to the l'nited States
at the early age of thirteen year*. For sev-
eral years he was employed in various po-
sitions, until he had finally saved enough
money to purchase prop<^rty in New York
state. He was married in that state to Tirza
Jones, but shortly after their marriage they
removed to Kansas and lived there for
twenty years before coming west to Brooks.
Here they resided until their ileaths, the fa-
ther's occurring in 1907 and the mother's in
1899. To them seven children were Iwrn:
Mary and William, di-ceascd; Aaron W., the
subject of this sketch; I.ucy. deceased;
.Sarah, who is the wife of John Kiilinger who
is livin;; near Gervais. Oregim: I-ola. who is
the wile of William Hoover, of Tillamook,
Oregon; an^l Robert, a resident of Brook*,
Oregon.

Little occurred to vary the ordinary rou-
tine of school and farm life during the Ixiy
hooil and youth of Aaron Niisom. He re-
mained at' home until he was twenty-two
vears of age at which time lie look ">• >
iiomestead. He imnwdinlcly built a
for himself upon it. and aft-r bi» m.>'
settle.1 there for two yi-nr«. 1
he made manv iinproveiiient>
erty. anil altiioiigh he was
measure of «m<'<-«'«« in his piu
up to enter 111 ' '" ' "

^.aged in thi. r;"" '"'

at the en.l of ■' '• ""•'

removed to I'l
four acres of ...
arrived in thi» »l»lr lie r-f
„f hop land, nil 'n '""' ■
four acre* wh:
dition. He i-
away ihe si'.
present time
hops and th-
penches and 1
pursuits have
cause of his

energy he has ,...--.•... .

surl a stale of produrtiTily that U l» i»»

592

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

only remunerative but also affords its owner
extreme gratification.

In 1S85 Mr. Nusom was married to Miss
Etta Brown, whose birth occurred in 1870
and who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Brown, the father a native of Indiana and
the mother of Pennsylvania, of German de-
scent. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown five children
were born : Mrs. Nusom ; Daisy, who is the
wife of Edward Williams, of Carthage, Illi-
nois; Helen, of Bo wen, Illinois; George, who
is living in Brooks, Oregon; and Cora, who
is the wife of Marcus Dunn, of Albany,
Oregon. To Mr. and Mrs. Nusom seven chil-
dren have been born: Grace, who died at the
age of six years; Ella, whose death occurred
when she was but four years of age; Al-
berta, who was born iu 1891 and who has
been given the full advantages of a public-
school education; Walter, who was born in
1894, and who is attending school; Lola,
whose birth occurred in 1896 and who is a
student in the Albany high school and has
also received a musical education; and Fran-
ces and Allyn, whose births occurred in 1899
and 1902 respectively, and who are attend-
ing school.

In politics Mr. Nusom gives his support to
the democratic party, and is one of the
stanch and enthusiastic supporters of the
democracy in his district. Although he has
never desired the honors or emoluments of
office he has accepted such positions as would
give him opportunity to further the educa-
tional advantages in his community. He
liolds membership in the Modern Woodmen
of America and is also a member of the
Christian church. He is one of the sturdy
and thrifty agriculturists of Marion county,
and has shown remarkable foresight in cul-
tivating his property and also in providing
for the future welfare of his family in case
of any misfortune occurring to him. At
present he is heavily insured in the New
York Life Insurance Company, and has so
arranged his business interests and activ-
ities that his family Avill always be well
provided for. The esteem and respect of his
neighbors are accorded him because of his
hi^h regard for the rights and opinions of
others, and because of the integrity which he
displays in all business, social and political
relations.

LOUIS M. HESSE. One of the finest
farms of Washington county is the property
of Louis M. Hesse, who in the cultivation
of his place manifests a spirit of progressive-
ness that has led to the development of the
property along the most practical and mod-
ern lines. He has been a lifelong resident
of Oregon, representing one of the old pio-
neer families of the state. His birth oc-
curred in Forest Grove, September 16, 1877.
His father, Christopher F. Hesse, was bom
in Hesse. Germany, in 1849, a son of Jacob
and Margaret Hesse, who came to America
with their family in 1850, settling in Clinton
county, Illinois, where they resided until
March, 1876. They then removed to Oregon,
renting land near Forest Grove for two
years, after which Jacob Hesse purchased

two hundred and forty-two acres of the
Scholl donation claim, upon which he and his
wife spent their remaining days, her death
occurring in September, 1883, while Jacob
Hesse passed away, January 27, 1893. Of
their family of six children three are still
living: Henry, now a resident of Hillsboro,
Oregon; Christopher F. ; and William J., of
Pasco, Washington. Those deceased are
Mary, Dorothy and one who died in infancy.

Christopher F. Hesse was only about a
year old when the family emigrated to
America and upon his father's farm in Illi-
nois he was reared, continuing to assist in
the cultivation of the home place there until
the family came to Oregon. Following the
arrival in Washington county, Jacob Hesse
rented land and then purchased property,
and Christopher Hesse remained with him
until his death. He then came into posses-
sion of the old homestead, already having
become interested in the same. He is today
the owner of two hundred and forty-two
acres of that property and has added thereto
from time to time until his holdings now ag-
gregate seven hundred and thirty-five acres,
upon which are four different sets of farm
buildings and improvements. Six hundred
acres of the land was under a high state of
cultivation and the place is pleasantly and
conveniently located about fitteen miles
southwest of Portland. The home of Chris-
topher Hesse is located in township 2, south,
range 2, west. He is accounted one of the
prosperous farmers of this section of the
state and his enterprise and capable man-
agement have constituted the source of his
success. His political allegiance has always
been given to the republican party and,
while he has never been an oifice seeker, he
has served as a member of the school board
for fifteen years. He and his family are of
the Lutheran faith. In 1872 he married
Elizabeth Hesse, who was born in Germany
and came to America in 1870, the only one
of her family to cross the Atlantic, her fa-
ther and mother having died in Germany
during her early girlhood. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. Christopher Hesse have been born four
children : William G., who was born De-
cember 24, 1873, and is living on a part of
the old homestead in Washington county;
Louis M., our subject, who is the second of
the family; Henry T., wha was born Sep-
tember 13, 1879, and is married and also
lives on his father's land; and Emma E.,
born April 30, 1884, who was married De-
cember 2, 1908, to Walter Heaton, who was
born in Council Grove, Kansas, August 27,
1879, and is a son of John and Hortense
(Robison) Heaton, who now reside upon a
farm in Washington county. To Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Heaton has been born a son,
Clarence Elwood, on October 19, 1910.

The second son, Louis M. Hesse, whose
name introduces this review, pursued his
education in the common schools near his
father's home and in the Portland Business
College, from which he was graduated with
the class of 1907, being thus well qualified
for the practical duties of life and the con-
duct of his business interests. He was born

MR. A VII Mi:S r. M. IIKS^l

P«' J.TOH, L5NOX ANC
;4 FOUNDATION*.

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF ORKUON

595

in Washington county and he has always
been identified with agricultural interests,
determining to make his life work the occu-
pation to which he had been reared. lie is
now the owner of one hundred and fifty-
three acres, constituting one of the finest
farms of Washington county. Its proximity
to Portland makes the advantages of the
city easily accessible and the nearer towns
afford him a market for his produce. His
farm is cultivateii according to the most pro-
gressive modern methods and annually large
crops are gathered as the result of the care
and labor which he bestows upon his fields.
On the 19th of May, 1904. Mr. Hesse was
united in marriage to Miss Etta Christ, a
daughter of Henry Christ, one of the pioneer
settlers of Vancouver, arriving here in 1852.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Hesse
is a hospitable one and its good cheer is
greatly enjoyed by their friends, who are
many. In his political views Mr. Hesse is
an earnest republican and has served as con-
stable of his precinct. His wife is a memlKT
of the Episco[>al church. Hoth are held in
high esteem and justly merit the kindly re-
gard and friendship entertained for them.

EDWIN BRUCE GAYLORD, residing at
Carson, is a nativr of Ori'^ion and a represen-
tative of one of the pioneer families, his
parents, Sarah E. and Orange Gaylord, having
made their way across the plains to Oregnn
City in lS.'i2. It was seven years later that
the birth of Edwin R. Caylonl mcurred at
The Dalles, in Wasco county. A dccaile lii'fure
this, or in 1S49, his father had left Illinois
and by way of New York and the isthmus
route had journeyed to California, arriving
at San Francisco, then a city of tents, in
February, IS.">n. .\fter looking over the slate
somewhat he concluded to make his way I"
Oregon and took passage on a ^ailing vessel,
which arrived at .Astoria after ii voyage of
six weeks, the long delay being caused by ad-
verse winds and storms. As carpentiTs were
in demand he began work at his trade, remain-
ing at .\storia through the winter, during
which time he received eight dollars [mt day
for his labor. The next season, willi his
pockets full of fifty dollar gold pieces, whirli
the miners called slug^. ho started for Illinois
with the intenli"n of bringing his littlr fnni
ily to the norlli"i-t anil istal.li-liitig his hooi.'
permanently in Oregon. The return trip was
made by way of the water route as a pas-
senger on the first steamer that the Vnmli-r-
hilt line put on the route to New York. After
reaching his Illinois home he at om-e Ixygan
making preparations for the removal of the
family to Oregon and. as previously stated,
arrived in Oregon City in 1S.12. after a long,
tedious and difficuli journey across the
plains. A settlemi'nt was later made at Tin'
Dalles, where thf family remained until the
fall of 1862, when they started thence for
Idaho. The winter was spent a short dis-
tance below the pres.nl site of Roi'e City and
ill the spring th<' family ronliniied on their
way to Idaho City but in the siiccerding fall
returned to Boise. The father had dri»en a

herd of milch cows from Oregon and eiigaBetl
in dairying, receiving "mining prices" tor
everything in that lino. Butter sold for a
ilollar |M-r pound and otli- - •'
tion. Everyone that Irj-
any extent at all had in ':...,
for weighing out the gold <ii:
N'othing sidd for less than tv
a common red apple r> that

price. In the work of .|. i im-

provement In pioneer da\ i .\lr. i..iil.)r.l, the
father, took iiii active ami hidpfiil part. At
one time he was a ciiinlitlalr Imt
.\da county on the n'piiblii'an lirk.
opi>onent, a man by thi- n«?' ■■ •
stood in with the gang and »
later he was hangisl by thi-
."squaw creek before his term ol mlice had
expired because he had given aid to cerium
members of the lawb-ss clemi-nt in the e»>m-
miinity. The (Jaylord family, iniletnl, took a
helpful and prominent part in the work of
early developmr'nt in the different loralitles
in wliirh Ihry livi-il.

Kdwin B. Caylord early lieeame fuiiiilinr
with the hardships and privations as wril as
the pleasures of pioneer life. The first sihool
which hi- attended and the first held in lUmo
City was taught by Mrs. Savage, thr wife o(
.Austin .""iavage, who for a niiml>er of y>-,ir«
was cidlector of internal roviniie for M»ti>
lb- did not attend school after he was thir-
teen years of age, however, anil al>oiit that
timi' aci-t'pled tli«- iwisition of "ih-vil" in t In-
printing house of the .-Mbany Register, wlm-h
was then edited by Colonel Van Cb-ve, .\l
sixteen years of age he considered himself a
journeyman printer and accepted a i-asf on
the Boise City Statesman. At that limr.
ls7.'>, modes of travel In thr norlli
somewhat primitive: passniciTs
Iransfcrrisl from a IsmiI to tin- p"
road nt the (asradfs. then hack '
for The Dalh's, thi'iic.- by rail to •
by tioat again to I'matllla Inn
which point Mr. finyloril, who h,.
in this manner. pro<'e<'ded by sIbk.' i.> r.-n,-.
During thi- NVr rm-i-" Indimi «ar Mr i,.iv
lord vobiir
made rhi' ■

harl to mnk*'
but of thf for'
had to Ii.
n si-oiit .1
of II ■
him

in r. .;....;.
valor.

In '=ST Vr Oarfnrtl marrM Mts« F«nn>»

and I Uhii.
out the town

•vparafxl by lb* d»«th o< thr »»<• m »•»?•

596

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Mr. Gaylord has long been an exempUiiy
representative of the Masonic fraternit}', join-
ing the lodge in Boise City in 18S1. Since
the early days when he started out in news-
paper work he has engaged in various lines
of business, including merchandising, mining,
stock-raising and farming. He put the first
saw shingle and planing mill in the Pan-
handle-of Baker county, then Union county,
the lumber taking tlie place of log cabins, dirt
and puncheon Hoors. Through his business
activity and in many other ways he has con-
tributed to the development and improve-
ment of the sections in which he has lived
and he is now engaged in farming in tTie
vicinity of Carson, where he is pleasantly
situated. He relates various interesting inci-
dents of the early days when not only Idaho
but Oregon was largely an unsettled and un-
improved district and for fifty years he has
lieen a witness of the progress and improve-
ment of this part of the country.

CHARLES W. BROWN is a representative
of the lumber industry of Oregon, being su-
perintendent of the Hillsboro Lumber Com-
pany Mill at Hillsboro. Since attaining his
majoritv. he has been connected with the
lun'iber trade and is thoroughly informed con-
cerning the business in its various phases.
While^he has always lived on this side of
the Mississippi and" has therefore ever been
termed a "western man," he was born in
Johnson county. Missouri, November 30,
1863. His parents are William M. and Mary
(Morrow) Brown; the former a native of
Indiana and the latter of Johnson county,
Missouri, wdiere their marriage was cele-
brated in 1863. For twenty-two years, the
father remained a resident of that county
and then, in 1868, brought his family to
Oregon. He settled first in Yamhill county,
where he resided for five years, cultivating
a farm during that period. He then removed
to Washington county. Oregon, where he is
still living. On the 15th of August, 1911,
he reached the age of three score years
and ten. His wife passed away October 20,
1900. and her death was deeply regretted by
manv friends. In their family were six chil-
dren" of whom Charles W. Brown is the
eldest. The others are: J. H., now a resident
of Portland: B. A., who is living in Wash-
ington countv, Oregon; J. M.. who died ui
T>aurel Washington county, when twenty-
two years of age; and F. Pv. and F. L.. both
living in Washington.

Charles W. Brown was a little lad of hve
years when the family left his native state
and came to the northwest. His youthful
<lays were spent in his father's home, and
the public schools aft'orded him his oppor-
tunities for acquiring an education. He was
twenty years of age when he started out in
liusiness" on his own account, purchasing a
half-interest in a sawmill in Washington
county, which he operated for a short tune
and then sold. He was afterward employed
as head sawvcr in another mill for twelve
years, and then engaged in logging for five
years. On the expiration of that period, he
became superintendent of tlic mill in which

he is now employed. His long connection
with the lumber business has thoroughly
qualified him for the responsibilities that
now devolve upon him in this connection and
he has made an excellent record; proving his
ability to promote the interests of the house
which he represents by his careful superin-
tendence of the plant and his direction of
the labors of those who serve under him.

Mr. Brown was married. October 18, 1884,
the lady of his choice being Miss Katie
Baker, who was born in .Jeft'erson county,
Iowa, a daughter af Zachariah and Sarah
(Ross) Baker, both of whom were natives of
Ohio. Following their marriage, they left
the Buckeye state for Iowa, and, for sixteen
years, thereafter were residents of Jefferson
county, whence they came to Washington
county, Oregon. Here, the father lived until
1SS4, when his life's labors were terminated
in death. His widow still survives him and
resides in Washington county at the age of
seventy-six years. Their family numbered
twelve children of whom ten still survive:
Mrs. Mary Clow, Mrs. Jane Hill and Mrs.
Emma Pelton, all of Portland; Marshall,
living in Laurel. Oregon; Charles W.; Mrs.
Delia Heton, of Hillsboro; Lee Nicodemus,
also living in Hillsboro; W. D., whose home
is in Timlier, Oregon; Anna McCumposy. of
Mountaindale, Oregon; and Mrs. Eva Taylor,
of Laurel. The two who have passed away
are Lloyd and Alonzo.

The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Brown was
blessed with a family of nine children: May,
who was born March 25. 1887. and is the
wife of Clyde Baker; Lloyd L., born in 1889;
Grace, in 1895; Rubie, in 1897; Ray. in 1899;
Roy. in 1900; Harold, who died at the age
of six months; Walter, born in 1905; and
Beatrice, in 1907.

Mr. and Mrs. Brown hold membership in
the Christian church and his fraternal rela-
tions are with the Odd Fellows lodge of
Hillsboro. Mr. Brown votes with the republi-
can party, and is never neglectful of the du-
ties of citizenship: yet he does not seek the
rewards of office for party fealty. He has
practically spent his entire life in the west;
and the spirit of enterprise, which has been
the dominant factor m the upbuilding of
this section of the country, has been mani-
fest in his life.

FRANK A. BIDWELL, a substantial and
representative resident of Union, has been
successfully identified witli milling interests
throughout his entire business career and is
now the secretary of the Union Flouring Mill
Companv. proprietors of the Oregon Roller
Mills His birth occurred in Galesville. Wis-
consin, on the 19th of October, 1860, his
parent's being Charles C. and Mary (Gilbert)
Bidwell. the former a native of the state of
Xew York. The Bidwells come of old colonial
stock and their ancestors were the earliest
millers and sawmill proprietors in Connecti-
cut. The Gilberts were among the earliest
pioneers of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, settling
on the present site of that city at a time
when the nearest postoffice was sixty miles
.,„.a> — at Milwaukee. Owing to the sparsely

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF ORKCON

597

settled and undeveloped condition of the
country, thev were otilige*! to live in their
wagon until they had erected a house. Cal-
vin Bidwell, the paternal grandfather of our
subject, removed to New York and spent the
remaining years of his lite in that state. He
was awarded a contract at the time of the
construction of the original Erie canal and
was assisted in the work by his son, C. C.
Bidwell. The latter removed to Wisconsin
and in 1886 came to Oregon to join his son
Frank.

It was in the year 1SS5 that Frank A. Bid-
well made his way to this state, locating in
Union, where he secured employment in the
plant of the L'nion Millinj; Company. The
milling industry has claimed liis attention
throughout his entire business career. He was
largely instrumental in bringing the three
Kiddle brothers to Oregon and is now asso-
ciated with them in business under the name
of the Union Flouring Mill Company. The
officers of the concern are as follows: Ed.
Kiddle, president; F. H. Kiddle, vice presi-
dent: and F. A. Bidwell. secretary. These
gentlemen are proprietors of the Oregon
Roller Mills, comprising five plants in differ-
ent parts of the state, all of which are financed
separately and in several of which Mr. Bid-
well owns stock. A sketch of Ed Kidille, to-
gether with a complete history of the Oregon
Roller Mills, appears on another page of this
work.

In May. 18SG. in ;Missouri. Mr. Bi'lwell was
united in marriage to Miss Fannie E. Mc-
Cormick, a native of Ohio. Fraternally he
is identified with the Masons, belonging to the
blue lodge, the chapter, the commandery an.!
the shrine. He has filled all of the chairs
in the chapter. He is also a member of the
local lodge of the Knights of Pythias. His
political allegiance is L'ivc-n to the republican
party and he has ser\ed as a member of the
city 'council and aNo as a member of the
school board. His has been an active and use
ful life, crowned with success and enriched
by the kindly regard of many friends, who
recognize and appreciate his worth.

CLAUDE H. NOSLER. The name of Haude
H Nosier is prumiiiently connected with
farming development in Coos county, where
his energy and enterprise along progressive
lines has" resulted in the partial ownership
of six hundred acres of fine farming land. Ib-
is operating his farm in conjunction with hi»
father Amos N'osler, and is interested in
many different phases of activity in the town
of Bridge and in the surrounding coiiiilry.
He is a native son of Oregon, born in Oximlle
Coos county. lune 21, HT.'.. He U a s"n "f
Amos L. and Annie R. (Hatcherl Nonler, His
father is one of the prominent and reprosentn-
tive farmers in this section of the state an.)
a more extendefl sketch of bim appear" on
another page of this work.

Claude 11. Nosier received his • '
the public schools of Coo« county
menteii his primary studies by a r..u.-.- ... ^•
Coquille AcadcmV. He i* a gra.liinte of the
Monmouth State Normal College "i'' ''X *"'
use of everv educational opportunity he Ott»d

himself for teaching. He folluwrd thin profca-
sion for eleven years in CiH|iiille and Myrtle
Point ami was proiuiiienl iiihl iiicci-'xfiil as
an educator. IU> was principal of the •■■liiMd«
in Coquille for two years and hei.l the name
position in Myrtle Point for three year..
When he was thirty years of age he altan-
iloned the profession and in conjunction with
his fathiT lioii'.'ht three hundn-d and twenty
acres of land located eleven miles up the river
on the stage roml to Roseburg from .Myrtle
Point. His original piircbasv constitutes n
part of the town of Bridge mid upon Ibis Mr
Nosier and his father are now n-siilink;.
They have brought the property to a hii,'!!
state of development and have nperateil it
along progressive lines, .^t varioii.s periods
they have nddol to their holdings and todiiy
their farm of six humlred acre« coiiHtitiites
one of the model properties i>n the Coi|iiille
river. They also own twenty acres of orchard
land in the same vicinity. Mr. Nosier al.o
owns an interest in a three hundred and
twenty acre ranch valued at two thousand
dollars and is active in its cultivation. He
makes a specialty of horticulture and stock
raising and is interested in every phase of
activity looking toward the future prnsperitv
of his section. For many yi-ai-
general store and po-tolViie in ■■

his father and until .Inly. 191-. in- > r ■• i

a telephone siiition ami were prominently
connected with the building o1 various tide-
phone lines throughout the itiunty.

.June 29, IS'.iH, Mr, No«li-r was united in
marriage to Miss Emma A. Cole, a nati*'e of
Wnldo Hills. Marion county. Oregon, and a
daughter of John and Mary (Rea«onerl CDle,
both natives of Illinois. The fathi-r lived in
that state until he crossed the plains to » >r'-
gon. making the journey w-jth ox teams in
lS.i2. He settled in .Marimi county, where
he later marrieil Mrs. Mary .\. (Keasonerl
Condit. the widow of .Mva Condit. T" Mrs.
Cole's first marriage was iMirn one son, Alva
Condit. .Ir., who is now a resident of Clackn
mas county. Mrs. Cole came with li.
to Oregon in the early dav« »t '
ment of the ilistrict and - * '
in this state. To her ••
born six childnn. all of "
.\bner. who resides in .\ip
Oregon I..I1M ..f M..I4II-1

Aun.r • ••<

our ... ' ""

home Hi lUlhiijiliam. U .i«!i:ii,'!'ii .
sie, the «ife of Edward Milb-r "f W .
Washington,

The wife of our «ubje.-t reci-lve.! her m|lii-«
,: _ .1 1. 1.. ^,1 1. ..f \t.iri.n »ii!

•errral years in

r two T*^r« in I''

.She nnd i'

i-h'Mren- '

principles he tf a stanch »up|-.rle» .>( tU

598

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

republican party. His farm, highly developed
and richly productive; his large herd of sheep
scientifically cared for, his modern barns and
outbuildings set in the midst of his large
acres, pay tribute to his agricultural efficiency
and skill and mark him as an individual force
in the development of a great farming section.

FLOYD L. OFFICER owns a valuable ranch
of three hundred and twenty acres, three-
quarters of a mile below Dayville, where he
is successfully engaged in agriculture. He
represents the third generation of his fam-
ily to have been Identified with the progress
and development of Oregon, his people hav-
ing first come here in 1845. A native of
Grant county, his birth occurred at Dayville,
on the 24th of November, 1870, his parents
being Eli Casey and Martha (Thorpe) Officer,
the father from Missouri and the mother
from Illinois. His paternal grand-parents
were James and Eveline (Cooley) Officer, the
former a native of Tennessee and the latter
of Kentucky. They were married in Missouri
and there passed the early period of their
domestic life. In 1845 they crossed the
plains to Oregon and the following spring the
grandfather bought a donation claim twenty-
five miles south of Portland .".nd lived on it
the remainder of his life. The family of
Mr. and Mrs. James Officer numbered eleven
children, as follows : Martha A., who is de-
ceased; Eli CaSey, the father of our subject;
Susan M. and John E., both of whom are de-
ceased; Robert V., Francis M., Joseph Thomas
and Nancy, all of whom are deceased ; Mrs.
Snyder, who is more fully mentioned in the
sketch of A. P. Snyder; Ellen, deceased; and
David.

In 1861 Eli C. Officer, together with one
of his brothers, came to the John Day valley,
bringing with them the first flock of sheep
ever brought into this section of the state.
He located on a claim a half mile above the
present site of Dayville, and there for twenty
years he engaged in raising cattle and sheep.
In 3881 he disposed of this property to the
present owner. E. Stewart, and removed to
he filed on a homestead. There he continued
the Basin, ten miles below Dayville. where
his stock-raising until 1898, when he passed
away at the age of sixty-three years. In
common with the majority of the pioneers of
that period he endured many hardships and
unusual experiences. In his youth he joined
a )]arty of government surveyors and with
them went from The Dalles up the Columbia
to the Snake river, covering a large portion
of Washington and Oregon. On one occasion
their camp was raided by the Indians, who
relieved them of the greater portion of their
supplies, and for thirty days they subsisted
on "cricket" bread, which is made from a
mixture of roots and dried crickets, and
cayuse meat. Finally word was conveyed to
The Dalles, and a relief train was sent to
their rescue. Mr. Officer was very fond of
reading and not only subscribed for many
local publications but for a varied assort-
ment of papers and periodicals published
throughout the country. His children always
being surrounded bv good literature, thus

acquired a taste for study and reading and
are generally well informed and thoroughly
conversant with the topics of the day. The
family of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Officer num-
bered thirteen children, our subject being the
ninth in order of birth.

Reared on a ranch at a time when his sec-
tion of Oregon was but sparsely settled and
little provision had been made for educational
facilities, the schooling of Floyd L. Officer
was confined to the three months' session
held in liis home district during the winter.
During his boyhood he began to assist in the
herding of sheep, and after attaining maturity
he engaged in sheep shearing, following this
business for sixteen years. He subsequently
filed on a homestead in the Basin, which he
developed together with a desert claim, his
holdings aggregating six hundred acres. He
there engaged in cattle and sheep raising
with good success until 1910, when lie dis-
posed of his interests and bought the High-
land and Robinson ranches, three-quarters of
a^ mile below Dayville, where he is now re-
siding. His present holding comprises three
hundred and twenty acres, mostly bottom
land and all under irrigation. It is rich,
fertile soil, easily cultivated and highly
productive, and in every way well adapted
to the purpose for which Mr. Officer is using
it. He is a man of progressive ideas, which
he carries out in a practical and systematic
manner, exercising good judgment and fore-
sight in his undertakings.

In 1898, Mr. Officer wag married to Miss
Sylvia Fitzgerald, who is a native of Iowa,
her people having been among the early set-
tlers of Salem, and to them have been born
four daughters: Flossie L., Vera R., Eva
Alberta, and Ruby Ruth, who is deceased.

Mr. Officer has been recently made a mem-
ber of Blue Mountain Lodge, No. 27, A. F. &
A. M. He is one of the substanti.nl and en-
terprising citizens of Orant county, in the
progress and development of which' he takes
an active interest by co-operating in promot-
ing its various public utilities and advancing
the welfare of the community generally.

BERT LEVI JONES. To the vast major-
ity of Americans good citizenship means in-
dustry and reliability with a more or less ac-
tive interest in the measures which are cal-
culated to promote general prosperity. Mr.
•Tones is endowed with the qualities which
the term good citizenship implies, and his en-
ergies are engaged in the work of the farm,
his property consisting of one hundred acres
seven and one-half miles southwest of ner-
vals on the River and Waconda road. This
is a well cultivated farm and gives every
evidence of a life of industry and thrift on
the part of its owner. Mr. .Jones was born
on the 21st of April, 1886, near Wheatland,
Oregon, his parents being Thomas B. and
Mary 0. (Coonse) Jones. Thomas Jones pur-
chased his father's donation land claim and
cultivated it throughout his active career,
and it is upon this property that Bert L.
Jones is now residing.

The grandparents of Bert Levi Jones came
to Oregon from Missouri where they were

KI-oYl) I,. iiKKIlKK

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

601

married. They crossed the plains in 1849
as members of one of the parties of gold
seekers going to California in that year. After
remaining in that state for a year, how-
ever, they came to Marion county, Oregon,
and took up a donation land claim of tliree
hundred and twenty acres. This was one
of the smallest claims given out that year,
and because of its undesirable situation was
the only property vacant at the time nf
their arrival. The grandparents lived upon
this claim until their retirement, when they
removed to Portland and made that city their
home until they passed away. To them nine
children were born: Paul, who is residing in
Portland and has three children; Claude and
Sam, both deceased; William, who is a resi-
dent of Salem, Oregon; Thomas B., who is
the father of Bert L. Jones; Mary, who is
making her home in Portland; Ida. who is
the wife of William Bracket, of San Fran-
cisco, California; and two who died in in-
fancy. Mary 0. (Coonse) Jones was born
in Marion county in 1857 and was one of
six children. Her parents. Feli.x Lagrunda
and Lucinda (Gibson) Coonse, were both
natives of Missouri and were married in
that state. They crossed the plains as mem-
bers of a party of hardy pioneers and took
up a homestead near Parkersville, Oregon.
They had eleven children, two of whom sur-
vive: Mrs. Mary 0. Jones; and Kily. ol Lake
View, Oregon. The father died in 1S7S. at
the age of sixty-five, and the mother in 1S95
when seventy-seven years of age. The mar-
riage of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Jones oc-
curred in 1S74, and to that union five chil-
dren were bom: Wiley Alva, whose birth
occurred in 1878 and who is living in .Inseph,
Oregon, is married and has two children;
Silas Ray, of Marion county, who was born in '
1880, is married and has one child; Pearl,
whose birth occurred in 1882 and who
passed away in 1902; Bert L., the subject of
this review; and Alta Lucinda. who was
born on the 18th of November, 1893.

After Bert L. .Jones finished his education
in the common schools of Marion county he
assisted his father in the daily duties on the
home farm until he was twenty years of age.
At that time he began to work independmlly,
for the first four years accepting employ-
ment on various nearby farms, but after his
marriage he removed to the farm upon which
he is now residing. His property is highly
cultivated and sowed to grain and he also
engages in stock-raising. He has improved
the farm considerably sinfc he has been liv-
ing upon it, and although it is not .-qnippcd
with all the modern improvements it is well
provided with the implements and buildings
essential to highly profitable farming.

In 1909 Mr. Jones was married to Miss
Wretha Whitmore. whose birth occurred on
the 6th of December, 1892. a daughter of
William H. and Angle Eva (Manning! Whit
more, the former a native >>f Ohio and the
latter of West Virginia. The j>ar<nts were
married in Hillsboro, Oregon, tn IS89, and
imme<liatelv afterward settled prrmanently
in Yamhill "county. The father vtm a soldier
in the Civil war, serving in I^c'» army. To

Mr. and Mrs. Wliitmore four children were
born: Mrs. Jones; Leona, whime birth oc-
curred in 1S94 and who is the wile of tlilen
A. Winchester, of California; Herbert M.,
who is residing with his mother in Ana-
cortcs, Washington, and whose birth occurred
in 1898 in British Columbia; and Krvin, who
is deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones one
child has been born, Herbert Benton, whose
birth occurred on the 1st of May, 1911.

In politics Mr. .lones gives his support to
the republican party because, afti-r an intel-
ligent study of the various phittornis offered
by the ditTerent political parties, he has be-
come firmly convinced that the policies and
measures of the republican party will bo
most conducive to good government. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Jones arc ufliliated with the
Presbyterian church. Because of their geni-
ality and hospitality their home is one of
the most prominent social centers in the
neighborhood.

MARE BAILEY BUMP, a representative of
the Oregon bar engaged in the active prac-
tice of law in Ilillsburo, has always been a
resident of this state and the western spirit
of enterprise and progress find exemplification
in his life. He was born in Kings Valhry,
Benton county, December 18, 1872. Mis fa-
ther, Wilson Bump, was a native of the state
of New York, and, in early manhood,, in
1859, he crossed the plains with an ox team
to California and on to Oregon, in 1861.
Settling in Benton coimty, Oregon, he met
and married Mrs. Emily C. Pitman, whose
maiden name was Emily (". .Mien, a native
of Indiana, who had also come to the west in
childhood days, locating in King's Valley in
1847. Following his marriaye. .Mr. Ilump
took up the oiciipation of farming in Kingt
valley, previous to which time he had
engaged in carpentry. For a long period
he continued to till the soil but hns now re-
tired from active business life and is liv-
ing in Forest drove, where he and his wife
occupy a pleasant home.

Mrs. Bump had two daughters by her

first husbanil: Emma Pittman ■ '■ ■ ■' ' V

with her molliiT; and Mr<.
whose husbanil is a well kim ■
Forest (;rove. I'nto Mr. an't M
three sons were iMirn: Mark B. : • i
and Daniel D., l)oth of Fore«t drove.

The work of the •■■hoolrn<in, lh« pleas-
ures of the pi
signed him h\
the attention .
ful ilays. II.

un lin
1. whifh

l..-.v.;.l II. ■
tTnie. tie

reading under W. 8. McKaiMen, of Ihal place.

602

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

and on the Ttli of June, 1S98, at Salem, Ore-
gon, was admitted to the bar. In 1900, Mr.
Bump opened an office in Hillsboro. where
for eleven years he has now been engaged
in active practice and has been accorded a
large and distinctively representative clien-
tage, connecting him with much of the im-
portant litigation tried in the courts of his
district. In addition to his law practice,
he has realty interests, owning a tract of
timber land about twenty-tive miles from
Hillsboro. He practices in all the state
courts and also in the United States dis-
trict and circuit courts.

Mr. Bump is a republican in politics, with
prohibition sympathies. He strongly advo-
cates temperance principles and, in fact, is
in favor of all the projects which are recog-
nized forces for progress and morality. He
belongs to Montezuma Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of
Hillsboro, and to the Rebekah degree; he
is also connected witli the Masonic lodge
of Forest Hrove and the Modern Woodmen
camp of that place.

FESTUS BUTTS is a retired farmer living
in Baker. He was born in Des Moines county,
Iowa. April 17, 1S3S, a son of .John and
Catherine Butts. The former was a Virginian
by birth and his father was a soldier in the
Revolutionary war. John Butts was a planter
and removed to Illinois and afterward to
Iowa, making his way to the Platte purchase,
where he bought land about 1836. He was
married in Virginia about 1830 and to him
and his wife were born seven children.
Lewi.s, the eldest, born about 1832. married
Elizabeth Constable in the Willamette valley
of Oregon and they had two sons of whom
Henry Butts married a Miss Davis in the
Willamette valley, where his children, two
sons and three daughters, are yet living.
Mary Ann was the wife of Sanford Wilcox
living near Forest Grove, Oregon, and they
had three sons and three daughters. Festus
Butts is the third of the family. Jacob
married Miss Sarah Dixon and they have iive
sons and four daughters. Melva is the wife
of Elijah McKinney of Newport, Oregon, and
they have three daughters and a son. An-
nice is the wife of Newton McClanahivn who
came to Oregon in 1852 and was a large
landowner and successful stock-raiser. They
were married in the fall of 1859 and came
to Baker county in 1862. residing on Burnt
river where Mr. McClanahan engaged in
farming and stock-raising until 1908. lie
then sold out. retired from business and re-
moved to Ashland, Oregon, where he died
March 5, 1910, at the age of eighty-four years
and one day. Sarah became Mrs. Hall and
had six sons and a daughter. The whole
family reside near Gaston, Oregon. Lewis
Butts and Mary Ann Wilcox, the two eldest
of these children, are deceased. The father
crossed the plains from Iowa to Oregon with
ox teams in 1845, accompanied by his fam-
ily. This was the largest train of einigrants
that had started to Oregon up to that time,
there being one hundred and forty-five wagons
in the train. The federal government fur-
nished a special escort of about one hundred

and twenty-five United States dragoons that
traveled with them as far as Boise. Idaho,
where the American Fur Company had es-
tablished a post. Noted members of that
party of emigrants were Samuel Parker.
Davi'd Tethrow, W. G. T. Vault, Herman
Lewis, Captain Stewart and James Noble.
After reaching Boise the train continued on
for two or three days and then divided,
about forty wagons going forward under
James Meek on what he told them would
be a cut-otf, while the remainder journeyed
by way of Burnt river and the Powder river
valley, following the old route to The Dalles.
The Butts family went with the Meek party
and endured great hardships. The way was
so diflicult that many became dissatisfied
and one night Meek left the camp, fearing
personal violence. Only one man, however,
died as a result of his hardships, his death
being caused by overeating when he reached
The Dalles, his weakened stomach being un-
able to stand a heavy meal. While on the
Meek cut-off Mrs. .James Noble found the
gold that gave rise to the famous Blue
Bucket diggings.

Mr. Butts, instead of taking up land, pur-
chased six hundred and forty acres unon
which some improvements had been made,
paying seven hundred dollars. This place,
located near Forest Grove, is said today to be
worth from two to four hundred dollars per
acre and was long known as the -John Butts
donation claim, the father residing thereon
until 1867 when he retired and removed to
Forest Grove. Afterward he lived among his
children until his death in 1890. at the age
of eighty years. At that time his son Festus
Butts was' in eastern Oregon and with a man
named Whited was out riding after cattle
in the deep snow to get them out of the
mountains. That night he dreamed of listen-
ing to the finest singing he had ever heard.
When he awoke next nmrning he had a pre-
sentiment that something unusual had hap-
pened in the family. Five days later he re-
ceived a teleorram to come home, that hi.s
father had died and that the burial would
be postponed three days, but five days had
passed so he did not return to the old home.
Later he received a letter from his sister
giving particulars of the father's death, stat-
ing he was not ill but went to bed as usual
and sang one of his favorite songs in a
good, strong voice. That was the same night
Mr. Butts dreamed of hearing beautiful music
four hundred miles away. His mother had
died on the Meek cut-off and was buried in
a little fiat at the head-waters of the des
Chutes river, leaving the father with seven
small children. He afterward married a
Mrs. Evans and they bad three daughters.
.John Butts was a soldier in the Cayuse In-
dian war, serving under Colonel Tom Cor-
nelius, at the time of the A^liitman massacre.

Festus Butts was educated at Forest Grove
Academy under Professor Marsh. This was
a pay school and his educational opportunities
were somewhat limited for his services were
needed on the home farm. In March. 1862,
he started for the Florence placer mines in
Idaho and there purchased one-sixth interest

THE CENTEXXIAT. HISTORY OF OREGON

ma

in two claims of rocker dijjgiiig*. each claim
being one h\indrc<l and fifty feet long, lie
paid one hundred dollars for his interest and
the six men working the claims stripped the
dirt and whcele<l it to two rockers where it
averaged an ounce of gold a day, worth four-
teen dollars, for each man. To make his pur-
chase Mr. ISntts had to borrow eleven dollar*
from his brother-in-law. Xewton McClanahan.
who was working' at six dollars per day ami
advised him to work for wages. He did not
take the advice, however. The camp in which
he was located had some very rich districts,
one man's claim paying him about tliree tliou
sand dollars a day to the rocker while other
claims were also eiiually rich. Mr. Butt-*
worked in Florence until the 24th of August,
when he sold out and went to the recently
discovered Warrens diggings where were
found good claims. Fie remained at Warrens
until 1SG5. then again sold out and with a
party of about thirty went to Montana. In
the spring Mr. Butts' partner went to Lemhi,
finding what are called the Lcesburg diggings.
Mr. Butts had ground on a small gulch there
that would pay three hundred dollars a day
to the man. One day as he was shoveling he
saw a piece of gold about the size of a quarter
on the ilirt that he had thrown in the sluice
boxes. He found it weighed fourteen dollars.
He called his partner to take a pan of <lirt
and pan it out and when this was done it
was found that the man had about one hun-
dred and five dollars. Mr. Butts gjwe him
another pan which yielded one hundred and
seven dollars. They then turned the water
ofT and went to panning, securing about seven
hundred dollars in that way for their day's
work, which, added to the two hundred dol-
lars already taken from the sluice boxes,
made nine hundred dollars for the two men
for one day. That was Mr. Butts' best day
in mining.

On leaving Leesburg Mr. Butts invested
in a farm in the Willamette valley in ISTD
At length he sold that property and reniovid
to eastern Oregon, preempting a claim on
Burnt river. When he disposed of that place
he removed to West Camp creek and locate I
a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres,
also purchasing a preemption claim of one
hundred and sixty acres adjoining. He al'"
bought fortv acres of school land and tbu«
had three fiundred and sixty acre.* in one
bodv which he improved, cultivafe<l and made
his "home until 1008. He then sold out and
retired, purchasing property in Baker and in
Ashland, ilividing his time now between the
two places. While on the farm he was largely
engaged in raising catth-. He has three prop
erties in I!ak<-r. a part of which he renf.s.
and in Ashland his real estate con«i»t» of
very valuable fruit land. He has had varied
and interesting experiences in the mines an 1
as a pioneer resident of Oregon but is now
comfortably situated in life, having invest
ments that yield to him a g^'oil income.

Mr. r.utts"was married March .10, IS92, in
Baker county, to Miss Susie Duiui. who c.in«<-.
of southern 'ance->try. Her mother lived »i'li
them for a long period and dii-il .-\pril t.
1910, at the age of ninety-four ye«r», »even

months and fifteen days. She had never Iwfn
ill in her life. A sister of .Mrs. Buttn txrame
the wife of Thonnis Iloyer, living on Ilurnt
river, and they had fourteen children. Ity bit
first marriage .Mr. Butts had two chililrcn,
Caleb Butts and Mary Kllen. The former, >
farmer and slock raiser on Burnt river, 1*
married and has two sons ami two duutHilem.
-Mary Kllen Butts Iweanie the wife o( .liihn
Wins, a sjiddler and harness-maker of Sho-
shone, lilaho.

While mining and stock raising interest*
have largely occupied the attention of Kr<tu»
Butts he has not been negli'ctful of his ilnties
<'i citizenship an<l has ilone important pulilir
ser\"ice. He filled the olVlce of school director
in the Willamette valley ami in Baker county
has been school director and schoid clerk for
a number of year-<. He served as road super-
visor in the Willamette valley and in Itaker
county for several years, and while acting in
that capacity on Scoggins creek he built a
grade that saved a bad piece of the road over
which water frequently fiowed. making the
highway almost impassable. He diil away
with this by a grade in which the county
fidt pride. He has always stood for Practical
improvement ami his lalmrs have liii-n an
element for progress along many lines. Ili«
reliu'ious faith is evidenced in his memlx-r
ship in the Second Baptist church of Baker
City.

CHARLES M. HALL, who owns and cut-
lixates three hundrol and forty-three acres
of very valuable land seven miles soiithwett
of f;ervais, on the old Earl D, .Tones dona-
tion land, was liorn in .\foulton. Texn«. in
IsTl, his parents being (liarles M. and .Mary
I Humphreys) Hall. The father, who »b»
reared in Tennessee, «pent fourteen years of
lii-i early life in Missouri, from which "tatc
he enlisted for four years' «er\'ice in the Civil
war. where he was under the command of
General Price. Subse<|Uentlv. in IHfifi, he re-
moved to Texas. The niotiier was a nativ«<
of Oxford, Missiisippi. and ri'in"M'<l t" T"\a«
in ls4.">. where she resided until the de.ith of

her parents, her mother pa«- ' '"

|s7."l and her father three ye.i

( harles M. Hnll. the father '

of this sketch, passed away - hi

1S9H. Charles Si. was the • hi«

three children, the others twinj,' UiUiaiii A.,

of New Mexico, ami .liilia who ia Ihr wlf»

of E, M. <

At the • ' Cliarlp*

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

of the most profitable and highly produc-
tive farms near Gervais. One hundred and
fifty acres have been sowed to grain and
twenty acres are planted to hops. In addi-
tion to these crops he raises cattle and hogs
for the markets.

On the 31st of December, 1901, Mr. Hall
was wedded to Mrs. Anna (January) Felton,
who was born near Fort Worth, Texas, in
1877, her parents being Marcus and Louisa
(Cornet) January, both of whom were na-
tives of Texas. The motlier's parents, how-
ever, were born and reared in Arkansas, and
in her grandmother's home Mrs. Hall was
reared until ten years of age. At that time
she went to Arizona where she was mar-
ried and resided until 1904, when she and
her husband removed to Oregon. She was
the second of four children, the others being
Mary Ellen, who is the wife of Benton
Pyeatt, and is living in Marion county;
Clyde DeW., deceased; and one who died in
infancy. To Mr. and Mrs. flail two chil-
dren have been born: May, whose birth oc-
curred on the 31st of January, 1903, and who
is now attending school; and a son whose
birth occurred on the 23d of March, 1907,
but who has since passed away.

In politics Mr. Hall gives his support to
the democratic party and is an ardent ad-
vocate of its principles and policies. He
also holds membership in the Woodmen of
the World, the United Artisans and the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows. Being a
public-spirited citizen and taking a great in-
terest in all that pertains to the moral, edu-
cational and social welfare of his community,
he has frequently been called upon to serve
on boards and committees whose purpose it
has been to promote such movements. His
altruistic spirit as shown in his fraternal, so-
cial and business relations has made him
one of the esteemed and popular men of his
community where he holds the respect of all
who know him.

ABSALOM C. WOODCOCK. Choosing a
profession in which advancement does not
depend upon outside aid or influence but en-
tirely upon the capability of the individual,
Absalom C. Woodcock has made continuous
progress in the practice of law and his ex-
tensive clientage indicates how successful he
is in the conduct of his cases which are pre-
sented in the strong, clear light of common
sense and logical judicial reasoning. He has
been dependent entirely upon his own re-
sources from the age of thirteen years. His
faithfulness and ability enabled him at that
age to command twenty dollars a month and
board for farm labor, when many others
■were being paid a much less wage. He was
born on a Molalla farm in Oregon, July 23,
1859, and was the fourth in order .of birth
in a family of eleven children whose parents
■were W. D. and Alizina (Cornelius) Wood-
cock. The father died in 1870, leaving the
family in limited financial circumstances as
it was necessary for them to depend entirely
upon what could be raised on the farm on
the Molalla. W. D. Woodcock was a native
son of Illinois but was reared and educated
in Missouri. He possessed courage and de-

termmation, which qualities were displayed
in his trip across the plains in 1845, an un-
dertaking hazardous in the extreme for such
a trip was beset not only with trials and
hardships but with many dangers, owing to
the hostility of the Indians. However, he
made the effort with wagon, ox and horse
teams, his companions being Absalom Cor-
nelius and his family, including a daughter,
Alizina. When the time came for them to
separate Mr. Cornelius took up his abode
on a claim near Turner, in Marion county,
but the daughter soon afterward became the
wife of W. D. Woodcock and thereafter re-
sided on the farm on the Molalla. His death
occurred when he was fifty-two years of age,
while his wife survived him until 1889. In
their family were eleven children, of whom
eight are yet living: W. D., who is a black-
smith of Lane county; W. S., who is a stock-
man of Wasco county; T. P., who is carry-
ing on an extensive business as a commis-
sion merchant at Weiser, Idaho; Newton and
Jasper, twins, the former a resident of
Weiser, Idaho, and the latter of Wasco
county, Oregon; Keziah, who is the wife of
E. B. Ramsby, of Lake county, Oregon; and
Ada, the wife of Ed Harriman, of Wasco
county.

Absalom C. Woodcock, the other member
of the family, was only eleven years of age
at the time of his father's death and two
years later he secured employment on the
farm of William Barlow, one of the best
known of the earlier pioneer settlers in
Clackamas county. He carefully saved his
earnings and at the end of a year established
a butchering and stock business at The
Dalles in connection with his brother, T. P.
Woodcock. As he started out in the world
he recognized fully the need and value of
an education and made up for his early de-
ficiency in that direction by attending the
public schools at The Dalles during the win-
ter sessions. Later he entered the sub-
freshman class of the University of Oregon
at Eugene and in due time was graduated
from that institution in 1885 with the de-
gree of B. S. He was afterward appointed
a tutor in the university and at the same
time took up the classical course which he
completed by graduation in 1887, at which
time the B. A. degree was conferred upon
him. In the meantime his attention had
been directed to the legal profession and he
began reading, with the end in view of some
day becoming a legal practitioner, in the of-
fice of Dolph, Mallory, Bellinger & Simon, of
Portland. He was admitted to the bar in
October, 1887, and in partnership with
George S. Washburne began practicing in
Eugene. He continued alone after the death
of his old friend until May, 1903, when he
was joined by L. T. Harris under the firm
style of Woodcock & Harris. This relation
was terminated when the latter was elected
judge of the circuit court in 1905. The pres-
ent firm of Woodcock & Smith was later
formed and is today one of the strong com-
binations at the bar of Lane county. Mr.
Woodcock prepares his cases with great
thoroughness and care and seems to apply

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607

almost intuitively the correct \egk\\ principle
to the point in litipition. He holds member-
ship with the Star Bar Association and has
a wide acquaintance among the profession
in Oregon.

In politiis Mr. Woodcock is a stanch re-
publican. He has served as chairman of the
county central committee and h;is also been
a member of the state committee. He be-
longs to the Eugene t'ommercial Club and
the Native Sons. Fraternally he is connect-
ed with Eugene Lodge. No. 11. F. & A. M. :
Eugene Chapter. No. 10, R. A. ^^. : Ivanhoe
Commanderv. No. 2. K. T. ; Eugene Lodge.
No. 357. B.'P. O. E.. and Helmet Lodge, No.
33. K. P. High regard is everywhere ac-
corded Mr. Woodcock who is a man of
marked courtesy and geniality. He has
made steady progress since starting out in
life on his own account and the steps in
his orderly progression are easily discern-
ible. His powers and ability have been de-
veloped through e.xercise and his record is
indicative of what may be accomplished
when determination and ambition lead the
way.

GEORGE FRANCIS HALL is a prominent
figure in the business circles of L'nion. where
he has resided since 1882. He is a larire
landowner, and served as postmaster of his
city and at the present time is conducting
one of the largest mercantile enterprises in
Union. He lives in a modem home in Union
and is one of the city's most prominent
business men. He was born in Eldorado
county, California, November 23, 18.")5. the
son of .Tohn F. and Sophia M. fiFitchein
Hall, the former a native of St. Louis, Mis-
souri, while the latter was born in France.
The paternal grandfathiM". who was born in
England, emigrated to .America when a small
boy. coming on a war ship in 1812. He set-
tled in New Orleans, where he spent several
years, and then went to St. Ixiuis, >rissouri,
where he married a Miss Hawks, whose
parents were from Canada anfl among the
first settlers of St. Louis. A grandaunt of
Mr, Hall died in St. Louis in the early 'SOs
and from the host records obtainable is
known to have reached the age of one hun-
dred and ten years. The grandfather con-
tinued to reside in St. Louis \intil his death,
after which his widow married fl. W. Ames,
their son. Ceorge W. Ames, aettleil in Oregon
in pioneer days. The father took part in the
war with ^lexico and was with the .\mericnn
armies which invaded Jlexico City. At the
termination of the war he returned home anil
shortly afterward started across the plains
with California as his destinatii>n. He set
tied on Weber creek in 1 8.",n and for n num
iK-r of years was engaged in mining, ri-siding
in that state until the time of his death.
In Weavertown. California, he we<lded Miss
Sophia ^L Mitchell, the ceremony being per-
formed by Si|uire Rossington. To their union
ten children were born: Celia M., who now
resides with her mother in Plncerville. Cali
fornia; fleorge Francis, of this review; W. A..
of Lents. Oreptn; M. M.. of Portland; Mr«.
S. I. Benson, of Union; Nina May, Ada Edna

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and .lohn. all three of whom died in infuncv;
IJeorgie, who died .7une 1, ISUO; and Maggie,
now .Mrs. Thomas Conger, of San Francisco,
California. .lohn F. Hall died in ISss, but the
mother still survives at the age of seventy-
six.

(leorge F. Hall spent his boyhood in Placer-
ville. California, where he received a good
education, attending the public schools and an
academy. His llrst steps in business were
taken as a clerk in a grocery store and his
next occupation was that of mining. In

1880 he went to .Mississippi, being employed
as a clerk by his uncle, who conducted a gen-
eral mercantile store at Friars Point. At
the end of two years he came to Oregon, set
tlin" at I'nion. The trip was made by rail
as far as Kelton, Utah, and the remaimler of
the journey was accomplished by stage. In

1881 W. A. Hall, the brotlier of'our subject,
settled in (Oregon and engaged in Moating
firewood down the river, establishing a whimI
yard. On coming to this state Ceorge F.
Hall entered into partnership with his brother
and they maintained the wood yard until
1SS3. after which they established a stree'
sprinkling and draying business in Union and
were the first to introduce modern trucks in
this city. This was conducted mostly by the
lirother. while fleorge F. Hall engaged as an
agent for the Crande Rondo Post and also
as solicitor for the Baker City Reveille, being
successful in his work for both of those news
papers. He also worked for a time on the
Walla Walla Democrat with e(|Ual success.
When the brothers first engaged in business
they had only a very limiteil capital, but
their reputation and credit were good. In
the fall of 1SS3 Mr. Hall was appointed
postmaster, a position in which he acceptablx
served for nearly six years. In the mean-
time the brothers had established a mercan-
tile business and the postolTice was conducted
in a section of their store buililing. Their
trade increased from year to year and after
a time they were compelled to secure ipiarter*
in a larger building. This business was
continued until \'M>:>. when the hrolluTs sold
out to II. .1. Lucas. Early in their liusinr«s
career tliev engaged in the stock bu«ine(is,
conducting' it in c-onniM-tinn with liie mer-
cantile and other enterprises in which they
were engagi'd. having at first rentwl lanii
for that purpose. In Fct>riinrv. IstiT, thrv
Imught friim the .-Nin^worth National Bank
of Portland the No<line Ranch, consisting -of
alMMit thirteen humlrcl acres. .\fl«T a lime
they began selling «nmll trnrls of their holil-
ingi at a handsome profit, finally di^x'sii'ir
of the main bo<|y to the Amalgamate.! Sugar
Companv. During the time they owned and
operated the land they raised a large num
ber of horses, rnflle nn<l hogs, as »ell as
grain, and «l«n did a grain buying and ship
pinjj liM '••r the name nf Hall Broth
rrs nix ■'''. ^'- ^' """• having joined

the i.r r in ItHn. Wh«-n the rail

rn„^ „ -.d it wa. the Mall nf)lher»

who hu ..; -' warehouse at Union .Iiine

lion and at that point they began shipping
hay and grain, being pioneer" in that line
and without competitor* for wveral year*.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

They also conducted a sawmill and lumber-
yard and continued in business until 1905,
when they sold out. Among the holdings
which the brothers still own in partnership
ma.y be mentioned sixteen hundred acres of
particularly valuable timber land, which is
located on Catherine creek, where an oppor-
tunity is afforded for a large reservoir. Mr.
Hall personally owns some valuable property
in Union, which includes a fine modern resi-
dence. He also owns in partnership with Wil-
liam Hutchinson about eight hundred acres
of land in the Grande Ronde valley. In 1913
he again entered the mercantile business
and is now conducting some of the largest
stores in Union.

May 19, 1891, Mr. Hall was united in mar-
riage to Miss Melissa May Miller, a daughter
of Simon Miller, a successful stock-raiser and
pioneer of the Grande Ronde valley. To them
have been born five children: Herbert A., who
attended the public schools; Ehrman and
Eleanore G.. who are students in the high
school; and Harold and Alice May, both of
whom are in school. In his political faith
Mr. Hall is a democrat, and he has served
as mayor and councilman of Union. Frater-
nally he is identified with the Woodmen of
the World. Like his brothers, he is a very
progressive man and is greatly esteemed in
the community.

FRED NOSLER, in the operation of his fine
farm comprising one hundred and eighty acres
of fertile land in Coos county is carrying
on the agricultural standards of his father,
who is one of the representative citizens of
the district and is bringing his land to a
high state of productiveness. Mr. Nosier is
a native son of Oregon, his birth having oc-
curred in Coquille on the 8th of June, 1877.
He is a son of Amos L. and Annie R.
(Hatcher) Nosier, the former a native of Iowa
and the latter of Missouri. His parents
crossed the plains with ox teams and settled
in Coos county at an early date. Their mar-
riage occurred in this section and they lived
in Coquille until 1901, when Amos Nosier
bought a farm near Bridge on the middle fork
of the road eleven miles above Myrtle Point
and here he has since resided and cultivated
the soil for eleven years. He has been en-
gaged in mercantile pursuits at various times
during his career, operating his store and
postoiiice near his present farm and also
being identified with the hardware and
butcher business when he was a resident of
Coquille. He is at the present time retired,
but in conjunction with his son Claude, is
one of the most extensive owners of farm
lands in Coos county. He is the proprietor
of four hundred acres, highly improved, and
is also interested in town property in Coquille.
A large part of this city stands upon land
which" Amos Nosier originally owned. He
was president and founder of the first cream-
ery in Coos county and is today one of the
enterprising and representative citizens of
that section. To him and his wife four chil-
dren were born, three of whom are still liv-
ing: Claude H., who lives upon the old home-
stead; Fred, the subject of this review;

Maude, the wife of A. Wilson of Coquille,
Oregon; and John, who passed away when he
was two years of age.

Fred Nosier was educated in the public
schools of Coos count,v, and in the State Nor-
mal School for one year. His boyhood and
youth were spent upon his father's farm. He
early became acquainted with all the details
relating to the tilling of the soil and the
planting and harvesting, and was an expert
agriculturist when he started out for him-
self at twenty-two years of age. He farmed
in conjunction with his father and brother
for four years and then bought land four
miles north of Bridge and Big creek where
he did general farming and conducted a model
dairy for four and one half years. At the
end of that time he disposed of this property
and bought the farm of one hundred and
eighty acres on the middle fork of the
Coquille river nine miles from Myrtle Point,
Avhere he now resides. He has made a spec-
ialty of dairying. He has equipped his dairy
with modern sanitary conveniences and is
increasing its capacity every year. He is also
interested in the raising of fancy Poland
China hogs and owned the original herd in
Coos county. He is enterprising, progres-
sive and ambitious and these qualities have
united to make him one of the prominent
agriculturists in the state of Oregon.

In 1898 Mr. Nosier was united in marriage
to Miss Oreta J. Skeels, who was born in
Indiana in 1880. She is a daughter of Clay
M. and Nellie (Henry) Skeels, both natives
of Ohio, where they married and lived for
some time. They later removed to Indiana
and subsequently returned to Ohio where the
father taught school for many years. In
1887 they removed to Missouri and here Clay
Skeels operated a zinc mine for two years.
Their residence in Oregon dates from 1889,
in which year they settled in Portland and
remained for a short time. Later they left
this state for Washington, living in Olympia
for a short time. They afterward spent four
years in Salem, where the father operated a
fruit and dairy farm with success for some
years. In 1894 he removed to Cottage Grove,
Oregon, where he conducted a general mer-
chandise business for some time. He later
disposed of his holdings in order to come to
Coos county. He bought land where a por-
tion of the town of Marshfield now stands
and conducted a general merchandise store
until his death in 1910. His wife is still liv-
ing, and is a resident of Coquille, in the fifty-
seventh year of her age. They became the
parents of eight children: Charles T. of
Coquille; Mary, the wife of L. Lorenz, of
Bandon, Oregon; Oreta J., the wife of our sub-
ject; Grace E., who married George H. Bax-
ter of Creswell, Oregon; Nellie and Porteus,
twins, who died in infancy; Dollie May, who
lives at home; and Paul, who also resides
with his parents. All the children born to
Mr. and Mrs. Skeels received business educa-
tion. To Mr. and Mrs. Nosier have been born
three children: Gladys R., whose birth oc-
curred in March. 1899; James C, born in
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In his political afliliations Mr. Nosier is
a stanch republican and always votes the
party ticket. He and his family affiliate
with the Christian church and are well known
in its aft'airs. ilr. Xosler has sought his
prosperity along agricultural lines and has
been a force in the development of his section
of the county.

JAMES D. SLATER, who has been suc-
cessfully engaged in the practice of law since
his admission to the Oregon bar more than
a quarter of a century ago, is a leading
and well-known attorney of La Grande. His
birth occurred in Corvallis. Oregon, on the
18th of October, 1856. his father being James
H. Slater, who figured prominently in public
affairs and served as United States senator.
A more extended review of him appears on
another page of this work in connection with
the sketch of Judge W. T. Slater, who served
on the supreme bench.

James D. Slater obtained his early educa-
tion in the public schools and subsequently
attended the University of Oregon, at Eugene.
Having determined upon the legal profession
as a life work, he studied law in the offices
of L. B. Cox and J. H. Turner at Pendleton,
this state, and in 1883 entered Washington
and Lee University of Lexington. Virginia,
there completing a two years' course in one
year. In Jiine, 1884. he was graduated at
the head of his class with the degree of Bach-
elor of Laws. Returning to Oregon, he was
admitted to the bar in October, 1884, and has
since remained in the active practice of law
at La firande. His practice is extensive and
of an important character. He is remarkable
among lawyers for the wide research and
provident care with which he prepares his
cases. At no time has his reading ever been
confined to the limitations of the question
at issue. It has gone beyond and compassed
every contingency and provided not alone
for "the expected" but for the unexpected,
which happens in the courts quite ns fre-
quently as out of them. Since his father's
demise Mr. Slater has managed the family
estate in connection with his law practice.

In November. 1888, Mr. Slater was united
in marriage to Miss Fannie B. Hayes, of
Macon, Missouri, her parents being Isaac and
Margaret Hayes, who, after spending some
time in New "York state, came to Oregon in
188,^. Here Mr. Hayes devoted his attention
to mercantile pursuits.

Mr. Slater gives his political allegiance to
the democratic party and has served as
mayor of La Grande for two terms. Frater
nally he is identified witli the Woodmen of
the World, while in religious faith lif is an
Episcopalian. His personal characteristics
and social qualities are pronounced and he is
an acceptable companion in any society in
which intelligence is a necessary attribute to
agreeableness.

JOHN GERBER is engaged quite exten-
sivelv in farming in Washington county.
He "cultivates a forty-acre tract of land
which he owns, also two hundred and forty
acres which he rents. He ha§ lived n life of

diligence and determination, and whatever
success he has achieved is attributable to
these qualities. He was born in Swiizerland,
April 12, 1S74. He is a son of llricl. and
Annie Gerber, who left tlie land of the Alps
in 1S7C, when their son John «as a little lad
of two years, and made tlieir way to the new
world, settling upon a farm in" Washington
county, Oregon. This farm the father con-
tinued to till and improve until his death in
1910. For a decade, he had survived hig
wife, who passed away in 1900, and was laid
to rest in Union cemetery in Washington
county. Following her demise, he weilded
Mrs. \yyman, the widow of I'eter Wyman.
The children of the first marriage were four
in number: .Mice, now deceased; John;
Minnie, the wife of .\dolph Badger, of North
Plains, Oregon; and Samuel, still living in
Washington county. By the second mar-
riage there was one daughter, Clara, now
nine years of age.

No event of special importance occurred
to vary the routine of farm life for John
I Berber, during his boyhood and youth. He
was reared in the old homestead in Wash-
ington county, early becoming familar With
the duties and labors that fall to the lot of
the agriculturist, his time being divided be-
tween the work of the fields and the attain-
ment of a common-srhool eihiciit ion. He as-
sisted his father until he rea(lie<l the age of
twenty-five years, and then, desirous that his
labors should more directly benefit himself,
he purchased a small tract of land in Wash-
ington county which he has since cultivated,
owning at the present time forty acres of
highly improved land. In addition, he lenses
a tract of two hundred and forty acres. He
has the entire anmunt under a splendid state
of cultivation so that the fields annually re-
turn to him a gratifying income. His meth-
ods of farming are most progressive; the re-
sults achieved indicate how practical is the
course he pursues.

On the 28th of December, 1905, Mr. Ger-
ber was marrie<I to Miss Mary Wyman, who
was born in Washington county, Oregon, and
is of .Swiss lineage, her parents, who were
natives of .Switzerland, having come to the
United States in 1S7S. They cast in their
lot with the farming people of Washington
county, and the father engaged actively in
cultivating his fielils un to the time of his
death in ISO.I. Ills widow still reside* upon
the oM homestenri, which he had ileveloped
from a wild and unimproved troef of land
into a state of rich fertility. The chil-
dren in their family were: Arnold, who Is
living on the old home place; Mr«. Cerbrr;
Emma, the wife of ,Jncoti .'<tnl|rr. of Wash-
ington county; Paulina. Lillie and I»ui«n. all
at home. Mr. and Mr«. Gerlx-r nrr the par-
ents of n son and dnnghler: Louis William.
Iwrn November 1, 1007; and Adaline P.,
Iiorn November 22, 19n<<. Mr. and Mr^. Ger-
ber are membors of the Baptist church; aiMl
he is a republican in politics, but with «nmr
„i .. 11 ..,| view". He has never actively
I in public afTnirs. beyond per-

I ; - duties of eitixenship; for it ha*

ever hocn his chief ambition to anjuira ■

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

good home and comfortable, competence for
himself and family. To this end, he pre-
fers to give his undivided attention to the
occupation which he has chosen as his life
work. Mr. Gerber's fields present a neat and
attractive appearance, and his diligence has
constituted the key which has unlocked for
him the portals of success.

JAMES P. ATWOOD, M. D., is a prominent
and capable physician of Baker, residing at
No. 2302 Main street in the large, fine old
home which he erected in 1883. It stands in
the midst of a splendid lawn adorned with
lambert, silver poplar and box elder trees,
all of which were set out by him. Tlie ap-
pearance of the home at once bespeaks com-
fort and convenience and it is a fitting place
in which to spend the hours of leisure when
professional duties are not making strenuous
demand upon his time and efforts.

Dr. Atwood was born in Green county, Wis-
consin, March 19, 1840. His father, Aurelius
Fielden Atwood, was born in Clark county,
Indiana, .January 1. 1817, and in that state
and in Illinois he was reared. In the latter
he wedded Rosannah B. Hays, whose birth
occuiTed in Ohio in 1827. Her girlhood, how-
ever, was largely passed in Illinois and both
were pioneer settlers of Sangamon county,
that state, where A. F. Atwood formed the
acquaintance of Abraham Lincoln, then a
young man. In 184.5 they removed to the
territory of Wisconsin and Mr. Atwood se-
cured a claim from the United States govern-
ment. He at once began its development and
continued to make his home thereon until
March, 1853, when, as yet undeterred by the
experiences and hardships of frontier life,
he started across the plains with his family
to establish a home and aid in the upbuild-
ing of the northwest.

A year before Dr. Atwood's birth Pervine
Atwood, an uncle of the Doctor, started from
Illinois to the Pacific coast as a member of
a train that crossed the plains. At length
he reached the Willamette valley and secured
lots now included within the city limits of
Portland and later located squatter's claims
in the Willamette valley. He went to Cali-
fornia when gold was discovered there and
engaged in mining. He also established a
store at Sacramento but the high water came
and flooded the store, but he managed to es-
cape with his life. He made considerable
money at mining and through investment in
lown property in both Sacramento and San
Francisco. Iii 18.50 he returned to Wisconsin,
where he pui'chased land and carried on farm-
ing and stock-raising, his well directed labors
brTnging him wealth as the years passed.
He had a large family and died at Brodhead,
Wisconsin, in 1911, when eighty-eight years
of age. He was the first of the family to
come" to the coast, but, as previously stated,
in March. 1853, A. F. ,\twood started with his
family, driving across the country with four
mules hitched to a freight wagon and two
horses to draw the lighter wagon in which
rode the family. They arrived at Corvallis,
Oregon, in September and Mr. Atwood se-
cured a donation claim of three hundred and

twenty acres four miles south of the town.
This he developed and improved and also
bought adjoining land until he was the owner
of six hundred and forty acres, which he con-
tinued to cultivate until 1868. He then sold
out and went to Washington territory, taking
up a claim about eighteen miles from Walla
Walla, where Bollcs Junction now stands.
He died there in March, 1889, having for
about eight years survived his wife, who
passed away in January, 1881. He did little
fanning but devoted his .attention to the rais-
ing of stock. In early days he had engaged
in school-teaching. He had been educated for
surveying and civil engineering but entered
the schoolroom as an instructor and to that
profession devoted his energies until lie took
up farming and stock-raising as a life work.
His early political support was given to the
democratic party but he afterward became a
stanch republican. He was also a member of
the United Brethren church in early life.
His family numbered five sons and five
daughters, of whom three survive: James P.;
Willie, a resident of California; and Eslie.

Dr. Atwood remained at home with his
parents until twenty-one years of age. He
supplemented his public-school course by a
year's study in the Corvallis College and
about two years in Sublimity College of
Oregon. On attaining his majority he took
up the study of medicine after having pre-
viously engaged in teaching in Washington.
It was in 1867 that he began preparation
for the profession in the medical department
of the Willamette University at Salem, from
which he was graduated on the 3d of March,
1870. Not yet content with the preparation
he had already made, he went to New York
and was graduated from the medical depart-
ment of Columbia University with the class
of 1874. During the interval between his
two college courses, however, he practiced at
La Grande, Oregon, for a year and since 1871
he has practiced continuously in Baker save
for the period which he spent in the east in
post-graduate work. He has pursued two
nost-graduate courses in the Polvclinic in
New York, one in 1897 and the other in 1901.
He engages in the general practice of medi-
cine and his post-graduate work and his pri-
vate study have kept him in close toiich with
the advancement made by the medical fra-
ternity as investigation and research have
broadened their knowledge and promoted their
efficiency. Dr. Atwood also gives his super-
vision to two ranches which he owns, together
comprising over five hundred acres, forty
acres of one lying within the corporation
limits of Baker.

In 1882 Dr. Atwood was married to Miss
Florence Thompson, who was born in Phila-
delphia. Pennsylvania, in 1S61. She M'as an
adopted daughter of .Tohn Thompson, with
whom she came to Oregon in 1881. The only
child of this marriase is .Tames. Pervine. who
is a ranchman of Baker county. The wife
and mother died in September, 1902.

In politics Dr. Atwood is a republican and
is conversant with the leadincr qiiestions and
issues of the day. which enables him to sup-
port his position by intelligent argument, yet

DR. .J. r. .\T\v<M>n

TILOEN FOUNOMMOtU.

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613

lie does not seek nor desire publie ollice. He
is an exemplary repre-ientative of the Masonic
fraternity ami in tiis practice finds ample
opportunity to embody tlie teacliinp* of the
eraft. His lias been a well spent life, his
labors, indeed, pruvinf; a serviceable element
in the community where he has now long
lived and labored.

JAKE BETTIS. The name of Bettis is
dosel.v associated with the a^rricultural in-
terests of Washington county where the fam-
ily has been represented since lilOT. Jake
Bettis was born in Tennessee on the 3d
of April, 1883. and his parents .lolui C.
and Alice (HutTakerl liettis. were also na-
tives of that state. The father was born
January 27, 185f), a son of .-Mien and Eliza-
beth (Phillips) Bettis. both of whom were
natives of Tennessee and were there married.
Allen Bettis passed away in that state in
1910 at the advanced age of eighty-five .years,
and his wife, now eighty-five .vears of age,
is still living on the old homestead where
she has remained since her marriage. In
their famil.v were seven chiMren: P. C,
Keorge and James, all of Tennessee; Thomas
of Anthony, Kansas; John C. : and Eliza and
.Sarah >Tane. who died in Tennessee.

Spending his youthful davs in his native
state. John C. Bettis started out in life on
his own account when twenty-five years of
age, carr.ving on agricultural ])ursuits in Ten-
nessee until 1907, when, thinking to find bet-
ter opportunities in the nortliwest. he came
to Oregon, settling in Washington county.
There he purchased a farm i>f one hundred
and fifty-seven acres which he has since cul-
tivated, making many excellent improve-
ments upon it.

Wliile in Tennessee John C. Bettis was
married to Miss Alice HiilTaker. who was born
in Knox county, that state, as were her par-
ents, Marshall an<l Mary Jane (( 'anipbell )
HufTaker, who spent their entire lives in their
native county, the father [lassing awav in
1H97 and the niother in 1907. Of their seven
children Mrs. Bettis is the eldest, the others
being: Josie, now deceased: William, living
in the state of Washington; Annie, the wife
of Dr. King, of Jefferson City. Tennessee:
Bettie, who is living with Mrs. Bettis; Flor-
ence, of Knox county, Tennessee; and Dr.
Floyd HufTaker, of Knox coimty. Tennessee.
I'nto Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bettis have been
l>orn seven children: Jake and Charles, who
are partners in business: William. Elizabeth,
Clarence. Pearl and Vada. who are still at
home. The parents hold membership in the
Baptist church and in that faifh they reared
their family. They are well known in the
community where they reside and during
the period of their residence here have gained
many friends. Air. Bettis gives hi^t political
support to the republican party and frnt<>r-
nallv is connected with the Inileiienrjrnt (ird.T
of (idd Fellows at Piedmiint. .IetTers..M .-.Minty.

Jake Bettis attendeil the public schools
of Tennessee in the acquirement of his erlit-
cation and afterVard be<-Bme n college stu-
dent. He was a young man of Iwrnfyfour
vears at the time of the migration to the

northwest. He has since lieen associated
with his brother Charles in business. The
latter, too, is a college uuin ami their lilx-ral
education constitutes the foundation ujion
which they have builded their advancement.
The farm which they are now operating to
gether is pleasantly located a mile and u half
northeast of HillslNiro, and comprises two
luindred and twent.v acres of cultivable himl
and one hundred and eighty acres of timber,
•lake Bettis first starti'd out for himself on
attaining his majority and for a short lime
engaged ill clerking in Hillsboro. after which
he and his brother took charge of the farm
which now claims their time and energies.
It is one of the best farms in the neighbor-
lioo<l and in its excellent appearance gives
evidence of their careful supervision ami
practical, progressive methods. They utilize
the latest improved machinery to facilitate
the work of tne fields and as the years pass
on they are meeting with i-xeellent siiceesii.
Both of the brothers are supporters of the
republican party and Mr. Bettis became a
member of the Odd Fellows society when in
Tennessee. Their interests, however, center
upon their business which, capably ilirecti-d.
is proving profitnble. their worK placing tbi-ni
among the foremost agriculturists of their
district.

GEORGE BAIRD is one of the industrious
and highly rrspcctnl citizens of I'nion. He
was born in Putnam coiintv. Missouri. Jan
iiarv 27, 1802, and is the stui of Thomas P.
and" I.ydia B. (Ledford) Baird. His fath.r
was a native of Tcniie»se<' and his mother of
Kentucky.

Thomas P. Baird in early life removed from
his native state to Kentucky, where he re
niained for some time anfl later he establi"lii-il
his home in Missouri. In 1S|9 he emigrated
to California, crossing the great .\meriean
desert with ox teams and remaining on the
Pacific coast for four years, afl'-r which he
returned t«p Missouri, where he continued to
reside until 1803. Ill the early part of ibil
year in company with sixty other einik" ' '
to the far west, he again i-ros«ed the [■',■•
with ox teams and horses nnil in addition to
their draft stock they also drove with thrin
a hand of mixed sto<'k. including In
and cows. On reaching the lliirnt

encountered hostile niar>--' '•

drovi. awav thi. Iw-st sto

their oxen and draft h";

self suffering the loss of all of his stock ex-

ci'pt one ox and one mw. whi'h hf Tnke.|

into a team and with ■

joiirni'V from the tlurnt r

long trip from Missouri ■

destination re»|iiirfd a r

during «Vi ' "

by the

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Cm'

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

ing his preemption claim, tlms giving him a
total of three hundred and twenty acres of
valuable ranch and agricultural land in this
state. Upon that property he built a com-
fortable log cabin in which to house his family
and began at once to improve and cultivate
his farm. At the time he entered the Grande
Ronde valley only a very few homes had
been established in the vicinity of what is
now the site of Union and they had only pre-
ceded him in their settlement during the
previous year. He is justly entitled to have
his name written on the honored roll among
the early pioneers of Union county. Upon
his original homestead he remained with his
family until 1S74 and in that year he dis-
posed of his ranch at a fair profit, selling to
Taylor B. fireen, who w^as one of the party
composing the emigration train of which Mr.
Baird was also a member in 1863. The prop-
erty is now owned by A. E. Eaton but is still
known throughout the county as the Green
ranch. After disposing of his land to Mr.
Green, our subject purchased a homestead
in the Thief valley, Union county, where he
engaged in farming and stock-raising. The
valley in which he located obtained its for-
bidding name because it included a territory
in that part of the state which for many years
had been the rendezvous of a band of horse
and stock thieves from the early days. After
moving upon his newly acquired property
he engaged at once in general farming and
stock-raising and continued to give his at-
tention to the interests of that business until
1880, at which time he sold his ranch and
at once purchased two ranches in the Antelope
valley, one of which is known as the Brennan
place and the other as the Baird place. He
removed his family to his new home in the
Antelope valley, where he continued to reside
until 1897, at which time he sold at a fair
profit that property to Smith & Hale and
afterward purchased eighty acres, known as
the George Watt place, of which he later sold
all but four acres to A. E. Eaton and the four
remaining acres became afterward the prop-
erty upon -which was located the county poor
farm. Previous to this last sale of his real-
estate holdings Mr. Baird had accumulated
an amount of property suflTicient to enable
him to live in retirement but had the misfor-
tune later in the panic of 1893 to lose nearly
all of his hard-earned, accumulated resources.
During the immediate years following the
panic he maintained his residence in Union
until the time of his death, which occurred
in 1907. at the advanced age of eighty-six
years. He was a man of an enduring con-
stitution and despite the hardships of pioneer
life retained the use of all his natural powers
until the last few years of his life. Mr.
and Mrs. Baird were united in marriage in
the state of Missouri and they were the
parents of eight children, five sons and three
daughters. One of the sons resides in Cali-
fornia, two in Idaho, two in Oregon and one
in Seattle, Washington. One daughter is a
resident of Nevada and the youngest daugh-
ter is deceased.

George Baird is the youngest member of
his father's family and remained under the

parental roof until he was eighteen years of
age. During the early period of his boyhood
life he made seven trips across the trail with
stock, going into Idaho, Wyoming and Mon-
tana. On one of these trips, which occurred
during the Bannock Indian war, they were
hemmed in by the Indians at Dry Creek for
two weeks. There were about one hundred
in their party and during the time they were
surrounded by hostile Indians they endured
much physical suffering in addition to con-
stant anxiety concerning their probable fate.
They were, however, fortunately rescued by
United States troops from Boi'se and every
member of their party was brought out alive
from what had proven to be a mountain
prison in which they had served a guiltless
but enforced term for a period of two anxious
weeks. On reaching Boise they learned that
another party of white people had been cor-
ralled by the Indians at Willow creek and
Mr. Baird promptly tendered his volunteer
services to go with the government troops
to their rescue, but owing to his extreme
youth he was refused service as an enlisted
volunteer. Notwithstanding this disappoint-
ment he joined the party of soldiers and went
with them to assist in saving the lives of the
imperilled white people. .lust before reach-
ing the location of their imprisoned friends
they learned that three white men had re-
cently been killed just ahead of them. They
encountered no additional alarms or trouble
after that and were successful in their mis-
sion of taking relief to the people of Willow
creek. At the age of eighteen Mr. Baird
engaged in the barber business, in which he
continued for four years, after which he gave
his attention to various matters of interest
for some time and then reestablished himself
in the barber business in Union, continuing
in the pursuit of his trade for a period of
six years. In 1891 he opened a merchandis-
ing establishment to which he gave his at-
tention until 1907. During that period he
was also in the employ of the Pacific States
Telephone Company, with which he continued
until May, 1910. As a representative of the
telephone company his headquarters were at
Union but his duties necessitated his spending
much of his time on the road, looking after
the affairs connected with the interests of the
company. After closing his relations with
the Pacific States Telephone Company he en-
tered into a copartnership with Thomas
Brasher under the firm name of Brasher &
Baird and engaged in the real-estate business,
and in the month of December. 1910, he took
charge of the Home Independent Telephone
Company with headquarters at Union. This,
however, was not included as a part of his
real-estate business but wholly an independ-
ent interest of his own.

December 25, 1885, Mr. Baird was united
in marriage to Miss Minnie Seanians. she
having removed from her native state, Arkan-
sas, to this state with her father's family in
the late '70s. Mr. Baird is the owner of a
very beautiful ranch property in this county
and other property in and about Union. Fra-
ternally he is associated with the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows. He is one of the

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615

accredited and hii;lily respected citizens of
Union and is niucli esteemed for his known
loyalty to his friends and associates, and is
always interested in the a<lvancement and
welfare of the people of his state and county.

C. C. FERGUSON, a well known and highly
successful real-estate and insurance aj;ent in
Xewberg, is the son of one of Yamhill
county's honored pioneer citizens. His birth
occurred in the vicinity of La Fayette on
December 17, 1863, his" parents beinw J. L.
and Parmelia Jane (Bird) Ferguson. The fa-
ther was born and reared in Kentucky,
whence he came to Oregon in 1852, locating
in La Fayette, where he engaged in business.
He became one of the intlueiitial and allluent
citizens of the county, and at one time owne<l
about two thousand acres of land in this
vicinity. His political support was accorded
to the democratic party, and he always took
an active interest in all governmental affairs,
and for two years represented this county in
the state legislature. As he was a man of
forceful character, possessing strong powers
of organization and good e.xecutive ability
he was called upon to serve the public in in-
numerable ways during the early days. He
was always ready and willing to do any-
thing in his power to promote the interests
of the community or to advance the develop-
ment of the country. Realizing the need
of higher institutions of learning in this
section he was one of those who founded the
agricultural college at Corvallis, which at
that time was a denominational school, being
under the control of the Jfethodist Episcopal
(South) church. To him is also due consid-
erable credit for developing the industrial
interests of this part of the state, as he
was one of the active promoters of the first
woolen mills established at Oregon City.
He was highly esteemed throughout the
county, not only for the enterpri»<e he had
manifested in promoting various public
utilities, Imt because of his many fine per-
sonal traits, that made him a friend nuich
to be desired. There was deep and sincere
regret throughout the community when he
passed away in August, 190.'?, as. although
he had attained the venerable age of seventy-
two, he was still recognized as one of the
strong ])ers<)nalitie3 of the county. The
mother of our subject was a daughter of .lohn
liird, line of the wfdl known pioneer settlers
of the county. Her death occurre<l at the
age of forty-six years. Of the marriage of
Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson there were l)orn
four sons and three daughters, n« follows:
Ella, the deceased wife of Clarence Rnker.
who has a son and a daughter living in th\*
county; C. C. our sutiject; N'cttic. who i" de-
ceased: Kay. who is a resident of I.a Fay-
ette. Oregon: .lames L., who \» living in
Newberg: Maggie .lane, the wife of ex>>en-
ator Caldwell, now living at Ontario, thia
state; and Lynn, who is engaged in the dnig
business in Xewberg.

Reared in this county, at the usual age
r. C. Ferguson entered the local common
schools, where he pursued hi* preliminnry
education. He subseriuenlly supplcmenle<J

this by u cour-e in the agricultural college
at Corvallis, after which ho rt-turnrd homo
and for two years thereat tor engaged in
rarming. At the expiration of ilmt time
he took up his residence in U» Fayotto, enter-
ing the employ of the S.>uthern i'ucilie Rail-
way Company, whom ho served for several
years in the capacity of fniglit and pas.songer
agent at that point. He next Wont to Ore-
gon City, where for two years he was en-
gaged in mercantile pursuit.s, subse<|Uentty
returning to his ranch u|»in which he rooided
until he disposed of it. Ininu'diately follow-
ing this he located in Newberi;. ong«i;iMg in
the real-estate and insurance liusiiiess in
which he has ever since continued. This has
proven to be very successful and he now has
a line line of botli city and country property,
while he is the local representative of the
Norwich Insurance Company of London. Eng-
land, and the Pacific Home Mutual Fire In-
surance Company. He is an enterprising,
capable business man, who conducts his trans-
actions in an upright, straightforwanl man-
ner, always retaining the respect anil con-
fidence of those with whom he has ilcaliiign.

On the 27th of September, issj, Mr, Fer-
guson was united in marriage to Miss Katie
(I Olds, who was born and roared in Yam-
hill county and is a daughter of .lames and
Xancy (I'arkerl Olds, l»oth of whom are now
deceased. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Ferguson there have been born two daugh-
ter-: Helena, who is a teacher in the New-
berg High school; and Mildred, who is still
attending school.

Mr. Ferguson's fraternal connections are
confined to his membership in the Woodmen
of the Wiirld. His political allegiance he
has always accorded to the democratic party,
and he is now and has been for the past two
years a member of the town council. Ho
was a delegate to the state convention hold
at Pendleton at the time of rii-vdand's tirst
niimination, and has always taken an o.irnost
interest in all political nctivitios. .Vltlioiiuh
thi' duties of his own liusini'si make u'r'at
demands upon his time an>l energy, Mr. Fer-
guson is loo publio-spirite<l a nion to nogle<-l
his responsjliilitii's as n citi/en "f the com-
munity, and he gives much of his attention
to furthering the d. it of the town

along the various I noral inlrrnst.

.At the present he i • ' " ■■ > ■■■ii-

ing committee of lli'
is now in cour«o of
often served in similar ropncilips

tieriod of his residon'-o tur.- lie
mown throughout t
spont h« entire life.

ri'V'aril by > large .ir.i.- ..: i. [•! intin. r».
iiiiiny of whom have known him from early
rliildlino<l.

EDWARH CRANSTON BOWKN
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

was a locomotive engineer and machinist.
In Illinois he wedded Ann Dooley. a native
of New York, and after living in Illinois
several years they removed westward to Ore-
gon in 1862, crossing the plains with ox
teams. In September they arrived at
Auburn, Oregon, and the father, in company
with Jlr. Leverage, owned and operated the
first sawmill in eastern Oregon. They after-
ward removed their mill to Idaho City, Idaho,
in the spring of 1863, having the first" plant of
that kind there. In 1864 Mr. Bowen became
interested in the mercantile firm of Brooks
& Cranston, the name being then changed
to Bowen & Cranston. He followed merchan-
dising afterward in various places, including
Auburn. Clark's Creek, Salem and Baker
City, until 1870, when he and his partner
became interested in building the Eagle canal
then being constructed to furnish water to
the Koosta mines. He then engaged in mer-
chandising and in managing the ditch until
about 1876, w-hen he came to Baker City and
jHirchased and conducted the Cosmopolitan
Hotel, remaining its proprietor until his death
in May. 1881. His wife died April 25, 1902.
in Baker.

Edward C. Bowen attended pay schools and
the public schools of Baker county and en-
tered business life as a dealer in cattle on
the Powder river. Later he was in Malheur
county near Castle Rock, and in January.
1904, removed to the farm which he now
owns, comprising about five hundred acres on
Powder river nearly four miles south of Baker.
Thereon he is largely engaged in stock-raising
and also in the production of hay, cutting
from four to five hundred tons each year. He
also has over one hundred acres of grain land
and his property is valued at one hundred
dollars per acre. He also runs cattle and
horses upon his place. His land is well im-
proved according to modern methods, good
buildings are upon his farm, and he has the
best water right on Powder river for irriga-
tion.

Mr. Bowen was married in Baker City, Tune
12. 1894. to Miss Euphrosyne Relling. who
was born in Portland, Oregon, July 10, 1S74.
a daughter of John Michael Relling, who
was a native of Holland.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bowen liave four
sons and two daughters: Dudley E., whose
birth occurred May 25, 1895, now attending
the high school : Francis A., born July 29,
1897; Mary Kathleen, born February 8. 1900;
Edward Clifford, born March 18, 1902; Robert
R., born January 9, 190:5; and Marcella
Grace, born December 9, 1906. All are now
in school and it is the purpose of their
parents to give them the best educational
opportunities possible and so train them that
they may become upright and useful men and
women. Mrs. Bowen was educated in Peoria,
Illinois, and in St. Louis, Missouri. She at-
tended the Academy of the Lady of the Sacred
?Ieart conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph,
and later the St. .Toseph Academy at Caron-
delet. St. Louis. Missouri. She had instruc-
tions in oil, crayon and pastel painting and
has received a number of prizes for her work.
She still contin\U's to paint and her iirtistic

nature has found expression in many beauti-
ful pictures. Mr. and Mrs, Bowen have an
attractive home and are held in high esteem
by all who know them. He is a democrat
of the Cleveland school and the religious
faith of himself and family is that of tlie
Roman Catholic clnirch. He deserves much
credit for what he has accomplished for he
has worked hard, and a busy and useful life
has brought him his success.

W. B. PIPER is a respected and very suc-
cessful dairy farmer, whose home is located
fourteen miles up the north fork of the Coos
river, in Coos county. He was born in
Guelph, Canada, July 18, 1849, and is the
son of Stephen and Frances (Frederick)
Piper, the former a native of England and
the latter of Pennsylvania. The parents
were married in Canada, where the father
died in 1900. The mother is still living and
continues to maintain her residence in that
country. To Mr. and Mrs. Piper ten chil-
dren were born, the .subject of this review
being the eldest member of the family. A
brother, .lames Piper, is a resident of south-
ern Californiia and the remaining members
of the family reside in Canada.

W. B. Piper received his early education
in the Dominion of Canada and remained
under the parental roof until he was twenty-
one years of age. At that time he moved
to Oregon, where he first was employed in
sawmills in various sections of the state.
In 1883 he moved to the Coos river district
and there purchased one hundred and seventy
acres of land which he im|)roved and upon
which he has since continued to reside. He
is engaged in dairy farming and in that
business he has been very successful, his
farm being one of the most perfectly
equipped and highly improved of its kind in
his part of the state.

On July 7, 1872, Mr. Piper was united in
marriage to Miss Ada Clinkenbeard, a native
of Douglas county, Oregon, and a daughter
of James L. and Mary A. (Holman) Clinken-
beard. the former of whom was born in Ken-
tucky and the latter in Missouri. The fa-
ther emigrated to Oregon in 1847, when a
young man, and settled upon a donation
claim, located on Tvialitin plains. He, how-
ever, maintained his residence in Portland
for a number of years, after which he moved
to Wilbur, in Douglas county, and there
purchased a large ranch, upon which he lived
for many years and then removed to Coos
Bay and retired fiom active business. The
mother as a young girl emigrated with her
parents to Oregon in 1845 and celebrated
her marriage some years later in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Clinkenbeard after a residence
of a few 3'ears in Portland removed to Wil-
bur, Douglas county, where they purchased
a large ranch, upon which they resided for
many years and then removed to Coos Bay,
where their remaining days were passed. To
them nine children were born, all of whom
reside in Oregon except one sister, who
makes her home in Washington, and a
brother and two sisters, who are residents of
California. Mrs. Piper received her early

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education in the public schools of Oregon
and later was graduated from Wilbur Acad-
emy, and for some time previous to her mar-
riage was engaged in teaching school. Mr.
and Mrs. Piper are the parents of four chil-
dren. William F., born in 1873, attended
the Oregon State Agricultural College and
is now employed in dredging in the service
of the government. Mrs. Uarrj- B. Webster,
the second child, was bom in 1874 and now
resides in Los Angeles. California. Claude
B., born in 1S77. is married and lives on the
old homestead. Mrs. Florence Xowlin, who
completes the family, is also married and re-
sides on the home farm.

Mr. Piper is a member of the republican
party but is very liberal in his political
views, and fraternally is a member of the
Masonic lodge of Marshtield. He is one of
the well known and highly respected citizens
of Coos county. As a farmer specializing in
the dairy business he is known to be one of
the most scientific and up-to-date men of his
class engaged in that special feature of
farming. He has taken great pride in the
development and improvement of his prop-
erty, which is now one of the finest places
of its kind in his part of the state.

STEPHEN A. LOWELL. The list of the
leading citizen^ of t Iregon contains the name
of Stephen .\rthur Lowell, who is one of the
representative residents of Cmatilla coiuity.
His record as a lawyer, as a public otVicial
and as a publicist, has gained for him the
confidence and good-will of all with whom
he has been brought in contact. As judge of
the circuit court of the state he won high
encomiums from his fellowmen by reason of
the fidelity with which he discharged his
official duties. Moreover, he has done nuich
to mold i)ub!ic sentiment in support of ma-
terial, moral and civic ideals, and progres-
sive political policies. As a lecturer and
writer for the press his eloquence and clear
thinking have made a lasting impress >ipon
the state.

The subject of this sketch was born in
W'est Minot. .Androscoggin county, Maine.
January 1, IR-iO. His parents were William
and Hannah f.Vttwood) Lowell, the latter a
descendant of the Pilgrim*. She was born
in 1824, and lived to an advanced age, pa.ss-
ing away in Oregon in 1011. The father,
William Lowell, a member of the famous
New England family of that name, was a
country merchant, and in liis time a distin-
guished political leader in the Pine Tree state.
In early life he was an old line whig, and
when new issues arose he l>ecame one of the
founders of the republican party. lie repre-
sented his district in both brnnrhes of the
Maine le-iislature. and partiripnted in the
enactment of the historic legixlntion of that
state, including the first prohibition law. of
which he was an ardent supporter. He was
born in 180.1 and died in 1889,

Stephen .\. Lowell was' educated in the pub-
lic schools of Maine, at Hebron .\rademy nn<t
Bates College, from which Inttif iiHtitution
he was graduated in 1882. receiving the
Bachellor of Arts degree. Inter followwl by

that of Master of Arts in course. In early
nuinhtKid he engaged in teachin^p, U-ginning
that work at seventeen years of age. For
a year he was principal of Foxcroft Academy
in Piscataquis county, Maine, but in 18S3 he
began the study of law in the ollice of JudgS
<ieorge C. Wing of Aubiu-n, Maine, who
directed his legal studies until liis admission
to the bar of his native state in IHS.'i. Mr.
Lowell was appointed by t!ovcrnor Marbli* a
nu>udier of the state board of nornuil school
trustees, and ser\cd thereon until he came
to Oregon in 1891,

I'pon his arrival in this state he located in
I'endleton, where he has since resided. For
a time he was engaged in the newspaper
business, as editor of the Pendleton Tribune,
but in the fall of 1892 he lierame associated
with the late Thomas CrilVui llailcy in the
practice of law. under the firm name of llailev
& Lowell. He has served as lity attorney
of Pendleton and also as clerk of the suprenu-
court for its eastern Oregon district, tn
189.") Oovernor Lord appointed him judge of
the circuit court of the state, vice .lames A,
Fee, resigned, and in 189G he was elected by
the people to the same olVice, and continued
upon the bench until 1900. when he declined
renomination and resumed the active prac-
tice of his profession, forming a partm-rship
with Henry .1. Bean, now a nu'mber of the
Oregon supreme court. In 1902 the old firm
of Hailev & I/owell was revivcsl, and con-
tinued until Mr. Hailey was appointed as-
sociate justice of the state supreme court in
190.".. Judge I»well then praetici-d alone until
he organized the partnership of Lowell A
Winter in 1907. the junior member being
John P. Winter, one of the ablest of Oreg'Ui's
lawyers, which parliiershi|i continuiMl until
Ala.v. 1912. . Judge Lowell is regarded as
one of thi' leading lawyers of the state, and
has a clientage of distinctively representative
character, which connects him with imiHirtant
litigation in the courts of the eastern coun-
ties, and the federal courts. He is a bril
liant advocate, remarkably «uccc»«ful tn-fore
juries, impri-ssive in equity cn«e«. and « safe
counsellor. Systematic and ...ii-.i' i! in
habit, sober and di-«-reet in jud: loiw

that justice *hn\l Ik- done, c' "• in

the discharge of every duty, ho eamly lake'
rank among the lenilers upon the Iw-nch and
at the bar. Had his lot lieen caat In a great
city, no fame would have rUen higher in
Oregon.

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home life, having been marriwl In Wr«l
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

in 1012. He is a member of the State His-
torical Society, and of the Oregon Society,
Sons of the American Revolution.

Always a republican in politics, although
never an extreme partisan, he has been a
most vigorous and consistent advocate of
political decency, and a tireless opponent of
machine domination. He has fearlessly
arrayed himself in opposition to all special
privileges and espoused the cause of the
average man. His writings which have ap-
peared in the leading journals of the state,
have awakened wide-spread interest, and
called forth strong commendation from the
patriotic element in all parties. For thirty
years Mr. Lowell has been a popular and
efficient public speaker, his services being in
demand upon all occasions. He has delivered
addresses upon almost every subject demand-
ing attention in his time. Perhaps no other
citizen of Oregon has addressed so many
audiences upon so wide a variety of topics.

His platform work in attracting attention
to Oregon's undeveloped resources, the open-
ing of the Columbia river to commerce, the
adoption of a comprehensive water code, and
the establishment of national irrigation en-
terprises, constitutes an important chapter in
the history of the commonwealth. As presi-
dent of the State Bar Association he sup-
ported the movement, then in its infancy, for
the initiative and referendum, giving it its
first substantial impetus toward adoption by
the people. In advocacy of the Australian
ballot and the direct primary he was a pio-
neer, and has always been a vigorous advocate
of equal suffrage. He is recognized as a man
of unquestioned integrity of character, fear-
less in the discharge of his duties, and in the
expression of his honest convictions. He pos-
ses.ses the force of a statesman, but has never
been willing to practice the arts of the politi-
cian. He has labored earnestly for public
welfare, and his efforts have redounded to
the credit of his city, county and state.

CHARLES A. BURDEN, the senior mem-
ber of the Burden & Graham Shoe Company,
of Eugene, was born in Bowmanville. near
Toronto, Canada, July 1, 1870, a son of Sam-
uel and Isabella (Younie) Burden, natives
of Devonshire, England, and Canada, respect-
ively. The father emigrated from the mother
country to Canada with his parents at the
age of eight years. He received a good educa-
tion in the schools of Canada and became a
teacher, a profession which he followed for
many years. Later in life, however, he
embarked in the wholesale and retail pro-
duce business, in which connection, he re-
mained until his death in 1898, when he had
reached the age of sixty-eight years. In his
fraternal connections he was a Knight Tem-
plar Mason. The mother, who was of Scotch
extraction, was a cousin of Lord Mount
Stevens.

Charles A. Burden was educated in the
common and high schools of Canada, after
which he took a two years' course in Yale
College. During the last five years of the
time in which he was obtaining his educa-
tion he worked at cabinet-making, thus earn-

ing money to support himself while gain-
ing his education. He settled in Oregon in
the fall of 1897, where his previous train-
ing and experience secured him a position of
physical director in the University of Ore-
gon, a position which he held with distinc-
tion to himself and credit to that institu-
tion for nine years. At the close of that
period, desiring to enter commercio,! pur-
suits, he formed a partnership with David
M. Graham and they bought the retail shoe
business of Frank Hampton. Entering upon
this business with a broad knowdedge of men,
a reasonable amount of capital and the abil-
ity to look after details to which he had
trained himself in his educational career, he
was able to be of great service to the firm
and this concern is now one of the well
known retail shoe stores in Eugene.

Mr. Burden was married June 23, 1903, to
Miss Carrie May Hovey, a daughter of the
Hon. A. G. Hovey, of whom mention is made
on another page of this volume. Mrs. Bur-
den is a member of the Christian Science
church of Eugene.

Any city is fortunate in having among its
citizens and business men so capable and
well educated a man as Charles A. Burden,
who possesses those qualities of education,
energy, industry and ambition which make
for good citizenship. Aside from the business
which requires most of his time and which
he helps so ably in managing, he takes time
to assist in the civic and social duties of Eu-
gene and vicinity and is an extremely popu-
lar man in the wide circle in which he moves.

ARTHUR B. FLINT, a progressive and en-
terprising agriculturist residing at Scholls,
eight miles southwest of lieaverton, devotes
his time and energies to the operation of a
farm of two hundred and thirty-flve acres.
He is numbered among the worthy native sons
of this state, his birth having occurred in
Washington county, on the 8th of March,
1870. His parents, Benjamin T. and Julia
E. Flint, are mentioned at greater length
on another page of this work. Our subject
supplemented his early education by a course
of study in the University of Oregon, at-
tending that institution during the years
1898 and 1899. When a young man of
twenty-four years he started out as an agri-
culturist on his own account, taking charge
of his father's farm of five hundred acres
and operating the same until 1908. In that
year the property was divided between him-
self and his brother, two hundred and thirty-
five acres thereof being his share. Under
his care the tract has become one of the
best improved farms of the locality, two
hundred acres thereof being under a high
state of cultivation. He raises the cereals
best adapted to soil and climate, each year
harvesting good crops as a reward for the
care and labor which he bestows upon the
fields.

On the 9th of November, 1898. Mr. Flint
was united in marriage to Miss Cornelia A.
York, a native of Arkansas and a daughter
of John W. and Margaret York, who were
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

621

that state until the early '70s and then re-
moved to Arkansas, while the year 1S76
witnossi'd their arrival in Washington
county, Oregon. There Mr. York operated a
farm until 1910, when he took up his abode
in Hillsboro and has since enjoyed the fruits
of his former toil in well earned ease. He
and his wife have live Ifving children and one
daughter, Martha L., who was the wife of
W. H. French and passed away, April 25,
1909: the others are: Charitv, the wife of
W. R. Baldra, of Portland; .Joel T., living
at Reedville, Oregon; Mrs. Flint; John A.,
who is a resident of Douglas, Arizona, and
Alice, the wife of Thomas Hughes, of Port-
land. Mr. and Mrs. Flint have three chil-
dren, namely: Julia E., whose natal day was
December 26, 1901; Leiand A., whose birth
occurred on the 2d of March, 1903; and
Waldo B., who was born on the 27th of June,
1907.

Mr. Flint gives his political allegiance to
the republican party and for one term, from
1904 until 1906, ably represented his county
in the state legislature. He likewise assist-
ed in organizing the Orange and became
one of its charter members. His life has
been one of continuous activity and today
he is numbered among the substantial and
esteeme<l citizens of his native county.

ROBERT S. FRENCH, a retired resident of
Cove, is one of the extensive landowners and
substantial citizens of the town, owning five
hundred and thirty acres of farm and timber
land in association with his brother Harris
and also considerable town property. He
studied pharmacy and was engaged in busi-
ness as a pharmacist at La Grande for a
couple of years but owing to ill health has
since been obliged to lead an outdoor life.
His birth occurred in Cove, Oregon, on the
2l9t of May, 18S.5. his father being H. H.
French, who passed away in 1901. The son
obtained his early education in the schools
of Cove and in 1901 entered the Bishop Scott
Military Academy of Portland, in which h6
spent one year. Subsequently he became en-
rolled as a student in the Hill Military .\cnd-
emy of Portland, from which institution he
was graduated with honors in June, 190.5.
He served as captain of Company A in the
college military organization and was also
editor of the alnnini notes in the college
paper. In the fall of 190.") he entered the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, at Phila-
delphia. Pennsylvania. In the summer of
190C he returned to Cove and wa.s here mar-
ried, on the 27th of July, to Miss Era L.
Trippecr, a daughter of .Joseph K. Trippeer,
a sketch of whom appears on ani'ther page
of this work. In the fall Mr. Freneli returned
with his bride to Philadelphia and resumed
his studies in the College of Pharmacy, from
which, at the end of two years, he gradHnted
with a class of one hundred and nfty, win-
ning several honorable mentions. The date
of his graduation was May 21, lOO.S. During
his student days he took up research work in
bacteriology. His son, ."Stewart flautier. was
horn on the 29th of March. 190^.

.\fter his graduation Mr. French was en-
gaged in bu^tincMs as a pharmacist of La

Grande for two years, but ill health made
close continenient inadvisable and he has since
led an outdoor life. In as-oeiation with his
iirother Harris he owns five hundred and
thirty acres of farm and timber land and also
.onsiderable town property in Cove. He like-
wise owns property in La Grande, is a stock-
holder in the Cove Bank and has other invest-
mcnts. He gives his political allegiance to
the democratic party and is a member of the
eity council. His fraternal relations are with
the Masons. He has won a creditable degree
of prosperity for one of his years and is
uell deserving of mention in this volume n»
a representative and worthy citizen of his
native state and county.

J. P. EASTER, M. D. One of the most
public-spirited, ibaiitable. eflicient and broad-
minded men in Coos county at the present
time is Dr. .1. P. Easter, who forniei'ly prac-
ticed medicine but is now giving his atten-
tion to a small farm of eleven acres. He
practiced medicine for forty years in Ohio,
Kansas, Oregon, and California, and his eiri-
ciency in his profession combined with hli
kindly and generous heart has made his
career useful and his life beneficent. He was
born in Highland county. Ohio, September 12,
1S42. and is a son of .lohn and Mary .-Xnn
(Miller) Easter, the former a ndive of Penn-
sylvania and the latter of Virginia. Dr.
Easter's grandfather was born in North Caro-
lina, and his grandmother came from Pennsyl-
vania. His parents were among the pioneer
settlers of Ohio and the father fnlUnved farm-
ing in that state until his death. His wife
afterward removed to Kansas ami passed
away at Burlingame. They were the parents
of nine children, four of whom are still living
as follows: .Samuel B. of Montezuma, Iowa:
.■\lexander C, of Burlingame. Kansas; Mrs.
.Angeline Geesling of Oklahoma; and J. P.,
the subject of this sketch. Those deceased
are John B.. Benjamin W.. .leptha H., and
Enoch. The latter died at the age of eighty
years.

Dr. Easter received his early education in
the public schools of Highland, Ohio. In
1SR3 he enlitteil in the Twenty-Fourth Ohio
Independent Battery and served for two
years and thirteen days, reeeiving nn honor-
able discharge at the close of li>>«lditir«. He
immedialelv continued his education, enlrring
Franklin College in Clinton. Ohio, Infer pur
suing a mi-ilical course in Cincinnati, where
he graduated in 1 «'•.'>. He prnrfieeil molicine
for more than f'" iniT in various

parts of the I Mn won well

known as nn en. i. n. |iii>-i.inn in Ohio.
Knn«a». nnd Cnlifornin. ami his career In
Oregon ha* been mnrked with "Uccps*. Hi*
rexidence in this sfntc dnte» from issi, in
which yenr he settled in Coos county, where
he practiced for ninny yenr». He hns now
retired from the active work of hi* profes-
sion and is living on a small farm eleven
miles up the Co<]uille river from Myrtle
Point. Hi« property is known as the Maple-
hurst farm and here Dr. Enster gives his
attention to the cultivation of small fruits.
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

purchased a flock of milk goats for tliis pur-
pose. His farm, although small, is highly
developed and well improved and forms one
of the model properties in Coos count.v.

For twenty-nine years Dr. Easter has
preached the gospel in this section of the
country, actuated only by the desire to pro-
mote the spirit of Christianity among his fel-
low citizens. He received no pay for his
services during tliis long period of time, with
the exception of the last two .vears. He is
one of the most public-spirited men of his
town. In his capacit.y as physician he per-
suaded county Judge Dyer to purchase prop-
erty with which to establish a poorhouse
in Coos county and gave his personal labor
and attainments to its management as' house
physician for two years and six months.
The institution was established in 1886 and
during the short period of Dr. Easter's con-
nection with it. he ))ut it upon a financially
firm basis and made it a paying institution.
The poor farm is located four .miles beyond
Coquille City on Cunningham creek in Coos
county and in its improvement and efficient
state is a monument to the broad charit,y
which has always actuated Dr, Easter in all
the phases of his life.

Dr. Easter has been twice married. In
June. 1867, he wedded Miss Nancy Jane
Frump, a native of Highland county, Ohio,
To this union were born three children: Wil-
liam Carey and Benjamin E., both of whom
are deceased; and Belle, the wife of M. 0.
Hooton of Coquille City. The mother of these
children died in 1873. and in the following
year Dr. Easter was again married, his second
union being with Miss Martha A. Musgrove.
who was born in Jackson county. Ohio, an<l
who received her education in her native
state. She and her husband are the parents
of three children: Wycklifl'e. born February
28, 1875, who is married and lives in Modoc
county, California, with his wife and two
children, Kenneth and Dorsey Dale; Chester
L., born May 20. 1878. who is married and
lives in Boise, Idaho, where he is acting as sec-
retary of the Young Men's Cliristian Associa-
tion; and Annie, the deceased wife of Arthur
E. Follett of Dallas, Polk county, Oregon.

Dr. Easter affiliates with the church of
Christ and his career has been a valuable asset
in religious expansion in Coos county. He
preached the gospel without pay for twenty-
nine years working for the promotion of the
Christian religion in that section. He has
won success in the various walks of life
with which he has affiliated during the course
of his long career and there is no more
widely loved person in Coos county today
than this genial and kindly old man who in
the seventy years of his life has done nothing
that was not useful, honorable, and worthy.

JOHN W. GEARY, M. D. An honorable
ancestry is a thing to be proud of even in
this democratic age and in this republican
country. A long line of brilliant and dis-
tinguished forefathers gives to a man a valu-
able asset of knowledge that his family has
b^en worthy and distinguished through long
generations. Just as we like our fathers to

be honest and responsible men so we like to
feel that our father's father and his ancestors
back through the ages were honorable, too.
John W. Geary has behind him a long line
of distinguished ancestors. The family is an
old one and was originally of Scotch origin.
A representative moved to Ireland and after-
wards to England. The first of the name in
that country was Sir Francis Geary, 1710-
1796. At the outbreak of the war with Spain
he was a lieutenant and served in the navy
for many years. He was later promoted and
made commander of the Squirrel, of twent.y
guns. He made a rich capture and was put
in command of the Chester, of fifty guns. In
1745 he was ordered against the French and
joined Captain Warren at the siege of I^vvis-
l)urg. Nova Scotia, When the enemy sur-
rendered he was sent to carry the news to
England and so did not share in the rich
(irize money. He commanded the Prince
Frederick in the channel in 1747 and was in
charge of the Cullodon, of sevent,v-four guns,
of which Admiral Summerset was senior offi-
cer, in 1755. His coat of arms consisted of a
red shield, crossed by two golden bars bear-
ing two mascles on the upper and one on
the lower, and on a canton of silver a black
anchor. His crest was a naval crown out
of which came a left hand and arm in naval
uniform, supporting a silver flag with a I'ed
cross. Sir Francis Geary was the great-
grand-uncle of the subject of this sketch.
The Geary of the next generation, the grand-
father of Dr. Geary, was the first of the name
in America and was for many years the em-
ploye of the father of James Buchanan and
later held public office in Maryland. He ac-
cumulated a considerable fortune and re-
moved to Pennsylvania, where he opened one
of the first iron foundries in that state.
After the war of 1812 when the tariff was
taken off iron he with all of the other foun-
drymen in that section was completely ruined
and he engaged in school-teaching from that
time until his death, at the age of forty-five
years.

The father of our subject. Edward R.
Geary, D, D., was also a teacher, occupying
the position of principal of an academy in
New Alexandria, Alabama, He was a gradu-
ate of Jefferson College in western Pennsyl-
vania, studying for the ministry and preach-
ing in Ohio for fourteen years. He was the
first Geary to come to Oregon. He started
from Ohio in 1850, coming to this state by
way of the isthmus and arriving in Lafayette,
Yamhill count.v, in 1851, where he remained
for sonic years. He was superintendent of
Indian affairs of the original Oregon terri-
tory at the outbreak of the Civil war. at
which time he went to Linn county, Oregon,
where he remained many years and assisted
in founding Albany College. He later re-
moved to Eugene, where he held the position
of regent of the State University until his
death, in 1S86. at the age of seventy-five
years. He had been married twice, having
by his first wife two daughters, while by his
second wife, who bore the maiden name of
Nancy Merrick Woodbridge. he had three
sons, of whom .Tohn W., of this review, is the

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eldest. She was a native of Xew York and
was educated at Mount Holyoke Semiiuiiv in
Massachusetts. Later slie became an instruc-
tor in a young hidies' seminary at Wooster.
Ohio, and it was there that she met and
married Dr. F.dward It. fleary, the father of
our suljjcot. Slu! died in 1SS9. She was of
Revolutionary stock, her paternal grandfather
being Colonel Woodbridge. Her second son
was Captain Woodbridge Geary, of tlie Thir-
teenth Infantry, L'nited States Army, who
was a graduate of the West Point Military
Academy and was killed at the battle of
San Francisco De Malabon, in the war in
the Philippines. The other brother is Dr.
E. Payson Geary, now a practicing physician
at Portland, Oregon.

Dr. John W. Geary was born February Hi.
1850, at Fredrickslnirg, Wayne county, Ohio,
and received his early education at Forest
Grove, Oregon, whence he went to Homer
New York, graduating in 1S60. He later at
tended Hamilton College at Clifton, New-
York, and then entered Lafayette College, at
Easton, Pennsylvania. He came west in
1S72 and entered the employ of the Northern
Pacific railroad, which connection lie re-
tained for one year, after which he came to
Oregon and taught school for some time. He
next entereil the Willamette I'niversity of
Portland and was graduated from the med-
ical department of that institution in ISSH.
Dr. Geary is essentially a progressive man
and keeps his medical knowledge abreast of
every new modern discovery. He took a post-
graduate course in the New York Polyclinic
and later studied in Cliicago. He began \>Tiir-
tice at Halsey, Linn county. Oregon, in IH^:!
and continued in active practice at that point
until 1894. Later he removed to .lunctiou
City. Lane I'ounty, and in 1899 to Burns,
Harney county, where he continues to carry
on a geenral practice. He is a member of
the District Medical Society of Eastern Ore-
gon, of the Oregon State Medical Society and
of the American Medical Association. He has
built up a prosperous j)ractice during his years
of activity and is well known throughout
the conntv as a capable and able physician.

He was'married September ."i. 1903. to Miss
Phoebe L. Kelley. a daughter of Captain
Kelley, the first receiver of the district land
office" Ry this union was born one son.
Woodbridge Kelley. Dr. Geary is named for
an imcle. John W. Geary who was a prominent
figure in San Francisco politics for some
time and took an active part in the Mexican
war. He was first United States postal agent
in San Francisco in 1849 and first mayor of
that citv. He was later appointed governor
of Kansas by President I'ierce at a time when
that state "was in a very disordered condi-
tion. He performed a rennirkable work in
restoring trani|uility and when he had accom-
plished what he set out to do he resigned his
office. Later he remove<l to Pennsylvania
and when the Civil war broke out rai'ed the
Twenty-eighth Volunteer Infantry from that
state, serving as its colonel. He continued
his connection therewith throughout the
period of hostilities and was retired with the
rank of major general. The Grand Army

post at Kngene, Oregon, is named in hi<
lionor.

Dr. Geary is a splendid type of western
citizenship. He is prominent in many dilTcr-
ent lines of activity in his native state and
his talents are not confined entirely to his
profession. He is i)rominent in the' Masonic
order an<l is a past nuKler of that organiza
tion. He has goile through the various chairs
of the Indeiiendent Order of Odd Fellows and
is now chairnuin of the board of school trus-
tees of Burns, taking an active part in the
building of the new thirty thousaiiil dollar
public school which the city is now erecting.
This structure upon its completion will be
one of the most moilcrn and thoroughly
erpiipped buildings of its size and character
in the country. The plans call for a lieauti
ful brick building, whose first story and
trimmings are to be made of native stone.
Dr. (;eary is an active force in the building
committee, where his energies and talent have
aided greatly in the development of the
original plan.

JOHN BERGER, Jr., the owner of a well
improved farm of one hundred and forty
acres in Washington county, is meeting with
a gratifying measure of success in his un-
dertakings as an agriculturist. His birth oc-
curred in Switzerland on the 19th of Septem-
ber, 1802. his ]>arents being .lohn aiul Mary
iKuntz) Berger. In 1878 they crossed the
.\tlantic to the I'nited States and took up
their abode on a farm in Ohio, where the
mothr-r passed away in 1881. The father is
still living at the age of seventy-eight years
and makes his home with our subject. Their
children were three in number, namely:
-Mary, the deceased wife of Fred Stnckey, nf
Washington county; John, of this review;
and Fred, also living in Washington county,
Oregon.

John Berger. .Jr., began his eilucation ill
the schools of his native lanil and continued
his stnrlies in the stale of Ohio. lie early
became familiar with the duties and labors
that fall to the lot of the agriculturist and
was identified with farming interests in the
Buckeye state iinil 1884. when he made his
way to Washington county. Oregon, being
here joined by his father two years later.
For more than two years Mr. Ilerger of this
review worked as a farm hanil in the employ
of .Jacob Brugger. He «ulisei|uently pur-
eha-ied three hundred and twenty eight arre«
of lanrl in ossociation with his father, the
pn)|M-rty being localeil nl>nut fen mile* •outh-
west of Portland. In ISi^S, Ihp nttati! wan
divideil and his share thereof wn» ii trnet
of ninety-eight acres. Since that time, he
has extended the Imundnries of his farm by
an additii>nnl purelm«e of forty acres. The
properly is well improved in every partirn
lar. nml eighty acres (hereof ore under »
high stale of rnllivatinn.

In |S91. Mr. Berger wnn tinitetl in marriage
to Mi«« .\lirc Yuniten. a native of Switzer-
land, who. in HM9. emigrntml to .\merica
with her parent", who still reside on a fiirm
in Washington r«iunly. Oregon. She vea* one
of a family of seven children, six of uhnm
are still living, namely: Roaa. Aliet>, Sophia,

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Emma, Alfred and Robert. All make their
home in this state. Mr. and Mrs. Berger
have a family of twelve children, as follows:
Alice Lena, whose birth occurred in 1893;
Florn,. born in 1894; Ella Louisa, whose
natal year was 1895; Jolin Ernest, who was
born in 1895; Henry born in 1896, was one
of a pair of twins, the other dying in in-
fancy; Simon Robert, whose birth occurred
in 1897; Mary, whose natal year was 1898;
and Carl, Freda, Clara. Lillian and Margaret,
who were born in the years 1899, 1900, 1901,
1902 and 1903. respectively.

Mr. Berger is a stanch republican in poli-
tics, but has never souffht nor desired office
as a reward for his party fealty. His re-
ligious faith is indicated by his membership
in the German Reformed church, to which
his wife and children also belong. He is
likewise identified with a German order
called the Shrine of Portland. Alert and
energetic, he is in close touch with all the
interests which are factors in the life of a
progressive citizen and of the community
at large. He is recognized as a forceful fac-
tor for development and improvement in the
locality where he now makes his home.

STEVEN A. D. MEEK, an agriculturist
whose landed holdings aggregate two hun-
dred and three acres, is numbered among
the worthy native sons of Washington
county, Oregon, his birtli having there oc-
curred on tlie 20th of October, 1857. His
parents, Joseph L. and Virginia Meek, cele-
Ijrated their marriage 'in Idaho and a short
time afterward came to Washington county,
Oregon, settling on a farm in 1840. To
the operation of that place Joseph L. Meek
devoted his time and energies throughout
the remainder of his life, passing away on
the 20th of June. 1875. His wife was called
to her final rest on the 5th of March, 1900.
At the time of his demise Mr. Meek was the
owner of four hundred acres of valuable
land, all of which was covered with a heavy
growth of timber when it came into his pos-
session and was brought under a high state
of cultivation through the efforts of him-
self and his sons, t'nto him and his wife
were born twelve children, four of whom
are still living, namely: Mrs. Riley, of
Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Newhard, living in
VoUmer, Idaho; Joseph L.. Jr., who resides
on a farm at Vollmer, Idaho; and Steven
A. D., of this review.

When a young man of twenty-six Steven
A. D. Meek started out in business life for
himself, going to the Coeur d'Alene mines
of Idaho, where he spent less than a year.
Returning to Washington county. Oregon,
he turned his attention to general agricul-
tural pursuits and has since been actively
identified with farming interests save for a
period of one ye.ir spent in the logging busi-
ness. In 1890 he purchased the farm where-
on he now resides and at the present time
his possessions embrace two hundred and
three acres of well improved land. Three-
fifths of the property has been thoroughly
tilled and the remainder is fine pasture and
timber land. Mr. Meek also owns property

in Xorth Plains and has long been numbered
among the substantial and leading citizens
of his community.

On the 26th o"f February, 1896, Mr. Meek
was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude A.
Pasley, who was born in Illinois on the 22d
of June, 1879, her parents being George and
Martha (Sewell) Pasley, natives of Illinois
and Indiana, respectively. They were mar-
ried in the Prairie state and a short time
afterward removed to Kansas, where they
continued to reside for eight .years. In
1888 they came to Washington county, Ore-
gon, where George Pasley passed away on
the 21st of October. 1904. His widow, who
is now the wife of M. M. Harvey, has since
made her home at Hillsbnro. Mrs. Jleek
was the eldest of three children, the others
being Mrs. Lennie Billion and Wallace, both
of Portland. Oregon. Our subject and his
wife have eight children, as follows: Robert
M., who was born on the 1st of March,
1897; Clarence D., whose natal day was No-
vember 11, 1898; Steven A. D., Jr., whose
birth occurred on the 3d of October, 1900;
Alice M., born July 2, 1902; Ruth V., born
February 14, 1904; Gertrude A., March 17,
1906; Pasley N., whose natal year was
1908; and Joseph Lafayette, who was born
on the 6th of January, 1910.

Mr. Meek is a stanch republican in poli-
tics and has served as a member of the
school board twenty years, while for four
years he held the office of constable. In
1908 he was honored by election to the legis-
lature and his record in that connection fully
justified the expectations of his constituents.
Fraternally he has been identified with the
Woodmen of the World for twelve years,
during ten years of which period he has held
the position of clerk. Both he and his wife
belong to the ladies' auxiliary of that order.
Mr. Meek has spent practically his entire
life within the borders of Washington county
and no history of the state would be com-
plete without extended mention of his ca-
reer.

ROBERT LEE ROBINSON, who has de-
voted his attention to general agricultural
pursuits throughout his entire business ca-
reer, is now the owner of a well improved
farm of one hundred acres, eleven miles
southwest of Beaverton, near Farmington.
His birth occurred in Lee county, Iowa, on
the 7th of March, 1847. his parents being
George and Martha (Akins) Robinson. In
1859 the family crossed the plains with an
ox team, settling in California, where they
remained until 1869, which year witnessed
their arrival in Washington county, Oregon.
George Robinson purchased from Felix Lan-
ders a donation claim of six hundred and
thirty-one acres and continued to reside
thereon throughout the remainder of his
life. His wife was called to her final rest,
on the 30th of March, 1863. Unto them
had been born seven children, as follows:
Robert Lee, of this review; Joseph, who is
a resident of Washington county, Oregon;
IVrmclia Jane, the wife of Joseph J. Jack,
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Annie and George, all of whom are deceased.
George Robinson later married Miss Mary
J. Bailey, a native of Ireland, by whom he
uad two children: George S. , living in
\Vashinj;ti>n county, this state; ami Mary E.,
the wife of Josiali" Miller, also of this county.
When (Jeorge Robinson passed away on the
1.1th of .January. 18S8, the community lost
one of its honored pioneer residents.

Robert Lee Robinson attended the common
schools in the acfiuirenient of an education
and started out as an agriculturist on his
own account at the age of twenty. He de-
voted his attention to the oiltivation of
rented land for four years and on the ex-
piration of that period came into possession
of his share of his father's estate — one hun-
dred acres. He has since tiocii engaged in
its further cultivation and improvement and
now owns a model farming property, forty
acres being under a high state of cultiva-
tion. In the work of tlie fields he has won
a well merited measure of success and has
long been numbered among the substantial
and representative citizens of the commu-
nity.

Mr. Robinson has been married twice. In
1873 he wedded Miss Barbara K. Ferguson,
a native of Iowa, who passed away on the
24th of .luly, 1S9S. On the 9th of October
of that year Mr. Robinson was again mar-
ried, his second union being with Miss Mary
Jane Patterson, who was born at Roseburg,
Oregon, on the 16th of December, 1878. Her
parents, James and Kate (McCoUum) Pat-
terson, are residents of Washington county,
Oregon. They had six children, namely:
Kate; Charles, who is deceased; Mrs. Robin-
son; M.Tggie -May; Ilattie; and Wilhobniua,
who died in infancy. Our subject and hia
wife have eight children, two sons and six
daughters, as follows: Ida .Jane, Clarence
Lee, George Washington, Clara May, Rachel
Ann, Ruth Irene, Fannie Lucile and Annie
Bell,

Since age conferred upon him the right of
franchise Mr. Robinson ha.s supported the
men and measures of the republican party,
but the honors an'l emoluments of office have
never had any attraction for him. His re-
ligious faith is that of the Baptist church,
to which his wife also belongs. The period
of his residence in this state covers more
than four decades and the circle of his
friends has steadily grown as the circle of
his acquaintance has widened.

JOHN DOBBIN. On the list of Union
county's lioiiorcd dead appears the name of
•lohn Dnlil.in. who during his lifetime was
one of the e\tensivc landowners of the firande
Rondc valley. Ili' was born in Richland
county. Ohio, in ISIO, and was of Irish de-
scene, his father, William Dobbin, having Iw-en
born on the Emerald isle. He emigrated to
the I'nited States when hut seventeen yeara
of age and on reaching this country settled
first in New York. There he was married
and later he removed to Ohio, from which
state he subsequently went to Galesburg. Illi-
nois, where his remaining days were passed.

In the schools of Ohio and Illinois John
Dobbin acquired a goo<l education and the
period of his boyhood and youth was divided
between the duties of th'e schoolroom the
pleasures of the playground and the taskt
a.ssigncd by parental authority. He remained
at home until ISCO, when he went to I'iken
Peak. Colorado, where he spent the summer
alter whu-h he returned to lllinoii. li., .
been accompanied on the trip by his !.■
William. Three years later, "in isr,.. ,,,
joined a party of five young men who were
starting for the far west with hor-en and
wagons, and ere they reached their destina
tion the company were ootiipell.^d to suller
many hardships. It was necessary at last for
them to desert their wagons and on one occa-
sion they went for three days with onlv
prairie .logs for food. Before' Walla Walla.
Washington, was reached their shoes w.Te
either worn out or gone entirely, ond onlv
two of the party arriveil at that point, thV
others stopping at different points, dis
couraged by the trouble which they had en
countcre<l with the Iiiilians. Mr. Dobbin
continued his journey as far as the Granile
Ronde. where he reiiiaine<l for onlv a short
time, however, going thence to Idaho. .Soon
afterward he returned to the Grande Romle
valley, locating about one mile from the city
of Union, where he engaged in farming foV
two years. At the end of that time he sold
his interests there and went to the Willa-
mette valley and there purehaseil cattle, after
which he returned to the Grande Kon.le val-
ley, locating on land which has sini'c been
incorporated within the city limits of I'nion.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits for a
number of years, his efforts winning him most
gratifying success, and as he prospered from
time to time he purcliased other land in
various parts of the valley until he had In
his possession nearly four thousand oeres at
the time of his death. For many years he
also engaged in sheep-raising, and this branch
of his business proved a gratifying source
of income.

Mr. Dobbin was married, on the I'th of
December, 1872, to Miss Florence .Tohnson,
a native of Indiana and a daughter of Dnviil
Johnson. In IH.',6 her father look up hU
residence in Missouri, where hi' remained
for eight years, after whii-h he started for
Oregon in 1801, leaving Mi««oiiri on the ISIh
of April. They journeyed by ox lennn ami
the party with whi,li they traveled, inn
sisting of sixty men. siiffere<l serious inter-
ference from the Indians. At one time they
were openly attacked ami their rattle
stampeded and it was nece««nry for them
to be escorted for n part of the journey by
a company of cnvniry. Five of the party
remained to await another outfit but Iwfore
it arrived two hail tx-en killed. After reach-
ing Oregon Mr. ' '■ " • ' ' '-,-;i...
sloppeil for a colli '
after which th<v ,
volley, where
for only one %

to the Grande Konde valley lie l-mi !

which is now the site of the •'

Hotel, and there he remained until l--7'\ wli.-n

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he took up agricultural pursuits on a large
scale. He passed away in 1910 at the age
of eighty-six years.

Unto Jlr. and Mrs. Dobbin were born five
children, as follows: Hettie, who married Dr.
W. H. Ewin of Sunnyside, East Portland;
Margaret, at home; -John F., engaged in farm-
ing; William M., a resident of Sherman
county, Oregon; and James D., at home. In
1S89 occurred the death of John Dobbin and
with his passing Union county lost one of its
substantial and representative citizens. The
term progress had been the keynote to his
successful career, and his well-directed efforts
were potent forces in the accumulation of a
fortune wliich at the time of his death left
his family in most comfortable circumstances.
They own considerable valuable land and
their beautiful home in Union is well known
and popular because of its warm hospitality.

R. M. ROBINSON owns and successfully
operates two hundred and seventy acres of
choice agricultural land in Josephine county,
on a portion of which he has in bearing one
of the finest among the far-famed apple
orchards of Oregon. His birth occurred
in Tennessee on the l7th of July, 1857, his
parents being James J. C. and Susan (Jack-
son) Robinson, who spent their entire lives

in that state. . , ,, ,

R. M. Robinson was reared m his fathers
home and received his early education in the
public schools of the district in which he
lived. During the early years of his life he
was engaged in farming and in addition he
gave some attention to his trade — that of a
carpenter. In 1878 he removed from his na-
tive state to Denton county, Texas, where
he spent three years and in 1881 he moved
to Oregon and "located at Salem, where he
continued to reside for a period of three
years, after -which he removed to Josephine
county, spending his first night as a camper
on the eighty acres which he afterward pre-
empted and 'on which he later established
his home and built his residence. Since the
night of his first camp in Josephine county
he has continued to reside here and from
time to time has added by purchase to his
original preemption claim of eighty acres un-
til he now owns a farm comprising two hun-
dred and seventy acres of fine agricultural
land. The original eighty upon which he
built his liomc is now one of the finest Spitz-
enburg apple orchards in this portion of the
state. In the fall of 1910 he had the good
fortune to receive five thousand dollars in
cash for his apple crop, the most of which
was grown upon eight acres of his orchard
plantTngs. In addition to his apple indus-
try he harvests an average of one hundred
tons or more of alfalfa per annum and is
able from other portions of his farm to
make a considerable harvest of various other
forage plants..

On the 3d of August. 1873. at the early
age of eighteen years, Mr. Robinson was
united in marriage to Miss Isadora McCann.
a native of Tennessee, by whom he had nine
children, eight of whom are still living. Shu-
bael E. follows farming in .Tosephine county.

John B. also devotes his attention to general
agricultural pursuits in .Josephine county.
Kirkman K. has a fellowship in the Worces-
ter University at Worcester, ilassachusetts.
As a student in the University of Oregon he
specialized in psychology and philosophy and
he was graduated with the master's degree
in the class of 1909. Addie E. is a teacher
in the district schools. She has been a pu-
pil for two years of the State University
and intends later to complete her studies at
that institution. Chloe A. is the wife of
Paul Ruttencutter, a ranchman of Josephine
county. Lucius, a high-school graduate, is
associated with his father in farming. Rad-
burn R. is now in attendance at the high
school at Grants Pass. Ennis is also a pupil
of the high school at Grants Pass.

Mr. Robinson is in his political affiliations
associated with the republican party but has
always refused political preferment. Fra-
ternally he is identified with the Woodmen
of the World, belonging to Rogue River
Camp, Xo. 55, of Grants Pass. His religious
faith is indicated by his membershij) in the
Methodist Episcopal church, to which hi>
wife and children also belong. R. M. Rob-
inson is one of the most enterprising and
successful agriculturists of this portion of
the state of Oregon. By careful attention
to his business as an orchardist he has suc-
cessfully demonstrated that Josephine coun-
ty is adapted in soil and climate to the suc-
cessful and profitable growing of higli grade
apples. It is largely due to him that the
town of Wilderville in -losephine county has
been put on the map of the state as one of
the choice locations for the growing of ap-
ples. He is widely known as a man of truth-
fulness and integrity in his business tran-
sactions and is always found associated with
every movement of public interest seeking
the improvement of the county in which he
lives.

ALBERT HINDMAN, a wealthy and promi-
nent farmer and stockman of Baker county,
is the owner of twenty-two hundred acres of
land, all of which is improved with the ex-
ception of a forty-acre tract of timber land.
He was born in Ohio on the 14th of May,
1S55, his parents being McClure J. and Eliza-
beth (Cyle) Hindman, who were married in
the Buckeye state in November, 1853. They
first made their home near I^ake Erie but
subsequently removed to Pottawattamie
county. Iowa, where Mr. Hindman was busily
engaged in general agricultural pursuits, pur-
chasing large tracts of both timber and farm-
ing land. In 1864 they crossed the plains
from Iowa to Oregon, making the journey
with ox and horse teams. On the Platte
river they experienced some trouble with
Indians, who stole about thirty head of
horses which were never recovered. Arriving
in this state about September, 1864, they
preempted land in the Powder river valley
but later disposed of the same and removed
to California in 1SR3. In July. 1S70, they
returned to Oregon and the Powder river
valley and horaesteaded one hundred and
sixty acres of land near Baker Citv. After

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improving the pmperty Mr. Ilindman sold out
and purclmscd what is known as the New
York Ranch on AUli'r creek, a tributary of
Burnt river, there followinu' farniini; and
stock-raising for a number of years with great
success. At times he had as high as one
thousand head of cattle and two or more hun-
dred liead of liorses on the range. After dis-
posing of that ranch he removeil to Baker
and now lives on a farm whidi he owns
in Pleasant valley, about twelve miles from
that city. He is now about eighty-eight
years of age and has long survived his wife,
who passed away on the 26th of January.
1893. The period of his residence in this
state covers more than four decades and he
is well known and highly esteemed as a
pioneer whose labors have contributed in sub-
stantial measure to the work of development
and improvement here. I'nto him and his
wife were l>orn seven children, three sons
and four daughters. Albert, of this review.
IS the first in order of birth. Florence, living
in Baker, is the wife of .1. E. Dorsett and the
mother of one daughter. Oscar, who makes
his home about four miles east of Durkee, has
been twice married, his first union being
with Miss .lulia Hudspeth, by whom he had
seven children, five of whom, two sons and
two daughters, are still living. For his second
wife be chose Miss Alice Stevenson, and by
this union there is one son. Lilly passed
away in Baker in the year 1864. ^lildred
also died in Baker, her demise occurring in
1877. Mark, who resides on a farm about
seven miles northwest of Weiser. Idaho, mar-
ried Miss Eva nritlith, by whom he bad three
daughters, two of whom still survive. Fannie,
living near f'ahlwell. Iilnho. is the wife of C
L. Kirtz and the mother of two sons.

Albert Hindman was educated in Baker
City, Oregon, his principal instructors being
Professors Tlnibbs and Barrett, noted educa-
tors, who are now deceased. After putting
aside his text-books he engaged in stock-
raising in association with his father and
this branch of activity, together with real-
estate dealing, has cbiimed his attention to
the present time. .\mong the noted places
he has owned was that known as the old
Kitchen Kanch on Alder creek, comprising a
quarter section of land which he hotne-
steaded in ISSrt and ailjoining Straw Ranch
on the west. The latter ranch was noted as
the point from which the old emigrant road
left the creek to the north to cross over the
dividing mountain to the Powder river val-
ley. Sir. Hindman now owns two of the
most noted places on tlie line of travel from
I'matilla Landing on the Columbia river to
the mines of Idaho basin — the Express
Ranch and the .1. .t. Jarvis Ranch, which
were known as stage stations from 1862 until
1884. Express Ranch, a stage station and
roadhouse, came into possession of C. W.
Durkee in 1862 and comprises one hundred
and sixty acres. The .Jari-is Ranch, also a
famous roadhouse on the old emigrant road,
adjoins Express Ranch on the west and com-
prises three hundred and twenty acres. Mr.
Hindman here owns five hundred and twenty
acres of lanil in one body, which includes the
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town site of Durkee, a station on the line of
the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Xnvigu-
tion Company and a thriving and prosperous
village. It boasts two good stores, a hotel,
livery stable, blacksmith shop, etc. The land
outside of the town site is all encIosc<l and
well improved and is worth one hundred dol-
lars an acre. Mr. Hindman also owns other
property, including a tract of eighty acres
of hay land about two miles east of Durkee.
one hundred and sixty acres of fanning lan>l
alNiut a half mile north of Durki'e. threi"
hundred and twenty acres of farming and
grazing land three miles northwest of Dur
kee, six hundred acres of grazing land about
six miles northeast of that town and fort,v
acres of timber land. lie likewise owns
three hundred and twenty acres of farming
land about fcu-ty-five miles from Canyon City,
in (Irant countv. so that altogether he has
twentv-two hundred acres of land, all of
which is fenced and improved with the ex-
ception of a timber tract of forty acres. He
now owns about fifteen hundred head of cat-
tle and aboiit two hundred and fifty head of
horses and mules and in times past has had
double this number. Throughout his entire
business career he has bei'n engaged princi-
pally in stock-raising and lanil-dealing and
he has been uniformly successful in his
undertakings.

On the IDth of Decemlwr. 1882, Mr. Hind-
man was united in marriage to Miss Addie
Powers, her parents being E. R. and Annie
(Wright) Powers, who were married in Se-
dalia. Missouri, about 1S.")4. During the
Civil war the father servi>d in the Confederate
army for about tliree years. He then went
to California but subse(|uently returneil to
his family in Missouri and about 1X76 re-
moved to Montana, where he was engaged
in mining and farming until about 1802. W
that time he came to Oregon, spending the
remainder of his life with his son inlaw.
Albert Hindman. in whose home he passed
away about 1904. The .lemise of his wife
had "occurred in Missouri in 187.5. They wore
the parents of six children, three sons and
three daughters. The two surviving member*
of the fainilv arc Edwanl Powers and Dora
Foster. I'nto Alb<'rt and Aildie (Powers)
Ilindman were born fivi' .•hihlren, three sons
and two daughters, as f.dh.ws: (^aude.
whose birth occurred on the 22d of May. IHHl,
and who is still at home with his father:
Elmer, who was born on the 1st of March,
1SS6, and is now ileceased: Edith. who!«"
natal day was October :il. 1888; Edgar, whose
birth occurred on the 19th i>f .lanuary. 1892:
and Edna, who was born on the 6lh of .lune.
189.';. Thi' three hist named are also yet nt
home. The wife an<l niothiT passed away on
the 18th of .Inly. 190.1. and on the 2(th of
April. 1906. at Baker. Oregon. Mr. Hindnmn
was again niarrie<l. his second union iM-ing
with Eva Meyers. Her father came to this
state from Kansas nl>out 1871 an<l resides
in Baker county. The mother, however, was
called to her final rest almut eighteen or
nineteen years ago. By his second wife Mr.
Hindman has two sons and one daughter, »«
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of NovemlH-r, 1907; Louise, whose birth oc-
curred on tile 24tli of May. 1909; and Cliarles,
whose natal day was Septemtier 20, 1910.
About eight years ago Mr. Hindman became
identified with the Masons lodge at Baker,
and has since been a worthy exemplar
of the fraternity. He has never refused as-
sistance to the needy nor turned away the
hungry from his door and, living at noted
places on the highway, has fed thousands.
Eyerywhere he is held in high regard and his
friends are legion.

IRVIN E. CUTSFORTH, who for ten

years has been engaged in the cultivation
of his home farm, one-half mile north of
Gervais, was born in Michigan, February
6, 1862, his parents being Thomas and Sarah
(Harrison) Cutsforth, both of whom were
natives of England, the former having been
born in Yorkshire in 1823 and the latter in
Lincolnshire in 1833. The father came to
the United States at the age of twenty-five
years and went directly to Michigan, where
some of his family had preceded him and
where he at once rented land for cultivation.
In addition to this he engaged in landscape
gardening and accepted employment by tlie
day until he purchased a farm and entered
upon agricultural pursuits independently,
in 1851 he was married to Sarah Harrison,
the daughter of John Harrison. Mrs.
Thomas Cutsforth had come to America at
the age of fifteen years and had also gone
directly to Michigan. For the first fifteen
years after their marriage they resided upon
the farm which Mr. Cutsforth had previously
purchased, but at the end of that time they
sold their property and removed to Wis-
consin, settling near Poynette. For the en-
suing twenty-five years the father engaged
in buying farms for speculative purposes,
selling them immediately after he had im-
proved them. He carried this on until his
retirement and removal to Poynette in 1890,
where he resided for five years, and then
after a three years' residence in New Au-
burn he came to Oregon to live retired on a
small place he had purchased near Gervais.
This was his home until a year before his
death, on March 6, 1907. Mr. Cutsforth was
a man whom any community would value
because he was always interested in every-
thing which pertained to the public good and
was active in enforcing any measures which
would tend to bring about an improved con-
dition. Throughout his life he was engaged
in speculating in land and so successful was
he in this that he was financially able to
give each of his children a good start in
life. To Mr. and Mrs. Cutsforth nine chil-
dren were born. Joseph, the eldest, who is
a resident of Gervais, married Elizabeth
McDonald and to them five children have
been born. Thomas, who lives at Riddle,
Oregon, married Gertrude Gevans and to
them four children have been born. Fred-
erick, the third son, is deceased. John H.,
who resides in Gervais, married Eva War-
ren and they are the parents of five chil-
dren. Irvin ' E. Cutsforth is the subject of
this sketch. Ellen, who is the wife of Wil-

liam McDonald, resides in Poynette, Wis-
consin, and is the mother of three children.
George H., resides in Riddle, Oregon. He
married Nora Rodgers and to them three
children have been born. Frank H., who is
a resident of Gervais, married Eunice Hove.y
and has two children. Jarvis E. married
Catherine Bohem and they are the parents
of one child. They reside in Gervais.

Irvin E. Cutsforth started to earn his
own livelihood in Wisconsin at the age of
twenty-one years, being employed by the
month for the first two years and then pur-
chasing a farm upon which he began work-
ing at once. About this time he was mar-
ried and in 1901 removed to Oregon where
the climatic conditions were more pleasing.
In Wisconsin he had found the severe
weather very trying and, furthermore, his
barn had recently been destroyed by light-
ning, all this influencing him to remove to
Oregon. Upon his arrival in this state he
purchased one hundred and eight-si.K acres
of what is known as the E. Brown and T.
L. Baker donation land claim. This land
has all been brought under a high state of
cultivation and is proving very profitable for
grain and cattle-raising, besides being one
of the most improved and best equipped
farms in the district, among the recent im-
provements being the substantial and com-
fortable two-story house and two large,
modern barns. Special attention has been
given to the raising of thoroughbred Perch-
eron horses, as well as to other fine breeds,
and sheep.

In 1883 occurred the marriage of Mr. Cuts-
forth to Miss Irene Black, who was born
in Poynette, Wisconsin, December 20, 1866.
She is the daughter of James and Harriette
(Lewsley) Black, both of whom were na-
tives of England but took up their residence
near Poynette, Wisconsin, their present
home, after they had spent their first years
in America on Long Island. The father was
a mason by trade, but led the life of an
agriculturist whenever circumstances per-
mitted. To Mr. and Mrs. Black four chil-
dren were born, namel.v: Emma-, the wife of
Lester Luther, who is a resident of Poy-
nette, Wisconsin, and has four children;
Amelia, who is the wife of Joel F. Keebough,
of Poynette, Wisconsin, and has four chil-
dren; Mary, the wife of C. A. Sawyer, who
resides in Gervais, Oregon, and has seven
children; and Irene, now Mrs. Irvin E. Cuts-
forth.

After his marriage Mr. Cutsforth engaged
in farming on his property of eighty acres
near Poynette, which he devoted to corn
and hog-raising, along which lines he has
since met with marked success. To Mr.
and Mrs. Cutsforth two children have been
born. Reuben Jesse, the elder, was born
January 15, 1890. He is residing at home
and although he has shown some aptitude
for machinery, he still assists his father
with the management of the farm. He is
the owner of n house and lot in Woodburn,
Oregon. J. Ross, the younger, whose birth
occurred on November 16, 1893, resides at
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work which he desires to make his life's
occupation.

Mr. Cutsforth is a republican but easts bis
vote for the man and principle concerned
rather than for the party. He has never
been an office seeker but has served as
school director because of his great interest
in furthering the welfare of his community,
and fraternally he is a member of the Mod-
ern Woodmen of America. In religious faith
the family are Presbyterians and are close
adherents'to the faith of that denomination.
B.v his own efforts and because of his great
determination to act for the best interests
of others as well as himself ilr. Cutsforth
has become a strong and important citizen
in the community of which he is a member.

EDWARD CARPENTER, who passed away
at his home in La f;rande at the age of
eighty-two years, was born near Buena Vista.
December 12, 1828. He was a man who at-
tained the extreme fullness of years and in
whom were embodied the virtues of the early
pioneers — steadfast purpose, strict integrity
and religious zeal — virtues to which the
civilization of America is indebted for its
splendid development and wonderful prog-
ress. He was the son of Daniel Carpenter,
who was one of five brothers of English birth,
who came to America and settled in Penn-
sylvania. Later Daniel Carpenter removed
to New York and thence to Indiana, where
he died. He joined the ^Mormons at an early
dav but did not go west with them.

Edward Carpenter in his youthful days
had little chance for an education. When
only a small lad he drove a team on the
Erie canal, between Buffalo and Chillicothe,
Ohio, Later he went to northern Indiana and
afterward became a sailor on Lake Erie.
Finally he went to Wisconsin and in ISfil
enlisted in the army in Company I, Thirteenth
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served for
three years and twent.v-one days, being with
the Third Army Corps, under Captain King-
man. His company was assigned to scout
duty in Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky and Ten-
nessee. He was within hearing of the battles
of Fort Donald and Fort Henry. After the
war he returned to the southern part of Wis-
consin and in 1868, in Monroe county, took
up a claim on which he erected a cabin and
cleared and improved the land. In 1891
he came to La Grande, Oregon, where he re-
sided until his death.

On the 20th of .January, 1852. Mr. Carpen-
ter was united in marriage at Concord, Wis-
consin, with Miss .Mmira Stevens, who was
bom in Brutus, New York, April 10, 1833.
She died at the age of seventy-two and was
the mother of eight children. Daniel E. was
born Mav 29. 18,i4. in Concord. Wisconsin.
In 1878 lie went to the Black Hills, where he
was emploved for two years in driving a mule
team for the government. In ISSl he went
to Seward countv, Nebraska, where he was
emploved as a fireman for the Burlington
& Missouri River Railroad, and in 1884 was
promoted to engineer. He was with this
company at the time of the two strikes in
1888. Later he came to La Grande as an

engineer on the Union Pacific railroad and
in 1896 went to Grand .Junction, Colorado,
where he has since been employed on a pas-
senger train between that city and Helper,
Utah, and is one of the best and oldest men
on the road, Victoria was born August 15,
1856, in Jefferson county, Wisconsin, and is
now the wife of John Dunaway. of Hot
Springs, South Dakota. She is the mother of
four children, Ethel, Leafy. Daniel and Zerna.
Aman<ia was born October 2."i. lS,'>y, in .Jeffer-
son count.v, Wisconsin, and is now the wife
of Charles Broughton. of I^agrange, and the
mother of three children. Raymond. Ruby
and Eula. Royal B. was born .July 1.'), 1866.
in Walworth count.v, Wisconsin. He was a
fireman for the Oregon Railroad & Naviga-
tion Company and was killed <>n this road,
October 27, 1896. He married Miss Augusta
Koloft and they became the parents of three
children. Earl, Gertrude and CJlenn. U. S.
was born November 5. ISGS. at Lagrange, in
Walworth count.v, Wisconsin. In 1888 he
went to Nebraska, where he was employed
as helper in the roundhouse of the Burling-
ton & Missouri River Railroad for two and
one-half years. Subse(|uently he came to
Oregon and was on the helpers of the Union
Pacific railroad at Durkee for two and one-
half years as a fireman. T>ater he was an
engineer at Baker City. Oregon, for the
Sumpter Valley railroad for four years and
eight months, after which he went to Grand
.Junction. Colorado, and for three years was
an engineer on the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad. Subsequentl.v he returned to Baker
Cit.v. where he has since been located as an
engineer on the Sumpter Valley railroad. He
is identified with Blue Lodge, No, 47, A. F,
& A. M,, at Baker City, Oregon. On the 10th
of December. 1895, he married Miss Patience
Landreth, of Baker City, and they have be-
come the parents of five children. Sibvl, Floyd,
Lyle, Olive and Lola. Edward E. was born
.July' 27. 1871, at Glendale, Wisconsin, and
removed with his parents to Oregon. He
began life for himself by driving a freight
team of eight horses for William Hunter, at
which he was employed for three years, and
was then engaged in logging for si>ven years.
Subsequentl.v he worked in roundhouses at
La Grande.' Huntington, Umatilla and The
Dalles for five years. He now resides in
La Grande, Oregon, where he manages sev-
eral teams on contracting work. On April
1, 1897, he wedded Miss Emma flood, of Iji
Grande, Oregon, who is a daughter of Albert
Good, a pioneer of this section. They havi*
become the parents of four children, Edna A.,
Albert. Ezra and an infant son, Frank H.
was born April 1. 187.1. in Wiseonnin. He is
now a .section foreman on the railroad at
La Grande and is married to Nora Goo<l.
They have one child. Goldie. Raymond C.
was" born May 21. 187.'., in Wisconsin, and
came to Oregon with his parents. He wM
fireman on a railroad for four years and in
1890 he was promoted to the position of en-
gineer. He workeil for the Denver A Uio
Grande Railroad dnipany until 1892. then
for the Union Pacific at Riiwlins. Wyoming,
and later for the Oregon Railroad A Navign-

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tion Company for six years as engineer.
Later he was appointed chief assistant super-
intendent for the motor cars of the Harriman
lines. On the 23d of November, 1911, at Day-
ton, Wasliington, he was overcome by gas
while on a motor and died from the effects
and was buried November 28, 1911, at La
Grande, beside his parents. He was a mem-
ber of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers. He was married to Miss Delia Eads,
of Colorado, and they had four children, Wa-
neta, Delia, Alfred and Raymond.

In politics Mr. Carpenter of this review
was a stanch republican, and in religion he
adhered to the faith of the Christian church.
Socially he was a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic. His whole life was
an active, useful and honorable one and
throughout the entire community no man
was ever more respected or more fully de-
served the esteem in which he was held.

CARL E. FISCHER. Although still a
young man and not yet having reached the
zenith of his business career, Carl E. Fischer,
of Springfield, has become one of the promi-
nent lumbermen of the northwest, being the
president and manager of the Fischer &
Bally Company and secretary of the Fischer
Lumber Company located at Marcola, and
identified with numerous other similar con-
cerns of the state of Oregon. He was born
in Bayfield, Wisconsin, in 1878, his parents
l)eing Frederick and Alvina (Toepel) Fischer,
The father, who emigrated to the new world
in 1868, is a native of Germany and the
mother was born in Wisconsin. On reach-
ing the United States Frederick Fischer
worked at various occupations until he re-
moved to Wisconsin and in the early '80s
engaged in the lumber business. He was an
early comer to the community in which he
settled and by industry and economy, to-
gether with well directed efforts he succeeded
in business. In his family were five chil-
dren: Henry and Frederick, Jr,, both of
Marcola, Oregon ; Carl E., of this review ;
Adella, the wife of Arthur Brown, of Elgin,
Oregon; and Walter, also a resident of
Marcola.

Carl E. Fischer was given good educational
advantages in his native city, being gradu-
ated from its high school and later from
the University of Wisconsin. After his
graduation in 1900 he came directly to Ore-
gon and began working for the Booth-Kelly
Lumber Company as a laborer at a dollar
and seventy-five cents a day. He saved his
earnings and soon after coming to Oregon
took up a timber claim and a little later
opened a store in partnership with his
brother Henry in Springfield. Oregon. He
remained in that connection for only a short
time, however, after which he came to Mar-
cola where he embarked in the sawmill busi-
ness with a combined capital of eighteen
hundred dollars belonging to himself and
his brother Henry. Business started au-
spiciously and the two brothers were soon
able to induce the father and other brothers
to remove to Oregon, which they did in 1903,
when they together entered into the lumber

business. They continued to operate the
mill continuouslj' enlarging the business, until
in 1909, when the present concern, known as
the Fischer & Bally Company, was in-
corporated. The business continued grow-
ing and Mr. Fischer soon afterward became
interested in the Springfield Timber Com-
pany, the Fischer-Parks Lumber Company
of Eugene and the Fischer Lumber Company
of .Junction City and Halsey, Oregon. Mr.
Fischer's management of business and his
handling of details are masterful and his
holdings have increased rapidly under his
industrious and well directed efforts. He
now owns the finest residence property in
Springfield which he occupies and it is only
just to him to emphasize the fact that he
began his business career earning a day
wag^ of one dollar and seventy-five cents.

Mr. Fischer was married in November,
1900, to Miss Emlyn Boutin, of Bayfield,
Wisconsin, a daughter of Joseph and Char-
lotte (Leihy) Boutin, both of whom are na-
tives of Wisconsin. Mrs. Fischer is one of
three children born to her parents, her sis-
ters being: Ethel, the wife of Milton Bally,
of Springfield, Oregon; and Elsie, who mar-
ried Harry Stewart, also of that city. Unto
Mr. and Mrs. Fischer have been born three
children, Jean, Dutee and Angeline. In his
political affiliations Mr. Fischer is a repub-
lican and although not an office seeker and
having little time to devote to politics he
takes a commendable interest in the po-
litical aft'airs of his state and nation. He
is a member of the Masonic fraternity and
of the Odd Fellows lodge, being as active as
is consistent with his limited time for fra-
ternal matters. The phenomenally success-
ful career of Mr. Fischer is an object lesson
illustrating conclusively what energy, in-
dustry and ability can accomplish in this
great western state. He is known either per-
sonally or by reputation to the entire lum-
ber trade of the Pacific coast and in his
business dealings he has long since acquired
a reputation for the strictest integrity, and
makes it his special business to see that
every customer is given entire satisfaction.
Through the activities of Mr. Fischej- in the
lumber trade he has been of great service in
the development of the resources of Oregon
and wherever known he is held in high es-
teem and accorded the greatest respect.

SIMON E. MILLER. General farming and
stock-raising on a large scale are now occupy-
ing the time and attention of Simon E. Mil-
ler, and his efforts in those directions are
being attended with most gratifying and
substantial results. He has always made his
home in Union county, his birth having oc-
curred on a farm in the Grande Ronde val-
ley about two and a half miles northwest of
the city of Union, September 26, 1876, His
father, Simon Miller, was born in Switzer-
land and when but fourteen years of age
came to America with his brother Conrad,
who was seventeen years of age at that time,
their first settlement being in Indiana. Later
they both came to Oregon, originally locating
in the Willamette valley, but shortly there-
after they came to the Grande Ronde valley.

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Simon Miller, Sr.. taking up the farm on
which liis son was born and now resides,
while Conrad Miller located near Tnion. The
father c-oiitinued on the honnstead until his
death, in 18S7. his time bein-; given to agri-
cultural pursuits and stock-raising. In early
life he had married Anna tJalloway, whose
death occurred in ISS.'i. and in their family
were eleven children, eight of whom now
survive.

Simon E. Miller spent the period of his
boyhood and youth on the home farm and
attended the schools near his father's home in
the acquirement of an education. Tpon at-
taining his majority he wisely chose as his
life work the occupation to which he had
been reared, and he has since been engaged
in agricultural pursuits, being now the owner
of 9i.\ hundred acres of finely cultivated land,
and seven hundred and sixty acres of pasture
land. He makes a si)ecialty of raising oats,
wheat and barley, and his soil, naturally very
rich and fertile, annually yields abundant
harvests which are a source of gratifying
income. He gives considerable time and at-
tention to his stock interests, also running
about five thousand sheep on his ranch and
from one hundred to one hundred and fifty
hor.ses and cattle.

In February. 1903. Mr. Miller was united
in marriage to Miss Elida Stackland, of
Cove, and unto them have been born two
children, Elida and Betheiu-. Mr. Miller has
never found time to engage in public affairs,
although he takes a public-spirited interest
in all matters relating to the general wel-
fare and upbuilding of the great common-
wealth in which he lives. He is. rather, pre-
eminently a business man, with keen percep-
tion and" unusual sagacity, and few men de-
serve more credit for the success which they
have attained, for to his own well directed
labors alone is due the creditable degree of
prosperity which he today enjoys.

WILLIAM FRANKLIN DAVIDSON, who
is residing on bis farm nine miles northwest
of Gervais on the Salem and Champoeg road,
was born in Stark county, Illinois, on the
28th of March. 1843, his parents being G.
C. and Nancy (Million) Davidson. The fa-
ther was born near Belleville, Illinois, and
the paternal grandfather, who was a native
of England, was a captain in the war of
1812, serving on the I'nited States side. The
mother was born in Kentucky in 1821. a
descendant of a Virginia family. Her par-
ents removed from Virginia to Kentucky
where they were extensive slave owners and
cotton planters, f!. h. Davidson was a jug-
gler in his early days and was employed by
Sands and tree's circus, and it was while
on one of the.se tours in Kentucky that he
met Mrs. Davidson. Their marriage oc-
curred while he was still in the employ of
Sands & Lee. and because of a contrnct
which bound him to remain with them iinti
a successor could be found, he eontiniied
his service until his understudy wn- able to
perform his act. Before he was released
from the employ of Sands and Lee he wa.i
injured by a serious accident while per-

liuniing a hangman's act. and for the ne.vt
three months was obliged to u.se a silver
breathing tube. As soon as he was able
to start out for himself in some other line
he move<l to Stark county, Illinois, where
he took up a homestead of oiH' hundre<l and
sixty acres, Mr. and Mrs. Daviilson resi<led
upon this property for four years, during
which time two of their children were born.
The house in which they lived was built en-
tirely by Mr. Davidson, and it had been nec-
essary to haul the timber eight miles. After
their four years' residence they disposed of
the property and moved to I'eoria where he
purchased a hotel and livery barn. Subsc-
HUeiitly, on the 2Sth of March, 18.')2, he set
out for Oregon with his family, crossing the
plains with horse teams, their party nuni-
l)ering about two hundred and lifty. The
journey was not marreil by any untoward
happenings barring the death of Mrs. Wil-
liam Green, whom they buried on the plains.
The lirst stop which the parly made upon
their arrival in Oregon was near Forest
drove, but afti-r a slmrl stay there llie Da-
vidsons removed to Dayton and purchased a
hotel and livery stable. So successful did
this undertaking prove that in the second
year Mr. Davidson was able to purchase a
half interest in the mercantile store, and for
five years he devoted his whole time and at-
tention to these two enterprises which netted
him considerable money. After disposing of
these interests in l^.'iT. he removed to .St.
Paul, where he operated a ferry, a store and
a warehouse, and also purchased six hundred
and forty acres of land known as the DeGere
donation land claim. During the next three
years he met with many reverses, the first
being a big Hood when the store house con-
taining twenty thousand bushels of grain
worth two dollars a biislnd was carried
away. This meant a very heavy loss to hiii»
as he was depending upon it to fiillill his ob
ligations for shipping Hour to the mines of
Idaho an<l eastern Oregon. Again, when he
had a large shipment on the dock in Port-
land ready to be taken up, the river ro«e
to such heights that the (lour was ruined.
So great was this loss that Mr. Daviilson
was for the time finaneially emlmrassed to
such an extent that it was necessary for
him to sell practically all his cattle, horses
and hogs. At the time of this misfortune he
was the owner of seven hiimlreil and tlfly
acres of land, but turned all of it over to
his creditors. With a very small amount
of money but the encrgj'. persistencj- ami
daring w'hirh was charnrteristie to hm na-
ture, he removed to Fnirfleld. and there
opened up a store which he operated for
three vears before dispo«ing of it and remov-
ing to .Salem. In this latter city he re-
mained niitil his death which occurred when
he was sixty years of age. Ilin wife had
passed away three year* previously. They
were the parents of six children: Gideon, de-
ceased, formerly a renident of tndependenee.
Oregon: William Franklin, the subject of
this review; Amelia, the wife of Porter Mag-
ness. of Wheatland. Oregon: Bird, of S|m>-
kane; G. ('., a resident of .Marinn county:

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and May, who is wedded to John Ross, of
Salem, Oregon. Mr. Davidson was married
a second time, and by this union had two
children: John, a resident of San Francisco,
California; and Minnie, the wife of a Mr.
Haden of Walla Walla, Washington. After
the death of her husband Mrs. Davidson was
married to Pies. Nolan, now deceased. She
is living in Walla Walla, Washington, and
by her second union had one child, Neva,
who is deceased.

At the age of twenty-one years William
Franklin Davidson started upon his inde-
pendent career. He first rented land from
his father-in-law, which for one year he cul-
tivated, but at the end of that time he re-
moved to St. Paul where he again remained
for but one year. He spent another year at
Fairfield where he was interested in a saw-
mill and then purchased three hundred and
thirty acres of land, but because of his de-
sire to give his sons a good start in life he
has now only retained one hundred and forty-
six acres of the home place. Throughout his
agricultural career he has given much of his
time to the careful study of the needs and
possibilities of the soil and has made for
himself as an agriculturist a name which is
synonymous with success.

On the 24th of May, 1864, Mr. Davidson
was wedded to Miss Anna Coleman of St.
Paul, Oregon. Her birth occurred in 1840
and she was the daughter of James and Fanny
(Murray) Coleman. It was in the year 1847
that her parents crossed the plains from
Iowa and took up a land claim of six hun-
dred and forty acres in Yamhill county where
they settled and met with the success they
expected to find in this rich western country.
Mr. and Mrs. Davidson were the parents of
twelve children: Fred, of St. Paul, Oregon;
Mary, who is the wife of Hugh Kirkpatrick
of Idaho; Eugene, also a resident of St. Paul,
and who has two children; Laura, who is
the wife of Jerome Jackson of Hubbard, Ore-
gon, and who has three children; John, a resi-
dent of St. Paul ; Blanche, who is the wife of
Charles Gooding; Jane, who is the wife of
James Smith of Champoeg, and has five chil-
dren; Hilda, who is the wife of Fred Gearin,
of St. Paul; Ralph, who has assumed charge
of his father's place and married Hazel Lit-
tlefield, born in 1891, a daughter of Dr. H. J.
and Maggie (Nelson) Littlefield, who be-
longed to one of the pioneer families, and
they have one child, Margaret, born in 1910;
Chester, who is residing in St. Paul and en-
gaged in contracting and decorating; Edna,
deceased; and Arzelia, who is the wife of
Paul Reedie, of Salem, Oregon, and has two
children. On the 24th of April, 1907, Mrs.
Davidson passed away at the age of sixty-
two years.

In politics Mr. Davidson is a firm believer
in the principles and measures of the demo-
cratic party but has never sought public
office, although the interest he takes in the
welfare of the community has led him to
serve as road supervisor for the last ten
years and, in fact, he has been connected
with this public department from time to
time for the last twenty-five or thirty years.

Fraternally he is connected with the Ancient
Order of United Workmen. In religious
faith he is a Roman Catholic. His life rec-
ord shows what can be accomplished when
industry, perseverance and progi-essiveness
are adhered to by a young man when carv-
ing out his destiny. By all in his commu-
nity Mr. Davidson is accounted one of the
most respected, most honorable and most
faithful citizens.

WILLIAM 0. GALAWAY. Wherever men
are gathered in the conduct of business in-
terests there is a demand for a bank that
will provide a medium of exchange in the
transaction of business afl'airs, and there is
no one element which has gi-eater effect in
upholding financial stability in a community
than has a carefully organized and conserva-
tively conducted Ijank. Of such an institu-
tion William 0. Galaway is now cashier and
one of the chief stockholders, having aided
in the organization of the Washington
County Bank, which is situated in the town
of Banks, Oregon. He is yet a young man
but has already made for himself a name
in business circles that is most creditable
and promises well for the future. He was
born in McCool Junction, Nebraska, March
13, 1884. His father, John J. Galaway, was
a native of Illinois but in early life removed
westward to Nebraska, where he followed
farming for many years. It was there that
he met and married Miss Mattie Wolsenholm,
also a native of Illinois. Her death occurred
in 1886, the father surviving for fourteen
years or until 1900.

William 0. Galaway, their only child, pur-
sued his education in the public schools to
the age of nineteen years, and afterward at-
tended the York Business College, from which
he was graduated the following year. Later
he pursued a special course of study in the
same institution, thus becoming well quali-
fied for the onerous and responsible duties
of business life. Looking over the field in
search of a favorable location, he decided
that the far west had better opportunities
than could be secured elsewhere, and accord-
ingly made his way to the Pacific coast,
settling at Banks, where he worked at va-
rious occupations for a year and a. half. He
next bought an interest in a general store
in Banks which he conducted for two years,
but at the end of that time sold out and
became one of the organizers of the Wash-
ington County Bank, of which he was made
cashier. He is also secretary at the present
time and one of the leading stockholders of
the institution. His fellow officers are: N.
I. Burnett, president; and William L. Moore,
vice president. Mr. Galaway gives personal
attention to the business which is conducted
along safe lines, a wise conservatism temper-
ing a progressive force. Tlie patronage of
the bank has steadily increased and the in-
stitution is now regarded as one of the sub-
stantial financial interests of the county.
In 1907 was celebrated the marriage of
Mr. Galaway to Miss Dette Friday, who was
born in Washington county, Oregon, Sep-
tember 24, 1886, a daughter of Nicholas and

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Fannie Friday, who were natives of Switz-
erland and were married in Wisconsin,
where they resided tor some time before
coming' west to Wasliington county, Oregon,
whore the moilur lia> since li'cd. The fa-
ther, however, pivsscd away in 1899. In
their family were nine children of whom
seven yet survive, namely: ilrs. A. C. Cars-
tens, of Banks. Oregon; Mrs. 0. II. Dror-
baugh, of Portland: -Mrs. Galaway; -John,
Albert and Bert, all of Banks; and Edward,
who is living at Galice, Oregon. The two
who have passed away are Eugene and
Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Galaway have an in-
teresting little daughter, Melva, born Oc-
tober 4, 1010. Mr. Galaway exercises his
right of franchise in support of the men and
measures of the republican party. He is a
prominent member of the Odd Fellows lodge
at Banks, in which he is serving as vice
grand. His loyalty to the order is unques-
tioned and it is characteristic of Mr. Gala-
way that he is ever faithful to any cause
which he espouses and to any trust reposed
in him.

W. R. HOLMES, who is the conscientious
and etlioient cashier of the Wallowa National
Bank of Enterprise, was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, .luly 2, 1853. He is a son of L. R. and
Jane (Gabriel) Holmes, both natives of Ire-
land, having been reared in that country. As
a young man the father came to America,
locating" in Xew York, and two years later
his betrothed bride, .lane Gabriel, joined him,
and they were married in New York. Soon
after tlieir marriage they removed to Cin-
cinnati. Ohio, where Mr. Holmes accepted a
position as bookkeeper for the furniture
manufacturing house of L. M. Duncan. Later
he was sent to Memphis, Tennessee, where
he became superintendent of a branch furni-
ture store for a Cincinnati firm and also had
an interest in the company. In ISOl he re-
turned to Cincinnati and for a short time
was engaged in the grocery business. In
1863 he'^cTOssed the plains with mule and ox
teams, intending to come to Oregon, but the
mining excitement drew him into ilnntana,
where^he spent one year freighting from Salt
Lake Citv to the mining towns. Subsequently
he went" to Walla Walla. Washington, and
lived there four and one-half years, during
which time he continued in the freighting
business, hauling supplies from Umatilla
county, Oregon, to the Idaho mining points.
In November, 1R6S, he removed with his fam-
ily to Grande Ronde valley. Union county.
Oregon, where he engaged in farming an<l
stock-raisinf. with which he was prominently
identified until his death in isn2. The fath.r
was a member of the Masonic lodge, a demo-
crat in politics, served as a member of the
board of county commissioners of Union
countv. and was" a very induentinl man.

W. R. Holmes was reared under the par-
ental roof and acquired his early education
in the public schools, having spent some
four years in the Walla Walla city schools.
When" he was about sixteen years of age,
puttiniT aside his text-books, he became ap-
prenticed as a miller in the Cove Mills, in

the employ of S. G. French, one of the pioneers
of Grande Koiide valley. Upon finishing his
apprenticeship he remained with Mr. Krencli
and subsequently became manager of his busi-
ness which comprised besides the mill a
ranch of four thousand acres, stocked with
many hundred head of horses and cattle. So
well did Mr. Holmes perform the duties of
this position that upon the death of Mr.
French in 18.S2, he was chosen administrator
of his estate, to which he gave that rare ami
careful attention which characterizes all his
business enterprises. In 1884 he came In
Wallowa where he engaged in the cattle
business, and four years later was oni- of
the dominaling factors in the organization of
tlie Wallowa National Bank of Enterprise.
which on Se|)teiiiber 20, 1S88, opened its
doors to the public, wllli Mr. Holmes as its
cashier and business manager, in which capac-
ity he has since so ably served.

On the 20th of September, 1890. Mr. Holmes
wedded Miss Mattie Aram, a daughter nf
William anil Mary (Eat<inl Aram. Mr. and
Mrs. Aram in 1S.'>2 removed from Ohio li>
California by way of the Isthmus of Panama,
locating in San Jose. In 1876 they removcil
to Portland, where they resided until a short
time before their deaths when they came to
make their home with their daughter. To Mr.
and Mrs. Holmes have been born three chil-
dren, two of whom survive. They are: Fred-
crick Aram, who is in his sophomore year in
the State Agricultural College at Corvallis:
and Elise Gabriel, who is a student at St.
Helen's Hall in Portland. The other mem-
ber of the family, Gerald Eaton, passed away
September 14. 10(10.

In politics Mr. Holmes is a stanch republi-
can and at different times has served as
mayor. Both he and Mrs. Holmes are greatly
interested in the cause of education, he having
been a member of the school board for many
years, while Mrs. Holmes is now serving her
sixth year as a member of the same. Mr.
Holme's is identilieil with Wallowa Lodge, No.
82, A. F. & A. M. of Enterprise, and is a
member of Enterprise Chapter, No. 30. R. A.
M. Both be and his wife are afTiliated with
Wallowa Valley Chapter, No. r,0 of the Order
of Eastern Star. Mr. Holmes has always
carefully planned his Inisiness and has ability
and executive force to carry it forward. He
is a most successful banker, ami is numbered
among the prominent men in the bu»ineM
world of Enterprise.

LYNN B. FERGUSON, a well known
druggist of Newberg, who for some yenr«
has"" been succe.ssfully identified with the
commercial interests nf the town. wb«
born in Yamhill county, on August 24,
1S77. His father was the Inte .T. L. Fer-
guson, a native of Kentucky where ho
resided until isr.2. when he came to
Yamhill county. lie located in I-n Fiiyette.
and there engageil in business in which he
met with excellent success, becoming one of
the largvst property owners of the county.
.•\ capable businesn man. he heeame a promi-
nent factor in the ilevelopment of I tin -re-
lion of the state. Iioth coniiiifrcinlly mid in-

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dustrially. He was one of the prumoteis of
the first woolen mills established at Oregon
City, thus furnishing an excellent local mar-
ket for one of the state's leading products,
aiul he also assisted in developing various
other public utilities. He possessed the fac-
ulty of recognizing opportunities that were
not noticeable to the average business man,
utilizing them to forward his personal in-
terests. His methods, however, were alwaj's
above reproach, and although the less sa-
gacious might sometimes env_y his success,
his gain was never accomplished by deliber-
ately sacrificing another. Mucli of his pros-
perity was due to his intelligent and ju-
dicious investments in real estate, as he
at one time held the titles to nearly two
thousand acres of land in Yamhill county,
that was later sold at a good advance over
the first cost. Mr. Ferg^ison always took
much interest in all educational matters and
was one of those who founded the agricul-
tural college at Corvallis, at that time a
Methodist Episcopal (South) school. He took
an active and hel])ful interest in political af-
fairs, giving his support to the democratic
party, and for two years was a member of
the state legislature. His high standard of
citizenship, integrity and trustworthiness
won him the respect of all with whom he had
transactions, and his death was occasion .for
widespread regret in the community where
he had lived for the greater part of his life.
He passed away in August, 190,3, at the
age of seventy-two years. For his wife and
helpmate Mr. Ferguson chose Miss Parmelia
.lane Bird, a daughter of John Bird, one of
Yamhill county's honored pioneers, whose
death occurred at the age of forty-six years.
Of their marriage there were born seven
children: Ella, the deceased wife of Clar-
ence Baker, who has a son and a daughter
living in this county; C. C, a real-estate
and insurance ag^'nt of Xewberg; Nettie,
who is also deceased; Ray, who is residing
in La Fayette; .James h.. of Newberg;
Maggie Jane, the wife of ex-Senator Cald-
well, of Ontario, this state; and Lynn B.,
our subject.

Reared at La Fayette, Lynn B. Ferguson
is indebted to the common schools of that
to\\^l for his early education. He was gradu-
ated from the high school with the class of
1895, following which he studied for a year
in the Evangelical seminary of La Fayette.
Having decided that he would adopt the
drug business for his life vocation, after
leaving the seminary he entered a drug store
in North Y'amhill." where he remained for
three years. During that period he not
only became thoroughly familiar with the
business and the various lines of goods
handled in an establishment of this kind,
but he also qualified for his examination in
pharmacy, and is now registered in both
Oregon and Idaho. After resigning his po-
sition in North Yamhill he went to Albany,
where he followed the same occupation for
a year. At the end of that time he felt he
was fully qualified to engage in business
for himself and coming to Newberg he pur-
chased the store of T. H. Whitten, that he

has ever since conducted. • He has a very
attractive place of business and carries a
full line of drugs, proprietary and patent
medicines, as well as toilet articles and
such sundries as are usually kept in a store
of this kind. A gracious manner, thorough
knowledge of the business, and strict at-
tention to the needs of his patrons, particu-
larly in his prescription dejiartnient, have
enabled Mr. Ferguson to build up an ex-
cellent trade among a desirable class of
people.

On November 26, 1907, was celebrated the
marriage of Mr, Ferguson to Mrs. Lura Bo-
gart, who was born in Sheridan, this county,
and is a daughter of Daniel R. Ralston.
The father was one of the well known
stockmen and agriculturists of this section
for many years, but he and the mother are
now deceased.

Mr. Ferguson is a Mason, being affiliated
with the blue lodge and chapter and the
Order of the Eastern Star. He also belongs
to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks,
Woodmen of the World, Circle and the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows. In poli-
tics he is a democrat and has served on the
local school board. He is one of the enter-
prising business men of the town, who takes
an active interest in all public affairs and
champions every progressive movement,
which he recognizes as one of the first du-
ties of citizenship.

SAMUEL M. ROBISON, The history of
the development of the great northwest is
indissolubly connected with the history of
the lives of such men as Samuel M. Robi-
son, who during his lifetime was one of the
foremost men of Jackson county and one of
the early pioneers to whom much credit is
due for the present advanced development of
the section. The record of his father's exer-
tions and of his own early boyhood reads
like a western tale of adventure, abounding
in hard struggles against primitive condi-
tions, filled with the glamour of excitement
and the thrills of Indian warfare. And yet
the real living of this adventure was a stern
thing, a life filled with hardship, adverse
conditions, the terrors of war and the fear
of death, and the lives of the men who en-
dured it will ever be held in grateful re-
membrance by the succeeding generations.

The parents of the subject of this sketch
were John and Susan (Milligan) Robison,
who left Ohio in 1837 for the frontier coun-
try of Iowa, and it was on this journey that
their son, Samuel M. Robison was born,
March 16, 1837. The parents reached Linn
county, Iowa, and located on a farm in that
section where they remained for eight years,
later removing to another farm in the same
county where they resided up to the spring
of IB.Hs, when they set o>it across the plains
for Oregon. The father had made ample
provisions for the trip, providing three
wagons with three yoke of oxen to each
wagon, and had laid in supplies sufficient to
keep his family in comparative comfort for
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which he proviiled lor every imaginable de-
tail of the journey is remarkable in a man
who had never seen the section of the coun-
try to which he was going, and who could
have but a comparatively vague idea of the
exigencies of the life. He even added to his
supplies peach and garilen seeds of every
variety, thus anticipating the barrenness of
the frontier country. Few men had the fore-
sight so thoroughly to equip themselves for
the hardships of the journey and of the life
m the Oregon country. His supplies even
included fifteen mares and twelve blooded
cows, which constituted comparative wealth,
wlien tlie new land was reached. The family
arrivcil in .lackson county August 30. 1853.
and the elder Roliison immediately located
a donation claim of three hundred and twen-
ty acres on Wagner creek, two miles south
of the ]>resent site of the town of Talent.
Here he erected a small cabin, but soon
founii that life and property were not safe
from the depredations of Indians without
more adequate ])rotection. He immediately
erected a heavy stockade of hewed timbers,
completely encircling his cabin. This stock-
ade remained for many months until the
Indian depredations ceased, when he tore it
down and planted a garden around his cabin,
using the seeds with which his own foresight
had provided him before he set out on the
journey. His peach seeds were planted in
the winter of 1853 and produced the first
peach crop ever harvested in Oregon. The
vegetable garden, an untold luxury hereto-
fore in the wilderness of the west, he shared
with his neighl)ors. He advocated and in-
sisted on the necessity of good roads, and
assisted materially in gaining them for the
little community. In every phase of his ca-
reer he showed that progressive spirit which
is so necessary in the frontiersman in the
development of a country from its primitive
state. He was a leader among men. alwaj-s
foremost in every movement for the develop-
ment of his locality and his death in 1870
was a distinct loss to the community in
which he lived. His wife survived him imtil
1889.

The qualities of initiative, originality,
foresight and intelligence which the elder
Robison possessed in so eminent a degree,
he transmitted to his son. Samuel M. Rob-
ison was sixteen years of age upon his ar-
rival in Jackson county. He was physically
strong and on his shoulders fell a good share
of the burden of clearing the land. In 1857,
he left the parental roof, and apprenticed
himself to the blacksmith's trade, but after
eighteen months, he put aside this work and
returned to farming. In IH64. Mr. Robison
located on the jiresent Robison homestead, a
magnificent property of two hundred acres,
two miles southwest of Talent. Oregon, and
engaged in the business of dairying. The
products of his dairy were known far and
wide as being absolutely clean and whole-
some. His business increased yearly, based
as it was upon the solid foundation of strict
integrity and upright business principles.
His hani work and honorable methods were
rewarded by financial success, and upon his

death on the liHli of September, I'Jll, he
left his family a large fortune.

On April 13, 1SG4, Sanuiel Robison was
married to Miss Hannah K. liarneburg, a
daughter of .John and Mary A. (Wagoner)
Barneburg. Her father was a native of
(Jermany and her mother of Switzerland.
They came to Oregon in ISiiO frmn Henry
county. Iowa, locating in I'hoenix, .lackson
county, where their deaths occurred in 1802.
To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Robi.son were born
six children, the five now living being: .lohn,
a prominent farmer of .Jackson county;
Anna, the wife of Nicholas Brophy; George,
who resides on a farm in this county; Eva,
who married Ceorge Dewey; and Ue'lla, the
wife of Foril Roper. Wil'iiam died at the
age of nine years.

The history of the opening up of the great
northwest contains no record of any man
who has been more influential in its develop-
ment than Samuel Robi.son. His life and
exertions were prominent factors in its
growth, and he leaves to his sons and daugh-
ters the record of a high and honorable life,
by the example of which they may carve out
their futures.

WILLIAM R. MASCALL has long been
successfully cngag^'d in the sheep business in
the .John IJay valley, where he owns a rani'h
of three humlred and twenty acres. He was
born at Petaluma, Sonoma county, Califor-
nia, on the 21st of April, isfis. and is the
only son of Richard and Sophie .Jane (Ox-
ford) Mascall. The father, who was a native
of London, England, canu' to the Pacific coast
in the '.■)0s. locating in California. He subse-
ipiently returned to London where he was
married, and then returned to California with
his bride, making the journey around the
Horn. After several years residence in the
latter state they came to Oregon, first set-
tling in Canyon City in isri4. They remaine(I
there until 1872. when they removed to
Mount Vernon, coming from there to the .John
Day valley and settling on a ranch five miles
bidow Dayville. where the father engiigi'd in
slieepraising until his ilealh in issf. Tlie
mother died alniut ISS.T. The family of Mr.
and Mrs. .Mascall numl)ered three chihlren.
one of whom died in infancy. The surviving
members are: Willianr R.; and Annie, the
widow of .John .Jackson, now residing in Day-
ville.

Practically the entire life of William R.
Mascall has tieen passed in (Irani county, liix
education being oblainerl in the common
schools. He was assorijited with his fath'-r
until the hitter's death, when hi> took pos
session of the home ranch, which he has since
operated. His herds use<I to contain from
ten to twelve thousand head of •heep, but
this was prior to the passing of the law
limiting the number the ranchers could nin.
Mr. Mascall is both progre'<«ive ami enter-
prising in his liiisineM and his ranch i«
eipiipped with everything esaeiilini to il«
successful operation. He has made ample
provision for the care and protection of his
sheep, which are kept in gixHl condition and
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greater portion of his land is under irriga-
tion and readily responds to cultivation, and
he has a fine orchard and large, attractive
grounds about his residence, which is thor-
oughly modern. The John Day river crosses
his ranch, which is conveniently located and
well adapted to the purpose for which it is
used.

On the 5th of October, 1887, Mr. Maacall
was united in marriage to Miss Mary Valade,
of Portland, Oregon, and they have become
the parents of nine children: Otis, who is a
member and manager of the Dayville Mercan-
tile Company: and Erma, Vivian, Walter,
Norbet. Madge, Annie, Cedric and Lawrence,
all of whom are at home. Jlr. Mascall is a
member of the Woodmen of the World at
Canyon City, and is also a member of the
A. O. U. W. at Dayville. He is numbered
among the substantial citizens and efficient
and capable business men of his community,
where he is held in high regard and has many
friends.

MONTGOMERY TURNER. With the de-
velopment and upbuilding of the town of
Banks, Montgomery Turner has been closely
associated and in the conduct of his busi-
ness affairs has displayed that enterprise
which works for individual success and also
constitutes a factor in public prosperity.
His energy and determination enable him to
carry forward to successful completion
whatever he undertakes, and aside from his
mercantile interests in Banks he has other
business interests which are proving profit-
able sources of income. A native of Ken-
tucky, he was born in 1866, a son of H. V.
and Nancy J. (Butler) Turner, who were
also natives of Kentuckj', in which state
the father still resides, having attained the
age of seventy-seven years on the 3d of
March. 1911. His wife "passed away August
26, 1900, and her death was the occasion of
deep regret to many friends. In their fam-
ily were seven children: John, still a resi-
dent of Kentucky, Creed, living at Oroville,
California; Susan, at home; Montgomery
and Monroe, twins, the latter a resident of
Chattanooga, Tennessee; E. T., livng in
Laurel. Oregon; and Lloyd E., of California.
A quiet and uneventful boyhood brought
Montgomery Turner to the outset of his
business career with a fair knowledge of
the branches of learning taught in the pub-
lic schools and with the practical experi-
ence of home training, so that he realized
the value of industry and determination as
factors in the attainment of success. A\nien
twenty-two years of age he became a loco-
motive fireman on the Queen & Crescent
railroad, running from Cincinnati to Chat-
tanooga. He spent four and a half years at
that work and was then promoted to the
position of engineer, in which capacity he
capably served for twelve years, his fidelity
being indicated by his long connection with
the road. Tn 1904 he came to Oregon and
settled in Washington county, having pre-
viously established a mercantile business at
Banks which was operated by his brother
during the last four years of Montgomery

Turner's connection with railroad work. He
then took charge of the store, \yhich he has
since continually conducted and his earnest
etl'ort to please patrons combined with un-
faltering diligence in the management of
his business and with unassailable integ-
rity in all transactions, have gained for him
a satisfactory and growing trade. He owns
the business block in which he is located,
together with other property in the town,
and also has an eighty-acre farm near
Banks, of which one-half is under a high
state of cultivation. He is likewise a stock-
holder in the Washington County Bank and
also in the Pacific Coast Fire Insurance
Company of Portland and in his invest-
ments has displayed sound business judg-
ment that has found its proof in his suc-
cess.

On the 22d of June, 1893, Mr. Turner
was married to Miss Vessie Parmley, who
was l)orn in Kentucky, February 15, 1873,
a daughter of James and Harriet (Dune-
gon) Parmley, who were also natives of
the Blue Grass state, where they reared
a family of thirteen children, eleven of
whom are still living. The mother yet re-
sides in Kentucky but the father passed away
in 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have a family
of two sons and two daughters: Flonnie,
who was born September 15, 1895, now at-
tending high school and studying music;
Herman, born May 17, 1897; James Carl,
June 17, 1900; and Nellie May, October 10,
1903. Mr. Turner holds membership with
the Masonic fraternity, the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Wood-
men of America and the Locomotive Engi-
neers and in politics is a republican, but
while he keeps thoroughly informed on the
questions and issues of the day, he never
seeks office as a reward for party fealty.
Having the prescience to discern what the
future had in store for this great and gro\y-
ing western country, he resolved to identify
his interests therewith and as the years
pass by he is winning the success which ia
the merited reward of earnest, persistent
labor.

ADOLPHE JETTE. Among tlie prominent
and successful agriculturists whom Canada
has contributed to the ranks of those active
in the development of the rich resources of
the state of Oregon few are more favorably
known to their community than Adolphe
Jette.

He was born in Repentigny, Canada, on the
10th of June, 1825, his parents being Fran-
cois and Marian (Payette) Jette. The Jette
family has always been recognized as one of
the prominent Canadian families, Louis
Amable Jette, a first cousin of the subject
of this sketch being a governor of Quebec.
He was also one of the committee of five
appointed by the British government to de-
cide the Alaskan boundary question and upon
him was conferred the dignity of knight
l)achclor by the king. When Adolphe Jette
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New Orleans, Louisiaiui, where he remuineJ
tor six months being employed in a sawmill
near Plaquemine. At the end of this time
he left New Orleans going by boat to St.
Louis, the trip taking twelve days. Subse-
quently after two months' employment in a
sawmill near St. Louis lie removed to Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, where he was engaged
by the government to drive an o.v team to
Fort Laramie, Wyoming. At that place he
and several of his fellow countrymen pur-
chased pack horses and came direct to Ore-
gon stopping in Canyon City where they
mined until iS5G. That year they encoun-
tered some serious ditliculties witli tlie In-
dians. At one time they were surrounded
by the savages for thirty days at the mouth
oi" Rogue river, but .Mr. Jette became ac-
quainted with the chief of the tribe and al-
though the lives of some of his friends were
taken he was saved through the entreaties of
Clietscy, the daughter of the chief. This
was only one of the many trying experiences
which these early settlers encountered. Mr.
Jette afterwards" proceeded to Crescent City
and remained for one winter, but, as his
business operations there were not very suc-
cessful, netting him only a few hundred dol-
lars, he settled in the neighborhood of St.
Paul. He purchased a lot and built himself
a home and spent the greater part of his
time travelling to and from the mines in
Idaho, in which he was employed.

In 1871 Mr. Jette was married to Mar-
guerite Lierd, the daughter of Tanis and
Ciles (Lirockl Lierd. Her birth occurred on
January 2, 1851, near St. Paul, her father
being French Canadian and her mother a
part descendant from the Walla Walla tribe
of Indians. Adolph Jette came to his pres-
ent home in 1873 and was engaged in va-
rious clerical positions for six years. At the
end of that time he purchased seven thou-
sand dollars worth of stock on credit and
paid for it within a year, which speaks
highly for the success of this undertaking.
But he has also sutlcred losses and setbacks
which have been almost as remarkable, one
being the loss of two thousand bushels of
wheat in the Hood of 1890.

To Mr. and Mrs. Jette nine children have
been born. Cliarles W. A., the eldest, is en-
ga<»ed in business with his father and also
is "the owner of two farms of one hundred
and fifty acres each, near Champoeg and of a
house and h't in Champoeg. He has been
twice married. His first union was to Miss
Klizabeth Thedededaux, a native of Minne-
.sota and the daughter of Napoleon Theded-
eauK who settled in Xewberg, Oregon, alter
their removal from Minnesota. To this union
two children were born: C. Herbert A., whose
birth occurred on the 29th of September,
1899; and Margaret, who was born on I)e-
cember 23. 1901. He married Mrs. Maybelle
Stralton Chickering on November 16, 190S,
who had been previously married to George
L. Chickering. Her birth occurred near
Drummond, Wisconsin, and she is the daugh-
ter of John and Martha (Wil«>n) Stratton.
She was one of three children, the others
beinf Harriet, deceased, and David, a resi-

dent of Uibljing. .Minnesota. By her first
union she luid two children: LOsther who was
born June 30, 1900; and .Martha, whose birth
occurred on the 2Sth of June, 1907. Both
daughters are residing with their mother.
Mr. and ilrs. Charles W. A. Jette have be-
come the parents of one child, Louis Auiable,
whose birth occurred November --, 1909.
Albert J., the second son of Adolph Jetle, is
a resident of Seaside, Oregon. Frank A., is
living in Champoeg, Oregon. Arthur F. is
residing near St. Paul, Oregon. Lillia. who is
the wife of John Huiigoyne, is a resident of
Castle Rock. Alviiia is the wife of .\lbert
Smitson, of Portland, Oregon. A/ilda, Edna
M., and Elsie are all residing with their par-
ents in Linton, Oregon.

Mr. Jette was postmaster for twenty-four
years at Champoeg until the rural delivery
system was inaugurated. He had a well
stocked store, the management of which he
turned over to his son, C. W. Jette; and he
now lives retired from active duties with his
wife and daughters in Linton. In politics
he has ever cast his vote with the democracy
and has been a linn advocate of the principles
of that party which he believes most con-
ducive for good government. Although he
has been ottered many county ollices because
of his unusual executive abilty he has de-
clined them, feeling that all of his time and
attention wvre needed in his business oper-
ations. Well known in this county where
he has resided from pioneer times, he de-
serves public recognition in this volume for
social qualities which have made him many
friends, while his business record is most
creditable and enviable. He manifests a
great interest in promoting all measures that
pertain to the welfare of his community
and the general development of its resources.

CHARLES MELVIN CRANDALL, who
since IS'.lt has engaged in the active practice
of law and is now located at Vale, the county
seat of Malheur countv, was born March 18,
1861, at .Morton, Tazewell county, Illinois,
his parents being Ceorge Fitch and Mary Ann
Crandnll. In both the paternal and maternu
lines he is descended from old New England
families, the Crandall ancestry being tracc.1
back to the K.v. John Crandall. who was a.
co-worker with Roger Williams of Uhmle
Island. The father was born September 17,
1S''0 in SlH'hlon, Cenesee county. New ^ ork,
and was a son of .John R. ami Mnry (frowell)
Crandall the former born in Connecticut in
1779 and the latter in MnMnehiwtti. in
1787* Mary Ann Cmndall was the elder
daughter of Horatio N. and Catherine (Castle)
Crosby and was born nt CnnnndniKua, New
York, January 7. 1830. Her father, urth
occurred in Herkimer county New V.rk. in
ISOX and his parents were both natives of
Massachusetts. Catherine (Cnstlc) CroSby
was bom in New York, of New Englan-l par-
entage. In the year 1836 C.eorge Fitrh Cran-
dall went to Tazewell county. Illinois, with
his parents, arriving three yeors offer Mary
Ann Crosby had settle.l in the some county
with her parents.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

In Tazewell county Charles M. Ciandiill
was born and reared and after completing a
course in the high school of Chenoa, Illinois,
he entered the law' department of the Union
Universitj' of New York and was graduated
with the Bachelor of Laws degree in 189-t.
On starting out in life for himself he first
engaged in teaching school for two years,
after which he did clerical work until he en-
tered upon the active practice of law, follow-
ing his graduation, at Worthington, Nobles
county, Minnesota. There he remained until
1909, when he removed to Boise, Idaho, where
he engaged in law practice until July, I'Jll,
when he came to Vale. Here he has since
■ continued. For eight years he served as
prosecuting attorney of Nobles county, Min-
nesota, but otherwise has never sought or
held office, preferring to concentrate his ener-
gies upon his professional duties, and his
devotion to his clients' interests has become
proverbial.

On the 6th of November, 18S9, at Belmond,
Wright county. Iowa, Mr. Crandall was mar-
ried to Miss Clara M. Kern, a daughter of
Jacob B. and Melina Kern, who were natives
of France. Mr. and Mrs. Crandall have a
son. Charles Kern, who was born at Worth-
ington, Minnesota, November 5, 1896, Mr.
Crandall is a Royal Arch and Knight Templar
Mason and is a past master of his lodge. He
also holds membership with the Ancient
Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine at St. Paul. Minnesota. He is a past
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, has held
the highest office in the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, belongs to the Ancient Order of
ITnited Workmen, the Degiee of Honor and
the Knights of the Maccabees. He votes with
the republican party and, as previously stated,
has no political aspirations. He has come to
be regarded as one of the strong and able
lawyers of his part of the state, carefully
preparing and presenting his cases, his strong
and incontrovertible logic winning him many
favorable verdicts.

DAVID M. GRAHAM, the junior member
of the well known retail shoe firm of Bur-
den & Graham, of Eugene, was born in Wash-
ington county, Oregon, May 27, 1880. His
jiarents were John and Katherine (McLin-
dan) (iraham. who came to Yamhill county.
Oregon, in 1875 or 1876, and later removed
to Washington county. The father was of
Scotch-Irish ancestry, his birth having oc-
curred in the north of Ireland. He was twice
married and by his second union became the
father of seven children, five of whom grew
to maturity.

Of this number David M, Graham was the
.youngest. He was educated in the public
schools of Oregon and later attended the
West Side high school of Portland, while he
completed his education by a coiu'se of study
in the University of Oregon, graduating from
that institution with the class of UlO.i, at
which time he was awarded the A. B. de-
gree. After his graduation he taught eco-
nomics for one year at his alma mater.
However, he displayed a taste for commerce
and, withdrawing from the educational field.

entered the retail shoe business in partner-
ship with Cliarles A. Burden in September,
1906. The business of this firm has had a
steady growth, constantly expanding until
it has become one of the well known shoe
stores of this city.

Fi-aternally Mr. Graham is a member of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of which
he was most exalted ruler, and is also a
charter member of the Kappa Sigma fra-
ternity. Eugene has among its citizens many
excellent young business men as well as men
of a profession, but there are few, if any,
who surpass in all those traits of character
which make for good citizenship David M.
(iraham. Being still a young man and active
not only in business circles but also in social
and fraternal life he is of particular value to
the city of his adoption where he is held in
high esteem by a large number who know
him intimately,

FRED FREY has been farming in Grant
county for a number of ' years and is well
known as an enterprising and representative
citizen. He was born in Minnesota, October
19, 1S64, and is a son of Charles and Augusta
(Perru) Frey, both natives of Germany. His
maternal grandfather. Christian Perru, was of
old Prussian stock and lived and died in his
native land. The family was founded in
America by Franz Frey, the grandfather of
our subject on the paternal side, who was
born in Switzerland and spent his early life
in that country. He came to America and
located in Ohio, where he followed his trade
of wagonmaker and was engaged in general
farming until his death when he was fifty-
three years of age.

His son. Charles Frey, the fathtr of our
subject, removed from Ohio to Minnesota and
located twenty miles west of Red Wing in
Goodhue county, that state. He was mar-
ried in Ohio in 1860 and his removal to Minne-
sota took place in the same year. In 1869 he
came to Oregon and located in the John Day
valley, seven miles below the town. He
served during the Civil war as a member of
a Minnesota regiment of volunteer infantry
for six months and was mustered out and
honorably discharged in 186.'j. For many
years he operated a ranch in the John Day
valley, farming and keeping a large herd of
graded stock. To these activities he later
added truck gardening and was successful in
this branch of his work. He was the father
of nine children: Louisa, who married Wil-
liam S|)ronI, of California: Fred, the subject
of this review; Frank: ^Minnie, the (h^ceascd
wife of Ira Spronl; Ella, now Mrs. Ira Sproul,
of Bear Valley. Oregon: Edward, of Fox.
Grant county; Nettie, who became the wife
of Lewis Wilson, and now resides in Wash-
ington; Carrie, the deceased wife of Henry
Workins of Jfoinit Vernon: .nnd Dora, the
wife of Charles McKrola. of Blount Vernon.
The public schools of Oregon a Horde 1 Fred
Frey his early educational opportunities. He
later came to Oi'egon with his parents and
pursued his studies in that state. In IRSfi
lie purchased an interest in the Humboldt
mine on the hillside west of Canvon City

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651

I

ami worked at niiiiiiif; for twelve years. His
holdings were productive and he was ex-
tremely successful. At the end of twelve
years he abandoned mining and took up a
homestead claim in (Irant county. The cir-
cumstances which led to his gaining title to
this estate were peculiar. A local company
engaged in the building of a military road
through the district had received in exchange
for their services a large grant of land.
Charles Frey. the father of our subject, pur-
chased this property from the company. In
the making out of the papers ceding the land
to the construction company it was found
that through some legal negligence the det'd
was void and the land still remained in
pos.session of the government, t'pon this Mr.
Frey filed his homestead claim and is now in
active operation of one of the linest ranches
in r.rant county. He is an expert and elTicient
farmer and conducts his enterprise nlong
scientific and progressive lines. He has de-
veloped his place to a remarkable extent and
is known in fJrant county as a man who has
done much to promote the growth and de-
velopment of his native state. In April, 1S06.
Mr. Froy was iinited in marriage to Miss
Lou McSlillan of California. Mrs. Frey is a
charming and hospitable woman, and has
been a great aid to her husband in his career.

GEORGE W. McGRAW is a self-made man
whom Hank* regards as a valuable addition
to her citizenship, for he has made good use
of his time and opportunities and has al-
ways been an advocate of progressive devel-
opment. His financial resources were ex-
tremely limited when he arrived in nreeii-
villc in ISnO but his stock of determination
and diligence was large and with that as an
asset he has "made good" in business circles.
He was born in Howard county. Indiana.
February 23. 1863. a son of .lohn and Xancy
E. (.Tones) McfJraw. both of whom were na-
tives of Indiana, where they were reared
and married. There they established their
home and were still living when the father
died in 1803. while serving his coiintry as a
soldier of the Civil war. The mother after-
ward removed to eastern Indiana, where
she has since resided.

George W. McCraw. their only son and
child, was only a few months old when his
father died and when fifteen years of age he
started out to make his own way in the
world. It was a heavy burden for young
"boulders but the necetsity of the eaxe
forced him to take up responsibilities which
are usually suppo-^ed to be those of man-
hiKHl. He <Joui.'lit employment at farm labor
and thus spent his time until twenty-one
years of age. when he made his way west-
ward to Decatur county. Kansits. where he
secured a claim and developed a homestead.
He only gave a part of his time to his own
farm, however, and the remainder of the
time worked in the employ of others until
twenty-six years of age. He then sold his
Kansas property and a year later came to
the Pacific coast, settling in Washington
county. Oregon, where he worked by the
mouth for three venrs. He then purohnsed n

twenty-tive-acre timber tract, which 'he
cleared and developed, holding the property
iintil 1007. lie then disposed of that land
but in the meantime had purchased other
tracts and is now the owner of thirty-two
acres under a very high state of cultivation.
Upon this he makes his honu> and the well
kept appearance of the place and the highly
improved fields indicate his careful supervi-
sion and practical methods. He also owns a
residence property and business block in
Hanks. When he" first came to Washington
county on the 7th of January, IHiK). the
family had their complete possession in a
liox which weighed about three hundred
pounds and their cash cajiital was two dol-
lars an<l a half, 'fhe snow lay on tlie ground
to the depth of eighteen liiclies. It was a
severe struggle to obtain a start but per-
sistent labor overcame the dilliculties and
obstacles in the way and Mr. Mctlraw is now
comfortably situated iu life, having a good
jiropcrty from which he derives a substantial
income.

While still living in the mid<lle west Mr.
McCraw was marriisl .I\ily 1, 18ss. to Miss
N'ettie M. T,ee. who was born in Washington
county. Ohio. .July I. ISfifi, a ilaugliter of
Edwin and Martha l.ee, who were natives of
the Huckeye state and there remained un-
til ISSf), when they removed westward to
Sheridan county, Kansas. After an interval
of six years there passed they came to Wash-
ington county. Oregon, where they spent their
remaining davs. the mother dying in t!)()l
and the father in lOOS. Mrs. Mctiraw was
the eldest of their three children, her broth-
ers being: .John F.. now a resilient of Wash-
ington TOunty: and William II.. who is liv-
ing in Portland. Hy her marriage she has
become the mother of six children: Oscar,
who died in infancy. Mildred C, who was
l>orn December 11, 1S93, and is now ready
to enter the normal school; Henry E.. born
Oclober 4. 189.^; Roxanna. born August .■■.
190 1: Alva, who was l>orn in September.
I'.iOfi, and died at the age of four years and
nine moiitht: and one who died in infancy.

In his political views Mr. McOraw has
alwavs been a republican since age gave him
the right of franchise and his fidlow towns-
men. a|>preciative of his worth and loyalty
in citizenship, have called him to some local
olVires. He filled tin- position of township
supervisor fmir years, wax riepiity game
warden one year and at Ihi- present writing
is serving as' deputy sherilT. He belongs to
the Indepenilent Onh-r of <»dil Kidlows and
to the Itebi-kah degree, with which his wife
is also connected, and the family attend the
Methoilist Episcopal ehureh. Their inllu
enee is alwavs on the side of progress and
improvement anrl Mr. Mc«;raw advocates all
those forces which tend to prr>mote mati-riiil.
intellectual, soilnl ainl moral advancement.

LEONARD COLE is n native of Indiana
but hiis spent practically all his life In the
northwest. He is one of the extensive hind
owners and dealern in real estate in % ale.
Hregon. and "is identified with many repre
sentative industries, his prominence reaching

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

into business, political and fraternal circles.
At the present time he is engaged in an im-
portant land reclamation project and this like
his others is primarily an enterprise for the
general welfare. Mr. Cole's birth occurred
in Ripley county, Indiana, February 11, 1858,
and he was only seven years of age when he
crossed the plains with his parents. His
father was Joshua L. Cole, also a native of
Ripley count.v, born in 1832. His mother was
in her maidenhood Miss Melinda Wise. Their
marriage occurred in Indiana and in 1860 the
family moved to Scott county, Minnesota.

Joshua Cole was a farmer and land dealer
and he followed these occupations in that
state for four years, crossing the plains in
1864. He made the journey with ox teams
and located in Boise Cit.y, Idaho, in the fall
of the same year. He remained there all win-
ter and in the following spring took up a land
claim of one hundred and sixty acres in the
lower Boise river which he improved and cul-
tivated for some time. In the meantime he
engaged extensively in the freighting busi-
ness, operating between Umatilla Landing on
the Columbia river and Boise and Idaho cities.
He gave his personal attention to this line
of activity and at one time drove seven yoke
of oxen. In 1868 he abandoned the freight-
ing business, trading his teams for cows and
horses. In the same year he established his
residence in Oregon where he farmed at the
mouth of the Shasta creek. Here he carried
on general agricultural pursuits and Avas ex-
tensively engaged in the breeding and raising
of high-grade cattle and in the operation of
a model dairy. In 1873 he moved to Lower
Willow creek, taking up a homestead claim
in this section near the present site of the
town of Brogan. He planted many of his
acres in orchards, raising pears, apples,
prunes, peaches and cherries. His fruit was
of a high quality and obtained a ready sale
upon the market. He later added the cultiva-
tion of berries to his activities and was suc-
cessful in this line also. He added to his
holdings from time to time until he was the
proprietor of one thousand acres of the finest
Oregon farm land. He secured good water
rights and continued his stock-breeding, en-
larging this branch of his activities year by
year until he ran on the range from nine
hundred to one thousand head of cattle and
almost two hundred high-grade horses. He
remained upon this property on Willow creek
until about the year 1898 when he moved
to Vale. Oregon, and engaged in the banking
and real-estate business. He is still thus
identified although he has moved his home
to Long Beach, California. He has long sur-
vived his wife who passed away in 1896.
To their union were born four children: Cal-
vin died in infancy. Leonard is the subject
of this review. Emoi'y was born on the 3d
of December, 1862, in' Scott county, Minne-
sota. He was twice married. His first wife
was in her maidenhood Miss Lizzie Kendall.
After her death Emory Cole wedded Miss
Barbara Kennedy and they became the par-
ents of five children: Ray, born in Septem-
ber. 1807: ClilTord, whose birth occurred in
1899; Leonaid, born in 1903; Clyde, born in

1905 ; and Dorothy, whose birth occurred in
October, 1909. Eniory Cole has lived in Baker
and Malheur counties for many years, com-
ing to Oregon in 1868. He is a farmer, land-
dealer and stock-raiser and is also interested
in the banking business. The youngest child
born to Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Cole is Eldora,
who married J. 0. Moudy, by whom she has
seven sons and one daughter. Three of these
children have passed away, the surviving
members of the famil,y make their home at
Vale, Oregon. After the death of his first
wife the father of our subject was again
married. His second wife was Miss Emily I.
Blackwell.

Leonard Cole Mas educated in the public
schools of Boise City, Baker, Oregon, and
Walla Walla, Washington. After" he laid
aside his books he immediately began dealing
in high-grade cattle and horses, carrying on
in connection with this a large butchering
business in Middleton, Idaho, and also in Pay-
ette. He later conducted an establishment
of the same kind in Huntington, Oregon. He
came to Baker county with his father and for
some time carried on placer mining in that
section and in Malheur county. He has had
an extended experience in this branch of
activity, having worked in the quartz mines
in Idaho and Oregon for a number of years.
He is still interested in this business at the
present time, but he is now giving his atten-
tion largely to real estate and to two large
irrigation projects which he has on in Harney
county. These enterprises have for their ob-
ject the reclamation of desert land amounting
to almost one hundred and ninety thousand
acres l,ving on the Silvies river and on Silvies
creek. The engineer's report on the Silvies
river project covers one hundred and fifty
thousand acres and the other enterprise will
if successful reclaim forty thousand acres.
Mr. Cole is associated with his brother Emory
and with C. B. McConnell in this work. They
are promoting one of the largest enterprises
of this kind ever attempted in Oregon. They
mean to erect and develop an immense tract
of desert which is now being surveyed for a
railroad, which, when completed will be called
the Oregon & Eastern. With transportation
and water upon this land it will become very
valuable and not only gain for the promoters
of the project success and prosperity but will
also add to the resources and advantages of
the state of Oregon. Large sums of money
are required to bring this work to completion
Vint most able business sagacity and keen
discrimination have insured the success of
the enterprise. He now has it on a solid
financial basis and has been instrumental in
opening up a section of the country which
will afford homes for many thousands of
people. *

On the 17th of February, 1SS6, Mr. Cole
was united in "marriage to Miss Hattie C.
Bond, by whom he had one daughter, jSTellie
L., born in January, 1900. November 11.
3906. 'Mr. Cole was again married. His
second wife was Miss Ella Slinnp of Payette,
Idaho. Tier father was a farmer and followed
general agricultural pursuits in Jlichigan, un-
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653

makes her home in Spokane, Washington.
To this marriage has been l)orn one daughter,
Bernico Lorena, whose natal day was the 31st
of August. 1007.

In liis politioal atViliations Mr. Cole is a
consistent republiian and has been deputy
sheriff in Baker and Malheur counties for four
years. He has also acted as road supervisor,
constable and stock inspector in these dis-
tricts. He has always tried to do his duty
in every phase of life, promoting his own
prosperity and aiding his community to the
best of his ability. He was a stout in the
Bannock Indian war of 1877 to 187S. serving
under Colonel Greene and General 0. 0. How-
ard. He is well known in fraternal circles,
holding menibirsliip in the Woodmen of the
World and in lodge Xo. 23, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows of Payette, Idaho. Of this
last organization he has been a member for
twenty-six years and is well known in the
affairs of the organization. He has filled all
the chairs and has taken all the degrees, has
been a delegate to the giand lodge and has
served as noble grand for two terms. He
also belongs to the Rebekah Lodge. No. 40,
of Huntington. Oregon. He is a devout ad-
herent of the Methodist church. ;Mr. Cole
is recognized as one of the substantial, enter-
prising and progressive citizens of tlie section
in which he resides. All the enterprises with
which he is connected are important, public
spirited and of general advantage. In his
business relations he is essentially broad-
minded, ujiriglit and straightforward. His
political views are intelligent and independent
and the private phase of his career unques-
tioned. His life is altogetlier useful and
valuable and a credit to the community in
which he has resided since childhood.

FRANK VAN WASSENHOVE. Belgium
has contributed many men who have been ac-
tive and prominent in the development of the
nortliwest. among them Ixing Frank Van
Wassenhove. whose birth ocoirred in Bel-
gium, March S, 1S42, his parents being
Charles and Dorothy (Stark) Van Wassen-
hove. They were both natives of Belgium
but left their native land for America when
their son Frank w.is but three years of age.
Almost immediately after their arrival in
New York they went to Monroe, Michigan,
where the father purchased a farm of one
hundred and twelve acres, which he culti-
vated until his death, which occurred in lSfi6.
They became the parents of six children:
Dominick: Frank, the siihject of this sketch;
Porothy, who is the wife of Cliarles Rolland:
.loseph; Samuel; and Mary, who wedded
Moses Strombly, They are all residing in
Newport. Alichigan, excepting Frank.

In 1S.10 Frank Van Wassenhove crossed
the plains from Monroe. Michigan, accom-
panied by a man named Gooby. The jour-
ney took six montlis and was made by way
of Omaha, Nebraska, and Council BlulTs,
Iowa, where they remained for nine days
before starting across the Missouri river.
Mr. Goobv hal previously gone to California
in 18.">2 but returned to MichiL'an in 18.'>7 to
bring his family to the we-t. During his

first winter in the west Mr. Van Wassen-
hove was engaged near Tortland in cutting
wood and clearing land, but aftiTward ho
came to the Willamette valley, where he was
employed by Mr. Gooby before going to the
Orofino mine in ISGl. But this did not
prove profitable employment and after a stim-
nier's stay he returned to Marion county,
where he has since resided. Shortly after
his return he was married and removed to
the property which had been presented to his
wife by her uncle, Michael Coylc. Mr. Van
Wassenhove took complete charge of the
place while it was still entirely covered with
timber, clearing altogether two hundred and
twenty-five acres. Since the division of the
property among the heirs the tract contains
one hundred acres, fifty acres of which Mr,
\'an Wassenhove has brought under a high
state of cultivation and has devoted princi-
pally to raising wheat, oats and hay. In
his various undertakings he has shown a will-
ingness and capacity for diligent and persis-
tent labor and has met with the sincess
which is the reward of c(Uiscientions and
progressive agriculturists of the northwest.
>ir. Van Wassenhove has Vieen twice mar-
ried. His first union was to Ellen Coyle,
a daughter of .lames and Charlotte (Scott)
Coyle. of St. Paul. To this union four chil-
dren were born: Mary, who is the wife of
Charles McCormick, of Woodburn, Ori'g<)n;
•Tosejihine, who married Thomas Kerr, of St.
Paul; Alexander .1., who is a resident of'
Portland; and Eliza, who is the wife of .Tohn
Kerr, a resident of Aurora. The mother's
death occurred in 1898. Mr. Van Wassen-
hove was again married on the 2d of Febru-
ary. 1901, his second union being with Mrs.
Ellen Ramsey, of The Dalles, Oregon, She
had been married twice previously. She was
first wedded to Patrick Ferguson, of Massa-
cl.usetts. and to them five children were
born: John and Frank, both deceasc<l; one
who died in infancy; George, whose birth
occurred in 1881 in Colorado; and Agnes,
who was born Atigust 2n. iss,',. and is the
wife of Charles Yegen, of Hillslioro, Oregon.
Her second marriage was in 1S8S to Edward
Bamsey, who was a native of Scotland, anrl
to them one child. Etta, was born. Her
birth occurred Otober 12. 1890. and in her
vouth she receivnl a musical education. She
is the wife of John Vincent, by whom she
has had three children.

In politics Mr. Van Wassenhove is a
stanch republican an<l always gives his sup-
port to tin- men and meastires of that party
although he has never sought nflice for him-
self. He is a member of the Uonrnn Catholic
church, of the Tiidi-pendenf Order of O.ld
Fi'llows and of the Ancient flrder of Cnited
Workmen. In his social and frnternnl rela-
tions he has won tlii' regard nml rrs|M'et of
all with whom he cnnie in contact.

ARMIN R. BODMER is the jjenernl mnnn-
ger of the .McCullv Mercantile Company lo-
cate<l at Joseph, in'Wallown county. He was
born in I.n Crosse. Wisconsin, July 2r.. l'*T8.
nml is the son of Otto and Anna (Ochsnerl
Bndmer, who were n..Gv.-4 of Switzerland,

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

and emigrated when young people with their
parents to America. They were married in
Buffalo county, Wisconsin, where the father
was engaged in farming and later became in-
terested in the woolen mills of Bangor, in
that state. Otto Bodmer removed to Oregon
in 1890, locating in Grande Ronde valley,
Union county, and later removed to Wallowa
county, where his death occurred in the year
1897. His wife survived him but a few years,
passing awa.v in 1909.

Armin R. Bodmer is a member of Baker
City Lodge, No. 27, A. F. & A. M., also a
member of Baker City Lodge, No. 338, Bene-
volent Protective Order of Elks. The re-
sponsible position occupied by Mr. Bodmer
and his company is in itself a guarantee of
liis business abilit.v. He is recognized
throughout this portion of the state as be-
ing one of the most up-to-date, enterprising
and conservative business men identified with
all social enterprises affecting the welfare
of the community in which he lives.

ROBERT ALEXANDER. It has often
been pointeil out that the faculty for per-
sistent application is one of the most impor-
tant gifts any man can possess. The truth
of this statement is. illustrated by contact
with men who have risen through their own
exertions to places of responsibilit.y. Ambi-
tion, pluck and perseverance have carried
.many a boy to financial success, and it is to
the operation of these important qualities
that Robert Alexander becanu> the owner of
a valuable farm in Washington county, and
also gained recognition as one of the sub-
stantial men of his region. He is a native
of Scotland, born on the 10th of December,
1860, a son of George and Jlary (Cassey)
Alexander. Mr. Alexander was reared as a
farmer and. believing that America pre-
sented inducements superior to those of his
native land, he emigrated to this country
with his family in 1871, landing at Quebec.
From that point the travelers came direct to
Portland. Oregon, and proceeded to Cornelius
Plains, where they remained for three months.
They then came to Forest Grove. Washing-
ton county, and Mr. Alexander purchased six
hundred and fifty acres of land two miles
so\ithwest of town, upon which he estab-
lished his homestead. Here he resided until
his death, in 1902. He possessed many ad-
mirable qualities, and was a true type of
the brave men who do not hesitate to leave
their old associations in order to establish
their children under more favorable condi-
tions. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Alex-
ander wei'e ten children, namel.v: John, who
now lives at Forest Grove; Elizabeth .Jessie,
who died in 1882, at the age of thirty
years; Peter, who died in Oregon at the age
of thirty-two, leaving two children; George,
who died at the age of two years in the old
country; William, who died in the old coun-
try at the age of five years; James, who
died at Portland, Oregon, in 1898; Robert,
of this review; George G., who died at the
age of thirty-three in Oregon; A. C, who i^
now engaged in the real-estate business at

Portland; and A. E., who is one of the suc-
cessful farmers of Washington county.

At the age of ten years Robert Alexander
came with his parents to Oregon. He at-
tended the district and grammar schools, and,
later was a student of the Tualitin Acad-
emj'. He thus possessed good advantages of
education for an active and useful life. In
1882 he went to Idaho and engaged, for
nine months, in the dray and transfer busi-
ness. After returning home on a visit, he
took up his residence at Dayton, Oregon,
where he was identified with farming for
three ,years, and with the lumber business
for two years. He then returned to Forest
Grove but went to Athena. Oregon, in 1901,
and spent two years at that place. After
the death of the father, Mr. Alexander of
this sketch and his brothers, A. C. and A. E.,
purchased the interests of the other heirs in
the estate. He now owns one hundred acres
of good land, all of which is under cultiva-
tion. He applies himself to the fruit and
dairy business, and manages his affairs along
practical lines that yield a substantial com-
petence.

On June 16, 1897, Mr. Alexander was mar-
ried to Miss Emma Sheldon, a native of New
York state, whose father died when she was
an infant. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander became
the parents of four children: Peter Grant,
who was born in 1898; Roland Edward, born
in 1900; Lewis Clarke, born in 1904; and
( harles M., born in 1907. Mr. Alexander
pud his children were called upon to mourn
the death of the wife and mother from the
effect of a surgical operation May 16. 1909.
She was a woman of many attractive per-
sonal qualities; one who considered no sac-
rifice too great if it added to the comfort
or happiness of those with whom she was
associated. Mr. Alexander is a member of
the Knights of Pythias of Forest Grove, the
,\rtisans of Dilley and also of the Grange.
Politically he adheres to the republican party.
He is a consistent member of the Congrega-
tional church at Forest Grove. Being blessed
with good business ability and a spirit of
lirogressiveness in everything he undertakes,
lie is highly respected as one of the useful
men of the county.

ELIAS KUHN. One of the grand old men
of Union county is Elias Kuhn, a highly re-
spected farmer living in a fine modern home
near Summerville. His holdings consist of
about three hundred and sixty acres of land
and he is engaged principally in raising grain.
He was born in Cambria county, Pennsylvania,
April 14, 1829, a son of David and Elizabeth
(Good) Kuhn. The father was born in March.
1804. and died in May. 1SS4. while the
mother's birth occurred in ISOS and her death
on the 19th of Marcli. 1887. both having been
natives of Pennsylvania. The grandfather,
Frederick Kuhn, was a native of (Germany
and emigrated to the new world while a
young man. He became a pioneer in Ohio,
removing to that state in 1834, settling in
McConnellsville, where he lived for sixteen
years, or until his death. He was engaged
in the sawmill business, a vocation which

ROBERT ALKXAXlJKll

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059

he fiillowed tliroughmit his lite. In 1851 his
SUM David, tlu' father of our subject, removed
to Iowa and lived in Davis, Jell'erson and Van
Buren counties until 1862, when he came to
Ore<;on.

Klias Kulin received a comnion-school edu-
cation in Ohio wliere his boyluiod days were
spent, and in 1856 setth-d in the Three Rivers
country, in .Marion county, where he remained
until 1862, when he joined a part.v going
with ox teams to the Salmon river gold fields.
He settlivl. however, in the Grande Ronde val-
ley and his first camping place was within
a half mile of his ])resent residence two mile.i
we.st of Suinnierville. He there took up a
homestead which he still owns, his farm con-
sisting of two Inindred acres. He owns an-
other tract of one hundred and sixty acres on
Sand ri<lge and is engaged principally in
grain raising.

Mr. Kuhn was married March 6, 1854, to
Esther Oassid.v. a daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth Cassid.v, who were residents of
Ohio. To them were born eight children, four
of whom lived to maturity, namely: Ellen, the
wife of .S. D. Ficklin; ilary Ann. who married
F. S. .Johnson, ami is the second white girl
bom in the vallev; David, a resident of Wal-
lowa; and ^amuel. born in 1871. who was a
resident of Wallowa county, and whose death
occurred in 1001. The wife and mother passed
away in 1871 and in 1874 Mr. Kuhn married
Sarah J. McElderr.v. She is a daughter of
James and Barbara (Toot) McElderry. natives
of Pennsylvania an<l Ohio respectively, and
by her marriage to Mr. Kuhn became the
mother of six children, namelv: Viola, the
wife of W. W. Wade, of Island City, Peter
C. decease<l: Charles Emery, a resident of
Paradise, Wallowa county; Irvin, making his
home in the valle.v; Willard, a resident of
Wallowa; and Bert, who married Eliza Cant-
well, a daughter of William Cantwell. a pi-
oneer of the fJrande Ronde valley. Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Kuhn have one da\igliter. Vivian,
^fr. Kuhn has been identified with p\iblic life
in his community, holding at various times
the pi>sition of school director, road su|ier-
vi.sor and constable. Being one of the earlj"
pioneers of Oregon he witnessed many of the
changes with which the present generation
is entirely unfamiliar and endured many of
the hardships of the early days. He is a
greatly respected citizen, beloved by a large
circle of friends and still active in business.

W. W, HOLLINGSWORTH, who is the
tablishmeiit in Xewhcrg. that he has been
successfully cond\icting for the past thirteen
years, was born in Indiana on .\ugust 8. 1857.
His parents were Moses and Sarah (Russell)
Hollingsworth. also natives of Indiana, where
the.v resided until 1850. In the latter year
they removed to Towa. settling on n farm in
Lucas county, that the father operated until
1893, when they again started westwanl.
Thev settled in Oregon, this time becoming
residents of Xcwberg. where Aloses Hollings-
wortb passed away in February. 1808. liut
the mother survived until the 28th of Febrii-
arr. i"ll. Tnto this worthy crniple there

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were born nine children, live of whom are
still living, as follows: I'boebc, the wife of
A. R. Cumpston, of Sellwood; Eva L., who
nuirried C. .1. .McClain, also a resident of
Sellwood; W. W., our subject; Mary ,)., the
wife of J. J. Xickel, of Osborm-, "Kansas;
and Jesse J., who is living in Nebraska.

.\s W. W. Hollingsworth was a child of
only two years when he removed with his
parents to Iowa, he received his education
in the common schools and in one of the
local colleges of that state. Being reared
on a farm he early began assisting in the
lighter duties about the fields and barns, his
responsibilities increasing as his strength de-
veloped. He remained with his parents un-
til ho had attained his nuijority, by which
tiirte he ha<l become a capable agriculturist
and fully qualified to engage independently
in farming. As he had always been ener-
getic and thrifty from earliest boyhood he
had sutlicieiit capital to buy a farm, which
he cultivated until I8S1, when he removed
to Cage «)unty, Nebraska. There be en-
gaged in the meat business, opening a butcher
shop which he conducted with a reasonable
degree of success for four years. In 1885
he traded his business for a farm and during
the succeeding six years again turned his
attention to agricultural pursuits. At the
expiration of that period he disposed of his
property and returned to Iowa, investing in
a farm in I.ueas couiitv. He cultivated this
until 1S05. when he decided to conie to the
northwest, so selling his honu'stcad he came
to Yamhill count.v. purchasing a ranch in
the vicinit.v of Xewl)erg. He devoted his
entire time and attention to the further im-
provement of this place with constantly in-
creasing success until 1898. In that year
Mr. Hollingsworth, who is a man of much
foresight and sagacit.v, recognized that there
was an opening in Xewberg for a furniture
and undertaking establishment. He had
brought his land under high cultivation,
making his place one of the attractive prop-
erties in this section, so met with no dilli-
culty in disposing of it, realizing a good
profit on his investment. Immediately there-
after he came to Xewberg and opened the
store he is now conductinp. He I'arries nn
excellent assortment of furniture, which he
oilers at reasonable prices, and be is enjoy-
ing a good patronage that is increasing no-
ticeably from year to year.

In 18*8 Mr. Hollingsworth completed hi«
arrangements for a home of his own by bin
marriage to Miss Mnr.v J. Moon, who was
born and reared in Warren county, lown.
She is a daughter of .laiob and I.ydia
(Wright) Moon, natives of f)hio, from which
»late thi'V removed to Iowa in 18.(0. There
the lather passed nwny in 1802 and the
mother in 1910. at the venerable ape of
eighty years. Their family numl>ere<l ten
eliildren. four of whom are still living.
I'nto Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth there have
been liorn seven children: Elmer J., who i^t
living in Xewlierg; Elzie M.. who in work-
ing for the Burlington it Missouri R.nilriind
Company in Hngn omnty. Nebraska; Frnnkie
f... the wife of Calvia Martin, a missionary

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

of the Friends' church of Kake, Alaska; Or-
ville R., who is engaged in business with his
father; Joseph B., who is also in the store;
Gertrude, who is in high school; and Esther.
The family attend the Friends church, in
which the parents hold membership, and
Mr. HoUingsworth is affiliated with New-
berg Lodge, No. 96, I. 0. 0. F. In his po-
litical views he is a republican, but he has
never been an office seeker, preferring to
concentrate his energies upon the develop-
ment of his personal interests. Mr. HoUings-
worth is a man of high honor, and during
the period of his connection with the com-
mercial activities of Yamhill countj' he has
at all times conducted his transactions in
such a manner so to maintain a reputation
for integrity and fair dealing that has proven
a valuable factor in promoting the develop-
ment of his business.

H. G. F. EGGERS, who is living retired in
Pendleton was for many years one of the
prominent agriculturists of Umatilla county.
His birth occurred in Holstein. Germany.
July 23, 1860. his parents being Henry and
Catherine (Carsons) Eggers. The family
left their native land in 1864 and after ar-
riving in the United States settled in Mc-
Lean county, Illinois. They resided there
until 1S93 ' when they came to Umatilla
county, Oregon, and "located upon a farm
twelve miles northeast of Pendleton. The
father owned one half section there and re-
sided upon it until he retired and took up
his residence in Portland. Later he removed
to Orange. California, where he is now liv-
ing. To their union six children were born:
Maggie, who is the Avife of J. Hudermann. of
Pendleton; Ella, who is married to Cliris
Breding, also a resident of Pendleton: Mary,
who is the wife of P. W. Ahlen, of Orange,
California; H. G. F., the subject ot this re-
view; Fred, who is living north of Pendle-
ton; and J. H., who is residing in Orange,
California.

In Illinois H. G. F. Eggers acquired such
education as was aiforded by the public
schools near his father's farm. Little oc-
curred to vary for him the ordinary routine
of farm life, and such time as he did not
spend in the schoolroom was given to agri-
cultural pursuits. After he laid aside his
text-books he gave his entire attention and
eti'orts to cultivating his father's farm. He
was thus engaged for two years before he
came to LTmatilla county two years after
his parents had removed here. Desiring to
start out independently he rented land for
a number of years and later purchased his
father's property. His agricultural under-
takings have always netted him substantial
results and he has from time to time been
able to increase his holdings until at pres-
ent he owns fourteen hundred and twenty
acres near M.vrick station, this county. His
life's record shows what can be accomplished
when unremitting energy, perseverance and
hard labor are used for the means of ac-
complishing an end. The highly cultivated
state and well equipped appearance of his
property at the time of his retirement

showed Mr. Eggers had striven not only to
make a living but also to meet with the
success which is due every earnest farmer in
this county. He resided upon his farm until
about 1908 when he removed to Pendleton
where he is now living retired in the com-
fortable home which he owns at 400 Jackson
street. He has rented his farm property to
his son and son-in-law.

On the 12th of February, 1884, Mr. Eggers
was married to Miss Anna ilary Witt, also
a native of Holstein, Germany. When she
was but seventeen years of age she came to
America alone, going directl,v to Illinois.
Her birth occurred on the 12th of April,
1865. To their union five children have been
born: Bertha, who is the wife of B. E. An-
derson of LImatilla county; John, who is liv-
ing on his father's farm; l)ora. who is resid-
ing at home; Theresa, who is married to W.
L. Boynton of Pendleton; and Malinda, who
is also living at home. The family holds
membership in the German Lutheran church
of Pendleton. In addition to rearing his own
children and giving them such educational
and social advantages as Pendleton aft'orded
he also adopted William Breding when the
boy was but one and one half years of age.
He at once made him a regular member of
the family and extended to him the same
treatment which was afforded the children of
his own familv.

DELOS P. HOPKINS, the owner of a
large livery barn in Banks, was born in
Wisconsin. ' October 25, 1860. His father,
Nathaniel Hopkins, was a native of Vermont
and in early manhood went to the Badger
state, where he met and married Miss Lu-
cinda Eaton, who was a native of Ohio.
They began their domestic life in Wisconsin
where they lived until 1871 and then re-
moved to Hamilton county. Nebraska, where
the father carried on farming up to the
time of his death in 1908. The mother has
since become a resident of Modesto, Cali-
fornia, and is now seventy-eight years of
age.

Delos P. Hopkins spent the first eleven
years of his life in his native state and then
accompanied his parents on their removal to
Nebraska, where he became more and more
largely experienced in farm work as he as-
sisted his father in the development and
cultivation of the fields. On attaining his
majority he made his initial step in the busi-
ness world, preempting a homestead claim in
Custer county, Nebraska, which he improved
until he had a clear title to the property.
He operated the farm altogether for five
years and then sold out but still continued
to engage in farming in Nebraska until 1894.
The succeeding three years were spent at
various places in the west but in 1897 he
returned to Nebraska, where he was again
identified with general agricultural pursuits
until 1901. That year witnessed his ar-
rival in Oregon, at which time he took up
his abode in Washington county, purchas-
ing a tract of land on which he made his
home until 1909. He then sold his farm
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661

whicli he has since conducted, having now a
hirge stable, a number of gixKl horses and
well kept vehicles. This is the only livery
barn in Manks. In addition to its conduct
he operates a farm near the town and is
the owner of a line residence property.

The lady who presides with gracious hos-
pitality over their home was ])rior to her
marriage, in February. ISS.T. .Miss Liiella
Shipley, who was l>orn in Illinois, .Jainiary
8. ISGti, a daughter of .Jellerson and Lavina
(Shorn I Shipley, who were natives of Penn-
sylvania. The mother died in Nebraska and
tile father's death occurred in Washington
county. Oregon. Of their eleven children
eight are still living: Henry and William.
who are residents of Nebraska ; .James T.. of
California; X. C. Charles and Crant. all of
Wasliington county. Oregon; Joseph, of
Portland; and Mrs. Hopkins, who is the only
daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins are parents of twelve
children but their first born. David A., died
in infancy and Henry I)., died at the age
of ten years. Those' still living are: Clar-
ence 0., twenty-six years of age, who is
married and resides in Banks; Elmer L.,
twenty-three years of age, who is married
and is" associated in the livery business with
his father and brother Clarence; Herman X.,
twenty-one years of age; Marion L., seven-
teen years of age: Lloyd A., a lad of thir-
teen "years; Willie L. and Lillie D.. twins,
born "March 28, 1901; Charles V., Iwrn
February 14. lOO.T: Chester I., September
2:!. lOO.i"; and Inez Luella, F"ebruary 3, 190S.
Realizing the value of education, the Jiar-
ents have provided their children with good
school advantages. Mr. and Mrs. ?Iopkins
holil membership in the Methodist Episcopal
church and in politics he is a republican.
Thnmghout his life he has been identified
with farming interests, which still claim a
portion of his time and attention, although
he is now rapidly developing a livery busi-
ness at Banks. He has made good use of
his time and opportunities and while there
have been no exciting chapters in his life
record, he has i)rovcd him.self a worthy and
reliable citizen of the community in which
ho lives.

CHARLES JOSEPH GOODING, who oper-
ates over three luindred acres of land, seven-
ty-five of whicli he and his brother own, in
Marion county, was l)orn in Indiana in
1S69. his parents being Nicholas and Mary
(Erbsland) Gooding. The father was born
in AlsaceTiorraine. (iermany. and came to
this countrv when he was but eleven years
of age. His family settled in Indiana,
where he resided until after his marriage
on the 2.«th of August. 1860. To this union
nine children were born: fleorge. of Butte-
ville Oregon; Elizabeth, who is married
to John f Ilntt, of Woodburn. Oregon ;
Theresa, deceased; -lohn. who is residing
with his brother Charles; niarles .1., the
subject of this sketch; Lawrence, of St.
Paiil. Oregon; Joseph, who is married and
is living in .St. Paul; Annie, also a resident
of St. Paul, and the wife of Fred Davidson;

and William, who is living in St. PauL
The sons arc all engaged in agricultural
pursuits excepting Joseph, who is a retired
merchant.

In 1889 Charles J. Ooo<iing left his na-
tive state with his father and went to
Butteville. Oregon, where they were joined
by the other members of the family one
year later, at whicli time they all removed
to St. Paul. At the age of twenty-two
Charles .1. Gooding entered upon an inde-
pendent career, at first as engineer in a
sawmill at Butteville, but after two years
he purchased and rented land near .St. Paul.
His brother .John was in partnership with
him and together they purchased the place
upon which the subject of this sketch is
now residing. He has fourteen acres planted
to hops, the growing of which constitutes
his principal industry. In addition he raises
oats, sutlicient to supply the needs of his
own stock.

On the 2Sth of May, 1901, Mr. Gooding
was married to Miss Blanch G. Davidson,
a daughter of W. F. and Anna Catherine
(Coleman) Davidson. Her birth occurred on
the 5th of June, 1SS2. and she was one of
twelve children, as follows: Mary, who is
the wife of H. G. Kirkpatrick, of .Sanders,
Idaho; Eliza lane, who is married to James
Smith, of Cliampoeg, Oregon; Laura A., who
is the wife of Jerome Jackson, of Hubbard,
Oregon; Arzelia. who is married to Paul
Ree<ly, of Salem, Oregon; J. Frederick, of
St. Paul. Oregon ; John F.. who is married
and is also a resident of St. Paul; Eugene
C. who is also living in St. Paul; Edna A.,
deceased; Ralph S., of St. Paul; Mrs. Good-
ing: Hilda Margaret, who became the wife
of Fred Gearin. of St. Paul: and Chester A.,
of St. Paul. To Mr. and Mrs. Gooding four
children have been born: Bertrand S., born
June 15, 1902; Charles J., Jr., whose birth
occurred October 11, 1903; John Russell, bom
April 21, 1905; and Richard Andrew, who
was born June 30, 1909. They are all re-
siding at home and with the exception of
Richard arc attending school.

In politics Mr. flooding gives his support
to the democratic party, believing that its
policies will be most eflicient in pro.luclng
good government, but when he cast.s his
vote he is indiienced more by the man than
by the dictates of the party. He has always
taken unusual interest in the schools of his
district and has served as a school director
for several terms. Hia public spirit is fur-
ther seen in the support which he gives to
any measure instituted for the public goo<l.
He" holds membership in the Roman Catholic
church and in the Catholic Order of Forest-
ers.

WILLIAM S. ATLEE. The succcm which
has come to William S. Allee is the visible
evidence of his life of well directe.1 energy
and thrift. .\s the architect of his own
fortunes he has buildcd wisely and well.
He Htarted out for himself when a youth
of iniirteiu years nnil has since dep«nde<l
entirelv uihiii his own labors for nil the
material interests which are considered

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

worth while. His birth occurred in Eng-
land on the 4th of October, 1S51, his par-
ents being Thomas and Jane (.Slater) Atlee,
who in the year 1855 left their native coun-
try of England and sailed for America, set-
tling first at Rochester, New York, where
they remained for a time. Subsequently
they became residents of Springfield, Massa-
chusetts, where the father o|)erated a flour
mill for six years. He was engaged in
similar business undertakings at ditl'ereut
times in Rhode Island, Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois, in Canada East and Canada West,
and his last, days were spent in Berrien
county, Michigan, where he died in 1898.
His wife survived him about eight years,
passing away in 1906. In their family were
twelve children: William S.; Sarah, who
died in England; .Jennie, the w'ife of .John
Baker, of McMinnville, Oregon; Elizabeth,
who is the widow of Charles Evans and
lives in Berrien county, Michigan; Josephine,
who died in Massachu.setts; a daughter who
died in the state of New York; Caroline,
who passed away in Michigan; .loseph and
Xlvin, who are living in the state of Wash-
ington; and three who died in infancy.

William S. Atlee was a little lad of four
years when brought by his parents to tlie
new world and with them he remained until
fourteen years of age, during which time he
not only attended the public schools but
also spent considerable time in the flour
mills which his father was operating. Thus
knowledge was gained of the business of a
practical character and at the age of four-
teen he took charge of a four-run flouring
mill at Lagrange, Cass county. Michigan.
Altliough so young, he proved his ability
and for nine years remained in that position,
never losing a single day. His employer
w-as H. F. Colby, who is still operating the
mill. On the expiration of that period he
removed to Vermontville. Eaton county,
IMichigan, where he again took charge of a
mill, never losing a day in all the eight years
in which he carried on the business. In this
extreme faithfulness as well as in his me-
chanical efficiency and executive ability is
found the secret of bis success. Going to
\\'exford county, Michigan, he took charge
of a new process roller mill, purchasing and
installing the machinery and conducting the
mill for nine years. His wages were in-
creased from time to time as his responsi-
bilities grew heavier and at length from
his earnings he was able to save a sufficient
amount to purchase a farm near Sherman,
which he operated for three years. He did
not find this pursuit congenial, however, and
sold his property. He then purchased a Hour
mill at Dailey, Michigan, which he conducted
until 1906, when, feeling that still better
business opportunities might be secured in
the west, he made his way to Oregon, set-
tling in Banks, Washington county, where he
has since conducted a general mercantile
store. He owns a fine business block, car-
ries a large and well selected line of goods
and has a gratifying patronage.

Mr. Atlee was married in 1873 to Miss
Mary F. Jarvis, who was born in Cass

county, Michigan, a daughter of Zed and
Rebecca (Simpson) Jarvis, who were natives
of Indiana but were married in Michigan,
where they lived until called to the home
bej-ond. They were parents of six children,
of whom four survive: Henry, a resident of
Idaho; Mrs. Atlee; Almanson and Almira,
twins, the former living in Nebraska and the
latter in Chicago. The two now deceased
are Helen and Sarah. The home of Mr. and
Mrs. Atlee has been blessed with three chil-
dren. Guy D., born in Cass county, Michi-
gan, in June, 1874, has a college education,
has taught school for several years and is
now living in Arizona. Henry, born in
Easton county, Michigan. July 13, 1880, ac-
ipiiied a high school education and after-
ward married Miss Elsie Higgins, who was
born in Cass count}' Michigan, and by whom
he has one son. Zed J., born May 10, 1907.
Mabel, born in Eaton county, Michigan, is
the wife of Lloyd Bunn, of Portland, Ore-
gon. She is a high-scliool graduate and
prior to her marriage engaged in teaching
school.

Mr. Atlee is somewhat independent in his
political views, supporting men and meas-
ures rather than party. He has held the
office of supervisor of his township and has
served on the school board for manj' years,
the cause of education finding in him a
stalwart champion. Since twenty-two years
of age he has been a member of the Ma-
sonic fraternity, his identification being with
Forest Grove. His has indeed been an ac-
tive life and its usefulness is evidenced
in the fact that he has been enabled to pro-
vide a comfortable living for his family and
establish a good liusincss, which places him
among the substantial citizens of his
adopted city. His record proves that sue- ■
cess is ambition's answer.

MRS. ELIZABETH WATTS, who resides
at Murphy, Josephine county, is the owner
of a fine one hundred and sixty acre farm in
that section, which is in a good state of cul-
tivation and well improved. She was born
in Allen county, Ohio, April 2, 1852, a
daughter of Sam and Rebecca (Jennings)
Daniels, both natives of Ohio. She removed
with her parents to Oregon in 1864, the
family going by the old-fashioned ox team
method before the railroads were built.
\\liile en route the cattle belonging to the
family all died and it became necessary to
supply their places with horses. The par-
ents settled in Linn county and there passed
the remainder of their lives.

Elizabeth Daniels spent her early child-
hood in Missouri and took her first steps
toward gaining an education in that state.
The remainder of her girlhood was spent in
Oregon, where she rounded out her common-
school education.

She has been twice married. She first
wedded .John Elliott and to their union four
children were born. In ISTl Mr. Elliott died
and in 1872 his widow married Alexander I.
Watts. They became the parents of seven
children. Laura E., Jlary E., Alec, Benjamin,
Cora A., Edna and Charles H., all of whom

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are living. Mr. Watts passed away Feb-
ruary 2li. 1912. ami liis remains were in-
terred in the Williams Creek cemetery. The
farm of one hundred and sixty acres upon
which the widow and her family are now liv-
ing, was purchased by Jlr. Watts, and he
placed on it suitable improvements and
brought it under a good condition of fertility.
He was an excellent bu.-siness man and a
highly respected citizen of the community.
Fraternally he was a member of the Masonic
order, practicing in his life the beneticent
teachings of the craft. He took part in the
Indian war of 1865 and ISCli. rendering val-
uable service to the state and its settlers.
He was a num of education, standing very
high in the comnuinity, and held the ollices
of county surveyor and county clerk. In
his death his family suffered an incalculable
loss and his departure was very generally
mourned. Mrs. Watts is a member of the
Methodist Episcojial church and is an active
worker in its behalf.

PHILIP HENRY VAN ORSDALL. 1 lie
steps of progress are noticed quite as much
in agricultural lines today as in other fields
of business activity. Prominent among those
farmers of Umatilla county who are carrying
on their agricultural pursuits according to
modern and up-to-date methods is I'liilip
Henry Van flrsilall. For si.\ years he has
been fanning independently, his property be-
ing located at the head of Seven Mile creek.
Born near I'pper Sandusky, Ohio, his birth
occurred August 2S. ISfi", his parents being
Elijah and Elizjj (Hardie) Van Orsdall, the
former of whom was a native of Xew York
state and the latter of Scotland. The mother
was reared in Scotland but at the age of
twenty-one years came to America. She is
now residing in Pendleton at the age of
seventy-five years. After being reared in
Ohio the father removed to Kansas ami en-
tered land in Cherokee county. His death
occurred there in ISTO. when he was si,\ty-
five years of age. In addition to carrying
on agricultural pursuits he also engaged in
the cooper's trade. After his death his widow
removed to Oregon and has sin<e made Pen-
dleton her home. To their union six children
were born: Perry, of Pendleton: .lohn. of
Portland: (Jeorge. wh<i is also resiiling in
Pendleton: Philip Henry, who is the subject
of this sket<h: F.lla. who died at the aire of
eleven years; and Charles, who passeil away
at the age of seven years.

Philip H. Van Orsdall was ednente<l in the
district schools and reared upon his father's
farm, where he continued until IS'.iO, when he
came to Oregr)n with his mother. For seven
rears he had been employed by Henry Kn-
i)etke in the ceneral transfer business and
for four or five years he was engaged in
business for himself. .Six years ago he took
up agricultural pursuits and he now own"
two hundred acres of land, which is located
at the head of Seven :Mile creek. He rents
five sections of land, which he devotes to
wheat ".'rowing, southeast of Pendleton. He
has raised as high ns five thousand sacks
from a one-half -ection and in one year he

raised forty thousand bushels. During 1911
he had sixteen hundred acres seeded. Aside
from wheat growing he has engaged in horse-
raising to some extent and has at present
about eighty head. He has devoted almost
his entire time and attention to the develop-
ment and improvement of his farm and that
his efforts have been effective forces iu the
ac(|uirement of substantial results is indi-
cated by the fact that his place is one of
the well improved and valuable properties in
the locality. He has conducted his affairs
according to modern and up-to-<latc methods,
has been careful and systematic in the man-
agement of his interests and today is num-
bered among the successful and progressive
farmers of Pemllefon.

In .Inly, 1S9S, Mr. Van Orsdall was married
to I^iuise Parrazo. whose birth occurred in
Vermont. May 23, 1873. She is a daughter
of .Joseph ami Mary Parrazo. Before coming
to Oregon in ISS3 her parents resided in
Nebraska for three years and in Boise. Idaho,
five years. I'pon aniving in this state they
settled at once in I'matilla county, where the
father is still residing, making his home with
his daughter. Mrs. Van Orsdall. The mother's
death occurred in 1900. By a former marriage
Mrs. Van Orsdall has one son. Richard Devine,
who is now a student at the University of
Washington.

Mr. Van Orsdall holds membership in the
Woodmen of the World. With him perse-
verance, diligence and integrity have con-
stituted the salient characteristics of his life,
bringing him to the honorable position which
he now occupies in the opinion of his fellow-
men among whom he is living and laboring.

JOHN M. MILLER. No special advant-
ages or fortunate circumstances assisted
.lohn ^1. ^lillcr as he started out in life for
himself but rather the stern necessity of
providing for his own support, and whatever
success he has achieved is due to his busi-
ness ability and determination. He is now
proprietor of a hotel in Banks, where he
also owns a goo<l residence property. He
was born in St. Paul. Minnesota. .lune 14,
isfi2. his parents being Martin and Martha
.Miller, both of whom were natives of Cer-
maiiy. The father came to the Cnited
Stales in his childhoorl ilays, the family first
settling in Canada, whi^re they resided for
a time and then went to Minnesota. In
that stall" both the grandfather and father
of .lohn M. Miller entered homestead claims
and the grandparents died upon their farm
there. It was while living in Miniicmifa
that Alartin Miller was married and for
many years thereafter he was identified
with agricnlturjil interests in that state but
a few years prior to his death removed to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he passed
away at the agp of sixty years. His wife's
ilcath had previously oeetirred in Sf, Paul.
Minnesota, when she wos forty years of
age. They had four rhildren: Mary, the
wife of .lohn Casper, of St. Paul; lohn M.;
Paulina, the ileceased wife of F. Weverinjt,
of Washington, I), C.; and a sister livinjj
neor .St. Paul.

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Wieii a little lad of nine years John M.
Miller began earning liis own living bj' sell-
ing papers and blacking shoes. He worked
thus for five years and the advantages of
his youth were extremely meager. At the
end of that time he secured a position in
connection with the railroad, calling the
crews for two years, after which he became
firema*n, working thus on a locomotive for
three years. That he was reliable and ca-
pable is indicated in the fact that he was
then promoted to tlie position of engineer
on a freight train and later became engineer
on a passenger train on the Great Northern
railroad, acting as engineer for that line and
also on the Northern Pacific for twenty-two
years. He resided during that period in
Minnesota and in the state of Washington
and in 1907 removed to Oregon, where he
operated the Shea engine, which was pur-
chased by the Doty Lumber Company and
was exhibited at the World's Fair in Port-
land in 190.5. He was with the lumber com-
pany for fourteen years and then estab-
lished his home in Washington county, Ore-
gon, since which time ho has conducted a
hotel in Banks, his business interests being
maintained in a building which he owns.
He also has several lots in the state of
Washington and his property holdings are
the visible evidence of his success.

On the 23d of May, ISSS, occurred the
marriage of Mr. Miller and Miss Martha
Pawlesek. who was born in Germany, Janu-
ary 23, 1871, a daughter of Jacob and Mary
(Wloka) Pawlesek, also natives of Ger-
many and came to America in 1880. For
four* years thereafter they resided in Min-
neapolis, Minnesota, and then removed to
Tacoma, Washington. The father died
Aug^ist 8, 1907, and the mother is yet living
in Tacoma. In their family were thirteen
children, of whom six still survive: Millie,
the wife of Joseph Buhr, of Tacoma; Mrs.
Miller; Joseph L., a resident of Spokane.
Washington; Peter, whose home is in Oak-
land, California; Annie, living in Seattle;
and Andrew, of Tacoma. Those w.ho have
passed away are Antone, Lena, two of the
name of Mary, two of the name of Rosa
and anotlier who died in infancy.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Miller are
three in number: Agnes Mary, who was
born November 8, 1S90, and is the wife of
Henry Olson, of Banks; Clara Rose, who
was born August 4, 1893, and is the wife of
Milford G. Biddington; and John M., born
December 25. 1908. Mr. Miller and his
family are of the Catholic faith and in poli-
tics he is independent. He has never held
office nor cared for political preferment,
save that he served as mail carrier for six
years. Neither is he connected with a
large number of fraternal organizations, al-
tho'iigh he belongs to the Brotherhood of Fire-
men and Trainmen.

ED KIDDLE. Among the prominent mil-
lers of Oregon and the successful and capalile
business men of Union county Ed Kiddle has
attained wide renown. He is the president
of five Hour mill companies and has given

practically all of his time and attention since
boyhood to that line of l)usiness. He was
born in Illinois. July Ij. 1803, a son of Fred
and Mary E. (Noyes) Kiddle, both natives of
England. He comes of a family of millers,
both of his grandfathers. Mr. Kiddle and
Robert Noyes, having been engaged in that
business. His father emigrated to the new
world at the age of fifteen years and settled
in Illinois, near Chicago, later residing in
northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
His death occurred at sea. the ship on which
he journeyed being lost on a trip to Australia.
He was a miller and followed that business
during the time of his residence in this coun-
try. In his family were three children: Ida,
who married W. 0. Head, of Jefferson, Iowa;
Ed, of this review ; and Fred.

Ed Kiddle spent his early boyhood days in
the state of Illinois, where he received a com-
mon-school education, residing in that state
until 1871, when the family removed to
Carthnge, Missouri. They later removed to
Peoria, Kansas, where they resided for about
four years, after which they lived in and
around Kansas City. Missouri, for a time.
Mr. Kiddle grew up in the milling business
and at the age of fifteen years started out in
life for himself. In 1886 he came to Union,
Oregon, where the original mill of the valley
was located. Tliat mill was destroyed by fire
shortly after he became connected with it
and then for a period of two or three years
be was engaged in the live-stock business.
He afterward rented the Union mill, conduct-
ing his live-stock interests in connection there-
with. He also liecame president of the mill
at Island City which has since remained the
home office. It was burned in 1876 but was
replaced by a modern plant with two hun-
dred barrels capacity per day. In 1902 he
organized a company nnd bought the Union
fiour mill, a plant with one hvindred and
twenty-five-barrel capacity. Since purchasing
that mill Mr. Kiddle has remodeled it and
modernized it in every particular. In the
same year he and his associates purchased
the Allinuce mill at La Grande, which is an
uji-to-date plant with a capacity of one hun-
dred and fifty barrels and is now conducted
under the name of the La Grande Milling
Comp:iny. On July 31. 1908, the mill at Is-
land City was destroyed by fire and in Sep-
tember Mr. Kiddle purchased the Imbler Mill-
ing Comiiany's plant having an equipment to
turn out two hundred barrels per day, which
is also modern in construction. At the same
time he purchased the property of the Elain
Milling Compiiny at Elgin and after remodel-
ini;- if the mill has a dnily capacity of one
hmidred liarrels. The mill at La Grande is
driven by electricity while the mills at Imbler
and Elgin are run by steam. Those at Union and
Island City are operated by water power
and that "at Island City has an auxiliary
electric plant which is used when the water
runs short. Mr. Kiddle is the president of the
five milling companies mentioned but each is
se])aratcly organized and incorpcu'ated. the
brother of Mr. Kiddle being vice president and
the two brothers owning a controlling interest
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ity of eight hundicil hiirrcls daily and fifty
per cent of tlie piodiut is shipped to foreign
countries, various aimmnts going to the South
AnuMiiMii rejiulilics and to Cliiua and Japan.

.Mr. Kiddle was married ill lSs4 to .Miss
Kninia L. Mailing, a native of Illinois iin<l a
daugliti'r of Myron and Maria Walling, who
had removed to Hamilton. Missouri. To Mr.
and Mrs. Kidiile have heen horn seven chil-
dren, namely: Merton W., who was educated
in the public schools of La (Jrande and who
is in charge of the books of the home odice;
Xetha M.. a graduate of Washington fni-
versity: Fred E.. attending high school; l.etn.
who is also pursuing her education; and (ireta.
Fred and Earl, all deceased. Fraternally Mr.
Kiddle is a Royal Arch Mason, being past
grand high priest of the chapter and also past
grand nnister of the lodge for Oregon. He
IS aiso grand prelate of the grand eommand-
ery. Knights Templar, and his son Merton
IS also a Knight Templar. Mr. Kiddle is ex-
tensively known as one of the most successful
milling "nieii in rastcrn ( Iregcui. He posse.s.ses
unusual business ability, having the rare fac-
ulty of handling details, and as he was prac-
tically raised in the milling business is thor-
oughly familiar with its every detail. He has
long been recogni/ed as one of the leading
business men and most prominent citizens of
I'nion county and is greatly esteemed by a
large number of dose business and personal
friends.

JOHN FRANKLIN WEHRUM, who is en-
gaged in farming seven and a half miles
northwest of Gervais. has been a lifelong resi-
dent of Oregon and is today one of the most
prosperous agriculturists of Marion county.
He was born in Fairfield, Oregon, on the 2d
of October. 1S77. and his life displays many
of the sterling characteristics which have
heen so prominent in many of the men who
have developed tlie we-t. He is a son of
.John Henrv and Helena Florence W'chrum.
The father.' who was an only child, was born
at St. Paul. Oregon, in lS.-):i, his parents be-
ing natives of Germany who after their ar-
rival in Xew York again took passag*? on a
steamer and went to San Francisco by way
of Cape Horn. Almost immediately they
came to Portland by water and settled on
French Prairie, near" St. Paul, where the fa-
ther purchased three hundred acres of lanil
and for several years was engaged in its
cultivation. At the end of this time the
fainilv went to Germany for a short visit
but upon their return to Oregon purchased
five hundred and fifty acres of land near Fair-
field. ni>on which they resided until the fa-
ther's death in 1881. The mother was a na-
tive of Virginia, being one of nine children.
The others are: John, of Washington; Al-
bert, who is a resident of Heppner. Oregon:
Erastus. who resides in Washington; Sterling
P also livin" in Heppner; Cecelia, of Junc-
tion City; Alice, who makes her home in
Oregon- Martha, deceased: and .\nn. of Spo-
kane. Washington. Mrs. Wehmm came to
Oregon from Missouri with her parents when
she was four vears of age. Her parents un^
dertook the trip across the plains in ISj-

with a large party, there being forty ox teams
in the train. At the end of six months they
arrived in Oregon and settled in Lane county,
where they resided for a nuudier of years
bef(ue coining to Marion county and locating
at Fairfield. Mr. and .Mrs. John Henry Weh-
rum became the parents of five children:
.lohn Franklin, who is the subject of this
review; Buddy, deceased; Albert E., of Or-
chards. Washington; one who died in in-
fancy; and (lark E.. who is residing in Wash-
ington with his mother.

.John F. \A'ehrum began his active career
at the age of twenty one years. He at once
assumed charge of the home place of four
hundred and forty acres and has carried on
its cultivation up to the present time and in
addition is improving seven hundred and
fifty acres which he has rented on what is
known as the Harding place. Uy able man-
agement and close application, together with
a good understanding of scientific farming
principles, he has brought his land under a
liigh state of productivity. His energy is
devoted to the raising of grain and haj' and
also to breeding' and feeding sheep and hogs
for the market.

On the i:!th of December, 1001, Air. Weh-
rum was married to Miss Xellic May Woin-
pole. whose birth occurred on the KUh of
September. IST'.I. a daughter of Martin and
Matilda (Lindsay) Woinpole. The father
was one of six children and the mother, who
came with her family from Xew York state
in 1S90, was one of seven chihlrcn. To Mr.
and ilrs. Wehmm three children have been
born: Mildred, who is now attending scho(d;
and Margaret and Helen, twins, born April
11. lOOS.

In politics Mr. Welirum is nonpartisan,
casting his vote at each election for the man
or measure which in his judgment will bi>
most elTcctive in securing good government.
He alliliatcs with thi- Presbyterian church
and is a member of the Woodmen of the
World. His life has been an intensely busy
one and its use and worth none of his fel-
low citizens (|uestion. Wherever he is
known he is held in high esteem alike for his
industrial achievements and his personal in-
tegrity.

WILLIAM L. BROWN, who is niimb.rid
among tin' nativi> residents of rnnitillii
county, is engaged In agricultural pursuits
on his farm, which is sitiintp<l near Helix.
He was born September 2S, lS7li, the son of
J. L. an<l Xancy E. (Kiitch) Brown. The
parents were natives of Indiana and Mis-
souri, respectively, anil in l'<<5o came to Ore-
gon, now living in Milton. In their family
were ten chilflren. five of whom are living.

WTIIiam L. Brown received a common-
school education and remained at home until
fifteen years of age, when he started out in
life for himself and worked on a farm until
twenty-five years of age. He then engaged
in fanning on his own account and now
owns n tract of one hiindriHl ami sixty neres
and is operating iH-sidnt, three hiimlred and
twenty acres.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

On September IS, 1901, Mr. Brown wedded
Miss Clara J. Zenske, who is a native of
Umatilla county and a daughter of A. and
Williemina Zenske. The parents are both
natives of Wisconsin but are now living in
Pendleton. Mr. and ilvs. Brown became the
parents of one son. Edward D., who was
born in November, 1904. and died three years
later. Mr. Brown casts his vote with the
democratic partv. and fraternally he is affi-
liated with Helix Lodge. No. SO.' I. 0. 0. F.,
and W'ith Pendleton Camp. Xo. 41. W. 0. W.
He is energetic and persevering and is rap-
idly becoming one of the successful farmers
of the coninumity. Always active in what-
ever enterprise seems worth while, he is
today a man on whom all can di']icnd for
furthering the movements whicli contribute
to tlip growth of the county.

SYLVESTER E. VEATCH. For more

tlian balf a century Sylvester E. Veatch has
been an interested observer of the marvelous
growth and development of Oregon, and dur-
ing the fifty-nine years of his residence in
the state has substantially contributed to-
ward its progress both as a private citizen
and public official. Since 1866 he has been
living on a ranch two miles west of Cottage
Grove on the Lorane road, and that his life
has been one of enterprise and great activity
is manifested by the appearance of this
property.

Mr. Veatch is a native of White county.
Illinois, his birth occurring in 1831. and a
son of Isaac and Ollie (Miller) Veatch. His
father was born in Kentucky and was a son
of Elias and .lennie (Brown) Veatch. who
were married in Tennessee. Isaac Veatch
was a veteran of the War of 1812, having
gone to the front during the first year of
this conflict, but he had the misfortune to
be wounded during an early engagement and
was subsequently discharged because of
physical disability. After his marriage he
settled in Illinois, acquiring some land on
the Wabash river. He resided there until
1844, then removed to Iowa, but ten or
twelve years later he returned to Illinois,
continuing to make his home in the latter
state until about 1876. when he came to
Oregon and thereafter lived with his sons.
He lived to attain the venerable age of
ninety-five years, his death occurring in 1880.
Mr. Veatch was twice married, and to him
and his first wife, who passed away in 1845,
there were born sixteen children, all natives
of Illinois. In order of birth they are as
follows: William G.: James; Rebecca; John;
Anderson; Lowrey; Posey; Isaac M. ; Har-
vey C. ; Sylvester E.. our subject; Nicie Jane;
Elizabeth Ann; and Harriet Lucretia; La-
fayette; Robert; and Leander. who died at
the age of four years. To Mr. V'eatch and
his second wife, whose maiden name was Miss
Nicie Gibbs, there were born two children,
Adaline and Mandana. The Veatch family
originally came from Scotland, but they have
long been residents of the United States.

Reared amid the pioneer conditions that
prevailed in Illinois and Iowa during his boy-
hood and youth Sylvester E. Veatch received

only the limited education then provided by
the district schools. He early began to assist
with the cultivation of the home farm and
at the age of fourteen years practically took
over the management of the homestead in
Iowa, thus relieving liis aged fatlier of all
heavy responsibilities. In 1853, he left Iowa
and came to Oregon, first settling in Linn
county, where for a year he worked out by
the day. Having been trained to liabits of
thrift and industry from early cliildhood he
carefully saved as much as possible of his
meager wages, thus acquiring .sulficient cap-
ital to enable him to begin the cultivation
of a claim of his own. At the end of a year
he came to Cottage Grove and filed on three
hundred and twenty acres of land, but he
subsequently sold this and went to Clover-
dale. There for four and a half years he
cultivated his father-in-law's placej but at
the end of that time he rented a ranch at
Creswell. He there continued his agricultural
pursuits for three and a half years, then
on the 6th of October. 1866. returned to Cot-
tage Grove and bought a little more than a
half section of land. At the same time he
filed on thirty acres adjoining this tract and
liere he has ever since resided. His ranch
now embraces three hundred acres, seventy
of wliich have been brought under high culti-
vation while the remainder is in timber and
pasture. Mr. Veatch is now and has been
for some years past practically living re-
tired, having deeded his ranch to his young-
est son. Sylvester Curtis.

On the 21st of January, 1855, Mr. Veatch
married Mi.ss Maria Elizabeth Knox, who
was born in Hancock county, Illinois, on the
29th of April, 1834. and was one of two chil-
dren born of the marriage of S. B. and Eliz-
abeth (Mathers) Knox. The mother passed
away in Hancock county on the 13th of May,
1835, and on February 4, 1838. the father
married Mrs. Cynthia' Stockton, the widow
of Amos Stockton, and to tliem were born
ten children, as follows: Jlarian Ann. who
was born December 7. 1838. and died on the
5th of February, 1864; Caroline M., who
was born on the 1st of March, 1840; Roseoe,
wliose natal day was November 1. 1841;
Harriet, wliose birth occurred October 27,
1843; Oscar F.. born on the 22d of June.
1845; Sophronia, born on September 23,
1847; Laura, born on the 1st of April, 1850;
Horace, a lawyer, who was born on March
23. 1852. and died on the 18th of October,
1888; .Terome. whose birth occurred on De-
cember 5. 1854; and Emeline. who was born
on the 12th of .July, 1857, and died in 1862.
at the age of four years. To Mr. and Mrs.
Veatch there were born seven children, a»
follows: Matilda Ann, who died at the age
of four; Isaac H.; Margaret Jane, the widow
of Theodore Martin, of Albany, Oregon;
Robert Wesley, who lives in Cottage Grove;
Harriet Lncetta. the widow of Isaac Thomas,
of Portland; Sylvester Curtis, who is living
on the old liome ranch; and Dora Belle, the
wife of J. H. Martin, of Creswell. Mrs.
Veatch passed away October 28. 1902.

Sylvester Curtis "Veatcli, the youngest son
of Sylvester E. and Maria Eliz.-ibeth (Knox)

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671

Veatch. has succeeded his father in the opera-
tion of the ranch and is meeting witli a
goodly measure of success i» his undertak-
ings. He was married on the 17th of April.
1901, to Miss Lena Stockwell. the second in
order of birth and oldest living child of
Frank H. and Madora Ann (Hawley) Stock-
well. The other members of their family are
as follows; ilary U.. who is deceased; Ray-
mond E.; Frank, who is also deceased; and
Eugene Lafayette, who is practicing law in
San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Veatch have a
daughter and a son: Mary Enid, who was
born on the 2-ith of November. 1902; and
Wayne Otis, whose birth occurred on the 2d
of March, 1905.

.Sylvester E. Veatch is a member of the
Presbyterian church, and for eleven years
was an active worker in the Order of Good
Templars, having been a charter member of
this organization. In politics he is a repub-
licixn and for many years represented his
district in the eoimty conventions and on
several occasions refused nominations for
state representative. During his earlier
years he always took an active interest in
all piiblic movements, particularly those
afTecting the interests of agriculturists, and
■was an enthusiastic member of the state
Grange. The greater part of his life has
been spent on the frontier and many are
the interesting narratives he relates of the
pioneer days. His trip across the plains was
rather an exciting one. as his party had the
misfortune to have some of their oxen
stolen by the Indians. This made the re-
mainder of the journey quite difTicult. and
they found it particularly hard to ford the
mountain streams, which were very high at
that season. Mr. Veatch has now attained
the venerable age of eighty-one years, but
he is still quite active and rugged and finds
great pleasure in reviewing the experiences
of the early days with his many old pioneer
friends.

FRANK PEDRO, who with his brother owns
over tliirticn tli'm-and acres of land in Ore-
gon anil who resides at Pendleton, was born
on May 10. ISOii. in Portugal, his parents
being Joseph and Mary (Lee I Pedro. His
maternal grandmother died in Portugal at the
advanced age of one hundred and three years.
The father's death ociiirrcl in Portugal,
where the mother is still residing. He was
a sea captain throughout his active career.
To their union ten children were born, one
of whom resides in Portugal. The others
came to the United States and with the ex-
ception of two who suI>seq\U'ntly returned to
Portugal they have made Oregon their liome.
where the death of Ler)nard occurred at Flora
and he was buried in Pendleton. Manuel
is the eldest and Frank, the second in order
of birth of the seven which are now living.

Frank Pedro was but sixteen years of age
when he came to the United States and be-
gan following the seafaring life. His first
voyage was on the whaling vessel Lottie
Cook and he was on this trip for eighteen
months. .Subsequently he sailed on the
fishing schooners ^fary Xesson and Frank

Butler, of Xew London, Massachusetts.
.Shortly afterward he discontinued his occu-
pation as seaman and went to California.
In 1,SS3 he came to Pendleton. Oregon, and
this city has since been his place of residence.
At present he is in the sheep business and is
also engaged in raising other stock. When
he entered upon agricultural pursuits he was
employed as a laborer for three years and
in that way had aTuple o])p(irtunity to watch
and learn the methods employe<l by the farmer
of the northwest. He and his brother at
jiresent own over thirteen thousand acres of
land, over half of which is well cultivated
for barley and wheat growing. He has about
ten tho\isand head of sheep anil about one
hundred head of lior-ics. Few of his country-
men have met with eqinil success in agricul-
tural lines in Oregon and his riMuarkalile
progress has been due to his careful study
of farming as a science and his unremitting
energy and dose api)lication to his work.

In ISOt Mr. Pedro was married to Miss
Flora Waugh. whose birth occurred in Uma-
tilla county, on the 16th of September, 1873.
Her grandfather Alexander Waugh crossed
the jilains from Indiana to Oregon at an early
day. Hi'r parents are at present re-idiiig in
Uiiiatilla county. To Mr. and Mrs. Pedro
three children have been born. .Josephine,
Agnes and Margaret. ?Ie is a member of the
Catholic church and his fraternal relations
are confined to the Woodmen of the World.
His life his been one of continuous activity,
in which has been accorded due recognition
of labor, for today he is numbered among
the substantial agriculturists of Umatilla
county and his record may well serve as a
source of inspiration and encouragement to
others, showing what may be accomplished
in this country when one has the will to dare
and to do. However. Mr. Pedro has not so
narrowed his activities that he is intereste<l
only in agricultural lines. He has taken a
greiit deal of pleasure in collecting and keep-
ing various sea relies. At present he has the
largest sperm whale tooth in existence. It
was taken from a whale by his fatln-r and
weighs over five pounds. His collection also
inchiiles nuiny other interesting relics of the
sea.

LEWIS E. BAUGHMAN. Although Ix>wi»
E. Raughman has been a resident of Xewberg
for less than a year, he has, nevertheless,
during that period firmly established himself
in comuii'nial lircles here as the proprietor
of an automoldle business wliicli is already
bringing to him substantial returns. He
came to Oregon from the middle west, his
birth having occurred in Woodford county,
Illinois. April n. 1SS2. His parents, .John
and Catherine (N'nlTzigierl Pnut'hnuui. are
natives of Cernmiiy and Pennsylvania, re-
spectively, and at one lime wi-re re«iil<'nl« of
Ohio. IJiter they removed to Illinois and in
IS!i4 took up their abode in Iowa, in which
state they now make their home. Of their
family of twelve children eleven arc still
living.

Lewis E. llnughmBH spent the first twelve
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

which he accompanied his parents on their
removal to Iowa, where he cumpleteii his edu-
cation, which had been begun in the public
schools, by graduation from the high school.
Thus he received a good general training for
responsibilities to come, and upon attaining
his majority entered the business worhl. ac-
cepting employment with the Western Eleva-
tor Company, with whom he remained eight
years. At the end of that period he came to
Oregon, for the advantages offered in the far
west had proved attractive to him, and he
arrived in Yamhill county in the summer of
1011. He located in Newberg and here es-
tablished au automobile business, in the con-
duct of which he has since continued. He
is a man of good business ability, his en-
terprising spirit and practical methods hav-
ing already safely established him in trade
circles in this town, the growth of his busi-
ness auguring well for future success. In
addition to his automobile business he also
owns an orchard of ten acres located about
one mile north of Newberg.

It was in Iowa, on the 32d of February,
1904, that .Mr. Baughman was united in mar-
riage to Miss Nellie Moore, who was born in
Waterloo, that state, a daughter of Rynaldo
and Elizabeth (Holtz) Moore. The father
was born in Germany and is now deceased
but the mother is living in Newberg with
her son Lewis. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Baugh-
man has been born one daughter, Rachel
Louise, whose birth occurred on the ISth of
August. 1909, and who is the life and light
of the household. Prior to her marriage Mrs.
Baughman had been a successful school
teacher in her native state.

Mr. and Mrs. Baughman hold membership
in the Order of the Eastern Star and the
former also belongs to Symbol Lodge, No.
432, A. F. & A. il., of Iowa. In politics he
is a stanch democrat although he has never
sought nor desired public office, preferring
to concentrate his entire time and attention
upon his business affairs. He has so far
found no cause to regret his determination
to seek his fortune in the northwest, for he
has become cognizant of the fact that in this
oreat and growing country opportunities for
business advancement are constantly being
afforded the individual who has but to rec-
ognize them and avail himself of them in
time. He is industrious and enterprising and
has already won for himself a creditable
place among the progressive business men of
Newberg.

CARL G. PATTERSON, M. D., has been
sucicssfuUv engaged in the practice of medi-
cine and surgery at Baker for the past decade
and well merits recognition among the
able representatives of the profession in this
state. His birth occurred in Danville, In-
diana, on the 20th of November, 1877, his
parents being William W. and -Joan F. (Wor-
rell! Patterson. The family comes of Irish
stock. William W. Patterson, a native of
Rockbridge county, Virginia, died at Indian-
apolis, Indiana, oil the 14th of October, 1906,
when seventv-five years of ag<>. His wife, who
was born in' Carroll county, Virginia, resides

at Indianapolis, Indiana, and is seventj'-nine
years of age.

Carl G. Patterson supplemented his early
education by a high-school course in Danville,
Indiana, and later attended the Central Nor-
mal College in that city. Having determined
to prepare himself for the practice of medi-
cine, he entered tlie Eclectic Medical College
of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was graduated from
that institution on the lath of April, 1902,
In that year he began practice at Baker, Ore-
gon, and this city as been the scene of his
professional labors continuously since. His
practice has steadily grown in volume and
importance as he has demonstrated his skill
and ability in coping with the problems that
always confront the physician and surgeon.
and his reputation is an enviable-one. He has
served as city physician of Baker and at the
present time acts as county health officer.
He holds the rank of first lieutenant of the
Medical Reserve Corps of the Oregon National
Guard.

On the 19th of October, 1904, at Portland,
Oregon, Dr. Patterson was united in marriage
to Jliss Charlotta .\. Roberts, a daughter of
Charles G, and Margaret (Aitken) Roljcrts,
who were natives of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Scotland, respectively. Charles G. Roberts re-
sides at Hood River. Oregon, and his wife is
deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Patterson have two
children: Joan, whose natal day w-as April 25,
1907; and Franklin Worrell, born on the 19th
of September, 1908.

Since age conferred iipon him the right of
franchise Dr. Patterson has supported the
men and measures of the republican party.
Fraternally he is identified, with the ^Masons,
belonging to Baker Lodge. No. 47. A. F. &
A. M. and Keystone Chapter, No, 1.5. R. A. M.
He is a member of Lodge No. 3^8 of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, at Baker.
Dr. Patterson maintains the strictest con-
formity to the highest professional ethics
and enjoys in full measure the confidence and
respect of his professional brethren as well
as of the general public.

J. H. KILBURG is one of the partners in a
large general store at Buxton, being associ-
ated in the ownership and conduct of the
business with his brother Anthony and H.
Gregerson. He was born at Wilsonville. Ore-
gon, August 22, 1882, and is of German lin-
eage, his parents, Peter and Kathryn
(Rhodes) Kilburg, being natives of Germany
and Iowa, respectively. They were married in
Iowa, where they began their domestic life,
but after a short time came to Oregon and
have since resided either in this state or in
Washington. The father settled in Wood-
l)iirn, Oregon, in 1S90, and is there living at
the age of sixty-six years, but in 1904 he
was called upon to mourn the loss of his
wife. For many years he followed farming
but at the present writing lives retired.
Unto him and his wife were born eleven chil-
dren, of w-honi four died in infancy, the
others being: Mrs. Annie ilcFarland. a resi-
dent of Walla Walla, Washington; .J, H.;
Anthony, who is living in Washington county,
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673

burn; Katliryn, who is also living in Wood-
burn; and Emma and Raymond, lioth at
home.

.1. H. Kilburg attended tlie juihlic schools
and worked upon the home farm, rarly l)e-
coming familiar with tlic duties and labors
incident to the development of the fields.
He continued to assist his father until
twenty-eight years of age, when, in associ-
ation with his brother Anthony and H. tireg^
erson, he purchased a general mercantile
store in Buxton, which he has since con-
ducted. Tt is the only store of consequence
in the town and enjoys a fine business. Mr.
Kilburg also owns property in tlie residence
district of rortland and is nu-eting with sub-
stantial success that comes as tlie legitimate
reward of his perseverance, industry and ca-
pable management. He was reared in the
Catholic faith anil votes with the repul)lican
party but is not an oflice seeker, preferring
to concentrate his energies upon his business
affairs, which he capably manages, making a
close study of the conditions of trade and of
the wants" of his patrons.

ARCHIE LINCOLN BLACK is a man who
in a (piiet way is doing much to contribute to
the growth of Grant cminty in its commercial
aspects. He is now conducting a general store
in Mount Vernon and has gained sticcess. He
is a native son of the west, liaving been born
in The Dalles. Oregon, December U. 1S09, and
is a son of Charles and Mary (Rodgers)
Black, both natives of Maine. The family is
of English origin and the paternal grandfather
of our subject. Edward Rlack. was linrn in
Great Britain. Charles Black was married in
his native state. Maine, and came to Oregon
in 1868. He was a carpenter by trade and
followed that occupation for many years.
When the government was about to build a
mint at The Dalles he received an appoint-
ment to work upon the liuilding. He came to
the eastern part of the state and settled in
the John Day valley in ISTO. locating just
below Mount" Vernon, where he died at the
age of twentv-seven. in 1874. .\fter hi.s
death his wife" returned to Maine where she
remained but a short time. She came back
to Oregon after a few months and resided here
until fs9?,. when she marie her seconri journey
to her native district, where she is now living.
A. L. Black is the eldest of a family of
three children. He remained in Oregon until
he was ten vears of age when h" wi'Ut east
with his mother and remained in Maine for
about four years. In l><s:i he returned to
Oregon where he took up various activities
connected with the general lite of the country.
He was successful in the teaming business and
in various other capacities. He w.rked during
most of his time in the employ of E. Stewart,
of Dayville. Oregon, but in 1800 started in
business for himself, operating a oawmillon
Flat creek, eighteen miles below Mount Ver-
non. He added to his activities the conduct
of a large stock ranch and was sticcessfnl in
both branches. His sawmill was finally de-
stroved bv fire and never rebuilt. In 100.'.
he. sold his ranch and his large herd of stock
to E. Stewart, bis former employer and

bouglit tlie li ildings of H. H. Cummings, who
was conducting a general store at Mount \'er-
lion. Mr. Black has been active in the conduct
of his enterprise since that time and has built
up a llourisliing and prosperous business. His
store is one of the largest in this section of
the count.v and has a frontage of seventy feet
and a depth of ninety feet. During the term
of his ownership Mr. Black has increased the
capacity of his liuilding. has installed modern
and improved eriiiipnient and has greatl.v ex-
tended his line of stock. He is the agent for
the Oliver Plow Works and the Studebaker
Wagon Conipanv and has constantly on lianil
a thormigli line of farm iinpleinents. lie docs
not make a specialty of any one biamdi
i>f his business but gives his time and atten-
tion to general merchandise. His stock is at-
tractively arranged and his enterprise is run
along progressive and metropolitan lines.

.June 17. 1890, Mr. Black was united in mar-
riage to Mi.ss Sophronia Wright, a daughter
of Stephen Wriglit. who came to Oregiui in
the early days of its settlement and died in
Kelso. Washington, in lOn.'i. To Mr. and
Mrs. Black have been bdrn six children:
Ethel, who is living at home; Etta; Vinnie:
Grace: Charles: and Howard. Mr. Black is ii
popular and well known citizen. His co-
operation can always be counted upon in an.v
movement looking toward the progress of the
town of Mount Vernon in a commercial, politi-
cal, or social way. He seeks no success be-
yond a purely business walk of life. He has
made his commercial career honorable and
upright and in doing this he has achieved
prosperitv.

ALBERT LOVERIDGE, who is now living
in \\ oiiilbinii. I irig..ii. was born in Ohio, on
the 22d of .Inly. 1842. his parents being
Michael and Hannah (Lyddon) Ixiveridpe.
The father was born and reared in Scunerset-
shire, England, his birth having occurred
April 17. 180:?. and he was married in Octo-
ber. 1820, in St. Gregory. England, where he
resided until I8.'!7. During early life he wa.M
eilucated for the ministry and was engaged
in preaching in the Baptist church for many
years. When he left his native land he iMime
to America and almost immediately after
his arrival in New York started west, set-
tling in Ohio, where he remaineil for n short
time before locating in Galesburg. Knox
county, Illinois. Subsequently in !'<•'>.'. ho
crosse'd the plains and setllcl in Midalla val-
ley, near Dreyon Cit.v. and resiiled there un-
til his death, which occurred on the 27th of
December. 1880. Mrs. I^iveridge passed nwny
on the Ith of September. IS'*^. To thin
union eight children were born. Elirnbeth,
the eldest, died October H. 1SI9. Levena
was married in Illinois to .Tnhn .\wlidl. n
native of England. Mary ilied at the age of
five months and one day. Mary, who wn»
Isirii March 17. ls.11. is the wirlow of Mosch
Ilalin and resiiles at Maryville. Missouri.
William, whose birth occurred Seplcmber
Ifi. 18?,f.. died March 12. 1908. I.ucinn wa«
married in Illinois to Williftm .Xilnms. now of
Molalhi. Oregon, and they came to this stntp
with their parents in 180.-,. .Mbert. who is

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the subject of this sketch, is the next in
order of birth. Newton is a resident of Wes-
ton. Oregon.

Albert Loveridge began his independent
career at the age of twenty years. He
crossed the plains in 1863, going directly to
Austin, Nevada, where he was engaged in
silver mining for a period of five years. At
the end of this time he removed to the north-
ern part of the state and mined for eight
years, previous to going to Idaho in 1876
and settling in Bruneau valley, where he
engaged in stock-raising and farming until
his retirement twenty-seven years later.
Although ilr. Loveridge retained the four
hundred and eighteen acres near Mountain
Home, Idaho, whicli he owned at that time,
he came to W'oodburn, Oregon, where he has
since resided in a larg>e and commodious
house which he purchased upon his arrival.
His farm in Idaho is well stocked and al-
though he has engaged a capable manager to
relieve him of all active duties he still takes
an owner's interest in its success. He is
also the owner of a ferry, which he has oper-
ated for twenty-three years, and from the
income received from this ferry in addition
to that derived from his successful stock-
raising Jlr. Loveridge has accumulated a for-
tune, which is commensurate with his energy,
persistency and diligent labor.

On the "l3th of September, 1871, Mr. Love-
ridge was married to Miss Mary Coats, a
daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Owerton)
Coats, the former a native of Kentucky and
the latter of Virginia, which state had long
been the home of lier ancestors. The parents
were married in Missouri in 1843, and eleven
years later removed to California, where they
remained for a number of years before go-
ing to Jackson county, Oregon, where they
resided for some time. Mr. Coats was
wounded in the arm while on active duty in
the Rogue River war. Mrs. Loveridge is one
of six children, the others being; Benton.
William and ilag'gic. all deceased: John, who
is a resident of Mountain Home, Idaho, and
David, deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Loveridge
Ave children have been born: Gertrude, who
was born June 9, 1872. and is the wife of
John S. Black, of Mountain Home, by whom
she has the following children, Errol. Ralph,
Guy. George. Amy and David; Ray, deceased,
whose birth occurred May 20. 1875, and who
was married to Miss Phoebe Simmons, of
Parnell. Missouri, to whom one child, Mary.
has been born: George, who was born August
10, 18.82. and married Polly Owens, of Bru-
neau, Idaho; Vida. who was born April 23,
1889, and has received a musical education
at the University of Idaho at Moscow; and
Gladys, born November 28, 1891. who became
the wife of Percy Beckley, of Idaho.

In politics Mr.Loveridge is an enthusiastic
democrat, firmly believing that the policies
of that party will be most efTective for good
government. His political affiliations are the
same as those of his family, his father hav-
ing been a strong democrat who was so loyal
to his party and principles that upon one oc-
casion, while living in Illinois, he was threat-
ened by mob violence at a time when the

democratic party was the object of attack
and contumely. Mr. Loveridge has never
sought office as a reward for party fealty
but has ever taken an active interest in all
measures which have been undertaken for
the public good. His interest for the future
welfare of his family is attested by the fact
tliat he is at present holding a policy in the
New York Life Insurance Company. By
strict attention to the undertaking at hand
and by fair dealings with all with whom he
comes in contact, Mr. Loveridge has won an
enviable position among those who stand for
till' prai'tical development of the northwest.

HARMON L. ALEXANDER is a well known
and sucrcssfid blacksmith of Imbler. who has
been a resident of the state since 1876. He
is one of the valued men of his town and a
highly respected citizen. He was born in
Farmington. Ontario county, New York, April
2.T. 1840. a son of William H. and Nancy
(Phillips) Alexander, the latter a daughter
of John Phillips. The grandfatlier. Andrew
Alexander, was a native of Scotland and emi-
grated to the new world when he was eigh-
teen years of age, settling in New Y'ork.
During his early manhood the father was
employed as foreman in a woolen factory,
holding that position for fourteen years. He
removed in 1847 to Moronci. Lenawee county,
Michigan, where he engaged in the flouring
mill business, afterward building a woolen
and carding mill, which he operated for sev-
eral years. Later in life he purchased a
farm near New Boston, Michigan, where his
last days were spent.

The eldest in a family of nine children,
Harmon L. Alexander received as good a
common -school education as was obtainable
in those days, his studies being pursued in
a log schoolhouse. MHien eighteen years of
age he was apprenticed by his father to a
Wacksmith and remained in Michigan, work-
ing at his trade, until 1876. He then re-
moved to Oregon but owing to the Indian
troubles he resided in this state but a short
time when he took up his residence in Olym-
pia. Washington. In 1879 he came to Is-
lam! City. Union county, where he opened
a shop and did a large business with the
freighters, frequently employing as many as
seven men. He remained in that city until
ISSS. when the railroad was built, and then
settled in La Grande, where he continued
running a blacksmith shop, employing three
or four men. At the end of twelve years he
came to Imbler. and opened his present shop,
now doing a very satisfactory business.

Mr. Alexander was married in 186.5 to
Sarah Dean Rockwell, a native of Crawford
county. Pennsvlvania. She is a daughter of
Orrin Rockwell and comes of good Quaker
stock. ^Irs. .\lexander received a good edu-
cation, completing her studies at Hillsdale
College, of Hillsdale. Micliinaii. By her mar-
riage she became the mother of two children,
Fred Rockwell and Frank Dwight. The for-
•nrr 1-oceived his elementary education in
Island Citv and afterward took a course in
Alma College at Alma. Michigan. He be-
came an electrician and is now employed by

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t)77

the I'ditlauil Stipet Railway CompaMy at a
very satisfactory salary. The latter, Frank
l)wi<rht Alexaiwler. reif'iveil his preliriiiiiary
ediioatiim in La (iranile. and afterward pur-
sued his studies in the Miehipm State Xormal
CoUeye at Vpsilanti. .Michigan, and now oc-
cupies a very responsilile |K)sition with the
Oregon\Vashinj;ton Hailroad & Navigation
Company at Portland. Oregon, as collector in
the general freight department. The mother
of these eliildren passed away Novenilier IT,
1888, at the age of forty-nine years.

Mr. Alexander is a Koyal Arch Mason and
staiuls high in fraternal circles. lie is a
greatly respected eiti/en, has been reasonahly
successful in liusiness, possesses sound judg-
ment and is not afraid to express his opinions.
He is progressive, well educated and a student
of human natiu'e. and is one of the most valu
able citizens of Inibler.

ROBERT T. SIMPSON, conducting a hotel
at HuNton. was Ironi in Ontario. Canada, .Inly
22, IStii). his parents being Adam and Luth-
era (Cernsi Simpson, who were likewise na-
tives of Ontario. The mother was of Irish
and Scotch descent while the mingled strains
of (!prman. English and Scotch blood Mowed
in the veins of the father. The parents were
married in Canada and there reared their
famil.v. The father was a sailor on the lakes,
becoming a captain and commanding ves-
sels until he came to Oregon in t)ie spring
of ISOri, at which time he settled in I'ortland.
In that city his wife passed away in l>^93
and Adam Simpson afterward came to Bux-
ton where he has since lived, being now sixty-
six years of age. In the family were seven
children: Robert T.; Angeline, who is the
wife of L. C. Chapman and resides in O'Neill,
Nebraska : William F.. a resident of Port-
land; Margaret, who is the wife of Fred
Burns, of .Minnesota: Renjamin .1.. living in
I'uxton; and Samuel and Adam •!., both of
whom are now deceased.

Robert T. Simpson was only fifteen years
of age when he began earning' his own liv-
ing and early learned that industry, deter-
mination and perseverance are the basis of
all success. He was first employed at herd-
ing cattle in the state of Iowa ami later
worked on a farm for a time. Subsei|uently
he went to Nebraska where he enga<;ed in
carrying the mail over a stage route for two
years. He afterward worked on cnftle
ranches for two years, at the end of which
time he was married and began farming on
his own account.

It was on the 3d of April, \^<0. that Mr.
Simpson wedded Miss Esther ■!. Knhn. who
was born in Kansas in 1S73. a daughter of
Robert an<l Maria Kuhn. Her father was
born in Pennsylvania and her mother in
Tennessee, and their marriage was celebrated
in Nebraska City. Nebraska, where they
lived for a short time, and then removed to
Kansas, where they made their home until
the mother's death in 1S78. Tn that year
the father went to Holt county. Nebraska,
where he resided until 1891, when he came
to Washington county. Oregon. For
eighteen years he remained a resident of this

stale but in I'JO!) removed to the state of
Washington, where he is now living. Cnto
Mr. ami .Mrs. Kulin were born t"our children:
David F., a resident of Kaymond. Washing-
ton: Mrs. .'simpson: Uobert U., also living in
Uaymiuid: and .'■larah Elizabeth, who die<l at
the age of two years.

Following their nuxrriage Mr. and Mrs.
Simpson began their domestic life upon a
farm in Nebraska, where they renn\ined for
two years, but thinking that better b\isiness
opportunities could be secured on the I'a-
cilic coast they came in ISill to Washington
comity. Oreg.in, where they have since made
their home. Mr. Simpson tirst proved up a
homestead on which he lived for ten years,
and then came to the town of Buxton, where
lie ilevoled a few years to locating people on
claims. He next entered the hotel business
in which he is still engaged, owning the hotel
property and also an attractive residence in
the town. His realty possessions likewise
include an interest in three liiindreil and
twenty acres of timber land togi'ther with
property in Portland and at Turner Rocks,
at Turner Hocks Beach.

Mr. ami .Mrs, Simpson have become the
piirents of six children. David B., who was
born in 1891, married Miss Bessie Howard, a
native of Michigan, and they have one child,
.\delle Esther, born -luly .'fO, 1911. Thomas
W.. the second child, died in infancy. Ralph
E., born in 1893, Robert R., in is'.lli. Hazel
.\I.. in 1898 and Elsie R., in 1901, are all
attending school.

Mr. .'sim|)son is an advocate of republican
leinciples and is interested in the welfare
and the upliuilding of the community in which
he lives to the extent of giving his coopera-
tion to all movements for the general good.
.-\t the present time he is serving as super-
vising fire warden and for several terms he
has been a member of the school board, the
cause of education linding in him a warm
friend. Starting out in life emptyhamled,
he has steadily worked his way upward to
the eretlitable business position which he now
occupies, which is an inilieation of his dom-
inant (pialities— diligence and perseverance.

WILLIAM PHILLIP CLAFLIN was a well
known ami suciessful liii«iiic-is man of (Irani
eountv, lie was born in llliii"i-. Kcliriiary
:,. 1829, and dieil in the nioiitli of April. 1879,
when fifty years of age. His father was Rob-
ert Chifiin.'who came of Welsh, English and
.Scotch ancestry, representatives of the name
early coming from Engbind to .Vmi-riea. Ed-
waril Clallin, a brother of William P. Clafiin,
lost his life while serving ill the Iniim army.

William Phillip Chillin made his way
westwiird to Caliloriiin with an tix team, pay
ing one hiiiiilr.d didlars for the pri»ileg.. of
joining a party ami driving a t<'am. He
was one of the" pioneer S4.ttlers of this state
and Hlinred in the usual experiences and haril-
ships of that periml. He fir«t engage.1 in
freighting with pack mules at .Ineksmiville.
.Incksoii c-oiinty, and siibseiiuently went In
the Cariboo e^untry. where he engaged in
mining, meeting with succe-s. He ac.|iiire<l
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of his labors and located in Canyon City,
establishing a store which he conducted until
1868. He then preempted the property which
is now in po.ssession of his family, and is
situated about three and a half miles above
Prairie City. He spent the remainder of his
life upon that place engaged in stock-raising,
and sound judgment and enterprise brought
him a comfortalile competence.

On the 20th of March, 1872. William P.
Clatiin was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary
M. (Houseman) Riggs. a native of Michigan,
who came to Oregon to join a sister, Mrs.
Holeomb, who had been living in this state
for four years. The children of that mar-
riage are: Maud, noAV Mrs. Eugene Brown, of
Eagle Valley; Amelia and Edward, deceased;
and William P., .Jr.. living on the old home
place. Following the death of William P.
Claflin, Mrs. ciaflin became the wife of
George Wood, who came from England to
the new world and died in this district in
1896. One child was born of that marriage,
Scott H. Wood who is living in the .John
Day valley. The family have three hun-
dred acres of land, over half of which is
bottom land and under irrigation. During
the Indian scare of 1876 and 1878 most of
the people of this district went into the
town and used the grist-mill for a fort. Mr.
Claflin, however, with his famih' and four
men for four nights slept in a stone cellar
on his farm to watch over and protect his
property if necessary.

William Phillip Claflin. the son. received
his early education in the public schools and
graduated from the high school in Baker in
iOOn. wliile later he pursued a business course
in Portland. He was then employed as a
salesman by a dental supply house until he
returned to the ranch which he has since con-
ducted. They have a pleasant home, a fine
garden and orchard, and the location and
surroundings are most desirable. The farm
is devoted largely to stock-raising, Mr. Claflin
breeding registered stock, constantly improv-
ing the strain with the intention of devot-
ing much of his time to the raising of high-
grade cattle. What energy and determina-
tion can accomplish will be his, for he is
a man of strong purpose and carries forward
to successful completion whatever he under-
takes.

GILBERT H. BENJAMIN, who resides two

miles north of Gcrvais, ranks among those
who have won success by hard labor, earnest
endeavor and constant application to duty.
He was born in .Jackson, Amador county, Cal-
ifornia, and is a son of Magloire Pierre and
Dorilla Zoe (Thomas) Benjamin. The father
was born December 19, 18:^9, in St. Marie
De Monoire. Quebec, Canada, and the mother
on December 23, 1846, in the same county.
The maternal grandmother was Slarie Fu-
gere. who was the wife of Xavier Thomas,
both of whom were born in Canada. The
paternal grandfather, .John Baptiste Benja-
min, was also a native of Canada. Magloire
Pierre Benjamin was the eldest of four chil-
dren, the others being: Edouard. who is a
resident of Watervliet, New York; Rosalie,

residing in New Bedford, Massachusetts;
and .Julia Lemaire, deceased. The mother,
Dorilla Zoe (Thomas) Benjamin, was one of
nine children: .Jean Baptiste, deceased; Louis,
of Chamlilj' Basin, Canada; Ami, who was
killed in the battle of Pittsburg Landing in
the Civil war; Honore, deceased; Felicite, de-
ceased, who was the wife of Ferdinand Si-
cotte, who has also passed awa.V; Selena, de-
ceased; Allida, tile wife of Charles Brazeaiilt,
of Providence, Rhode Island; and Nathalie,
deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Magloire Pierre Ben-
jamin were married July 25, 1866, and be-
came the parents of four children: Dorilla
Felicite, who is the wife of William Dale
Laughary, of Oregon City; Gilbert H., the
subject of this review; William M., a resi-
dent of Sacramento, California; and Alice,
deceased.

Gilbert H. Benjamin enlisted in Company
M, Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry, May
15, 1898, for service in the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. He was in the first expedition to
leave the United States for battle on a for-
eign shore. After coaling at Honolulu .June
3, 1898, the vessel proceeded to the island
of (inam, from which place they took the
first Spanish prisoners to Manila bay, ar-
riving June 2fl. On the 2d of July they dis-
embarked and on the 13th of August they
did efl'ective duty for their country. Mr.
Benjamin was in Wheaton's flying column
wliich went up the Pasig river and engaged
in the battles of Guadelupe Church and
Pasig. Subsequently he returned to Manila
and then proceeded to Caloocan. where he
participated in the battle of Malabon on the
25th of JIarch, 1899, and in the battle of
Pola the following day. Following this he
was in the battle of Marilo on the 11th of
April and embarked for home on the 12th of
of June. He sailed on the 14th via Japan
and arrived at San Francisco on the 12th of
July, disembarking on the 14th. After he
was mustered out on the 7th of August he
returned home and took up farming. Mr.
Benjamin has since resided upon his father's
farm and has devoted his entire time to hard
work. He rents six hundred and forty acres
of land, which he devotes to grain and stock-
raising. At the present time he is raising
sheep and hogs for the western markets and
is also breeding thoroughbred sheep and fine
horses. Besides giving his attention to these
agricultural pursuits he has at various times
been engaged in other undertakings, having
for four years run a hay bailer with cook
wagon and at the present time doing a gen-
eral warehouse business. In addition to this
wareliouse he also owns tW'O acres of land
situated along the railroad in Woodburn.

On the 26th of July, 1909, Mr. Benjamin
was married to Mrs. Mabel Gordon jukes,
who was born on the 3d of February, 1882,
at Eagle Creek, Oregon, and is a daughter of
J. 1j. and Adelaide (Jones) Gordon. !Mr3.
(iordon was one of eight children: Albert,
who is a resident of Corvallis; Lydia, who is
the wife of Douglas Parker, of Clackamas;
Freeman, a resident of North Yakima, Wash-
ington: Mrs. Gordon; Leonard, of Clackamas;
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ceased; and Dena. wlio died in infancy. Mr.
Gordon was the sci-ond of four uliildren. the
others heing Samuel. Mary and Anna, all de-
ceased. Mr. and Mrs. (Jordon. wlio were mar-
ried in ISTU. became the parents of four
children: Rex. who is living at Colton, Ore-
gon; Mrs. Benjamin; Harold L., a station-
ary engineer; and Xeil L., deceased. Mrs.
Benjamin had been previously married, her
first union being to Edward J. Jukes, whom
she married on the 19th of October. 1900.
To this union one child was born. Eva D..
whose birth occurred .June 7, 1904. at Clack-
amas. To ilr. and Mrs. Benjamin one child
has licen born. Adelaide Zoe, born on the 13th
of September, 1910.

In politics ilr. Benjamin is a democrat but
he has never sought ollice as a reward for
party fealty. He is a member of Salem
Lodge. Xo. 336, B. P. 0. E., and holds mem-
bership in the Catholic church. Earnest, per-
sistent work has been the source of his suc-
cess, enabling him to surpass many who
started out in life earlier or more advantag-
eously. He is one of the substantial agri-
culturists of Ciervais and his record may well
serve as a source of encouragi'ment to others,
showing what may be accomplished by one
who has the will to dare and to do.

JOHN HENRY WAGNER is one of the
highly successful sheep men of Wallowa
county, where he has been engaged in this
business for about seven years. He is a na-
tive of Oregon, being born on a ranch in the
Grande Ronde valley on the 4th of Decem-
ber. 1S77. He is a son of George and Sarah
(Standagel Wagner, who came to the north-
west during the pioneer days, locating on a
ranch in the Grande Ronde valley. There the
father continues to reside but the mother
passed away several years ago.

There were no momentous events or un-
usual occurrences in tlie boyhood of .lohn
Henry Wagner to distinguish it from those
of other lads wlio were reared on an Oregon
ranch during the pioneer period. He pursued
his education in the district schools in the
vicinity of his home until he had attained
the age of fourteen years. He then laid asi'de
his text-books and assumed the duties of
manhofid. and for fourteen years thereafter
herded sheep in the Grande Ronde and Wal-
lowa valleys. His wages were not large, but
being thrifty and temperate in his habits
he managed to accumulate a sum of money
which [lermitted him in lOO.i to withdraw
from the service of others and engapo in
business for himself. Tie now owns a fine
herd of sheep and has acc|uired ipiite exten-
sive property interests in the vicinity of
Joseph. He is numbered among the highly
efTicient and prosperous ranchers of this sec-
tion and such success as has come to him is
the result of his unceasing diligonce and per-
severance, as he has madi- his way practically
unaided from early youth, and is well deserv-
ing of the title of self-made man.

Since attaining his majority. Mr. Wagner
has voted the republican ticket, considering
the principles of that party best adapted to
protect the interests of the majority. He has

Icil a ((iiiit. uudbtrusive life, yet his qualities
<>t hi^art and mind have won him many friends
who liidd him in the highest esteem, recog-
ni/ing and appreciating in him a man of
wurtli to the community.

GUY FORREST VIA, M. D., is one of
the youngt-r practicing physicians of Wash-
ington county but his years seem no bar to
his ability and progress. He carefully prc-
jiared for the profession and his duties are
discharged with a sense of conscientious ob-
ligation that makes his work of much worth
to his patrons. He was born in Columbia,
:Missouri. October 8, ISSO. His father. W. P.
Via. was also a physician who, born in Vir-
ginia, removed to the middle west and in
Missouri was married to Miss Emma Esther
Ravenscraft, who was a native of Callaway
county, Missouri. They began their domes-
tic life in that state but after six years re-
moved to eastern Kansas, in 188(). where
they remained for a year, during which per-
iod Dr. \'ia continued in the practice of med-
icine. He then returned with his family to
Missouri, settling in Columbia county,
where he remained until 1888, when he came
to Oregon and for eight years practiced at
Korcst Grove. On the expiration of that per-
iod he returned to Columbia county, where
he resided until 1897, in which year he went
to Oklahonni. Six months later, in 1898. he
returned to Oregon where he continued in
active practice until his death, which oc-
curre<l April 17. 1909. His widow is now
living at Korest tirove, at the age of lifty-two
years. In the family were four sons and a
daughter, of whom Hugh B., the eldest, died
at Los Angeles, California, and William P.,
the youngest, passed away at the )\go of
live years. The others are: Guy F. and Rob-
ert Lee. residing in Silverton. Oregon, and
PJstella. who is with her mother.

Dr. <iuy 1'". \'ia pursued his early educa-
tion in the common schools of Missouri and
afterward attended the Tualitin Academy
of Eorest Grove, from which he was gradu-
ated with the class of 1901. He then pursued
a course in the medical department of the
state university at Portland and was grnil-
iiateil in 1909." In May of that year he lo-
cated for practice at Forest Grove but soon
!ifterward came to Buxton where he is still
living, lie is the only physician of the town
and his practice covers a large part of llic
surrounding territory. His professional train-
ing was thorough and systematic and he hnn
continued a close student of the science of
medicine, his indiviilual reading and research
giving him knowledge that keeps him in close
touch with the advanced thought of the pro-
fessiim and the work that is being done by
its prominent members.

On the l.'tlh of September, 1904, Dr. Via
was marrieil to Miss ^lae Krederickn Hey-
wood, whii was born .September IS. ISS.'.. in
Wiisliinglon county. Oregon, and is a dnilgfi-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ileywooil, (he
former a native of England and the latter of
the Sunset state. They were married in
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ISOO, but tlie father is still living in Hills-
boro. In their family were a son and four
daughters; Alfred, deceased; Winifred, the
wife of Frank Reeves, of Salem, Oregon; Jos-
ephine, who became the wife of Milo Mac, of
Portland; Rose, a graduate of the Portland
higli school; and Mrs. Via, who completed
her education by graduation from the high
school of Hillsboro. By her marriage she
has become the mother of two children, but
the first-born, Gerald Forrest, whose birth
occurred November 11, lyo.j, passed away in
September, 1906. The little daughter, Ber-
nice, was born on the 10th of November,
loot). Dr. Via is a democrat in his political
views and fraternally is connected with the
Maccabees of Buxton. He and his wife hold
membership in the Methodist Episcopal
cliurch and are prominent in social circles,
the hospitality of the best homes being cor-
dially extended them while their own doors
arc ever open for the reception of their many
friends.

IRA BRAY. One of the successful men of
Oregon is Ira Bray, now in business at Wald-
port, whose stories of hunting and trapping
would make a volume of great interest. He
luis killed over fifteen hundred deer, three
hundred elk, four hundred bear and numer-
ous wild-cats and cougars, not to siicak of
man}' smaller animals. Having laid aside his
gun and traps, he is now successfully con-
ducting an agate factory. He was born at
Bloomington, Indiana, on the 4th of April,
1S59. His father, Nathan Bray, was born
in North Carolina, in 1796, and in his boy-
hood became a resident of Kentucky. Later
he settled in Monroe county, Indiana, and
engaged in farming during the remainder of
his life. He was a prominent man in his sec-
tion and loaned money extensively. He lived
to the advanced age of ninety-five years,
passing away in IS'Jl. The maiden name of
the mother of our subject was Nancy Cannon
and she was also a native of North Carolina,
but moved to Indiana with her parents in
her girlhood.

The youngest of a family of eight children,
Ira Bray was reared on his father's farm
and availed himself of good advantages of
education in the public and high schools of
Bloomington. He was also a student for two
years at Bloomington College. He received
liis introduction to business as clerk in his
brother's store at Bloomington but, being
auiliitious to see the world and carve out a
fortune on his own account, came to the Pa-
cific coast at the age of twenty-one and
herded sheep for a year in Humboldt county,
California. He then started northward on
horseback and arrived at Florence, Oregon,
soon afterward securing employment in the
gold niiues of Ziegh'r & Hinch near the He-
ceta lighthouse. He continued in the mines
for two and one -half years and then engaged
on liis own account .in stock-raising, hunting
and trapping, his experiences in those lines
extending through a period of thirty years.
In the spring of 1911 he located at Wald-
port and his agate factory is one of the nour-
ishing concerns of this region. He has col-

lected some of the finest specimens of agate
ever found in America, and his name is well
known throughout the country among lovers
of those beautiful stones. During the years
lie was actively engaged in hunting and trap-
ping he never wantonly killed any animal
but hunted only for food or with commercial
purposes in view. He ranks among the most
successful hunters Oregon has known.

In 1880 Mr. Bray was married to Miss
Georgie Anna Starr, who NNas born at Mon-
roe, Benton county, Oregon, a daughter of
George C. and Elizabeth Starr. She was the
third in a family of si.x children. The father
was born in Missouri and served in the Mex-
ican war under General Price. He came to
Oregon in the early '50s and engaged for
many years in the mercantile business in
Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. Bray are the parents
of six children: Addie Irene, who is the
wife of Samuel Levens, of Yachats; Rosie
Alice, who married Rtifus Stonefield and lives
near Heceta; John B., of Waldport; Cather-
ine Myrtle, who is deceased; an infant, also
deceased ; and .Joseph T., who resides at
Waldport.

Politically Mr. Bray supports the republi-
can party. He has taken the interest of a
patriot ie citizen in politics but has never
sought public oHice. although he served for
eight years as postmaster at Minnie, Oregon.
He is a member of the Church of Christ.
Actuated by a worthy ambition, he has made
liimself useful to his fellowmen and has ever
aimed to keep in touch with the spirit of
])rogress which is the distinguishing mark
of the twentieth century.

CHARLES H. HORNER is the competent

and highly respected county clerk of Gilliam
coiuity, Oregon. His birth occurred in West
Virginia on the 14th of March, 1876, his
parents being John D. and Anna 0. (Ham-
mond) Horner, both of whom were natives of
Pennsylvania. They were reared and mar-
ried in the Keystone state, where John D.
Horner engaged in farming, following the
occupation of his forebears. Subsequently he
removed to West Virginia, in which state he
lived but a short time and then took up his
abode in Kansas, where lie remained for four-
teen years. In 1892 he emigrated to Oregon,
locating in Marion county, purchasing land
four and a half miles northeast of Salem,
vipon which he moved and lived until the time
of his death, which occurred in May, 190,t.
He is survived by his widow, who still lives
on the old home farm.

Charles H. Horner was reared at home and
educated in the public schools of Kansas. He
afterward entered the Friends Polytechnic In-
stitute of Salem, Oregon, where he studied
for one year and he then became a student
at the State Agricultural College, from which
lie was graduated in the class of 1901. After
his griduation he taught school for one year
only. In February. 1902. he moved to Condon,
Oregon, where he secured the position of as-
sistant postmaster, remaining in that otfice
until .Tuly. 190S. In the spring election of
that year he was chosen county clerk of Gil-
liam county. Upon his election to this office

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683

lie ri-j-igiied his position as assistant post-
mastiT anil entcrej at once upon his dnties
as county clerk. In I'.ilO he was reelected to
this otiice, receiving the compliment of lieing
the joint candidate of both parties for the
position. He is widely and favorably known
throughont the county and is serving the in-
terests of his county in the most satisfactory
and ellicient manner. He is also a memher
of the bar, having been admitted on the llUh
of November. 1010. He was one of the or-
ganizers of the hardware concern known as
Horner. .Moore & Company, being the senior
member of this firm.

On the isth of Xoveniber, 190G, Mr. Horner
was married to Miss C'ressie Hunsaker. a
daughter of G. \V. Hnnsakci, who is a native
of Oregon and a prominent ranchman living
on the donation claim taken by his father
near Turner, Marion county, this state. Mr.
Horner's fraternal relations are with the fol-
lowing organizations: Mi.unt Moriah Lodge.
Xo. 95. A. F, & A, M.: Summit T.odge, Xo.
i:sO. I. 0. 0. F.: anil Kndymion Lodge. Xo.
66. K. P. He is a veteran of the Spanish-
American war. having enlisted in Company
I. Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry. His
re^liment was assigned to the Philippines,
where he saw .service for a little less than
one year. In politics Mr. Horner has always
been a stanch rep\iblican. He is a man of ex-
tensive inlluence in his county as a result of
his long residence and faithful application to
personal impnnenient in various lines of
business and study all of which have con-
tributed to his usefulness as a worthy and
desirable member of his community.

JOHN PRESTON IRELAND, the owner of

two hundred ac n- .it g 1 farming land in

Washington county, about two miles south
of Banks, has brought one hundred and fifty
acres of this tract iinder a high state of cul-
tivation and is devoting his time and ener-
gies to its further improvement. He has
always lived west of the Mississippi, his birth
having occurred in Muscatine, Iowa, on the
If.th of May, ISfiO. His parents were Robert
and Susiinna (P.enefiel) Ireland, both of whom
were natives of Indiana. They were nuirried
in Iowa in 185') but never resided there, for
Mr. Ireland had previously come to Oregon
and later returned to Iowa for his bride
whom, following iheir marriage, he at once
iiroilght to the northwest. Hi' ilevote<I his
life to general agricultural pursuits in this
state and was the owner of a fine farm at
the time of his death, which occurred in 1SS7.
His wife survived him for about nine years
passing awav in 1006. In their family were
three children: John Preston: Annie, who died
in 1878, at the age of fifteen years; and
Willis, of Hillsboro. Oregon.

.John P. Ireland has spent his entire life
in Oregon and was reared upon the home
farm, earlv becoming familiar with the duties
and labors that fall to the lot of the agri-
culturist. He assisted his father in the
farm work until twenty-one years of ape.
when he was married and started in life on
his own account, cultivating his father's
homestead, of which he has since had charge.
Vol. Ill— 2S

At the present time he is the owner of an
excellent farm of two hundred acres, of
which one hiuidred and fifty acres have been
converted into rich and productive fields that
annually return substantial harvests. Splen-
did improvements have been put upon the
place and the farm is |)leasantly and con-
venientl.v located about two miles from
Manks. The buildings are substantial, fences
kept in good repair, the machinery is modern
and everything about the place indicates the
practical anil progressive spirit of the owner.
In addition to this property .Mr. Ireland also
has a residence in Forest Urovc, which he
rents.

On the 19th of October, 1884, occurred the
marriage of John P. Ireland and Miss Clar-
issa Pierce, who was born in Oregon and is
a daughter of John F. and Elizabeth (Mc-
Xainerl Pierce, the fornu'r a native of Peo-
ria, Illinois, and the latter of Iowa. They
were married, however, in Oregon, and have
since resided in Washington county. Five
children were born unto them: Mary, the
wife of (ieorge Vollum. of Portland; Charles,
;ilso living in Portland; Mrs. Ireland; Alice,
the wife of Albert Thomas, of Portland; and
Klsie. who is likewise living in the Rose
City. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ireland
has been blessed with live children. Robert
Franklin pas.sed awa.v in infancy. Lester
C.. who was lM)rn in lS,S(i, pursued a busi-
ness college course anil also took a special
course of study at Forest Crove. He mar-
ried Miss Bessie Harrington, who was born
in the east and had recently come to Oregon
with her parents. Beulah B., born May 5,
1SS9, and now at home with her parents, is
a graduate of the Forest Grove Academy
and also s]>ent one year as a student in the
Pacific I'niversit.v of Forest Grove. Arthur,
born April 3, 1S9,'5, is now attending high
school at Forest (Jrove. John, born August
4. 1S04, is likewise a high school student.
Mr. and Mrs, Ireland have given their cliil-
ilreii excellent educational advantages, thus
ipialifying them for life's responsible duties.
The family are nu'inbcrs of the Congrega-
tioruil church and Mr. Ireland belongs also
to the Maccabees tent at Greenville, Oregon,
and to Gale's Grange at Forest (irove. His
political views accord with the principles of
the republican party, and while not an ollice
seeker he is in all matters of citizenship
public spirited and patriotic.

EDMUND DOERING, who is n prominent
agrii-ulliiri-t ot lluerside, near Pendleton,
was born near Crown Point, Indiana, on the
14th of January. IS40. a son of Henry and
Mary Ann (Iligenell) Doering. The parents
were natives of Pennsylvania where they were
nuirried, and all their children with the excep-
tion of Edmund, were born in that stale.
.•\fter residing in Indiana for a short time
they came to the Willamette valley but re-
turni'd to Indiana two years later. The
mother's death occurred in Iowa and the
father died in Pennsylvania. Of the six chil-
dren born to their union Edmund is the
youngest.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Edmund Doering resided with his parents
until the fall of 1870. In his boyhood and
youth he ac<iuiri'd such education as the com-
mon schools afi'orded and also had some ex-
perience in the working world. Upon leav-
ing liome he came to Oregon where he en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits for fifteen
years. In 188.5 he removed to the Palouse
country and resided in Wliitman county for
ten years, but in November, 1895. went to
California, He was a resident of that state
for six years before coming to Pendleton
eleven years ago. Since his arrival here
he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits.
A short time ago he disposed of his ranch and
secured his present home which comprises
ten acres on Riverside drive near Pendleton.
The greater part of his active career has been
devoted to agricultural pursuits, and his suc-
cess in this line has l)een due to his careful
and scientific management and his constant
study of the soil, thus enabling him to make
the liest use of his land thereby receiving
greatest possible yield per acre.

On the 7th of December. 1872, Mr, Doer-
ing- was married to Miss Clarinda Julia
Baughman. wliosc birth occurred in Oregon,
on the 5th of .January, 1853. She is a daugh-
ter of Samuel and Betsy (McCall) Baugh-
man. The father was a native of Illinois and
the mother of Tennessee. They crossed the
plains with the great throngs which came to
Oregon in 1853, and located upon Pleasant
Hill, where their deaths occurred. To their
union eight children were born. Mr. and
Mrs. Doering have become the parents of
three children: J. C, who is a resident of this
county and is married and has six children :
Grace L. who is the widow of James S. Kelley
and the mother of one daughter, Marjory,
and Maude M., who is the wife of G. M. Lewis
of Adams, and the mother of three children.
Dorothy. Blanche and Charles.

To such a man as Edmund Doering Oregon
owes its devejopnient. Their untiring labors
have turned its arid soil into highly productive
and profitable tracts of land and given such
impetus to its natural resources as to make
it one of the most desirable locations for
that portion of the population of the east
which is steadily moving westward. Its
advance to agricultural lines has been made
on a well outlined and scientific basis, and
the cooperation of its agriculturists in these
plans has brought it to the highly desirable
position which it today enjoys. Because of
their diligence and their industry the men who
have lirought this about have won the respect
and regard of all.

EDWARD GETTY EMMETT, a resident
of Woiidburn. who conducts one of the best
known hardware and farm implement stores
in Marion county, was born on the 34th of
January. 1873, in Salem, this county, his
parents being James H, and Alice (Harrett)
Emmett, The father was a son of Daniel
and Elizabeth Emmett, the former of whom
was born in Tennessee in 1819 and lived
there until he removed to Missouri in 1841,
After remaining there for three years he
started for Oregon, He was a slave owner

and in Tennessee had been engaged in farm-
ing. Upon his arrival in Missouri he con-
tinued farming but, realizing that the west
w'as offering great opportunities, he joined
a large train, which included the Irvins of
Corvallis. and made the trip across the
plains, leaving Missouri in the spring and
arriving in Oregon in the autumn of the same
year. In 1S48 he settled in Fox ■S'alley, tak-
ing up a donation land claim of six hundred
and forty acres. After cultivating this for
a few years he disposed of it and |>urchased
six hundred and forty acres in Polk county,
where he resided until his death, which oc-
curred in 1881. This property is still in pos-
session of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
were the parents of seven children: Aaron,
John and -James H., all deceased; Daniel E.,
who is residing in Polk county; Louis, of
Roseburg. Oregon; Mary, the widow of E. F.
Hosford, of Portland; and Elizabeth, deceased.
The maternal gi-andfather was born in Ohio
and Mrs. Harrett was a native of Indiana.
They made the trip across the plains with
•Joseph Meek and were among those of the
party who were lost on the famous Meek
cut-oft'. They came near starving before they
finally found the river. Securing a boat,
they floated down the river and obtained
teams later. At The Dalles they made a
portage and continued the trip to Vancouver.
Almost immediately they went to Oregon
City, where they remained during the winter,
the following spring settling in Mission Bot-
tom. Mr. Harrett was the first symidicil
missionary in Oregon. At that time all of
the missionaries arriving in a certain terri-
tory worked together until a church was es-
tablished. The family settled on a donation
land claim in Polk county, which is still in
possession of the descendants, A part of
the city of West Salem was subsequently
built on this property. Mr. Harrett's death
occurred in 1890. To Jlr. and Mrs. Harrett
four children were born: John, of Salem;
Byron, of Polk county, who is residing on
the homestead ; Alice, the mother of our
subject; and Elmer, deceased. Mr. and Mrs.
James Emmett were married in 1870 in Polk
county and to them four children have been
liciru: Edward Getty, who is the subject of
this sketch; Arthur, of Salem; Bertha, who
is mariied to J, G, Garrow, assistant city
engineer of Portland; and Jessie, of Port-
land, the widow of G, E. Glover.

Edward G. Emmett started in for himself
at the age of nineteen years, when he entered
the Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis,
Upon the completion of his course there in
1894 he accepted a position in the mechanical
department of his alma mater and remained
there as assistant mechanical engineer for
four years. Subsei|uently he went to Berke-
ley, California, and for two years attended
tlie University of California. During this
time he became most proficient as a mechani-
cal engineer and after leaving the univer-
sity accepted em])loyment in the drafting
departments of several railroads. These pos-
itions took him eastward and at one time he
was em])loye(l by the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Ke and the Pere Marquette railroads,
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685

wliere he opened a pump, wimlmill aiul |iluinl)-
ing business in Salem. He siuiessiuUy lon-
ducteil this for some time l)Ut in 1907 re-
moved to Woodburn and en<raf;ed in the im-
plement business, the tirni name beiiii; Em-
mett & Cornell. This is the largest store
of its kind in Oregon outside <if Salem and
Portland and enjoys not only the patronage
of Woodburn but also the surrounding eoun-
try, covering u radius of twelve to fifteen
miles. The rapid development of the agri-
cultural resources of this section during the
last few years has brought about a detnand
for a business enterprise of this sort and the
practical manner in which Jlr, Emmett has
conducted his store commends itself to the
' judgment of all and has secured to the com-
pany a patronage which makes the volume
of trade transacted over its counters of great
im|)ortance and magnitude.

On the 12th of .March, 1<.)03, Mr. Emmett
was married to .Miss Florence Cornell, a
daughter of H. A. and Lillian (Stanley)
Cornell. Her birth occurred on the 21st
of April, 1873, and she was the second of
four children : the others being Stanle.v, of
Corvallis; Fred, who is residing in Woodburn
and is interested with .Mr. Emmett in busi-
ness; and Lillian, who is resiiling in Wood-
burn, where she is in the employ of tlie Bank
of Woodburn as bookkeeper.

In politics Mr. Emmett gives his allegiance
to the republican party but has never sought
odicc as a reward for party fealty. At one
time he was chief of the fire department at
Woodburn. He holds membership in the
Masonic order and in the Presbyterian
church. The prosperit.v of the company in
which he is interested is due in a large meas-
ure to Mr. f^nmett's management. He is
social and public-spirited and gives his co-
operation to every movement which tends to
promote the moral, intellectual and material
welfare of the community.

CHRISTIAN WILDFANG LASSEN, D. V.
M., who is well kno" ii as a veterinary sur-
geon, was born in Highland Park, Illinois, on
the 21st of November, issii. his parents be-
ing II. P. ('. and .-Xnna I W'ildfang) Lassen.
The father was a native of Denmark and
the mother's birth occurred in Iowa. Their
marriage occurred in Milwaukee but almost
immeiliati'ly afterward they settleil in High-
land Park, Illinois, and later in Winnetka,
that state, where they resided for many
years. Mr. Lassen was a bookkee|)er
throughoiit his active career. To their union
four sons and one daughter were born. Dr.
C. W. Lassen biing the (Idest. Hnc- hoy,
.A.\el. has ]>assed away and the others are
Valdemar, Kntid, and Helene, a nurse resid-
ing in (Jlengary, Idaho.

Dr. C. W. Lassen resided at home until after
he had received his gramniar-schrxd ed\ication.
SulisefiiUMitly he enteri'd school at Madison,
Wisconsin, where he took a short course in
agriculture. Later he matriculated in the
McKillip Veterinary College of (liicago, from
which institution he was graduated a:< n nu'm-
ber of the cla-s of Uliin. .\lmost Immeiliately
after comjileting his course he began practic-
ing at Lake Kurest. Illinois, and in May, HUO,

located at Pendleton. He now enjoys a htrge
practice and has a well established" name as
a successful veterinarian. He has received
an appointment of jack and stallion inspector
for Oregon.

t)n .lune 21, I'.llO. Dr. Lassen was married
to Miss Margaret M. Voorhees, whose birth
occnrreil in .Michigan, and who is a daughter
of .laikson Wmrbees. To their union one
chiM. Christian Earl, has been burn. In poli-
tics Dr. Lassen is atliliatcd with the rcpnliliian
party and is one of the active and enthusi-
astic advocates of the measures adopted by
the progressive wing of that party. He holils
membership in the jlethodist Episcopal church
and fraternally he is a member of the Masons,
the Hoyal Arcanum and the Odd Fellows.
During his short residence in Pendleton he
has become very poi>ular, being recognized
as a nuui of |deasant disposition and courte-
o\is manni'r. his personality being such as to
win him friends in any walk of life.

WALTER E. HANNAN, a contractor in
railroad grading who also has agricultural
interests in northern Oregon, is one of the
native sons of this state, born on the 2fith
of April, ISSO, He is the eldest of the seven
children of Henrv an<l Ella (Dunbar) llannan,
who were married in Oregon. The father,
however, was born in Missouri but much of
his lit"e was passed in this state, where his
death occurred in 1910, His widow still sur-
vives him and makes her home in Huxton,
The si.v children of the family beside our
subject are: Edgar, who is married and lives
in P.u.xton; Herbert, who died at the age of
six years; Ralph, Elizabeth, Mattic and
Amie, all at home.

The boyhood days of Walter E. Hannan
were si)eiit in a manner similar to most
healthy lads, his time being divided between
the work of the schoolroom, the pleasures of
the playgmund and such tasks as his parents
assigne<l him. When twenty-three years of
age he started out in the business world
alone ami sought employment in various
ways, remaining in the service of others \in-
lil I90."i. when the capital he had saverl from
his earnings enabled him to purchase prop-
erty and he became the owner of a ramdi of
one hundred and seventy-nine acres in Wash-
ington ciiunt.v. adjoining the town site of
liuxton. This he continued to cultivate until
1'.P(I9, carrying on peneral agricidlura! pur-
suits, but during the past two y<Mirs or nioro
he has given his attention to railroad grad-
iu','. which work he dors under contract.
This business makes full denuind upnn his
lime and energies and is bringing to him a
goiiil financial return, He owns a fine home
in Ituxton and also one hundred and twenty
acres of limber land in Washington county,
together with some land in I?iixfi>n. All of
this indicates the diligence with which he
has performed his duties and made good use
ol his opportunities, and now he is numbered
annmg the substantial citizens of Huxton
whose prosperity is increasing as the years
go by.

In Uin.'i occurred the marriage of Mr. Han-
nan and Miss May .Scofield, a native of

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Texas, who when two years of age was
brought to Washington county, Oregon, by
her parents, who are still living here. They
had a family of eight children: Clara, who
died at the age of three years; Alniira. who
is married and resides in Texas; Cash, re-
siding in Washington count.v; Cora, who is
married and lives in the same county; Fred,
a resident of Yamhill county; Walter, of
Washington county; Mrs. Hannan; and Ed-
ward, who is still with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Hannan have an interesting family of
four children; Alva E.. born .Tulv 23. 1906;
Alta A., September 9, 1907; 'Orville H.,
August 21, 1909; and Eva M.. January 26,
1911. Mr. Hannan belongs to the Maccabees,
holding membership in the lodge at Buxton.
He is a man of liberal views, looking at life
from no narrow nor contracted standpoint.
and at the same time he realizes that upon
individual effort and character depends ad-
vancement and success. He has not only
won for himself a creditable position in in-
dustrial circles but also in the regard to
those with whom he is brought in contact.

LUKE D. McKERN. Probably no man is
Ijetter acquainted with the details of breed-
ing, handling and raising stock than L. D.
Mclvern. one of the most prominent and suc-
cessful ranchers in Grant county. He has
spent practically all his lite in the west and
has the expert knowledge of his business
which can only come through long and per-
sonal experience. He was born twelve miles
south of Portland, Oregon. October 9, 1860.
His parents, Isaac and Mary (Barton) Mc-
Kern, the former a native of Indiana, and
the latter of Iowa, were married in the latter
state, and in 1853 started westward
across the plains with ox teams. L. D. Mc-
Kern's parents died when he was still a child
and left him, with his seven brothers and
sisters, in charge of an uncle, Luke McKem,
who had lost his wife some time before and
readil.v took charge of the rearing and edu-
cating of his nieces and nephews in conjunc-
tion with the up-bringing of his own six
children.

L. D. McKern was educated in the public
schools of his native section and spent his
early life in the western part of Oregon. At
the age of nineteen he removed to the east-
ern part of the state and engaged in the
handling of stock to which he had been ac-
customed practically all his life. He worked
in the eastern part of the state in the employ
of others until 18S3. He was constantl,v add-
ing to his knowledge of ranching and stock-
raising and soon became an expert workman
in these two lines. In 1883 he came to Grant
county where he was active along similar
lines until 1890. In that year he purchased
his present ranch and started in the stock-
raising business for himself. His land when
he first acquired it was undeveloped. Mr.
McKern has made all the ini]irovements upon
his holdings and has carried on an extremcl.v
successful business in general ranching and
stock-raising since that time. He is now in
active operation of over five hundred acres
on the home ranch and has one hundred acres

under irrigation. He raises large quantities
of alfalfa and other feed and makes a
specialt.y of this branch of his activities. At
one time Mr. McKern sold off his stock but
is at the ])resent time getting back into the
business and is one of the enterprising and
representative men of Grant county. During
one period he ran several thousand sheep
but has now entirely abandoned his connection
with sheep-raising. He has a thorough sense
of agricultural economics and never allows a
foot of land to be unproductive. He applies
to his farming modern and scientific methods
and has never spared any expense in making
his ranch a thoroughly equipped and efficient
property. He has a fine orchard and his fruit
liarvests are growing more abundant every
.vear. He lives in a beautiful and ideally
located home a half mile from Mount Ver-
non and his residence, set in the midst of
many large shade trees, ia one of the pleasant
sights in Grant county.

In September. 1888. Mr. McKern was united
in marriage to Miss Leora E. Stone, the
daughter- of W. W. and Eva (Allen) Stone
of Grant count,v. Oregon.. Mr. Stone crossed
the plains with ox teams in 1853 and in the
early days of his western career ran a pack
train to the mines of Canyon City. He finally
located in the John Day valley, where he was
extensively engaged in stock-raising until his
death. Mr. and Mrs. McKern are the parents
of six children: Gertrude, now Mrs. W. E.
Damon; Harry L.. Mabel, and Mvrtle. all of
whom are living at home; and Veda and
Verda, twins.

Politically Mr. McKern gives his allegiance
to the Socialist party anS although intelli-
gently interested in the affairs of his com-
munity has never sought public office for him-
self. Tip has served for some time with great
ability and efficiency as a member of the
school liiiaril of Grant countv and has been
actively interested in the educational develop-
ment of that region for some time. He is one
of the prominent and successful stockholders
of his district and brings to his activities
expert and scientific knowledge. Grant
county is a fertile and productive region with
wealth and prosperit.y hidden in its acres.
No man has done more toward its develop-
ment and improvement than has L. D. Mc-
Kern and his success is the just reward of
his intelligent labor.

CHARLES C. ECKHOFF, who was one of

the active and enterprising men of North
Bend, at one time was the owner of eight
hundred acres of valuable timber land and
for many years before his death was suc-
cessfully engaged in the lumber business.
He was born in Germany. July 21, 1832, and
was a son of Jordan and Margaret Eckhoff,
both of whom were natives of Germany and
died in that country. They were the parents
of seven children, all of whom are deceased.
Charles C. Eckhoff was reared in his pa-
rents' home and received his early education
in the schools of Germany. In 1858 he emi-
grated to America and settled on Coos bay.
where he was employed at various kinds of
work for a number of years. He later en-

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t589

gaged in the raftinj; business for the saw-
mills at Coos bay. He piiivhased eiglit liun-
dreil acres ot land wliicli was heavily covered
with merchantable timber and tor a number
of years he was engaged in cutting the timber
on that land and delivering it to the mills at
Coos bay. Some time before his death he dis-
posed of all of that property e.xeept one liun-
dred and sixty acres which became a part of
his estate at his death. At one time he
owned all the land on which the city of North
Bend is now built. He was also the owner
of residence and business propertj- at North
Bend and owned property at Bandon, Oregon,
all of which since his death has become the
property of his widow.

Mr. kckhort' was united in marriage Au-
gust 11. 1864. to Miss Charlotte Hhnda. a
native of Baltimore. Maryland, her birtli hav-
ing occurred March 8 1842. She is a daughter
of .lohn A. and Mary (lUuxla) Rhoda, both
of whom were natives of Cermany in which
country they celebrated their wedding.
Shortly after their marriage they emi-
grated to America and settled in Baltimore,
Maryland, wliere the mother died, and the
daughter received her early education in the
public schools. The father removed to Ore-
gon in 1858, settling in Coos county, and was
there engaged in farming until his death,
ilr. and Mrs. Rhoda were the parents of seven
children, two of whom are yet living: Char-
lotte, the widow of the subject of this re-
view; and Oeorge, a resident of Marshfield,
Oregon. To Mr. and Mrs. Eckholl' tliirteen
children Avere born as follows: Mrs. Maggie
Messearle an.l Mrs. Lottie Baker, both of
whom are residents of Coos county. Oregon;
Mrs. Kmma Rooke and Mrs. Fredia Bentley.
both of North Bend, this state; Lillie. who re-
sides at home; .John II.. a resident of Bangor,
Oregon; Charles F. of North Bend; Mrs. Ida
Nagle. who resides in Astoria. Oregon; Mrs.
Marietta Painter and Mrs. Carrie Forrest,
both residents of Coos County; Mrs. .\nnie
Cronkhite. who maintains her home in North
Bend: Isabelle, deceased; and Mrs. Elsie For-
rest also a resident of North Bend. Oregon.

Mr. EckhofT belonged to the Republican
party and at one time was mayor of North
Bend. He was a member of the Lutheran
church and his wife and children are Catholic.
Charles C. KckhofT was one of the honored
pioneers of Coos eoimty ami during his active
business career he was liighly e'<leemed for
his enterprising ami industrious life. He was
a man whose strict integrity in business af-
fairs placed him among the trustworthy and
valued citizens of Coos county.

ISAAC ABRAHAM FULLBRIGHT. Varied
and intire-.tiiig arc the ixpcriiiici's which
have fallen to the lot of Isaac A. Fullbright.
long connected with mining in the north-
west. At times he has followed what has
proven to be an iiirhicive promise; again he
has obtained tlie substantial rewards of
earnest labor. On the whole however, he
has enjoyed a fair measure of success and
is now tiie owner of good mining and farm-
ing property in the vicinity of Durkee. He
was born ' September 9, 18.'>fi, in Knox

county, Ohio, a son of Henry Lewis and
Mary Louisa (Blcrwait) Fullbright, who
were mitives of Hamburg, Ccrmany. and
were married in that country. They be-
came parents of fourteen children beside our
subject. Charles, the eldest, dicil when the
family were crossing the Atlantic in 1834,
ticing then a year and a half old. and was
buried at sea. After landing on Anu'rican
shores Henry L. Fullbright made his way
to Knox county, Ohio, settling near Dan-
ville where he purchased land with money
saved in Uermany. He was not familiar
with the country or people however, and
found that some unscrupulous person had
defrauded him in this land deal. While liv-
ing on that farm two children were born
and died in infancy, their graves being nuule
upon the farm. Later the father purchased
other jiroperty anil upon that place two chil-
dren were l)orn, died and were buried.
William Fullbright. the next of the family,
was born in Knox county, Ohio, became a
mining man ami died October 23, 1904. Eliza
became the wife of Ceorge HetHlfinger. a
farmer of Coshocton county Ohio. .lohn,
born in Knox county, enlisted from Ohio in
the L'nion army and now lives io Medford,
Nebraska. Lewis, born in Knox county,
went to Mexico to look after his brothers'
interests, and when on his way back to Ore-
gon to join I. .V. Fullbright, he was found
dead in his bed at Leadville, Colorado,
November 19, 1904. It is believed he met
with foul play for his watch and cliain, his
money and his pension papers were missing,
(leiuge and Rebecca Kullbright were twins.
The former nuirried Caridiiu" llelllltinger
who died leaving a son and two daughtirs.
(leorge afterward married again anil there
was one son by that union. He now lives
at Severance. Kansas. Rebecca, now Mrs.
Reedcr, has been married three times, and
with Mr. Reeder, a Civil war veteran, now
lives in St. Edwards, Nebraska. Samuel,
who lived on a fruit farm about eight miles
above Purkee. died May 16, 1904. He was
a member of the Ancient Order of the United
Workmen of Maker City, and was a man
of good standing in his community, hav-
ing not a single enemy in the world.
Lorinda. now Mrs. finrrisson. has been mar-
ried twice and lives upon a farm near Lin-
coln. Nebraska. Margaret became the wife
of Henry Maston and (hey removed from
Ohio to Indiana where hi'r death mcnrred.
Isaac .\. Fullbright was the youngest of the
family and was born at the identical mo-
ment at which his father died. His mother
passed awny in November, 1876, and was
hiid to rest in the family burying ground at
Danville. Ohio.

Isaac A. Fullbright pursued his educRtion
in the public schools of his native state and
in the spring of 1H77. following the mother's
death, he and his brothers, Lewis and
Samuel, went west to the Colorado mines
witli their brother William who had re-
turned to Ohio for n visit for the first time
in nineteen yenrx. having in the interim re-
sided in Kansas and Missouri as well ns
Colorado. He had married, and during the
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rounded by Jay Hawkers or Guerillas but
his wife stood with a revolver in her luuul
and prevented the approach of the des-
peradoes who would have killed her husband
had they captured him. At the time of go-
ing west Isaac A. Fullbright was about
twenty years of age. He worked in a minor
capacity at a hotel at Snowy Range in
Rosita Gap, Colorado, and gave .such satis-
faction to the landlady tliat slie offered to
raise his wages ten dollars a month to in-
duce him to stay! About that time how-
ever, E. C. Basic discovered what became
known as the Basic mine, a very rich prop-
erty, and Mr. Fullbright and his three
brotliers began a search for tlie extension of
this mine. They did not meet with the suc-
cess hoped for and the l>rotljers then went
to Mount Blanco to prospect, leaving I. A.
Fullbright at the Basic mine. While there
a man by the name of Edward Eckleson
came to his camp asking to stay there a
while and prospect. Witliout Mr. Full-
bright's knowledge Edward Eckleson ob-
tained some of tlie Basic ore and left it at
McBrown's assay office in Rosita as ore com-
ing from the Fullbright prospect hole witli
instructions that if he did not call for tlie
returns by 6 P. M. to give tlie same to Dr.
Sperry, one of the most prominent ph_ysi-
cians of the town. The returns were given
to Dr. Bperry who, finding tlieni very rich,
walked over the mountains to the Fullbriglit
cabin where he arrived about lialf past nine
at night. The occupants of the cabin were
in bed, but in response to a query from Mr.
Eckleson Dr. Sperry announced his pres-
ence. He immediately called for coffee and
after drinking two or three cups told of the
result of the assay, showing there were
thirty-three and si.x tenths ounces of gold
and three liundred, ten and one half ounces
of silver to the ton. Mr. Fullbright, believ-
ing tlie ore to have come from liis claim at
once began calculating liow wealthy he
would be and what he would do with the
money, but as it has happened to many an-
other, all this was but "a miner's dream."
His brothers soon returned from Mount
Blanco, and after a short time all started
for Mexico, accompanied by fajitain Sherser
and Captain Hoxey. At leiigtli they reached
their destination and all became ill tliere
with smallpox liut all recovered. The broth-
ers prospected for about seven months and
then returned to the Raccoon mountains in
Colorado. Subsequently they went to the
Boggs ranch in New Mexico later known as
Willow Springs, and still later as Raton.
They erected for business purjioses and also
as a place of residence the third house in
that town which now has a ])opulation of
more than seven thousand.

In the summer of 1878 Samuel and Lewis
Fullbright went to Leadville, Colorado,
where, in the fall of 1879, they were joined
by Isa.ac A. Fullbright, and all engaged in
mining. They had a standing offer of thirty
tliiiusand cliillars for their claim from the
fall of 187;) until the s])ring of 1880 when
the first miners' strike occurred — entirely
uncalled for. The result was that the claim
could not be sold and after spending several

liundred dollars on their property the Full-
bright brothers, in the winter of' 1881, took
a contract for funiisliiiig ties and worked in
that way until the following spring. One
brother then remained at Leadville while
the other brother, together with I. A. Full-
bright, proceeded into the Ten Mile and Blue
river country. The last named continued
in tlie tie business but aided in furnishing
funds to a man to go into the Montezuma
country, losing all he put in that venture.
Later he and his brother concentrated their
attention upon making ties and went to
Tennessee Pass. In the spring of 1882
Samuel Fullbright removed westward to
Oregon and for a year or more prospected
with a Mr. McMahon in the Burnt river
country, during which time he selected and
located a homestead of one hundred and
sixty acres on Burnt river about eight miles
from Durkce, This he improved, setting out
a tlionsaiid or more fruit trees of nine or
ten varieties. It was after the death of his
brother that I. A. Fullbright purchased the
interest of the other heirs in the place which
he now owns and which is today valued at
eight to ten thousand dollars. It is a ranch
on which tlie fruit crop practically never
fails.

I. A. Fullbright remained in the vicinity
of Tennessee Pass until 1889 when he went
to Aspeu, Colorado, where he followed min-
ing and prospecting until 1895. He and his
partners had a pro|)erty on which they gave
a lease and bond for fifteen thousand dol-
lars. The parties found twenty-three ounces
of silver ore to the ton and ilid abinit four-
teen hundred feet of tunneling and drifting,
but when silver was demonetized in 1893
they threw up their bonds. About that time
Senator B. Clark Wheeler employed Mr.
Fullbright as superintendent to take charge
of a timber crew at a salary of five dollars
per day and board, and he acted in that
capacity tor two years. He then went to
Summit county, Colorado, where he again
started in the timber business. John W.
Gates making him superintendent on the
ilountain Pride mine to look after the tim-
ber crew. Mr. Fullbright acted in that ca-
pacity for nine montlis. He grub-staked
two men and they found a prospect for
whicli the three were ofl'ered twenty thou-
sand dollars but one of the number insisted
upon having sixty-five thousand dollars and
as a result of not selling for the original
sum offered Mr. Fullbright was forced to
lose all the money he had put in. He next
returned to Aspen where he followed con-
tracting, mining and timbering until he re-
ceived a letter telling lim of the death of
liis brother Samuel. Me then returned to
Oregon to look after matters here but when
ten weeks had jiassed again returned to As-
pen, spending three months or more in that
place, in Leadville and in Danville. He then
came to Oregon where he has since made his
home, and his time and energies are now
devoted to farming and mining interests.
He has a tunnel of one hnn'dred and seventy
five feet in the mountain, with prospect of
striking a rich vein of ore.

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691

On the nth ol November, I'JIO, Mr. KuU-
bright left Durkee to pay a visit to liis
brotliers and sisters whom he had not seen
tor about thirty-lour years. On the trip he
traveled throufili twelve different states.
coverin<5 over thirteen thousand miles. All
the experiences of life in a mining eanip are
familiar to him. He has iiitinnite knowhMl;.'e
of all that it means to search for precious
metal, to lind that a hope is banisheil or
that a dream has been realized for both
failure and success have fallen to his lot.
On the whole however, he has won a sub-
stantial measure of i)rosperity and he is
today well known as one of the typical min-
ing men of the northwest.

AL MISHLER, who is residing' in Wood-
burn, is the energetic and successful mana-
ger of the People's Store Company in Wood-
burn, and was born on the 2.)d of August,
ISSO, in LafJrange county. Indiana, his par-
ents being -James -I. and Lidia (Yoder) Misli-
ler. both of whom were natives of Pennsyl-
vania. The father is still residing in the
old home in LaC.range county, but the mother
passed away in 1S'J(5. Their marriage oc-
curred in l>i7S in the Hoosier state and they
were the parents of eight children: Al. tlie
subject of this sketch; Mabel, who died at
the age of eleven years; Oliver, who is resid-
ing near the home place in Indiana: William
J., who is employed by his brother Al at
Woodburn. and who was the principal in the
high school at Woixlburn for one term after
he had taught sdiocd for several terms; Eliza-
beth, who is the wife of .J. T. Toyer, post-
master of Shiphewana for several years and
who is married and has one child, Inez;
Amanda and James. .Jr., residing at home
with their father: and Viola, who is at pres-
ent living with her uncle, fleorge Mishler.

■James .1. Mishler was one of nine children:
Oeorge. .lake. -lohn. Moses. Elizabeth, the
widow of M. Miller. Lucy, the wife of .Jona-
than Plank, and Susan, the wife of .Insiali
flushbered. all residing in Elkharl. Indiana:
and Sarah of Lallrange county. Iiuliana.
Mrs. Mishler was also one of nine childri'U,
the others being: (Jeorge A., of Portland.
Oregon; .Jacob, William and .Sanuiel. of La-
Grange: Anilrew. decea.sed; Fanny, the wife
of .J. Miller of Indiana; Elizabeth, the wife
of S. II. Ilostetter, of Iniliana: and Susan,
who is married to M. .1. Ijunbright.

After finishing his education in the nearby
school and assisting his father in the work
upon the home place. Al Mi-hler entereil upon
his career at the age of eighteen years. For
four years he was employed in n general
merchandise store at Shiphewana. Indiana,
before going to Chicago where he was ship-
ping clerk in a large furniture factory for
a short time. After giving up this position
he came to Oregon in 1002 and went Immeili-
ately to Hubbard, where lie took up a fMMi-
tion in a gi'Ueral merchnntliHe store renuiin-
ing for three years. Subsci|uently. after re-
moving to Woodburn. he engaged in the
grocery business for himself, but disposed
of this to go into the real-estate business
in which he remained for three years. Dur-

ing Ills residence here he had won the con-
lidence and respect of many business men and
found himself in a position to organize the
People's Store Company, of which he is at
proideiit secretary and manager. He has
worked up a large |)alronage, and the store
is both connnodious and well equipped, keep-
ing abreast with the needs of his patrons.
The company was organized on the 13th of
.lune, I'JlO, and today enjoys the patronage
of not only the home town but also a large
country trade. Part of the success of the
establishment is due to the courtesy of its
manager and his ability In pleasing custo-
mers. .Mr. .Mishler also owns alHiut forty
acres of land about four miles from town.

t)n the 17th of May, I'Jl)."), in Wocnlburn,
Oregon. Mr. Mishler was married to Miss
Inez Wanipole, whose birth occurred Febru-
:iry Id. IssiJ, and who is the daughter of
Martin and Matilda (Lindsay) Wanipole of
New York state. Mr. and Mrs. Mishler are
the parents of one child. Eldon A., whose
birth ipccurre<l .luly :i, 1907.

Ill politics Mr. Slishler has ever given his
support to the republican party, believing its
policies most conducive to good government.
He takes a citizen's interest in the progress
and success of his party, but has never
sought ollice as a reward for his fealty. He-
cause of his great interest In the educational
and social welfare of his conimunity he has
served for seven years as school clerk, an
odice wliicli has given him an opportunity to
ailvaiicc many of the ideas and ideals in
which he lirinly believes. In religious faith
the family is Presbyterian, and here again
>lr. Mishler shows his altruistic spirit by the
great interest he takes in the various depart-
ments of the church. Although one of the
younger business men he has succeeded far
better than many a young man of his age
and even many an older merchant, and be-
cause of his steady application to duty at
hand, a prosperous future may be predicted
for him.

LUCIUS A. WRIGHT, well known iis a
ilnig;.'i^t of I iiioii, is a representative of one
of the old i)ionier families of On^goii, his
father being .John T. Wright while his grand-
parents were Oeorge and Naomi (I'lm)
Wright, the former a native of Scarborough,
Yorkshire, England, and thi- hitter of Penn-
sylvania. Exteiiileil meiilioii of the family
hi-'lnrv is made in conni'i'lion with the ski'Ich
of Wiliiam Thomas Wrinlit on another page of
this work, (n-orge Wright, the grnndfttlher
of our subject, ennie with his family to Ore-
gon III Is.'i'J and .Fohn T. Wright s|M'nt n l>or-
tion of his youth in Portlnml. lie cnme to
Cnion in I>tfi4 nnil wan lilenlllled with the
business interests of this place an a inemlMT
of the firm of Ci-orge Wright A Sons. They
condiirterl men-ant lie anrl milling iiileresis,
.biliii T. Wright ri'inaining nn ai-tive factor in
the business until HS.l. when the lirm was
dissolved and he becnme ronnecteil with the
dnig trade of the city. Four yenrfi were ile-
voted to that business and in 1SS7 his storn
was destroyed by fire. At that time he turneil
his attention to farming, which he carried on

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

until 1893, when lie removed to LaGrande
where he was again proprietor of a drug store
whii'li he conducted successfully until 1899.
In that year he sold out and returned to
Union, where he lived retired in the enjoy-
ment of w^l earned rest to the time of his
death in 1905. He married Delia Mallory, a
native of the state of New York, and they
liecame the parents of four children: Lucius
A.: Georgia, now principal of the South
Union scliool of Union. Oregon: Ed. who is
serving as county clerk and makes his home
at LaGrande; and Claude C, who is engaged
in the tile business in Portland.

Lucius A. Wright spent his boyhood days
in Union and acquired his elementary educa-
tion in the public schools. He afterward
pursued a business course in LaGrande and
there learned the drug business in connection
with his father with whom he was associated
for a few years. In 1897 he bought out the
drug store of R. H. Brown at Union and has
since conducted it, having a large and con-
stantly growing patronage. He also owned
an interest in the Wright Drug Company of
LaGrande but recently disposed of this. His
store at Union is well appointed and attract-
ive in its arrangement, wliile his business
methods commend him to the further confi-
dence and support of the public.

ilr. Wright holds membership with the
Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained
high rank, belonging to the Knight Templar
commandery and to the Mystic Shrine. Ho
is also connected with the Knights of Pythias
and the Woodmen of the World. His political
allegiance is given to the republican party
and he is now serving for the second term
as mayor of I'nion. having been first elected
in 1910. To the city he has given a practical,
businesslike and public-spirited administra-
tion, seeking the best interests of the com-
munity and exercising his official prerogative
in support of many movements for the gen
eral good.

MRS. MARTHA MESSINGER is the widow
of Simon Messinger and resides upon a good
farm property in .Josephine comity. She is
a native of Missouri, her birth having oc-
curred in that state on the 3d of September.
1854. There .she remained until she crossed
the plains with her parents, David Lindsay
and .Tudith Anne Mullens, who were three
months upon the way, making the entire
journey with ox teams.

Their daughter Martha spent her girlhood
days under the parental roof and was well
trained in the duties of the household so
that she was thoroughly qualified to take
charge of a home of her own at the time of
her marriage to Mr. Messinger. which oc-
curred in 1870. when she was but sixteen
years of age. Unto this marriage there were
born eight children. Clarence. Herman. Will-
iam. George, Mary, Rose, Dora and Nellie.
The family circle was broken by the hand
of death in 1902. when the husband and
father was called from this life, his remains
being interred on Williams creek. He had
homesteaded the farm place of one hundred

and sixty acres upon which his widow now
resides and later he added to that property
by additional purchase until he was the
owner of three hundred and fifty acres of
land at the time of his death. His son
George now operates the farm for his mother
and devotes the acreage largely to the rais-
ing of hay. Mrs. Messinger owns a half in-
terest in the place and is conducting it along
the same progressive lines followed by his
father. In addition to his farming interests
Mr. Messinger owned and operated a saw-
mill. He was also somewhat prominent in
public affairs, served as sheriff of the county
for two j'ears and was also county school
commissioner for four years, in which con-
nection he proved himself a loyal friend to
the cause of education. His was an upright,
honorable and well spent life and gained for
him the high regard and confidence of all
wlio knew him. Mrs. ilessinger is a member
of the Methodist church and possesses many
attractive qualities and characteristics that
have gained for her warm regard. Her home
is a hospitable one, always open for the re-
ception of her friends, who are many.

POLK MAYS. One of the most widely
known and highly successful ranchmen of
tlie Wallowa valley is Polk Mays, the most
extensive cattle raiser in this section of the
state. He has played as important a part in
tlie political and public life of the county as
in its business affairs and was representative
in the state legislature for one term. He is
a native of Oregon, his birth having occurred
in Benton county on November 23, 1852. and
a son of Robert and Lodema (Fowler) Mays.
His parents crossed the plains in an emigrant
train in 1853, locating in Wasco county, where
they passed the remainder of their lives.

The boyhood and youth of Polk Mays were
passed in a manner very similar to those of
other lads who were reared on a ranch in Ore-
gon during the pioneer days. He attended
the common schools of Wasco county in the
acquirement of an education until he was
seventeen years of age. He then laid aside
his text-books and went to Crook county,
this state, where he engaged in the cattle
liusiness for nineteen years. In 1888, he
disposed of his interests there, and came
to Wallowa countj' engaging in the same
line of business, in which he has ever since
been successfully engaged. During the inter-
vening years he has extended his property
lioldings until he now owns fourteen hundred
acres of land that he uses principally for
grazing purposes and is said to be the leading
cattle man in this valley. In addition to his
valuable ranch and large herds, Mr. Mays is
interested in four mining claims in Union
cfiiinty. which he has every reason to feel
assured will yield good dividends. He pos-
sesses much foresight and sagacity and owing
to his enterprising spirit and determination
of purpose makes a success of anything he
undertakes.

At Kent, Wasco county, this state, on the
1st of November. 1884, Mr. Mays was united
in marriage to Miss !Marv Kelsay, a daughter
of Burton and Euphrasia Kelsay, who were

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THE CiiINTENMAL HISTORY OF OREGON

695

among the early settlers of Oregon. Three
children have been born to >lr. and Mrs. .Mays
as lollows: Harry and Dallas, who are as-
sisting their father with the operation of the
ranch; and Ted, wlio is still in school.

Formerly Mr. .Mays gave his political sup-
port unconditionally to the republican party,
and was elected on that ticket to the state
legislature in lti92, but he now gives his
indorsement to such men and measures
as he feels are best adapted to meet
the exigencies of the situation, although
he favors the republican organization.
He is as enterprising and progressive in
matters of citizenship as in business affairs
and never lets an opp<:>rtunily pass for cham-
pioning Oregon and the Wallowa valley,
toward the development of which he has sub-
stantially contributed. He enjoys a wide
acc|uaintan<e throughout this section of the
state and is held in high esteem by all who
know him. as he is a man of upright prin-
ciples and conducts all of his transactions in
an open and honorable manner, his integrity
being above question.

TREPHON DIERICKX, the owner of a fine
farm of one hundred and seventy-two acres,
is well known as one of the enterprising ag-
riculturists and representative citizens of
Washington county. His birth occurred in
Belgium in the year 18GS. his parents being
Peter and Monica Dierickx. who were like-
wise natives of that country. The father
passed away in Belgium in 1S91 but the
mother is still living and yet makes her home
in her native land. To them were born nine
children, eight of whom still survive — four
in America and four in Belgium. Those who
crossed the Atlantic to the Uniteil States are:
August, who is a resident of Washington
county. Oregon: Trephon. of this review;
Agnes", the wife of Charles Loseveet, of Rush-
ville. Nebraska; and another brother making
his home at the same place.

Trephon Dierickx obtained his education
in the schwds of his native country and
when a young man of twenty-three years
emitn-ateti to the I'nited States, settling at
Rushville, Nebraska, where he remained for
ten years. .Subsecpiently he spent live years
in various parts of the I'nited States in
search of a favorable location. His choice
finally fell u|K>n Washington county, Oregon,
where in lOOfi hp purcha.sed n farm of one
hundred acres, ninety- five acres of which he
ha« brought under a high state of cultivation.
By additional purchase he has exteniled the
bounilaries of his place until it now embrnees
one hundred and seventy-two acres. .\» an
agriculturist he has been quite successful
and. taking pride in the appearance of his
farm, he has added every improvement which
might contribute to its neatness and fertility.
He has also made such study of the soil as
to enable him to so adapt his crops as to
reap the maximum yield per acre.

In politics Mr. Dierickx is a democrat, be-
lieving firmly in the principles of that party.
He has held the position of road superviwir
for six years and has proven a most faithful
and capable public oflicial. In religious faith

he is a Catholic. Coming to the new world
in early manliiKid, he has utilized his oppor-
tunities to the best of his ability and has
gained a place among the prosperous and es-
teemed citizens of his coniniunitv,

LEWIS C, ROTHROCK, who since 189'J. has
resiiled in Pendleton, was for many years n
well known stockman of I'matilla county,
lie was born in Sangamon county, Illinoi'it,
live miles north of Springfield, on .June 1,
ls,-,0, his parents being .\. B. and Kli/itbeth
iWliitlo<'ki Uothrock, both of whom were
natives tpf North Carolina and were n)arrie<l
in that state. They removed to Illinois about
ls-14 and the mother died there wlien the sub-
ject of this sketch was only two years of
age. In IS.")" the father removed to Putnam
county. .Missouri, and in the spring of IStU
went to Iowa, and in 1865 crossed the plains
with mule teams to Oregon, locating in Marion
county on the French prairie. In 186S he
came to I'matilla county where he died in
Weston in IS'.IO, at tl>e as^- of seventy years.
He became a very noted and successful stwk-
nian of thin county. In his family were
three chililren: .Jesse, who was killed on the
railroad in 1S99: Mrs. .Sarah E„ who is the
widow of .7. W. Thomlmry. residing in Marion
county; and Lewis C. .-Vfter the mother's
death the father was married again. To his
second union were Isirn six children, two of
whom are living. .Tohn and Adam, both of
this county.

Lewis C. Rothrock remained under the
parental roof until 1S6S, when he went to
Montana and I'U'iagcd in packing from Mon
tana to Walla Walla and in 18i>0 he teamed
from I'Muitilla to Boise. In ISTO he settleil
on Wild Horse creek where he took up a pre-
emption claim of one humlred and sixty acres
and he now owns one thoiisaml acres in one
body of highly iniproveil land in the same
locality. This ranch is one of the finest trai'ls
of lanil in I'matilla county. It is Imatcil
ten miles east of Penillelon, adjoining Ihi-
I'matilla Indian reservation. It raises from
fifty to sixty bushels of wheat to the acre
ami from eighty to one hundred bushels of
barley. Mr. I'othrock resided on this home-
stead until isftil when he came to I'enilli-lon
wjiere he has ••ince tiiadi* his lionie. Two
lit his sons are now otM-niting the Imm*' rar)ch.
which is principally devoted to the rai'iiig of
whi'al. "The first few yenrs of his re.idencp
on this claim Mr. Rothrock engaged in stock
raiding but in ISH2 he began general fnrminif
He built in lOOfi n home which i« hx-ated nt
1II.> East Court street, this city.

In IMCiO Mr. Rothrock was nnite<| in mnr-
ringe with Mis< Ruth Master«on. who was n
native i.f Illiimi«, She die<l in Wild Horse
Creek, this county. IVremlM-r HI. IHT!). at the
age of twenty-eight years; leavinn five chil-
dren: .Andrew of Pendleton; Samuel, who
helps In operate his father's ranch; Sorah.
who is the wife of .\rtbur f;ih«on of Pendir
ton; I.ucindo. who is Mrs. Peter Ramlio of
Boise. Idaho; and Franklin, who died nt the
nifp .if twelve Teor«. In December. Itsl. Mr.
Rr>throck was agoin morrie.l. his second union
lieing with Mi»» Id* Bolin, who «.i« Imm at

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Silverton, ilarioii count.y, on February 11,
1864. a daughter of Daniel and Lucinda
(Moses) Bolin, the father a native of Ken-
tucky and the mother of Indiana. They
eros.sed the plains from Missouri in 1853 and
settled near Silverton, where the father took
up a donation land claim. In 1873 tliey came
to tliis county, where they both passed away.
Of his second'marriage two children were born
to j\lr. Ruthrock: Harley Coleman, who helps
to operate his father's ranch: and Maude,
who is the wife of William Rush, of Pendle-
ton.

Coming to Oregon at an early date, Mr.
Rotlirock has passed through all the hard-
ships of pioneer life here. During the trouble
witli the Indians in 1878, he and his father
and Mr. William Parker were the only wliite
]ieo|ih> wlio remained on White Horse creek,
all the other-s having left the country, or
having taken part in the fight. Mr. Rothrock
his father and Mr. Parker made a fort of
their house and prepared to fight the Indians,
should they make an attack on them. Hav-
iuCT resided" in this county now almost forty-
four years Mr. Rothrock is well acquainted
with its early development and has ever been
a cooperative factor in the general advance-
ment. He lias an extensive circle of friends
thriiugho\it the country and has ever been
held in the highest regard by all who know
him. Fraternally he is a member of the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows.

ADELBERT OSBORN, who owns a farm of
forty acres in .Josephine county, not far from
Murphy, has passed the seventy-fifth mile-
stone (in life's journey, yet is still personally
supervising his agricultural interests. He was
born in New York, May 5, 18.37, and is a son
of Isaac and Nancy (Wilson) Osborn, in whose
family there were two children. The father
was a native of New Jersey and the mother
of New York and it was in' the Empire state
that Adelbert Osborn was reared to the age
of fourteen years, when he began driving a
team with a grading gang. He was employed
in that way until the outbreak of the Civil
war when his patriotic spirit was aroused by
the attempt of the south to overthrow
the Union and he enlisted for service as a
memlier of Company E, of the Twenty-Sixth
Illinois Infantry, under General Polk. His
command was attached to the Fifteenth Army
Corps and he participated in a number of
imiMirtant engagements during the three
years which lie spent at the front in defense
of the stars and stripes. He was finally
mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia, and upon
his return to the north accepted a position
as foreman and later as engineer on the
Michigan Central Railroad between Detroit
and Chicago. Eight years passed in that
way and for several years he was also em-
ido'yed on the Chicago'and Northwestern rail-
rcia'd. He afterward worked at similar eui-
]doyment in California and then made his
way to Texas where he engaged in herding
cattle for a number of years. In 1879 he
came to Oregon and for a year made his
home in Portland, during which time he was
workiii" on the line of the Oregon Railway

and Navigation Company. Once more, how-
ever, he turned his attention to stock-rais-
ing interests, purchasing a large number of
cattle which he took to Montana and there
sold. He afterward reentered railroad service
in connection with the Nortliern Pacific but
finally returned to Oregon and is now mak-
ing his home in .Josepliine county. Here he
purchased and has improved forty acres. Tliis
constitutes one of the good farms in the vicin-
ity of Murphy and the care and labor be-
stowed upon the place are bringing to him a
substantial financial return.

In 1887 Mr. O.sborn was united in marriage
to Miss Hays, a native of Oregon and unto
tlieni were born four children: Wheeler R.,
Winifred H.. Dan M. and .Josephine.

;Mr. Osliorn's study of the political ques-
tions and issues of the day and of the situa-
tion which affects the general interests of
society has led him to give his support to the
socialist party. He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, loyal to the teachings of
the lodge and willing at all times to aid his
brethren of the order. His business life in
connection with railroad construction and
grading has t.iken him into various sections
of tlie country so that he knows the east, the
west, the north and the soutli. He is much
pleased with the attractive climate of Oregon
and the opportunities, and natural advantages
of the state, and has made permanent loca-
tion here, deciding to spend his remaining days
in this district. Whatever success he has en-
joyed is due to his own labor and persever-
ance and he has many substantial qualities
which have gained for him the warm regard
and kindly consideration of those who know
him.

EDWARD EVERETT LUCE. In these

davs of rorni|ition in liigh places it is pleas-
ant to record the public service of Edward
Everett Luce, now mayor of the city of
.John Day. tirant county' Oregon. His record
up to the present time has been unmarred
by any suspicion of evil and his energies and
activities have always been directed to the
service of the people' without regard to per-
sonal ends. Aside from his political activ-
ities Mr. Luce is also prominent in com-
mercial and agricultural circles of the county
and in these directions is distinguished liy
the same honorable and upright qualities
which mark his public life. He was born
ill Siskiyou county, California. November
23, 1800. and is a son of William and Maria
D ' (Fisher) Luce. His father was born in
Kentucky, February 29, 1828. and his
mother's' birth occurred in Ohio on the 8th
of February. 1836. William Luce joined the
California gold seekers in 1849. making the
journey by water around the horn. He re-
turned' by way of the Isthmus of Panama
to Ohio and in 1853 he started on his wed-
iling tour across the plains and mountains
with ox teams. Mr. Luce and his wife lo-
cated in Eugene, Oregon, where they re-
mained but a short time. He removed his
family, consisting of his wife and one child,
to California, where he was active in va-
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U97

that year they returneil to Ori'^joii ami
eventually located in lirant luiinty. The
trip Iroin (.'alitoniia to Oregon was nunle
overland «itli wa^'on:*. In eonjnMitron with
his brother David Luce, and .lames Co/ort.
William Luce loaded a paek train with a
large and varied line ot goods and with
sixty-two mules brought it to Canyon t'ity.
His original intention had been to kK-ate on
the .Salmon river but when tliey reached
The Dalles a rumor reached them of the
failure of that camp and of labor disturb-
ances in tlie mines of Canyon City. They
immeiliately detirniined to abandon their
intention and employed the messenger who
liad brought the news from Canyon City to
act as their pilot on the return journey. In
the spring of 18tt2 the three partners estab-
lished the tirst general store in Canyon City.
Their operations were carried on under a
large tent and the store remained in this
condition for some months. Kventually
they erected a wooden building and en-
gaged in the general merchandise business
until the spring of ISO-I. when they sold
their interests to Captain Ferrin. William
Luce then took up a preemption claim and
engaged in farming and in the stock busi-
ness, running sometimes as high as three
hundred and fifty head of cattle at one time.
For fourteen years he supplied Kort llarncv
with vegetables under contract. He was
among tlie earliest of the pioneer settlers of
Crant county and his wife was prominently
identitieil with the development of the sec-
tion. When he brought his wife and family
from The Dalles in 1863 there was no
wagon road in the section anil in order to
make the journey as comfortable as possible
Mr. Line i)ackeil one hundred pounds of
Hour on each side of a mule ami placed
across its back a large dry-gooils box. in
which he put his four children. Krnm tlii-
primitive state of development William
Luce saw the state of Oregon ilevidoped into
a cultivated and civilized country. He was
always active in its affairs and eager to
promote its welfare. He was a man who
could never turn a deaf ear to those in need
and his hand was always ontstretr-ln-d to
help a fellow traveler on life's journey. He
was a liberal, broadmimled anri thoroughly
generous man and his abounding and open
handed charity prevented his amassing the
large fortune which his opiM>rtnniti4-s war-
ranted. He was never an olVue seeker but
served with much ability as county com-
missioner. He "lied upon his biddings in
firant county. He ami his wife were the par-
ents of seven i-hildn-n: IsnlM-l. Iwirn Man-h
6. lS."i4-. Charles K.. born .lanunry 2.'i. is.'ifi:
Henry ('.. whoso birth oicurred SeptemlK-r
24. 18.-)"; Marion, who was born .\pril IT.
1859; Edward K.. the siibjei't of this review,
who was boni N'ovember 22. IsfiO; Carrie.
Imrn October 20. lSfi2: and .\lma. whow
birth oecurreil .August 2. 1804.

Kdward K. Luce spent his early boyhood
days in Orant county ami was eilnented in
the public schools of .John Day. He later
spent some time pursuing his .studies in
Canyon City. When he laid aside his hook«
he entered immediatolv into the stock busi-

ness. After his father's death he renuiined
upon the honiesteail lor about live years and
has since been extensively engaged in the
freighting bu.-iness in this ..<ei'tion of the
country. He is one of the most proiinnent
men in tirant county at the present time.
He is actively interested in various move-
nieiits and hin iiillnence is always given tu
good and worthy causes, having for their ob-
ject the welfare of .lohn Day and of Craut
county. He owns four acres of town prop-
erty on which is hn-ateil hi.-, pleasant, com-
fortable and hospitable hmne. He has tud
acres .set out in apple anil cherry trees and
other varieties of fruit, which yield abun-
dantly each year. He nuikes a specialtv of
his Vegetable ami truck garilen and has been
extremely successful along this line. .Most
of his persoiuil attention is given to his
freighting business, as its rapid growth and
extension rei|uire» constant and energetic
niaiiagenuMit.

Besides his activities in these various lines
Mr. Luce has had a distinguished career as
a politician. He has served as a member
of the city council of .lohn Day, has done
ellicient work as marshal of this city and
has made a record for ability and horn-sty
during his term as deputy sheriff. In I'Jll
he was electe<l nuiyor of the city of .lohn
Day by a large nuijority and served for one
term with con.«picuous success. In 1912 he
was ri'clected. He brings to his public life
an intelligent grasp of current <iuestions. of
broadniiniled tolerance and an incorruptible
moral character. He regards his office
merely as an opportunity to carry out the
wishes of his constituents and has never
used it to further his per.sonal ambition.

November 18. ISSC. Mr. LiU'e was unite<l
in marriage in Orant county. Oregon, to
Miss .lulia .1. Ollieer. of Clackanuis county,
this stall-, a daughter of Robert OHic-er, a
native of Missouri. Mrs. Luce's gniiidfathi-r
was .lames Otiicer who left his native state
of Tennessee for Oregon in I84.'> and was
among the early pioneer wttlers of that
state. The journey was made with o\ teams
across a wihl and uncultivated country.
The Indians, howi-ver. wen- peaceable In that
year and made no disturlmnc-e. .lames Of
iicer spent his llrst winter on the Columbia
river twelve miles above Vancouver. He
later Im-ated in Clarkanms county, twelve
miles from Oregon City, where he continued
to reside until his dea'th. In 1884. his son.
Itobert Olheer, nime to IJrnnt county. » lien-
he is now living, engaged in the stis-k busi-
ness, at the age of sev.t.iv in.- M-ars. Mr.
Luce is one of the re| •■ men of

the state of Oregon. In •• ss life he

Is honorable and fair miieled with a shrewd
disoriniination and n bnmd knowledge of
men. In his (Milirical career he Is n true
public servant ami reganls personal honesfy
in office »s no more than his duty to the
commonwealth.

WILLIS I. COTTEL, M. D., has been a
resident of Mrrgon for a i|iiarter of a cen-
tiirv and has not only done importnnl work
aloni; professional lines in the practice of
me<licine and surjferr. but has also been ac-

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

tive in the improvement of pnblic liealth
conditions. It lias been said that no line ol'
business is as little commercialized as is the
practice of medicine, which statement finds
support in the labors of Dr. Cottel, who has
put forth every effort in his power to do
away with conditions detrimental to public
health. He was born in Calais, Maine,
October 22, 1852, and is a son of Charles and
Phoebe (Hanscom) Cottel. He traces his
ancestry back to an early period in Amer-
ican history and in the maternal lines is
descended from Hannah Dustin, a heroine of
colonial days. On the paternal side he is
descended from early Dutch settlers on Man-
hattan Island. He" was but si.-c years of
age when his parents left Xew England and
removed westward to Illinois. He was
reared upon a farm near Wilmington, in
Will county. Illinois, and in early manhood
took up school-teaching which he followed
in tliat county for four years. He began
reading medicine under the direction of his
brother. Dr. H. A. Cottel, and was graduated
with honors from the medical department of
the University of Louisville, Kentucky,
with the class" of 1877. He then practiced
for four years in Braidwood, Illinois, and
for six years in Peoria, Illinois. In 1887 he
arrived in Portland where he opened a dnig
store in the section of the city in which he
still resides and practiced medicine also,
meeting with success in both activities. He
is still interested in the drug trade, being
secretary and manager of the Cottel Dnig
Comjiany. His labors for the benefit of the
public have been far reaching and beneficial.
About 190G he was elected a member of the
Portland city council in which he sei-ved for
two years "and during that period secured
the p"assage of the first milk ordinance that
Portland ever had. He also served for a
term in the Oregon state legislature during
the session of 1911 and 1912, and in that
period was chairman of the committee on
liealth and public morals and was also a
member of the committee on medicine and
pharmacy. His long experience as a physi-
cian and druggist well qualified him to do
excellent service along those lines. He is a
member of the Portland City Medical So-
ciety, the Multnomali Medical Association,
the 'state Medical Society and the American
Medical Association.

In 1892 Dr. Willis I. Cottel was married
to iliss Lulu JI. Campbell, a daughter of
Eugene Campbell, of Portland, and they have
one son. Charles C. Dr. Cottel helonsrs to
Cohimbia Lodge A. F. & A. M., to the Wood-
men of the World, to the Fraternal Union
and to the Knights and Ladies of Security.
He has made many friends in these differ-
ent organizations and in every relation ot
life his fidelity to duty and his capability
have established him in a most crcditable
position in public regard.

JAMES M. SMITH was born in Gilliam
county. Oregon, on the 12th of October. 1889,
his parents being AV. J. and Delia (Summers)
Smith., who are natives of Illinois and Mis-
souri respectively. The father came to Ore-

gon in 1884, settling in Gilliam county, where
he has since been engaged in farming and
stock-raising. To Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Smith
six children have been born as follows: James
M., of this review; William and George, both
of whom follow the occupation of farming;
Mary, the wife of A. J. Bosquet; Rose; and
Alice.

.lames M. Smith was reared at home and
obtained his early education in the common
schools of the district in which he lived, sub-
sequently spending four years as a student
in St. James College of Vancouver, Washing-
ton. On the completion of his college course
he was employed as a traveling salesman
for six months'. Retiring from this position,
he secured employment as buyer in the dry-
goods department of Barker's store and held
tills position for five years. He now is in the
federal service, filling the office of assistant
postmaster.

■In politics Mr. Smith is a republican and
fraternally he is identified with the Benevo-
lent Prot'ective Order of Elks, belonging to
Lodge Xo. 358, at Heppner, Oregon. He is
likewise connected with the Knights of Co-
lumbus, being a member of Lodge No. 678 at
Portland. He is a devoted communicant of
the Catholic church and resides at Condon.

CARL A. L. SMEDBERG is one of the en-
terprising farmers of Coos county, located
seven miles up Catching Inlet from Marsh-
field, where he is engaged in the cultivation
of his farm. He was born in Sweden in
1880 and is the son of Peter Victor and Ma-
tilda (Nelson) Smedberg, both of whom were
natives of that country. In their family
were seven children: Victoria, deceased;
Carl A. L., of this review; and Beda, Tyra,
Helge, Victor and Emily, all of whom re-
side in Sweden.

Carl A. L. Smedberg was reared in his
father's home and received his early educa-
tion in the schools of his native country.
At the age of twelve he engaged in work in
the lumberyards in the district in which he
lived and continued in that employment for
two years. He then shipped as a sailor and
for three years devoted his attention to that
occupation, after which he became an ap-
prenticed bookbinder, continuing in that in-
dustry until he had thoroughly mastered the
trade! He has. however, never worked at
the business since having acquired a compe-
tent knowledge of the art of bookbinding.
He was for some time subsequent to his ap-
prenticeship employed in a cooper shop in
Sweden and on retiring from that business
he emigrated to America, settling first in
Chicago, where he remained for one year and
then took up his abode in Kansas and there
continued for three years, after which he
went to Washington and in the logging
camps of that state he worked for one year.
He then removed to Coos county and for
some time was engaged at work on his broth-
er's farm. He later was employed as one of
a surveying and prospecting crew but was
unsuccessful in this undertaking. He then
engaged in work as a fisherman, in which
he continued for some time. Immediately

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701

following Ills marriage he establislied his per-
iiiaiieiit residence on the old liomestead of
hi.s wife's father and has since continued to
give his attention to the cultivation and
operation of that place. He is also the owner
of eighty acres of choice Oregon farm lands.
On liine 20. I'JIO, Mr. Sniedbcrg was
united in marriage to Miss Mary Black, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry X. Black, and
to them has been born a son, .John Henry,
whose natal day was March 20, I'.Ml. Mr.
iSmedberg is liberal in the use of his fran-
chise, giving his support to the party which
in his judgment represents the best interests
of the people. He is a member of the
Knights of Pythias, and he and his wife are
members of tlie Lutheran church. .Mr. .^med-
berg is one of the well known and respected
citizens of the county in which he nsidcs and
is in every way entitled to be enrolled
among the successful agriculturists of his
state.

CHARLES C. REINHARDT, a successful
randinmn of Imatilla county, was born in
Wurttemberg. Germany. October 6. 1867. His
parents were Gottlieb and Lizzie (Frederick!
Keiiiliardt. both of whom were natives of the
same country. They came to the l'nite<l
.States in lS7:i. locating in Blue Earth county,
Minnesota, but after three or four years re-
moved to Harlan county, Nebraska. Later
they went to JIarysville, Marshall county.
Kansas, where the mother now resides. The
father passed away there in ilay. 1911, at
the age of seventy-two. In his native country
he had learne<l and followed the trades of
miller, butcher and locksmith but after com-
ing to -America he was engiiged entirely in
farming. Tn his family were nine children.
of whom tlie subject of this sketch was the
second in order of birth.

Charles C. Reinhardt. being only six years
of age when his parents bron<;ht him to this
country, received his education here and re-
mained under the parental roof until he was
sixteen years of age. He then started out
in life for himself and for some time was em-
ployed in farm work. .Afterward he went to
Nebraska, where he remained one year. In
ISSCi he cam,- to I'mnlilla county and ever
since has made his home here. For the first
ten years after his arrival in this county he
was "employed on a sheep ranch. Afterward
he went to the mountain districts and engaged
in sheep ranching on his own account, being
there for two or three years. Subsequently
he bought a half-interest in some stock anil
in a riincli and be<.'an farming. He i« now
operating fifteen hundred acres of wheat land,
which is situated four miles southeast of
Pendleton, some of which beloncs to the I'ma-
tilla Indian Reservation. He also own^t three
hundred and sixty acres of pasture land in
the mountains, and he raises yearly nlioiit
eightv head of horses, eichteen head of milch
cows and fiftv head of hogs.

On the 2lith of Decpnibcr. 100?.. Mr. Rein-
hardt was married to Miss .\gncs Kinney,
who was born in I'matilla county In Decern-
lier, \S»:>. a dauchter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Kinnev. who reside at Walla Walla. Washing-

ton. .Mr. an<I Mrs. Keinhanlt have become
the parents of four children, Ix)uis, Kdwin.
Lillian and Catherine. Mr. Heiidiardt is a
highly honoreil citizen of I'matilla county and
is Very successful in both wheat growing and
stock-raising. He manifests a public-spirited
interest in everything relating to the general
welfare and has gained tlie trust ami respect
of all with whom he has come in contact.

JULIUS MEYER. Few of the foreign-
born residents of Washington county have
put to better advantage the opporliuiities
for advancement along business lines which
they found in the rich agricultural regions
of this portion of the -tate tlian has .luliiis
.Meyer, a widl known farmer of this district
whose residenie in the county covers a tpnir-
ter of a century. He is one of Switzerland's
contributions to the citizenship of Oregon,
his birth occurring in that country on the
7tli of November. Is.'iO. Ilis parents. Henry
ami .\Mini Meyer, were also natives of Switz-
erland and there passed their entire lives,
the father's death occurring in isiit; and the
mother's ill is'il. I )t their family of ti'n
chililreii all yet reside in their native land
with the exception of .Iiiliiis. of this review,
and another son who passim! away in this
country.

.\ good education formed one of the prin-
cipal assets in the successful career of .liilius
.Meyer, for after passing through successive
grades in the public .schools of his native
country he was there given the benelil of a
college course, and thus a broad general
mental training widl equipped him fi.r the
duties of business life. For nine years he
served as cashier in a bank in Switzerlaml,
but believing that the opportunities for ad-
vancement in the l'nite<l States exi'ceded
those to be found in his native land, he came
to .-Vmerica in ISH4, locating tlrst in St,
Ijiwrence county. New York. .\ftitT six
months spent in that place he went to Ohio,
where he remained for a •.iinihir period, after
which he made bis way to Kansas City, Mi«-
s<piiri. where he was employed for two years.
The year issr, witnesseil bis arrival in lire-
gon. at which time he preempted eighty acres
of laml in Washington coiiiily which, how-
ever, he later sold. He then pun-hnsed an-
other tract of eighty ncrex in this county,
paying a purchase priie of live dollars p^r
acre, and on this farm he has since made his
homi-. Something of the earnestness and
perseverance which have chnrncteri/ed his
elTorts since taking up agriculfiirnl pursuits
here is inilicated by the fart that ilunng the
intervening years he has so develo|i«-d and
improved his farm that to<lay he is the owner
of a line estate valued at four thousand dol-
lars. Persistency of purpose has ever lieen
one of his salient qualities and one of the
secrets of his success is found in the fact that
he has never been afraid of work but hos
Inliored earnestly and untiringly and the
position which he oorupies toilay among the
siilMtantial and prosperous farmers of his
section r.f the county is therefore well
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

While still a resident of Switzerland Mr.
Meyer served for a time as county clerk but
since taking" up his abode in this country
lie has never sought nor desired to figure
]ironiiiu'ntly in public life, preferring to de-
viite his attention to the conduct of his bus-
iness interests. He is, however, a stalvpart
believer in republican principles and never
fails to support that party at the polls,
while to all matters of citizenship he gives
careful consideration, casting the weight of
his inllucnce upon the side of progress and
advancement.

A. P. FRENCH is living upon a part of
the old I'^rench homestead near Prairie City in
Grant county, where he owns and cultivates
nearly three hundred acres of land. He was
born in the John Day valley, in December,
187,1, a son of Samuel and Ann (Hyde)
French, and a grandson of .Joseph French.
The father and the grandfather were both
natives of Maine and representatives of old
Xew England families, while on the ma-
ternal side the ancestry is traced back to
tiermany. The father went to California
by way of the ocean route, around Cape
Horn, in 1851, and there engaged in mining
and later in the operation of a sawmill. He
came to Oregon with a large number of
settlers that included the Fisk family, and
after following mining for a time opened a
blacksmith's shop in Canyon City. Subse-
quently he removed to Dixie, now Prairio
City, where he remained for several years,
and later bought property about five miles
above Prairie City, on the .John Day river.
From time to time he added to his holdings,
until he had over two thousand acres ot
which about a half was bottom land. He
was a very energetic, industrious and suc-
cessful business man. He devoted consider-
able time to the raising of horses and cattle
and at one time ran as high as five hundred
head of cattle and a large number of horses.
For six years he served as assessor and was
the first man to assess the Harney country.
He (lied in 1889. The six children of the
family are: A. P.; J. B.. living in Cali-
fornia; Emma, now the wife of M. ,T. Puett;
Mrs. Susie Daughcrty; Frank B. ; and R.
S., living near Mount Vernon. Of this fam-
ily Frank B. French is quite prominent as a
ranchman of Grant county. He was born in
the John Day valley in January, 1881, ac-
(piiri'd his education there and remained on
tlu' lioine )ilace until 1904. when the prop-
erty was divided and he obtained one hun-
drc<i acres of bottom land and two hundred
acres of bench land. He runs range stock,
as high as one hundred and fifty head, and
makes a specialty of Hereford cattle. In
190.5 he married Nellie McLean, a daughter
of Charles McLean, who was of Scotch
descent, and of Flora (Marrs) McLean, her
|iarcn(s being among the early settlers of
Harney valley. Frank B. French is now
serving as clerk of the school board.

A. P. French acquired his education in the
public schools near his father's home and re-
mained upon the farm until twenty-one
years of age. He was a lad of eleven years
when he accompanied his father on a trip to

Maine, and later he was his companion on
other trips. On attaining his majority he
removed to a part of his father's property
whereon he now resides. He has nearly
three hundred acres, a large part being bot-
tom land and under irrigation. He has a
large ditch, Irrigating extensive tracts, and
the John Day river also runs througji his
place. He raises horses, mules and cattle,
breeding from registered sires, and raises
fine draft stock. His location is an excel-
lent one and upon his place he has a good
residence and substantial barns and out-
liuihlings. He also has an excellent orcliard
and tlie appearance of the place as a wliole
is most attractive.

On the 4th of December, 1894, Jlr. French
was united in marriage to Jliss Eva Axe. a
daughter of William and Adelia Axe, who
were among the earliest settlers of the John
Day valley. Mrs. French died October 27,
1911, leaving two sons, Samuel ami llarohl
H.. both of whom are at home.

Mr. French has served on the school lioard
for a number of terms and is an intelligent
and progressive citizen, interested * in the
welfare and progress of the community. Mr.
French is a member of Mountain View Lodge
No. 3.3, I. O. O. F., of which he has been
through all of the chairs, and is also a mem-
ber of tlie encampment.

JOHN N. EDLEFSEN is the ca.shier of the
Peninsular National Bank and secretary-
treasurer of the Edlefsen Fuel Company,
Inc, of Portland. He is a self-made man
and his history indicates what can be ac-
complished l)y young men of foreign Itirth
wIh) make their start in the new world un-
acijuaiuted with the language and the cus-
toms of the people. The difficulties which
confronted him, were soon overcome, and
his persistent energy and determination en-
abled him to surmount all obstacles which
barred his path to success. He was born in
Pellworm, an island north of Hamburg, Ger-
many, September 1, 1882, and is a son of
Jlatthias P. and Dorothea M. (Jacobsen)
Edlefsen. The father died in Germany in
June, 1911, at the age of seventy-six years.
Throughout his life he had engaged in
cabinet-making and furniture manufacturing
and in his trade he had worked on the
famous cathedral at Cologne. He and his
father, Peter Edlefsen, grandfather of our
subject, were at one time the original owners
of the island of Pellworm. His widow sur-
vives him and is living in Germany at the
age of sixty-eight years.

In the public .schools and under private
tutors John N. Edlefsen acquired his early
education and afterward attended a busi-
ness college at Husum. He entered the
business field of endeavor as an ajiprentice
in the wholsale dry-goods trade, spending
four years in that way, after which he be-
came a clerk for a dry-goods exporting firm
at Elbeifeld. He saw two ^-ears' service as
a nn'mher of the Imperial Guards at Berlin,
and in 1905 he came to the I'nited States,
spending a year in New York with a whole-
sale furniture business. In 1906 lie ar-
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cepted a position in tlu- IVniiisulnr Na-
tional Bank, whicli at tliat tinio had Ix'on in
existence lor a year. He was at lirst em-
ployed as teller and bookkeeper bnt on tlie
26t"h of June. UHl. was promoted to the
position ol cashier, in wliieli eajiacity he is
now serving. He is well known as a repre-
sentative of financial interests. He is
treasurer ami secretary of the Kdlefsen Fuel
Company. Since cominj; to the lu-w world
lie has acquired an excellent command of
English, has thoroughly acquainted himself
witli modern business methoils and has be-
come imbued with the spirit of enterprise
and ambition which is dominant in tlie
nortliwest, and is leading to the rapid and
substantial development of this coiintry.

.John N. Edlefsen was married in l'.)t)9 to
Miss JIaude E. Whclan. a daughter of \V. E.
Whelan and a native of Saginaw. Michigan.
Mr. and Mrs. Edlefsen have one son, John
X. Jr.. and one daughter. Dorothy Eleanore.
Mr. Edlefsen holds membership in Doric
Lodge, A. F. & A. M.. and also in Holmes^
Lodge, K. 1'. lie is loyal to the teachings of
both organizations, wliich are based upon a
recognition of the obligations of num to his
fellowmen. and his brethren of these fra-
ternities entertain for him high regard while
the general public accords him commenda-
tion and admiration for what he has ac-
complished since a courageous and ambitious
spirit led him to leave the fatlierlaiid and
establish a home in the new world.

LEVI ELDRIDGE, who is a well known
farmer ami stockman of rmatilla county,
was born in Linn county. Kansas. April IS.
1867. His parents were Levi and Elizabeth
(Storms) Eldridge. the father a native of
Kentucky an<l the mother of Indiana. In
early life they removed to Missouri, where
they were married, and afterward, before
the" war. thev located in Kansas, where the
father dieil in ISfiO. at the- age of thirty-two
years. All his life he followed tlic occupa-
tion of farming. After the father's death the
mother was again married, her seconil union
being with Harrison Kagins, and in 1SS7
they came to this county, locating near Pilot
Rock, where Mr. Ragins died and where the
mother now lives. Of her lirst marriage

wore born three children: Anna, ili ased;

James, of this county; anil Levi. Of her
secoiiil marriage were born live children.

Levi Eldriilge came to Oregon in ISH* with
his mother and has since made his home in
this county. All his life he has been en-
gaged in farming and stm'k-raising and has
met with excellent success. He now owns
seven hundred ami ninety! wo acn-s at his
home place, near Pilot Rock, and lias a
reservation of six hundred and twenty-W'Ven
acres of timber ami pasture land. He en-
gapes principally in raising horsfs and
mules ami usually keeps between fifty ami
sixty head.

Tii 18HS Mr. Eldridgi' was unite.l in mar-
riage with Miss Cornelia Thorne. who was
born in Towa in November, ISfi*. and came
to Oregon with her parents in 18S7. She
is a daughter of Jonathan ami Margnrettn

Tlioriie, both of whom died ill this county.
To Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge have been born
seven children: Crace, who is the wife of
Lewis \V. Keller, who resides near Pendle-
ton, this county; Hi'rtha. who is the wife
of Peter .1. ITiiien. of Montana: Xidina. who
is the wife of tlrover Pound, resiiling on
McKay Creek; Ida and Levi, at home; For-
rest, ileceaseil; ami Cornelia, al.so at home.
-Mr. Kldridge is ideiititieil with tlie Fra-
ternal Onler of Eagles and with the Farmers
Ciiion. Ill his political views he is a repub-
lican, and he has ever been greatly interested
in educational work and has served as school
director. He is fond of outdoor life and is
much interested in hunting, being cimsid-
ered oiii' of the best hunters of this count,v
and has killeil specimens of most of the ilif-
ferent kinds of game in this section. Mr.
Eldridge is prosperous in his business rela-
tions and throughout the many years of his
residence in Cmatilla county has been an
active and helpful factor in the ilevelopment
of the same.

KENRY F. HEBARD. The enterprising
spirit whicli i~ iiiiinilV't in the substantial
upbiiiMini: of tlie towns of western anil south-
ern Oregon liiids exemplification in the life
of Henry F. Hebard. who is a general mer-
chant and the postmaster of Cnipqua. Doug-
las county. He was born in Millwnixl. in this
county, lin the I.">th of February, isso. and
is a son of Samuel and Lydia K. (Black)
lleliard. The niollier was a native Oregonian.
having been born at Elkhead. Douglas county,
her father, F. M. Black, having been among
the lirst .settlers of this part of the state.
Samuel Hebard was a native of either Wis-
consin or Iowa and was born in the year
1S4S. Karly in the '.'lOs his parents made the
loll" journey across the stretches of hot sand
and over the iiiounlain pas-e« to California,
settling ill the Sacra iiieiito valli'y. where they
livid until Sainiii I Hebard had reached young

maul I. The family then came north into

Oregon, first settling on Cow creek, in Doug-
las ciMinly. but mibsequently removing to
eastern Oregon, locating near Baker City,
where both the grandparents of our subject
passed away, .\fter attainini; his majority
Siimiiel Hebard came into the fmpqiia val
U'V of Douglas county, where he wus mar-
ried and began farming on his own incniint.
In IsTs he removed to Millwoo.1, where he
was engaged in the sawmill bu«ine«» for n
number of years, later taking up n hnmestend.
on which he located and which he still
Oi'ciipies.

Henry F. Hebard was reared at home.
ni'>|uiriiig his education in the public schoid"
and at the Central Oregon Nnrinal s<'hool
at Drain, mipplenienled l.v nmimercini train-
ing in the Portland Bii«ine..« College. Fol-
lowing the completion of his bllsine.s course
he was for a lime einploye<l at oftice work
in the mine, nt Placer. Oregon, and later
iH'innie Iwiokkeeper in the con'trucli.m ramps
of the Weitern Pnciflc railroail in California.
In the spring of lOOt; he came to (nipqiin
and purchased the mercantile liil«ine«» of
J. It. Wilson. This he hn« since cundiirtnl.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

liaving a well appointed general store, which
serves the needs of the surrounding country
and is accorded a liberal share of the town
trade.

On the 7th of June. 1906, Mr. Hebard was
married to Miss Zada Viola Whiteside, a
daughter of .John L. Whiteside, now residing^
near Stockton, California. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. Heliard have been born three children,
Ermil E.. Alton B. and Harold F. Mr. He-
bard votes with the democratic party and
has fraternal relations with Oak Camp, No.
252, W. 0. W.. of Oakland. He is one of
the progressive young business men of Doug-
las county, well trained, capable, thorough
and wide-awake to the possibilities of a
situation.

FRED WALTERS, who is the sole proprie-
tor of The Walters Flouring Mills of Pendle-
ton, was born in Switzerland. March 14. 1S53.
His parents were Samuel and Mary (Rose)
Walters, m-Iio spent all their lives in" Switzer-
land. In tlieir family were six children, of
whom the subject of this sketch was the
youngest and the only one who ever came to
America. The father was also engaged in
tlie flouring Tuill liusiness, an occupation which
he followed all his life.

Fred Walters received his early education
in Switzerland and early learned the miller's
trade. In 1878 he came to America, locat-
ing in Xew York city, where he was employed
for one and one-half years in making mill-
stones. Sul)sequently he went to St. Louis,
^lissouri. and was employed in the same line
of work in that city for three years. After-
ward he went to Nemaha. Nebraska, and
operated a [louring mill for about three years.
He then came to Oregon and for one and
one-half years farmed near Weston, in this
county. Then for two and one-half j'ears he
operated a mill in the city of Weston. In
isns he purchased his present flouring mill.
which was known at that time as the Farm-
ers' Custom Mill. He rebuilt the same, it
having at that time a capacity of one hun-
dred barrels per day. which he increased to
tive hundred barrels, and he also changed the
name to that of The Walters Flouring Mills.
He carries on an extensive business and the
mill is running at its full capacity. Most of
the flour goes to San Francisco and the sur-
rounding country and the mill is supplied en-
tirely with wheat that is grown in timatilla
county. This wheat does not contain as
nuich gluten as the average kind of wheat and
therefore makes a Avhite flour. Mr. Walters
considers this to be the best wheat belt in
the world. The mill employs on an average
ten men and it is operated by water from
the Umatilla river. Mr. Walters has been
very successful in the milling business and in
other commercial enterprises and owns a beau-
tiful residence here and also five other dwell-
ing houses in the city, which he has rented.

Tn 1870, in New S'ork city, Mr. Walters
married Miss .Julia Hofcr, who was born in
Switzerland in 185(1 and came as a young
woman to America. Jfr. and Mrs. Walters
have become the parents of four children:
Fred. .Ir.. who was born in Missouri and for

the past twelve years has been head miller in
his father's flouring mill; H. E., who was born
in Nebraska and has charge of the San Fran-
cisco office and market there for the flour:
W. J., who is employed in the mill here; and
Ida, who is secretary for her father. The
two last named are natives of Oregon.

In his political views Mr. Walters is a re-
pulilican, and he and his family are members
of the Catholic church. Fraternally he is iden-
tified with the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows and with the Woodmen of the World.
All his life Mr. Walters has devoted his time
and attention to the milling business, as did
his father and his grandfather before him,
and as a result of his undivided interest he
has met with excellent success. He may truly
be called a self-made man. for when he
reached New York he was empty-handed and
through his thrift, energy, perseverance and
splendid business ability he is now numbered
among the substantial residents of Pendleton.
His upright life and honest business methods
have made him |iopular with all his asso-
ciates and he is highly honored and respected
by all who know him.

JAMES P. DUNCAN, proprietor of the
Grave Creek Ranch of four hundred and
eighteen acres near Leland. .losephine county,
though i-eared on a farm has spent a large
portion of his time at railroad work. He
was born in JIarion countv, Iowa. August
21. 1856. a son of M. L. and Mary .J. (Mor-
row) Duncan, the father a native of Mis-
souri and the mother of Indiana. The par-
ents migrated to Oregon in 1859 and settled
in Lane county, where they remained for ten
years. They then removed to Douglas county
and there the father died in 1887,' the moth-
er's death occurring two years later. In
their family were eight children, six of whom
are still living.

James P. Duncan remained at home until
he attained the age of nineteen years, mean-
while receiving a good common-school edu-
cation. He then embarked in business on his
own account, renting a stock ranch which
he conducted successfully for five years. He
then sold his agricultural interests and en-
gaged in railroading, a vocation which for
twenty years he continued to follow. While
thus employed he saved a large portion of
his earnings and at the conclusion of his
employment by the railroad he purchased
the ranch of four hundred and eighteen acres
in Josephine county, near Leland, upon
which he has since made his home. His
property is known as the Grave Creek Ranch
and he makes a specialty of stock-raising,
although he conducts general farming as well.

Mr. Duncan has been married twice, his
first union being with ]\[iss Lucy A. Hill-
brant, and unto them four children were
born, namely: Anna, the wife of L. Chris-
man, of Washington; Elmer, residing at
Glendale: Edgar; and Lydie. who married C.
F. Johns, of Douglas county. The mother
of these children died December 17. 1886.
and in 1894 Mr. Duncan wedded Miss Martha
J. Beasley, a native of Colorado. Unto this

JAMES P. DIXCAX

THE NE-
PUBLIC

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707

union four children were born, Golda, Silva,
Dewey and Leona.

In his political views Mr. Duncan is an ad-
herent of the republican party. He takes an
active interest in public matters and espe-
cially in educational affairs, now serving as
school director on the local school board.
He is a Royal Arch Mason, belonging to the
chapter at Woodward, and is also a member
of the Woodmen of the World camp. Both
he and his wife atliliate with the Christian
church, giving that organization their active
support. Mr. Duncan is one of the intluen-
tial, active and honored citizens of his com-
munity. He is a good business man, looking
after all of the details of his affairs with
care and discrimination and has achieved a
very large success in life.

SHERMAN G. REES is well known in
business circles of Union county as the
proprietor of the Mount Fanny Mills at
Cove, which are up-to-date and modern in
every particular and which he has suc-
cessfully conducted for the past twelve
years. His birth occurred near .Salem, Ore-
gon, on the 8th of July, 1864, his parents
being McDonough B. and America K.
(Hall) Rces. The father was born in But-
ler county, Ohio, on the 10th of February,
1831, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Grif-
fin) Rees, both of whom were natives of
Delaware. The paternal great-grandfather
of our subject was a native of Wales and
the Griffin family also comes of Welsh
stock. The maternal great-grandfather of
Sherman (J. Rccs took up his abode among
the pioneer settlors of CJhio, as did also the
paternal grandfather of our subject.
Thomas Rces devoted his attention to gen-
eral agricultural pursuits throughout his ac-
tive business career and passed away in the
Buckeye state at the age of seventy-two
years. His wife lived to attain the age of
eighty-two. L'nto them were born twelve
children.

M. B. Rees, the father of Mr. Rees of this
review, was the seventh child bom to his
parents and spent his early boyhood days in
Ohio. In 1S54 he came to Oregon by way of
the Isthmus of Panama, joining an older
brother who had preceded him to this state
and located in French Prairie. This brother
passetl away in Portlan<I when eighty years
of age. M. B. Rees resided in French
Prairie until 1S64 and in the meantime had
worked at mining in British Columbia and
in Idaho where he spent the winter of 185.^-
56. In 1864 he came to the Grande Ronde
valley and located on the property now
owned by George Holmes. As the years
have passed he has bought and sold latirl to
good advantage and his home ranch now
comprises about one thousand acres. The
period of his residence in this state covers
almost six decades and he enjoys an enviable
reputation as one of its prosperous and well
known citizens. Though now eightyniie
years of age. he still enjoys excellent health
and is as active as if ho wore yet in the
prime of life. It was in November. \H',e,,
that ho wedded Miss .-Vmorica F. Hall, a na-
tive of Misiouri and a daughter of David
Vol. nr— 29

Hall, who was a pioneer of Oregon. Unto
them Were born the following children: •
Zella, who is deceased; Sherman G., ol this
review; Edward, at home; Harry, who is a
resident of Cove, this state; a'nd Walter,
who follows farming in the Grande Rondo
valley. The wife and mother was called to
her tinal rest in 1902.

Sherman G. Rees spent his boyliood and
youth at Cove, l^nion county, "wliere the
family home had b«'en established when he
was but four months old. In lUOO, in asso-
ciation with his lather, he purchased the
Mount Fanny Mills at that place, which were
originally built by S. ti. French in 1867.
For tile past twelve years he has succcM-
fully managed the mills, which have a ca-
pacity of seventy barrels and which are run
by water power supplied by Mill creek,
which has a fall of sixty feet. During the
dry season electric pow'er is utilized. All
the machinery of the mills is of the most
modern and best pattern and is kept scmpu-
lously clean. Mr. Kees has prospered in his
business \indertakings and owns a hand-
some residence near the mills.

On the 22d of .November, 1893. Mr. Rees
was united in marriage to Miss Carldio B.
McDaniel of Cove, her parents being K. P.
and Frances (Jay) McDaniel. The latter,
a native of Nashville, Tennessee, made the
journey to this state by team in company
with .S. D. Cowles and settled in Cove, Union
county, where in 1864 she gave her hand in
marriage to E. P. McDaniel. The mill now
owned and operated by Sherman ('•. lieos wat
purchased from .S. (i. French by E. P. Me-
l)aniel. who subsequently sold it to our sub-
ject. Mr. McDaniel and S. D. Cowles owned
the property on which the town of Cove
has been built and the former donated the
site now occupied by the Episcopal church.
Jlrs. Frances (Jay) McDaniel was the llrnt
white woman who climbed to the top of the
mountain east of t'ove and it wh« named
Mount Fanny in her honor. Unto Mr. ami
Mrs. E. P. .SicDaniol were born the follow-
ing children: Samuel, who is d -ased:

Bnice, a resident of Portland; .Mrs. Cnddio
B. Roes; firace, who makes her home in
Portland; and Hoy and Bertie, who ttl«o re-
side in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Boos have
one son, Sherman G., .Ir., who is now attend-
ing school.

Sir. RocH gives his political allegiance to
the republican party ami has ably seni-od ««
a member of the school )>oar<l. His fn»-
temal relations are with thn Masons, thf
Knights of Pythias and the Bonevolont Pre •
tecfive Order of Elks. His entire life h'i«
been spent in Oregon and hi< ■ ' ' ■

in keopinif with tho spirit <>:

enterprise which hai ever chai . ; 1 . ,,.■

sons of the northwest and lias made p<7 mitile
the rapid development ami growth o i ihi«
section of the countiy.

THOMAS H. MEADOR. whose wrU' m
roput.Ttion am a «»-Ifniftde man ftn#*i r» !
citir<' him to r<-prp»entnl.'^on aniens

the 1 "f Ori-gnn. mafc'*', )>i< home

near If ■ 'ty and i» the owiV ,. „( evt^n-

sive land properties In that f idrirt. He

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

was born in Campbell county, Tennessee, in
December. 1835, a son of Jolin M. Meador,
whose birth occurred either in Tennessee or
Kentucky. Mrs. John M. Jleador bore the
maiden liame of Mary Mefford, and was a na-
tive of Tennessee, the family were planters
and the father died when Thomas H. Jleador
was about eight years of age. Shortly before
the father's death the family removed to
Davis county. Missouri, where the widowed
mother and children remained for some years.
Thomas H. Meador continued a resident of
that state until 1S59. when he crossed the
plains with ox teams to California, traveling
in a large train. A gviard was always sta-
tioned on the entire trip and the party mani-
fested constant watchfulness because of the
danger of Indian attack, but at length the
journey was completed in safety, and after
arriving in California Mr. Meador engaged in
farming at Clear Lake for two years. He
then started for Oregon, arriving here in ,Tanu-
ary, 1862, after which he spent a few months
in" the Willamette valley. He next went to
the diggings in Idaho biit after a short time
returned to the Willamette valley where he
lived until 1864. He then came to the .John
Dav valley and for one summer engaged in
milling. On the 12th of August. 1864. he
located at his present place of residence. He
has one hundred and sixty acres in the home
ranch, which is mostly bottom land under
irrigation, and in addition owns altogether
twelve hundred acres, which is mostly in
pasture land. He has turned his attention
to the live-stock business and is running cat-
tle upon his range. His home is pleasantly
located about three miles above Prairie City
and one mile from the railroad, so that the
advantages of town life, with its shipping
facilities, are easily secured.

On the 23d of February. 1S70. Thomas H.
Meador was united in marriage to Mrs. Sarah
A. Manwaring, nee Hunt, of Brooklyn, New
York. The Hunts were among the early set-
tlers of Long Island. Mrs. Meador died in
1808. By her first marriage she had three
children who were adopted by Mr. Meador:
.Tohn .J., living in Eugene. Oregon: Amy Eliza-
beth, deceased: and Lincoln F., of Idaho. To
Jlr. and Mrs. Meador were born the follow-
ing: Oscar and Oliver, twins, the former liv-
ing at Jlonmouth and the latter in the John
Dav valley of Oregon; George T., whose farm
adjoins the home ranch; Mrs. Mary E. Blinn;
i,Edwin H.: and Emma L., at home.

Thomas H. Meador has always been inter-
es ted in whatever pertains to the welfare and
prt-igresa of the community and is recognized
as t\i valued citizen. He served on the school
boari/l for many years and was at one time
coTftn'^ commissioner. In every relation of
I'fe 1 A ''^^ made a clean record and is a suc-
cessful- ranchman whose prosperity is well
meritpil\ ^"'' '* '^ *'"" l<^g'timate outcome and
rewar'l v^ '"*' earnest, persistent and hon-
orable la^'^''-

WILLIA

dred and ei

M H. WISE is cultivating two hun-
'gliteen acres of land on the Co-
Coos county. Oregon, and his

1,^^}. ;» „n™\'ed on along lines of efficiency

work is carr.i

and of s,ystematic methods which have al-
ready won their natural success. Mr. Wise
was born in Grundy county, Missouri, on
March ri, 1S67. and is a son of Peter and
Martha (McMichael) Wise, the former a na-
tive of Ohio and the latter of Iowa. In the
latter state they were married and shortly
afterward moved to Missouri, settling in
Grundy county about 1864. The father was
a blacksmith by trade and followed this oc-
cupation in connection witli general farming
until 1873, when he came to Coos county and
settled two miles north of Myrtle Point, Ore-
gon, on a homestead claim of one hundred
and sixty acres. This he began developing
and for eight years carried on the work of
improvement. At the end of that time he
sold his property and in 1881 moved to Myrtle
Point, where he gave his entire attention to
the other branch of his activities, in the
conduct of a modern blacksmith shop. This
he conducted until 1007, when he retired
from active life and moved to California,
where he now resides with his son Marion,
his wife having died in 1003. To their union
were born eight children, five of whom are
still living: William, the subject of this
sketch ; Laura, who married Charles Taylor,
and resides on the McKenzie river; Marion,
who lives in California ; Adaline, the wife of
Harry Hayes, of Portland: Wanetta. who
married Robert Muir. of California; Anna
and Delia, both of whom are now deceased;
and one child who died in infancy.

William H. Wise was educated in the pub-
lic schools of his native state and came to
Oregon with his parents. He started in life
for himself when he was seventeen years of
age. working as a general laborer until 1894.
In that year he rented a farm and carried on
agricultural pur.suits along the most modern
and progressive lines and met with a gratify-
ing degree of success for four ,years. He
spent two years working at farming in the
employ of others, and then came into posses-
sion of his wife's portion of her parents'
estate, constituting two hundred and eighteen
acres of land on the Coquille river. On this
he now resides and is giving his entire time
and attention to its improvement.

In 1802 Mr. Wise was united in marriage
to Miss Mary C. Warner, who was born on
the south fork of the Coquille river. January
20. 1873. She is a daughter of William and
Laura (Phillips) Warner, the former a native
of Indiana and the latter of Missouri. Their
marriage occurred on the sea between San
FrancLsco. California, and Empire. Oregon.
They settled in Coos county. Oregon. on_ a
donation claim known as the Roland claim
on the south fork of the river and here they
lived until the father's death in 1808. Mrs.
Warner is still living at Marshfield, Oregon,
and is fift,y-nine years of age. She and her
husband were the parents of four children:
Mary C. the wife of our subject; John, who
is now residing on the south fork of the
Coquille river: Willie, of Coos county; and
Fannie, the wife of Carl Albrecht. of Marsh-
field. Oregon. Mrs. Wise received her educa-
tion in the country schools of Coos county
and is a cultured and charming woman. She

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709

and Iier husband are the parents of eijjlit chil-
dren: Harry A., wlio was born in January.
1S94, and who is still at home; Ruby, whose
birth occurred in !.■<'.) j; Lloyd II.. born in
1S97; Rot)in H.. born in 1,S9S; (irace E..
whose birth occurred in I'JOl; Walter I..,
born in 190.}; Laura H.. in 1904; and Wil-
liam T.. in 1908. All of the children born
to ilr. and Mrs. Wise who are old enough to
attend school have receive<l their education
in the public schools of Coos county. Jlr.
Wise has done useful work in the world by
iniprovin<; the efficiency of the enterprise
with wliich he is connected and by niakin"
it throujjh his labors and energies a better
and more valuable farm than it was when it
came into his possession.

JOEL C. STURGILL is the popular and efli-
eient rouiity -iijicrintcndent of public schocds
in (Jilliani county. His birth occurred in
Baker county. Oregon, on the Kith of Febru-
ary. l'^74. his parents being George B. and
Lydia (\\'liite) Sturgill. both natives of Mis-
souri. They were marrieil in that state and
there continued to reside until 186.^, at which
date they emigrated to Orepron. making the
long journey across the [dains with an ox
team. They settled on a farm in Baker
county, where they established their home
ami where Mrs. Sturgill now resides, her hus-
band having died in 190.5.

.loel r. Sturgill. the fifth of a family of
eight, attended the district schools of Baker
county in the acquirement of an education.
On the completion of his common-scliool
course he became a teacher and continued in
that vocation in Baker county for a period
of five years, after which he entered the State
Normal School at Monmouth, Oregon, grad-
uating from that institution in 1900. Imme-
diately afterward he secured the position
of principal of the high school at Condon,
continuing in that capacity for the follow-
ing three years. On the expiration of that
I)eriod he was elected to the office of county
superintendent of selioids, which position he
now ln>Ms.

On the 29th of May. 1901. Mr. Sturgill
was united in marriage to Miss Mintie Case,
a daughter of Albert and Ali<e Case, of Baker
coiinty. One ehilil has been born to this
union. Marguerite, who is in her first year.
Mr. Sturgill gives his political allegiance to
the republican party. Mis trat«'mal ridatinns
are with Brislow I.'odge. Nt,. i:iO, I. O. O. F.,
and Mount Moriah Lodge. Xo. 9.'.. A. F. & A.
M. He is a man who from his early Imy-
hood days is able to count the years by er)n-
stant advancement in his clio»rn field of Inlior.
He is discharging the duties refpiired by his
office to the satisfaction of the people in
Oilliam county and the city of Coii<liin. in
which he resides.

HENRY GRANT GUILD is well known in
Vale. Oregt>n. where he has acted a» receiver
of the I'nifed States land office since .lune.
1910. For many years he was identified with
progressive journalism in various sections of
the state and was an individual force in po-
litical circles bv reason of the iindoubteil

iniluence which he e.xerted in this field of
activity. He has been a resident of Oregon
since his boyhood but was born in (Jeneseo,
Henry county. Illinois. August IS, 18.">3. He
is a descendant of an old Americnn family,
the Guilds of the liiiliil Statics being de-
■^cendants of two brothers. .lolin ami .la<-ob
Cuild. Scotch weavers, who came from their
native country anil settled near Dedhain,
Massachusetts, long before the American
Ui'volution. They fought during that war. .Ta-
cob Guild as a captain in the Continental
army and .lohn as a fifer. The present am-
bassador to Russia, Curtis Guihl, .Ir.. is a
ileseendant of the .lohn Cuild branch of the
family. The graiidnu)lher of our subject
was a member of the Grant family of >ias-
sachusetts and was born at Attleboro. in
that state. The father of our subject. Henry
.\ugustus Guild, was born in Saratoga coun-
ty, Xew York, in 1S24. His father, Henry
Guild, moved from Troy, Xew York, to Henry
county, Illinois, and was among the pioneers
in the Rock River section. Henry Augustus
(inild moved to Poweshiek count.v. Iowa, in
Is.'iG, and became identified with the political
life of that sectiim. He was twice elected
county clerk, serving during the war of the
rebellion. After the close of hostilities he
went to San Francisco and sailed from there
on the steamer Orillamme to Portland, arriv-
ing in that cit.v with his family in Xovember.
Is'ri. He later settled near Cornelius and
was afterward a pioneer in tlif Xehalem val-
ley. He ilied in Portland. October 21. 1S97.
His wife was in her nuiideidiooil Miss Cor-
delia Diitton Cook and was born in Warn-n,
.Ashtabula county. Ohio, Februaiy 20. 1S29.
She came to Oregon with her husband in 1»<7.1
and died in Portland on the sth of .Tnnuary,
1912. She and her husband had four chllilren:
George Augustus, who was born in Rock Is-
land, niinois. and is now a resident of Merlin,
Oregon: .lohn Kilward. whose birth occurred
in P.rooklvn. Iowa, and who now makes his
home in .St. Helefi. f)regon; Carrie ('.. whose
birthplace was .Monte/iimn. lowa. anil wlin
married .Tames I). \\'liart<m. of 121 I" i-'
Eleventh street. Portland: and Ilenr.v Grmt.
The latter attended the public schoids of
lirinnell. Iowa, and completed his education
in the Cornelius Academy lit Corneliiis. Ore-
gon. He is Inrgelv self-educated, having
broadened his knowledgi- by constant and
well selected rendini.'. lie iK'giin his imirnnl-
Islir career as a typ<-«"'lter in the lirinnell
llowal Herald officr and later bei'anie ron
neetol with the Washington (Dregoni Inde-
fH-ndeiit. He worked on this pnp4>r in the
early '70s and met with surh »nccr»« in jour-
nalism that he was able to purchase the
entire plant and nlited the pnp<'r for one
year. In Itso he e«labli>hed the .Si|\..rl"n
!\p[iea| and conducted this until |N92. «lien
he tiought the Sheridan Sun. lie later pub
li"hed the Oregcui Indepenilenl at Snl<-m. He
also was editor and publisher of the Signal
at Newport, and was for some time proprietor
of the Bulletin at Prosser. Washington, hi«
identification with this newspofMT In-ginning
in I90n. He has n«>w abandoned journalism
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ceiyer of the United States land office at
Vale, Oregon.

May 19, 1880, Mr. Guild was married, in
Astoria, to Miss Martha Rebecca Parrish, a
daughter of James Patterson Parrish of Sul-
livan, Ashland county, Ohio. Her father was
born in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1824, and died
near Sullivan, Ohio, in 1876. His wife came
to Oregon in the fall of 1882 or 1883 and died
in Astoria in 1885. Her maiden name was
Miss Mary Fairfa.x Hickman and her birth
occurred in Barnesville, Ohio, in 1834. She
was a blood relation of the prominent Hick-
man family in Virginia. Her grandfather.
Major William Hickman, surveyed the town
site of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was granted by
congress a tract of land in Kentucky as a
reward for his services. Mr. and Mrs. James
P. Parrish had the following children: F M
of Roseburg, Oregon ; Homer C, a practicing
physician of Tola, Idaho; Mrs. W. N. Barrett
residing in Hillsboro, Oregon; Mrs. F. Foster'
who makes her home in Creston, Washin<Tton-'
Mrs. May Graves, of Elk City, Oregon; and
Mrs. Guild. Mr. and Mrs. Henrv G. Guild
became the parents of two children: Henry
Hickman, born March 21, 1881, at Silverton,
Oregon, who was united in marriage to Flor-
ence De Weese at Portland. Oregon, on the
20th of July, 1912, and now resides in that
city; and Donald Grant, whose birth occurred
February 14, 1883, at Silverton, and who
makes his home at Woodland, Washington.

Mr. Guild has always given his allegiance
to the republican party but reserves his in-
dependence of conviction. He was a repre-
sentative in the Oregon legislature from
1905 to 1907 and held the position of United
States commissioner at Prosser, Washington
from 1903 to 1904. While editor of the Ore-
gon Independent at Salem he advocated the
adoption of the initiative and referendum by
the republican party. He is well known in
fraternal circles of Vale, holding membership
in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for
more than twenty years. He belonged to
Salem Lodge, No. 4, F. & A. M., joining this
organization in 1902. He has transferred his
membership to Vale Lodge, No. 142, of which
he is a member at the present time.

JULIUS LARSON has for many years been
known throughout Coos county as one of the
most enterprising and successful residents
of that portion of the state. His beautiful
home is located ten miles north of Marsh-
field on a picturesque body of land over-
looking the bay, where he is engaged in the
operation of one of the best equipped and
most extensive dairy farms on the Pacific
coast. He was born in Norway, October 24,
1842, and is the son of John and Mary (Han-
sen) Larson, both of whom were natives of
Norway. In their family were three chil-
dren: Julius, of this review; Christian, who
is the chief engineer of the California Trans-
portation Company and resides in San Fran-
cisco; and Lena, "the wife of Peter Hall, of
San Francisco.

Julius Larson at the early age of five
years had the great misfortune to lose his
father by death and he, being the eldest of

the family, vvhen a mere child was compelled
on account of the necessities of the home to
assume the grave responsibilities of the care
and support of the family. He remained at
home until he was thirteen years of age and
at that time he started in life for litmself
shipping as a cabin boy on a vessel bound
from Norway to Newcastle, England. From
the latter port tlie ship on which he sailed
made an extensive world voyage, touching at
all of the principal commercial ports and
extending its journey over a period of thir-
teen months, during which time Mr. Larson
received as compensation for his services his
board and lodging and one dollar per month,
his first years salary amounting in round
numbers to the sum of thirteen dollars Af-
ter completing that trip he became a regular
seaman and received for his services leven
dollars per month. At the age of eighteen
be shipped as an able seaman and was then
placed upon the salaried list at eleven dol-
lars per month. In 1860 he shipped from
Liverpool, England, on an American vessel
bound for the East Indies. In 1861, on ac-
count of the outbreak of the Civil war he
was unable to return to England and ' his
ship put into port at San Francisco and from
that city he sailed on various merchandisimr
ocean trips until 1863, at which time his
vessel was wrecked on Coos bay bar. Mr.
Larson came up the bay and obtained em-
ployment with the Simpson Lumber Com-
pany, and was engaged in one of their saw-
mills and also in their shipyard. He con-
tinued to work at North Bend until 1865
and in that year he returned to his old home
in Norway via Panama and was absent on
this trip from the American western coast
for one year. Returning, he reached San
Francisco in May, 1866, and remained in that
city until the next year, when he returned to
Coos bay and settled upon a farm on which
he filed a preemption homestead claim at
Larson's inlet. This inlet takes its name
from the fact that Mr. Larson settled there
and made extensive improvements in its
vicinity. Upon that original homestead
he has continued to remain and there
his children have been born and educated
in the schools of Coos county. Mr. Lar-
son is engaged in the operation of one of
the largest and most thoroughly equipped
dairy farms of this state, keeping fifty high
grade cows. In addition to his agricultural
and dairy interests he in copartnership with
his sons, Herman and Fred Larson, has or-
ganized a dredging company and since 1905
his sons have successfully directed the in-
terests of that enterprise, operating at the
present time three large dredges in work on
the river and smaller inland streams. The
company takes contracts for the building of
levees and the cutting of channels in the
work of developing the territory into a
commercial and agricultural district. Mr.
Larson was among the very first to recognize
the inexhaustible richness of these fertile
bottom lands and to build a suitable levee
to protect them from the overflow waters
and thus render them valuable for agricul-

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tural uses. That he was wise in making the
necessary outlay is evidenced by the mag-
nificent dairy farm which he now owns and
upon which he has constructed a handsome
residence and commodious farm buildings,
and the continued success which he enjoys
in improving year after year the fertility of
the silt soils of Oregon.

Mr. Larson was united in marriage to Miss
Marie Olsen, a native of Norway, in 18GG,
and to them eleven children have been born:
Jennie, now the wife of N'els Rasmussen, of
Marshfield; Herman, who is engaged in busi-
ness with his father in the Larson Dredging
Company of Marshfield; Elizabeth, who is
married to C. C. Lightner and lives in San
Francisco; Mary Ann, deceased; Phoebe, who
resides at home with her parents; Julia, the
wife of Henry Hunter, of Portland; Edward
and Rueben, deceased; Fred, who is en-
gaged in the dredging business with his
father; Lena, the wife of A. Rogers, of
Marshfield; and Lettie. the wife of William
Kennedy, of Marshfield. All of the children
received a public-school education and Lena
took a business course.

Mr. Larson is a.Tfiliated with the demo-
cratic party but has never allowed himself
to become a candidate for political ofTice. He
is a member of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen and himself and family are afTili-
ated with the Lutheran church. The early
years of his childhood were clouded by the
loss of his father and when a mere boy he
ventured out in an unknown world, making
his living as a sailQr, journeying far from
his home and the scenes and associations of
his childhood days. In spite of the adverse
circumstances with which he came in con-
tact he created favorable conditions for him-
self and at the time he settled in this state
he counted as his capital stock the experience
which he had gained in his world-wide asso-
ciations, to which he added his strong will
and skilled hand. Now, as his reward he
is the owner of one of the finest and most
highly improved farms in his section of this
state! He is among the wiilely known and
highly respected citizens of Oregon and the
integritv and uprightness of his character
have caused him to be respected wherever
known, and most of all where he was best
known.

JOSEPH TRUESDALL, a representative
and respected resident of Bnker. is well
known as the proprietor of sale and feed
stables and a hor.sc and automobile livery.
His birth occurred in Winchester. Srott
county. Illinois, on the 29fh of .Tanunry.
18.10,'his parents being SamiK'l and Vi.diso
(Bell) Tmesdall. of whom hi- wn* tli'- only
child Vodisa Bell was born in (n-liind and
was married to Samuel Tmesdall in Illinois
in 1S4S or 1S49. In l«.'i2 they crossed the
plains to California with ox teams, and the
same year Mrs. Tmesdall passed away in
Sacramento. Mr. Tme«dnll then went into
what was known as the Hanetown plamr
mining district, where he was .npae.d in
mining until 18-^i. In that year he returned
to Hlinois via the Nicaragua route and in

the Prairie state was married a second time,
there devoting his attention to farming and
to the buying of all kinds of farm live stock
for trade in St. Louis, Missouri. In 18S9
he removed to Kansas, being a resident of
that state at the time of the drought. IIo
ne.xt removed to Iowa and there engaged in
general agricultural pursuits until 1862. In
that year he again crossed the plains with
ox teams as captain of the Truesdall train,
which comprised about forty wagons. In go-
ing through the Landers cut-olf thry were
accompanied by the Manville and Teabeau
trains, being joined by them as a matter of
protection against the Indians. The Trues-
dall train included the following persons:
H. F. Morgan, who settled on Snake river
and lived there until his death in 1910;
Joseph and James Kooiitz. well known in
(irande Ronde; and the Paul, Reynolds, Buz-
zard and Wickersham families, all Iowa emi-
grants. Samuel Tmesdall settled near
Island City, Union county, Oregon, where
he preempted and improved a tract of land
but subsequently disposed of the property
and removed to what was called the Iowa
Fort, purchasing the land on which the fort
stood. Iowa Fort was so named for the rea-
son that a number of Iowa emigrants had
settled near this point, including Cage Baker
and his family, Wilson Deal and the Wood-
ells. Mr. Tmesdall successfully followed
farming at the place called Iowa Fort until
within a few years of his death, passing
away in 1905 at the age of about eighty-two.
He gave his political allegiance to the
democratic organization and ser^'ed as school
clerk in Union for a great many years. His
ri'ligious faith was that of the Universalist
church, while fraternally he was identilied
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
belonging to Ixjdge No. 49 at Summerville,
Oregon. Throughout the entire period of his
residence in this state, covering more than
four decades, he was actively identified with
the work of development and improvement
in various ways. In 1S5.') or IR-'iO. in the
state of Illinois, he wedded Miss Sarah Hooti,
by whom he had one son and seven daugh-
ters. Estella, the first bom. died when
young. Dolores, who is deceased, was the
wife of Duncan McCIaln and the mother of
one daughter anrl one son, who rrside In
Wallowa county, Oregon. Irenr bi-rnmo the
wife of Burt rourtwriifht and th"- mnttu-r of

oni- son and one daughter. T' '■■■•■^

ri«'d a son of I'.eili- Mr.Mlistrr
live of one of the olile«t fan. •'

ooiinty. Oris B.. whose birth ornirred in
October, 1S62, and who was one of thi> first
children born in the Grande Ronde vnlli-y,
now makes his honir at Boise. Idaho. Ida,
the widow of Wait Wadn. olso ri-'id"-* at
Boise, Idaho. Her daughter, who i< mnr-
rie<l. lives with hrr in Boi«o. Ofrnn gave her
hand in marriagp to .lohn Walker and is
the mother of two sons. Ray and I^o. The
family reside m-ar the month of the Colum-
bia river. Tjivona, livinir n^-nr Spokane.
Washington, is the wife of S. .\iken and the
mother of two sons and two daughter*.
Nora passed away in early life.

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Joseph Truesdall acquired his education iu
Scio, Linn county, Oregon, under the direc-
tion of John C. Arnold, who later founded a
school at Pendleton and became noted as an
educator. Mr. Arnold is now deceased, his
demise occurring at Pendleton. Our subject
ivas first employed at freighting to the Idaho
mining camps with the AYilsou Deal train of
ox teams, acting in the capacity of foreman
for about two years. He then began freight-
ing on his own account, being thus engaged
until the time of the Indian war with Chief
Joseph of the Wallowa country, which broke
out in 1877. Hr. Truesdall was detailed as
wagon master for the United States infantry
from Atlanta, Georgia. It was while he was
in this service that the meeting of General
0. 0. Howard and Chief iloses occurred at
Spokane, Washington, where it was claimed
that two thousand Indians gathered to at-
tend the council. Subsequently he embarked
in the livery and hotel business and in this
field of endeavor has remained continuously
since. His first location was in Walla Walla,
whence he removed to Weston and thence to
La Grande, where he met with gratifying
success as the proprietor of the Golden Rule
Hotel, the only first-class hosteliy in La
Grande. He likewise owned and conducted
the St. Louis livery stables and also enjoj'ed
an extensive patronage in this connection.
Later he removed to Medical Springs in
L'nion county and there conducted a mer-
cantile establishment until about 1902. when
he came to Baker, which city has since re-
mained his place of residence. As above
stated, he is the proprietor of a horse and
auto livery and sale and feed stables. He
has real-estate and other property interests
and is widely recognized as one of the
prosperous and leading residents of his com-
munity. At the present time he is the con-
tractor for the Richland stage line, running
from Baker daily and covering a distance of
forty-five miles.

In 1S73, at Sumraerville, Oregon, Mr.
Truesdall was united in marriage to Miss
Ella .Shores, her father being Dr. T. W.
Shores, a practicing physician and farm
owner of Summerville. They had one son,
Cliarles Edgar, who was born on the 3d of
May, 1875, has been married twice and is
a railroad man in Washington. Mrs. Ella
Truesdall passed away about 1875 and on
the 29th of March. 1876. Mr. Truesdall was
again married, his second union being with
Miss Eva Lewis. Her father was E. S.
Lewis, a native of New York who married
]\Iiss Moore of Ohio. Coming west, they
traveled via railroad to Kelton and thence
by stage to L'nion. Oregon. Mr. Lewis, who
was an agriculturist by occupation, first
lived in Cove, Union county, and siibse-
quently took up and improved a timber
claim about two miles from Summerville,
developing it into a productive farm. His
wife passed away at what is called the
Romig place near Summerville. His demise
occurred about two years later at Walla
Walla. Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
were the parents of two sons and two
daughters. Lillian, who gave her hand in
marriage to Isaac Vandevanter, resides in

Union, Oregon, and is the mother of three
sons, namely: Don, who was born on the
21st of November, 1875, and wedded Miss
Maiy Tucker: Wayne, born April 3, 1882,
who married Miss Lizzie Briggs; and Lovern,
whose birth occurred on the 20th of Decem-
ber, 1890. The three sons are natives of
Union county. Duane Lewis resides at
Baker and is employed by his brother-in-
law, Joseph Truesdall. Eva is the wife of
our sxibject. Frederick C. Lewis is a miner
residing in California.

Mr. and Mrs. Truesdall have become the
parents of two children, one of whom.
Myrtle, died when but fourteen months old.
Etta, who was born on the 29th of June,
1877, resides in Spokane and is the wife of
Alexander Rest. She has been thrice mar-
ried and by her first husband, Asa Sams,
has one child. Myrtle, who was born in
Baker on the 3d of September, 1901. Her
second marriage was to Sam Birch, of Baker.

In politics Mr. Truesdall is a stalwart
democrat. He served as postmaster at
Medical Springs. Union county, for four or
five years and also acted in the capacity of
justice of the peace at that place for a sim-
ilar period. He was connected with the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows for about
a quarter of a century and at the present
time belongs to the Automobile Club and
the Commercial Club of Baker. The mem-
bers of his family are all well and heartj-
and are comfortably situated in life in a
pleasant country where peace and plenty
abound.

JOHN F. REISACHER, one of the most
widely known men among the eminently suc-
cessful citizens of Gilliam county, is the
vice president of the First National Bank of
Condon, where he is also serving as post-
master and is engaged in the harness and
saddlery business. His birth occurred in Port-
land, Oregon, on the 9th of June, 1870. his
parents being .John and Catherine (Porth)
Reisacher. natives of Germany, who emigrated
to America in young manhood and young
womanhood. The father located in New
Haven. Connecticut, where he was engaged in
the saddlery business and where he first met
and became acquainted with his future bride.
Sonn after the close of the Civil war he emi-
grated to California, where he worked in the
gold fields, seeking his fortune. From the
Golden state he made his way to Idaho and
thence came to Oregon, locating at Portland,
and for many years was identified in that
city with the harness and saddlery business,
from which he has since retired. However, he
still maintains his residence in Portland.

John F. Reisacher was reared at home and
acquired his education in the public schools
of Portland. As a young man he learned the
saddlery trade in that city and after complet-
ing his apprenticeship he followed the calling
of his trade as a journeyman workman. He
located in Condon in 1897 and in 1898 em-
barked in the harness and saddlery busi-
ness at that i)lace. having since continued to
be prominently identified with this line of
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the Gilliam County Bank, which was later
consolidated with the First Xational Bank of
Condon. In -lanuary, 1911. Mr. Reisacher was
elected to the office of vice president of that
institution, in wliich capacity he continues to
serve. In 1S98 he received the appointment
of postmaster of Condon and has served in
this office continuously since.

In 1S97 Mr. Reisacher wedded Miss Mary
M. Hoover, of Fossil. Wheeler county. Oregon,
and to this union have been bom two chil-
dren. .John H. and Margaret R. In politics
Mr. Reisacher is a stanch and enthusiastic
republican and as such has been elected to the
office of mayor and also to the town council
of Condon. In Masonry he has attained high
rank, being a member of the following or-
ganizations: 'Mount Moriah Lodge. Xo. 95,
A. F. & A. M.: the Consistory. S. P. R. S.. of
Portland, and Al Kader Temple. .\. A. 0. X.
M. S. He also belongs to Summit Lodge. Xo.
130, I. O. 0. F.. and Endymion Lodge. Xo. 66.
K. P. Mr. and Mrs. Reisacher are members
of the Order of the Eastern Star, the latter
being grand officer of the state lodge of Ore-
gon. She is also a devoted and consistent
member of the Episcopal church of Condon.
John F. Reisacher is indeed a man of atTairs
among the people of Condon and the county
of nilliam. He is closely associated with the
social, political, benevolent and business inter-
ests of his county and is one of the repre-
sentative and inlluential citizens of the state
of Oregon.

C. J. LEAVITT. Among the more recently
established business enterprises of X'ewberg
but one which, however, is meeting with sub-
stantial success, is the C. J. Leavitt Realty
Company, of which C. J. Leavitt was the or-
ganizer and is now serving as presiilent.
The width of the continent separates him
from his birthplace, for he was liorn in
Maine, the date of his nativity being the
8th of April. ISO^. He is a son of Joseph
T. and Amanda M. (Patten) Leavitt, who
were also natives of the Pine Tree state,
where the mother passed away in ISTS. The
father, however, still survives and continues
to make his home in his native state. Of
their family of eight children only five are
now living.

C. J. Leavitt spent the period of his boy-
hood and youth in the ea«t and in the
public schools of Maine acquired his educa-
tion. He was only eighteen years of age
when he determined to try his fortune in the
west, and for six months he made his home
in Xebraska, after which he went to Waih-
ington. Five years were spent in the latter
state and then, in 1S91. he made his way to
Oregon, locating in Xewljerg. Yamhill c<iunly.
Here he was engaged for two years in the
lumber business and then he took up agri-
cultural pursuits in this county, following
the same until 1909. He had be<'n successful
in this undertaking, but thinking to find
more congenial occupation in the city he
returned, in that year, to Xewbj-rg and here
opened a real-estate office. He is now oper-
ating under the firm style of the C. J. Leav-
itt Realty Company, handling farms, timber

and orchard tracts and city property, and also
engaging to a considerable extent in insur-
ance and loans. He has already built up a
business of gratifying proportions for he
has made a close study of realty values,
understands the art of buying and selling
and is therefore able to serve his clients to
the best advantage. He has handleil many
important realty transfers during his identi-
fication with this line of activity and he is
rapidly winning for himself a foremost place
in the business ranks of Xewberg.

In 1S92 Mr. Leavitt was united in mar-
riage to Miss Dollie Hardwick. who was born
in Missouri, a daughter of (Joirge W. and
Elizabeth (Majors) Hardwick. Iler parents,
who were born in Kentucky and Virginia
respectively, came to Oregon in IST.l, and
here the father's death occurred in 1S92.
The mother, however, still survives and at the
age of eighty years makes Iier home in N'ew-
berg. Mrs. Leavitt was one of two children
born unto Mr. and Mrs. Hardwick. and by
her marriage she has become the mother of
three children, namely: T. W. and Linden <;..
both attending high schixjl: and Maynard D.,
who is also pursuing his education.

The family hold membership in the Chris-
tian church and are held in high regard in
the community in which they now reside.
Mr. Leavitt is a republican in his political
belief and takes that public-spirited interest
in the questions and issues of the day which
every loyal American citizen should feel.
Aside from this, however, his attention has
been given wholly to his personal afTairs
and in their conduct he is meeting with grat-
ifying success for his fair dealing and him-
orable methods have won for him the con-
fidence of all with whom he is associated
in business relations. In private life, too,
he has been accorded the respect anil good
will of his fellowmen and Yamhill county
claims him as a valued adopted son.

JAMES E. ROBINETTE. The town of
Rnbinctte in I'.akcr ciunty was named in
honor of him whose name introduces this re-
view, and who for some time ha.s been promi-
nently connected with agricultural ami min-
ing interest -1 in this part of the state. He
was Imm in CunilN-rland, Maryland, Oct. I.t
.'i. I-i.-ia. and his pari-nts, Jamon .1. and M t .
iMcElfiih) Roliinetlc. were al»o nativ.. ,.!
that state. The father wa'» of French doc.iif
and reniiivecl westward to Mi»souri with lii*
family when his son James was but two y. irs
of age. Our subject therefore, wag rcnrc.l
in that state and acquire<l his eilui-ntion in
the district schools which he attended to the
age of «eventeen years when he left bom'"
and went to Eureka. Nevada, hoping lo find
(foo.1 business iipiMirtnnities in the northw<xf.
He tln'rc I'lit'airc'l in mining for a perio<l of
nine years and afterward went lo Cori"-?
Nevada, where he worked in a silver tiu'i.-.
securing the position of 1k»«. .\fter n'tm:.'
in that capacity for five years he went to
I'nion, Oregon, in the fall of 1Ss4 and a year
later removetl to Cornucnpia. then in I'liiiin
but now in Baker county. There he engni,'! •!
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after which he worked in the Whitney mine
which was the first in that famous mining
district. In October, 1887, he removed to
a point on the Snake river, a mile below the
mouth of the Powder river, and located where
the town of Robinette now stands. It lies
on the Huntington branch of the Oregon Short
Line. Robinette is a thriving little town
of only two years' growth. It was platted
and founded by Mr. Robinette and is destined
to become a place of importance for it is the
distributing point for an extensive surround-
ing territory that includes Eagle valley. Pine
valley and Cornucopia. Throughout the
period of his residence in Oregon Mr. Robin-
ette has been engaged in placer mining, spend-
ing fifteen years on the Idaho aide of Snake
river at Stergill Bar during which time he
was very successful. He still maintains his
interest in that property.

On the 16th of July, 1883, at Elko, Ne-
vada, James E. Robinette was united in mar-
riage to Miss Eoa Lincoln, a daughter of
David Lincoln of Nevada City, Missouri.
They are the parents of four children, three
sons and a daughter, all of whom are living,
namely: Ruby, who became the wife of C. S.
Summers of Richland, Baker county, August
27, 1904, and has four children, three sons
and a daughter; Earl, born in 1888; Elbert,
born July 31, 1890; and Amos, born Jan-
uary 1, 1893. The last three mentioned are
at home.

In his political views James E. Robinette
is democratic, supporting the party because
of a firm belief in its principles. Public
office however, has had no attraction for him
as he has always preferred to concentrate
his energies upon his mining interests, and he
is among those who, in taking advantage of
the natural resources of the state in this
direction, are not only winning profit for
themselves but also contributing to the de-
velopment and progress of the district at
large.

GEORGE W. TETHEROW is one of the
early pioneers of Oregon and to him belongs
the distinction of being one of the men who
opened the first wagon road between Wil-
kins prairie and Portland in 1847. He is
now the only remaining member of that
pioneer band which was engaged in building
for public use a highway between the points
above named. He was born in Iowa, April
2, 1834, and is the son of David and Ruth
(Southwood) Tetherow, to whom nine chil-
dren were bom.

Mr. Tetherow was reared in his parents'
home and received his early education in the
public schools. In company with his parents
he came to Oregon in 1845, crossing the great
plains with ox teams, and after a period of
six months of continuous travel the family
finally reached Oregon and settled at Hills-
boro. He remainded imder the parental roof
until he was twenty-eight years of age and
on November 19, 1861, he removed to Joseph-
ine county, where he took up a homestead
of one hundred and sixty acres, which he
later improved and afterward sold, and re-

moved to Williams creek and there purchased
a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, on
which he has since continued to reside.

Mr. Tetherow was united in marriage on
November 11, 1857, to Miss Elizabeth Miller,
a native of Illinois, and to them nine chil-
dren were born, John M., Mary, Joseph, Cyn-
thia Araminta, Samuel I., Nancy G., Sarah
Jane, Minnie M. and George W. Mr. Tethe-
row is a member of the democratic party
and has always followed the standard of
that political organiz.ation in its national and
state campaigns. He is one of the highly
respected citizens of Josephine county and
his farm of one hundred and sixty acres lo-
cated on Williams creek, is among the most
highly developed and picturesque places of
this portion of the state. He is known
throughout the county to be a man who is '
always ready to lend his assistance to the
advancement of any public interest seeking
the improvement of his state and county.
He is reliable in all his business transactions
and as a pioneer citizen of Oregon he is
highly esteemed as one of the most useful
men of his adopted state.

FRIDOLIN DUTLI is the proprietor of the
finest bakery in La Grande, and is one of
the leading citizens of this community. He
was born in Switzerland, December 3. 1869,
a son of Max and Mary (Neff) Dutli. The
father passed away in 1891, the mother sur-
viving him and now making her home in her
native land.

Fridolin Dutli was educated in the public
schools of Switzerland until he attained the
age of fifteen years. He then began life as
a farmer, pursuing that vocation at home
and then, for two years, busied himself with
learning the baker's trade. He followed that
business in his native country until he at-
tained the age of twenty-one years and then
emigrated to the new world and settled in
Kansas, where he became a farmer. He re-
mained on the farm which he piu'chased in
that state for six years, then sold his land
and went to Pueblo, Colorado, where again
he engaged in the bakery business for a
period of three years. He next removed to
Cripple Creek, Colorado, and engaged in the
same occupation for two years more, after
which he removed to Arizona temporarily
where he spent four months prospecting for
the precious metals. Not meeting with the
success which seemed to justify his remain-
ing there he pressed on to Oregon and set-
tled on a tract of government land near La
Grande. He lived upon that land for four
years and then purchased a bakery in the
town, which is the largest and best of La
Grande. Immediately on taking up his resi-
dence in the town he began to demonstrate
his ability as a baker, a trade which he had
thoroughly learned and in which he had
wide experience, with the result that he has
built up a flourishing and constantly in-
creasing trade. His business, which is a
valuable one, is not his main asset, how-
ever, as he owns valuable town property
and three hundred and twenty acres of tim-
ber and farm land in the vicinity.

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On the 14th of Febniarj", 1905, in La
Grande, Mr. Dutli was married to Mis3 Bar-
bara Bucher, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Anton Bucher, and they have one child,
Walter. Mr. Dutli has " not forgotten his
many old friends and his mother in Switzer-
land and since coming to the United States
has twice returned to the land of his na-
tivity, making his first visit in 1900 and the
second in 1910. He is independent in poli-
tics, preferring to support, regardless of
party lines, such candidates as he deems
best fitted for the office to which they as-
pire. He is a member of the Knights of
Columbus a. id the Elks lodge, and is afEl-
iated with the Catholic church. He has long
been regarded as one of the most dosirable
citizens of his community and his business
experiences have demonstrated his natural
ability and the skill which he has acquired
in handling business details of various lines,
particularlv that of conducting an up-to-
date bakc'ry. He has large acquaintance
throughout "the community and is held in
high esteem by all who know him.

THOMAS WHITING. Eastern Oregon was
settled by sturdy pioneers who came from
. different 'sections of the United States and.
braving the dangers of primitive travel and
the pmls of sickness, opened up and de-
veloped a new land in America. The qualities,
which made their work lasting and their
activities useful, they have passed on to their
sons, who are now the citizens of Oregon and
active in the promotion of its progress and
prospcritv. One of the earliest settlers in
Harncv county was Thomas Whiting, whose
life was consp'icuous for its activity and use-
fulness in the early development of this
region. He was born in Somerset county,
Maine. Mav 25. 1S36. and was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bryce Whiting of that state. He
received his" early education in the public
schools of Somerset coiinty. He moved to
California with his father in IRSO and after
spending a year in that section of the country
returned to Maine. In IS.IO he and his father
aeain went to Cnlifornia, where they engaged
in business until 1S71. In that year they
moved to Oregon, making the journey by
wamn, and arrived in the Harney valley
Oct'ober 14 of that year. They located on
Rock Point, on the site where the town of
Bums now stands. For the first winter they
lived in a rude dntrout with no conveniences
other than a roof and a fireplace. On the
23d of March, in the following year, they
located on the homestead which is now oc-
cupied bv Thomas Whiting's son Schuyler,
and here our subject spent his life cultivating
the land and raising high-grade horses and
cattle. His death occurred October 17. 1891.
His wife survives him and is the oldest resi-
dent of Harney valley.

Thomas Whiting was married December 23
1865. to Miss lone McCTintork. a native of
Van Buren count v. Michigan, where she was
born Februarv 8. 1847. She is a daughter
of Sarah and'.Iohn McClintock. Her mother
removed to California in 1861. where she
was joined by two of her daughters in 1863.

Mr. and Mrs. Whiting were the parents of
live children, Elizabeth, Schuyler, Frank,
George and Ellen.

Schuyler Whiting was born in Nevada
county, California, on August 14, 1868. He
came to Oregon with his parents when he
was six years of age. They made the journey
with six horse teams and came direct to
Harney valley, where they located on Silvies
river, two miles north of the town of Burns,
where the mother still resides. Schuyler
Whiting received his early education under
very primitive conditions. He received in-
struction from Mrs. Sally (Bates) Latham,
who was the first teacher in tlie district. The
school was held in a small stone building
located on what was then known as .Jim
Shepherd's Knoll. Later the classes were re-
moved into the building erected by Joe and
,7im Baird which was called the Stone Man-
sion. Schuyler Whiting was one of a very
small number of pupils and received such
education as possible in an undeveloped coun-
try. He remained upon the homestead with
liis father who was engaged in stock-raising
until the year 1877, when he purchased a
small herd of horses, which were put up for
sale upon the death of their owner, ,Jesse
Cook, who had been killed by a team. His
father during his life had been an extensive
owner of high-grade horses. In 1879 Thomas
Whiting had made a trade by which he be-
came possessed of a blooded mare, which had
been ridden by Sally Winnemuck, an Indian
squaw, who had been a guide for the soldiers
in this district. The mare was of Morgan
breed and was the beginning of Schuyler
Whiting's interest in the horse-raising busi-
ness. At the time of Thomas Whiting's death
in 1S91 he and his son Scliiiyler together
were running nearly four hundred head of
liigh-grade stock, aiid many of the descend-
ants of the Indian mare are in Schuyler Whit-
ing's herd today.

Schuyler Whiting now gives most of his at-
tention" to the breeding of draft horses and
in the past few years has won many blue rib-
bons for this grade of stock. He owns a
ranch twenty miles north of Burns on a
tributarv of Emigrant creek and here he runs
about two hundred head of high-grade horses.
He puts them out to pasture during the sum-
mer and brings them down to the old home-
stead in the winter time. He has planted
the acres surrounding the house principally
to barley, and has been very stirn-siful in
the cultivation of this grain winning in the
year 1911 a blue ribbon for his thn-sheil and
"unthresheil barlev.

On the 12th of April. IDU. Mr. WhitinR
was married in Burns, Oregon, to Mi" I.eola
Rentfro. who was born in Cliampaign. Illinois,
February 26, 1893. She is n daiightiT of M.
F. Rentfro, a prominent citi/en of Edlng-
ham. Illinois. Mr. ami Mrs. Whiting are the
parents of a dauifhtrr. Carrol Elaine, horn
Mav 22, 1912. Mr. Whiting is a. prominent
member of the Indi-pendf-nt Ordrr of Odd
Fellows and is well known in fraternal cir-
cles of this city. He is one of the most ex-
tensive ranchers and stockraisers in Ilnrner
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busliels of a high quality of grain and is
constantly adding to his blooded horses. He
IS a progressive, prominent and successful
man and his prosperity is founded on his
industry, integrity and broad intelligence.

. WILLIAM V. HURST. Western America
IS laiown as a country of forceful, active and
energetic men. The settlers of the district
are now for the most part in the second
generation and the rugged strength, indomit-
able determination and vital ambition which
the fathers put into the opening up of the
new country tlie sons are now exhibiting in
promoting its industries and developing its
natural resources. William V. Hurst, owner
of all the telephone lines in the Jlyrtle creek
distnct, and associated with others in the
ownership of the Riddle and Canyonville lines
and IS al.so proprietor of a general hardware
store in Douglas county, is a native son of
Oregon. The history of the foundation of
his family in western America by his father
is connected with the adventurous time of the
opening of the California gold fields; it con-
tains chapters filled with primitive and dan-
gerous travel with ox teams along trails in-
fested with Indians and made terrible by
the raging cholera, and it ends with the set-
tlement in Douglas county and the opening
up of the great American' northwest.

William V. Hurst was born near Oakland,
Douglas county, Oregon. February 11. IS.'jS.
His parents were David and" Margaret
(Whistler) Hurst, the former a native of
Baltimore. Maryland, and the latter of Ohio.
The father crossed the plains to Oregon in
3847. driving an ox team, and located as a
squatter on Calapooia creek, seven miles be-
low Oakland and was one of the first settlers
in what is now Douglas county, there being
a few at Scottsburg. He subsequently took
up a donation claim which he improved until
1849, when he went to California, urged by
extravagant rumors of the wealth of tlie
great gold fields of that region. After the
discovery of a rich placer field made by a
Mr. Ford, he and his companion, a Mr. Cox,
were the first men to reach Ford bar. He
spent some two years in the California gold
fields and then returned to Douglas county,
Oregon, where he became one of the best
known men in the southern part of the state.
He operated a feed yard in conjunction with
his farm, which was located on the main
artery in the southern part of Oregon. He
owned the first threshing machine ever oper-
ated in this section of the country and prob-
ably the first machine in the state! For years
he threshed all the grain in southern Oregon
until his removal in 1876 to McMinnville, in
order to give his children the advantage of a
college education in that city. He was essen-
tially a progressive man with a wonderful
power for organizing and developing. He
took a keen interest in educational affairs,
believing that liberal knowledge was the best
heritage he could leave to his children. He
served for years as a member of the execu-
tive board of McMinnville College and was a
dominant factor in the erection of the new
college building. He himself contributed to

the fund five thousand dollars and was per-
sonally responsible for many other subscrip-
tions. Two of his sons, W. V. and David E.,
were educated in the new college, toward the
erection of which their father had contributed
so largely. The father of our subject was a
stanch democrat politically and his opinions
had great weight in the party councils. He
absolutely refused to allow his name to be
mentioned for any official position, although
he was constantly being urg^-d to become a
candidate for the state legislature and for
the oflice of county clerk. He removed to
Salem in 1881 and in that city his death oc-
curred three years later. His wife is still
living and resides in Myrtle Creek. In the
eighty-seventh year of her age she is still an
active and well preserved woman and attends
to all her own financial affairs.

William V. Hurst was reared at home and
acquired his early education in the public
schools of Oakland, later attending McMinn-
ville College, from which institution he was
graduated in 1883, with the degree of B. S.
He spent the next two years in teaching
school, later taking up the occupation of
stationary engineer, with which he was identi-
fied for more than a quarter of a century.
For several years he ran a boat on the Colurn-
bia river and in 1892 came to Mj'rtle Creek,
where he now resides. He spent some time
as a mechanical engineer for a mining com-
pany in this district, resigning this position
January 1. 1909. when he established his
present hardware business, which is today
one of the largest and most important enter-
prises of its kind, being located south of
Roseburg in Douglas county. His keen busi-
ness instinct and power of organization have
led him to become prominent in other in-
dustrial blanches in this city. He owns and
operates all the Myrtle creek district tele-
phone lines, is part owner in the Riddle and
Canyonville lines, and now has under his
control the largest independent system in
the state.

In March, 1882. Mr. Hurst was united in
marriage to Miss Eva Coggans a daughter of
George and Anna (Stewart) Coggans, the for-
mer at one time the proprietor of the St.
Cliarles Hotel of Portland. He later engaged
in the horse business and was massacred by
the Indians in the eastern part of the state.
Two of his companions died with him. The
murderers were captured and brought to Wil-
low Springs, where they paid the penalty of
their crime by death. To Mr. and Mrs.
Hurst were born four children, three of
whom are now living: Lulu, the wife of Isa-
dore Selig, of St. Marys. Idaho; Ninia. who
married George W. Burnett, of Roseburg;
and Zether, at home.

Mr. Hurst is a consistent democrat in his
political views and has always been promi-
nently identified with the public life of his
section. lie served for eight years as jus-
tice of the peace, first in Marion county and
then in Myrtle Creek. He was city recorder
of the latter city for two .years and a promi-
nent figure in local politics. He is a member
of the Woodmen of the World and is identi-
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dominating poisonality, his |)o\vcr of Icader-
sliip and liis discriminating grasp of the de-
tails of a business situation make him today
one of the loading citizens of Douglas county.
There is hardly any line of commercial ac-
tivity in which he is not actively intereste<l
and it is a significant fact that all of his
many investments are made in local enter-
prises. He loves the west and believes in its
future and is doing his utmost to promote its
development and secure its prosperity.

IRBIN FINLEY SMITH DIVEN is one of
the prominent business men of Vale, Oregon,
and during the ten years of his residence in
this city has gained success by reason of the
honorable and upright policj" which he has
always maintained. He was born on the
1st of September. IS.')."), in Washington county,
Arkansas, and is a son of Robert Macklin and
Mary .Jane (Killan) Diven, the former of
Irish ancestry and the latter of Scotch de-
scent. Their marriage occurred in Arkansas.
May 29. lS,-.2. and in that state the father
followed general agricultural pursuits and
specialized in the breeding and raising of
high-grade stock. Hi' was one of the most
extensive landowners in Washington county,
near Fayetteville. where the family had re-
sided for many years. The grandfather of
our subject was a slave owner but was a
believer in the principles of abolition and
before the Civil war had freed all his negroes.
In 1860 the father of our subject sold his
large interests in his native state and moved
to Wise county, Te.xas. which was then on the
frontier. He purchased land, farmed and
raised cattle and horses in that section of
the country until IsC),';. wlien he returned to
Washington county. Arkansas, and followed
the .same occupations. He remained in his
native state until 1870, crossing the plains
to Oregon in that j'ear. He drove teams to
Nebraska City, where he sold his outfit and
went on to San Francisco by rail, thence by
steamer to Portland. Oregon, where he landed
on the 1st of .luly. 1870. He bovight a tract
of land on Horse Heaven Ridge in Clackamas
county and upon this carried on general farm-
ing for three years, ilispnsing of his hoMings
in 1873 in onler to remove to Raker county.
in the eastern part of the state, where he
located a homestead claim on Willow Creek.
His land comprised one hundred and sixty
acres, which he immediately began to improve
and develop. He built the first rail feni-e in
what is nr)W Mallimr county to inclose his
property and tlicre followed stock raising and
general farming for many years, selling out
finally in isos. He moverl to Vale and pur
chased city property, erected a home for him-
self and his wife and here he has since re-
sided. He has passed his ei^'htielh year and
his wife is eighty-two years old. They are
in the best of health, hale and hearty, ami
arc highly respected ami esteemed by all who
know them. They became the parents of
ten ehililrcn: .John Wesley, who was born
in August. 18.").1. and died in 18.',,"); Trbin F. .'>..
the subject of this revii'w: .Tames .Josephus.
who was born in 18.')7 ami died about ISfiS;
Ambrose Preston, whose birth ocnirred in

1859; William F.afayette, who was born in
1862 and died in infancy; Martha June, born
in 1864, who died at the age of thirteen
years; Elizabeth, whose natal year was 1866
and who has also passed away; Ewcn Wilson,
who was born in 1S6!> and died at the age
of five years; Thomas .\lfre<l, whose birth
occurred in 1872 and who has passed away;
and Mary Macklin, who died in infancy. ()f
these Ambrose Preston is now residing in
Chico, California, where he is engaged as a
fruit-raiser. The father of our suliject has
been identified with much of the upbuilding
and settlement of the western |)arts of
America. During the Civil war he was for
three years a Texas ranger, his duties being
to protect the frontier against the depreda-
tions of the Comanche Indians. He is a
democrat and still actively interested in pub-
lic alTairs. He is a memi)er of the Cumber-
lanil Presbyterian church and is well known
in the alTairs of the Masonic order. He is
altogether one of the representative and sub-
stantial citizens of Malheur county, well
known as a pioneer and upbuilder.

Irbin F. S. Diven received his first educa-
tion at home. stu<lying with his mother dur-
ing the time of the Civil war. Wlieii he
reached the age of thirteen he attended the
])Ublic schools in Washington county, .Arkan-
sas, and pursued his education after coming
to Oregon in Clackamas and Malheur coun-
ties, the latter then a part of Raker county.
When he laid aside his books he locat<'d a
homestead claim of one hundred and sixty
ai'res on Willow Crei'k, which he improved
and developed along modern ami progressive
lines, specializing in the breeding and raising
of high-grade cattli' anil hor-ies. He later
disposed of this property and l)ouglit a I'arm
near Vale, which he also sold aftiT a short
time. He went to Dayton. Washington, and
purchased farm land in that vicinity and
also town property, which proved a profit-
able investment. When he returned to Vale
he sold his farm and located in the village,
where he erected a line stoiii- building and
engaged in the general merchandise busin>'ss.
al»)Ut the year 11102. He continued the con-
iluct of this enterprise and met with well
deserved success until .Inly, 1'.i06. when, in
association with several of his friends, he
formeil a corporation called the Malheur
Forwarding Company, of which he wos made
manager ami this position he in'cupies at the
present lime. He has nn enviable record as
an enterprising, honorable ami upri;;lit busi-
ness man ami is esteemi-d by a large and cr)n-
stanlly growing circb' of friend'*. He owns a
comffirlabb' aiwl commodious resiflence in \*oIe
and has invented extensively in town property.

On the I nth of Febnior'i-. 1879. on Willow
creek, Mr. Diven wos unite<l in marriagi' to
Aliss .Tosephine Wisdom, a ilaughler of .John
I<. Wisdom, farmer and sttM-kraiser of that
'»eetion. ^Irs. Diven is n second cousin to
■Tohn W. and .lames T. Wisdom, represento-
tivi's of one of the most prominent families in
llaker county, .'^he and her husband became
the [larents of eleven children, five of whom,
four sons nnd one dauahter. hove pn-isol
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John Macklin, who was born August 24 1881 ■
Thomas, whose birth occurred October 30,
1890; a son, unnamed, whose natal day was
February 9, 1895; and Wilmer, who was born
February 4, 1904. The following named are
those surviving. Hester, who was born
August 4, 1883, married Patrick John-
son, who IS engaged in agricultural pursuits
near Vale. They have two daughters. James
irbm, whose birth occurred April 14 1885
married Winnie Purcell, by whom he has one
son. They reside in Vale. Lewis Vernon,
whose natal day was January 18, 1887 is
associated with his father in business in Vale
He was united in marriage to Jessie Blair
and they have one son. Minnie, born January
3, 1889, IS the wife of Frederick Ewart and
they make^ their home in Lynn, Massa-
chusetts. Harland is attending school and
IS also employed in his father's store. Ernest
who was born October 18, 1892, is employed
as bookkeeper by the Malheur Forwarding
Company. °

In his political views Mr. Diven is a con-
sistent democrat and served for two years as
assessor of Baker county, holding the office
before the time when Malheur county was
formed He is well known in the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, having held mem-
bership m Eliam Lodge. No. 31 until it
surrendered its charter. He is also a member
of the Chamber of Commerce of Vale and
IS interested in all phases of local growth
and development. His success has been won
by indefatigable and unwavering promotion
of worthy principles in his business life and
has been attained by hard work and indus-
try. As a man of marked abilitv and shrewd
discrimination, combined with high standards
of conscientiousness, he is representative of
the qualities which in every walk of life make
a man respected and esteemed more for his
character than for his financial success. He
has attained the latter, however, and his
prosperity is constantly increasing, guided as
it is by business discrimination and judgment
of a high order. All the relations of his life
have been equally worthy and honorable and
by reason of his conscientiousness in the
performance of his duties and in the results
he has effected he has attained a prosperity
which is a public asset.

EPHRAIM OLIVER HALL is one of the
successful and energetic real-estate men of
Marshfield, in which eitv he maintains his
residence and where he 'has established his
prosperous business. He was born in Bradley,
Penobscot county, Maine, November 22, 1835,'
and is a son of Oliver and Sallie (Oliver)'
Hall. His parents were both natives of the
Pine Tree state, his father being of Scotch
descent. To Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hall eight
children were born: Nancy, deceased, who
was the widow of William' J. Thompson, of
Oakland, California; Sarah, Horace and Maiy
Jane, all deceased; Ephraim Oliver, who is
the subject of this review; George, of Ceres,
California; James, who lost his life in battle
during the Civil war; and Mary Jane, the
wife of Mr. Gloster, of Maine.

Ephraim 0. Hall was reared in his father's

home and received his early education in the
public schools. He started in life for him-

wil>r ♦"" ''"i* "" """y "^ *^«'^« years, at
which time he was engaged in a sawmill
plant in hi,s native state but during that
time he lived at home with his parent! who
were m feeble health and whose circum-
stances were such that the earnings of their
son were needed to assist in the lupport of
their large family. He remained with his
parents and continued to contribute to their
support until he attained the age of twenty
years, at which time he removed to Califor-
nia and in that state continued to reside for
a period of twenty years, during which time
he spent two years in mining, after which
in company with a partner in business, he
was engaged in the sawmill industry for
sixteen successive years. He and his partner
owned at the same time a very large amount
ot live stock and, being unable to conduct
their milling business during the winter sea-
son they rented three and one-half sections
ot and, upon which they ranged their cattle
and conducted agricultural interests on a

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Mr. Hall sold his interest in the milling busi-
ness to his partner and confined himself en-
tirely to the operations of ranching and
farming for a period of nine years, after
which he entered into the contract logging
business for two years. He afterward re
moved to Idaho and in that state built a
sawmill plant for a mining company and
was connected with that concern for three
seasons, after which he was sent by a lum-
ber company to Coos bay to operate a small
mill tor them and continued in their em-
ploy at that work for a period of ten years.
He became also one of the principal stock-
holders of that sawmill plant. The concern
later closed out its affairs, since which time
Mr. Hall has been engaged in the real-estate
business m Marshfield, where he owns his
beautiful home located just outside of the
city limits. His residence is built upon a
ime site overlooking the bay. All of his
other property holdings he has now disposed
ot retaining only his residence and real-
estate business, and to the interests of his
business and his home he is giving his entire
attention.

Mr. Hall was united in marriage to Miss
Mary E. Dayton, a daughter of Ransom and
Inscilla Dayton. In her father's family
were four children : Mary E., who became the
wife of the subject of this review; Calvin, of
California; Delia, now the wife of Dan Mc-
Coy, of Stockton, California; and one child
who died in infancy. To Mr. and Mrs. Hall
nine children were born: Clara Adclia. de-
ceased; Oliver J., of Los Angeles, California;
William E., who has passed away; Sadie
May, now the wife of William Ri'chard, of
Marshfield; Ida Bell, who became the wife of
Walter Spade, of Marshfield, and has two
children, Bessie and Eugene; Charles H., liv-
ing in California, who is married and has' two
children, Alton and Agnes; Ransom D., of
Coos Bay, Oregon, who is married and 'has
one child, May; George H., of Oakland, Cal-

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ifornia; and Xewton B., also of California.
The mother of this family passed away on
the 1st of April, 1906.

Mr. Hall is a republican in politics but
aside from whatever political activity is re-
quired in the building up of the interests of
his immediate locality, he is not especially
concerned in public affairs, and he has never
been a seeker of public office. He is a mem-
ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, to which fraternal society he has be-
longed since 1863. Mr. Hall and his family
are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church of Marshfield. He is a highly re-
spected and useful citizen of the community
in which he lives and a man of industrious
and frugal habits of life who is vitally in-
terested in every public measure seeking the
educational advancement and moral uplift
of the people of his county and state.
Among all his friends and acquaintances he
is known to be a man of business integrity
and in all transactions and intercourse he is
reliable and just.

GEORGE W. PORTER resides upon and
gives his porsoiuil supervision to an excellent
farm property at John Day, in Grant county.
He is a well known and highly respected resi-
dent of his community and since locating
here has given much attention to stock-rais-
ing. He was born in Dixmont, Maine, Decem-
ber 31, 1832, a son of Benjamin and Lavina
(Corthell) Porter, who were also natives of
that place, as was the grandfather, Isaiah
Porter. The father was a soldier in the War
of 1S12 and in days of peace devoted his
attention to general farming.

CJeorge \V. Porter was reared in the place
of his nativity and is indebted to its public-
school system for the educational privileges
that he enjoj'ed. In early manhood — on
April 17, 1856 — he wedded Caroline A. Pren-
tiss, of Troy, Maine, a daughter of .Samuel
and Deborah (Wing) Prentiss, natives of
China, Maine Following his marriage Mr.
Porter engaged in farming, continuing his
residence in the Pine Tree state until 1871,
when he started for Oregon, crossing the
continent to San Franci.sco and the next
morning taking a boat at the Golden Gate
for Portland. He thence proceeded to The
Dalles by train and by stage to John Day,
where lived Mrs. Porter's sister and her hus-
band, Theodore Thompson. The last named
was born in Maine in 18ia and in 181.') mar-
ried Lucinda Prentiss. In 1HJ9 he went to
California and in 18.^0 returned by ship
around Cape Horn with his wife. Follow-
ing their arrival on the Pacific roast they
conducted a boarding house at Mary.iville,
California, Mrs. Thompson being one of the
first women in the mines of that district.
In 1853 or 1834 they returnc.l to New F.ng-
land, remaining until 1864. when they again
left Maine for Oregon. Alter a few months
spent in Portland they came to .lohn Day
but remained only a short time and then
went to Marysville. California. Mr. Thomp-
son was seriously injured in a mining acci-
dent and in 1873" he bought bark from H. S.
Gilbert the property which he had previously

owned and which is now the homestead of
Mr. and Mrs. Porter. Upon this place Jlr.
Thompson died August 30, 1S74. Mrs.
Thompson remained thereon until her death
January 18, 1890. She willed the estate to
her sister, since which time Mr. and Mrs.
Porter have lived thereon save for a brief
period spent at Drewsey, Oregon. For a
number of years Mr. Porter engaged in the
sheep industry but has given the greater
part of his time to raising cattle.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Porter have been born
lour children: Frances H., the widow of
William (Jeyger; Edith F., who is now Mrs.
William Wiley, of Dayville, Oregon; I>cslie
A., residing on the home place; and Mrs.
Mary A. Morgan. The parents arc spoken
of in terms of high regard wherever known.
They have traveled life's journey together
for fifty-six years. Mrs. Porter is still
wonderfully preserved both physically am!
mentally but Mr. Porter's health is not as
good as formerly. Both have gained many
friends during their residence in Oregon and
well merit the esteem which is uniformly
tendered them.

Leslie A. Porter was born in Dixmont.
Maine, June 1, 1866, but was educated in
the John Day district, where ho has prac-
tically spent his entire life on the old home-
stead. He was married December -.'>, \>i'.H,
to Mary Kelly, who was born in the house
erected by Joaquin Miller in Canyon City in
1870, her parents being .lames and Catherine
Kelly, who were pioneers of the Canyon City
district and were natives of Ireland. Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Porter have had four chil-
dren, Catherine Annie, Mollie Augusta, Doris
Agnes, and one who died in infancy. Leslie
Porter is serving on the school board ami is
a stalwart champion of the cause of educa-
tion. He is engaged principally in stock-
raising and gives his supervision to eight
hundred acres of land. He has sixty acres
of very fine land in the valley ami his range
affords good pasturage for his stoi-k. His
creditable record adds new lustre to the un-
tarnished family name.

JOSEPH C. HA'yES is the well known and
universally trusted sheriff of Morrow county.
this state.' His birth occurred in I.iine county,
Oregon, on the 4th of July. 1857, his parent*
being William J. and Sarah (Kaphenrt)
Hayes. The father crossed the plains to
Oregon in 1S52. ami the mother with her
parents in ls:.3. Both the Hnye^ and Knp-
heart families locaterl in Tjine county, where
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes were united in marriage
and continued to livf during tin' remainder
of their lives. Hoth are now dereoird, having
passed away many year' aijo.

.Tosrph C' Hayes wnn reared in hin f«ther*§
home; e<hicnted in the public school* of Ij«ne
coiinlv and remained under the parental roof
until Ihe V ■ ' 'n years of age. At thut

time he ?i the "heep businesn in

Douglas r.nii, •, , .V lure he rnntinued to give
attention to that indiiofry until 1177. nnri
then removed to Heppner. Morrow county,
where he purchn«ed a suitable ranch property
and e«tnbli«hed himself in the •heep business,
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF- OREGON

elected sheriff of Morrow county that year
and has since discharged tlie duties of tliat
office.

On the 31st of January, 1884, Mr. Hayes
was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hays,
the daughter of R. B. and Lucy Hays. To
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Hayes three children
have been born: Olin, who is engaged in car-
ing for the interests of his father's ranch;
and Elra and Neva, both students in the pub-
lic school.

Mr. Hayes is affiliated with the democratic
party and in fraternal circles is known as
past grand of Willow Lodge, No. 166, I. 0.
0. F. He is in every way qualified to hold
the responsible ollice to which he has been
elected. He is one of the well known and
highly respected citizens of his portion of the
state and in his business ventures he has
■been successful and is recognized among his
associates as a reliable and trustworthy
citizen of his county. It is a notable fact
that he was elected on the democratic ticket
by a majority of two hundred though the
county is two-thirds republican.

WILLIAM COLEGROVE SAUNDERS is

secretary of the Title and Trust Ciimpany of
Portland. The nortlnvest with its pulsing
industrial activities is continually drawing
to it men who recognize in its conditions the
o|i])ortnnities for tlie successful conduct of
various business interests. Of this class Wil-
liam C. Saunders is a representative and has
made for himself a most creditable position
in financial circles here. He was born in
Tioga county, Pennsylvania, September 19,
1876, and is a son of Thomas and Harriett
(Colegrove) Saunders. The father was an
attorney at law and in 1883 removed west-
ward to Ramsey county. North Dakota, be-
ing the third white man to locate within its
borders. He lived there until his death and
was somewhat prominent in public affairs,
serving at one time as county clerk.

William C. Saunders supplemented liis
public-school ediication by a course in thc^
Massachusetts Institute of Technology of
Boston. He was twenty-four years of age,
when in 1000 he came to the Pacific north-
west, settling first at Seattle, while two
years later he came to Portland. He deter-
mined he would engage in business on his
own account rather than remain in the em-
ploy of others and earnestly watched for an
opportunity that would enable him to make
a start. Following his arrival in Portland
he became connected with the Security Ab-
stract & Trust Company, which was later
consolidated with the Portland Abstract &
Trust Company, retaining the name of the
former. Tliis was effected August 31, 1903,
and Mr, Saunders remained its secretary
from the SOth of July, 190r,, until the or-
ganization of the Title and Trust Company
which was formed in 1908 with a paid-up
capital of two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. This company purchased the com-
plete title plants of The Title Guarantee &.
Trust Company and of the Security Ab-
stract & Trust Company. These plants, in
addition to a complete systematized record

of all public documents pertaining to real
estate on file in Multnomah county, include
a vast amount of data necessary to the
proper examination of titles sucli as affi-
davits, maps, plats, surveys and other mat-
ter pertaining to titles not of public record
but obtained through private sources, the
accumulation of over thirty years of active
business and research and comprising as
thorough and complete a title plant as can
be found in the United States, A certificate
of title, a.s issued by tlie Title and Trust
Company, is the opinion of a corps of ex-
perienced laud lawyers, based on an abstract
and supplementary search of the public and
private records of the company and backed
by ample financial strength to make good
any loss in ease of error, ' It is the sim]de.st
known form of stating the exact condition
of a title and the best safeguard against
loss by reason of defective titles that a
buyer or mortgagee can secure. On the face
of the certificate its accuracy is guaranteed
to the full amount of the value of the prop-
erty or mortgage it covers. Its guarantee is
secured and protected by all the assets of
the company, amounting to more than a
quarter of a million dollars, including a special
deposit of fifty thousand dollars in the hands
of the treasurer of the state of Oregon
which fund is held in trust by the state and
is not subject to other liabilities of the com-
pany so long as there remains any outstand-
ing liability by reason of its certificate of
title,
_ The making of a certificate of title neces-
sitates first a search of all jiublic records
which may have any possible bearing upon
the title, as well as any and all sources of
private information in the exclusive pos-
.session of the Title and Trust Company. All
this information is submitted to tlie law
department where a thorough and ex-
haustive examination is made. All maps,
plats, indices, records, surveys, affidavits,
opinions, in short any and all' facts or rec-
ords in the possession of the company be-
ing open to the inspection of the examiner,
defects, errors or irregularities if any are
discovered, are quickly analyzed. Thus the
definite condition of the title is determined.
A certificate of title is then issued, setting
forth the amount of the guarantee the com-
pany assumes; second, a statement show-
ing in whom title is vested as it ap|iears
from the records; and third, a summarj- of
incumbrances, defects or irregularities, if
there are any.

A certificate of title has many advantages
over an abstract. Its simplicity enables any-
one who can read the Englisli language to
tell at a glance exactly how the title stands.
The time required to prepare and issue a
certificate of title is usually much less than
is taken in making an abstract and having
it examined. This is especially true in cases
where the attorney returns the abstract with
a letter containing a list of objections and
requirements, for in many cases these can
be satisfied from information in the posses-
sion of this company. In making subse-
quent transfers no reference need ever again
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

727

for the extension of the eertilicate of title
beginning where the former eertitieiite ter-
minated. This enables transfers to be maile
in a fraction of the time refpiired by the
old method. The holder of the eertilicate
of title knows that aside from the guarantee
feature he has received the lienelit of an
examination by capable attorneys, men upon
whose tinal judgment the company relies,
who have been especially trained by years
of experience for this particular class of
work. The convenience of having a certifi-
cate of title, which may be folded aii.l put
away in an envelope with other papers, is
appreciated by those wlio have handled
many of the cumbersome abstracts formerly
in use. The guarantee feature gives protec-
tion to the buyer or mortgagee that lie can
obtain in no other way. The seller also
may feel safe in executing a warranty deed
when he knows the title has been examined
and a guaranteed certificate of title issued
by the Title and Trust Company. Economy
is still another advantage, as certificates are
vastiv cheaper in the long run.

The handling of titles by certificates is
not experimental but is a strictly modern
method which has either already supplanted
the abstract or is rapidly doing so in most
of the large cities of the country.

It is to this business that Mr. Saunders
is now devoting his energies as secretary
of the company, and his efforts along these
lines have established him in a foremost
position among successful business men and
financiers of the northwest.

In 1906 Mr. .Saunders was united in mar-
riage to -Miss Elonn Carner, a datigliter of
Alonzo Carner of Kentucky, who now re-
sides at Castle Rock, Washington. Mr. and
Mrs. Saunders have one daughter. Lucille.
His fraternal relations are with Willamette
Lodge, No. 2, .\. F. & A. M. and with Tort-
land Chapter, Xo. :i. R. A. M. Tie also holils
membership with the Sons of the American
Revolution, and is also a member of the Com-
meri'ial Club. He is classed with thr enter-
prising, progressive men who are making
hi.story in the northwest and who are buihl-
ing along substantial lines, both in the in-
terest of individual success and of public
prosperity.

KENNETH WILLIAM McKENZIE, one of
the proprietors of the leading pharmnry of
Wallowa, has been treasurer of his eily and
is a man of wide and popular nci|unintnnce.
Ho was born in .Summerville. l)re<;on. April
16, 1S73. a son of Simon ami Ella .\. iWil-
liams) McKenzie. The father, who wn« edu-
cated in Canada and reared in the drug busi-
ness, removed to Kansas in 1^70 ami later
came to Oregon, locating in Sumnior»ille,
where he established himself in the drug
trade. More extende.l mention is maile of
him elsewhere in this work.

Kenneth William MeKenzie was educated
in the publie schools of Summerville. where
he also attended high school for two yenm.
He then entered Rav's College of rharmncy
at Portland and. takinc a creat int.-re.t in
his stiKlies, pursued them most assiduously
and was gra>luated with honors in the class

of lUOj, After his graduation he was era-
ployed as a clerk in his father's store at
Lostine until 11107. He then worked for one
year as drug clerk in La Cramle and then
be;.'an business on his own account in Wal-
lowa, where he has since renuiined. Mis
store is recognized as the most beautiful
as well as the best equipped pharmacy in
the town.

Mr. McKenzie was married at Ho. Idaho,
October 0, 190S, to Miss Carrie T. .larnagin,
a daughter of C!. H. and llattie .larnagin.
My this union one child has bi-en born, now
sixteen months old. In liis political faith
Mr. .McKenzie is a republican and he was
elected city treasurer of Wallowa in IIIO'J.
lie is a member of the Masonic fraternity,
his membership being in Stanley Lodge, No.
ILi. A. F. & A. :M. He also belongs to the
Knights of Pythias, Kinsman Lodge. No. 87,
of which he is commander. He is a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, l>e-
ing among its most ellicient workers, .\mong
the business men of Wallowa there an' few
if any who have met with better success
or who have established a more desirable
reputation than has Mr. McKenzie. His
trade, which is most satisfactory, is grow-
ing year by year as the population increase*
and as his pharmacy becomes lietter known
throughout the surrouniling country. Ilo
takes an active interest in civic, politii-al
and social affairs as well as conducts hiit
business interests with great care, ami Ills
acquaintance, which is an extensive one.
Would be a compIiniiMit t<i any youiii.' busi-
ness man.

HEMAN J. GEER. Conspicuous among
tile earlier pioneers of Oregon was Henian
,1. Ceer, who with his father's family set-
tled in this state in 1S47. The father sjM-nt
the remainder of his days here on a farm
which he took up as t'"vernment liiml at
Hutteville, near Champoeg. Ilcman .T. fleer
settled in I'nion county, and his laxl days
were spent on a donation claim which he
took up near Cove, passing away in 1904,
He was the father of T. T. fieer. one of the
governors of Oregon, also of .ludd fleer, who
for many years has been state fruit in-
spector. He' was one of the first nurserymen
in easti-rn Oregon and conilinti-d a verj- •uc-
cessfiil business. Heman .1. d'er was born
in Zeno. Ohio, in 1S2H. and <lied in Oregon
in 1901. He was a son of .fo«'l fleer, a
native of Conneetieut. and of old colonial
stock, representatives of the fnmilv still lir-
ing in that state. The fall 1 to

Ohio at nn early day. b«'ing n 'hat

stale. Ijiler »' " ' '

iineer days anl

settling in Illii '

Tyler were running for the olficr ot prp»i-
dent. In IS 17 the family removed to Ore-
gon, joining a wagon train comp««<'d of one
hundred teams iiniler Captain Palmer. The
journey was maile without any nin|c«lali"n
by the Indians or any ditrirulty worthy of
notr. and the father settled at nutl<-vill'-.
near ( hani|io«>g, where he took up a d'in«
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the rest of his life, pursuing tlie vocation
of farming.

Heman J. Geer received a good education
in the schools of Ohio and Illinois and re-
mained under the parental roof until after
he attained his majority. In 1864 he settled
in Canyon City where for two years he fol-
lowed the business of mining. Then, after
spending two years there, he removed to
Cove where he took up government land,
and with the exception of two years spent
in Walla Walla made his home near Cove,
which remained his place of residence until
his death.

Mr. Geer was married in young manhood
to Miss Eliza Duncan, whose parents were
among the earliest settlers of the state, com-
ing here in 1864. She passed away February
5, 1901, aged sixty-two years. In the fam-
ily of Mr. and Mrs. Geer were four chil-
dren: T. T., the eldest, who was at one time
governor of Oregon; Theodosia, now Mrs.
Joseph Jaynes; Judd; and Blaine, who is
now living in Walla Walla, Washington. Mr.
Geer was always a stanch republican, and
took an active interest in the political af-
fairs of the day. He was appointed deputy
sheriff in 1866 under his brother, Isaiah Geer,
the first sheriff of Union county. The county
at that time comprised a good deal more ter-
ritory than it does at present and within
its boundaries were many adventurers, min-
ers of doubtful antecedents and desperadoes,
making the sheriff's duties by no means a
holiday affair. His tenure of office contin-
ued for more than a year and in the per-
formance of his duties he was never found
wanting.

JUDD GEER. The present efficient state
fruit inspector for the fifth district, who
has served in that capacity for thirteen
years, his field covering thirty-five thousand
square miles and comprising "the counties of
Umatilla, Union, Baker, Wallowa, Malheur,
Grant and Harney, is Judd Geer, who has
deputies in each of the counties in his dis-
trict. He was born in February, 1868, on
the homestead near Cove, a son of Heman
J. and Eliza (Duncan) Geer. His boyhood
days were there spent and he received a
good education in the common schools of
the neighborhood. Remaining under the
parental roof until 1898, he then purchased
a farm one mile north of Cove, and upon
that has since made his home. He is there
engaged in the nursery business, producing
all sorts of fruit trees which find a ready
market in eastern Oregon. He has long
since been recognized as one of the author-
ities on nursery subjects and for the past
thirteen years has been the state fruit in-
spector for the fifth district. He was brought
up in the nursery business and, having given
a great deal of time and attention to per-
fecting his knowledge of fruit tree propaga-
tion and fruit-growing, he has become ex-
tensively proficient in all branches of the
nursery and fruit business. He reads a
great deal and by visiting other nurseries
and sections of the state keeps thoroughly
abreast of the times. He considers the Cove
district one of the finest fields for cherry-

raismg to be found in the west and such
fruit is very conspicuous in all of the big
fairs of the state.

Mr. Geer was married in December, 1888,
to Miss Mary Holtby, a daughter of John
and Henrietta (Conklin) Holtby, and a na-
tive of Rome, New York. Mrs. Geer was
educated in the east, having been graduated
from the Whitestown Seminary of Utica,
New York, and after coming to Cove was
for some time principal of its schools. Two
children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs.
Geer, Ada and Pauline, both of whom are
yet at home. Mr. Geer fraternally is con-
nected with the Elks, being a prominent mem-
ber of that order. He stands very high in
his community and on account of his con-
spicuous public connections is well known
throughout eastern Oregon.

FOREST EDWARD LANG. For many
years during the life of Mr. Lang he was as-
sociated with the development of the agri-
cultural and business interests of Coos
county. He was a highly respected and uni-
versally trusted man among the people with
whom he came in business and social con-
tact. Mr. Lang was born in Jones county,
Iowa, in the year 1861, and was the son of
Alexander and Eliza A. Lang, who were the
parents of two children, the elder being
Frank A. Lang, a resident of Monterey, Cali-
fornia. He is man-ied and has a family of six
children, his business being that of a con-
tractor.

Forest Edward Lang crossed the plains
with his parents, who settled in this state
in the early '60s. The family located in the
Coos bay country and there he received his
education in the public schools at Marsh-
field. Shortly after completing his common-
school education he started for himself in
the livery business and for a number of
years afterward continued to give his at-
tention to that enterprise. Later in life he
was employed by the E. B. Dean Lumber
Company, in which position he remained for
eight or nine consecutive years. After re-
tiring from his position in the office of the
Dean Lumber Company he purchased the
Coos Bay Steam Laundry, which he success-
fully operated for four years and then re-
turned as an employe to the Dean Lumber
Company and later, on account of failing
health, went to California. Change of resi-
dence, however, did not bring the relief his
family had hoped for and while in that state
he passed away on November 9, 1899.

Mr. Lang was united in marriage to Miss
Lydia Merchant, a native of Oregon and a
daughter of C. H. and Mary L. (Gunn) Mer-
chant. Her father was a native of New Y'ork
and her mother of New Bedford, Connecticut,
and they emigrated to this state in 1857. In
their family were sixteen children; Mary A.,
the wife of Roland Desmond, of California;
Sarah, deceased; Lydia, who married Forest
E. Lang, of this review; W. A. T.. of Marsh-
field; Robert H., of California; B. T., who
resides in Oakland. California; Charles W.,
of Marshfield. Oregon; Francis, of Bandon,
Oregon; Ella and Fannie J., deceased; John

FOREST E. LANG

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E., of Marshfield; Etta May. deceased;
March Lillie, the wife of Cramer Baltford,
of Oakland, California; Albert F., a ranch-
man of Bandon, Oregon ; James M., of
Beaver Hill, Oregon; and Ruby, deceased.
The father of this unusually large family
died on .July 2S. 1907, but the mother is still
living and "resides with her son, B. T. Mer-
chant, at Oakland, California. To Mr. and
Mrs. Lang live children were born: Florence
M., the wife of Harry Leslie, who is en-
gaged in the grocery business in Portland;
Maud, the wife of Leonard Mauzey, of
Marshfield; Robert H. and Mabel A.; both
at home with their mother; and Frances I.,
who is attending school in Marshfield.

Mr Lang was a member of the republican
party, loyally following the standards of that
political organization in national and state
campaigns but never desiring political prefer-
ment. In his religious views he was liberal,
and fraternally was associated with the Fra-
ternal Union "of America. His widow and
family now reside in Marshfield at Xo. 275
Seventh street, South. Mr. Lang during his
life faithfully devoted his attention and gave
freely his entire strength to the interests
and comfort of his wife and children. He
was a popular citizen of the community in
which he lived and distinguished for his in-
tegrity of business life and upright moral
character in his association with all classes
of people with whom he came in contact.

WILSON J. WOODS is one of the lead-
ing and inlluential republicans in Baker
county, Oregon, and has gained rccogiiition
in this section as a conscientious, high minded
and able ofVicial. In these days of corrup-
tion it is pleasant to record his public serv-
ice, which, during the seventeen years of its
continuance, has been unraarred by any sus-
picion of evil, his energies and activities
having been constantly directed to the serv-
ice of the people without regard to personal
ends. He is now serving his seventh term
as justice of the peace and is al^o acting as
recorder and police judge. Aside from his
political activities he is also prominent in
business circles of the county, lie conducts
a large ice and cold storage enterprise, is
interested in a collection agency ami deals
extensively in real estate, spciializinir in
mining and farming land, and in thi-se direc-
tions is distinguished by the .same honorable
and upright qualities which mark his pub-
lic life. Mr. Woods is a native of Ireland,
but has been in .\merica since he was fifteen
years of age. He was born in the county
of Londonderry on the 21»t of -lune, lH.')f.,
and is a son of John and Elizabeth (llayest
Woods, natives of the Emerald isle. Their
marriage occurred in Ireland ami fhey lived
in that country until after the .loath of the
mother of our subject. In 1S71 John Woods
came to the United States nnrl located in
Iowa where he dealt in stock, buying and
selling high-grade horses and rattle. He was
successful in this line of occupation and fol-
lowed it tintil his death. He and his wife
became the parents of nine children, three
of whom are deceased. Francis is the old-
voi. in— .10

est son and was born July 4, 1833, in Ire-
land. He is now living retired in Vail, Iowa,
where lor many years he followed general
farming. William was born August Iti, 1835,
and grew to manhood and died in Ireland.
Thomas was born September 2S, 1S37, grew
to manhood and passed away in Iowa. .John,
whose birth occurred on December 2(5, 1839,
lives in Clarence, Iowa. He is married and
had two sons and three daughters, one of
whom has passed away. For many years
he engaged in general agricultural pursuits
but is now living retired. Richard was born
May 22, 1843, and makes his home in Baker,
Oregon. He is a widower and has three rliil-
drcn: Mrs. W. H. Ellis; Mrs. Charles Pal-
mer and William J. who is a clerk in the
employ of the American Brewing Company.
Elizabeth Jane, whose birth occurred May
25, 1845, now makes her home with her
brother Robert in Huntington. Robert was
born June 19, 1849, and is now residing in
Huntington. .James was born on the 2d
of October, 1851, and died in Baker, Ore-
gon, in 1908, leaving a widow. His wife
was in her maidenhood Miss Spillman. The
youngest son born to this union is Wilson
J. the subject of this review.

Wilson J. Woods was educated in the com-
mon schools of Ireland and pursued his
studies in that country until he was fifteen
years of age. After coming to the I'nited
States he entered the high schnol of Viiil,
Iowa, and followe<l the usual course. When
he laid aside his books he engagccl first in
farming, operating a tract of land in Iowa
in partnership with his brothers, for about
five years. At the end of that time he be-
came an independent agrioilturist and spe-
cialized in the raising and breeding of high-
grade stork. In 1SS3 accompanic<l by his
brother Robert and his sister Elizabeth Jane,
he started for Oregon, traveling to San Fran-
cisco by rail and tlienre to Portland by water.
From Portland to Pendleton he again jour-
neyed by rail and from Pendleton to
Weatherby by stage. Fourteen riays were
spent upon the journey from Iowa to Ore-
gon, which ran now be accomplished in three
days. Upon his arrival in Weatherby the
two brothers engaged in the ntork raising
business and carrie.l on general fur"''"' iii">n
Burnt river. There thoy renin p '

18HI, ami were prosperous and il

in their various undertakings. In tin- ui"«n-
time Mr. Woods had become intere«le<| In
the general merchandise busine«s, conduct-
ing a store of this chamcter at Diirlcoe,
Oregon, in partnership with .Io«eph MrKar.
This enterpri'te wnt ninilurte.l until IH93,
when our subjert was appointed by Presi-
dent Harrison ft" po«tmn'<ter of Durkee. Hw
held this oftire for three or more yrnr« but
was obliged to resign llnnllr in order to
give his entire attention to his rapidly grow-
ing «lo<krni'<ine bii«ine«» on Snnke river.
His residence in Huntincfon date" trom 1S!)1.
in whi.h '. ■ . •• > ' him.elf In «l>o

general i' ' in thl« rily.

He was «;^ ! time but lo«t

bis entire fortune in n disastrous flre wliuh
oreiirred in l''9''>. In the fall of the same
year Mr. Woods disposH of his slock and

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

land and started in the ice and cold storage
business with, which he has been identified,
meeting with increasing success since that
time. He is interested in other important
commercial enterprises, conducting a collec-
tion agency and a large real-estate business
in Huntington. Progressive ideas and an
open and liberal mind combined with per-
sonal experience in business details are the
basis of his success. He is a valuable addi-
tion to his community by reason of the stand-
ards of activity which he advocates and by
high personal qualities of citizenship. His
business aft'airs, however, form only one of
his many interests. He is one of the most
prominent and influential figures in local
republican politics at the present time, hav-
ing commenced his public career in 1898
when he was elected to the office of justice
of the peace. He has now served for four-
teen consecutive years and is in his seventh
term. His field of activity is one of the most
important precincts in Baker county and has
a boundary of ten square miles. It in-
cludes the junction of the Oregon, Washing-
ton Railway & Navigation Railroad and the
Oregon Short Line. It extends down the
Snake river parallel with the Northwestern
railroad. Owing to the number of trans-
portation companies operating in this dis-
trict many criminal cases have come before
Mr. Woods for settlement and he has been
connected with much litigation along this
line. Only one of his cases has ever been ap-
pealed to the circuit court and in this in-
stance his decision was sustained. He has
been identified with many cases in which
the parties to the dispute were bound over
to appear before the grand jury and almost
always that body has returned a true bill.
While Mr. Woods was serving as justice
of the peace he was appointed by the county
court of Baker county during the administra-
tion of Jiidge Wallace Trevillion to the posi-
tion of road supervisor for part of district
16 and all of districts 17 and IS, covering
an entire tract of land about forty-two miles
long. While Jlr. Woods held this office Union
and Baker counties were divided and the
Panhandle of Union county was attached to
Baker. He superintended and planned the
construction of the portion of the bridge
at the mouth of the Powder river for which
the citizens of Baker county were responsi-
ble. He also did a large amount of work in
road construction and improvement in the
Snake river district changing an imdevel-
oped pack trail into a modern thoroughfare.
At many places it was necessary to blast
the rocks in order to widen the road and
the enterprise was altogether a remarkable
feat in engineering. Mr. Woods is also serv-
ing at the present time as city recorder for
Huntington and this office embodies the du-
ties of city clerk and police judge.

Our subject has been twice married. On
the .5th of December. 187S. he wedded Miss
Esther Angeline Archard of Marshall county,
Iowa, a daughter of Rnfus Hayes Archard,
a prominent farmer and general merchant
in that city. For several years he served
as county commissioner and was representa-
tive of the highest standards of political

and commercial morality. His wife was in
her maidenhood Miss Angeline Simmons.
They became the parents of seven children.
Three sons and one daughter are now teach-
ing school and another son is a principal in
the public schools at Sioux City. After the
death of his first wife Rufus Archard mar-
ried again and by his second wife had two
children. His son is now residing in North
Dakota and his daughter in Fremont,
Nebraska.

Mr. Woods' first wife passed away in Hun-
tington in August, 1895. She and her hus-
band were the parents of five children. Ber-
tie died in infancy. Walter Eward was born
on the 15th of October, 1883, and was edu-
cated in the Baker county schools. He mar-
ried when he was twentj^-two years of age
Miss Curue. who has passed away. He made
his home for many years in Portland and
is now engaged in the mercantile business
in Huntington. Delia was born December 6,
1884, and for the past four years has been
a bookkeeper for the Portland Tool Works
Companv. .Josephine May was born on the
10th of June, 1887. She married R. C. Mack,
who was formerly engaged in the drug busi-
ness but who is now in the employ of a
local railroad. The youngest son born to
Mr. Woods by his first wife is Wilson Arch-
ard, whose birth occurred December 31, 1892.
He was educated in the public schools of
Huntington and is now active in the mer-
cantile business in that city. Mr. Woods
second union was with Miss Libby Hope, a
daughter of William and Elizabeth Hope of
Minnesota. Mrs. Woods is the third in a
family of six children. The second child born
to Mr. and Mrs. William Hope is William,
who lives in Washington where he carries on
general farming. Harry is a member of the
police force in La Grande. He has been twice
married and had two children by his first
wife. ^Margaret married William Huddleston,
a retired farmer and stockman of Frontenac,
Minnesota. Mary married M. H. Williams,
a capitalist of North Yakima. Washington.
Emma became the wife of Perry Owens,
who carries on general farming in Wallowa
county. Oregon. They have three sons and
two daughters.

Fraternally Mr. Woods belonged to the
Queen City I^odge, of Baker. Oregon. Wood-
men of the World at Baker. Oregon, but later
transferred his membership to Huntington
Lodge, Camp No. 120. Circle No. 213. He
has been identified with this organization
for the past twenty-two years. He also holds
membership in Baker City T^odge, No. 978,
Loyal Order of Moose, of which body he is
a charter member. He is today one of the
most representative, enterprising and sub-
stantial business men and politicians in
Baker county. He is interested in local
growth and development and does his utmost
to promote the progress, upbuilding and ex-
pansion of the community in which he re-
sides. He was for a long time president of
the Commercial Ijcague of Huntington and
althont'li he has resigned this position has
virtually charge of its duties, since he at-
tends to all the correspondence relating to
business of this kind. His ice and cold stor-

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735

age enterprise is cxpiiiulin^ rapidly, liis b\isi-
ness amountini; to Hventylive or thirty thou-
sand dollars annually. All his ice is cut
and shipped from tlie North Powder river
about ninety miles from Huntington and
several hundred tons are disposed of each
year. He is an aide, consistent and tlior-
ou-rhly upripht business man and upon these
qualities, combined with his industry and
discrimination, he has founded a pratifyin;;
commercial ])rosperity. He is also a true
type of the modern public olllcial, shrewd
and keen, with a knowledge of values, and
appreciation of changing conditions and an
ability to cope with the dilTiculties of mod-
ern political life. He is liberal and broad
minded, anxious for his own rights and care-
ful of those of others but unquestioned in
his integrity and honorable in all his meth-
ods which are the basis of a distinct and
substantial prosperity.

JAMES DANIEL LAIRD. Krom the age of
fourteen years, dcpeiiiliiit upon his own re-
sources and recognizing the fact that honor-
able success is the outcome of unfaltering
industry and perseverance, .lames Daniel
Laird, as the years have gone by. has gradu-
ally worked his way upward and is today
the owner of a valuable farm property, lie
is also owner of stage lines and in short is
one of the prominent and wi II known men of
his community. He was born .-Xpril 8, 1859,
a son of .Tames I.aird. who was numbered
among the earlv settlers of the Brewster
Talley. After the Coos Hay wagon road was
washed out by a flood the father helped main-
tain the road and the mail service. Thro\igh-
out his entire life he was actively interested
in public welfare and devoted much energy
to keeping Coos Bay in close connection witli
the outside worM and the onward march of
civilization.

.Tames Daniel Tjiird. born in t'tah. has ever
been interested in the welfare and devrdop-
ment of his community and has. like his
father, taken an active part in its upbuilding.
His early vouth was spent upon the old homi-
farm and" when fourteen years of age he
started out to earn hin own living, being em-
ployed at farm labor until he was thirty years
of a-'e. He then purchased three hundrerl and
seventv-nine acres of land, upon which he
remained for two venrs. He Inter sold that
propertv and for five years rented fnrm«.
after which he purchased his present place
of one humlred and sixty acres, which wn.s
previouslv known as the William Huk.- prop-
ertv and borders on the Coos Uny way-n rond.
He"ha« practicallv made the place what it is
today, adding' thereto many improvements in
tbe wav of modern machinery and substantm
buildin""s. He has an attractive home and
ample barns and oulbiiildinsis for the shelter
of grain and stock. In 1002 he purchased
a stage line operating from his home to
;Mar«hneld. which he conducted for one year
with the mail contract and which he then
sold In 1000. he again bought the line, ti>ok
the mail contract and has operated it for the
past three years. He has made his home n
stage sUtion, and there cares for the travelers

on the line. He has in adilition been em-
ployed by the Western I'nion Telegraph Com-
pany in keeping ii|i the telegraph line be-
tween Koseburg and Marslilicld for the past
twenty-one years. A t<degraph station is
inaintaiiied in his home, his wife acting us
opi-rator.

<»n the 2d of June, 1881, James Daniel
f.airil was united in marriage to Miss Xancy
r.clle Harry, liis stepsister, and to thcni have
l.i'cii born nine children. Ringer Herman,
born October 9, 1882, resides at Roseburg
with his wife and daughter Certrude, Klliel,
born October C, 1884, is at home. Eva. t)orn
.Iiily :!, 1880, is learning telegraphy and tele-
phone operating, Mildred, bom February 9,
18(12, lives with her parents. Ivan C, born
•luly 22, 1804, is the only boy in the state
of Oregon who compli'teil the eighth grade
before reaching the age of sixteen years with
the record of never missing school a ilay from
the time when he started. ClitTord. Iwrn
July M. 1901. and Otto Kenneth, tiorn June
2, i004. attend school. Carl Elsworth. born
December 1.1. 1908, is at home, and .lesse is
deceased.

James Daniel Tjiird is a socialist but lakes
c<mi para lively little interest in politics asiile
from casting his vote for the candidates
whom he deems best qualified for office. The
cause of education, however, finds in him a
champion and for several terms he has served
as school director and school clerk. For six-
teen years he has held membership with the
.■\ncient Order of I'nited Workmen. He has
a wide acquaintance throughout this part of
the utate and his well spent life and sterling
traits of character have gained for him the
warm regard and cimfidcnce of the community,
anri placed him among those who have con-
tributed much to the improvement of this
district.

JAMES H. McHALEV, vice president of the
First National liank of Heppner. Morrow
county, is also interested in the First National
Rank of Canyon City and is vice president of
flic Morrow Milling' rompaiiy. ^to^eovl■^, he
is one of the extensive landowners of flrant
county, where for nearly a quarter of a cen-
tury he conducted large stock-raising inter-
ests. The iinporlaiic-e of his bu«ines< con-
nerlions places him among the tearling and
represenfnlive citizens of hi" part of the slate,
liis activities are of a eharncler that con-
tribute to public pro«perily and Ihe upbuild-
ing of the .llfTerenI t"Wns in which his in-
terests center as well as to his in<Iividual

SUCCI'SS,

.tames TI. McHaley was born In Hulein,
Oreyon, July 11. 1''4.', n son of .Tohn and
Sarah (Russelli McHaler. The father erossed
the plains in 184.T and settled near Sniem. in
which eitv he afterward made his home.
Ilolh •■ ■■ r and mother of r»i- ' •

bave ly. lames H. McI'

mieil 111- I .tion in the district

Marion county until he nitnincd t'
thirteen years, after which he follow,
oertipalions at different points in OregiMi un-
til 1870. In that year he s«>|i|pd in tJrant
eoiinlv ami engageH in the stoek misintr hnsr*

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

ness, with which he was connected for nearly
twenty-five years, directing his interests in
a manner that resulted in winning for him
substantial success. While Mr. McHaley en-
gaged in business in Grant county his family
were residents of Heppner a portion of each
year for fifteen years, this affording his daugh-
ter opportunity to attend school there. He
may thus be regarded as a pioneer of both
Morrow and Grant counties. He owns
twenty-five hundred acres of land in Grant
county but has practically retired from active
business, although he is still financially in-
terested in various enterprises, with which
he also has official connection. He is a stock-
holder in the First National Bank of Canyon
City and vice president of the First National
Bank of Heppner and is also vice president
and one of the directors of the Morrow Slill-
ing Company. In these connections his sound
judgment constitutes a valuable element in
successful management.

James H. McHaley was married in Marion
county, Oregon, May 24, 1868, to Miss Mary
D. Gibson, a daughter of Gnyan and Sarah
(Taylor) Gibson, both deceased, who were
pioneers of Marion county, Oregon, and
crossed the plains in 18.50. To Mr. and Mrs.
McHaley two children were born, Acel Angus
and Dudley Dean, but both have passed away.
They have an adopted daughter, Amy, who
resides with thera.

James H. McHaley is a prosperous, honor-
able and influential citizen of Morrow county,
actively interested in affairs pertaining to
the welfare and progress of this portion of
the state. He is possessed of keen business
discrimination and unusual ability. At the
age of thirteen years — the time of his mother's
death — he was left without a home or finan-
cial resources. He has since made his own
way in the world, and entirely unaided, with-
out friends and without money, started out
to earn a living. Each step in his career has
been a forward one and from one year to
another he has advanced until he is today
one of the wealthy residents /of Morrow
coimty. Moreover, he justly merits the
American title of a self-made man, with all
that the term implies concerning indefatigable
industry and unassailable business integrity.

CHARLES DORA is the owner of a fine
two hundred acre farm in Josephine county,
near Merlin, and has one of the best peach
orchards in the Rogue river valley, his fruit
taking the first prize in the state fair. He
was born in Canada, March 4, 1850, a son of
Louis and Mary (Lebell) Dora, both native?
of Canada.

Charles Dora, who is one of twelve chil-
dren in his parents' family, after receiving
a common-school education started out in
life on his own account at the age of
eighteen years, migrating to Reno, Nevada,
in the vicinity of which he worked as a
timber cutter for two years. He then re-
moved to California and after working there
in the sawmills for two years removed to
Oregon and took up a homestead which he
later sold. He afterward acquired two hun-
dred acres of land in Josephine county and

property in Merlin. He is now one of the
recognized peach growers of the Rogue river
valley.

Mr. Dora was married to Rhoda Chanler,
now deceased, by whom he had one son,
George. On July 1, 1899, he married Mrs.
Julia Ann Every, who had three children by
a former marriage. Queen, Richard and Alli-
son. Mr. Dora is a republican, being one of
the representative members of his party. He
has long been one of the highly esteemed
citizens of Josephine county, where he is
known as being a business man of ability
and a fruit-grower of unusual skill. All of
his dealings are characterized by industry
and fairness and he has a large number of
clo.se business and personal friends who
greatly value their acquaintance with him.

DR. JOHN B. GREGORY is numbered
among the younger members of the profes-
sional circles of Wallowa, but by close ap-
plication and unremitting energy he has al-
ready won considerable prominence. He is
careful and conscientious, making best use
of the talents nature has given him, and he
now stands among the more capable physi-
cians of the city. His birth occurred in Ala-
bama, on the 1st of December, 1886, his
parents being John B. and Susan K. (Cain)
Gregory, both of whom were natives of Ala-
bama. The Gregory and Cain families have
long been prominent throughoiit the south.
John B. Gregory, Sr., was a minister in the
Methodist Episcopal church and has filled
various pulpits in the south for twenty-five
years. His death occurred in Birmingham,
in February, 1900, he having been pastor of
the Methodist church of that city. Mrs.
Gregory is still living and resides in Birm-
ingham.

i3r. John B. Gregory was educated in the
public schools and at the North Alabama
Conference College, which is now known as
the Birmingham College. Afterward, in
1903, he entered the Birmingham Medical
College, from which institution he was grad-
uated in the class of 1907. For about a
year and a half after graduating he practiced
in Birmingham, but in February, 1909, came
to Oregon, locating at Wallowa. At that
time his uncle. Dr. V. B. Gregory, was lo-
cated in this city, and he associated himself
with his uncle. In November. 1910, they
erected and established the Wallowa Hos-
pital which is one of the most valuable in-
stitutions of the city. In April of the next
year Dr. V. B. Gregory left Wallowa and
removed to Roswell, New Mexico, where he
is now located. Since his uncle's removal
from this city Dr. John B. Gregory has had
full charge of the hospital work and has met
with a success which attests his ability and
his worth to Wallowa. In the intervening
(hree years since coming to this city he has
built up an extensive practice, and because
of the professional ability which he exhibits
he is recognized as one of the most able and
capable practitioners in Wallowa valley.

April 1, 1911, Dr. Gregory was married to
Miss Margaret Boner, a daughter of G. W.
Boner, then a resident of Wallowa, and a

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pioneer settler of the Wallowa valley. At
present he is residing in Turloek, California.
In politics Dr. Gregory casts his vote with
the democracy. He holds membership in
Stanley Lodge, No. llo, of the Masonic
order and both he and his wile are members
of Jessica Chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star. He is also a member of the Alabama
State Medical .Society, the Oregon State
Medical Society, the Eastern Oregon District
Medical .Society and the American Medical
Association. Uis work has already proven of
vital importance to the profession and the
honor and success he has won are well
merited.

WILLIAM FARRE, who has the distinction
of being the oldest land register in the em-
ploy of the United States government in the
state of Oregon, was appointed to his present
position in Burns, first in 1902, and was
twice reappointed, in 1907 and 1911. He
has proved himself capable and efficient in
the handling of the many intricate affairs con-
nected with his office and is well known
throughout the state of Oregon as an honor-
able and upright man. He was born on the
Islo of Lolland, Denmark, in December, 1SG3,
and is a son of Valdcmar and Cathrine
(.Jong) Farre, both natives of that country.
Ilis grandfather, Olavius Farre, served in the
Danish armv and witnessed the battle of
Copenhagen," April 2, 1802. In his younger
days he followed the sea and in this occu-
pation his son, the father of our subject,
also was engaged for some years of his life,
and held the title of captain in his youth.
He was later employed as a teacher in the
service of the Danish government. His wife
is still living in her native country.

William Farre was the second of a family
of eight children and received his education
in the public schools of Denmark. This he
supplemented by a course in languages and
mathematics under private tutors. He re-
mained in his native land until he was twenty
years of age and in 18S:i crossed the Atlantic
"to America. He first settled in Providence.
Rhode Island, wliere he remained for si.\
months. In October. 1S93, he settled in Ore-
gon, locating in Wasco county, where he en-
gaged in the cultivation of the soil and in
various other occupations for some time. Sub-
sequently he entered the mercantile busi-
ness at Antelope and cnntinund in this for
several years. He intornipted his business
at .Antelope by a journey to South Amerira
but upon his return home again took up mer
cantile life and was employeil as a bookkecwT.
In this rapacity he remained until 1891. when
he removed to fJrant county as assistant to
M. A. bloody, who was the administrator of
the Murray "Brothers estate. Mr. Farre was
active in this connection until thi' business
relating to the administration wa» cln«ed up.
He continued his association with Mr. Moody
for some time in the manntrement of a trn'-t
of land which the latter had boujfht in this
section. In 1«97 Mr. Farr<- left the employ
of ^fr. Moody and went to Canyon City where
he engaged in mining for several years. His
next position was to become manager of the

Hazcltine Company at Canyon City, where
he remained until 1902, wiien he was ap-
pointed for the first time to his present posi-
tion as register of the United States land
office at Burns. He has continued in this posi-
tion for ten years and his record as an able,
systematic and skillful land register is with-
out e<|ual in this section of the country, lie
secured his reappointment in 1907 anil con-
tinued the splendid work which he had begun.
He was appointixl again in 1911 and is now
serving his third term. Ilis work has been
systematic and thorough and marked by a
shrewd appreciation of western conditions.

October 24. 1S95, Mr. Farre was united in
marriage to Miss Sarah Cozad, a native of
California. She is the daughter of T. J.
Cozad, formerly a resident of Canyon City
and one of the pioneer settlers of southi-rn
Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Farre are the parents
of one child, Sartih Katlirine.

William Farre is very prominent in the
fraternal circles of liurns. He belongs to
Burns Ixidge, No. 97, A. F. & A. M., having
been a Mason since 1889. He holds meml)cr-
ship in the Royal Arch chapter at Canyon
City and is a member of the A. 0. U. W, in
K\irns. and also of the Knights of I'ytliias at
Canyon City. He brings to the conduct of
his affairs as a goviTiiment official a highly
trained and cultivatecl intellect, a mind capa-
ble of grasping details and of systematizing
involved business. He has shown himself
honorable and faithful in all the relations of
his life.

RICHARD DANBY has been prominently
engaged in the stock business in firant county
for many years and is now known as one of
the representative ami enterprising citizens
of his section. He formerly engaged in gen-
eral ranching and in the raising of all kinds
of high-grade stock but is now specializing in
the breeding of mules. He was born on the
Isle of Corfu in the Mediterranean, in Novem-
ber. ISfiO. and is a son of Richard and .Ian'-
(Sweeneyl Danbv. His father was one of
the prominent military men of his linn-. lie
was born in Knglnnd in 1822 and bi'gnn his
army service at the age of twenty when he
enlisted in the First Fast Norfolk Battalion
of the Ninth Regiment and entered up<m the
term of snrvice which lasli'd for twrnty four
years. He served as a color srrir<'nnt during
the Indian mutiny of IMIJ to IH-ifi and wmt
also conspicuous for hi« t>ravery in the
frimpan war of IS,' I .''V The Inst flvi- y<-nrii
of his serviro were «pent on lht> sInfT of the
Iloiisi-hold Militln. He reeeivrd a numlwr of
medals for personal rournge ns wnll ns other
ilecoralions for the efJlripney of his military
service. He was shot many times but hU last
Vf-ars. which h<" «p<'nt in California, were
marred by his suderings lT«m his old Crimean

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from tho British government iluring his rr<i
dence in the United Slatrs, Hi- di<-d in \'*'Jf>
at the age of soventyfour years.

Richard Danby spent his boyhood days
with the Ninth" Regiment with whirh his

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father was identified and came to America
with his parents. They located in Canada
about 1869 but on account of the severe
climate the father removed to California
where Richard received his early education in
the public schools. In 1888 he came to Ore-
gon and located in the John Day valley where
he engaged in stock-raising and general farm-
ing with much success. He is now located on
the Luce homestead about two miles from
John Day. His holdings are on the river and
comprise five hundred acres of land which lie
uses principally as stock pastures and mead-
ows. At one time during his career he en-
gaged in general stock-raising and ran from
three hundred to five hundred head of graded
cattle and horses. He has, however, aban-
doned the general field of activity and is
now specializing in the raising of mules. He
has an expert knowledge of the details of
his business and is constantly adding to it.
He thoroughly understands everything con-
nected with the breeding and care of stock
and his success is founded upon thorough
efficiency and intelligent and constant labor.
October 9. 1891, Mr. Danby was united in
marriage to Miss Alma Luce, a daughter of
William and Maria D. Luce. Mrs. Danby
died May 10. 1910. Mr. Danby's ranch is
now located on the old Luce homestead two
miles from John Day and is one of the model
stock farms of the district. Mr. Danby gives
his political allegiance to the republican party
but has never taken a very active part in
public aflfairs. He belongs to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows but beyond this con-
nection has no fraternal affiliations. His
career has always been upright and honor-
able and in his business activities he has al-
ways been dominated by the memory of the
true and courageous life of his father and
by the constant endeavor to live up to the
high standard set him in his youth.

JAMES GRANT is proprietor of a fine farm
of two hunilrod acres located on the Coqiiille
river in Coos county, Oregon, and also owns
a quarter interest in another tract of three
hundred acres. He is a native son of Ore-
gon, born in Coos county, January 4, IS?.'!.
He is a son of 0. .J. and Roana Grant, the
former a native of Michigan and the latter
of Oregon. They were married in this state,
whither the father had come in 1861, making
the journey across the plains with ox teams.
He settled in Coos county, where he later
proved up a homestead claim of one hun-
dred and sixty acres on the south fork of
the Coquille river which was his home until
his death in 1911. His wife died in 1879
and both are buried in Neal cemetery. They
were the parents of three children: James,
the subject of this sketch; and John and
Zack, who are lioth residents of Coos county.
After his first wife's death 0. .J. Grant was
again married. His second wife was Miss
Sarah C. Neal, a native of California, and
to this union one son, Glenn, was born, who
is now a resident of Coos county. The elder
Mr. Grant's second wife died in 1897 and
she also is buried in Neal cemetery. The
father of our subject was during his life one

of the prominent agriculturists of the settle-
ment in which he resided and a well known
figure in pioneer development. He was a
democrat but paid very little attention to
public affairs and never sought office. He
was a prominent member of the Masonic fra-
ternity, holding membership in the local lodge.

James Grant received his education in the
public schools of Coos county and remained
at home imtil he was nineteen years of age.
During his childhood he assisted his father
in the work of the farm and early gained a
knowledge of general agriculture in all its
aspects. When he was nineteen years of
age he started working in the logging camps
in the vicinity in which he lived and has fol-
lowed this line of occupation at irregular in-
tervals ever since. At the present time he
owns two hundred acres of land on the Co-
quille river, to which he is giving his per-
sonal supervision. He also has a quarter
interest in three hundred additional acres
and this tract he is also cultivating. It is
located on the south fork of the Coquille
river, eleven miles above Myrtle Point, and
is a fertile and productive tract.

In his political views .lames Grant is a
republican and has served for some time as
a member of the school board. He belongs
to Myrtle Point Lodge, No. 150, I. 0. 0. F..
and is well known in that organization. He
brings to the public phases of his life the
same energy and discriminating judgment
which have made him a successful farmer,
and he is well known in the county in which
he resides as an enterprising, public-spirited
and honorable man.

JOSEPH V. WILHELM, M. D., a member of
the medical firm of Miller & Wilhelm, was
born in Iowa, .July 4, 1877, a son of J. L. and
Mary (Crocker) Wilhelm, both of whom are
now living at Mattoon, Illinois. The father
was born in North Carolina, and the mother
in Austria, their marriage occurring in Illi-
nois. The father made a life business of
agricultural pursuits but is now living re-
tired. His family consisted of four children,
the brother and sisters of our subject being
as follows: Ora L., in the government service
at Washington, D. C. ; Daisy, who married G.
W. Ellis; and Nannie, now Sister Mary
Philippa. of Servite Order.

Dr. Joseph V. Wilhelm was educated in the
public schools of Shelby county, Illinois, after
which he took a commercial course at Austin
College at Effingham, Illinois. After com-
pleting that course he took up educational
work, teaching one year. He then became a
stenographer in Chicago, where he worked for
one year, and then followed the same vocation
for one year in Mattoon, Illinois. He was
next employed in the same capacity by the
government in the navy department at Wash-
ington from 190?. unt'il 1908. Wliile in the
government service he studied medicine at
the George Washington I^niversity. at Wash-
ington. D. C. from wliirh he was graduated
in 1908. He then served as interne in the
University Hospital of that city, coming
from there in .January. 1911. to Oregon, where
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741

Portland on January 10. Passing a satis-
factory examination he immediately settled
in Condon and expects to make this his future
field.

He was married at Washington, D. C, Sep-
tember 16, 190S. to Miss Florence Morrill, a
daughter of Silas H. and Mary B. Morrill.
The wife lived for only one year after her
marriage, passing away October 9, 1909, at
Seattle. Washington. Since Dr. Wilhclm set-
tled in Condon he has by his skill in medical
practice and by his ready faculty of forming
and holding acquaintances built up a very
satisfactory practice. He is popular in the
professional circles of the community and en-
joj-s a most enviable reputation in business
and social circles.

WILLIAM J. MILLER, M. D., a member of
the medical firm oi Miller & Wilhelm, of Con-
don, Oregon, was born in Camilrn, Michigan.
February 1, ISSO. a son of Theodore and
Louisa (Biery) Miller. The father was born
in Ohio while the mother's native state is
Michigan, where they were married. The
father followed the driig business through the
years of his business activity but is now liv-
ing retired.

Dr. ifiller was educatcil in the public and
high schools of Angola, Indiana, to which place
the family moved when he was four years of
age. After finishing high school he entered
the Tri State College at Angola, from which
he was graduated in 1903 with the degree of
B. S. He then took up the profession of
school teaching and was engaged in that line
in Indiana for three years. He next came to
Oregon where he tau'ght in Lane and Crant
counties for two years, after which he entered
the University of Oregon and was graduated
from the medical department of that institu-
tion in 1910. He spent one year a.s interne
in the Cood Samaritan Hospital at Portland
and then practiced at Seaside for several
months. He then came to Condon where he
entered into partnership with Dr. .Joseph V.
Wilhelm. under the firm name of Miller i
Wilhelm. In his political views Dr. Miller
is a republican and although he takes com-
mendable interest in political matters as they
effect the county, state and nation, he is not
a politician in the ordinary sense of the term.
Since coming to Condon he has become very
popular as n medical practitioner and ex-
hibits by the success which he has in his
practice ' the thorouchneis with which he
studied medicine and the aptitude which he
shows for his chosen life work. He i» nffaWp
in his intercourse with those with whom he
comes in contact, has made many close friends
and has a large acquaintance. His standing
in the community is second to none and he is
universally respected l)oth as a physician and
citizen.

MRS. MARJORIE TROWBRIDGE, the wife
of Bradford C. Trowbridge, of .John Day, is a
native of Banffshire, Scotland, where she was
reared and educated. Farly in life she de-
cided to come to the I'nited States and ac-
cordingly in ISfiS crossed the .-Vtlantic with
the Hali brothers and continued her journey

across the American continent to Oregon,
where she settled in the .John Day vaUey.
She was posses.sed of the true western spirit
and readily turned her attention to anything
she could find to do, being capable to tit into
any situation. One enterprise of which she
made a particular success was the hotel bu.si-
ness in Canyon City, with which she was
prominently identified for many years. The
luitel which she conducted was of such a
character and was run on such hospitable
lines that it became famous, and as its land-
lady she formed the ac(|uaiiitance of most of
the prominent men of the state of Oregon.

Jlrs. Trowbridge was first marrie<l to .lohn
Herburger and by that union were born four
children: Bradford C, of Bear Valley, who
is a candidate for the office of sheriff; .Mar-
garet C, the wife of A. R. O'Brien, of Marsli-
lield, Oregon, editor of the Evening Record;
and John M. and Henry F.. both ranchmen
of Orant county. Her second marriage was
with Bradford C. Trowbridge, of whom ex-
tended mention is made elsewhere in this
work.

Jlrs. Trowbridge is well known in (Irant
county, where she has a very large circle of
close personal friends. She takes an active
interest in social affairs of her community
and IS prominent among the pioneer nsidiiils
of John Day valh'y. The executive ability
wliich she has always possessed has served
her in good stead not only when keeping a
public house of entertainment but also in the
conduct of her home. She is one of the re-
markable women of the county and is hehl in
high esteem by all who know her.

ULRIC S. DODGE. Prominent among the
energetic, enterprising and successful busi-
ness men of Portland is flric S. Dodge, secre-
tar.v and manager of the Pacific Stove 4
Range Manufacturinfr Company. He was
born at Shinclehouse, Pennsylvania, June 11,
IS* I, a son of fleorge W. and Emma (Par-
menterl Dodge. The father, who was t>orn
in the state of New York, is still living' at
Shinglehouse. where he has l>een en;»«Beil in
merchandisine for many years. He is well
known in political circli-s there, is a stalwart
advocate of republican principles and has l>een
chosen by his fellow townsmen to represent
his district in the Pennsylvania leifislnture.
He is prominent in Masonry, hnvinif attained
the Knight Templar decree f>f the York Itite,

the thirty secon<I deer >f fhi- Scottish Rite

and has also cro««e<l the snnils of the desert
with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine

M the usual age I'Iric S. Do<Ibp l>eiran his
education in the public schools and «n« also
a high-school student at Olenn, New York.
Starting out in the business world on his
own account, he was associntoil with his
father in cnminercini undertnkinirs for almiit
twelve years but. lielievinif that the far west
cpffered better op|iorliinitie«. he decided to
rome to ilregon in 100.' and soon after reach-
ing the Pacific const settled at Celilo. where
he became superintendent of construction of
the Celilo canal. Ho there remained for four
years, at the end of which time he t>eramp
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the organization of the Pacific Stove & Range
JIanufacturing Company of St. Johns, which
was established and incorporated in February,
1909, with William G. Brown, president, J. H.
Cook, vice president, and U. S. Dodge, secre-
tary. These officers still continue in their
respective positions and two years ago Mr.
Dodge was made manager also. They erected
their present plant at St. Johns, where they
employ on an average of about twenty-five
men. The output of their factory is sold to
dealers in Oregon. Washington and Idaho.
They were the first in the northwest to build
steel ranges with the exception of the peni-
tentiary at Salem. What the state needs is
more manufactories and theirs is one of the
active, aggressive business enterprises which
is constituting a factor for prosperity of the
community as well as a source of profit for
the individual stockholders.

Ulrie S. Dodge was married in 1897 to Miss-
Mary Neil, a daughter of M. Neil, of Dayton,
Ohio. Fraternally he is connected with Sharon
Lodge, No. 598, F. & A. M., of which he is a.
past master, and also with the Pennsylvania
Consistory. He belongs to the Elks lodge at
The Dalles. He is a self-made man, whose
success is attributable entirely to his own
labors, his keen perception, his business
sagacity and his unfaltering industry. He is
a splendid representative of that type of men
who are the real builders of the state — men
who are utilizing the natural advantages and
the opportunities of the northwest in found-
ing here a great commercial empire.

JOHN H. HALL has been mayor of Free-
water since 1908. During his administration
of this office his services and the measures he
favored and enacted have been so vigorous
and advantageous to the interests of the peo-
ple as to give him the reputation of one of
the most capable officials in this part of Ore-
gon. He is a native of Tennessee, born Febru-
ary 26. 1876. and is a son of Samuel E. and
Belle D. (Maden) Hall, natives of Washing-
ton county, Tennessee, where they still re-
side. The father is the owner of the old HaH
homestead, an estate which has been in the
Hall family continuously for three or four
generations.

John H. Hall was reared at home and ac-
quired his education in the public schools of
Tennessee. In March, 1898. he removed to
the state of Washington, locating in Walla
Walla where he secured work for a short
time on the ranch of Senator Cox. Subse-
quently he was made the agent of the Pacific
Coast Elevator Company at Hadley and con-
tinued his relationship with that company for
a period of two years. At the end of this
time, having severed this connection, he re-
moved to Freewater, accepting the position of
manager of the Peacock Flouring Mills and
continued to be so employed until the or-
ganization of the J. L. Elain bank of Free-
water. He became general business manager
of this financial institution which position he
retained until failing health required a change
of occupation and he accordingly resigned in
the fall of 1907. After discontinuing his re-
lation with the bank he became interested in

the grocery business in this city and con-
ducted a store for one year. He then ex-
changed this property for a body of desirable
land near town and this transaction eventu-
ally led him to devote much of his time to
buying, selling and exchanging real estate and
dealing in farm lands and other real property
in Umatilla and surrounding counties. He
owns one hundred and sixty acres of highly
improved fruit land, all of which is set out in
select apple trees. It is one of the largest
and most valuable apple orchards, individ-
ually owned, in the Walla Walla valley.

John H. Hall returned to Washington
county, Tennessee, in May, 1902, where he
married Miss Laura E. Hale, a native of that
state. To Mr. and Mrs. Hall two children
have been born, Herbert P. and Herald H.

John H. Hall is a republican and one of
the leaders of his party in local affairs. In
1908 he was elected mayor of Freewater and
in this capacity he has since served the pub-
lic. His administrations have been distin-
guished for their aggressiveness and accom-
plishments in the material and moral interests
of the people of Freewater. During his in-
cumbency in this office an efficient system of
public water works has been installed and
an electric lighting plant established. He be-
came the leader of a movement for the puri-
fication of public morals and proceeded in .a
way so vigorous and uncompromising as to
result in the elimination of card and gaming
tables and near-beer public drinking places.
With their passing the undesirable element of
the population disappeared and a new era of
better and cleaner life dawned upon the city.
Mayor Hall has received the unqualified ap-
proval and deep gratitude of the people in-
terested in the betterment and uplift of mora!
standards.

John H. Hall is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church and Mrs. Hall adheres to
the teachings of the Christian denomination.
Both take a laudable interest in the religious
life of the community. Mr. Hall manifests
concern in the business development of Free-
water by his membership in the Commercial
Club of which he is treasurer. The beneficent
principles of the Masonic craft have infiuenced
his life's actions. He is a member of Milton
Ix)dge. No. 84. A. F. & A. M.

John H. Hall's character and public work
justly entitle him to rank high among the
men of moral force of this state. In addi-
tion to services rendered the public in the
conduct of city affairs, he ran always be relied
upon to follow or lead to successful issue
any practical measure having for its object
the moral uplift and betterment of the social
life of his county.

JOHN J. CLINKINBEARD is one of the

well known citizens of Coos River. Coos
county. Oregon, where he is successfully en-
gaged in the cultivation of a large farm of
five hundred and fifty acres. He was born in
Portland. Oregon. January 9, 1852. and is
the son of James L. and Mary Ann (Holman)
Clinkinbeard. the former a native of Ken-
tucky and the latter of Missouri. The father
emigrated to Oregon in 1846 and the mother

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in 1845. Shortly after their marriage they
removed to Portland and later in 1S53 they
established their home in Douglas county
where the father was engaged in farming
during all his life. The mother died Febru-
ary 4, 1ST9, and the father on the same day
in" 1S97 at the age of seventy-six years.
They were the parents of thirteen children,
of whom ten arc living: .John .1.. of this re-
view; Mrs. Sarah E. Piper of Coos county,
Oregon: Viola E.. the wife of W. S. Vander-
burgh of San Francisco. California: Mary
Ellen, who is the widow of E. \V. Sprague. of
San Francisco, California: Susan Warren,
the widow of E. T. Woodruff of Douglas
county. Oregon: Lavelle F.. who married Clin-
ton N'ewby. a resident of Roy. Washington:
Perry Elsworth. a resident of Los Angeles,
California; Alice 0.. who is engaged in school
teaching in Roseburg. Oregon: .James D.. of
Coos county, this state: and IjUcv L., the wife
of Morton Woodruff of Roseburg. Oregon.

John J. CTinkinbeard was reared in his
parents' home and received his education at
the I'rapqua Academy at Wilbur, Oregon. He
remained under the parental roof until he
was twenty-one years of age and then took
up work as a surveyor in the employ of the
government. In 1S80 he purchased eighty
acres of land located on Daniel's creek in
Coos county where he lived for fifteen years.
In 1900 he purchased a farm of three hun-
dred and twenty acres to which he has made
additions until he and his wife are now
joint owners of five hundred and fifty acres
of highly developed land located on Daniel's
creek.

Mr. Clinkinbeard was united in marriage
August 29, 187.'). to Miss Philura Vander-
burgh, a native of Dubuque. Iowa, and a
danvrhter of .John K. and Emily (Collver)
Vanderburgh. She completed her education
in the L'mpqua Academy and was engaged in
teaching school for five years. Her parents
came to Oregon in 1864. settling first on the
Coos river in Coos county where they pur-
cha.Hod land and there continued to live for
many years. They later moved to Lane
county where the father died in 1990. at
the age of seventy- four years, and the
mother died in lS9fi at the age of eighty-
two years. They were the parents of seven
ohililren. five of whom are yet living: W.
S.. of California; Philura. the wife of the
subject of this review; Darius W., who re-
sides in Florence, Ij«ne county, Oregon;
Charles, also a resident of Florence; Mrs.
Charlotte Ilawley. who roidrs in Post, Crook
county. Oregon; Mrs. Carrie I.insley. who re-
sided in Florence, Ijinc county, this state,
and is now deceased: and Robert, who died
at Forest Orove. Oregon.

To Mr. and Mrs. Clinkinbeard, six chil-
dren have been bom: Oeorge, bom Dctobor
10. 1883. who has a high-irhool and busi-
ness college eduration and residei at home;
Anna D,. born on May l.i, l'*^.-,. who has a
high-school education and is engaged in
school teaching: -Tay, bom .\pril I.^, 18,87,
who is a graduate of the high school and re-
sides at home; Karl S.. who was bom on
February 17, 1899, and is a graduate of the

high school; Ada. born January 3, 1S91, who
has a high-school education and resides at
home; and Ralph, who was born Febmary
IS. 1S93, and is a pupil in the high school.

Mr. Clinkinbeard is atliliated with the re-
publican party and has been a member o(
the board of commissioners for Coos county.
He has fraternal relations with the Masonic
lodge and is a member of the Knight Tem-
plars, lie is also a member of the Woodmen
of the World. Mrs. Clinkinbeard and her
family are members of the I'nited Brethren
church. John -I. Clinkinbeard is one of the
enterprising citizens of Coos county and a
man who is held in high esteem by his friends
and acquaintances throughout this portion of
the state.

JACOB M. SCHMELTZER. Hood River is
in many instances indebted to its more re-
cently acquired citizens for a, number of
ably conducted business enterprises. Such
a concern is the Hood River Abstract Com-
pany which was organized by .lacob M.
Schmeltzer on the 1st of March. 1908, and
which is located in the Heibronner build-
ing. Mr. Schmeltzer was l>om in Manteno,
Illinois, on the 14th of August, 1878, his
parents being J. Foster and .-Vugiista (Elyea)
Schmeltzer. The father's birth ooeurred in
western Pennsylvania on the llth of June,
1847, but at an early age he removed to
Hlinois where he has spent his active career
largely in agricultural pursuits, and for the
la.'-l twenty years followed the profession of
civil engineer. The mother's death occurred
when her son Jacob M. was but a child. To
them four children were born; I.ouie. who
died in infancy; .Jonathan Lewis, who is
residing in Manteno, Illinois; ,Iacob >r, the
subject of this sketch; and Mary Esther,
who is the wife of Clayton Fletcher.

Jacob M. .''ehmeltzer received his educa-
tion in the district school of Manteno and
subsequently pursued a two years' course
in the highschool. .After finishing his edu-
cation he assisted his father on the homn
farm until he was about twenty-five years
of age. Leaving home on the I9fh of May,
1903. he set out for Oregon and arrived in
Portland on the Slut of N'ov.mber, 1901.
In«tead of locating at nnce j.. .-... .■..■■.h.- i,.,
spent almo«t a yi-nr visifinp
of interest investigating the !•
tunities of the state, 'hut on the 4th of (>rl<>-
ber, 1904, he took up his residence at Hood
River. His first employment was with John
1.e|and Henderson. .Vfter •ervinir »» «»•
si'tnnt for a ' '

tnin lir«nrhe« >
the Ifood r •
tion to t':
sonal sup'

he is part owner, and whirh hr h»» ini|>r"i»<'d
to n hijjh depree. and l« also considering the
further development of another traet of
almo«t whollv unimproved land of whii-h
he is the owner.

On the 21«t of August. 1907, Mr, Srhmelt-
rer was mnrrie<l to Mi«« Fiir.nr,. t v. La
Sharp*', a native of T.ondon,
parents never left their nn»
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Mrs. Schmeltzer one son, Jacob Stanley, has
been born.

Mr. Schmeltzer casts his vote with the re-
Ijublican party, and in 1910 was elected to
the office of county treasurer. He holds
membership in the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and its various branches including
the Rebekahs; in the Knights of Pythias, and
in the Artisans. He also holds membership
in the Presbyterian church. In the manage-
ment of whatever he undertakes he is thor-
ough and untiring in his efforts to forge
to the front and win the success which is
a certain reward of intelligent labor and un-
tiring industry. His integrity and business
ability are attested by the various positions
of trust which he holds, and in social, fra-
ternal and political circles he is highly es-
teemed.

HON. ABNER WEED. Few men of south-
ern Oregon and northern California are more
widely known than the Hon. Abner Weed be-
cause of his extensive land holdings, his im-
portant industrial interests and his prominence
in political circles. He owns twenty-one
thousand acres of land in one body in Kla-
math county, Oregon, devoted to the raising
of hay and to grazing purposes. He has oper-
ated extensively along various lines in this
section of the country and his value as a
citizen is widely acknowledged. He was born
in Dixmont, Penobscot county, Maine, Sep-
tember 18, 1843, the son of Abner and Sarah
(Ryan) Weed, who were natives of the Pine
Tree state and belonged to old families there.
They spent their entire lives in Maine, the
father following the occupation of farming.

Hon. Abner Weed, the youngest of a fam-
ily of eight children, resided with his parents
until ISO?,, when at the age of twenty-one
years he enlisted for service in the Civil war.
Up to that time he had lived the usual life
of a farm boy, taking advantage of the
educational opportunities offered by the com-
mon schools. Donning the nation's bhie uni-
form he went to the front as a member of
Company C, Eighth Maine Volunteer Infantry.
He served with that command until the close
of the war, two and one-half years later. He
participated in the James river expedition
under Butler and was serving under Presi-
dent Grant at the time of the surrender of
Lee. He did provost guard duty in Virginia
until 1866, mostly at Richmond, and was con-
tinuously in active service save for a period
of three' months spent at home on a furlough,
following a sunstroke which incapacitated him
for duty.

In 1866 Abner Weed returned home, re-
maining a resident of Maine until 1868. He
then went to Iowa, where he lived for one
year, and in 1869 made his way to California.
He spent about twenty years in the Sierra
Nevada country, mostly in the town of
Truckee, logging and working in the winters
during that period. He did some contract
work and worked for wages also. In 1889 he
removed to Siskiyou county, California, where
he has since made his home. In that county
he first operated .a sawmill near Sisson. He
made a steady advance in that business and

became one of the most prominent lumber-
men of the section. About seven years ago,
liowever, he disposed of his interests there
and has since engaged in dealing in land and
cattle, owning now twenty-one thousand
acres of land all in one body in Klamath
county. He also has about eleven thousand
acres in Siskiyou county, which is hay and
grazing land and a part of which is mining
|)roperty. Mr. Weed founded the town which
bears his name — Weed, California — and there
built a sawmill, a store, a box factory and a
residence. He built twenty-three miles of
the California & Northeastern Railroad, now
owned by the Southern Pacific Company, and
forming a part of the main line through
Klamath Falls. In Contra Costa county,
California, he owns a ranch of sixteen hun-
dred acres. Thus he is one of the most ex-
tensive landholders in this section.

Abner Weed was married in Maine in 1865
to Miss Rachel C. Cunningham, a native of
that state and a daughter of Chandler Cun-
ningham. The children of this marriage are:
Abbie C, the wife of Alexander Albee, who
lives near Weed; E. C, who was born Decem-
ber 31, 1874, and died in February, 1911;
Eleanor, who was born in 1878 and died at
the age of three years; and Horace A., who
resides upon his father's ranch, is married
and has two children.

He is a republican and for your years filled
the office of state senator in California, while
for eight years he was supervisor at Siskiyou.
His fellow townsmen recognize the fact that
he is capable and public-spirited and desire
his services in oflicc, yet his ambition does
not lead in that direction. Fraternally he is
connected with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, the Masons and the Elks. Whatever
he undertakes he carries forward to successful
completion and he is a man of sound judg-
ment, progressive .and determined, and pos-
sesses that rare perception which enables one
to see the possibilities and opportunities of
a situation.

JOHN B. NATTER, after many years of
successful business life, is now living in his
beautiful home in retirement at Heppner,
this state. He was born in Austria, on the
27th of June. 1840, and is a son of Joseph
Simon and Mary Marguerite Natter, both of
whom passed away many years ago.

John B. Natter was educated in the public
schools of Austria and at the age of fourteen
he emigrated to the United States, making
his first settlement in the new world at Ga-
lena. Illinois. In early life he acquired a
thorough knowledge of the brewing business
and while living in tlie state of Illinois was
engaged in that industry for a period of five
years. In the year 1859 he proceeded by way
of the Isthmus of Panama to California, where
he at once engaged in the pursuit of his voca-
tion as a brewer and continued to be employed
for five years in that occupation, after which
he removed to the Boise Basin in Idaho,
where he was engaged for some time in the
mining industry. In 1868 he removed from
that state to Portland, Oregon, where he re-
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747

tlieii ri-iiiovrd to Albany, this state, where he
continued to live for nine and a halt years,
during which time he was engaged in the
brewing industry and later removed to Pen-
dleton and at that place was in business for
two successive years, after which he removed
to California and was there engaged in the
saloon business for one year. In 1SS2 he
removed from California to lleppner in this
state and established himself in the brewing
business, in whicli he continued until 1902,
when ho retired permanently from business
cares and is now enjoj'ing a well earned rest
after many years of successful business lite.
lie is the vice president of the First National
Bank of Heppner.

On the 22d of February, 1876, llr. Xatter
was united in marriage to Miss Anna Matilda
Minerd, at Seattle, Washington. To Mr. and
Mrs. Xatter two sons have been born, .losepli
and Frank, both of whom are deceased. Our
subject is affiliated with the republican party
and for two years has served as councilman
of lleppner. Fraternally he is identified with
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, be-
longing to Lodge Xo. 338 of lleppner.

.iohn B. Xatter is one of the reliable and
highly respected citizens of the county in
which he lives and his business interests for
many years having been so widely scattered
along tlie Pacific coast, he was necessarily
brought in contact in the ordinary course
of his affairs with many of the representative
business men of this state. He is known
among his associates and acquaintances as a
man of uni|uestionahle integrity and unusual
capabilities and as a safe and careful b\isiness
man.

J. DILLON PLAMONDON, M. D. entered
upon the active practice of medicine in Athena
in 1900 and his success is based upon a
thorough understanding of the scientific prin-
ciples of his profession and varied expertcncp
in practice. He was born in Salem, Oregon,
December 1."?. 1S75. and is a son of Eugene
and Mary .\. (Scott) Plamon.lon. The father
was born in the provime of Quebec. Canada,
and was of French ancestry. In the year
1S40 he m:i(le his way westward to California
by way of Cape Horn and subsequently came
to Oregon. He acquired considerable prop-
erty in Salem and there spent his Inst days,
his death occurring when his son .1. nillon.
of this review, was only three or four years
of age. His wife, who was born in Ohio in
IS.'JO, accompanied her parents on the journey
across the plains with ox teams in ISfiJ.
She is still living and makes her home in
Portland. In her family were two children:
Addie S.. who is the wife of Henry Pape.
of Salem; an<l •!. Dillon.

■I. Dillon Planiondon reside<l in Salem with
his mother until 1S9S ami supplemented hi<
public-school course by stuily in the acndemi-
<al department of the Willamette University,
from which he was in due time graduated.
Determining upoti the practice of medicine as
a life work, he matriculated in the medical
department of Willamette I'niversity ami
there completed his course in 1^9''. Ho then
spent one year as house surgeon in St. Vin-

cent's Hospital at Portland and for another
year was assistant surgeon for the Oregon
Kailwar & Xavigation (.'ompany in connection
with the construction work w'hich was then
being carried on in eastern Washington. In
1900 he located in Athena for general prac-
tice anil has here since been so engageil. His
patronage has always been large and his
work has been of an important character.

In 1901 Dr. Planiondon was united in mar-
riage to Miss Areta Barrett, a native of
Athena and a daughter of .Senator C. .\. Bar
rett. Their home is attractive by reascin of
its good cheer and its warm-hearted hos-
pitality. Dr. Planiondon is republican in
his political views and has served as niavor
of Athena for three terms, his rcelections
loniing to him in acknowledgment of his capa-
ble service and the conlideine reposed in him
by his fellow townsmen. Me is strongly op-
posed to anything lik.- misrule in pol'itical
affairs and believes that public offices should
be administered for the welfare of the great
majority and not permeated by narrow par-
tisanship. While he is active and loyal in all
duties of citizenship, his attention "is ehielly
concentrated upon his professional work and
he keeps in touch with advancement in this
line through his membership in the irniatilla
County and the Oregon State Medical So-
cieties.

CLARENCE E. RUSSELL, „ne of the most
prominent farmers, stock-raisers and dairy-
men in Coos county, Oregon, was born in
;Minnesota. February 27, 1S72. He is a son
of William and I.iicinda Russell, the former
a native of Kngland and the latter of Ken
lucky. They were married in Illinois and
livc'il in that state for some lime before they
moved to Minnesota, where they resided for
twenty-one years. At the end of that time
they moved to Iowa and after a short re«i
dence in that state went to Kan.sa.s, where
the father followed farming with gratifying
success until ISS7. In that year he estab-
lished his residenci- in Oregon, where he re-
miiined until 1907. Me thm moveil to Cnii
lornin, and is now living retin-d nenr Nis
.\ngeleH. Me fought throinjh tlii> Civil war
and is now in the eighty (Iflh year of hi*
age. His wife passed nwnv Febniarv 12.
1 9nr,.

Mr. Russell, of this review, is one of ten
children liorn to his parents, eight of whom
are still living. He rerrived his ediientinn in
the public schools of Minneaota and Kansas.
Me iM'cnme ncqiininted in hi< early ynnth
with the details of airrieultiire nnd h«« «in .
followed this line of oeeiipotiiin. Since lii-
marringe he hiis had charge of the estate of
his dereased brother and has brought this
prop«Tly to a highly derelopc«l state. Mr
owns a half iritereat in one hiindr>H| and
thirl' res ni fertile and productive

land ir miles from Myrtle Point '.n

the » i ..iv of the Co<|Mil|e fiver. Ntr

lluasell tloea general farming and gives his

ix'rson.il attention to every deparlmefit of
lis work. He speriali/e*, however, in ■!
ing and keep* a targe herd of cotvs for •
purpose. He raisea his own stork and from

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

liis herd supplies his dairy and also breeds
high-grade animals for the market.

In 1905 Mr. Russell was united in marriage
to Miss Clara O'Brien, who was born in In-
diana and came to Oregon with her parents
in 1902. They settled in Myrtle Point and
are still residing in that city. Mrs. Russell
was the only child born to her parents and
remained at home until her marriage. She
and her husband are the parents of three chil-
dren: Eugene, born in 1907; Lucinda, whose
birth occurred in 1909; and William E., born
in 1910.

Mr. Russell is a republican in his political
belief but the attention which he gives to
his farm prevents his taking an active part
in public affairs. He and his family afliliate
with the Presybterian church. He is reckoned
among the prosperous and successful farmers
in Coos county and is a respesentative of
the modern school of agi'icultnre. His labors
have been continuously constructive and
have had practical results. He understands
the elements of farming and upon his detailed
efficiency has built his success.

STURDIVANT BROTHERS. The stock-
raising and dairj'ing firm of Sturdivant Broth-
ers is formed by the partnership of Malcolm
E. and Charles B. Sturdivant, who own and
operate eighteen hundred and forty acres
of land about three miles northwest of
Ukiah, Umatilla county, where they raise
large numbers of cattle and horses and con-
duet a dairy of about twenty-five cows. Their
parents, Robert and Rebecca Jane (Man-
love) Sturdivant are given more extended
mention elsewhere in this work in the bio-
graphical review introduced by the name of
.Joel W. Sturdivant.

Charles B. Sturdivant. the .senior member
of the firm of Sturdivant Brothers, was born
in Dinwiddle countv, Virginia, February 5,
1853, while Malcolm E. Sturdivant, " the
junior member of the firm, was born at the
same place, April 5, 1859. The Virothers re-
ceived a meager education, as school facili-
ties in Virginia during the Civil war were
extremely limited if not practically abol-
ished, and while in the frontier country to
which the family removed later only a three
months' term of school each year was held.
In 1870 the brothers came with their par-
ents to California, where the family located
in Lake county. Charles B. Sturdivant, the
elder brother, began farming on his own ac-
count at the age of eighteen years and about
seven years later was joined by his brother.
Malcolm E. Sturdivant. in a partnership re-
lation and since that time the two brothers
have conducted their business as the firm of
Sturdivant Brothers. In 1880 they came to
Oregon, spending the first winter after their
arrival near Athena, in Umatilla county. In
the spring of 1881 they went to the Camas
valley, where each homesteaded a quarter sec-
tion of land, three miles northwest of where
Ukiah now stands. Upon this land and other
tracts which they have acquired they have
since made their home. Shortly after the
brothers took up their homesteads the mother
homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres

and the brothers took up timber claims of
one hundred and sixty acres each, and sub-
sequently purchased one hundred and sixty
acres from an aunt and eight hundred acres
from others, making their total holdings in
one body of land eighteen hundred acres.
They also own a forty acre tract isolated
from the main body and lying a short dis-
tance to the north. In their extensive horse
and cattle raising they range their stock on
the Umatilla national forest reserve as well
as occupying the land which they own and
their operations are so extensive that they
are among the most important stockmen of
the county. They are conducting a dairy
in connection with their stock-raising, milk-
ing on an average about twenty-five cows.
For four years, covering the period from 1898
to 1903, the brothers owned and operated
a stage line from Ukiah to Pendleton for
their own business accommodation.

Politically the Sturdivant Brothers are
democrats and Charles B. Sturdivant served
for about four years as justice of the peace
and for about fifteen years as clerk of the
school board, while his brother, Malcolm E.
Sturdivant, served for about seven years as
a member of the school board. Malcolm E.
Sturdivant is a member of the United Ar-
ti.sans and the Woodmen of the World, while
his brother is affiliated with the Mutual
Artisans only. The Sturdivant brothers are
among the most estimable business men of
Umatilla county and have an extensive ac-
quaintance in the community. They are
energetic in the conduct of their business
affairs, to which they pay the strictest at-
tention, and their knowledge of stock han-
dling has enabled them to achieve unusual
success in a comparatively short time. Wher-
ever known they are highly esteemed and
are greatly respected by everyone in the
community.

T. J. MACKIN. Associated with his
brother, John R. Mackin, in business, T. J.
Mackin owns a half interest in the fourteen
hundred acre farm upon which the brothers
reside, the old homestead of the father being
included in the property which they now
operate. He was born in Josephine county,
.July 39, 1860, a son of John and Margaret
Mackin, both of whom were natives of Ire-
land and emigrated to the new world in
1854. They settled first in the state of New
York, where they remained for four years,
after which they crossed the continent and
settled in Josephine county, Oregon. The
father took up a homestead claim and added
to it imtil he had four hundred and fifty
acres upon which the f.amily continued to
reside until the parents' deaths, the father
passing away December 0, 1879. and the
mother in August. 1899. In their family
were three children, of whom T. J., of this
review, is the eldest. Agnes I., the only
daughter, married Frank Oggier, who died in
1898, and her death occurred in 1909. They
are survived by their one daughter, Mar-
garet J. John R.. who is eng.aged in ranch-
ing in connection with his brother, completes
the familv.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

751

T. J. Mackin remained under the parental
roof until he attained his majority, assist-
ing in the farm work and in the meantime
acquiring a common-school education. WTien
he became of age with the assistance of his
brother he took charge of the old homestead
and later the brothers added to their hold-
ings until their present ranch comprises four-
teen hundred acres, all of which is situated
in Josephine county. Upon that ranch Mr.
Mackin has an orchard of twenty acres, the
larger portion of which is set to Spitzenburgh
apple trees. He is also interested in gold
mines in .Josephine county, one being a quartz
mine and another a placer mine. Uis mining
property is paying handsomely and he de-
votes a considerable share of his attention to
that branch of his business.

Mr. Mackin is democratic in his political
faith and for many years has served as di-
rector of the local school board and as road
superintendent. In 1892 he was a candidate
for representative to the state legislature
but was defeated on account of the populist
landslide which swept the country the year
he was nominated. He has long been" re-
garded as one of the prominent and success-
ful business men of his community where he
enjoys an enviable reputation for integrity
and honest dealing. He has a wide acquain-
tance throughout the county and a large
number of those with whom he is acquainted
are numbered among his close business, po-
litical and social friends who hold him in
high esteem.

MARVILLE L. WATTS, manager for the
Preston-ShalT.T Milling Company of Athena,
director of the First National Bank and
owner of valuable ranch property in Uma-
tilla county, is a native of the city in which
he still makes his home, his birth having
here occurrpil .Tannary ni, 1874. His par-
ents were T. .F. anrl Klizitbcth (Xaylor) Watts
and he was their socoml child. He has al-
ways resided in .Vthena and in his youthful
days was accorded good educational oppor-
tunities, supplementing Win public-school
course by study in the Weston normal school,
from which he was graduated with the class
of 1894. He afterward devoted two years
to the profession of teaching and then re-
sumed his studios by enterin^r the State Uni-
versity, from which he was graduated with
the degree of Bachelor of .Vrtf in 1S9D. He
subsequently again followed the profcmion
of teaching and became principal of the
Athena liigh school, but he withdrew from
that connection to enter rommercial circle*
in 1904, and took the position of bookkreper
for the PrestonShafTer Millini: Company, in
which capacity he served for two years. He
was theti made manaper and has thus been
connected with the business to th<' present
time. In the year 1911 hn became a di-
rector of the First National Bank of .Athena.
He is the owner of a ranch of five hundred
acres located north of the town, to which
he gives his personal supervision.

In 1899 Mar\ille L. Watts married Misn
Jennie Anderson, who was bom in VirginiR,
March 2, 1874, and when eight vi-ars of age

larae to Umatilla county with her ]>arent8,
-Mr. and Mrs. K. Anderson, of Kugene. Mr.
and Mrs. Watts have one child, Veriiita, who
was born .\pril 8, 1901. They are widely and
favorably known, having an extensive circle
of friends in their city. Mr. Watts votes
with the democratic party and takes only a
citizen's interest in politics. Fraternally he
is connected with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
His inlluonce is always fouml to be on the
side of progress and improvement and he
has ever labored earnestly and effectively
to advance material, educational and moral
welfare.

W. S. NICHOL, M. D., whose business en-
terprise and initiative spirit are manifest
in the excellent resvilts which he achieves,
is now well known as a leading rcalestatf
dealer of Hood River. He was born in Texas
county. Missouri, on the 27th of .lanuary,
1374, his parents beinp Licidius A. and Uuah
(Mitchell) Xichol, both natives of Kentucky.
They both removed to Missouri at an early
age with their parents and in that state
their marriage occurreil, after which they lo-
cated in Texas county, where the father en-
gaged in farming and also conducted a gen-
eral merchandise store in Licking. His death
occurred in that town in 1879 and the mother
is still residing there.

W. S. Nichol was but Ave years of age
when his father died. He was the ninth of
ten children, whom the mother kept together
until they reached maturity. He received
his education in the common schools of
Licking and at the age of sixteen years
took up the study of medicine under Pr.
.S. L. Mitchell, of Licking, and in the autumn
of 1891 entered Marion .Sims Medical fid-
lege at St. Louis, Missouri. After his gradu-
ation from that institution he practiced in
Houstonia, Missouri, for two years previous
to removing to Knobnoster, where lie prac-
ticed for six years. Subsequently he wrnt
to Oklahoma for two years and in addition
to his practice also conducted a drug storn,
havintr done so in each locality where he had
previously prni'ticed. He was a registered
pharmacist in four states. In 1904 ho gavn
up his practice to come to Oregon, where he
located in Bend and enifaged in rnnchinff.
Subsequently he ronducted a gi-neml mer-
chandise store, which he gave up. however,
when he left Bend in 1907 to take up his
residence in Hood River. In this town he in-
vesteil all the moni-y lie had at his disposal
and exteniled his rredif as far as po««jtile
so as to he able to purchase lanil. To many
of his friends this «eemerl a rash act and
he was told many times that hn would never
renli/e proCitnhle returns from his Invest-
men'x. Time has proven that his ronfldeneo
in the soil of Hood River county wos not
misplaced and to.Iajr he is one of the most
active buyers and sellers of Hood River or-
chard lands. During the last two years
he has sold more orchard land and located
more settlers than any one man in the real-
estate liuaineM there and he has established

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for himself an enviable reputation which
has been gained by fair business deals and
by as great a consideration for the party
with whom he is transacting business as for
himself. He is considered one of the best
judges of the value of lands in this section
and his judgment is highly esteemed and
eagerly sought for by all those contemplat-
ing making real-estate investments.

In 1894 Dr. Nichol was married to Miss
Dora Coons, a daughter of tlie Rev. C. E.
Coons, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church of Licking. To them five children have
been born, three of whom survive, Walter.
Ernest and Byron. Mr. Nichol's political
allegiance is given in support of the demo-
cratic party and his loyalty thereto is never
called into question, for he is a firm believer
in the etficacy of the party principles as in-
struments in good government. He is rec-
ognized as a business man of marked en-
ergy and laudable ambition who seldom fails
to carry to successful completion what-
ever he undertakes. He holds membership
in the Modern Woodmen of America and in
the Hood River Commercial Clul), whose mem-
bership is composed of the foremost citizens
of the town. Both he and his wife are mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal church and
he is at present serving as Sunday school
superintendent and also on the board of
stewards of the church. His advice has been
of great value to the church in its recent
business operations and he has been one of
the most prominent members of the building
committee.

EDWIN W. RING. Success has come as
the direct and legitimate outcome of the
intelligently directed efforts and labors of
Edwin W. Ring, who through the greater
part of his life has been connected with
lumber interests but is now living retired
in Portland, where he has made his home
since 190.3. His attention at the present
writing is given only to the supervision of
his invested interests which include valuable
timber lands in this state, and stock in a
number of important industrial enterprises.
His judgment and even paced energy have
carried him forward until at the goal of
prosperity lie has laid down the heavier bur-
dens of business life to enjoy a rest which
he has truly earned and richly merits.

Edwin W. Ring was born in Columbia
county, Wisconsin, on the 9th of November,
1853, his parents being Reuben and Sophronia
(Bunker) Ring, both of whom were natives
of Maine, although their marriage was cele-
brated in Wisconsin. The father had removed
to the latter state when a young man and
there he wedded Miss Bunker, and they be-
gan their domestic life in the town of Lodi.
Wisconsin, where Reuben Ring followed farm-
ing and blacksmithing. In 1860 he purchased
land in Wisconsin, which he cultivated to
the time of his death, adding many improve-
ments to his farm, while his fields were made
to bring forth rich harvests as a reward for
the care and labor which he bestowed upon
them. He died in the year 1SS5 and his wife,
surviving him, passed away in ISOfi. They

w-ere the parents of four children, of whom
two died in infancy, while a third, Susie,
passed away in 1884, at the age of twenty-
eight years, leaving Edwin W. Ring, the
eldest, the only surviving member of the
family.

Under the parental roof Edwin W. Ring
spent the period of his minority and long
before he reached the age at which the law
declares that a man must be self support-
ing and assume the responsibilities of life,
he had taken upon himself the care and
labor of the home farm, owing to the in-
valid condition of his father. He was but
sixteen years of age when he thus assiiraed
burdens that were almost too heavy for
young shoulders, but with resolute spirit and
tirm purpose he continued his labors, directed
under the advice of his father, until by the
death of his parents, he came into possession
of the farm, comprising one hundred and
sixty acres of land. His identification with
the lumber trade dates from 1873, for in
that year he began dealing in lumber in con-
nection with his farming operations. He was
thus closely associated with Viusiness ac-
tivities in his native county until 1903, when
he disposed of his interests in Wisconsin
and came to Oregon, with Portland as his
destination. Here he again entered into ac-
tive relations with lumber interests and his
careful management and progressive spirit
constituted potent factors in bringing him
success. He became interested in two saw-
mills, which he has since sold. At the pres-
ent time he owns a large amount of market-
able timber in this district and also has an
interest in other tracts in different parts of
the state. He was at one time director of
the Oregon Lumber Company, of Portland,
in which he is still a stockholder; vice presi-
dent of the Lewis River Lumber Company;
president and manager of the Tualitin Brick
& Tile Company, of Tualitin, Oregon, in which
he is also interested at the present time;
and president and general manager of the
Oregon Timber & Lumber Company. He owns
a number of city properties in Portland, be-
side his home, and he has made investments
i7i other business concerns here. His finan-
cial support has been an element in the suc-
cess of a number of important business af-
fairs and more than that, his sound judg-
ment and keen discrimination have figured
largely in the prosperity of the different
companies with which he was identified.

In 1884 Edwin W. Ring was united in mar-
riage to Miss Lucy A. Sexton, who was born
in Wisconsin, and is a daughter of Joseph
and Sylvia Sexton, both of whom were na-
tives of the Empire state. They were mar-
ried in Wisconsin, and Mrs. Sexton there
passed away during the infancy of her
daughter Mrs. Ring. The father died in 1876,
while on a trip in the south. He was the
owner of a fine farm and throiishout his en-
tire life had followed general agricultural
pursuits. Of their four children Mrs. Ring
is the youngest, the others being: Mrs.
Blakcly. of Harrington. Xorth Dakota; Isa-
bellc, who died at the auc of nineteen years;
and Mrs. Martin, who is living in Fairmont,
Nebraska.

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753

To Mr. and Mrs. Kil« in W. Ring have been
born four chililren. Alta E., who was born
March 22. I.s8y, is a gnuluate ol St. Helen's
Hall and has been lilierally educated in mtisic.
Sidney II.. born .hine 3. 1892, gradnated
from the Allen's Preparatory School of Port-
land in June. 1912. Gordon E., born April 6,
1S94. is attending school; and Edna E.. born
January :iO. 189(i. is a jiupil at St. Helen's
Hall where she will graduate in 19 1:). All
of these children are at home. Mrs. Ring
was a successful schoolteacher for some years
prior to her marriage and she is in sym-
pathy with her husband's ambition to pro-
vide their children with every educational
opportunity possible. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Ring are faithful members of the Congre-
gational church. The political allegiance
of the former is with the republican party
and although he has never been a ]iiditician
in the ortice-seeking sen.se of the word, he
has held several political positions, the du-
ties of which he has discharged with prompt-
ness and fidelity. Fraternally Jie is con-
nected with Wa-shington Lodge. Xo. 46. A.
F. & A. M., at Portland, and the Odd Fel-
lows lodge, at Pitt.sville, Wisconsin. That
he is popular in these organizations ami loyal
to their teaehing.s is indicated in his be-
ing elected to all their difTerent chairs. He
has always stood for that which is pro-
gressive and honorable in business, for that
which is loyal and patriotic in citizenship,
and for that which is straightforward and
right in man's relations with his fellowmen.
In the lumber trade he made a creditable
name and place for himself through the ex-
tent and importance of his business activities
and the care and judgment which he dis-
played in their management. He started oirt
in life without any vaulting ambition to ac-
complish something especially great or fa-
mous but he followed the lead of his oppor-
tunities, doing as best he could anything
that came to hand and seized legitimate ad-
vantages as they arose. He never hesitated
to take a forward step when the way was
open and was fortunate in possessing ability
and character that inspired confidence In
him. the simple weight of which has carried
him into important relations with large in-
terests and enabled him at lentrth to put
aside all business cares, with siifficient prop-
erty investments to supply him not only with
the necessities but with the romforts and
many of the luxuries of life.

KILLIS T. MARTIN is n veteran of the
Civil war. lieing one of three brother* who
served during the Rebellion. The fftlher was
also in the service for eighteen months antl
all survived those trying times. Iwiiisr hon-
orablv discharged when peace was restored.
Killis J. Martin removed to Oregon in IS'^C.
settling first in Wallowa county and later
in I'nion county, purchasing his present
property one mile from the center of I'nion.
It is all set out in fruit trees and is produc-
ing readily under his careful management.
He was born in Pulaski county. Kentiirky.
March 22. 1R3S. a son of John and Sicily
Ann (Roberts) Martin, both natives of the

lilue (Irass state. The grandfutlur. John
Martin, a native of North Carolina, took
part in the war of the Kevoliition ami at
an early day removed to Ki'iitiicky, becom-
ing a pioneer of that state, where he liveil
and died. Gideon Roberts, the maternal
grandfather, also lived in Kentucky until he
reached advanced age, when he removed to
Indiana and spent hi.s Inst years with his
son. The father of our subject removed to
Missouri in IS,")?, settling in Miller county,
and there passed the remainder of his years,
dying at the age of sixty-six. He and three
sons served in the I'nion army during the
Uebellion. the father joining the cavalry and
the sons enlisting for service in the in-
fantry. At the end of eighteen months of
service the father's failing health compelled
him to return home, after having taken part
ill many bloody engagemenls. Early in
till' war on one occasion the father surprised
a Rebel captain, RicliMiond Ralloii, who was
one of his near neighbors, who with ,s<'ven
men were removing corn from a plantation.
The Rebel party all escaped but Hallou's
son, who failed to get on his horse in time
to get away. Captain Martin orileretl him
to throw down his gun and siirremler. but
as the youth showeil fight, saying that he
would die first, as the captain put it, "ho
did."

Killis J. Martin, the eldest son. in bin
father's family, received a common-school edu-
cation in Missouri, remaining with his par-
ents until ill .\ugust. ISfil, when he enlisted
under Colonel McCliirg. in the Home t:uards,
in which he serveil for one year. The other
two brothers who were in the Federal serv-
ice were Ceorge and John. Piiring his serv-
ice with the Home fliiards skirmishes were
frequent and severe, Mr. Martin often Im--
ing detailed on strenuous police duty. On
August 22. lSfi2, he enlisted in Company K
of the Thirty-third Missouri Volunteer In-
fantry under Colonel Clifton B. Fish. The
lirst iiard fight his company was engaged in
was at Helena, .\rkansas. an engiigemeiit
lasting seven hours. From that city they
Went up thi- Mississippi to Memphis and
I hence to Ciin Town, Mississippi, where they
destroyed fJenerol Forrest's nrniy, and then
followed flenerni Price through his Inst raid
into Missouri. They then went to Nash-
ville to assist fJeneral Thomas in dr»tro_T-
ing CenernI Hood's army, which they did
ofter two days of llgliting. Midiile «ri» their
next objective p«iint and Mr. Martin in com-
pany with his brother soldirrs was under
tire for thirteen consecutive <\»y» and night*.
That was the last engncement in which hi"
participoted, news reaching them there of
the surrender of fjenernl I,ee, and on the loth
of .Viigust. ISfi.'i. at Henlon Parrncks. Mr.
Martin wn« honorably ' ' ■ •■ the

rank of •erifcnnt. Immr r he

returned »■■ •' '•' hoi... ■>iiri.

where he home. (M-ing there rn-

gated in i_ 'I pursuits, until in 1«'*3,

when he cnme with his family to tlri-gon,
settling first in Wollown roontv where hi
remained for seven yar' ■ in farm-

ing. He Ih^-n removed !• • k. I'nion

countv, and made that m* n-nie for ten

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years, meeting with fair success in busi-
ness. He next purcliased his present prop-
erty one mile from the center of Union, his
residence being inside the city limits. He has
fifteen acres of fine fruit land and lives in
a commodious and modern two-story house.

Mr. Martin was married in February, 1859,
to Margaret Henderson, a native of Ten-
nessee and a daughter of James Henderson.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Martin were born seven
children, namely: John, who passed away
in January, 1882; William, engaged in min-
ing in California; Annie, the wife of Charles
Rich, of Rupert, Idaho; George Milton and
Oliver, also residents of Rupert; Rachael,
who married Connell Cox, of Ontario, Ore-
gon ; and Arthur, making his home in Cali-
fornia. After the death of his first wife Mr.
Martin was married in June, 1899, to Miss
Mary L. Michelroy, a native of New York.

While a resident of Missouri Mr. Martin
was elected and served for two terms as
sheriflT, filling that office acceptably for four
years. When he was first elected in 18(58
there were delivered to him seven murder
indictments. He succeeded in arresting two
of the murderers but the others, who knew
him, left the country and were never appre-
hended. In recounting his experiences as sher-
ifi' in those early days when the country
was full of undesirable characters Mr. Mar-
tin says that his experiences in the war
were not to be compared with what he en-
countered as sheriff. He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity and both he and Mrs.
Martin are members of the Eastern Star.
Mr. Martin also belongs to the post of the
Grand Army of the Republic, of which he
is an active member. He is one of the most
excellent citizens of Union, is a man of in-
telligence and a great reader, keeping posted
on tlie affairs of the times. He is respected
by all who know him and much esteemed by
his many friends.

PHILIP GLOVER. Among the early set-
tlers and highly honored citizens of Marion
county is Philip Glover, who resides on his
farm, which is situated one mile north of
Sublimity, on the Silverton road. His birth
occurred in Warren county, Missouri, March
4, 1829, and he is the son of Philip and Sarah
(Countz) Glover. The father, of English de-
scent, was a native of Maryland and when a
young man came to Missouri, where he fol-
lowed the occupation of farming and was
justice o'f the peace. He served in the War
of 1812. In 1849, with a train of forty wag-
ons, of which he was the captain, he crossed
the plains, being en route six months and
having some trouble with the Indians. He
located in Marion county. Oregon, in the
Waldo hills, where he took up a donation
claim which he improved from the wild state
and, putting up a double log house, he re-
sided there until his death in 1874. The
mother was a native of Missouri, of German
descent. In their family were nine sons and
three daughters, the order of their births
being as follows : William, Rebecca and
Maria, all of whom are deceased; Philip, of
this review; Samuel and James of Spokane,

Washington; Pate, of Portland, Oregon;
John, a resident of Spokane, Washington;
Louisa, an infant, George and Nick, all of
whom are deceased.

Philip Glover was educated in the common
schools in Missouri and remained at home un-
til nineteen years of age. Subsequently he
was employed as a farm hand for one year
and then came to Oregon with his parents,
where he worked on a farm for a while. In
1852 he decided to take up a donation claim
and while looking for a site for the same
he saw three deer on a rise of land under an
oak tree about three-quarters of a mile north
of Sublimity and, being a great hunter, he
decided to locate there. Accordingly, he laid
his claims and settled on this tract, where
he later built the house in which he now lives
and which is located about fifty feet from
the tree under which he saw the deer. He
has put up the best of improvements and now
owns three hundred and fourteen acres of
excellent land and is engaged in general farm-
ing. He i.% an excellent marksman and has
killed many deer, elk, bear and other game.

On the 17th of Xovember, 1853, Mr. Glover
was united in marriage to Miss Delilah Ed-
munson, a native of Missouri, born in 1838,
and a daughter of Rufus and Nancy (Patton)
Edmunson, both of whom were natives of
Missouri. The parents crossed the plains in
1849 and located in the Waldo hills on a
claim which they improved but later sold,
going to California, where they both died.
In their family were eight children: Delilah,
now Mrs. Glover; John and Thomas, de-
ceased; Dick, of California; Hugh, deceased;
William, of eastern Oregon; Emma, now Mrs.
Fletcher, of California; and Albert, deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Glover have become the par-
ents of fourteen children: Louisa, the de-
ceased wife of L. A. Loomis, of Pacific
county, Washington; Henry, of eastern Ore-
gon; Amelia, the wife of Theodore Conick,
who resides on the coast; John, of Stayton,
Oregon; Arthur, of Salem; Frank, at home;
George, who resides on the home farm; Mar-
garet. Charles, Ollie. Jesse and Gracie, all de-
ceased; one who died in infancy, and Ellen
G., the wife of L. S. Lambert, of Stayton.

In politics Mr. Glover is a democrat and he
has served as constable and as road super-
visor. He was a candidate on that party's
ticket to the state legislature but the demo-
crats were in the minority. He and his wife
are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, and fraternally he is identified with
the Grange. Having now resided in Marion
county for over sixty-one years and on his
present farm over fifty-nine years, Mr. Glover
has witnessed the change of the country from
the primitive to the present state and has
been a strong factor in the development of
his own community.

ANSON F. FOLEY, D. D. S. One of the

prominent citizens and extensive landowners
of Wallowa county is Dr. Anson F. Poley,
who was formerly engaged in the practice
of dentistry in Portland, but is now living
retired in Enterprise, where he devotes his
entire attention to looking after his prop-

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erty iiittii'sts. He poswfsses uiiiiitual lori'-
Bight and sagacity and has dealt extensively
in real c^'tate in this section of the state,
his judicious investments havin;? numbered
him araonjr the substantial business men of
the town. He was born in Virden, Hlinois.
on the 21st of February, 1869. and is a son
of Benjamin F. ami Nancy G. iCroves) Poley.
the father a native of Sangamon county
and the mother of Macoupin county, Illi-
nois. Soon after their marriage, Mr. and
Mrs. Foley located on a farm in Sangamon
count}', where they resided until 1884. In
the latter year the father removed to Ala-
bama, where for four years lu- was engaged
in the lumber business. He then returneil
to Illinois, continuing to reside there until
October. 1S89, when lie came to Oregon, set-
tling in J.ostine, Wallowa county. Here he
engaged in ranching and milling until 190o,
when he retired from active business and has
ever .=ince made his lionie with his cliililreii.
the raotlier having passed away in .March,
1899.

Dr. I'oley passed the greater jiart of his
boyhood and early youth on the home farm
in" Illinois, obtaining his education in the
common schools of that state, liis course be-
ing completed upon his graduation from the
Virden high school in the class of 188U. He
subsequently pursued a business course in
the Bushnell frmimercial College at Bush-
nell. Illinois. Following the completion of
his work there he joined his people in Wal-
lowa county and for three years thereafter
was ex])ert accountant lor the M. & M. Com-
pany of Knterprise. having charge of their
accounts at Wallowa. Evincing strong de-
sires to take up a professional career, he
then withdrew from their employment and
returning to Illinois, matriculated in the
dental department of the Northwestern I'ni-
versity at Chicago, being awarded the degree
of D.' I). S. from that institution in 18911.
For two yi-ars thereafter hi- followed his
profession at various points through the east
and west and in 1H9S joined the tide of
gold seekers going to .Maska. He remained
in the north for a year, prospecting for the
precious metal, but as his elTorts were not
rewarded by any unusual good fortune he
returneil at the eiid of that time to the States,
locating at Portland, where hi- opened an
oflice and engaged in the practice of hi*
profession. He renuiined there for siv years,
and as his skill and ability became rec-
ognized -.iicceeded in building up a gratify-
ing practice. The long tedious struggle
however, to attain this practice which prac-
tically every professional man hni to un
dergo' before success gives fair return for
long years of stuily and hard work proved
Very 'trying to I)r! poley. stirring him t<>
nctivity in another tielil of endeavor. Kn
terprisiuL' and possessed of excellent execu
tive abilitv with strong powers of organi»t-
tion. he dill not lind the opportunity to ex
creise his best talents in his profession and
while engaged in practice he made some very
judicious investments in real estate through
out this state, and in 190.', he decided t"
retire from his profession and give his en-
voi, ni— 8 1

ing his atTairs so arranged that it is pos-
sible for him to absent himself for long

tire time and attention to the development
of his realty interests. He owns some valu-
able city property in Portland and divides
his time between that city and F.nterpris*-.
In addition to his holdings here he hns
twi-lve hundred acres of irrigated land on
Prairie creek in Wallowa county and large
tracts in Crook. Lake and Grant counties.

Dr. I'oley was nnirried in I'JOj to Miss
Kilith (Jilliert, a daughter of Samuel K. Gil-
bert, a prominent busiiu-ss man of Portland.
Dr. I'oley is a memlH-r of the Christian church,
while his wife is affiliated with the Jletliodist
Kpiscopal denomination. Fraternally he it
affiliated with Wallowa Lodge. No.' 82, A.
F. & A. M., and lie also belongs to .lessicii
Chapter, No. 68, O. K. S, of Wallowa. Dr.
I'oley is very fond of travel and spends a
great deal of his time in that manner, hav-
arrangcd that it is no
absent hims<df for loi
periods without alTecting his intiTcsts. He
has met with remarkable succe.ss, owing
to the fact that he poss<'sscs the greatest
gift that can be bestowed upon a man of
enterprise and ambition: the faculty to rec-
ognize through his appreciation of past con-
ditions and knowledge of present circum-
stances the opportunities of the future. He
has exercised this gift to his own l>enet!t,
tnisting implicitly to his intuition, as a man
of .sagacity and strong convictions always
does.

WILLIAM GLASSON lives retired at Her-
iiiistiiii. wliere he ha-, made his home since
November. 1906. He was for some time con-
nected with the confectionery business here
and is still the owner of valuable property
from which he derives a good annual income.
His birth occurred in Cornwall, England, Sep-
tember !.•!. lS.'i2, his parents being William
and Kmma (Roach* Glasson, residents of
England, where the father spent most of his
life as an engineer although in early manhno<|
he followeil farming.

William Glasson was third in order of birth
in a family of eight children and had two
sisters who came to .\merica. His youthful
ilays were sp<'nt at home and he nci|uired ii
fair English knowledge in the public schools
."shortly iM'fore he atlniiu'd mnjnrity he cros«e,l
the .'Mlantic to the I'nited ."stntes. landing at
New- York on the Tlh of .tiily. IsT.T, He then
went to live in New .ler«ey with his «i«ler
Mrs. Eniilv George, who had precedeil him lo
this rniintry, and In- remained with her until
the following May, The reports which he
heard concerning the western country pleased
him and in Moy. ItTI, he made his way to
Colorado, where he worked in silver and k'"' I
mines until tss.l. He then went to Florin-.-
Colorado, where he was employed in A stone
i|iinrry fur n time, ami Inter he renrnted t.i
Sttii .loan ciiiinty. Co'"' •■!" ■ili..r.. i>k remaineif
for a few months. ~ •■ returneil

In Fliirenci'. living f ' and diir

ing the perioil of his reKiileni-e there Hevolil
his time and energies to ranching, merchan
disiiig and other business pursiiil*. On leaT
ing that lo.ality he took up his abode in
Portland. Oregon, hut in Marrh. 1901, left the

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Rose City for Umatilla county. He estab-
lished a confectionery business at Kcho, where
he remained until Xovember, 1906, when he
sold out and came to Hermiston where
he erected the first business block of the
town — a structure which occupies a plat of
land twentj'-five by sixty feet in area and
is located on Main street. In that building
he opened a confectionery establishment,
which he conducted until June, 1909, and
then purchased a lot and erected thereon a
comfortable home in which he now lives. He
was one of the first residents of the town,
living here before the reservoir was started.
He still owns the concrete building on Main
street which bears his name but he is living
practically retired, merely giving his time and
attention to the supervision of his invested
interests, which are bringing to him a good
financial return.

In Colorado in 1876, William Glasson was
married to Miss Maggie E. Belcher, who was
born in South Wales in May, 1856, and went
to Colorado with two brothers. Mr. and Mrs.
Glasson have one son, Clifford R., who is an
oil well driller and resides at Florence, Colo-
rado. William Glasson is a self-made man
and one who deserves much credit for what
he has accomplished, as he came to the new
world with little capital, possessing, however,
resolution, determination and perseverance.
These qualities have stood him in good stead
as the years have gone by, bringing him at
length to the goal of success so that his hold-
ings are now sufficient to enable him to live
retired. His business methods have ever
been thoroughly reliable as well as progres-
sive and he thus enjoys the high regard and
confidence of all who know him.

W. J. STRONG is one of the foremost citi-
zens of the town of Myrtle Point and has
been engaged in the cultivation of a fine
farm in this vicinity for many years. He
has gained recognition among his associates
as an able and public-spirited man and his
life has been a distinct influence in the prog-
ress of this section of the state. He was
born in Yamhill county, Oregon, December
17, 1S60, and is a son of Lewis and Cathe-
rine (Wimer) Strong, the former a native
of Missouri but who later removed to Iowa.
Mr. Strong's parents married in the latter
state and crossed the plains to Oregon in
1863. They were among the pioneer settlers
in this state and lived for some time in Yam-
hill county where their son William was
born. They moved to Josephine county
and subsequently to Phoenix, Jackson county,
where the father operated a flour mill for a
number of years. He was well known in
commercial and business circles of that dis-
trict and was one of the foremost of the
pioneer settlers of Oregon. When he left
Phoenix he went to Ashland where he
engaged in the same line of business,
operating a flour mill, known as the Far-
num Mill for a short time. He later re-
turned to Josephine county, located on a
ranch and later added to his activities by
the purchase of a flour mill. In 1889 he
sold his holdings in Josephine county and
removed to Coos county, buying a farm on

the south fork of the Coquille river which
he operated until he came to Myrtle Point.
He is now living in the latter city and is
prominent in commercial circles, conducting
an imnlement store, and is one of the pros-
perous merchants of Coos county. He owns
a comfortable and commodious home in
Myrtle Point and is also the owner of one
liundrcd and eighty acres of land in this
vicinity. He has acquired a comfortable
fortune which he always invests judiciously
in local enterprises and is extensively inter-
ested in Myrtle Point city property. "He and
his wife are the parents of nine living chil-
dren: James F., now a resident of Coos
county; W. J., the subject of this sketch;
Mrs. Lucy Jones, Henry A., Mrs. Viola War-
ner, and Lewis, Jr., all of whom reside in Coos
county; Mrs. Alberta Floyd of Douglas
county, Oregon, and Mrs. Allison Neal, of
Coos county, who are twins; and John C,
who makes his home in Coos county.

W. J. Strong entered the public schools of
his native state and pursued the usual course
of study until he laid aside his books. He
was associated with his father for some years
until his marriage at the age of twenty-nine,
at which time he began the operation of a
farm and was identified with agricultural pur-
suits for a short time. He farmed long
enough to become familiar with the most
scientific and progressive methods of tilling
the soil and familiarizing himself with all
the intricate details connected with the
farm. He later engaged in the milling busi-
ness for eight years. At the end of that
time he took up his residence in Coos county,
bought ninety-four acres of fertile land near
Myrtle Point and has been successful in this
district since that time, his farm work being
carried on along practical and scientific lines
and has always been productive of good re-
sults, so that a fair degree of success has
rewarded his labor. He has invested at
various times in town property in Myrtle
Point and maintains a beautiful and com-
modious home in that city.

In 1896 Mr. Strong was united in marriage
fo Mrs. Warner Brown, a daughter of Cal-
vin Warner of Coos county, whose parents
wore among the pioneer settlers of this dis-
trict and her father was one of the leading
men in the section until his death. Her
mother is still living and maintains her resi-
dence at Myrtle Point. Mrs. Strong received
her education in her native section of Coos
county and is the oldest of a large family,
all of whom with one exception are living.
.She is a devout adherent of the Presbyterian
faith and with her husband is a regular at-
tendant of the church in Myrtle Point.

Politicall}' Mr. Strong gives his allegiance
to the democratic party and has always been
greatly interested in the welfare of his native
section. He has never sought public office
but has never refused to do his duty in this
line when his fellow citizens called upon him.
He is serving at the present time as a mem-
ber of the Myrtle Point city council and is
influencing the deliberations of that body
along progressive and worthy lines. He be-
longs to the Woodmen of the World and is
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Air. Strong is one of the leading and fore-
most farmers in Coos county. He is a valu-
able and representative citizen and has gained
prominence among his friends and neighbors.

EDWARD B. MORELOCK is one of the
useful men of eastern Oregon, having main-
tained his residence for some years past at
Elgin. His inherent characteristics, as well
as his iron constitution, have qualified him
to act as the guardian of peace between the
lawless element, always present in a new com-
munity, and that other budy of industrious,
law-abiding citizens who become the real foun-
dation and builders of well ordered civic so-
ciety. His fame for many years, as a terror
to evildoers, has been well established
throughout Oregon. Having served in the
official capacity of town marshal for a term
of years at .Suinmerville and at Elgin. suMiced
to convince people of evil intent that any
locality in which ilr. llorelock lived was a
dangerous and unhealthy place in which to
ply the arts of their trade. He was born in
Sullivan county. Missouri, May 25, 1S45, a
son of Enoch B. and Susan (Limebaugh)
Morelock. both of whom were natives of Ten-
nessee. They were married in their native
state and shortly afterward, in 1S43. they
removed to Sullivan county, Missouri, where
Mr. Morelock established his home. Sliortly
after taking up their residence in that state,
he was elected as tlie first sheriff of Sullivan
county. He was a man of fearless couragi-
in whose hands the safety of property and
life throughout the county, could be entrusted
with every assurance of diligent and efficient
protection. He was killed while in discharge
of his duties as sheriff, at a time when he
was conducting the sale of some property
given into his hands by the court, for that
purpose. The owner of the property, being
outraged over the due process of law. sought
revenge by taking the life of Mr. Morelock.
whose only offense was that he was one of
the oflTicers appointed by the court to con-
duct the sale. Mrs. Morelock. some years
hitiT. was again married, the name of her
second husband bcinj Mr Stewart. To Mr.
and Mrs. Morelock, five children were born, of
which the subject of this review was the
youn'.'cst.

Edward H. ^Morelock remained at the home
of his parents, reo'iving his early eclucation
in the common schools of the district in
which he lived. He remained at home durin(f
all the early years of his life, caring for the
interests of his mother and the remaining
members of the family ami was so engaged
at the time of the opening of the Civil war.
In 186.3. he enli'*ted in Company K. Thirty-
ninth Missouri Regiment, Volunteer Infantry,
and followed this command for a period of
one year, at the expiration of which time, he
received his honorable discharge and imme-
diately thereafter reenlisfed in Company K.
of the Forty-second Volunteer Infantry, re
maining with this regiment until peace was
established between the north and the south.
His history as a soldier is one of unusual in-
terest, because of the constant active service
of his command at the front, during the most

destructive period of that confiict. He was
engaged in nineteen pitched battles, one being
the battle of Franklin, in which he had seven
cousins shot down, on both sides of the light-
ing line. He followed the fortunes of his
regiment in camp and march and field, through
days of rest and battle strife, until the 27th
of March, 1865. On that day, he received
his honorable discharge at Nashville, Ten-
nessee, and was mustered out of service,
fpou his return from the war, he at once
prepared to changt' his residence and for that
purpos.' sought his home on the far Tacific
coast. He crossed the plains with an o\
team to Oregon in 1803, starting on that jour
ney May 15 of that year, and reaching his
<lestination on October 9, making his first
location in the Grande Ronde valley, where
he purchased three hundred and twenty acres
of school land, and upon it built a log cabin
for his home. In his removal to a new
country for the purpose of bettering his con
ditions. he was not iinminilfnl of his mother
and she was a nieinber of one of the little
emigrant parties who formed the company
that traveled across the plains with him and
during the remainder of her life, she found a
welcome home at his fiiesiile. Here, on this
original location, Mr. Morelock remained for
a period of seventeen years. During that
time, he continued to develop and improve
his land and engaged in farming and stock
raising. In 1SS2. he removed to SumtniT
ville in this county, where he engaged in an
independent business, with which he was con-
nected for eleven years. During his residence
in this place, he was elected to the office of
town marshal. Such was the condition of
community life at that time in Summerville
that a man of Mr. Morelock's physique, ex-
perience, and courage, was rci|nired to estab-
lish recognition and supremacv of civil law
in the common conduct and orrlir of biisincvs
and social alTairs in a self-respecting com-
munity. .-Xt the time of his election, that
part of Oregf>n was infeited to a disturbing
degree with irresponsible, lawless characters,
who in pursuit of sinsation and crime, were
accustomed to riile into the villages and set
tlements and create havoc by their methods
of "shooting up the town" ond terrorising
the people. Mr. Morelock took clinrgi' of
the iiituation in the interests of the penplo
and common decency nnd in a short time,
succeeded in breaking up the^e traveling bands
and resident irresponnilde marauders. Hav-
ing established a condition of peace nnd safety
fi>r the people, he found it to his ft'lvnnt u'--
to again change his resilience, and remove 1 u,
Elgin in this county, where ho remained for
a period of fourteen years. On reaching
Kli;in. he found that his reputation as town
marshal had preceded him, and the condi-
tions of society Iteinjf praetienlly the same in
Elgin, he was called by the people to the office
of town marshal of that place, and hy pur-
suing the same fearless methods he soon ac-
complished for the people of Elgin a result
as thorough nnd <ntisf«ctory as ho had
brought about in Summerville. After main-
taining his residence for fourteen years con-
tinuously in this town, ho, in 1907, remoTeH

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to Portlaiul, where lie was engaged in busi-
ness for the following four years, and return-
ing to Elgin in 1911 he became one of its
permanent citizens. Here he has continued
to live and he has been engaged in the occu-
pation of an auctioneer. This, together with
the necessary attention required to be given
to his various business interests, has com-
manded his entire time and attention, llr.
Morelock has a reputation as an auctioneer
as far-reaching as that of his ability and
fearless methods in handling renegades and
criminals.

Edward B. Morelock was married to Miss
Rebecca J. Harris, a native of Sullivan county.
Missouri, on .July 17. 1864. She is a daugh-
ter of .Joseph and Mary Ann (Sturgill) Har-
ris, both natives of North Carolina. Mrs.
Harris died in 1809 and Mr. Harris June 4,
1912. at the age of ninety-one years, having
crossed the plains with Mr. Morelock in 1865,
settling in Union county. Oregon, where he
passed the remainder of his days. The mar-
riage of our subject occurred shortly after he
had attained his nineteenth birthday. Mrs.
Morelock being at the time sixteen years of
a.ge. To this union thirteen children have
been born, eleven of wliom are still living, and
to this family circle have been added twenty-
four grandchildren in direct line of descent.
The surviving children of Mr. and Mrs. More-
lock are: Martha C. wife of William Rus-
sell of Elgin; William M.. with the Elgin
Forwarding Company; Mary S., wife of Elliott
Smith of Elgin; .James K. P., mayor of Wal-
lowa. Oregon; Jolin W.. on the Portland
police force; Tilden H.. with the Joseph For-
warding Company, of Joseph. Oregon; Albert
Lee, chief of the fire department of Elgin.
Oregon; Cora May, wife of William Childers.
of Portland. Oregon; Emma C. wife of Wil-
liam Christensen. of I'ortland. Oregon; Roy L.,
member of the fire department, of Boise City.
Idaho; and Leonard Ray, at home.

ilr. Morelock is affiliated with the demo-
cratic party, and is one of its progressive
liberal adherents. Three of his six sons,
however, cast their vote with the republican
party. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M.
lodge of Sumnierville. Edward B. Morelock
is one of the men whose names will long be
remembered in the history of eastern Oregon.
JTe has lived a life of great usefulness and
must always be counted one of the important
factors in "the enforcement of law and order,
in this portion of the state. He has given
liberally of his services to the public for this
)iurpose. and at the same time provided a
competence for his declining years. He bears
an honored name wherever known and is al-
ways to be relied upon to give his support
to the advancement of all measures looking
to the improvement and continued peace
among the people of his state and county.

JOHN MESSERLE is one of the well
known and enterprising citizens of Catching"s
Tnlct. where he owns a w'ell located ranch
upon which he maintains his home. He was
born in Berne. Switzerland. December 1.
1S56. and is the son of dottlieb and Eliza-

beth (Yonker) Messerle, both of whom were
natives of Switzerland. In 1860 the father
emigrated with his family to America and
settled in Iowa, where he continued to live
for seven years, after which he crossed the
plains to Oregon, settling first in Coos coun-
ty, where he resided for four years. He
then moved to California and in that state
his death occurred when he was seventy-
seven years of age. The mother is still liv-
ing at the age of eighty years and main-
tains her residence in .San Francisco with
her daughter. To Mr. and Mr.s. Messerle
six children were born: G. L., who operates
a wjiolesale and retail grocery establishment
in Eurake. Oregon; John, of this review;
Elizabeth, the w ife of Frank Langley, of San
Francisco, California; Rosa, the wife of
George Mossier, of San Francisco; Nellie, the
wife of Captain Oscar Anderson, also of San
Francisco; and Fred, of Marshfield.

John Messerle was reared in his father's
home and at the early age of twelve he
started in life for himself, working at vari-
ous occupations for many years. In 1882
he engaged as a marine engineer, an occu-
pation to which he has .since devoted his en-
tire time, his work having been largely on
ocean and bay steamers. He at one time
owned two hundred and twenty acres of land
at Catching's Inlet, six miles from Marsh-
field, but recently disposed of that property
at the handsome figure of twenty-thousand
dollars. Mrs. Messerle is at present the
owner of a residence and thirty-six acres of
land near the old family homestead. She
also owns a valuable business lot at North
Bend, Oregon.

On .July 3, 1887, Mr. Messerle was united
in marriage to Miss Margaret Eckhoff, who
was born in North Bend. October 31, 1866,
and is the daughter of Charles and Rhoda
Eckhoff, the former a native of Holstein,
Cermany. and the latter of Baltimore, Mary-
hind. The father was by occupation a sailor
and as mate on board ship he reached the
western coast at a very early date, settling
in 1866 at Coos Bay, and he there pur-
chased the land upon which now stands the
city of new North Bend. On that land he
established his home and continued to live
there luitil his demise on May 11, 1911. The
mother is still living, at the age of seventy
years, and resides at North Bend. To Mr.
and Mrs. Eckhoff twelve children were born:
JMargaret. now Mrs. John Messerle; Mrs.
Edwin Baker, residing near Myrtle Point;
Mrs. C. A. Painter and ilrs. Thomas Rooke.
both of whom reside at North Bend; Mrs.
William Forest, residing at Larson Inlet.
Coos county; Mrs. Robert Nichols, of Ham-
mond. Oregon; Mrs. Annie Cronkhite and
Charles Eckhoff. both of whom reside at
North Bend; Belle, deceased; TJllie. at home;
and Mrs. Elsie Forest and Mrs. Freda Bent-
ley, both residents of North Bend. To Mr.
and ilrs. Messerle five children were born:
Levi, who died in infancy; Fred G.. born De-
cember 9, 1890, who married Miss Josephine
CoUver and resides at Catching's Inlet; Marri-
etta, born February 20, 1894; Rose M., born
April 16, 1896; and George Washington.

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born Febniaiy 21. isoo. Tlir thicc youii'ier
children resiile at liiiiiu' with tlii'ir parents.
Mr. ^lesserlc and liis I'aniilv are all .niiiu-
bers of the Methoilist Kirisiii|ial ehnrch of
Catchinfj's Inlet. He is a republii-an in poli-
tics. Mr. ilesserle is one of the well known
citizens of Coos county anil a man whose
integrity of character and industrious life
have <;ained for him the consideration and
respect of all his ac<|uaiiitances and associ-
ates.

DANIEL SOMMER is among the very first
of the early pioneers of Elgin. I'nion county,
Oregon. In that city he built the first store,
in which he opened the first merchandising
business in the place, since which time he has
been intimately associated with the civic
growth and development of Elgin, having
been a member of the first council upon the
organization of the town. He is one of tlie
large landed proprietors of eastern Oregon
and. now living in practical retirement, main-
tains his residence in the city of Elgin. He
was born in the province of Alsace. France.
on the 1st of .January. l'<")0, his parents be-
ing Joshua and Henrietta (Marks) Sommer,
who were likewise natives of that province
and coimtry. Joshua Sonimer was a promi-
nent dry-goods merchant in the city of Schir-
hoffen. Alsace, where both he and his wife
passed away.

Daniel Sommer was reared at home and
received his elementary education in the
common schools of his native land. Later
he added to his educational store a thorough
business course by attending the Portland
Business College. At the age of eighteen he
emigrated to the Tnited States, reaching
Xew York on the 22d day of July. 18fiS, In
that city he spent but a brief three weeks,
when he continued his journey westward,
traveling by way of the Islhnms of Panama,
and after spending three weeks in conlinnuus
travel by water and land he made his first
stop in the far west in .'ian Francisco, arriv-
ing in that city in time to be numbereil among
the sufferers from the earthquake which oc-
curred ill ISfi.S. He remained in San Fran-
cisco but two weeks and then reniovcil to Port-
land. Oregon, at wliieh place he spent but a
short time, removing from there to eastern
Oregon. He wiMit direct to Iji Crande. at
which place his tirothcr was engnged in busi
ness. heiiig the junior [urtner in the mi-rcnii
tile firm of IJoskowilz & Sommer. Here he
obtained employment as clerk in his brother's
establishment and continui'd with this firm
for the next four years. In 1S7.T he en-
gnded in business fur himself, forming n co-
partnership with M. Illoeli under the firm
name of Bloch & Sommer. This firm opened
a general nienhandising busine-.s. which waa
successfully maintained until |s71. when it
suffered ilestruction by fire, the event being
known as the 'big fire" in the hi'<tory of fji
Orande. The fall following this unfortunate
los-s he entered into copartnership, in Siim-
merville. with his brother .\aron nnd his
hrotherinlaw. Leopidd Uncr. under the firm
name of Sommer i Company, the husines*
bein-.' that i>f a L'eneral merchandising estnii-

lishment. Mr. Sommer was maile the genenil
manager of this business, continuing his
partnership with the firm for a period of twn
years, at the expiration of which time the
company was dis(iintinue<l. Eight months
later he reopened the business as sole owner
of the establishment, the store being located
at the original site occupied by the former
company. Here he continued to do a success-
ful general merchandising business for the
following eighteen or twenty years. In the
year 188,^. being aware of the rapid ilevelop-
ment of this portion of Oregon, he built the
first store building in Elgin and opened a
nuTchandising house as a branch of his Sum-
merville business. This store he subseiiuiMitly
sold to Fine & I'atten, who on taking over
the property built for their convenience a
new building in which to conduct their Imsi-
ness. This stock and building .Mr. .Sommer
was later obliged to take over in order to
li(|uidate the unpaid balance of the original
purchase price agreed to be paid him by Fine
& Patten. Early in the 'fiOs. innncdiatcly
after the railroad had reached Elgin. Mr.
Summer renmved his Summcrville slock to
Elgin anil iliscontinued his Summcrville store.
In isn.'i he sold his Elgin business, including
the real estate, to E. E. Crossen anil ri'-
moved to La (irande. where he resideil for
the following ten nxmths only and then re-
turned to Elgin, in which place he soon after
eslablisheil his two sons. .1. 1). and J. A., in
the mi-rcaiitile business, which they success-
fully ciindueted until llllu when they closed
out their entire stock. On retiring from the
business .1. 1). Sommer engaged in life insur
anc<' and J. .\. Sommer established himself as
an agiicniturist. .Since 1S95 Daniel .SomnuT
has given his time and attention to his varied
properties locatcil in Elgin and throughout
the county of Cnion. .\mong his nniny bn«i
ness enterprises he is the owner i«f a very fine
ranch, mi which he makes a s|pecially of
raising lii'.di yrade general purpose horses. Ib-
is line of the largest |)rop<-rty owner- in
Elgin and his entire real estate holdings ap
priiximate in round numbers between twenty
seven hundred and Ihri'c tlnniHanil acri-s of
very chiiiee agricultural lands In I'nion cnunl.v.
Mr. Soiniiier was one of the dominant fnc
tors in the organization of the Eleiii Slate
Hank, whiih later was reorgani/ed and i<
now doing busincsM under the niiTUi' of Ihr
First Viilioiml Hank of Elj-iii. <lf this in-
slitntion Ik- has bi'en a member of the Imnrd
of directors since its orgaiiiiration.

In IST.'i Mr. Sommer was mnrrii'd to \li««
Hachel Werfheiiner, of lai tirande. Oregon,
by wlioin he had three children: .liiliiM D..
engaged in the life insurance business, with
lieadiiunrters at La lirande; .loshiin .-%., who
is a farmer and stuck rai«er of I'nion county
iinil maintains bis residence in Elgin: Biiil
Henry S.. who makes his home in Elgin and
is likewise engaged in farming and •lock-
raising in fiiion county. The mother died in
lon.'i. In Iftos Mr. Sommer wn« ngnin mar-
ried, his «e<'ond union lieing with Mrs. .\melia
I Half) Ri««er.

Mr. Sommer i« nlTilinled with the demo-
■ ralic party and i« numl>ered among the

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liberal, progressive members of that organ
ization. In local political matters he con-
siders the character of the man and the prin-
ciple involved and gives his support to the
man of his choice regardless of party lines.
He has served at different times as member
of the town council of both Summerville and
Elgin and has the distinction of being one
of the members of the first town council
upon the organization of both of these thriv-
ing cities. In March, 1913, Mr. Sommer was
elected mayor of Elgin, the term of office to
expire in March. 1913. His fraternal rela-
tions are with the following organizations:
Elgin Lodge. No. 98. A. F. & A. M.; Portland
Consistory, No. 1. A. & A. S. E.; and Orion
Lodge of the Knights of Pythias at Elgin.
Both he and his wife are members of the
congregation Beth Israel of Portland. In all
his business ventures Daniel Sommer has
been uniformly successful. He has a thorough
knowledge of the French, German and Eng-
lish languages, having perfected himself in a
knowledge of the last named after coming to
tlie United States. His name is associated
with many of the most prominent and en-
during business enterprises throughout Union
county and he is known as one of the suc-
cessful agriculturists and stockmen of east-
ern Oregon.

J. WICKHAM, who is the efficient assessor
of Hood River county. Oregon, was born in
Iowa on the 4th of January, 18.55, his parents
being S. J. and Hannah (Conner) Wickhani.
The father was liorn in Ohio on the 13th of
.Tune. 1825, and passed away in Iowa in June.
1904. The mother, whose birth occurred in
1831 in the Buckeye state, died in 1882.
Throughout his life the father was engaged in
agricultural pursuits in which he met with a
good measure of success. His removal to
Iowa occurred in 1847.

J. Wickham received his early education
in the common schools of Iowa and subse-
quently attended Western College at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, for a short time. He removed
to Oregon in 188r;, settling in Umatilla county.
Six years later, in the fall of 1889. he removed
to Hood River county and purchased a farm.
He resided there until 1910 when he was
elected county assessor. At the present time
he has about twelve acres planted as an
apple orchard and eighteen acres prepared
for general cultivation. He brings to his office
unusual ability and quick appreciation of
values and details.

On Xovemhor 3. 1878, Mr. Wickham was
married to Mary Windsor, whose birth oc-
curred in Kansas. January 30, 1858, and who
is a daughter of James and Catherine (Wal-
ker) Windsor, who are engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits. To Mr. and Mrs. Wickham
five children were born: Laura, who is the
wife of H. A. (^immings of Hood River val-
ley, Nellie, who is the wife of F. H. Taylor,
an agriculturist of Hood River county; James
L., who is living on the home ranch; Mary,
who is married to F. Densmore of Hood River
county; and Ray. who is still living at home.

In politics Mr. Wickham gives his support

to the republican party in the local councils
of which he is prominent. In 1905 he was
elected to the office of county assessor and
he has .since held similar offices, being elected
on his party's ticket. He is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church and also holds
membership in the Knights of Pythias. Be-
cause of his interest in the welfare of his
community and because of his ardent sup-
port of an.v measures tending to civic im-
provement or development, he is accounted
one of the most valued citizens in his com-
munity, and holds the respect and regard of
those who have placed their trust in him by
electing him to various offices. In the dis-
charge of the duties of his present office he
is both conscientious and honorable, working
for the good of his county rather than per-
sonal advancement.

W. C. BOATMAN, who is the capable and
enterprising clerk of Wallowa county, is the
first native son of the county to be elected
to any of its public offices. He has also
served in the combined office of county re-
corder, clerk of the county court and clerk
of the circuit court. His birth occurred De-
cemlier 23, 1881, near Lostine. which was
then a part of Union county. He was the
son of Marshall K. and Irene E. (Wood) Boat-
man, the father a native of Missouri and
the mother of Polk county, Oregon. Mar-
shall K. Boatman cros.sed the plains to Ore-
gon in 1859 with his mother and brother,
John Boatman, the father having died in
Missouri. They located in the Willamette
valley, north of Salem, in Marion county,
where they remained about one year, when
the mother married William H. Wood, and
shortly afterward they removed to the Alsea
valley, in Benton count.y, where they resided
until 1881. In the meantime Marehall K.
Boatman had wedded Miss Irene E, Wood,
who was a daughter of William II. Wood
and, therefore, a stepsister to her husband.
In 1881 both families removed to what is
now Wallowa count)', then a part of Union,
locating near Lostine, where Mr. Boatman
engaged in farming and stock-raising, with
which he was prominently identified up to
the spring of 1908. At that time disposing
of his stock but retaining his land, which
comprises about seven hundred and twenty
acres, he retired from active life and has
since been spending his time in Portland
and Tulare county, California, his wife
having passed away August 14. 1911.

W. C. Boatman was reared under the pa-
rental roof and acquired his education in the
common schools, and then completed a course
at the Portland Business College, from which
institution he was graduated in the class
of 1000. Soon after as a bookkeeper he en-
tered the employment of F. T>. McCuUy &
Company, general merchants, who operated
stores at Lostine, Joseph and Flora, Mr.
Boatman being connected most of his time
with the Lostine store. In July. 1904, he
was appointed deput.v county clerk of Wal-
lowa count.v, in which capacity he served
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county clerk and in 1910 was reelected to
the same otlice.

On Jiiniuirv 3, 1906, Mr. Boatmiin wedded
Miss Helen Bell, the danphter of William T.
Bell, who now lives retired in Enterprise. He
was formerly jdentitied with merchandising
and for several years was county treasurer
of Wallowa county, also serving as post-
master at Enterprise. Mr. Boatman is iden-
tified with Wallowa T.odge. No. 82. A. F.
& A. M.; with Enterprise Chapter, No. 30,
R. A. M.: and both ho and his wife are
members of Wallowa Chapter, No. 50, O.
E. S. He also belongs to Lodge No. 94, K.
P., and is a member of the Independent Or-
der of Odd Fellows at T.ostine. Mrs. Boat-
man is an active worker in the Presbyterian
church. Mr. Boatman is a man of pleasing
personality, genial in manner and obliging
in disposition. His popularity as a public
official is evidenced by the fact that both in
his election in 1908 and in his reelection in
1910 to the oflice of county clerk, he was
placed in his position wit'hoiit opposition,
notwithstanding the fact that he is a demo-
crat in politics and that the county nomi-
nally has a republican plurality of five hun-
dred votes. Although a young man still.
his sterling integrity, native ability and
honorable business methods have won for
him a leading place among the citizens of
his county.

P. L. PHELAN. Lumbering with its affili-
ateil industry of sawmilling is among the
representative ncoupations of the northwest
and the men who are dovelnping and promot-
ing large enterprises along these lines are
progressive and influential forces. P. L-
Phelan has given his energies and activities
for manv vears to the operation of a large
sawmill "in Coos county near Myrtle Point
and his yearly output is a valuable addition
to the resources of his section. He was born
in Nova Scotia. March 19. 1801. and is a
son of William and .><usan (Crouse) Phelan.
His father was a native of Ireland and hi«
mother's birth occurred in Nova Scotia where
thev were married and where they both
passed awav. They became the parents of
ten chiMren. seven of whom are still living:
Alicia, the wife of Charles M. Firth of Liver_
pool. N'ova Scotia; .lam.'s W.. a resident of
Maldin. Massachusetts; .Tohn R.. who makes
his tiomi' in Liverpool. N'ova Scntia; I'. U. the
subject of this review; Ceorge A. and Mrs.
.fudsoii Younc. who also make their home in
Liverpnid. N'ova Scotia; and Mrs. Charles
Smith of Miihone Bnv. N'ova Scotia. The
chil.lrcn of Mr. and Mrs. William I'l"-ln"
who have passed away are: Mrs. Oiarles
Holden. the eldest daughter, who died at
Shelburn. Nova Scotia; Margant; and l-Tliza
betli «ho <lied in childhoo.1 in Nova Scotia.
P L. Phelan attended the public schools of
his native coiintrv and received a good busi-
ness education. lie pursued his studies until
he was seventeen vears of age and at that
time engaged in the lumber business in Nova
Scntia and later in the states of Washington
and Oregon, continuing in that business for
twenty vears. His activities as n resident

of Coos county have always been connecteil
with the lumber industry. When he came to
Oregon there was only one sawmill in Myrtle
Point and this plant was the first of its kind
erected in that vicinity. It had been in
operation only a few years when Mr. I'helaii
purchased it and has since operated it with
constantly increasing success. The I'uter
prise is known as the Myrtle Point Mill Com
pany and the output of the concern amounts
to thirty-five thousand feet of lumber every
ten hours. Mr. Phelan is also the owner of
a block of land inside the city limits of
Myrtle Point, lie is an ambitious and ener
getic man with the power of organization
and an ability to direct his subordinates, and
his success has resulted from his constant
application to business and his honorable
commercial methods.

February 28. 1891, Mr. Phelan was united
in marriage to Miss Rose Nasburg. a iialive
of Empire city. Coos county. Oregon. an<l a
daughter of .Tohn and .Mice Nasburg. pio-
neer settlers of this state. Mr. and Mrs.
•lohn Xasbiirg settled in Coos county in isr>l}
and the former was one of its prominent and
representative citizens during his life. He
served his state in the Indian wars of Ore-
gon and died in 1010 at the age of eighty
vears. His wife is still living and is in the
sixty-third year of her age. Mr. and Mrs.
Xasburg were the parents of four children,
three of whom are still living: .Sarah, tin-
wife of Henry Reynolds of Portland, Oregon;
.John, who is'in business in Florence. Oregon;
Rose, the wife of lUir subject ; and one child
who died at the ;ige of two years. T>i
Mr. and Mrs. Phelan have been I'orn two
children: Preston, whose birth occurriHl in
Marshfield. Ori-gon. .July 21. 1002; and Rose-
mary, born in the same city, November Ifi,
1909.

In his political nflUiations Mr. Phelan li
a consistent republican, lie holds member
ship in .Myrtle Lodge No. 7s A. F. ft .\. M.
and also belongs to the Knights of Pythias.
He has filled all the chairs in the Independ
ent Ordi-r of Odd Fellows and in the WoimI-
men of the World. He has been prominently
identified with fraternal circle* of Myrtlo
Point for many years and bis alTilinlloiiii
along this line' form one of the important
interests of his life. Mr. Philan is upright
anil honorable in his private life, wise, en-
ergetic, anil alert in hi« biisiiies" I'aporitv
and his sterling citizenship is of n brand
which i« rapidly Iwronilng ropre«riilntivp
of western .Vmerica.

THOMAS F. JOHNSON, who is «>rvinK «»
sheriff of Hood I'iver roiinly, is one of Hooil
River's prominent rlll/ens. He was liorn in
Roone county. Kentucky, eighteen mllen south
of Cineinnat'i. on the Sth of Mnr.h, IHT.I. hl«
parents being .L L. and Mnrtho (Miller)
.Inhnson. both of whom were also native*
of Iloone county, where their births oenirrr*!
in IM."? and 1841 re<ipwtively. The father
s<>r»-ed in the Civil war with the Kentucky
volunteers. n» did the mother's brothers. The
father was a manufarturer and dealer of
tobacco. He spent his life in his native •lat*

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

until he removed to Oregon in 1905. three
years after his son Thomas F. took up his
residence in this state. To Mr. and Mrs.
Jolinson fourteen ehiUlren were l)oru, eight
of whom survive: Fannie, tlie wife of G.
D. .lohnson. of Arizona; Ida. wlio is married
to Douglas Moore, of Kentucky; Sallie, who
is the wife of J. K. Carson, a resident of
Hood River; Eleanor, who is married to Ed-
ward Creighton. also of Hood River; Thomas
F., the subject of this sketch; Nora Belle,
who is residing at home; Lucy (Jrant, who
is living in Hood River; and Virginia, who
also makes her home with her jiarents.

Thomas F. .lohnson received liis cihication
in the common schools of Kentucky and \ipon
his father's tobacco ])Iantation aec|uired his
first experience in active employment. Un-
til the age of fifteen years he was employed
in a tobacco warehouse but after that time
took up farming and later owned and oper-
ated a sawmill in Kentucky. In 1902 he
purchased a fruit farm of seven acres in
Hood River county, which was wholly unim-
proved, but under his wise and (>flicient super-
vision it has been brought under a high
state of cultivation and at the present time
is set out to apples and pears. These trees
are from one to six years old. He also built
a modern and commodious home vipon the
property' where he resides and he carries
on his farming operations and also his busi-
ness in the town. In 190S. 1909 and 1910
he .served as warehouse fruit inspector of
the Fruit Grower's Union in Hood River.
Among fruit growers he is known as a man
of scientific knowledge and ability and his
sound judgment has been one of the strong
factors in the ilevelopment of the agricul-
tural interests in Hood River.

On the 6th of December. 1897. Mr. .John-
son was married to Miss Narcissus Reynolds,
a daughter of William and ilartha (Leach)
Reynolds, of Kentucky. In their native state
the parents carried on agricultural pursuits
for many years. To Mr. and Mrs. .lohnson
four children were born: Charles and .Julius,
who are both attending school; .Tames; and
Thomas F.

Jlr. .Johnson gives his political support to
the republican party becau.se he believes its
measures and policies are most conducive to
good government. He holds membership in
the Knights of Pythias and in the Baptist
church. In 1910 he was elected to the office
of sheriff of Hood River county and he is
at present discharging the duties of that of-
fice. In his political duties he displays a
conscientious regard for both party prin-
ciples and public welfare and in his business
activities he is one of the strong factors in
the progress and development of the com-
munity.

CONRAD MINGUS. From ISfiS to the
time of his death, which occurred on the 2;)th
of May. 1900. Conrad Mingus was a resident of
Oregon. He had already had several years
of experience as a Avestern man. having
previous to that period been a resident of
California. He was imlnied with that spirit
of enterprise which is characteristic of this
section of the country and he contributed in

no small mea.sure to the work of general
juogress and improvement, while his efforts
as an agriculturist resulted in the conversion
of an old donation claim into richly culti-
vated fields. He was born in North Caro-
lina, on the ()th of jNIay, 1823. and was a
son of Jacob Mingus. who died in that state.
Conrad Mingus .spent his youth \inder the
])arental roof and when about twenty years
of age started out in life on his own ac-
count. Leaving North Carolina, he went to
Missouri where he lived for several years,
and then removed to Kansas. He was a
brick mason by trade, following that occupa-
tion in the two states, but in 1849 he joined
the long procession that w;i.s slowly wending
its way over the plains to the gold fields of
California, and for some time thereafter he
worked in the mines. He then turned his
attention to teaming and freighting and still
later engaged in fanning in Solano county.

While residing in California, in 1862, Mr.
ilingus was united in marriage to Miss
L:ivina Dollarhide. a daughter of .Jesse Dol-
larliide. who crossed the plains from Iowa to
California in ISOl. The couple began their
domestic life in that state but in lS(is
removed northward to Oregon, settling in
the Rogue river valley in Jackson county,
two and a half miles north of Medford. The
place was an old donation cbiim known as
Heber Grove, having been entered by Mr.
Heber. Mr. Mingus resided on this f;Mra
until 1888 and during that period a notable
change occurred in its appearance. \\ild
land was converted into rich lields that an-
nually yielded golden harvests; fences were
built; modern machinery introduced; and the
progressive methods of the present age were
followed. The years brought Mr. Mingus
success as the result of his sound judgment
and well directed efforts and in 1888 he re-
tired with a handsome competence saved
from his earnings. Taking up his abode in
Ashland, his remaining days were there
passed and he ever enjoyed the respect and
good will of those among whom he lived.

As the years passed by the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Mingus was blessed with a family
of four children, namely; Francis M.. resid-
ing at Grangeville. Idaho; Dr. Everett Min-
gus. a physician ;\nil surgeon of Marshtield,
Oregon; Clara, who married W. A. Aitkin.
of Medford, Oregon; and Daisy, the wife of
Fred Robley. of Clackamas " county, this
state. Since the death of her husband ilrs.
Mingus has continued to make her home in
Ashland, where she has many warm friends.
She belongs to Alpha Chapter, No. 1. of the
Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Mingus was
a valued and representative member of the
Masonic fraternity, belonging to Jackson-
ville Lodge. He was always loyal to its
teachings concerning mutual' helpfulness and
brotherly kindliness, being ever readv to ex-
tend the hand of assistance to one in need.
His political allegiance was given to the
democratic party and he kept well informed
on questions of the day but did not seek
nor desire office. He had traveled life's jour-
ney for seventy-eight years when called to
the home beyond, and the record he made

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771

through that entire period was one which
commanded the confidence and high regard of
all who knuw him. There were no exciting
chapters in his lil'c record and no spectacular
phases but he always did his duty I'aith-
fully, performing any task that devolved
upon him in a public or private relation and
it is such citizens who constitute the real
strength of a comnuinity.

THOMAS CARRICK BURKE. The fifth son
of CliarU'inafjiH- Ijad a ;:nat-grandsoii who,
as governor of his father's towns, was called
•lohn UeBurgli. Thus the origin of the name
Rurke. dnc of .lolni DcHurgli's otrsjiring was
llarlowcii DcHurgh. who married llarlette,
niother of William the Conqiieror. Third
in ilesccnt from this pair was Adelni who
married Agnes, ilaughter of Louis the Sev-
enth of France. Their son, William l)e-
Bnrgh, nitereil Ireland with a commission
Ironi King Henry; and. during his lurid
career there, the family was transplantcil to
Iri^li soil. William's wile. Isabella, was the
■ lai ghtei of Richard the Lion Hearted. They
left a son Richard, who rivalled his father
as a freebooter. He changed the name fur-
ther to Rourke. His grandson. Richard, is
known as the Red Earl. This warrior
trampled iimler foot English and Irish alike,
until his victorious banner waved from every
castle in Ireland, His daughter mariied the
King of .Scotland Robert Rrine. The life
ot the Red Karl ended in a mona.stery. in
1326. where lie entered as an Augustinian
friar. His youngest son. Kdmund. was after-
wards seized by his kinsmen. inea>eil in a
weighted .sack and hurled from the clilTs of
Partry into the lake. Krom the murdered
Edmuiul. descended the liurkes of .Miinster.
who, for generations, fought the Hurkes of
Connaught. when there was no other light-
ing to be had. The separation of the tribe
into these two clans is marked, even to-day,
by the spelling of the name in their original
seats in Mayo, Hourke; in Calway. Iturke.
Edmund's son. Thomas, was the father of
Thomas the Red, who founded the monasterj-
of Alayone in H60. On the altar, in that
ancient pile, his tomb, decorateil with the
Rurki' .\rnis. may ~lill l>e seen. The early
monasteries of Ireland were the sent of the
world'i learning; and students, inclmling Al-
fred the (;rent. lUnked to them from Kiig-
land and the continent, fenerations of in-
vasion followi'd. during which the mnnnn-
teries were suppressed; and. through it nil.
where lighting was thickesl. were the Rurkes.
In 163.'. the Karl of StafToril. by intrigue, se-
cured for Charles the First, all the lainN and
titles of the Rourkes of Connaught; and. a
few vears later, what remained to the Rurkes
of Mnnster. was contiseated by Cromwell.
Spaci- forbiils. nor is it important, to follow
this genealogy down to the prewnt. It i*
markeil by ^tate-'men. ichohirs. prelates, hue-
cancers ami long line-. <if Irish rebel-. The
familv name* of .lohn. Richard. Thoma«. Wil
liam "and Edmund follow the trail. During
the barbarous centuries that succeeded the
landing of William DeRiirgh. in Wexford,
whether as chieftains on land, or pirnle- on

the sea, the liurkes played a man's part,
as they understood it; and, when they went
in for jiiety, there, too, they went with all
their might. In crime and virtue, \u song
and story, in churcli and state, in peace and
war. the name is written high in the annals
of the British Isles.

.lohn Rurke and .Mary Ryan were reared
in that beautiful .section of Ireland surround-
ing the old abbey ol Holy Cross. They cauu-
to Amerii'a about the middle of the last cen-
tury, were married in New York and hail
three children, who were born and grew to
manhood in Iowa — Richard, "Tom" and
•lohn. When the.se boys were, res|)ectively,
nine, seven and five years old. their motiier
died and their father entered the Inioii-
service. Soon after, the war clo.sed; but three
years elapsed Iwlore his return. He then
rescued the lads from a hired parentage and
provided them with a kind f.tepni<ither and
with brothers and sisters ol this second
union. In I'JOT, at the a^e of eighty-lour,
he succumbed to a surgical o|H-ration at
Rochester. Minnesota. His widow occupies
the old home at Sigourney, Iowa. Her own
sou. Eilinund. i> in charge of the business of
the International llarve.-.ter Company in the
north country, with head<|Uarlers at Fargo,
and all her "ollur cliihlreli are filling posi-
tions ol responsibility.

Of the first three, Richard graduated from
the Iowa State College with the class of
IHlfi. served for a time in a county ollii'e at
Sigourney and then embarked in jiairiialism
at What theer and Oskaloosa Iowa towns.
In lHs:i. he marrieil Men/a Rosecrans, nici-e
of (Jcneral Rosecrans, and is now living at
Moseow. Idaho, where he repre-eiits an old
line insurance i-onipany, as geiierjil agent
for the state. He is the father of lour sons
anil two daughters. Henry, • Tom," William,
•lohn, Mary and Ada.

.lohn remained on the lariii until hi» father
retired from it. He then took a coiirw ill
law at the liiiversity in Iowa Cily. alti'r
which he settled in North Dakota, where In-
rose to the hi-ad of the bar. He is now
serving his third term as governor ot tiiat
-tate. Thi- delegntes friun North Dakota
lo the lali> national convention at Italliiiiore
were pledged to him lor prrsideiit, but, on
first roll call, he released them to tioveriior
Wil«on. He afterwards iinrro«ly es<'a|>e<l the
noininntioii for \iie preKJilenl. Hi" wife and

tlir hildren. Eli/ulx-th. •Toni." Mini .Marion,

make hi» home life ideal.

riiomni Carriik. or "rom," n« he is f«-
niiliarlv calleil. wan the si-cond, or miiblle.
one of' the three. He was liorii in Marion.
Iowa, Decemtx-r I.'i, IHjrt; gradiinled from the
Iowa .SInti- College in llie cla«« ol IMHl, « ith
the degree of R S., and from the Iowa law
«eho«.l nt Th-m Moines, with Ibe cln.«« of |ss|.
He at once entered the practice of Ins pro-
fession at the lonn i-apital and continued
it for sixteen year«. with n few broken in-
ter>al«. In IH^.t he »a« elr<-led judge of
the municipal court of De« Moines. In ISOO,
he wa« re«'leeted to the same jMisition < In
retiring from office, he wriired » p«««|>ort
from .lames I'., tllnine then «<Tretnr)' of •tale.
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTOKY OF OREGON

went to Ireland, where, for six months, he
roamed among the haunts of his ancestors.
In the meantime, he attempted to portray
in a series of letters to the Saturday Re-
view of Des Moines, the effort, at that time,
of Parnell, backed by John Redmond, to re-
enter parliament against the opposition of
Gladstone and the Irish clergy. But his
heart was involved in the memories and
traditions that still linger around the old
home of the Burkes, where the murmuring
waters of the Suir flU with fairy voices the
ruins of Holy Cross Abbey. A branch of
the Burke family still lives there. After his
return to America, so strong was the an-
cestral call that, in 1893, he announced his
desire to go, as consul, to Belfast; and,
immediately, the democracy of Iowa united
in a petition to President Cleveland, urging
him for the place. Long after, it was learned
that the Belfast consulate had been pre-
viously pledged.

On October 5, 1898, he married Frances
Striegel, at Burlington, Iowa. She was the
daughter of a Bohemian mother and Ger-
man father. Her phenomenal record in the
Chicago Musical College had been followed
by study in Vienna with that maker of the
world's great artists — Leschtizky, and a
series of concerts after her return from En-
rope in 1896. She was a young woman of
unusual charm and a pianist of the first
rank. For more than a year after their
marriage, they lived in Des Moines. In
1900 they came, temporarily, to Baker City,
where they gradually anchored, and have
since established a home. They have two
children, Joselyn, aged eight and Thomas
Carrick, Jr., aged four.

Since his removal to Oregon, although a
member of the bar of the state, the subject
of this sketch has followed the fortunes of
mining — which first lured him west. He is
interested also in lands and timber. He
is president of the Oregon branch of the Na-
tional Mining Congress; and, vice president
for Oregon, of the national organization. By
appointment of Governor West, he is a mem-
ber of the state board of immigration; and,
by election, president, also, of that body.
He was the first to advocate and was active
in helping to establish the Des Moines sys-
tem of government by which the name of his
adopted town was changed from Baker City,
to Baker, when it led all the other cities
of the state in taking on the commission
plan. In politics, the democratic party, with
■which he has always affiliated, meets his
views more nearly than any other. He is
a democrat in the broadest sense, believing
that, however, men may differ in attainments,
mental or material, oiie man is as good as
another if he is ethically as sound and has
equal regard for the rights of others. He
is a progressive in the current movement
to bring the government, in all its branches,
nearer the suffrage of the people; and, he
insists, that women are included under that
head. He was chairman of the Oregon delega-
tion to the Baltimore convention; where.
from first to last, he was one of the most in-
tense fighters among the Wilson leaders.

All religions, he holds, are, and always have
been, purely systems of belief; and that in-
asmuch as absolutel}' nothing is, or ever
has been known of a future life, one man's
opinion, in regard to it, is entitled to as*
much credit and respect as another's. That
on a subject where all are, now, and always
have been equally ignorant, the pity of it
is, that, in contentions over it, millions of
the human race should have perished and
that the record of these tragedies should
stand, in the name of the Almighty, on the
darkest page in history. He believes that
simple toleration and kindness toward our
fellow mortals and a helping hand extended
indiscriminately to them in the only life of
which there is any earthly knowledge, has
the advantage over all professional sys-
tems of belief, in bringing its reward with-
out the intervention of death, or the pos-
sibility of doubt.

His social attachments are confined to his
home and friends, outside of which, the big
open lodge of humanity is, the only one to
which he belongs. His indifference to small
society customs and his general non-con-
formity mark him, perhaps, as strongly in-
dividual. An optimist always, his faith in
men and in the ultimate triumph of right
has survived many a shock — he remains an
optimist.

B. B. RICHARDS is engaged in dealing in
wheat in Athena where he also acts as an
insurance agent. He was born in Polk county,
Oregon, November 25, 1873, and is a son of
James and Amanda (Simons) Richards, who
were natives of Blue Springs, Missouri, where
they were married in 1849, Their wedding
journey was the long trip across the plains
to Oregon behind a plodding ox team, which
was at length completed and after which
they settled in Polk county, twelve miles
from Salem. James Richards secured an old
donation claim of a half section of land
and began the development of that property,
upon which he and his wife resided until
called to their final rest, his death occurring
when he was sixty-three years of age, and
that of his wife when she was fifty-three
years of age. He had always followed farm-
ing and his life's experiences were such aa
usually fall to the lot of pioneers. He had
nine children: James, living in Corvallis,
Oregon ; George, a resident of Portland ;
Ralph, whose home is in Granite Falls, Wash-
ington; Walter, who lives near Rock creek
at Klondike; Ella, the wife of Henry Funk,
of Salem: B. B., of this review; and three
who are deceased, John, Harden, and David.
B, B. Richards was left an orphan by the
death of his parents in his earl.v childhood,
after which he resided with his elder brother
while acquiring his public-school education.
He remained on the old homestead until
about 1888 and the experiences of farm life
gave him an excellent training for his duties
of later years. He supplemented his piiblic-
school course by six years' study in the State
University at Eugene, from which he was
graduated with the degree of A. B. in the class
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employ of a lumber firm in California and
then came to Umatilla county, where he
engaged in teaching school for two years. lie
next began buying and selling wheat and
has since engaged in that business, which,
owing to his capable management, has proved
a profitable source of income to him. He
is in addition agent for a number of old
reliable insurance companies and this branch
of his interests is proving remunerative to
him. He has been justice of the peace and
city recorder of the city of Athena for the
past seven years and w-as the first city re-
corder of the town of Helix and drafted all
of that city's ordinances when it was in-
corporated.

On the 16th of February, 1909. B. B. Rich-
ards was married to Miss Eva J. Rider, a
native of Wallowa county. Oregon, and a
daughter of William and'jf. Mattie Rider.
Her father is deceased and her mother re-
sides in Athena, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Rich-
ards have one daughter. Helen Elene, born
April 14. 1912. They have a pleasant home
in Athena and are prominent residents of
the town. Mr. Richards is an exemplary rep-
resentative of the ifasonie lodge and is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows and tlie Knights of Pythias. His po-
litical allegiance is with the republican party.
As city recorder his work is carefully and
systematically done and as justice of the
peace he renders decisions which are strictly
fair and impartial, winning him 'golden
opinions from all sorts of people."

P. S. ROBISON is farming two hundred and
fifteen acres of land three miles below Myrtle
Point, on the Coquille river, Coos county, and
has attained a gratifying degree of success in
his chnaen occupation. He was horn in Cole
county. Jlissouri. April 10, 1858, and is a
son of Samuel and Lucina fl.ampson) Robi-
son. The father was born in Pennsylvania,
in 1805, and the mother in Ohio, in 1819.
They were married in Missouri and were
among the earliest settlers of that state.
They remained there until l'<71. in which
year tliey came west to Oregnn and settled in
.Tosephine county. Two years later they
moved to f'oo« county and in 187.1 the father
took up n homestead claim in the Fishtrap
valley uliere he cultivated the soil until hl«
death, in 1892. in the eighty seventh year "f
his age. After his denii'<e liis wife made lier
home with her youn!.'e<«l diiiigliter and died
when she was eighty-»i\ yijir< rdd. Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Robison were the parent" of
eight children: Franklin P... who !•• now farm
ing a part of liis father's home'tead; R. <"..
wlio makes hi* home near Portland. Oregon:
r. T.. of till' Fjahtrap valley; P. S.. of thi«
review: Mr*. Martha .Able, who resides near
C'orvallis. Ore>;on: Orvilla and .John R.. both
of whom are deceased: and fJcorge Te\n«.
who dieil in Fetiruary. 1912.

P. S. Rnlii-ion is almost entirely self edu
cated. He attended school for l"'s< than x
year but by intellisent reading has broadened
bis knowledge until he is now n well in
formed man. He remained with his parents
until he was twentyfhrei- yenr« of age and

then started in active life for himself. He
followe<l logging for four years and then
married, afterward farming his father's
homestead, which he managed etiiciently and
brought to a high state of development. In
1S96 he purchased fifty-five acres of land on
the Coquille river which formi>d the basis
of his present large agricultural enterpri-<e.
He has at various times in his career ailded
to his lioldinys until he now owns two liun
dre<l and fifteen acres of land, well improved
and highly developed.

lie has been successful from the beginning.
He learned the rudiments of agriculture by
personal experience and hard work ujKin his
father's farm and at an early day became ac
quainted with the most approved methmls
of soil cultivation and with the detailed in
formation of the management of an up to-
ilate farm. He makes his rlairy, whicii he
has conducteil since 1892, one of the impor
tant branches of his enterprise and at the
present time is milkinj; thirty-seven cows for
dairy purposes. He devotes seventy acres of
his land to pasturing forty-five head of high-
grade cattle and is known as an expert juilt'e
of thoroughbred stock. He sold his dairy
products to the first creamery ever built in
Coos county.

In 18s:i Mr. Robison was united in marriage
to Mils Ijiura Hoover, a native of Minnesota,
and a daughter of .Aaron Hoover, who came
to Ongon in 1875 and lived in this state, near
Xorway. until his death. Of the children born
to Mrs. Robison's parents four are still liv
ing: .Andrew, of .Alameda county. California :
Mrs. .Susanna Myers, who lived in N'orway.
Oregon, and who passed away .Inly 2. 1912;
Willis .A., of Bandon. this state; and Laura,
the wife of our subject. Mrs. Robison's
father died .Tuly 4. 18R1. and was survived
by his wifi- until \ovember 14, 190(1. ITnIo
Mr. and Mrs. Roliison have been born ten
children: Caleb C. who is still nt home:
Beulah O.. the wife of Clarence Schroeder. of
Coos county; Walter S.. who also lives with
his parents; Leobi. who married Ray I-«<wl«.
and is farming on the Coquille river; Frank-
lin Roy and I.ucina. both of whom are living
at home; Ileiinice and Bnrnice. twins, who are
now fourteen years of age: Flon-nre. who is
twelve years of age; and Olen I... who Is
eight vears nf age. Of these children all have
atteniled the public schools of Coo« roiintT.
Ill his political views Mr. Robison is a denio-
rrat but liberal In lii« interprrtntion of the
party's doctrine*. He !• widl known in pub-
lic affairs in Co<>« cnnnly ami Is the nnmlner
for the ofllrr of countv ri*prr»*'iitntive which
he «<TiirriI without any effort ii(>on his part.
He has served for n niimlier of year* oa •
niemtier of the !■ ril ;-hoo| hnard and Is In-
Ifresled in edur 1 • • insion. Fruterimllr

lie liolongs to ■ •• ami has t>«>pn a

memlier of the Mi-tu- l<«lge for thirty two
vp»r« The year he joined the MB«nnic or
drr Iw «n« mndr iirn«ter of bis ln<lBp. In
I'Mc;^ In- \*ii« ngaiii rb-rted t/» that office and
.serM"d for two veBr«. then wrved for a similor
perin<l n« Irrliirer Again he served two
years as master but ha* siner Herlined ofB-
ei«l honor. He has devoted the principal

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

part of liis life to agrioiiltiire iiiid lias at-
tained a degree of success which is entirely
the product of his own labor and wJiich is
inseparable from intelligent and s])peialized
industry.

CHARLES H. BARTHOLOMEW, owner ot
a farm of four hundicd and forty acres on
Little Butter creek, is luinihered among the
most substantial agriculturists and esteemed
citizens of Morrow county. He was born in
Elmwood, Illinois, on the 13th of December,
1877, his parents being Alba and Mary (Coe)
Bartholomew. The father's death occurred
at Heppner in 1903 and the mother who sur-
vives him still resides in that town.

t'luirles H. Bartholomew was brouglit from
Illinois to Oregon by his parents in Feb-
ruary, 1884. He acquired his education in
the common scliools of this state, first at
ililton, where he resided with his parents for
three years, and subsequently at Sand Hol-
low. When he was twenty-seven years of
age he removed to the farm on Little But-
ter creek where he is now residing and where
lie owns four hundred and forty acres, one
linndred and fifty-two of which is under ir-
rigation. He devotes its energies to alfalfa-
growing and stock-raising and feeds a herd
of two thousand sheep. The results of his
energy and labor are shown in the highly
improved condition of his property and the
modern and substantial buildings with which
it is equipped. His business ability and
close application have gained for him rank
among the progressive agriculturists of the
county. His ranch is situated twenty miles
from the railway station.

On the 37tli of October. 1!)01, Charles H.
Bartholomew was married to Miss Phebe
Thomson, a native of Butter Creek and a
daughter of 0. F. Thomson, deceased. To
Jlr. and Mrs. Bartliolomew tlirec children,
Mary, Fay and 0. F., have been born. His
maii,v sterling traits have won Mr. Bartholo-
mew high regard and he is iiumbered among
the honored and representativ<' citizens of
Butter Creek.

CHARLES KING is the owner of a tract
of one hundred and twenty-seven acres of
land, constituting one of the best improved
farms in Wasliington connt,y. His birth oc-
curred in Germany on the 23d of .Tanuary,
1838. his parents being .John A. and Mar-
garet King, both of whom passed away in
that country when fort.v-eight years of age.
Unto them were born three sons and three
dinighters, of whom one son and two daugh-
ters are now in the United States.

In May, 18C0. when a young man of
twenty-two years, Charles King crossed the
Atlantic to the United States, first locating
in (California. From St. .Joseph, Missouri,
with three eoinpanions from Europe, he had
started across the plains on foot, carrying a
blanket and a small amount of provisions but
no money. He began the iourney in .June
but did not arrive at his destination until
October anil was often on the point of star-
vation, hardly expecting to reach California
alive. After working in a sawmill there
lor two years he came to Oregon, settling at

(Jranite Creek or the north fork of the .lulin
Day river, where he operated a gold mine.
In 1866 he removed to The Dalles, there re-
maining for two years. On the expiration
of that period lie came to Washington county,
here taking charge of a timber tract which
he had previously purchased. He developed
the property into a splendid farm and lulti-
vated the land for ten years before disposing
of it. Subsecjuently he bought his present
farm of one hundred and twenty-seven acres,
which at the time it came into his possession
was entirely unimjiroved and was covered
with timber and brush. Since that time he
has developed one hundred and ten acres
thereof, now owning one of the most highly
improved farms in the county. At present
the land is worth three hundred dollars an
acre. In its cultivation Jlr. King has won a
gratifying measure of success, being num-
bered among the jirosperous and representa-
tive citizens of the community.

Mr. King has been married twice. In 1868
he weddetl Miss Agnes Augusta Campbell,
a native of Illinois and a daughter of .John
and Elizabeth Camjibell, by whom she was
brought to Oregon in 1852, when but three
months old. Both Mr. and Mrs. Campbell
died ill rortlaiid. Their children were twelve
in number, namely: .James, Thomas. RacJiel,
Charles. Mrs. Agnes A. King. Theodore,
lOlizabeth. Alice, Theodore, Wilbur. Ida and
one who is deceased. By his first wife Mr.
King had seven children, as follows: Thomas
Herbert, who resides on the homestead place;
Fred, living in Portland, Oregon; Annie Lulu
and John B., both at home; George William,
who is married and o|ierates part of the
homestead place; Margaret, who makes her
home in Alaska; and Rosa, who is married
and resides in Idaho. The mother was
called to her final rest in 1897. Mr. King
was again married, his second union being
witli ilary Osterhamer, by wlimn he has one
ilaugliter. Louisa.

In politics Mr. King is a stanch democrat
but his aspirations are not in the line of
oflice seeking. His religious faitli is indi-
cated by his membership in the Catholic
church. He has now been a resident of
Oregon for a half century and has partici-
jiated in the wonderful work of development
which has been undertaken and accomplished
during that period. In an analyzatioii of the
character and life work of Charles King we
note many of the characteristics which have
marked the German nation for many cen-
turies— the perseverance, reliability, energy
and unconquerable determination to pursue a
course that has been marked out. It is
these sterling qualities which have gained for
our subject success in life and made him one
of the substantial and valued citizens of
Washington county.

WILLIAM E. HANSON, who is residing in
llnod River, is ellicieiitly discharging his duties
ii~ county clerk ni Hood River county where
lie has resided since 1908. His birth occurred
on the KJtli of Febriiarv. 1877, in Wisconsin,
liis jiarents being Fred and Martha (Nelson)
Hanson, both of whom were natives of Den-

aiARLES KINli

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

mark. The fatlici's birth occurred on the 2Sth
of March, 18-10, and in 1S6G lie came to
America at wliich time he settled in Wiscon-
sin where his death occurred in 1910.
Throughout his life he followed ;ij;ricultural
pursuits, and at the present time his widow
is residing on the Wisconsin farm. Her birth
occurred in September. 1855. To them four
children were iKim: .lames C., who is resid-
ing in Soo, Michigan; William E., the sub-
ject of this sketch; Mary A., a resident of
Wisconsin; and Carrie, the wife of Fred Kar-
dell, of Wisconsin.

William K. Hanson received his education
in the common schools of Wisconsin and grad-
uated from the New Lisbon high school in the
class of ISOt). Subsequently ho took up a
two years' course in the normal school at
Stevens Point. Wisconsin, and later engaged
in teaching for three years before coming to
Oregon in 1!I02. .\tter his arrival in this
state he taught school fiu' two years, and has
also been employecl in the county clerk's office
in The Dalles for a year. In 1908 he returned
from spending a year in eastern Oregon and
took up a homestead in TTood River county.
Before proving up the claim, however, he
had an opportunity to sell to good advantage
and he disposed of the property and settled
in Hood River where he was engaged as
deputy clerk from September. 1909. until
.lanuary. 1911. In the autumn of 1910 he
was elected county clerk, and he still holds
this oflice.

In 1909 ilr. Hanson was married to Miss
Harriet ^larden. a daughter of .Tohn M. and
Harriet (Reed) Harden, residents of this state.
The father, who lived retired at The Dalles,
until his death in March. 1912, came west with
the gold seekers in 1S49, and after residing
in California for a short time removed to
Oregon where he was one of the early settlers.

Air. Hanson gives his political support to
the re]iul)lican party and is a firm believer in
the policies and measures as .set forth by the
administrative and executive bo<lies of that
organization. He holds membership in the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, an organ-
ization in which he is both active and in-
tliieiitial. In his political, social, fraternal and
business relations he has ever been found
honorable and willing to give his best ability
to any measures wliirli may prove conducive
to public welfare and development. Both lo'
and his wife have won a circle of friemls in
Hood River which is almost n« extensive as
their acquaintances.

WILLIAM HARRISON REEDER, who was
formerly an agriculturist of Iniatilla county.
Oregon, is now living retired in Tacoinn.
Washiii-rton. His birth oeriirred near Kil-
reka. Illinois, on the Sth of Aucust. 18.-4. his
parents being Daniel A. and Kli/a K. iCross-
ley) Reeder. who went to San Kninciseo in
the early '70s itiid subsequently made the
trip to tiie Willamette valley in Linn county
by boat. They remained there for two or
tiiree years before settling in Iniatilla
county, where they resided after IH77. The
father's death occurred in 1891. when he
was sixtv-one years of age. His active

career had been given to agricultural pur-
suits and at the tiuu- of his death he was re
siding on the ranch near Helix. Thi'v w en-
tile parents of .seven children: William II.,
of this review; L. It., who resides in I'ort
land; W. ('.. who makes his home in Spo-
kane; .1. E., a resident of Tacoma; Allie
Bostwick, deceased; Flora Eli/jilH-th. who
married C .\I. Ely, of Tacoma; ami Jthodu
Bott, of IVndleton.

After the Kceiler family took up their
residence in Iniatilla coiinty William II.
Reeder began to idenlify hiiiiself with the
agricultural life of the district. At lirst he
assisted his father upon the home farm ami
-subsequently farmed the three .sections of
"hicli he was the owner at the timi' of his
retirement. Since that time this property
has been managed and operated by his son's
('. A. and (). H. His life has been one of
inten.se activity ami the succi'ss whirh he
has won well shows his worth as an iifiriciil-
tiirist. The farm is now being cultivated
and improved as prolitably ami as ably as
it was at any time during the lather's own-
ership. The two ranches which were most
recently acqiiireil are planted almost en-
tirely to wheat but ninety acres is given over
to raising alfalfa. In 1904 .Mr. Keeder re-
moved to Tacoma, Washington, where he has
since resided.

Mr. Reeder was married to Miss Alice A.
Leedy, who is one of the pioneers of Linn
county, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Leedy. To .Mr. and Mrs. Reeiler three
children have been born. C. A., the eblest.
born August 2, 1880, is living on the home
farm. He was married to Miss Myia Owens
and to their union two children, (iaude Wil
liam and an infant have been born. O. II.
is al.so engaged in agrieliltural pursuits, his
birth having occurred on the 9tli of May.
1882. To his union with Maude Oholson
one child. I.eonore. has been born, .\valenii
l.averne who loncliides the family makes her
home with her parents.

-Mr. Keeder won the success which is hi"
by lianl. persisti'iil work which will aluay-
tell in till' development of the soil of this
riili agricultural district. He was one of the
early farmers in this state and as siieh de-
s«'rve» great credit for the opening up of
the farming districts of Cmatilla county.
Few men have wnn greater siircens and none
liiiv** more sinci-rely won the regard and re-
spi'it of their fellow men. He bclonk's to that
class of repres<>ntat ive eiti/elis who came to
the West with tlif determination to tiinl in
a new and (.'rowing country thi' success which
pers«'Verance, labor and energy merit. He
liecame one nf the siibstnntini a);ricultiirists
and his life history may well serve b« n
source of encouragement and inspiration to
others, showing what may Ik- neeompliKheil
when one hat the will to work.

FRANCIS C. McKENZIE city recor.ler at
H#*rmiston wln-ro he hn* Mllcil other public
oOices inclinling that of jintice of peace, was
Iwirn in Circleville. Pickaway county. Ohio.
November ?•. ISSH. On account of his ser^'ices
in the latter capacity he is popularly known
as ".Indgo McKenzie." His parents are I/oo

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

M. and Margaret E. (\A'ard) McKenzie, na-
tives of the Buckeye state, who live in Pick-
away county, where they have resided since
their childhood. The father is a farmer and
stock-raiser and his well directed labors have
brought him substantial success.

Francis C. McKenzie is the fifth in order
of birth in a family of ten children, four sons
and six daughters. He is the youngest of
the sons and was reared and primarily edu-
cated in the place of his nativity, supplement-
ing his preliminary studies by a course in
St. Gregory's Seminary at Cincinnati. He
pursued a course in shorthand and book-
keeping at Circleville and afterward accepted
a position as stenographer and bookkeeper in
Columbus, Ohio, where he remained for a
year. He afterward spent six months on a
ranch in North Dakota and in 1905 arrived
in Aberdeen, Washington, where he became
connected with the Aberdeen Bulletin. He
remained with that paper for a year and on
the 7th of March, ]907, went to Pendleton,
Oregon, where for two years he acted as
manager of the Pendleton Tribune. He re-
moved to Hermiston to accept the position
of bookkeeper for the Newport Land & Con-
struction Company and has since been ac-
tively and prominently identified with the
business affairs and public interests of this
city. In July, following his arrival here, he
was appointed city recorder and on the 7th
of December. 1909. was elected to that office.
He was reelected on the 5th of December,
1911 — a fact which indicates how capably he
had discharged his duties during his first
term. In November, 1910, he was elected
justice of peace in which office he still ren-
ders decisions that are strictly fair and im-
partial. He acted as assistant postmaster
in the year 1911 and has discharged the duties
of the various public offices to which he has
been called, with ability, promptness and
fidelity.

On 'the 5th of November, 1908, Francis C.
McKenzie was married in Umatilla county to
Miss Georgia L. O'Daniel, a native of this
county and a daughter of George R. and
Alice O'Daniel, who are residents of Pendle-
ton. Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie have two sons:
George Francis and Raymond Gerald. The
family occupies a pleasant and attractive
home which Mr. McKenzie owns. He is a
member of the Catholic church and fraternally
is identified with the Woodmen of the World,
while politically he is a republican. A young
man. he has made a creditable record for one
of his years and the sterling qualities he has
already displayed argue well for success in
the future.

THOMAS WILKINSON has been identified
with stock-raising and has engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits in Oregon since 1864. He
has a fine farm and location and is market-
ing a large number of hogs annually. He
was born in Peoria county, Illinois, January
24, 1837, a son of Jacob 'and Matilda (Cox")
Wilkinson, the father having been born in
.Jackson county, Ohio, in 1807, and the mother
in Ross county, that state, in 1808. The
grandfather, Jacob Wilkinson, was a native

of North Carolina and removed to Ohio at
an early day, becoming a pioneer of that state,
where he died while yet a young man. IJis son
Jacob removed from his native state of Ohio
to Illinois, where he settled in Peoria county,
and later went to Missouri where he remained
for six years, after which he returned to
Illinois. He went to Nebraska in 1859, being
a pioneer of that state, and after residing
there until 1864 removed with his wife and
eight children by ox team to Oregon. Emi-
grants at that time were having trouble with
the Indians but Mr. Wilkinson and his. fam-
ily were not molested. He settled in High
valley, a part of Grande Ronde valley, and
lived there the remainder of his life, passing
away in 1893 at the age of eighty-seven
years. Tlie mother died also in the same
.year, attaining the age of eighty-five years.
While living in Oregon the father" was
engaged in the raising of cattle and horses,
preferably the former. In his family were
nine children, six sons and three daughters,
four of whom survive: Thomas, of this re-
view; Andrew, a resident of Union; Merritt,
living in southern Oregon; and Elisa, the
widow of Warden Hathaway.

Thomas Wilkinson spent his boyhood in
Ilinois, where he received a common-school
education, and remained in that state until
the removal of the family to Missouri. He
has been engaged in breeding live stock and
in general agricultural pursuits for many
years, annually raising a large number of
hogs from which he derives a profitable
revenue. His farm is well improved with a
comfortable residence, a spacious barn and
other buildings, and is in a high state of
cultivation.

Mr. Wilkinson was married Noveinher 37.
1879, to Miss Lydia Rundall. a native of
Nebraska and a daughter of Henry and Han-
nah (Radley) Rundall. who removed to Ore-
gon in 1876. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson
have been born four children: Matilda N.,
Mary Ettie, Jacob Henry and Phillip Edgar.
Mr. Wilkinson is well preserved and for one
of his years with intelligent understanding
manages his enterprise in a modern and pro-
gressive way. He is a good citizen and greatly
respected by all who know hini and esteemed
by a large number of friends and acquaint-
ances.

HOMER ISHMAEL WATTS is one of the
respected and inflneiitiiil citizens of Athena,
Umatilla county, Oregon, where he is success-
fully engaged in the genera! practice of law.
He was born at Athena, January 1, 1879, and
is the son of Thomas J. and Elizabeth (Nay-
lor) Watts. In 1851 the father crossed the
plains with ox teams to California from Mis-
souri and after spending a short time in the
Golden state he returned to Missouri. In
1853 he again removed to California, where
he was engaged in the gold-mining industry
for a number of years. In 1S70 he moved
to Umatilla county, Oregon, and there estab-
lished his home and has since continued to
reside. Mr. Watts was united in marriage
in Missouri in 1871 to Miss Elizabeth Naylor.

THE CENTENNIAL 1II8T0KV OF OREGON

779

Homer I. Watts was reared at liouie aii.l
received his elementary education in the pub-
lic schools of Umatilla county. Later he was
for some time a sluJcnt at the Weston State
Xormal School, after which he completed his
studies at the Monmouth State Xormal
School, from which institution he was gradu-
ated in 1897. He later completed a special
course of study at the Throop Polytoi-hnic
Institute of Pasadena, California, being gradu-
ated in 1S09 with the degree of C. K. He
later entered the University of Oregon and
after completing the required course of study
■was graduated from that institution with
the degree of A. B. in the class of 1903. He
tlien further pursued his university studies
at Harvard, from which institution he was
graduated in the class of 1907 with the degree
of LL. B. He then engaged in farming and
also in the general practice of law, in which
he has since continued.

On October 7, 1905, at Portland, Oregon, Mr.
Watts was united in marriage to 5Jiss .lennie
J. Haines. Mr. Watts belongs to the Sigma
Xu college fraternity and is a member of the
Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks. He is one of the use-
ful and respected citizens of Umatilla county
and a man whose abilities as a lawyer are
recognized throughout his portion of the state.
His unusual educational acquirements justly
entitle him to a distinguished place among
the capable and progressive men of Oregon.
He is always ready to give his support to the
encouragement and advancement of any meas-
ure of public interest intended to improve
the educational and civic interests of the
people of his county and state.

I. W. HOPE. Through successive stages of
business ilevi'lopment and progress I. W.
Hope has worked his way upward to a promi-
nent place in agricultural and financial cir-
cles and at the same time has been a potent
force in the polltlial life of the community,
lie was born in Vlroqini, \'ernon county, Wis-
consin, on the 28th of September, 1861, a
son of fieorge W. and Emelino (Williams)
Hope, natives of Virginia and Ohio respect-
ively. He is de.scended from old southern
families which were established in Virginia
at an early day, hl« grandfathers, Peyton
Hope and Richard Williams, having both been
born in that state, while TV^njamin Wil-
liams, the great-grandfather on the materniil
side, was also a native of the Old Dominion.
The grandfathers were early pioneers of
Ohio, the Williams family going to that stale
previous to the removal ojf the Hope family,
Richard Williams being but a lad at the time.
In early manhood he took up his hi>me
In Wisconsin. Ceorge W. Hope, the father
of our subject, died whih" serving as a tol-
dier in the Civil war. He enlisted in Com-
pany A, Twenty-fifth W'isconsin Volunteer
Infantry, under Colonel .leremiah Rusk, and
passed away in 18fi3. having become ill dur-
ing the Viekshurg campaign. Ijiter his widow
took her family to Kan.sas. where she has
since made her home, now residing at Xor-
ton, that state.

Ot the lour children born to his parents
I. W. Hope is the youngest. It Wtt.s during
Ills early childhood that removal wu.s made
to Kansas, and in that state he acquired a
good education, completing his training in a
private school. When fourteen years of
age he accepted employment in order to help
pay the expenses of his education, ami he
remained a student until eighteen years of
age, when he put aside his text-books and
went to Colorado, joining his brother .M. (;.
Hope, who had the year previous preceded
him and with whom he has since been elos«dy
associated in business interests. They re-
mained in Colorado for only a year" and
then spent a similar period in Idaho. aft4-r
which, in 1S83, they earae to the Vale dis-
trict in Malheur county, Oregon, and home
steaded a farm two miles south of Vale.
That remained their home until 1887, in
which year the county was formed and M.
0. Hope, having been appointed postmaster
of Vale, took up his residence in that town.
In the following year I. W. Hope again
joined his brother and they opened a small
store which, however, they suhseipiently en-
larged from time to time until it becAmc
one of the important and prosperous enter-
prises in the community. On .lanuary 1,
1902, they sold that business, having in the
meantime acquired considerable property and
other Important business interests which de-
mandeii their attention. They were inter-
ested In the establishment of the First Bank
of Vale, now known as the United States
Xational Bank, of which M. <;. Hope was
practically the organizer and the tirst vice
president. They held the stock of that in-
stitution for about a year, after which they
sold out and gave their attention to their
stock-raising and farming, in which they had
always been interested to a more or less
extent since coming to Oregon, engaging ex-
tensively in the raising of cattle. They
erected the Hope building, the (irst modern
stone stnicturo in Vale, of which (hey are
still the owners. In October, I9I0, they
purchased the controlling interest in the
I'niled States Xational Bank, which is the
outgrowth of the First Bank of Vale and
in which they had formiTly been Interested.
M. <i. Hope is the president of thi- bank,
to the duties of which ollice he gives his en-
tire time and attention, while I. W. Hope
is wrving as vice president. The latter,
whose lahom in connection with the adminis-
tration of the bank's business arc not so
ardufius, gives the greater portion of hi*
time to the brothers' oulsldi- interests. They
now own four tine rnmhea in various »«••
tlons of Mnllieur roiinly. having in nil about
three thousand acres, and of these two farms
are leased to renters. I. W. Hope gives his
personal attention to the oporation of the
other two and raises large quantities of
grain and hay. «l«o keeping a number of
horses. Me is one of the really big men of
the district, the i' • of his various in-

terett" pln<-jng h ' nm^ng the most

pr»isp«'rous and ■>.. ■-:... .;,.*! business men of
the rounty.

I. W. Hope was married in March, 1890.
to Miss Lilly npllerman, • daughter of Pred

780

THE CEiNTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Gelleiman, vvlio came to Mallieur euuiity in
1878. By this union were born live chil-
dren, namely: Xorma, a student ot Tacilic
University, at Forest Grove; and Krma.
Mazic, Bernice and Hazel, all attending school.
Not only in business but in tliosc other
interests which go to make up the life of
a community Mr. Hope has been a potent
factor. In his fraternal relations he is an
Odd Fellow and a Koyal Arch Mason, be-
ing first master of the latter lodge under dis-
pensation. He gives his support to the re-
publican party and few have attained greater
prominence in the political circles of Mal-
heur county than Mr. Hope. He served on
the school board for many years, lias been
councilman for several terms and is the pres-
ent mayor of Vale, while in IBflo he was
elected representative from Malheur county
to serve in the state legislature, to which
position he was reelected in 18yT, serving
throughout two terms. As chief executive
of the town he is giving his fellow citizens
a businesslike administration, performing his
duties with an efficiency which indicates that
the choice for the position was well made.
Progress has ever been the keynote to his
career, being a stanch champion of advance-
ment along material, intellectual and political
lines, recognizing that each has its place in
the scheme of the world.

M. G. HOPE, president of the United States
National Bank of Vale, occupies a foremost
place in financial circles of Malheur county,
and his various other interests give him
prominent rank among the well known and
prosperous citizens of his district. He was
born on the 31st of August, 1859, in Vernon
county, Wisconsin, a son of George W. and
Emeline (Williams) Hope. He was the third
child in order of birth, and in the public
schools of Kan.sas he acquired his preliminary
education. Later he pursued a two years'
course in a private school and then had the
advantage of a years study in Bryant &
Stratton Commercial College of St. Joseph.
Missouri. About 1880 he went to Colorado,
where a year later he was joined by his
brother. I. W. Hope, of whom extended men-
tion is made above. From that time the
brothers have been continuously associated
in business and today are the owners of ex-
tensive and valuable property throughout
Malheur county. In 1910, in connection with
his brother, Mr. Hope purchased the controll-
ing interest in the United States National
Bank, formerly the First Bank of Vale. He
had practically been the organizer of that
institution and served as its first vice presi-
dent, but disposed of his original interests
therein after about a year. He is now the
president of the bank and to its management
and control gives his eiitire time and at-
tention. The bank now occupies commodious
quarters in the fine new Drexel Hotel build-
ing, are elegantly and substantially fur-
nished and equip|)ed with all of the latest
banking facilities. It is capitalized for
seventy-iive thousand dollars with a siirplus
of twenty-five thousand dollars, and its
other officers are: I. W. Hope, vice presi-

dent; J. P. Hunaway, cashier; and B. W.
iiulkey, assistant cashier.

-Mr. Hope has been married twice. On
the loth of January, 1888, he wedded Mis.s
Emma High, a daughter of Francis and
Sarah J. High, and unto them were bora
three children: Leslie, a graduate of the
Pacific University; and Bessie and George M.,
both attending school. The wife and mother
passed away on the 22d of December, 1904,
and for his second wife Mr. Hope chose Miss
Ura Smith, of Portland, Oregon, whom he
married on the 5th of February, 1907. They
have become the parents of one son, Paul.

Fraternally Mr. Hope belongs to the
Knights of Pythias and to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and in the latter or-
der he has passed through the various chairs,
and he is also a member of the encampment.
He has never sought political preferment,
his interests rather centering in his home
and his business, although he takes a public-
spirited interest in all those issues which
affect the state and nation. As president
of one of the well known and substantial
moneyed institutions of Malheur county he
has come to be widely known in financial
circles and his outside interests place him
among tlie representative and influential men
of his district.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ROSS was one of
tlie early pioneers of (Oregon and during life
he was identified with many of the busi-
ness enterprises of Coo.s county which be-
came the stepping stones marking the prog-
ress of that county from an uninhabited
wilderness to a prosperous and well popu-
lated district in the state of Oregon. He
was born November 27. 1827. in Spencer
county. Indiana, and was the son of Evan
and Catherine (Ashby) Ross, who later re-
moved to Iowa, where the father died at the
age of forty-five years. The mother after-
ward removed to Oregon, where she passed
away in 1882. at the age of eighty-eight
j'ears, in Coos county. They were the pa-
rents of fourteen children, of whom only two
are living: Mrs. Bonebrake, the widow of
Josiah V. Bonebrake, of Coos county, Ore-
gon; and Mr.s. Louisa Hodson, the widow of
Jonathan Hodson, of Coos river, Oregon.

Benjamin Franklin Ross was reared in
his parents' home and received his early edu-
cation in the public schools of Marion county,
Iowa. He was by trade and occupation a
mason and devoted his attention to the busi-
ness of his craft until 1850. In that year
he emigrated to Oregon, crossing the great
American desert with ox teams, settling first
in Jackson county and later in Coos county.
He was one of the first twenty-five white
settlers in that pc^rtion of the state and was
one of the first to build a residence in this
county. On reaching Oregon he took up a
donation claim in Lane county and later re-
moved to Coos county, where he settled in
1851. To him belongs the distinction of hav-
ing built the first hotel in Empire, which he
operated for several years and he was also
the builder of the first house of that place.

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MiiislitieKl. and in 1S64 scttU-il upon liis
homestf-ail on Koss Inlet where he continued
to reside until the time of his death which
occurred March l.';. 1912. During the years
of his life as a farmer he was also enf;a;^ed
in raising' stock of which he made a spe-
cialty. At the time of his death he left a
landed estate consisting of three hundred ami
twenty acres of highly improved agricultural
land and was also interested in various gold
mines in Coos county.

-Mr. Uoss was united in marriage Septem-
ber 10. 1S64. to Miss Klioila K. Bonebrake. a
native of Iowa, her birth having occurred
April l!i. 1S4-'. She is the daughter of Ja-
cob and I.avina iDroUinger) Bonebrake, the
former a native of Ohio and the latter of
North Carolina. They celebrated their wed-
ding in Indiana, where they lived for many
years and then removed to Iowa, being among
the first settlers of that state and there con-
tinued to reside until 1S62. In that year
thev removed to Oregon where they estab-
lished their home ancl continued to live dur-
ing the remaining years of their lives, the
mother having died in October. 1883. and the
father in 1894. They were the parents of
seven children, live of whom are still liv-
ing: Cynthia A., of .Stockton. Kansas; Rhoda
E.. the" widow of the subject of this review:
John W.. a resident of Coos county Oregon:
Mrs. Josephine Riggs. of Marshfield, Oregon;
and H. S. Bonebrake. who resides on Koss
Slough. Coos county. Oregon.

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Ross became
the parents of one son. Ceorge F.. who was
born Decembi-r in. 18fi."). and who is engaged
in farming on the old homi'stead. He was
uniteil in marriage lo Miss Lucy Black, the
daughter of Henry and Sarah (McOee)
Black, both of whom were natives of Mis-
souri and who emigrated fo Oregon in 1SC4.
anil at present are living at Marshlield in
Coos county. To Mr. and Mrs. Ceorge F.
Ross three ihildren have hei-n born; f;eorge
F.. -Ir.. JM.rn «>n -Inly -V.i. r.m,-. ; Mary F... who
was liorn September 30. 1907: and Robert
Everett, whose birth occurred Febrlinrj- 2n.
1912.

Mr. B. F. Ross gave his political «upport
to the democratic party but was liberal in
the exercise of his franchise. lie was one
of the veterans of the Rogue River Indian
war of lH.-)4. ami n devout member of the
I'niled Brethren church. He wii» a man
higlilv le-pecled by all hi« friends ami asso
eiati'H and lor many year-. wn« a prominent
citizen in the community in which he lived.
Mrs. Ross now re»«ii|es with her son tieorge.
The death of Mr. Ross brought los.s not only
to his family but removed from the state
one of its early pioneers who Iiail nccom
plixheil much for the business nnd agricul-
tural developnuMit of what is now one of
the richest sections of Oregrm.

WILLIAM McQUOWEN, when a l».l of
five yi-ar-> made the lonir ami ariliious trip
acrof< the plain" ami yi't has n vivid remem-
braiici' of various incidents of the journey.
Throughout all the interrening yenr< from
]«t>2 to the prem-nt time he has bi-en n rc«i-
Vo!. m— S2

dent ol the uorthwent and since starting in
life's wtirk on his own account has engaged
ill larniing and stock-raising, being toilay
the owner of three hundied and twenty acre-,
of valuable land in the viiinity of Baker.
Oregon. Hi- was horn .liiiie 21. Is.'iT, in
Henry county, lowa, his parent.^ being .Iiicob
and -Mary ( McMiirrani McQuowen, The
father was of Scotch descent and the mother
was a representative of an ohl IN'unsylvania
family but was reared in Iowa, to which
state she was taken by her parents when
i|uite young. It was there that she ga»e her
hand in nuirriagi- to .lacob Mi(^iio«i-ii and
unto tlu^m were born six children, thrci- siuis
and three daughters, of whom William was
the eldest. The others were: I.ydia, now
deceased; Martha, the wife of Frank Kmery.
a resident of Haines. Oregon; Thomas, who
was born in IHU,'! and is living in I'matilla
county: Alexander, who is married and owns
a farm in the Powder river valley, near
Baker; and Klva. the wife of .John II. Ham
moiid, of llaini'S, who is the owner of both
town anil farm property in (hat liM-ality.
The father of these children died ten or
twelvi- years ago. at which time he was nuik
iiig his home about eight miles west of Baker
in the I'owder river valley. The mother still
survives. They had cross«'<l the plains to
the northwest in 18e2, making the long
journey in a prairie schooner or covered
wagon drawn by oxen and arriving in the
I'owder river valley in September. They
lived at Auburn uiitil 1803 and then \\rt\t
to the Idaho mines but returned to Baker
county in IStU. the father securing a claim
near Pocahontas. 'I'liis he improved and
thereon made his honu' to the time of his
demise, and since his widow has lived with
her children. She is now eighty-live years
of age and is remarkably w<dl preserved
pliysically and mentally.

Becoming a resident of Baker county in
early boyhood, William Mcyuoweii pursued
his iMluciition in the schools of Pin'tthontas
and his business training was that of (he
lields. He early became familiar «ith (he
bes( methods of sowing and planting, of
cultivating (he soil and caring for (he h«r
vests, and he has always condniied in farm-
ing and sdx'k raising. In (his hi' has Wen
very successful and is (mlay the owner of
a well improvi'd farm of (hree humlred and
(wenty acres valued at not less than one
hundrJ'd ilollnrs |M-r acre. He ol«o has a tract
of eightv acres of timlx-r land nnd upon his
place are eommo<liou« biiibling" for (he shelter
of grain, stock anil farm machinery His
home. too. is pleasant nnd nt(rttc(ive nnd nil
of (he e<|uipmen(s upon the farm nre thor-
oughly mo<lern. He raises goo<l grndes of
cattle' and hor«'s and hl« stork r<>ns(itu(e«
nil important feature of hi» annual ineome.

.\bout 1905 Mr. MrOiiowen wa« married
in Baker. Oregon, to Mr«. .\nnie (Kllio((i
Behm. (he widow of ,Iohn Behm. She was
(he only daughter of William Kllio((. a
primiinent stork raiser and farmer Mr nnd
Mrs. M<<Juo»ven have one son. Orrnl, horn
in fV(oher, 190*. Mrs, MrQiiowen wn« (he
mother of fonr daughters by her first mar
riagr: .\<lHir, who marriml William Thotn-

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ason; Leliah, the wife of Robert Boyce; Ada,
who married Edward Case; and Mary. Her
sons-in-law are all farmers and stock-raisers
and all live in Baker county.

Mr. McQuowen is republican in his po-
litical affiliation. He is fraternally connected
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
holding membership in Baker Lodge, Xo. 25.
Having practically spent his entire life in
Baker county, he is well and favorably known
here and his sterling traits of character and
worthy accomplishments have given him a
creditable position as a business man and
citizen.

W. E. BROWNELL, M. D., a physician
and surgeon of Elgin. Avas born in Corning,
New York, June 27. 1843, the son of Seeley
and Louisa (Cook) Brownell. both of whom
were natives of the state of New York. The
father was also a physician and surgeon, be-
ing a graduate of a medical college, and for
ten years practiced in Bath, New Y'ork. In
1849 he removed to Chicago, Illinois, going
by sleigh as far as Buffalo, New York, and
thence by the lakes to Cliicago. There he
engaged in the practice of his profession un-
til the outbreak of the Civil war. when he
volunteered as a surgeon in the service and
died while in the army, at Memphis, Ten-
nessee, in 1864.

W. E. Brownell was reared under the pa-
rental roof and acquired his early education
in the public .schools of Chicago. At the
outbreak of the Civil war he became a mem-
ber of the Ellsworth Zouaves of the Illi-
nois State Guards, which as a body were
mustered in the Nineteenth Illinois Regi-
ment. At the expiration of their three
months' enlistment Mr. Brownell reenlisted
in the First New York Light Artillery. Bat-
tery (!, and served with that command until
the close of the war. His first enlistment
was April 12. 1861. and his final discharge
was July 24, 1865. He took part in twenty-
four engagements, among them being the bat-
tles of Gettysburg. Antietam, Malvern Hill,
and the seven days' tight in the AVhite Oak
swamps. He was wounded in the battle of
Gettysburg and at other times during his
service he had two horses .shot from under
him. After his return from the war he en-
gaged in the hotel business in Chicago for
a short time but met with very severe fi-
nancial loss. In the fall of 1872 he entered
Bennett Medical C'ollege of Chicago, from
which he was graduated in the class of 1875.
Following his graduation he practiced in Chi-
cago for a short time and was there also en-
gaged in the drug business. Later he went
to Wheaton. Illinois, where he remained un-
til 1880. In that year he removed to Ket-
chnm, Idaho, where he practiced for one sum-
mer and then came to Oregon, arriving here
in the fall of 188(1. He first located at Echo,
in L'matilla county, where he followed his
profession for ten years. At that time he
also conducted a drug store and for eight
years was postmaster of Echo. In the fall
of 1800 Dr. Brownell came to Elgin, where
he opened up a drug store and for fifteen
years carried on an active and extensive prac-
tice. For the past six or seven years he has

largely confined his interests to office prac-
tice and now only drives to some of his old
patients. However, he is still conducting
the drug store, which has a large and re-
munerative trade.

On the 21st of November, 1883, Dr. Brow-
nell was married to Miss Sarah E. Garrett,
a daughter of John D. and Eunice (Stark)
Garrett, who came to Oregon from Illinois
in 1847. They crossed the plains with ox
teams, their wagon train being commanded
by Joel Palmer. They located in Clackamas
county, where they took up a donation land
claim, near which Mrs. Brownell was born.
Later the town of Milwaukie was located on
a portion of this claim. Mr. Garrett died
in Acton. Umatilla county, December 13,
1889, at the age of seventy-nine years, and
Mrs. Garrett passed away in 1893, at the
age of eighty-one, in Elgin, where she was
making her home with her daughter, Mrs.
Brownell.

Fraternally Dr. Brownell is a member of
Elgin Lodge, No. 98, A. F. & A. M.; of Ore-
gon Consistory. No. 1, A. & A. S. R.; and
both he and Mrs. Brownell belong to Blue
Mountain Chapter, No. 52, 0. E. S. The
Doctor also belongs to Nathan Baker Post,
No. 44, G. A. R., and Mrs. Brownell is a
member of the Pioneer Society of Oregon.
Almost thirty-two years have come and gone
since he arrived in Oregon and during that
time he has been an interested witness of
and a cooperant factor in the many changes
that have here occurred. He has ever taken
an active interest in the general advancement
and the public welfare and both in the pro-
fessional and the social world he is one of tlie
well known men of Union county. He has
ever been an extremely busy and success-
ful practitioner and his upright life has made
him highly honored by all who know him.
Both he and Mrs. Brownell are active mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal church and
he is also a trustee of the same.

ROBERT A. MASTERSON, who has spent
practically his entire life in the Sunset state,
has for the past thirteen years resided on a
farm of twenty-nine acres, within a half
mile of Richland, wliere he raises fruit and
alfalfa and engages in dairying. His birth
occurred in Jackson county, Jlissouri, on
the 20th of January, 1851, his parents be-
ing William and Eliza (Bradley) Master-
son. The family is of English descent and
the parents of our subject were married in
Missouri, where they resided for many years.
William Masterson was a millwright, con-
tractor, farmer and slave owner. In 1851
he crossed the plains with ox teams in the
Masterson train, of which he was captain
and which included his brother, Robert Mas-
terson, Walker Young and Robert Campbell,
who settled near Eugene. Lane county, Ore-
gon, which was the destination of the train.
William Masterson first located near Spring-
Held. Lane county, but later disposed of
his property there and took up his abode
near Eugene. Again selling out, he settled
in the vicinity of Soda Springs, where his
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tained tlie age ot about seventy-six years.
His widow spent the remainder of her life
with her son James at Elgin, Vnion county,
this state, passing away about 1886. "Sir.
and -Mrs. William Masterson were the par-
ents of seven sons and four daughters, in-
eluding .lames, an agriiiilturist by occupa-
tion, who wedded Miss lilanchard in L'nion
county and makes his home at Elgin, that
county. He has one son and one daughter.
Daniel, a blacksmith residing in Boise, Idaho,
first married Miss Alice Minor, in Cove, Union
county, Oregon, by whom he had one son and
one daughter. Following her demise he was
again married, in the Boise valley of Idaho,
and by his second wife has four daughters.
George Masterson is deceased. Robert A.,
i3 the subject of this review.

In the acquirement of an education Rob-
ert A. Ma.sterson attended the public schools
of Eugene, Oregon. When about twenty-two
years of age he left the parental roof and
engaged in the stock business, raising cattle
and horses in Wallowa county, this state.
He tliere took up a homesteacl of one hun-
ilred anil sixty acres, which he improved and
afterward sold, removing to the Eagle valley.
Maker county. Oregon. lie resided in the
Wallowa co\intry for about twenty-six j-ears
and was successful in all his undertakings
there. In 1877 and 1878. he participated in
the war again.st the Indians led by Chief
•loseph, volunteering and serving as a mem-
ber of Captain .Tohn C'roighton's com))any.
The settlers found it necessary at that time
to build forts in order to protect themselves
against the active hostility of the red men.

Kor the past thirteen years Robert A. Mas-
terson has resided on a farm of twenty-nino
acres within a half mile of Richland, which
is finely improved and devoted to the rais-
ing of fruit and alfalfa. He gives much at-
tention to dairyiii;; and finds this a ]irotit-
able source of income, shipping his cream
to Walla Walla. Washington, where there is
a ready market. Careful management of
his business alTairs have won him n jiratily-
ing racBKure of suc<'ess and he is recognized
as one of the substantial citizens of bis com-
munity.

On the 2fitli of .lime. lS7fi. in Cove, l'nion
county. Oregon. Mr. Masterson was married
to Miss Maria I'eese. of English descent.
Her father, tieorge Reese, was at that timi-
a sto<'kmaii of Wallowa county. Both he
and his wife are deceased. Iiavini.' passed
away in l'nion county. They had three sons
and eight da lighters and of these two sons
and four daughters still survive. The sons
engage principally in farming and stock-
raisinj;. Robert anil .TefTerson Reese reside
near Sledical Springs in Baker couiitj'. The
latter is marrieil. Hannah, living nf Walla
Walla, is the wife of Frank Foley, by whom
she has two sons anil <ini' daughter. Sarah,
who livi's near .Joseph in Wallowa county, i«
the wife of .lames Wright and has six
ilaughter-i. Martha, the wife of Ililery Alit-
chell, has one daughter and resides nf St.
•lohns. Oregon. Alaria married the subject
of this sketch. To Mr. and Mrs. Masterson
liave IxMii h<irn "iv children. t"o «ons and

four daughters. Ifa, living in the Eagle
valley, is the wife of .John I liapiiiaii, an
agriculturist by occupation, by whom she
has one son. Edna, living in Baker City, is
the wile of Thomas Rich, who is employed
as clerk in a store. Lillie, who gave her hand
in marriage to W. A. Gillette, resides on a
fruit farm in the Eagle valley. Sadie, liv-
ing on a farm in the Eagle valley, is the
wife of George Gordon, by whom she has
one son, .lesse, a fruit farmer of Wallowa
county, married Miss Angie Owensby and
has one daughter. Earl lives at home.
Robert A. Masterson provided his children
with excellent educational opportunities and
they have become honored and esteemed
resi<lents of their respective communities.

Mr. .Master.son is a democrat but diws not
consider himself bound by party ties at local
(dections, casting his ballot for the man or
measure that he deems will best conserve
the general welfare. In former years he
was connected with the Maccabees. His
religious faith is indicated by his member-
ship in the Christian church. He has gained
honor and respect through his upright and
honorable business career and through his
faithful discharge of his duties and has won
the warm friendship of those whom he lias
met through his kindly spirit, his generous
disposition and his many "terling tniits of
character.

GEORGE BENJAMIN WOODWARD, who is
residing iiejr .Vdiini-i. Oiegim. was born in
I'matilla county, near his present home, on
the •JTtli of February. 1887. He is a son
of Moses and Laura (Fletcher) Woodward,
whose births occurred in Ohio on the 2.1d of
•July. 1832. and in Illinois on the l.lfh of
.Inly. 18."il. respectively. The father crossed
the plains in IS.il, when he was nineteen
years of age. with his parents. Elijah "ml
.\urclia f.-Vdamsl Woinlward, settling in the
Willamette valley, where they residerl until
their ilcaths. The donation claim u[inn which
they located after thi'ir arrival in this stale
was their home throughout the remainder of
their lives. The .Vdanis family, from which
the subject of this review is descended, has
been <if national prominence, two of its mem-
bers lieing rresident .Adams, and in more re-
cent times. WTIIiam .Vdani". a second cousin
of <;. B. Wiiodwnnl. «as pre«ident of the
l'nion Theological .Seminary.

.Moses WiKidwnrd "etth-d in I'mnlilla eounlr
in 1872. but previously posted through the
country with sheep, en route to the mines.
He resideil with hi* parents in the Willnmette
valley until after his mnrriagr in 1872, when
lie located near .\dnms ami engaged in agri
cultural pursuits until IWI In that year he
removed to Walla Wnlln. Wa«hington. where
he resided until his dcnfh. which o<'ciirred on
the l.'ith of (Vtobrr. 19in. .\t that time he
was the owner of seventeen hundred acres of
laml. which is now h<>ing cultivated hy hi"
two sons. These two larae farms nrp some
i>f the most highly prrMlurtive am! valuable
land in the section. Hi« wi<low is still re
Hiding in Walla Wnlli. By their union threo
children were born: Camper, who is reald-

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ing on the home place; Eva A., who is liviiij,'
with her mother; and George B., the subject
of this skctcli. The father was an active
member of the republican party and did mucli
to further its interests throughout the state,
lie held memliership in the Christian church
and was one of its most benevolent and chari-
table members. During tlie early years of
his life he encountered many of the hardshijis
and difficulties which confronted every early
settler in tliis region. b>it later he enjoyed
the reward which these laliors brought liim.
and the prosperity which he enjoyed at the
time of his death was due entirely to his own
efforts and conscientious labor. He was one
of the wealthy men of Umatilla county and
was very prominent.

Oeorge B. Woodward accpiired his educa-
tion in the common schools of Walla Walln.
and later was a student in the Whitman Col-
lege of Walla Walla, graduating from the
.same in the class of 1908 with the degree of
B. S. He gained his first experience in agri-
cultural pursuits on his father's farm, and
it being one of the best developed places in
the section was an admirable place to acquire
experienoe in farm worlc. He is at present
residing upon six hundred and fort.y acres 'of
his father's estate which is located'five miles
northwest of Adams and is an able successor
in its management. He resided in Walln
AValla until liis mairiage. which occurred on
the l.Sth of .Taiuiary. 1911. his union beini;
with iliss Lula Tsora Lienallen. whose birth
occurred in Adams. Umatilla count.v. on the
13th of February. 1.S90. and who is a daugh-
ter of J. and Lucy I. (Adcock) Lienallen."

^[r. Woodward is a very active and progres-
sive republican, ajid because of his keen ap-
preciation of the advantages of a vote care-
fully cast he fi-equently votes for man ami
measures rather than according to the dic-
tates of the republican party, which he real-
izes is. like the many other large political
parties. frecnuMitly dominated by machine.
He holds membership in the Clnistian church
and also in the Farmers ITnion. He is one
of the youngest agriculturists in Umatilla
county, but he has so taken hold of his farm
work that he has already given ample assur-
ance that his property will not only con-
tinue in its present productive condition but
will also advance as the science of agriculture
advances.

SYLVESTER M. 'WERTZ, of Josephine

comity. (.)ref;on. is a jirosperous agriculturist
residing near Williams on a one hundred and
sixty acre farm which be purchased after ob-
taining title to a one hundred and fifty acre
tract Avhich ho homesteaded. He makes a
specialty of raising cattle and marketing hay,
in which connection he has met with success.
He was born in Pennsylvania. Februarv 14,
1859. a son of Franklin and ^lartha E. V.
(Bearley) Wertz. both of whom were natives
of the Keystone state. They moved first to
Hlinois and at an early day came to Utah by
horse team and later went to California,
sta.ving one year, and came to Oregon in 1869.
They are botli still living at Ro.sue River.

.lackson. Oregon, being seventy-seven and
seventy-three j'ears of age, respectively.

Sylvester JL Wertz was reared in Pennsyl-
vania and Oregon, receiving a common-school
education in those states. He remained at
home until he attained the age of eighteen
years, when he began earning his own living
by working at various occupations, including
stage driving and cattle herding. He then
took up a homestead of one hundred and
fifty acres which he set about improving and
cultivating and later purchased one hundred
and sixty acres more, all of which he is oper-
ating. He has his land well improved and
makes a specialty of raising cattle and hay.
- Mr. Wertz was married, June 8. 1884, to
Miss Lelia Carpenter, a native of Montana,
and unto them have been born seven children:
Sylvester. Lester. Virginia. Phillip. Ben. Isaac
and Ralph. :\lr. Wertz is a republican in his
political faith and being a prominent man
in his community, lias served as school di-
rector. He belongs to the Dunkard church of
which he is a consistent and active member.
He is one of the substantia! and respected
men of his community and possesses a repu-
tation for strictest integrity, being straight-
forward in all of his dealings. He is a busi-
ness man of capability and one of the val-
uable citizens of the community in which he
resides.

GEORGE H. UPTHEGROVE, United States
commissioner and secretary of the Umatilla
River Water Users' Association, makes his
home in Hermiston and during the period of
his residence in this part of the state has be-
come well known as a progressive, enterpris-
ing citizen, whose practical elTorts accomplish
good results. He was born in Valparaiso.
Indiana, June 21. 1880, a son of H, J, and
Lucia (Hawkins) Upthegrove, who were na-
tives of Pennsylvania and Indiana, respec-
tively. The father died in Valparaiso in
July, 1910, when sixt.v-four years of age.
He had been reared in his native state and
at the time of the great Chicago fire in 1871
was living in that city. He was there en-
gaged in the hardware business, but lost all
he had made through the conflagration.
Later he became the founder of the Upthe-
grove Sporting Goods Company at Valparaiso,
Indiana, which is still in existence. At the
time of the Civil war he valiantly espoused
the cause of the Union and served for three
years as a member of the Sevent.y-third In-
diana Volunteer Infantry. On one occasion
he was taken prisoner, but after being in-
carcerated for a month at Andersonville waij
exchanged. He was twice wounded and suf-
fered all of the hardships of war, but never
faltered in patriotic devotion to his countrv.
His widow still survives him and is now liv-
ing in Valparaiso.

George H. Upthegrove is the only surviving
member of a family of three children. He
remained with his parents in the middle west
until lOOfi when he came to Hermiston, Ore-
gon. He has held the position of secretar.v
of tlie Umatilla River Water Users' Asso-
ciation fin- the past five years and for one
viar has been tfnited States commissioner,

SYLVESTER M. WERTZ

riARY

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

".II

to which office he \va3 appointed for a seven
years' term by Judge Charles E. Wolverton,
United States district judge. The appoint-
ment came to him .January 17, 1911. lie is
laitlifully disdiarginj; the duties of his posi-
tions and in addition he gives his personal
supervision to a tract of one hundred and
twenty acres of land wliich he owns under
llie Umatilla project.

In lyoi ooiiincd the marriage of George H.
Ipthcgrove and Mis>< Estelle M. Croup, a
native of Pennsylvania, who was reared in
Walla Walla, Washington, where her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. E, W. Croup now reside. Mr.
and Mrs. Upthegrove have two children,
.James G. and Georgia M. In politics Mr.
I'pthegrove is a republican and keeps will
informed on all questions and issues of the
day. Fraternally he is well known as a
member of the iieni'volont Protective Order
of Elks and also of the Knights of Pythias
Inrge in which he is a past chancellor. Ilis
religious faith is that of the Jlethodist Episco-
pal church and his entire life has been guided
by its teachings. He stands for all that tends
to promote the interests of the individual and
the community at large and his influence is
always given on the side of justice, progress
and imi)rovement.

HERMAN ROTHCHILD, one of the most
promiricMt ami iiillui-iitial citizens of Xorth
Powd'i-. hiuiiig served as the first mayor of
that ))lace. has an -extensive acquaintance
throughout Oregon, particularly in Union and
Baker coiintics. He is successfully conduct-
ing a mercantile business in Xorth Powder
an7l enjoys an excellent trade, ?Ie was born
in Wurtemberg. Germany, .Inly 11. 1858, and
is a son of Abraham and Hannah (Frank)
Rothchild, both of whom are now deceased.
His father was a merchant of Wurtemberg.

Herman Rothchild attended the ptiblic
schools of his native hind until he attained
the age of ten years and then entered the
high school, in w'hich he was a student until
he was fifteen years of age. He then began
serving in the German army, with whieh he
remained until honorably discharged. In early
manhood lie emigrated to the new world and
for *ix months resideil with an uncle in
Shelby county, Kentucky. In March. 1883,
he eaine to Oregon, going to pendb-ton. where
a cousin. Samuel Kofhchilil. now residing in
San Friinciseo. Cnlifornin. then lived, being
associated in business with .John E. Benn. He
entered the employ of his <>«usin, with whom
he remaineil until' May 7, 1<^^r,. when he re-
moved to North Powder, where another cmisin.
.losepli Barrett, was conducting a business in
partner-hip with II. n. Corham, a pioneer
of that section. The coiinin was in poor
health and it was Mr, Rolhchild's intention
to assist him in business but his condition
was much worse than he had anticipated and
the cousin died a week later in a hospital nt
Portland, He then planned to assist in clos-
ing up the business of the firm but was per-
suaded to remain in partnership with Mr.
(Jorham, the firm becoming iJorham A Roth
child in .Inly, l^S.^j. Mr. Rothchild assumed
active management nt once and under his

able direction a very successful business has
been carried on. The firm occupies a very
substantial stone building, the uppi'r stiiry
being devoted to the purposes of the Oilil
Fellows lodge. For many years they hundled
farming implements but now carry o"n general
inerchaiidising.

Mr. Rothchild has had a notable political
career. He was elected in l'.>Of> a member
of the state legislature and in spite of the
tacts that he is a democrat and that the re.
publicans iisualy carry the county by a ma-
jority oi about seven hundred, he'was eh'cted
by a small plurality, lie had opposing him for
the eleif i.m an independent democrat, a social-
ist and a republican nominee. He was the
only demoeratic niemlKT of the house of rep-
resentatives in 1906 and when that honorable
body convened he. in a humorous speech,
nominated himself as speaker of the house and
stated that he hail the support of every ili'iiin-
cratic member. Mr. Davey. of Salem, a n-
publican, was elected speaker and voted by
way of lonipliment for .Mr. Rothrhihl for that
position. During hi> term in the leijisla-
ture Mr. Rothchild. being the only democrat
ill the house and also a Hebrew, was featured
very extensively in many of the Oregon pa
pers. especially in the .lewish journals, which
resulted in his mails during that time beiiii,'
very heav.v. He was the first mayor of Xorlh
Powder and served for two terms. His tenure
of ollice might have been longer but as he is
opposed to three terms he declined I'lirllnr
nomination. He is at present the city treas-
urer of Xorth Powder, a position which he
has held for four years. He has also scrvisl
for two terms as'sehool clerk. Froternally
he is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge,
having occupied all of the otliiial ehairs in
the local organization. He has also been the
recipient of the veteran's badge in testimony
of the fact that he has for tweiit.v-five years
been an Odd Fellow in good standing. He is
also a member of Baker lodge of^lks. He is
a progressive, up-to date man, generouH to n
fault, genial, bright and intelligent, and
iireatly respected by nil classes. He is a
L'entleman of the highest order nn<l a busi
ness man of more than ordinary nbilit.v.

L. S. BENTLEY, who i.« residing upon the
two tliou.<and acre Imcf of land wliich he
rents near Pendleton, wnii born nt Modesto,
.Sinnislniis eoiinly, Cnlifornin. on the 2Rth of
August, 1SM2, n' son of R. H, and Conblin
(Tedford) BenHey, The former wnn it nnlive
of Illinois nnil the latter of .Missouri. Tln-v
were married in Mi"'nuri before cronsing the
plains aUmt isr.n and liwnti-il in Cnlifornin.
where thi'V arc now residing. Their home is
in Stockton, where they hnve lived nimc thejr
retired from their extensive ranch shout iieven
years ago.

I» S. Bentley is the next to the Toungn«t
in a family of eight rhildren. He recpive.|
his eiliicntion in the district srhooln of Cnli-
fornin and nt the same time ns^isted his
father with the ilnties nn the ranch. He re
«ided there until 190.'. when he enme to t'mn-
tilln county nnd engaged in ranching in-
dependently. At prenent he i« renting two

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thousand acres of land, which he devotes to
wheat growing, and so successful has his
labor been that he usually harvests about
forty bushels to the acre. Although he is one
of the younger agriculturists in the locality,
he is proving his worth as an extensive grain
grower by the scientific methods and careful
management which are seen in his under-
takings.

On the 11th of February, 1906, Mr. Bentley
was married to Miss Minnie Hanshaw, whose
birth occurred in Modesto, California, on the
16th of October, 1SS2, being a daughter of
Alexander Hanshaw. He has never sought to
figure prominently in public life, preferring to
concentrate his energies upon his agricultural
pursuits, and he has won a creditable measure
of success, his diligence constituting an im-
portant element in his prosperity.

CHARLES ELLIOTT DAVIS is a member
of the well known firm of Davis Brothers,
owners and proprietors of the Mountain View
Stock Farm, located near North Powder, Ore-
gon, on the North Powder river, where the
firm is engaged in general farming and stock-
raising. Mr. Davis was born in Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin, September 18, 1S:J5, and is the
son of J. E. and Rachel A. (Romaine) Davis,
the former a native of Ohio and the latter of
New Jersey.

J. E. Davis came to Oregon in 1874, making
the journey to the western coast by way of the
Union Pacific Railroad in jiart. tlien up
the river to Umatilla and thence by stage to
what is now Union county. After spending
some time in looking over the territory he
decided that it was a'suitable place to estab-
lish his home and with that end in view he
returned to Wisconsin, and later in the year
effected a permanent settlement in Union,
Union county. On his second journey to Ore-
gon he trave'led by way of San Francisco and
from there by stage ' to the Grande Ronde
valley, where he purchased a suitable habita-
tion for his family, who followed him in 1S76,
making the journey by rail to Kelton and
thence bv team to the Grande Ronde valley.
He had been for many years an employe of
the Northwestern Fur Company, his business
being that of Iniyer of all kinds of merchant-
able furs, and on settling in Oregon he con-
tinued his relation with the company, devot-
ing his time entirely to this special line of
work. At the time he settled in Oregon the
primeval forests were filled with a great
variety of fur-bearing animals and Mr. Davis
was frequently able to ship to his concern
two ton and a 'quarter of fur pelts per annum.
The skins, purchased from pioneer trappers
and Indians, included mink, otter, muskrat,
lyn;;, martin, black and gray fox, wolverines
and bears, and of these varieties several
hundred pelts were included in each shipment.
Charles E. Davis was associated with his
father in business and gave his attention to
the buying of furs outside of the locality in
which the family lived. His dealings were
lareely with the Indians in the more remote
portions of northwestern and central Oregon
and during his business intercourse with the
red men he had a very wide acquaintance and

friendship among them. Many of them even
to this day, in recognition of their old-time
friendship and business dealings, pay Mr.
Davis an annual summer visit. He was en-
gaged in the fur business during the uprising
of the Umatillas and Nez Perce Indians and
during that time, which extended over a
period of two years, he was necessarily un-
able to accomplish very much in the fur busi-
ness among them. He did, however, in com-
pany with his partner, Erwin Eraser, make
numerous trips into the mountains, regard-
less of the disturbed condition of the Indians.
In making these expeditions he of necessity
kept a very sharp outlook upon the move-
ments of the savage, but returned in safety
without having encountered any serious diffi-
culty. A detailed history of his experience
with the Indians during the two years of the
Nez Perce war is one of the sealed chapters
in the life of Mr. Davis and he seldom refers
to those pioneer events. One occurrence, how-
ever, is here recorded in memory of his part-
ner at the time, Jim Davis, who was killed
by the Nez Perce Indians at Wallowa in the
fall of 1878. In 1877 Mr. Davis purchased a
farm in Union county, which is now within
the city limits of Union. During the winter
of each year he devoted himself to the buy-
ing of furs and in the summer time to the im-
provement and cultivation of his farm. He
later sold that property to the state to be
used as the site of an asylum for the in-
sane. The state later changed its purpose
and used the property as an agricultural ex-
periment station, the soil being particularly
rich and well adapted for such purposes. Some
time later he and his two brothers, A. B. and
E. W. Davis, in company with Joseph Wright,
built a flour mill of one hundred barrel capac-
ity and successfully operated it for a period
of twelve years, during which time E. W.
Davis was engaged as head bookkeeper of
the concern. They also purchased a farm
in 1883 on the North Powder river near North
Powder, and continued to buy adjoining prop-
erties until they obtained title to one thou-
sand acres of rich agricultural land, well
suited in every way to general farming and
stock-raising. In addition to their land they
also own the water right on the North Pow-
der river, where they have installed a suitable
head gate and other necessary equipment used
in the construction of a modern irrigating
system, by which they are able to supply the
necessary water required in the cultivation
of a very large farm. They raise a large
amount of wheat, oats, barley and alfalfa
and all of the crops grown on their farm are
used in feeding their own stock. As breeders
and raisers of stock they make a specialty of
registered stock only, keeping Durham cattle,
Poland China hogs and Percheron draft
horses, the present head of their Percheron
stables being "Jene Bart." purchased by them
at the handsome price of three thousand dol-
lars. The three Davis brothers and Joseph
Wright, in addition to their milling interests,
also en"agi>d in general merchandising under
the firm name of Wright & Davis Brothers for
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793

was dissolved, Mr. Wright taking the mercan-
tile business and the Davis brothers the mill.

On October 31, ISSS, Mr. Davis was united
in marriage to Miss Virginia Benson, a native
of Oregon and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
David Rounds Benson. She is a sister of
George Wright Benson. Mr. and Mrs. Davis
are the parents of three children, Kenneth.
Charles Elwin and Richard Benson.

For the past thirty years Mr. Davis has
been a member of the Masonic lodge. Mrs.
Davis is a member of the Eastern Star and
also belongs to the Carnation Club, the Ladies
Aid Society and the Woman's Relief Corps.
Mr. Davis as a joint owner of the Mountain
View Stock Farm is widely known, the farm
being one of the largest, best equipped and
most scientifically conducted of its kind in
the country. In 1011 it produced sixteen
thousand bushels of grain upon the cultivated
land in addition to a large amount of forage
used in the feeding of their stock. .\11 the
food is weighed and after feeding the weight
of stock is taken. This method enables them
to determine as nearly as modern scientific
methods can the actiial cost of both food and
stock and so obtain with the greatest possible
accurac}' the net annual profits in the opera-
tion of their business. The Davis Brothers
rank among the most successful, reputable
and enterprising citizens of Oregon.

A. B. Davis, one of the owners of the Moun-
tain View Stock Farm, was born in Fond du
Lac county, Wisconsin, October 2, 1865. He
was tinited in marriage in 1893 to Miss
Rhoda Riggs. a native of Baker county. Ore-
gon, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
L. Riggs. Reuben Riggs, her paternal grand-
, father, came to Oregon in 1851 and located in
.I'owder valley, being one of the earliest set-
tlers in that district. lie built the first
sawmill in northeastern Oregon, located on
the North Powder river. Her father was
horn in ISJO and died in 1S8G. Mrs. Davis
is a niece of C. W. Slocum. now living in
Vancouver. British Cohinihia. to whom he-
longs the distinction of having built a num-
ber t>f military forts in Oregon during its
territorial period. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are
the parents of four children. Edna, Merton,
liruce and Walker. Mrs. Davis takes a livelv
interest in art and is herself an artist of
great merit, her paintings having receive<l fa-
vorable recognition by able connoisseurs nt
various times. Mr. and Mrn. Davis own nnil
occiipv a beautiful resilience, located in the
leiiter of a block in the northwestern sec-
tion of the city of Cnion. They are valued
members of the community in which they
live and are always iilentifled with every
measure of a public nature looking to the
further educational and social ailvaneement
of their city.

MATTHEW W. MITCHELL. Among the
prosperous farmrr-> and Iniit growers of
Union county Matthew W. Mitchell occupies
a prominent place. He is the owner of six
hundred and forty-two acres of fine land, a
large part of which is in a bearing orchard.
He is a popular man of the community and

in 1S7C was elected to the Oregon state leg-
islature, where he made an excellent record.

He was born in Jackson county, Miaaouri,
November 13, 1S43. a son of Frederick and
Rebecca (Hill) Mitchell, the former a native
of Richmond, Virginia, while the latter wa»
l)orn near Appomatto.x Courthouse, Virginia.
The parents were married in their native
state and in the "iOs removed to Illinois.
They later removed to Missouri, journeying
thither from Illinois by team. In 1S52, in
company with a large |)arty of emigrants,
they drove across the plains to Oregon, set-
tling near Milwaukie. The party had no
trouble with the Indians during the trip and
upon entering the state of Oregon, passed
through the Grande Ronde valley and on to
the place where they settled. They brought
with them a herd of one humlred cattle,
twenty-two horses and a Canadian pony.
The first winter being a severe one. all of
the cattle excejit eleven perished and of their
eleven yoke of oxen only one ox survived.
The horses all died, the Canadian pony alone
surviving. In the spring following their
settlement near Milwaukie they journeyed up
the Lookingglass to a point ten miles west
of Roseburg, where they settled and made
their home for ten years. They then re-
moved to Big Meadows, on the Rogue river,
where the father lost all but thirty-two head
of his stock. He then traded his laml in the
Lookingglass valley for cattle, bringing them
to the (irande Romle valley and settling at
what was then known as the Tcdl bridge.
He was keeper of that bridge for a number of
years, and, being a man of energy and am-
bition, purchased land in various seeliiuis of
the valley, which afterward increased ma-
terially in value. In his family were ten
children, six sons and four daughters. He
passed away in IHss. at the age of seventy-
nine years ami eleven months.

Mahlu-w \V. Mitchell, the third son in his
father's family, spent his boyhood and young
manhood under the parental roof. He was
given a common-school education and after
attaining his majority took a two year«'
course in the Uosehurg .Acadi^my. lb- then
engaged in teaching, continuing thus em-
ployed for al>out six years in I)"UgIas and
I'nion counties. Subw^piently he iMitered
the stock-raising busine«« but later trailed
his stock for hind and alsti purchasiil land
from his younu'-r brother, .1. M. Mitchell,
making that his home until Itinti. H«'ing
interented in a chei-w factorj" at Cove, he
then removed to a thirty ime acre Irm-t <•(
land eonnecti'd therewith, which he owned.
This land is lo<'ttted within the northern
limits of Cove and upon it Mr. Mitehell h«»
since made his home. He also owns tlvc
hundred and eiKhty acres two mile* north of
CoVe. one hundred and ninety-one acres of it
eontainint! a bi'nrinif orchard. Of the re-
mainder atxMit two hundred acres is auilable
for fruit growinff. the rest lieing (arm land
of value. He lives in a fine modern home,
beautifully •itiialeil. the valley •tretehing
out in front of it. presenting a mB(rni(lcent
pros pert.

Mr. Mitrhelt has bern married three timiM.
His first wife pasaed sway. leavinK • daujjh-

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ter four months old, who is now Mrs. Lilly
Brown. In 1893 ilr. ilitchell married Mrs.
M. J. Russell, a widow, whose maiden name
was Matilda j. 8t. .John, a .second eousin of
ex-Governor St. .John, of Kansas. In 1876
Mr. Mitchell was elected to the Uregou state
legislature and served with entire satisfac-
tion. He has been for a number of years a
member of the school board an<l a clerk of
that body. He is a man of sterling in-
tegrity, unusual business ability, and pos-
sesses in a rare measure those traits of
character which make for good citizenship.

SHERMAN B. CUTLIP is one of the well
known farmers of Coos county, located one
mile from the mouth of Daniels creek where
he is eugaged in the cultivation of a farm
of one hundred and sixtj' acres. He was
born in Coos county, -July 29, 1870, and is
the son of Abraham and Harriet (Cook) Cut-
lip, the former a native of Virginia and the
latter of Iowa. They celebrated their wed-
ding in Ohio and later moved to Iowa where
they continued to live until 1852. In that
year they crossed the plains to Oregon, set-
tling in Willamette valley and there con-
tinued to reside until 1865, at which time
they moved to Coos county where the father
of the subject of this review took up a
claim of one hundred and sixty acres, lo-
cated on the south fork of Coos river. He
with his family lived on that property for
ten years, after which he sold out and
settled on Daniels creek where he filed upon
a homestead and there continued to live un-
til he retired from active business life.
Sometime after his retirement he lived in
Douglas county and later removed to Cali-
fornia, and died at the home of his son
Sherman, in .July, 1910, his wife having com-
pleted her earthly pilgrimage in 1895. Mr.
and Mrs. Abraham Cutlip were the parents
of seven children: Mark D., a re^dent of
Coos count}', Oregon: Almira. the wife of
William Bonebrake, a resident of Coos
county: ilatilda. who is the wife of Alvin
Smith, of Coos county, Oregon; Sherman B.,
the subject of this sketch; Eoselie and Leon-
ard, both deceased; and one who died in in-
fancy.

Sherman B. Cutlip was reared in his pa-
rents' home and received his early education
in the public schools of Coos county. At
the age of twenty-one years he started in
life for himself and worked at various tasks
for a number of years. In 1894 he purchased
his father's old homestead on which he has
since continued to live and has been en-
gaged in dairy farming and cheese making
and also in the raising of stock. His farm
is finely improved and is located one mile
up from the mouth of Daniels creek in Coos
county.

On July 4, 1891, Mr. Cutlip was united in
marriage to Miss Annie Laura Smith, who
is a native of Coos county and the daughter
of Nathan and Emily (Hobson) Smith, of
whom a more extended mention is made in
another part of this work. To Mr. and Mrs.
Cutlip seven children have been born ; Nathan
S., born April 12, 1892. who resides at home

and is attending high school; Guy A., who
was born December 13, 1893, and is a stu-
dent in the high school; Lorenzo, who was
born February 29, 1896; Blanch E., who was
born April 19, 1898, and is pupil in the pub-
lic schools; Louis J., born May 20, 1901;
Mary M., whose birth occurred July 15. 1907;
and Robert S., born October 22, 1908. Mr.
Cutlip is afliliated with the republican party
and has his fraternal relations with the W.
0. W.. of Marshfield and with the Knights of
Pythias lodge. He and his family are mem-
bers of the United Brethren church.

Sherman B. Cutlip is one of the successful
agriculturists of his part of Coos county,
and is a man esteemed for his enterprising
and industrious life and is numbered among
the desirable and useful citizens of his county
and state.

FRANK GILLIAM, former mayor of Ilepp-
ncr, a director of the First National Bank and
also of the Morrow Milling Company, and
formerly for two terms treasurer of Morrow
county, is a successful and honored son of
Oregon. He is the senior member of the
firm, Gilliam & Bisbee and with his partner,
h. E. Bisbee, owns six hundred and forty
acres of land. Mr. Gilliam was born in Clack-
amas county, Oregon, November 29, 1854, a
son of Jasper J. and Rose Gilliam. The par-
ents crossed the plains from Illinois in 1852
and settled in Clackamas county, Oregon,
where the father was engaged in agricultural
pursuits until the time of his death, which
Dccurred in 1862, the mother passing away
in 1869.

Frank Gilliam was educated in the district
schools of the Willamette valley until 1870,
when he removed to Umatilla county. After
remaining there a short time he settled in
Morrow county, being employed at various
occupations until 1887, when he engaged in
the hardware business with a Mr. Coffey.
After a time the latter sold his interest in
the business to T. H. Bisbee, Sr., the firm
name becoming Gilliam & Bisbee. Mr. Bisbee
died in 1902 and his son. L. E. Bisbee, then
assumed his father's interest in the business
and has since remained in partnership with
^Fr. Gilliam. In addition to their hardware
interests they also own a section of land.
Mr. Gilliam is a director in the First National
Bank of Heppner and is serving in a like
capacity in connection with the Morrow Mill-
ing Company.

At Heppner, November 1, 1882, Mr. Gilliam
was united in marriage to Miss Effie Wright,
a daughter of Albert and Julia Margaret
Wright, pioneer settlers of this state. To
Mr. and Mrs. Gilliam five children have been
born: 0. V., who is following the profession
of nursing; Leonard; Clinton, who married
Hazel Carr; Earle; and Hazel, the wife of
Charles Vaughn.

Politically Mr. Gilliam belongs to the re-
|)ublican party, of which he is an active and
prominent member. He was one of the first
coiinty commissioners of Morrow county, ap-
pointed by Governor Moody and was also one
of three commissioners appointed by Governor
Moody to build the state road from Heppner

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to Monument, Uregon, a distamo oi liity
miles and on wliieh ten thousand dollars was
expended. He served as treasurer 01 hi>
rountv lor two terms and was formerly
mayor of lle|ipner; an otlii'e wliieh he has
occupied eight or ten times. In Novemher,
1910, he was eleeted county treasurer of
Morrow county, his term of otlice expiring
December .'il. 1912. lie is a eaiulidate for
reelection for the third time. He is a thirty-
second degree Mason, belongs to the Shrine,
and is also an Elk. Mr. (iilliam is one of
the most prominent men of Morrow county,
being known by practically all of its resi-
dents. He is greatly rcspecte<t and has an
innisually large number of close business,
political aiul social friends by whom be is
most highly esteemed.

JOSEPH E. TRIPPEER i- the proprietor
of a line meat market in love and is doing
an extensive business, purchasing all of his
own butchering stock an<l curing all of the
meat wliieli he sells. He was born in I'eru,
Indiana. December ti. ls")ti. a son of .lolin
anil Sarah Trippeer. the father being a na-
tive of (Ihio while the mother was born in
Indiana. The grandfather, .lohn Trippeer,
was born in Newark. Ohio, and removed to
Indiana at a very early day when the In-
dians were plentiful along the Wabash river.
He followed agricultural pursuits and owned
a large farm, spending the remalniler of his
life in the lloosier state. The father ac-
quired the homestead and spent practically
all of his life iin the old farm. However, he
removed to Missouri at one time and there
purchased lan<l upon which he lived for live
years, after whieh he returned to the home-
steail. The farm is now owned bv lienjamin
Wallace, the circus manager and owner, who
makes it his winter ipiarters. Near the
Trippeer homestead In Indiana was an In-
dian settlement where the last chief of the
tribt', t;abe (iodfrey, recently died. The
father of our subject was a prominent man
in hi.i community and for eight years was a
school trxistee. He aUo served as the sherilT
of his county for a considerable period. In
his family were live sons and four daugh-
ters, of whom our subject was the ehlest,
light of the nunilMT still surviving.

The youth of .Joseph K. Trippeer was sf>ent
iin the old Indiana home farm and he re-
I'ived a common-schoid education in that
-tate. When he was eighteen years of age
he began to earn his own living, driving n
team for his uncle who operated a large lime
kiln and shipped his proilucf to various
points. He ci>ntinued in his uncle's employ
for two years. In 1S7t> he removed to SIi«-
«onri. where hi- and his father piirchaned n
farm on which they lived for Hve years, after
whieh they returned tii Indiana. In IUSI
Mr. Trippl-er migrated to Oregon and S4>t-
tied about forty-five miles south of Tile
Dalles, where he engaged in farming. He
lontinued in that o<'cupation for live ye«r«.
then spent a year in varioirs section* of the
stale, after which he returned to Indiana.
In 1S''7 he again came to Oregon and "ettled
in Cove, which has since remained the plaee
of his residence. After farming for one year

he became engaged in the butchering busi-
ness and has built up an excellent trude.
lie has a line store with all of the latest
i'i|uipment. Kverything is conducted along
modern lines and arranged in a tastetui way.
He buys on the hoof and does all of his own
killing, cures and smokes all of the hams
and bacon which he handles and does a busi-
ness of about twenty thousand dollars a
year.

-loseph E. Trippeer was married, Deoeiii-
ber 10, 1S8(). to Miss Alice Alexander, a na-
tive of Missouri and a daughter of William
Alexamler, who is now passing his declining
years with .\lr. Trippeer and his family.
Into Mr. and .Mrs. Trippeer ha»e been born
two children: Herman, living at Walla
Walla. Washington; and Eva, the wife of
ISobert French, of Cove. Mr. Trip|H-er is it
democrat in politics ami was elected mayor
of Covo in r.104 and was reelected in I'JOfi,
190H and I'JIO. He is fraternally connecttnl
with the ^laccabees, Imuu^' a prominent mem-
ber of that organization. He is one of the
substantial business men of his town and
community and bears an excellent reputatiim
anuing his many acipnilntances. He is an
up-to-date citizen, always easting his in-
lluence on the side of those movements pro-
posed for the benefit of the town.

RALPH A. HOLTE is one of the up to-
date. pro;;ressive young business men of the
west. He is the cashier and general man-
ager of the Hank of Stantield. at which place
he maintains his residence. Ills birth oc-
curred in Kllendale. North Dakota, on the
23d of -March. IS-Sii. his parents being Nels
T. and Ho.sa lArnesoni llolte. the former a
native of Norway and the latter of Wiscon-
sin. Nels T. Holte emigrated to this coun-
try when a young man of twenty-two years
of age. He readied .Vmerica a stranger in
a strange land, without funds and with no
knowledge of the English language. Mi*
-sole purpose in leaving his native country
was to better his eomlillon materially, hop-
ing that he mli;ht some day llnd himself
possessed of an Independency and a business
of his own. With a strong determination to
accompllsli bis purpooe, be mnnfiilly braved
the dillicidlies of the new lonnlry as they
Were presented to him each in their order
and has striven to aecept from each new
trial some lesmon which might serve ■• rmp-
ital for his further ailmneement He sprnt
his first year as a ■ ■ in the

city of Philadelphia Siilme-

qiiently he removed iiii.. -i >.ii.| made

his first permanent hs-atlon at Kllendatp.
North Dakota. Of this place he was one of
the early pioneers. Here he engaged in the
undertaking anil furniture business and.
much to his gratification and to his credit
as well, he has been unilsiiallr successful )n
his \enture. During bis resilience in Ellen
dale he has been called to dlr«s't the funerals

of more than eighlern ' '■ l "le. He

Is a fnisled man thn- e com-

munity and for a p<' *rs has

served in the office of town ronnrilman in
the village of Kllendale. In politics he i* a
republican, enlhiisiaslic and loyal, always

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doing his duty as a citizen in the mainte-
nance and advancement of the civil interests
of his county and state. He is a member of
the Commercial Club of Ellendale and in
every respect one of the foremost, prosper-
ous and representative business men of his
locality.

Kalph A. Holte was reared at home and
educated in the public schools and also at
the State Industrial School at Ellendale,
North Dakota, from which institution he
was graduated in the class of 1904. Follow-
ing his graduation he was employed in his
father's store for a period of one year, after
which time he was made the assistant cashier
of the First National Bank of Ellendale. In
this capacity he proved his adaptability to
the business of banking and by devoting his
entire time and energies to this work he be-
came proticient in all the varied phases of
the banking business. In 1910 he resigned
his position in the bank at Ellendale to ac-
cept the cashiership and general management
of the Bank of Stanfield and he is at present
identified with this financial institution.

In 1908 Mr. Holte was married to Miss
Georgia A. Ling, of Fargo, North Dakota,
and to this union has been born one child.
Helen Maurine. He is a republican in his
political affiliations and at present is the
custodian of the city funds of Stanfield. He
has also served as a member of the town
council of Ellendale, North Dakota. Fra-
ternally he is identified with the Masons,
belonging to Ellendale Lodge, No. 13. Mr.
Holte fairly represents in his business and
social standing the highest type of the pro-
gressive young men of his times. Before
entering upon his business career he was
highly favored with educational opportu-
nities and after completing his school years
he at once engaged in the battle of life with
an earnest purpose to succeed in a way that
would not only be an advantage to the com-
munity in which he might live but a credit
to himself and an honor to his father. His
responsible position in the bank at Stanfield
is a guarantee of the confidence and esteem
in which he is held by the business men of
his county and a prophecy of his continued
usefulness in his chosen field of service.

REV. A. MACKENZIE MELDRUM, pastor
of the Christian church of Athena, was born
in Ayreshire, Scotland, September 6, 1876,
his parents being Andrew and Isabella
(Smith) Meldrum. The father, who is a
stonecutter by trade, is still living in the
land of the hills and heather but the mother
is deceased.

The Rev. A. Mackenzie Meldrum is one
of a family of nine children and pursued
his education in an academy and college of his
native country. He was not the first of
his family to cross the Atlantic, his sister,
Mrs. Theresa Craig having come to the new
world in 1888. Following the arrival of the
subject of this review, his brother, John
M. Meldrum. a ranchman of ITnion county,
Oregon, sailed for the United States in 1895.
A. Mackenzie Meldrum was a youth of about
eighteen years when he left home and crossed
the briny deep to the United States, after

which he became a student in the U-iiversity
of Kentucky, entering that institution in
1897. He was graduated tlierefrom with
the class of 190:2 and soon afterward went
to Melbourne, Australia, where he engaged
in evangelistic work for three years. He
traveled with an artist companion, Charles
H. Gould, on the La Ventura, a yacht three
hundred feet long with eleven feet beam and
SIX and a half tons displacement. They ex-
plored twelve hundred miles of barrier reefs
and hundreds of islands along the route to
New Guinea. They spent over two years in
niakuig the trip, cruising southern waters
until they encountered a cyclone, after which
they traveled by other means. During this
period Mr. Meldrum lectured and did evan-
gelistic work in the principal cities of Aus-
tralia. He has traveled extensively since
reaching the age of fourteen years, visiting
thirty-seven different countries". After pass-
ing through the cyclone previously mentioned
lie and his companion proceeded to the Philip-
pines and afterward to China and Japan, Mr.
Meldrum lecturing in the Japanese capital.
Subsequently he went to Korea, traveling
all over that country and also across Man-
churia and the Chinese empire. He then went
to Ceylon, visited South India, spent some
time in Calcutta and afterward went to
Thibet. Traveling through India, he stopped
at all of the larger cities, made his way to
Bombay, thence to Arabia and afterward to
Egypt and other points in Africa. He visited
the Holy Land and various parts of Europe,
gaining an accurate and wide knowledge of
many of the different countries on the face
of the globe. He studied the characteristics
and customs as well as the history of the
people and wherever he went utilized his
opportunities for sowing the seeds of Chris-
tian faith.

In March, 1908. the Rev. Meldrum came to
Oregon and accepted (he pastorate of the
First Christian church of Pendleton. Later
he returned to Scotland for his bride and
while absent the church was burned, together
with Rev. Meldrnm's library and a valuable
collection of curios which he had picked up
on his travels. It was on the 2d of Septem-
ber, 1908, in Scotland, that he wedded Miss
Helen Scott Crockatt, a native of that coun-
try. He returned to Pendleton and was in-
strumental in bringing about the erection of
a beautiful stone church of that city which
was built at a cost of about forty thousand
dollars. In March, 1910. he came to Athena
as pastor of the Christian church, thinking
that in this smaller field of labor he would
find opportunity for a much needed rest. Each
Wednesday evening he gives illustrated lec-
tures concerning his travels. Mr. and Mrs.
Meldrum are the parents of two children.
Coralyn and Isobel Helen, both of whom were
born in Umatilla county.

It would be almost tautological in this con-
nection to enter into any series of statements
as showing Rev. Meldrum to be a man of
broad scholarly attainments and wide general
information, for these have been shadowed
forth between the lines of this review. He is
moreover a man of deep sympathy, keenly

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appreciative of life's opportunities and of the
difficulties and obstacles which confront the
individual. He readily extends a helping
hand, speaks an oncoiiraginf; word and thus
aids his fellow travelers iipon the journev
of life.

J. T. WILLIAMSON is one of the sub-
stantial and intliieiitial men of La Grande
and his city, which has one of the finest water
systems in the state, is in no small degree
indebted to him for its installation, it hav-
ing been conceived and built during the time
he was a member of the city council. He
was for many years an etlicicnt cn\inty official,
serving in different capacities, and is now a
successful real -estate dealer and attorney,
making a specialty of land law.

He was born in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania,
March 17, IS.")!, a son of Thomas and Susan
(Birkmire) Williamson, both natives of Bel-
fast, Ireland. His grandfather. ,Iohn William-
son, al.so a native of Belfast, lived and died
in his native city. The marriage of the
father and mother was celebrated in Ireland
and in 1S34 they emigrated to the new
world, settling in Philadelphia. Later they
removed to Iowa, where they resided until
18.50. when they took up their abode in Mis-
souri. In lSfi2 they started for Oregon,
joining a wagon train composed of twenty-
eight '^teams and vehicles. They had no
serious trouble during the journey and arrived
in the Orande Ronde valley September 7,-
18fi2. the father settling upon a farm which
is now included within the city limits of
La firande. lie followed farming during his
entire lifetime and passed away in 1884. In
his family were six children, of whom one
died in infancy, three sons and two daugh-
ters surviving.

•J. T. Williamson, the youngest member of
the family, spent his early childhood in Phil-
adelphia "and his early lioyhood in Iowa and
Missouri, where his primary education was
gained. Later he accompanied his parents to
the r.rande Ronde valley, where he attended
school, subsefniently becoming a student in the
old Christian College at Monmouth, .\ftcr
laying aside his textbooks he engaged in
mininc in Sparta, I'nion county, and later in
the Seven Devils and Cornucopia districts.
He met with only ordinary miecesa aa a miner,
which business he followed until 1880, with
the exception of a few years spent as sherilT
and as an employe in the land office. In
1880 he was appointeil deputy sherifT. which
office he acceptably filled until ISSfi. He was
then connected with the I'nited States land
office aa chief clerk from 1890 to imri. after
which he established hia present buainesa. He
haa made a apecialty of land law and hoa
been an extensive operator in real estate.
In 1898 he went to Alaska, residing for a time
in Cook's Inlet. He returned to Oregon in
the fall but spent the following two aummera
in Alaska, following mining with only mod-
i-rate success.

On December 8. 1S87. Mr. Williamson was
marrieil to Misa Winnie Wilkinson, who wna
born in La Crande. a daughter of .Tohn Wil-
kinaon. one of the early pioneom of the vbIIpv.

who built the fust flouring mill. To Mr. and
ilrs. Williamson, ten chihiri'n have been born,
six of whom are living: Naomi, who is a
gi-aduate of the Oregon State I'niversity at
Eugene and is now engaged in teaching, mak-
ing a specialty of elocutiim; .loseph and
Lowell, also graduates of the Oregon State
I'niversity. and Ellis. Kenneth and Robert,
all attending high school.

Mr. Williamson was for four years a mem-
ber of the city council of La Crande and
while a member of that body championed the
installation of the magnificent water system
of his city, which system is one of the finest of
its kind in the state, and during the time
of its construction he gnvi' a great deal of his
time and attention to looking iifter the de-
tails of its installation and is justly entitled
to be called "the father of La drande's water-
works." He is a member of the Presbyterian
church, and is universally regarded as one
of the most valuable and aggressive men of
his town. He has an extensive acquaintance,
is doing an excellent business and is greatly
respected by the entire community.

MILES SHEEIRN, of Rainier, was born in
Essex cotinly. New York. .lanuary 1, 1837.
a son of .Tnlin and Anna (Cochran) Sheeirn.
both of whom were natives of Belfast, Ire-
lanil, in which country they were reared
and married. Coming to America in 1S3.'i,
they settled in the Empire state and after-
ward became residents of Iowa, where the
father entereil a large tract of land and
developed an extensive stock ranch, of
which he was proprietor for several years.
In 1849 he removed to Minnesota, where he
conducted a large live-stock ranch, making
his home there until his death. He was
killed by a horse on the 1st of .January.
1863, and his wife, surviving him for nmre
than thirty-four years, passed away in March,
1897. In" their" family were ten children,
of whom five are yet living: Miles, of this
review; Mary, the' wife of .lames llenilrin.
now of Pipestone county, Minnesota; Matilda,
the wife of .lohn Soh""H, of St. Paul, Min-
nesota: Anna, the wife of .lamea I^vy, cif
Slayton, ^linriesota; and .Tnmes, also living
in Slayton.

Miles Sheeirn spent his youthful days under
the parental roof, acenmpnnying his pan-iits
on their removals to Iowa and to Minneaula.
Kollowing the outbreak "f the Civil war.
however, he enlisted, beciiming a member
of Companv fi, Kirst Minnesota Cavalry,
with which he served from 18fi2 until the
close of the war in 18R.'i, when he waa hon-
orably discharged at Fort Snellina. Minne-
sota. He then returned home and in order to
promote his education airain attended school
for a yi'nr. In 18r.7 he removed to Cliippewn
Falls. VVi«consin. and went into the lumlwr
camps, being thus engaRed until |SS7. That
year witm-ssed his arrival in Rainier. Oregon,
where he e'fablished n luml>er buaine««. eon-
timiine in that line until 1«03. He next
turned his attention to the real estate buai-
neas and i« now the owner of n half blork
on which stands the Crnnd Hotel, the flrat
floor of that building containing four atnre

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looms. lie also owns and conducts a fine
saloon and liis property includes one of llie
attractive residences of tlie city.

Mr. Sheeirn has been married twice. lu
1S75 he wedded Miss Mary Ragin and of the
children of this marriage, John is living in
Oregon and Ellen, the wife of D. J. Lcary in
Minnesota. The wife and mother died in
Ashland, Wisconsin, in 18S3. and on the :20th
of June, 1S90, Mr. Sheeirn was joined in
wedlock to Miss Mary E. lianlt of Spokane,
Washington. They have become the parents
of three daughters: Alice, the wife of Arthur
Lupion of Rainier: Frances !M.. a graduate
of the high school : and Mary E., at home.
^Ir. Sheeirn is a member of the Catholic
church and also holds membership with the
Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of
(Idd Fellows and the Improved Order of
Red Men. He has great appreciation for the
social amenities of life and enjoys the com-
radeship of the members of those fraterni-
ties. l?y indefatigable labor and judicious
investment he has won the creditable finan-
cial position which he now occupies.

ANDREW LUN is the owner of a fine farm
of three hundred acres, located near North
Powder, on which he grows principally hay
and oats. He has on his farm an artificial
lake of about twenty acres, from which he
annually sells large quantities of ice. The
lake is filled from North Powder river. He
has also engaged quite extensively in the
stock business. He was born in Wenersborg,
Sweden, September 7, 1853. a son of Olaf
Ltui, who was also a native of that country
and a farmer by occui)ation Tnit also fol-
lowed other lines of business.

Mr. Lun received his education in the coun-
try of his nativity, later attending a mili-
tary academy. Previous to coming to the
new world he was for some time in the em-
ploy of a railroad owned by the govern-
ment of Norway, to whicli country the fam-
ily had removed. In 1880 he emigrated to
America, first settling in Canada, where he
spent one summer east of Winnipeg. In the
fall of the same year he removed to Minne-
sota, where he resided for two years. He
then went to Beaver Canyon, Idaho, where
he engaged in lumbering. He remained there
for two and one-half years and then con-
tinued his journey westward to the Pacific
coast, spending a year in Seattle, Portland.
Montana and other sections of the west. In
the summer of 1886 he settled in North Pow-
der and was here engaged in the lumber busi-
ness until 1892, when he purchased the fine
farm of which he is now tlie owner. In the
same year that he bought his farm he con-
structed an artificial lake, over about twenty
acres of land, and engaged in the ice busi-
ness, having since that time sold annually
from eight thousand to fifteen thousand tons
of ice. He fmnished ice to the Oregon Rail-
road & Navigation Company and supplied
numeroiis customers along the line of that
road until 1911, when he sold his entire out-
put to the Pacific Freight Express Company.
He has engaged extensively in the raising
of fine stock and was one of the first men

in his clistrict to import thoroughbred stal-
lions, the first one, Hayward, being brought
Ici this country in 189.1. Ten years later
lie imported another, •'Wallcur," and has
raised large numbers of Pereheron horses,
selling ])rincipally to buyers from the coast
cities. He was very successful in capturing
first prizes for his animals at the fairs at
which he exhibited. He has also raised thor-
oughbred Hereford cattle quite extensively.
His stock-raising enterprises have been
somewhat intermittent, however, as he is
now for the third time engaged in that busi-
ness. He was the first man of his district
to sink an artesian well, his house being
supplied with water from the same. In
1907 Mr. Lun erected his present fine resi-
dence, a two and one-half story building of
modern type, and his farm, which is finely
improved and extremely fertile, is one of the
ncitable agricultural properties of the com-
munit.v.

In 1880, in Norway, ilr. Lun wedded Miss
Hedvig Anderson and to them four children
were born: Agnes, Emma, Lillie and Arthur.
The wife and mother died and Mr. Lun later
married ilrs. Ada May Amison. of New
Orleans, Louisiana. They are the parents of
two children. Andrew Ililibard and Iris Hvm-
dern. twins.

Mr. Lun is greatly interested in educa-
tional matters and for many years has been
a member of the school board of his distric't.
He is a raembe:r of the Masonic order, be-
longing to the York and Scottish Rites and
also to the Shrine. He has for twenty-
five years been a member in good standing
of the Od<l Fellows, being the recipient of the
|)ioneer's badge, indicative of his long mem-
bership in that order and as an appreciation
of his loyalty to the principles of Odd Fel-
lowshiji. He is one of the most respected
farmers and business men of the comnumity
and is greatly esteemed by a large number
of people with wliom he is intimately
iiccpiainted.

JESSE K. LOWE is the proprietor of one
of the most up-to-date and completely
stocked furniture stores in Florence. He was
born in Kansas, March 10, 1877, and is a son
of Samuel E. and Harriet Lowe. His parents
were both natives of Illinois and in that state
they were united in marriage, established
their first home and continued to live there
until 1S70, at which time they removed 1o
Kansas and settled near Sterling. In ISSH
the family removed to Oregon, and made its
first settlement in this state at Yaquina bay.
where they remained for three years and
then removed to Independence, Polk county,
where the father purchased a farm, upon
which he moved and continued to reside un-
til 1893, after which he removed to Lane
county and filed upon a government home-
stead locate<l on Fiddle creek, where he con-
tinued to live for a period of five years, after
which he removed to Glenada. The mother
died in 1903, and the father is still living at
the age of sixty -six years. To Mr. and Mrs.
Lowe were born thirteen children : Kittie.
deceased; Bertha, the wife of .1. H. Jones, of

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OKEGON

s03

Bruneau, Idaho; Lucy, who is the wife of
G. M. Howell, of ilontana; Robert, of Glen-
ada; Jesse K., Lida. who became the wife
of F. C. Vader and resides in Lewisburg,
Oregon; Nellie, the wife of William Plow-
man, of Adna, Washington; Leroy, who re-
sides in Florence; Hattie, the wife of S. C.
Morris, also of Florence; Elmer and Wilmer,
twins, still at home; Bessie, now the wife
of F. E. Monroe, of Florence; and George, at
home.

Jesse K. Lowe was reared in the home of
his parents and educated in the public
schools of this state. He remained under the
parental roof until thirty years of age. when
he engaged in business for himself, his first
venture being that of owner and proprietor
of a moat market in Florence. This lie oper-
ated for one year only, after whioli he dis-
posed of his property and immediately there-
after engaged in the furniture business, to
which he ailded a genei'al real-estate busi-
ness, and to these interests he has since
given his undivided attention. He is the
owner of valiuible real estate in Portland and
also in Watikslia City. Washington, and in
Floreiu'e, Colorado. lie is also heavily in-
terested in various mining indtistries in the
state of Idaho.

Mr. Lowe is aHiliateil with the republican
party, but is in no sense seeking political
prefernuMit either in his county or state. Tic
is a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows at Florence, having twice filled all
of the chairs. He is still a single man. but
nevertheless associates with all the social and
benevolent institutions of his city and is a
man of public spirit, ready at all times to
give the benefit of his influence to the ad-
vancement of political or social mea.sure
designed to improve the conditions of the
peopli- in lii< lounty and state.

HENRY RINGSMEYER i- the owner
of a valuabli' ranch of two Inindrcd and fift.v
acres located two miles from Dayville. where
he is Hucccssfnily engaged in the raising of
highgra<lo -itock. He is one of the cnpable
lili/cns wliich (lermany has provided (Jrant
rounly. lii" birth li:iviiig occurred ill Pnissia
in 1st;:;. Ili-< parents are Frederick ami
Mary (Molii^u* Ringsmeyer. who are still re-
siding in fji-rniany. where the father han
always followed the carpenter's trade. The
family of Mr. and Mrs. Riie.'smeyer numbered
nine Children, of whom our subject is the
eldest.

Henry Ringsmeyer was reared at home
iind given the advantages of a coninioii schfMiI
educalii.n. after which he learned the shoe-
maker's trade, but never followed it. He
was ii vi.iitli of only eighteen years when he
ti>ok pii--aL'e for the I'nited Stntes. arriving
in Cleveland. Ohio, on the 2M of May. IS«I.
After a residenci' there of two years he eon
tinned bis journey westward to Oregon, nr
riving in the .lohn Pay valley in May. IS»<'.
For --ix years thereafter he devi^teil hi* en
ergies to teaming, but at thi' expiration of
that time be began raising '<tock. meeting
with such excellent success that two years
later lie purchased hi" present ranch, then

the property of James Brackett. It is si>len-
didly located and well adapted to the purpose
lor which it is being used. The entire tract
is under irrigation, the greater part of it
being bottom land, which produces an ex-
cellent quality of hay, in abundant quan-
tities. .Mr. Kingsmeyer is raising a high
grade of cattle, sheep and horses, the lieails
of his herds being registered, and he is meet-
ing with prosperity. He is a very practical
man. of enterprising and progressive idea-*,
and exercises good jiulgment anil intelligence
in the direction of his business, which is be-
ing developed in a systematic and capable
manner.

.\t Canyon City. Oregon, on the l.'itli of
October. 1891. .Mr. Ringsmeyer was niairied
to iliss Amelia Le Hret, a ilaugliter of .lulc-*
I.e Bret, one of the pi(Uieer merchants of
Prairie City, of which he was also postma-'tir
for about twenty years. He figureil promi-
nently in the progress and development <>f
tirant e<ninty until his death, which occurred
in 1S87. at the age of fifty-four years. Seven
children have been born to Mr. anil .Mrs.
Ringsmeyer. as follows: Mary; Millie, who
is deceased; Frederick, also deceaseil ; Jules;
Kttie: and Leah and Henry, who have also
passed away.

The life record of Mr. Ringsmeyer I-'
another substantial proof of the fact that
success comes from enterprise and diligence
quite as often as from favorable circiim
stances, anil the most commendable achieve
inents are those which are won through
individual etTurl.

MARK M. GILKISON i- a «..n of Cnion
county, where he has lived iliiring the greater
part of his life, although he followed rang-
ing and Ii>gging for a time in other states.
He is now conducting a successful bu»ini"«s
ill N'orth Powder and is a popular man in the
eoinmiinity. lie was born in North Powder.
May .'11. 1ST I. the son of James and Alary
(McFadden) Oilkison, the former a native of
Zaiie«ville. Ohio, while the latter was born in
Illinoii. The father removed with his
parent* frnm Ohio to Illinois and in the latter
«tate he niarrierl Mary McKadden. In IMi'.t
Ihev removed to Oregon, the journey being
made in company with a large party of set-
lleri bound for "the »ve«t. The father (lr»t
tiM)k up his abode on Wild Hor«e creek, near
Pendleton. .Vfti-r remaining there for two
years be remoM-il to the \iiiiiily of North
Powder, where he t"Nik lip a gov.-rnmeiif sec-
tion of hind, four inile« west of the town.
He later »ci|iiiri-d additional land, making hi*
holdings aggregate some seven or eight hun-
dred acre*, one hundred and sixty acri* of
which comprised some of the finest l)ottom
lanil ill the valley, the re«t of hi* farm Iwlng
used mostly for pasture. He followe.1 gen
eral funning pursuits. rni«in(r wheat. nnt«.
barley, rye and hay. He »a« a •iibstnntial
eili/eii and a successful farmer, and re
sided on the old homestead until hi* death,
which o.-eurr<-«l on the .'ilh of March. 1911.
at the age of *eventy three years. Of hi*
children eleven are living, the *iibj«Tt of
thi* review being the (Iflh in nnler of birth.

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Mark M. Gilkison apeut his boyhood on
the homestead and received his education in
the district schools. His first business was
that of riding the range and logging, at which
he spent about eight years, a part of that
time residing in California and other states.
During those days he had many thrilling
experiences such as were incident to the
range and logging business in the early
days. In 1901 he began blaeksmithing and
about two years later purchased the shop
of J. E. Carroll in North Powder, having
since then successfully conducted that busi-
ness.

Being an influential and able man, he
served very efficiently as a member of the
city council. Fraternally he is a member
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
taking an active interest in the affairs of
that order. Mr. Gilkison is a man of more
than ordinary intelligence and ability and is
])hysically a fine specimen of manhood. He
is greatly respected by all who know him
and is a. leader in the community.

GEORGE ELMER MONTAGUE, who re-
sides at Condon, Oregon, was elected to the
office of sheriff of Gilliam county in the fall
of 1910. He was born in Davis county, now
Geary county, Kansas, on the 31st of March.
1875, his parents being George W. and Mary
L. (Yates) Montague, who were natives of
ICentucky and Missouri respectively. His
paternal grandfather, George Montague, was
born in New Jersey in 1810 and was a mem-
ber of the city council of Maysville, Ken-
tucky. In 1843 he removed to Van Buren
county, Iowa, and shortly afterward was
elected to the state legislature. For several
years he acted as Justice of the peace of Van
Buren county, and in 1849 he joined the
memorable procession of gold seekers and
became a miner in the early days of mining
in the Golden state. The parents of our
subject were married in Kansas, where they
had removed with their parents at an early
date. On reaching his majority' George W.
Montague engaged in farming in the state
of Kansas and was prominently identified
with the agricultural interests of that part
of the country until 1882. Early in the sum-
mer of that year, in company with his fam-
ily, he crossed the plains by mule team and
in the fall arrived at Baker City. Oregon,
there spending the following winter. Imme-
diately after reaching Baker City he secured
the contract for building a log schoolhouse
on Beaver creek. After the building was
completed he was engaged as a school teacher
of tiiat district for a term of three months.
In the spring of 1883 he removed to Walla
Walla. Washington, at which place his
brother was at that time living, having pre-
ceded him into the western country by
twenty-nine years. He remained in Walla
Walla' until the fall of 1885. when he re-
turned to Oregon and spent the winter in
The Dnlles. In the spring of 1886 he moved
to (iilliam county, where he maintained his
residence during the remainder of his life.
On his arrival here he filed on a timber cul-
ture I'laim. and his oldest daughter entered

a homestead claim on which the family set-
tled and later made their home. He was for
some years engaged in the sewing machine
business, while his sons looked after the in-
terests of the ranch, carrying on farming and
the cattle business. He was four times a
member of the government census commis-
sion for his county — in 1880, 1890, 1900 and
1910. He was a veteran of the Civil war,
serving for three years as a member of Com-
pany F of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry. For
twenty consecutive years he acted as com-
mander of Arlington Post, Grand Army of
the Republic. In politics he was a republi-
can and during his active years he occupied
a distinguished position as the leader of his
party's interests in Gilliam county and was
one of the representative men of his section
of the state. His wife died January 15,
1899, and he closed a long and useful life on
October 23, 1910, both passing away at their
home in Gilliam county.

George E. Montague was reared at home,
acquiring his education in the public schools
of the district in which he lived. In early
life he became one of the main factors in
the conduct of his father's farm and in 1901
he filed on a homestead located on Eightmile
creek, near the postoffice of Montague, which
liears the family name. On securing his
homestead he moved at once upon the place
and engaged in farming and stock-raising
which pursuits he has steadily followed ever
since. In the fall of 1910 he was elected to
the office of .sheriff of Gilliam county and in
the spring of 1911 removed from his farm
to the city of Condon, the county seat of
Gilliam county, where he assumed the duties
of his office. Mr. Montague is still unmar-
ried but is nevertheless an influential man
in the business and social activities of the
city and county in which he lives. He is a
member of Morgan Lodge, No. 191. I. 0. 0.
F., of Morrow county, and also belongs to
Endymion Lodge, No. fiR, K. P. He is a
republican in politics, following in the foot-
steps of his father, and is known through-
out Gilliam county as one of the reliable and
efficient leaders of his party.

PLEASANT L. SMITH. Special mention
is due Pleasant L. Smith, one of the success-
ful farmers of Union county. He is the
owner of five hundred acres of land one and
one-half miles south of North Powder and
by his well directed labors has attained in-
fluence and aflluence. He was born in
Lawrence county, Missouri, ilarch 11. 1851.
a son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Harper)
Smith, the former a native of Tennessee and
the latter of Illinois. The father removed
from Tennessee to Missouri in early man-
hood, his wedding being celebrated in the
state of his adoption, where he engaged in
farming and spent the remainder of his life.
Two of the father's brothers, W. H. and Josiah
Smith, were soldiers in the Civil war. the
former belonging to the Fourth Jlissouri
Cavalry, while the latter was a member of
the state militia. Alexander Smith was a
strong Union man an<l the family were al-
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family were nine children, of whom the sub-
ject of this review was the fourth in order
of birth.

Pleasant L. Smith spent his boyhood days
in Missouri, where he received a common-
school education. At the age of nineteen
years he and his brother Josiah removed to
Boise City, Idaho, and engaged in mining,
operating some claims which they located
on the Snake river and meeting with a suc-
cess which only about equalled ordinary
miner's wages. They worked for other min-
ers a part of the time they spent in Idaho,
remaining in that business about seven or
eight years, during which period they spent
some time in the ([uartz mines of Utah. In
1878 Mr. Smith settled in tlie Powder river
valley in Oregon, where he purchased state
land three miles south of North Powder.
After developing that land he sold it and
settled about one and one-half miles south-
west of North Powder, in Baker county, on
a homestead of one hundred ami 9i.\ty
acres. He afterward bought four hundred
acres of railroad land adjoining his home-
stead and sixty acres of timber land. He
has developed his farm, it now being all
under water right, drawing its supply irom
the North Powder river. He raises large
quantities of hay and alfalfa, having pro-
duced on one hundred and sixtj' acres as
many as seven hundred and four tons of
hay or four and one-lialf tons per acre an-
nually. The larger part of his holdings is
devoted to pasturage. In 1902 Mr. Smith
removed to North Powder and purchased a
home there, where ho has since resided with
his family. They have an artesian well on
their city property, which was drilled to a
depth of three hundred and four feet.

Pleasant L. Smith was married on July
.3, 1876, to Miss Mary A. Tanner, a native of
Tooele county, Utah, and a daughter of
Thomas and Susannah (Elseyt Tanner who
were among the early pioneers of that state.
To Mr. and Mrs. Smith two children have
been born: Clara S.. now Mrs. Randolph W.
Parker, of Wolf Creek; and Pleasant Delia,
now Mrs. Sidney Oibbs, of North Powder.
Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs are the parents of two
children, Vesta lone and Roseoe Uisle.

Mr. Smith, who is among the mo^t suc-
cessful farmers of his community, is in-
debted for his success only to his own in-
dustry, sound judgment and well directed
eflforts. He is republican in politics and has
been for many years actively interested in
educational matters and sersed for several
years as school director. He is one of the
substantial men of his county and enjoys an
extensive acquaintance, being held in high
esteem by a large number of frienils.

P. A. McPHEE, who has been engaged in
the hotel business at various times since
]8fi7, was born in Ijincaster. Ontario. Can-
ada, on tlie nth of .\ugust. iH.-.f) his par-
ents being .Alexander and Hannah (Cnnip-
bell) McPhce. They were both natives of
Scotland but came to Canada thortly after
their marriage. They g[)ent the remaining
years of their lives in Canada, where the

lather's death occurred when he had reached
the venerable age of ninety-six years, and
the mothers at the advanced age of eighty-
four years. The father was a cabinet-
maker by trade and was a mechanic of more
than ordinary skill. He had five children:
Mary, of Belleville, Ontario; Daniel, of St.
Paul; Elizabeth, who is tlie wife of Robert
Strahan, of Bplleville, Ontario; Hugh, a resi-
dent of Belleville; and P. A., the subject of
this review.

P. A. McPhee received his education in the
country schools and until he was fourteen
years of age remained at home upon the
farm, where he proved a willing assistant in
all farm operations. After leaving home he
stopped for a short time at l.<'avcnworth,
Kansas, where he accepted enipluynunt as
night clerk in the Brevort Hotel. About
1S6T he removed to Wyoming and began rail-
roading until the work on the Union Pacific
railroad was complefcil. Subsequently he
removed to .Sweetwater and during the ex-
citement in the spring of 18G9 became sherifT
of Sweetwater county. He served for four
terms before becoming conncctecl with a
hotel in Ogden. Utah, which he conducted lor
two years, beginning in 1878. I.iater he wi-nt
to Idaho and engaged in the hotel business,
having been connected with the Hot Springs
Hotel. He also served as deputy sherilT
there, and afterward resided in Neihart.
Montana, for about two years, at the end
of which time he went to Coutley, British
Columbia, iluring the excitement of 1S92-.i.
Previously he had had some exciting experi-
ences with Indians in Wyoming, such as
were frequent in the pioneer life of that
state. In 1898 he removed to Spokane.
Washington, and conducted the River-view
Dining Room, which is one of the most pop-
ular restaurants in the city. The following
year he came to Oregon, locating in Orant
county. He conducted a hotel which he built
in that county, for four years, when it was
destroyed by tire und Mr. Mi-Phee turned his
attention to mining projects. He ha<l sev-
eral prospects in view and he was employed
in promoting them for some time. He was
postmaster of .\ustin for one year before he
removed to Portland, where he whs emplnyeil
in various ways. Finally he leased the
Hingham Springs resort and conducted that
place for two years. It now belongs to the
city of Portlaml and twenty thousand dol-
lars has been given for it« improvement.
Mr. ^JcPhee is its manager ond is an edlcient
promoter of the undertaking. Since 1HB7 he
has been identified with the hotel interents
of the northwest. During these ye«r» he
has mad<- the acqunintanie of a large num-
ber of those |>eople who travel throntrli tlii<
part of the country and he has help«'d to
bring the standard of hotels to the state of
perfection which' they hove reached.

In IMTl I'. A. McPhee was married to Mi«s
•Tennie I,. Kidder, whose liirth occurreil in
New Hampshire, ond who is a daughter of
.A. N. Kidder. Mr. ond Mm. McPhw had
two children, both of whom ore drre««<Ml.
Mr. McPhee i« a denioirot ond he hoK fre-
quently taken on active part in pollticol
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resided. During the fourteen years he has
lived in Oregon he has become one of its
most entliusiastic admirers and most ardent
supporters. Association with him means ex-
pansion and progress and he is prominent in
those circles where ability and intelligence
are regarded as essential attributes to
success.

SHERWOOD WILLIAMS is cashier of tlie
State Bank of Inililer and the originator
and president of tlie Frviit Growers ilutual
Association of La (Jraiide and the Kastern
Oregon Fruit Growers Association. He is
a young man of unusual ability and popular-
ity, having an extensive acquaintance. Like
most of the Celtic race, being of Welsh de-
scent, lie is musically inclined, which adds
to his value as a citizen. He was born in
Chester Hill, Ohio. February 17. ISSO. a son
of Oliver W. and Sarah R. (LarkinI Williams,
the father a native of Ohio and tlie mother
of Pennsylvania. The grandfather, Caleb A.
Williams, was the first member of the family
to visit Oregon, migrating here in the '80s,
settling in the old town of La Grande, where
he engaged in farming. His wife. Rebecca
(Terrell) Williams, was a leader in the
Friends church. Slie was a native of Penn-
sylvania and belonged to one of the promi-
nent families connected with the Friends So-
ciety in that state. Oliver W. Williams and
his family became residents of Oregon in
1890, settling at La Grande, where the father
engaged in farming and also conducted a
mercantile business in that town for a num-
ber of years. He also handled real estate as
an auxiliary to his other business endeavors,
beingi successful in bis various undertakings.
He was a prominent citizen of the com-
munity and served as a member of the city
council for a number of years, passing away
in 1904 at the age of fifty-five years. His
widow is still living in La Grande. In their
family were four children, namely: Mabel O.,
the wife of P. A. Robbins. of Santa Bar-
bara. California; Thomas L.. an employe of
Ladd & Bush, bankers, of Salem; Sherwood.
of this review; and Raymond 0.. a student
of the University of Oregon.

Sherwood Williams was educated in the
schools of La Grande and was graduated
from the high school of that place in May.
1898, standing high in his class. In August
of the same year he entered the employ of
the La Grande National Bank, an institution
with which he remained until 1910. serving
in the capacity of assistant cashier. He
has for many years been interested in fruit
lands and fniit-growing and owns a bearing
orchard near La Grande, comprising fifteen
acres. He is raising principall.v Roman
Beauty, Jonathan. Yellow Newtown Pippin
and Gano apples, these varieties being consid-
ered by him the best adapted to climate con-
ditions in that section. After leaving the em-
ploy of the La Grande National Bank he
organized the Fruit Growers Mutual Associa-
tion of La Grande, its object being to con-
serve the interests of the orchardists by sys-
tematizing the business, keeping in touch
with the markets and indiicing the growers

to work collectively instead of individually.
The organization has proved very successful
and has save<l the fruit growers of the La
(Jrande district n great deal of nmney and
added materially to their profits. He next
interested himselt' in a similar organization
of more magnitude ami in 1911 organized
the Eastern Oregon Fruit (irowers Associa-
tion, which bids fair to be an equal success.
Jlr. Williams was elected president of both
organizations and continues to hold this
office. He has a controlling interest in one
hundred and forty acres of orchard land, one
hundred acies of which he has sold on easy
terms in small tracts. These tracts he has
been planting to fruit and is caring for them
for the purchasers, the land being situated
adjacent to Imbler, Recently he has in
company with Mr. Cleaver organized the
State Bank of Imbler. of which Mr. Cleaver is
president and ^Ir. Williams cashier. The
liank has a capital stock of twenty-five thou-
sand dollars and is doing a very satisfactory
business.

Sherwood Williams was married. February
10. 1904. to Miss Nellie F. Grandy, a native
of La Grande and a daughter of Ben W.
Grandy. a prominent pioneer of that city.
I'nto this union have been born two chil-
dren. Helen Grace and .lean. Fraternally Mr.
Williams is a charter member of the local
lodge of the Modern AVoodmen of America
and has held all of the official chairs of that
organization. He is among the most popular
young Imsiness men of I^nion county and his
ability is such as to give promise that he
will become one of the most valuable citi-
zens of that section. He has been successful
in all of bis business undertakings, makes
many friends and holds them, and his stand-
ing in the community is of the highest order.

WILLIAM DE VENY, a chiropodist of
Portland, was born in Henry county, Illinois.
near Annawan. December IS. 1852, and comes
of French descent. His ancestors came from
France at the time of the religious persecu
tion there. His parents were Timothy and
.Tane (Willett) De Veny. and his paternal
grandparents were AVilliam and Anna De
Veny. Both father and grandfather were
born in Pennsylvania near Pittsburg, while
the mother of William De Veny of this re-
view, was a native of Indiana.

William De Veny was only nine years of
age at the time of his mother's death. He
acquired his education in the district schools
but his opportunities were very limited, for
at the time of his mother's death he went to
live among strangers and was accorded few-
school privileges. At times, however, be
did chores upon farms for his board and the
opportunity of pursuing his studies in the
district school through the winter months.
From the time of his mother's death he never
had a home of his own until he made one for
himself. In his youth and early manhood he
followed farming and later be took up the
study of chiropody, being today manager of
the Scientific Chiropodist School, which was
incorporated in 1911 and which teaches a
process that was developed by Mr. De Veny

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about tliirty years ago. He entered upon the
pnictioe of ohiropoily in the year IsTo in
Xehraska, to ivhich state he had removed in
1871. being connected with farming interest-i
there for about two years. Nebraska was at
that time a frontier district and in early
days Mr. De Veny became ai'ijuainted with
such men as Buiralo Bill, Wihl l?ill. Buckskin
Sam. California -loc and other fainoiis scouts
of the time. That he greatly resembles the
Nebraska rancher, scout and statesman is
evidenced in the fact that almost every day
strangers address him as HulTalo Rill, and
f'olonel fody himself called Mr. De Veny
"Butralo Bill of Portland" when the Colonel
was last a visitor to this state. During the
period of his residence in Nebraska he was
actively interested in contests over election
of the county seats of Adams and Clay coun-
ties, and in 1886 was again a factor in the
agitation which arose concerning the location
of the county seat in Grant. Kansas. Haskell
and Stevens counties. In the meantime he
continued in the practice of his chosen pro-
fession until 1>^9.T. when he rem<ivetl to Port-
land. Oregon, from Lincoln. Nebraska. In
the present city of his residence he has con-
tinuously practiced chiropody, standing at
the heaci of the profession here. He took up
his abode at Montavilla. one of the attractive
suburbs of the city. For live years the situa-
tion was often a dillicult one but at the end
of that time comlitions took a turn for the
better. Mr. De Veny became ch)sely asso-
ciated with the work of public progress and
improvement, being especially active in all
efforts to build a better Montavilla. He was
instrumental in organizing the Montavilla
Board of Trade, through which was secured
a water supply from Bull Run. Later he
was prominent in the movement to secure
the annexatiim of Montavilla to the city of
Portia nil and to his efforts is directly attribut-
able the widening of East Galisson street to
eighty feet. Again he became a leader in
movements to secure better street ear facili-
ties, also railway siding on the O. K. & N. in
Montavilla. extending fifteen hundred feet
and improved an adi'ipiate water system, an
electric light system supplying both arc and
incandescent lights and tire department, with
all modern equipments and greater scho<d
facilities. In much of this work Mr. De V<-ny
has been a leader, standing at all times for
progress and improvement. In nnnli of this
lie has had strong opposition but he was
reared upon the frontier, where he had learned
to wage war with ungenerous nature for all
that he had secured and the fact that he wa.s
early thrown upon his own resources had
also developed an inilependent and self re-
liant spirit. All these things combined to
make him rather enjoy the contest for Monta-
villa's improvement — contests that result^Kl
eventually in victory. Throughout all this
period he has either been president or secre-
tary of the Montavilla Boartl of Trade,
through which most of the improvements of
the city have come.

On liie ISth of Deceml>er. 1870. Mr. De Veny
was married at Cross Roads, in .\dnms county,
Nebraska, to Miss Martha R. KUis. who was
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liorn in U» Salic county, Illinois, ,lannary 18,
l-*.');!. a ilaughter of Caleb nnil Kmeline ll^m-
plierel Kllis, the former a farmer, who wan
a native of .Jefferson ciiunty, New York, and
the latter a native of Massachusetts. Mr.
and Mrs. De X'eny have become parents of
three daughters ami three sons: Mauil Pi-nrl.
now the will' of Levi .1. Iloixlcnough. of
.\ilarns county. Washington; Kstella May;
Flossie Ktta, the wife of Fre<l Hartley, of
Portland, Oregon; William Hastings; Dwane,
of Portland: and Florello Delevan,

In polities Mr. De Veny has always l>c«-n
a stanch republican, iM'ing today associated
with that branch of the party known as
•standpatters." For a long lime he held
membership with the Montavilla lodge of
Odd Fellows. He now belongs to the Woo<l-
niin of the World, the .\ncienl Onler of
I'niled Workmen, the I'liited .-Vrtisans, the
Fraternal Order of Kagles. the Knif^its of
the Maccabees, the .\meriean Veonien, the
Improved Order of Red Men and the Degree
of Honor, in nearly all of which he has held
the higln-st offices. Mr. De Veny has ever
been fi-arless and failhfid in support of what
he believes to be for the rii;ht and for the
best interests of the community at large. He
has never been content with what he htt« nc-
<ouiplislii'd at any one point of his career but
has regarded this rather a.<t the starting point
for still larger or higher attainments. The
spirit of progress has been manifest ns
strongly in his relations with public affairs
as with private interests and few men have
ilone as active, effective and benelicial work
for Montavilla as has Mr. De Veny.

GEORGE J. CURRIN is a prominent and
prosperous citi/en of Morrow county, resid-
ing at Heppner, in the vicinity of which he
and his sons own a twenty thousand aero
shi'ep ranch, being extensively engaged in
shce|)-raising. He served in the slate legis-
lature in ISO.'! anil is now a member of the
city council of Heppner. IIi- was born in
Clackamas county. Oregon, October fi. Is.'iO,
a son of Hugh and Diona ( Young i Ciirrin,
the former a native of Virginia anil the Ut-
ter of Iniliana. The father crossed the plains
to Oregon in 18 1.';, the mother arriving in the
state two years later. Their innrringe oc-
lurriil in 18 10 and both are now deceased.

In the distrii-t schools of Clnckamas county
(ieorije .?. Ciirrin pursued his early education
and for two years, from 1871 to i871. was a
-liidint in the .Slate .\griciiltlirol College at
Corvallis. He first engaged in conducting
a ranch and a country store in Clackamas

inty, Iwing in the store for flflpon year*.

In 1808 lie came to Morrow cininly nnd net-
tled near lone, where he made a liusine** of
wlii-at growing. In 1002 he sold out and
look up his residence in Heppner, later, in
lOlll, purchasing n ranch of tw-"'- •'•■'•i«.snd
acres near the town, and he ' .ern

extensively engiged in sheep r.i i his

two sons. Hugh C. and Kdward K. Cnrnn.

In Clackamas county, .June 1, 187,'5, Mr.
I'lirrin va* united in marriage to Miss Kli-
?ath J. Forhes. a daughter of Kdward Forbea,
and by this union nine children have I>een

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

born: Agnes, now the wife of W. G. Wilcox;
Jessie, the wife of W. Benefiel, of Sherman
county; Hugh C, married Kate Brosman;
Edward R., living on the ranch; Lilly, who
is engaged in teaching school; Nettie E.,
who resides on the ranch; Mabry, who is
a graduate of the State Agricultural Col-
lege and is now engaged in teaching
school; Mary and Virginia, who are still in
the Hepjjner schools.

In earlier life Mr. Currin was a democrat
and served in the state legislature, repre-
senting Clackamas county as an active mem-
ber of that honorable bod.v, and he is now
serving as a member of the city council
of Heppner. He belongs to tlie Masonic fra-
ternity, in which he has attained the thirty-
second degree, and also belongs to Lodge No.
358, B. P. 0. E. Mr. Currin is extensively
and favorably known throughout Morrow and
Clackamas counties and also on account of
his services in the state legislature has an
extensive acquaintance in all parts of Oregon.
He is one of the most substantial and hon-
ored citizens of his community, being re-
garded as a man of unusual business ability
and one wlio.se advice on almost any subject
■ is worthy of credence.

E. D. GARN is one of the substantial
farmers of Union county, owning and operat-
ing three lunidred and twenty acres of fine
level land near Imbler. on which he raises
large quantities of wheat and from sevent.v-
five to one hundred hogs each year. His
farm requires no irrigation and is one of the
fine agricultural properties of the community.
He was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, in
1843, a son of Martin and Catherine (Croyle)
Garn, the parents botli being natives of
Pennsj'lvania. Tlie grandfather, John Garn.
was born in Holland and upon emigrating to
America at an early day he settled in Penn-
sylvania. The parents of our subject were
married in the Keystone state and in the
same year they settled in Ohio upon a farm
which the father cleared and cultivated, mak-
ing' his home fberoon until his death, which
occurred when he was eightv-seven years of
age. His son Cliancy is nnw living upon the
old homestead.

Of the seven children born unto his parents
E. D. Garn, of this review, was the third in
order of birth. He spent bis boyhood days
in Ohio, where he received a common-school
education and remained upon the home farm
until lSfi4. Then in company with his
brother Ephraim he went lo Atchison. Kan-
sas, by rail, where each bonghl three yoke of
cattle, and after e(|uipping their wagons with
necessary commodities, joined a part.y com-
prised of seventeen wagons bound for the
far west. The party was composed almost
entirely of young men going west to seek
their fortunes, there being but one married
pon|de in the company. They were detained
at the Big Sandy creek, in Colorado, for two
months, owing to trouble which the Indians
were causing along the westward trail,
.4fter that long delay they continued their
journey and although the Indians did not
molest them the savages watched the emi-
grants for a distance of two hundred miles.

being visible almost daily on the ridges sur-
mounting the road which they traveled. The
last seen of the Indians were signal fires
supposed to have been a call for assistance
from otlier tribes. At the Little Blue river
Mr. Garn's party passed a government outfit
of seventy-five wagons, the Indians having
stolen the mules and set fire to most of the
equipment, which was yet burning when the
west-bound party passed. None of the party,
however, had been killed. Upon reaching
(ireen river in Utah a terrible snow storm,
with exceptionally cold weather, overtook the
party in November and there their stock was
all frozen or starved to death. The members
of the party, however, made their way to
Salt Lake City where they passed the win-
ter, then in the spring of 1865 started for
Montana, first going to \'irginia City, where
Jlr. Garn engaged in freighting. He continued
in that business for seven years, operating
between various mining camps. He had no
trouble with outlaws liut there were many
such characters in the country and on one
occasion a stage coach just ahead of him was
held up and robbed by them. He afterward
went to Wyoming and remained there for
about eighteen years, being employed during
most of that time as a carpenter and builder.
After that he settled in Oregon in the Grande
Ronde valley, where he lived for two years
in Cove, after which he jmrchased half of his
present farm three-(|iiarters of a mile west
of the depot at Imbler. In 1908 he purchased
another quarter section adjoining his origi-
nal purchase, making his present holdings
three hundred and twenty acres of fine land.
He devotes his attention' principally to rais-
ing wheat, and feeds from seventy-five to one
hundred bogs each year for the market.

E. D. Garn was married December 27, 1870.
to Miss Nancy M. Eldridge. a native of
ilichigan. whose father died when she was
an infant. Her mother who married again
removed to the west when her daugliter was
two years of age, settling in Oregon. Unto
Mr. and Mrs. Garn have been born four chil-
dren, as follows: Catherine M.. the wife of
Edward Jlurchesou. residing in Walla Walla.
Washington: J. M.. living on the homestead:
Bertha B.. the wife of David Osborne, of
T^matilla enmity ; and Guy E.. of Napa, Cali-
fornia.

ilr. i;arii has been much interested in edu-
cational matters and has been a member of
the school board. He has also served as road
ci>mmissioner for four years. He is a care-
ful and conservative business man, owning
a magnificent piece of agricultural property,
which lies almost as level as a floor. The
soil is of great fertility and the crojis which
it produces annually uinler his careful man-
agement are very satisfactory. He has an
extended acquaintance in the county and has
long been regarded as one of its successful
I'itizens.

JAMES CLAUDE INGLE, engaged in the
cult i vat ion of alfalfa has a fine orchard and
garden as attractive features of his place,
and was born in tlie .Tnhn Day valley of
Oregon, Mav 17. IRSO, a son of William' and

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

811

Julia (Bibler) Ingle, tlie I'ormer born in
South Carolina, in 1837, and the latter in
Ohio, in 1834. The parents were married in
Illinois, whence William Ingle started with
a pack train for California. At an early age
the father was taken by his parents, Daniel
and Annie (Sharpi Ingle, to Darke county,
Ohio, and in the schools of that state pur-
sued his education. lie later went to Illinois
and there engaged in farming and stock-
raising for four years. In ls,"i9 he crossed
the plains with horse teams to California.
On the trip the Indians stole about four
hundred horses from the party, leaving them
hardly a sulUcient number to haul their wag-
ons. After speniling some years in Califor-
nia William Ingle came to Oregon, where he
at lirst homesteaded land. He afterward
sold that property and purchased school land
a hi\lf mile west of ^Iount Vernon. Prior,
to his death he had acipiired five hundred
and sixty acres upon which he successfully
engaged in the raising of horses and cattle.
He was a man of remarkable energy and
enterprise and was one of the earliest set-
tlers of the .John Day valley. To William
Ingle were born the following named: Laura
F., now Mrs. Lemon: Mrs. Jlay Tracy; Mrs.
Clara Aldrich; Mrs. Stella Camblin; Georgf
Henton; James Claude: and Mertise.

James Claude Ingle spent his school days
in the John Day vallev and lived on the old
homestead to the time of his marriage, on
the 4th of April. 1900. to Miss Annie Mc-
Kenna. Following his marriage he purcha.sed
his present pri>perty a half mile below Mount
Vernon, comprising one hundred and twenty
acres, of which eiv'ht.v acres are under culti-
vation and are irrigated. He raises large
(|uantities of alfalfa, has a fine orchard and
also produces a large amount of vegetables.
He makes a specialty of Early Hose and
Rurbank potatoes and recently took from
seven acres four himdred sacks of potatoes in
a single season, all of the highest graile. He
cultivates raspberries on an extensive scale
and his alfalfa fields are unsurpassed. He
i.s a member of the Mount Vernon Improve-
ment Club. He belongs to a corporation,
which has put in a ditch carr,ving one thou-
sand inches of water. He has a fine modern
residence and his fnrni is one of the splen-
didly improved properties of this section of
the state. Its excellent appearance is flue
entirely to his energy, careful management
and progressive spirit.

J. Claude Ingle married Miss .\nnie Mc-
Kenna, of the .John Day valley, a daughter
of .-Mexander ^IcKenna. nnrl their children
are D<dlic .Mice nnd Ethel Mae.

GEORGE BENTON INGLE. The name of
Inijle in flrant county has come to be a
synonym for progressive farming and all
that this term implies finds exemplification
in the work of Ceorge Henton Ingle, who
was born in John Day valley, .\ug\ist 20.
1877. and like his brother. < whose sketch ap-
pears above, fitly represents one of the old
pioneer families of thi-i section of the state.
After be had mastered the branches of learn-
ing taught in the public schools near his

father's home he attended the Binkey Walker
lluslness College and subse<|uentlv remained
on the olil hom.'Stead until the ihath of his
parcnt>. He recently sold two hundred and
fiuty acres of his land but retained over
two hundred acres for further use. He has a
large amount of his land under irrigation and
raises as fine crops as are pro.luced in thin
part of the state. His farm has u beautiful
and strictly modern residence upon it which
wouhl be a credit to the suburbs of any of
the larger cities. It is commodious and of
attractive style of architecture and is sup-
plied with all modern conveniences. I'pon
his property is a cut stone over ground cellar
and everything abr>ut his farm indicates |)rac-
tical anil progressive methiMls intelli;.'entlv
a[)plied. He raises grain, timothy, wild hay
and garden products, as well as many kinds
of fruit. an<l each brings to him a substantial
return for he gathers good harvests. Mr.
Ingle is a member of the Mount Vernon
ItnprovenuMit Club, in keeping with his pub-
lic-spirited interest in the welfare and up-
building of this portion of the state.

GEORGE L. CLEAVER is one of the en-
terpnsnig and successful citizens of Imbler,
where he is engaged in the banking business,
being at present the president of the State
iiank of Imbler, nnd he is also one of the
Jirincipal stockluddcrs in the Thronson Fruit
Conip:iiiy of L'nion county. He was born in
I'age county. Iowa, September l^i. 1871, a
son of Jlr. anil Mrs. .John Cleaver, the former
of whom was for many years successfully
engaged in the practice of medicine in Iowa.

<;eorge L. Cleaver was reared at home ami
received his early education in the public
schools of the ilistrict in which he lived. He
later attended Simpson College of Iowa after
which he engaged as an employe in a bank
at Malvi-rn. Iowa, and there continued until
l>^!l!). He then removed to Colorado Springs,
where he accepted a position as trust olFicer
for the Colorado Title & Trust Company,
whi<-h position he continued to hold until
I!I04. In that year he removed to Oregon
and ai-cepteil a position as assistiint cashier
for tlic La (Irande N'ational Hank, and ns sec-
retary rif the (leorge PalnuT Lumber Com-
pany, with whii-h he continued until 1907.
lie then organized the Eastern Oregon Trust
i!t .Savings ftank, of which he became the first
cashier, holding that position until 1909,
when the bank was sold to the t'niled Stales
N'ational Hank of La Orande. During his
time of siTvice «ith the Trust ft Savings
Hank, as above i|e«i-ribei|. he organized thr
( ove State Itank. of which he was the first
presiilent. In 19ns he became interi'sted in
orchard ilevelopment and in conipnny with
his assiH-iates purchased the Thron«on Fruit
Company. The property owned by the com-
pany consists of two hundred and forty
acres of land lo<-aled on what is known as
the Snnil Ridge. I>etween Alice] and Cove.
He Inter sold his interest in this company
nnd purchn"ed two humlred nnd twenty
acres of laml lin-ated near Imbler. of which
one hundred ai-res was planted to apple
trees in full bearing and known a* the

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Causey orchard. This orchard has been care-
fully investigated by Dean A. B. Cordley,
who in a lecture before the Chautauqua as-
sembly represented the property as the fin-
est orchard in the northwest. Such an
opinion from an authority so high as Dean
Cordley has put the stamp of "par excel-
lence" upon that particular orchard and has
also given the Grande Ronde valley a place
on the map of Oregon as being in every way
suited to the successful growing of commer-
cial orchards. In the spring " of 1911 he
planted one hundred and sixty acres of com-
mercial orchard to winter apples and will
subdivide tluit part of his holdings and sell
orchards in small tracts to the investing
public. These orchards are all being scien-
tifically cared for and are under the most
skilful and experienced management. The
varieties planted in these orchards include
Home Beauty, York. Imperial, Yellow New-
ton and Wagner. The subdivision consists
of fractional lots containing five acres each,
having convenient roadways and abundantly
supplied with irrigation service; Each sepa-
rate tract thus constitutes in every respect
an ideal commercial orchard. In 1912 Mr.
Cleaver organized the State Bank at Imbler,
of which he is the president, and that finan-
cial institution is meeting with deserved and
gratifying success.

In August, 1898, Mr. Cleaver was united
in marriage to Miss Helen H. Bykit, a na-
tive of Red Oak, Iowa, and a (laughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bykit, the father being
one of the successful and well known bank-
ers of Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver are the
parents of two children, John Francis and
Walter S„ and they also have two adopted
children, Marvel R. and Helen R. Mr.
Cleaver is a meml)er of the board of trustees
of Willamette University at Salem, and he
and his wife are members of the Methodist
church of Imbler. He is numbered among
the most enterprising and useful citizens of
Union county. He is a man of wide ex-
perience in financial affairs and has demon-
strated his ability as an organizer of success-
ful business ventures, all of which are now
substantial factors in the development of
his portion of the state.

FRED TIMMERMANN is one of the highly
respected and retired citizens of Marshfield,
this county, in which he has spent the major
portion of his active years. He is a native
of Germany, his birth having occurred in
that country, August 27, 1840, and is a son
of .John and Lena Timmermann. both of whom
were natives of Germany. His father spent
his active years as officer on a sloop and he
and his wife passed away many years ago
in their native country. They became the
parents of three cliildren: Tlugli, who died in
China; Fred, the subje<'t of this sketch: and
Gustave, who passed away in this country.

Fred Timmermann emigrated to America
at a very early period in his life and while
yet a young man established his home in
Marshfield. this state. In 1S7^ lie returned
to liis native country and in the spring of
that year he celebrated his wedding and im-

mediately thereafter returned to Marshfield
and became engaged in the business of raft-
ing saw logs to the lumber mills in that
state. He continued in that business for a
period of five years, after which he engaged
in the butcher business in company with B.
F. Ross at Marshfield, and continued in that
connection for the five succeeding years,
after which he purcliased seven hundred acres
of fine agricultural land, upon which he car-
ried on diversified farming and stock-raising
for seven years. In 1898 he disposed of that
property and has since lived a retired life in
Marshfield.

In the spring of 1873, Mr. Timmermann
^yas united in marriage to Miss Louisa
Schroeder, who was a native of Germany,
and to them three children have been born:'
Albert and Mary, both of whom died in in-
fancy; and Max A., born in 1881, who is mar-
ried and engaged in the boatbuilding busi-
ness at Mar.shfield, The last named received
the benefit of a public-school education and is
a graduate of the high school of Marshfield,
and also a graduate of a business college.
In his family are two children: Gale, now
seven years of age; and Dolph, who is three
years of age. Mrs. Fred Tiininermann passed
away on the .5th of December. 1004.

Mr. Timmermann and his family are mem-
bers of the Episcopal church of " Marshfield.
Fraternally he is affiliated with the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He is known
among his associates as a man of absolute
intergrity in all business transactions and
during all the years of his residence in Coos
county he has been recognized as one of the
industrious and valuable members of the so-
ciety in which he has established his home.

W. T. LESTER, now engaged in the real-
estate luisiness at Burns. Oregon, is well
known in that city as a man with firm faith
in the future greatness of the northwest, with
a discriminating knowledge of the land
values of this section and as a citizen whose
activity and industry have done much to
further the commercial and agricultural de-
velopment of southern Oregon.

He was born in Sedalia. Missouri, March
7. 1879, and is a son of Thomas J. and
Sally (Camp) Lester. The father was a na-
tive of Virginia, where his family has been
prominent for three generations. It was
originally of English and Welsh stock and
was founded in America by the great-grand-
father of our subject, who came from Wales
and .settled at Fredericksburg, Virginia. His
.son removed to Missouri at an early date.
.Joshua J^ester. a great-uncle of our subject,
went to San Antonio. Texas, where for many
years he conducted a large hotel which bore
his name. In the maternal line the family
has also been prominent in the southern
states for many years. Mr. Lester can re-
call his great-grandmotlier who bore the
name of Camp. She was of Irish and English
extraction and was eighty-five years of age
when Mr. Lester was a small boy. Her son
also removed to i\Iissouri. Both the Lesters
and the Camps were prominent planters in
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to Jlissouri when tlicy movod there in 1S44.
-At that time Thomas J. Lester, the father
of our subject, was only ei;;ht years of age.
He spent his youth in liis parents' home ami
remained in Missouri all liis life, engaged
in farming and stink-raising. Wlien the
Civil war Ijroke out lie liberated his slaves
and served in the Federal army as a member
of the Home (iuard. The Camp family were
represented in the Civil war by the grand-
father of our subjeet, who served under Gen-
eral Price.

W. T. Lester is the eldest of four children.
He spent his boyhood and youth in his
parents' home and was educated in the pub-
lic schools of Sedalia. from which he was
graduated in the year 1897. Wlien still a
young toy he engaged in farming on shares
for two years. At the expiration of that
period he entered .'"icotten College at Green-
ridge, Mi.ssouri. His father died in ISSO.
at the age of fifty-three, and when his mother
remarried Mr. Lester started out for him-
self. He remained in Missouri until the
.vear 1900. when he removed to Washington
and took up a homesteail claim fourteen
miles northwest of Linl, where he engaged
in the cultivation of wheat on an extensive
scale. At tirst he operated only his own
homestead but gradually as he succeeded he
added to his property and kept a large
amount of land constantly under cultivation
in wheat iintil 1907. w^U'n he sold out at a
large profit. Subse<|Uently he conducted a
large freight livery aiul tr.ansfer business.
which he eventually sold. He made a journey
through southern Oregon for the pur]>ose of
finding a s\iital)le location and later re-
turned to Burns, where ho established his
present real-estate business. His energy,
industry and appreciation of values gained
him immediate success in this line. He now
has charge of a large amount of property
in Harney county and in the surrounding
country and has gained a iirominent place
in business circles in Burns. He owns five
hundred and sixty acres of lan<l. which he
is now improving and diveloping with a
view to irrigation in the near future.

On the isth of February. 190.T, Mr. Lester
wedded Miss Dora E. Webb, who had been
his playmate in early days in the south.
She is a daughter of .Tolin Webb, a promi
nent citizen of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs.
Tester are the parents of one child. William
Milburn. Mr. T^ester has been extremely suc-
cessful in the real estate business. His pros-
perity is founded upon his shrewd gra»p
of the opportunities offered by a new and
developing country and his individual suc-
cess in Harney county has been an important
item in its progress.

JAMES I. JOY, who lives retired in Walla
Walla. Washington, was born October >^,
1S40. in Jtorgan county. Ohio. His parents
were Samuel and Mary (Bciggst .Toy, the
father a native of Ohio, and the mother of
Pennsvlvania. The father passed away
JIarch Ifi. 1910, and the mother in 1S9.5. In
their family were ten children, seven of
whom are now living. Thiv are: Charles,

Warren, Sarah, Kmnia, Rena, ,1uliet and
Janu's I., of this review.

The last named received his early educa-
tion in Ohio, remaining in his native state
tintil he was fifteen years of age. when he
removed to Andrew county, Ohio, where he
resiiled five years. Sub3e(|Uently he went to
Colorado and spent fourteen years in that
state, working at general labor ami farming.
He tlu-n repaired to Oregon, settling in Tnui-
tilla county on a ranch of four humlred and
eighty acres, six miles from Helix. He was
there engaged extensively in wheat growing,
meeting with much success. He resided on
his ranch in I'matilla county until 190t>,
when lu' retired from active life and moveil
to \\'alla Walla, Washington, where he nmv
resides in his beautiful home on Fern
avenue.

On the 24th of October. 187:^, Mr. Joy mar
ried Miss KUa Slane, who was born Septem
her 10, lS.'i4. a daughter of .Vndrew ami
Lorrna (.Mlander) Slane. the father a native
of Ohio, and the mother of Pennsylvania.
The parents removed to Colorado in 1S.'>9
where they continued to make their home.
In their family were nine children, of whom
two are deceased. Those living are: Sam-
uel, .lames, .Andrew, anil Daniel, all of whom
are now residing in Colorado; .Tennie. of New
Mexico; Rachel, of California; and Ella, who
is now Mrs. .Toy. To Mr. and Mrs. .Toy
have been born five children, all of whom
are living. Frederick, the eldest, resides in
Shoshone. Idaho. He married Miss .Mma
Files, and they have one son, Trvin. T.orena
is now Mrs. T?enjaniin Stanton, of Shoshone,
ai'd she has three children. T-ora, Cecil and
M:irion, Grace wedded Mr. William Nuekols,
and resides near Helix. Ruby is at home
with her parents. .Tohn, who completes the
family, lives in Shoshone.

In his political views Mr. .Toy is n re-
jiublican. Fraternally he is identified with
the Independent Older of Oild Fellows. Mr.
•Toy has ever been active and energetic, and
is a man of high honor, having many friends
and ac(|uaintances. He was very successful
in his farming interests, and is now able to
live retired, enjoying the fruits of a well
spent life,

OTIS CAMPBELL, now serving as county
iissessiir of Gilliam county, wn« born in
.Arkansas on the 1st of May, 1S74, He '\n k
son of Henry H. and Ellzabi'th (Rrown)
Campbell, who were natives of Kentucky and
Iowa respectively. They were married in
Iowa, to which slate the fnlhi-r remnved at
an early date. Henry H. Camptiell was a
carpenter and for many years gave a InrRe
part of liis time to his trade. He, however,
lipfame identified with the ediicntionnl in
terests of the state a" a teacher in the pub
lie schfKils anil for a long perio<l continued
in thnt vocation, filling up the interim li<>-
tween terms at his trade as a carpenter, .A«
an educator he had a place among the fore
most men of that class In the state of lown.
Early in the ■70s he removed to Arkansas,
where he engaged in farming, and in ]^'*f> he
removed with his family to Waihington,

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

locating in Goldendale, where lie remained
but a short time, when he went to Block-
house. There he now has his residence, liv-
ing a retired life and enjoying a well earned
rest after a long pilgrimage of ninety-two
years. He is still a well preserved man and
actively interested in community affairs.
He has always been a democrat in politics
but never an office seeker. He belongs to
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
is one of the influential men of this section
of the state. His wife died in 1906 at the
age of seventy-seven years.

Otis Campbell was reared at home, acquir-
ing his education under the watchful tutelage
of his father and in the public schools of
the district in which the family lived. At
eighteen years of age he started out in life
for himself, securing a position as laborer
in a sawmill in Klickitat county, Washing-
ton, where he remained for three years. The
succeeding five years he spent as a farmer
in Klickitat county and in 1901 he removed
to Oilliam county, Oregon, where he became
the driver of the stage from Arlington to
Condon. This position he held until the rail-
road reached Condon in 1907. At the ter-
mination of his services as stage driver he
was employed as deputy sherili' of Gilliam
county, in which position he remained for a
period of two and a half years. In 1908 he
was elected county assessor and entered upon
the duties of his office in .lanuary. 1909.
in which position he is still retained as one
of the county's most reliable and efficient
officers.

On the 1st of January, 1909. Mr. Camp-
bell was married to Miss Elfie Surte. of
Arlington, Gilliam county. She is a member
of the Baptist church. Mr. Campbell is in
polities a democrat but enjoys the confidence
and good will of the memliers of the other
political organizations of his county. He was
elected to his present office on the democratic
ticket by a majority of one hundred and
eight.v-nine, which is a high compliment to
Mr. Campbell as Gilliam county is known
througho\it the state as one of the banner
repulilican counties of Oregon. He is a
member of Mount Moriah Lodge. No. 93.
F. & A. M., and also belongs to Mount
Adams Lodge, No, 95, K. V.. of Centerville.
Wasliington. He is a highly respected and
inlluential man, having the confidence and
esteem of his ac<iuaintances and exercising
a wholesome and beneficial influence upon
the social, business and political interests of
his state.

C. M. COLLIER, sheriff of Grant county,
who ninkes liis home in Canyon City, was
born in Auliurn, Androscoggin county. Maine,
.Tune 29, 1S,')9, his parents being Samuel
and Nancy M, (Berry) Collier, who were
also natives of the latter place. Grandfather
Moses Collier was a native of Massachusetts
and a representative of an old Colonial fam-
ily. The great-grandfather. Samuel Berry,
participated in the Revohitionary war and
was with Arnold on his invasion into Canada,
acting as guide or pilot for the expedition.
He had trouble, however, with the man who

afterward proved to be a traitor to his
country and on one occasion threw him into
the camp fire and stepped on him. The
father of Mrs. Nancy M. Collier was a
prominent citizen of the section in which he
lived, owning a large farm, a grist mill, a
sawmill and other property, which established
him as one of the leading business men of
his community. The paternal grandfather
of C. M. Collier died of typhoid fever when
thirty-seven years of age. His son, Samuel
Collier, was engaged in farming and made
his home in Maine throughout his entire
life. He was reared in Auburn but in ISe.")
removed to Hartford. Oxford county, where
he carried on general agricultural pursuits
until his death in 1884, when he was fifty-
seven years of age.

C. M. Collier is an only son and had but
one sister. He spent his school days in
Hartford. Maine, and in 1879 he started out
in the business world as an employe in a
sawmill and box factory in Turner. Maine,
which was conducted by C. F. Willard. There
he worked until .January. 1SS4, when he
secured a clerkship in a store in Livermore.
Maine. On the 7th of April, 18S4, however,
he came to Oregon, making his way to
Baker county. He worked in the Bonanza
mine until the fall and then purchased an
interest in the Picks mine, in the Green
Horn district of Grant county. He was in-
terested in that property until lS9fi. when
he sold out to good advantage. He had an
interest in the Phoenix mine of the same
district, which he also sold at that time.
He then went to Prairie City in the .John
Day valley, purchased a ranch and added
to that property a tract of one hundred and
sixt.v acres. He afterward purchased five
hundred and sixty acres, and later eighty
acres, all from .Toseph Marshall. He also
purchased an eighty-acre tract of timber
land. He has one of the best properties in
the valley. From the time when he located
here to the present he has engaged in rais-
ing stock and now has over five hundred head
of cattle. He at one time had eighty horses
but is reducing the number. His stock-rais-
ing and ranching interests have ever been
carefully, systematically and thei'efore suc-
cessfully conducted and in addition to his
ranch property he owns a two-thirds interest
in the Bent creek placer, consisting of one
hiindred and sixty acres which he purchased
in 1901. It carries gold and has been suc-
cessfully worked.

On tiie ISth of September. 189.1, Mr. Col-
lier was married to Miss Ella Daley, of Can-
yon City. Orcff^m. who was born in 1sf'i4
and died in .Tune. 1901. She was a daughter
of Fugene Daley, a pioneer miner of this
district. Their children are Calvin J.. Mary
.1. and Charles D.

C. M. Collier is a member of the Benevo-
lent Protective Order of Klks. He has manv
friends in that societv and is known far and
wide as a renresentative and worthv citizen.
In .Tune. 1908. he was elected sheriff of
Grant co\intv and in 1910 was reelected on
the democratic ticket, reeeivincr also the in-
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liiiiiself an etticieiit officer as well as a suc-
cessful business man and he may well be
classed anmntr the leading citizens of eastern
Oregon.

FRANK P. CHILDERS, the present sherilT
lit I niiin county was born in Scotland
county. Missouri. August 15. 1S.',S. the son
of -James P. and .Mary (McDowell I Chililcrs.
The father was born in Richmond, Virginia,
and was a son of Robert Childers, who left
England and went to Kentucky, where he
resided luitil his .son .James was two years
of age. when he removed to Jlissouri. The
mother. Mary McDowell, was the daughter
of David McDowell, who moved from Ken-
tucky to Jlissouri. where he was engaged
in farming and horse raising. .lames P. and
Mary (McDowell) Childers were married in
Mis.sciuri and settled on a farm there. At
the time of the gold excitement in Califor-
nia. .Tames McDowell crossed the plains to
that state and engaged in mining, in which he
was very successful. lie then returned to
his family in Missouri and was engaged ex-
tensively in farming until the be'.;inning of
the Civil war. During the war he lost all
of his property and in lSfi.5 he crossed the
plains with his family and settled in the
Grande Ronde valley, in Oregon, where he
resided on a rented farm for five years and
then homesteaded a tract of one hnnlred and
sixty acres on the northern end of S\immcr-
ville prairie, where he resided the rest of
his life. He was a great lover of fine horses
and encaged extensively in raising them.
In politics lie was a stronc democrat. Be-
fore comins west he and his wife were
members of the Christian church but they
later united with the Methodist church.
They were very hospitable and their home
was a common meeting place for all the resi-
dents of the community, the father being
known as "Uncle .Tim Childers." lie died
on his claim, at the ase of seventy-three,
and his wife also passed away a few years
later, at the same ag<>. Tn their family were
the following sons: Thomas, who preceded
his parents to Oregon: Tohn; .Tames; George:
Cyrus: and Frank P.. of this review, who \yere
with their parents while crossing the plains:
Charles, who died on the plains and is buried
near the Platte river: and Henry, who was
born in Oregon and died at the age of two
years.

Frank P. Childers was seven years of age
when his parents came to Orecon and he was
reared and attended the district schools there.
After his school days he entrnged in stock-
raising and farming, residing' on one place
five years, and then took up a homestead
north of Siimmerville. w-here he lived until
he left the farm and encaeed in the liverv
business at Island Citr. Later he came to
La Grande and established a livery barn and
also encaged in the butcherinc business. Tn
189.T he was elected citv marshal of T,a
Grande, which position he held for five years.
Tn lOO.T he was made sherifT of I'nion county,
in which capacitv he is now serving.

Tn TSTfi "Sfr. Childers w-as united in mar-
riage with Miss ^farv Adier leaker, a native

of Iowa aiul a daughter of .John and Mar-
garet (tloodman) Maker, who crossed the
plains from Iowa in ISllJ and scttle<l in Ore-
gon. Mr. and Mrs. Childers have become
the parents of six children: Delia, who is
tlu^ wife of Fred Wagner, a barber, of Ij\
Grande: Clive, who is captain in the .•salva-
tion .\rniy; Wallace, of Portland; .le^sie, who
ilicd at the age of sixteen: .Myrtle, of Im
Grande: and Ruth, who died at the age of
six years.

In politics Mr. Childers is a democrat, and
fraternally he is identified with the Inde-
pendent (Irder of Odd Fellows, belonging to
T.a Grande Lodge. Xo. Ifi. in which he has
filled all the chairs. In I'nion county lie has
organized two Imlges. the Elgin and Cone,
lie also is a member of La Grande Lodge,
N'o. t.;:;. 1!. P. O. E.: Aerie Xo. .-.9. of the
Kagles: and La Grande I>idge. W. O. W. His
wife is a member of the Order of Rebekahs.
Wniile acting as city marshal Mr. Childers
made a most commendable official record and
won the good-will of all the residents of La
Grande, and now in discharging the duties
of sherifT of I'nion county he acts without
fear or favor, always accomplishing whatever
he undertakes, for he possesses resolution,
perseverance and reliability, all of which
make him a most excellent public official,

WILLIAM FIDELAS WATSON has since
llioti liccii ciiLrMilcij ill ;igri<ultiirMl and horti-
cultural pursuits and in the promotion and
development of irrication projects, through
which these arid lands are reclaimed and con
verted into productive tracts. Mr. Watson was
born in EIniira. California, .\pril 2 1. ism.
his parents beinc Samuel Robert and Chris-
tinna (Smith) Watson, who were married at
EIniira in LSSO. Two years later the motln'r
died and in lOOfi the father passed away,
leaving William F. Watson the only sur-
vivor of the family for he was nn onlv
child. His father had been encaged princi-
pally ill funning, and in 1^02. in company
with his brother .Tonas Watson, had come to
Oregon with a herd of cattle which they drove
from .\lbaiiy to .Auburn. Oregon, where thi-y
sold them to Henry Fuller, one of the old
cattle dealers of the state. They remained
a short time in .-Vuburn and then returned
to California where Samuel R. Watson en
gaged in farming and stock raisinc. Lati-r
he visiteil his son in Oregon and died in hi"
home at Condon. Gilliam county, in the spring
of 10nr>. The uncle of our sub)ect. .Tonas
Watson. passe<l away in California "everni
vears ago. On the matiTnnI sirle Willin'n
F. AVatson was connected with the Smith
family which was founded in California in
1S.'")2. having gone there from Canada. They
became pioneers of Solnno county and there
the grandmother of Mr. AA'atson passed away
in 1SS.", while the grandfather, surviving her
for atioiit twentv years, died in Oaklaml.
California, in 100.1.

On Stirling out in life for himself Wil
liani F. Wntaon ent'neeH in fnrminc in ^her
mill and Gilliam counties, giving his ntlen-
tion principaly to the mining of grain. Since
I00r> he has been ensrnge*! in ngrirulfural and

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horticultural pursuits and in irrigation work
in connection with tile reclaiming of a large
body of land east of and adjoining Baker
City, Oregon, known as the Sunny Slope
benchland. By turning water on this tract
it lias been transposed into a tine agricultural
and horticultural district in which are now
to be seen many fine little homes, and on
which the settlers raise an abundance of
cereals, vegetables and fruits such as grow
in this latitude. Before irrigation was in-
troduced here all this district was con-
sidered a desert, practically worthless, but
today it sells for from one hundred to two
huiicbed dollars per acre, Mr. Watson is one
of the directors of the Baker Irrigation Com-
pany of which he has been assistant man-
ager, and also a director of the Sunny Slope
Nursery Company, of whicli for several years
he has been manager. His various business
interests are carefully conducted, and well
fornnilated and wisely executed plans are
Ijringing him success.

Tn Octolier, l!lfl,S, occurred the marriage of
William Fidelas Watson and Miss Mary E.
McDowell, a daughter of .John C. McDowell,
an Oregon pioneer who resided at St, Paul.
Marion county, and removed to California
where his death occurred. Her mother, who
bore the maiden name of Margaret Connor,
was born in Minnesota, and from that state
came to St. Paul. Oregon, her parents being
pioneers there. She has one sister who lives
in Minnesota and another. Mrs. .Tames B.
Carr. who is a resident of Portland. Mrs.
Watson has a brother. George McDowell,
who lives in California, and two brothers,
E. .T. and Charles McDowell, who live in
Portland. To Mr. and Mrs, Watson have
been born three children: .Tohn George, whose
birth occurred December 13. 1004: Mary,
born Noveiuber IS. 1900; and Francis, born
in October, 1010, The family have a pleasant
home in Baker, Oregon, and the parents are
commnnieants of the Citholic church there.
Mr. Watson belongs to the Knights of
Columbus. He is a democrat although not
a man of pronounced political views, pre-
ferring to vote as his pidgment dictates
without regard to party ties.

JOHN M. TETHEROW. Actively associated
with business interests at Grants Pass is
.lohn M. Tetherow. whose activities are of a
varied and important nature. In fact, many
business enterprises profit by his business
ability, his keen discernment and his unfal-
tering enterprise and he is prominent among
those who are shaping the history of this
city. He is today the vice president of the
.Josephine County Bank, is president of the
Grants Pass Hardware Company, is the owner
of an extensive machine shop and garage and
has commercial, mining and financial inter-
ests in California, He was born in Douglas
county, Oregon, about five miles north of
Roseburg, September 30, ]8,'>8, and is a son
of George W. and P'lizabeth (Miller) Tethe-
row, the former a native of Burlington,
Iowa, and the latter of St. Joseph, Missouri.
Burlington, however, was but a tinv hamlet

at the time of the father's birth, which oc-
curred in a tent on the site of the present
populous city. The father and mother of John
M. Tetherow crossed the plains with their
respective parents, the latter in 1844 and
the former in 1849, Their destination was
Douglas county and after living there for
some years Cieorge W, Tetherow removed to
Lane county. He assisted in cutting the
first roads into Portland and was otherwise
closely and actively associated with the pio-
neer development of his part of the state.
He took up a claim on Jump Ofl' Joe creek,
of which he became owner about 1864. He
then sold that projierty when about twenty-
four years of age and went to his farm on
Williams creek. Through the greater part
of his life he has been identified with min-
ing interests of the northwest but is now
practically living retired. His wife passed
away about sixteen years ago. In their fam-
ily were nine children, of whom four are yet
living: J. M. ; Mrs. Jane McLaren, of Har-
ney coiuity. Oregon; Samuel, of Williams,
Oregon; and George, living at Grants Pass.

The fact that his parents lived in mining
districts made John M. Tetherow intimately
acquainted with pioneer history in the
northwest. He remained at home until 1884,
living on .Jump Off Joe creek, and in that
year went to Siskiyou county, California,
near Etna Mills. He engaged in farming for
ten years and then went into the mines.
He was interested in the famous Highland
mine, the best property of that kind in the
section in which he lived, and from its sale
he cleared one hundred thousand dollars. In
August, 1909, he came to Cirants Pass and
has since been closely and prominently asso-
ciated with its business interests. He was
one of the original directors of the .Joseph-
ine County Bank and has continuous!}' served
as its vice president, doing much to estab-
lish its policy as a safe, conservative
moneyed institution. He also purchased the
present buildings and established the ma-
chine shop and Fashion garage on H street.
This is a two-story brick structure, seventy
by one hundred feet, and is occupied entirely
by the garage and shop. In the conduct of
this business Mr. Tetherow has a partner^
his brother-in-law. William H. Taylor. He
is likewise the president of the Grants Pass
Hardware Company, in which he owns more
than one-half of the stock. He also owns
the building which that company occupies
and he is still interested in a number of
mining properties in California which prom-
ise good returns. He is likewise the owner
of a grocer}' store at Redwood City, Califor-
nia, and he was one of the organizers of the
Mount Shasta Bank at Fort .Jones, Califor-
nia, in which he still holds stock.

In 18S7 Mr. Tetherow was married to Miss
Caioline Taylor, who was born in Siskiyou
county. California, February 3, 1868, a
daughter of Oorge H, Taylor, now deceased.
Two children have been born of this mar-
riage: Effie. who is the wife of H. L. De
Arinon. an attorney of Medford, Oregon;
and De Ett. who is the wife of J. L. Coburn.
a grocer of Grants Pass. Thev also have an

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adopted daughter. Charilla. wlio is bein<; edu-
cated in the convent at Medford. Oregon.

Mr. Tetherow belongs to the Knights of
Pythias fraternity and to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. He is a man of ex-
cellent business judgment and of unfalter-
ing industry. He will allow no obstacles to
brook his path if they can be overcome by
persistent, earnest purpose and indefatig-
able labor. He knows that success is not
to be had for the asking but that it may be
attained through diligence and determina-
tion. He has, therefore, employed those
qualities and is today well established
among the most successful and representa-
tive citizens of Grants Pass.

ALLEN 0. ADAMS, who since Xovember,
19n:i. bus si-rvc.l as |Histmaster of Cascade
Locks, was born at Ashtabula county. Ohio.
September 5, 1S42, a son of Henjamin and
Mary (Hall) Adams. The father was a na-
tive of Connecticut and removed to the West-
ern Reserve in Ohio, when a young man
and spent the remainder of his life there.
He was a shoemaker by trade, which work
he followed in the winter, and farmed dur-
ing the summer. He died when his son.
Allen 0.. was only five years of age. The
mother. Mary (Hall) Adams, was born in
St. Lawrence county, New York, in 1818. At
the age of sixteen she removed with her
widowed mother to the Western Reserve in
Ohio. In the family were five sons and four
daughters and they were all reared in Ohio.
One of the sons later removed to Virginia
and fought on the L'nion side of the Civil
war. Another went to Missouri and was on
the Confederate side in the same war. After
her bus)>and"s <lcath. Mrs. Mary Adams re-
sided in Ohio until isfi'i. when she removed
to Crant county. Wisconsin, remaining there
until her death. There were four children
in her family: Horace, who died in in-
fancy: Mrs. Luthera A. Maynard. who died
in 1909: Allen O.. of this review; and Al-
mond TL. of Oaks Dale. Washington.

Allen O. .\dams remained in his native
state until he was sixteen years of age,
when he went to Minnesota, and later to
(irant county. Wisconsin. There in May,
1S61. he joined the army, enlisting in Com-
pany O, Second Wisconsin Infantry. He
served until Xovember 1S61, when he was
honoratily discharged on account of physical
disability. He then went to St. Clinrles,
Minnesota, and was there engaged in the
mercantile business for thirty years. Sub-
sequently he went to Elmira. New York, and
was in the portrait business with his brother-
in-law. H. M. Duggett for fifteen years. Tn
September. 100.'',, he came to Cascade Locks,
and on Xovember 20th of that year he was
made postmaster, which position he is now
so nbly filling. During the first year spent
here he had charge of the Wind River Lum-
ber Company store and since then he has
been bookkeeper and cashier of the same.

In 1870 Mr. Adams wedded Miss Cornelia
Z. Smith, who was born in St. Lawrence
count V. Xew York, in 1849. She was a
dauffh'ter of A. S. and Zcrnah (Shephardl
Smith, the father a native of Vermont, and

the mother of Canada. Both parents were
reareil in St. Lawrence county. Xew York.
and the father pas.sed away there. The
mother ilieil in Elmira, Xew York, in I'.'ll.
For several years the father was a Well
known surveyor in the Adirondack regions
of Xew York. In the family of Mr. and .Mrs.
Adams are four cliildren: .\Iyra I... now tin'
wife of W. \'. Hutchinson of Cascade l.orks;
Mary K.. the wife of Charles L. Cook of
the "same ])lace; Herbert S.. railroad agent
and postmaster at I'nderwood. Washington;
and .Mien O., .Ir.. who is also in Cnderwooil.
Mr. .Adams is a republican in politics, and
he has ever taken an active interest in local
party work. He was twice candidate lor
the "state legislature in Xew York. So-
cially lie is a Royal Arch Mason and a mem-
ber of the Ciand .\riny of the Rejitiblic.
belonging to the Hood River Post. He is
an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal
church. In his varied business relations Mr.
.■\ilams has ever won the regard and admira-
tion of his associates. He has always been
deeply interested in the work of ]nililic
progress and improvement, and he especially
deserves mention as an honored soldier of
the Civil war.

DE WITT C. BROWNELL, who has been
interested in the agricultural development
and political activities of Cmatilla county
for many years, was born in San .loaqiiin
county, Caiifornia. on the 11th of .\ugust,
1851." a son of Russell Gideon and Malissa
Cvnthia (Call) Rrownell. The father's birth
occurred in Dayton. Ohio, .July 17. 1818, aiid
the mother was born near Sandusky, in
IS.'iO. Russell Gideon Brownell was reared
near Michigan City. Indiana, and siTved in
the Mexican war. After the military chapter
in his career he si)ent his life principally
in California, where he was engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits and also in the freighting
business. His death occurrerl at California,
April 6, 1895, when he was nearly seventy-
seven years of age. The mother passed away
in Stockton. California, in isss. when she was
tifty-eight years of age. To tlwrn five sons
ami t\yf diiugliters were born, of whom De
Witt C. is the thiril in order of birth. I'ne
diiu^'hter die(l three years ago. Diiaiie R.
r.rownell. the eldest .son, was born in Ctali.
on the 2.->th of December, 1849, while the
jiarents were crossing the plains from Mis-
souri to California. Throughout the greater
part of his active career he has been en-
gaged in mercantile enterprises. He came
to'"lmatilla county shortly after the Lewi,
and Clark Exposition and at mice opened
the meat and groi-ery business which he in
at pres.'nt comlnct ins;. He has been three
times marrieil. In April. 1911. he was ap-
pointed postmaster.

De Witt C. Brownell was reareil in the
place of his birth and remained there until
he became twenty years of nge. The next
three years he spent in .Sacramento ami
San .Toaqiiin counties, and in 1874 he went to
northern California and engaged in the sheep
business in Lassen county. Previously, in
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del- Charles Poulk and Judge Buckley at
Stockton. California. He continued study-
ing law until financial difficulties forced
him to forego his studies and he entered
into partnership with his brother Duane R.
in the slieep business, which occupied his
time and attention from 1873 to 1878. Dis-
posing of his sheep at the end of that time,
he entered the mercantile business with
his brother at Bieber, Lassen county, Cali-
, fornia, and was thus engaged for three years.
In 1883 he was admitted to the bar. hav-
ing again taken up the study of law for
several months previously. He practiced for
fourteen years in California and Klamath
Falls, Oregon, having come to this state in
1888. After 1896 he gave his attention to
real-estate transactions for some time. Hi
1897 he departed for Alaska but after ar-
riving at Portland was induced by capitalists
to engage in irrigation projects on the Des-
chutes river. Accordingly, he made plans for
putting in the necessary filling and for mak-
ing other preparations for the undertaking.
He spent two years in furthering this pro-
ject but before it was completed the com-
pany gave up the idea of finishing it. Mr.
Brownell had made extensive surveys over
about four hundred thousand acres which is
now being irrigated. In 1900 he came to
['nuitilla comity, where he has since made
his home, at first residing on Butter creek
for about three years but later removing to
Umatilla. He came here in the interest of
irrigation and has improved the land with
an abundance of water. His attention has
been almost wholly given to the develop-
ment of the soil, which lie has turned from
arid land into highly productive and fertile
fields. Pendleton capitalists assisted him in
developing the irrigation resources of Uma-
tilla county and organized what is known
as the Columbia Valley Irrigation Associ-
ation, formed for the purpose of securing the
water rights of the Umatilla river. They
believed that this would encourage the gov-
ernment reclamation development and one of
the results of that undertaking was that the
government sent ensineers to tlie county. Mr.
Brownell purchased the interests of tlio Min-
nehaha Irrigation Company, which owned
ditches six miles long leading to where Iler-
miston now stands. This irrigation line af-
fected about fourteen hundred acres of land.
He also purchased fifteen hundred acres of
arid land which was to be irrigated by the
Three !MiIe Fall Ditch Company, who had an
irrigation line three miles in length. IVIr.
Brownell carried on all the work according
to liis own ideas and reorganized the com-
pany under the name of Brownell Ditch Com-
pany. At present it has four miles of com-
pleted ditch with necessary collateral to re-
claim all lands lying cast of the city of
T'mnlilla and extending four miles up the
river and between the north ditch and the
Columbia river. At the present time he is
giving his whole attention and energy to
the devcdopnient of this couiitiy. He has
also given some of his time for the past
ten years to the government plans for de-
veloping this section.

On the 16th of February, 1879, Mr. Brow-
nell was married to Miss Clara Alice Bas-
sett, whose birth occurred in Illinois, on
the 10th of November, 1858, and who was
brought to California by her parents when
she was very young. She is a daughter of
Isaac Wilson and Sarah V. (Ormsbee) Bas-
sett. To Mr. and Mrs. Brownell si.x chil-
dren have been born: Don Carlos, who re-
sides at Hermiston; Llewellyn, who is at
home; Cyril G.. who is residing on the ranch
of our subject; Robert, who makes his home
in Umatilla; Clara Beatrice; and Eva Ma-
lissa.

In politics Mr. Brownell gave his support
to the republican party until 1896. when
he became a firm and enthusiastic supporter
of the principles and policies advocated by
William Jennings Bryan. He is thoroughly
progressive in all of hife political views and
has always taken an active interest in the
issues of the day. In 1896, when he left
the regular republican party, he was one of
several men from southern Oregon who or-
ganized the silver republican party. He
was associated in jiolitical alTairs with Wil-
liam Renn. Frank Williams and Jonathan
Bourne, and they brouglit about the fusion
ticket of 1898. In local politics Mr. Brow-
nell has been equally active. In 1889 he
hc-llied organize t)ic city government of Link-
ville. now Klamath Falls. Snlisequently he
served as recorder of Klamath Falls for two
years. He also aided in the organization
of the Commercial Association, which sug-
gested the change of the name to Klamath
Falls. For over two years he served on the
state republican committee from Klamath
county. In 1892 he was forced to leave that
county and take up his residence at Grants
Pass, having been ordered to do this by his
physicians so as to give himself the advan-
tages of a more salubrious climate. In 1894
he was elected a delegate to the republican
state convention with the Hon. Robert A.
Booth, Harry Miller and F. A. Chaucer from
.Jo.sephine county and served on the committee
on platform. Its presentation was not fav-
orably received and the republican state con-
vention refused to give it consideration in
1894. In religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Brow-
nell are members of the Presbyterian church
and are very active workers in its circles.
For the past five years he has served on the
school board. Mr. Brownell is one of the
iiillucntial men of his community and has
a host of friends, whose confidence and re-
spect are a tribute to his sterling worth.
By a life of activity and usefulness he has
fairly earned the honorable position ac-
corded him.

S. F. SHARP, M. D., who has practiced his
])rofcssion in Athena since 1879, is a physi-
cian of Umatilla county and one of the promi-
nent practitioners of that section of the
state. He was born April 4. 1847. in Holmes
county. Ohio, the son of .John and Catherine
(Thompson) Sharp, both of whom were na-
tives of Ohio, where they lived and died.
In their family were nine children, four of
whom are still living.

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823

Dr. Sharp received a good ediuatioii in the
schools of liis native state, alter which he
entered .Tetlerson Medical College of Pliihi-
delphia. Pennsylvania, from which institu-
tion he was graduated in ISTO. He hegan
the practice of his profession in .Sh.anesville.
Oliio. where he continued until 1879, when
he removed to I'matilla county. Oregon, set-
tling in Athena and in that city he has
succeede<l in building up a very satisfactory
practice.

In April, 1881, Dr. Sharp was united in
marriage to Jli.ss Mary E. Frazier. a native
of California and a daughter of Wiley and
Kehecca (Hainli Krazier. The father is de-
ceased but tlie mother still survives and is
residing in Pendleton. Dr. and Mrs. Sharp
are the parents of four children: Alta W.:
Katherine R. and Carrie B.. both of whom
are engaged in teaching school; and Law-
rence G.

In his political views Dr. Sharp is a demo-
crat but he has never been an othce seeker.
Fraternally he is adiliated with the Masonic
order and the Odd Fellows, belonging to
Lodge Xo. T:i of the latter organization. He
is likewise a member of Lo<lge Xo. 2'.l. K.
P., and Lodge No. 171, \V. O. W. He also
has membership relations in the Tribe of
Ben Hiir. while Mrs. Sharp is a member of
the Degree of Honor, the Woodcraft and the
Hebekahs. The family reside in a pleasant
home which they own in Athena, where the
Doctor also has three other lots. Having
long been a resident of that jilace. he has
formed an extensive ac(|uaintance through-
out the county where his successful meilical
practice has won for him great popularity
and a splendid standing in the community.
He is one of the men of whom I'matilla
county is proud and as he takes a lively in-
terest in civic, political and social affairs of
the community he is a particularly valuable
citizen.

EUGENE G. NOBLE, who is engaged in the
harness supply business at Ileppner. Morrow
count.v. is one of the prominent and valuable
men of his township. He held the ollice of
county treasurer for six and one-half years,
is well educated and one of the substantial
citizens of the community. He was born in
Salem. Oregon. Dei'ember .f. 1S71. the son of
(leorpe and Mililred (firay) Noble. The
parents, who were early pioneers of this state,
are both living and since 1872 have resided in
Heppner.

Eugene O. Noble was c<lucated in the public
schools of Heppner and afterward spent two
years as a -tuileiit in Mnnmoutli College.
After linishing his course there he returneil
to Heppner and purchased tlic business which
he is at present conducting with much suc-
cess. He has a large local and also an
extensive catalog business, being widely
known in harness and saddlery circles.

Mr. Xoble was married May r!0. IsQl. nt
Monmouth. Oregon, to Miss Myra I. Smith, a
daughter of Rufus and Irene .Smith. In his
political faith Mr. Smith is atliliated with the
democracy and as he has always been a
prominent man of the comnninity and re-

gardeil \ery highly by his ixditical and other
friends, he served as county treasurer of
.Morrow county for the unusually long perio<l
nf .•;ix and one-half years. He is a menila-r
of the Odd Fellows lodge and also belongs
to the KIks. There are few if any of the
suns of Oregon residing in Morrow county
who are more highly res|>ected than Mr.
Noble. Having for many years lieen con-
nected with the business and political inter-
ests of his county, whi<'h he has thoroughly
at heart, he has become popular among nil
classes and is universally ri'gardeil us one
of tlie leading citizens of the community.

IBRA R. SNOOK. Among the men in pub-
lic otlices who deserve mention for their
faithl'til and ellicient work is Ibra R. Snook,
who is now serving as recorder of t'nion
county. He was born December '.I. 1870,
in .luniata county, Pennsylvania, the son
of Wilson and .lane (P'bersolel Snook, na-
tives of Pennsylvania. The faiuily is of
Cerinan de.s<ent. tin' greatgramlfiither, Solo-
mon Snook, having been born in that country
anil came as a young nnm to Aiuerica, set-
tling in Pennsylvania. Isaac Snook, the
grandfather, and his wife, Sophia (Swnngerl
Snook, were both natives of Pennsylvania
and were the parents of six children: Wil-
son, who is tlie father of Ibra R. of this re-
view; Henry, now resiiliijg in Peiin^<ylvania;
Holmes, of South Dakota; .\mos. of >Iontana:
Lizzie, deceased; and Calvin, of Xortli Da-
kota. The mother, .lane (Kb.'rsolel Snook,
was the daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. p'bersole,
natives of \"irginia. In their family were
seven children: Randolph, of Missouri: Ce-
cilia, of Indiana: William, of Missouri; Wil-
son, of X'orth Carolina; .lane, now Mrs.
Snook; Mary, deceased; and Luther, of Mis-
souri. Wilson and .lane (Elwrsolei Snook
were married in Pennsylvania and remained
in that state until issi. when they removed
to Mis.souri. They became the parents of
eight children those besides our subject be-
ing: Emily, at home; lluldnh. who is the
wife of C. Humphries, city recorder of I*
Orande; .Alice, a poslotlice clerk; ^lay. now
Mrs. J. D. Smart, of Missouri: (Jrnce, n
teacher at Elsiin. Oregon; Walter, of Mis-
souri; anil Irene, now Mrs. Leslie Fleming,
of Missouri.

Ibra H. Snook attended the public schooU
in Pennsylvania until he was fourteen yeiim
of age, when his parents removed to Mis-
souri and in that state he became a stuilent
of Westminster College. .After hi« school
dnvs he followed the occupation of farming
inMissouri until IH'.IH. when he came to
Oregon, settling at La Mrnnde. where he en-
ifnged in the sawmill biminess. On .Innunrv
2fi. 100.'.. he lost his right foot in n rail-
rond accident. In the anme year he was
elected to the office of cilv recorder on the
independent ticket, a position which he filled
for three years. .Sulwo-nuenf ly he was elected
on the repnblican ticket to the ofUce of
county recorder, in which capacity he is now
HO efficiently "erving.

Before lenvintr Missouri. Mr. Snook was
unifeil in marriage with Miss Frances Her-
ring, n doughter of O. C. ami Lucy Her-

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

ring, who earae to Missouri from Virginia
in 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Snook have become
the parents of four chikiren, Marjorie, Gideon,
Jlarion and Ruth, all of whom are in school.
Mr. Snook is connected with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and the Jlodern Wood-
men of America. In discharging the duties
of his ofKcial position he has achieved suc-
cess through honorable eti'ort, untiring in-
dustry and capable management. He is rec-
ognized as an obliging public official who
guards safely the trust imposed in him. his
courtesy being unfailing and his integrity
above question.

FRANK S. JOHNSON is extensively en-
gaged in ho|) raising as a member of the J. W.
Seavey Hop Company, of Portland, cultivating
a number of farms in the production of that
product. He is thus identified with an in-
dustry which has been a large source of
revenue in tlie northwest and few are as
thoroughly and accurately informed concern-
ing hop growing as he. A native of Beloit,
Wtisennsin, he was born December 21, 1869,
and is a son of P. K. and Sarah (Anderson)
.Johnson. The father was a native of Nor-
way and grew to manhood there, during
which period he learned the carpenters' trade.
He came to America about 1S6]. attracted
by the reports which he had heard concern-
ing the business opportunities and advantages
of the new world. He located first in Wis-
consin, where he engaged in carpentering and
about a third of a century ago he came to
Poi-tland, where his first work was on the
postoRice. For about two years he was identi-
fied with building operations and then, with
the capital which he had saved as a result
of his industry and carefiil expenditure, he
purchased a farm of one hundred and thirty
acres near Silverton. To the development and
improvement of that jiroperty he gave his
attention until aliout five years ago, when
he left the farm and returned to Portland.
His death occurred a year later, while his
wife died in 1910. P. K. Johnson was one
of the first hop growers in Marion county,
demonstrating the possibility of the produc-
tion of that crop in this part of the country.
He reaped from one hmnlred to two hundred
bales of hops annually which was considered
a very large yield for those days. In politics
Mr. .Tohnson was a republiciin and was recog-
nized as one of the active leaders of the party
in this district. He was always interested in
the vital political questions and issues of the
day and served for one term as a member of
the legislatin-e. although he was not a poli-
tician in the \isual sense of office seeking.
I'nto him and his wife were born eight chil-
dren: ,Tohn, who is now living in Portland;
Andrew Jl.. who died about twelve year.s ago;
Frank S.; Edward S., who makes his home
in Silverton; Anna, the wife of Dr. A. S.
Esson, living at The Dalles; Albert 0.. a civil
engineer, connected with the Oregon Electric
Company; Ellen, the wife of .1. -T. Thurston,
of Abmniouth; and Dr. Sherman P. .Tohnson.
who^c home is in Tacoina, Washington. The
liarcnls were both members of the Methodist
Episcopal church.

Frank >S. Johnson was reared upon the old
home farm near Silverton and the public
schools afi'orded him his educational privileges,
save for the course which he pursued in the
Portland Business College. In his boyhood
he became interested in the subject of hop-
raising on his father's farm and throughout
his entire life he has continued in that busi-
ness, now producing about two thousand bales
of hops each year on farms owned by the J.
W. Seavey Hop Company. He has been en-
gaged in dealing in hops for about fifteen
years and about five years ago entered into
his present partnership relations under the
style of the J. W. Seavey Hop Company, of
Portland. They are todaj' the most extensive
hop producers in Oregon, their business ex-
ceeding in volume and importance that of any
other growers in the state. Mr. Johnson cul-
tivates hops according to the most modern
and scientific methods. He has made a close
stud}' of the soil best adapted thereto and
has also studied the care of the vines and
the handling of the product.

Mr. .Tohnson was married to Miss Mina A.
Perry, a daughter of T. W. Perry, of North
Yamhill. Both he and his wife were natives
of England but were married in Oregon. Mr.
and ilrs. .Tohnson now have an interesting
little son. Max Robert, four years of age.
Laudable ambition has actuated Mr. John-
son in all his Inisiness atTairs and determined
purpose has led him to accomplish what he
lias undertaken, until now he is well known
as one of the more prosperous residents of
his part of the state.

GAIL S. NEWSOM, M. D., is a physician
with an extensive practice, residing in
Athena, and with his brother is the owner
of a five thousand acre stock ranch in the
vicinity. The Doctor also owns several
pieces of real estate in Portland. He was
born in Prineville, Oregon. September 7, 1881,
a son of S. J. and Sarah J. (.Simpson) Xew-
soin. The father was a native of Illinois
while the mother was born in California. The
family became early pioneers of Oregon, mi-
grating to that state in the latter '40s. where
the father took part in the Indian war in
]>;.">1. The parents are still living in Prine-
ville. In their family were three children:
John D.. now of Denver, Colorado; Dr. New-
som. of this review; and S. J., Jr., who is
residins at home with his parents.

Dr. Newsoni received a good preliminary
education in the schools of Oregon, after
which he entered the State University and
graduated from the medical department of
that institution in 1904. Immediately after
his graduation he began practicing at Arling-
ton, where he remained one and a half years,
and had charge as surgeon of the Oregon
Central and Columbia River Railroad. He
then removed to Portland where he remained
until 1910. after which he settled in Athena,
where he has since been successfully en-
gaged in the practice of his profession.

Dr. Xewsom was married in 1907 to Miss
'Marie P(dland. who was born in St. Paul.
Minnesota. To them has been born a son.
Charles ilaxwell, whose birth occurred Sep-

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tember 12, 1908. The Doctor is a memlier
of the Elks lodge and the Knights of Pythias.
He is a successful practitioner, having a
broad knowledge of materia niedica and pos-
sessing a skill which has given him a liigh
reputation in the community. He has built
up a tine practice which is constantly grow-
ing with his increasing acquaintance, and he
ranks with the most popular of professional
and business men of the town.

B. D. CLEMONS. The first man who set-
tled where Athi iiji now stands and who built
in that place the first blacksmitli shop in
1878. is B. P. Clemons. He conducted liis
shop for fifteen years and then purchased a
feed mill which he is still running. He was
born in Massachusetts in 1S42. was reared
in the east, where he received a common-
school education and later removed to Chi-
cago, where he resided for several years. He
then removed to Kansas, where he remaineil
until 1S76, when, crossing the plains with
teams, he settled in Walla Walla. Washing-
ton, and two years later came to Umatilla
county, where he has since resided. He was
the pioneer resident of Athena and his first
efforts at improvement are still visible in
the town which he founded.

B. U. (lemons was married .\ugust 20.
1870, to >[iss Emma Middleton. and to their
union two children, Frank and Poka. both
deceased, were born. The wife also passed
away, November 10, 1876. and Mr. (lemons
again married, his second union being with
Miss Clara E. White, the wedding being cele-
brated December .5, 1888. His second wife
is a native of Washington county, Iowa, and
came with her parents to Oregon in 187.5.
I'nti) Mr. and Mrs. Clemons five children were
born: Kezia V., the wife of Ed Kitter, of
Imatilla county, Oregon; .Joseph, who is mar-
ried and lives "in Athena: Eva R., the wife
of W. L. Kidder, of Spokane. Washington;
Howard, at home; and one who died in in-
fancy.

Mr (lemons is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, belonging to Lodge No. 80, of
.•\thena. In his political views he is a re-
publican. The Clemons family are among
the m<p«t estimable people of Athema where
from the very inception of the town Mr.
Clemons has been identified with its business
interests. He is a patriotic and optimistic
citizen, takes an active interest in everything
which allects the public good, and owing to
his genial disposition and companionable na-
ture is very popular. Owing to his early
settlenii fit in the community he is ari|uainte(I
with practically every man, woman and child
in the place and his counsel is sought by
many who have reason to thank him for his
words of encouragement and advice.

I. M KEMP, of Weston, was born at Red
Oak, Iowa. August 22. 1S72. and is a son of
W. il. and Rachel (Miller) Kemp, who were
natives of Aurora. Illinois, where they were
reared and married. About 18r,.', they re-
moved westward to Iowa and from that slate
went to Boise. Idaho, and then a year later to
Athena, Oregon. At the present time they

reside near Portlaml. The father devoted
mo.st of his active life to farming and car-
pcnti'ring and is now living retired.

1. .M. Kemp is one of a family of three
sons and three daughters and liis youthful
ilays were spent under the parental roof,
where he was early trained to recognize the
value of Industry and integrity as .salient
leatures in business .suicess. lie accpiireil
his I'ducation in the country schools and
afterward worked for two years in the Kirst
National l!ank ol Colton, Washington. lie
then took up the occupation of farming,
"hicli he followed near Pullman. Washing-
ton, for four years and in the fall of 189G
he returned to Athena, where he accepte<I
the position of bookkeeper in a l)ank. Ik-
was also assistant cashier of the same in-
stitution and so contiinu'd until the fall
of 1'.i07. In .lune, 190S, he came to Weston
to till the ollice of cashier of the Farmers
Bank and the success of this institution
is attributable in no small measure to his
etforts.

In 189:! occurred the marriage of I. M.
Kemp and Miss Emma Mraz., a native of
Saliui. Oregon, and of Bohemian parentage.
They have three daughters. Lucille, Iris am)
Dorothy. .Mr. Kemp is a number of the
Masonic t'raternity aiul of the IndcpcndeMt
Order of Olid Fellows and the Knights of
Pythias. The greater part of his life has
been spent in the northwest and he believes
that this part of the country has before it
a wonderful future.

WILLIAM H. SWITZLER, who is engage<l
in the lumber bu.-incss and also conducts a
ferry at L'matilla, has been a lifelong resi-
dent of this county, his birth having m'-
curred in Pendleton, September LI, 1878.
He is a son of .John B. and Mary (Snioot)
Switzler. both of whom were mitives of
Missouri. They crossed the plains at an
early date, the mother locating in California.
The father was but seven years of age when
he came west with his father and settleil at
Switzler .'^Inuglis. opposite N'aiicouver. Later
he went to Calilornia. where he was mar-
ried. Me sub.se(HH'ntly removed to Montana,
and estahlisherl a pack train service between
rinalilla, the head of navigation, and vari-
ous places in Montana and Idaho. lie wan
thus engaged for several years before he
went to Portlaml which he di^l pn-vioiis to
his removal to rnintilhi county, where he
wetit into the ranc-hing business with two
br'ithers. William and .lehu, under the style
of The Switzler Company. He owns seven
huiiilred heail of horses, although at one timi-
he had several thousand. In Oregon and
Washington the Switzler brothers fornu-rly
owneil about twenty thousand head of hnr»e«.
At one time they sold eight thou«and head to
the Linton Caniiery. for two d'>lbirs ami fifty
cents per head. They have always •perinl-
ized in horses, although they handled si>ine
cattle. In 1900 .John B. Switzler sold four
thousand head of horse* in Douirlas county.
Washington, and he has Wen dispo.ing of
his stoek since that time a* rapidly as pos-
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Walla, Umatilla, Portland and Canada. He
resides at No. 337 East Ninth street north,
in Portland but his business interest are
largely in Umatilla and eastern Oregon. To
Jlr. and ilrs. John B. Switzler four chil-
dren were born: Delia, wlio is the wife of
C K. Farrell, of Sunnyside; Minnie, the wife
of Frank Sliarpstein, of Walla Walla, Wash-
ington; William H., the subject of this re-
view; and Evelina, tlie wife of H. N. Dryer,
of Umatilla.

William H. Switzler passed his youth and
boyhood in a manner similar to that of the
average country boy of the west, attend-
ing school for a short time and assisting
his father in whatever way he could. He is
associated in business with his father and
for the past year and one-half has owned and
operated a ferry which plies the river be-
tween Umatilla and Plymouth, Washington.
He has also been identified with the lumber
business for the past four years. He owns
a small ranch across the Columbia river in
Washington but his residence is in this
county, where he has lived all his life. He
displays the same keen judgment in rais-
ing and dealing in horses which won his
father such remarkable success and his abil-
ity is already well recognized. He maintains
a "careful oversight and general supervision
of his lumber interests.

On the 15th of June, 1910, William H.
Switzler was married to Miss Ellen O'Con-
nell, a daughter of Joseph O'Connell, de-
ceased. He is recognized as one of the sub-
stantial citizens of Umatilla county, and
deserving of the high reputation which he
has gained for himself there.

SAMUEL L. SPENCER, the owner and
manager of the Athena Opera House and the
proprietor of several pieces of property in
the town, as well as an eighty-aci-e farm
in Texas, was born in eastern Tennessee, May
20, 1S45. the son of Samuel and Edith (Nel-
son) Spencer, both of whom were natives of
North Carolina. The parents removed to
Tennessee at an early date and in 1863 went
to Texas, where both passed away. They
had a family of thirteen children, of wliom
eleven are still living.

Samuel L. Spencer received a common-
school education and at the early age of
sixteen years enlisted in the Eleventh Georgia
Infantry, Company D, serving tliree years in
the Confederate army and participating in
numerous engagements. At the expiration
of his three years' service in the Confederate
army Mr. Spencer crossed the line and en-
listed under the stars and stripes, becoming
a member of Company H, of the Twelfth
Tennessee Cavalry and serving on that side
until the close of the war. He continued
to reside in Tennessee until 1S70, when he
removed to Texas and there lived until ISOl,
working at the blacksmith's trade. He then
came to Oregon and settled in Athena, where
he has since resided. He engaged in his
trade and built the Athena Opera House but
in 190.5 retired from active labor. He is now
the owner of an eighty-acre farm in Texas

and has four houses and lots and a black-
s]nith sliop in Athena.

In 1803 Mr. Spencer was married to Miss
Mary Sinyard. a native of Tennessee and a
daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Bearden)
Sinyard. natives of North Carolina. Mr. and
Mrs. Sinyard were the parents of fourteen
children, three of whom are living. Mr. and
Mrs. Spencer had a daughter, Mary L., who
was born October 8, 1869. and died October
5. 1871.

Mr. Spencer is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, belonging to Lodge No. 80, F. &
A. jr.. and both he and his wife are members
of tlie Methodist Episcopal church, being
actively engaged in the work of that de-
nomination. Mr. Spencer is and has long
been prominent as a citizen and popular in
the circles which he frequents. He is ex-
tensively known and universally respected
and the standing of his family in the com-
munity is most excellent. He has been active
in municipal and other aflfairs which affect
the prosperity of his town and may always
lie coinitcd upon to assist to the extent of
liis ability in the promotion of all enterprises
for its upbuilding and advancement.

GEORGE W. GROSS, the popular and effi-
cient mayor of Athena and one of its most
valued and progressive men, has been, a
resident of that place since 1901. He was
born in Dallas county. Iowa, March 10, 1857,
a son of Andrew and Sarah (Shafer) Gross,
tlie former a native of Baden, Germany, and
the latter of Pennsylvania. The father emi-
grated to America with his parents in 1837
and the family settled in Ohio, where they
resided until 1850, when they removed to
Dallas county, Iowa. In that state the
mother passed away in 1858 and in 1863
tlie father removed witli his family to Cali-
fornia, crossing the plains with horse teams.
They resided in the Golden state, however,
for only a year and then removed to Linn
county. Oregon, where they resided until 1871,
wlien the}' came to Umatilla county, there
remaining- until 1878. In that year the
father returned to Linn county, where his
death occurred January 28. 1910, at the age
of eighty-tliree years. He was twice mar-
ried. By his first union six children were
born and by his second marriage he became
the father of eight children.

George W. Gross remained at home until
he attained his majority and then began
fanning in 187S. choosing Umatilla county
as the field of his operations. He continued
in that vocation until 1901. when he came
to Atliena and here he has since resided. He,
however, retains his farm of six hundred and
forty acres, which is an extremely valuable
property.

In 1880 Mr. Gross was married to Miss
Jennie Morgan, a native of Lane county,
Oregon, and a daughter of John and Sarah
(Stanley) ilorgan, who emigrated to Ore-
i;on in 1852. Her parents are both deceased,
the mother passing away in 1878 and the
father's death occurring in 1882. They were
the parents of nine children. Mr. and Mrs.
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dren: James F., who is niarrifd and resides
in I'matilla county; Eva M., the wife of
Arthur Dou};his, of the same county; l.iilu
15.. who married J.. II. Kced, of I'matilla
county; and George \V., who was born on
December 14, 1892, and died February 12,
1893.

In his political views Mr. Cross is a dem-
ocrat and is at present serving as mayor of
Athena. Fraternally he holds membership
in Lodge No. ~.i. I. 6. 0. F.. at Athena, Imv-
ing filled all of the chairs in that order. He
also belongs to the \Voodmen of the World,
while Mrs. Cross is a member of the Ke-
bekahs. .Since his identilication with Athena
he has been one of the progressive and o|)-
timistic citizens of that ])lace. Possessing
great failh in its future, he has always been
prominently identilied with and a supporter
of all movements calculated to promote the
interests of Athena and community. He has
formed an extremely large circle of acqvmin-
tances whose respect ami esteem for liim are
very marked. He is of a genial and com-
panionable nal\ire and in his social, fraternal
and business relations instantly commands
the respect and conlidencc of those with
whom he comes in contact. Few men if any
in the city are more popular and lie is one
of whom any community may be justly
prouil.

JOHN WESLEY WALDEN. In the list of
the leading citizen^ of La lirande is John
Wesley Walden, who is successfully serving
in the olTicial capacity of chief of police. He
was horn July 2.'), ]8.'>8. in La Salle county.
Illinois, the son of John W. and Hannah
(Elliott! Walden. the father a native of Xew
York and the mother of Michigan. The par-
ents were married in Michigan in ISol and
the father was engaged in farming in Lena-
wee county of that state until Hti.'i. when he
pur<'hased hurses and started f>v<'rland for
{'alilVirnia but was killed on the way by In-
dians. The mother was left with two chil-
dren: John, of this review; and one daugh-
ter, Phoebe, now deceased. In ISfiS the
mother was again married, her second union
bi'ing with Eugene Knnpp. and in 1872 they
movi'd to f'liiud eounf.v. Kansas.

John W. Walden received his early educa-
tion in the ilistrict schools. He wai four-
teen years of age when he removi'd to Kan-
sas and he resided in that state until ISs;!.
when he came to Union county, Oregon.
For one year thereafter he was engaged in
the implement btisiness and then for four
years was employed in railroad work. Suh-
sequentlv he was elected constable at T'nion
and later deputy sheriff, under .'^In'rilT Her-
ring, which ollice he tllli'd fi>r four vears.
Thereupon he came to La Crande. entering
the police department as patrolman, and one
year later was elected niirht chief, in which
capacity he served for two years. lie was
then made chief of police, which position he
is now filling.

In Kansas, in 1SS2, Mr, Walden was vinited
in marriage with 'Miss Florence Delp and they
have beconie the parents of thr»'e children:
f'laiid and Ralph, lioth of whom are engaged
in railroad work; and Ernest, who is in

oeh.iol. Mr. Walilen is a man of indomitable
courage, sterling integrity and honesty of
purpose, who has never spared liimscff in
any way when the safety ,,f the community
was at stake, lie has been in sheriff and
pidice work for twenty-one years and hax
h.id many interesting experiences with cattle
and hcirse thieves and lawbreakers in general
and as a result of some of Ihi'se he nnw
carries four bullets in his body, lie has ever
discharged his duties with marked ability and
laiiness and is considered a most lova'l ami
public spirited citizen. In his political views
.\lr. Walden is a republican, ami fraternally
lie is ideiititied with the In<lependent Order "f
lldd l-"ellows and with the Knights of Pythias.

HARRY D. GRAY, a well known grocer of
Peiiilieton, who is also interested in various
iillii-r local enterprises, is descendcil from luie
of Oregon's earliest pioneers and represents
the third generation of his family to have
been identilied with the development of the
state. He was born in .\storia. Oregon, on
the Iltli of necember, 1872. his parents being
J. H, I), and Uiiira W, (Bell) Gray. His
father was a native of Lapway. Iihiho. his
birth there occurring in is:in. and a son of
William H. Gray, who lirst came to Oregon
in is:'.r.. having crossed the Jilains with Mis-
sionary Whitman ami his party. Looking
over the country. W'illiiim H. Gray deciilnl
to locate here perimiiuntly. He returned to
Itica. N'ew York, for his bride and soon
after his marriage they started west, arriv-
ing in Idaho, whence they siibsequentlv re-
moved to Clatsop county. Oregon. There for
many years Mr. Gray engiiged in agricultural
pursuits, being one of the pioneer ranchers on
the Clatsop plains. Later he became a resi-
lient of .\storia. where he pasxeil hi-^ latter
d;i.vs. his time being largely engaged in Avrit-
ing a history of Oregon. J. II. I), (iray began
his business career as a steamboat man ami
at one time was the owner of a large line
of boats on the lower Columbia, but lie siib-
seijUeiilly withdrew from this and was a|i
pointed pilot I'ummistioner. ami very eapably
discharged the duties of this office for two
year'*. He bcL'an his public career as ntale
senator from Clatsop county, serving in fhi«
capacity for two terms, fidlnwing which lip
was elected county jiidt'e. He passed nwav
in 1902. at the age of sixty three years, hut
the mother. Laura W. Gray. i« "till living
and now makes her home ill Portland. Nine
children were horn to Mr. and Mrs. Gray, six
iif whom lived to attain niafiirily. Mr«.
Grav is a native of Mlsaoiiri, but she hn«
l'»ng resided in Oregon, having iTos^ed the
plains with hi'r father. Jidiii C. Hell, in IS.M.
.At the usual age Hnrry D. Gray entered
the public schools of .\storin. passing through
the successive grades until he was graduated
from the high school, completing his ediien-
tion by a year's study in the State I'niversity
at Eiiirene. .\fter leaving college he re-
turned to Astoria anil began earning his own
living, his first year in the business world
being spent in steamtKinting on the Columbia
river. .-Vt the expiration of that time he
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

acquired stock in the Clatsop Mill Company,
continuing to be actively identified with this
company, in which he is still financially in-
terested, until 1907. Withdrawing from his
position, in the latter year he came to Pen-
dleton and together with two of ids brothers,
Charles E. of Portland and William of Spo-
kane, bought the grocery store of F. S.
Younger & Son. Mr. Gray immediately as-
sumed the management of this enterprise,
which has prospered from the very fir.st and
they are now doing an excellent business.
Their receipts have shown a marked advance
from year to year and their trade is con-
stantly increasing, as they carry a full line
of groceries of standard quality. The busi-
ness is conducted in accordance with the
methods followed in every progressive mer-
cantile concern, it lieing the policy of this
firm to treat their patrons with the utmost
courtesy and consideration and as a result
they number among their customers many
of the leading families of the town.

The political allegiance of Mr. Oray is
given to tlie repuldican party and he has al-
wa.vs taken an active interest in all municipal
aflfairs. While residing in Astoria he was
vice president of the Young Men's Republi-
can Clul). and he is now a member of the
board of directors of the Pendleton Commer-
cial Club, in the work of which organization
he takes an enthusiastic interest. He gives
his support and cooperation to every progres-
sive movement and was one of the organ-
izers of the Round-up Association and served
on the board of directors for two years. His
fraternal connections are Iconfined to his
membership in the Benevolent Protective Or-
der of Elks, while he maintains relations with
the lumbermen through the medium of his
membership in the Hoo-Hoo's. Although he
has been a resident of Pendleton for less
than five years, Mr. Gray has become recog-
nized as a most worthy acquisition to its
commercial fraternity, not only because of
the capable manner in which he is directing
hifi own interests but owing to the efficiency
he has manifested in all of his public and
business transactions.

JOHN F. CARSTENS. For years Oregon
figureil as one of the leading lumber states
of the entire country and this position she
rightfull.v maintains today, Init as time
jtassed on there has lieen given abiindant proof
of her possiliilities in other directions. Farm-
ing and fruit-growing can be followed with
equal profit and the soil seems adaptable to
all of the usual products of the field and
orchard. Acre after acre in Oregon is to-
day being brought under the plow and the
Avork is attended with excellent results.
Among the good farming properties that are
being developed in Washington county is
that owned by John F. Carstens. who is the
owner of one hundred and seventy acres of
land of which seventy acres is under a high
state of cultivation. Mr. Carstens was born
in Indiana. February .5. 1S6.5. a son of Fedda
and Henrietta (Dealwater) Carstens. both of
whom were natives of Germany. They were
married in Indiana, coming to America about

1854, and settling in the Hoosier state, where
Mr. Carstens followed the occupation of
farming in the vicinity of Creston, Lake
county. Here they lived until the spring of
1870. They then came to Oregon, establish-
ing their home near Hillsboro, Washington
county, where they remained for three years
and then removed to Banks. Mr. Carstens
continued to engage in tilling the soil until
1SS7. when with the comfortable competence
which he had acquired from his previous la-
bors he retired and removed to Hillsboro,
where he remained until his death in 1904,
having for three years survived his wife,
who died in 1901. In their family were ten
children of wliom si.x are yet living, namely:
A. C, residing in Banks, "Oregon; H. C, of
Roy. this state; Sophia, the wife of H. I.
Smith, of Forest Grove; John F., of this re-
view; Henrietta, the wife of Clayburn Wil-
liams, of Rainier, Oregon; and Emma, who
became the wife of Walter McKinney, who
passed away at Hillsboro, Oregon, leaving a
widow and one child. Those who are de-
ceased are: L. F., whose death occurred at
Banks, this state, wlien he was forty-nine
years of age; Pearl, the youngest o'f the
family, who passed away "in 1886 at the
age of ten years; and two who died in in-
fancy.

John F. Carstens, while born in the middle
west, has spent the greater part of his life
on the Pacific coast, having been brought to
Oregon when a little lad of five summers.
Here he was reared and earl,y became familiar
with the task of plowing, planting and har-
vesting. His education was acciuired in the
public schools and when not busy with his
text-books he worked in the fields. On at-
taining his majority he began farming on his
own account upon a part of his father's land,
continuing its cultivation for. six years, or
until 1893. He then removed to Hillsboro.
where he operated a planing mill and sawmill
and also conducted a general lumber business
for seven ,vears. He then returned to the
farm on which he spent the succeeding ,year,
and next took up his abode on a "farm
which he had purchased in 1889. It is situ-
ated near Banks and to its development and
improvement he is now devoting his time and
energies with the result that he has placed
seventy acres of the one hundred and sev-
enty-acre tract under cultivation and is
fast reclaiming and improving the other. The
equipment on his property is good and in-
cludes substantial buildings and well im-
proved machinery such as facilitates the
work of the fields. His methods are at once
practical and progressive and annually he
harvests good crops as a reward for the care
and lalior which he bestows upon his land.

As a companion and helpmate for life's
journey Mr. Carstens chose Miss Nettie Ste-
jihens. whom he wedded April 5. 1887. She
was born in Washington county, Oregon, a
daughter of William and Ann (Delashman)
Stephens, who were natives of the east but
became pioneer residents of Oregon and have
been actively and heliifully interested in its
upbuilding, spending much of their time in
Washington countv, their home being now at

x**^* 'i^

JOHN F. CARSTENS

MRS. JOHN F. I VRSTKVS

^^s,

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835

Forest Cirove. In their family were seven
children: Ida. the "ife of William Allen, of
Columljia county. C)regon; Clara, who passed
away at the age of twenty-seven years; Mrs.
Carstens; Kdward. of Bu.xton, Oregon; and
A. L.. Charley and Fred, also residing in
Buxton.

Jlr. and Mrs. Carstens had two children,
but the yuunger. Arley. who was horn April
24. lS<j:,.'died .Viifriist :!!. lis'.ii;. ■riic surviving;
son. ClcU 1?.. was lioiii March -'-'. ls;)(). and
was married to .Miss .Vita Inklcy. a native of
Nebraska, who in I'.lOi) came to ()rc;,'iin with
her parent-, who arc residents of Washing
ton county. They have one ehihl. Hurl, born
April 1. 1911.

.John F. Carstens is a republican in bis
political views but does not hesitate to up-
hold the principles in which he believes, his
position never being an ecpiivocal one. He
does not seek otlice. however, for bis time
and attention are fully occupied with his
business and other interests. His social na-
ture timls exjjression in his membership in
the Knights of Pythias lodge of llillsboro
and with the Maccabees at Greenville. Oregon.
For more than forty years he has been a
witness of the growth of the state and is
])roud of what has been accomplished here.
.\t all times his inllnencc has been on the
side nf improvement and Oregon has no nii>rc
loyal representative and advocate than .biliii
I".' Car-ten-.

WILLIAM THOMAS OSBURN. Several
years before gold was discovered in Califor-
nia, when it was the hope of securing homes
and utilizing the opportunities of the far
west that brought the settler to the Pacilic
cr)ast. William Thomas ()-burn took up his
abo<le in Oregon, having traveled across the
plains with pack horses in 1>'4."). He was
born near I'aoli. Indiana. .lanuary \>i, 1.S2:!.
and was only eight years of ag<> at the time
of the dentil of his father. Thomas F. 0»-
Imrn. The mother i>assed away in 1^51. In
early life William T. Osburn went to Iowa
and when he was twenty-two years of age
he became imbued with the spirit of adven
ture and started tr.r the northwest. Oregon
City was then the only place where there was
any development to speak of in the state.
Mr. Osburn remained there until .Tune, 1847.
when he took the trail with pack horses for
California, arriving in that state toward the
end of .Inly. On the iliscovery of gold in
184.S he t\irned his attention to mining on
the middle fork of the Sacramento river and
met with good success. In the fall of Isi'.i
he again crossed the plains to Indiana, where
he remained for two years, but in 1S.'>I
again came to the coast, traveling with pack
horses to Portland. Oregon, which was rapTHly
coming to the front as the principal tradini.'
point of the Willamette river. In Febniary.
1S,52. Mr. Osburn again went to Inrliana and
there invested his capital in fpiite a large
bunch of cattle, with which he once more
started out for Oreiion. While on that trip
he had several encounters with the Indians,
who, however, ran awav when he anil bis
partv showed fight. Mr. Osburn took his

Vol. Ill— .T»

cattle to the head waters of the Siuslaw
river where there was splendid pasture and
plenty of rang!'. In the spring of 1S.").1 he
sold his stock anil again went to Iniliana.
While tlu're he was nnirried and with lift
bride came to the coast. On that trip he also
brought a bunch of cattle, traveling over the
Oregiin trail and settliTig on Camas prairie
in Lane county, where was to be found the
best grass in the country. For five years he
continued there and then purchased a farm
on the river road about eight miles below
Kugene. In IHtil he took up his abode in
that city and became i(h'ntilied with its
maiuifacturing and imlustrial interests as
the owner of a Hour mill and sawmill. Kvenf-
ually he disposed of that business and pur-
chased a stove and hardware store which he
conductc<l until l^Ci.'). when he sold out and
purchased the residence that be occupied
from ISfiii until the time of bis death.

It was at Paoli. Indiana, that Mr. Osburn
was married to Miss Sarah Sherod. a native
of \'irginia, and they became the parents of
fiiur children: Curran D.. who was a physi-
cian but is now deceased; Owen, a resident
of Uoseburg. tiregon, where he is engaged in
the drug business; firant. who has also
passed away; and William F.. who is ]iro-
prietor of the Hotel Osburn. at Kugene.

Mr. Obsurn was not oidy prominent as a
liusinc-s man of Lane county but was also
widely known in other conneitinns. He was
a member of the first city council of Kugene
and in his younger days was an active, ener
getic citizen, whose cooperation could always
be counted upon to further progressive pub-
lic movements. He was a charter member
of the first Masonic loilge created in Oregim.
this having bei>n established in Oreijon City,
in IS4."i. He dii'il at KuL'ene. .lanuary 21.
100."). and was buried under the auspices of
the Masonic order, being the oldest Mason
in the state at that time in years of con-
tinuous connection with the craft.

W, T. HILL, whoso identification with the
state of Oregon and its interests dales from
fsTs. was a citi/en of t'matilla county, from
that time until bis di'afh. .Tune 7. iniin. He
was a prominent and successful farmer and
stock-raiser owning three hundreil and twenty
acres of land. He was born in Illinois In
1S34 or 1S.1."i. and settled in Iowa at an early
day. He resided in that "late until H7S.
when with his family he cromol the plains,
coming to rnnitilla county, where he tof>k
up a homesteail and railroad land to the
jimount of three hundreil and twenty acres,
which by careful cultivation and thorough
imtirovement he developed into valuable prop-
ertv. Hi" father wa" a soldier of the Revolu-
tionary war and also served in Indian wars.
Mr. Hill chose a" his life companion and
helpmate Miss Delilnh Coleman, who wn*
born in Illinois, a daughter of .lames and
Sarah l Reeil i Coleman, lioth natives of Ohio.
Her parents went to Illinois shortlv after
their nuirriace and la'er removeil fo Iowa,
settling in Wapidio, where thev lived for
many venrs or until their deaths occurred.
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

dien, whom tliey educated and gave good
training. To Mr. and Mrs. Hill were born
ten children: Heaton. deceased; Turpin, a
resident of Grass Valley; Oscar, of Malluier
county, Oregon: Mary .j.. at home; Reed, of
Athena; Ida M., the wife of C. H. Downing,
also residing in this city; Perry S.. of Yam-
hill county: Jerome, living at Alba. Wasli-
ington; Cairic I!., the wife of Frank Rodgers,
of Pi-ndietcin ; and one wlio died in infancy.
Mr. Hill was a progressive, successful far-
mer and stock-raiser and by his well ordered
life and many good qualities formed a very
large acquaintance among the better class of
people of I'matilla county. His widow has
recently sold the homestead for twenty-five
thousand dollars and is now living in Athena,
where she owns a beautiful home and foiu-
lots. Her eldest daughter is making her home
with her and they are well and favorably
known in the communitv. The exemplary
life of W. T. Hill left an indelible imjiress
upon the community and his passing was re-
gretted and mourned by all who knew him.
His was a life of industry, energy and in-
tegrity and his labors were fruitful of much
good in the section where he resided and he
left his widow and family well provided for.

HENRY CLAY ELMS has for almost a
third of a century resided in Baker county
and now makes his home in Unity. He was
born in Wa.shington county, Arkansas, on
the 20th of April. 18.50, and represents old
.southern families. His paternal grandpar-
ents were .Tonathan and Cidy (Bradley) Elms,
natives of North Carolina.' the former born"
in 1S09 and the latter in ISll. They were
the parents of Edward O. Elms, whose birth
occurred in Xorth Carolina, in IS.'IS. With
their family they removed westward to White
count.v. Tennessee, about the year 1834 and
Edward 0. Elms there remained until 18,il,
when he became a resident of Arkansas.
There he met and married Rachel L. New-
man, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .Tonathan
Newman, who had removed from Alabama to
Arkansas at an early period in the settle-
ment and development of the latter state.
The death of Mrs. Rachel Elms occurred
December 27. 18.'i9. and her husband, long
survivina her, passed awav in Februarv.
1S02. They were the parents of two chil-
dren, Mary Ann and Henry C. Elms.

Tlie latter spent the period of his bovhood,
and youth at home and on the 11th of April.
ISSO, left the parental roof in companv with
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lawrence and their two
children, James E. and Martha Lawrence,
and a family by the name of Smith. They
were en route for the far west and ex-
perienced many of the hardships and priva-
tions that came to the travelers across the
jdains, but though the iourney was a lone
and difllcult one they at length arrived safely
in Baker City. Oreson, on the 1st of Julv.
Here Mr. Elms began mining but followed
that pursuit only a short time. In Januarv.
IRSl. he entered the employ of J. K. Carlile
and in 1SS2 tausht school in Baker county.
In isni Mr. Elms located on his present

property near Unity, consisting of three hun-
dred and twenty acres of fine ranch land.

t)n Ihe :27th of December, 1881, he mar-
ried Miss Fannie A. Carlile, the daughter of
his employer. She was born in T^ne county.
Oregon, June 28. 1867, and was but four
years of age when, in 1871, she accompanied
her parents to Baker county, where she has
since lived. Her father, .fames K. Carlile,
was one of the prominent and influential
pioneers of Baker county, closely associated
with the developmoit and progress of this
region. He was born in Washington county,
Arkansas, in 1839. and crossed the plains
to California in 1853. He had for ten .veara
resided on the Pacific coast when he carne to
Oregon in 1863. Here he married Angy
Olachley. who belonged to one of the early
families in the vicinity of Eugene. Oregon,
her peojile having come from Ohio, among the
lirst to settle in that ]iart of the state. Mrs.
Carlile died in the year 1S7G and for three
decades was survived by her husband, who
departed this life on the 6th of March, 1906.
To ilr. and Mrs. Elms have been boi-n six
children, of whom five are living: Charles
E.. who was born in what is now Malheur
county. Oregon. February 26. 1886; Myrtle
('.. born at the same place on the 8t'h of
Jlarch. 18S8, who is a teacher in the public
schools: Onie P., born in Malheur county,
June 2.5, 1891; Bertha A., born in Baker
county, July 25. 1895; and Henry Franklin,
who was born in the same county, .Januar.y
7. 1898. James Carlile. born November 10.
1893, died in March, 1894.

Mr. Elms is a democrat, has been prominent
in the councils of his partv and has been a
member of the county central committee for
many years. In 1886 he was nominated for
state representative on the democratic ticket
from what was then Baker county and in
1890 was nominated for the same office from
Malheur county. He is a member of the
Nonpareil Circle of the Woodmen of the
World. For almost a third of a century he
has followed ranching in this county, own-
ins; and cultivating a valuable tract of land.
whiih by his labors has become a well de-
\eloped pnqierty, equipped with modern im-
]]rovenicnts and conveniences such as are in-
cident to a model farm of the twentieth
centur.v.

MARK MOORHOUSE is the sole owner of
a general real-estate and insurance busines.s
operating under the name of The Mark Moor-
house Comiiany. located at Pendleton, in Uma-
tilla cn\iiity. He was liorn on Prospect farm.
Umatilla county. December 8. ISSl, and is
a son of Jlajor Lee and Mrs. Moorhouse, of
whom an extended review is published else-
where in this work.

ilark Moorhouse was reai-ed at home and
received his education in the public schools
of I^matilla county. After having passed
fhrouah the lower grades he later was gradu-
ated from the high school ^t Pendleton with
the class of 1898. Following his graduation
he secured a position in the Pendleton Woolen
Mills as shipping clerk and in that occupa-
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837

entered the employ of F'laiik B. Cloptoii,
who was operating a general real-estate and
iiisurant-e business in I'matilla eonntv. In
1904 occurred the organization of the (oni-
niercial Xational Bank of Inialilhi and Mr.
Moorhouse ol'tained a position as hookkeeper
in that institution at tliat time. In 190.5 he
associated himself in the real-estate business
with Frank B. Clopton uniler the linn name
of Frank B. Clopton & Company, dealers in
real estate, insurance and lands, continuin'j
to devote his attention to the business of
the lirm until 1909. In the mmith of .Tiily
of that year he purchased Mr. ( lopton's in-
terest in the business, which he has since
successfully operated under the firm name
of The .Mark Jloorhouse Company.

In November. 1907. ilr. Moorhouse was
united in marriage to Miss Blanche Horn, of
I'matilla county, a daughter of Mr. ami
Mrs. David Horn. The father is one of the
proMiiuent farmers of I'matilla county and
a pioneer stage man of eastern Oregon. Mr.
Moorhouse is a member of the republican
party, and fraternally is a member of Pendle-
ton LodL'e. No. 2SS. B. 1'. O. K.. and Damon
I.od'je. No. 4. K. B. He also belongs to the
Pendleton Conimorcinl ("bib anil is exhibition
manatrer of the Peni'leton Round-up Society.
Mr. and Mrs. Moorhouse are members of the
Episcopal church, and he is one of the vestry- '
men and also treasurer of the church in which
he holds membership. Mark Moorhouse is
one of the well known, cnterprisiim anil use-
ful citizens of I'matilla county. His integrity
in all mttters of business has secured for him
the confidence of the investing public and
public opinion place.s him amoni; the verv
desirable members of the community in which
he lives.

WILLIAM A. BROWN, wl-o has been pro-
prietor and manager of the Hotel Penilleton
for seven year-^. is one of the well known
hotel men of the northwest. His birth oc-
curred in Savanna. Illinois, on the 2d of
February, 1872. his parents being John and
Marv (Rossi Brown, the former n native of
Ireland and the latter of England. The par-
ents were brought as chihlriMi to Illinois bv
their parents and were married in that state.
The father's death o<'eurr(Hl in Savanna about
18S7. The mother is now residing in Lin-
coln, Nebraska. During his ai'tive career the
father was an airriculturisl until the last few
vears of his life when he was engaged in
the hotel business in Savanna. In the fam-
ily were ten children, two of whom are de-
ceased. One son. .lohn Brown, is a resilient
of Cheyenne. Wyoming', and is managing the
Inter Ocean Hotel. He is also proprietor of
the Normandie Hotel and is a retail cigar
denier.

I'ntil he was eighteen j-ears of ace William
A. Brown resided at home, attending public
school diirins the winter and working dur-
ing the summer. Later he becanu- night clerk
in a hotel at Savanna, and at the age of
nineteen was conductor of a ilinini; car run-
nins out of Minneapoli-'. Minnesota. Subse-
(luentlv h" returned to Savanna and became
day clerk in a hotel. .After remaining in that

position for a short time he was employed
as nnmager of the restaurant in the I'nion
depot at Omaha. Nebraska, ami later renutved
to Ijiraiuie, Wyoming, where he was steward
I f The Thornburg Hotel. He acte<l as cashier
and manager of the hotel for a time. He was
next transferred to ( heymne. Wyoming, and
was in charge of the hotel operated by the
I'nion Pacific Hallway Company. .After his
re-^ignation he went to .Alaska in 1S9S. but
one year Inter returned and located in Ogden,
I'tah. where for six months he nninaged the
hotel in (he I'nion station. He was next
employed by the Pullnuin Company to take
charge of the dining car ruiming out of Ogden.
.\fter several months he became nnmager of
the hotel at Pocatello. Idaho, and subseiiuently
was employed for about two years as din-
ing car conductor by the (Oregon Railroad &
Navigation Company. Later he took n half
interest in the Hotel Pendleton, and at the
end of two years became sole proprietor and
is now manager and proprietor. For the last
seven years he has been thus engaged. Dnr
ing his entire career in the hotel business he
has had ample opportunity to beconn- ac
fpiainted with many of the restaurant and
hotel nuniagers and owners in the west. He
has given the best satisfaction in his various
l)osition< because he seems to posess nn in-
nate ability of so entering to the trade which
i< accorded him that his services are invalu
able in conneetion with the operation of any
hotel or restaurjint. Courteous and genial in
manner and with a hi-.'h regard for the rights
of others, he has won for himself an im-
mense pojiularity. which is one of the essen-
tiaN to the successful hotel man. His various
undertakings have netted him good prolits,
and he is the lessee of the Hotel Peinlleton
but also owns a section of Innil in Calgiir.v.
.Alberta. Canada.

In 1902 Mr. Brown was married to Miss
lx)ttie M. Smith, a native of Iowa and a
daughter of Mrs. M. E. Smith, of Portland.
Oregon. No children have been born of this
union. Mr. Brown is a Mason, being a nu-m-
ber of the Mystic Shrine of Portland. He
al-o holiN mendiership in the Knights of
Pvthias and the Benevolent Protective Order
of KIks. .A stranger's estimate of the pro-
gressive and enterprising spirit of n town
is freipu-ntly based uixm the hoteU which it
affords. Because of the up to dale and popu-
lar hotels which Mr. Brown has mamiged it
may lie considered he has contributed in no
small degree to the prestige enjoyed by the
towns in which he has been in busine»*.

FRED A. LIEUALLEN. M. D., is n physi-
cian resiiliiig in I'll"! R'sk. I'matilla county.
lircL'on. He is a native son of Oregon and
of thi' county of rmatilln. his natnl day lieing
Novemlwr ft. l^^O. Hii parent' are .Inmes
Thomas and Luey .1. (.AHeock) Lieuallen, the
former a native of Missouri and the latter of
Oregon. .Inmes T. Lieuallen. who came to
this state in the year lSfi.'>, is now n resident
of .Adams. I'matilla county. I'nto him nnd
his wife were Ixirn nine children, all of whom
survive.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

Fred A. Lieuallen was reared at liome and
educated in the academy and at the State
Universitj' at Eugene. On the completion of
his studies in the university at that place he
became a student of medicine in the Uni-
versity of Oregon at Portland, from which
department he was graduated with the de-
gree of M. D. in the class of 1905. Imme-
diately following the completion of his med-
ical studies at the university he was asso-
ciated in the practice of medicine with Dr.
Cole at Pendleton. At this place he re-
mained for one year. He afterward removed
to Helix, where he was engaged in the prac-
tice of medicine for one year. He then
changed his location, moving to Huntington,
where he spent seven months as local physi-
cian for the railway. In 1908 he established
liis permanent residence at Pilot Rock and
is now in the enjoyment of a large and lucra-
tive practice.

In November. 1908, Dr. Lieuallen was united
in marriage to Miss Myrtle B. Hawks, a
native of Washington and a daughter of
Robert 0. and Mary (Duger) Hawks. The
father still survives and makes his home at
Pendleton, but the mother has passed away.
I'nto Dr. and Mrs. Lieuallen has been born
one daughter, Barbara, whose natal day was
May 5. 1910.

Dr. Lieuallen is affiliated with the demo-
cratic party, consistently voting with this
great political organization in its national,
state and county campaigns. His fraternal
relations are with Lodge No.' 93, F. & A. M. ;
I.x)dge, No. 288, B. P. 0. E.. of Pendleton;
Lodg^ No. 22 of the Improved Order of Red
Men; and the Knights of Pythias. Mrs.
Lieuallen is a member of the Presbyterian
cluirch. Dr. Lieuallen's work as a physician
in his chosen field absorbs all of his time and
attention, and to this work he has conse-
crated his life and abilities. His practice
has steadily increased since he became a
resident of Pilot Rock and to it he is de-
voting his undivided attention.

JAMES MATHEW HINDMAN, chief oper-
ator, and manager of the telegraph office at
I'matilla. wa.s born in Stockton, Kansas. Janu-
ary 10, ISSO, a son of S. A. W. and Loretta
(Sleeth) Hindnian. The father was born
in Kentucky and the mother is a native of
Indiana, where their marriage occurred.
Tliey removed to Iowa after their marriage,
where they resided until 1878, when they took
up their abode in Kansas, The father died
in that state in 1888, when he was fifty-
tlirce years of age. The mother who sur-
vives him resides in Stockton. S. A. W.
Hindnian was an agriculturist throughout his
active life and liad nine children of whom
James M. is the youngest.

James M. Hindman resided at home until
he was eighteen years of age, attending' the
public schools and later pursuing the course
offered by the high school at Stockton. After
he completed liis education in 1898 he went
to Montana and worked as section liand until
1900. In tliat year he learned telegraphy,
and has since followed that occupation, work-
ing throughout the northwest. He has now

been at Umatilla for four years and is chief
operator and manager of the telegraph office
here. Tliat his services have been entirely
satisfactory is amply indicated bj' the fact
that he has continued in his position for
four years.

In 1906 James M. Hindman was married
to Miss Estella Jobson, of Billings, Montana.
He gives his political allegiance to the .re-
publican party and has served in the city
covmcil. He is a young man who has already
gained an envialde position in telegraphic
circles and his industry and determination —
liis dominant qualities — augur well for a suc-
cessful future.

FELIX CURRIN. One of the few farmers
in Oregon who liave in the interest of agri-
culture conducted extensive experiments in
growing grain, grasses and forage plants,
is Felix Currin, a highly respected, suc-
cessful and active farm operator living near
Cottage Grove. He was born in Henry coun-
ty, Missouri, July 14, 1847, a son of John
and Margaret (Swift) Currin. The father
was born in Grayson county, Virginia.
March 2, 181(), and was descended from Irish
ancestry. His father, the grandfather of
Felix Currin, was active in politics and al-
though busy with agricultural pursuits
■ served as a member of the state legislature
for eighteen years. In his official capacity
lie acquitted himself with distinction and
was efficient and popular in his public serv-
ice. In his family were eight children, and
his death occurred when his son John was
but three years of age. The latter remained
on the old homestead until he attained the
age of twenty years, receiving liis education
in the public schools of Virginia. Shortly
after attaining his majority he was appoint-
ed sheriff of Carroll county, that state, an
office which he filled with satisfaction to
his constituents and distinction to himself.
After leaving the sheriff's office he removed
to Missouri, where he pursued farming as
a vocation and where he was married. He
resided in tliat state until 185.3, when by
ox team lie came to Oregon and settled in
Lane county, where lie took up a donation
land claim of tliree hundred and twenty
acres about four miles east of Cottage
Grove on the banks of the Row river. He
became in Oregon, as he had been in Vir-
ginia, an extremely active farmer and added
to liis landed lioldings until he owned eight
hundred acres. Upon this farm he labored
early and late, bringing it under a fine state
of cultivation and erecting handsome build-
ings and other needed improvements until it
riecame one of the fine farming properties
of that section. He made a specialty of
raising Durham cattle in addition to con-
ducting a diversified system of farming. He
belonged to the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and was for many years a promi-
nent member of the Cumberland Presbyter-
ian church. Politically he had always been
an adlierent of the principles and practices
of the democratic party, having taken a
lively interest in all public matters. His
death occurred August 13, 1908, and his wife

MRS. FELIX CURRIN

1 KUX ( CUFUN

THE NE-
FUBLIC

TILDtW FCUNDATIBNt.

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

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survivcil until December 27. 1909, both at
the time of tlieir death having nearly
reached the ninetieth milestone on life's
journey. In their family were seven chil-
dren, as follows: Serephina. deceased; Felix,
of this review, and William. Ann, John. La-
venia and Martha, all of whom have passed
away.

Felix Currin was but six years ot age
when he came to Oregon with his parents
and remained with them throughout almost
their entire lives. He received a good com-
mon-school education and assisted his father
with the duties incidental to his extensive
aTicultural operations until he attained the
age of thirty years, when he was married.
Later he removed to eastern Oregon, wherf
he lived for live years, after which he re-
turned to the old" homestead near Cottage
drove and made his home with his parents
until they passed away. lie has devoted his
entire life to agricultural pursuits and is
now the owner of a valuable farm of seven
hundred and hfty acres on which he carries
on general farming and stock-raising. The
last named has proved a very important
branch of his business activity and in that
direction he has met with most gratifying
success. He believes and has [)n)Ven that
hogs can be raised more cheaply in this ter-
ritory than anywhere in the world and he
has "protitably "handled the Uuroc. Poland-
China. Berkshire and Chester-White breeds.
He also makes a specialty of Roan Dur-
ham cattle, of which he has a fine herd, and
owns an excellent Hock of Cotswold sheep
which annually yield a tleece which brings
most substantialreturns. In the cultivation
of his fields he is a true exponent of diversi-
fied farming and his ranch produces all
varieties of farm and horticultural products.
At his own expense he has for years con-
ducted extensive experiments in the raising
of various crops, hoping to be able to im-
prove on the varieties commonly raised in
this state. His experiments have been con-
ducted on a large scale and under govern-
ment supervision. He has planted and raised
on his experimental farm fifteen hundred
kinds of grasses, grains and forage plants
and owns the most extensive exhibit in the
state of Oregon. When the western gov-
ernors' special train toured the eastern
states recently Mr. Currin furnished the
greater part of the exhibit on the Oregon
car attached to that train. As an agricul-
turist he has greatly distinguished himself
and his efTorts for the betterment of farm-
ing conditions and crops have been produc-
tive of much good.

Mr. Currin laid the foundation for a happy
home life of his own through his marriage
to Jliss Rosetta Craighead, who was born
in Henrv county. Missouri, a daughter of
Robert "and .Stachy (.Tohnson) Craighead.
Her parents came to Oregon in IH".") from
.lohnston county, and in their family were
four children, of whom .Mrs. Currin was the
youngest in order of birth, the others being
as follows: .Tohn. a resident of Springfield.
Oregon; Matilda, the wife of Kd .r.mes. of
Cottage (Jrove; and Manila, living in eastern

Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Currin have become
the ]>areiits of >ix children, namely: .John,
deceased; Ida. the wife of William Chapman,
of Union county, Oregon, by whom she has
three children. Oeoige. Otto and Osie;
(ieorge. a farmer of Cottage tirove. who is
married and has two childii'ii. Ivan and
Pearl; Lynch, living at home with his par-
ents; Osie. who married Vernon Fields, a
telegraph operator of Cottage flrove; and
Homer, attending school at Cottage (!rove.
Mr. Currin has an extensive acipiaintance
and he is highly esteemed by all the promi-
nent farmers of Oregon as well as by the
scientilic and piii'licnlarly the agricultural
exliibitois of the state. In his political views
he is n democrat, although he has not paid a
great deal of attention to political matters,
preferring to conliiie liis etTorts to his farm-
ing pursuits and to the betterment of the
agricultural and allied interests of Oregon.
He has never been an otlice seeker and has
never held a public olfice. He is a member
of the State (Jrange anil Cottage Orove Com-
mercial Club, in both of which he is promi-
nent and popiihir.

J. W. ETTER is the general manager of
the Pilot Koik Mercantile Company, which
is the largest mercantile house in this por-
tion of I'liiatilla county. Us business man-
agement is entirely under the supervision
and direction of Mr. Kttef and in addition to
this he is the owner of four hundred and
forty acres of land, to which he gives his
attention. This is a beautiful body of land
located adjacent to PiUit Hock. .Mr. Ktter
was liorn in the state of Mis.souri on the
:!d of April. ISfil. his parents being (!. W.
and Mary .Viin (Cotton) Etter. both of whom
were natives of Tennessee and who moved to
Missouri at a very early date. In that state
they established their home and spent the
remiiiniiig years of their lives. Eleven chil-
dren were born to this union, nine of whom
are still living.

.1. W. Etter remained at home until he was
twenty-four years of age. He was etlucated
in the public schools of the district in which
his parents lived. .After attaining his twi'nlv-
foiirtli birthday he began his independent
career and in starting for himself he engaged
in agricultural pursuits, bceoniing one of
the representative farmers of the state of
Missouri. He remained in his native slate
until mm. but during thi» year he moved to
I'matilla county. Oreijon, where he remained
but a short time and then returned to Mis-
souri. Taking up his residence again in bin
native state, he remained until HiOrt. In this
year he cluini;ed his vocation, lieeoiniii(f in-
terested in the farm implement business and
having his headipiarfers at Versailles. He
eventually scdd out and returned to I'ma-
tilla county. Oregon, where he purchased a.
farm and established his home. He re-
mained thereon but one year, as he had an
opportunity t" dispose tif the same within
a year's tinie after making the purchase at
a figure repre-enlinif twice his original in
vestment. Hi- faith and confidence in Ore-
gon laiiiN was ureatly stimulated by the

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

fortunate outcome of this transaction and
he purchased four hundred and fortv acres
in Umatilla county, which are still' in his
possession. The farm is situated only eighty
rods from the city limits of Pilot Rock. It
is a highly improved piece of land and one
of the most desirable farms in this section
of Umatilla county. In addition to managing
this magnificent farm. Mr. Etter is also the
general manager of the Pilot Rock Mercan-
tile Comiiany. In this merchandising con-
cern ;\Ir. Etter is also one of the large stock-
holders. He is likewise a stockliolder in the
Pacific Coast Fire Insurance Company.

In 1884 Mr. Etter was united in marriag<>
to Miss Amanda Kidwcll, a native of Missouri
and a daughter of William and Martha Kid-
well, iKifli of whom were born in Tennessee.
The father passed away in Missouri while
the mother survives and makes her home with
her children. Mrs. Etter was one of a fam-
ily of nine children, seven of whom are still
living. Mr. and Mrs. Etter have two children:
Bertie M.. the wife of George F. Campbell,
of Umatilla county, and Lonnie E., who is
still at home.

Mr. Etter gives liis political allegiance to
the democrac.v but has never sought office as
a reward for liis party fealty. He is a mem-
ber of the official board of the Presbyterian
church of Pilot Rock, to which his wife also
belongs. He is a man widely known through-
out the northeastern portion of the state of
(»regon. He has been uniformly successful
in his business adventures and is a man of
unusual business ability.

LOUIS SCROLL, JR., city treasurer and

justice of the peace of Echo, is also engaged
in the real-estate business. He is a popular
man in the community and has served his
city for three years in the capacity of mayor.
He was born in Wasco county. Oregon. March
24, 1867, a son of Louis and' Elizabeth (Ful-
ton) Scholl, The father, who was born in
fiermany emigrated with his parents to the
new world when a bov. the family settling
in Jlissouri, in which state the mother of our
subject was born. In 1853 the father left
Missouri and crossed the plains to Oregon,
settling near The Dalles. He was a civil
engineer and drew the plans for the old fort
at The Dalles, near which he made his home
for many years and where his death oc-
curred. The mother crossed the plains with
her parents in 1847 and also settled at The
Dalles. She is still living and resides at
Walla Walla, Washington. In the family
wrre four children: Carl, a resident of \^^aIl'\
Walla, Washington: Ijouis. Jr.: Bismarck and
Marv. who died in infancy.

Louis Scholl, Jr., attended the common
schools and later took a course in a busi-
ness college. He remained at home with his
parents until he attained his majority and
then engaged in farming and stock-raising
for some time. He also followed surveying
!ind for four years held the ollice of county
surveyor of Adams county, Washington. He
spent fovu' vears in the mines of British
Colnnibia ;ind in 1807, in company with his
brothers and father, built a flouring mill at

A\alla U'alla, Washington, with which busi-
ness he remained connected for si.v years.
In 1904 he came to Echo, where he has since
resided, having been for many years justice
of the peace and also serving as mayor for
three years. He has also held the position
of city treasurer and in all his official con-
nections he has distinguished himself by effi-
cient service. He is now successfully en-
gaged in the real-estate business.

In 1909 Mr. Scholl was married to Mrs.
M. S. Jones, of Echo. He has two step-
daughters, Eugenia C. and Esther M., both
of whom are attending high school. Mr.
Scholl was reared a democrat and has always"
remained loyal to that political faith. He
IS connected with the Masonic order, belong-
ing to Umatilla Lodge, No. 40, of which he
IS the treasurer. He and his family have a
wide circle of acquaintances in and around
Echo, where they own considerable property,
and are prominent in business, fraternal aiid
social circles. Mr. Scholl is numbered among
the leading citizens of his town and enjov'^
the confidence and esteem of all with whom
he comes in contact.

HERMAN ROEHLK, who is the owner of
one section of very valuable land, devoted
to wheat growing, near Pendleton, was born
in (iennany, on the 19th of October, 1865. a
son of Joachim and Wiebke Roehlk. The par-
ents came to Oregon soon after their arrival
in America and spent the remainder of their
lives in Umatilla county. To them three
children were born: Mrs. Anna Rosenberg,
deceased: Herman, the subject of this sketch;
and Mrs. Bertha Lorenzen! of Pendleton.

Herman Roehlk actpiired his early educa-
tion in the schools of his native land but in
1883 left Germany to locate in the United
States. He lived for one year in Iowa
where he was engaged in airricultural pur
suits before coming to Umatilla county, Ore-
gon, where he rented land after having been
employed as a farm hand. About 1899 he
began farming independently and homesteaded
one quarter of a sectimi of land about five
miles from his present place. He began
work here with a determination to succeed
and with that persistency of purpose and
untiring industry which are salient charac-
teristics of his race he soon had one of
the most profitable farms in the county. As
fast as he was financially able to do' so he
added to his propert.v and at present he is
the owner of one section, all the land being
higlily improved and being well equipped with
a very modern and commndicnis home and
substantial outbuildings. He engages prin-
cipally in wheat raising and it is in this that
he has won his remarkable snccess. He has
never regretted his determination to leave
his native land, for in America he has foiind
the opportunity wliicli he sought and has
risen from an inferior position to one of
[iromiuence and independence.

In 1899 Jlr. Roehlk w\as married to I\Iiss
Margaret Rohwer. whose birth occurred in
Holstein. Germany, on the 2d of December.
1878, and who came to this country in 1893.

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

843

H_v tlieir uniun fiiur childicii liavi' bci-n liorii.
Alvina. Helen, Edward and Editli.

Ml'. Roehik gives his support to the re-
publiean party and in religions faitli is a
J.utlieran. hiilding' meniliersliip in tlic Lutheran
church of I'endletiin. lie lias never sought
to figure prominently in politics or fraternal
circles, preferring to give his undivided at
tention to his agricultural pursuits, and thus
he has become one of the enterprising and
s\ilistantial farnu'rs of his ailopted country.

FRED ARDELL PHELPS. The commer-
cial history of Hermiston would he incom-
plete without reference being made therein
to the mercantile interests of Fred Ardell
I'helps. who is one of the active partners
in till' I inatilla Storage & (ominission Com-
pany. Inc. lie is a native of Tioga county
I'ennsylvania. where his birth occurred Sep-
tember 1'.). ist;4. his parents being t'harles
Walter and Catherine (Wliitaker i I'helps.
The parents were born in Pennsylvania, lanu-
ary '^. 184:i. and November 2:'.. 1847. respect-
ively. They resided in their native state un-
til 1875. when they came to Oregon. They
made their home in this state for about
twenty-live years and subsequently removed
to California, where the father's death oc-
curred in I'.iOO. Throughout the greater
part of his life before coming west Charles
Walter Pliel|is engaged in the lumber busi-
ness near Mansfield. Tioga count.v, Pennsyl-
vania. At the outbreak of the Civil war he
enlisted for service from Tioga county. He
fought in the battle of nettvsburg. this be-
ing the most important engagement in which
he participated. After the war he brotight
his family west and as numbers of the
Pacific colony they located at Mood River.
where only seven families resided at the
time of their arrival. He there took tip a
homestead and developed it until he became
a railroad contractor. lie also conducted a
boarding car for over three years during
the construction of the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation Company's line. Later he en-
gageil in the agricultural implement busi-
ness at The Dalles. His imliistry. jjcrse-
verance and integrity alwavs gained him
the regard and respect of those with whom
he came in contact and he lirml.v estab-
lished himself in the industrial circles of
this section. In polities he was always re-
publican. To ilr. and Mrs. Charles W.
Phelps seven children were born: Melvin,
who resides in P.aker county, Dregon; Fred
A., the subject of this sketch; Lida the wife
of S. IT. Frasier. of Clen Ellen. California;
(iilbert W.. a well known jurist; Thomas
H., of flrant county: Kate May. who became
the wife of Irwin Rule, of t?erkeley. Oyli-
foniia; and Orace Myrtle, who is married
to Frank Huilson. of Shasta county.

Fred .\. Phelps grew up under the pa-
rental roof, attending the district school*
during the usual term and assisting his
father when not biisv with his fext-l>ooks.
Later he became a student in the academ.v
at The Dalh'^. He remained at home until
he attained his majority, when he entered
upon independent industrial pursuits. He
first engaged in the stock-raising businesn

anil later conducted a large fruit farm in
Wasco county. He was also lor a time
a general merchant at (iranite and Siimptcr
ill the mining district. He has been iden-
tilled with mining interests lor the past
twelve years, lie and his brother (!. W. in
partnership with E. W. .McComas and W. .L
I lark organi/eil and incorporated the I'nni-
tilla Storage & ('omniisiii)n Company in
r.msi. .Since its inception .\lr. I'lielp»' has
been its general manager. He dcvotis that
part of his time which this interest does not
demand, to his fruit ranch, which he is
operating according to modern and seicn-
tilic methods.

On tlie 8th of Novi-niber, 181)0. Fred .Ar-
dell Phelps was married to Miss Leila Mil-
ler, whose birth occurred at Eagle .Moun-
tain, Idaho. October 10. Is74, and who is a
daughter of Charles S. and Mary Elizabeth
Miller. To Mr. and .Mrs. Phidps two <hil-
ilnij have been born, .Merle and .Maiich'. In
politics .Mr. Phelps is u republican and in
religious faith he is a Congregationalist. Fra-
ternally he holds membership in the Knights
ot Pythias lodge. His nianlv i|ualitii's. earn-
est purpose and honorable loiiduct have given
him an enviable placi' in public regard, and
his eiiterpri.se in business is winning him
substantial advancement in conwnercial cir-
cles.

RALPH WARREN HOYT. There is no
greater stimulus to individual activit.v and
enterprise tliitn that which is found in the
life history of siu'h men as Ralph Warren
lloyt. who has worked his way upward from
a liunible position in the business world. Hav-
ing a newspaper route in his boyhood days
and thus supplementing the little salary which
he received in minor positions, he gradually
won promotion by his worth and ability
until lie was made cashier of the .Merchantx
National Hank, from which position he re-
signed .(anuary 7. I'.UU. thus completing
tweiily-seven years with this bank. Horn in
Portland. .Inly '.<. IHi'ri. he is a son of Hi'iiry
l.afiiyelte lloyt. who went to Calilornia in
1S4'.I and came to Portlanil in l'*,*!-'. The
Hoyts came of Puritan ancestry aiiil settle<l
in MassachiisettH and Connecticut, lieing de-
scended from Lieiilenaiit Stephen lloyt. who
■ ought at the battle of Hunker Hill and also
at .Saratoga at the time lliirgoyne aiirren-
dereil his troops. To the same family l>c-
loiigeil Richaril lloyt. who served in the For-
til-Ill Infantry in the War of I81'J and ilieil
in Portland.' Oregon. .Inly I. 18fif.. lloyt
•<treet of this city was named in his honor.
Coming to Portland in pionii-r timi-s. the
Hoyts were closely identitleil with the river
interests. .MI of them, with the exception
of Oeorge W. Hoyt, who was clerk for the
Oregon Steamship A Narigntion Company
for many years, were steamhimt rnptnin*.
Captain Henry Lafayette Hoyt. father of
Riilph Warren Hoyt. formerly owned the
steamer Multnomah, one of the first boats on
the Willamefte river. He was also I'niferl
States -hiiipinc cuni'iiissinner for many yearn
anil likewise tilled the onicp of depnt.v rol-
leotor of ountoms. Uf weddetl Mis» Mary

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Louise Abbott Millard, a daughter of Dr.
Justin Millard, one of the early settlers of
Oregon, who with his family crossed the
plains in 1852.

In the public schools of Portland Ralph
Warren Hoyt pursued his education until
graduated from the high school with the class
of 18S2. In the morning and evening hours
during a part of his school days he was em-
ployed by C. C. Morse, who was engaged in
the picture and music business. Follow-
ing his graduation he entered the employ of
H. S. Rowe. agent for the Oregon River &
Navigation Company at the Ainsworth dock
and at the same time distributed the Morn-
ing Oregonian. On the 7th of January, 1883,
he accepted the position of janitor and mes-
senger in the Willamette Savings Bank, which
in 188(3 was converted into the Merchants Na-
tional Bank. He still continued to carry
papers until about 1890 and in the mean-
time was making steady progress in the
bank, working his way upward through dif-
ferent positions to that of cashier and invest-
ing from time to time in bank stock until
he is now largely interested. His fidelity
to the interests of the bank, his capability
in the discharge of specific duties and his
enterprising spirit contributed in large meas-
ure to its success. Moreover, his record
is a notable example of the fact that merit
and ability will come to the front anywhere,
for the newsboy with his paper route of a
few years ago became an active factor in
the conduct of the business and in the active
management of one of Portland's strong
moneyed institutions. As the years have
passed he has become an investor in other
corporations, in a number of which he also
has voice in the maiiagement.

On the 21st of January, 1893, in this
city. Mr. Hoyt was married to Miss Kdith
M." Neilson. the youngest daughter of Cap-
tain W. W. Neiison, who came across the
plains in 1852. He was a steamboat man,
owning several boats and barges on the Wil-
lamette river, and was a splendid representa-
tive of that class of worthy pioneers who
became the builders and promoters of the
great northwest, utilizing its natural re-
soui'ces in the development of trade and com-
merce. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt have been
born two daughters, Kathryn and Louise,
wlio are still living, while one child died in
infancy.

Aside from his connection with banking Mr.
Hoyt has taken active part in public af-
fairs which have left and are leaving their
impress upon the development of city and
state. He served for six years as a member
of the Oregon National Guard and for four
years tilled the office of county treasurer,
to which position he was elected on the re-
publican ticket. He is doing splendid work
as president of the Portland Rose Festival.
His humanitarian spirit is manifest in his
cooperation with the Portland Newsboys As-
sociation, of which he is treasurer. He was
also treasurer for several years of the Ore-
gon Society of the Sons 'of the American
??evolution.' Fraternallv he is connected with
Willamette Lodge, No.' 2, F. & A. M., and
has attained the thirty-second degree in the

Scottish Rite while in Al Kader Temple'
he has crossed the sands of the desert with
the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also
a member of the Court of Honor and holds
membership in Portland Lodge. No. 142, B.
P. 0. E.; Chinook Tribe of the Improved Or-
der of Red Men; and Portland Camp of the
Woodmen of the World. He also belongs to
the Commercial Club, the Arlington Club and
the Apollo Club, which is a male chorus.
His principal diversion has been music. He
organized an amateur band of which he was
leader for many years and has been organist
in city churches for about twenty-five years.
Music has always been a source of recreation
to him and he has utilized his native talents
in this direction to stimulate and promote
musical interest in the city. The various
practical elements of public progress receive
his indorsement and he has labored earnestly
and etlectively toward the upbuilding of a
greater and more beautiful city, cooperating
in plans and projects for tlie commercial
growth and for its achievement along aes-
thetic lines.

DANIEL JACKSON BOLLENBAUGH. The

principal industries of southern Oregon
are mining and farming. The mines of the
section are rich in gold and other valuable
minerals. The farms are fertile, well culti-
vated and afl'ord pros]ierity, and the men who
are operating and controlling the well culti-
vated fields and the rich ore deposits, are
active factors in the development and prog-
ress of what is destined to be one of the
greatest states in the I'nion. Daniel Jackson
Bollenbaugli is prominent in both these lines
of occupation. He was born in Ohio, April 9.
1831. the son of Moses and Sarah (Miller)
Bollenbaugh, the former a native of Ohio and
the latter of Pennsylvania. After their mar-
riage they moved to Iowa and in that state
passed the remainder of their lives.

Daniel Jackson BoTlenbaugh was educated
in the common schools of Iowa, and remained
at home until he was twenty-one years old.
In 1852 he crossed the plains with ox teams,
spending six months on the journey, and lo-
cated first in Salem, Oregon, where he stayed
for one year. At the expiration of this
period lie came to Douglas county and has
been active in the affairs of this district
ever since. In June. 1854, he took up a do-
nation claim near Canyonville. located upon
his holdings, improved and cultivated the
soil and also erected uiany new buildings and
added to his equipment at different times
during his career and bought adjoining fields
until he now has under his control nine hun-
dred acres of land. At the time Mr. Bollen-
batigh secured possession of his holdings,
they were in an entirely unimproved and
undeveloped condition and consisted mostly
of timber lauds. These he cleared and cul-
tivated, made many changes along scientific
lines until he is now the owner of one of the
hirycst and most modernly equipped farms
in Douglas county. He makes a specialtv of
stock-raising and keeps on hand a fine herd
of graded cattle, to the care of which he
gives his personal su])ervision. He also has

THE CENTENNIAL IIlSToKY OK OREGON

847

important interests in tlio mines of Uouglas
county anil is actively operating a placer
gold mine upon one section of his farm.

In 1853 Mr. Bollenliaufih was united in
marriage to Miss Kathryn Jane Swarts. a
native of Xew York state, and a daughter
of Simon Swarts, and they are tlie parents
of nine children: Sininn; (Jeorge; .Mary, the
wife of Hymilas Wright ; Albert ; Sarah, the
wife of Thomas Low; Hattie, who married
John Catching; Henry; Lorenzo, who died at
the age of nineteen years; and Printha, the
wife of R. L. ISlackburn. The mother of
these children died November 16, 1897. She
was an active member of the Methodist Epis-
copal church and to this faith her husband
still adheres. Politically Mr. BoUenbaugh
gives his allegiance to the republican party,
and takes an intelligent Interest in the af-
fairs of his community. He has never sought
public office, but is keenly interested in the
cause of education and has served on the
local school board for a number of years.
Mr. HoUenbaugh worked in the commissary
department during the Indian war In 1855
and 185G. but on account of his family could
not enlist to go out with a regular military
company. He is one of those active, pros-
perous and scientitic farmers who are doing
so much to make the harvests of this coun-
trj- better in quality and more abundant.

ALBERT C. HUNTINGTON, who since 1803
has resided In La (Iraiide, was formerly
closely identilied witli cunimercial interests
here but Is now living retired save for the
supervision which he gives to his Investments.
His rest is well earned and is the titting
crown of a life of usefuliu-ss that has brought
him to his elghty-tirst year. He was born
near the Kennelx'C river. In Kennebec county.
Maine. .'September 21, IHiil, his jiarents being
William and Mary (C'unnlngliam i Hunting-
ton. He comes of a family whose lineage
has been traced bark through seven genera-
tions to .'simon Huntington, who was born In
Norwich, England, and was married there
to Miss Margaret Haret. They sailed for
America in 16:'..'!. but he dn-)! while on the
voyage, leaving five children. William,
Thomas, Christopher, SinH>n and .Ann. The
widow with her family settled at Itoxbury.
Massachusetts, where she was again married,
her seconil union being with Thomas Stotigh-
ton. Later she removed to Wimlsor. Con-
necticut. Her son. William Huntington, mar
ried .loanna Bagley and In 1058 he received
a grant of five hundred acres of land from
the crown. He diecl In 1089. His three chil-
dren were John. .Tames and Mary, of these
John Huntington was born In .\mesbury.
Mas.sachusetts, in .Vngnst, Ifi-t."!. was married
in 1005 to Elizabeth Hunt and died in 1727.
In his familv were nine children. Hannah,
JIary. Elizabeth. Hannah, Sarah, .Susanna.
William. Sanniel and Deborah. William
Huntington, the son of John and Ellzal>eth
(Hunt I Huntington, was twice married, his
first union being with Mary Goodwin, whom
he wedded in 170S. anil alter her death he
was married In 1725 to Mary Colby. Their
children were John. Lvdia, Mar*', Sarah, De-

borah, William. Timothy ami .ludith. Timo-
thy Huntington was born August :i, 1721,
and after the ileath of his first wife. Mm.
Sarah Huntington, he wediled Het.sy .lewell.
He died in 1811. His children Were William,
Tlmoth.v. Thomas, .Marv, Henjamin and John.
Menjamln Huntington, born in 1700. died in
IS 15, at the age of seventy-nine years. He
liail for many years been a resident of Ken-
nebec, .Malni', Ills family inimliered the fol-
lowing named: Sarah, Tnnothy, Joseph.
William. .-Vnn, Elizabeth, Henjamin, Daniel
and .ludith.

William Huntington, the father of .\lbert
C. Huntington, was born In Litchlield, Maine,
.•\ugust 2:"., 1792. He followecl the occupa-
tion of farming anil also engaged In milling.
He wedded Mary Cunningham, who died
April I.'i. 1S70, while he passed awav (Utolici
11. 1854. Their chililren were: "Wllllam:
.■Samuel; Ann; .losiah; .ludith; Benjamin :
Emma; Daniel, who died at the age of one
year; Klizalx-th; Albert ('., of thia review;
Ellen; and Didia.

Reared In Maine. Albert C. Huntington ac-
quired his eihu'atiun in the public schools of
that state ami remained at home until .lanu-
ary 20. 1854, when, at the age of twenty-
two years, he starteil for California. Leav-
ing New York on lioard ship, he went by
way of till- Isthmus of I'ananui and thence
to San Francisco. For seven years he en-
gaged In prospecting and mining in the Hidden
state and in 1801 came to Oregon, settling
in Portland. Soon afterward he went to
Walla Walla. Washington, and theme to the
mines of Idaho. In 1802 he returned to
Oregon but again went to Walla Walla ami
later to Hol.se. In the fall of iso.t he came
to the (Irande Ronde valley, settling In Iji
firande. where he engaged In the furniture
business until 1880, meeting with good suc-
cess In that line. He then traveled over the
country with teams, selling pianos and or-
gans, and was thus connected with the musli"
tradi- until 1894. .\s he has prospered In bin
undertakings he has invested in real estate
ami in 1880 he erected the Huntington bliH-k.
He is the owner of several other buihling"
and valuable property in Iji (Irande, where
he still nnikes his home, having lived retiri'd
here since 1894.

In 186:1 Mr. Huntington wan unitml hi
marriage to Miss Ellrabetli llideii linker, a
daughter of .Innies and Elizabeth iKuulandl
Haker and a sister of Mncaga linker. Mrs.
Huntington died in 1905. By her marriage
she became the mother of four rhildren.
Kilifh, the eldest, is the wife of fjporge IL
Currey. of La Grnnde. where he in engngeil
in the real-estate business but was formerl.v
n well known new-spa|>er man. Mr. and Mr».
Currey have three children: lleurge Hunting-
ton, born 1893; Helen Clare, born 1891; and
.Mtx'rt I!., born 1899. Walter, the seronil of
Mr. Huntington's children, illeil at the age of
eight years. Mary anil Dora both died in
infancy. Mrs. Huntington was a leader in
church and social eirrlen in I,n rirande and
took an active and helpful interest in nil
that pertained to h4-tterment along •oeini
and moral lines. STie van n very talented
woman and her influence was ever ■ potent

848

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

element for good. She held membership in
the Methodist church and cooperated heartily
111 various branches of the church work. Mr.
Huntington also belongs to that church and
lie holds membership in La Orande Lodge
No. 16, L O. 0. F., in which he has passed
all the chairs. He has ever manifested a
citizen's interest in politics, keeping well
informed on the questions and issues of the
day since casting his first presidential vote
tor Abraham Lincoln. For many years he
was a member of the city council of La
Grande and exercised his othcial prerogatives
m support of various works of public im-
provement. In all business, political and
social relations he lias been true to high and
honorable principles and has never faltered
in choosing between right and wrong, ever
endeavoring to follow a course that his judg-
ment and conscience have sanctioned.

CALVIN U. GANTENBEIN. Presiding as
circuit court judge from the fourth judicial
district and recognized as one of tlie emi-
nent representatives of the legal profession
111 Portland. Calvin U. Gantenbein was born
m Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 23d of
;\larch. lS(jo. a son of John (iantenbein, D D
M. D., and Mary Jane (Scliwable) (ianten-
bein. He was a lad of nine years when in
1874 he accompanied his parents on their Ion"-
.lourney to the northwest by way of the
Panama route, becoming a resident of Ore-
gon. He attended the public schools of Phila-
delphia and of Portland between the years
1871 and 187.5, and then became a strident
in Bishop Scott Academy, which he attended
until 1878. In the latter year he matriculated
in the Royal Charles Gymnasium at Stutt-
gart, Germany, and was graduated therefrom
ill April, 1885, on the completion of a seven
years' course. He afterward spent several
months of the same year in the College de
France, at Paris, and was graduated from the
law department of the University of Ore<Ton
HI June. 1891, at the head of his class after
two years devoted to study in that institu-
tion. Immediately following his graduation
he was admitted to the bar at Salem, and
m the practice of law has made continiiou.s
progress, his ability gaining him recognition
as one of the foremost lawyers at the Port-
land bar. Preparing his cases with great
precision and care, he has presented his cause
in a cogent and logical manner that has lield
the attention of the courts and jurors and
has won for his clients many favorable ver-
dicts.

In the .year of his admission to the bar.
Judge Gantenbein enlisted as a private in
C\)mpany O. First Regiment of the Oregon Na-
tional Guard, thus serving from the 8th of
July, 1891, to the 19th of May, 1893 He
was then elected to the captaincy of Com-
pany H of the same regiment aiid so con-
tinued until August. 1894. On fluit date he
was promoted to the rank of major and served
until September 33, 1S97, when he became
lieutenant-colonel, holding that rank until
honorably discharged on the 25th of May,
1898. He was appointed major of the .sec-
ond regiment of the Oregon United States

Volunteer Infantry on the 7th of May of
that year and so continued until the 7th
of August, 1899. thus responding to the
call tor troops for the Spanish-American
war. He was also made a member of the
board of claims against the United States
government. Resuming active connection
with the National Guard, he was adjutant
general for the state of Oregon from the 1st
of November, 1899, to the .Tlst of August
1903. On the 25th of July of the same'
year he was elected colonel of the Third In-
fantry of the Oregon National Guard and
so continued until November 14, 1906 He
served as vice president of the Interstate Na-
tional Guard Association in 1903; was cer-
tilied as eligible for colonelcy in the United
States Volunteers under the "Dick Act," July
19, 1905, certificate valid until March 22
1920. In 1899 he was tendered an ajipoint-
ment as justice of the supreme court of the
Philippine Islands but declined. On the 2d
of July, 1906, he became judge of the cir-
cuit court of the state of Oregon for the
fourth judicial district and has since sat
ujion the bench, his decisions being character-
ized by a masterful grasp of every problem
presented for solution.

That Judge Gantenbein is honored by the
profession is indicated in the fact that he
was chosen vice president of the Oregon State
Bar Association. In his law practice he was
associated with James N. Davis and Arthur
L. Veazie from 1893 until 1901 and was
afterward a partner of the latter until elected
to the circuit bench. He has been dean
of the law department of the University of
Oregon since 1903 and is a capable instructor,
having won a creditable reputation in edu-
cational lines in early manhood when he
served as jirofessor of Latin, Greek, German
and French in the West Chester State Nor-
mal School of Penn.sylvania from 1885 un-
til ISSS. In the latter year he became
instructor in German and Latin in the Port-
land high school and so continued until 1893,
wlieii lie entered upon the active practice
of the law in this city.

Judge Gantenbein was married on the 18th
of October, 1899, to Miss M'inifred Watson,
a^ daughter of Judge James Finley Watson!
They are the parents of four children: James
Watson, Mary Ellen, Calvin Edward and
John Flint.

The judge is a member of several of the
prominent social and club organizations of
the city, including the Commercial Club and
the Jliiltnomah Amateur Athletic Club, of
wliich he is a life member. He has attained
to the thirty-second degree of the Scottish
Rite in Masonry and is in hearty sympathy
with the beneficent spirit of the craft. He
renders assistance in benevolent movements
through his membership in the German Aid
Soi'iety and the Swiss Aid Society. His po-
litical allegiance is given to the' republican
party and in connection witli the interest-
ing military chapter in his life history it is
worthy of note that he was presented a
medal, authorized by act of congress and ap-
proved June 29, 1906, for military service
ill the Spanish war and Philippine insurrec-
tion. Judge Gantenbein is a man of strong

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849

individuality, at once loiceful and ri'souiif-
fiil. liis ability calling him to Ifadersliip in
the various lines into which he has directed
his activities. He stands at all times tor
that which is progressive in community lite
and helpful to the individual and is ac-
corded the honor to which his upright life
and successful achievements justly entitle
him.

C. L. NEWCOMB, conducting an up-to-date
meat marl<ei in I'ilot lluck. was horn in
Iowa on tile KItli of Octolier. ISIiO. his par-
ents being John L. and Mary (Kelley) New-
comb, the former a native of Xew Vork state
and the latter of Illinois. John L. Xewcomb
died in Nebraska many years ago but his
widow still survives and now makes her
residence in Idaho. They were the |)areiits
of seven children, all of whom are still liv-
ing.

L'. L. Xewcomb was reareil at home and
received his early e<lucation in the public
schools. He remained with his parents un-
til twenty-two years of age. After leaving
home he worked as a painter for some
time. In 1883 he removed to Pendleton.
Oregon, where he remained until IS'.M. dur-
ing which year he went to Idaho, where he
spent two years. At the expiration of that
time he returned to fmatilla county and
located at I'ilot Ilock. Here he built his
residence and later engaged in the butcher-
ing business, to which he has since given his
entire attention.

In 18K9 Mr. X'ewcomb was married to Miss
Mina Hissitt, a daughter of ('. R. Bissitt. To
them have bec-n born three children, namely:
Delbert 1,. and Ilattie M.. both of whom re-
side with their [larents; and Lester, deceased.

Ill politics Mr, Xewcomb is alliliateil with
the republican party, of which lie is a loyal
and enthusiastic su]iporter. Fraternally he
is identitied with the Improved Order of Ked
Men. He is one of the live business men of
Pilot Rock, ready at all times to lend his
intluenee and material assistance to the ad-
vancement of all measures afTecting the ma-
terial anil moral welfare of his county ami
state.

GRANT BUCHANAN is a prosperous agri-
culturist of I'matilla county, owning a valu-
able farm of one hundred and sixty acres
on Hutter creek, sixty acres of which is
under high cultivation and well Irrigated. He
is a native of .Mbia, Iowa, where his birth
occurred on the istli of .Inly. ISfi2. his
parents being Robert and Sarah (McHride)
Mucbaiian. The father was a native of l,i'\-
ington. Kentucky, and the mother of Xorth
Carolina. They removed to Iowa with their
parents in pioneer days and located within
a half mile of .Mbia. Their marriage oc-
curred there before they went to Kansas in
1882. The father's death occurreil in Car-
nett. Kansas, in February, ISS.'i. when he was
sixt.v-three years of age. The mother ilied
while she was residing in Oregon with Iwr
datighter in 1889. Throughout his active
life the father followed agricultural pursuits.

liraiit Jiuchaiian was the youngest in a
family of nine children. He resideil with his
father until the hitter removed to Kansas
ill ls,S2. His education had been aci|uired
in till' district schools and upon his father's
farm lu' had gamed lii> lirst I'Xperieiice in
farming. While improving and cultivating
that property he became interested in the
occupation and deteriiiined to make it his
life work. After the death of his father in
18S.') he came to Oregim and after being em-
ployed tor hve years in Heppner on \V. O.
.Miner's stock ranch he was married and lo-
cated on his present farm of one huiulred and
sixty acres, sixty ot which is irrigated. .\t
the time he took up the properly it was all
sagel)riisli anil wlndly iiiiiiiiproved. Neither
house nor outliuihlings had been erected upon
it. Uy perseverance and industry he im-
proved the condition of the farm so that he
now has one of the most valuable ]iroper-
ties on Hutter creek. He devotes his land to
alfalfa growing and fruit raising and also

f Is stock <liiriiig the winter. .\ coiiimo-

dious residence and ample barns and outbuild-
ings indicate that Mr. lUichanan has up-to-
date ideas as to the comforts and con-
veniences which may be enjoyed by the
farmer. To whatever department of agri-
culture he has given his attention he has
shown a judgment and energy that have
>tcailily increased the annual income from
the placi' and added to its value.

On the nth of October. IS'Jl. .Mr. Ruchanan
was united in marriage to .Mrs. .Mollie Me-
Ree, the w iilow of I'harles McRee anil a
daughter of .Simon Warren. To Mr. and .Mrs.
Piiichanan one .son. Fred, has been born. He
is at present attending a business college
in Pendleton.

.\lr. Ruclianan cooperates in all movements
for the material, intellectual and moral i>rog-
ress of the eommunitv and is recognized as
one of the foremost business men of the
county, his agricultural inlerests placing him
ill a prominent position In industrial circles.

THOMAS JAQUES is a merchant of Pilot
Ilock. ^piciiili/ing in hardware, and is one of
the repre>"eiitative and sinci'ssfiil men in that
line. He was born in lirown loiinly. Illinois,
on the 21st of November. Is.'il, his parents
being W. H. and Mary (Chenoworthl .Iai|ues.
who Were natives of New Vork and Keii-
tiii'ky respectively. They removed to Illi-
nois at a very early date and in the year
IH.'it; went to Missouri, where they siient
their remaining days. Info them were fiorn
twidve children, six of whom are still liv-
ing.

Thonias .laipies was reared under I hi- pi-
rental roof and received his early ediicnlion
in the public sclioids. .After completing his
elementary studies he took n odieginte roiirse.
.\t the age of t»ventytwo he started in life
for himself and engaged in farming in the
stat»* of Missouri for a period i>f eleven years.
• In selling out his interestH in Mi»'<otiri lie
removed to Nebraska, whi're he engaged in
contracting on the eonstriietion of tin' Itiir-
lington & Missouri River and Rock Ishiiid
Ibiilroads for tw<i years. He then removed to
Kansas, in which state he remained for one

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

year, at the expiration of whieli time he
went to Xevada. where he also spent one
year. Subsequently he came to Oregon, mak-
ing his first stop at Portland, in wliieh city
he lived for one year only. In 1893 he re-
moved to Pendleton, Oregon, where he con-
tinued to live for five years, after which he
was engaged in farming for six years in
I'matilla county. At the end of that time
he found himself possessed with sufficient
means to make an investment and accord-
ingly purchased a farm near Pilot Rock in
Umatilla county. In 1907 he embarked in
the hardware business in Pilot Rock, in which
he is now engaged, giving to it his entire
time and attention. lie carries a large and
complete stock of well selected hardware.
His place of business has an extensive reputa-
tion throughout Umatilla county. He also
owns three hundred and twenty acres of
land within one mile of Pilot Rock.

In 1876, in Missouri, Mr. Jaques was united
in marriage to Miss Maria Triplet, a native
of that state and a daughter of Andrew J.
and Sarah A. Triplet, both of whom are de-
ceased. To Mr. and Mrs. .laques have been
born eight children:- Mary I.; Winifred T. ;
Eva B. ; Bessie: Vera: Georgie M. ; Edna M.,
who is deceased; and George D.

Jlr. Jaques is a republican in politics, fol-
lowing the party on all its national, state
and county issues, and he is at present a
member of the educational board of Pilot
Rock. Fraternally he is identified Avith the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belong-
ing to lodge No, 105 at Pilot Rock, in which
he has filled all of the chairs. He attends
the Christian church. Mr. Jaques' business
career is not only gratifying to himself from
the standpoint of success but he is also one
of the model and representative business
men of the county, and his hearty coopera-
tion is al'.vays relied upon and never found
to be wanting in the advancement of all
public interests looking to the betterment of
the educational and moral well-being of his
county and city.

MAJOR HUGH F. BARRON. In the varied
relations of life Major Hugh F. Barron ever
commanded and deserved the good-will of
those with whom he came in contact and
Jackson county knew him as one of her most
valued and honored citizens. He belonged to
that class of men who while promoting indi-
vidual success contribute to public progress.
His business interests were of an important
character yet he never allowed them to
monopolize his time to the exclusion of active
participation in matters of progressive citi-
zenship. In fact his life was well spent and
the sterling traits of his character gained
for him the high regard of those who knew
him. Born in Lee county, Virginia, August
28, 1837, he was a son (if Nathaniel G, and
Anna (Collier) Barron, who spent their entire
lives in Virginia and were members of early
families of that state. Both the Barrons
and Colliers were slave holders and were
([uite wealthy, but at the outbreak of the
Civil war freed all of their slaves. Major
Barron spent his youthful days on the old

home plantation and the common schools af-
forded him his educational privileges. He
was a young man of twenty-four years when
in 1851 he went to California, crossing the
plains with ox teams in company with his
mother's brother. They remained in Cali-
fornia, however, for but a brief period and
then proceeded northward to Jackson county,
Oregon, where tliey arrived in the fall of
1851. Here Major Barron, James Russell and
James Gibbs took up three claims of one
hundred and si.xty acres each, cornering on
each other, and they built a house where the
properties joined. They there conducted a
hostelry known as the Mountain House, and
they conducted their business affairs, in-
cluding the development of their land, in
partnership for some time. In the fall of
1853, however, Mr. Gibbs was killed by an
Indian. Subsequently Major Barron ac-
quired the claims of both of his former asso-
ciates and made extensive purchase of other
lands until he owned four thousand acres,
becoming the owner of one of the finest farms
in all Jackson county. It is situated in a
beautiful little valley at the head of Hill
creek, and he also had access to the outside
range for his cattle. He was for years ex-
tensively engaged in the cattle business but
in later years sold his cattle and handled
sheep and goats. That undertaking proved
very profitable and he so prospered as the
years went by that he was able to leave his
family in very substantial circumstances.
All this did not come, however, without
earnest and discriminating effort, and in the
early days he was forced to undergo many
of the hardships, privations and trials of
pioneer life. There was constant danger of
Indian attack and he went through two of
the Indian wars, that of 1851-53 and that
of 1858. He persevered, however, in the face
of difllculties that would have utterly dis-
couraged and disheartened many a man of
less resolute spirit and he again and again
proved his worth in matters of citizenship
as well as in business connections.

Major Barron was a stanch republican in
politics but was never an aspirant for office.
He took a great interest in educational mat-
ters and served for several terms as a mem-
ber of the school board, ever proving a loyal
friend to the cause of education. In fact he
stood for all that meant progress and im-
provement in the community and cooperated
heartily in every movement for the public
good. He recognized, too. what might be
accomplished and as the years passed his
life constantly broadened in its usefulness
and activitv.

On the isth of March. 1850. ilajor Bar-
ron was married to Miss Martha A. Walker,
a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Fruit)
Walker, who were natives of Kentucky. The
father died in Illinois and the mother with
her family crossed the plains with ox teams
from Lee county. Iowa, to Oregon in 1853.
She made her home with her son Minus, until
the marriage of her daughter Martha A., to
Major Barron, when she took up her home
with them and remained with them until the
time of her death in 1872. Mrs. Barron still

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resides on the old home place. She is a
lady of many excellent traits of character
and accomplishments. L'nto the Major and
Mrs. Barron were bom four chililren, as fol-
lows: Alice A., the wife of G. S. Butler, of
Ashland. Oregon; and Edfjar B., George W.
and Homer W. The liome farm has been
divided between the children and the sons are
now oultivatinj; the land. In addition to her
own children Mrs. Barron has reared two
children of a niece. Genevieve and Kdmiind
Roberts. The former is the wife of a Mr.
Goodwin, of Medford, Orcfjon. and the latter
also resides in that place. The ileatli of
Major Barron occurred December 4, 1'.I04. rc-
sultinji; from an accident. The front wheel
of the wagon in which he was riding came
otf and he was pitched forward, striking his
head on a rock which kiUeil him instantly.
He was a man of sterling character, npriglit
and honorable in every relation, and was one
of the most influential residents of his part
of the state. .Tackson county numbered him
among her best known citizens. He was
seventy-seven years of age at the time of his
demise and his death closed a life record
that was characterized by many notable
qualities. .lustice, integrity, helpfulness
were among his strong traits, \\hile he
])rospered in business he was never one to
take advantage of the necessities of another
in any trade transactions and his persistency
of purpose and unfaltering energy were the
qualities that brought him success. He held
friendship inviolable and was always loyal
to those to whom he gave his personal regard.

GEORGE McGAUGHEY is the popular pro-
prietor of an up-to-date livery and feed
stable in Pilot Rock. Umatilla county. He
was born in Kentucky on the 12th of Octo-
ber. 1S,")0. his parents being William and
Elizabeth iC'ornwell) McGaughey. also natives
of the Blue Grass state. They moved from
Kentucky to Illinois in ISfil and spent the
remaining years of their lives in the I'rairie
state, l'nto them were born nine chililren.
as follows: John, who is a resident of Illi-
nois; George, of this review; Mattie, tin-
wife of .ludge Bean, of Salem. Oregon; and
six who have passed away.

(ieorge McGaughey was reared at home and
received his eriueation in the common schools.
He remaineil with his parents until four
teen years of age and on leaving home moved
to Texas and was there employed for a
period of five years on a stock ranch, lie
then removed to ."st. I.ouis ami accepted
the position of locomotive fireman in the
employ of the Vandalia Railway Company.
.At this work he remained until he was pro-
moted to the position of locomotive engi-
!ieer in IhTC. For the following twenty-two
years Mr. McGaughey, as an engineer in the
employ of this company, kept his hanil upon
the throttle and his eye upon the rail. In
ISOT he retired from the railroad ami removed
to rmatilla county, Oregon. On making his
settlement in Oregon he engaged in the live
stock business ami continued in this industry
until the spring of 1!)I1. at which time lie pur-
chased a suitable piece of ground in Pilot

liock on wliich he constructed a livery and
feed barn. Mis stables have a wide reputa-
tion throughout I'nnitilla countv as being in
every particular up-to-date. In addition to
his livery he is also the owner of eight hun-
dred acres of land in I null ilia county.

In politics Mr. Mc<;augliey is a denuicrnt,
proud of his party and loyal to her banner,
consistently following the "leaders of this ]>o-
litical organization in national, state and
county campaigns. He is an honorary mem-
ber of the I'nited Brotlicrlioo<l of Locomo-
tive Engineers- a menibership to which he
is entith'd by reason of his long years of
faithful service as well as his reputation for
skill anil ability exerci.sed in the discharge
of his duties in this responsible position. He
is a communicant of the Catholic church of
Pilot Koik. Mr. Mcliaughey is one of the
Well known citizens of his "community and
has gained an extensive popularity as a
liveryn\an becausi' of his cheerful and ready
compliance to supply the wants of the travel-
ing |)id)lic.

JOHN FRAWLEY, who Is serving as tri'as-
unr III I iiinM ciiuiity. has conscientiously and
elliciently performed the duties of this ollic«
since 1S'.)S. He was born .May 2!), 1,S50, at
."syraeu-se. New York, the soil of Cornelius
and .Mary lilallinani Frawley. The father
was a native of Ireland and on coming to
America he located In Onondaga county, N'ew
York, when' he farmed for sonn- time but
later engaged in railroad work. He died in
."Syracuse, at the age of sixty. The mother
was al.so a native of Ireland and passed away
at Syracuse in ISSO. at the advanced age
of eighty-four years. They were the parents
of live chililren: Mary; Patrick; .Susan, de-
ceased; .Margaret; and Jolin, of this review,
•lidin Frawley received his education in
the district schools and after his school days
he engaged in railroad work, lirst being in
the employ of the New York Central, then
in the Central PacKic. which is now the
Southern Pacilic, and later with the Hunt
Line, which Is now a part of the .Northern
Pacilic, He came with the lirst train to I,b
i;ranile, Oregon, in ISS4 ami also brought In
the first passenger train to the same town.
In IsSO he retired from railroad work, going
into the grocery business in partnership with
William Dial, and after one and one. half
years lie engaged in farming in the Graiule
Konde valley, near Sunimerville, where he
remained three years. In ISils he was electeil
county treasurer on the republican ticket
and has served continuously ever since.

In issii Mr, Frawley was united in mar-
riage with Miss Mlllli- Cidiins, a native of
Iowa, and a daughter of .Jacob Collins, who
came to Cnlnn rnunly, (tregon, where he en
gaged in farming and remained until his
death. Mr. and Mri. Frawley have become
the parents of two children: Ilnrry .1., who
is attending srhool; and Mary i','.. who is
eight yi'ars of age. Frnternnlly" Mr. Frawley
is identified with the Knights of Pythias,
and he is n man who devotes much time to
social and public work. In politics he is n
republican and Iwsides his present ofllrial

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position, wliieli he is now successfullj' filling,
he has served as a member of the city covincil.
He is a |mlilio-spirited man, who justly
merits the full ecmliclcnce of the people, which
is awarded liini unanimously.

DAVID H. NELSON, engaaed in agricul-
tural pursuits on his farm near Pendleton,
was born in Finland, December D, 1872. He
is a son of Henry and Eva Xelson. both of
whom were natives of Finland and came to
America in the early 'Sns. settling at Duluth,
Minnesota, where the father died and the
mother yet lives. By their union were born
four children, all of whom now survive.

David H. Nelson received a common-school
education and remained at home with his
parents until fourteen years of age. He then
went to Washington and in the spring of
18S9 removed to Clatsop county. Oregon, re-
siding there luitil 189,1, wdien he came to
I'matilla county and was here employed as a
farm hand for four years. Subsequently he
rented a farm until 1901, when, he purchased
the )ilace where he now resides. In this
county he owns in all thirteen hundred and
forty-seven acres of highly improved land
and he makes a specialty of raising wheat.

In 1897 Mr. Xelson wedded Jliss Maria
'Molstrom. a native of Washington and a
daughter of Henry and ilargaret Molstrom.
both of whom were natives of Sweden and
came to America in the early '70s. The
father has now passed away but the mother
is still residing in Umatilla county. Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson have become the parents
of five children: Harry, born April 36.
1900: Helen, born November 18. 1901; Carl,
born December l.i, 1904; Eva, born March 3,
1909; and ilarie, born .lune ?,0. 1911.

Mr. Nelson is a re|nibliean in politics and
has rendered efficient service as road snper-
intendent. Fraternallv he is a member of
T^dge No. 33. I. 0. 0." F.: Lodge No. 41. W,
0. W. ; Lodge No. 4, K. P.; and also of the
Finnish Brotherhood. Both he and his wife
are active workers in the Lutheran church.
He is a eonscientio\rs and progressive man,
has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances
in the community, and he has met with ex-
cellent success in his farming.

WILLIAM H. MALL is senior partner in
line of the leading real-estate firms of Port-
land, that of Mall & Von Borstel. He wis
born in Memphis. Tennessee. May 6. 1864.
and is a son of William H. and Elizabeth
(Kerpen) "Mall. His e<lucation was acqnired
ill the public schools of Baileysville. ^Nlissis-
sippi ; of Denver. Colorado, and Santa Clara
and San Francisco. California. His own
father died when the son was very small and
William H. Mall came to the Pacific coast
with his mother and her second hnsliaml.
Mr. Von Borstel. They removed to Portland
when he w^as bnt fmirteen years of ape. at
which time he started in the business world
for hims(df by selliu" fruit on the streets of
the city. He caref\dlv saved his money and
eventually establisheil a frnit staml at tlie
Stark street ferry, which he conducted \intil
1888. Gradually his trade increased until

the volume of his business was most gratify-
ing. With an understanding of conditions
in Portland he believed that the real-estate
field was a profttalile one and began opera-
tions along that line in connection with
.Toseph Buchtel. under the firm style of Buch-
tel & Mall. That connection continued until
1893. when the widespread financial panic
wiped out a comfortable fortune which Mr.
Jlall had then accumulated. Nothing daunted
by his reverses, he summoned his courage and
determination to meet existing conditions
and has since continued in the same line of
business in association with his half brother,
operations now being conducted under the
firm style of Mall & Von Borstel. Mr. Mall
is thoroughly informed concerning realty
values here, knows the property that is upon
the market and has negotiated many im])or-
tant realty transfers. Success has been at-
tending his efl'orts in recent years and he
li.\s become recognized as one of the leading
real -estate men of the city.

In 1908. Mr. Mall was united in marriage
to Miss Ada F. Mercer, a daughter of fJeorge
fiercer, who came to the northwest in 1853.
To this union has been born a daughter,
whose birth occurred July 4, 1912. Mr.
Mall holds membership with the Commercial
Club and is in hearty symjiathy with its
p>u-|ioses to ojibnild and benefit Portland along
lines of progress and imjirovement. He is a
life memlier of the M\dtnoniah Athletic Club,
belongs also to the East Siile Business Men's
Clid). to the Real Estate Exchange and to
the Realty Board. For a third of a century
i\Tr. Mall has been a resident of Portland
and has witnessed its remarkable growth and
develo))nient during this period. Jloreover,
he is of that type of enterprising progress-
ive men wiio recognize the opportunities of
the west and in their utilization win success.

JAMES R. PORTE'R, who resides on his
farm near Pemlleton, was born in Lee county.
Illinois. February 26. 18.50. His parents were
.lames and Susan (Story) Porter, both of
whom were natives of New York state and
removed to Lee county, Illinois, in the early
'40s. In 18.50 the father, with a team and
wagon, crossed the plains to California, where
five years later his wife and family joined
him. He was engaged in the mercantile and
the butchering business in that state until
1857. when he began farming in the Sacra-
mento valley and resided there until his death,
in 1904. his wife having )neeeded him a
nund)er of years, dviiig in 1S8S. They were
the parents of eight childien. six of whom
are yet living.

.Tames R. Porter received a common-school
edtication and remained at home until he
was twenty-eight years of age. or until 1878.
when he came to Oregon and settled on a
homestead in Umatilla county, where he yet
resides. He later added more land to his
farm and he now owns in all thirteen hun-
dred acres, which is under an excellent state
of etdtivation.

In 1883 ^Ir. Porter wedded Miss Nancy .T.
■lones. a daughter of James H. and Sarah A,
(Sears) Jones. Her father is a native of

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hoa

Kt'iitueky and her mutlier of Tennos<iee.
Tlicy f-rossed the plniiis with ox teams at an
early date and located in western Oregon,
where they resided until 1S71, when they
removed to Imatillii poiinty and are yet liv
ins in Pendleton, the father havin;; reached
the a<;e of eifrhty-two and the mother heins
sixty-six years of ase. Mrs. Porter is the
eldest of nine children, of whom fo\ir are
still living. To Mr. and Mrs. Porter have
heen horn five children: Clara K.. Frank K.
and Ralph E.. who are living; and Vida E.
and Roy E.. hoth of whom are deceased.

^Ir. Porter is an advocate of the principles
of the repuhlican party, and fraternally he is
a niemher of PeM<llcton Tiodge, No. 32. T. 0. O.
F.. and has filled all the chairs in the same.
He also htdong^ to the Farmers I'nion. Xo.
ril, and Mrs. Porter is a member of the Episco-
pal church. Mr. Porter is widely known as
a progiessive and enterprising man. and is
highly esteemed l>y his associates. He is
very successful in hi~ fanning anil liis busi-
ness affairs.

ROBERT E. ALLEN, who is well known
as the pioneer druggist of Hermiston. was
born in nidgeway. Iowa. September S. 1S71.
and is a son of E. T. and JLiry E. (Orinithl
Allen. The father was born on March 2.'!.
1S32. in New York state, and was married
in Wisconsin before going to Towa in 1S6S.
He resided at Ridgeway until his death, which
occurred September IS. ISOl. He was en-
gaged in the lumber and mercantile business
throngho\it the greater part of the time
when he lived in Ridgeway. Towa. He spent
the years from 1S.")7 to 1^1',:^ on the Pacific
coast and ran a pack outfit in the mountains.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Allen were the parents
of four children: Xellie. who married A. W.
Prann. who is interested in the drug busi-
ness which liis hrother-in law conducts: Rob-
ert E., the subject of this review; Cora A.,
who married Henry Butz: and Or\ille f!., a
resident of Ridgeway.

Robert E. .\llen wns educated in the com-
mon schools and lived at home until he was
twenty years uf age. While he was still
attending school lie also worked in a drug
store and in l^."** accpted regular employ-
ment in a pharmacy in Ridgewn.v. He at-
tended the Vpper Towa I'niversity at Fay-
ette. Towa. and later returned to his position
in the dnig store. .Afterward he matriculated
in the Xorthwestern I'niversity Schord of
Pharmacy at Chicago, from which in-ititution
lie was graduated with the class of IsKO. He
later opened a drug store at Clinton. Town,
where he was engaged in business with .\.
W. Prann. and sold out in November, KiOO.
In th(« spring of 1007 he started a drug store
at Ridgewa.v. Iowa, and conducted the same
for three years. In Hermiston, Oregon, he
opened his present drug store and operateil
it independently until the 1st of .\ugusf,
1011. when he organized the R. E. .\llen Drug
Company with .\. W. Prann as his partner.
His was the first <lnig store to be opened in
Hermiston.

On the rilst of August. 1004. Mr. Allen
was married to Miss Mary H. McDonald.

whose birth occurred on Prince Edward IslamI,
from which place she came to America in
Marili. I90;i. Their marriage occurred in
ibhna. Mr. Allen is a republican and fra-
ternally is coniiecteil with the Knights of
Pythias and the Modern Wnoilmeii of .\inerica.
.\ny man who engages in a new line of busi-
ness ill a town shows his faith in the ilevelop-
nieiit and future growth iif that locality.
The encouragement which has been given
Mr. .\llen in his ventun- is well seen by the
liberal patronagi' which is accorded him.

THADDEUS S. TILLSON, who is comluct
iiig a >;ihMiM in rnialilhi. wa^ born in Decatur
county. Indiana, laiiiiary .".o, 1Si'>7, a .son of
William S. and Sarah (Warner) Tillson. The
father was born in 01iii>. and the mother's
birth occurred in Pennsylvania. They were
marrieil in Columbus. ln<liana, and in IsiiO
removed to Kansas, where fhi'ir death oe-
ciirnd in .Anderson county. During liis active
career the father was engaged in agricultural
pursuits. Of the children horn to their
union seven now survive, of whom Thaddeiis
S. is the second.

I'ntil he was twenty years of age Thad-
deus S. TilNon remained uniler the pari'iital
roof jitteiiding public school and assisting
in the agricultural pursuits in which his father
was eii'_'aged. When he left home he went
to Hrooklield. Missouri, and aciepleil em-
ployment with the Chicago, Burlington &
<,'uincy railroad, in whose employ he re-
mained for eight years. He then removed to
I'inta county. Wyoming, where he was em-
ployed by the Inioii Pacific railroad for two
years. Snbse<|ueiitly he came to Oregon,
iocatiiig in I.a Orande, in May, lOOil. After
being employed by the • tregon- Washington
Railroad & Xavigation Company for four
years he engaged in the saloon business which
he has conducted in fmatilla for the last five
years. He is a go(Ml business man ami gives
his entire attention to the management of
his undertakings. He has been engaged also
in the coal business for the last two years
anil conducts the only ice plant in the city.
He owns block so ill rinatilla.

In 10(M Mr. Tillson was married to Mis»
Norma Whiteman. whose birth occurred in
Kansas but who was reared in Iji (Irande.
She is a daughter of .T. B. Whiteman. To
their union three children were horn, firnci'
('., Clyde W. anri Dorothy. He casts his vole
with Hie republican party and has served as
d»T»uty sheriff fi>r twn years and later was
city marshal. He holds membership in the
l!eiievolent Pridective ( Irder of Elks of Iji
lininde and in the Furesters of .America.

GEORGE H. SIEVERS, who is engnged In
agriculliiral pursuits in I'malilln county, wns
iMirn near Pendleton, on the farm where he
now re-tides. March 12. 1HM7. He is n son of
loe and .Anna (I.enilieke) .Sievers. Iioth of
whom were natives of IJermnny and came to
.Vmericn in lss|. b>catiiig in I'mntilhi county,
where they tiMik up a homestead. They Inter
added to the properly until they now own
eleven hiindrol acres of excellent land, which
is under a high state of eiiltivntion. \t Ih'-

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present time the}- are residing in California.
In tlieir family were two children: (ieorge
H.. of tliis review; and Anna, who is still at
home.

neorge H. Sievers was reared under the
]iarental roof, received a common-school edu-
cation and on putting aside his text-books be-
came associated witli his father in work on
the farm. He now operates the old home-
stead of eleven hundred acres and engages
extensively in general farming.

In .Inly, 1911. Mr. Sievers wedded Miss
Grace Owen, a native of Missouri and a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Owen, who
reside on a farm in Umatilla county. Mr.
.Sievers exercises his right of franchise in
support of the men and measures of the re-
publican party, and socially he is a member
of the Order of Eagles. Although still a
yoiuig man he is well known as a progressive
citizen and an enterprising farmer. His ac-
r|uaintances res])cct him and his circle;; flf
friends in his native countv is an- ^xterisi'v'e
one. ' -''bij ;)j >

N. I. BURNETT, who owns and operates
a farm of two liinidred and ninety-five acres
five miles nortli of Forest Grove, is also a
prominent factor in financial circles of Wash-
ington county, acting as president of the
Wasliington County liank at Banks. Oregon.
His birth occurred in Maine on the 20th of
December. 1848. his parents being Isaac and
Sarah (George) Burnett, who were likewise
natives of that state. In 1854 they took up
their abode in .Jackson county. Iowa, and
tliere continued to reside throughout the re-
mainder of their lives, tlie father passing
away in 1ST4 and the mother in 1900 when
eighty-one years of age. Their children were
ten in number, namely: N. I., of this review:
Elizabeth, the wife of Stewart Edgar, of
Great Falls, ilontana; Jane, who is the wife
of -Tohn Woods and resides in Iowa: Susan,
who is deceased: Alson. of Bellevue. Iowa,
who resides on the old homestead where all
the children were reared; Albert, of Maquo-
keta. Iowa; Almira, who is the wife of Louis
Holcrdick and lives near Sheridan. .Vlontana;
Ella, the wife of Frank Schmidt, of Iowa;
Isaac, who is a resident of Belle Plaine,
Iowa; and Perry, of Savanna. Illinois.

When twenty-one years of age N. I. Bur-
nett began earning his own livelihood, being
employed by the month in a wood yard on
the ^Mississippi river for three years. On the
expiration of that period he was married and
turned his attention to general agricultural
]iursuits. cviltivating rented laud in Iowa for
five years. At the end of that time he re-
moved to Clay county, ilinnesota. and took
up a homestead in the Red river valley, there
following farming for twenty years and ex-
tending the boundaries of his place by an ad-
ditional purchase of three hundred and
twenty acres. In 1000 he sold the property
.Tud went to Canada but at the end of four
months had become dissatisfied with the
country and in October. 1900. transferred his
possessions to Forest Grove, Oregon. The fol-
lowing spring he purchased what is known as
the .John Kirts farm of two hundred and

ninety-five acres and has since been busilv
engaged in its further cultivation and ini-
provement. It is situated five miles north
of Forest Grove and in its operation Mr.
Burnett has gained a gratifying measure of
prosperity. In 1909 he was one of the or-
ganizers of the Washington County Bank at
Banks. Oregon, and has since served as its
president, the other officers being as follows:
W. L. iloore. vice president; and W. 0. Gala-
way, cashier. The institution has a capital
stock of ten thousand dollars and its con-
tinued growth and success is attributable in
no small degree to the capable management
and sound business judgment of its chief exec-
utive officer.

In Octolier. 187.S, Mr. Burnett was joined
in wedlock to Miss Mary L. Baker, a native
of Carroll county. Illinois, and a daughter of
Solomon and Margaret (Henry) Baker, who
were born, reared and married in Pennsyl-
Vs^nia. Some years after their marriage tliey
• removed to Chicago. Illinois, where Mr. Baker
f^rflowed the carpenter's trade. Later going
to Iowa, he there purchased a farm and de-
voted his attention to its operation through-
out the remainder of his life. His widow af-
terward removed to Clay county, Minnesota,
where she passed away in 1890, having spent
her remaining days in the home of her daugh-
ter, ilrs. Burnett. I'nto our subject and his
wife have been born five children, namely:
AVilliam L.. whose birth occurred in JIay.
1874. and who is married and resides near
Banks, Oregon: Millard, born in 1875. who
is at home; Samuel, born in 1876, who is
married and resides at Langdon, North Da-
kota: Sadie M., who is the wife of Xicholas
Van Kammen and makes her home at San
Mateo. California; and Elsie M.. who died at
the age of seventeen years. Jlrs. Sadie M.
Van Kammen is a graduate of the Minnesota
normal school and taught school for a num-
ber of years prior to her marriage.

Mr. Burnett gives his political allegiance
to the men and measures of the democrac.v
but has no desire for the honors and emolu-
ments of office. Fraternally he is identified
with the Masons, belonging to Holbrook
Lodge. Xo. 30. of Forest Grove. Oregon. His
record is indeed a commendable one. In busi-
ness his course has been characterized by the
strictest fidelity to honorable principles and
m social relations he displays an unfailing
courtesy and a genial cordiality that have
won for him many friends.

JONATHON PRESS HALLEY is a well
kniiwn daily man of Baker county who makes
bis home at Richland, in Eagle valley, where
lie owns eighty acres of irritrated land partly
within the corporation limits of the- town.
He also has three hundred and twenty acres
in Pine valley which is now utilized as a
dairy farm. In the management of his busi-
ness interests he dis))lays keen discernment
and unfaltering industry, and his success is
attributable entirely to his own labors. He
was born in JIacon. Missouri. December IS.
1S5fi. and is a son of 'B. 1-1. and Mary E.
(Halley) Halley. His parents, who were own
cousins, were natives of Kentuckv. but were

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married in Missouri, where they resided until
1864 when they crossed the phiins to Grande
Ronde valley in Union county. Oregon. There
the father secured a homestead upon which
he and his wife spent their remaining days.
In their family were si.x children: .J. P.; Mrs.
Belle MeCollis'ter of Sherlock. California; Ed,
who resides on the old homestead in Grande
Ronde valley; Robert, who died at Clinton
Falls in 1911. leaving a wiilow; Xancy. who
died at the age of fourteen years; and Page.
By the second marriage there was one child,
now Mrs. Xorah Baker, of Sherlock. Califor-
nia.

J. P. Halley resided at home until he
reached the age of twenty-three years, when
he married and started out in life on his own
account in Wallowa county, lie secured a
homestead and a preemption claim there and
was one of the first settlers in the Middle
valley. His life has indeed been an active
and "useful one. ^^^len only thirteen years
of age he began running stock for his father
and lived upon the ranch, keeping bachelor's
hall to the time of his marriage. Since 1S90
he has lived in Baker county, making his
home now at Richland in Eagle valley, where
he has eighty acres of irrigated land lying
partially within the corporation limits of
the town and all well improved. He also
owns three hundred and twenty acres in
Pine valley which he purchased three years
ago. He "continued to raise stock — sheep,
horses and cattle — upon the ranch until about
three years ago and since that time he lias
conducted a dairy business, keeping twenty
cows and shipping the milk to La Orande.
In the vear 1885 Mr. Halley made a trip
back to" Nebraska and drove twenty-seven
hundred steers to the northwest. This was
not his first experience, however, in driving
cattle across country for in 18S0 he had made
a trip with his father as far as Cheyenne,
with fifteen hundred head of steers. All their
lives he and his father were connected with
the stock industry and became widely known
as reliable stockmen of their districts, the
father having one thousand acres of land in
firande Ronde valley, on which he ran sheep.
.T. P. Halley has never engaged in the cultiva-
tion of cereals but has always given his at-
tention to stock and has realized a handsome
competence from his efforts in this direction.

All the phases and experiences of frontier
life are familiar to him. He served under
Captain A. C. Smith in the .Toseph Indian
troubles and was scouting for five days. He
almost lost his life at the time of the troulde
with the Bannock Indians but was not en-
listed for service during that war. He ha.s
always been on the frontier and he knew
Chief .Joseph well. He has slept and eaten
with Indians many a time, never having any
trouble with them" except in days when they
were upon the warpath. He believes that the
trouble brought on between the white men
and Chief .Joseph was the fault of the Cnite*!
States government. As the years have passed
he has witnessed great changes in this part
of the country. No longer is the Indian wig-
wam a familiar sight, and the hunting grounds
of the red men have been converted into fine
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farms or stock ranches. All the evidences
of a modern and progressive civilization have
been introduced, and with the work of im-
provement and upbuilding Mr. Halley has
ever kept pace.

In 1881 occurred the marriage of Mr. Hal-
ley and Miss Mary E. Bowman, who was born
in Missouri and crossed the plains with her
parents, Mr. and .Mrs. George J. Bowman of
Baker. The children of this marriage are
Maude, who is a school teacher and lives at
home; Eleanor, the wife of Sol Mason, of
Pine Valley, by whom she has three children;
and Earl, also of Pine Valley, who married
Miss Xova Lloyd. The two" daughters are
gradviates of the Baker high school and the
son of the State University, in which he com-
pleted a course two years ago. Mr. Halley
lias always been a stanch advocate of the
cause of education and has given his support
to further public instruction in many ways.
Fraternally he is connected with the Knights
of Pythias and in that organization has many
warm friends. Wherever he is known he is
heM in high esteem, and his geniality and
unfailing cordiality are qualities which have
rendered him popular, while his entire busi-
ness career has gained for him a reputation
for enterprise and reliability.

WILLIAM C. WHITE. Spending the lat-
ter part of his life in his comfortable home
in Hermiston. William C. White is now living
in honorable retirement, enjoying in well
earned rest the success that came to him as
a logical result of well directed effort and
earnest endeavor. His birth occurred in Gib-
son, Tennessee. February IG. 1S.^2, and he
is a son of Allen and Xancy (Cribba) White,
both of whom were natives of Tennessee.
The father was a son of Montague White,
who was born in Virginia, and who was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war before remov-
ing to Gibson county. Tennessee, where he
was one of the pioneer settlers. The ma-
ternal grandfather also served in the Revolu-
tionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Allen White spent
their entire lives upon a farm in Tennessee,
where the father was a circuit rider. To them
five children were born. .John, the eldest,
whose death occurred at Weston, Oregon,
came to this state in 1844. He was an agri-
culturist and stock raiser and was also prom-
inent in political circles. He served as city
treasurer of Portland and was three times a
representative of L'matilla county. He was
judge of the county and also served in the
legislature, having been elected from Port-
land by the republican parly. His ileath oc-
curred about twenty -five years ago, when he
was fifty-five years of age. William C. the
second in order of birth, is the subject of this
review. Mrs. Lucy Moore died in Tennessee.
Mrs. Mary Cunningham ami Xancy reside in
Tennessee.

William C. White is indebted to the com-
mon schools of his native state for the edu-
cational advantages enjoyed by him and on
the Tennessee homestead he spent the nerio<l
of his boyhood and youth, assisting his lather
in the work of the farm when not busy with
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familiar with the tasks that fall to the lot
of the country lad and with the passing of
years, aS he increased in strength and ex-
perience, his duties became more and more
important and his training in ai^ricultural
lines thorough and comprehensive. His par-
ents died when he was very young, his mother
passing away while he was but a child and
his father's death occurring when he was
twelve years of age. In 1852 he came to
Multnomah county and resided with his
brother for abovit two years before removing
to Yamhill count.y, where he purchased a
half interest in a herd of cattle of two hun-
dred head. After about three years he pur-
chased his partner's interest in the herd which
then comprised about three hundred head
and he took it to Umatilla county up the
Walla Walla river. In the winter of 1861-2
he had the misfortune of losing all but about
eighteen head. The severity of the weather
made it impossible for the cattle to find graz-
ing at the proper season of the year. In that
year it began snowing on the 22d of Decem-
ber and continued steadil.y until April. In
June there were still many drifts two feet
in Iteight throughout the country. After
his heavy loss Mr. White went to Florence
and worked in the Closser mines, returning in
August, 1863, with two hundred and eighty-
seven dollars. He then began farmijig in
Umatilla county, six miles southwest of
Walla Walla, and continued in that occupa-
tion there until about a year ago. He has
thus been a resident agriculturist of Umatilla
county for fift.v years. He owns two hun-
dred and thirty acres on the Umatilla river,
one-half mile from Stanfield, all of which
land is irrigated. He also owns a half sec-
tion of wheat land two and one-half miles
northeast of Echo and about two acres of
land in Hermiston. where he has been resid-
ing for the past year. At present his prop-
ertv is all leased. During the years in which
he devoted his time and attention to the de-
velopment and improvement of his property
and to general farming and stock-raising he
showed that the thorough training which he
received in the early days upon his father's
and uncle's farms well fitted him for the suc-
cessful conduct of an enterprise of this char-
acter and his keen business sagacity and wise
management were resultant factors in the
success which attended his efforts. His sub-
stantial and gratif.ving success has made it
possible for him to retire from active busi-
ness life and enjoy in well earned rest the
fruits of his former toil. In 1856 he was a
witness of some serious Indian troubles. In
Yamhill county, the Indians were dying rap-
idl.y and. being able to assign no other cause
for the deaths of their fellow members than
the mistakes which the doctors were mak-
ing in the treatment of their eases, they tried
to k'll these physicians. This would have
occurred had not Phil Sheridan, who was
thcfe at the time, exerted his strength in
his attempt to keep the Indians from killing
one another. !\fr. White was frequently
brought into contact with such troubles and
many of the trials of the pioneer are among
his personal experiences.

In 1856 William C. White was married to
Miss Susan Amanda Lenox, whose birth
occurred in Missouri, in 1843, and who was
brought to Oregon by her parents, David and
Louisa Lenox, in 1843. They were residents
of Multnomah county, Oregon. To Mr. and
Mrs. White eleven children have been born.
W. S., who died at the age of fifty-two years,
was survived by three children: Elmer, of
Spokane; W. H., of Astoria; and Fred, of
Pullman. L. 0. makes his home with his
father. Elizabeth married W. B. Estes, who
is engaged in farming, and they became the
parents of six children. Thomas Harvey is
deceased, and left four children, Grace,
Laura, Lelis and Mary. Rosella became the
wife of A. A. Hammer, of Spokane, who owns
and operates gold and silver mines, and they
have four children. Millard F., who is engaged
as an architect in Portland, is married and has
three children. Harriet Frances, the deceased
wife of G. L. Ward, was the mother of two
children, Gladys and Eva. Delia May, the
deceased wife of Clarence Oetchell, left two
children, Clarence and Bonnetta, the latter
residing with our subject. Nancy Catherine
married J. R. Means, a contractor and builder
of Hermiston, and is the mother of two chil-
dren. Jessie, who married Val J. Gonzales,
died at Reno, Nevada, in 1911. John Edward,
the youngest member of the family, died at
the age of nineteen years. The two eldest
of the children were born in Yamhill county
and the others were born in Umatilla county.
Mr. White is now eighty years of age and
enjoys the veneration and respect which
should ever be accorded one who has traveled
thus far on his earthly pilg'-image and whose
career has at all times been upright and
honorable.

H. C. MEANS, a self-made man who has
won success in the various undertakings to
which he has directed his energies, is now
conducting the Cottage Hotel at Umatilla.
He was born in Ray countv, Missouri. April
12, 1858, a son of J. R. and Rebecca (Brans-
tetter) Means. The father was a native of
Missouri and the mother was born in Ten-
nessee. In 1863 the former came to Ore-
gon with his family, crossing the plains to
Nolin, Umatilla county, with ox teams. After
arriving here he took up a homestead, which
he made his home until 1878. In that year
he removed to Pendleton, where he resided
for the remainder of his life. His death oc-
curred in 1904. when he was seventy-nine
years of age, and his wife passed away in
1900, at the age of seventy-three years. He
was an agriculturist throughout his life,
which was spent in hard labor such as most
of the early settlers of this county were
called upon to endure. B}' a previous mar-
riage he had two children and Mrs. Means
by a former marriage had three children. To
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Means seven children were
born, of whom H. C. is the eldest.

H. C. Means remained under the parental
roof until he was twenty-two years of age.
In early life he attended the public schools
and acquired such education as they afforded.
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Umatilla and took charge of the dray busi-
ness of John R. Kunze & Company, exten-
sive commisson merchants and freighters be-
fore the railroad was built. He was with
thcra for nine years. At the end of that
time he started a large store for himself,
which he conducted until it was destroyed
by fire in 1897. Desiring to give up the mer-
cantile business, he built the Cottage Hotel,
which he has since been conducting with the
exception of the two years which he spent
in a mining camp although his family re-
mained in Pendleton at the Cottage Hotel.

In 1886 Mr. Means was married to iliss
Anna Groscr, whose birth occurred in Jliii-
nesota and who came to Oregon shortly be-
fore her marriage. To their union throe chil-
dren have been born: Lester A., who is a
hardware clerk in Portland; Arthur (!., a
railroad cashier; and Hazel, who married
Harvey MoDill. a ranchman of .\lta. Canada.
Mr. Means casts his vote with the democracy
and has been rather active in politics. He
holds membersliip in the Masonic fraternity.
In a review of his life it is seen that per-
sistency of purpose, adaptability and en-
ergy have been the strong factors in his suc-
cess and his cordiality of manner has been
an essential element in winning him patron-
age.

EDWARD QUACKENBUSH. While the
Attainment of success in legitimate business
is commendable, the man who places the cor-
rect valuation upon life must realize with
Lincoln that "there is something better than
making a living;" that to aid one's fellow-
men by kindly encouragement and assistance,
by the establishment of projects and intln-
ences that will work for betterment in his
life and thus raise the standard of civiliza-
tion, is a task intinitcly higher and nobler
than that which is represented solely by ef-
forts for the attainment of prosperity. Mr.
Quackrnbush is numbered among those who
have done important service in the develop-
ment of Portland along business lines and
still more important work through his ad-
vocacy of tho.se purifying and wholesome re-
forms which are growing up in the social and
political life of the community and by his
cooperation with tho.se projects which have
their basis in the material development of
mankind.

A native of N'ew York, he was born in
Knoxville. Schoharie county, on the 30th of
July. IS.'iO. a son of John I. and Margaret
Quackcnbush. The father wa.s a merchant and
farmer and one of the prominent leaders of
the whig partv in his community prior to
the organization of the rcpnbliran party
when he joined its ranks. TI.- was a stanch
advocate of Henry Clay and a warm per-
sonal and political" friend of William TI. Sew
ard. Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Jonrnal.
Covernor Marcey and other distinpiii.'hed
New York whigs. In the maternal line Ed-
ward Quackcnbush is of Dutch and Cermnn
descent and is connected through direct line-
age, traceable for two hundreil and fifty
years, with some old Holland families such
as the Webbers. Rrowers. Ungnrdns's and
Quackenbushes, descendants ni whom settled

in New York and came to be the legal own-
era of a large estate which the Holland
government also claims and also tlie legal
owners of lifty-seven acres of the celebrated
Trinity properly on lower Broadway in New
York city.

Kdward Quackcnbush attended the com-
mon schools until tifteen years of age. sub-
sequently studying general and political
history, composition, philosophy, English
grammar and higher mathematics. At six-
teen years of age he was a clerk in a village
store in West Union, Iowa, cheerfully giving
his small earnings to his parents, who had
taught him habits of industry, frugality,
sobriety and honesty. He entered eagerly
into all athletic sports and boyish politics
and was an early opponent of slavery. It
was his ambition to study law but he was
unable to gratify his desire in that direction.
Denied the privilege of enlisting in the
Union army in 1861 because of ill health he
went to California, where he served as cow-
boy and farm hand for a time. The seces-
sion spirit was so rampant that he joined the
Summer Guard, a company of the Second
Regiment of California Militia, and because
of the intense loyalty of the nieml)ers of the
company was often called upon for police
duty. He declined all odicial positions, de-
voting his spare time to aeipiiring a thorough
knowledge of military tactics as then taught.
The company was under secret orders for
many months and the regiment assembled at
a given signal the day following Lincoln's
assassination and quelled the rioters who
had already destroyed several newspaper
plants, and undoubtedly saved property to
the value of several hundred thousand dol-
lars for many dwellings, business houses,
saloons and churches had been listed for de-
struction because the owners were southern
sympathizers.

wiiile in California Mr. Quackcnbush be-
came porter and later bookkeeper in a whole-
sale fruit house in San Francisco, an<l sub-
sequently was bookkeeper with A. Roman A
Company, proprietors of a wholesale book
store on Montgomery street. Because of a
return of pulmonary trouble he went to
-•Vrizona in March. lSfi3, and was there cashier
for a wealthy syndicate which was pros-
pecting that country principally for mines.
In December of the same year In- ri'lurncil
to San Francisco and npened an oflice as an
expert accountant but return of ill hralth
caused him to go to Mexico in March. l^iVi.
Bs secretary and accountant for the Trinnfo
Gold A Silver Mining Company, owning n
group of vnluabli- and well devclniMMl mine*.
•In Deremher. ISfi.',. Mr. Quackenbush arrived
in Portland and bi'came bo<>kfci'c|><r for
Knapp. Ilurridl A Company, an agricullurnl
implement and commission housr. Hut ill
hinlth tivo yearx Inter forced his resigna-
tion, nt which time he turned his allenlion
to the hnrdwooil lumber business, which
would permit him to be out of doors. In
isr.9 he was offered and accepted the posi-
tion of cashier with the pioneer banking
houap of Ijidd * Tiltnn. there reninininK for
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time he spent as manager. In 1882 he be-
came a member of the firm of Sibson, Church
& Compan}', grain and commission merchants,
which for several years did an extensive busi-
ness in shipping and milling wheat. The
firm dissolving in 1887. llr. Quackenbush
turned his attention to the real-estate and
investment business, developing and improv-
ing Piedmond and other city properties.
Since 1885 he has largely engaged in clear-
ing and peopling unimproved farm lands,
being an early advocate of small farms and
diversified crops. He is now president of the
Investment Company, incorporated in 1887,
and owns a large amount of city and country
property. For several years he was a director
of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company,
the stock and property of which were pur-
chased by Henry Villard, the business then
being recognized under the name of the Ore-
gon Railway & Navigation Company. With
others Mr. Quackenbush established the first
telephone company of Portland and upon its
franchise and property the present Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph Company of Portland
was founded. Many other enterprises had
felt the stimulus of his cooperation and
sound judgment until his life history has
become an integral chapter in the history of
the city, the material upbuilding and de-
velopment of which has been promoted in
extensive measure through the bvisiness en-
terprises which he has instituted and con-
ducted. He was one of the organizers of
the Board of Trade, which in the '70s be-
came the present Chamber of Commerce, of
which he has been a continuous member.

The majority of mankind would feel that
the extent and importance of business inter-
ests which have claimed the attention of
Mr. Quackenbush would be enough to occupy
the time and energies of any individual, and
yet he has been a most active and helpful
figure along other lines. From boyhood in-
terested in political questions, he was a mem-
ber of the Lincoln Wide-Awakes and Glee
Club in 180n and participated in the active
campaign in northeastern Iowa. Since then
be has been a member of varioiis republican
clubs and his attitude on vital questions
might be expressed in the statement that
he is a Lincoln-Roosevelt republican, thor-
oughly opposed to dishonesty and misrule in
political afl'airs. When personal acquaint-
ance makes it possible, he votes for men
and not for machine polities, and at all times
heartily favors genuine reform movements.
He has never consented to accept political
office but has been an official member of
many organizations for the uplifting and bet-
terment of mankind. He was one of the
promoters of the organization of the present
Young Men's Cliristian Association of Port-
land in 1808. was president during the first
two terms and maintains active membership
to this time. Tie is a charter member and
was secretary of the Portland Seaman's
Friend Society, organized in 1877, and later
was for many years its president. He aided
in organizing and became a charter member
of the Oregon Anti-Saloon League in Octo-
ber, 1903, and in securing the adoption of the

local option law for this state. He is now
treasurer and a member of the headquarters
committee of that organization. He likewise
belongs to various other associations, reli-
gious, reform, social and athletic. Since 1867
he has been a member of the First Pres-
byterian church and an elder therein since
1876. He is sincerely interested in any
Christian movement that deepens the convic-
tion of man's need of a Savior and his sense
of respon.sibiIity to God.

On the 5th of September, 1867, Mr. Quack-
enbush was married to Miss Anna Clarke
Hastie, of English and Scotch ancestry, who
came to America in colonial days. She was
born near Portland, Maine, and was educated
and taught in the public schools of San
Francisco, residing there for nine years. She
came to Oregon in 1865. From girlhood she
has been an active worker in the Presby-
terian church and Sunday school, and in
various other church organizations and
benevolent societies. The two children of the
family, Edward H. and Fred, are both at
home.

Such is the history of Edward Quackenbush,
whose life has been largely one of service for
the benefit of his family and the community.
While deeply interested in all that pertains
to Portland and Oregon, he has in public
matters given aid and support especially to
those things which have for their object the
development of spiritual and moral character
of the people, realizing that in any com-
munity where those characteristics predomi-
nate the safety and integrity of the polit-
ical and commercial interests "are assured,

ALOIS GASSNER, JR,, who since June,
1909, has been successfully engaged in busi-
ness as a merchant of Reedville, now con-
ducts his establishment in partnership with
a brother, X, A. Gassner. His birth occurred
in Portland, on the 11th of .January, 1877, his
parents being Alois and Justina (Lampert)
Gassner, both of whom are natives of Austria.
In 1873 they crossed the Atlantic to the
I'nited States, settling in Illinois, where they
remained for one year. On the expiration of
that period they made their way to Portland,
Oregon, there continuing to reside until 1885,
which year witnessed their arrival in Wash-
ington county. From that time to the pres-
ent, covering more than a quarter of a cen-
tury, they have made their home near Beaver-
ton, being numbered among the substantial
and esteemed residents of the community.
Their children are five in number, namely:
X. A., who conducts a general mercantile es-
tablishment at Reedville in partnership with
his brother Alois; Alois. .Tr., of this review;
Carolina, the wife of William Taylor, of
Washington county, Oregon ; Julius, who is
still under the parental roof; and Justina,
who is the wife of Ernest Livermore, and
resides near Beaverton, Oregon,

Alois Gassner, Jr., was a young man of
twenty-three years when he established a
home of his own and embarked in business as
a dairyman of Washington county, conduct-
ing an enterprise of that character for five
years. At the end of that time he sold out

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and went to SeH^idi', Oregon, where he made
his liomo lor one year. Subsequently he re-
turned to Washington county and in June,
1909, became associated with his brother-in-
law in the conduct of a mercantile store at
Reedville. Eight months later the latter dis-
posed of his interest to X. A. Gassner, a
brother of our subject, who has since remained
an active partner in the business. The two
brothers have built up an e.\tensive trade,
carrying a large and well selected stock of
goods at reasonable prices and putting forth
earnest effort to please their patrons. Alois
Ciassner owns an interest in the store prop-
erty and also has a line residence in Reed-
ville. His property holdings likewise include
a tract comprising three-fourths of an acre
on East Fortieth street within the corpor-
ation limits of I'ortland. section 12, on the
Clinton Kelly donation land claim. He car-
ries a policy amounting to two thousand
dollars in the Kansas City Life Insurance
Company.

On the nth of October, 1900, Mr. Gassner
was united in marriage to Miss Dora Miller,
who was born in Xewton. North Carolina, in
September, 1882, her parents being George \V.
and Alice (Smith) Miller, natives of that
state. In 1892 they left North Carolina and
came to Oregon, settling at Ilillsboro. where
they remained until 1898. In that year Mr.
Miller purchased a farm on what is knoAn as
Cooper Mountain, whereon he has resided to
the present time. To him and his wife have
been born nine children, as follows: Mrs.
Gassner; Mrs. Emma Taylor, of Lents, Ore-
gon; Mrs. Laura Dye. whose husband is a
printer of Portland; Mrs. Mary Ulrich, liv-
ing in Hillsboro. Oregon; George E.. who is
a resident of Washington county; and
Thomas, Edward. Wesley and Alice, all at
home. Mr. and Mrs. Gassner have had three
children, namely: Hilda M.. whose natal day
was December 28, 1901; Leola L.. who died at
the age of two years; and Ethel ■!., whose
birth occurred on the 2Sth of Kebmary. 1907.

In his political views Jlr. Gassner is a
republican, but not strictly partisan, casting
his ballot for the men and measures that he
believes will best conserve the general wel-
fare. Fraternally he is identified with the
Catholic Order of' Foresters and also the Mod
ern Woodmen of America, belonging to Sil-
vcrleaf Camp. No. 8193. at Reedville. His re-
ligious faith is indicated by his menibership
in the Itonian Catholic church, of which his
wife is also a communicant, lie has always
remained within the borders of his native
state and in business circles has won a grati-
fying measure of prosperity.

WILLIAM T. McLEOD, who is engaged in
farming near Adam.s in I'matilla county, was
born in Canada. February 13. IH.'iT. He is a
son of Roderick and Annal)el (.Mclntyre)
McLeod, both of whom were natives of Scot-
land but removed in the early '30» to Canada,
where they died. In their family were eight
chilrlren, of whom four are yet living.

William T. McLeod received a common
school education and remained at home until
sixteen years of age, when he started out

in life for himself by working as a day
laborer. After reaching his majority he fol-
lowed farming in Canada lor .seven years.
In 1S93 he came to Oregon, locating in Uma-
tilla county, and purchased the farm where
he now resides. It consists of three hundred
and twenty acres of linely improved land, all
under an excellent state of cultivation.

In 1S93 Mr. McLeod wedded .Miss Mary
McFadden, who was born in Canada, a daugh-
ter of Duncan and .lauct .McKadilen, both of
whom were natives of Scotland and came to
America at an early date. Her ninthcr died
in April, 1912, at the home of Mr. .\lcU-od,
and her father is also deceased. To Mr. ami
Mrs. .McLeod have been born two children,
Gladys and Annabel, both at home.

Politically Mr. McLeod casts his vote with
the democratic iiarty and is intcreste<l in its
siiccess and welfare. He gives nuich atten-
tion to the cause of education and is now and
has been lor the past twelve ye.irs clerk of
tlie school board. Fraternally he is idciitilied
with the Woodmen of the Worhl, I^jdge No.
40, and with the Indepemlent Order of Forest-
ers, Lodge No. 470. llotli Mr. and Mrs. Mc-
Leod are alliliated with the Presbyterian
church and have a wide circle of friends ami
acquaintances in the community where they
now reside.

RICHARD ISAAC YERXA, mayor of Ima-
tlUa, was born in New llrunswick, three ipnir-
ters of a mile from the l)order between that
|irovince and the state of Maine, on the 8th
of August, 1850, his parents being Hamilton
and Hannah (Green) Yerxa. The mother
was born on the boundary line between .Maine
and New Brunswick, her father's property be-
ing located in both countries so that he
farmed in Maine and New Brunswick. Mr.
and Mrs. Yerxa reared their family in New
Brunswick but later removed to Minnesota,
where they spent the remainder of their
lives. .Mr.' ^erxa was always engagcil in
agricultural pursuits and in the lumber busi-
ness in the east and alter taking up his resi-
dence in Minneapolis engaged in thi> wood
and coal business lor a number of years.
Their deaths ociiirri-d in Minni-apolis. To
their union thirteen children wcr.- born, of
whom Richard Isnai' is the ninth in order
of birth.

.■\fter acquiring his education in the dis-
trict school an<l living upon the home farm
until he was twenty-six years of age Rich-
ard I. Yerxa removed to Washington, lo-
cating lirst at Taeoma, Washington, where
he was employed by the Northern Pacific
railroail. He also hel.l other |Mi«illons and
iluriiig the gri'ater part of his active career
lilli'd positions a» assistant foreman. In
the summer of IWHO hi- came to Oregon and
worked for the Oregon Railroad A Naviga-
tion Company at UlaliNk and for one seaMon
was engagr'd as foreman on rush work. For
twenty-live years he was in the employ of
the Oregon I'tailroad & Navigation Company,
being engaged in construction work and main-
tenance of way until 1900. a portion of
which time lie was at I'matilla. six year*
nt Baker Citv and seven years at Stttnfleld

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as track foreman. In 1900 he reentered rail-
road service in tliis city and took a position
as iiiglit agent lor lourteen montlis. Since
that time he has worked on his ranch for
two years, his property comprising eight
acres, all of which is under irrigation. Last
year he also engaged in the dray business
and he has invested somewhat heavily in
real estate in Umatilla. He owns his home
and also hve city lots. >

On the 15th of April, 1891, Mr. Yer.xa mar-
ried Frances Elizabeth ilarkham, whose
birth occurred on the 2d of May, 1S64, near
Umatilla, and who is a daughter of Samuel
and Frances (Bleecher) Markham. Mi-s.
Markham was a twin, her sister having died
in infancy, and fill'. Markham has a twin
brother, Daniel. To Mr. and Mrs. Yerxa three
children have been born: Frances Zella,
the wife of Robert V. Brownell, of Umatilla;
Kichard Samuel, at home; and Roger Hamil-
ton.

In politics Mr. Yerxa is a democrat and
he is now serving for his fourth term as
mayor of Umatilla. He has held thi-i office
since the incorporation of the city in 1906.
He is a member of the Masons and the Red
Men. Without any special advantages at
the outset of his career he has steadily
worked his way upward and has been both
the architect and the builder of his own
fortunes. He has made good use of his time
and opportunities, and justly merits the
prosperity which has come to him.

REV. CASIMIR BUTLER, who is a priest
of the Franciscan Capuchin Order and who
is now engaged in missiouarj' work in Her-
miston, Umatilla county, was born in Kil-
kenny, Ireland, October 13, 1S76, a son of
Tobias and Catharine (Murphy) Butler. The
father's entire life was spent as an agri-
culturist in his native land and the mother
is now residing there. To their union eleven
children were born.

Father Butler received his education in
the public schools of Ireland and afterward
he completed a course at the University of
Ireland from which institution he was grad-
uated with the degree of B. A. in 1901. Dur-
ing the five years following he studied in the
College of vScience at Dublin and there com-
pleted the full course as set forth in the cur-
riculum. He thus became qualified for a
science teacher under the government. For
eight years he was engaged in teaching in
the Capuchin College of Ireland. He re-
signed from this position in 1910. The bishop
of Baker City, Oregon, went to Ireland about
that time and set forth the needs of the
diocese of which he was the head. Father
Butler became interested in the matter and
came to America with him, arriving in New
York on the 6th of October, 1010. lie has
since been working in connection with es-
tablishing missions at Stanlield, Pilot Rock,
Echo, Umatilla and Ilermiston. He has suc-
ceeded in stimulating the work of these
parishes and during his charge, because of
his unwearied effort and remarkable energy,
he has succeeded in establishing congrega-
tions which will probably prove permanent.

The work has grown so rapidly under his
ministry that it has become evident that the
means which he exercises for securing his
ends are both practical and effective. He
has gained the confidence of the local peo-
ple and in a brief period of time has not
only succeeded in organizing parishes but
also in acquiring requisite means for building
and furnishing churches. Already he has won
the love and esteem of the members of his
parishes and is also held in high repute
throughout the community by Protestants
and Catholics alike.

D. A. OSBORN, who is a representative
agriculturist of Umatilla county, was born
in that county, January 17, 1873, a son of
A. R. and Satirah A. (McDowell) Osborn.
The mother was born in Ohio but the father
was born while his parents were crossing
the plains in 1843. They are still living in
this state. To them were born ten children,
seven of whom yet survive.

D. A. Osborn received a common-school
education and remained at home until he
was twenty-seven years of age, when he
began farming for himself, and has since con-
tinued in that occupation. He now operates
a tract of eight hundred acres of land and is
engaged in general farming.

In 1898 Mr. Osborn married Miss Bertha
(iarn, who was born in Union county and is
a daughter of E. D. and M. M. (Eldredge)
(iarn. Her father is a native of Ohio and
her mother of Wyoming. The parents came
to Oregon in 1879 and located in Union
county, where they are still residing. In
their family were five children, four of whom
are yet living, Mr. and Mrs, Osborn are the
jiarents of three children: Irene L., born
January 10. 1900; David C, born January
19. 1906; and Bonnie B,, born September
39, 1910.

In politics Mr. Osborn is a republican and
gives much attention to the interests of edu-
cation, having served as a member of the
school board. Mrs. Osliorn was reared in the
faith of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Osborn is one of the representative citi-
zens of his county, and all with whom he
comes in contact accord him the highest re-
spect and esteem.

HON. FRED W. MOLKEY. The name of
Mulkey has long figured jirominently and
honorably in connection with the legal pro-
fession in Portland and the political history
of Oregon, and while the prosperity of the
father has relieved the son of close applica-
tion to business affairs, he is yet in the
management of invested interests and his
activity in political lines displaying ability
and a spirit of enterprise that ranks him
among Portland's forceful and prominent
citizens.

The father, Mnrinn Francis Mulkey, was
a native of .Johnson county. Missouri, born
on the 14th of November. is:i6. and was a
son of .Johnson Mulkey. who in 1846, ac-
companied by his familj'. started upon the
long journoy across the plains to the north-
west. They proceeded liy slow stages, their

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SG9

waguii beiii;^ drawn by oxen, ami when tliey
had Ifft tlie luithcnnost westorn settlements
they liad to depend upon the supplies wliieli
they carried with tliuui. Tims day after
day they continued ou their way until they
reached Benton county, Oregon, where John-
son -Mulkey secured a donation claim.
Marion Francis .Mulkey was at that lime
a lad of ten years. L'pon the home farm
he spent his youtli, sharing with the family
in the hardships and experiences of i>ionecr
life. His educational advantages were those
which could be obtained in the little log
schoolhouse in his home neighborhood until
he had the opportunity to become a pupil in
the college at Forest Grove, of which Dr. S.
H. Marsh, one of the noted educators of the
day was then principal. He was pursuing
his studies there when the Indians went upon
the war path in 1S36. Realizing the neces-
sity of at once organizing for the protection
of the settlers, he joined the army and aidc<l
in subduing the wily foe. After the restora-
tion of peace he resumed his studies and in
1858 entered Yale. Four years were de-
voted to the mastery of his university course
and following his gradtiation in 1863 he re-
turned to Portland, where he entered upon
the study of law under the direction of Judge
E. D. Shaftuck. While thus engaged in
preparation for the bar he filled the ollioe of
provost marshal in 1863, aiding in the enroll-
ment of that year.

In 1864, Marion Francis Mulkey was ad-
mitted to practice in the Oregon courts and
soon afterward became junior partner of the
law firm of Hill & Mulkey. his associate
being W. f^air Tlill. His preparation for the
bar had been very thorough and he seemed
to possess a natural discrimination as to
legal principles and ethics. A public recogni-
tion of his ability came to him in 1SR6 in
his election as prosecuting attorney for the
fourth judicial district. From that time for-
ward he continued more or less prominently
in public life aside from his profession. Tn
1867 he was chosen to represent the third
ward in the city council and in 1872 was
elected city attorney and reelected in 187.1.
On his retirement from ofTice he became a
partner of Hon. J. F. Caples. and during
his partner's three succewive terms of service
as district attorney. Mr. Mulkey filled the
position of deputy." Tn the practice of law
his elientagv constantly increaseil and his
law business became of a most important
character. He displayed keen discrimination
in the solution of intricate problems of law
and was seldom, if ever, in fault in the np
plication of a lesal principle. He prepared
his cases with irrcat thorouirhness and his
arguments were forceful and convincinir. while
his deductions were at all times logical.

In the meantime, n» opportunity ofTereil
and his financial resources increased. M. F.
Mulkey made investment in real estate and
the growing value of his property cnmc in
time to win bim rank with the most prosper-
ous of Portland's citizens. He purchased
vacant property from time to time and. im-
proving it by the ereclif>n of substantial
buildintfs. not only enhanced the value of hi*

own realty but also contributeil to the up-
building of the city. There stands as a
muiuinient to his enterprising spirit and his
faith in Portlaml the .Mulkey block at the
corner of Second and Morrison streets, which
when erected was one of the leading
architectural structures of Portland. I'hu
republican party found in him a stalwart sup-
porter and he was an equally exemplary
representative of the .Masonic fraternity.

In ISO-' occurred the marriage of \\'. !•'.
Mulkey and Miss ilary K. Porter, of New
Haven, Connecticut, a representative of one
of the leading families there. The children
of this marriage are Frank M. and Fred \V.
The death of .Mr. Mulkey occurred February
25, 18S9, thus removing one of Portland's
most honored and useful citizens. His life
was one of unswerving integrity and exalted
honor, and the public press bide with the bar
in expressing in feeling terms the ileep sense
of irretrievable loss sufl'cred by the com-
munity in the passing of this high-niinded
and highly respected citizen.

Fred W. M.ulkey was born in Portland,
January 6. 1S74. He was graduated from
the University of Oregon in 1896 and also
from the Xew York Law School, New York
city, with the degree IX, I?., in 1899. He is
conceded to be one of the most talented and
also one of the most highly esteemed mem-
bers of the Portland bar and is witlely and
favorably known throughout the entire state
of Oregon.

Senator Mulkey was a member of the Port-
land city council from 1900 to 1902, and was
honored with the presidency of the boanl
the last year of his term. The nuestion
of taxation is a subject of which he has
made a specialty, and his faith in the cause
he champions has always been as strong as
his persistency. He was chairnuin of the
Oregon ta.x commission, whose report received
favorable comment from the best tax experts
in the I'nitcd States, He is also a member
of the commission on piiblic ilocks of the
city of Portland and serves in the distin-
guislwd capacity of chainnan of this commis-
sion, which has under its supervision one of
the most important public projects ever
undertaken by the city.

The senator was selected by the people
of Oregon for the t'nited Slate.t senate to
fill the unexpired term of the late J, TT.
Mitchell in .lune. 1906, by a nlurnlitv of
fifty thousand, and was the unanimoU" choice
of the state legislature for the Manie poni-
fion. His capacity for work, bin forceful
and excellent judgment secured upecinl at-
tention ill the senate ehnmber, and hit futur*
is full of promise tif a brilliant cnreiT in
which be is yet to figure. Following in
the footsteps of his distinguished father.
Senator Mulkey's ability bids fair to jrnin
for him biru'e potitirnl prominence and much
of future usefulness in national nfTnir*

HERMANN SUHL Is numbered nmontr the
snrces-fnl a;.'rirnlturists of t'matillii rniinty,
where he resides on bis farm near Pendleton
He was born in fJermnny. Octolier 29. l'<7t.
n son of Paul and Marv Siihl. who were

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

also natives of that country and came in
1890 to America, settling near Walnut, Iowa,
where they both died. They were the par-
ents of seven children, all of whom yet sur-
vive.

Hermann Suhl received a common-school
education in Germany and remained at home
until fifteen years of age, when he came to
America, locating in Iowa, where for ten
years he was employed as a farm hand. In
1897 he went to Colorado but after a short
time went on to California and in 1898 he
came to Pendleton, Oregon, where he pur-
chased a farm of four hundred and eight.v
acres, on which he now resides. His land
is well improved and is under a high state
of cultivation. He also owns four hundred
and eighty acres in Washington, which is also
under cultivation.

In 1901 Mr. Suhl married Miss Anna Pabl,
who was a native of Germany and died at
their home near Pendleton, February 31,
1910, leaving three children, Alvina M., Alma
A. and Walter H. Mrs. Suhl was a zealous
believer in the faith of the Lutheran church
and Mr. Suhl is also a member of that de-
nomination. In politics he gives his sup-
port to the republican party. He takes a
great interest in the cause of education and
is now serving as school clerk. He is thrifty
and enterprising and through his earnest
and persistent labor he has come into pos-
session of valuable property, which annually
yields him a good income. Fraternally he
is identified with Eureka Lodge, No. 33, I. 0.
0. F.; and also belongs to Lodge No. 53, A.
F. & A. M.; and to the chapter.

GEORGE J. WILCOX may be regarded as
one of the successful citizens of Washington
county. He is the owner of a valuable farm
three miles north of Banks, which he re-
deemed from the wilderness. This farm he
has developed into one of the most produc-
tive properties of this section. He owes his
success mainly to his own energj' and ability,
and to the good judgment which is one of liis
prominent characteristics. He is a native
of Galena, Nevada, born August 7, 1863, a
son of John W, and Susan (Gill) Wilcox, rec-
ord of whom appears elsewhere in this work.

At the age of seventeen. George J. Wilcox
came with his parents from Nevada to Wash-
ington county, Oregon. He possessed the ad-
vantages of education provided by the com-
mon schools of Nevada, and after arriving in
this state, assisted his father for several
years upon the home place. He took up a
homestead after arriving at maturity. This
tract he has developed from raw land into
one of the attractive farms of the county.
The tract was originally covered with tim-
ber and \inderbrush, and it required years of
systematic labor to produce the results which
are to be seen today. He has erected all of
the buildings and fences, and has forty acres
in an cxcollont state of cultivation. There
arc sixty acres in pasfinc land and sixty
acres in commercial timber, which is each
.year increasing in value. Fifteen acres of
the farm is under irrigation. Mr. Wilcox
gives his attention especially to dairying and

fruit-raising, and as he has a large orchard
the returns are highly satisfactory.

On October 9, 1SS9, Mr. Wilcox was mar-
ried to Miss Emma RuHi, a native of Illinois,
and a daughter of Fred and Charlotte (Ste-
card) Rufli. The father was born in Switzer-
land and the mother in Missouri. They were
married in Illinois; subsequently, they moved
to Kansas where they lived for seven years.
They came to Oregon in 187.5, and settled in
Washington county. The homestead com-
prises one hundred acres of well improved
land, twenty acres of which is under a good
state of cultivation. In the family of Mr.
and Mrs. Eufli were six children: Charles,
Avho resides on a part of the homestead;
Louise, the wife of Albert Mills, of Forest
Grove; Emma, now Mrs. George J. Wilcox;
Robert, who is living at home: Sophia, who
married Loren Creps, of Washington county;
and Lottie, who is the wife of Frank Creps,
also of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox
are the jiarents of four children, namely:
Cora, born in 1890, who is attending high
school and is also studying music; Carl W.,
born in 1892. and Ralph A., born in 1896,
who have received a good common-school edu-
cation, and. Dorothy I., who was born in 1901.
These children are all highly promising, and
arc still living under the parental roof.

Mr. Wilcox is not affiliated with any fra-
ternal organization but has been an ad-
herent of the republican party ever since he
arrived at maturity. He is an advocate of
progress and is always willing to lend a hand
in the promotion of movements seeking to en-
hance the comfort or happiness of the com-
munity. He early learned the great lesson
of self-reliance and by depending implicitly
upon his own judgment has overcome many
ditTiculties that might have daunted a less
resolute man. His opinion is regarded very
highly by neighbors and friends as to all
matters pertaining to the fruit business.
That he has met with deserved success is the
unanimous verdict of all who know him.

WILLIAM H. ALBEE, who operates a
highly improved farm of eight hundred
acres, situated near Helix, was born in
Washington county. May 37, 1871. His
father, Edwin Albee,> is a native of St.
Louis. Missouri, and on coming to Oregon
located in Washington county, where he and
his wife, Margaret Albee. yet reside. The
mother was born in Virginia and came to
Oregon in 185.1. In their family were seven
children, six of whom are yet living.

William H. Albee received a common-
school education and started out in life for
himself at the age of sixteen years, working
at day labor until he reached his majority.
Tie then opened a meat market in Helix,
which be conducted for several years. Sub-
sequently he took up farming and is now
managing eight hundred acres of highly im-
proved land, where he employs the latest
methods of tilling the soil. He also owns
five acres of excellent property in Helix, a
half-interest in one hundred and sixty acres
near the town, and ten acres of irrigated
land near Pros.ser.

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873

On the 22d ot Fi-biuary, 18'J.s. Mr. Alln-c
wedded Miss Lydia Montgomery, who was
ijorn in Linn county, a dauglitcr of Hen-
jamin and Mary Montgomery, a sketch ot
whom appears elsewhere in this volume.
Mrs. Albee is a well educated lady and en-
gaged in school teaching before her mar-
riage. To Mr. and Mrs. Albee have been
born two children, Letha and William H..
Jr.

Politically Mr. Albee is a republican and
he has served as a member of the town
council. He gives much attention to the
interests of education and is now a member
of and also clerk of the school board. Fra-
ternally he is affiliated with Helix Lodge Xo.
93, A."F. & A. M., and Helix Lodge, No. SO,
1. 0. O. F. He also belongs to the Wood-
men of the World and to Helix Lodge, No.
74, K. P. Mrs. Albee is identified with
the Order of the Eastern Star and the
Daughters of Rebekah. Both arc faithful
workers in the Haptist church and have
many friends in the coinnuinity. Mr. Albee
is very successful in liis farming and is gain-
ing that prosperity which results from earn-
est and well directed effort.

JOHN MARION LEWIS for more than
twenty-two years has been in the public
service, receiving increasing majorities at the
successive elections which have continued him
in his present position for four consecutive
terms. .Spending his entire life in the north-
west, he is a representative of one of the
pioneer families of Oregon, his birth hav-
ing occurred in Linn county, September 20.
1855. He traces his lineage back to old
families of Virginia. North Carolina and
Tennessee. His paternal great-grandfather
Fielding Lewis, was bom in the Old Domin
ion in 1767. but at an early age licoame ;i
resident of North Carolina and afterward
of eastern Tennessee. His son. Fielding
Lewis, .Jr., was born in ISU and became
a resident of Wabash county. Illinois, prior
to 18.10. Later he established his home in
Missouri and was one of the great band of
emigrants who in the year of 1S.')2 branched
ofT from the trodden paths that for three
years previous had been conducting settlers
to California, to settle homes in the north-
west that they might take advantage of tin-
opportunities offereil by the rich agricultural
lands and forests of this section of the cnun
try. It was in the spring of the year when
Fieldin-r Lewis, .Tr., started across the plains
in company with his family. Day after da.v
they traveled on. camping along the ronil
side at night, and when six months had
elapsed reached their destination — a point
near Brownsville, in Linn county. Oregon.
They crossed the Snake river opposite the
site of Huntington, followed the general
course of the river down to its junction
with the Columbia, thence proceeded down
the Columbia valley to the mouth of the
Willamette and up the latter stream to Linn
county. .At all times "uch a inurney was
fraught with hardships and perils, but there
were, moreover, peculiarly sad features in the
history of this trip of the Lewis family for

mountain fever and cholera broke out in that
part and Lueinda Moore Lewis, the wife of
Fielding Lewis, was laid to rest in a grave
made on the banks of the Snake river near
liirch creek. When they reached Burnt
river Charles Wesley Lewis, a son, also
passed away, and at the Upper Cascades a
grave was made for Marion Lewis, while
.Mary Ellen Lewis died on the Oregon side
of the river opposite Vancouver barracks.

James Preston Lewis, one of the family,
who travelled with them on the long jour-
ney to the northwest, entered land in the
forest subsequent to his arrival in Oregon,
and at once began to clear and improve a
farm that he might thus establish a home
lor his family. Subseijuently he remove<l to
Althouse, Josephine county, where he pur-
eha.sed a tract of land upon which he made
his home until his death on the Isth of Feb-
ruary, 1906. He was prominent in com-
munity affairs there and served for three
terms as county assessor. It was on the
29lh of November. ISJ.T, that .lanu-s Preston
Lewis was united in u\arriage to Tennessee
Teresa Tvcer, the ceremony being performed
by the Rev, H. H, Spalding, who came to
Oregon with Marcus Whitman in ISHti, Mrs,
Lewis was born in Linn county. Missouri,
a daughter of I-ewis Tycer. a native of Nash-
ville, Tennessee, and an i-arly resident of
Linn count.v, Missouri. His father came
Irom France to aid the .Vrnerican colonists
in their struggle for independence and par
ticipated in the battle of lluilford f'ourt
house and in other <'ngagements which re
suited in the establishment of .American In
dependence. The year IS.":? witnesseil the
arrival of Lewis Tycer and his family in
llregon. His original home was a pioneer
cabin but later he purchaseil a farm and
comfortable residence which he occupied to
the time of his death, at the- age of seventy
seven years, and which is still owned by a
member of his family. .lames I*, and Tennes-
see Lewis became the parents of three sons
and three daughters who are yet living:
(ieorge W., who was sheriff of -losephine
county from 1902 until 1906 and i« now in
business at Orants Pass, Oregon; .Inmes K.
ami Mrs. O. ,T. Wetherbee are residents of
.Tosephine counlv; Mrs. .losepli (1. Iliatf Is
a ri'siilent of Santji Itosn, California; and
Mrs. .Inmes K. Holland is also a residi-nt of
.losephine count.v.

•lohn Marion Ja-v/ih spent the first nrven-
teen years of his life In his native rounlv
and then accompanied his parents on their
removal to .Tosephine i-iiunlv. His youthful
days were devoted to the work of the fields
anri to the acquirement nf an education in
the public schools, and later he enirnp-d in
minine 'o some extent, during the winter
months. In I is I he Iierame a resident of
Portland and resumed hi« studies, for he wn«
ambitious to secure n l)elfer education.
.After taking a course in the Portland Hii«i
ness College he obtained r position in the
(.'overnmenf imploy in 1SS2, having rhnrc
of the mailing division of the Portland post
ofllcp under Postmaster (Jeorge A. Steel,
for nlmut three vears. .After C. W. Iloliev

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a democratic postmaster, came to the olfice,
Mr. Lewis continued to occupy the position
for eighteen months, when impaired health
caused by close confinement to the work,
compelled him to resign.

For three years after relinquishing his
position in the postal service Mr. Lewis was
in the employ of the H. R. Duniway Lumber
Company in East Portland as lumber in-
spector, and while there residing was again
called to public olfice, representing his ward
in a city council of East Portland from
1SS8 until 1890. In the latter year he was
appointed by President Harrison to the posi-
tion of postmaster and acted in that capacity
until the consolidation of the cities of Port-
land and East Portland, when the office was
discontinued. Later he was appointed super-
intendent of .Station A. which superseded the
old office in East Portland, and continued in
that position under Postmaster Steel until
the close of the latter's second term. In
1894 Mr. Lewis became deput.y treasurer
under A. W. Lainbert, and two years later
was reappointed to the same office by Ralph
Warren Hoyt and continued in that position
for four years more. He was tlien elected
county treasurer and since the 7th of Jul.v,
1903, has remained the incumbent of that
office, being reelected in 1904. 1006, 1908 and
1910 receiving at the last election a majority
of eighteen thousand four hundred and
eight,v-one votes. He was again nominated in
1913 and has the unique distinction of being
the only man to receive the sixth consecutive
nomination for an office in Multnomah
county. No better testimonial of his capa-
bility and fidelity could be given nor of the
confidence reposed in him by his fellnwmen.
He regards a public office as a public trust —
and no trust reposed in John M. Lewis has
ever been betrayed.

On the first of May, 1883, in Portland, was
celebrated the marriage of Mr. Lewis and
Miss Ella M. McPherson, a native of Linn
county, Oregon, and a daughter of W, A.
McPherson. who came to this state about
1850. He was connected with the public ser-
vice as state printer from lS(i6 until 1S70,
and his death occurred in 1891. Four chil-
dren were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, one
of whom, Herbert Wayne, died at the age of
two years. Those living are: Edith and lone,
teachers in the city schools; and Wade Ver-
non, a graduate of Washington high school.
The family attend the Presbyterian church,
of which Mr. Lewis is a ruling elder, and in
the work of which he has long taken active
and helpful part. In his fraternal relations
he is an Odd Fellow and is also connected
with the Modern Woodmen of America and
the Woodmen of the World. He is affiliated
with Washington Lodge, No. 46. A. F. & A.
M. and Washington Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M.
He is a charter member of Abernethy's Cabin.
No. 1, Native Rons of Oregon, and is a mem-
ber of the Oregon Historical Society. His
political allegiance has always been unswerv-
ingly given to the republican party for his
study of the political conditions and ques-
tions of the day has led him to the belief that
its platform contains the best elements of
good government. His has been a well spent

life, characterized by a progressive public
spirit that has found tangible manifestation
on many occasions. In public office his course
has ever been above suspicion. The good of
the community he places before partisan-
ship, and the welfare of his constituents be-
fore personal aggrandizement. Wherever he
is known he is highly esteemed, but in the
city of his residence, where he is best known,
he inspires personal friendships of unusual
strength and all wlio know him have high
admiration for his good qualities of heart and
mind.

RUSSELL BROWNELL, one of the younger
business men and one of the foremost meat
dealers in Hermiston, was born in Modoc
county, California, January 3, 1884, a son
of Duane R. and Emma Belle (Perkiss)
Brownell. The father was born in Utah,
December 35. 1845. He lived in the northern
part of California for over thirty years and
it was six years ago when he came to Uma-
tilla county. While in California he was
supervisor of Lassen county for many years.
He is one of the most active and prominent
citizens in Umatilla county today and is
the owner of several ranches in the north-
west. The mother's birth occurred in Yuba
county. California, and she is now residing
at Bieber, California. The paternal grand-
father was Gideon Brownell, who served in
the Mexican war. To Mr. and Mrs. Duane
R. Brownell four children were born: Min-
nie, who is the wife of P. J. Hopper, of
Lassen county, California; Russell, the sub-
ject of this sketch; Earl; 'and Harold.

Russell Brownell resided at home with his
parents at Bieber. California, while his
father was a merchant in that town. There
he attended the public schools and subse-
quently was a student' at the San Francisco
Business College. After completing his
course in that institution he began earning
his own livelihood, his first work being that
of locating and selling timber lands in north-
ern California and Washington. Subse-
quently for alwut three or four years he was
engaged in the manufacture of irrigating
pumps at Portland. He was in partnership
with his father and they had purchased from
the inventor the right to manufacture these
pumps. In the spring of 1907 "Mr. Brownell
disposed of his interests in Portland and
came to Hermiston. Since that time he has
conducted a meat market in this city and
also has been interested in the transfer busi-
ness at Hermiston and Umatilla. He owns
the building in which his shop is located and
the home which he has built for himself is
one of the most substantial and modern build-
ings in the town. He has been successful in
all his business undertakings and in his par-
ticular lines has distanced all competitors.

In 1907 Russell Brownell was married, at
Susanville, California, to ]\Iiss Lina Cournaz.
whose birth occurred in Susanville in 1884.
She is a daughter of P. J. Cournaz and a
granddaughter of Captain Talbott. Mr.
Brownell is a Mason and also holds member-
ship in the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
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urer of llermistoii and was at oik- tiiin' ap-
pointed to tlie town council, alter which lie
was duly elected a member ol the same hudj.
A good business man, he has given the best
ol" his energies to building up his trade, and
is widely and favorably known throughout
the city.

LORENZO MONTERASTELLI. One of the
enterprising and substantial citizens of
Pendleton is Lorenzo Xlonterastelli, who is
successfully conducting a monument business
here and also at Ileppiier, this state. Lie was
born in Italy on the lUtli of August, 1S7:J,
and there he was likewise reared and edu-
cated. While still in his early boyhood he
was apprenticed to a marble and stone cutter
in his native city with the expectation of
making this his life vocation. In his coun-
try this trade is looked upon as one of the
lesser arts and is ranked accordingly, as
much attention being bestowed upon form,
unity, proportion and harmony from the
artistic viewpoint as from the mechanical.
He early evidenced more than average skill
with the tools and also manifested unusual
originality in designing, while his ideas were
executed with true artistic appreciation.
After completing his period of service, Mr.
Monterastelli followed his trade in his native
land until 1896, when he decided to come to
the United States, believing that ln' would
here find opportunities more commeiiHurate
with his ability. When he first came to this
country he settled in Massachusetts, but
seven months later he came to the Pacific
coast, feeling that the less congested districts
of the northwest afforded better advantages.
He located in Portland, remaining there until
1901. when he came to Pendleton and en-
gaged in business for himself. Here he not
only engages in the manufacture of nmnu-
monts and fine stone and marble cutting, but
he also does contracting and building. His
thorough understanding of liis trade t<)i;(-tlicr
with his originality and fine appreciation of
artistic values readily won him recognition
as a master in his line of work, and his busi-
ness rapidly developed. Later he extended
the scope of his activities by opening an es-
tablishment nt Heppner, that has proven
equally remunerative. Tn the direction of his
enterprise, Mr. ^fonterastelli uses excellent
judgment and good busini-sx sagacity, and
although entirely unfamiliar with the
customs and language of the country when
he came here, he has readily acquired both
and his establishments are conducted In strii't
accordance to the commercial methods ob-
ser\'ed by all progressive American busineai
men. He keeps a full lin" of materinls of
every grade and quality to be found in the
quarries of either the new or the old world,
that he offers at very reaxinnhlp prices. He
does his own designing and employs only the
most skilled and capable workmen in their
execution, while his shop is fully equipped
with every tool or appliance essential In the
production of the best effects and results.
His personal supervision Is given to every
detail of the business and he closely examines
the execution of every de'ign. it being his

polity nevi-r to turn out a pieci' of work
that he feels is not a credit to him and Ins
establishment.

This city was the scene of Mr. Monteras-
telli's marriage in IDlo to .Miss 1.4iura .1. La-
tourelle, a native ol .Montreal, ( anaila, and
they have become the parents ot one child,
Theresa M. A.

lioth Mr. and Mrs. Montcrastelli arc oom-
nuinicants of the Koniaii Catholic church, and
in politics he is a republican. During the
ten years of his resilience in Pendleton, he
has won the reputation of being absolutely
dependable and honorable in his transactions,
which has been one of thi' dominant factor-
in his success, lie gives his unilivided atten-
tion to hia business and is most conscien
tious in his efforts to faithfully fullil his
contracts. As a result he is prospering in a
most gratifying degree and in addition to his
fine business is the owner of a two-story
brick building. Mr. Monteraslelli came to
this country with the expectation of nuiking
if his honu^ and altlii>ui;li be is deeply at-
tachc-d to the land of his birth, he is most
loyal to America and its institutions. In
matters of eiti/.cnship he is progressive,
always giving his support to forwariling the
welfare of the comnuinity or to advancing
its utilities.

F. A. HARMON is secretary anil genemi
manager of the Kastern Oregon Light «.V
Power ronipany, with headquarters at linker.
The substantial development and rapid ad-
vancement of western cities is a marvel to
the more conservative east, but in each com-
munity are found men of enterprise who keep
abreast of the times and who are eager
and ready to introduce any improvement of
real value. To this class belongs F. A. Har-
mon, who is meeting with success in his busi-
ness connections anil at the same time is
making his lalior of benefit to Haker and
other cities of this part of the state. He
was born on a farm in Haeine county, Wis-
consin, August 2S, IS.'iO. and is a son of Ly-
man A. and .lane (Rox) Harmon, the former
a native of Ohio and the latter of Knuland.
Mrs. layman Harmon came to the new world
with her mother, her father having died when
she was but a child. The family home was
estalilislied in Wi<consin and there she mar-
ried Lyman A. Harmon '" '"''< ii...v re-
moved to Dmige county, ^ Mr.
Harmon entered land an! .lop
ment of a farm, upon which he reiided to the
time of his death, which occurred in Novem-
ber. 1010. when he was seventy-eight years
of age. For about three years he had sur-
vived his wife .1 away in 1907, at
the nge of «evi-' • ir<. He was n con-
tractor on roii«ti .. ■ '■ -"I a No a dealer
in live stock. For .i I he made his
home in the town of

It was In Fremont that K. A. Harmon was
reared, remaining with his parents until
fwenty years of age and pursume his eiluca-
tion in the puMIr jrhooU. TTe then entered
the servicp of the Chicago A Xorlhwesfem
Railway Pompany. continuing in their rmploy
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that connection he gradually worked his way
upward, to the position of division superin-
tendent of the Black Hills and Wyoming dis-
trict. He had supervision over the station
service, and the traffic and other departments
and was regarded as one of the reliable and
capable representatives of the road.

He afterward spent two years in the
banking business at Shoshoni, Wyoming, and
in 1908 became associated with friends in
Fremont who had built the Fremont & Olive
Lake Electrical Plant. Within the next few
years he combined this plant with the Baker
and La Grande plants and has operated these
as a unit to the present time. His position
is that of secretary and general manager of
the Eastern Oregon Light & Power Company.
They own and control well equipped plants
at different points and their business is one
of growing importance, constituting today
one of the leading industrial enterprises of
Baker.

F. A. Harmon was united in marriage to
Miss Carrie M. Moulton, and they have a
pleasant home in Baker, where warm-hearted
hospitality reigns supreme. Fraternally Mr.
Harmon is connected with the Elks. He is
an active and prominent member of the Com-
mercial Club of Baker, having served as one
of its directors since its organization, while
in May, 1911, he was elected to its presi-
dency. He takes a helpful interest in the
affairs of the community, standing at all
times for progress and improvement. He
recognizes possibilities and utilizes them and
embraces opportunities not only for individ-
ual advancement but for the public good.

HON. THEODORE W. JOHNSON. The

quality which, more than any other, takes
a man out of the walks of politicians into
the ranks of statesmen is that of high per-
sonal service. To be successful in public
office a man must appreciate his position as
a servant of the people and must realize his
duty to his fellow citizens without regard to
his personal desires. A politician of this
sort is Hon. Theodore W. .Johnson, now mayor
of the city of Riddle. Before his election
to this office he had already gained for him-
self a prominent place in business circles
of the city by his extensive and continually
growing drug business. He is a native of
Iowa, having been born in Montezuma,
Poweshiek county, in that state, September
9, 1861. His parents were John I. and .Julia
A. (Bolleiibaugh) .Johnson, both natives of
Ohio. They were married in Montezuma.
Iowa, whither their ))arents had removed in
pioneer times. The Bolleiibaugh family was
among the earliest settlers in the middle
west. !M(ises Bollenbaugh. the maternal
grandfather of our subject, often shooting
deer from his dooryard in .Jones county in
early times. .John I. .Johnson, the father of
Theodore W. .Johnson, enlisted in Company
E, Fourth Towa Volunteer Cavalry, in the
Civil war. and died in Missouri while in pur-
suit of Price's army. After his death the
mother returned to her own people in west-
ern I^inn county. Iowa, where she subse-
quently married Daniel Carnant, a pioneer of

that state, by whom she had eight children.
Theodore W. Johnson was the only child
born to her former marriage. He was reared
in Linn county, Iowa, and his early educa-
tion was received in the common schools of
that district. He later attended Western
College and subsequently took a course in
the Littlebridge & Valentine Business College
in Davenport, Iowa. When he had completed
this he came west to California, where he
engaged in the dairy business in the employ
of J. R. Talcott for one year. At the ex-
piration of that time he returned to Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, and for twelve years was em-
ployed in the wholesale commission business
operated by the J. R. Morin Company. The
failure of this enterprise in February, 1894,
threw Theodore Johnson out of employment.
He had, however, been engaged for some time
previous in the study of pharmacy and in
the fall of 1893 had entered the pharmaceu-
tical department of Highland Park College,.
Des Moines. When he had completed this
course he returned to Cedar Rapids and se-
cured a position in charge of the laboratory
of the W. F. Severa Company, manufactur-
ing pharmacists of that city. He remained
with this firm for live years and did extra-
ordinary work in his position and entirely
revolutionized the manufacturing business.
It had been the custom of the company, prior
to the time when Mr. Johnson entered their
employ, to buy all their drug supplies in
prepared materials. When Theodore John-
son took charge of their laboratory his sci-
entific knowledge of drugs and their ingre-
dients led him to experiment in the prepara-
tion of his own materials, and in this he was
remarkably successful. The company bought
no more drugs in their prepared forms. The-
odore Johnson made his own fluid extracts
and placed upon the market some fifteen or
twenty new mixtures. In 1899 he resigned
his position to engage in the drug business
for himself. In partnership with his half
brother, Lou Garnant. he opened a store in
Cedar Rapids but sold out after one year
to go to Chicago, where he was employed by
the packing house of Swift &. Company in
their commission department. Here he re-
mained three months and then returned to
Cedar Rapids and est.ablished himself in the
drug business at the corner of Second street
and Third avenue, where he remained until
1900.

Subsequent to this time Theodore Johnson
had made two trips to the west. His first
joiirney to the coast was taken at the time
of the Lewis and Clark Exposition and three
months after this he again went west to Se-
attle, where his half brother was located.
It had been Mr. Johnson's intention to lo-
cate in that city but when he came to Riddle
to visit his uncle, Daniel Bollenbaugh, he
became greatly impressed with the opportu-
nities in the growing young western city and
determined to make it his future home. He
sold out his business in Cedar Rapids and
came to Riddle, where he opened a drug
store and was immediately successful. He
soon gained a reputation as an accurate and

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scientific pharmacist. In 1909, wlien the
Alaska- Yukon Pacific Exposition opened in
Seattle, the Joseph Triner Company, manu-
facturin;; chemists of Chicago, put him in
charge of their drug exhibit and through his
careful handling and expert knowledge he
secured for liis employers the gold medal
for the best exhibit in this line in the ex-
position. He has since been asked to assist
the same company at the Panama- Pacific In-
ternational Exposition to be held in San
Francisco in 1915. Mr. .Johnson is absorbed
in his own special line of activity and does
not often go beyond it. His only other busi-
ness atliliation is with the Kiddle State
Bank, of which he is a stockholder and an
active member of the board of directors.

On March 2j. 188S. Mr. .Johnson was united
in marriage to Miss Rosaltha lirody, of Vin-
ton, Iowa, and he and his wife have many
friends in their adopted city. Politically he
is a stanch republican and a firm believer in
the policies of his party. He takes an active
and intelligent interest in local public affairs
and his public-spirited citizenship and his
broad-minded views were recognized in his
community when in February, 1911. he was
elected mayor of Riddle, ami in May of the
following year his administration was over-
whelmingly indorsed by the people and he
was returned to the office. He has made a
record in this capacity for his broad-minded
and liberal handling of public affairs. Fra-
ternally Mr. Johnson is a member of Riddle
Lodge. F. & A. M.. in which he holds the office
of treasurer. He serves in the same capacity
in Azalea Lodge. Xo. 136, L O. 0. F. He and
his wife are active members of the Kebekahs
and of the Order of the Eastern Star. He is
prominent in the Modern Woodmen of Amer-
ica and belongs to Star of the West Lodge.
No. 1, K. P., of Cedar Rapids. His wife holds
membership in the Pythian Sisters, affiliated
with this organization. Mr. and Mrs. .John-
son also hold membership in St. Paul's
Methodist Episcopal church of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. Theodore W. .Johnson is a prominent
man in Riddle today. He is active in its
business circles. In his special line of activity
he has an expert knowledge and a fair degree
of scientific attainment, and in his public
capacity he serves without fear and without
reproach.

H. L. STANFIELD operates an excellent
farm, which is well known as the Stnnfleld
Ranch on Rutter creek, and in its further
cultivation and improvement Is busily en-
gaged, his labors bringing him substantial
return In large and abundant harvests. He
is yet a young man and If he continues in the
course that he has already marked out he
will undoubtedly win greater success Inter
in life. He wa.s born in I'mntilla county
on the 18th of March, 199.1, and is a son of
R. N. and Hattie T. (Townsend) Stnnfield.
well known and representative residents of
that county. The mother is now residing
in Portland. In the family were eight chil-
dren, of whom H. L. is the fourth in order
of birth.

Upon the homestead farm 11. U Stanfleld
was reared, having been brought there by
his parents when he was but one year of
age. He pursued his education in the district
schools near by until he had mastered the
branches of learning that constituted the
curriculum. He worked upon the farm
through the periods ol vacation and earlv
became familiar with the duties and labors
that fall to the lot of the agriculturist.
Therefore he was qualified by broad, prac-
tical experience to begin farming on his own

account after his father gave up tl lanagc-

nient of the property. His work is conducted
along practical and progressive lines and he
is syittematic in all that lie does, so that
there Is no lo.ss of labor or nniterlal. He
recognizes the fact that unnbiiting Indus-
try. Intelligently directed. Is the only sure
foundation upon which to build success, ami
he is, therefore, diligently directing his
labors in the cultivation of an excellent
farm of a thousand acres, which is devoted
to hay and stock-raising. The Stanfield
brothers have at present abont twenty thou-
sand head of sheep and II. K StanfieM is
managing the ranch and attending to the
sheep.

In 1907 Mr. Stanfield was married to Miss
•lunnita Roblnsiui. whose birth occurred in
tirand Raphls. Michigan, and who Is a daugh-
ter of .\. W. Koblnson, a prominent lumber-
man, formerly of this county but now a resi-
dent of Spokane. To them two children
have been Ixtrn: Hugh, Jr.. anil Winnie May.

Having passed his entire life here. Mr.
.Stanfield's record Is well known to the resi
dents of his locality and the fact that many
of his warmest friends are those who havi>
known him from his bovhood indli'ates that
his salient characteristics are such as awaken
confidence, respect and good-will.

A. S. QUANT, postmaster of Albee, where

for sixteen years he has 1 n engaged in the

inercanllle business, was born In .Saratoga
county. N'ew York, on the l.Ttli of Oet.iber.
1947. Ills parents were .Jacob and PiTiiulin
<^. (Wight) Quant, both nati\-es of the Em
pire state and there they were also renre<l
and married. In the early years of their do
niestlc life they removed tf> Illlmiis. loeatlng
In Dupage county, where they mndi- their
home for five years. In I9t'il they again
changed their place of residence, this t inn-
settling on a farm in Michigan, on which
they continueil to live until their death. Of
the five children born to Mr. and Mr". Qiinnt
all are deceased with the exception of two
sons: :\. S.. our subject; and Wallace, who
resides In Michigan.

The school days of .\. .S. Qtinnt were trr-
nilnated at the age of sixti-rn years, when lie
enlisted in rompnny ('.. Eleventh Michigan
\*<dunteer Cavalry iiml w»'nt to the defense
of the Cnlon. Oiirlng the two years he was
at the fn»nt he saw c<»nsiderftble active ser-
vice, participating in some of the closely con-
teste<l engngi-menls of the war. He was
mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, in
I SB.",, receiving his discharge at .laclcsnn.
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the duties of civil life as a wage earner and
for five years thereafter was employed in the
lumber camps of Michigan. At the expira-
tion of that time he went baclc to Illinois,
locating in La Salle county, but he only re-
mained there for two years. His next re-
moval was to Newton county. Indiana, but
not finding there the opportunities he desired,
five or six years later he decided to come to
the northwest. He first came to Oregon in
1879, locating in Douglas county, where he
lived for five years. In 1884, he became a
resident of Umatilla county, an<l during the
succeeding six years was engaged in the
lumber business in the Camas valley. With-
drawing from this at the end of that time
he took a clerkship in a general store, and
for five years applied himself diligently to
the mastery of the various details of this
business. At the expiration of tliat period,
feeling that he was fully qualified to con-
duct a similar establishment of his own he
invested what capital he had in a store at
Albee that he has ever since been conducting.
As he carries a well assorted stock that he
offers at reasonable prices and conducts his
business in an honorable and straightforward
manner he has met with a goodly measure of
success. In addition to the management and
direction of his personal interests for sev-
eral years past Mr. Quant has also been
postmaster. He is a capable niiin and has
always applied himself energetically to any-
thing he has undertaken, his success being
entirely attributable to his close concentra-
tion and per.sistence.

Mr. Quant has been married twice. His
first union was with Miss Mattie Monroe in
1882, but she died two years later and in
1899 he married Miss Jane Fudge. The pres-
ent Mrs. Quant was born and reared in Eng-
land and there made her home until 1890.
when she emigrated to the United States.
One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Quant, Myrtle ,T.. whose birth occurred on
the 31st of August, 190.').

Mr. Quant belongs to the Grand Army of
the Republic and he is also a member of
Pendleton Lodge. No. 33, I. 0. 0. F. In poli-
tics he is a stanch republican and since liv-
ing here has served on the school board and
he also acted as deputy sheriff for two years.
He is one of the older citizens of the town in
the development and upbuilding of which he
has materially assisted, as he is a public-
spirited, progressive man, who is always will-
ing to cooperate in advancing the welfare of
the community.

DALTON BIGGS, circuit iudge for the dis-
trict comprising Malheur. Harney and Grant
counties, was elected to the bench in No-
vember. 1910, and his record as a judge has
been in harmony with his record as a law-
yer and citizen — distinguished by his fidelity
and by a masterful grasp nf every problem
presented for solution. He was born in Lou-
isiana, Pike county. Missouri. December 18,
1874. The family is of Welsh origin and
their ancestry is traced down from Davis
Biggs, of Kentucky, through William Biggs,
of Pike county. Missouri, and ,Tohn D. Biggs,

of Ralls county, Missouri, to James D. Biggs,
father of Dalton Biggs. James D. Biggs lived'
in Ralls county and wedded Lucy Cooper
Hatch, a native of Georgetown, Kentucky.
She was a daughter of Samuel Hatch. David
Biggs, the first American ancestor of whom
we have authentic record, was a clergyman
and at an early date removed from Kentucky
to Missouri, where he made his home. His
son, William Biggs, became a farmer and
one of the leading men in his district. He
held various offices, serving at one time as a
member of the state legislature and after-
ward as state senator. His agricultural in-
terests were extensive and his business
affairs as well as his political prominence
made him a leading citizen of the community
in which he lived. He met an accidental
death when fifty-six years of age. John D.
Biggs, the grandfather of Judge Biggs, also
engaged in farming and took an active part
in politics. He, too, was a member of the
state legislature and likewise served as
county judge. During the Civil war he served
as a colonel in the home militia and he lived
to a ripe old age. James D. Biggs, the father,
was a graduate of Georgetown College of
Kentucky and also of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, which was then located
at Greenville, North Carolina, but is now
at Louisville, Kentucky, He was pastor of
several churches and occupied the pulpit at
Springfield, Missouri, for some time. He was
also pastor of the Kirkwood Missouri church
and for fifteen years was in charge of the
first chiirch at Bowling Green, Missouri. He
died at the age of sixty-five years, having
been severely injured in a railroad wreck
near Columbus, Ohio, when returning from
the dentennial Exposition at Philadelphia.
His wife was a daughter of Samuel Hatch.
a banker of Georgetown, Kentucky. The
Hatch family was very prominent in Ken-
tucky and Missouri in anti-bellum days.

Judge Biggs, the third of seven children,
acquired his education in private schools and
in the college at Louisiana, Missouri, in which
he remained until thirteen years of age, when
he entered Pike College at Bowling Green,
being graduated therefrom with the class of
1893. He afterward took up the study of
law in the office and under the direction of
George W. Emerson, of Bowling Green, who
was then prosecuting attorney of the county
and is now one of the leading attorneys of
Arkansas. After completing his course and
being admitted to the bar he became a part-
ner of his former preceptor and acted as
deputy prosecuting attorney until September,
1900, when he removed to Burns. Oregon.
There he formed a partnership with his
brother, J. W. Biggs, which association was
maintained until .Tune, 1906, when Judge
Biggs established his home in Ontario, Ore-
gon. In November, 1910, he was elected cir-
cuit judge of the district comprising Mal-
heur, Harney and Grant counties. He has a
clean record and stands high in public opin-
ion because of his fidelity to duty and his
superior qualifications for office. His deci-
sions are strictly fair and imp.artial, being
based upon the law in the points at issue.

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On the 2->tli of Dccpiiiber, 1899, Judge Biggs
was united in raarriago to .\lis3 Pliocbe L.
Lawry, a native of Bowling (Jreen, Missouri,
and a daughter of W. P. Lawry. who for
forty years was principal of the public
schools of that city. .Judge and Mrs. Biggs
are the parents of six children, namely:
Lucille, .James D.. William M.. Hugh L.. Anna-
belle and Paul. The .Judge is well known to
the membership of the Masonic lodge and the
Knights of Pythias, of both of which he is
a worthy exemplar. TJe holds to high stand-
ards in his profession, recognizing the fad
that it must ever be the safeguard of tin-
rights and principles of the people. He i«
a constant student of the fundamental prin
ciples of the law and is daily becoming more
and more familiar with precedent.

RAPHAEL RAYMOND, who is now living
retired in Pendleton, was for many years
identified with the agricultural development
of Umatilla county, his efforts in this direr
tion proving so lucrative that he succeeded
in acquiring sixteen hundred acres of valu-
able land. This is all well improved and
iinder hiffh cultivation and annually yields
an in''ome that is more than sufTicient for
the needs of Mr. Raymond and his family.
Tie is a native of Canada, his birth having
occurred on the 16th of .Tune. lS.'i.">. and is
a son of Gabriel and Trnda Raymond. The
parents passed their entire lives in Canada,
the father's death there occurring in ISg.'i.
and that of the mother in 19n.">. Their fam-
ily numbered eleven children eisht of whom
are still livinir. three being residents of the
Dakotas. while four have always made their
home in Canada.

The school days of Raphael Raymond were
terminated at the a<.'e of fourteen years, when
he laid aside his text -books to become a
wage earner. Xot being qualified at that
time to assume the duties of any particular
occupation he worked as a day laborer in the
vicinity of his home. .\ few months later
he crossed the border into the I'nited States,
locating in the state of Xew York, but he
only remained there a brief period, however,
then went to ilassachu«etts. There for two
Tears he was employed in a brick yard and
at the expiration of that time he went hack
to his old home, hut soon returned to Mn««a-
chusetts. where he passed the summer. In
IS?."? he became a resident of Carson City.
Nevada, beini; employed in the mines at that
point during the succeedinu four years. His
next removal was to the Pacific const, where
he settled in the fall of 1S77. his first place
of residence beins the city of Portland. lie
had come here with the expectation of ncn"''-
inp land, however, and a few months Inter
came to t'mntilln county and filed on some
government land. He placed some imnrove-
ments upon this and subsequently sold it and
during the Indian excitement in the spring
of 1S7S entered the employment of the gov-
ernment, continuine in their "cr^-ice iliirins
the summer. In the autumn following, he re-
turned to T'mntilln county and bought one
hundred and sixty acres of railroad land
northwest of Athena upon which he located.

Later he extended the boundaries of his ranch
by tiling on a ([Uarter section of land ad-
joining, devotiu" his entire time and atten-
tion to the further improvement of his hold
ings until the spring of 1S80. He then in-
vested in two teams of horses and went to
work on the narrow gauge railroad, at that
time in course of constrnetion. By this
means he acquired ready money to extenil
the improvements im his property, whiTi'
he spent the winter and the next spring
again resumed his work on the railroad. He
continued to thus divide his time during the
winter and summer months until the road
was within fifteen miles of Spokane Falls,
when he gave up his teaming and giive his
entire attention to the operation of his
ranch. The close application and unceasing
energy of Mr. Raymond brought him cor
responding returns and as the- years passed
he added to his possessions until he acquin'd
sixteen hundred acres of good, tillable land.
This he brought under high cultivation and
made thereon extensive improvements, nink
ing it one of the most valuable properties in
the community. A man of proirressive and
practical ideas, he installed on his ranch as
his circumstances warranted such modern
appliances and conveniences as are essential
in attaining the best and quickest results
at the minimum expenditure of time and
labor. He was actively engaged in the opera-
tion of his ranch until 19n.'>. when he cnmc
to Pendleton and purchased the fine residence
property on Water street now occupied by
himself and family, and has ever since Wen
living retired.

In the achievement of his success Mr. Ray
mond has been materially aided by the cap
able supervision and administration of Mrs.
Raymond in the household affairs. She wn"
in her maidenhood Miss .\dalini' May Suther-
land. She is a native of Kansas, born in
I'Xin. a daughter of Pnvid and I,ouisa Adelin
(Ralcoml Sutherland. The father was n
native of Canada, his birth occurring in No-
vember. 1R17. while the mother was bom in
the state of New York, her natal dnv beinc
in .-Vnirust. l"^!. In his early manhood he
came to the T'nited Slates and when the Civil
war broke out enlisted in Company K. First
Illinois Volunteer Infantry and went to the
front. The long mnrehes nnd hardship* Inci
dent to camp life fold on his health, how-
ever, and he was sulwenuently discharged on
account of disability and returned home. To-
gether with his wife and famllv. In 1S19 he
went to Kansas, nnd there Mrs. .Sutherland
passed away in 1 S7fl. but he wn« living in
Ilojse, Idaho, at the tinu- of his denth. Klghf
children were born to Mr. nnd Mrs. Suther
land, but three nre decenseil. When she was
a child of eight year". Mrs. Hnvmond ae
companied her father nnd the other meml>ers
of the fnmily ncross the plnins to Oregon
She remembers the journey, which nreiipierl
four months. I'pon their arrival in Oregon,
hi-r father settled in Umatilla county nnd
here sh>' hn« ever since lived. Five children
hnve been born to Mr. nnd Mrs. Raymond,
ns follows: Bessie Nadine, who was born
on the I'»lh of .Time. 1885, and is the wife

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of George E. Rees, now living on her father's
ranch; Jessie L., who was bom August 23,
1887, and is the wife of C. C. Conner, of this
county; Bertha D., who was born on the 29th
of August, 1890, and died October 21, 1893;
Helen J., who was born September 17. 1896,
and is now attending high school; and
Raphael R., whose birth occurred on the 16th
of October, 1906.

The family affiliate with the Presbyterian
church, in which the parents hold member-
ship. They likewise belong to the order of
United Artisans and he is also a member of
the Knights of Pythias and of the Farmers
Educational Cooperative Union of America.
In matters politic his views coincide with
the principles of the republican party, to
whose candidates he accords his support, but
he has never held any public office save
that of school director. Mr. Raymond is a
representative of the type of men. who in-
variably win the respect of those with whom
they come in contact owing to their unceas-
ing energy and determination of purpose
which gives them the power that commands
recognition. He is in every sense of the
word self-made, as he began for himself at
an age when the average lad is little more
than earning his own spending money, and
has forged his way ahead until he is now
numbered among the prosperous and substan-
tial citizens of the county. During the long
period of his residence here he has ever mani-
fested the highest qualities of citizenship,
while in business transactions he is found
to be thoroughly reliable and trustworthy.

CASPER BECKER, who resides five miles
west of Gervais, was born in Switzerland,
November 26, 1843. his parents being Jacob
and Barbara (Witenweiler) Becker, who
came to the United States and settled in
Green county, Wisconsin, when Casper
Becker was a child of three years. This
was their home until they came west in
1877. travelling by rail from Chicago to
Sacramento in eleven days and by steamer
from San Francisco to Portland in five days.
Mr. Becker remained in Portland four years
and then was employed in a warehouse in
Fairfield for four years, leaving there to
reside on the one hundred acre farm he had
purchased five miles from the town. This
was his home for the four years previous to
his removal to the property upon which he
has lived for the last sixteen years.

At the age of eighteen years Casper
Becker entered upon his career as an agri-
culturist and four years later enlisted in
the Forty-sixth Infantry of Wisconsin, in
General Thomas' command of General
Grant's army, but because of illness he was
incapacitated for active duty and nine
months after his enlistment he was dis-
charged. Returning home, he again took up
his agricultural pursuits, his wife having
managed the farm during his absence, and at
the present time the farm of three hundred
acres upon which he resides is evidence of
the diligent labor which has been expended
upon it and of the ability of its manager.
All of the stock upon the farm is owned by

Mr. Becker. He also owns four lots and a
house in Newberg.

In 1862 Mr. Becker was married to Anna
Schindler, whose birth occurred in Switzer-
land, September 1, 1844, she being the
youngest of ten children. David Schindler,
the eldest brother, deceased, was county
clerk in California for sixteen years and was
the owner of a large farm. Gabriel Schind-
ler, deceased, was in the furniture business
in Portland and was .Swiss consul for Ore-
gon. Washington and Idaho for several years
prior to his death, in 1908. William' and
Henry, both deceased, resided in New Orleans,
Louisiana. Casper, Mary, Barbara and Eliza-
beth are deceased. Barbara, who is the wife
of D. E. Durst, resides in California. At the
age of four years Mrs. Becker came to Amer-
ica with her parents and settled in Green
county, Wisconsin, this being her home
until her marriage, fifteen years later. To
Mr. and Mrs. Becker fifteen children were
born, nine of whom are living and six de-
ceased. Those living are J. J., Mary Keene,
Charles, Lydia Keene, Anna, Edwin, Ches-
ter, Catherine and George. Those that
passed away are Anna Mary, Anna Barbara,
Edwin, Lydia and two who died in infancy.

In politics Mr. Becker is a democrat, and
in religious faith, a Lutheran. He has
not been an office seeker and held no offices
except that of school director, having little
time to spare from his regular duties, but he
is interested in all that tends to improve the
moral and social conditions of his commu-
nity and is especially interested in schools.
As an agriculturist Mr. Becker has been en-
ei'getic and diligent and the property which
he cultivates has been made highly produc-
tive, his principal crops being wheat, oats
and general farm products, and in addition
to this he raises horses, cattle, sheep and
hogs. Mr. Becker has labored diligently for
the home and comforts he now enjoys and his
success shows that his methods have been
well selected and carefully executed. In his
community he is regarded not only as an
able agriculturist but also as a citizen of the
conscientious and broad-minded type.

JOSEPH PALMER, who is living retired
in La Grande, was born October 5, 1837, in
Delaware county, Pennsylvania, a son of
Robert H. and Hannah (Palmer) Palmer,
The father, Robert H. Palmer, who was a
son of Joseph Palmer, was born in Delaware
county in 1812, was reared in the faith of
the Friends church and was a worthy repre-
sentative of that society. In politics he was
a repul)lican and held many county offices in
his native state. He died in 1901, at the age
of eighty-nine, and his wife passed away
May 11, 1910, at the advanced age of ninety-
seven years.

•loseph Palmer received his education in
the district schools of Pennsylvania and after
putting aside his text-books began to learn
the carpenter's trade, in which occupation he
served as an apprentice for two years. In
1857 the family removed to Iowa, where he
followed his trade until August, 1858. In
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progress, he drove a government team to Salt
Lake City but returned the same winter.
In the spring of 1S59 he started for Den-
ver, Colorado, but changed his plans and live
months later arrived at Yreka, California,
and engaged in quartz mining. In 1S62 he
set out for the Solomon River mines but
reaching the placer mines, or the Cranite
Creek mines, at .John Day. Oregon, remained
there until 1S63, and was very successful.
In the fall of that year he returned to Iowa,
going by steamer from Portland to the
Isthmus of Panama, thence to Baltimore and
Philadelphia and then on to Iowa. In the
spring he started back to Oregon, arriving
in the Grande Ronde valley on .luly 4. Isr,4.
He preempted a quarter section of land,
which is the pre.«ent site of I.a Grande, and
began farming. Later he sold his tract in
portions to various people and took up the
sawmill business. After two years he bou;;ht
a meat market, which he managed for fifteen
years and during the same time he engaged
in feeding and shipping cattle. In 190fi
he again took up mining, buying and operat-
ing a mine on Eagle mountain. He also
owned and operated the electric light plant
at La Grande for a few years but about 1904
he gave up active work and has since lived
retired.

In 1874 Mr. Palmer was united in marriage
■with Miss Ellen D. Allen, who was born at
Barnesville, Ohio, and died at La Grande in
1886, at the age of forty-two years. Iv
1889 he was again married, his second union
being with Miss Fannie Smiley, of Maine,
who died one year later, leaving one child,
Joseph, who lived only nine months. In
1897 his third union took place with Miss
Sally A. Thatcher, a native of Chester
county, Pennsylvania. In politics Mr. Palmer
is a republican and has served in former
times as a member of the city coiincil. Fra-
ternally he has been connected with the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows since 18fi7
and has filled all the chairs in the local
lodge. He is also a member of La Grande
Lodge. No. 4.1:?. B. P. O. E. Since his youth-
ful days Mr. Palmer has had varied experi-
ences which have well fitted him for the
duties of life. In business he has always
held to a high standard and as a citizen he
has been progressive and loyal.

W, B. HINKLE, who has a responsible
position n-t chief engineer of the Western
Land & Irrigation Company, was born In
Barren county. Kentucky. Dewmber 2S, is?^.
his parents being Ceorge W. and lantha
Frances (Phelps) Hinkle. To them five chil-
dren were born: C. P.. who is a resident of
Lewiston. Idaho; M, O., deceased, who was a
phvsicinn of Seattle; .1. T.. who is mentioned
elsewhere in this work; W. B.. the sub-
ject "f this review; and A. C. who is residing
in Portland.

At the aae of four years W. B. Hinkle was
brought to Oregon by his parents. They
located at Pendleton and In the public srhnoU
of that town he acquired his elementary
education. When he was fourteen years of
age he removed to Grangevllle, Idaho county.
V..I. III-SS

Idaho, where he attended the high school.
Subsequently he accepted a position in the
otlice of the county auditor and reorder. He
was thus employed for three vears l»'lore he
entered St. Marv's College at' Oakland, Cali-
fornia, and completed the four years' course In
civil engineering which that institution oilers.
He graduated in June, 1900, and at once ac-
cepted a position with the engineering force
of the Southern Pacific Railway Company.
He was In charge of one of tln' parties on
the first survey of the N'af ron-Klamath Falls
cut-otT through southern Oregon. Subsc
quently he came to I'matllla county and was
employed as engineer for the Hinkle Ditch
Company. He laid out several lines which
have since be<'n constructed for the Hinkle
Pitch Company before it was taken over by
the Western Land & Irrigation Company. In
the autumn of 1907 he entered the Sevada
mines but the following year he removed to
California, where he was employed as engineer
for the E. demons Horst Company of San
Francisco. He remained in that position for
two years but at the end of that time re-
turned to Oregon and accepted the position
which he is now occupying with the Western
Land & Irrigation Company. During the
summer of 101 1 he was appointed city engi-
neer for Hermiston and he drew up the plans
for the water system to lie installed diirinir
the following year. Because of the possibili
ties which he considered it offered as an
investment he purchased a tract of irrigated
land on Butter creek.

W. B. Hinkle was married. .\ug»ist 23,
1011. to Miss Minnie Elizabeth N'aylor, of
Athena, Oregon. He gives his siipjiort to the
republican party and fraternally is a member
of the Masons and the Knietits of Pythias.
His position as engineer makes It imperative
that he keep in touch not only with the ad-
vance made in the eneineering profession but
also with the trend of the agriciilturnl de-
velopment of the reeion. Tie has ilisplnyed
the energy and re«olute will which are indis-
pensable factors of success nn<l has made
t'ood use of every opportunity which pre-
sented itself alonir progressive lines to aid
liim in his business career.

DAVID LINN, one of Oregon's honored
pioneers, was liorn OitoU-r 2'^. 182fl. near
Cambridge, in Ouernsey co\mtr. Ohio, and
there acquired a common-school e<tucatinn.
At the age of fourteen years he started to
earn his own livinif, leaminp and following
the carpenter's and cabinet maker'" trades.
He was thu« employed until H.M. when he
crossed the plains to On-gon, arriving in
Portland in September. He made his way
up the Willamette river to Oreifon City und
was th>Te employed at his trade* for a short
time. He afterward went to .Tacksonville. in
the Rogue river valley and later to Yreka,
California, where he i>nt'ne''d in mining for k
time, fn making that trip he parked hi* pro.
virions nn a horse and walked across the
Siskivoii. In isi"; he returned to .Isekson-
ville nnd for a short time was enir«ge<| in the
hay business. He wos in the Big Bar en-
enunfer on Rogue river, the first fight of »njr

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consequence with the Indians in the Rogue
river valley. He also participated in the fight
with the Indians on Evans creek in 1853,
being a member of an independent company
under command of Captain Hardy Eliff. They
were at Willow Springs, near .Jacksonville,
where the people had assembled during the
Indian outbrealc of tliat time and Mr. Linn
thus became closely associated with the early
military history of the state which had to do
with the subjugation of the red race. He
was, moreover, regarded as a prominent and
influential citizen of his community in other
connections. In 1854 he was appointed
county treasurer to succeed Dr. Cleveland
and was elected every term, thereafter, until
1863. He was then out of office for two
years but in 1864 was again chosen to that
position and served for another term of two
years. He served in the council for a long
period and was for many years president of
that body. During that time he had to carry
the funds of the territory and the state, fol-
lowing the admission of Oregon to the Union,
to Salem on horseback. In the meantime
Mr. Linn had become connected with commer-
cial pursuits at .Jacksonville, at first dealing
in hay, as previously stated, and later turn-
ing his attention to carpentering. He also
built fanning mills for cleaning grain and
rockers for use by the miners. He likewise
. turned his attention to the manufacture of
furniture and further extended the scope of
his business to include general contracting
and building. At first lie did all the work
of his furniture factory by hand biit later
operated macliines by the use of horse power.
He was closely associated with the early in-
dustrial development of his part of the state
and in 1S58 he returned to his Ohio home
and purchased a steam sawmill which he
brought to Jacksonville in ISfiO, shipping it
first to New York, thence around Ca]ie Horn
to San Francisco, from which point it was
transferred to Scottsbnrg near the mouth of
the Unipqua river and on to Jacksonville by
team. This was one of the first steam saw-
mills brought to Oregon and it was an im-
portant feature in the development of the
comnumity. drawing its patron.age from a
wide territory. Mr. Linn operated his saw-
mill and also manufactured furniture for a
considerable period and also did contracting
and Iinilding tlirouffhout the valley. He built
all of the mills of this part of the state in
his day. In Infer years he had a fruit dryer
and evaporator and th\is handled fruits, being
the owner of a large farm which constituted
one of the divers elements of his many sided
business affairs. Tn 1SR3 he obtained the sub-
contract for Iniilding Fort Klamath and took
a sawmill to that district in order to get out
the lumber. In 1860 in company with a
party of others from .laeksonville and Fort
Khimath, he liuilt a boat in sections which
was to go on the sliore of the lake and on
this the party visited the island in Crater
lake and were, undoubtedly, the first white
men to explore that lake. Mr. Linn con-
tinued in the manufacture of lumber products
until his plant was destroyed by fire in 18SS.
He afterward conducted a furniture business

and cultivated his farm until about 1888
when he retired. No name is more closely
identified with every movement in the in-
dustrial development of southern Oregon than
that of David Linn, who was the pioneer of
many enterprises that have been of essential
value in the development and upbuilding of
the state.

On the 31st of August, 1860, David Linn
was vinited in marriage to Miss Ann Sophia
Hoffman, a daughter of William and Caroline
Barbara (Schafer) Hoffman, Mrs. Linn was
born in Indiana in 1843 and died in August,
1907. By her marriage she had become the
mother of seven children: Corinne, who is liv-
ing in Jacksonville. Oregon ; Margaret, whose
home is in Los Angeles, California; William,
deceased; Fletcher, a resident of Portland;
G. D.. living in Eugene; Mary, the wife of
L. J. Gay. of Seattle; and .Tames, deceased.
Mr. Linn not only figured conspicuously and
honorably as one of the builders and pro-
moters of Oregon along industrial and com-
mercial lines, but also took an active part in
the work of the Masonic fraternity and was
one of the organizers of both the lodge and
Royal Arch Chapter of Masons at Jackson-
ville. His death occurred May 16, 1913.

FLETCHER LINN, whose name introduces
this record, was born in Jacksonville. Oregon,
November 10. 1866. He was provided with
liberal educational advantases. supplement-
ing a public-school course by study in the
ITniversity of Oregon, from which he was
graduated A, B.. while later the degree of
A. M. was conferred upon him. At the end
of his college days he engaged in the furni-
ture business at Eugene, succeeding .Jeremiah
Reams and condiicting the business that is
now owned by the firm of Bissell and Barker.
After six years he sold out to .1. W. Kays
and in 1896 came to Portland, since which
time he has been identified with the Oregon
Furniture Manufacturing Company which
was organized in 1867 and is now the oldest
company in the field of furniture manufactur-
ing on the Pacific coast. In 1900 Mr. Linn
was elected secretary of the company which
had been incorporated in 1874. In 1902 he
was chosen to the presidency and is still
acting in that capacity. At that time the
wholesale and retail branches of the busi-
ness, which had previously been conducted,
were discontinued and the energies of the
ofiicers and men were concentrated upon the
manufacture of furniture and its sale on the
market. Today the company has its travel-
ing men who cover the entire Pacific coast
and the trade is very extensive. Their pres-
ent factory was built in 1903 and at the
present time a carload of furniture is turned
out daily through the efforts of two hundred
men who are in their employ. The business
is one of the most important productive
industries of Portland and Fletcher Linn now
stands at the head of this enterprise. That
he is regarded as one of the leading and
prominent liusiness men of the Rose City is
indicated in the fact that for three years
he was chosen president of the Manufactur-
ers' Association.

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Mr. Linn was married in 1892 to Miss
Louise M. Sawyers, a daughter of Colonel
James A. Sawyers, who served with the rank
of colonel in the Mexican war and also in
frontier service. Mrs. Linn was born in .'^iou.\
City, Iowa, and like her husband, has gained a
large circle of warm frien.ls in Portland. In
politics Mr. Linn is a republican and while
living in Eugene served for two years as a
member of the city council. For two years he
was trustee of the Chamber of Commerce in
Portland and is in hearty sympathy with its
plans and purposes for the upbuilding of the
city. He is a man of keen discrimination
and sound judgment and his executive ability
and excellent management have brought to
the concern with which he lias been connected
during recent years, a large degree of success.
The attainment of wealth, however, is not
the ultimate end and aim of his life, lie dis-
plays a laudable ambition to advance in the
business way and desires that measure of
prosperity which is the legitimate reward of
all earnest and honorable endeavor and yet
he does not allow business affairs to exclude
his cooperation with public spirited activities
or with movements for the moral progress of
his city. TTis interest in the latter is tangibly
manifested in his service as a director of the
Young Men's Christian Association and as
one of the elders of the First Presbyterian
church. Since hi"! father rame to the state
more than six decades ago the name of Linn
has figured prominently and honorably on
the pages of Oregon's histori- and the record
of Fletcher Linn constitutes a creditable
chapter in an untarnished family record.

FRANK T. BYRD, who for more than fif-
teen years has been engaged in general farm-
inc and the feeding and raising of stock in
Tlmatilla county, is the owner of a highly
improved ranch' of thirteen hundred acres in
the vicinity of Pilot Rock, where he and his
family reside. He is a native of this county,
his birth having occuiTcd on tb,. oth of .Tuly.
1S7I. His parents. Daniel and Maria f.Mex-
ander) Rvrd. were born, reared and married
in Wisconsin. There they resided until I'^r.a,
when they crossed the plains with ox-teams
to Oregon, settling in the vicinity of Corrnllis.
•where'^the father filed on a donation einim.
After engaging in the cultivation of his ranch
for some'vears he disposed of it and removed
to Steilacoom. Washincton Territory, and en-
gaged in the mercantile business. He con-
tinued in this for some time with verv goo.!
success, but subsequently decidintr that he
preferred other lines of business activity, he
sold his store and came to t'mntilla county.
As but a small portion of the limber had
been cut in this vicinity at that time, Mr.
Byrd quicklv recognize.l the opportunities
to be afi'ord'ed in the lumber business and
erecte<l the first sawmill ever built in the
countv. which he operated until his death in
1S75 He is still survived by the mother,
however, who has attained the venerable age
of seventv eight years. The family of Mr.
and Mrs. Byrd numbered eleven children, five
of whom are still living.

Practically the entire life of Frank T. Ryrd
has been passed in this county, where he is
widely known and is recognized as an un-
usually capable business man. He received
his education in the common schools, remain-
ing at home until he had attained his ma-
jority. In 1S93, lie started out to enrve a
career for himself and as he had never
learne<l a trade an<l was entirely dependent
upon his own resources he sought employ-
ment on a ranch, this being the (uily line of
work with which he was at all familiar. He
continued to follow this occupation for four
years, and as he was thrifty and industrious
he managed to accunnilate emmgh money dur-
ing that time to begin for himself on a small
scale. Withdrawing from the service of
others, in 1S9G lie came to the place where ho
is now living and began general farming and
stock-raising. His four year-<' practical ex-
perience well ijualified him for this umler-
taking and. meeting with sui'cess. he was
later able to extend the boundaries of his
ranch until he now owns thirteen hundred
acres of land. This is almost entirely de-
voted to the raising of grain and pasturage,
as Mr. liyrd is an extensive feeder of stock,
annually shipping from three to four car-
loads of steers. We is a man of progressive
ideas, and realizing that quality is a greater
factor of success in any enterprise than
quantity, he breeds a high class grade of stock
and receives tlie highest jirices in the market.
His ranch is fully equipped with all modern
facilities and is kept in e\C(dlent condition,
Mr. Byrd giving his personal supervision to
everything about the place.

On the Oth of Octobi-r. 1000, Mr. Byrd com-
pleted his arrangements for a home by his
marriage to Miss Carrie I>. Hi'iu-nck. of Mult-
nomah county, a daughter of Daniel and
Nettie (Davis) Heacoek. Mrs. Byrd. as well
as her parents, is a native of Ohio, where the
father pa.ssed away. The family continued
to reside in the Buckeye state until 1003.
when the mother and children removeil to
Oregon. Mr. .-inrj Mrs. Bynl have two chil-
dren: Lorena May. whose birth oceiirred on
the 21st of October. 1010; and .^rlene. horn
February 20, 10 10.

Mr. Bvrd i« affiliated with .Mia I-odire. No.
If..'.. I. O'. O. F. at Pilot Roek. and in matter*
pr>litic he is a republican. Me has never
prominently participated in local political
affairs, not" being an aspirnnl to public oilier,
but for some time he nerved as a memlier of
the school Imard. For many year* he hn»
pi-rsistently and iniliislriou«ly applied him-
telf to the achievenii-nl of •uceess oml he is
now recognizefl as one of tin* representalive
atoekmen and BBriculluri«t« of his community.
Mis prosperity is entirely ottribnlobli- to hi«
individual efforts and therefore carries with
it n greater deirree of pergonal grntiflcation
as well as public eommendotion.

H. B. REES, who for the past five yeom ha»
b<en discharging the duties of ilepnty post-
master in Pendleton. «n« born in f)es Moines,
lowo, on the 1st of Fehrunrv. H7.'.. Tie Is a
•.on of Daniel and Ruth (Wardi Rees, both
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the United States, locating in Iowa. There
the father passed away in 1885 and the
mother subsequently removed with her fam-
ily to Salt Lake, where she continued to live
until her death in 1906. Twelve children
were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rees, nine of
whom are still living.

As both the boyhood and youth of H. B.
Rees were passed in ,a city, he was given the
advantages of a good high-school education,
after which he pursued a course in a business
college, thus well qualifying himself for the
practical duties of life. He remained at home
with his mother until he had attained the
age of twenty-three years, when he started
out for himself. During the first six years
he was engaged in the express business but
withdrew from this at the end of that time
to take a position in a grocery in Pendleton.
He resigned this at the end of a year to as-
sume the duties of assistant postmaster, with
which position he has ever since been identi-
fied. As he is a man of gracious and accom-
modating manner who is universally courte-
ous, he is well adapted for the office he is
now holding.

In June, 1902. Mr. Rees was united in
marriage to Miss Evelyn Starkweather. She
is one of the five children born unto Robert
and Theresa (Clark) Starkweather, both na-
tives of Illinois, whence they removed during
the pioneer days to Oregon, where the father
passed away in 1883 but the mother is still
living. Two sons have been born to Mr. and
Mrs. Rees: William IT., whose natal day was
the 2.5th of April, 1904; and David E., whose
birth occurred February 1.5, 1909.

The family afTiliatc with the Presbyterian
church, in which Mrs. Rees holds membership
and fraternally he is identified with Pendle-
ton Lndsre, No. 4. K. P. He votes the republi-
can ticket. During the period of his resi-
dence in Pendleton, Mr. Rees has won the
reputation of being thoroughly straight-for-
ward and rcli.able in his business methods and
he has also manifested most excellent traits
of citizenship, as he is always interested in
the general welfare of the community and
renders such assistance as is in his power in
forwarding every progressive movement.

GEORGE AYRE is one of the influential
citizens of Marshfield. where he is now living
a retired life, devoting his attention closely
to the care of his real-estate holdings and
other business enterprises in which he is in-
terested in Marshfield. He was born in
England in 1854 and is the son of Oeorge
and Elizabeth (Allen) Ayro. The father was
a native of England and the mother, who
was of Scotch-Irish extraction, was a cousin
of Allen Pinkerton, the noted founder of the
Pinkerton Detective Agency. To Mr. and
Mrs. Ayre sixteen children were born, only
three of whom lived to attain mature years,
namely: James, whose death occurred in
Pennsylvania in 1910; John, who is the pro-
prietor of the Metropolitan Hotel at At-
lantic City; and George, of this review. The
father was a member of a family of nine-
teen children. In 1809 he emigrated to the
United States and settled in Pennsylvania

and in that state followed the occupation of
shipbuilding until the time of his death,
which occurred in 1891, the mother having
passed away in 1887.

George Ayre was reared in his parents'
home and received his early education in the
public schools. He started in life for himself
at the age of eleven years, his first employ-
ment being that of cabin boy on an ocean
vessel, and in that occupation he continued
for a period of four years, during which time
the ship on which he sailed made all of the
principal ports of the Occident and orient.
He then returned to England, where hn re-
mained but a short time and again went to
sea for one year and returned to England.
In April, 1869, he emigrated to America and
on reaching the shores of the new world he
found employment with a shipbuilding com-
pany, with which he continued for a brief
period and then engaged in the occupation
of a coal miner and continued to follow that
business for three years. In 1876 he returned
to England, where he was engaged in ship-
building as an employe of his wife's father.
He remained in England for five months,
after which he returned to America, arriv-
ing in this country at the time when the coal-
mining industry was suflfering from the pro-
longed strike of the operatives. He imme-
diately returned to England, where he en-
listed in the English army and was mustered
into the North Yorkshire Artillery as mu-
sician. He continued with his command for
four years, during which time he devoted
himself largely to the study of music. Imme-
diately following his discharge from the Brit-
ish army he returned to America and joined
Battery A of the First United States Ar-
tillery Band and continued in that relation
for five succeeding years. In March. 1889,
he removed to Coos county, settling in
Marshfield, and at once engaged as an em-
ploye in the Libby mills. He later retired
from that employment and established him-
self in Marshfield as a teacher of instru-
mental and vocal music, to which he devoted
his undivided attention until 1909, when he
retired from active business life. For many
years he was the owner of a valuable piece
of property located at the corner of Commer-
cial avenue and Third street, which he later
sold at a figure much advanced above its
original cost to him. He is the owner of
three valuable residence properties located on
Elrod avenue and two others which he rents.
In 1889 Mr. Ayre was united in marriage
to Miss Charlotte Ayre. a native of England,
and to them seven children were born, four
of whom died in infancy. Those living are
Elizabeth. Edith and Robert, all of whom
reside at home with their parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Ayre also have an adopted daughter,
Eliza, w'ho is now employed as Bookkeeper
for the Home Telephone Company and re-
sides at home.

Mr. Ayre is a member of the prohibition
party but is very liberal in the use of his
franchise. He has never sought political
preferment of any kind, choosing rather to
give his attention to his private business in-
terests. He is a member of the Baptist

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891

church of Marshfield. He belongs to the For-
esters of America and for twenty-five years
was a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. His home is located at Xo.
635 Ninth street, South. George Ayre is one
of the valued and esteemed citizens of Coos
county and he has been identified with the
building up of various business enterprises
of his portion of the state. As a teacher of
instrumental and vocal music he has con-
tributed very materially to the intellectual
and social refinement of the people of his
county and state.

GEORGE W. KENEDY is a farmer who i^
prominent not only in business life but also
in fraternal, educational and church circles
of Baker. He was born in Adams county,
Illinois, on the 10th of December, 1844, hi?
parents being William and Sarah (Richard-
son) Kenedy, the former a native of North
Carolina and the latter of Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania. At the early year of about 1824.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenedy removed to Illinois,
where they lived until 1852, when, becoming
convinced that the far west held out to them
advantages and opportunities not to be real-
ized where they were then living, they crossed
the plains with ox teams and settled in Polk
county, Oregon, where they took up a govern-
ment claim, upon which they lived until 1S72.
Both passed away near Spokane, Washington.
They were the parents of eleven children,
seven of whom survive.

George W. Kenedy received a common-
school education and remained with his par-
ents until twenty-five years of age, when he
was married and established a home of his
own. Having learned the blacksmith's and
machinist's trades, he followed those occupa-
tions until 1893, when he came to Baker
county. Oregon, and engaged in mining. Hp
worked in this occupation for a number of
years and then bought a ranch of thirty acres,
which he cleared and brought under a high
state of cultivatinn. His farm property I"*
now worth about three hundred dollars an
acre.

In 1S60 Mr. Kenedy was married to ^lis^
Malinda Johnson, a native of Yamhill county.
Oregon, and a dauchter of Melchior and
Delilah (Ware) .Johnson, natives of Missouri.
They crossed the plains in 1847 and settled in
Yamhill county. Oregon, where they took up
she hundred and forty acres of government
land near Amity. Subsequently they took up
their abode in Douglas county. Oregon, thero
spendinji the remainder of their lives. Their
family numbered eleven children. Unto our
subject and his wife were born four daughters,
as follows: Effie M., who is now the wife of
Harry Mullen: Crace X., who is deceased:
Bertha, the wife of .James McKce. of Everett.
Washington: and Mary Eva, who hns passeil
awny.

In his political afTilinfion ^fr. Kenedy is a
republican. He has been very much interesteil
in e<Iucntional matters and has served as
school director in his district for nine yearn.
He is a member of the Mnnonic fraternity,
being nfTiliated with the lodge at Baker City,
in which he has occupied all of the chair'<.

l'>oth lie and his wife belong to the Eastern
Star. They arc also devoted and consistent
members of the Christian church, Mr. Kenedy
aeni-ing as one of its elders and also as presi-
dent of the church board. The active life
which George W. Kenedy has lived in this
community and the deep interest which ho
has shown in church and religious matters
have serve<l to make him well known to a
very large proportion of the people of Baker
City and county. Interested as he is, and
has been, in the less material though perhaps
really the more important things of life, he
has been among the most valued citizens of
the county. His business ability Is also well
recognized, as is shown in the highly improvol
and fertile condition of his farm, where he is
practicing the most intensive methods of cul-
tivation known to modern agriculture.

ASH PIERCE, who is engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits at Hermiston, was born April
29, 1852. his parents being .Ashman ami Eliza-
beth (Mansfield) Pierce, both of whom arc of
English lineage. The grandparents came to
New England at an early date ami both Mr.
and Mrs. Ashman Pierce were born in Maine.
.■\shman Pierce was a sea captain, thus fol-
lowing the activity in which many of his
ancestors had engage<I. He died when his
son .\sh was but a child and the mother's
death occurred in 1900, when she was over
seventy years of age. She had three chil-
dren: Anna, who is the wife of W. C. Smith,
of Portland. Maine; Ash. the subject of this
review; and David, whose death occurred in
Joplin, Missouri, in 1908.

-Ash Pierce spent the early years of his life
in Maine attending school and assisting his
mother in the activities in which she engaged
while supporting her family. At the age nf
fourteen years he removed to Buchanan,
Michigan, with his mother and an uncle an<l
they there resided until 1870. When .-Vsh
Pierce started to earn his own livelihood he
determined upon the jeweler's trade as a life
work. He was thus employed for alwiut two
years before removing to Ijiporfe, Indiana,
where he acain worked at his trade for one
year, fn 1872 he went fo Penniylvania and
subsequently to Connecticut, where he fin-
ished learning his trade. .After returning to
Pennsvlvania for a short time he removed to
Salt Ijike City in 1882. Shortly afterword
he went to Montana and thence to W.-\shlng-
ton, stopping en route nt .Seottle for n "hort
time. In Everett he first entere<l business
independently. .After four ycar«, however,
he gnvf up the jewrlrv hu»ine«» anil pur
chased a farm on Whilby I«lnnd. which he
operated for three years. .After going fo
I.a Grande, where he remoined for « short
time, he came to Hermi«ton in March, ions,
nnd opened a jewelry »hop. He rondur|r,l ''
enterprise while he was preparinR to •
to his fnrm. He owns n fortv nrre •]. .- :
claim six mile« north of Hermiston. This is
«itunteH In the bplf which l« under Irriirntion
nnd consequently is vnlunhle land. He pur-
chased his home in Hermiston soon ofter his
arrival here and his is one of the moat at-
tractive residences in the city.

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111 1900 Ash Pierce was married, in Everett,
Washington, to Mrs. Etta Pulley, a native of
Wisconsin and a daughter of John V. Wood-
house, the inventor of the Woodhouse Water
Back, which is universally used in lead and
zinc smelting plants. His death occurred
about fifteen years ago at Anacortes, Wash-
ington. Mr. Pierce has served as city treas-
urer for two years, being the third man
elected to that office in Hermiston. During
his residence in the county he has ever been
upright and honorable and the number of his
friends is almost coextensive with the circle
of his acquaintance. His sterling traits of
character, as well as his business ability.
have won high regard which is uniformly
tendered him.

PAUL D. SHACKELFORD. One of the early
settlers of Washington county, to whom be-
longs the distinct ion of being a veteran of the
Yakima Indian war, is Paul D. Shackelford,
who during the lifty-eight years of his resi-
dence in the state has endured practically all
of the hardships and privations that devolve
upon a pioneer settler. He was born in Casey
county, Kentucky, on tlie 3Cith of March,
1826, 'and is a son of Nicholas H. and Nancy
(Elder) Shackelford. The parents spent their
entire lives in the Blue Grass state, the
mother passing away wjien seventy-five years
old and the father attaining the remarkable
age of four score and ten. To Mr. and Mrs.
Shackelford there were born nine children, as
follows: Emily, James and William, who
were both killed in the Civil war; Paul D.,
our subject; Frances, who is living in Kan-
sas; Priscilla and Jewell, both of whom are
deceased; Annie, who is living in Evansville,
Indiana; and John, who died in infancy.

Reared at home Paul D. Shackelford ac-
quired a common-school education and began
to make his own way in the world upon at-
taining his majority. " When little more than
a boy he began operating a distillery, con-
tinuing in this occupation for fourteen years.
In lS.'i3 he removed to Missouri and the fol-
lowing spring he started across the plains
lo Oreson, arriving in Oregon City, on the
211th of September,' 1853, He worked out un-
til 1854. in which year he filed on a donation
claim of one hundred and sixty acres in
Washington county, that he operated until
1880, when he disposed of it. Soon thereafter
he entered a homestead in Tillamook county,
that he proved up on, but eight years later
he sold it and returned to Washington county,
locating in the vicinity of Beaverton, where
he is now living retired. He still owns an
eighty-acre tract of fine timber land in Till-
amook county, that has not been cleared.
W\-ien Mr. Shackelford first located in Oregon,
the state was but sparsely settled and there
were great stretches of unbroken prairie and
extensive forests infested by the Indians,
who constantly menaced the white settlers.
It is hardly possible for the traveler of to-
day to realize, that where there are now
thriving towns provided with all of the com
forts of modem civilization, less than fifty
years ago the red men were hunting wild

game. The prairies have been converted into
fertile grain fields and bearing orchards,
while the Indian's wigwam has given way
to the modern residence of the white man.
Mr. Shackelford has been an interested ob-
server of this transformation and relates
many thrilling experiences of those early
days. On the loth of October, 1853, he en-
listed with many of the other settlers and
spent two hundred and eight days in striv-
ing to suppress the uprising among the Yaki-
mas, returning to his claim in the spring of
1856. They encountered many hardships at
this time, often being without rations, their
only food being horse-flesh and such wild
roots and berries as they found in the woods.
Although he was so fortunate as never to be
wounded, he was permanently crippled by
having his horse fall upon him, an alHiction,
which handicapped him during his entire ac-
tive career.

On the 20th of November, 1856, Mr.
Shackelford consummated his plans for a
home by his marriage to Miss Elizabeth
Barnes. She was born in Pennsylvania, on
the 1st of April, 1839, and is a daughter of
John C. and Amanda (Moore) Barnes. The
parents were also natives of the Keystone
state, the father's birth having occurred on
May 20, 180S, and that of the mother on the
20th of February, 1815. They continued to
make their home in Pennsylvania until
1849, when they removed to Iowa, where
they lived for four years, before crossing
the plains to Oregon. Upon their arrival in
this state they first located in Yamhill
county, but in 1854 they came to Washing-
ton county. Here the father filed on a do-
nation claim of three hundred and twenty
acres that he operated until his death in
December, 1870. He was long survived by
his widow, who passed away on the 18tU
of March, 1903. Five children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, of whom Mrs. Shackel-
ford is the second in order of birth, the
others being as follows: Sarah, who was
born on the 14th of September, 1S36; Je-
mima, whose birth occurred on Christmas
day, 1842; Amanda J., who was born on
April 14, 1845; and Flora, whose birth oc-
curred on the 8th of September. 1848. All
of the family with the exception of Mrs.
Shackelford reside in Y'amhill county. Mr.
and Mrs. Shackelford were the parents of
two sons and one daughter. William T.,
who was born on the 29th of December,
1S5S, has never married and is engaged in
the operation of thirty acres of land, that
formerly comprised a part of the donation
claim of his maternal gi-andfather, twenty
acres of which he has brought under high
cultivation. Mary C. who w^as born on the
20th of November, 1860, engaged in teach-
ing for a time, having been identified with
both the public and mission schools, but
she subsequently withdrew from this oc-
cupation and went into the millinery busi-
ness in Portland, Oregon. She is now living
in Lincoln county, Oregon. Herbert D.,
the youngest member of the family was
born on the 5th of April, 1863, and is now-
residing in this county.

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893

The family all hold membership in the
Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Shackel-
ford votes the republican ticket, but he has
never prominently participated in political
affairs. He is widely known in the county,
being one of the very few survivors of the
early pioneer period, both he and his wife
belonging to that estimable band, who
through their courage and fortitude made
possible the advent of a newer civilization,
thus promoting the developnu-nt of the
country and enabling Oregon to become rec-
ognized as one of the foremost states of the
west.

JOHN J. FEEBLER, who formerly engaged
extensively in farming and in the cattle busi-
ness, is now living retired at La ttrande. His
birth occurred in .IclTer:*on county. Iowa, July
25, 183G, and he is a son of Samuel C. anil
Dorothy (Fonclil Peebler. The father, a na-
tive of Illinois, was marrird in that state ami
later removed to Iowa, settling on a farm near
Fairfield, where he died when his son .lohn ■'.
was only six years old. lie and his wife were
greatly attached to each other and her death
occurred the day following her husband's.
They were both buried in thi' same grave. In
their family were seven children: Mrs. Eliza
West, nowdeceased ; William II.. who died at
Milo.'lowa, in 1912; .lohn ,T.. of this review,
Mrs. Mary Lyonberger. of Phoenix. Arizona,
who died "in April, 1912; Michael, a resident
of Fairfield, Iowa: Samuel C. of Batavia.
Iowa; and Mrs. Syran Glenn, who died in
Boise. Idaho, in 1910.

After the death of his parents .Tohn .1.
Pcebler went to live with an \incle. David
Feebler, and at the age of sixteen years
crossed the plains with his uncle's family in a
train of between forty and fifty wagons, be-
ing six months on the way and seeing no
hou.se from the time he left Council TJlutTs,
Iowa, until he arrived at The Dalles. Oregon,
in l.S.in. He remained tinder his uncle's roof
until he was nineteen years of age, when he
went to Yreka. Talifornia. and engagerl in
mining with a fair degree of success. He then
went to the I'mpqua vallej . where he re-
mained until l^fin. at which time he came to
the Hrande P.oiide valley, locating on n farm
of three hundred and twenty acres of state
land in the T>add canyon. He resided on this
place for forty-five years, being engaged in
farming and stock-raising. He still owns this
homestead and it is now manngeil by his two
sons. Henry and Adolph. In 1908 he re-
move<l to 'l.a Crnnde. where he now lives
retired.

In l'<.'>9 Mr. Feebler was united in mamnge
with Miss Amelia Antoinette Orubb. who was
bom in Onindy county. Missouri. December S.
1S43, and was the younce<t daughter of
Thompson Onibb. Her father erossed the
plains with his family in IS-'O, settling in the
Willamette valley, where he remained until
he passed away, at the agi- of o»>vcnty four,
his wife having died when the daughter. Mr*.
Feebler, was only a little child. Mr. and Mrs.
Feebler have Iwcome the parents of seven chil-
dren: one who died in infancy; Olive, now
Mrs. .lohn Oreen. of Emmett, Idaho; Rirhnnl.

of Orande Ronde valley; Mrs. .Mary .Mien,
now deceased: Henry, living on his father's
homestead; Clara, now .Mrs. Alien, of loi
Grande; and Adolph, on the family home-
stead.

Mr. Feebler, having passed so many years
in Oregon, has been a witness of the develop-
ment of the country from the primitive to it.s
present stale. In istin, when he first settled
in the Grande Uonde valley, the nearest
source of supplies was Walla Walla. Wash-
ington, and with a plow and a dozen chickens
which he purchased from there, he started
farming, lie and his wife early learned the
makeshifts of the pioneer and often used
browned wheat as a substitute for coffee. An
active and progressive man, Mr. Feebler
steadily advanced ami is now able to spend
his last days in ease and plenty, surrounded
by many friends and ac.|uaintanres. Fra-
ternally he i-i a member of the Masonic order.

J. E. SCHROEDER is the popular and ac-
complished assistant cashier of the First
National Hank of Condon, in which city he
has his resilience. His birth oiTiirred in St.
Louis county. Missouri, on the 13th of Octo-
ber, 1879. his parents being William and
.-\nna (Schottl Schroeder. the former a na-
tive of Germany and the latter of St. Louis.
Missouri. William Schroeder «us reared in
his native country, where he learned the
trade of a eigarmnker. and while yet a
young man he emigrated to the Tinitcd
States and located in the city of St. Louis,
where he worked for some time as a jour-
neyman cigarmaker. He was a young man
of correct habits, frucal and ambitious, giv-
ing prompt attention to his business, and
by the practice of rigid economy during three
short years he saved sunicient means with
which to establish himself in businewi.
With this end in view he removed to Man-
chester, Missouri, where he at once engnijed
in the manufartiire of cigars. He |iros-
pered in this venture from the first ond Im<-
eame prominently identified with the in-
dustry. He remained in business in Man-
chester until his death, which occurred in
19n-t. \t the time of his demise he wo»
succeeded in business bv his son. August.
Mrs. .\nna Schroeder. his widow, is still
living, residing at the old home in Man-
chester, Missouri.

.1. E. Schroeder was reared at home, ac-

?nirinc an education in the public schools,
n 1S99. at the age of twenty, he emieratd
to Oregon, locating in Gilliam county. He
found employment nt once on a stni-k ranch,
where he remained for one year, after which
he engaced in the stock business for him
self, using the imorrnpied near-by R'" •
ment lands as range for his cattle. \'
engaged in this enterprise he seen'
tion as mnnnger for the Kerr G ■'
l.nnv's warehouses at Clem -i- ' '
(;illiam county While thus ■ ■ '"

. 1. ... I K..I>, 't., .-.ire for h; ^'i'

-itance possessing a tem-

<hed for diligence in prnr

ticnl business matters, found time while at-
tending to the interests of his employers

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

and also to his own affairs, to attend Holmes
Business College in Portland, from which in-
stitution he was graduated in 1906. In June,
1909, he resigned his position with the ware-
house company to accept the proffered posi-
tion of assistant cashier of the First Na-
tional Bank of Condon— a position he still
fills to the entire satisfaction of the insti-
tution and its patrons. He owns two hun-
dred acres of land on Hay creek, to which he
is giving his attention. His fraternal rela-
tions are with Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 95,
F. & A. M., and Endymion Lodge, No. 66,
K. P. In politics he is a republican. Mr.
Schroeder is still an unmarried man. He
is one of the representative citizens of Gil-
liam county, in which his name is a synonym
for integrity and success in business.

WILLIAM I. BONEBRAKE is the owner
of two hundred and fifteen acres constituting
a tine dairy ranch about six miles froml
Marshfield, Oregon. He was born in Iowa,
November 10, 1854, his parents being Wil-
liam F. and Fannie (Mellinger) Bonebrake,
both of whom were natives of Indiana. They
were married, however, in Ohio, where they
resided for a few years and then removed
to Iowa, where the father purchased land
and engaged in farming until 1862, when
he came to Oregon by ox teams and settled
at Roseburg where he resided until 1867. He
then returned by wagon to Iowa, but in 1869
again came to Oregon, driving a mule team
across the plains and over the mountains
to the northwest. Once more he took up his
abode in Roseburg but soon afterward re-
moved to Coos bay and settled on Catching's
Inlet where he secured one hundred and
sixty acres of land upon which he made his
home for three years. He then again located
in Roseburg where he lived until 1874, after
which he spent the succeeding nine years in
Coos bay. In 1883 he became a resident of
the state of Washington, where he remained
until his death in November, 1887. His wife
surviving him. passed away on January 13,
1890, at Goldendale, Washington. Through-
out his entire life the father was engaged in
preaching as a minister of the United Breth-
ren church. In the family were nine chil-
dren of whom six are still living: Mrs. Har-
gan, who makes her home near Portland;
Noah, who is living near Oregon City; Mrs.
Elmore, of Colusa. California; Allen, a prac-
ticing physician of Goldendale, Washington;
Mrs. Quinn, of Hoquiam, Washington; and
William I.

The last named was but seven years of
age when the father brought him to the
northwest. He again crossed the plains on
two other occasions when the family re-
turned to Iowa, and again when they came
to Oregon. They had the usual experiences
that befell the travelers who made the long
journey by wagon to the Pacific coast. They
had some encounters with the Indians and
met with many hardships while on the way,
but at length "the long distance was covered
and the family was pleasantly established
in a home on the Pacific coast.

William I. Bonebrake remained with his
parents until his marriage in 1880, when he
began farming in Coos county, since which
time he has followed that occupation, making
dairying a special feature of his business.
At the present writing he is the owner of
two hundred and fifteen acres of good land
constituting one of the fine dairy ranches
of this part of the state. It is conveniently
located aliout six miles from Marshfield and
there as well as in other districts he finds a
ready sale for liis dairy products.

Mr. Bonebrake wedded Miss Elma Cutlip,
who was born in Oregon, and is a daughter of
Abraham and Hariett (Cook) Cutlip, who
were natives of Virginia and Oliio, respec-
tively. They settled in Iowa for a time and
crossed the plains to Oregon with ox teams
in 1853. They settled in the Willamette
valley where they resided until 1865. when
they took up their abode on the Coos river
in Coos county, where both passed away,
the mother dying in 1895, while the father's
death occurred in 1910. In their family were
seven children, of whom one died in infancy,
the others being: Mark, living in Coos
county; Mrs. Bonebrake; Mrs. Matilda
Smith, who resides on a farm on the Coos
river; Sherman, whose home is on Daniel's
creek in Coos county; Leonard, who died at
the age of twenty years; and Roselia, who
married Henry La Cross, and died at the
age of eighteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Bone-
brake have become the parents of four chil-
dren: H. R., who was born October 34, 1881,
and died on August 9, 1896; S. Maude, who
was born February 14. 1883, and is the wife
of William Conklin of Coos county; Elsie,
who was born on September 35, 1885, and is
the wife of E. R. Stevens, of Chippewa Lake,
Michigan; and Mabel C, who was born Sep-
tember 11, 1888, and is the wife of C. S.
Masters of Coos county.

Mr. Bonebrake votes with the republican
party, but takes no active part in politics.
He belongs to the Grange at Marshfield and
he and his wife hold membership in the
LTnited Brethren church. They are interested
in all that pertains to the moral progress
of the community and Mr. Bonebrake has
also contributed to its material development
through the careful conduct of his business
interests. He carries on dairying along mod-
ern and scientific lines and a ready sale of
his products on the market has assured him
of continuous success.

GEORGE JACOB BOWMAN. The city of
Baker was organized in 1874 and George J.
Bowman became one of its first councilmen,
in which position he continued for four con-
secutive terms and was made president of
the council. He thus did much in shaping
the policy and molding the destiny of the
city and he has ever been an advocate of all
that pertains to its upbuilding and substan-
tial improvement. He was born in Wilgart-
swiesen. Germany, January 1. 1829. and is
therefore pi£rhty-three ye.Trs of age — one of
the venerable and honored residents of Baker
county. His parents. Micliael and Elizabeth
(Braiin) Bowman were natives of Germany.

\YII-I.IAM I. IMiNKItUAKK AND I VMII,\

THE NE^
PUBLIC L,.

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897

The father, born in 1787 died in 1838 when his
son George was nine years of age, having
been accidentally killed by a heavy timber
falling upon him. His wife, who was born
in 1788, died alinut 1S62. In their family
were five children. Phillip. Elizabeth. David.
Margaret and Ceorno .J., but the last named
is the only one now living.

As passenger on a westward bound sailing
vessel, the Xew Urunswiek. George J. Bow-
man came to the United States, landing at
New Orleans on the 7th of Dooembor. 1S4S.
He worked through the succeeding winter at
the wagon and carriage-making trade and
then proceeded northward to Louisville. Ken-
tucky, where he again engaged in a similar
business. He afterward located in Woodford
county. Kentucky, where he continued until
18.12 when he went to Missouri, living in that
state until 1S73. .\bout that time he heard
and heeded the call of the west and came to
the present site of Baker, although the city
was not incorporate*! until the following year.
Here he purchased the property where the
Grand Hotel now stands and there engaged in
the wagon-making business which he followed
until 1S78. He was thus associated witli
industrial interests from an early day in the
city's history and has made for himself a
creditable position in business circles and has
also gained a gratifying return for bis labor.
It has not been in business lines alone, bow-
ever, that Mr. Bowman has left his impress
for good upon the welfare of the city. His
ser\-ice as city councilman for four consecu-
tive terms beginning in 187-1, has been an
element of value in establishing the city upon
a foundation that has ever promoted its
stabilitv. He favored many movements for
the general goo<l and instituted plans and
projects which have been beneficial elements
as the years have gone by. He was one of
the first school directors and organized the
school of that dav into three departments.

On the 9th of Xovember, 1854. Mr. Bi>wman
was married to Miss Elizabeth Tweedie. a
daughter of David and Rachel (Bennett I
Tweedie, who were natives of Scotland and
England respectively. The mi>ther was
brought to .-Vnierlca when she was two years
of age. Her father introduced the first gins-,
manufacturing into this country. Mrs.
Tweedie was born Febninry B. l'«17. and died
February 11. 1S-'I- ^'r- Tweedie was born
.Tanuarv 11. 1809, and passed away in Mis
souri .January 1.1. 1 *«!>». In their family were
eleven children of whom six are yet living:
Mrs. Bowman: .John, of Missouri; Esther.
who is the wirlow of .Joseph H. Wilson an.l
lives in Missouri; Ella, the wife of .John I»nB
of the same state; Thomas of Mis«r.uri; and
J^e, the wife of Oliver I>ong, also living in
that state. The five who have passed away
are William. Margaret, David Gordon. .Jane
and Mary. Mrs, Bowman was Imrn .\ug»ist
13. 1835, and by her marring<- ba« l»^come the
mother of nine children. Kate May, born
Xovember 28. 1855. was m.irrie.l in 1876 to
Frank Palmer of Baker, and they have two
children, Eula. the wife of .John Warren of
Baker and the mother of one son. L«land:
and George, who married Miss .Jean Scott and

has two children. George and Chester Scott
Palnii-r. George .loci Bowman, the second of
the family, died in Missouri when but lour
months old. Mary K., born .July 25, H60. is
the wife of ,J. P. llalley of Ridiland, Oregon,
and they have three children, Maude; Eleanor,
who married Sol Mason and lias tliri-<- chil-
dren, Kdna, Floyd ami one still in infancy;
and Earl, who nuirried Miss Nova l.luyd.
.James Wiles Bowman, born Kebruary 2S.
I8()3. died in lioise. Idaho. Frank Itowman
of Baker, who was born .lanuary 17, ISfifi,
married Miss .Mice Shelton of Baker and has
three children. Lloyd who married Miss Anna
Westlake; Ross and Eva. .John T. Bowman,
born October .1, 1868. marrii'<l Mollie Poe.
who died leaving two children, Ij-ster ami
Ethel, of Wallowa county. He chose for a
second wife Mis« Ella Blo<ini. IJobert B. Bow-
man, born .\pril 24. 1S72. married Miss Belle
Willett, Itculah Bownuin. born .\pril 12, IsTrt.
is the wife of W. H. Stocker of Portland.
Myrtle Bowman, bom May 7. ISSll, is the wife
of .J. W. Campbell of Richland. Oregon, and
their three children are Dorothy. Elizabeth
and George.

Mr. Bowman has long been a democrat in
his political views, and the ofTices which he
has held have found in him a faithful and
worthy incumbent. Both he and his wifi' ore
devoted and loyal members of the Presby-
terian church in which he has serve<l as an
elder for fifty-eight years. His life has in-
deed been an upricht and honorable one,
actuated by lofty principles, and now in the
evening of his day he can look back over
the past without regret and forward to the
future without fear. He has not only done
his duty but has extended a helpini; hand
wherever aid was needed, being alwavs reaily
to assist a fellow traveler upon life's journey.

MRS. ELIZA E. KELL'y is a native of the
state of Iowa and a dauk'hter of .James and
^Inrv Hutton. both of whom witc born in
Illinois. In an early clay they went to Iow»
with some of the venturesome pioneers and
after remninini; there for "ome time, ile-
i-ideil to remove to the far west, which held
out to them superior advantages. In ISr, (
thev crossed the plains with ox teams, locat-
ing'in Baker county. Orecn, where the father
.•npaeed in ftericuifurnl pursuits. Here the
parents resided dtiring the remainder of (heir
lives. In their family were ten children.

Elizji E. Hutton was married in tH7n to D.
Kellv and to them five children were born-
.Vgni'S, who Is the wife of William Douglas, of
Portland; .\nna. now Mr«. I,. Hncketf, of
Baker county; W, C.. also a resident of Baker
county; .James .\.; and Eugene, at home.
Mrs. Kelly is one of those women in whnm
was bom the true spirit of coiirnpe and »
jfeneroiis amount of (" •
living on her own farm

live acres of fertile soil, v..,, . ., i -.. ■.

is devoted to dalrvins. She is one of the
pioneer settlers of Baker county and by her
lil.ors and example has become a well known
figure in the life of the eommunilT. Tier
religious nfllliation Is with the Second Baptist
church of Baker, where she is n faithful mem

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

ber and a regular attendant. Mrs. Kelly was
born and reared in an atmosphere of activity.
Her parents, being among the early settlers
of the middle west, were familiar with tliose
hardships which were the rule and not the
exception with the pioneers of that section.
This spirit of the settlers of the middle west
served the Hutton family well in their long,
tedious passage across the plains with o.k
teams and in their earlier experiences in
Baker county, the family having settled here
at a very early date. Mrs. Kelly is known
to a large number of people in Baker City
and among them she is respected as well as
admired for her business qualifications as
well as for the excellent social qualities which
she possesses.

COLONEL ALFRED COLLIS. Among the
men now living in Cascade Locks who fought
for the Union in the Civil war. Colonel
Alfred Collis stands prominent. His birth
occurred in Virginia on the 20th of May,
1840, his parents being H. and Margaret
(Taylor) Collis, both natives and lifelong
residents of Virginia. To them eleven chil-
dren were born, two of whom survive:
Alfred, who is the subject of this review;
and Susan J., who is the widow of James
Props of Virginia.

After spending some time in the district
schools and also assisting his father in vari-
ous ways Alfred Collis left home at the age
of eighteen years to start upon an independ-
ent career. He was variously employed until
1864, when he enlisted in Company E of the
Coles Cavalry and served until the close
of the war when he was discharged in Bal-
timore, Maryland. At one time during his
service he was shot through the right foot
in an engagement at Charleston, but so
great was his enthusiasm for the csuse for
which he was fighting that as soon as he
was physically able to do so he reentered
active service. His life as a soldier made a
deep impression upon him and appealed to
him so strongly that in 1879 he again en-
listed in the army, this time joining the
I'egular army at Omaha, Nebraska, and serv-
ing for nine years before his discharge on
the 28th of June, 1888, in Arizona. He had
given his best years to military service and
when he came to Cascade Locks in 1890 he
was given a position by the government as
lock tender. For several years he con-
tinued this work, and since his retirement
from active life has been residing in Cascade
Locks.

In 1868 Colonel Collis was married to
Miss Mary Dietz, whose birth occurred in
Virginia and who passed away eighteen
months after their marriage.

Colonel Collis has been for many years a
stanch advocate of the republican party but
he has never aspired to official honors. He
is a worthy member of the Cascade Locks
Post of the Grand Army of the Republic,
and at the gatherings of his comrades he
renews his associations of long years ago
on the battle field, and recognizes that the
greatest honor of his life was his service un-
der the stars and stripes. Colonel Collis

has ever been a respected and patriotic citi-
zen and an energetic man who has contrib-
uted to the extent of his ability to any un-
dertaking which might have benefited by his
support.

JOHN P. MYERS, M. D. Among the pros-
perous men of Union may be mentioned Dr.
John P. Myers, who since settling here in
1906 has built up a splendid practice. He
was born in Mercer countv, Missouri Feb-
ruary 9, 1874, a son of A. F. and Anna Eliza-
beth Myers, the father a native of Ohio and
the mother of Illinois. The wedding of the
parents was celebrated in the latter state and
shortly afterward they removed to Missouri
where their children were born. In 1884
the family removed to Washington and settled
in the town of Woodland, where they re-
mained until 1889, when they came to Ore-
gon, locating in Clatskanie, where the parents
are still making their home. In their fam-
ily were three sons and two daughters, of
whom John P. Myers was the fourth in or-
der of birth.

Dr. Myers was given a high- school educa-
tion at Clatskanie, after which he took a
one year's course at the State Normal School.
He then entered the University of Michigan,
where he spent two years, then, going to
Chicago, became a student in the North-
western University, from which he was grad-
uated with the class of 1904, winnmg the de-
gree of M. D. He immediately returned to
his home town and began the practice of hia
profession, continuing there until 1906, and
in March of that year he settled in Union,
w^here he has since been engaged in the ac-
tive work of his profession, having built
up a large practice.

Dr. Myers was married, August 14, 1904,
to Miss Dora Liggett, of Independence, Ore-
gon. Her father passed away when she was
an infant, and her mother died two years
later. Dr. Myers is an active member of
the Union Commercial Club and takes a
deep interest in all of the affairs affecting
the community. He is a good citizen and
is also regarded as an able physician. He
has an extensive acquaintance' throughout
the county and his popularity and practice
are continuously growing.

C. J. GULLIFORD, who is interested in a
hardware business in Echo, is also the owner
of a livery barn there and sixty-five acres
of alfalfa land, a portion of which is within
the city limits. He is a prominent resident
of the city and has been for about five years
a member of the municipal council. He" was
born in Lane county, Oregon, August 28,
1863, the son of .John and Julia GuUiford.
the former a native of Illinois and tlie lat-
ter of Missouri. The parents emigrated
to Oregon about 1855 and settled in Lane
county, where they resided for about ten
years. The father then removed to Umatilla
county, taking up a government claim there,
upon which he resided until his death, in
1899. In his earlier years in Oregon he
had participated in the Indian war. The
mother is still living and makes her home

THE CENTENNIAL UlSTUKV OF OKKllON

8'.m

in Pendleton. They were the pai'i'iit:^ of
nine children, three of whom are deceased.
The si.\ children who are now living are all
residents of Umatilla county.

C. J. Gulliford was given a common school
education and remained at home with his
parents until he attained the age of twiMity-
five years. At that age he engaged in the
stock business in Umatilla county, an occu-
pation which he followed for tlfteen years.
He then came to Echo, where he operated a
farm adjoining the city limits. He is now
engaged in the hardware business in part-
nership with Ed llaninier and also is the
owner of a livery barn in Echo. He likewise
owns sixty-tive acres of alfalfa land, part of
which adjoins the town, the remainder lying
inside the corporation.

In 1896 Mr. (Julliford was married to Miss
Kate McCullough. of Umatilla county, a
daughter of J. M. and Lucinda (Johnson)
McCullough. The parents came to this
county at an early date and the father took
part in the Indian war. His death occurred
in 190S but the mother is still living. Mr.
and Mrs. Gulliford are the parents of three
children, Clephane, Daphne and Myrtle, all
at home.

In his fraternal connections Mr. fJulliford
is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at
Echo and also belongs to the Woodmen and
Maccabees lodges. His political allegiance is
given to the republican party and he has
been prominently connected with city politics
for many years, having been a member of
the city council for about live years. Both
he and his wife are members of the Baptist
church and are actively engaged in the work
of that denomination. Mr. Gulliford is one
of the i)opular business men of Echo, where
he is widely known and universally respected.
He is a progressive, enthusiastic citizen and
readily lends his assistance to every good
work "calculated to ailvance the interests of
his city and community. He is active in
business nITairs. giving the closest attention
to all details and having long since won an
enviable reputation for integrity and gen-
eral elliciency.

JOHN PETERSON, who now lives retired
in Helix, was liorn in Norway, Octotier 15,
1840, a son of Peter ami .Andrea Benson, both
of whom were also natives of Norway, the
father born in 1T;i9 and the mother in 1^02.
Both died in their native land, the mother
having reached the advanced age of ninety-
six years. In their family were two chihlren.

.John Peterson received a common-school
education and remained in Norway until he
was twenty-eight years of age. On coming
to Americ.i", he settled at Omaha, Nebraska,
where he resided live years. Subseipiently
he went to Hock Springs. Wyoming, but after
live years removed to Wnlla Walla. Wash-
ington, residing there one year. (n l«7S
he came to Umatilla county, Oregon, where
he purchased a farm, residing thereon for
four years. He then sold that place and
bought one hundred and sixty acres but
after five years sold the second farm and
purchased six hundred and forty acres, which

he still owns and which is highly improved.
In 1900 he retired from active" work and
purchased a residence in Helix, where he
has since resided.

In Omaha, Nebraska, in IsT:;, .Mr. i'eter-
son wedded Miss Aiuia Ingernian. who is a
native of Norway, and came to .Vmerica on
the same ship with her future husband. To
them have bei'U born eleven children: Paul
•I., now a resident of Wyoming; Emma, the
wife of E<l Oliver, of Umatilla county;
Henry, of the same county; Agnes, the wile
of E<l Brotherton. of Walla Walla, Wash
ington; Clara, the wile of Charles Vouiig, of
Wyoming; Anna, who married .\ddison
Stocknmn, of Umatilla county; John L. and
Jens C, both of that county; Fred, now
in .South America; Ellen, the wife of Frank
Kame, of I'matilla county; ami one de-
ceased.

Mr. Peterson gives his allegiance to the
republican party, and he has always been
greatly interested in the cause of education,
having now served lor over twenty years
as school director. Both he and .\!r». Peter-
son are faithful members of the Christian
church and they are most highly honored
and valued citizens in the county where they
have chosen to make their home.

NELSON SCHOONOVER. Success — the
thing I'tir which all men strive is not sn ditll-
cult of attainment but nieaux cuntiiuioux elfort
day by day and a neglect of no opportunity.
A life of continuous industry has brought to
Nelson Scliooiiover his present position as a
substantial citl/en. whose well directed laborn
in former years now make it possible for him
to live in comfortable retirement. One of
Pennsylvania's native sons, he was born in
Itushkill. Pike county, on the 'JIth of May.
1S3,S. and was the third in order of birth in
a famil.v of nine children. His father. .Samuel
G. .Schoonover, who.se entire lifi- was pnssi-d
in Pennsylvania, came r>f sturdy llollaml
stock. The mother, whose maiden name MfH«
Mary Heller, was a native of Germnny.

In the city of his nativity Nelson Sch>Min
oyer spent the period of lii» iKiyhood and
youth, and there acr|uir<-il his eilm-ation in
the public sihools. In Is.'.M. whi'li a youth of
twenty years, hr w»'nt to Fort Wayn<', In
dinnn, and there remained for six years, dur
ing which lime he was engaged at milling.
When the Civil war liroki- out he decided to
put aside per>nnnl interests ami enlist (nr
service in supixirt of the Union, but his em
plovers insisted on his remaining at his work
and he continued with them until inni. in
which year In' joined a numlwr of others who
were preparing I" go to the rmn.-. ..f dlnho
They made the trip n« far ' Itown.

Iowa, by train, and then- '■ mule

teams with which Ihev conliniird llifir )nur
ney. .Mthough fhry were worri»x| msnjr
time* by the attitude of the In — v

never sulTered any actual ot'ack v

who had ' II the banks of ir..- i iiii-

river di' -(ifi' th»'m wer** molest***!

by the 1... mil two ■'■ lii.ir number

killed. Without •eriou« i •. Mr.

Schoonover and hi« mmpm -nplote.!

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

their journey, arriving at Idaho City late in
the fall of the year, but he did not tarry long
at that place, continuing his journey to Walla
Walla. Washington, where in the spring of
1865 he took up the business of freighting.
After being thus engaged for some time lie
came to Union county, Oregon, locating on
property which is now incorporated within
the city limits of Union. Shortly after his
arrival here he entered the employ of Craw-
ford, Slooum & Company, large freighting
contractors, who made a specialty of gov-
ernment work, and he continued in their em-
ploy for a number of years, at the same time
carrying on agricultural pursuits. After the
railroad had been built through this district
he gave his entire time to his farming and
stock-raising interests and in that line he met
with success. He manifested the same spirit
of industry and enterprise which had char-
acterized his labors while in the employ of
others, with the result that his efforts were
rewarded with a degree of prosperity that
eventually made it possible for him to with-
draw from active life, and he retired from
business with a handsome competence. He
now resides in Union in an attractive home
which he owns and which is popular among
his many friends for its hospitality.

On the 19th of March, 1876, Mr. Schoonoyer
was married to Miss Anna Morrison, a native
of Scotland, and both occupy a high place
in the social circles in which they move. Mr.
Schoonover is public-spirited to a high degree
and is now serving as a member of the city
council, in which capacity he does all in his
power to further the interests of the com-
munity in which he resides. He has made
a nuinber of trips to various points in the
United States, and is a man of genial dis-
position, whose companionship is enjoyed by
a large number of warm personal friends.

WILLIAM BROWTT, who was engaged in
farming near Baker, was born March 1, 1841,
in the northern part of Ireland, a son of
James F. and Eliza Brown, who were farm-
ing people and immigrated to the United
States when their son William was but
three years of age. They first settled in
Illinois and afterward removed to Wiscon-
sin, spending their remaining days near Min-
eral Point. In their family were six sons
and six daughters, the latter all yet living,
while three of the sons also survive.

William Brown was educated in the com-
mon schools of Lost Grove, Wisconsin, and
when twenty-one years of age made the long
and arduous journey across the plains, ar-
riving in Auburn, Oregon, in 1862. He there
worked on the Auburn canal, which was then
being constructed to furnish water _ to the
mining camps of Auburn and vicinity. In
1863 he went to Idaho and engaged in min-
ing until 1865, when he returned to Baker
county. Here he took up the work of farm-
ing, which he followed until 1867, and during
that period he purchased the John R. _Mc-
Lain claim, near Pocahontas, about eight
miles northwest of Baker City. He afterward
homesteaded the property, improved it and
converted it into a valuable tract of land,

on which he carried on farming and stock-
raising, also hauling wood to Baker City.
For six years during the summer months he
supplied the Mormon basin and mining camps
of that vicinity with wood, blocks for flumes
and charcoal for blacksmith work. He was
engaged in this work during the time of the
Bannock Indian war of 1878. These mining
camps were often largely occupied by China-
men who were engaged in mining and no man
ever stood higher in the estimation of these
miners than Mr. Brown, because of his fair
and honorable dealing. Whatever he said was
with them "allrightee." If he gave his word
that he was furnishing one or one hundred
cords of wood, so many hundred blocks or so
many bushels of charcoal, they knew that
was the amount supplied. He was familiarly
called Billie Brown through the mining camps
and all knew that his word was to be relied
upon under every condition. They recog-
nized that he gave value received for the
gold dust weighed out to pay the bills,
amounting to thousands of dollars each year.
He was very successful in his work and won
a substantial profit on his business there.
He continued to reside on the old homestead
farm to the time of his death, which oc-
curred on the 14th of March. 1902.

On the 30th of .January, 1869, at Poca-
hontas, Oregon. Mr. Brown was married to
Miss Julia A. Dean, a daughter of Owen R.
Dean. Her father was a Kentuckian and her
mother was from Indiana. After their mar-
riage they removed to Missouri, where they
lived for about fifteen years, and in 1865
they crossed the plains with teams to Ore-
gon, settling near Pocahontas. There they
followed mming (and farming \intil 1869,
at which time they removed to Texas, where
they resided until called to their final rest.
They were the parents of thirteen children,
eight sons and five daughters, of whom four
sons are yet living and one daughter, Mrs.
Brown, who by her marriage became the
mother of one son and three daughters. The
eldest, Lillie M., born May 1, i870, is the
wife of W. B. Landreth, and they have one
son and one daughter. Harvey K., born
August 17. 1871, married Dorcas A. Mont-
gomery and has a daughter, Ethel M. Abbey
M., born September 30, 1876, is the wife of
W. A. Payton, and they have two sons and
two daughters. Ella M., the wife of M. S.
Osborne has two sons and two daughters.
All reside in Baker county. At his death
Mr. Brown made no will, leaving all of his
property to his family, feeling that they
would do right by each other in the matter
of disposition, and in this he was not mis-
taken. The land has since been divided
among the children and Mrs. Brown received
the old home place — an example of fair and
just dealing that might well be followed
by many.

At different times Mr. Brown was called
to public office by his fellow townsmen who
recognized his worth and ability. He served
as county commissioner for nearly eight
years and died on the 14th of March, 1902,
just a few months before the expiration
of his term of office. He was also school

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908

director for a number of years, the cause
of education finding in him a warm frienil.
In polities, he was a republican, interesteil in
the work and success of the party, but he
would not stoop to the practice of putting;
■up money to buy or influence votes. lie
became his party's candidate for sheriff whiii
the county was larjiely democratic. 1 1 is
popularity was so great that twenty dollar-i
placed in a certain saloon would have turned
votes enough to elect him. He said he did
not approve of acquirins office by any such
methods although the oflice at that time paiil
about ten thousand dollars a year. His only
son. Harvey, although a republican, was
elected sherifT in 1902 and again in 190 1.
He made an excellent record in ofTice, cleared
up outstanding delinquent taxes closer than
any sheriff that had preceded him in Baker
county, and he used every opportunity to
enforce the law. He was a candidate for the
nomination as governor in 1906 and received
a very large vote. He was a popular and
valued member of the Elks and Knishts of
Pythias lodges and the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, all of Baker. He met
death at the hands of an assassin, who placed
a bomb at his sate which exploded as he
passed through the gate about 10:30 p. m.,
on the night of September 30, 1907. He
passed away on the 1st of October, and his
was the largest funeral ever seen in Baker.
At one time rewards amounting to fifteen
thousand dollars were offered for the arrest
and conviction of the assassin but so far no
clew to the giiilty party has been found.
His death was a great loss to the community
at large for he was a highly esteemed and
valued citizen— a man whose worth was
widely acknowledsed.

The father. William Brown, held member-
ship in the Masonic fraternity, becoming a
member of Baker Lodge, No. 47. A, F. & A.
M., on March 13. 1S7.3. He was an active
worker in the lodge throughout the remain-
der of his life and w-as also a great temper-
ance worker, doing all in his power to check
the liquor trafTic. He was a consistent and
faithful mcmlier of the Methodist Episcopal
church for thirty-two years, was long one
of its tnistcps, "was superintendent of the
Sunday school for a number of years and
took an active and helpful part in all lines
of church work. Baker county long n\im
bered William Brown among her rcprcscntn
live and honored residents.

W T EHLE is the genial ami hospitable
proprietor of the Sumpter Hotel und.-r whose
direction this popular hostelrj- has sucee«led
in gaining an enviable reputation. He wns
born in Missouri, November 27, 1^73. the
son of Robert H. and Mary K. (Tjikei Eh e,
the former a native of Wisconsin and the
latter of Missouri. The father passed nwny
in April, 1911, but the mother survives and
is now residing in Oklahoma Tity. -Thev
■were the parents of five children, three of
■whom are still living.

W. T. Ehic was educated in the common
and iiigii schools and rem.iincd at home with
his parents until he attaineil his majority.

Shortly afterward he ubtuiiied a civil serv-
ice appointment in the State Heforinatory.
a position which he held for six years, and
during the time he was thus employed sat-
isfactorily discharged all of the duties de-
volving upon him. In 1H!IS he enlisted for
military servic<^ in the Spanish-.Xmericnn
war, joining Company T, of the Fifth Mis-
souri Regiment of Volunteers. lie was in
this service throughout the war and at its
close he returned to Missouri, where he re-
mained for a short time and then set out
for Alaska and there entered the employ
of the Alaska Mercantile Company. Sub-
sequently he removed to California ami later
came to Sumpter, where he became pro-
|)rietor of the Sumpter Hotel,

Mr. Ehle's political allegiance is given to
the democratic party. He has never been
an office seeker, preferring to give his un-
divided attention to the hotel which he is
so successfully conducting. He is alliliateil
with the Fraternal Order of Katies, in which
he is an active and valued menibi-r. .\s the
manager of the Sumpter Hotel he i.s favor-
ably known ami his reputation as a land-
lord is justly merited. He takes an active
interest in the civic, fraternal and social
welfare of Sumpter and his first considera-
tion is always for the interests and comfort
of his guests.

WILLIAM H. BOYD has been a resident of
rmatilla county »inci> \^9\ and a citizen of
Echo since 1000. He is one of the leailing
merchants of Echo, giving strict attention
to his business and universal satisfaction t"
his patrons. He was liorn in the state of
New York on the 23d of November, 1953, his
parents being .lolin and Sarah (Hobbs) Boyd,
the former a native of Canada and the latter
of the Empire state. They were marrie<l in
New York and there continued to reside until
they passed away. They reared a family of
seven children, six of whom an- still living.
William H. Boyd was reared at home ami
educated in the public schools. He remninwl
with his parents until he was fifteen years
of age, at which time he engngol as a farm
laborer and continued in this occupation until
he attained his twenlysecind year. On
reaching his majority mid hnvinj; had some
limited experience in self support and personul
business affair*, hi- ronctiided to go to the (ir
west and at once decided i<> trv his fortune
in the Colden state. On reaching Cnllfornia
he did not find condition* quite to his liking
and after remaining for eiifhf months hi< re-
moved to OreB"n in 1970, setllinif neor Port
land. He rented a farm in Yamhill county
and cngBge.1 In farminc '"f •'"' following
six years. He rvenlunlly disjxvie.l of his
agrirultiiral interests and removed to the
state of Washinaton. whre he enB«K«l 'n ">«
stock business until I-OI, In that year he
sold out anrl decided to change his location
and his business as well. I'pon disposing
of his property he immediately remore<l to
I'matilla, where he was engBse.1 in merehan-
.lisine until 1900. He then remoTwl to
Echo, where he established himself in a

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

general mercantile business and has met with
gratifying success.

In the year 1S77 Mr. Boyd was united in
marriage to Miss Emma Wright, a native of
Yamhill county, Oregon, and a daughter of
Thomas and Elizabeth Wright, who were na-
tives of Missouri and Tennessee respectively.
They crossed the plains in 1847 and filed upon
a donation claim in Yamhill county, where
they established their home and spent their
remaining days. Their children were ten in
number. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd are the parents
of three children, namely: Jessie P., who is
the wife of A. C. Armstrong, of Portland.
Oregon; Thomas M., who is in the service of
the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Naviga-
tion Company; and Agnes M., the wife of A.
L. Wigle, of Echo.

Since age conferred upon him the right of
franchise Mr. Boyd has supported the men
and measures of the democracy. Fraternally
he is identified with the Masons, belonging
to Lodge No. 40 at Umatilla, in which he has
filled all of the chairs. His wife is a con-
sistent and faithful member of the Presby-
terian church. Mr. Boyd is one of the pro-
gressive and up-to-date business men of the
thriving city of Echo. His store is known
throughout the entire county and his patron-
age is widely distributed throiighout that por-
tion of the state. PTe is among the ready
supporters of every measure seeking to ad-
vance the best interests of his county and the
community in which he lives.

CARL KUPERS, the able and conscientious
cashier of the Bank of Helix, was born in
Germany. September 30, 1875, and is a son
of Claus and Mary Kupers. both of whom
were natives of Germany and came to Amer-
ica in 189S. The father was a railroad man
and is now drawing a pension from the com-
pany by which he was employed. He re-
sides with his son Oarl. the mother having
passed away in 1909. In their family were
eight children, three of whom are yet living:
Henry, who makes his bome in Germany;
Augusta, the wife of August Kupers, of
LTmatilla county; and Carl, of this review.

The last named received his education in
his native country and when but seventeen
years of age came to America, locating in
Umatilla- county. Oregon, where he was em-
ployed as a farm hand for three years. Sub-
sequently he purchased a tract of land and
began farming for himself. He now owns
four hundred and eighty acres of excellent
land in this county and nine hundred and
sixty acres in Franklin county, all of which
is under a high state of cultivation. In
1905 he was one of the organizers of the
Bank of Helix and from the start was one of
the directors. In 1008 he was elected assist-
ant cashier and in March, 1909, was made
cashier, in which capacity he is now so ably
serving.

In ,Inly, 1908. Mr. Kupers wedded Miss
Minnie Ruther, who was born in INIcLean
county, Illinois. Her parents William and
Anniiie Ruther, were natives of Germany and
came to America in 1883. In 1907 they set-
tled in Umatilla county, on the farm where

the mother is yet living, the father having
passed away in 1908. In their family were
seven children. Mrs. Kupers died in April,

1909. and her early death was deeply re-
gretted by all who knew her. She was a
faithful member of the Lutheran church and
her life was carefully guided by its teach-
ings. Mr. Kupers is an earnest worker in
the same church and has many friends and
acquaintances in Helix. He has been ex-
tremely successful both in farming and
banking, and he has found here in America
the opportunities which are always open to
the energetic and ambitious man and through
these he has steadily worked his way up-
ward.

EDWIN T. BEERS. Incontrovertible proof
of Edwin T. Beers' commendable position in
Grand Army circles is given by the fact that
since .January, 1895, he has served contin-
uously as commander of .Toe Hooker Post.
He has since January, 1897. been secretary
of the Fraternal Union of America. His
popularity is based upon substantial quali-
ties of manhood and citizenship, the latter
finding expression in his service as a soldier
in the Civil war and in his devotion to many
elements of public progress since that day.
Mr. Beers went to the front from Iowa, his
native state. His birth occurred in Mount
Pleasant on the 10th of May, 1846. His
parents were Elijah and Mary Ann Beers,
who aflforded their son good educational
opportunities so that he supplemented his
public-school course in Mount Pleasant by
study in the Iowa Wesleyan University.
Ere the time for his graduation had arrived,
however, hostilities between the north and
south had been inaugurated and he laid aside
his text-books in order to join the army and
aid in defense of the stars and stripes. It
was on the 2d of October. 1863, that he en-
listed as a member of Company I, Ninth
Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, remaining with
that command until mustered out at Little
Rock. Arkansas. Jlarch 15. 1SR6. Nine days
later he was honorably discharged at Daven-
port. Iowa, and resumed the pursuits of
civil life.

In early manhood TMr. Beers learned the
brick mason's trade which he long followed,
becoming an excellent workman. He even-
tually took up contract work on his own ac-
count. In .Tune, 1876. he came to Oregon and
made his way direct to Baker City, where
he has since resided. As the years have
passed he has prospered in his undertakings
and he is now the owner of nine residence
properties from which he derives a gratify-
ing income. All through his residence here
he has taken an active interest in every-
thing pertaining to the development of the
community and to its upbuilding along sub-
stantial lines. He served as city council-
man from the second ward for six years, dat-
ing from November, 1904. to December 1.

1910. and exercised his official prerogatives
in support of various progressive measures.
He has always voted with the democratic
party, his study of the questions and issues
of the day leading him to give earnest sup-

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

905

port to that organization. Appreciative of
his worth and ability as commanding ofTic-r.
his comrades have year by year elected him
to the highest position in Joe Hooker Post. No.
20, G. A. R., his services as commanilt-r cov-
ering seventeen years. For fifteen years he
has been at the head of the Fraternal Union
of America. On the 12th of July, 1S75. he
joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and for twenty-two year" he has been the
financial secretary of Baker City Lodee.
No. 25.

Edwin T. Beers was married at Jloiint
Pleasant, Iowa. January 12. 1869. to Miss
Elizalieth J. Casidy. a daughter of Shadraeh
and Susan (.Scott I Casidy. the father an
early settler of Henry county, Iowa. Mr.
and Mrs. Beers have become the parents of
three .sons and three daughters: William E..
forty-one years of age. who married Miss
Lee. of Utah; C. R., thirt.vnine years of age;
Harry E.. twenty-one .vears of ai;e; Mrs.
Anna Harthrong; Rose Elizabeth, the wife
of Earl A. Wheeler of Caldwell. Idaho; and
Margaret, a graduate of the Baker high
school, who is at home. Few amnnir the resi-
dents of Baker City are more widely known
and none more favorably so than Edwin T.
Beers, who in his business, social, political
and fraternal relations has ever merited and
enjoyed the confidence and good-will of the
general public.

WILLIAM H. McKINNEY, M. D., who is
successfully engaged in the practice of medi-
cine and surgery at Helix, was born in Mis-
souri, January 6. 1SS.^. He is the son of
Andrew J. and Mary (CrifTin) McKinney.
the father a native of Tennessee and the
mother of Missouri. At an earlv date
Andrew J. McKinnev went to Missouri,
where he met and married Marv r.rillin. He
died in that state in 1900 and his wife, hav-
ing preceded him by twentv-one years, passed
away in ISS.'). In their family were two
children: Ollie. who is the wife of Richard
R. .Sherman, of Colorado; and William II..
of this review.

William II. McKinney grew to manhood
in Mis.souri and there acquired his early
education in the public schools. Later he
became a student at the University Medi
cal Cnllece of Kansas City, from which in
stitution be was graduated in the class of
1901. Snbse(|uenll.v he took up the practice
of his profession in his native state, where
he remained until 1909. when he came to
Oregon, settling at .Adam-, in Umalillo
county. One year later be came to Helix,
where he is now located and where he has
built up an extensive anil n'tnunerntivp prac
tice. He has been successful in his inve«t
ments and owns valuable real estote in
Missouri.

In 1902 Dr. McKinney wedded Miss Wim-
pey. who wax a dauphler of Thnmas H. and
Zorna Wimpey. who are now residing on a
farm near Condon. Oreeon. Mrs. McKinnev
passed away in 1909. having a large circle
of friends and acquaintances, who deeply
mourned her loss. Dr. McKinney is an «dvii-
cate of democratic principles, having sup-

ported the party since attaining his major
itv. He is alViliated with Helix Lodge. No.
92, A. F. i A. M.; I«l.m;:s f. Ileliv l...,|......

No. 74, I. O. O. F.. having fillcl all the chairs
of the same: and is a member of Helix
Ix>dge, No. 74, K. P. Although Dr. McKin-
ney is yet a young man. he is rapidly
demonstrating his ability ti. c<ipe with the
intricate problems that continmilly confront
the physician. He is a con<cicntiiius practi-
tioner who gives his patients dm- attention,
ami he keeps in dose touih with the advance-
ments and progress that are being made
t'Klay in the meilical world.

SAMUEL A. PURSEL, who has been iden
titled with the industrial activities of Ore
goii since 1S72, is now living Cfimparativel.v
retired in a comfortable home in Union. A
great deal of his time has been spent in
the sawmill business, nlthoiigh he has Immmi
interested in a livery barn and other enter
prisi's. He is a veteran of the Civil war
and a citizen of the hiiilnst standing. Mr.
I'lirsel was Imrn in West Bniwnsville. Pi-nn
sylvania. .-Vpril IJS. 1840. the son of Morris
and Sarah (O'Donnell) Piimel. the former
born in Maine, and the latter in Pennsyl-
vania. The granilfather and his family re-
moved to Ohio at a very early da.v. the father
being only four years of age at that time.
The family were among the pioneers of that
state anri the nearest neinhtior at the lime
they settled there resideil four miles distant.
The" people wore biiekskin clothing ami lived
in an extremely primitive wa.v during the
early years of the family's residence in the
Buckeye state. The father enlisted for
service in the War of 1^12 but Itefore nrriy
ing at the front the war was over and his
services were not neeiled. When a young
man he removed f" Pennsylvania, settling «t
Sewicklev. anrl remained there until U'.'O,
when with his fariiilv be remnved to Iowa.
L'oing as far as Muscatine by boat and set
tlintf in Johnson county, twelve miles south
of Iowa City. There the father engaffcl in
farminir and took nn active part in the affairs
i.f the locality. He was morried twice and
became the father of fifteen children, sinmuel
.\. Pursel beintf the yoiiiiiiewt of the first
family, which contained eleven children.

The earlv boyho.id of Mr Plirmel was spent
in peiiii-'. I mil he twing ten years of age
„.)„.n • removed to Iowa. lie pur

.„ed 1 n in the .rh<ml. of Penn.vl

vanin and l.-».i and remTif>e.|
rental roof until OrlolM-r 17.
enlisted in the T ■ '
fore the rompn'
latter was ciim|"

be

Mil lie

nt the

..;,.inv was

disbanded. On Ototn-r 17. I<l»-,| he enliste.1
in Company K of the Fourth Iowa Volnn
teer Infantry, under Tolonel S. T). NiehoU.
The enmpanv was mustered in at Dovenport
and after a short time was ordered l«
.Atlanta. Ceorgia. where it joined .Sherman
on his march to the sea. The r ' '"ok

Iiort in the liattle of Mill Trr. in

Innumerable skirnii"he« in vnr of

the s'liitb. Mr, Pursel's rrjrimr- 'at

the close of •'"■ " "■• I'v ».>v . ••■>n

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

and took part in the grand review in that
city, thence returning to Davenport, wliere
its members were honorably discharged in
August, 1865. Mr. Pursel returned to his
Iowa home, where he remained until 1872,
being engaged in agricultural pursuits. In
that year he migrated to Oregon, going by
rail to Kelton and by stage to La Grande.
He bought an interest in a sawmill at Perry,
then called Stumptown, and was engaged in
its operation until the fall of 1877, when he
sold his sawmill interests and purchased land
ten miles north of Union. He resided in
Union and was engaged in various lines of
business, at one time being interested in
The Sentinel. He engaged in the livery busi-
ness in Union in partnership with J. T.
McComas, under the firm name of McComas
& Pursel and was also interested in the
horse-breeding business. Later he again be-
came connected with the sawmill business,
being one of the members of the firm of Pur-
sel, Welsh & .Swackhamer. Mr. Welsh after-
ward sold his interest and the business was
continued under the name of Pursel &
Swackhamer. Mr. Pursel later bought Mr.
Swackhamer's interest and continued on his
own account for three years, when he dis-
posed of the business.

On April 4, 1866, Mr. Pursel was united
in marriage to Miss Esther McComas, a na-
tive of Tippecanoe county. Indiana, and a
daughter of John and .Jeannette (Carr)
McComas, the former a native of Kentucky,
while the latter was born in Adams 'county,
Ohio. Tlie grandfather, James McComas,
was a native of Scotland. Mrs. Pursel, who
is a woman of education and strong individ-
uality, was engaged in teaching school in
Iowa previous to her marriage and since
that time has been actively identified with
the social and literary activities of the com-
munities in which the family have lived.
She is president of the Woman's Club of
Union, which is a literary organization, is
a member of the Woman's Christian Tem-
perance Union and takes an active part in
these societies. Mr. Pursel is a member of
the Orand Army of the Republic, while Mrs.
Pursel is actively associated with its auxil-
iary, the Woman's Relief Corps. Mr. and
Mrs. Pursel have attended several national
encampments of the Grand Army of the
Republic and are widely and favorably
known. Mrs. Pursel possesses decided artis-
tic ability, having executed a number of oil
paintings which adorn the Pursel home.

ASVALDUR SIGURDSON, owning and op-
erating a canning factory at Warrenton, is
one of the prosperous, respected and represen-
tative residents of that town. His birth oc-
curred in Iceland on the 22d of July, 1858, his
parents being Sigurd and Gudrun Sigurdson,
who were likewise natives of that country.
Following the father's demise, the mother
came to America with her five children.
These are as follows: Asvaldur, of this re-
view; Sigurd, who holds the office of county
commissioner in a bailiwick of North Dakota;
Anna, the wife of Sigfus Bergmann, who con-
ducts a mercantile establishment in Canada;

George B., who is extensively engaged in
farming at Edinburg, North Dakota; and
Gunnar, of Washburn, North Dakota, who is
serving as county judge.

Asvaldur Sigurdson obtained his edu-
cation in the comrtion schools of his native
land and after attaining his majority was
connected with railroad work for two years.
On the expiration of that period he took up
a claim in North Dakota, being one of the
pioneer settlers of that state and carrying
on general agi-icultural pursuits there for
twelve years. He likewise operated a
thresher in North Dakota. Subsequently he
removed to Sheridan, Oregon, where he made
his home for six years, spending each fall,
however, as a thresher in North Dakota. He
next became identified with the fishing in-
dustry, fishing for salmon in the Columbia
river for a year. In 1899 he came to War-
renton and here continued fishing and clam
digging for a time. Then he opened the
canning factory which he owns at the
present time and in the operation of which
he has won a gratifying measure of pros-
perity. He likewise has a commodious and
attractive home and is the owner of the
launch Eva, as well as another smaller one.
On the 32d of July, 1885, in North Da-
kota, Mr. Sigurdson was united in marriage
to Miss Anna Bjornson. a native of Iceland
and a daughter of Fredbjorn and Anna Bjorn-
son, who were likewise born in that country.
Coming to the United States, they located in
North Dakota and there continued to re-
side throughout the remainder of tl)eir lives,
Mr. Bjornson passing away in 1888, while
his wife was called to her final rest in 1882.
They were the parents of seven children,
namely: Fredbjorn, who owns and operates
a farm in North Dakota; Mrs. Sigurdson;
Arni, living in North Dakota; Magnus, an
implement dealer of North Dakota; Paul
and Thorlakur, who are residents of Canada;
and Margaret, the wife of Halldor Rykjalin,
of North Dakota. Unto our subject and
his wife were born thirteen children, as
follows: Alexander, who pursued a course
of study in a business college and is now
captain of a launch on the Columbia river;
Anna, a high-school graduate who has fol-
lowed the profession of teaching for some
time; Fredbjorn, whose birth occurred on
the 19th of August, 1889. and who is cap-
tain of the launch Eva on the Columbia river;
Sigurd, whose natal day was April 22, 1891,
and who is still at home; Gudrun, twin of
Sigurd, who died at the age of two years;
Gunnar, born December 10, 1892, who has a
common-school education; Frances G., born
January 14, 1894, who is a grammar-school
graduate; William F., whose birth occurred
on the 26th of September, 1896, and who
has likewise completed a course in the com-
mon schools; George Walter, whose natal
day was May 22, 1900; Clarence Edwin,
born September 14, 1901; Henry E., whose
birth occurred on the 1st of May, 1903; As-
valdur, bom December 4, 1904; and Robert,
who was born on the 1st of \.pril, 1910.

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Mr. Sigurdson is a rcpulilicaii in politics
and served us justice of tlie peace, town
clerk and postmaster at Ejl'ord, North Da-
kota, holding the last named otliee under Har-
rison's administration. He also served as
justice ot" the peace at Warrenton and his
decisions have ever liecn lair and impar-
tial. Fraternally he is ideiititied with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at As-
toria, the Amient Order of L'niled Work-
men of that placi' and n\>o the Degree of
Honor. His religious faith is that of the
Lutheran church. In business life he has been
well known for his alert and enterprising
spirit and his salient qualities and charac-
teristics are such as win an honorable suc-
cess.

CHARLES HARRISON ERNST, the genial
proprietor of the Ernst llestaurant on .Main
street. Baker City, was born in Portland,
Oregon on the ~th of November. 1833. His
father. Fred K. Ernst. wa.-< born in Hanover.
fJermany, February 1, 1849, and died May
31, 1910, in this "city. He was for many
years proprietor of a hotel in this city and
iiis place was a rendezvous for the old pi-
oneers with whom he had been associated
for nianj' years. Later he retired from that
business and opened a fish and oyster market
which he continued until the time of his
death. He was a member of the Second
Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry during
the Civil war and after servinc his first term
reenlisted in the cavalry. He served one
term as a member of the city council of
Baker City. His wife, who in her maiden-
hood was Sarah Frances Stephman, was born
in Baker City. In their family were two
sons, Charles and Jesse, who at the time of
the father's death took charge of the fish
and oyster business which they conducted
for some time, or until Charles IT. Ernst
withdrew to enter the restaurant business
in which he has since engaged. The enter-
prise originally establisheil by the father,
however, is still conducted by the son .lessc.

Charles H. Ernst acquired bis education
in the common schools of Baker City, where
his youth was spent. After his experience
in the fi-^h and oyster business he Iwcame, in
191 1, the proprietor of a restaurant on Main
street, which he conducts under the name
of the Ernst Restaurant and which, throuch
his careful management, his warmhearted^
ness and genial manner, together at all
times with an earnest desire to pleaoe his
patrons, has developed into a very sotl*
faetorv business.

Mr " Ernst was niarricil. on the l.ith oi
Januarv. 1910, to Miss Ethel Moore, a daugh
ter of bean and Tjiura Moore. Her father is
now deceased but the mother survive and
makes her home in this city. Mr. F.rnst he^
came a member of the Oregon National
Guard and served three years when he re
signed, but has since reenlisled and is now
identified with that »K>dy. Politically he |.
„ republican. His religious faith is that of
the Episcopal church and in hii fraternal
relations he is alTiliated with the Modern
Woodmen of America and Lodge No. 1, t-
Vol. m— 37

O. E., of Seattle, Washington. He u num
bered amoii^ the well known busincsa men
of Baker City, where he is universally re
spected and popular. His connection with
the state guard and fraternal circles has
widened his ac<|uaintanco and |iopularity and
in fact there are few men who are lietter or
more favorably kiio»ii in this localjtv than
Charles H. Ernst.

CECIL THOMAS GODWIN, a memlHr of
the Oregon bar siiici' I'.ioi and a reproseiitu-
tive of the legal profession in lluker since
1909, was born in Berlin, llreen Lake county,
Wisconsin, May 12, 1S7S, his parents Iwing
James E. and Mary Eliuibelh liodwin. The
former was a son of the l!ev. Thoma^t ami
Isabella (iodwin and was born near Toronto.
Canada, in the year is.'*.*!, while the latter was
a daughter of William anil Mary Cheesnian
and was born near the same place in the year
1S5S. This parentage is of Kngli.sh and
Scotch-Irish ancestry; that of the mother is
traced directly back to the Mayllower,

Ere the birth of Cecil Thomas CiHlwin, his
parents had removed to Wisconsin and
lie pursiicil his education In the public schools
of licrlln until graduated from the high school
there with the class of IS'JT. He after-
ward entered upon the study of law and
was graduated from the I'niversity of Wis-
consin in 1901 with the Bachelor of |jiw-s
degree. His early training had been that of
the home farm upon which he remaint'il with
his father until twenty-two years of oge.
assisting through the spring, summer and-
fall months in tin- work of plowing, planting
and harvesting. Followin); his admission to
the bar he sought the upporliinilies of thi-
far west and since 1904 has hrm a resilient
of Oregon. He settled first in Milton, where
he remained for five years ond in 1909 came
to Baker where he has sinci- engaged in fhi-
practice of law, securing a large and dis-
tinctively representative dientaite here.

In Portland, Oregon, on the 4th of Septem-
ber, 1907, Mr. rioilwin was married to Mi««
Mary Inez Phelps, a daughter of D. .L and
Elleii Phelps, who were pioneers of this state.
Her mother, who in her maidenhood wos
Miss Wilmot, was brought across the plain*
from Missouri in an emigrant Iroin when but
six weeks old.

Cecil Thomas Codwln Is a rrpiibllran,

stanch in his advocacy of the ...i.., „f

that party iiml is now its canl !is.

trict attorney of the eighth jii ! ic|.

Since l^or, he has ixvn a nirmlier of the
Independent Order of Odil Fellows niul he
beloni;* also to the Country Club of ttnkrr.
the Woodmen of the World ami to Ihr
Methmlist Episcopol church. ' "iis

which indieote much of the not t >ii

terests ami his activities aside ft..i ."fk

of his profession.

WILLIAM LYLE ROBERTS, • reHred

citi/eri III' lliiinc'. linker i-minly. who has hail
n sui-ceisfiil and U'efiil business career, was
liorn neor Kingston. Tennessee, nrtob<<r l.'i.
^<^r,\. a son of F. M. and Margaret (Ljrie)
Roberta. The parents were l>ofh native* of

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Tennessee but removed in 1856 to Missouri,
where they resided for a considerable period.
When the Civil war broke out the father
enlisted in the Confederate army and in that
service was killed in 1863. The mother con-
tinued to reside in Missouri until her death,
which occurred in 1875. In their family were
five children, one of whom is deceased. Those
living are: J. F., of Van Buren, Arkansas;
Samuel H., of Christian county, Missouri;
Elizabeth, the wife of John Key, of Missouri;
and William Lyle.

William Lyle Roberts secured such an edu-
cation as was available in Missouri during
his boyhood. On crossing the plains to Ore-
gon he rented a ranch in Baker county for
two years and then took up a government
homestead of one hundred and sixty acres
three miles east of Haines, where lie lived
for five years, securing in the meanwhile a
government patent to this land, which he
still owns.

In 1876 Mr. Roberts married Miss Sophronia
Byrd, a native of eastern Tennessee. To
them eight children were born: Vergil V. and
Burns E., both of whom reside in Baker
county; Otto O.; Alford M.; Gertrude, the
wife of S. C. Barnes; Florence, the wife of
Thomas Lefler; Eunice; and Cecil G., at home.

Politically Mr. Roberts gives his allegiance
to the democracy and on account of the lively
interest which he has shown in politics he
has been called upon to serve as justice of
the peace for eight years, a position which he
still occupies. He has also served on the
town board for one term. Fraternally he is
a member of Haines Lodge, No. 112, I. 0. 0.
F.. having filled nearly all of the chairs in
this order and has represented his lodge in
the Grand Lodge. Mrs. Roberts is a faith-
ful and consistent member of the Methodist
Episcopal church.

SAMUEL 0. SWACKHAMER. Among the
well-to-do and respected citizens of Union
who has well performed his part in develop-
ing this great state is S. 0. Swackhamer, now
living retired. He owns eight hundred acres
of farming and pasture land and fifty or sixty
acres inside the corporate limits of the city.
He was born in Warren county, New Jersey,
July 25, 1837, a son of Conrad Swackhamer,
a native of the same state. The grandfather,
Samuel Swackhamer, also of New Jersey,
was of German birth. The father and his
family removed to Pennsylvania when S. 0.
Swackhamer was about five years of age and
they afterward took up their abode in Illi-
nois. The mother passed away when the
subject of this review was about six years
old and his father was again married, his
second wife dying in 1879.

S. 0. Swackhamer pursued his education
in the schools of Pennsylvania and Illinois
and in 1860 migrated to Colorado, where he
engaged in the freighting business, operating
between Denver and the Missouri river. This
he continued for about eighteen months and
after his marriage he returned to Denver,
where he spent the winter of 1862-63. On
the 11th day of the following May he started
for Oregon with ox teams, arriving in La

Grande on the 5th of August. His was one
of three wagons starting from Denver but
the little train was joined at various points
by other wagons journeying toward the far
west. He was taken sick with the typhoid
fever at Burnt river and was brought to La
Grande, where he was attended by Dr. Pey-
ton. After his recovery he began freighting
from The Dalles to the Grande Ronde valley,
residing in The Dalles during that winter,
in which city his wife's people were also
making their home. He then returned to
tlie Grande Ronde valley, where he continued
freighting and also acquired a homestead,
lie is now the owner of a farm of eight hun-
dred acres on Catherine creek, five miles
from LTnion and has fifty or sixty acres within
the city limits, a considerable portion of
which he cultivates. A race track and fair
grounds were also located on a portion of
liis laud and his home occupies an entire
block in the residence section of the city,
adjoining the business district.

October 9, 1863, Mr. Swackhamer was
united in marriage in Omaha, Nebraska, to
Miss Carrie E. Dodge, a native of Montpeller,
Vermont, and a daughter of Hiram T. Dodge,
who was at one time engaged in the sash
and door business in Vermont. His plant
was destroyed by fire and he then located in
Omaha, continuing in the same business. In
1859 he joined a party going to Pikes Peak
for the purpose of gold mining but on reach-
ing that point Mr. Dodge concluded that the
gold fields were not what they had been rep-
resented and he continued with his party to
Oregon, settling in the vicinity of The Dalles,
where with a partner he operated a sawmill
on Fifteen-Mile creek. To Mr. and Mrs.
Swackhamer have been born nine children:
Mrs. Clara Nevada Mulholland; Mary Olive,
Luther, Alta, Elizabeth and Maud, all of
whom died of diphtheria in the spring of
1S79; Walter; Arthur, who died of pneumonia
in 1884; and Chester. Walter and Cliester
Swackhamer are both graduates of the high
school at Union. The former attended a
business college at Portland and later en-
tered the College of Physicians and Surgeons
at Chicago. He will graduate from this in-
stitution in 1914. He was married to Miss
E. Odell, a granddaughter of Colonel A. G. D.
Chapman, who donated a large tract of land
to the city of Portland. Chester Swackhamer
took a two years' course in the University
of Illinois at Urbana and was later grad-
uated from the University of Chicago. He is
now a student at Rush Medical College, Chi-
cago, and will graduate in the class of 1913.
He is thoroughly conscientious in his work
and stands high in all his classes. The
mother of these children passed away in
November, 1908, and Mr. Swackhamer later
married Miss Ellen Finley, of San Diego.
California, whose parents were old Illinois
friends of the Swackhamer family.

Politically Mr. Swackhamer is a republi-
can and has had a political career worthy of
mention. In 1876 he was elected sheriff of
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Union county. During his tenure of office
occurred the Indian outbreak, when the set-
tlers threw up rille pits in various places
and the courthouse in Union was barricaded.
While in office he handled many desperate
characters, always using the greatest cau-
tion, and fortunately he met with no serious
mishap. In 1885 through the recommenda-
tion of Congressman George and Senator
Dolph he was appointed register of the land
office by President Arthur. This office he
held only eight months, owing to the elec-
tion of President Cleveland. In 1S9S he wa*
appointed receiver of the United States land
office by President JlcKinley, through the in-
fluence of Senator George McBride and W. R.
Ellis, of Pendleton, and served acceptably in
that capacity for about five years. He has
also served in the city council of Union and
has been one of its leading citizens. He is
a Mason of long standing, having served in
all the chairs. He was the first high priest
of Union Chapter and is a member of AI
Kader Temple of the Mystic Slirinc of Port-
land. He is also a member of the Eastern
Oregon Commandery. No. 6. of La Grande.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church and was lay delegate to the general
conference, which convened in New York city
in 1888. Mr. Swackhamer is a splendid citi-
zen and has an extremely large number of
close personal friends who hold him in the
highest esteem. He has a wide acquaintance
throughout Union county, his activities hav-
ing brought him in touch with a very large
number of citizens, and he is highly respected
by the people of the entire community.

FRANCIS M. HUNSAKER, who was born
in Vancouver. Washington. September l')-
1855, is one of the well known farmers of
Baker countv. He is the son of Bradford
and Hannah" Maria (Stice) Hunsaker, the
former a native of Illinois and the latter of
Misso\iri. The parents crossed the plains
with ox teams in 1S.52 and settled near Van
couvcr, Washington, where they resided until
the spring of 1870, when they removed to
Baker countv, Oregon, where the mother died
in August, ioOfi. The father, however, sur
vives and at the ripe old age of eighty years
is still living in this county. They were the
parents of six children, (our of whom are
now living.

Francis >[. Hunsaker remained at home
with his parents until he attained his mn-
iority. having received n common-school edu-
cation in the schools of Washington and Ore
gon. After he became of age he worked in
B store as clerk for a year and then took up
the business of freighting, which he followed
for six vears. He then became a carpenter
and for eighteen vears worked at that trade,
when he bought 'a ranch of forty-four and
one-half acres, upon which he now lives.
This farm is now a well developed and finely
improved property and he owns besides this
forty acres, which is an additional source
of income.

In 1880 Mr. Hunsaker was married to Mis«
Frances Sargent, a daughter of I. N. and
Hannah Sargent, both of whom were natives

of New York. The parents emigrated to Ore-
gon in 1862 and later removed to The Dalles,
where both passed away. Mr. and Mrs.
Hunsaker are the parents of two sons: Clar-
ence H., who was born September 1, 1881;
and Archie E., born September 9, 1884. The
mother of these children died in 1900 and on
June 5, 1904, Mr. Hunsaker was again mar-
ried, his second union being with Mrs. Estella
(Reel) Boswell. a native of Wyoming and a
daughter of Isaac W. and Ellen (Marrs)
Reel. The father was a native of Kansas
and the mother of Iowa and both are now
deceased. By her first marriage Mrs. Hun-
saker was the mother of a son, Chester A.,
and a daughter, Uma U. Boswell. Mr. and
Jlrs. Hunsaker are the parents of one child.
Francis L.

In politics Jlr. Hunsaker votes the repub-
lican ticket but has never been an office
seeker or intensely interested in politics. He
and his wife are members of the First Bap-
tist church at Baker City, where they are
faithful attendants, inlluential members and
generous in their support. "Mr. Hunsaker has
long been numbered among the better class
of farmers and citizens of Baker county,
where he is known to a large circle of friends
and neighbors. He is one of those men by
the efforts of whom Baker county has been
brought to its present state of agricultural
development, and the Hunsaker family move
in the best circles in the county.

JOHN LAPSLY YANTIS. An honorable,
upright life has established John Lapsly
Yantis in an enviable position in public re-
gard in the Sumpter valley of Oregon, where
he is following the occupation of farming.
He was born in Trenton, Missouri, Octo-
ber 8. 1858, a son of Robert Piper and Eliz-
abeth Jane (Rochester) Yantis, both of whom
are natives of Kentucky. Tradition has it
that the city of Rochester, New York, was.
named in honor of one of the mother's
ancestors. Robert P. Yantis was born irr
1821 and it was in 1847 that he wedded
Elizjibeth J. Rochester, whose birth occurred
in 1822. He was a cabinet-maker by trade
anil followed that pursuit in early life.
.\bout 1830 he removed westward to Mis-
souri, where he lived until 1864. and then
went to Idaho, crossing the plains with ox
teams. For about five years he lived in
Boise, after which he purchased what was
then known as Miller's ranch on Burnt
river in Oregon, taking up his abode thereon
in 1869. He conducted a stage station and
road house at that point, this being one of
the most noted stations on the line of
travel from TTmatilla. on the Columbia river,
to Boise. That place is now the town site
of Huntington, and the junetiori point of
the Oregon Short Ijne Railroad and the line
of the Oregon Railway A Navigation Com-
pany. .After selling that place Mr. Yantis
bought a tract of land on Willow creek in
Malheur county, to which he removed about
1878. He then turned his attention to farm-
ins and stock-raising, in which business he
remained to the time of his death, which oc-
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five years of age. He passed away in Baker,
Oregon, as did his wife, who was eighty-
five years of age at the time of her demise.
In their family were five children, three sons
and two daughters. Kate L., living at Long
Beach, California, was married in Boise to
Joe Misner, and they had two sons, Edward
and Robert. Her second husband is Burton
Yantis and they have one daughter, Fannie.
Amos Rochester, married Sadie Howe and
to them have been born a number of chil-
dren of whom five are now living. Mary
Elizabeth, is the wife of C. M. Kellogg and
to them have been born four sons and two
daughters. Mr. Kellogg has been well known
as a stage and mail line contractor since
about 1867. Charles Thomas, a farmer resid-
ing near Walla Walla, Washington, mar-
ried Miss Ada Mallory and they have four
children, a son and three daughters.

John Lapsly Yantis, the fifth of the fam-
ily, attended school in Boise, Idaho, and in
Baker, Oregon, having accompanied his par-
ents to the northwest in early boyhood.
When he started in the business world for
himself he began learning the jeweler's
trade in Baker and followed that line of
business for about two years, when he went
to Montana with a band of horses, remain-
ing in that state for two years. He after-
ward returned to his father's farm on Wil-
low creek and took up farming and stock-
raising, to which business he has given prac-
tically his entire time since. In the fall
of 1899 he removed to Sumpter valley, pur-
chased a farm and now has four hundred
and eighty acres there, which are planted
principally in hay and grain. This land is
worth about forty dollars per acre. In addi-
tion to the cultivation of cereals best adapted
to the soil and climate he raises various
kinds of stock but makes a specialty of
horses. His place is located on the Sumpter
Valley railroad and owing to his industry
and careful management is being rapidly
brought under a high state of cultivation.

On the 27th of March, 1890, at Dell, ilal-
heur county, Oregon, Mr. Yantis was united
in marriage to Miss Effa Levelle Lee, a
daughter of George R. and Eva A. (Wilson)
Lee, who were married in Oregon. Her
father had crossed the plains with teams
in 1852 and served in the Indian wars of
Oregon and Washington in 1855 and 1856.
In every way he was closely associated with
pioneer development and in days of peace
followed the carpenter's trade. He died
about 1904 and is survived by his wife. In
their family were three children, a son and
two daughters. Mrs. Lee was born on the
Sandwich Islands in 1845 and her parents
came to Oregon, in 1848 settling in Ore-
gon City and making their home from that
time until called to their final rest in this
state. Mr. and Mrs. Yantis have become
the parents of four children, two sons and
two daughters: Grover Lee, who was born
January 30, 1893; Luther, born July 7,
1894- Mildred, born December 1, 1896; and
Levelle, born October 21, 1898. The par-
ents are providing their children with good
educations and are putting forth every ef-

fort to prepare them for life's practical and
responsible duties.

John L. Yantis at one time served as
deputy sheriff of Malheur county for two
years. His stanch temperance principles
have led him to ally himself with the prohi-
bition party. His life has been spent in
harmony with the teachings of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church, of which he is a
devoted member, and his influence is always
on the side of righteousness, justice, truth
and progress.

CLAY C. CLARK is a well known and
popular general merchant, extensive land
owner and cattle man of Arlington. He was
born in Chariton county, Missouri, June 24,
1861, a son of Ephraim and Mary (Van Tine)
Clark. The father was born in Kentucky and
the mother in New York, and they were mar-
ried in Missouri, where they resided until
the death of the father, which occurred
December 24, 1864. The mother survived him
until April 7. 1895.

Clay C. Clark was educated in the public
schools of Missouri, in which he pursued his
studies during the winter seasons of the .year,
while in the summers he earned his livelihood
in farm work, being so employed in Kansas
for about five and a half years. WTien eigh-
teen or nineteen years of age he discontinued
school attendance altogether and began to
give his entire attention to farming and
stock-raising, being employed by others un-
til he removed to Oregon in 1885. On com-
ing to this state he settled on a homestead
near Blalock. upon which he remained for
many years, farming in a diversified way and
raising cattle. In 1905 he removed from that
farm to Arlington, where he engaged in the
meat business. He remained thus employed
until in 1911, when he entered the general
mercantile trade and now is conducting a
good business, in connection with a meat
market, under the firm name of C. C. Clark
& Sons. He also owns about two thousand
acres of land and does a big cattle business,
raising and disposing of large numbers of
animals each year.

Mr. Clark was married in Sheridan county,
Missouri, March 9, 1883. to Miss Nancy A.
Lambert, a daughter of Jacob and Sarah Lam-
bert. To this union were born five children,
namely: Lambert E.. of the firm of C. C.
Clark & Sons: Claude C. the secretary of
C. C. Clark & Sons; Francis C, who has
charge of the meat market of this firm :
Lulu M.. at home; and Edith M., attending
school. In his political views Mr. Clark is
a republican and is a prominent man in his
community, having been county commissioner
and taking an active interest in local affairs
as well as in the policies of his party aiTect-
ing the nation. In his fraternal relations he
belongs to Lodge No. 88, A. F. & A. M. and
is also a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite
Mason of Portland Consistory. He is an
earnest and consistent member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church, rendering to that re-
ligious denomination material assistance as
well as helping by his influence and personal

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worth to make the chiiroli ami its alliod in-
terests eflkient for good in the community.
Mr. Clark, who has lived for many years in
Oregon, during all of which time he has been
actively engaged in business, has been a re-
markably successful man. He has not only
given the strictest attention to his business,
and labored early and late in building up a
fortune but has by a peculiar fitness so well
directed his efforts that he has achieved much
larger success than is vouchsafed to the aver-
age business man. He enjoys a rei>utatinn
for the strictest integrity and all of his
transactions with his customers are charac-
terized by that same sagacity which has dis-
tinguished all of his business dealings. Be-
ing of an affable disposition and an optimis-
tic spirit, he displays a cordiality of man-
ner which has won for him a most extensive
list of acquaintances, all of wliom hold him
in the highest esteem. He is one of the most
valuable and substantial men of his county,
a man of large calibre, generous and broad
minded.

EDWARD R. CARDWELL. A ranch of
one hundred and forty acres three miles
southeast of Merrill is the home place of
Edward R. Cardwell and thereon are found
exceptionally good improvements, making this
one of the attractive properties in Klamath
county. The owner is one of Oregon's native
sons, his birth having occurred in Jackson
county, April 1, 1SG8. His father, .John Card-
well, was a native of England and went to
the gold fields of California among the Forty-
niners. He followed mining for many years
and it was that which took him to Jackson
county, Oregon, about 1857. There he spent
his remaining days. In San Francisco he
wedded Mrs. Elleii (O'Roke) Steedman. who
was born in County Clare, Ireland, December
25, 1832, and came to the United States in
1849. In 1859 she became the wife of Wil-
liam Steedman and the same year removed
to San Francisco. Three children were born
of this union: Mrs. Anna Damon, of Mount
Vernon, Oregon; Mrs. White, of Cliico. Cali-
fornia; and Katherine, now deceased. It
was in California, that Mrs. Steedman be-
came the wife of John Cardwell, after which
they removed to the mines in the northern
part of the state, her husband following
placer mining there for a few years. They
afterward took up their abode in .">ams val-
ley, where Mr. Cardwell died May 4, 1882,
his son Edward R. being then about fourteen
years of age. His widow 9\irviverl him until
1901. They became the pan^nts of thirteen
children, of whom five are living: Jane, the
wife of Will Nichols, living in Central Point.
Oregon; Martha, the wife of J. Frank Ailams;
Kdwaril R., of this review; Lawrence, of
Colfl Hill. Oregon, and David S., at Fresno.

Edward H. Cardwell was reared upon the
old homestead farm and remained a resident
of Jackson county until ten years ago, when
he came to Klamath county. He remained
for three years at Fort Klamalh and since
(hen has been upon his ranch, comprising
one hundred and forty acres three miles

southeast of -Merrill. This is exceptionally
well improved and upon it he has a good
home. All is under government ditch and
he makes a specialty of the cultivation of
alfalfa. He also owns two hundred and
seventy acres at Fort Klamath, which is irri-
gated. It is situated at the head of Wood
river, on the military hay reserve, and em-
braces four claims, all used as meadow lands
and rented out by Mr. Cardwell.

In 1S95 Mr. Cardwell married Rose Grif-
litlis, who was born at Stockton, in the San
Joa<iuin valley of California, .January 1, 1871.
When eight years of age she was taken to
Jackson county, Oregon, by her parents, John
1). and Mary (Thomas) (Jrifliths, who were
natives of Wales and were married in Salt
Lake City, Utah. The father died in Jack-
son county, Oregon, in IS8fi. and the mother
is now living in (!olil Hill, Oregon. Mr. and
Mrs. Cardwell have one chihl. Opal. The
parents are well known and have many
friends in this district. Mr. Cardwell is a
faithful member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. He represents the jirogressive
element in agriculture in this part of the
state, following improved and advanced
methods for the reclamation, development
and cultivation of his land.

JAMES M. McCULLOUGH was one of the
early pioneers of (>reg(iii ami in his adopted
state he spent nearly all of his life. His
birth occurred in Tennessee on the 8th of
January. ^H32. his parents being Washing-
ton and Eliza McCuUough, who were natives
of Kentucky and passed away in Tennessee.
In 1847 James M. McCullough emigrated to
Oregon. He crossed the plains with ox teams
and located in Yamhill county. There he
continued to live until ISfi;). when he dis-
posed of his property in Yamhill county and
moved to T'matilla county, where he (lied
upon a government homestead, and after es-
tablishing his family in their new home he at
once engaged in stock-raising and with this
business he continued to occupy himself un-
til 1908. when he was called from an active
and successful life to the land beyond.

In 18.^9 Mr. McCullough was united in
marriage to Miss Lucinda Johnson, a daugh-
ter of James and Louisa (Crisp) .Johnson,
who were natives of Tennessee and Missouri
respectively. They crossed the plains in 1847.
locating in Yamhill county, where they spent
their remainim; days. Mrs. McCullough was
one of six chihlren. of whom three are still
living. I'nto Mr. and Mrs. McCullough were
horn eleven children, as follows: Isadora,
who is the wife of Xelson Chappie and re-
sides in the state of Washington; Louisa.
the wife of William Owens, of Washinixton ;
Anna, the wife of .Joe Foller; Kate, the wife
of C. J. GuUiford. of Unuitilla co\inty ; Emma,
who gave her hand in marriage to Edward
Hammer; .Tames Lee and Bi'njamin. both
of whom are residents of Umatilla county;
and four who are deceased. Mr. McCulloutrh
was a devoteil husband and a kind ami in-
dulgent father, giving his strencth and all
his attention to thi- interest.s of his family.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

He was a patriotic and public-spirited man
as well as an ideal and desirable citizen.
During tbe Indian wars of 1855 and 1856 he
was one of the volunteers who enlisted in
the defense of Oregon and the homes of her
white people. He was a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in the
cemetery belonging to this order he was
buried at Echo, Oregon. His widow, Mrs.
Lucinda MeCullough, owns a comfortable resi-
dence in Echo, where she has established her
home, and in addition to this property she
owns and operates an alfalfa farm near by
in this valley. Mr. MeCullough died in,
the faith of the Christian church, of which
his widow is also a devoted and consistent
member.

RALPH FOLSOM is a representative of one
of the old pioneer families of Oregon. He is
engaged in the furniture and undertaking
business in Pendleton and he is likewise con-
nected with many fraternal organizations,
so that he has a very wide acquaintance in
this part of the state, while his sterling
qualities have won him the favorable regard
of many. He was born in Astoria, November
19, 1872, so that his entire life has been
passed in this state, and of its development
and progress he has been an interested wit-
ness. His father, Moses Folsom, was born
in Maine in 1820 and came around the Horn
to Oregon in 1846. He was a blacksmith
by trade and opened one of the first shops
of that kind in Oregon City, becoming iden-
tified with the business interests of that
district ere the site of the city of Portland
was marked by more than one or two houses.
He died in 1898 but is still survived by hia
widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Folsom, who is now
living in Los Angeles, California. One of
his brothers, Orman Folsom, located the
prison in California which bears his name and
upon the pages of pioneer history in that
state as well as in Oregon the Folsoma have
left their impress.

Ralph Folsom is one of a family of ten
children, all of whom are living, six being
residents of Oregon and four of California.
He was a young child when his parents re-
moved from Astoria to Pendleton and pur-
svied his education in the public schools here,
passing through consecutive grades until he
became a high-school student. On putting
aside his text-books he entered the employ
of Jesse Failing, who was engaged in the
furniture and undertaking business. Mr.
Folsom was then eighteen years of age but
that he proved capable, faithful and diligent
is indicated in the fact that he continued
with his first employer for ten years,_ at
the end of which time, desirous that his
labors should more directly benefit himself,
he began business on his own accovmt and has
since been proprietor of one of the leading
commercial establishments of the city, car-
rying furniture, carpets and undertaking
supplies. Three years later he purchased
the business of his former employer, Mr.
Failing. Mr. Folsom was in partnership with
John S. Baker but in 1910 this relationship
was discontinued and he has since been

alone in the business. He is proprietor of
one of the leading stores of the city, car-
rying a large and well selected line of
furniture and carpets of all kinds and grades
so as to meet the varied tastes and demands
of the public. His goods are attractively
displayed and he makes every effort to
please his patrons, knowing that satisfied
customers are the best advertisement. In
addition to his commercial interests he is
the owner of a farm of eighty-three acres in
Polk county.

On the 1st of April, 1S98, Mr. Folsom was
united in marriage to Miss Elsie Allen, who
was born in Marion county, Oregon, and is
a daughter of John C. and Mary A. Allen.
Her father was a prominent, influential and
honored citizen of Polk county, where for an
extended period he carried on agricultural
pursuits and also took a very active part
in public affairs. For a number of years
he served as senator from Polk county and
was regarded as one of the leading mem-
bers of the upper house of the general as-
sembly, giving careful and earnest consid-
eration to all vital questions which came up
for settlement. Over the record of his pub-
lic career there falls no shadow of wrong
or suspicion of evil. He is now deceased but
his widow still survives. Mr. and Mrs. Fol-
som have become parents of two sons, John
Allen and Harry Emerson. The parents are
members of the Episcopal church and are iu'
terested in all the ennobling and uplifting
influences which are proving forceful factors
for good in the community.

Mr. Folsom is very prominent in fraternal
circles, holding membership in both branches
of the Knights of Pythias fraternity and
also belonging to the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World, the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the
Eagles, the Red Men and the Artisans. He
is a stalwart advocate of republican principles,
being recognized as one of the local leaders
of the party in Umatilla county. When
associated with Mr. Failing he was elected
to the position of county coroner, which he
filled for three years. Later he was again
chosen, so that he is now serving for the
second term in that office. He is loyal to
the best interests of Pendleton and his in-
fluence is always found on the side of jus-
tice, truth, progress and improvement. The
consensus of opinion places him in a high
position in public regard.

JOHN ALEXANDER DOUTHIT, well
known in journalistic circles but at the
present time engaged in the real-estate busi-
ness at The Dalles, was born in Linn county,
Oregon, April 26, 1858, his parents being
James H. and Louisa Douthit, who were na-
tives of South Carolina and in 1853 emi-
grated to Oregon, crossing the plains with
horse and mule teams. The father secured
a donation claim on Albany prairie, in Linn
county, whereon J. A. Douthit was born. In
1870 they removed to eastern Oregon, settling
in Ochoco county where the mother passed
awa.v the following year, while the father
survived until 1876.

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917

J. A. Douthit puisiKMl liis eilmiition at
home iiiuler the tutelage of his father, there
being no sr.'hools within forty miles of the
cattle ranch on which he resided as a hoy
in the Ochoeo country. Wlien sixteen years
of age he entered the Albany (Orepon) Col-
lege, in which he spent one year while the
following year was devoted to study in the
Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis. He
was left an orphan at the age of eighteen
years and soon afterward took up the profes-
sion of school teaching while later he devoted
a few years to mining in eastern Oregon and
in Idalio. In 1880 he established his home
at Prineville where in 1SS4, in company with
G. W. Barns, he began the publication of the
Ochoeo Review. The following year he pur-
chased the interest of his partner in the
paper and continued its publication for nine
years. He sold the Review in 1894 and in
1895 bought the Times-Mountaineer, a daily
and weekly paper published at The Dalles.
He continued to edit and publish both the
daily and weekly editions until 1904, in
which year he retired from the field of jour-
nalism. In newspaper circles he was well
known as an aggressive and fearless writer,
one who ably 'landled. the subject under dis-
cussion. He read broadly and thought deeply,
an;', was Irrgely conver.sant with the vital
and significant questions which have engaged
public attention. Moreover, his papers ably
conserved and promoted the local interests
and were ever recognized for their cham-
pionship of public progress and improvement.
His work us a journalist ended, he turned
his attention to the real-estate business in
which he still continues with oltices in the
Odd Fellows building at The Dalles. He
has thoroughly informed himself concern-
ing realty values, knows the property that
is upon the market and has been able to
• make advantageous purchases and sales for
his clients.

On the 28th of October, 1888, Mr. Douthit
was united fn marriage to Miss ^lary V.
Dunham, a daughter of Amos and Eliza Dun-
ham, who were Oregon pioneers. Tlieir
daughter was born in Linn county, a few
miles from the birthplace of Mr. Douthit. She
completed her education in the University of
Oregon and engaged in teaching school for
a few years prior to her ' marriage. She
is a member of the Sorosis, a woman's club;
also the Episcopal fluild and the I'nited
Artisans. Mr. ami Jklrs. Douthit have be-
come parents of two children, .John f!., who
was born in 1889, and Winnifred Lucile. born
in 1894. The son is a graduate of The
Dalles high school and the daughter is now
a student there,

Mr. Douthit is a democrat and takes an ac-
tive interest in the affairs and the success
of his party. He holds membership with
the Knights"of Pythias, the United Artisans,
the Workmen and the Brotherhood of .\mer-
ica. He has held the office of keeper of the
records and seal in the first named for n
number of years. He has been master of
the Artisans assembly, is master of the
Workmen lodge and secretary of the Brother-
honil of .\meriea. His religious faith is evi-

denced in his membership in St. Paul's
Episcopal church, of which he has been vestry-
man for many years. He is a native Ore-
gonian and is a typical westerner in every
respect, progressive and hospitable, possess-
ing many of the chivalric (lualities of his
southern parents. He is also a good enter-
tainer, and the Douthit home is justly re-
nowned for its hospitality.

J. H. ENSMINGER was born in Hancock
county. llliin.i>,. .March 19, 1S47. Ilis par-
ents were Ceorge and Esther A. (Wilson)
Eiisniinger. the father a native of Maryland
and the mother of Indiana. They settled in
the state of Illinois at a very early perio.l
and there passed their remaining days. To
them were born nine children, all of whom
are still living.

J. II. Ensmin^er received a common-school
education in Illinois and meanwhile was care-
fully trained by his father in the details of
farm work. He was a venturesome, ambitious
boy, and at the early age of fifteen years left
home and made his way across the great
American plains, settling in Baker county.
Oregon, where for a number of years he was
emploved at farm work. In 1871 he settled
on a farm near Baker City, a part of which
he still owns, and there he successfully fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits until 1909. when
he sold all but forty acres of his farm and
removed to Haines, where he is now living a
retired life.

Mr. Ensminger was married in 1871 to Miss
.Tohanna H. Ixiennig, a native of Xew .lersey.
Her parents, Ernest and Mary (Diedle) Locn-
niff. were natives of Germany and early in
life emigrated to the United States. As
early as 1863 they made their way across
the plains to the Pacific coast, settling in
Baker county. Oregon, where both passed
away. Mrs. Ensminger was one of a family
of seven children and by her marriage she
became the mother of eleven children, as
follows: Mary, the wife of -loe Ilenncr. of
Baker county: Ceorge. also of that county:
Bertha, the wife of A. A. Fiddler, of Baker
county": Frank, residing in the same county;
Minnie M.. who was horn September 22. ISSl,
graduated from the Baker City high school,
taught school for two years and passed away
Deci'mber 27, 1902; Pauline, who married X.
E. Dodd; Blanih. the wife of Ed McCullouu'h;
Viola, Zella, Alice and Herbert, all yet at
home.

In his political views Mr. Ensminger is a
democrat and takes considerable interest in
local affairs in which his party figures. He
is n member of the Masonic I.oilge. No. 47. at
Baker City. The fact that a boy fifteen
years of age should have the courage to
leave the prairies of his native state of Illi-
nois and journey alone across the plains in
18f>2 to seek his fnrlune in the great north
west is sufficient evidence of indomitable
courage as well as of a great degree of ambi-
tion, tioth of which J. H. Ensminger is well
known to possess. His life has been one of
well directed elTort in so nuieh that the
fniits of hifl labors have enabled him to re-
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

iiig years in comparative quiet in tlie seclu-
sion of his own well appointed home in
Haines. He has contributed not a little to
the general welfare, resources and progress
of his community and he numbers among his
friends many of the best citizens of the dis-
trict in which he has lived.

EDWARD PILLETT, wlio resides two
and a half miles north of St. Paul on the Sa-
lem and Champoeg road, was born March 30,
185S, in St. Clair county. Illinois, his par-
ents being JosejA and Elizabeth (Moussette)
Pillett, both of whom were also natives of
St. Clair county. His maternal grand-
mother was born in France and the maternal
grandfather and his father's parents were
natives of Canada. The maternal grandfa-
ther came directly to Illinois, where he ac-
cepted employment as pilot on a Mississippi
river steamboat, and was married while oc-
cupying this position. His death occurred
in 1850, when Elizabeth Moussette was
twelve years of age. She was one of eight
children, namely: John, Peter, Charles, Os-
car, Louise, Sophie, Florence and Elizabeth.
They are all deceased excepting Charles, who
is a resident of Illinois, and Oscar who is
residing in Missouri. Joseph Pillett was one
of four children, all deceased: John, Joseph
Mary and Ursula. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Pillett were married in Illinois in 1857 and
to them thirteen children were born, namely;
Edward, the subject of this sketch; Charles,
who is a resident of Salem; Fred and Os-
car, both of whom died in infancy; Adolphus,
a resident of Vida, Oregon; Henry, who
lives in Alberta, Canada; Milton, who is
married and lives in Madras, Oregon; Web-
ster, who resides on part of the old home
place; Mary, a resident of Kansas City, Mis-
souri, who is the wife of John Lynch; Ma-
tilda, of Gervais, who is the wife of Frank
Miller; and Elizabeth, Antoinette and Ade-
laide, all deceased.

Edward Pillett started in life on his own
account at the age of twenty-six years,
when he rented a farm of four hundred
acres, two hundred of which were in a high
state of cultivation. For nine years he en-
gaged in the cultivation of this land, de-
voting his attention principally to raising
grain. He then removed to a farm of three
hundred acres near Gervais, which he cul-
tivated for two years before piuehasing one
hundred and sixteen acres near St. Paul,
where he has since been engaged in the
dairy business and also in raising grain and
hops, having fifteen acres planted to the lat-
ter. For nearly thirty years Mr. Pillett
has been successfully engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits and the energy and labor
which he expended have been rewarded by
crops which have annually attested his
skill and ability.

On February 17, 1893, Mr. Pillett was
married to Miss Dorothy Krechter, who was
born February 6. 1874, and is a daugjitcr of
August and Annie (Kriiep) Krechter. The
former was a native of Germany and the
latter, who was born in St. Louis, Missouri,
in 1819, was of German descent. Thev were

married in St. John, Illinois, while Mr.
Krechter was engaged in teaching school, a
profession which he followed for twenty
years. To them seven children were born :
Mary, who is the wife of Joseph Orth, of
Mount Angel, Oregon; Edward, of Wood-
burn, Oregon; Mrs. Pillett; Bernard, who re-
sides at St. Paul; Joseph, deceased; Lena,
who is the wife of Thomas Hughes, of St.
Paul; and Cecelia, deceased. Mr. and Mrs.
Pillett were the parents of seven children:
Rachel, deceased; Constance, born April 24,
1894, who received a college education and
is the wife of Fred Manning, of Gervais,
Oregon; Herman, born December 26, 1895,
who is at home attending public school and
has shown some natural musical ability;
Edward, Jr., who was born February 5, 1898;
Stanley, whose birth occurred Feliruary 25,
1900; Eva, who was born January 1, 1902;
and Basil, whose birth occurred May 12,
1904. The latter four are attending school.
In politics Mr. Pillett gives his support to
the democratic party and, although he has
never sought office, he has always been ac-
tively interested in promoting any meas-
ures which the party might introduce for the
public welfare. In religious faith he is a
member of the Catholic church. He has
shown in various relations, a loyal regard
for principles involved and for the best in-
terests of his fellow citizens.

PETER SHERIDAN, who has been suc-
cessfully engaged in agricultural pursuits
throughout his entire business career, is the
owner of five hundred acres of land near
Echo, Umatilla county. His birth occurred
on the farm upon which he is now residing
on the 6th of January, 1883, and he has al-
ways resided there. His parents were
James and Ann (Kennedy) Sheridan, the
former a native of Pennsylvania and the lat- •
ter of Ireland. The mother settled in Penn-
sylvania after her arrival in this country
and they were married in that state before
coming to Oregon about thirty-five years ago.
The father took up a homestead of eighty
acres, which is the nucleus of the present
Sheridan farm. His death occurred there on
the 1st of May, 1898. The mother is at pres-
ent residing there at the age of seventy
years. To them were born three children:
Barney, deceased; Peter, of this review; and
Sarah C, also deceased. By a former mar-
riage the father had two children: Mary, who
became the wife of Charles Enzroph, of Walla
Walla, Washington; and T. F.

Peter Sheridan pursued his education in
the common schools and under the direction
of his father gained an excellent knowledge
of agricultural pursuits during his boyhood
and youth. Of the five hundred acres which
constitute his farm two hundred and forty are
planted to hay and the average yield of al-
falfa which he harvests is about six tons per
acre. He is at present breeding Percheron
horses and Poland China hogs. He has
brought his place to a high state of culti-
vation and his neat premises, good build-
ings and well tilled fields testify to his ex-
ecutive ability and knowledge of farming.

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921

Altlumgh he is one of the younger agricul-
turists of the state, he is carrying on his
business on a large scale and has already
shown that his capabilities are equal to
those of many an older farmer. As he has
been financially able to do so he has invested
in real estate and at present owns a sub-
stantial dwelling in Pendleton.

On the 20th of June, 1906, Mr. .'^hcridnn
was married to Miss Lora Harrison, a
daughter of Asbury and Eudoria (Hammer)
Harrison, of Colfax, Washington. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Sheridan are active in social cir-
cles in their community and exert a help-
ful influence in undertakings for public good.
He is a member of the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks. Having spent his entire life
in this part of the state, he is well known
and liis circle of friends is a wide one.

ERNEST WHITCOMB CRICHTON. Among
those who have been most active in keep-
ing navigation interests in the northwest up
to the high standards maintained in other
portions of the country is Ernest Wliitcomb
Crichton. secretary of the Columbia River
& Puget Sound Navigation Company, who
for more than a third of a century has made
his home in this state, being identified
throughout that period with business inter-
ests which have direct bearing upon the
development and upbuilding of this section
of the country. He was born at Buckhorn
Furnace, Ohio, August 27, 1830. His father,
James Crichton, a native of Scotland, was
engaged in the manufacture of pig iron at
that place until liis death, which occurred
in 1861. He had married Ruby Wliitcomb,
a lady of American and F'rench descent, who
died at Buckhorn Furnace, in 1859.

In the common schools of his native town
Ernest W. Crichton began his education and
later attended the high school at Wheelers-
burg, Ohio, from which he was graduated in
1868. The following year he started out
in life for himself, first as storekeeper and
later as bookkeeper for the Charcoal Iron
Company at Buckhorn Fiiriiaie. He was
thus employed until .liine. IST.'i. wlien think-
ing that the growing northwest held bet-
ter advantages for him he left Ohio and came
to Oregon. Locating at Oswego, he was em-
ployed by the Oregon Iron Company as book-
keeper until they closed down in October.
1876, after which he came to Portland, which
then had but sixteen thnn-<and inhabitants.
During the year IS77 he was engai;e<l in
steamboat operation on the Willamette river,
filling the position of purser on the steam-
ers Ohio and City of Salem with Captain V.
B. Scott and Captain K. W. Spencer. The
following year he again became connected
■with the iron industry for in 1878 the Oswego
Iron Company was organized by I,. B. Seeley,
S. 11. Brown.' C. R. Donohue and E. W. Crich-
ton, who purchased the iron works at Oswego,
Mr. Crichton becoming secretary and su-
perintendent. In ISSl the business was re-
organized and the plant enlarged under the
name of Oregon Iron * Steel Company,
Simeon (',. Reed. Henry Villard and W. S.
Ladd becoming interested In the establish-

ment. From 1S78 until 18S6 this plant man-
ufactured thirty-six thousand tons of pig
iron with the old stone stack which is still
standing. In 1888 they built a new iron
stack at Oswego with modern Whitwell ovens
and sixty large brick charcoal kilns, each
holding fifty cords of wood. Mr. Crichton
was superintendent of the wood department,
having charge of tlie wood cutting and of
supplying the kilns which was done at the
rate "of one hundred and fifty cords daily.
In 1891 he severed his connection with that
concern and came to Portland as secretary
and treasurer of the Columbia River & Puget
Sound Navigation Company, which jiosition he
still holds. This company owned and operated
the steamers Telephone, Bailey (iatzert,
Tahoma, Mcthiko and .\storinn on the Wil-
lamette and Columbia rivers, and the steamer
Flyer on Puget Sound, running between
Seattle and Tacoma. They had established
routes between Portland and Astoria and
between Portland and The Dalles, and in-
creased travel over the latter scenic route by
world-wide advertising, making the beauties
of the upper Columbia as famous to western
as the Hudson river is to eastern tourists.
In 19n:i they sold their boats on the C(dum-
bia river and in 1911 the Flyer, which has a
worldwide reputation. During twenty years,
previous to the 7tli of .June, 1911, this boat
traveled, between Seattle and Tacoma, one
million five hundred thousand miles and car-
ried four million passengers.

In his political views Ernest ^^^litcomb
Crichton has always been an earnest re-
publican and was somewhat active in po-
litical circles while a resident of Oswego,
which at that time was in the district that
included Clackamas county and controlled
the state. He always refused office, never
seekinc political prel'erment as a reward for
party fealty. Since coming to Portland he
has become a member of the Commercial
club and is much interested in its purposes
ami its work of promoting the business and
|)uhlic interests of Hie city.

Ernest W. Crichton was married in Oswego,
December 25, 1H79. to Miss .\nna Wyland,
a daughter of Amanda Wyland, and to them
have been born five children: .lames, who
is the Portland agent for Ford automobiles;
William L., who resides at The Dalles, where
he is agent for the Regulator Steamboat
Mne; Charles, of Madras. Oregon, who is with
Porter & Connelly, contractors; and Ruby
and Earnest at home. The family residence
is at No. 2S0 East Seventeenth street. What-
ever success Mr. Crichton has attaine<l is at-
tributable to his own effort. Progress hag
Im'cu the keynote of his. fortunes and as the
architect of nis fortunes he has builded wisely
and Well.

HUGH G. WALKER. Among the men
whow life's labors are eniled, yet whose in-
fluence remains as a factor for good in the
communitv. was IIiicli (!. Walker, who was
closely identified with the agricultural de-
velopment of rniatilla county and at all
times commanded the confidence and respect
of his fellowmen. He was a native of On-

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tario, Canada, his birth having occurred in
Collingwood, on the Tth of Octoljer, 1860. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, had a
family of nine children and Hugh G. Walker
was the first to pass away. Those still liv-
ing are: Mrs. P. S. Walden, a resident of
Milton, Oregon; Robert, who is living in
Gresham, this state; Mrs. J. B. Thompson, of
Walla Walla; Alex, whose home is in Wes-
ton; John, a resident of Athena; Mrs. Rob-
ert Jamieson, also of Walla Walla; Mrs. C.
R. Duncan, who is living in the same place;
and Horace, who makes his home in Pendle-
ton.

Hugh G. Walker spent the first fifteen
years of his life in the place of his nativity
and there obtained a good education' in the
comnron schools. The year 1877 witnessed
his arrival in Umatilla county, at which
time he took up his abode in the vicinity of
Weston and began farming. Later he pur-
chased a riglit to a quarter section of land
in Morrow county and homesteaded it. After
proving up he sold that property and took
up his abode two miles east of Helix in
Umatilla county, where he owned four hun-
dred and eighty acres of excellent wheat land,
his intelligent cultivation resulting in the
production of thirty bushels to the acre. For
sixteen years he and his brother Horace
were partners in wheat-raising and were
among the first to successfully produce the
crop in this district. At the end of that
period Hugh Walker purchased his brother's
interest in the business and thereafter con-
ducted his affairs in the same progressive
manner, so that year after year success
crowned his labors. Moreover, he added many
substantial and modern improvements to his
farm, converting it into one of the most at-
tractive places of his section of the countv.
On the 18th of January, 1898, Mr. Walker
was united in marriage to Miss Minnie F.
Greer, a daughter of Joseph and Harriet
(Courtney) Greer. Theirs was a most happy
married life, terminated by the death of JNIr.
Walker on the 3Sth of July. 190S. Since her
husband's death Mrs. Walker has taken up
her abode in Weston, where she still makes
her home. Mr. Walker was a member of the
Masonic fraternity and was always most loyal
to its teachings and its principles. He pos-
sessed many sterling traits of character and
one of the local papers wrote of him: "He
was a man of kindly and generous nature, the
soul of honor in his business dealings, and
the memory of his virtues will be cherished
long in the hearts of his friends." He lived
for more than thirty years in this part of
the state and all who knew him entertained
for him the warm regard which is always
accorded in recognition of sterling qualities
of manhooil.

ANDREW J. RICHMOND was a lifelong
farmer and a man whose sterling traits of
character gained for him the respect and good
will of all with whom business or social re-
lations brought him in contact. He was born
in Cleveland, Ohio. Januar}' 31, 1834. and was
a son of Hiram Richmond. He continued upon
a riirrii ni':ir (Icvclaiid until lie had attained

his majority, when he removed to Mont-
gomery county, Hlinois, settling near Hills-
boro. There he carried on general agricul-
tural pur.suits until he came to Oregon in
1878, traveling by rail to San Francisco and
by boat from that city along the coast and
up the Columbia river. He first located at
Helix, where he remained for about eight
years, devoting his time and energies to farm-
ing. On the expiration of that period he
came to Weston, where he resided to the
time of his death, which occurred in January.
1893. Throughout his entire life he followed
the occupation of farming and that his meth-
ods were practical and progressive is indi-
cated in the success which came to him.

On the 23d of September, 1858, Mr. Rich-
mond was united in marriage to Miss Mary
J. Lane, who was born in New Hampshire,
December 15, 1837. Two years later she waS
taken by her parents to Montgomery county,
Hlinois, where she lived to the time of her
marriage. She is a daughter of T. L. and
Roxey (Harvey) Lane, who were natives of
New Hampshire but died in Montgomery
county. Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Richmond be-
came the parents of six children: 0. M., who
is living in Walla Walla, Washington, and
has two children; Mrs. Cora Simpson, who is
also of Walla Walla and has four children;
Frank H., of the same place, who is married
and has three children: Elmer, of Athena,
who is taarried and has four children; H.ar-
low B., who is living iri Walla Walla and has
three children; and Clara, the wife of J. H.
Price, of Weston.

Tn his political views ]\rr. Richmond was a
democrat, his study of the questions and
issues of the day confirming him in his belief
concerning the principles of the party. He
served as justice of the peace for many years
and in other local offices, the duties of which
he discharged with promptness and fidelity.
He was for fifteen years a resident of Oregon
and diiring that period his sterling worth
won for him the high regard of all with whom
he came in contact.

DAVID BENJAMIN FISK, who is the

owner of one hiuidr'Ml and sixty acres of
Union county's fertile land, which he has
broiight under high cultivation, takes great
pride in the fact that he is a native of Ore-
gon, and has here passed the greater part of
his life. His birth occurred in Jackson county,
on the 24th of November. 1853, his parents
being Nathan Willis and Esther (Tripp)
Fisk. They were married in Carroll county,
Illinois, and there passed the early period
of their domestic life, crossing the plains to
Oregon with their family in 1852. They
settled in the vicinity of Ashland, Jackson
county, where the father took up a donation
claim which he cultivated for five years.
At the end of that period, in 1857, he re-
moved with his family to Yreka, California,
where he continued his agricultural pursuits
and also identified himself with the mining
interests. They resided in California until
1804. when they returned to Oregon, locating
on a claim in the vicinity of Canyon Citv.

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Tn connection witli divi-rsifiod farming,
Nathan Willis Fisk ilevoted mucli of his time
to fruit culture, lie plantcil forty acres of
his land to a varied assortment of fruit
trees, and was the first settler in Crant county
to set out a larjre orchard. His friends ami
neighbors were all very skeptical about the
success of his undertaking, but he lived to
see his trees bear and vield a coo<l income.
The children of Mr. aiid Mrs. 'X. W. Fisb
numbered ten. but the to\ir eldest are de-
ceased. In the order of birth they are as
follows: .lohn MotTett. who was married in
Canyon City, Oregon, to Miss Indiana Amney
Wilson, and became the father of six chil-
dren; Amanda Ann. who was married at
Yreka, California, about lSr>4, to A. P. Mc-
Carton. by whom she had three sons and
three daughters ; Xathan Taylor, who was
married at Prairie City, Oregon, about 1S70.
to Miss Mary C. Wilson, and to whom were
born three sons and two daughters; Mary
Jane, who was married in ist"i3 to A. E.
Starr by whom she has one son and five
daughters, one of whom died in childhood;
William Ralph, who married Miss Melvina
E. Hardman. and to whom were born five
children, three sons and two daughters; David
Benjamin, our subject; Laura Ilanna, who
married Antone Hacheney and became the
mother of a son and daughter; Daniel Web-
ster, who married twice and had two daugh-
ters by his first wife, who prior to her mar-
riage "was Miss Perkins; Francis Marshall,
who married a Miss Gregory, and tn whom
■were born a son and a daughter; and Eudora,
who married -lohn Wilson, by whom she has
a son and three daughters. The parents
have long been deceased, the father having
passed away in 1S79 and the mother some five
or six years later.

David Benjamin Fisk was a child of four
years when liis parents removeil to California
and a youth of eleven when they returned to
Oregon. lie pursued his education in the com-
mon schools of these two states, and during
that time he also assisted his father with
the work of the farm. He subsequently
learned the blacksmith's trade, and in 1H77.
at the age of twenty-four years, established
a shop of his own at Ijikevie« . Oregon. The
next year, he removed to .lohn Day. Grant
countv. and later went from there to Prairie
Cifv. "this state. In 18S7, he went into the
hardware business at Prairie City, remain-
ing there until 18S9, when he removerl with
his hardware stock to Baker City. Aliout
five years later he severed his connection
with "commercial activities and engaged in
farming and stock-raising. He acquired ex-
tensive landed holdings, but recently sold
several hundred acres of his property to
The Powder V'alley Land & Irrigation Com-
pany, for a reservoir site for what is known
as the Thief valley irrigation scheme, the
purpose of which is to reclaim seventy thou-
sand acres of arid land. He still hold.s the
title to his homestead, comprising one hun-
dred and sixty acres of land, given over to
the raising of fruits and vegetables. His
place is well improved and is worth fifty
dollars per acre.

On the 22d of February. 1S7S, at Lakeview,
was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Fisk
and Miss Lillie May Phetteplace, of Jackson
county. She is a daughter of Benjamin and
Harriet (Moon) Phetteplace, who crossed the
plains from Iowa to Oregon with an ox
team in IS.'iO, and located in Jackson county,
in the vicinity of Phoenix, where the father
passed away and the mother subse(]uenll.v
matried Abraham Tenbrook. a .lackson county
ranchman. Mrs. Fisk's family all are de-
ceased with the exception of a sister and
brother and three half-brothers. Four chil-
dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fisk, as
follows: Bertha May, who married George
W. Gilbert, of Baker, "Oregon; Marion Benja-
min, of North Powder, Union county, who
married MisM Isabelle Gilderoy, and lins be-
come the father of two diuighters; Willis
I'urran, who passed away in Baker, at the age
of twenty two years; and Ilayden Wooster.
a graduate of' the Pacific Dental College
of Portland, who married Miss Georgia Wise
of that city, and who engages in the practice
of his profession there.

Tn ISS.'). David Benjamin Fisk joined
Mountain View Lodgo. No. 33. I. O. O. F., in
which he has passinl thro\igh all of the chairs;
and in I'^Ol or l'<!)2 he afllliated with the
Masonic order, and has ever since been identi-
fied with Prairie City Lodge, No. f.O. Tie is
a charter member of Queen City Camp, No.
43. W. 0. W., at Baker, and has passed
through all of its chairs, having served for
several years as counsel commander. He
votes the republican ticket, anil while re-
siding in Siskiyou county. California, in 1R7r>
and 1^77. served for six months as deputy
sheriff under J. M. Jones. lie also belonged
to the state militia of California, being un-
der the command of Captain J. V. Brown at
Yreka. Mr. and Mrs. Fisk manifest their
religions faith through their membership in
Ihe^Methodist Episcopal church, in which be.
lief they have reared their family. Mr. Fisk
is loyal to the state of his nativity, in the
wonderful progress and development of which
he fakes great delight.

JOHN GEISS. For more than a third of
a centurv. or since IS7S, John Geiss has been
a resident of I'motilla county. He has prac-
tically lived refircfl for the past six years
l)ut for an extended period was identified
with agricultural pursuits and is still the
owner of an excellent farm near Adams, in
which town he makes his honii". He is a
native of Prussia. Germany. Imrn July 22.
l<.-,7. his parents being -lohn and Christina
iShubrpest) Geiss. The mother died in Ger-
many when but thirty-two years of age and
the "father afterward came to the new world
with his son John in 1870. They made their
wav to Illinois, settling in Beardstown, and
five' years after the arrival of John Geiss in
the northwest the father also came to T'liia
tilla county and spent his last days here.
He was a butcher by trade and folli.wed llial
pursuit in order to provide for his family.
He had three sons and four daughters anil
with the exception of one of the daughters,
all came to the new world. The girls mar-

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ried in Illinois and reside there, and one son
returned to that state but John and Peter
are still residents of Umatilla county.

John Oeiss was a young man of twenty -one
years when in 1878 he came to Oregon, since
which time he has resided in the county that
is still his place of residence. He has always
followed farming, working by the month at
first until he had saved a sufficient sum to
enable him to begin farming on his own ac-
count. He entered one hundred and sixty
acres of land at Weston which he afterward
sold, but he and his wife now own an entire
section of land near Adams, which is being
operated by their son-in-law. At an earlier
period Mr. Geiss year after year cultivated
his fields and harvested his crops and was
numbered among the progressive and enter-
prising agriculturists of the community. At
length his laliors brought to him a substan-
tial competence with which he retired to
private life, turning over his farm to the
management and development of his son-in-
law.

In 1881 Mr. Geiss was united in marriage
to Miss Sarah C. Lieuallen, who was born
in Decatur county, Iowa, August 28, 18(52,
and in 1864 was brought to Weston, Oregon,
by her parents, Noah F. and Margaret R.
(Cox) Lieuallen. They were natives of
Tennessee hut were married in Missouri.
The mother died in Morrow county, Oregon,
while the father's death occurred in Moscow,
Idaho. He was a stockman and farmer and
secured a preemption right to a claim at
Moscow and also owned a homestead at
Athena. He was likewise a local minister of
the Baptist church, being one of the first
clergymen of this town. Mrs. Lieuallen
taught the first school in Athena and after-
ward was teacher of the Rawhide school near
the present site of the town. Jlr. Lieuallen
taught the first school near Moscow and
both were pioneer teachers of the northwest.
Mr. Lieuallen also engaged in teaching music.
Unto him and his wife were born three sons
and four daughters.

Mr. and Mrs. Geiss have become the par-
ents of three children: Minnie G., who is
the wife of John Winn, of Adams; Wini-
fred, at home; and Almond Raymond, who
died at the age of seven months. Politically
Mr. Geiss is a democrat and has served as a
member of the city council of Adams for
fiiur years. He belongs to the Baptist church
and to the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows—associations which indicate much of
his interests and the principles which gov-
ern his condvict. Whatever success he has
achieved in life is due entirely to his own
efforts, for he has worked hard, never being
afraid of earnest, persistent labor. His busi-
ness affairs, too, have been honorably con-
ducted and his prosperity is the fitting re-
ward of his labors.

E. W. RHEA, a prominent representative
of the agricultural interests of Echo, was
born near Heppner, Oregon, on Rhea creek,
which was named after the family. His
birth occurred November 26, 1871, his par-
ents being Cohimbus A. and Sophrona (Ad-

kins) Rhea. The mother's death occurred
some time ago but the father is still living
upon the home farm, where he first located
when coming to Oregon in 1863. Throughout
his entire residence in this state he has been
a ranchman and has been one of the progress-
ive men of his community. In the family
were eight children, of whom E. W. is the
third in order of birth.

E. W. Rhea spent the days of his boyhood
and youth upon his parents' farm, attend-
ing the district school nearby and assisting
his father in the duties which came daily to
hand upon the farm. After his marriage in
1895 he engaged in general mercantile busi-
ness in Heppner for ten years. At the end
of that time he purchased his present farm,
which originally comprised two hundred and
forty acres but which at present is only one
hundred and sixty acres in area. He has de-
voted the greater part of this land, all of
which is well irrigated, to alfalfa growing and
cattle feeding. The home which lie has built
and the other ec|uipments ,with which he has
provided the farm show him to be a sub-
stantial, progressive, industrious and pros-
perous farmer.

On the 3d of January, 1895, Mr. Rhea was
married to Miss Effie Fields, whose birth
occurred on Birch creek in Umatilla county,
December 16, 1874. Her father, Hugh Fields,
is a native of Virginia and when he was
seventeen years of age came to Oregon, where
his marriage subsequently occurred. He
passed away on the .Sd of November, 1902.
He resided on a ranch throiighout his resi-
dence in Oregon, and at one time lived in a
little loghouse which he built many years ago.
To Mr. and Mrs. Rhea three children have
been born, Hugh, Irene and Columbus A., Jr.

Fraternally Mr. Rhea is a member of the
Masons and of the Elks. As a lifelong resi-
dent of Oregon he has not only been a wit-
ness of much of its development but has also
been an able assistant in its improvement.

JOHN TRIMBLE, one of the prosperous
ranchmen and esteemed citizens of Baker
county, Oregon, is the owner of a hay and
stock ranch of three hundred and twenty
acres on Burnt river and also owns one hun-
dred and twenty acres of timber land. His
birth occurred in Noble county, Ohio, on the
"til of October, 184.5. bis parents being Jacob
and Elizabeth (Stewart) Trimble, who spent
their entire lives in the I'.uckeye state, the
father cultivating a farm. They reared a
family of three children, namely: John, of
this review: Mrs. Eliza Jane Burlingame,
who is deceased; and Charles, who is a resi-
dent of Noble county, Ohio,

John Trimble remained a resident of his
native state until twenty-eight years of age,
when he removed to Kansas where he re-
mained for one and a half years and was
engaged in hunting buffalo, killing in excess
of five hundred during this time. He was
always an enthusiastic hunter and many a
deer and elk fell before his gun since coming
to Oregon. He next made his way to Cali-
fornia, spending one year in the Golden state.
Going to Washington, he (here remained for

JOHN TUIMBLE

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Ul''

live years and on the expiration of that period,
in 1880, took up his abode on the Burnt river
in Oregon, near Hereford, where lie has resided
continuously since. At the present time he
owns three hundred and twenty acres of land
on the river and also has a tract of one hun-
dred and twenty acres of timber land. He
devotes his ranch to running of stock and
also markets hay and has brought the prop-
erty under a high state of improvement, it
being entirely covered with sagebrush at the
time it came into his possession. The place
yields about four hundred tons of hay an-
nually. At one time Mr. Trimble owned
three hundred head of horses and two hun-
dred head of cattle. Throughout his entire
business career he has devoted his attention
to agricultural pursuits and his elTorts have
been attended with a splendid measure of
success. At the time of his arrival in this
state he had only six hundred dolhirs but by
dint of unremitting industry and capable
management has augmented his capital until
he is now numbered among the wealthy citi-
zens of his community.

In 1864 Mr. Trimble wedded Miss Kate
Stevens, who was born in Ohio in 1844 and
passed away in that state in 1896. By this
marriage there was one son, James, whose
birth occurred on the 5th of November, 1869,
in Noble county, Ohio, where he resided until
the spring of 1883. Since that time he has
made his home on the Burnt river in Oregon
and now owns two fine hay and stock
ranches, comprising one hundred and sixty
acres and two hundred and forty acres of
land respectively. In 1902 James Trimble
married Miss Lena Wonder, who was born in
Baker county, Oregon, on the 3d of February,
1878, and is a daughter of Fred Wonder of
Buffalo Gulch. Unto them have been born
three children: Elsie, Alfred and Arthur.

In politics Mr. Trimble is independent, sup-
porting men and measures rather than party.
His fraternal relations are with tlie Masons
and he is a worthy exemplar of the craft.
Believing that the northwest offered oppor-
tunities unrivaled in any other part of the
country, he took up his abode here in early
manhood and has since worked his way stead-
ily upward to a position of prominence and
prosperity.

EDWARD KURTZ is one of the principal
stockholders in The Dalles Fniit Company
and gives his entire attention to the interests
of that business. He was born in Morgan-
town, Berks county. Pennsylvania. March 31,
1864, and is a son of John and Elizabeth
(P.abriel) Kurtz, both of whom were natives
of I'ennsylvania. The father passed away
in 1882 and the mother in 1886. To Mr.
and Mrs. John Kurtz ten children were horn,
of whom eight are living. Thomas, de-
ceased, was the father of two rhiMren, both
of whom are living in Maryland. He was n
veteran of the Civil war. William is a
resident of Portland. Oregon. Jacob is nn
employe of the Plow postottlce. Berks county,
Pennsylvania. B. Frank is a resident of
Joanna, Berks county. Pennsylvania. Mary
is the wife of Williain Sheeler, a resident of

Chester county, Pennsylvania. Tanison is
the wife of Bankson Wells and resides at
Joanna, Pennsylvania. Margaret is the wife
of Frederick Albriglit, who resides in York,
Pennsylvania. Clara is the wife of W. E.
Civen, of Iloneyhrook, Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania. Ruth is deceased and Edwanl
the subject of this review.

Edward Kurtz was reared at home and
received his early education in the public
schools of Berks county, Pennsylvania. After
completing his common-school course he was
for one year a pupil of the State Normal
School in Chester county, Pennsylvania. He
was obliged, on account of failing health, to
discontinue the further pursiiit of his ihmiikiI
course and removed to llalev, Idaho, when'
he obtained enipliiynient in 18S3 as clerk in
the postollice and a stationery store, being
also engaged in the stage and express busi-
ness. In 1885 he entered the United States
mail service, being routed on the Oregon
.Short Line and continue<l in that service for
a period of three years, after which he was
employed as traveling messenger for the
Pacific Express Company for two years and
as cashier for the same company at Walla
Walla for one year and then was put in
charge of the office of that company at The
Dalles, in which capacity he continued to
serve until .September 19, 1907. At that
time he invested in The Dalles Fruit Com-
pany and has since given his entire atten-
tion to the interests of that business. He is
also a stockholder in The Dalles Box & Lum-
ber Company, of which he is the manager.
In addition to these interests he is also a
stockholder in two profitable fruit ranches of
Oregon.

Mr. Kurtz was united in marriage, Febru-
ary 23, 1887, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Bent-
ley. Both of her parents are deceased, hav-
ing passed from the life many years ago.
To Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz five children have
been born: Alice, who resides with her
parents: Laura, who is a resident of Port-
buKl; and Doris. Marguerite ami Uiitli.
under the parental roof. Mr. Kurtz is loyal
to the democratic party and for the ))ast six
years has tilled the office of city treasurer of
The Dalles. He is also the president of the
Business Men's Association. His fraternal
relations are with the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks and also with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of which order he was
treasurer for nine consecutive years.

Mr. Kurtz since 1907 has been recogni7.ed
as one of the enterprising and representative
Inisinesg men of his part of the state of Ore-
gon. He is a man whose integrity in all mat-
ters of business is never questioned and a
citizen who interests himself vitally in every
mi'asure of public interest, seeking the im
provement "f the people in his state and
county.

HON. SQUIRE FARRAR ii postmaster at
Salem, dregon, to which position he was
called in 1906. so that his incumbency in
that office now covers six years. He pre-
viously served as state senator from his
district and in both positions has made a

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creditable re"or<l. In addition to his public
service he has proven himself a successful
business man, his sound judgment being evi-
denced in the success which has attended his
efforts in commercial lines. At the present
writing he is vice president of the Thomas
Kay Woolen Mills, thus retaining active con-
nection with a line of business in which he
embarked when he started out in the world
on his own account. He is a native of York-
shire, England, born September 8, 1840, and
was a lad of eight years when his parents,
John and Emma (Field) Farrar, came with
their family to the United States, settling
in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The father had
been employed in the woolen factories of his
native land and after crossing the Atlantic
secured employment in the mills at Law-
rence. About 1864 or 1865 he established his
home on the Pacific coast, bringing his fam-
ily to Salem, Oregon, where he secured a
position with the Willamette Woolen Mills
Companv, thus being employed in the first
mill built in this section of the country.
That he was faithful, industrious and capable
is indicated in the fact that he was retained
in the employ of the Willamette Woolen Mills
Company to the time of his retirement in
old age.' He died in the year 1902 and his
wife, surviving him for about two years,
passed away in 1904.

Squire Farrar following the arrival of the
family in Lawrence, Massachusetts, became a
public-school pupil there but in his thirteenth
year began earning his own living and from
that time to the present has depended for a
livelihood entirely upon his own labors and
resources. He, too, was employed in the
woolen mills of New England until he sought
a home on the Pacific coast, arriving in Cali-
fornia in 1862, at which time he had passed
the milestone on life's journey that indicates
that one has attained his majority. He made
his way westward with the intention of
working in the mines of California but in the
fall of the year of his arrival in that state he
came northward to Oregon, settling in Salem.
Here he at once found employment in the
woolen mills, spending his time in that way
until 1870, when, with the capital he had ac-
quired through industry and frugality he
purchased a stock of groceries and opened a
store in Salem, where for twenty years he
figured prominently as a leading grocer. As
his trade increased — and it grew rapidly — he
enlarged his stock to meet the growing de-
mands of his business and throughout two
decades remained as one of the foremost fac-
tors in the commercial circles of the city. Ere
retiring from the grocery business he became
interested in the organization of the Thomas
Kay Woolen Mills Company, of which he was
elected vice president and one of the directors,
his official connection with the business so
continuing to the present time. His long
experience in this field of labor enables him
to pass upon questions of vital interest to
the business in a manner to contribute much
to its success, and development. His judg-
ment is sound, his discrimination keen anil
his enterprise unfaltering. After discontinu-
ing the grocery business in 1892. he engaged

in the hop commission business and thus in
various ways has proven himself a progress-
ive and valuable factor in the commercial
and financial development of his part of the
state.

His fellow townsmen, appreciative of his
worth and ability, asked that Mr. Farrar
serve them in public office and in 1902 he
was elected to the state senate, of which lie
remained a member for the full term of four
years, giving careful consideration to the
questions which came up for settlement
throughout that entire period. In 1906 he
was appointed postmaster of Salem, which
ofTice he now acceptably fills. He served as
, a member of the town council for one term.
Whether in business or out of it he is al-
ways loyal to the best interests of the com-
munity and state and gives his aid and in-
fluence on the side of general progress and
improvement.

Mr. Farrar has been married three times.
In 1866 he wedded Miss Ellen Hatch, of
Salem, who was a native of Oregon. The
only child of this marriage died in infanc.y
and the mother passed away at the same
time. Mr. Farrar afterward wedded Miss
Martha Watt, of Salem, and to their union
was born a son, Joseph, who is living in
eastern Oregon, but his birth cost his mother's
life. Mr. Farrar's present wife bore the
maiden name of Isabelle C. Atkinson, She,
too, was a resident of Salem prior to her
marriage and she has become the mother of
two children: Gladys A., who was graduated
from the University of Oregon with the cl.ass
of 1909 ; and Russell J,, who was graduated
from the Colorado School of Mines at Golden,
Colorado, in the class of 1910.

Mrs. Farrar is a member of the Episcopal
church and Squire Farrar is connected fra-
ternally with Salem Lodge, No. 4, F. & A.
M., and also with Salem Lodge, No. 336, B.
P. 0, E. He is a member of the Salem board
of trade and in strictly social lines is con-
nected with the Illihu Club of the capital city.
He ranks with the influential, prominent and
representative men of Salem, whose intel-
ligently directed efforts in business have
brought them to a creditable position in
trade circles, while in public life he has made
an unassailable reputation, ever placing
patriotism before partisanship and the gen-
eral welfare before persona! aggrandizement.

FRANK DAVEY. There is no more exhil-
arating activity and exciting ju-ofession in
this country than that of journalism. The
newspaper is vital and its pages appearing
fresh from the press each day reflect the
life of the world. Into the making of a
newspaper go the brains and energies of bril-
liant men and its news columns give space
to stories of the ambitions and sorrows, the
joys and the hates of a lifetime. To be a
successful publisher a man must be more
than a mere business executive and he must
have his hand upon the pulse of the com-
munity. He must possess a discriminating
news sense, the knowledge of human nature
and a power of vivid and dramatic writing.

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929

A journalist in this class is l-rank Davey
who has been active in the newspaper world
since ISSO. He is a native of Ireland, having
been bom in Sligo, that country, on the 18th
of August, 1S50. His parents were llichael
and Alary (Finigan) Davey, the former a suc-
cessful farmer in his native country. Frank
Davey was the youngest of a family of
twelve children, seven sons and five daugh-
ters. He received his education in the na-
tional schools of Ireland and came to America
in 18(i7, where he joined his brother Patrick,
who had crossed the Atlantic some years
before. Patrick Davey is now a resident of
California. Upon arriving in the United
States Frank Davey settled first in Keokuk,
Iowa, in which city his sister was then living.
He made his home in Keokuk and also
Carthage, Illinois, tintil the summer of 1871,
when he went to Fort Dodge, Iowa. In the
fall of the same year he removed to Emmet
county, Iowa, where he remained until the
fall of 18S6. He spent some years in this
county as a teacher and held the position of
superintendent of schools for four years. He
was county auditor there for four years and
county surveyor for two years. It was dur
ing his residence in Iowa that he first took
up newspaper work. He was editor and pub-
lisher of a newspaper in that state for six
years. He was admitted to the bar in 1880
but never followed the legal profession, pre-
ferring to concentrate his energies on jour-
nalism in which activity he was intensely
interested and for which he showed natural
aptitude. He came to Oregon in IS"*!) and
carrie<l on newspaper work principally in
Ralera. In May, 1907. he removed to Rums.
Oregon, to make his home here, having pur-
chased the Harney County News which he
still conducts. His position at the head of
the most important periodical in his city
makes him an inlluential factor in municipal
life. The power of the press in America
is never questioned. Xew'spapers have made
and unmade more public men than any other
one force in the country. They have made
policies popular and have put many officials
into office. AJr. Davey has never used the
power which his paper gives him in any un-
worthy cause and his record as a journalist
is unsullied bv any hint of corruntion. He
has been a lifelong republican. He served
for two terms as a member of the state
leiris'atnre from Marion county. Orecon. heins
elected fir^f in 1002 an<l reelected in 1 OOfi.
He w;is speaker of the house in 1007. In
December. 1007. he was appointed receiver
for the T'nited States I>and Office at Burns
and is the present incumbent of that office.
He was an active factor in the passage of the
bill favorin'X the direct election of aenntor»
in 1004. He is a member of the city council
of Rurns and is president of that body.

Mr, Davev was married on .Vprll 4. 1''77.
to Miss Villa A. Pike, n dnuffhter of Stillmnn
Pike of Wisconsin, and thev have four ehil
dren: Merle, the wife of .T. C. Bowen of Xew
Rridge. Baker cotintv. Oregon : Vera, who is
deceased: Robert Kmmef. who received hi"
education in the ^nlem schools and Colnmbin
T'nix-ersity, and w-ho is engaged in newspaper

work; and Alice Lou, a iiupil in the Burns
public schools. Frank Davey is a member of
the Burns Commercial Cluband in 19U was
its president. He has been an active mem-
ber of the A. 0. U. W. since 1889 and was
state lecturer for that organization for two
years and also conducted the A. 0. U. W. Re-
porter, its olHcial state organ for two years.
He is an active member of the Maccabees.
Frank Davey is an efficient official, holding
as he docs the active management of a
newspaper which is a vital force in his com-
nuinity. His position is a responsible one,
yet he always uses this influence to favor
movements which contribute to the prog-
ress and development of his city and lends
his aid to no corrupt policy or no unworthy
cause.

WILLIAM BRUCE HAMILTON, who owns
one hunilred and sixty acres of valuable land
on Butter creek, which he devotes to alfalfa
and stock-raising, was born in Ontario, Can-
ada. .Tune 11. is:i0. his jiarents being .lohn
and .lane (Kctterson) Hamilton. They were
both natives of Ireland, where they were mar-
ried previous to going to Canada in 1838.
They spent the remainder of their lives in
Ontario, where Mr. Hamilton was engaged in
agricultural pursuits. To them six sons and
one daughter were born, of whom William
B. is the sixth in order of birth.

Until he was eighteen years of age William
B. Hamilton remained under the parental roof,
attending the district schools and at the same
time accpiiring his first experience in agri
cultural pursuits under the able direction of
his father. When he left home he took con-
tracts for clearing land until he was over
twenty-two years of age. At that time he
purchased a ranch in Ontario and for six
years was engagod in cultivating it. In 1S82
he removed west and came to the United
States, locating at Walla Walla. Washing-
ton. The folhiwing spring he returned to
his former home and persuaded the family to
make this section their future home. For
nearly eleven years he was engaged in the
livery business in Walla Walla and was
superintendent for the Oregon I/ind & Con-
struction Company in the Umatilla Meadow
district for eleven years, at the enil of which
time he became manag<'r of a summer resort
at Bingham .Springs. He purchased his pres-
ent ranch on Butler creek in 1804 and there
owns one hundred and sixty acres of irri-
gated land, which he devotes to alfalfa and
stock-raising, feeding at the present writinsr
four hundred and ninety-seven head of beef
cattle. He also breeds horses and hogs. At
Ranch Center he owns a one-qinirter section
of land and in Coos Bay owns twenty lots,
whicli are sittiated along the water front.
Recently he disposed of his property interests
in Walla Walla.

On the l.-ith of .July, 1872. Mr. Hamilton
was married to Miss Cordelia .\nna fJoodall,
who was born in Ontario. To them three
children have been born: Rachel Elizabeth,
who is a graduate of Whitman College and
who has been a student at the ITniversity of
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

siding at home; and Mary Anna, who is the
wife of Robert Stewart, of Seattle.

Fraternally Mr. Hamilton is a member of
the Odd Fellows. The agricultural interests
and the development of the natural resources
of Oregon require the efforts and attention of
such men as William B. Hamilton in order to
be brought to the high state of productive-
ness which they are capable of. His efforts
have alwa3's been along the lines of progress
and improvement and the results which have
been his prove their success.

JAMES B. BARNES, who resides on his
farm one mile southwest of Gervais. was
born in Perry county, Ohio, in 1846, his
parents being Elisha and Beckie (Heinbau)
Barnes, the former a native of Washington,
D, C, and the latter of Pennsylvania. They
were married in 1843 and resided in Ohio
before going to Adair county, Missouri, in
1S51, where they were engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits for thirteen years. But the
northwest seemed to offer greater opportu-
nities for success, and on May 8, 1864, they
set out for Oregon, arriving on November
24, on the French prairie, where he pur-
cliased one hundred acres of land. This is
the property upon which James Barnes now
resides. The father was twice married. His
first marriage was to Beckie Heinbau and
to them five children were born, namely:
Mrs. Mary E. Lambright, who resides in
Alberta, Canada; James Barnes, the sub-
ject of this sketch; Mrs. Margaret J. Mark-
wood, who is a resident of Portland, Ore-
gon ; Mrs. Susan Groshong, who resides in
St. Louis, Oregon; and Mrs. Angeline Miles,
deceased. Mr. Barnes' second marriage was
to Mary Middleton in 1857 and to this union
seven children were born, namely: Zachariah,
who is a resident of Linn county, Oregon;
Caturia, deceased; George, who resides in
Jefferson, Oregon; Mrs. Lurana Fitzgerald,
of Aberdeen, Washington ; and Mrs. Frances
Bingham, Mrs. Ellen Johnston and Mrs.
Anna Nys, all of whom are residents of
Oregon.

James Barnes began his independent ca-
reer at the age of twenty-one years and
since then his time and energies have been
given largely to agricultural pursuits, his
hibor having brought him success in more
tl)an an ordinary degree. After his father's
death, in 1883, he purchased the home place
which consists of the original one hundred
acres. This he devotes principally to hop
growing but also raises grain and hay.

In 1883, in St. Louis, Oregon, Mr. Barnes
was married to Theresa Dotson, whose
birth occurred in 1864 and who is the daugh-
ter of Frederick M. and Martha (Barnes)
Dotson, the former being one of nine chil-
dren and the latter, one of twelve. Mr.
nnd Mrs. Dotson were married in 1855 in
Missouri and they made this state their
home for the ten years before they crossed
the plains with ox teams and came to Ore-
gon. After a year's residence in Grant
county, spent in mining for gold, they set-
Ued on a forty acre homestead on the French
l)raiiii', where they remained for two years

before removing to Grant county, and after
a two years' residence there they went to
Linn county for an equal length of time.
Returning to Grant county, they resided
there for one year and then took up a per-
manent residence in Linn county, on the
McKenzie river. It was here that Mr. Dot-
son passed away in 1902. To Mr. and Mrs.
Dotson the following children were born be-
sides Mrs. James B. Barnes: Mrs. Mary
Robinson, of Redding, California; Solomon
C, a resident of Los Angeles, California;
Mrs. Kate Barnes, who resides in Portland,
Oregon; and Osborne M., also a resident of
Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have been
the parents of three children. The eldest,
Simon A., was born in 1883 and resides at
home. In addition to a common-school edu-
cation he took a short college course.
Ralph E., who also resides at home, was
born in 1885 and received a district-school
education. Mrs. Mary X. Schwab, who was
born in 1891 and received a district-school
education, is the wife of Arthur Schwab, an
agriculturist of Gervais. To them one child,
Henry A., has been born.

Mr. Barnes gives his support to the demo-
cratic party but has never sought office as
a reward for party fealty. He has little
time from his regular agricultural duties,
in which he has displayed indefatigable la-
bor and able management. He is a mem-
ber of the Roman Catholic church and here
again he has shown a consistent attitude
and a loyal constancy.

T. J. CONRAD, who lives retired in Port-
land, was born in Indiana, March 35, 1843.
He was a son of Simeon and Mary Esther
(Flock) Conrad, the former a native of North
Carolina and the latter of Germany. The
latter was brought to America by her par-
ents when she was a small child. She mar-
ried Mr. Conrad in Indiana and they both
resided there until their deaths, she passing
away in 1881, while Mr. Conrad died two
years later. He was a cooper by trade but
in later life owned a farm which his sons
operated. To Mr. and Mrs. Conrad were born
seven children: Simeon, of Huntsville, Wash-
ington; Christena, who is the widow of Isaac
Crabill and resides at Freewater, Oregon;
Thomas J., of this review; Peter, of Wash-
ington; Joseph, of Arkansas; and America
Kline and Hannah, both deceased. Mr. and
Mrs. Conrad had both previously been mar-
ried and by his first marriage Mr. Conrad
was the father of five children, and by her
first marriage Mrs. Conrad was the mother of
seven children. Of the twelve children only
one now survives, Mary Esther, of California.

T. J. Conrad received only a limited edu-
cation on account of the lack of school facili-
ties at that time. He started out in life
for himself in 1865, at the age of twenty-one.
In that year he left Indiana and crossed the
plains by horse and mule teams, joining a
train of ninety-three wagons, three hundred
men, besides women and children, being in
the party. They were four months and nine
days in making the trip, their destination
being Napa. California. There Mr. Conrad

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was enjiagod in farming for six years. He
tlieii returned to Indiana, was married and
farmed there for six years. At the end of
that period he again went to California, where
he spent si.x more years in farming. He then
came to Portland and a short time afterward
went to Pendleton, he and liis three oldest
children being obliged to walk part of the
way. while liis wife and their five youngest
children rode on a freight wagon. There Mr.
Conrad took up a tract of four hundred and
eighty acres of railroad land which was lo
cated twent.v-one miles north of Pendleton.
He resided on this farm for nine years when
he sold it and bought six hundred acres near
Milton, on which he remained until 1011.
when he retired from active life ami moved to
Portland. He still owns this farm of six
hundred acres and he also has a fine home in
Portland which is located at Xo. 238 East
Fiftieth street.

In 1871 Mr. Conrad was married to Miss
lyouisa .1. Brandenburg, who Was born in
Indiana, a daughter of David and I-aura
Brandenburg, both of whom were natives of
that state hut of Cierman ancestry. They
both passed away in Indiana. In their fam-
ily were sixteen children, eleven of whom are
now living. They are: Mrs. Martha Long-
bottom, of Indiana; Margaret, the wife of
Louis Franks, of Indiana; Marion, also of
that state; Mary C. residing in Indiana;
John, of Indiana; Samuel, of New Mexico;
Annie, the wife of Simeon Conrad, of AVash-
inpton: Henry, of Indiana; Mrs. T. J. Con-
rad; Laura, the widow of .Tames Parker;
and Ada. the wife of Charles Crawford, of
Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad have become
the parents of fifteen chiMren. as follows:
Rovilla .Jane, who was born in 1S72 and be-
came the wife of Albert Cull, of Okanogan.
Washington: Amanda E.. who was born in
1873. and married Tohn Shaver, of Yakima.
Washington: David Henry, who was born in
187-1 and resides in Eagle valley. Oregon;
Addie Dickinson, a resident of Milton, Ore-
gon, who was born in 1870; Annie, born in
1877, who is now the wife of Custavis
Sprague. of Canyon. Washington; Charity E.,
who was born in 1878, and who married
Albert Vincent, of Blackfoot, Idaho; C.race,
who at the age of four years was burneil to
death when the house wa.s destroyed by fire;
Jessie T.. who was born in 1882 and passe<l
awav at the age of thirty years; Mary M.,
who' was bom in 1885, and is the wife of
Fred .lohnson. of Milton. Oregon; Rhoda R.
Bertha, who was born in 188C, and is the
wife of Lester Hammer; Ma^'gie Olive, who
was l«>rn in 1888. and who wediled William
Kinney., of Milton. Oregon; Lydia E<lith
whose' birth occurred in IS'.U. and who is the
wife of Orman J. Fox, of Milton: .John, born
in 1893. and now attending school; Dottie
Dorcas, who was born in 1801 an<l is now at-
tending business cidlege in Portland; and F.
Blossom, a student in the Washington high
school. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad also have
thirty nine living granilchildren. Two granl-
daughfcrs and a grnndion. the children of
Mrs. Hammer, now live with their grand-
parents. Thev are: Loa B., born in 1905;
v. I in— .-..s

Bi'ssie L., whose birth occurred on the 2i>tli
of October, 1007; and Carl U. born in May.
1911, The older members of Mr. Conrad'3
family were all given good educational ad-
vantages.

In politics Mr. Conrad is a democrat but
is very liberal in his views. He has never
cared to hold public oflice. pri'ferring to give
all of his time to liis business interests. He
and his family arc members of the Christian
church ami thev are well knmvii and highly
respected throughout their comnuinity. Mr.
Conrad has been successful in his business
interests and is now able to live retired, en-
joying the fruits of a well spent life.

JOSEPH GREER was numbered among
Oregon's pioneer settlers of 1852, coming to
this state when a youth of seventeen years.
He was born June 17. 1835, in Park county,
Indiana, and was a son of Henry C.reer. His
mother died when he was a small hoy and
in 1852 he accompanied his father on the
long journey westward to Oregon. They
drove across the country, meeting the usual
experiences and hardships of such a journey
in pioneer days and took up their abode near
Lebanon in Linn county, where they re-
mained for several years. In the family
were four children: William, who died at
Oakesdnle. Washington; Joseph, a twin
brother of William: fleorge. a resident of
Texas: and Mrs. Jane Kees. deceased.

As previously stated, Joseph Oreer was a
youth of about seventeen years when the
family came to Oregon and after living in
Linn county for about six years he took \ip
his alMxle on the rmatilla river in 1858. He
lived in the vicinity of Walla Walla until he
came to the farm upon which he died, a mile
and a half so\ith of Weston. His entire ac-
tive life was devoted to general agricultural
pursuits and stock-raising and his well di-
rected labors brought him a goodly measure
of success, so that he was enabled to leave
his familv in comfortable circumstances when
death claimed him on the 2ath of March,
1879.

.■\bout ten years before his demise, .Toseph
rireer had married, on the 9th of October.
18r,o. Mrs, Harriet (Courtney) Kees. She
was the widow of William Kees. whom she
had married on Fc-bruary 18. isr.fi. at Walla
Walla. Washington, and who died February
1. 18fiS. Mrs. Crrer was born in Linn county.
Oregon, March 3. 1851. a daughter of John
and Caroline (Buelll Courtney, who w-ere
natives of Illinois and Indinna respectively.
They were rcareil in the east but were mar-
ri4'd in Linn county, Oregon, where Mr. Court-
ni'V had arrive<l as a young man in 1815.
He' remained at Whitman Fort for a few-
days and his sister and brother-in-law. Mr.
and Mrs. Osborn, escaped the Imlian massacre
there. Mr. Courtney proceeded on his way
info the Willamette valley but was one of
the volunteers who returned ami fought the
Indians. He resided in the Willamette val-
lev until I«59. when he removrrl to Walla
Walla. Washington, and afterward estab-
lished his home in Spokane. Subseqtiently he
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

his last days in the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Greer. He devoted his life to farming
and stock-raising. His wife also passed away
at the home of her daughter. They reared
a family of twelve children, seven sons and
five daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Greer became
parents of two children: Jlinnie, who is
the widow of Hugh Walker and lives in Wes-
ton; and Frank, who married Jennie Wadding-
ham and has three children, Vida, Fred and
Cecil. By her first marriage Mrs. Greer had
a daughter. Fannie Kees, who is the wife of
William Barnes, of Weston.

Oregon will ever owe a debt of gratitude
to her pioneer settlers — the men who with
courageous spirit made their way into the
northwest, facing hardships and privations
and meeting also many dangers owing to the
hostility of the red nien. Mr. Greer was of
the number who aided in sowing the seeds
of civilization in this section of the country.
He lived here during the Cayuse Indian war
of 1856-57 and was in the regular service
during a part of two years, seeing about six
months of active military duty in the at-
tempt to subdue the red race. Although a
third of a century has passed away since he
was called to his final rest, he lived to see
many changes as the country became popu-
lated by an enterprising and progressive class
of citizens. At all times he bore his part
in the work of general improvement and
progress. He is remembered by many of the
older settlers of this part of the county, all
of whom respected him for his sterling worth.

ALEXANDER McKENNA is one of the
prominent and well known agriculturists in
Grant cnimty. Oregon, and the eight hundred
acres which he is operating is a valuable
addition to the development and expansion
of this section of the country. He was born
in Ireland, September 2.3, 1847, and is a son
of William and Sarah McKenna. He came to
America when he was very young and settled
in Humlioldt county, California, where he
received his education In the public schools.
He remained there until 1863, in which year
he came to Oregon, locating in Canyon City.
Grant county, where he prospered as a hotel
keeper for many years. He later disposed of
his hotel property and engaged in the sawmill
business on Pine creek for eighteen years, first
as an employe and for the last twelve years
as owner of a mill. He met with a fair de-
gree of success in this enterprise but eventu-
ally sold the mill in order to buy a farm eight
miles from Canyon City, which he brought to
a high state <if cultivation during the years
he was connected with It. In 1899 he sold his
lanil and purchased a livery business in Can-
yon City which he carried on successfully for
a number of years. He later located on his
present property near Mount Vernon on the
John Day river and has since given his time
to progressive agriculture.

In 18S1 Mr. McKcnna was united in mar-
riage to Miss Alice Jenkins, a daughter of
David and Annie (Riley) Jenkins, the former
a native of Scotland and the latter of New
York. Mrs. McKenna's father came to
America in 1833 and was employed for eleven

years in the Brooklyn navy yard. In 1844 he
went to Galveston, Texas, and after two
year's residence in that city moved into
Mexico, where he remained for two years.
In 1848 he went to California, locating near
the Golden Gate, one year before the famous
discovery of gold in 1849. He built a vessel
and followed the sea for a short time. He
was one of the pioneer settlers in San Fran-
cisco and built some of the first houses ever
erected on the site of the present city, be-
ing a resident of that locality when the
famous gold strike was made. He spent five
months In the mines and at the end of that
time returned to San Francisco, where in
partnership with two others he bought a
vessel with the intention of going to sea.
Every day, however, reports of new gold dis-
coveries came from the mountains and the
whaling project was eventually abandoned in
favor of mining. Mr. Jenkins met with a
fair degree of success in the California gold
fields and in 1S63 came to Oregon, where he
followed mining for some time. Eventually
he took up land in the John Day valley, six
miles below the city of John Day, and here
he engaged in stock-raising until his death.
To Mr. and Mrs, McKenna have been born
eight children: Anna, who Is now Mrs. Claude
Ingle, of whom further mention is made on
nnother page in this work; David, who resides
In Silver City. Idaho; Dorn, now Mrs. Schuyler
Walker: Arriy. who married Burt Howard of
' Prairie City. Oregon ; Velma. Charles, Edward
and Hazel, all of whom reside at home.

The eight hundred acres of land which Mr.
McKenna is now actively operating consti-
tutes the old .lonkins homestead. Previous
to the removal of the family to this property
the Innd had been neglected for some years
but Mr. McKenna Is now giving his personal
s\ipervision and his undoubted agricultural
talent to the building up and improvement
of the place, A portion of the land is under
irrigation and is being gradually improved
along progressive and scientific lines. Mrs.
McKenna is one of the remarkable women
of Oregon, endowed with a high degree of
refinement and much culture of an unusual
sort. She Is well known In social circles of
Grant county as a charming and hospitable
woman. Mr. McKenna gives his allegiance
to the democratic party but has never sought
public office. He is a member of Hobah
Lodge, No. 22. I, O. 0. F., having been a mem-
ber "since he was twenty-one years of age.
He Is one of the many farmers in his section
of Oregon whose individual activities have
been vital forces in agricultural upbuilding
and have .nided materially in raising the
standards of modern farming.

W. J. TOWNLEY, a merchant of Union,
owns a sixtciii Inindred acre farm near Hot
Lake, and has an orchard of thirty-five acres
lying within the city limits of the town of
Ills ailoptlon. He is doing a large stock-
raising business on his farm and is meeting
with success. He was born at Briggsville,
Wisconsin, January 19, 1863, a son of Robert
and "Mary (Wilkinson) Townley, both of
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emigrated to the new world when a young
man, settling first in Boston, where he re-
mained for six or eight years, removing to
Wisconsin in the late '50s.

W. J. Townley spent his boyhood days prin-
cipally in Waukesha. Wisconsin, where he
received a good high-school education. In
1887 he removed to Oregon and began work
as a gold miner at Sanger, being thus em-
ployed for about eight years. There he rep-
resented a Milwaukee company and continued
in that firm's employ until the panic of 1893.
after which he went into business on his own
account, purchasing the home farm lying on
the north side of Union, within the city
limits. In 1894 he planted on his land what
became the first commercial orchard in the
Grande Ronde valley, comprising about thirty-
five acres of apple, peach. p<^ar, and prune,
as well as other varieties of trees. In 1897
Mr. Townley engaged in the general mercan-
tile business in Union and has since added
to his stock, which now occupies the entire
first floor of the new Masonic Temple build-
ing. He also owns a farm of sixteen hundred
acres at Hot Lake, surrounding the land upon
which is located a sanitarium. He is there
carrying on a large stock-raising and feed-
ing business, usually feeding about seven
hundred head of cattle annually for the mar-
ket. He also raises registered shorthorn cat-
tle and registered Perchernn and Kentucky
saddle horses and pure bred Poland China
hops. He occupies a residence in Union which
is modern throughout.

Mr. Townley was married in .Tune. 1884, to
Miss Mary F.^ale, of Waukesha, Wisconsin,
and to this union have been born two chil-
dren, Wythel O. and Alice Dorothy. Mr.
Townley has capably fille<l several local offices
and always gives his influence and support to
any enterprise that tends to develop the city
and community. Hi' belongs to the Masonic
order, having attained the Knight Templar
degree in the York Rite and the thirty-sec-
ond degree in the Scottish Rite. He is one
of the successful business men of eastern
Oregon and is widely known as one of its
leading citizens.

ERNEST E. EHELER, Mack-mith !ind ma-
chinist of Helix, was born in Valley co\inty,
Nebraska, on the 22d of December. 1883,
his parents being Edgar and Marj' Jane
(Nay) Eheler. The father was a native of
Brookfield. Nova Scotia, where his birth oc-
curred on the l.^th of August, IS.")?, and the
mother was born in Dundee. .Scotland, on the
8th of .lune. ISG."). Their marriage occurred
in Bracebridge. Ontario, previous to their re-
moval to Nebraska in the autumn of IS"*!.
After residing in that state for nineteen years
thev went to California. The mother is
making her home in Sonoma and the father,
who wns an agriculturist throughout his ac-
tive career, is living with his son Ernest E.

Ernest E. Eheler is the eldest of nine chil-
dren and at an early age it was necesaary
for him to take up some of the duties which
fell upon his father in the management of
the home farm. After acquiring a meager
education in the public schools he learned

the blacksmith's trade, which he has since
followed. He made Stockton, California, his
headquarters until July, 1910, when he re-
moved to Helix, Oregon, where he has since
resided. Since 1903 he has devoted a part
of his time to mechanical work and acted as
engineer in Stockton for a short time. For
one winter he was employed by the Hall
Manufacturing Company and while in that
position he opened a shop for himself, where
he has since been engaged as a blacksmith
and automobile repairer. He seems to pos-
sess innate ability in mechanical lines and,
although he has had little or no scientific
training in this line, he is meeting with a
good degree of success and is one of the most
successful representatives of his trade in
Helix.

On the 24th of December, 1908, Mr. Eheler
was married to Miss Edith Leola Doidge,
whose birth occurred in Silver City, Nevada,
on the 20th of October, 1889. She is a
daughter of William and Mary Doidge, the
former now deceased and the latter a resi-
dent of Madera, California. To Mr. and
Mrs. Eheler one child. Ernest, has been born.

In the west many of the men who are forg-
ing to the front in the various lines of in-
dustry and commerce arc among the younger
generation and among these Ernest E. Eheler
stands out proniineiitly as a skilled black-
smith and general machine rejiairer a reputa-
tion which has been won by hard and un-
remitting labor and by conscientious atten-
tion to his business undertakings. He holds
the respect and regard not only of those
who know him in a business way but also
those whose acquaintance he has made so-
cially because of his stability and integrity.

T. D. TAYLOR. Among the well known
residents of Pendleton is T. D. Taylor, who
for the past ten years has filleil the office
of county sheriff while for four years previ-
ous to that time he had served as deputy
sheriff. His record in oflice has been a cred-
itable one characterized by faithfulness to
duty in every relation. He has br'come
wiilely known through his business connec-
tions and is now intereste<l in farming and
stock-raising in firant county. He was born
in Marion county. Oregon, but at an early
age became a resident of eastern Oregon,
settling in Umatilla county in September,
1870. His father, David Taylor, was born
in Indiana and made the long journey across
the plains to Oregon in 18.'i2: here he at
first became interested in farming but for the
past twenty years has been engaged in the
grain business at Athena. He married S.
Ann Oerkine. also n native of Indiana, and
to them have hem born three children of
whom two are liviuL'. the younger being
W. R. Taylor who makes his home at Athena.
T. D. Taylor acquired his education in the
common schools of Oregon and was reared
to farm life. He started out in the busi-
ness world as an employe in a hardware store
in Athena, and afterward came to Pendle-
ton, securins n clerical position with a hard-
ware company. He was called from com-
mercial pursiiits to enter public office and

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after serving for four years as deputy sher-
iff was called to the office of sheriff of Uma-
tilla county, in which position he has con-
tinued for ten years. He discharges his
duties without fear or favor and his prompt-
ness and reliability are qualities which have
led to his reelection, so that his incumbency
in office covers an entire decade. His po-
litical support has always been given to the
Democratic party and in addition to his con-
nection with the office of sheriff he has served
as city treasurer of Athena. In business cir-
cles, too, he has been active for he and his
brother are owners of land in Grant county,
where they engage in stock-raising.

In November, 1889, Mr. Taylor was united
in marriage to Miss Sadie A. Smith, who
died leaving a son, Sheldon, who is attend-
ing the Portland business college. In Au-
gust, 1909, Mr. Taylor was again married,
his second union being with Miss Clara Nossu.
He belongs to the Masonic fraternity in which
he has attained the Knight Templar de-
gree. He is a charter member of the Knights
of Pythias lodge at Athena. He likewise
holds membership with the Artisans and has
the friendly regard and good will of his
brethren of these fraternities. His record
as a business man and citizen and also in
bis social connections places him with the
foremost citizens of his county.

WILLIAM J. MARINER is one of the fore-
Tiiost of the active, progressive and influen-
tial business men of Oregon and to none other
IS greater credit due for the reclamation and
development of the arid lands of the state.
He has been an untiring worker along that
line, spending time and money without hope
of direct remuneration. He has given un-
controvertible evidence of his public spirit
not only in this way but in innumerable other
directions, particularly in his support of the
interests of navigation on the Columbia river.
That his efforts in that direction have been
forceful, practical and of lasting benefit finds
its proof in the activity of the United States
government in its work along the Columbia,
especially in building the Celilo canal near
The Dalles. With notable prescience Mr.
Mariner recognizes what the future has in
store for this broad and growing western
country and seeks in every possible manner
to further the work of general improvement,
development and progress.

A native of Lebanon. Tennessee, he was
born September 25, 1853. a son of William
and Nancy Agnes (McPherson) Mariner,
■who were natives of Maine and Tennessee
respectively. The father was professor of
languages and mathematics in the Cumber-
land University prior to the Civil war and
after the close of hostilities entered upon
a similar connection at Lincoln, Illinois.
Later he continued his educational work at
Mount Zion, Illinois, and next became con-
nected with Whitman College, at Walla
Walla, Washington, where he remained for a
number of years. He then retired and moved
to Spokane, where he passed away. His
widow still survives, at the age of eighty-
four years.

William J. Mariner acquired his early
education in Lebanon, Tennessee, and in the
public schools of Illinois, but ill health pre-
vented him from utilizing to the full the
opportunities that were afforded him in that
direction. In 1873 he became a resident of
Walla Walla, Washington, being much bene-
fited by tliis change. He was connected with
the cattle industry in the eastern part of
the state and with farming until 1880. Since
coming to the northwest he has realized much
of the possibilities of the country and his
labors and efforts have ever been directed
in those channels through which flows the
greatest good to the greatest number. His
efforts have largely been of a character that
hag contributed to public progress as well as
to individual success. He had charge of the
building and operation of the flume for
ties that were used in the construction
of the line of the Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company through Washington
to Portland, Oregon. In 1880 he removed
to Wasco county, now Gilliam county, Ore-
gon, where he took up a claim, and has added
to his holdings from time to time until he
now has about three thousand acres. He has
demonstrated clearly that this method of
farming may be profitably followed and his
practical labors have been attended with
gratifying results. Mr. Mariner has taken
an active part in opening up the Columbia
river to navigation and for a time in connec-
tion with his partner, J. A. Smith, operated a
line of boats on the upper Columbia river.
His identification with river transportation
has continued long and has been of immense
value to the public. At one time he and his
partner had a complete .survey made at
their own expense for a portage road
on the Washington side of the river and
he is now one of the three commissioners in-
charge of the Oregon State Portage Railway
from Celilo to The Dalles. In 1905 they or-
ganized the Baker Irrigation Company, of
which Mr. Mariner is the treasurer and man-
ager. This company expect to handle fifteen
thousand acres of land in their project which
they are making a profitable proposition. Mr.
Mariner is the second vice president of the
Oregon Irrigation Congress which was re-
cently organized and he has studied sys-
tematically and along scientific lines the sub-
ject of introducing water to the arid country
and thereby promoting its fertility. He was
active in advancing the LTmatilla extension
government reclamation project. He has al-
ways contended that the government should
cooperate with the settlers and build the
main canals and reservoirs whereb}' the
responsibility would fall on the reclamation
bureau. He believes that the government
should not compete with private enterprises
in the development of irrigation and reclama-
tion projects. In all public improvements he
has lieen active and his cooperation can ever
be counted upon to advance the welfare of
the community or the state at large.

Local interests have also profited by the
cooperation and ability of Mr. Mariner who
in 1S87 was appointcil postmaster at Blalock,

WILLIAM .1. MAUINKK

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THE CENTENNIAL UISTOKY OF OREGON

939

Gilliam county, and has since held that posi-
tion eontinuously. In politics he has ever
been a republican but never places partisan-
ship before the general welfare. He was one
of the commissioners appointed when Wheeler
county was created to adjust the tinancial in-
terests of the involved counties of Grant, Gil-
liam and Wheeler and in ISb'J he was chosen
county commissioner of Gilliam county for a
term of two years. In 1S91 he was elected
county judge of Gilliam county and served
continuously on the bench for twelve years,
his decisions being strictly fair and impartial
ami causing his retention in otlice. In 190S
he was elected a representative to the state
legislature from Wheeler, Gilliam and Sher-
man counties and such was the creditable
record which he made in the general assembly
that he was reelected in 1910. During his
tirst term he assisted effectively in securing
the passage of the bill extending the Uregon
State Portage Road from the Big Eddy to The
Dalles and he was also active in the good
roads movement. By appointment of the gov-
ernor he was made a member of the commis-
sion on the consolidation of the Oregon State
University and the Oregon Agricultural Col-
lege. In 1912 he was appointed a member of
the state tax commission and all this makes
his activities very wide and far-reaching. He
is directly responsible for the present system
of taxation, eliminating the state equalization
board and cutting out additional classifica-
tions. His work on assessment taxation
was the most important feature in his career
as a member of the legislature.

Mr. Mariner is a remarkable example of the
self-made man. Ill health retarded his prog-
ress in early life but he overcame all his
early disadvantages and as the years have
gone by has made wise use of time, talents
and opportunities. He has firm faith in the
futiire of Oregon, recognizes its possibilities
and resources, has long been prominent in
the public life of the state and has made a
record which rellects credit and honor upon
Oregon for all time. The west is making her
history and Mr. Mariner is numbered among
those who are writing some of its most im-
portant chapters.

FERDINAND H. HUDEMANN is the owner
of tlirci' (|\mrtfr^ of a seitioii of wheat land
northeast of Conncll, and seven and one ipmr-
ter sections of wheat laml upon which he i."*
now residing. His birth <K-currcd near
Gibson City, McLean county, Illinois. Sep-
tember 6. isTO, a son of .Tulins and Maggie
Hudemann. When he was but five years
of age he was brought by his parents to
Adams. Umatilla county, where he has since
resided continuously excepting during the
three years he was farming in Franklin
countv," Washington. For the past five years
he has been cultivating the home place which
comprises seven and one quarter sections of
land, all devoted to wheat growing. Its ap-
pearance and general development attest its
gooil management and hieh eultivation.

On the 19th of May. 1909. Mr. Htidemnnn
was married to Miss '.Minnie Kemper, wlios.-
birth occurred in Pendleton on the 2fith of
July, 1899, and who is a daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Fred Kemper. Politically Mr. Hudemann
is an independent democrat, and also holds
membership in the Lutheran church. Many
of the most prolilable and highly pixjductive
agricultural tracts in Umatilla county are
at present being cultivated by young men.
These men bring the same enthusiasm and
enterprising spirit into their work which
their fathers did, and where the latter found
their greatest labor in clearing the land the
sons now have the opportunity of proving
the worth of the soil which had previously
been prepared for them. -Mr. Hudemann is
no exception to the long list of progressive,
industrious and energetic farmers who are
making this district one of the best wheat-
growing sections in the northwest.

HENRY YOUNG, a weU known merchant
at Kock Creek, Baker county, was born in
Canada, June 1, 187C, a son of William C. and
Isabella (Hatch) Young, both natives of
England who emigrated to Canada at an
early day. The father remained a resident
of the Dominion tintil his death and the
mother now makes her home in Quebec.

Henry Young was one of a family of four-
teen children of whom nine are still living.
His youth was spent in Canada where he
received a good common-school and business
college education. He remained with his
parents until he attained his majority when
lie was married, in Montreal, to Miss Jessie
(iraham Stewart, a school teacher, who was
also born in the Dominion. She is a daugh-
ter of James and Catherine Stewart, botb
of whom are still re.'iidcnts of Canada. After
his marriage Mr. Young came to Oregon, set-
tling at Kock Creek, Baker county, in 19*07,
and there engaged in mercantile business, a
vocation which he has since followed. To'
Mr. and Mrs. Y'oung were born two sons:
Henry K. W., deceased; and Graham S.

Mr. Y'oung is a member of the Odd Fel-
lows lodge, in which he has occupied all of
its oflicial chairs, and also belongs to the
Encampment and the Rebekahs. He is also
a member of the .Modern W'oodmen of Amer-
ica Camp, No. .SHUi, at Hock Creek, and of the
L. O. L. Politically he is a democrat and re-
ligiously both he and his wife are members
of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the
work of which they are actively interested
and of which they arc liberal supporters. Mr.
Young is well known in business, fraternal
anil church circles in Haker county. Just in
his business dealings with his fellowmen, af-
fable in his relationship with all. he has built
up a lucrative business and has a large ac-
quaintance in his community ami through-
out Baker county. He is one of the substan-
tial men of his section and among all classes
he is universally respected.

VERNON V. KERLEY, a well known
blacksmith of Helix, was born in Mexia,
Texas, on the 21»f of .August. ISR2, his par-
ents being Thomas T. ami Willie ('. (Meaks)
Kerley. The father was also a native of
Mexia but the mother's birth occurred in
Louisiana. They are now residing in Cliilli-
cnthe. Texas, where Mr. Kerley is employed.

Vernon V. Kerley acquired his education
in the public schools of Texas and remained

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

with his parents until he was eighteen years
of age. Two years previous he had learned
the blacksmith's trade, which he has since
followed. He resided in Texas until 1900,
when he located in Helix, Oregon. For the
last three years he has conducted an in-
dependent business and at present owns a
shop, where he is doing a general black-
smith and machine business and repairing
of all kinds. Because of his excellent work
and the courteous treatment which his pa-
trons receive his business is constantly grow-
ing and he is one of the foremost black-
smiths of Helix.

On the 21st of December, 1904, Mr. Ker-
ley was married to Miss Grace Gladys Tits-
worth, of Athena, Umatilla county. Her
birth occurred on the 15th of August, 1885,
and she is a daughter of George and Amelia
(Stone) Titsworth, who are residing near
Midvale, Idaho. To Mr. and Mrs. Kerlcy
three children have been born, Vernon Em-
mett, Robert Venson and Rova Maxine. Al-
though he is still a young man, his record
is one which contains valuable lessons con-
cerning perseverance, energy, determination
and fidelity, his success being attributable
to these qualities.

GEORGE LOVECTOR HIBBARD, who has

been a resident of Portland for more than
fifty years, has the distinction of being the
first manufacturer of boots and shoes in Ore-
gon. His birth occurred on the 18th of
July, 1835, in Troy, Vermont, his parents be-
ing Joel and Lucy E. (Cleveland) Hibbard.
The father was a native of Canada, while
the mother was born in Vermont, and it was
in the latter place that they were married.
To their union six children were born, all
of whom are deceased with the exception of
George L.

After attending the common schools for a
few years, George L. Hibbard started at the
early age of thirteen years to earn his own
livelihood. He first accepted a position as day
laborer and was thus employed until he was
seventeen years of age, when he removed to
Boston, wliere he served an apprenticeship
as carpenter and joiner. He remained in
that city for several years, and then made
a trip to Minnesota but not caring to es-
tablish himself in that locality he returned
to New York and built a tannery at Wells-
ville for A. S. French and A. L. Hibbard. In
1859 he went west and located in San Fran-
cisco, California. After living in that city
for a few months he came to Portland arriv-
ing here on the 18th of June, of that year,
and has since been connected with the busi-
ness activities of the west. After coming
west he was first employed at St. Helen
at a dollar a day but remained only a short
time. Subsequently he was employed for
eight days for four dollars per day and was.
urged to remain with that concern, which
manufactured wagons. He returned to Port-
land, however, but, being unsuccessful in se-
curing employment, he went to Oregon City
and while there erected a house for Colonel
Jennings. Afterward he worked at Van-
couver Barracks until the war broke out, and

then opened a shop at Vancouver, making
doors and windows. He was thus engaged
for a short time but was again emploj'ed in
the government service at Walla Walla,
Washington, for two years before erecting the
Umatilla landing. Until 1863 he was in the
mercantile business in Idaho before locat-
ing permanently in Portland in 1865, where
he has since resided. At first he engaged
in the produce business, which he conducted
until 1872. In that year he suffered heavy
losses by fire. The following year he again
engaged in business in the manufacture of
boots and shoes. This was the first fac-
tory of its kind to be established in Ore-
gon and he was associated with it until
1895. In 1905 he again suffered financial re-
verses and since that time he has lived in
Montavilla. He is the owner of a large
amount of real estate and was the promoter
of what is known as the Montavilla Reality
Company. He marked out the first plat and
subsequently made the first addition to Mon-
tavilla. He has been active in building up
this part of the country and is one of the
most enthusiastic promoters and business
men of the city.

Ml'. Hibbard has been twice married. In
1867 he was married, in Portland, to Miss
Josephine Jeffers, whose birth occurred in
Oregon City and who was a daughter of
Joseph and Sarah (Hurford) Jeft'ers, natives
of West Virginia. Mrs. Jeffers died at the
advanced age of ninety-four years and the
father passed away when he was sixty-eight
years of age. To Mr. and ^Mrs. Hibbard
four children were born: Charles, of Port-
land; George L., Jr., deceased; Frank, who
is also a resident of Portland; and Carrie,
who is the wife of Fred Irwin, of this city.
Mr. Hibbard was again married, his second
union being with Mrs. Joseph Harned, a sis-
ter of his first wife. Her mother was born
in Ohio, on the 2ist of September, 1808, a
daughter of Benjamin and Charity Hurford.
In November, 1829, she was married to
Joseph Jeffers and in 1847 came to Ore-
gon. They left Burlington, Iowa, on the
26th of March, and arrived at Oregon City
on the 12th of September. Theyfinally lo-
cated in Clatsop county on the Lewis and
Clarke river, taking up a donation land
claim, situated between Astoria and Portland,
where they spent their remaining years. Mrs.
Hibbard has two children by her first union:
William J., of Seattle, Washington; and
William M., of Kalama, Washington. To Mr.
and Mrs. Hibbard four children were born:
John Beacher, who is a resident of Portland ;
Guy Arthur, of Portland, who is married
and has one child, Guy A., Jr., Ernest T.
who is married and has one son G. L., and
lives in Portland ; and Victor C, also a resi-
dent of Portland.

In politics Mr. Hibbard is a republicaTi and,
although he is thoroughly alive to the issues
of the day and takes a citizen's interest in
exercising his right of franchise, he has never
sought office as a reward for party fealty.
His religious faith is indicated in his mem-
bershi]) in the Presbyterian church. Frater-
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(Icr of Odd Fellows. Throughout his lonjr
icsideiioe in Oregon he has always proven
himself a citizen of sterling worth, his en-
terprising spirit, his perseverance and his
industry having won him the regard and
esteem of his associates in business and so-
cial circles.

JAMES T. WISDOM, prominent in com-
mercial and linanciul circles in Baker Citj-
was born in Randolph county, Missouri, No-
vember 22, 1841. His father, Thomas Barnes
Wisdom, was born in Kentucky in 1814 and
died in Oregon in 1893. The mother, Lu-
cinda (Gess) Wisdom, was born in Kentucky
in 1821 and died in ISfifi. The father was
an agriculturist and followed the occupa-
tion of farming throuj;hi)ut his entire life.
In 1863 he came to Oregon with his family,
taking up a government claim near Wing-
ville. Baker county. In his family were
thirteen children, five of whom are still living.
James T. Wisdom was educated in the
common schools of his native state, graduat-
ing from the high school of Trenton, Mis-
souri. He assisted his father with the farm
work and while thus engaged learned valu-
able lessons of industry and economy which
have served him well i"n later years. After
the removal of the family to Oregon .lames
T. Wisdom added to his knowledge by pur-
suing a course in a commercial college at
Portland. Shortlv afterward he entered the
drug business in Baker City in 1870 and con-
tinued in that line of trade for twelve years,
during which time he succeeded in building up
a fine business that in later years became
a source of considerable profit. Being alive
to the superior advantages which Baker City
offered at that time to a man of experi-
ence, wide acquaintance ami capital, he em-
barked in the real-estate business, buying,
selling and renting properties and also loan-
ing money for many years and, having keen
business 'judgment," a knowledge of values
and possessing the happy faculty of inter-
esting people in what he had to ofTor. he
soon'lniilt up a thriving and lucrative busi-
ness. Some years since, he retired from ac-
tive business", sold his farm properties and
concentrated his investments in Baker City,
where he now owns a number of good prop-
erties and where he is interested in some
of the prominent financial institutions.

On the 28th of .Tanuary, 1892. Mr. Wis-
dom was married to Mrs. Lavina (Toney)
Shinn a native of Illinois, and a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. .John Toney. Her father
was a successful farmer and both parents
are now deceased. Mr. Wisdom has always
given his political allegiance to the demo-
cratic partv and has taken a commendable
interest in" civic afTairs. In 1872 he was
elected countv superintendent of schools,
a position iii which his broad education
and wide business experience served him
in good stead. Durin- the time in which
he served in that office he was enabled
bv wise management as well as by business
skill to place the school system upon a much
better tooting than it had hitherto been and
his labors in that direction were of inestimable

value. Important factors in the successful life
work of Mr. Wisdom were his good parentage,
the excellent training he received as a boy at
home, the school advantages which he en-
joyed even at an early day and the wise
and careful management which he has al-
ways exercised in Ills business atlairs. He
has possessed the faculty of forming warm
and lasting friendships and during his resi-
dence in Baker county has surrounded him-
self with a large number whom he hohls
in the closest intimacy. Ilis arduous labors
during his active business career now en-
able him to live retired and enjoy the fruits
of his former years of toil. While engaged
in farming and stock-raising he bred one
of the finest herds of registered shorthorn
cattle in Oregon and was the breeder of a
prize steer weighing 2,584 pounds which,
when dressed, was 76.32 per cent of his gross
weight — a remarkable record in stock-raising.

A. B. COOLEY, a leading agriculturist of
Pendleton, was born in Ilenderson county,
Xew Jersey, forty miles from New York city,
on the 29th of October, 1863, his parents be-
ing James and Margiiret (Jones) Coolev, also
natives of Ilenderson county. They resided
in their native state until 1807. when they
removed to ^IcDonough county, Illinois,
where they resided four or five years before
going to Wilson county, Kansas, where they
now reside. The father is a retired ranch-
man and is living in N'codcslia. Kansas. To
them ten children were born, six of whom
sunivc, A. B. Cooley being the second child
and the eldest living.

A. B. Cooley remained at home with his
parents attending the district school and
assisting his father upon the farm until he
was twenty-one years of age. After having
east his first vote'at the time James C. Blaine
was a nominee for president he came to Ore-
gon, and since April 5, 1884, has been a resi-
dent of TTmatilla county. Upon his arrival
here he secureil one-half section of railroail
land in Middle Cold Springs, ami began grow-
ing wheat. So successful was he that he was
able from lime to time to add to his pronerty
until at one time he was the owner of eleven
hundred and twenty acres, all of which was
planted to wheat. " After disposing of that
property he removed to Pendleton and for
the pas't five years has been residing there.
He was engaged in farming on the I'matilla
reservation, and with his son cultivates twelve
hundred and eighty acres of land which he
rents from the Indians. ITe has devoted his
whole attention to grain growing, and during
the year of 1901 raised sixty-three thousand
bushels of wheat and barley. His work is
carried on along the most modern and scien-
tific lines, and his success proves the prac-
ticability of the various theories he has put
into practice. For about eight years Mr.
Coolev had ns extensive a cattle ranch as
was to be found in the county, owning from
seven to nine hundred head. He at present
raises horses and mules and has about ninety
head. Whatever he has undertaken he has
carried out on a very large '«'nl'". *'">!' »*•
testing his remarkable ability.

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On the 1st of October, 18S7, Mr. Cooley
■was married to Miss Mary E. Gibson, whose
birth occurred in Wilson, Kansas. She had
been a schoolmate of Mr. Cooley and is a
daughter of George Gibson, who resided in
Oregon for some time before his death. By
this union three children were born: George,
who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in
partnership with his father; Margaret, who
is the wife of C. C. Rasor, of Medina county,
Ohio; and Walter, who is residing at home.

In politics Mr. Cooley gives his support to
the republican party. He holds membership
in the Masonic order, belonging to the blue
lodge and chapter. He is also affiliated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and the
Ancient Order of United Workmen.

NICHOLAS STEPHEN SCOLLARD, who

is residing in Woodburn, Marion county, was
born in Terre Haute, Indiana, December 26,
1853, his parents being Morris and Margaret
(O'Conner) Scollard, both of whom were
born in County Kerry, Ireland. After their
marriage in their native land they immedi-
ately removed to Canada and resided first
in Quebec and then in Montreal previous to
going to Michigan in 1848. There they re-
mained for one winter and subsequently re-
moved to Indianapolis where they made their
home for three years before taking up their
residence in Terre Haute for two years. Mr.
Scollard was employed by a railroad and
Mrs. Scollard managed a "hotel. They next
removed to St. Louis, Missouri, and remained
there for a short time before going to Omaha
for a two years' stay, during which time he
acquired one hundred and sixty acres of
land one hundred miles up the Missouri
river near Punka, Dixon county. Nebraska.
Upon this property he began farming and re-
mained there for nine years before going to
Montana in 1864 and thence to the mines at
Virginia City. Here Mr. Scollard was em-
ployed for from five to twenty dollars a day.
At "another time he was earning seven dol-
lars a day when his eldest son was receiving
twelve dollars per day, which attests their
ability and their value to their employers.
After" a residence of two years in Virginia
City they came to Oregon, locating upon
rented land in St . Louis. Marion county.
This tract consisted of two hundred acres,
but after cultivating it for two years Mr.
Scollard again took up railroad work, in
the employ of the Oregon and California
railroad at Turner for two years. At the
expiration of this service he came to French
Prairie and purchased a farm of one hun-
dred and ninetj'-two acres, two and one-
half miles north of Gcrvais, and this prop-
erty was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Scol-
lard until their deaths which occurred Sep-
tembei- IS, 1883, and April 22, 1893, respect-
ively. They were the parents of six chil-
dren: John, of Woodburn. Oregon, who is
married and has seven children, Charles,
Rose, Morris, Frank. Robert, .Joseph and Ed-
win; .Julia, the widow of John Kennedy of
Woodburn, Oregon, who has four children,
Anna, Margaret, Joseph and Thomas; Nich-

olas S., who is the subject of this sketch;
Thomas, deceased; Mary, who is married to
Albert Crosby of Woodburn and has three
children, Cyrillus, Edgar and Walter, the
latter two being twins; and William of
Portland, who is married and has six chil-
dren. Helen, Roy, Jacob C, Mona, Mabel and
Alvoid.

At the age of twenty-five years Nicholas
S. Scollard started upon his independent ca-
reer by renting land from his father and run-
ning a threshing machine which he owned
and operated for a numlier of years, but
after his marriage he purchased three hun-
dred and twenty acres near Woodburn, upon
which they resided for twenty-seven years.
So energetically and diligently did Mr.
Scollard cultivate his land that he met with
the gratifying results this rich agricultural
district affords and, in consequence of his
labor and efforts, he is now enjoying a com-
fortable, retired life at Woodburn. Their
present comfortable circumstances have been
made possible by the profits derived from
their farm which consists of two hundred
acres, and which Mr. Scollard is renting.

On the 17th of November, 1884, at Ger-
vais, Oregon, Mr. Scollard was wedded to
Miss Catherine I. Fitzgerald, the daughter
of Thomas and Mary (O'Laughlin) Fitzger-
ald, both of whom are natives of Ireland,
the former of the city of Cork and the lat-
ter of Tipperary. Mr. Fitzgerald came to
America when he was fifteen years of age
and made the trip alone. His father had
died when he was very young and finding
it necessary to earn his own livelihood and
being ambitious Mr. Fitzgerald set out in
1832 for the new world where equal oppor-
tunities for success were oS'ered to all.
He first settled in Keokuk, Iowa, where he
was married to Miss Permelia Eldridge.
They crossed the plains with ox teams in
1847 and settled near where Woodburn now
stands, on a donation land claim of six
hundred and forty acres. This was his
home for the remainder of his life. In the
spring of 1853 he was again married, his
second union being to IVIary O'Laughlin.
His death occurred on the 17th of May,
1860. By his first union he had three chil-
dren: Hanora, who is the widow of John
Murphy; Mary, deceased, who was the wife
of .James Murphy; and Julia Ann, deceased.
By his second union he also had three chil-
dren: J. Thomas Fitzgerald, of Pendleton:
Dr. P. H. Fitzgerald, of Salem, Oregon; and
Mrs. Scollard.

Mr. and Mrs. Scollard are the parents of
five children. Mary, the eldest, was born
on the 28th of August, 1885, and since her
graduation from the public school and later
from Mount Angel Academy, from which in-
stitution she holds a normal school diploma,
she has been engaged in teaching in the pub-
lic schools at Woodburn. Margaret was
born July 30, 1888, and is living at home.
She also was graduated from Mount Angel
Academy, having taken the Latin scientific
course. Stephen, who suecessfulUy com-
pleted the high-school course is now taking a
law course in Notre Dame, Indiana. His

MR. AN"D MRS. X. S. SCOI.I.AIII)

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birth occurred June 17. 1S92. Eilward B..
who is residing at home, was born April 9,
1895. Cecil Joseph is attendinj; public
school, his birth having occurred Februarv
13, 1900.

Mr. ScoUard <iives his political allegiance
to the democratic party. Although he is not
an office seeker he takes a citizen's interest
in nil which pertains to the social and moral
welfare of his community, and does what he
can to promote its progress. In religious
faith he is a Roman Catholic, holding mem-
bership in the Roman Catholic church of
Woodburn. In his agricultural pursuits he
has been successful because of his diligence,
his persistency and his thrift, and in his so-
cial relations he has won the esteem and the
regard of those who know him, because of
his integrity and his high sense of honor.

DANIEL WEBSTER BUTLER, who was n
familiar figure in the political circles of Ore-
gon, was born in Muscatine. Iowa. .January
12, 1848, a son of William and Caroline (Lim-
bocker) Butler. They had the following
children: Cornelia married John Bredenstein,
of Red Oak, Iowa, and they have six children,
including Mary, John, Carrie. Shcriilan ami
Ellen. John, who resides in Omaha, Nebraska,
is married and has two children. Delia and
John. Sarah Ann became the wife of S. E.
Christolier of .Mosier, Kansas. Daniel Web-
ster Butler, the subject of our sketch, and
Henry Clay Butler are twins. The latter
died, leaving four children. .leannette. the de-
ceased wife of Lovesam liriggs, was survived
by one child, Fred. Jennie became the wile
of Frank Luckey, of Iowa, and has four chil-
dren. William has also passed away. Ham-
lin, who is a railroad employe at Mexico, Is
married and has four children. George is
deceased, and one died in infancy.

When he was but fifteen and a half years
of age Daniel W. Butler laid aside his text-
books and enlisted in the Fe<lcral army in
the Seventh Iowa Infantry, for service in the
Civil war. He served under Uini'ral SliiT
man for two years and was discharged at
Davenport, Iowa. He saw active service
throughout the time of his enlistment and
was wounded at Resaca, fleorgia. He was in
the battle of Corinth and was also with
Sherman on his march to the sea. -After he
was discharged from the army he rcturneil
to Iowa and enj;a^'ed in agricultural pur-
suits, and in 1H71 he removed to Kansas,
where he took up a claim anil made his
home. About this time he became intereste<l
in the political issues of the day and in 187fi
left the republican party and joined what
was known as the greenback party. He par-
ticipated in all the campaigns of this party
and was active in the overthrow of the re
publican party in 1878 when W. E. PefTer
was ele.ted United States senator. In 1890
he came to Oregon, settling in Portland,
where he immediately entered politics. He
organized the Farmers Alliance and was ap-
pointed lecturer for that association. He
made a strong fight for the initiative and
referendum and measures of reform which
the legislature had been dealing with. He

was present when Judge Gaston joined the
populist party. Few men have had more ac-
tive political careers in this state. When-
ever his influence is exerted for any man the
latter's position is immediately strengthened.
Mr. Butler has been twice married. On the
10th of October, 1S72. he was married to
Mrs. Emma Henderson, of Kansas, whose
birth occurred on the 20tli of December, 1848,
and who is a daughter of William Patterson.
To this union two children were born: Rich-
ard, who is a railway conductor of Gooding,
Maho, and who is the father of one child,
.\rlene; and William, of Arlington, Oregon,
who is superintendent of telephone construc-
tion and "ho is married and has three chil-
dren, William, Cassidy and Daniel. On the
21st of July. 1909, Mr. liutler was married
to iliss Carrie K. Bentley. Fraternally he
is affiliated witli the Grand Army of the Re-
public, the Independent Order of 0<ld Fel-
lows and the Rebekahs. Many of the ad-
vanced measures which have found their way
into the political organization of Multnomah
county have been Initiated by Mr. Butler.
He is untiring in his efforts to further any
cause from which he thinks benefit to the
community may accrue, and he is one of the
most genial, cordial and business-like men of
Portland.

GEORGE EMMET REES, a resident of
Pen<lleton, is engaged in growing wheat in
Cmatilla county. He was born in T.ovelady.
Houston county, Texas, April 8, 1880. his
parents being William Henry and Dora Wil-
helmina (Wolf) Rees. the father a native of
Marion county, Ohio, and the mother of
Wurtemberg, Germany. The mother came to
America with her parents when she was
twelve years of age. locating in Ohio, in which
state she was married. In 1878 she removed
with her husband to Texas, where she passed
away in 1900 at the age of forty-seven
years. The father now resides at Melrose,
Xew Mexico. The greater part of his life
he followed the occupation of farming, though
in youth he was a wheel maker by trade.
In his family were five children: .Jacob
Fred, who resides near Pendleton; George
Kmmet. of this review; Lewis Orville, of
Cmatilla county; Dora Minnie, who is mar-
ried and resides in Chillicothe, Texas; and
Cecil Culvert.

Genrye Kmmet Rees received a common
school pducation in Texas, ami grew to man
hood on his father's farm, when- he remained
until 1902. In that year he came to Oregon,
locating in Helix, where he worked for about
two years in the machine shops. He then
went to Idaho and spent two years in the
engineering department in the government
Indian schools. Subsequently returning to
Oregon he took up farming, operating his
father-in-law's farm until the fall of 1911.
He then rented a tract of one and a half
acres of land near Helix, where he engages
extensively in the growing of wheat. He is
very prosperous, and is becoming a prominent
man m this industry.

In 1902 Mr. Rees married Miss Bessie
Xadene Ravmond. who was born at Helix,

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

June 18, 1885, the daughter of Raphael Ray-
mond. She is a graduate of the Baker
School in Walla Walla, Washington, has a
business-college training, and has spent much
time in the study of art. To Mr. and Mrs.
Rees has been born one son, Raymond Emmet,
on October 7, 1911. Fraternally Mr. Rees
is a member of the Knights of Pythias, be-
longing to that lodge at Helix. He is active
and energetic, has made a steady advance-
ment in life, and has the unqualified respect
and good-will of his fellowmen. He is pro-
gressive in his farming, and employs the
latest scientific methods known today.

VIRGIL C. BELKNAP, M. D. "To build
up a great and useful life is ,i bettor business
than the mere gatlicring together of a great
fortune." Such is the homely philosophy of
Abraham Lincoln. A living example of this
bit of practical wisdom is presented to us in
the life and accomplishments of Dr. Virgil
C. Belknap, of Prairie City, Oregon, who en-
joys a reputation as the leading surgeon of
the John Day country. His birth occurred
in Benton county, this state, on the 7th of
November, 1S71, his parents being Harley A.
and Thurza (Inman) Belknap, who were
natives of Ohio and Kentucky respectively.
His paternal grandparents emigrated to Ore-
gon in 1848, crossing the plains with ox
teams. The family home was established in
Benton county, three miles northwest of
Monroe, where tlie grandfather made an entry
on a donation claim. The place was known
for many years after as the Belknap Settle-
ment. The maternal grandparents of our
subject came to Oregon in 1S52 and settled
two miles south of Monroe, where Mr. In-
man filed on a donation claim.

Harley A. and Thurza (Inman) Belknap,
the parents of Dr. Belknap, came to Oregon
with their respective parents. Their mar-
riage was celebrated in Benton county, Ore-
gon, in 1855. In 1874 Harley A. Belknap
removed to Crook county and located near
Prineville, where he engaged at once in the
sheep business and later in contracting and
building. Here he erected the Crook county
courthouse and also the Prineville school-
house. He died in 1904 in San Jose, Califor-
nia, at which place he was seeking health
at the time of his death. His wife, who sur-
vives him. is still living in their old home at
Prineville.

Virgil C. Belknap was reared at home and
received his education at Prineville, attend-
ing the high school at that place. Having
determined to follow the practice of medicine
as a life work, he pursued the necessary pre-
liminary studies under the tutelage of his
brother, Dr, H. P. Belknap, a resident physi-
cian of Prineville. In the fall of 1891 he
entered the Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There he took
the required course and was graduated with
the degree of M. D. in the class of 1S94.
In the fall of that year he opened his first
office, settling at Prairie City, Grant county,
Oregon, where lie has since remained in the
continuous practice of his profession. Dur-
ing the eighteen years in which he has de-

voted his attention to his chosen life work
he has built up a most enviable practice,
the results of' which have placed him in the
front rank among the members of his pro-
fession. His skill in the delicate and scien-
tific field of surgery has brought relief not
only to his sutfering patrons but well merited
renown as well to himself throughout the
John Day valley.

In 1896 Dr. Belknap was united in mar-
riage to Miss Clara McHaley, a daughter of
George W. McHaley, one of the early pioneers
of Oregon. To them three children have been
born: Roderick R., Virgil V. and Janice.

In Masonry Dr. Belknap has attained high
rank, belonging to the following organiza-
tions: Prairie City Lodge, No. 60, A. F. &
A. M.; Blue Mountain Cliapter, No. 7, R. A.
M., of Canyon City; Union Council, No. 5,
R. & S. M., of Union. Oregon; Oregon Con-
sistory, No. 1, ,S. P. R. S.. of Portland: Al
Kader Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., of Port-
land. Both he and his wife are memljers of
Deborah Chapter, No. 43, 0. E. S., of Prairie
City. Dr. Belknap likewise belongs to Moun-
tain View Lodge, No, 33, I. 0. O. F., and to
Blue Mountain Encampment. He is also
identified with the Benevolent Protective Or-
der of Elks, belonging to Baker City Lodge,
No. 338. In the line of his profession he is
connected with the American Medical Asso-
ciation. His religious faith is indicated by
his membership in the Episcopal church, to
which his wife also belongs. His political
allegiance is given to the republican party.
He has been several times honored by elec-
tion to the office of mayor in Prairie City
and is ably serving in that capacity at the
present time.

Dr. Belknap represents in his chosen field,
as well as in character and social affiliations,
the highest t.ype of citizenship. He possesses
the iron moral and mental fiber inherited from
his pioneer ancestors. These qualities have
been largely the tools with which he has
raised the superstructure of a life wisely
consecrated to the relief of sufl'ering hu-
manity and the uplift of his fellowmen.

WILLIAM H. GULLIFORD, who resides in
Pendleton, was for many years a prominent
stock dealer in Umatilla county. He was
born ill Lane county, Oregon, July 10. 1861,
the son of John L, and .Julia A. (Hardesty)
Gulliford. both of whom were natives of
Illinois and crossed the plains in 1852 with
their parents, being in the same wagon train.
They located in Lane county, near Eugene.
The paternal grandfather was William Gulli-
ford and the maternal grandfather was Hen-
derson Hardesty. The parents were married
ill Lane county and resided there until 1872,
when they came to Umatilla county, locating
on Butter creek. Later they removed to
Pendleton, where the father passed away in
1903. at the age of sixty-one, and where the
mother now resides. The father became a
very prosperous man. owning in this county
over four thousand, five hundred acres of
land. He later sold the same to his two sons,
the subject of this sketch and A. V.. who
managed it for several years. John L. Gulli-

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTOKV OF OREGON

947

ford was residing in this county at tlie time
of tlie trouble with the Indians on Big ButtiT
creok and lie was near tlie scene of aeti>>n
and was shot at several times. One of the
men from his rancli was killed l>v the Indians.
In the family of John L. ami Julia A. (liar-
desty) Onlliford were six children: A. V.,
who now resides at Eugene; William H.;
C. J., of Echo; James, of The Dalles; Lillian
B., who is the wife of Dr. C. J. Smith, of
Pendleton; and J. F., of Milton.

William 11. (lulliford received his educa-
tion in the public schools in Orefjon and re-
mained under the parental n)nf until ISUO,
when he and his brother purchased the
father's farm and the parents removed to
Pendleton. He and his brother operated this
ranch until 190S, when they sold the same
and the subject of this sketch removed to
Pendleton, where he now lives. They en-
gaged while on the farm principally in rais-
ing sheep and for over seventeen years had
in their possession constantly between five
thousand and ten thousand sheep. They be-
came verv prominent men of this county in
that industry. William IT. Onlliford now
owns two hundred and thirteen acres of
alfalfa land at Echo, which is under irriga-
tion. He is also a stockholder and a director
in the Nissen Implement Company of Pen-
dleton and owns two dwellings here.

On the inth of May. ISOrt. Mr. Onlliford
was united in marriage with Miss Myrtle
E. Montgomery, who was born ill llliiiiiis
in 1876 alid came to Oregon in 1SR7 with her
parents, Ocorge and Laura (Corley) .Mont-
gomery. Ijiter the father went to Texas, in
which state he died. The mother now re-
sides here. To Mr. and Mrs. Onlliford has
been born a daughter, Lillian C. who is at
home. Mr. Oullitord is a member of the
Knights of Pythias and of the Farmers Union.
He is a man'of strict business integrity, of a
genial disposition and pleasing manner and
is held in the highest respect by all. A
native resident of Oregon, he has long been
an interested witness of the development of
the state and has ever been an active helper
in furthering all mcas\ires of reform and
progress that have here been made.

MANUEL PEDRO, who is extensively en-
"aged in -lieip raising in Umatilla county,
was born in Portugal. April 4. ISf^, a son of
Joseph and Mary L. (Leo) Pedro. The father
spent his entire' life on the sea and for many
years was captain of a ship that sailcil from
Xew Bedford. Massachusetts. He passed
away in Portugal and the mother is now
residing in that country. In their family
were ten chil.lren. seven of whom arc now
living, the eldest being Manuel of this review.
All except one daughter, who now rc^idci
with the mother, have come to America.
Five are now living in Oregon and one in
California.

Manuel Pedro remained in his native coun
try until he was seventeen years of age anil
then in 19S1 he came to America. landing
at Boston, and in that same year he went
to California joining an uncle. Manuel Lc".
He was employed for three years in looking

after thoroughbred sheep for J. H. Straw-
bridge, in California. During that time he
made two trips to Oregon for the purpose of
selling sheep. In ISSj he located at I'ihit
Uock. where he was employed until 1SS8 by
William Koss, in the sheep business, Mr.
Itoss being killed in that year. Mr. Pedro
then starteil ill the sheep industry for him-
self. He now, together with his brother
Frank, owns four large bands of sheep and
they have over thirteen thousand acres of
land in Umatilla and Union counties. They
are giving their entire lime to the sheep in-
dustry and are among the largest and most
successful sheep-raisers in Umatilla county.
In his [Hilitical views .Mr. Pedro is a re-
publican and he was reared in the faith of
the Catholic church. Fraternally he is iden-
tified with the Knights of Pythias, with the
Woodmen of the World and the Artisans
Me is an extremely successful business man
and has become a highly honored citizen
of the country where he has cho.sen to make
his home.

E. STEWART. The gnat state of Oregon
has been wrested from a wilderness and
made productive and prosperous by men who
in the earlv days of its settlement carried
on the cultivation of the soil, hampered not
only by the crude conditions of civilization
but by the constant depredations of the In-
<lians. A man who has been an important
factor in the evolution and advancement is K.
.Stewart, who has been identified with ranch-
ing and stock-raising in (Srant county for
more than forty years.

Mr. Stewart was born in Putnam, Ohio, in
1843, and is n son of Benjamin Elliott and
.■\nn (Krumbacker) Stewart, the former a
native of America and the latter of Germany.
In IS 17 Benjamin Stewart left Ohio and
crossed the plains by ox teams to Oregon.
The Imlian depredations were almost con-
stant at this period but the caravan with
which Mr. Stewart was identified fortunately
met with no attack. The first settlement
was made in Yamhill county where Benjamin
.Stewart carried on farming and stock-rais-
ing with iiniisiial success until his accidental
death in I8S3.

E. Stewart was educated in the publie
schools of Yamhill and spent his time until
he was eighteen years of age in that district.
He went to Portland and for three years at-
tende<l school in that city, devoting a portion
of his time to clerking. In ISOi he came
to Canyon City, where he engaged in mining
for one year, after which he bought land and
operated a stock ranch with a remarkable
degree of success. During the Indian troubles
of I'*78 he lost a large number of his liorsi's
and stock and s|ient many days and nights
upon the range watching for the marauding
ravages. He was nlone in his vigil while
many of the brave men of the valley were
protecting the improvi«ed forts. Mr. Stewart
IS very mo<lest alxitit his conspicuous bravery
and achievements during this time luit his
services are still remembered in Orant county.
He is now the owner of a large amount of
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

counted one of the successful men of eastern
Oregon. He has had as many as fifteen thou-
sand sheep, twelve hundred head of cattle
and five hundred horses on his range at one
time, and his entire ranch is carried on along
progressive and scientific lines. He has been
connected with the development and upbuild-
ing of a great agricultural section. The
fertile lands of eastern Oregon afford pasture
for large herds of his sheep, cattle and horses
and his activities form an important source of
the wealth of the district. Every day his
methods of breeding and raising stock are
becoming more systematic and scientific and
he has become a factor in state expansion
and development.

In 1S88 Mr. Stewart was united in mar-
riage to Miss Sarah Officer, a native of Ore-
gon and a daughter of Casey Officer, one of
the earliest settlers in this state, having come
with liis parents in 1845. A more extended
mention of Mrs. Stewart's father is made on
another page of this work. To Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart have been born three children: Ben-
jamin, Edna, and Wayne, all of whom are at-
tending school. Mr. Stewart is a modest and
unassuming man, taking no credit to himself
for his long nights upon the range and his
laborious days afield.

FRANK G. MICELLI. America numbers
among her citizens many able, distinguished
and worthy men of foreign birth who have
come to this country and been amalgamated
with the civic and industrial life of the great
melting pot of nations. Frank G. Micelli,
now a prominent lawyer in Roseburg, Ore-
gon, is a man of this class. He was born in
Resia, Italy, July 26, 1866, His father,
Frank Micelli, was born in the same place
and came to the United States in 1871. He
is now engaged in ranching in Idaho, where
he previously worked as a contractor. The
mother of our subjct, Margaret (Biancolini)
Micelli, is also a native of Italy and now a
resident of Idaho, where her husband is in
business. They are the parents of three
children: Mary, the wife of Emanuel Inama,
now a resident of Idaho; Joseph; and Frank
G., of this review.

The last named was educated in the com-
mon schools of Italy and also in the public
schools of Hailey, Idaho. He studied the
English language in his native country and in
1887 came to America and settled in Hailey,
Idaho, where he worked as a mason for six
months. At the end of that period he re-
moved to the Silver mountains in the same
state and with his brother Joseph, started
a brickyard, which he operated for six
months. He then moved to Tacoma, Wash-
ington, where he engaged in the same busi-
ness of brickmaking and after a few months
sold out and came to Roseburg, in December,
1880. Here ho entered into partnership with
his. brother Joseph in the operation of a
large brickyard which he still owns and con-
duets.

Tn isnn Frank G. Micelli determined to
make law liis life's profession and in tliat
year eTitercd tlie ollice of his brother-in-law,
C. L. Hamilton, where he studied until 1899.

He was admitted to the bar at that time and
has followed the profession continuously ever
since. In 1904 he was admitted to practice
before the federal courts of the United
States. He has become in the course of his
career eminent and distinguished along the
lines of his profession. He is well known in
Roseburg as a thorough student of the law,
well versed in its intricacies and delighting
in its problems. He always keeps his legal
knowledge fresh and up-to-date by much
reading, and his depth of study and broad
intelligence have gained him a distinguished
place among his colleagues, fle does a gen-
eral law practice in Roseburg and has his
offices in the Review building.

Mr. Micelli in the course of his career be-
came connected with various commercial en-
terprises, and today is the vice president and
a director of the Skelley Lumber Company,
located at Skelley, Oregon, a one hundred
and fifty thousand dollar corporation, with
the stock all paid up. He also serves as the
secretary of the Roseburg Building Homes
Association of Roseburg, Oregon, and is at-
torney for tliis company. This organization
has for its purpose the loaning of money to
working people to aid them in building their
own homes and paying for them on the in-
stallment plan. It is practically a building
and loan association which is doing much
toward promoting the welfare and the build-
ing up of the community and encouraging
the wage earner to own his home. Further-
more he is a director and the secretary of
the Roseburg Brewing & Ice Company.

On December 35, 1895, Mr. Micelli was
united in marriage to Miss Inez Hamilton, a
daughter of Dr. S. Hamilton, a pioneer phy-
sician of southern Oregon who came to this
state in 1851 and is still living here.

Politically Mr. Micelli gives his allegiance
to the democratic party and is a stanch up-
holder of its principles and policies. His
ability as a lawyer has gained him recog-
nition along public lines and he has served
in various official capacities. He was presi-
dent of the city council from 1904 to 1906
and was city attorney for four years. He
prepared the charter under which the city
of Roseburg is operated and twice codified
the civic laws and ordinances. Mr. Micelli
is prominent and active in the fraternal life
of Roseburg. He has gone through all the
branches of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and is past grarfd representative of
that organization. In 1906 he was elected
by the grand lodge of the Odd Fellows to
codify their laws. He is past chancellor of
the Knights of Pythias and past president
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He holds
a life membership in the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks of Roseburg and is great
senior sagamore of the Improved Order of
Red Men. He is a devout member of the
Roman Catholic church, adhering to the ten-
ets and doctrines in which he was reared.
He takes an intelligent interest in municipal
:itTairs and his cooperation in any movement
looking toward the progress and development
of Roseburg is never asked in vain. He is a
prominrut member of the Commercial Club

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951

of that city and is a dominant influence in
its affairs, ilr. Micelli is now in the full
tide of his career. An able politician, a bril-
liant lawyer and a worthy citizen, he can look
back u|)on a period of life which has been
successful in an eminent degree, and he can
look forward to many years of honorable ac-
tivity in his chosen profession.

JOHN H. WASHBURN, a well known ami
pru^piiuus ajjriculturist of Baker county, is
the owner of four liiinclred ami eighty licres
of land which is splendidly adapted for the
cultivation of grain and for grazing pur-
poses. His birth occurred at St. Martin's.
in St. John county, of the province of New
Bninswick, his parents being Abel 11. and Pa-
tience A. (Howard) Washburn. This family
has the same origin as the Washbiirns of
Maine. At the time of the Kevolutionary
war one branch of the family, having large
grants of land from the Knglish government,
removed to Canada. The parents of our
subject were married in the province of New
Brunswick. Abel H. Washburn preached the
gospel as a minister of the Baptist denomina-
tion. He came to Oregon about 1904 but
passed away soon afterward, while the demise
of his wife occurred in Portland some years
later. They were the parents of nine chil-
dren, three sons and six daughters. Wil-
liam, is engaged in mining; Rachel gave her
hand in marriage to Thomas Brown, with
whom she resided in Iowa and by whom she
had two sons and two daughters. Howard,
a carpenter and millwright residing in San
Diego, California, was married in Iowa to a
Miss Kmbree and now has one daughter.
Clara, residing in Portland, is the wife of
.lames Floyd, a mining amalgamator. Bessie
gave her hand in marriage to Fred Smickel,
a quartz miner of California. Frances is the
the mother of one daughter and the wife of
James Dewey, a carpenter of Iretta. Wash-
ington. John H.. of this review, is the next
in order of birth. The next child of Mr. and
Mrs. Abel IT. Washburn died in infancy. Min-
nie, the wife of .James Carter of Baker City,
Oregon, is the mother of one son and one
daughter. '

In the acquirement of an education .Tohn H.
Washburn attended a parochial school and a
seminary in St. Martin'n. After putting aside
his text-books he learned the carpenter's
trade and worked at that occupation in Iowa.
Subsequently he operated a grist mill in Des
Moines and later conducted a meat market
at that place. About lOO.'j he came to this
state by railroad, by way of the T'nion Pacific
and Oregon Short Line. Locating at Baker,
he began mining and prospecting for gold
quartz and placer ileposits in the Virtue min-
ing district. He discovered some exrellent
prospects in quartz, mafle locations and sub-
sequently sold them to good advantage. He
likewise mined and prospected in the Cor-
nucopia and Mormon basin mining districts.
In both camps rich quartz leilges have been
discovered and are now beins: extensively
mined, yielding eood returns in goM bars. In
1910 Mr. Washburn turned his attention
to general agricultural pursuits, inking up

a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres
in Baker county and a desert claim of sim-
ilar size. He also purchased a tract of one
hundred and sixty acres, so that his landed
holdings now embrace four hundred ami eighty
acres near the railroad in Baker county. He
has fair water rights and his land is excel-
lently adapted for the raising of grain and
lor grazing purposes. During the seven years
of his residence in Baker county he has en-
joyed an enviable reputation as a substan-
tial and esteemed citizen.

Iti 1S93, in Des Moines, Iowa, Mr. Wash-
burn was united in marriage to Miss Han-
nah Lulu McClelland. Her father, Samuel
McClelland, who was a tailor in the city of
St. John, province of Xew Brunswick, Canada,
is deceased. Mrs. Washburn was one of a
family of four children, the others being as
follows: Alexander, who is a resident of
Boston; William, living at St. John; and
one who passed away in early life. I'nto
Mr. and Mrs. Washburn have been born ten
children, four of whom died when young. Car-
rie, who.se birth occurred in 1894, is the wife
of Chester Cartwright, a representative of
the Cartwright family of Rye valley, who
are wealthy mine and land owners. Mr. and
Mrs. Cartwright have a son, Marvin, who
is the only grandson of our subject. The
other surviving children of John TI. Washburn
arc as follows: lieulah, who was born in
1S9S: Leonard, whose natal year was 1900;
Harry, whose birth occurred in 1902; Fred,
born in 1904; and Violet, who was born in
190S. The first three named are attending
school.

Mr. Washburn is a ilemocrnt in politics,
loyally supporting the men and measures of
that party. In social circles he and his wife
are popular, their many sterling traits of
character winning for them warm and lasting
friendships.

THOMAS B. LITTIG, a resident of Baker,
has iiiiw reailicil the venerable age of eighty
years. He crossed the isthmus en route to
the coast in 1S.')2 ami he participated in
Indian warfare in the northwest. Thi'se and
many other experiences have acquainted him
with life on the frontier and no one reioices
more heartily in what has been accomplished
along the lines of devidopnicnt and improve-
ment. He was born in Baltimore, Marvland.
S.^ptember U. 1S32, and is a sim of Dr.
Thomas and Sarah Jane (Bond) Littig. who
were also natives of the same slate. The
father died in the year i'^^l't. having for a
decadi- survived his wife, who passed awa.v in
11T0. In their family were thirteen chil
dren. of whom three are now living, the two
sisters of Mr. Littig being Harriet and Ma-
tilda, the latter the wife of John May, of
Baltimore.

Thomas B. Littig remained at the place of
his nativity until nineteen years of ace an<l
during that period pursued his education in
the schoids there. He afterward went to
Cntifornia. where he engaged in mining,
spenrling about a year in that state. Subse-
quently he came to Oregon, settling at Fort
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up mining, wliioh he followed for about ten
years. On the expiration of that period he
removed to Baker in 1865 and has since
been identified with mining interests in this
section of the state. For a time he was con-
nected with placer mining in the Jlormon
basin and he afterward went to Malheur
county, where he continued for about twenty
years. When the two decades had passed
he returned to Baker, where he now makes
his home.

On the 30th of September, 1868, Mr. Littig
was married to Miss Mary Meyers, a daugh-
ter of Henry and Mary Meyers. Her father
is deceased, but her mother is living in Baker.
In their family were three children: Henry,
a resident of California: Elizabeth, who is
the wife of Frank Maneman.. of Vancouver,
British Columbia: and Mrs. Littig. Unto
Mr. and Mrs. Littig have been born four
children: -Tames, born October 22. 1883;
Harry, born May 23. 1887: Mary, born May
7. 1880; and Bert, horn November 2. 189.3.
All of the children are yet at home.

Mr. Littig votes with the rejuiblican party
which he has supported since its organization.
He was candidate for sheriff in 1870 and
again in 189(1. He was elected to represent
^lalheur county in the state legislature for
a two years' term. Fraternally he is con-
nected with the Masons and has always been
a loyal adherent to the teachings of the craft,
exemplifying in his life the helpful and
benevolent spirit inculcated by that organiza-
tion. To give his life history in full would
be to present an accurate picture of pioneer
times and conditions in Oregon. From ex-
perience he is acquainted with the history
of mining development and of other lines of
material progress in this section of the coun-
try. His memory goes back to the time
when there was not a railroad in the state,
all travel being by steamboat or b.v wagons
across the plains. He chose the water route
when he came to the west, where for sixty
years he has now lived — an interested wit-
ness of all the changes that have occurred.

HERBERT BOWEN CRANSTON, whose
death occurred June 26, 1910, was one of the
leading stockmen and agricult\irists of Baker
county. Self-made, he was likewise promi-
nent and highly respected and his record may
w^dl servo as a source of inspiration and
encouragement to others. He was born in
Auburn, Oregon. December 21. 1864, a son
of Edward P. and Anna (Comnaughtyj Crans-
ton, who were natives of Ohio and New' York
respect iv<dy. The.v were the first couple
married in Malio City, the wedding being
celebi-ated in ISfiO. The father was active
in mercantile purs\iits. ojierating in various
localities in Idaho, Washington and Oregon.
He finally entered the live-stock business
and took lip general agricultural pursuits,
in which he continued for some time. In his
family were the following named sons and
daughters: Hci-bert B.; Walter B., who died
January .">. 1S9,-. ; Edward P.; Earl F.; Anna
K.; and ^faude.

Herbert Bowen Cranston was eilueated in
vaiious localities, according' to the removals

of the familj% and he learned business meth-
ods through practical contact with the world.
He finally took up ranching in the Lower
Powder river vallej' in Baker county, twenty
miles from Baker City, having there six
hundred and twenty acres of land which he
devoted to stock raising and to the cultiva-
tion of cereals and fruits. His methods were
practical, his plans of a progressive character
and his enterprise took him to a point
along the highroad of success beyond that to
which many of his fellow travelers on life's
journey had attained. He served as post-
master of Keating from 1902 until 1907
and in office made a record as creditable as
he did in business circles.

On the 5th of March. 1889. Mr. Cranston
was united in marriage to Miss Laura Saund-
ers and unto them were born three sons and
a daughter: Walter A., Herbert C, Florence
M. and George A. On the 13th of Septem-
ber, 1899. Mrs. Cranston died and on the 9th
of January. 1901. Mr. Cranston wedded
Jlargaret Flynn. who was liorn in England
on the 26th of February, 1869, and is a
daughter of Francis and Mary (Danglier)
Flynn. Her parents emigrated to the LTnited
States from the mother country, settling
in Kentucky, and there Mrs. Flynn passed
away, while the father and children after-
ward removed to the state of New York.
Mrs. Cranston was but two .vears of age when
she came to America with her parents, and
in St. Mary's Academy in New Jersey she
was educated. In 1900 she came with her
brother to Oregon and has since made her
home in this state. Upon the death of
her husband she inherited the ranch and has
manifested excellent business ability in its
control and management. She is a woman
of sound .iudgment and practical ideas, as
evidenced by her capable direction of her
business affairs. Mrs. Cranston is a com-
municant of the Roman Catholic church and
possesses the charm of manner, refinement
and culture that characterize many con-
vent bred women. She displays as marked
executive ability and sagacity in directing
the operation of her ranch as in supervising
her household affairs. She has made many
friends during the period of her residence
here and is very popular in the social circles
of her community.

Mr. Cranston was a republican in his
political views but never an office seeker.
He was, however, active in citizenship and
cooperated in many plans and projects for
the public good. He was identified with no
clubs nor fraternal organizations, preferring
to give his leisure hoiu's to his home, and his
many sterling traits of character made him
one ' of the best liked and most highly
esteemed men of Baker county.

J. W. STURDIVANT resides on a finely
improved ranch of five hundred and sixty
acres in Umatilla count.y, located near Ukiah,
where he engages in the stock-raising busi-
ness. His life was begun in Virginia on
the 9th of April, 1849, his parents being
Robert and Rebecca (^fanlove) Sturdivant.
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ion where they resided until 1S70. wlien they
remove<l to Calitornin. There the father
passed away in 1871, but the mother lived
in that state until ISSl when she oanie to
Umatilla county and tiled on a homestead
in Camas valley, residing here until her
death in I'JOS. at the age of eiphtyseven
yeai-s. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sturdivant were
the parents of seven children, five of whom
are living.

.1. \V. Sturdivant passed the first twenty-
one years of his life in his native state, where
he received a (-oninionsohool education. He
accompanied his people when they came to
California, and later removed with his mother
to I'matilla county. When he first came here
he filed on a quarter section of land to which
he added by purchase from time to time
until he now owns five hundred and sixty
acres of well improved land. Here he en-
gages in stock-raising, making a specialty
of cattle and horses, and meets with good
success in his undertakings. A man of prac-
tical ideas, clear judgment and progressive
metho<ls, he has always given his personal
attention to every detail of the work of the
ranch, the appearance of which is a credit
to his management and supervision.

In ISS.'j. Mr. Sturdivant was united in niar-
riag*" to Miss Etta Gibbs. who is a native
of Texas and a datighter of Elijah and
Mary (Gilliland) Gibbs. Her father was born
in Iowa and the mother in Pennsylvania, anil
in 1S82 they came to Oregon, settling in the
Camas valley. The mother died in 1S'J6. but
the father is still living and makes his home
in Roseburg. Douglas county. Five of seven
children born to Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs are still
living.

Mr. and Mrs. Sturdivant are the parents
of nine children: T.ola E., the wife of I. R.
Lawrence, of Ukiah; Herschel, who is de-
eea.sed: M. C, who married Miss Muriel AI.
Martin and is living at home and assisting
his father with the operation of the ranch;
Elmer C. also at home; Francis, who is at-
tending business college at Tortland; Ila L..
attemling high sohool at Pendleton; Lena and
Eneta. both of whom arc deceased; and Cloyd
K., who is at home.

J. W. Sturdivant gives his political in-
dorsement to the democratic party an.l has
served on the school board and as asscsior,
having discharged the duties of the latter
ofTice in his district for the past twelve
years. Fraternally he is a member of the
Artisans. Tioth he and his wife are members
of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Sturdivant
is a man of "many fine qualities, as has been
manifested during the long perio<l of his resi-
dence in the county, and is fully entitled to
the esteem and respect he is accorded in his
community, where he has proven himself to
be loyal and trustworthy in all of the rela-
tions of life.

T. B. MOORE resides at Xo. 22:!0 Resort
street in Paker. spending there the winter
months, while the stimmer seasons are passed
upon his ranch in Baker county. He has
extensive land holdings, owning eight hun-
dred and forty acres all in one bo<ly and

under fence, near Durkee, The greater part
of his life has been devoted to general farm-
ing and stock-raising, and success has at-
tended his elTorts, bringing him to a promi-
nent position among substantial business
men of his part of the state. He was born
near Trenton, Grundy county. Missouri. March
1'!. 1S47, and is a son of Milton and Saniyra
(I'ayton) Jloore. The hitter's mother was
Sarah Carson, a sister of the famous "Kit"
Carson, soldier, explorer and guide. Mr. and
-Mrs. Milton Moore were lM)th natives of Ken
tucky, and just after their marriage removed
to Missouri, where they continui'il to make
their home upon a farm until called to their
final rest. The father was a soldier of the
Mexican war and accidentally shot himself
while in the service. Tho-^e who buried him
in the mountains afterward related the inci-
dent to his son, T. B. Moore, who was the
youngest of the family of four children, and
was but six months old at the time of his
father's death. After the death of her hus-
band Mrs. Moore became the wife of Wil-
liam Cochran, and there were three children
by that union, a son and two daughters.

T. B. Moore resided in Miss<i\iri until the
fall of 1S77. when at the age of tliirty years
he came to Baker county. Oregon. His edu-
cation had been aci|uired in the schools of
his native state, and during his boyhood and
youth he had the usual experiences that
fall to the lot of the farm lad. Believing
that good business opportunities might be
secured on the I'ai'ific coast lie made the jour-
ney by train to Baker county, but after-
ward returned and drove some horses across
the country. He began farming and ranch-
ini; and was also i'mploye<l in the construc-
tion of the railroad of the Oregon Railroad
& Navigation Company. He freighted until
the railroad was built and since that time
has been engaged in general farming and
stock-raising, owning eight hundred and forty
acres of valuable land all in one body and
imder fence. The place is conveniently and
pleasantly situated near Durkee, and U|kim
the ranch Mr. Moore spends the suninier
months, while during the winter seasons he
resides in Baker, having an attractive home
at Xo. 2230 Resort street. Ilis ranch is
well equipped with all the accessories ami
improvements of the model farm of the twen-
tieth century, and his stock-raising interests
constitute a profitable source of income,
while the sale of his crops also adds con-
siderable to his financial resources. In ad-
dition he owii-i a number of dwellings and
one business pnqierty in Baker, and his suc-
cess h;is been siuh that he is now engaged in
loaning money. He also owns about three
hundred acres of timber land and altogether
his holdinffs aggregate twelve hundred acres.
At one time he was the owner of twenty-six
hundred acres, and he has never given mort-
gage on any of his property.

In lHri7 Mr. Aloure was united in marriage
to Miss .Jennie Robinson, who was born in
Indiana, in T^.IO. and died in Eugene. Oregon,
in 1.S77. Their children were: Flora, now the
wife of D. L. Wyatt of Baker; L. X.. who
ilied in Missouri: Letitia. who also passed

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away in that state; and Milton, who died
in San Francisco while the family were en
route to Oregon. In 1877 Mr. iloore was
again married, wedding Edith Robinson, a
sister of his former wife. She was born in
Indiana in 1855, her parents being William
and Catherine (Platter) Robinson, who were
also natives of the Hoosier state and arrived
in Oregon in 1879. The father died in Baker
county and the mother now makes her home
in the city of Baker, at the age of eighty-
seven years. There are four children of the
second marriage. William M., who is a grad-
uate of the State Agricultural College at
Corvallis, is living on a ranch at Durkee and
has one thousand acres of land, much of
which he received as a gift from his father.
Milton, a graduate of the Baker high school,
owns and operates a good ranch of five hun-
dred acres near Durkee. June Belle is the
wife of Gene Reynolds, a farmer of Baker
county who was born in Baker City and
is now a candidate for the office of county
clerk. Thomas Platter, the youngest, is liv-
ing on the home ranch.

Mr. Moore gives his political allegiance to
the democratic party and has filled several
offices, serving as justice of the peace for
six years and as postmaster of Pleasant Val-
ley for six years. In both connections he
was loyal to the trust reposed in him and
prompt and faithful in the execution of his
duties. He belongs to the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife
are members of the Presbyterian church.
Wherever known they are held in high esteem
and their circle of friends is an extensive
one. Mr. Moore deserves great credit for
what he has accomplished, for when he
arrived in Baker county he had practically
no capital. As the years have passed he
has carefully managed and conducted his busi-
ness nfTairs, and by reason of his unfalter-
ing diligence and keen business discernment
he has gained a position among the fore-
most ranchers of Baker county.

GEORGE M. FRY, who is now living re-
tired, was for many years one of the fore-
most business men of Hubbard and he is
still identified with various local enter-
prises. He was born in Shawstown. Penn-
sylvania, and is a son of .Tohn and Sarah
Fry, who were members of the colony that
went from tlic Keystone state to Missouri,
subsequently locating in Aurora. The fa-
ther was born on the 11 th of October, ISOl,
and died on the 4th of .January, 1854. while
the mother's birth occurred on the 6th of
April, 1811. and she died on the 22d of No-
vember, 1848. both parents passing away in
Missouri. They were married in Pennsyl-
vania in 1828 and to them were born eight
children, as follows: Margaret, wdio is living
in .'\\irora, Missoiu'i; Carolina, who died
leaving one cliild, Sarah Kyle; Elizabeth
and William, who are deceased; .John, of
The D;illes, Oregon; George M., tnir subject;
Henry, a farmer of Aurora and the father
of four children, Elma, William, Lizzie and
Arthur; and one who died in infancy.

Left an orphan in early childhood George
M. Fry at the age of ten years began mak-
ing his own way in the world. He remained
a member of the colony at Aurora until
1878, and then severing liis connection with
this communit,y became a jeweler's appren-
tice. He continued to follow this trade
until he had sufficient means to engage in
business for himself, when, in 1890, he es-
tablished a store in Hubbard which he suc-
cessfully conducted until 1896. In the di-
rection of his interests, Mr. Fry always
manifested clear judgment, excellent fore-
sight and the sagacity that invariably re-
sult in prosperity. Disposing of his jew-
elry business in 1896 he turned his atten-
tion to general mercantile pursuits, and for
six years thereafter concentrated his entire
attention upon the development of his new
enterprise. As he carried a carefully se-
lected assortment of merchandise to meet
the varied tastes and needs of the com-
munity, he succeeded in building up an ex-
tensive and profitable patronage and was
enjoying an excellent trade when he dis-
posed of his store to H. A. Beebe. He sub-
sequently became associated with John
Scholl and together they established a hard-
ware business. Mr. Fry was identified with
this for three years, when he sold his in-
terest to George Scholl, who is still con-
nected with the enterprise. Next, he en-
gaged in the warehouse business, but five
,vears later disposed of this also and in 1911
severed his active connection with commer-
cial interests, and has ever since lived re-
tired. He is still financially interested in
various local concerns and is one of the di-
rectors of the State Bank of Hubbard.
Mr. Fry applied himself closely to business,
using much discretion and sagacity in es-
timating the possible results of a contem-
plated venture and as a result his judgment
seldom leads him astray. He has acquired
valuable realty holdings and now has a
ranch of two hundred acres in addition to
whicli he owns a fine home in Hubbard and
several blocks in the residence section of
the town.

For his wife and helpmate. Mr. Fry chose
Miss Caroline Scholl, a daughter of Fred-
erick and Annie (Baker) Scholl, whose fam-
ily numbered seven, as follows; I^ouisa, who
is a resident of Hubbard; David, John and
Mary, who are deceased; Mrs. Fry, who was
born on the 4th of February, 1845; John,
whose sketch appears elsewhere in this
work; and Fred, of Hubbard. Two children,
a daughter and son, have been born to Mr.
and Mrs. Fry. Sarah, who was born on the
5th of June. 1871, is the widow of Harvey
A. Hinkle, by whom she had one daughter,
Lona, whose natal day was the 0th of Au-
gust, 1894. Frank, whose birth occurred on
November 15. 187.'!, is living in Hubbard.
He married Jliss Nellie Dimick, a daughter
of J. B. and Elmira (Eberhart) Dimiclg
well known residents of Hubbard.

Fraternally. Mr. Fry is a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his
|>olitical sui)piut is given to the republican
|iarty. He has always taken a deep inter-

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957

est in municipal alTairs and at the present
time is servin;; as citv treasurer. Such suc-
cess as has attended the efforts of Mr. Fry
is entirely attributable to his inherent qual-
ities, us he made his own way from early
boyhood, never having been rendered any
assistance other than such as is given to
every business man of recognized efficiency
and reliability.

JAMES M. Mcculloch was numbered
among Oregon's pioneers of 1SJ2 and main-
tained his residence in this state until his
death in 1885. He was one of the best known
miners along the coast and took active part
in the development of the rich miner.',l re-
sources of the state but spent his last days
upon a ranch. He was born October 29, 1M2'.I,
his parents being James and Mary (Waller)
McCulloch, both of whom were "natives of
Virginia. James M. McCulloch was a lad of
twelve years when the family left the Old
Dominion and removed to Missouri where they
resided until 1851. Both his father and
mother died in that state, the latter reaching
the very remarkable old age of ninety-three
years. In their family were eight children,
of whom three are yet living, two sisters and
a brother.

Farm life in the middle west became fa-
miliar to James McCulloch in the days of his
boyhood and youth, and his training was of
a thorough and practical character, well qual-
ifying him for the responsibilities of later
lif<\ In 1851, not long after he had attained
his majority, he crossed the plains to Cali-
f<>rnia and engaged in mining, remaining in
that state for about twelve years, or until
gold was discovered at Auburn, Oregon. He
then came to this state and operated in the
mines at Auburn for some time. He also
conducted a meat market for a brief period in
connection with a Mr. Smith. He was one of
the best miners on the coast. Imying up min-
ing land wherever he worked, and his knowl-
edge concerning values was largely unas-
sailable.

From Auburn he went to Alomen basin,
where he continued for three years, and then
took up a tract of one hundred and sixty
acres of land on S\itton creek. He died on
the old homestead on the 2lth of Decemlier,
1885. being then fifty-six years of age.

In early manhood Mr. McCulloch was uniterl
in marriage to Miss Eliza J. Hays, a daughter
of Henry and Susan ffluerln) Hays, who
were natives of New .Jersey and North Caro-
lina respectively. The father's birth occurred
in January, 18"l7, and the mother was born
April 30, 1822. He died when crossing the
plains in 1852, his death being occasioned by
cholera when the party were on the Snake
river. An uncle of Mrs. McCulloch then took
charge of the company. There was a train
of forty wagons and a large herd of cattle.
Mrs. McCulloch was born .Vugust 5. 1S46.
and was therefor only six years of age when
the family made the long and arduous trip
acro-ss the" coiintrj'. She walked most of the
way, and .she yet remembers many of the
incidents of the journey. Her mother long
survived the hu.sband and father and pniised
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away in Woodburn, Marion county, Oregon,
in January, 1<JU5, at an advanced age. In
the family were live children, of whom three
are yet living: Mrs. .McCulloch; T. K. Hays,
who is justice of the peace at Woodburn, and
wedded Miss Mary Hrown, l)y whom he has
four children, Henry, Cynthia, Leona and
Oddie; and H. T. Hays, a farmer of Marion
county who married Miss Hannah Mulkey
and has twelve children. At the time they
were en route for Oregon the mother, Mrs.
S. G. Hayes, composed a poem concerning the
trip, entitled "Crossing the Plains." This is
greatly prized by their (tesceiidants as the
story "of their long and arduous journey in
order to establish a home in the northwest.
It reads as follows:

We left our homes in fifty-two,

It was April twenty-first,
We set our course for Oregon,

The land of pine and furs.

Chorus

My native land, farewell,

I cannot linger on the shore;
My native land, farewell.

We crossed Missouri's troubled waves,

It was the ninth of May,
We landed safe on the Indian side,

And thus we spent the day.

It was on the twelfth we crossed the Horn,

A very pretty stream.
The place was thronged with savages.

It banks were lined with green.

Lope Fork came next, we forded it,

.\nd camped upon its bank;
The day was bright, we sunned our clothes

And gave our oxen rest.

On the tenth of June Fort Laramie

Regan to heave in sight.
The first thing like a house we'd seen

For many days and nights.

We spent three days in the Black Hills

And one we did lay by;
"Twas there we left one of our crowd

In her silent grave to lie.

W'v buried her the twentieth of June,

The first out of our train;
She left a husband and two sons.

But their loss was her gain.

We went up Platte three hundred miles,

Without a stick of wood.
Except some "chip," a substitute.

Proved to be very good.

'Twas there the bliilTs of various hties

Stood towering to the »kie«.
And there, alas, oh dreadful thought.

Poor Scott among them lies.

The .savages, they murdered him,

I heard it was for gain,
.\nd left his mangleil body there

To moulder on the plain.

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Some of them stood like battlements,

And some were red as blood,
Wliile others of a deeper hue

Had been there since the flood.

The chimney rock stood quite erect.

As if it .vere a light
Erected by the hand of God,

To keep the traveler right.

We met with packers on our Tfay,
Some of them looked distressed;

They had spent some time in the field of gold,
And never shaved their face.

With water there we filled our cans

And traveled on "till night.
We stopped and supped in the desert wild,

But the grass was very light.

We started then and traveled on

'Till some the next day.
When all at once the welcome sight.

Green river before us lay.

On Bear river, the Soda Springs,

We have come to them at last.
The teams were stopped, the cups got out,

We all must have a taste.

On the river Sweet, we had a storm,

It was very bad indeed,
Our cattle ran before the wind.

The hail was shoe-top deep.

Between Sweet Water and the Platte,

Was Saleratus Lake,
Bushels and bushels around the edge,

Just right for making cake.

For weeks and weeks on Sweet Water

We had no wood but sage;
It stood quite thick all o'er the plains.

How far I cannot say.

Independence Rock, it was a sight

Most curious to behold.
Its flowers bright and grass so green.

And water pure and cold.

A thousand names adorn its walls

Of men who passed it by;
While many others met with death

And at its feet do lie.

A river clear flowed by its side.

Its waters were called sweet:
And burning mountains towered their heads

To make the scene complete.

Still farther on we camped one night,

Xear to the Devil's Gate,
An opening through the solid rock.

The depth, five hundred feet.

We met with crickets on our way,

Of an enormous size;
The ground was strewed for miles and miles,

Their course did eastward lie.

Our captain told us what to do.

As he hat .drunk before;
Sweeten the avA, pour it in

And then the s^da foamed.

We met with Indians m our way,

But few did us molesV
We gave each one due time of day

And thus we fared the be^.

Our captain wounded was one right,
The ground was strewed with bpod,

But ere the morning light had dawnid
Our enemies had fled.

We passed Fort Hall July the twelfth.
And camped not far from it ;

That day I found my brother Frank
And he was very sick.

Not far from there for several days
The mosquitoes were so thick

It seemed to me they would eat us up.
In spite of all our smoke.

On Snake river our cattle died.

The first that we had lost;
The weather hot and water scarce,

And oh, the dust, the dust!

The hardest times we had by half

Were on the River Snake.
The grass so scarce and sand so hot.

And such long drives to make.

The twenty-seventh of July

We crossed the River Snake,
We traveled on two days and stopped,

Oh, dreadful to relate.

Near the South Pass we almost froze,
'Twas on July the fourth.

It snowed and blowed like winter time-
Wind from the chillv north.

Our crowd was well, except one man

Was taken tale that day.
But ere the morning sun arose

He in his shroud did lay.

We left Big Sandy at mid-day
And traveled with all might;

We pitched our tent near S\ilphur Sprinp
And Margaret died that night.

So then we buried two that day.

Two more were taken sick.
One of them was my husband dear-

I never can forget.

We buried her by the big road side,

Near to a desert drear.
Her parents and one sister dear

Were grieved to leave her there.

It seems to me his dying words

Are printed on my heart,
I could not think that he would die —

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959

But ob, his sufTerings found an end

August the second day,
Beside the little stream so clear

Five of our number lay.

We loaded up and started on,

Wliich we were bound to do,
Leaving the spot on earth most dear,

Forever from my view.

We traveled on ten days or more.
The place was called Fort Boise.

We crossed the river back again,
The Indians helped us cross.

We started then and drove all ni;;ht,

We saw the Snake no more.
In the morn we found a muddy creek

And spent the Sabbath there.

'Twas Burnt river we came to next,

A dismal place indeed.
The only pass was on its bank

And sometimes in the stream.

We spent two days or more on that.

With very little grass;
We got our wagon wheels swelled up,

And got out safe at last.

On Goose Creek we found wild currants.

Both red and yellow too;
We gathered some and stewed them up

And they were good as ever grew.

Two little children died one night.
We were ramped nrar a cold spring.

We buried them both in one grave
On a high hill so green.

Between Fort Boise and the Ornnd Bound

I can say and tell the truth.
We had no compass to set up

But we traveled every point.

We spent two days on the Orand Round.

And left one wagon there.
We thought it best, our teams were weak.

And the mountains were before.

The Blue Mountains were naught but hills.

We had seen the same beforf.
The grass was good, the timber thick.

Wc had such good pine firs.

Powder river was a nice stream.
We stopped there half a day.

We washed some clothes and baked
And then went on our way.

From Battle Creek we traveled on

'Till two o'clock at night :
We chained the oxen to the wheels

To stan-e. oh .shameful sight.

We waited then for day to break
And then went on our way.

At nine o'clock we breakfasted.
The place was called Well Spring.

pir

Then on again, wc found no grass

That was worth stopping tor,
liut at our next cump the grass was good —

1 he water very poor.

Then on again early next morn.

The Columbia we must reach.
Our cattle then were very dry,

The water had been so scarce.

We reached the Columbia at midnight,

i)ur cattle tired and weak;
We "dropped our oars' 'as you might say,

And all hands went to sleep.

The Columbia was a noble stream

We left it the next morn,
Crossed the Deshuts, went on five miles

.■\nd found both meat and corn.

Our next camp was on Ten Mile Creek,

Tlie best of all I've named.
Water and grass, a stone lire- place

.\n<l table of the same.

liut two more camps and the Cascades,

-And toll-gate we must see.
Five dollars each for wagons there.

But widows went through free.

The roughest road that ever was

Is that through the Caseailes.
The stumps so thick and grass so scarce,

Stones thick as could be laid.

The third day there arose a liill.

It was about mid-day.
Off to our right about six miles

Mount Hood in splendor lay.

Don't think the hills were hard to climb.

We diiulded teams but twice.
The hardest work was getting down

Without the loss of life.

We spent six days in the Cascades,

Then stopped at Foster's too;
Making two days and four months just

From the Missouri getting through.

If all the changes in those months

Were taken ilown with en re
It would take a hunch of paper sure,

I think about three quire.

We found our claim the twentieth.

Moved on it right away.
We let our stakes in Oregon

Kesolved here for to stay.

If ever you shouM cross the plains

Be sure of a good guide,
Provisions plenty and a strong team.

For the road is long and wide.

The Tlnys family located at Mount Angel,
near Portland in Sfarion I'ounty. when they
first rame to Oregon, and later the daughtiT,
Kliwi .1., gave her hand in rnarriagi' to Mr.
Mrrulloch. .\s previously stated, his last
days were spent upon the ranch, and there
Mrs. McCulloeh live«l until 1891, when she

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removed to Baker City and erected her pres-
ent home. Mr. McCulloch was a democrat
in liis political views, but never sought nor
desired office, preferring to concentrate his
energies upon his business affairs. Mrs. Mc-
Culloch is a member of the Presbyterian
church and is a lady of many admirable and
excellent traits of character which have won
for her the high esteem of all with whom
she has been brought in contact.

PHINEAS C. WARREN, who has lived re-
tired at Warrenton for the past few years, is
an extensive landowner and one of the most
prosperous and respected residents of Clatsop
county. His birth occurred in the state of
New York on the 19th of March, 1833, his
parents being Danford and Amanda (Pike)
Warren, who were natives of Vermont and
Massachusetts respectively. Their marriage
was celebrated in the Empire state. Danford
Warren, who followed farming as a means of
livelihood, passed away in New York in com-
paratively early manhood. Ten years later
his widow became the wife of Gardner Baxter,
a native of New York, with whom she re-
moved to Illinois, passing away at Princeton,
that state, when seventy-two years of age.
Our subject was one of four sons, his brothers
being as follows: .John F.. who was exten-
sively engaged in the lumber business and
who died at Knappa, Oregon; George W.,
who was accidentally killed at his logging
camp in the '70s; and Daniel K., whose de-
mise occurred in 1893. By her second hus-
band the mother of Phineas C. Warren had
one daughter, Adeline, who is now the wife
of James Hamilton, of Princeton, Illinois.

Phineas C. Warren began earning his own
livelihood when a youth of fifteen, renting a
tract of land in Bureau county, Hlirois, and
cultivating it for three years. On the expi-
ration of that period he came to Oregon, lo-
cating at Astoria, where he worked in a saw-
mill for one year. At the end of that time
he became connected with mining interests,
digging gold for a brief period in .Jackson-
ville, Oregon. Subsequently he was engaged
in the logging business imtil 1860 and then
went east on a visit to New York. Return-
ing to Illinois, he there carried on general
agricultural pursuits until 1870, when he sold
his property and again came to Oregon in the
hope that his wife's health might be bene-
fited by the change of climate. He was ac-
tively engaged in the logging business for ten
years, and for a number of years was ex-
tensively engaged in buying and selling cat-
tle, but for the past few years has lived re-
tired in the enjoyment of well earned rest.
His property holdings include four hundred
and eighty acres of land, three hundred and
twenty acres of which is covered with tim-
ber, while the remainder lies in Warrenton
and vicinity. Recently he disposed of eight
hundred acres in Tillamook county, Orego;i.

In 1807 Mr. Warren was united in mar-
riage to Miss Adeline Keller, who was born
in Ohio on the 0th of February, 1847, her
parents being Isaac W. and Ke7,iah (Cash)
Keller. They were born, reared and married
in the Buckeye state and there continued to

reside until their children were grown. Sub-
sequently they spent some years at Prince-
ton, Illinois, and then removed to Iowa,
where Isaac W. Keller passed away at the
age of eighty years. The demise of his wife
occurred four days later, at the age of
seventy-five years. They had five children,
four of whom are still living, as follows:
Mrs. B. D. Lee, who resides near Los Ange-
les, California; Elizabeth, the wife of James
Palbert, of Longbeach, California; Mary, who
is the wife of William Dodge and also makes
her home in California; and Mrs. Warren.
The last named is the mother of a son and
daughter. Carrie E. gave her hand in mar-
riage to Charles F. Lester and resides in
Warrenton, Oregon. Frank, who is married
and lives on his father's homestead, is the
owner and operator of a logging camp in
partnership with his brother-in-law, C. F.
Lester. Both children were afforded excellent
educational advantages, the daughter being
a high-school graduate and the son having
pursued courses of study in two business
colleges.

Mr. Warren is a stanch republican in poli-
tics but has never had any desire for the
honors and emoluments of office. In reli-
gious faith he is a Presbyterian. He has
now passed the seventy-ninth milestone on
life's journey and enjoys the respect and ven-
eration which should ever be accorded one
who has traveled thus far on this earthly
pilgrimage and whose career has been at all
times upright and honorable.

AUGUST KUPERS. Among the sons of
Germany wliose industry and sturdy qual-
ities have added much to the worth and
development of Umatilla county is August
Kupers, who came to the United States when
a boy and at an early age took up farming
and has since become a substantial agricul-
turist and stock-raiser of Helix. His birth
occurred in Holstein, Germany, May 24, 1873,
a son of John and Margaret (Hone) Kupers,
both of whom resided throughout their en-
tire lives in Germany where the father was
engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was
twice married and by his first union two chil-
dren were born. By his second marriage he
had eight children, of whom August was the
fourth in order of birth.

The common schools of his native land
afforded August Kupers his educational ad-
vantages and upon completing his studies he
remained at home assisting in the duties on
the farm until he was eighteen years of age.
He then immigrated to the United States, set-
tling at once in Oregon in 1891. His brother
Henry accompanied him upon this trip but
later returned to Germany and Augiist Kup-
ers is the only surviving member of the fam-
ily in this country, a brother, .John, having
died soon after his arrival. When he came
to America our subject had little except an
ability for hard work, abundant energy and
an eager desire to succeed but, undaunted by
the difficulties which confronted him, he at
once took up agricultural pursuits and for
six years was engaged as a farm laborer be-
fore purchasing a part of his present home,

p. C. WARRKX

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at tliat time comprising; a one-half seitioii
one mile north of Helix. He subsequently
purchased the entire section and now owns
two adjoining; ranches. All the improvements
upon the farm are due to Mr. Kupers' pro-
gressive spirit and his untirin;,' lahor. The
crops which he harvests attest his ability
as an agriculturist and his fine home and com-
modious outbuildings show that lie keeps
abreast with the times. The greater part
of his attention is given to wheat growing,
in which he is meeting with remarkable suc-
cess. He has also become interested in the
]iank of Heli.x, of which he is a stockholder.

In 1898 Mr. Kupers was married to Miss
Augusta Kupers. whose birth also occurred
in Holstein, Germany. She came to Ore-
gon fourteen years ago with her parents,
who are now deceased. , To Mr. and .Mrs.
Kupers five children have been born, all of
whom are residing at home, ,Tohn, Marie,
Henry, William and Winnie.

Air. Kupers' political allegiance is given tft
the republican party and he holds member-
ship in the Lutheran cliurch. His life has
been such as to merit the respect of the citi-
zens of his adopted country and by honesty,
uprightness ami industry he has contributed
much toward the upbuilding of the com-
munity in which he lives.

MANSFIELD A. HARRISON, an cx-Tudgc
of L'nion county residing in La flrande, wn.s
born in Luzerne county. Pennsylvania, Sep-
tember 1, 1841. a son of Orville and Sibyl
(Treseott) Harrison. Roth parents were na-
tives of Pennsylvania and were niarricil in
that state. They had three children. Kdward
L., living on the old Pennsylvania homestead;
Mansfield A., of this review; anil Tninian
T., a resident of Luzj-rne County, Pennsyl-
vania.

Mansfield A. Harrison was reared and re-
ceived his education in his native state,
spending most of his time with his grand-
father. The family being of a mechanical
turn, he took up the study of mechanics.
On August 21. 180.5. he started overland for
Oregon and on arriving here located in the
Orande Ronde valley, where he turneil his
attention to such work as he eouhl find ami
helped to erect some of the first buildings
in La Grande and that locality. He also en-
gaged in teaching school for a oiuple of years
and after that began c'ontracling ami build-
ing, which he has fr)llowed ever since.

In IS?."? Mr. Harrison was united in mar-
riage with Miss Harriet .lane Ituclmnon, who
was horn in Iowa, October 20, 1S.")7. Her
parents were William I), ami Kllen -lane
fCullen) Buchanan, who came overland from
Iowa to Oregon in 18G.") and settled two miles
south of Island City, where they resided
until 188.'). In that year they removed to
Harney county, where the father died in
1906. at the age of seventy-six. The mother
is still living in La Grande, having now
reached the advance<l age of eighty-two
years. "Sir. and Mrs. Harrison have Wcome
the parents of two children: Mansfiehl A., .Ir..
of I>i Granile; and Rosella. the wife of ('.. H.
Elmer, of I'ine Valley.

Fraternally Mr. Harrison is identified
with the Masonic order and he was one of
the first to make application for membership
in Iji Grande Lodge. In iiolitics he is a
democrat and has spent much time in public
work. For twenty years he served as justice
of the peace at Island City and lor four
years was county judge of Union county,
being elected in 1902. At the time of his
eli'ction the county was in debt two hundred
and seventy-live thousand dollars and during
his term, besides making many inipurtiint
improvements, he reduced the public debt
one hundred and forty-si.x thousand dollars.
This recpiired great efTort. good judgment and
considerable knowledge of actual conditions.
He is a man of keen discernment, conscien-
tious and upright, and these qualities made
him a most capable and ellicicnt judge and
won for him the great respect of the resi-
dents of the county.

HENRY McGOLDRICK, who 1ms devoted
his attention to the raising of grain and stock
in Iniou county for more than a i|uait<'r of
a century, i.s the owniT of a well improved
and valuable farm of two hundred ami nine-
teen acres. His birth occurred near Glas-
gow, .Scotland, on the 4th of December, 1866,
his parents being Thomas and Mary (Henry)
McGoldrick, both of whom were natives of
Ireland. The father emigrated to the United
States in 1866 ami the following year was
joined by his wife and children in \ew York,
where the family home was established. Sub-
seipiently Thomas McGoldrick removc<l to
Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in coal
mining, at which he had viorkeil before com-
ing to this country. In that occupation he
continued throughout the remainder of his
lifi', mining in Tennes.see and Colorado. Unto
him ami his wife were born nine children.

Hi'nry McGohlrick was the seventh in or-
der of birth in his father's family and re-
maineil nniler the parental roof until twelve
years of age. During tin- following year ho
worked on a ranch with his brother-in-law
and subsequently became a water boy in a
railroad grading camp, being thus employed
until he hail reached his nineteenth year. At
that time he again took up ranching and in
1884 came to Oregon, locating in the Haker
valley. The following year he took up his
alnide in the Gramle Ronde valley ami has
here been actively engaged in general agri-
cultural pursuits to the present time. Ho
owns over two hundred and nineteen acres of
land and devotes his attention to the growing
of grain and the raising of Hereford cattle,
standard bred draught horses and hogs. In
1S97 he became one of the incorporators and
a stoekhidder in the Imbler Mercantile &
.Stock Company, with stores at Imbler. This
enterprise claimeil a part of his attention
until the vear I'TJ. when he s<dd his interest.

On Ihe'l8th of October. I89:i, Mr. McGold-
rick was united in marriage to Miss I,,ettie
Hull, of Imbler. f)regon. her parents being
William and Sarah (Neville) Hull, the former
a native of Ohio and the latter of Kiiffalo,
Iowa. Mrs. Sarah Hull wos a daughter of
E. T. and P. .1. Neville. William Hull came

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to Oregon in 1862 and took up his abode
among the earliest settlers in the Grande
Ronde valley, locating three-fourths of a mile
east of Imbler, on the farm which is now
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. McGoldrick. Unto
our subject and his wife have been born two
children: Edwin, who died at the age of four
years; and Eugene, who is attending school.

Mr. McGoldrick has served as a member of
the school board for si.x years. He is an
enterprising, public-spirited citizens and has
taken an active part in the progress and de-
velopment of the Imbler district. He belongs
to the Modern Brotherhood of America, the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Farmers Union. Commendable principles have
governed his life and shaped his conduct in
his relations with his fellowmen. His career
has been one of continuous activity and today
he is numbered among the prosperous agri-
culturists and representative citizens of his
state and county.

PETER CLEMENS, owner of nine hundred
and eighty acres of land in Harney county,
Oregon, all under cultivation and planted in
the most suitable grains and fruit orchards,
was born in Lorraine, Franco, on July .I.
1850. He is a son of Nicholas Clemens, "who
left his native country for America in 18.55
and located for a short time in Montreal,
Canada, later removing to the Menominee
river in Michigan.

Peter Clemens was educated in the public
schools of Montreal, Canada, and the state
of Michigan and in 1868 came to the Pacific
coast around the Horn. He settled in Cali-
fornia where he remained for a few months
before moving northward to Victoria, British
Columbia, whence he went to the Cassiar
mines where he remained for three years,
meeting with gratifying success. Subse-
quently he went to Buenos Ayres where he
remained for eighteen months, working in
partnership with an uncle. He followed
mining until 1878 in the Black Hills and
Nevada and later came to White Horse in the
southern part of Harney county. He was
interrupted on his journey northward by
Indiiin troubles and it was not until 1880
that he finally arrived in the Harney valley,
locating after a year or two on Poison creek.
six miles north of Burns. Mr. Clemens is the
owner of nine hundred and eighty acres of
land, constituting the home ranch and besides
this is the proprietor of two other fine prop-
erties in Harney county. He has the entire
tract of land upon which he lives under
cultivation and lias developed his holdings
along progressive and modern lines. He has
made all the necessary improvements upon
his farm and has installed in all of its depart-
ments up-to-date and efficient machinery in-
cluding a ccmipleto threshing outfit. His
acres are hirgoly irrigated. Tie is known
throughout the section in whicli he resides
as an upright man and a successful ranch-
man.

In 1883 Mr. Clemens was united in mar-
riage to Miss .Jennie Uhlen. a daughter of
John Uhlen, a jiioneer of Douglas county, Ore-
gon, To Mr, and Mrs. Clemens have been

born three children: Clay, who is engaged in
the sawmilling business on Poison creek;
Calvin, a ranchman residing near Burns, Ore-
gon; and Glen, who lives at home.

In his political afl^iliations Peter Clemens
is consistently democratic and never seeks
public office. He is a blue lodge Mason and
this is his only fraternal connection. He
seeks no success beyond attainment in a
purely agricultural walk of life. He has
made his farming career upright and honor-
able and has achieved prosperity.

L. D. SMITH, who has the distinction of
being the oldest resident of Helix, was born
in Huntsburg, Geauga county, Ohio, on the
15th of March, 1849, his parents being A.
H. and Samantha (Smith) Smith. The
mother was a native of New York state and
her death occurred in Huntsburg when her
son L. D. Smith was but two years of age.
The father died in Pendleton, Oregon, in
1904, at the age of seventy-eight years.
Throughout his active career he followed agri-
cultural pursuits, both in Ohio, and subse-
quently, after 1880, in lone. Morrow county,
Oregon. By his first marriage the subject
of this sketch was the only child but he was
married a second time and by that union
there were nine children. In 1851 he re-
moved to Minnesota and resided there for
twelve years before returning to Ohio, where
he remained until the spring of 1879. He
next spent a few months in Kansas, but the
following spring came to Oregon and passed
the remainder of his life in this state.

L. D. Smith resided at home with his
father until he was twenty-one years of
age. In 1882 he took up his residence in
this state and has since resided in Helix.
After he left home he continued farming and
engaged in mechanical pursuits. He is at
present conducting a carriage and wagon re-
pair shop and also does general machine re-
pair work. He was the inventor and manu-
facturer of the 0. K. windmill, which he be-
gan making in 1885, and continued manu-
facturing until five years ago. In addition
to repair work he is now manufacturing the
0. K. pump jack which is extensively used
with gasoline engines. He has met with a
good degree of success in his undertakings,
and is at present the owner of the shop where
he carries on business, and the home in which
he resides.

In 1878. in Orwell, Ohio, Mr. Smith was
married to Miss Alwilda D. Haines, whose
birth occurred in that state in I860 and who
is a daughter of Silas D. Haines, a veteran
of the Civil war, in which he served for
three years under General Lyons. To Mr.
and Mrs. Smith two children have been born:
Guy E., the elder, who is a resident of Helix
and a painter and paper hanger by trade,
married to Miss Lula Stanton, a native of
Helix, and they have one child, Wayne Pearl,
is the wife of'Charles Alspach, of Helix, and
they have three children, Gale, Wanda Mar-
garet and Blain.

Mr. Smith gives his political support to
the republican party and is thoroughly alive
to the i.ssues of the dav. For fourteen years

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965

he served as constable, his last term expir-
ing about nine years ago, and he has since
been a member of the city council of llolix.
He holds membership in the Commercial Club.
He was one of the incorporators of the town
and his generous and helpful cooperation has
been given to many projects for its upbuild-
ing and improvement. Thus he ranks among
the valued and progressive citizens as well
as the enterprising and prosperous business-
men of the place.

D. H. SHAW is the owner of one of the
historic places of Baker county, Oregon. He
is the owner of five hundred and twenty
acres of land devoted to stock-raising and

gjnei'al farming. Upon this place is situated
gden's Fountain, well known to all of the
early travelers through this part of the
country.

Mr. Shaw was bom in Putnam county,
Missouri, April 10, 1S45, his parents being
Theophilus and Elizabeth (Leachman) Shaw.
The father was bom in Georgia, in March,
1795, and the mother's birth occurred in
Virginia, in April. 1799. They were mar-
ried in Kentucky and afterward became resi-
dents of Boone county, Missouri. Later they
established their home in Putnam county,
that state, and in 1807 they made their way
across the country to Baker county, Oregon,
settling on what was known as the Ogden
Fountain farm and later the Cold Spring
farm, six miles south of Baker. This is a
place of great historic interest. The clear
waters of the spring upon this place furnished
refreshment to many a weary traveler in
pioneer times, and it seemed a rendezvous
not only for the emigrants, but for the trap-
pers who hunted fur-bearing animals through
this part of the northwest.

There are now three routes between Pow-
der river and Burnt river. The centra! one
is by Sutton creek where the railroad now
runs; another, farther east, passes through
Virtue Flat and was used by the pioneer
emigrants as a part of the "Old Oregon tniil"
for wagons; a third route is west of Sutton
creek by way of Beaver creek. This seems
to be the route used by the Hudson Bay
trappers as they were catching beaver and
so followed the streams where heavers
abound. At this point an old trail led to the
south to the headwaters of Burnt river and
across the mountains to Malheur river and
to central Oregon and Nevada. The ranch
on which Og<len's Fountain is situated is now
the property of Dan 11. Shaw. The Hudson
Bav trappers seemed to have used the Spring
as "a sort of landmark, the various parties
separating here from the main expedition.
This section abounded in benver which gave
the name to Beaver creek and the Powder
river by the "Fountain" which has always
been a favorite spot for those animals, and
their dens and houses can still be seen and
some beavers in all probability still exist
there. Peter Stene Ogden. head of the Hud-
son Bay Company in this section of the west,
records in his diary an overland expedition
from the Cohimbia to the Snake. After fol-
lowing Powder river to a point beyond the

present site of Baker he camped at the "Foun-
tain" and sent detachments to trap on the
headwaters of Burnt river and to the head of
Malheur river. From the "Fountain" he
ascended Beaver creek, crossed to Burnt river
and then went down to the Snake near
the present site of Huntington. The diary
reads:

"Sunday, September 28, 1828. Reached
the fork of Powder river (where North
Powder now stands). Trappers came in with
nine beaver.

"Monday. September 29. Encamped on
Powder river (probably between Haines and
Powder) ; heat very great. Seven beaver.

"Tuesday, September 30. Sent off six men
with lodges to Burnt river, thence to go up
river Malheur where we shall meet; also
sent ofT five men across country to rejoin
company on the forks of Malheur. . . .
Encampeil at the 'Fountain.' One trap gave
us eleven beaver."

As the party could only have reached the
"Fountain" in the afternoon the fact that
they caught eleven beaver in one trap shows
how plentiful they must have been at this
point. Ogden, Utah, is named for the Mr.
Ogden, as is also the spring herein mentioned.
The way in which he writes of "the fountain''
makes it seem probable that it was a well
known spot and probably a rendezvous. In
later years the trail of Beaver creek to Burnt
river was used by the miners at Aul>urn.
but was not adapted to wagons, so the wagon
road left the Powder between Baker and
Haines and crossed to Burnt river by Virtue
Flat. This "Fountain." or spring, was well
known by the Atiburn miners who called it
the "Cold Spring" and would stop here to
rest. The trail southward was made into a
wagon road, called the Dooly road. During
the war of 1S7S soldiers would pass and
re-pass over this road with gattling gunx.
The buiMing of the railroad up .Sutton creek
and on to the Snake river and eastward, and
the Sumpter valley railroad to the south,
have made Baker the central point instead of
"Ogden Fountain," but when packed horses
were used this point was where the trails
met.

It will thus he seen that the place at which
time tlie Slm» family Incated is a most
intr'resling and historic one. The parents of
D. 11. Shaw remained there until called to
their final rest. The father passed away in
February. 1873. and the mother in September
of the same year. He was a farmer all his
life and for thirteen years was a distiller
when in Kentucky, but he did not use lifpior
himself. Both he and his wife were lifelong
members of the Baptist church and he always
gave his political support to the <lemneratic
party, advocating the policy and principles
of .lackson. In the family were eleven chil-
dren: Mary, the deceased wife of L. G. Bat-
tee; ^lartha, the deceased wife of Calvin
Morrow; Sampson, who has also passed
away; .Albert, who married .Tessie >Iorrow
and has departed this life; Minerva, who
became the wife of Hiram Snyder and is de-
ceased; Sarah, the deceased wife of .Tesse
Sumpter; .Tulia, who married Alfred E. Mil-

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

ler and lived for a time on the Cold Sprin-r
ranch but now resides in Idaho; William S
^n\ d>ed in California; Eliza, who died at
Jilkhorn Station while crossing the plains-
one who died in childhood; and D. H. of this
review.

The last named remained at the place of
his birth until he came to Oregon in 1863
when eighteen years of age. arriving at Union
county, in September. There he en.'ao-ed
in freighting until December, 1867 when
he came to Baker county with his parents
and has here since made his home encraeed
in farming and stock-raising He owns five
Jiundred and twenty acres constituting a fine
place, upon which he has all the modlrn im-
provements .and equipments, It was upon
this p ace that William Price hunted and
camped in ISll and here Peter Stene Ocrden
camped on September 28 and 29. 1828 givin"
It the name of Ogden Fountain, because ol
the fine spring here which flows continually.
Ihe place is situated si.x miles south of
Baker on the Powder river, having a beauti-
tul location and many natural advantages
IsT? ^^'"^ ^^^ ^'^'"^ continuously since

On the 15th of March, 1879, occurred the
marriage of D. H. Shaw and Miss Pauline F
McKinney. who was born in Ottumwa Iowa'

^i^!' J- l^'^^- ''"* ''""' brought to Oregon in
1864 by her parents. Alfred G. and Jane Mc-
Kinney, both of whom died in Baker Mr
and Mrs. Shaw have become parents of six
children: Frances, who was born December
5, 18(9. and died in infancy; a second child
who died in infancy, unnamed; D. Alfred of
Spokane; Samuel T.. who married Mabel
Sipp of Baker, and is living on the farm with
his father; Mamie Belle, who is the wife of
Durk Steadinan, and has one child Cleta-
and Pearl J., who is the wife of W. R. Cavin
of Caldwell, Idaho, and has one child. Pearl
Mane.

Politically Mr. Shaw is a democrat havin"
supported the party since age conferred upon
lu™ ^9% ""''* "f franchise. He belongs to
the Methodist Episcopal church and his has
been a well spent life, honest and honorable
m every particular.

JUDGE THOMAS LUTHER DAVIDSON

agriculturist and ex-Judge of Marion
county, was born October 14, 1833, in Greene
county, Illinois. His parents, James and
Amelia (Ament) Davidson, who were both
natives of Kentucky, where they were mar-
ried, came to Oregon in 1847. Early in life
James David.son had learned the carpenters'
and joiner's trade and for many years was
thus engaged. During that time he was one
of the most enicicnt interior finishers in his
community. After a seven years' residence
in Tennessee they removed to Illinois, where
they lived for a short time before going to
Burlington, Iowa. Here he followed his
trade and also purchased considerable prop-
erty, which he sold for ten thousand dollars
when he removed to Oregon, and which is
now sail] to be worth about a hundred thou-
sand dollars. The trip across the plains was
fraught with the many dangers whicli all

"Lu ^^^, *'''"''y pioneers experienced and
although their train consisted of thirteen

its "'.r"'.}'''^ encountered many hard
s^iip?. Upon their arrival in this state Mr
Davidson took up a donation land daim of
n"u'"f''''r'' '"''>- ^'^'^ one-dgh h^f a

Judle na'vi . P-''r' "'^y '™"^ °f Salem
Judge Davidson is the owner of part of this

V.T'-^'' ^r'^ °"^ °f *•>« t^o heirs to hs
s d^celse'd ■^*Mr n" '1^'^^ Jranci. I^^Z
s ueceased, Mr. Davidson invested heavily
in rea estate in Salem and in addition to
following his trade and engaging to Tome
act'e U T^"'*".';"> P^-'-iS vvas also very

b, i-^' "^ }7'%elected to the state legis-
lature, of which body he was a prominint

Tmi wl °"1*"™- «'-^ death^'crrred
in 18/1, when he was eighty-five years of

iSer "f tt ''''" r^tl '^'^y *- " ears

Thomas Luther Davidson received his early
education in Iowa and after his removarto
Oregon with his parents again entere™ Thoo^^
At the same time he gave much of his time
and attention to assisting his father on t"e
home farm and from the experience then
gained subsequently became a capable agri
cultunst At the time of his father's delth
he inherited three hundred and twenty acres
ot land and upon this property he has since
made his home although' he has disposed

hLf ^ .'f !"*-^ ''^'"^'- ^'^ «tJre life has
been devoted to agricultural pursuits except
during his one term of judgeship when it
v>as neces.sary for him to divide his energies
between the farm and the courtroom. Be-
cause of his intuitive sense of justice he
ably discharged his duties as judge and dur-
ing his term of office he did much to estab-
lish the integrity of the record of the court
n^- ^f^^ "^"''"'^ Davidson was married to
Miss Mary Susan Melson, a daughter of S
D and Julia (Jones) Melson. To Judge and
Mrs. Davidson three children have been born
Julia Loretta. the eldest, died at the a<Te of
five years. Thomas L.. whose birth occurred
on the 14th of July, 1882, is married and
has two children. He is residing on the home
place and is active in its cultivation. Les-
ter Melson. the youngest, passed away at
the age of eleven years.

In politics Judge Davidson is a democrat,
his political allegiance being accorded that
party because after an intelligent study of
the platforms of the various political parties
of the country he decided that the policies
set forth by the democracy prove most effi-
cient in promoting those measures which
tend to establish good government. He has
been prominent in the activities of his party
and has frequently been elected to office. For
five years he was a member of the school
board and has been elected to the oflSce of
road supervisor. He has attained high rank
in Masonry, being identified with the M.ystic
Shrine. He belongs to the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks and the State Grange.
He holds membership in the Methodist
church, in whose circles Mrs. Davidson was
very active until her death, which occurred

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969

on the 30th of July, 1902, when she was
fifty-one years of age. Judge Davidson's
active and honorable life may well serve as
an example to the younger generation, who
tind in liim the salient characteristics neces-
sary for success — integrity, industry, energy
and fidelity.

JAMES F. BATER is one of the most
widely known and accora[)lished musicians of
eastern Oregon, having long been a leader
of the bands of Enterprise, Union and Elgin.
He is the successful and capable seiretary
and general manager of the Elgin Flouring
Mill Company of Elgin. L'nion county, of
which place he is a resident. He was born
in Devonshire. England, December 5. 183'.!.
and is a son of Henry E. and Maria (Kiddle)
Bater. His parents emigrated to the United
States in 1865 and on reaeliing this country
took up their residence in Janosvillc. Wis-
consin. Henry E. Bater was by trade and
occupation a miller and for sixteen consecu-
tive years was in full charge of large milling
enterprises at Janesville and Beloit, Wiscon-
sin, and also at Koekton. Illinois. In 1881
he removed to Hamilton, Missouri, at which
place he became superintendent and general
manager of the flouring mills of that city,
and here he spent the remaining years of his
life, dying in 1905 at the age of si.vty-seven.
He was a Knight Templar ilason and one of
the influential men of his district. His wife
still survives him and maintains her resi-
dence at Hamilton. Missouri.

.James F. Bater was reared in his father's
home, acquiring his early education in the
public schools and learning the miller's trade
under his father, perfecting himself in every
detail of the milling business from the con-
struction of the i>lant to the production of
the finished proiluct ready for the market.
At the age of twenty-one years he started in
life for himself. Leaving" tlie parental roof
he removed to Kansas City. Missouri, where
he was employed in the installation of ma-
chinery in various flouring mills. The roller
process at that time was just coming into
general use and the demand for his services
extended all over the country. After spend-
ing sometime in Kansas City he removed
to Xortonville. Kansas, at which place he
took charge of the flouring mills located
there for four years. At the expiration of
that time he returned to Hamilton. Missouri,
and was employed as second miller uniler
his father for the following four years. In
1888 he removed to Enterprise. Oregon, where
he was engaged to superintend and install
the machinery and take charge of the mill
of the Island Citv Mercantile & Milling Com-
pany. For a period of seventeen years he
successfully operated their mill-', making for
himself a "reputation as a high grade con-
structor and operator of flouring m"'*- '"
1905 at the earnest solicitation of Kiddle
Brothers, who were the owners of five mills
at different points in Union county. Oregon,
he removed to X'nion. where he accepted the
management of the Uni-n Flour Mills f-om-
panv. now known as the Oregon Roller Mills.
In 1908 his employers transferred him to

their mills at Elgin, where he has since con-
tinued in charge of their milling interests.

James F. Bater was married in Xorton-
ville. Kansas, in September, 1SS4, to Miss
Cora E. Daniels and to this family two chil-
dren were born: Elsie, now the wife of Guy
McMillan; and Ida, at home. The mother
died in January, 1893. at her home in Enter-
prise. Subse(|uently, in April, 1894, Mr. Bater
married Miss Rae E. KatclifT, of Enterprise,
and by this union one child has been born,
Muriel.

Mr. Bater is one of the enthusiastic and
solid supporters of the republican party and
as a representative of that party he has
served as the mayor of Enterprise, while
for nine consecutive years he was a member
of the city common council. He is a member
of the firande Ronde Valley Lodge. No. 56,
A. F. & A. M.; of Enterprise Chapter. No.
30, R. A. M.; and Council. No. 5, R. & S. M.,
at Union. Both himself and wife are mem-
bers of the lilue Mountain Cliapter. No. 52.
0. E. S.. Mrs. Bater being the matron of
that order at both Enterprise and Union.
Mr. Bater was a delegate to the Grand Lodge
of Masons at Portland in 1905 an<l at the
same time his wife was the accredited dele-
gate to the Grand Chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star, in which capacity she has since
served. Mr. and Mrs. Bater. together with
their three daughters, are all nicmliers of the
Presbyterian church of Elgin, he lieing one
of the board of trustees. He is widely linown
throughout eastern Oregon not only for his
success in his business career, but being a
cornet player of unusual talent he has been
much in the public eye during his residence
in the state of Oregon. His wife also enjoys
enviable distinction as a vocalist of rare at-
tainment and her services as a public enter-
tainer make her one of the best known and
most popular of singers throughout the in-
termoiiiitiiiii districts.

JOHN I. STURGILL, a well known resi-
dent of Durkee, is engaged in teaching and
in farming, having for a long period divided
his time between those two vocations. He
was born in Missouri. December 5, 1S52, and
is a son of V. H. and Caroline (Riidimond)
."^tiirgill, both of whom were natives of Vir-
ginia. They went to Missouri in 1811 and
resided there for almost a quarter of a cen-
tury, starting across the plains with ox teams
in 1865. Tlie mother died on the way and
her grave was made by the siile of the Snake
river. The father, with his family came on
to Baker county and settled on a farm here,
making his home in this region until called
to his final rest. In the family were thir-
teen children of whom seven are yet living.

John I. Sturgill was a youth of twelve
years at the time the long and ariliioiis jour-
ney across the plains was made. His youth
was devoted to the acquirement of an educa-
tion and to the work of the home farm, in
which connection he largely assisted his
father. On attaining his majority he began
teaching school. He had graduated from the
Baker .\cademy, which is now known as the
Baker high school and for twelve years he

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

devoted his entire time to teaching. He then
began farming and stock-raising, in which he
still continues. He owns two hundred acres
of land on which he has a large number of
sheep and in addition to the management of
his ranch, which is situated near Durkee and
on which he lives, he devotes tlie winter
months to teaching.

In 1S82 Mr, Sturgill was married to Miss
Mary F. Stevenson, who was born in Marion
' county, Oregon, and is a daughter of M. A.
and Marilda Stevenson, both of whom were
natives of Iowa, In 1863 they arrived in
Marion county, Oregon, where they still re-
side. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson have become
parents of four children: Walter, deceased;
Francis M., who is now attending normal
school; William, upon the home farm; and
Marilda. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson are
consistent members of the Baptist church
and fraternally he is connected with the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows and tlie
Woodmen of the World. His political sup-
port is given to the democratic party and
for three terms he filled the office of county
assessor while for two terms has served as
deputy county clerk. In his official posi-
tions he has been loyal, discharging his duties
with promptness and fidelity, and his work
as a teacher and as a farmer has been a
vital element in the progress and uplifting
of the county in which he lives.

WILLIAM HOWARD, who has the distinc-
tion of having located on the first claim in
the Camas valley, where for over forty
years he has engaged in the stock-raising
business, w-as born in Fulton count.y, Illinois,
on tlie 1.3th of December, 1848. He is a son
of William and Elizabeth Howard, natives
of Ohio, who came to Oregon in 1863, set-
tling in Lane county where the father acquired
some government land. They made the long
journey across the plains with an ox team,
as did the majority of the pioneers, and
passed the remainder of their days in the
Northwest, The mother died on the home
ranch, but the father passed away in
Umatill.a county. The family of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard numbered ten children, all of
whom, with the e.xception of one, are still
living.

As he was only a youth of fourteen years
when he accompanied his parents on their
journey across what at that time was called
the "great American desert." the greater
part of the life of William Howard has been
passed in the stale of Oregon. He was gi\'en
the advantages of a common school education,
most of which was obtained in his native
state, as but little provision had been made
for schools in this section of the country
when his people located here. Ho shared with
his parents and other members of the family
the hardshijis and discomforts of pioneer life,
early assiiming the duties of manhood by
assisting his father with the care of the
ranch and the stock, thus fitting himself
through practical experience for the biisinoss
in which he has always engaged. Upon at-
taining majority he started out for himself,
his first act being to file on a claim, which

today form the nucleus of his holdings. Hav-
ing but limited means at his command it
was necessary for him to start in a small
way, and although he met with the usual
obstacles and dilficulties which every man en-
counters when he first engages in business,
he kept on persistently with a determina-
tion that never accepts defeat. During the
first few years he did little more than hold
his own, but once established his affairs ran
smoothly and as the years passed he gained
in prosperity. He has never had occasion
to regret locating where he did and is to-
day the owner of a well improved and val-
uable ranch, which he has called "home" for
the greater part of a half century. In con-
nection with the cultivation of his land, Mr.
Howard engages in raising stock, making
this activity his specialty. Stock-raising has
always proven an excellent source of revenue
to him and he has become so attached to
the work, that although his present circum-
stances would warrant his retiring from
active life he continues to devote his atten-
tion to this activity.

In 1870, Mr. Howard completed his ar-
rangements for a home of his own by his
marriage to Miss Wildia Oliver, a naliiVe of
Oregon, who passed away in 1884. Six chil-
dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard, aa
follows: Edward, who is living in this county;
Lillian; Rose, the wife of Doc Holmes; Maud,
who man-ied Clarence Moore; C, L. ; and
Margaret, who is deceased,

William Howard is a democrat and
although he has never been an aspirant to
public office he meets the requirements of
good citizenship by voting at the polls on
election day. He has always taken an inter-
est in local educational affairs, and has
served with eificiency as a member of the
school board. During the Indian war of 1878
the Indians camped on his ranch, killed his
stock and destroyed his buildings. Many
changes have occurred in the Camas valley
during the long period of Mr, Howard's resi-
dence there, the vast expanses of prairie
having been broken up into ranches, which
are well improved and fully equipped with
every essential appliance necessary to their
successful operation, while flourishing vil-
lages and enterprising towns have sprung
up where there was not a vestige of habita-
tion when he first located here.

GEORGE M, TETREAU resides at No. 2406
Orove street in Durkee and his time is largely
given to the solution of the problems of
farming in this part of the state. Attention
in Oregon is closely concentrated upon the
subject of dry farming and Mr. Tetreau is
demonstrating what can be done according to
this method, scientific knowledge and ex-
perimentation as well as practical labor, prov-
ing elements in his success. He was born in
Lowell, Massachusetts, September 29. 1864. a
son of C. P. and Margaret (Marrotte) Te-
treaii, both of whim were liorn near Mont-
real, Canada, where they were reared. Fol-
lowing their marriage they removed to Low-
ell, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1864 and
in 1870 arrived on the Pacific coast in San

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I

Francisco. For six years, thereafter, tlicy
continued residents of that place and then
went to Columbus. Nevada, where Mrs le-
treau died in 1S82. at the age of forty-
nine years. The father passed away soon
afterward in San Francisco and w-as forty-
seven vears of age at the time of his death.
He wa's a bookkeeper and clerk during the
greater part of his life. In the family were
two children, George M. and Ed I... the hU-
ter of whom was killed on the railroad. No-
vember 24. 1911. He was born in Cincin^
nati Ohio, October 30, 1867; was a clerk and
bookkeeper and was in the employ ot the
United States government at the time ot nis

George M. Tetreau remained at home until
his mother's demise in 1SS2. He had acquired
the greater part of his education .m the
schools of San Francisco and was eighteen
vears of age when he started out on his
own account. He acted as bookkeeper and
clerk for a mining company in Nevada until
1885. On the 20th of May of that year he
came to Baker county. Oregon, where he
turned his attention to the live-stock busi-
ness on Burnt river. Ho located two ranches
of three hundred and twenty acres and im-
proved them, afterward selling the propertj
at a .rood figure. In 1893 he returned to
California bul again came to Baker county
in 1895 and was foreman for a large land
com'panv for two years. He has since made
his home in Baker yet has spent mnch time
in travel i..2 and upon his ranch. He owns
three hundred and twenty acres of land m
Baker countv on which ho grows wheat and
Tit ra "os stock. He had in 1911 fifty acres
^own to wheat that yielded from forty to
fortv-five bushels per acre. This res'.lt at-
tracted wide attention for he was f"ll";^'"K
dry farminrr ,.,nd this was the first wheat
CTOwn in T.ost Basin. The ranch ,s situated
fi^e miles due south of Durkee and is be-
coming recognized as one of the wel de-
eloped properties of this state. Mr. Tetreau
has also been identified with variou.s mer-
cantile interests since he came to Bake^.
He is a man of marked energy and enteT
prise and his association with any undertak-
ing insures its prosperous outromo.

Tn ISSr, Mr. Tetreau was married to Miss
Sarah .Mice Fleetwood, who ^^^ ^"r" '"
T-nion countv. Oregon, in November, 1««J. »
claii-htor of James Fleetwood, a P'""'"'."?"'
oh bottler of this state. He^is ""^v residing
?n California. Mr. and Mrs. Tetreau had four
Chi dren of whom Ruth met an »c^"l^"»»'
death at the age of nine years and CTara
passed awav at the age of seven. The sur
T-tvin^ children are Ksthor and Paul, aged
rospectivolv twelve and eight years.

Mr. Tetreau belongs to Sumpter T^dge.
No lfi2 T. O. O. F. He adheres to the Pres^
hvte nan church. -•W<:>< "rganizat.on he giv
his moral and material -"pport. In polities
he is a republican and while he does not
seek nor desire political ofTice he has done
^Tioh to further ^iblic progress a"'' P;"-"';
the welfare of the community in other ways
He was largolv instrumental in securing the
building of the county road from Durkee to

Mormon Basin. He is the pioneer of the
Lost Basin district which through his efTorts
is being developed into an agricultural dis-
trict it having been i)rcviously regarded as
only a mining country. Mr. T.'treau was
tlie first to till the soil here and vyas instru-
mental in locating four other tamilies in tins
ro.'ion His labors are proving resultant and
he%as taken the initial stop in "til'/^mg th.^
region for agricultural purposes and thus
•uhlin" "reatlv to the value of the property
and the'' appearance of the district.

JOSEPH BUCHTEL. As each year is added
to the cycle of the centuries the raj.ks of
the pioneers are becoming thinner and Port
and^umbers le.s of those sturdy and sub-
s antial citizens who were the vanguard in
making their way into the state o Oregon
is ri-ht, therefore, that the l"story of
he earW settlers should be written whle
hev can still relate it so that the authentic
record shall not perish. While they came
to the west to secure homes and. it pos
"blewn! a substantial little fortune, they
b^lt' better than they knew for they estab-
lished here a coramonwoalth and a cn^iliza
ion which shall endure for all time. One o
;;" oMest residents of Portland is Joseph
Buchtel who has been associated with the
n oncer history of the west for mor,. than
Tixtv years. He was born in Stark .■oiinty.
Oh o. November 22. 1830. a son of Michael
Buchtel and Mary Harvey, and was twentj^-
one years old when he came to Oregon. His
motlJer" was married a second tin.e this uni.m
beintr with John Johnson, and to tlicm
one cbil.l. .\cldie. was born. She became the
wife of Thomas Maxwell and both are de-

"jostph Buchtel was roared at home and

attended the common schools "/ ^ "^ "'^."^^

state, where he acrp.ired ^'x- ' '^"";r'' '"' ^W

was ifTorded the country youth at tla tear^y

,1,^ Ttis father's death occurred \Wi' n ne

t?,' ve^v young and, being the oldest .son

t was Viecessafy for him to help m the

support of the family as soon as possible.

At a very early age he began learning the

tailor's trade and was thus engaged for four

years after which he accepted various posi^

ion^'on farms and in stores before entering

the brick manufacturing business. Not

finding this suinciontly rrmu.ierative nor to

U liking he accepted a dorual position

n\ I.roiher-in.law's store. While he was

workinif there one of the i-artners of the

frm was elected sherirT and because of the

a ilitv which Mr. Buchtel h..d "'--eady J'S-

plaved as a clerk »'^^^»«/r" ,t fa °
the' sherifT's olTice and collected the taxes.
During this time he met Abraham I-mcoln
and became intimately ncquaincd with h.m.
Jlr. Lincoln was practicing law in that dis
rict and. as the courthouse in which Mr.
Buchtel was employed was in Urhana Cham-
paign county, they met frequently. Mr.
T incoln was attorney for one case which ex-
tended over two weeks and during that time
Mr Buchtel had many opportunities to talK
with him. Many of the pleasantest memories
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he had the opportunity of associating with
one of the biggest and broadest men whom
this country has ever linown. After lie gave
up his clerical position he entered the por-
trait business, first purchasing a daguerreo-
type outfit. He was thus employed for six
months. In 1852 he came to Oregon and in
the spring of 1853 located in Portland.
From that time he was in the photograph
business, taking pictures during the summer
and worlcing on a river boat as steward dur-
ing the winter. He was elected sheriff of
Multnomah county and during his incumbency
in that office leased his gallery to Mr. Wil-
liam Towne. Mr. Buchtel may well be called
the pioneer photographer of the Pacific coast.
He introduced every kind of photography in
Oregon and took the first pictures of all
interesting • and prominent places along the
Pacific coast. In 1853 he took the picture of
Front street, Portland, which appears else-
where in this edition. After he discontinued
his work as sheriff he engaged in the real-
estate business and has had more or less
to do with real estate since that time, at
present having an office on the east side. He
has been a factor in the development and
progress of the community both through his
active labors and his influence. In com-
munity affairs he has also been active, hold-
ing many different offices, including that of
sheriff, chief of the fire department in Port-
land in 1865 and later chief of the paid
department of the cit.v. In politics he has
ever been a stalwart republican and he helped
organize the republican party in Oregon. He
was one of the first body of men who ever
represented any fraternal order in a southern
convention, having attended the grand lodge
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in
Atlanta, Georgia, and he is also a Koyal
Arcli Mason.

Mr. Buchtel was married to Miss Jose-
phine Latourette in Oregon City, in 1855. She
is a daughter of .John Latourette of Michi-
gan, who died in California after having
removed there in 1849. She crossed the
plains with her uncle Minor Swick. who later
settled in Yamhill county, but subsequently
.she lived in Oregon City. To Mr. and Mrs.
Bvichtel seven children have been born, four
of whom survive. Lucy L., the eldest, was
born in Oregon City in 1856 and is the wife
of Norwood L. Curry, a son of ex-Governor
George Law Curry. She received her educa-
tion at St. Helen's Hall in Portland. Albert
Z., the second member of the family, was
born in Portland, on the 5th of August, 1857.
He was e<lucati'd in Portland and pursued
a course in a business college here. His
death occurred on the 11th of August, 1880.
Addie E. is married to Wilbur G. Kerns, who
has a position in the county clerk's office in
Portland. Frank S., who received a business
education and was in the police department
of the city of Portland, died May 8, 1901.
Archie L. was born .June 6. 1867, and is at
present living in Portland. He married Miss
Minnie Cronk, of Salem. Oregon. .Joseph,
the next in order of birth in the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Buchtel. was born August 11,
1873, and died October 30, 1877. Fred 0.,

the youngest, was born March 30, 1878, and
was educated in the Portland high school
and subsequently in a business college. He
holds the office of sealer of weights and
measures of Portland.

Mr. Buchtel has lived to see a remarkable
transformation in this city as pioneer customs
have been replaced by the evidence of a
progressive and advanced civilization. Pio-
neer homes have lieen replaced by the com-
modious and substantial residences built in
modern styles of architecture and prairie
grasses and uncultivated land have been re-
placed by parks and well cared for streets.
in all the work of general improvement Mr.
Buchtel has borne his part and well deserves
mention in this work.

CASPAR JUNKER, one of the most promi-
nent residents of Sandy, Clackamas county,
was born in Hessen, Germany, on January
13, 1865, a son of Hieronymus and Katerina
(Riider) Junker. Both parents were natives
of Germany and spent all their lives there,
the father passing away in 1871 and the
mother in 1894. The father was a prominent
contractor and builder in his native country,
and kept in his employ between fifteen and
twenty men. In their family were six chil-
dren: Caspar, of this review; Katerina, who
is the wife of Henry Koch, residing in Sandy;
Mary, who died in California and was the
wife of L. Schafer; Hieronymus and Hein-
rich, both of whom are living in Germany;
and Carl, who died in Germany in 1871.

Caspar Junker received his education in
his native country and remained there until
twenty-three years of age, when he came to
America, making his way direct to Sandy,
arriving here October 10, 1888. For a time
he worked for his brotlierz-in-law, Hen,ry
Koch, on the farm, but afterward went to
Portland, where for seven years he was
employed in a hotel, working all that time
for the same man. He then returned to
Sandy where he purchased a hotel and con-
ducted the same until February 4. 1910, when
he sold his interests there, and since has
given his attention to the handling of mort-
gages and loans. He has been very success-
ful in his financial operations, and now
owns twenty-seven acres within the corpora-
tion of Sandy, on which he has built eight
business houses, and he also owns a beauti-
ful residence here.

In 1S95 Mr. Junker wedded Miss Katie
Schwankhart, who was born in Bavaria,
Germany, November 10. 1862, a daughter of
Johann and Magdalena S. Schwankhart. The
parents were both natives of Germany, and
the father died there in 1887. The mother
yet lives in her native country, having
reached the advanced age of eighty years.
In their family were eight children, of whom
four are living. They are: George and Hans,
both of whom reside in Germany, the latter
being a teacher; Fannie, who is the wife of
Hugo Ungefroren of Alaska ; and Mrs.
Junker. Mr. and Mrs. Junker have become
parents of five children : Katie B., who was
born August 26, 189G; Mary M., who was
born August 30, 1898; Henry, torn December

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4, 1900; Frenlprick. born Xoveiubcr 1, 1903;
and George, who died in infancy.

In his political views Mr. Junker is a re-
publican, lie has always taken an active
interest in local party work, and has served
in the city council ever since the town of
Sandy was incorporated. Both he and his
family are faithful and earnest members of
the Catholic church. Over twenty-three
years have come and gone since Mr. Junker
arrived in Sandy, and throughout the inter-
vening period he has been a prominent factor
in the advancement of the commercial inter-
ests upon which the growth and prosperity
of a town always depends. Capable and
enterprising, he is a highly honored citizen
of the country in which he has chosen to
make his home.

LEMUEL D. KING. Associated with the
interests of Haker county since 1887 in tho
capacity of miner, ranchman, sawmill ope-
rator, and more recently postmaster. Lemuel
D. King is a prominent and influential man
of his county. He was born November 3,
1R61. in Siskiyou county. California, a son
of Flavins J. and Xancy C. (Fencher) King,
the former a native of Arkansas and the lat-
ter of Alabama. Their wedding was cele-
brated in Arkansas and shortly afterward,
in 1RJ9, the parents crossed the plains with
ox teams and settled in California. When
Lemuel D. King was three years of age the
family removed to Oregon, settling in Canyon
City.Virant county. The father was* by trade
a cabinet-maker and furniture designer and
in that capacity was employed during the
earlier part of his life but after removing
to California he devoted a great share of
his attention to mining. Tie was also actively
associated with the various other interests
of the state, being a prominent citizen dur-
ing his period of residence there. The mother
passed away in Susanville. Crant county,
Oregon, in 'lSS3. while the father's death
occurred in Washington, December 18. 1897.
Thev were the parents of three children:
Lemuel D.. of this review; Mary, the wife
of William Rurdick. of Washington; and
.Jessie, the wife of L. B. Ilardman, also resid-
ing in Washington.

I>emuel D. King began mining from early
boj-hood and iipon settling in Oregon fol-
lowed this occupation, meeting with reason-
able success. Later ho began to raise stock
and engaged in agricultural pursuits, in
which he continued until 1883. making Susan-
ville his headquarters. In the year men-
tioned he sold ids cattle ami disposed of his
other farming interests, settling in the .Tohn
Day valley, where he followed farming and
teaming until 1887. when he removed _ to
Baker county, acquiring land eight miles
southeast of Whitney, where he still resides.
He has there continued the business of min-
ing, farming and stock-raising, having
formed a partnership with his uncle, Lemuel
Barnett. and together they own three hun-
dred and twenty acres of land, which was ob-
tained from the government, and handle one
hundred and twenty-five head of cattle.
They arc interested in the Phoenix and other

mines of the county, which give great prom-
ise. In 1902 a postolhce named in honor of
Mr. King was established and mail is de-
livered twice a week at that place. Eight
families are served in that way and Mr.
King acts as postmaster. Mr. King is also
operating a sawmill which produces about
two hundred thousand feet of lumber a year.
In the fall of 1911 he purchased a new steam
threshing outfit, all the previous machine3
in the vicinity having been run by horse
power. He was the first man to settle in
this locality, and his nearest neighbor lived
five miles distant.

.Mr. King was married July 18, 1882, to
iliss Ilattie J. Gillinwater, a native of Grant
county, and a daughter of Joseph C. and
Sarah .1. (Dimmick) (iillinwater. To Mr.
and Mrs. King seven chiliiren have been born:
11. I'earl, who is the wife of Joseph 1!. Hard-
man ; Lemuel J., who married JIaude 'Free-
man; William C. and JIary Z., twins, the
former of whom resides at home, while the
latter is married; Audry M., the wife of
Charles Davidson, of Baker county; Fred,
born in 1903: and Ralph, born in 1904. Mrs.
King's parents were early settlers of Grant
county, her father being a native of Penn-
sylvania, while the mother was born in Illi-
nois.

Mr. King belongs to the Modern Woodmen
of America and takes an active interest in
the afTairs of that organization. .Kmong the
many men of Baker county there are few
who lead a more strenuous life or who have
accomplished more for the iipbuilding of
the county than Mr. King. Being engaged
in so many different lines of endeavor he
is necessarily a very busy man and fimls lit-
tle time for other than his business duties,
yet he has formed an extensive acquaintance
and is regarded by all who know him as a
man of iiprightness anil ability, being held
in high esteem wherever known. He is one
of the really valuable men of his county,
earnest, enterprising and aggressive such as
any community is fortunate in po.ssessing.

FRANK A. BENNETT, who has continu-
ously resided in Baker county for more than
four decades, was at one time the most ex-
tensive sheep raiser in the county. For the
past twelve years he has owneil and operated
a ranch of three hundred and twenty acres
on the Lower Powder river, sixteen miles
northeast of Baker City. His birth occurred
near Salem. Oregon, on the 2d of .Tune, lS.''i8,
liis parents being .Tames and Mary .lane (Dill)
Bennett, who were natives of Iowa and In-
diana respectively. James Bennett an<l Mary
.lane Dill crossed the plains as members of
the same company, the latter being accom-
panied by her parents. They were mar-
ried near Salem. Oreijon, and subsequently
removrnl to Walla Walla coimty. Washing-
ton. Mr. Bennett devotinp his attention to
general acricultural puraiiita. Here he met
death by accident, being drowned in the
Touchet river. His widow then came to Iji
Grande. Oregon, and later to Baker county.
where she wedded .Tohn Farman, and they
are now residing at Lethbridgc. Alberta,

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Canada. By her first husband she had two
children, namely: Frank A., of this review;
and Rosa B., the wife of W. S. Love, of
Baker county.

Frank A. Bennett came to Baker county
with his mother about 1870 and has resided
within its borders continuously since. He
drove a stagecoach between Baker and
Sparta for three or four years and then
turned his attention to the sheep business,
in which he has remained to the present time.
Mr. Bennett and his brother-in-law, W. S.
Love, were at one time the most extensive
sheep raisers in Baker coixnty. the former
having as high as eight thousand sheep. Be-
ginning with three hundred ewes, they raised
the largest flock of sheep in the county.
For the past twelve years Mr. Bennett has
resided on a ranch of three hundred and
twenty acres on the Lower Powder river, six-
teen miles northeast of Baker City, which
he has brought under a high state of culti-
vation and improvement and on which he
carries on general farming.

In 1882 Mr. Bennett was united in mar-
riage to Miss Hallie .J. Hulick, who was born
at Cove, Union county, Oregon, on the 1st
of May, 1865, a daughter of Mrs. Margaret
Ann (Oobel) Hulick. The parents crossed
the plains from Indiana to Oregon, settling
in Cove, Union county, where Mr. Hulick
passed away. His widow still survives and
resides at that place. Unto our subject and
his wife were born the following children:
Mary Margaret, who is the wife of A. B.
Matthews, of Mayfield, Idaho; Claude E., re-
siding on the Lower Powder river in Baker
county; George F.. a resident of Baker City;
Viola, the wife of Claude Turner, of Baker
City; Myrton W.. at home; Odie, living in
Richland, Baker county, this state; and Earl
O., also at home. Fraternally Mr. Bennett
is identified with the Woodmen of the World
at Baker City. He possesses the enterpris-
ing spirit of the northwest, which has been
a dominant factor in producing the wonder-
ful development of this section of the coun-
tr.v. and he has steadily worked his way up-
ward until today he stands among the "pros-
perous and representative citizens of his
county.

RODNEY T. McHALEY, one of the most
progressive and wealthy ranchmen of Crant
county, was born near Monument, that
coTinty, on the .31st of October, 187?,. His
parents, George W. and Mary (.Jackson) Mc-
Haley, are mentioned at greater length on
another page of this work in connection
with the sketch of .Judge Rice R. McHalev.
a brother of our subject. Rodney T. McHaley
was roared at home, acquiring his educa-
tion in the common schools. He is the
youngest son of his father's family and oper-
ated the home farm until the death of his
father. He still makes his homo on this
place, h.aving inherited the property under
the terms of his father's will. His principal
business is th.at of stock-raising, his atten-
tion being given to horses. c.nttJe and sheep.
He h:is a bcnutiful residence on his home
ranch, which consists of one hundred and

sixty acres, and in addition to which he owns
twenty-five hundred acres of land in Grant
county. He is also the owner of three profit-
able irrigation ditches and is one of the most
progressive ranchmen in Grant county. In
addition to the stock products of his own
rancli he is a heavy buyer and feeder of cat-
tle, which he prepares and ships to the open
market.

In 1902 Mr. McHaley was married to Miss
Fay Hartley, a daughter of Bentley Hartley,
who is one of the pioneers of Oregon, having
emigrated to this state in 1849. He is still
living and resides in Prairie City. To Mr. and
Mrs. JIcHaley have been born three children:
Hilda, Zelda and Norma. The mother of
these children enjoys the unique distinction
of being one of the most accomplished and
handsome women in Grant county. Rodney
T. McHaley is a republican but, having no
political aspirations and being a man of
affairs, he has been content to look after
his own household at the same time doing his
loyal duty as an enterprising and law-abiding
citizen of Grant county.

LAWRENCE SWEEK. Agriculture in one
of its most important phases finds a worthy
representative in Lawrence Sweek, who now
has over three thousand acres of farm and
pasture land in Grant county, Oregon, where
he is running several thousand sheep and
large herds of horses and mules. He was
born February 26, 1858, in Portland, Ore-
gon, and is a son of John and Maria (Beard)
Sweek, both natives of Missouri. They were
numbered among the earliest pioneers in
the state, starting on the trip to the north-
west by ox team three days after their
marriage. They met with no trouble from
the Indians .although the caravans imme-
diately behind them were molested during
the entire journey. Mr. Sweek settled in
the Willamette valley, where he took up a
donation claim of three hundred and twenty
acres ten miles from Portland and he cul-
tivated the soil until his death. He passed
through the severe winter of 1852-53 and
lost practically everything he had when the
season was over he was obliged to get his
food from Oregon City, packing his flour and
and other meager provisions upon his back
and journeying to his home on foot. He was
a successful agriculturist and a prominent
man in local aflfairs, holding various pub-
lic ofTices and always ready to serve hia
community to the best of his ability. He
died in 1892 at the age of si.xty years. His
wife is still living in the seventy-eighth
year of her age and is residing on the old
homestead near Portland.

John Sweek and his wife were the parents
of six children; Cyrus Minton, who is now
a prominent attorney in Burns, Oregon;
Alice, now Mrs. William Smith, of Portland;
Lawrence, the subject of this sketch; Alex,
a lawyer in Portland; Lillie, who is now
Mrs. Harting; and Thad, who is engaged in
the real-estate business in Portland.

Lawrence Sweek was reared in his native
state and was educated in its public schools.
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Oregon, and at the age of twenty started
in farming lor himself. He located first near
his present ranch and was successful in
the cultivation of the soil and stock-rais-
ing for some time. He later bought the
property upon which he now resides three
miles above Monument, where he is in ac-
tive operation of three thousand acres of
'/and. He has a portion of his land under
irrigation and gives his personal attention
to the raising of sheep, keeping seven thou-
sand head in his pasture at all times. He
also raises thoroughbred horses and makes
a specialty of the breeding and care of mules.
He carries on general farming along prac-
tical and progressive lines and has been
successful in every branch of agriculture
which he has undertaken.

In February, 1878, Mr. Sweek was united
in marriage to Miss Emily L. Harding, of
Telmook, Oregon, a daughter of Benjamin
Harding who was a pioneer settler in this
state and who met his death at the hands
of the Indians on Thorn creek when he was
defending his horses against their depreda-
tions. To Mr. and Mrs. Sweek have been
born eight children: Fleming, who is now
engaged in ranching; Rex L. ; Ona. who is
now Mrs. Wilson; Belle, now Mrs. Xeal;
Blanche, who married Fred I^itnara; Calvin,
who is attending the State University at Ann
Arbor. Michigan, where he is studing law;
and Gladys and Ruth, who live at home.

Mr. Sweek is a blue lodge Mason and promi-
nent in the affairs of the Woodmen of the
World. His wife affiliates with the Order
of the Eastern Star. He has progressed
with the advancement of agriculture and
bases his undoubted success upon his effi-
cient methods of work and his excellent
general and specialized knowledge. lie rep-
resents a class of farmers and ranchmen who
are making the c\iltivation of the soil and
the breeding of high grade stock among
the most honorable occupations open to men.

THOMAS F. THOMPSON, who has made
his home in Oregon for about three decades,
is the owner of a fine stock farm of three
hundred and twenty acres situated eight
miles northwest of Unity. His birth oc-
curred near Harriettsville. Xoble county,
Ohio, on the 9th of May, 186.'?. his parents
being .Jacob and Rebecca (Cox) Thompson,
who were likewise natives of the Buckeye
state. They removed to Wisconsin in 1876
and at the end of two and a half years, in
the fall of 1878. took up their abode in
Phillips county, Kansas, where they spent
the remainder of their lives. .Jacob Thomp-
son, who followed general agricultural pur-
suits throughout his active business career,
passed away at the age of seventy-two years.
His wife was called to her final rest in
1911, when she had attained the age of
sixty-six years. They were the parents of
eight chilflreii. six of whom survive.

Thomas F. Thompson, who was the old-
est of the children, remained under the pa-
rental roof until eighteen years of age. when
he went to Denver, Colorado, and spent eigh-
teen months at work on the High Line canal.

twenty miles west of that city. Subse-
quently going to Idaho, he was there em-
ployed for one summer on the construction
of the Oregon Short Line Railroad. In 1883
he came to Baker City. Oregon, and from
that time to the present has resided con-
tinuously in Raker county. He worked for
wages during a period of about ten years
and then homesteaded one hundred and sixty
acres of land and preempted another tract
of similar size. His holdings now embrace
three hundred and twenty acres of land on
sections 18 and 19. township 12, range 37,
eight miles northwest of Unity. He operates
this ranch as a stock farm, owning fifty-five
head of horses and eighty head of cattle.
His undertakings in this connection have
been attended with a gratifying measure of
prosperity and he has long been numbered
among the substantial and enterprising citi-
zens of his community.

Mr. Thompson is married and has one son,
.Toseph R., whose birth occurred in Baker
countv, Oregon, on the 29th of September,
189t."

WARREN R. PARKER, who is residing in
Idaho, was born in Albion, Orleans county.
New York, September 10. 1850 a son of
William H. and Betsy J. (Wescott) Parker,
who spent their entire lives in Orleans county.
His paternal great-grandfather. William
Parker, was a native of Massachusetts and
went to western New York as one of the
first settlers who took up their residence in
that section. He resided two miles west of
wliere .Mbion now stands and owned one
hundred and twenty acres of land in that
place. He erected a log cabin upon it and
during their residence there they were forced
to endure many of the experiences to which
every pioneer is subjected. The grandfather.
Isaac Parker, lived upon the same farm
from the time he was seven years of age
until his death. The mother of our sub-
ject died in 1907, when she was seventy-
four years of age. His father is at present
residing upon the home farm at the ad-
vanced age of seventy-nine years. To their
union four children were born: Warren R..
who is the subject of this sketch; David
L., who is living at Porter Corners, Xew
York; William H.. of Batavia; and .lesse f!..
of Albion.

Warren R. Parker acquired his education
in the common schools of Xew York state.
Later he attended the Albion Academy for
two terms before engaging in teaching ilur-
ing lS7fi and 1877 at the old round school-
house made of cobble stones. In the spring
of 1877 he left home and removed the Cliey-
enne. Wyoming. Shortly after arriving there
he went into the Black Hill country during
the mining excitement and had the usual
experiences of the uninitiated. In the sprint'
of 1878 he went to Oreeley, Colorado, and
rode the ranee there for two years before
goinr; to Leadville during the mining excite-
ment there. He remained in that place for
two years, at the end of which time he went
to the Cunnison country for three years. In
1884 he came to Umatilla county, Oregon,

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

and he made this county bis home until four
years ago. Since that time he has been re-
siding in Buhl, Idaho. In 1884 he ran horses
over the hills and was thus engaged for
twenty-five years. He is at present plan-
ning to return to Umatilla to reside as soon
as his business interests will permit him
to do so. He owns one hundred and sixty
acres of irrigated land one-half mile south
of Umatilla and he also has eighty acres
planted to alfalfa in Idaho. In whatever he
has undertaken he has met with success,
which has been due to the tliorough study
be makes of the various enterprises with
which he has been connected. His industry
and energy have found substantial reward in
a most gratifying degree of prosperity.

On the 22d of November, 1887, Mr. "Parker
was married to Miss Alma D. Markham.
whose birth occurred in Umatilla county, on
the 9th of .June, 1869, and who is a daughter
of Samuel and Frances (Bleecher) Mark-
ham. The parents came from Michigan via
the Isthmus of Panama to Oregon, locating
in Salem in 185fi. About two years later
they settled on the Umatilla river and Mr.
Markham erected a flour mill just above the
falls. He was a participant in the last skir-
mish which occurred with the Indians in
1878. Both he and Mrs. Markham died
in this county and they are buried in Echo.
To Mr. and Mrs. Parker three children have
been born, Betsy J., Dixie and Warren Rus-
sell. They are all living at home. Mr.
Parker belongs to the Masonic fraternity
and has filled all the chairs in the local lodge.
He has made a creditable record in business,
his course being marked by steady progress
gained through ready utilization of every op-
portunity that has been presented. He is a
man of strongly marked character and has
come to be recognized as a forceful element
in the community, his sterling personal
traits of character having won him tlie high
regard and confidence of all with whom he
has been associated.

MRS. ELLEN M. LALLY, who owns and
conducts a mercantile store at Hammond,
has built up the business until it is now one
of the largest establishments of its kind in
Clatsop county. Her birth occurred at Lee,
Massachusetts, on the 25th of May, 1863,
her parents being John and Mary (McCarty)
McLoughlin, both of whom were born in the
town of Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland.
They emigrated to America in the late '30s,
settling at North Lee, Berkshire county,
Massachusetts, where their marriage was
celebrated. There Mr. McLoughlin continued
to reside for seven years, working in a pa-
per mill. In 1864 he removed to Michigan,
spending four years in that state. He next
took up liis abode at Mo\int Pleasant,
Henry county. Iowa, there making his home
tintil 1896. when he came to Clatsop county,
Oregon. The remainder of his life was spent
at Hammond, where liis demise occurred on
the 19th of April, 1908. During the period
of his residence in this county he was em-
ployed by the government, carrying the
mails to and from the trains. He was

eighty-one years of age at the time of his
death, having been born in 1827. He made
his home with his daughter, Mrs. Lally,
having lost his wife on the 12th of April,
1869. His children were five in number, as
follows: Lawrence, who resides at Hammond,
Oregon, and manages the mercantile es-
tablishment of his sister; Martin, engaged
in business at Hammond; Mrs. Lally, of
this review; John, who died at North Lee,
Massachusetts, at the age of one year; and
John James, who was but six years of age
when he passed away at Mount Pleasant,
Iowa.

Losing her mother in early life, Mrs.
Ellen M. Lally was deprived of educational
advantages but has gained wide general
knowledge through reading, experience and
observation. In July, 1894, she embarked
in the confectionery business at Seaside,
Oregon, there remaining until the following
November, when she opened a similar es-
tablishment at Hammond. As her financial
resources permitted she gradually acquired
a stock of merchandise and now conducts
one of the most extensive mercantile stores
in Clatsop county. She is a woman of splen-
did business ability and unflagging energy
and well deserves the prosperity which has
crowned her efforts. Hers was originally
the only store at Hammond, where she also
acted as the first postmistress. She like-
wise has other city property in Hammond
and owns some unimproved land at Port-
land. She is a faithful communicant of the
Catholic cliurch, to which her parents also
belonged. Mrs. Lally is well known and
highly esteemed throughout the community,
her many excellent traits of heart and mind
having endeared her to all with whom she
has come in contact.

WILLIAM H. BOYCE, who is living in
Baker, where he is enjoying the quiet seclu-
sion of his own well appointed home, has for
a long term of years been an honored and
valued citizen in this community. He was
born in the state of Missouri, December 23,
1840, his parents being W. P. and Sarah Jane
(Bullock) Boj'ce, both of whom were natives
of Kentucky. In an early day they changed
their place of residence to Missouri, where
they spent the remaining years of their lives
and where they passed away. They were the
parents of eight children, three of whom are
still living.

William H. Boyce spent the period of his
childhood and boyhood in Missouri, where he
was educated in the common and high schools
and where he later taught for several years.
He also received valuable training from his
father in all branches of farm work. On at-
taining his majority he enlisted in Company
F, Missouri Volunteers, and served his coun-
try gallantly for four years, participating in
many battles, among those were those of Wil-
son Creek and Pea Ridge. In one engagement
he was wounded by a shot through the right
arm but otherwise escaped uninjured. At the
conclusion of the war he returned to Mis-
souri and engaged in agricultural pursuits
until 1880, when he crossed the plains with

MRS. E. y\. I.AM.V

THE ^EW
PUBLIC UBn.^K.

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

981

teams and located in Baker county, Oregon.
Here he took up a homestead in Pleasant
Valley and later bought a ranch four miles
distant from Baker, on which he lived until
1908, where he is now residing. His landed
interests now comprise four luindred and
eighty acres of highly improved land, and
besides this valuable" farming property he
owns four residence properties in Baker.

In 1SG2 Mr. Boyce was married to Miss
Laura E. Davis, a" native of Ohio. To this
union five children have been born, John W.,
Robert E., Marcus A., Amontus A., and Dan-
iel W., the last named being deceased. Mr.
Boyce has always given his political allegi-
ance to the democratic party and although
he has not taken an active part in politics
he has helped as best he could to further
the interests of his party in his community.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce are" both affiliated with
the Presbyterian" church, being regular in
their attendance upon its services and aiding
materially in the work which this organiza-
tion is accomplishing. It is fitting that a
long life devoted to earnest toil, particularly
when four years of manhood's prime have
been given "to the service of one's country,
facing almost certain injury or even death,
should be amply rewarded in all those things
which make for comfort and happiness. Mr.
Boyce's faithful labors during his boyhood
on" his father's farm, the studiousness with
which he applied himself when in school, his
service in the war, his helpfulness during
his years as teacher and his unremitting
industry as a farmer have all combined to
make his life useful to the nation, the state
and the community and to yield him abun-
dant means, enabling hira to live retired in
the enjoyment of a comfortable competence.

IRA C. SCOTT, who is successfully en-
cased in agricultural pursuits upon his pres-
ent farm one mile southeast of Helix, was
bom September 21, ISSt, his parents being
W M. and Anna (Caplinger) Scott. They
were both natives of Illinois, where the
father was born seventy-four years ago and
the mother seventy years ago. The mother
crossed the plains with her parents when
she was vcrv voung and Mr. Scott came at
the a"e of tw"entv-seven years. He settled
at on?e in the Willamette valley, where he
was married. He resided near Salem until
he removed to Umatilla county in 1877.
where he took up a homestead and resided
until six vears ago. They are now living
retired in" Walla Walla, Washington. He
is the owner of one section of land all de_
voted to wheat growing in this county, which
has been well improved by him. In politics
he is a democrat and is a most active citizen
in political, educational and social circles.
He holds membership in the Christian church
at Helix and in the Farmers Lnion. To Mr.
and Mrs. Scott eight children wore born,
three of whom passed away at one time
with diphtheria. One son. Ray. died m 100.,.
when he was sixteen years of ace. Those
surviving are: :^Iary I... who i» <»'<> ^'fl- "f
I M Richardson, of Ritzville. N\ashinKton:
Em'ma. who married E. A. Mann, who is en-
voi, ni— 40

gaged in the practice of medicine at Port-
land, Oregon: J. A., of Walla Walla, Wash-
ington; and Ira C, who is the subject of this
review.

The last named acquired his education in
the public schools of this state and has re-
sided here throughout his life. He attended
the Pendleton Academy for one year and
also pursued a course "in a business college.
Since his father's removal to Walla Walla
he has resided upon the home farm and
under his management he has kept it in the
high state of productivity which it enjoyed
under his father's direction. Although he
is a young man, he has already shown his
capabilities in agricultural lines and is re-
garded as one of the successful farmers of
Pendleton. He owns one and a half sections
of fine wheat land in Whitman county,
Washington, and this property is also under
the same high state of productivity as his
Oregon property.

In .Tune. 1907, Mr. Scott was married to
:Miss Ethel Kern, whose birth occurred near
Helix, in .Tune. ISOl. She is a daughter of
.T. M. Kern, who resides two miles north of
Helix. To their union one child, Velma
Maxine. was born. Both Mr. and Mrs. Scott
have the warm esteem and friendship of
manv with whom they come in contact and
the "hospitality of tlie best homos of the
locality is cordially extended them.

JOHN SYLVESTER MILES. .Tohn Sylves-
ter ilile-i, who is activity interested in agri-
cultural pursuits in Baker county, his home
being near the town of Miles, was born in
.Tnlio't. Illinois, August 24, 1S80. His father,
William Miles, was born in the county of
Wexford. Ireland. .Tanuary 8. 1837. and was
a son of .Tamos Miles. Ho married Bridget
Doolon. who was also a representative of one
of the old families that, like the Miles fam-
ily, had long been connected with farming
interests there. They were originally de-
scended from the Nonnans.

William Miles began his education in what
are called the national schools of Ireland and
later became a pupil in the public schools of
Xew York and Illinois. He was only about
ton years of age when his father. .Tames
Miles, emigrated with the family from Ire-
land and settled in the Empire state. When
his school days were over William Miles en-
gaged in farming in Will county, Illinois, near
.Toliot. and largely devoted hia time to agri-
cultural pursuits' until after the outbreak
of the Civil war. His patriotic spirit being
aroused by the continued attempt of the
south to overthrow the Union, he enlisted on
the 9th of .\ugust, isr,2. for three years, as a
member of the Ninetieth Illinois Infantry,
under Captain 0. Jfarah. commanding Com-
pany C. He was mustered out .hitie .1. 180.'',,
at Washington. T). C. after having partici-
pated in the battles of Coldwater, Mississippi;
Vicksbiirg. Mississippi; .Tackaon, Mississippi;
rollierville, Tennessee; Missionary Ridge,
Tennessee: Knoxville, Tennessee; Dallas,
neorgia: Kenesaw Mountain. Ceorgia; At-
lanta, Oeorgia, .Inly 19th. 22d. 28th, and
August 3d and 17th: Jonesboro, Georgia;

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Lovejoy Station, Georgia; Rome, Georgia;
Gadsden, Alabama ; Jenniaon Bridge ; Ogeeehee
River, Georgia; Savannah, Georgia; Cliarles-
ton. South Carolina: Columbia, South Caro-
line; and Bentonville. Nortli Carolina. He
was wounded at Fort McAllister in the right
forearm but as soon as possible was again en-
gaged in active duty and proved a loyal ad-
vocate and defender of the Union cause. With
the close of hostilities he returned to Illinois,
where he resided until 1884. For about four
years of that time he was foreman of the
steel rolling mills at Joliet, Illinois. In 1884
he came over the Xorthern Pacific railroad
to Oregon, accompanied by his family, and
settled on a tract of two hundred acres of
farming land on the Lower Powder river in
Baker county. For a number of years he
devoted his time and energies to general agri-
cultural pursuits but at length put aside
arduous and active business cares and re-
moved to Baker. In the meantime he had
sold the farm to his brother, who in turn sold
it to John S. Miles and his brother. William
Miles also owned a sixth interest in a mile
ditch which was built from Powder river to
cover and irrigate a large tract of land, but
he also disposed of his interest in that pro-
ject. On removing to Baker he purchased
a pleasant home there, now occupied by him-
self and wife. For about seven years he
served as postmaster at the village of Miles
and he filled tlie office of school director and
clerk of the school district at Miles for about
twelve years. His early political allegiance
was given to the democratic party until about
twenty years ago and during the past two
decades he has supported the republican party.
He belongs to Joe Hooker Post, No. 5, G. A.
R., at Baker, and served as its senior vice
commander for three or more years. He was
formerly identitled with some secret societies
but has withdrawn from these. His religions
faith is evidenced by his membership in the
Roman Catholic church.

On the 2Sth of November, 1872, Mr. Miles
was married at Dwight. Illinois, to Miss Annie
E. Harrison, a daughter of John Harrison, of
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and Mary (Hoover)
Harrison, who was of German descent. Her
father removed from Pennsylvania to Illinois
about 185.T and afterward became a resident
of Nebraska, where he followed farming —
his life work — until his death on the 31st of
July. 1878. Tie was then about fifty-six
years of age, having been born in 1823. In
his family were nine children, of whom eight
are now living, three sons and five daughters.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. William Miles were born
eight children and the family circle yet re-
mains unbroken by the hand of death. The
eldest, Mary L. Miles, born October 4. 1873.
was married November 18, 1002, to Charles
Hemming, a locomotive engineer of Chicago.
Ellen B.. born December 23. 1875, was mar-
ried November 20. 1895, to Milton Martin,
who is engaged in quartz anil placer mining
at Rupert, Idaho, and they have five children,
two sons and three daughters. James F.
Miles, born December 23, 1877. is a farmer
living at Rupert. Idaho. .John S. is the next
of the family. William J., born November 2,

1882, is associated in business with his
brother John. Agnes G., born February 23,
1886, is the wife of Claude Bennett, whom she
married January 4, 1904. They are now liv-
ing at Keating, Oregon, and have three daugh-
ters and a son. Katie R., born June 24, 1888,
is living in Chicago. Edward N., born Decern
her 11, 1892, is employed by his brother-in-
law, Mr. Bennett, at Keating.

John Sylvester Miles, whose name intro-
duces this record, was only about four years
of age wlien the family came to Oregon. He
pursued his education in the public schools
of Baker county and was trained to the work
of the home farm, assisting his father in
the cultivation of the fields through the
period of his boyhood and youth. When he
started out in life for himself it was as a
farmer and stock-raiser, and to this work
he still gives his attention. He and his
brother William are partners in the ownership
and conduct of an excellent tract of land of
one hundred acres on the Lower Powder
river, which they have brought under a high
state of cultivation and equipped with many
modern improvements, adding all of the ac-
cessories of a model farm of the twentieth
century.

Both brothers are active in community af-
fairs and their support can always be counted
upon to further any measure or movement
for the public good. John 8. Miles is now a
director in school district No. 29 of Baker
county, and his brother William is clerk of
that district and also supervisor of road dis-
trict No. 5. Their political allegiance is
given to the republican party and they are
members of the Order of Moose, being afiili-
ated with the local society at Baker. The
former is a Catholic in religious belief.

.John S. Jliles was married to Miss Mary
M. Johnson, wlio was born September 6,
1889, in Union, Oregon, a daughter of George
W. and Nellie (White) .Johnson. Her father
was a farmer and dairyman and is now liv-
ing in Union, Oregon. Unto him and his
wife have been born three sons and three
daughters, of Avhom the eldest died in in-
fancy. The others are: Chester, who was
born August 8. 1887, and is living in Union;
Mrs. Miles; Margaret, who was born August
21, 1891; Ruth, born September 21, 1895;
and Vernon, born December 6, 1902. The
younger cliildren are all at home with their
parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Miles have many friends in
Baker countj' and are well known as people
of the highest respectability, enjoying and
meriting the confidence and good will of all
with wlioni they have come in contact.

GEORGE W. CLEVENGER. A public offi-
cial is a servant of the people. His duty is
to look after their interests, carry out their
desires and give his time and attention to
the welfare and development of their public
institutions. George W. Clevenger, mayor of
Burns. Oregon, since 1910. is an official of
this class. He never lets his personal preju-
dice interfere with his political duties. He
Avas elected by the people and to their in-
terests he gives his energies and talents.

<;. \V. CLKVKNCKI!

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

983

He is a native of Greene county, Pennsyl-
vania, born in August, 1S58. and his famil.v
is of oI<l Pennsylvania German stock. IT is
fatlier. Alex Cleveiiger. left his native state
for Missouri at an early day and remained
there until his death. His son was educated
in the public schools of that state and in
1S7G took up carpentering in which he be-
came an expert workman. He came to Ore-
gon in ISSl and worked at his trade. He
also ran a sawmill in Mallieur county for
two years and at the end of that period he
added to his business stock farming. He still
worked at carpentering, hiring a man to take
care of his stock and run his farm. Under
these conditions he was not remarkably suc-
cessful and he sold his holdings after a sliort
time and removed to Idaho, where he re-
mained \intil 1S99, working as a carpenter
and builder. He became well known and
widely popular in this state and was a promi-
nent figure in public affairs, being elected to
the state h'gislature in 1893. He returned
to Oregon several years later and located in
Burns. Determining to enter the undertak-
ing business he went east in lOOfi and took
a course in the Philadelphia Training School
for Embalmers. under Profi'ssor 11. S. Eckles.
He learned the art of tinih-rlaking and em-
balming and became thoroughly acquainted
with the details of the business, in which he
was remarkably successful. He soon ac-
quired a large clientage in Burns and gained
a reputation for honest and efficient business
methods. He later added furniture to his
stock and is now conducting both enterprises.
He carries a large assortment of carefully se-
lected household and oflicc furniture and
his taste and knowledge of values have
brought him increasing business each year.

In 1891 Mr. Clevenger was unite<l in mar-
riage to Miss ^linnie Johnson, a daughter of
R. D. Johnson of Grant county, Oregon. They
have two children: Asal and Morton Geary.
The picture of the younger child, a most hand-
some boy with beautiful abundant hair has
appeared in many papers together with his
pet dog "Stubs," who has resoied him from
several perilous situations, on one occasion
saving his life. The photograph of the boy
and the dog side by side has been produced
in various papers and magazines including
the Boston publication called. "Our Dumb
Animals," in which the story has been told
to indicate the fidelity of the dog to his
young master.

Mr. Clevenger was first elected mayor of
Burns in 1910 and has served in this capacity
ever since. He has made » conspicuous rec-
ord for himself for honesty and elliciency in
public ofiice. He is one of the most popular
ma.vors the city has ever had and his work
has always tended toward the progress and
development of the municipality. He is essen-
tially a public-spirited citizen and takes an
intelligent interest in educational affairs. He
is now serving a thrive years' term on the
school board anil his work in this capacity
has brought remarkable results. Since his
election to the board the city has commenced
the erection of a beautiful public nchool build-
ing. It i.H to cost thirty thousand dollars

anil will be upon its coniplcticm one of the
most modern and elliciently equipped public
schools west of the Mississippi.

In the fall of 1892. while a citizen of Idaho,
he was elected a member of the state legisla-
ture from Ada county fur a term of two
years.

Hesides his political ami business interests
in Burns, Mr. Clevenger is also interested in
the country surrounding the cit.v. He owns
a fine farm eight miles east and two miles
south of Burns, planted with wheat and oats.
His harvest each year of these two products
adds materially to the outpiit of the county.
He has also recently placed under cultivation
a large farm fourteen miles up the Silvies
river, in the development and maiuigement
of which he is pirsonally interested. In the
capacity of a builder he has erected some of
the Irnest residences and public buildings in
this city. His home is one of the finest and
most modern in that section of the countr.v.
It is situated on an elevation which com-
mands a magnificent view of the valley and
mountains surroinuling Burns and is a hos-
pitable meeting place for Mr. Clevenger's
many friends. Fraternally he is a blue lodge
Mason and a member of the Eastern Star,
and has occupied the various chairs in the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is
also a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
His work as mayor has been distinguished
b.v broad and high-minded public service and
he is interested in everything which makes
for the development of the resources of his
city and count.v. Under his administration
new streets have been opened )ip and
he is now trying to get modern and effi-
cient water and sewage in the city. His
cooperation in any movement looking toward
nuinicipal ilcvelopment along educational,
political or business lines is never sought in
vain. He is an excellent citizen, public-
spirited. intcllig<-nt and cultured and is in
aildition a thoronglily honest man.

REV. FRANK L. YOUNG, the subject of
this skeli-b. was born in I'.ureau cnunfy. Illi-
nois, in October, 18.">9. His boyhood davs
were spent in the states of Iowa and Kansas,
and with his parents he emigrated to Wash-
ington Territory in 1878. Mr. Young's
op[>ortunities for an education were limited
to the facilities, books and studies of the
public schools. In 1881 he was united in
marriage to Miss .Addie J. Thornhrue. at Spo-
kane. In 18S2 he was licensed by the Meth-
odist E|>isio()al church to enter the ministry
of that cliurih, and commenced his ministerial
I'areer a« a circuit rider, traveling over the
vast, and at that time, sparsely settled
regions of eastern Washington. In this mis-
sionnr.v work Mr. Young had to found and
build up churches where none of any de-
nomination had previously existed. Preach-
ing in private dwellings, barns or in "Gods'
First Temples" the groves, and wlnTc tlie
settlers were few and far between, and
finding a welcome at every fireside, the young
minister laid the foundations of cliurihi's now
strong and self sustaining in populous towns
and thickly settled farming communities.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

In this self-sacrificing work, Mr. Young and
his equally self-sacrificing wife, traveled
among and preached to white settlers over
practically tlie same great territory which
Elkanah Walker and H. H, Spalding and their
wives preached to Indians forty years pre-
ceding.

Mr. Young's first pastorate in Oregon was
at Baker City, from which point he made
missionary excursions to all the regions in
and about the Blue mountains. In the year
1900 the conference sent him to Portland
to labor in the north end of tliat city. There
and in the suburb of St. .Johns he and his
wife labored for nine years, building up
strong churches in both places. Feeling the
imperative demands of providing for a grow-
ing family, he declined a reappointment to
regular service for the church. He then
located on public land in Lake county and
took charge of the mining property of the
Oregon Borax Company, still preaching and
teaching on Sundays, marrying the living
and burying the dead, doing missionary work
whenever the opportunity offered without
fee or reward,

Mrs. Young was born in Oskaloosa county,
Kansas in October, 1867, and emigrated to
Spokane county, Washington Territory with
her parents in 1S79. There the family located
on public land and were among the first
farmers of that part of the country. With
a devoted spirit she united with the church
in girlhood days, and gave twenty-seven
years of her life to the special service of
the Methodist church, leading the music at
all services and teaching in Sunday schools
everywhere. Possessed of the rare gift of a
sweet soprano voice, which attracted the
young people to her and deliglitcd every pub-
lic or private gathering, that voice and the
sweet spirit of its possessor powerfully aided
the husband in his labors as a Methodist
preacher.

FRED C. MOULLEN, B. S., proprietor of
the Mozach Garage in Eugene, in which
connection he has built up a growing and
gratifying business as agent for several
standard automobiles as well as in the con-
duct of a garage and repair shop, was born
in Grayson, California, July 5, 1SS5, his
parents being Frederick C. and Elizabeth
(Elfres) Moullen. The father was a native
of Sweden but when a boy ran away from
home and went to sea. Finally about 1849
he settled in the neighborhood of San Fran-
cisco, California, and after being employed
on the ranches for a time he began farming
and stock-raising on his own account. He
prospered in his imdertakings and acquired
fourteen or fifteen hundred acres of rich
wheat land in the San Joaquin valley, be-
coming one of the prominent and influential
residents of that district, where he made
his home to the time of his death, which
occurred in 1893, when he was sixty-one
years of age.

Fred C. Moullcn was a pupil in the public
schools and also attended the California
School of Mechanical Arts at San Fran-
cisco, from which he was graduated with the

Bachelor of Science degree in 1905. He then
attended the University of Oregon, pursuing
the mechanical engineering course for three
and a half years. He later took a leave of
absence to go into the automobile business,
in which he engaged in the spring of 1909.
He now has the oldest establishment of this
character in tlie city. He took for a part-
ner, Roy C. Zaoharias and their business
interests were conducted under the style of
Moullen & Zacharias. Using the first syl-
lable of their two names they coined the
name of Mozach for their garage. After a
year Mr. Moullen purchased his partner's
interest but the name of the Mozach Garage
is still retained by him. He became agent
for the Studebaker and the E. M. F. cars
and the same year added the agency for the
^Vhite motor cars. He continued to handle
these three makes of automobiles until
1912, when he discontinued the sale of the
White and substituted the Chalmers. He
does an extensive garage and repair busi-
ness, having the most complete equipment in
this line in tlie city. He has both technical
and practical knowledge of engineering, com-
bined with good business instincts and keen
discernment, and it does not require the gift
of prophecy to predict for him a successful
future. Fraternally he is connected with
Eugene Lodge, No. 357, B. P. 0. E. He gives
almost all of his time and energies to his
business affairs, in which he is now meeting
with gratifying success.

CHARLES LEONARD LOW is a native of
Oregon and the son of a pioneer. He has
been identified with agricultural pursuits
since his early childhood and his mature
career which has been steadily successful hag
been a force in progress and development.
He is now residing upon the farm where he
was born and his acres comprise his father's
original homestead claim in Balcer county.
He is systematic and progressive in his
methods and thoroughly modern and up-to-
date in his agricultural standards and is
carrying on in his conduct of the enterprise
the honorable and upright policies of his
father who evolved out of a wilderness of
undeveloped land an excellent modern farm.

Charles Leonard Low was born on Septem-
ber 7, 1871, upon the old homestead known
as "Low's Ranch" on Alder creek, a tribu-
tary of Burnt river. He is a son of Leonard
Low whose birth occurred in Maine, in May,
1829, and who was among the early settlers
in Oregon, Upon the paternal side he is of
Scottish ancestry and his father was a first
cousin to the late governor of California,
Frederick F. Low, famous as one of the fir.st
breeders of fine stock in that state. I^eon-
ard Low went to California by way of the
Isthmus of Panama in 1852. He made the
journey on sailing vessels probably on the
Wliite Ball line and worked in the mines
on the American river for three or four
years. He was in San Francisco during the
stirring times when Justice was administered
by a vigilante committee and he followed
mining in the vicinity of the city for some
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to return to his native state. On his jour-
ney, however, he was shipwrecked upon the
Florida coast and was obliged to continue
his travels overland. He finally reached
Maine and after a short residence there came
west again, spending the years from 1857
to 185S in the central states. At one time
he started for Pikes Peak which was then
the center of the gold excitement but aban-
doned his original intention and crossed the
plains to southern Oregon arriving near
Jacksonville in the fall of 1839. From that
year until 1862 he mined in that vicinity and
then attracted by rumors of gold in Idaho
started for Florence. He reached The Dalles,
Oregon, at a time when gold had been dis-
covered in the Powder river and large num-
bers of miners were journeying in that direc-
tion. He joined the gold seekers and ar-
rived at what was afterward the town of
Auburn in August or September of the year
1862. He formed a partnership with an
old Maine lumberman. Daniel Smith, and to-
gether they built and operated the water-
power sawmill on the Blue Canyon above
the site where the town was afterward built.
He continued in association with Mr. Smith
in this business until 1865 receiving some-
times sixty-five dollars for a thousand feet
of lumber. He was successful in this enter-
prise and made a moderate fortune because
he had an appreciation of favorable oppor-
tunities and the energy and ambition which
made him seize them and put them to use.
In 1865 he located a homestead claim of one
hundred and sixty acres on Alder creek
which he improved and developed. He did
general farming and specialized in the breed-
ing and raising of high-grade cattle and
horses continuing in this occupation until bis
death.

About the year 1867 Leonard Low was
united in marriage to Mrs. Malinda V. Smith
and to their union were born five children.
Rosita, whose birth occurred in ISfiO and
who is the wife of .Tohn Farley, by whom
she has four children. Her husband is a
farmer and the family make their home in
Eagle Valley. Oregon". Charles Leonard is
the subject of this review. Alice married
Frank Haynes and they became the parents
of four children. Afrs. Haynes is now de-
ceased. Amy .7. became the wife of .Tames
Anderson and they have one son who lives
in Portland. The "youngest daughter of the
family is Alelinda, now Mrs. .T. W. T^urke
of Baker, Orecron, and the mother of three
daughters. By her former marriage the
mother of our subject had two children:
Xellic. who married John Rizor of Baker;
and Lavinia. who became the wife of Abra-
ham Clement of Weiser, Idaho, by whom she
has five children. The mother of our subject
died in 1906 after a lonj period of residence
in Oregon. When she first settled with her
husband upon the Low ranch there was a
stage station operated upon their property
and the farm was one of the earliest agri-
cultural enterprises in the county.

Charles Leonard Low attended the public
schools in Baker City and afterward became
a pupil in the Leighton Academy at Cover

in Union county studying under William
Smith, wlio is now circuit judge of Baker
county. At the age of sixteen he began as-
sisting his father with the work of the farm
and was also identified with stock-raising.
He has never left the homestead and after
his father's death the land was willed to
him. He has made it one of the most highly
improved and valuable farms in the county
and has operated it always 'along systematic
and modern lines. It has become historic
as one of the earliest ranches in the section.
For two generations it has been conducted
intelligently and progressively by standards
of elliciency and expansion and it is now one
of the attractive and model enterprises in
Baker county.

Mr. Low was married in August, 1898, to
Miss Lyda Stewart, a daughter of William
Stewart, a farmer near Baker. Mrs. Low is
one of a family of seven children. The others
are: Anna, who married Robert McCaulay
of Newport, by .whom she has four children:
Kmma, who became the wife of Gilbert Sim-
mons of Walla Walla, Washington; May,
the deceased wife of William Rash; Eliza-
beth, who married James D, Hannon, a
farmer in Pleasant Valley, by whom she has
three children: Callie, who married Edward
Wise, a farmer in Iowa by whom she has
three children; and William Stewart, a con-
tractor and general builder in Walla Walla,
Washington, who married Miss Cora Fate.
^Ir. and Mrs. Low are the parents of three
children: Frederick C., who was born on July
7, 1900, and who is now in the sixth grade
in school; Amy, whose birth occurred on
August 3, 190t, and who has been four years
in school ; and Charles Stewart, bom on the
2tth of July, 1909.

Mr. Low has been atTiliated with the re-
publican party since he attained his ma-
jority, being a firm believer in the principles
and policies for which it stands. He, how-
ever, never seeks public office preferring to
concentrate his attention upon the manage-
ment of his ranch. He belongs to the Baker
lodge of the Woodmen of the World, this
being his only fraternal connection. He is
at the present time numbered among the in-
dividual forces in the agricultural develop-
ment of Baker county. The standards of
eflTiciency and progress by which he operates
his enterprise have been handed down from
father to son and by him have been faith-
fully adhered to, to his own benefit and to
the advantage of modern farming in Oregon.
Mr. Low is a successful agriculturist and a
resourceful business man, capable, enterpris-
ing and progressive and is a native son whose
worthy and upright life is a credit to his
community.

WILLIAM 0. DENNIS. Among the indus-
trious, enterprising and successful farmers of
^forrow county is William 0. Dennis, the
owner of one hundred and sixty acres of valu-
able land on Butter creek. His birth occurred
in Robertson county. Tennessee, on the .inth
of .Tanuary, 187.'".. his parents being .loseph
Henry Ellis and Celestine Hawkins (Dement)
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nessee, where they resided throughout their
lives until the father removed to Oregon
about six weeks before his death. He and
his youngest son, Carl, were drowned in the
flood which occurred on the 14th of June,
1903. They had come to Oregon to visit
William O. Dennis. Over two hundred and
twenty lives were lost in the flood. The
mother's death had previously occurred in
Tennessee. Of . the children born to their
union four grew to maturity: William 0.;
Lina Isabelle and Viola Vesta", both deceased;
and Carl Edgar. ,

William 0. Dennis spent his youthful days
under the parental roof, attending the public
schools in pursuit of an education. He also
engaged in agricultural pursuits upon his
father's farm and was thus employed until he
came to Oregon in 1903. He has since re-
sided on his homestead claim of one hundred
and sixty acres on Butter creek. He is en-
gaged in dry farming and devotes his energies
to raising wheat. For the. last four years
he has rented the Hoskins ranch of two' hun-
dred and eighty acres, which is under irriga-
tion and which he devotes to alfalfa grow-
ing and stock-raising. In partnership with
C. W. Garrison he also rents seven hundred
acres of the William J. Waltenberger ranch
and is engaged in alfalfa growing and stock-
raising. He has improved his own farm and
the substantial residence, the commodious
barns and outbuildings attest his progressive
and substantial methods of agriculture.

In politics Mr. Dennis is independent, voting
for rnan and measure rather than party. His
religious faitli is indicated by his membership
in the United Brethren church of Pine City.
He has resided in Morrow county for ten
years and has become well known as a re-
liable and straightforward business man, fully
meriting tlie conlldence and good-will which
are extended him by his fellow citizens.

GEORGE H. HOLMES. A man of keen
_^ business sagacity and superior judgment is
"■ George H. Holmes, who occupies a foremost
place among the representative and success-
ful agriculturists of Union county, being the
owner of a finely improved farm about two
miles north (if Cove. He was born in Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, August 12. 1858, a son of Lovic
R. and Jane (Gabriel) Holmes, and a brother
of W. R. Holmes, extended mention of whom
appears elsewhere in this volume. The father,
a native of Ireland, came to the United
States in early manhood, locating first in
New York, where he remained for a short
time and then went to Cincinnati, Ohio, there
accepting a position as bookkeeper for the
firm of L. M. Duncan, furniture manufactur-
ers. Subsequently he removed to Memphis,
Tennessee, whore he was identified with the
branch house of a Cincinnati firm, and re-
mained in that city until the outbreak of
the Civil war. He left Memphis on the last
boat to leave that city before the blockade
of the river, returning (o Cim'iniiati in 1861,
and during the intervening pcrind until 1863
was tlicre engaged in (he grocery business.
In the latter year lie went to Coiiucil Bhifls,
Iowa, and made preparation to join a party

that was about to start over the plains for
Oregon. He bought eight yoke of oxen and
several mules, for the company was large
when they started and was increased from
time to time by other parties joining them
along the route. They had considerable
trouble with the Indians, who stampeded
their cattle, and Mr. Holmes lost two of his
oxen, but he followed the Indians and suc-
ceeded in recovering some of the meat. In
the fall of 1863 they arrived in Bannock City,
Montana, and there the Holmes family spent
the winter. Mr. Holmes, however, went to
the Box Elder country in Utah, where he
engaged in freighting during the winter, and
then in the spring of 1864 he took his fam-
ily to Walla Walla, Washington, where they
lived for four years. In the fall of 1868
they arrived in Oregon and here Mr. Holmes
homesteaded the farm upon which his son
fieorge now resides. Later, on the Ist of
July, 1875, he obtained a patent to the land
signed by President U. S. Grant, and ho
subsequently purchased one bundled and
twenty acres adjoining his original home-
stead. Ho also became the owner of three
hundred and twenty acres four miles west
of his home place," and there he spent his
remaining days, engaging in general farm-
mg and stock-raising. He was one of the
well known and infiuential citizens of his
community, serving as a member of the
county board of commissioneia for some time.
He was a Mason in fraternal relations and
politically supported the democratic party.
While a resident of New York he married
Miss Jane Gabriel, who was also a native of
Ireland, and unto them were born seven
children.

George H. Holmes, the second in order of
birth in his father's family, was a lad of ten
years when brought to Oregon, and in the
district schools near his father's home he
acquired his education. Under the direction
of his father he gained thorough practical
experience along agricultural lines and in
1877, before he was yet twenty years of age,
he made his initial step in the business world,
engaging in driving cattle from Wallowa to
the Greene river and from the latter point
taking them by rail to CHiicago. In this
capacity he was employed by his uncle, with
whom he remained for one year, and then,
after the latter's death, he "operated inde-
pendently for two years. At the end of that
time, in connection with the Masterson
brothers, of Elgin, he drove cattle to Imnaha,
Wallowa county, their herd being the first
cattle to be taken into that district by white
men. Shortly afterward he began " raising
horses in partnership with his father, operat-
ing a ranch on Crow creek in Wallowa county
for three years. 'W^en they discontinued
business there they had two hundred and
sixty head of horses, which they drove to
Wyoming, wintering at Fort Fe'derman on
the Platte river, and disposing of their stock
in the following spring in that district and
at Plum Creek, east of Platte City, Nebraska.
A few years were then spent on the home
farm, which he assisted in operating until
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there accepted a position in the Wallowa
National Bank at Enterprise, with which in-
stitution he was identified until July, 1S92.
He then returned home to assume the man-
agement of the place, upon which he has
since continued to reside. It consists of two
hundred and eighty acres of land well lo-
cated about two miles north of Cove, and he
is also the owner of a good tract of timher
land. The home place has been excellently
developed, its fields being under a high state
of cultivation and its buildings being sub-
stantial and in good repair. The house a
commodious and comfortable dwelling, ig lo-
cated in the midst of a fine poplar grove, and
the neat and attractive appearance of the
place adds considerably to the beauty of the
landscape. Air. Holmes' time is divided be-
tween his general farming and stock-raising
interests, raising wheat, oats and barley, and
making a specialty of Clyde horses.

On the 21st of September. ISOl. Mr. Holmes
was united in marriage to Miss Susie A.
Zurcher a native of Ohio and a daughter of
John and Helen Zurcher. Her parents, who
are both deceased, were pioneer settlers of
Enterprise, Oregon, their homestead farm
beintr now a part of the town site. Unto Mr.
and "Mrs. Holmes were born four children.
John Lovic, Jane Margaret. Louise Ruth and
Charles Zurcher. In his fraternal relations
Mr Holmes is a Ma.son. while his political
support is given to the progressive demo-
cratic partT. He served on the local school
board for "many years. Few men in his
locality have attained to a higher degree of
success than has he. and his keen sagacity
and excellent judgment have made him one
of the most forceful and influential business
men of his district.

NORMAN C. LONGFELLOW. The man
who begins his career amid the mo^-t iiii-
favorable conditions, encounters innumerable
hardships and practically unsurmountable ob-
stacles and bv the sheer force of his own wil
and determination con(|uers conditions and
achieves success before he has attained mid-
dle a''e is highly worthy of the respect and
comm'endation of his fellows. One of such
men as these is Norman C. Longfellow, one
of the largest sheep-raisers in Wallowa county
and a progressive and substantial citizen of
Joseph. He was born on the Pacific ocean
on the 2d of November, 1864. and is a son
of Abraham and Kate (O'Neill Longfellow.
The father was born and reared in 1 alermo.
Maine, but in his early manhood he went to
Australia in search of gold, lb- prospected
there with considerable success and had al-
ready acquired several thousand dollars^
quite a fortune for that period— and had a
most promising future, when his life was
terminated by an accident in 1870. He was
working in a placer mine when the bank
caved in, burying him beneath the debris.
Some time previous to that he had married
Miss Kate O'Neil. who was born ami rear.'d
in Belfast. Ireland, and came to Australia
with a party of friends. In the early years
of their dom"estic life they made a journey to
the United States to visit his people and

some of her friends, and on the return journey
to Australia, their son, Norman C was born.
Following the death of her husband. ;Mrs.
Longfellow came to the United States with
her six children, settling in Maine among his
people. She managed to keep her family
together until her funds were exhausted,
when she gave them out among the neigh-
bors to be reared. The latter years of the
mother were passed in Boston, Massachu-
setts, where she died in 1902.

As a lad of six years Norman C. Longfellow-
was placed in the family of George Bawler
to be reared. The latter was a farmer living
in the vicinity of Liberty, Maine, and while
he was not particularly unkind to the little
stranger, his wife was most abusive in lier
treatment. The lad bore it uncomplainingly,
as children will, but her hardness aroused a
spirit of rebellion and when he was ten he
ran away, making his ^vay to Augusta,
-Maine. Ten years is a very tender
age at which to be thrust out into the world,
but the previous four years had inured the,
boy to all manner of hardships and priva-
tions and he faced the future without any
fear, although he was in a strange city, with-
out employment and practically penniiess.
He subse<|uently obtained employment as
general utility boy in a drug store, being
engaged in this establishment for four or
five years. During that time his mother made
a trip to Montana and upon her return told
her son of the many opportunities and ad-
vantages afforded industrious young men in
the west. Believing that he would there find
better chances for advancement in 1880, he
gave lip his position and removed to Butte,
Montana. He remained there for six or seven
years, following various occupations wliich
enabled him to earn an honest living. I'art
of the time he was in the employ of Knap-
ton Brothers, prominent sheep men of that
state who subsequently removed to Oregon,
si'ttling on Bully creek in the vicinity of
Westphal. Malheur county. He continued in
their service and was subseciuently sent by
them into Idaho, where they were also rang-
ing sheep. It was his ambition to have herds
of his own and in 1893 he severed his con-
nection with this company and invested liis
<apital in sheep and located in SimUi Springs,
Idaho. Two years later he sold his fiock and
went to work' for Evans & Bluett, well known
sheep men of Oregon, where they hail exten-
sive herds. Their headquarters were at Fre-
mont. Nebraska. He remained in their ser-
vice for a brief period only and then came
To Wallowa county and engagi'd in sheep-
raising for himself. Naturally he had to
begin in a small way. but he was thoroughly
familiar with the business and was well (piali-
fied for its successful pursuit. His prosperity
has been gratifying and he has iici|iiiied about
twenty-five hundred acres of land in the Wal-
lowa valley and ranges as high as twelve
thousand sheep. He is one of the leading
rrprt'sentatives of the sheep industry not
only in this valley but in the state and is
recognized as one of the most capable busi-
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the achievement of many, long, hard years
spent on the range, often alone and miles
from a fellow being, and is highly merited.
He is the owner of one of the finest resi-
dences of Joseph, which home is fully equip-
ped with every modern convenience and com-
fort. Mr. Longfellow is a man who takes
great pleasure in his success and finds much
enjoyment in spending his money in the en-
tertainment of his friends. He has not for-
gotten his own childhood and early youth with
its many privations and few pleasures and
generously contributes to assist the unfor-
tunate.

On the 3Sth of December, 1898, Norman C.
Longfellow was married to Miss Grace Barn-
ard, a daughter of Dr. J. W. Barnard, a well
known physician and druggist of Joseph.
Public-spirited and enterprising in matters of
citizenship, Mr. Longfellow takes an active
interest in all municipal affairs, giving his
support to the men and measures of the re-,
publican party. His fellow townsmen fully
recognize his worth and ability and have
elected him to various local offices. At the
present time he is a member of the town coun-
cil and is serving efficiently in this capacity.
Mr. Longfellow is a man of many sterling
qualities and admirable traits of character,
whose progressive, enterprising spirit in mat-
ters of citizenship, sagacity and industry in
business activities and honor and integrity in
transactions with his fellowmen make him a
much desired acquisition in any community.

ROBERT G. ROOKE was one of the en-
terprising, respected and successful agricul-
turists of Coos county. His home ranch
was located on the north fork of Coos river,
twelve miles from Marshfield. where, prior
to his death on the 10th of June, 1912, he
■ was successfully engaged in truck and dairy
farming. He was born in Dublin, Ireland,
January 28, 1840, and was the son of Rob-
ert and Eliza T. (Adams) Rooke, both of
whom were natives of that country. They
were the parents of four children: Harry,
deceased; Thomas, who makes his home in
Ireland: James William, whose death oc-
curred in Marshfield, Oregon; and Robert G.,
also deceased, of this review.

Robert G. Rooke was reared in his par-
ents' home and received his early educa-
tion in the schools of his native land. At
the age of ten years he started in life for
himself as an apprenticed carpenter in Eng-
land and continued in that occupation until
he became a master of his trade. On emi-
grating to America he spent his first year
in the new world in New York city, where
he was employed at the carpenter trade.
At the end of that time he moved to Oregon,
settling at North Bend, in Coos county, and
there followed the occupation of a carpenter.
In 1867 he purchased of Joseph Lane a
homestead consisting of one hundred and
sixty acres, upon which he established his
residence, living for some time alone upon
that property. He afterw.ard bought one
hundred and sixteen acres, eighteen acres of
which is at present in a high state of cul-
tivation and is used for truck-garden farm-

ing, a branch of agriculture that, under the
capable management of Mr. Rooke, proved
to be one of very great profit. In addition
to his truck-farming interests he also con-
ducted a small but well equipped dairy,
using in his business about twelve selected
dairy cows. During the last year that he
conducted his dairy business he had the en-
viable reputation of having produced twenty-
six hundred pounds of butter from the milk
supply of ten cows. That fact established
the record for Mr. Rooke as one of the suc-
cessful and scientific dairy farmers of his
portion of the state.

In 1880 Mr. Rooke was united in mar-
riage to Miss Mary Rebecca Gurney, a
daughter of Robert M. and Elizabeth (An-
thony) Gurney, who were the parents of
eight children: Helen and Voltaire, both
deceased; Volney, of Myrtle Point, who is
married and has six children; Martin, of
California, who is married and has four
children; Mary Rebecca, now Mrs. Robert
Rooke; Asa, residing in Douglas county;
Margaret, the wife of Mr. Robinson, of
Douglas county; and James, also residing in
Douglas county. To Mr. and :Mrs. Rooke
seven children were born. Kate, born in
July, 1881, is the wife of Frank Prey, of
Springfield, Oregon. Edith, who was born
June 21, 1884, resides with her mother.
She is the widow of P. H. Breier and has
two children, Vesta, who is four years of
age, and Elma, aged two years. Helen, born
July 28, 1886, is the wife of Luther Judy,
of Coos county, and they have one child,
Theodosia. Robert born April 8, 1888, re-
sides on his farm in Douglas county. Theo-
dosia, born October 30, 1889, was educated
in the public schools and is now residing at
home. Mary Florence, born February 3,
1892, is also at home. George, the youngest
member of the family, was born February
14, 1894, and attended school in California,
where he pursued a course in electrical en-
gineering, but he has taken charge of the
farm for his mother.

Mr. Rooke was a member of the progres-
sive wing of the republican party but never
allowed his name to be used as a candi-
date for public office. He was a member of
the Masonic lodge and a charter member
of the Improved Order of Red Men, of
Marshfield. He was one of the progressive
and up-to-date truck and dairy farmers of
Coos county and was always identified with
every measiu'e of public interest tending to
improve the agricultural and educational in-
terests of the residents of his portion of
the state.

HENRY M. SOMMERER, the owner of one
hundred and sixty acres of valuable farm land
three and one-half miles northeast of Her-
miston. lias long been numbered among the
substantial agriculturists and esteemed citi-
zens of Umatilla county. He was born in
Jefferson City. Missouri, January 23, 1882.
His parents, John A. and Anna (Kreager)
Sommerer, are both of German descent, the
father having been born in Missouri. The
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merer was born in Germany. He came to
America in 1834 and settled in Missouri,
where his death occurred in 1908, when he
had reached the advanced age of ninety-
eight years. He prospered in his undertak-
ings as an agriculturist and made his farm
in^Missouri his place of abode until the time
of his death. He served in the Civil war.
The maternal grandfather, Adam Kreager,
was born in Missouri and lived there until
he enlisted for service in the war. The
mother's death occurred when her son Henry
was but fifteen years of age. The father is
residing upon his farm near Jefferson City.
To their union eight children were born, of
Avhom the subject of our sketch is the eldest.
Henry M. Sommerer was reared at home
and acquired his education in the district
schools. After he reached the age of twenty
years he came to Oregon, locating in Echo,
this county. After being employed for five
years by the month on Butter creek he came
to Hermiston and purchased a desert claim
of one hundred and sixty acres, which has
since been his home. It is now rich and pro-
ductive land and is highly improved, the
buildings thereon including a substantial resi-
dence. The soil, which has been made arable,
yields abundant annual harvests, which prove
a source of gratifying revenue to him, while
his good business ability and close applica-
tion have already gained for him, although
a young man, rank among the progressive
and prosperous agriculturists of the county.
All of his land is irrigated and he has sixty
acres in alfalfa. The improvements which
are noticeable on the property have been
made by Mr, Sommerer during the four years
which lie has spent on the farm. At present
his sister is residing with him. That he is
interested in every progressive movement
started in agricultural lines is manifested by
the fact that he has been president of the
Farmers Union since its organization. He
has served as director of the Water Users
Association and also as director of the Third
Eastern Oregon Fair Association. In each of
these connections he gives not only his time
and valuable opinions at the meetings but
also uses such influence as he can to stimulate
their interest throughout the county. He
holds membership with the Masons and the
Odd Fellows. That many of his stanchest
friends are numbered among those who have
been interested in watching his progress as an
agriculturist and as a citizen is an indication
that his has been an energetic, industrious,
honorable and upright life and he is worthy
of the esteem in which he is uniformly held.

ROBERT F. STUBBLEFIELD. one of the
piiblicspirifed mon of Enterprise, whose
ialmrs have been of substantial and material
value to the community in the line of general
progress, is the owner of thirty-six hundred
and sixteen acres of land, which he culti-
vates and devotes principally to sheep-rais-
ing. He is classed with the prosperous and
progressive farmers and stock-raisers of Wal-
lowa county. His birth occurred in Cedar

county, Missouri, on the 3d of August, 1S55,
his parents being Thomas J. and Martha K.
(Kennedy) Stubblefield, the former a native
of Missouri and the latter of Tennessee. The
mother was brought to Missouri by her
parents when she was a child and after her
marriage located upon a farm in Cedar county,
where her death occurred in 1857. Subsc-
quentlv the father married Miss Mary E.
Kennedy and in 1879 they emigrated to Ore-
gon, locating in Union county, near Elgin,
where his death occurred in less than two
years after his arrival. In politics he was a
"republican but never sought office as a re-
ward for party fealty.

On the home farm Robert F. Stubblefield
spent the early years of his life, acquiring his
education in the" public schools. However, his
schooling was limited owing to the outbreak
of the Civil war, which caused a discontinu-
ance of many of the schools in Missouri, and
after the close of the war the work on the
home farm required his attention and would
not permit him to take up his studies again.
Later he worked by the month as a farm hand
and in 1875, when he was twenty years of
age, he made arrangements to rent land and
farmed on his own account. For a few years
he carried on general agricultural pursuits and
in 1878 came to Oregon, locating in Union
county, where he has since lived. He pre-
empted this property, which was on Cricket
Flat, near Elgin. A year and a half later,
however, he disposed of this place and re-
moved to Union county. In August, 1882, he
removed to Wallowa valley and there took up
a homestead claim of one hundred and sixty
acres, on which a part of the town of Enter-
prise was subsequently built. With his char-
acteristic energy he turned his attention to
the development of this property and so per-
sistently did he continue in that pursuit year
after year that he turned what was open and
uncultivated prairie into a well improved
property, classed with the model farms of
this section. With the exception of some
six years when he was engaged in the rais-
ing of horses Mr. Stubblefield has devoted the
greater part of his attention to sheep-rais-
ing and is among the most extensive sheep
growers in the county. He owns thirty-six
hundred and sixteen acres of land, all of
which lies In Wallowa county excepting one
hundred and sixty acres, which is across the
boundary line and lies in the state of Wash-
ington. He is often spoken of as the father
of Enterprise, having laid out the town in
ISSG. His residence was the first house
erected within the limits of the town and he
donated the ground and lumber for the erec-
tion of the first business buildings to those
who would locate and start the town. The
establishment of the Enterprise Mercantile A
Millinc Company was tin- fir«t firm to locate
and was the deciding point in the success of
the town. Mr. Stubblefield also donated the
land, purchased th<> lumber and paid for the
building of the first schoolhouse and from
that time he has been the most influential
man in the growth and development of the
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him more than to any other man is due thu
present state of high efficiency of the schools.

In 1875 Mr. Stubblefield was united in mar-
riage to Miss Mary C. Foust, a daughter of
William and Nancy (Montgomery) Foust, of
Cedar county, Missouri, both being natives
of Tennessee. To the union of Mr. and Mrs.
Stubblefield ten children have been born, nine
of whom survive, namely : Orpha, who is mar-
ried to Lee C. Henderson, of Pasco, Washing-
ton; Omar J., who is engaged in sheep grow-
ing on his ranch in Wallowa county; Ethel,
who is the wife of E. .J. Cord, of Wallowa
county; J. Everett, who is an agriculturist
of Wallowa county; Owen F., who is also
engaged in the sheep industry, operating a
ranch in Wallowa county; Ralph F., a ranch-
man of Wallowa county; Nellie E., who is at
present in her senior year in the high school;
Vera L., who is in her junior year in the
high school ; and Mary L., who is in the third
grade of the public schools.

Mr. Stubblefield always votes with the re-
publican party and in all matters of public
moment displays a spirit of marked devotion
to the general good. He has served many
times as a member of the town council and
for several years as a member of the school
board. Both he and Mrs. Stubblefield hold
membership in the Methodist Episcopal
church, of which organization he is one of the
trustees. He is also a member of Enterprise
Lodge, No. 94, K. P.. and is one of the most
prominent citizens of Enterprise. In analyz-
ing his life record it will be seen that per-
sistent effort has constituted the foundation
upon which he has built his prosperity and
his diligence may well serve as an example
for others to emulate.

GEORGE S. SIZEMORE is one of the earli-
est settlers of Burns. He came to this city
in 1SS6. when the conditions of living were
extremely primitive and the total population
consisted of only a few scattered families.
He is today one of the veterans in the legal
profession in this city and has built up his
practice with the growth of the municipality.
He is a native of Jlissouri, having been born
in Marysville, that state, April 9, 1860. His
parents were Eli and Rebecca (Johnson) Size-
more, both natives of Kentucky. The fam-
ily is of Scotch origin, early representatives
of the line having come to America in early
times. Some settled in Maryland and others
in Kentucky, in both of which states tlie
name is prominent. The grandfather of our
subject removed to Iowa in its pioneer days.
He l.iter went to Andrew county. Missoiiri,
where he and his partner, named Stoiit, built
the first house ever erected in that locality.
He later removed to Nodaway county, where
he with his son, the father of our subject,
lived for some time. His life was an ex-
tremely eventful one. In the early da.ys in
Kentucky he participated in numerous bat-
tles with the Indians and many of his an-
cestors were killed in Indian depredations.
He died in Nashville, Jlissouri, where the
fiunily had removed, at the age of seventy-
nine years. His son, Eli Sizemore, the father

of our subject, remained in Missouri for many
years, coming to Oregon toward the close of
his career. He died in Baker City in 1908.
His wife is still living at the age of eighty,
making her home with her children in Harney
county.

George S. Sizemore received his early edu-
cation in Nashville and Carthage, Missouri,
and later went to school in St. Louis. It
was in that city that he commenced the study
of law. He came to Oregon in 1886 and lo-
cated in Burns. His ability along many lines
soon gained him general recognition and
opened the way to a public life. He served
as city marshal for some years and also held
the office of city recorder. Although his
duties as a public official were arduous yet
he never permitted them to interfere with
his legal studies, to which he devoted his
attention continuously until 1900, when he
was admitted to the bar of Oregon. During
his twelve years of practice he has gained a
local reputation as an expert in criminal law.
He has served for three years as a member
of the school board and has recently been
elected for another term. He takes an ac-
tive and intelligent interest in polities, giv-
ing his allegiance to the democratic party.
He is at present chairman of the central
committee of Harney county and his work in
this capacity is of a high order.

On May 9, 18S9, George S. Sizemore was
married in Harney county to Miss Alta Mc-
Gee, a daughter of Dr. M. .1. McGee, who
moved from Texas to Oregon, where he lived
for a short time, his death occurring in this
city. Mr. and Mrs. Sizemore have the dis-
tinction of being the first couple to take out
a marriage license in Harney coimty. They
now have two children: R. L., an employe
of N, Brown & Company, of Burns; and
Leonora, a pupil of the State Normal School
at Monmouth, Oregon.

An uncle of George Sizemore, named Sam-
uel .Johnson, was a pioneer of the American
northwest at the time of the Whitman mas-
sacre at Walla Walla, Washington. He did
brilliant service for his country. The In-
dians had taken many captives who were
unable to help themselves in any manner on
account of their lack of ammunition. Samuel
Johnson, from his point of vantage on a
mountain side, saw their difficulty. He filled
a large wagon full of powder and shot and.
locking its wheels together, slid down the
side of the mountain and arrived in time to
be of service to the unfortunate captives.

THOMAS M. HURLBURT, city engineer
of Portland, was born in Albia. Iowa, March
28, 1860, his parents being John Q. A. and
Mary (Adams) Hurlburt, In early colonial
days the family was planted on American soil
by ancestors who came from England in
1630 and settled in New England. The
father came of that branch of the Adams
family that has given to the country two
of its presidents. He was born in Vermont
in 1833, and his life record covered the in-
tervening years to October, 1909, when he
was called to his final rest. He was quite
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family to Canada, where he was rean-J, pur-
sued a college education and became a civil
engineer, entering upon the practice of tliat
profession in Iowa a short time prior to tlie
Civil war. Following the outbreak of hostil-
ities between the north and the south he
enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Iowa Kcgiment
and was wounded at Marks Mill, Arkansas,
in which engagement he was captured and
held as a prisoner of war for a time but later
was exchanged. Following his recovery from
his wounds he rejoined his regiment and
served until the cessation of hostilities, when
again the old flag Moated over the entire
south. Not long after this he entered the
employ of the I'.urlington & Missouri Rail-
road Company, engageii as a civil engineer,
locating the line of the roail from Burling-
ton to Omaha. In 1S70 he came to Portland
in his professional capacity and was employed
in connection with railroad construction in
the northwest, especially on the Oregon &
California Railroad. As chief engineer lie
built the road from St. Joseph to Corval-
lis but with the death of his wife his inter-
est in tile things of this life failed and with-
in a year lie, too, passed away. He had
gained prominence and success in his pro-
fession and his activities constituted a valu-
able element in the development and progress
of did'erent sections in which he labored.
He was made a Mason in Iowa and follow-
ing his removal to the west <leinitte(l to
Troutdale Lodge, F. & A. M. While living
in Multnomah county he served for three
terms as county surveyor and was otherwise
prominent and active in public atfairs.

Thomas M. Ilurlbiirt was a lad of only
ten years when the family lamc to Oregon
and in the schools of Portland he pursued
his education until graduated from the high
school. He afterward learned civil engineer-
ing under the direction of his father, master-
ing not only the technical side of the pro-
fession but also the business in its prac-
tical pha.ses. He was associated with his
father for seven j'ears. or until 1S84. when
he was elected .siirv'eyor of Multnomah coun-
ty, which position he filled from ISSfi until
1891. In the latter year he was made city
engineer of Portland and served in that
capacity for five j'ears, at the end of which
time he was ajipointed I'nited States ex-
aminer of surveys in the interior department,
thus continuing until 1007. Wliile in the
employ of the Federal government he visited
every wild section of the country west of
the .Mississippi. He knows what the term
"roughing it" means and his life in the
wilds brought him .some thrilling experiences.
He and his father have been identified with
practically every important civil engineer-
ing project in Portland anil with all the
important early work of this character in
the state. In 1907 on his retirement from his
Federal position Thomas M. Hurlburt be-
came district engineer for the city and filled
that office until 1909. During the two suc-
ceeding years he was the principal assistant
engineer and in .Inly, 1911, was again ap-
pointed city engineer, so that he is the pres-

ent incumbent in this position. In 1890 he
explored Hull Run from its source to its
mouth and made a report on the water sup-
ply of this stream, wliicli now fiiriiislies
pure mountain water to Portland. In the
following year the legislature passed the
Bull Run water bill. Mr. Hurlburt also
made the first railroad survey to Astoria
from Gobel and the road was later located
on the line of his survey. His work haa
indeed been of a most important character,
constituting an initial step in much of the
later development, progress and improve-
ment of the state.

In 1SS4 occurred the marriage of Mr. Hurl-
burt and Miss Clara L. Files, a daughter of
.1. C. Files, a native of Portland, to which
city her parents, Candacc Laidy and J. C.
Files came in the '50s, settling near what is
now the northeast corner of the city on the
Columbia river. Mr. and Mrs. Hurlburt have
three sons, Raymond F., Rodney A. and
Ralph J. In Masonry Mr. Hurlburt is (|uite
prominent, being a past master of Washing-
ton Lodge, F. & A. M., a past high priest
of Washington Chapter, R. A. M., a past
thrice illustrious master of Washington Coun-
cil, R. & S. M. and a past thrice illustrious
grand master of the grand council, having
been its chief officer for two years. He al.so
holds membership in Oregon Consistory, A. A.
S. R. and in .\1 Kader Temple of the Mystic
Shrine. He has a wide acf|uaiiitance in tho
fraternity not only in Portland but through-
out till! state and is also well known in pro-
fessional circles, holding membership in the
American Society of Civil Kngiiieers and the
Oregon Society of Civil Engineers, while his
ability has gained him extensive recogni-
tion as one who stands high in the fiidd of
his chosen calling.

HON. EDSON WATSON is sup.Tintend.-nt
of the Kl.uiiath Traiiiing School at Klamath
Agency, in which connection keen sagacity,
tact and high ideals, combined with ability
to impart knowledge reailily and clearly,
have gaineil him more than local fame as an
educator. He was born in Meigs county.
Ohio, March 2.''., 1S67, and is a son of Thomas
.\I. and Rlioda A. (.lennings) Watson, wlio
were natives of Pennsylvania but were mar-
ried in Ohio. Following the outbreak of the
Civil war, the father enlisted in 1801 ns a
member of the Seventh Ohio Battery of Light
Artillery and served for three years. In
days of peace his attention was given to
general farming. He died in the Buckeye
state in 189."!, at the age of fifty years, and
his willow now resides in Chicago. In their
family were four children: Kdson ; Elza,
who is living at Rosebiirg, Oregon; Eva, the
wife of the Ri-v. K. H. Wilson, of Chilli-
eothe, Ohio; and Ethel, the wife of Aldo
Mitchell, of Chicago, where he is employed
as a postal clerk.

The public schools of his native county
afforded Edson Watson his educational privi-
leges during his early boyhood. He resided
at the place of his birth until twenty-two
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upon his father's farm. At the age of
eighteen he began teaching, following that
profession in Ohio from 1886 until 1889.
He then went to Kansas, where he taught
school for six years except the year of 1893-
94. In tlie meantime he had supplemented
his early educational privileges by a course
in a private seminary at Tuppers Plains.
Ohio, from 1883 until 1886. The year in
Kansas not devoted to teaching was spent
as a student in the Fort Scott Normal School.
In the spring of 1895 he took the examina-
tion for the Indian service and in October of
that year became connected with the service
at Cheyenne Agency, South Dakota, being
made a teacher in the day school. He there
remained for four years, resigning in 1899,
when he went to Wellsville, Kansas, where
he worked in a lumberyard office until Feb-
ruary, 1900. He was then reinstated in
the Indian service at Pawhuska, Oklahoma,
where he remained as principal teacher until
October, 1902. He was then transferred and
promoted to the position of clerk in charge
at Kaw Agency, Oklahoma, where he con-
tinued until July 1, 1904, when he was made
superintendent of the Kaw Agency, thus
serving until April, 1908. He was there dur-
ing the allotment and final settlement with
the government. In April, 1908, he was
transferred to the Pottawatomie Agency,
Kansas, and in May 1910, he came to Klam-
ath Agency, Oregon, where he has since re-
mained.

On the 23d of December, 1891, at Wells-
ville, Kansas, Mr. Watson was united in
marriage to Miss Carrie H. Stoner, a native
of Pennsylvania and a daughter of J. W. and
Martha (Oglevie) Stoner. Mr. and Mrs. Wat-
son have become parents of two children,
Inez and Dorothy. In his political views
Mr. Watson is a republican and he attended
the first republican state convention in Okla-
homa as an alternate and took the delegate's
place part of the time, sitting with the dele-
gation. He has, however, never been an office
seeker. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and
Masonic lodges at Klamath Falls and is a
consistent and faithful member of tlie Method-
ist Episcopal church, guiding his life by its
teachings and finding in its principles the
motive springs of his conduct.

PHILIP J. BARTLE, M. D., one of the

successful practicing physicians and surgeons
of Eugene, engaged in general practice as a
memticr of tlie firm of Bartle & Scaiefe, was
born in Soutli Addison Steuben county, New
York, ,Junc .(, 1874, liis parents being the
Reverend William and Hannah M. (Baxter)
Bartle. The father ig a clergyman of the
Metliodist Episcopal church and is a native
of Steuben county. New York, where he pur-
sued his education. At the time the Civil
war broke out he enlisted in the Eighty-
second New York Regiment and served for
three years and nine niondis. He partici-
pated in the liattle of Bull Run and took
part in McClellan's campaign. He was shot
in the face at the battle of the Wilderness
and the ball was later taken out of his neck.

He fought in the battle of Gettysburg and
many other important engagements and lost
his leg during the siege of Petersburg. De-
termining upon the work of the ministry,
he became a member of the Genesee confer-
ence and continued his preaching in New
York until 1885, when he removed to Kan-
sas, Avhere for twenty years, he was located
in different pastorates. In 1905, he arrived
in Eugene, where he is now living retired.

Dr. Bartle was quite young when the
family removed to Kansas and in the public
schools of Kinsley, he continued his educa-
tion, passing through consecutive grades to
the high school. He afterward read medi-
cine under Dr. J. B. Ingles of Larned, Kan-
sas, and spent two years as a student in the
Keokuk Medical School of Keokuk, Iowa,
and one year in the Barnes Medical College
at St. Louis, Missouri, from which he grad-
uated with the class of 1906. Dr. Bartle also
holds a post-graduate diploma from the New
Orleans Polyclinic which he received in 1905.
After his graduation he at once entered upon
the active- practice of his profession, which
he followed for eight years in Woods county,
Oklahoma, and in 1905 he came to Eugene,
where he was joined by his brother, Ira B.,
also a physician who practiced with him until
1907, when Ira B. Bartle sold out to Dr.
Scaiefe, who thus became a partner of Dr.
Philip .J. Bartle. They engage in general
practice and Dr. Bartle is also doing consider-
able hospital work, serving on the staff of the
Eugene hospital. He belongs to the Lane
County Medical Society, of which he was at
one time the secretary; the Oregon State
Medical Society; and the American Medical
Association; and through the proceedings of
these bodies, keeps in touch with the progress
of his profession, enabling him to employ the
most advanced and scientific methods in the
care of his patients.

In 1899, Dr, Bartle was united in marriage
to Miss Willie Westfall, a daughter of Wil-
liam Westfall, who was one of the victims
of the notorious James boys of Missouri, at
a time when he was serving as a conductor
on the Rock Island Railroad. To Dr. and
Mrs. Bartle have been born two children:
Marion Ruth, and William Westfall. The
parents are members of the Methodist Epis-
copal church and Dr. Bartle also is connected
with the I. 0. 0. F. in Oklahoma. He has
not been an active worker in the latter
organization, however, since coming to
Eugene, where his professional duties are
making a continuous and increasing demand
upon liis time nnd attention, his ability being
recognized by his growing patronage.

CHARLES A. AULT, M. D., who is well

known as a physician and surgeon in Enter-
prise, was born at Plattsburg. New York, on
the 24th of July, 1864. He is a son of Dr.
Alexander and Jane A. (Martin) Ault, natives
of Canada and New York respectively. The
father was reared in Canada and educated in
the medical department of McGill University
at IMontreal, Canada. After he completed his
course in that institution he came to the
United States and located at Mooers, New

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York, where he was engaged in the practice
of medicine at the outbreak of the Civil
war. He volunteered his sers'ices as a
surgeon to a New York regiment and
served in that capacity during the hos-
tilities. Following the close of the war
he removed to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he
practiced successfully for a number of years,
and in 1909 he located in Brooklyn, Xew
York, where he is now living retired. His
ability is so recognized that he is not allowed
to rest entirely from labor and he is fre-
quently called upon in consultation in cases
of unusual complexity. Mrs. Ault passed
away in 1903.

Charles A. Ault spent his boyhood and
youth, at home acquiring his education in the
public schools of Oshkosh and at the Oshkosh
Kormal School. After he completed his nor-
mal school course he taught lor three years
in the country schools and in the Oshkosh
city schools. Subsequently he accepted a
position on the staff of teachers in the Den-
ver, Colorado, schools but before he had com-
pleted his last term there he resigned to take
up the study of medicine. At first he read
under his father's preceptorship and later
under Dr. W. A. Gordan, who afterward
became superintendent of the Xorthern State
Hosnital for the Insane at Oshkosh. In 1886
Dr. Ault entered the medical department of
the McGill University at Montreal and was
graduated from that institution with the class
of 1890. Subsequently he located in Lam-
pasas county, Texas, having been induced to
take up his residence in that city by a friend
who was then residing there. He remained
there for only a short time before removing
to the northwest coast, locating first, in Col-
fax, Washington, where he was engaged suc-
cessfullv in the practice of medicine for five
years and later, in 189G. in Enterprise. In
the latter city he has built up an extensive
and remunerative practice. lie possesses an
almost intuitive knowledge and is seldom, if
ever, at fault in the diagnosis of a case. He
keeps in constant touch with the advancement
made in the medical science and through his
extensive reading and thorough study he is
always increasing his capabilities and his pro-
ficiency. .

In 1891 Dr. Ault was married to Miss Bimc
A. Moore, a daughter of John Moore, a promi-
nent ranchman of Texas. She is a grand-
daughter of Captain .John B. Moore, wlio is
captain of the famous Texas Rangers. To Dr.
and Mrs. Ault four children have been born:
Ella M., who is a student in the senior class
of Belton Female College of Belton, Texas;
Byrd M. and Indiana, both of whom arc in
the senior year of the Enterprise high school;
and William M., who is in the seventh grade
in public school.

Dr. Charles A. Ault holds membership in
the Oregon State Medical Society, the Eastern
Oregon District Medical Society, the Texas
State Medical Society and the American Medi-
cal Association. He al.so holds membership in
Wallowa Lodge, No. 82, A. F. 4 A. M., Enter-
prise Chapter. No. 30. R. A. M.. Enterprise
Lodge, No. 153, L O. 0. F.. Enterprise Lodge,
No. 94, K. P.. and Enterprise Camp No. 53.').
W. O. W. He is serving as special United

States pension examiner and is division sur-
geon of the Oregon-Washington Railroad &
Navigation Company and examiner for various
life insurance companies. He and his family
hold membership in the Presbyterian church.
He is one of the most able physicians in
eastern Oregon and his ability is recognized
as evidenced by the large practice which he
enjoys.

JAMES L. GAULT is the cashier of the
First National Bank of Burns. He has held
this position for a number of years and his
work in a dillicult and responsible ollice has
been of a high order. During the time of his
connection with the bank the business of the
institution has more than trebled and its
surplus at the present time amounts to three
times its capital. James L. Gault has con-
tributed his full share toward this gratifying
result. He was born at Monticello Iowa,
January 31, 1872. His father, Joseph Gault,
who was born in 1826, was a prominent Iowa
pioneer who removed to that state from
Wayne county, Ohio, in the 'OOs. In 1S74
he went to Kansas and made his home near
Great Bend, where he remained until he re-
turned to Ohio in 1885, where he resided
until his death on the 8th of July, 1912, at
the age of eighty-six years. He was active
during the many years of his life and always
followed agricultural pursuits. His wife bore
the maiden name of Caroline Zinn and was
a native of Wayne county. Ohio. Her death
occurred at Great Bend, Kansas, in the year
1884.

James L. Gault is the youngest of three
children. His elder brother, F. B. Gault, is
now president of the University of South
Dakota at Vermilion. The second brother is
Lincoln F., a merchandise broker of Tacoma,
Washington. James L. Gault received his
early education in the public schools of Kan-
sas and this was supplemented by a course
in the Wooster University at Wooster,
Ohio. His first position after his gradua-
tion was as a clerk and bookkeeper in Ta-
coma. Washington. He began his banking
career as bookkeeper in the First National
Bank at Moscow, Idaho, in 1896. remaining
in that position until 1809. Tn that year
he was made deputy county auditor and
recorder of Latah county. Idaho, continuing
in that capacity for two years. In 1902 he
came to Grants Pass. Josephine county, Ore-
gon, where he became associated with the
Booth & Kelly Lumber Company of that city.
He continued his banking career at Glendivc,
^fontnna. where he acted as assistant cash-
ier of the First National Bank for two
years, resigning that otVice to accept the posi-
tion of cashier of the First National Bank
of Bums, which he now holds. This institu-
tion is of foremost importance in this city.
They carry on hand a much larger cash
balance than the law requires and the object
of its management and the policy of its
directors is to maintain a strong financial
institution. In this aim they have been
remarkably successful. The capital stock of
the bank' at the present time is twenty-
five thousand dollars and its surplus and
undivided profits amount to seventy-five

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tliousand. The deposits on hand amount to
a total of three hundred and eighty-five
thousand, while it does a loan and discount
business of three hundred thousand dollars,
and its cash on hand and in various banks
amounts to over one hundred and thirty
thousand dollars. James L. Gault in his
capacity of cashier handles many thousands
of dollars a day. His honesty is proverbial
and his reputation as an excellent banker
and able business man has grown with each
year of his connection with the First Na-
tional Bank. In addition to his banking con-
nections Mr. Gault is interested as an officer
and director in several industrial enterprises
that tend to develop the country in the im-
mediate vicinity.

In June. 1899, James L. Gault was mar-
ried in Portland, Oregon, to Miss Gertrude
Conser, a daughter of W. Shannon Conser,
a native of this state and a prominent resi-
dent of Portland. Our subject and his wife
have two children, Joseph Wellington and
Lester Shannon. James L. Gault is an im-
portant figure in business circles in Bums.
He is a well known member of the local
Commercial Club, has occupied nearly all of
the chairs of the Masonic order and is presi-
dent of its biiilding association. The Ma-
sonic Temple is a beautiful structure, fifty
by one hundred feet. It is made of brick,
with stone facings, is two stories high and
one of the most imposing structures in this
city. Mr. Gault has made a reputation in
eastern Oregon as an excellent banker and
a worthy citizen. His energies and efforts
have been in a large measure responsible
for the growth and development of the busi-
ness with which he is connected and his
many friends are numbered among the rising
and important people of this section of the
state. The activities of Mr. Gault and his
associates cover a wide range of territor.y
and their operations are of a wide nature,
extending throughout the greater part of
southeastern Oregon.

JAMES A. MASTERSON, who is the presi-
dent of the First National Bank of Elgin,
is numbered among the leading citizens of
this town. He was born in Kentucky. Oc-
tober 10. 1841, a son of William A. and Eliza-
beth J. (Violet) Masterson. The father was
a native of Kentucky and the mother, of
Pennsylvania. They were married in Ken-
tucky and in 1843 removed to ^Missouri, re-
siding there until 1851, when, with ox teams
they crossed the plains to Oregon. They left
St. Louis, Missouri, on April 5. and arrived
at The Dalles on the 10th of the following
October. There they loaded their baggage
on a boat and went down the river to Port-
land. At that time, they could have pur-
chased for three thousand dollars, one hun-
dred and sixty acres of land, which is today
in the heart of the city of Portland. From
Portland they continued their journey to Eu-
gene, where they located. The father was a
millwright by trade and built the Eagle
mills in Ashland and many other mills in
Lane county. He died at Soda Springs in
1889 at the age of ninctv-oiie years. The

mother passed away in 1909 at the age of
eighty-six years. They were both active
members of the Presbyterian church.

James A. Masterson was only one year of
age when his parents removed to Missouri,
and ten years of age when they came to Ore-
gon. Coming in a wagon with his parents,
he rode a Cayuse pony all the way. He
grew to manhood in the city of Eugene and
received his early education in the public
schools tliere. When eighteen .years of age
he became an apprentice in the blacksmith
sho]i of his uucle, J. A. Masterson, at Eugene,
and continued in the work there until 1863.
In that year he went to the Grande Ronde
valley where he followed the blacksmiths'
trade until 1870. He then came to Wallowa
county and engaged in the stock-raising busi-
ness, in which he is still greatly interested.
He owns six hundred and forty acres of land
in the Wallowa valley upon which he lived
until 1888, when he removed to Elgin. He
has since operated his ranch from the latter
location. In 1890 Mr. Masterson was one of
the leading factors in the organization of the
First National Bank of Elgin and was made
a member of the board of directors of the
same. In 1905 he was chosen president of
that institution to succeed D. B. Hendricks,
who removed to California. He is efficiently
and conscientiously filling that position at
the present writing.

In 1867 James A. Masterson was married
to Miss Almira Blanchard, of Union county.
She came to Oregon from New York with her
parents in 1865. To Mr. and Mrs. Master-
son have been born four children, three of
whom are living. They are: Hattie, the wife
of R. C. Mays, i)ostraaster of Elgin; Harry
G., who is engaged in the hardware business
in Elgin: and Rcna, the wife of Clay Rine-
hart of Wallace. Idaho. Mr. Masterson is
fraternally associated with the Elgin Lodge
No. 48, A. F. & A. M., and both he and his
wife are members of the Elgin Chapter No.
52, of the Order of the Eastern Star. He
belongs to the La Graiide Lodge, No. 334, of
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
Mrs. Masterson is a member of the Presby-
terian church. Our subject throughout his
residence here has been widely and favorably
known both in Elgin and in its vicinity and
has attained a most creditable position in
both business and social circles, through his
well directed eflforts and merit.

JEHIAL TALLMADGE SWAYZE. For

almost fifty years Jehial T. Swayze has
lived in Oregon and during that time ban
witnessed the marvelous changes which the
rapid development of the country has caused
and to a great extent has assisted in it. A
true type of the western pioneer, he joined
his fortunes with those of a newly opened
country and faced dangers, hardships and
losses in the accomplishment of his success.
His eventful and forceful life calling at all
times for prompt decision, quick action and
the determined upholding of his convictions
has developed in him qualities of initiative,
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him respected, esteemed and honored in the
section to which he came as a pioneer. Dur-
ing the period of his residence he has been
engaged in various representative industries
and is now successful in the breeding, buy-
ing and selling of higli-grade horses. He
was born on the Gth of February, 1S33, in
Oakland county, Michigan, a son of Sanford
and Experience I Brands i Swayze, natives
of Xew Jersey. Their marriage occurred
in Warren county, that state, in 1832 and
there the father carried on farming and .stock-
raising for a short time. Eventually, how-
ever, they moved to Michigan and there pur-
chased a tract of timber land which had to
be cleared before the work of cultivation
could be begun. The father of our subject
was among the first settlers in Oakland
county and because he was a resourceful and
keen business man. saw the opjiortunities in
his way and took advantage of them, acquir-
ing large tracts of land, upon which he car-
ried on general farming and stock-raising.
He became one of the most prominent men
in that part of Michigan and remained in
Oakland county until his death in 1852. He
left to his wife and children a large estate,
which he had acquired in the course of an
active, useful and valuable life. He never
cared for political office but was an old line
whig of the Henry Clay type. He was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He was active and influential in the pioneer
settlement of Michigan and is still remem-
bered as one of the early settlers of Roch-
ester and Canandaigua. His wife continued
to reside on the homestead until her death
in 1880, when she was about eighty years
of age. They had six children, five sons
and one daughter, the latter of whom died
in infancy. The subject of this sketch is
the eldest child. The second son, David B..
was born in 1835 and married Mi.ss Euphemia
Cheneey, who Viorc him one son. George, who
is a prominent farmer. David H., who passed
away about 189S, was one of the wealthiest
farmers in Oakland county. William R. was
born in 1837 and lives in Portland, Oregon.
He and his wife had four children, one of
whom died in infancy. The others are:
Clara, who is married; Elmer A., who is an
expert telegraph operator in Portland; and
Ella, who is a stenographer. The fourth
child born to Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Swaj'ze
is Abel Warren, whose birth occurred in
1841. He was a farmer and came to Ore-
gon in 1868, following general farming and
stock-raising for a number of years. Ho
eventually retired and died in Baker in 1908.
John Wesley was born about 1843. He is
married and lives in Kansas, where he is
engaged in the operation of a livery stable.
He has three children.

Jehial Swayze was educated in the com-
mon schools of Michigan, which in his day
were supported by subscriptions. He remained
at home and worked upon the farm until
1859, when he started for California. He
took a roundabout route, going from Michi-
gan to New York and from there by steamer
to San Francisco by way of Panama, arriv-

ing in the latter city about the 7th of July,
1859. On his journey he met with some in-
teresting experiences and recalls one inci-
dent which he considers typical of the times.
On the train crossing the Isthmus of Panama
many natives of tiie country were aboard.
A man slightly intoxicated amused himself
by kicking these men upon the shins as they
])assed along the aisles. He was tolil by a
sea captain, also a passenger, not to do this
and immediately wheeled about and stabbed
the captain twice, killing him instantly. Mr.
Swayze afterward learned that the mur-
derer had been shot by the authorities of
Panama.

From San Francisco the subject of this
review went to Lakeville and there operated
a threshing machine for one year. At the
end of that time he began farming on shares
hut during his first year all his property
was burned, leaving him practically without
resources. He sold what was left and went
to the Washoe mining camp, arriving in that
district in its most pros[)erous days. The
camp was a wild, lawless and reckless as-
sembly— a typical frontier mining town — and
human life was held so cheaply that it was a
common saying that they had a man or two
for breakfast. There Mr. Swayze worked at
various occupations, although he never mined,
and gained success in all by reason of his
adaptability and industry. After two years
he went to Placerville, California, arriving
there in 1862, and from there journeyed to
Sacramento, taking up his residence in that
city at the time of the great flood. Every-
where he encountered evidences of ruin and
damage done by the water, the disaster hav-
ing covered all of the Sacramento river val-
ley, the loss amounting to millions of <lollars.
At this time there was a recruiting oflicer at
Sacramento, enlisting men in the service of
the United States government for the Civil
war. Mr. Swayze joined the first Washing-
ton territory volunteers, which were then
being recruit(Kl in California, and entered upi>n
his duties on the Sth of March. Isr.2, He
belonged to Company B, under Captain S, W.
Shulark. and was stationed in California for
two months. At the end of that tlnu- his
regiment was sent to Vancouver, Washing-
ton, and afterward to Fort Colville. where
they remained for two years. During most of
this time Mr. Swayze was detailed on special
duty to take care of the government stock
and now draws a pension for able service
in the Federal army. He was mustered out
with his honorable discharge at Vancouver
at the expiration of his three year term and
remained in that city for some time. He
speculated in greenbacks, buying at the low-
est price and selling when they were worth
seventy-five cents on the dollar, realizing
thus a considerable profit. Determining to
leave Vancouver, he journeyed in the inter-
ests of the United States government to
Camp Watson, near Canyon City, driving
teams. From there he went to Walla Walla,
Washington, and in 1865 took up his resi-
dence in Oregon, settling in Durkee. where
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est in two hundred acres of land in associa-
tion with John Richardson. Afterward his
brother Warren purchased the interests of
Mr. Richardson and the two brothers carried
on general farming and stock-raising upon
their property, later specializing in the rais-
ing of high-grade fruit. For ten or twelve
years they continued active in this work and
then Mr. Swayze disposed of his holdings to
Eugene Smith. During the period he made
and lost money, encountered discouragements
and hardships, being left at one time prac-
tically penniless after a fire which destroyed
his buildings and his home. In the end. how-
ever, he was prosperous and successful and
by developing his farm and orchards along
the most progressive and scientific lines made
his enterprise one of the most important in
this part of the state. During this time
he added to his activities by prospecting in
the mines of the country and at one time
lost in this way fifteen hundred dollars. He
afterward disposed of his interest in the
claim and went to Washington near Seattle,
driving a herd of horses to sell in the markets.
He obtained for these animals a handsome
price and has since been active and success-
ful as a horse dealer. He also breeds fancy
stock and has some of the finest thorough-
bred horses in Oregon. His life has been
filled with hardships and discouragements
which he met with steady courage and per-
severance— difficulties which have been fac-
tors in his ultimate success. He has had
many narrow escapes from death and de-
lights in telling of one incident which re-
cently occurred. He was breaking a frac-
tious horse and at a critical moment a rail-
road train passed close by him and the animal
became frightened. Mr. Swayze got off in
order to hold the bridle and the horse jumped
upon him, knocking him down and running
the buggy over his body. He was taken to
a hospital at Baker and for some time his
life was despaired of. He is, however, now
entirely recovered.

In his early years Mr. Swayze was a re-
publican but for many years past has been
independent in his political convictions, vot-
ing for the man whom he believes best fitted
for the office. lie does not give his allegiance
to any particular religion but believes in the
doctrine of kindness and good-will. For
thirty-four years he lived on the main trav-
eled road from Umatilla on the Columbia
river to Idaho and it is impossible to estimate
the number of travelers who stopped at his
door for shelter and food and whom he helped
with money .and with advice, the result of
knowledge gained by hard experience in hard
conditions and acquired in the midst of dan-
gers always bravely and courageously en-
countered.

CURTIS W. POWELL. One of Dayton's
honored pioneers, who valiantly served his
country for three years on the battlefields of
the south, is Curtis W. Powell, whose resi-
dence here covers a period of thirty-three
years. A native of Ohio, his birth occurred
in Knox county on the 17th of August, 1830,

his parents being .John and Mary (Scoles)
Powell. The parents were born and reared
in Maryland, whence they removed to Ohio,
settling on a farm which for many years
was the family home. Both spent the re-
mainder of their lives in the Buckeye state.
Their family numbered eight children, six of
whom lived to attain maturity, but all are
now deceased with the exception of William
S., who is living in Portland ; and our subject.
Curtis W. Powell received a common-school
education remaining on the farm with his
parents until he attained his majority. He
then left the parental roof and began life for
himself, and as he had no trade, worked at
common labor until the breaking out of the
Civil war. When the call came for troops in
1801. he responded by enlisting on the 21st of
September of that year in Knox county, Ohio,
to serve three years, or during the war, and
was mustered into the United States service
at Camp Cliase, Columbus, Ohio, as corporal
under Captain John N. Cassels, in Company
0, Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Colonel
Charles \^^^ittelsey commanding. This was
originally a three months' regiment but was
reorganized for three years' service and dur-
ing the year 1801-63 was employed in guard-
ing a number of batteries in' the rear of
Covington, Kentucky. Four companies were
sent during that winter into an insurrection-
ary district near Warren. Kentucky, and on
the 11th of February. 1862. the entire regi-
ment with the exception of Company K em-
barked for the Cumberland river, arriving at
Fort Donelson, Tennessee, on the evening of
the 14th and participating in the engagement
of the 15th although placed in the reserve of
the extreme right of the army. After the
surrender of the fort the Twentieth was sent
north in charge of prisoners and was scat-
tered all over the land, but by the middle of
March seven companies had been brought to-
gether and proceeded up the Tennessee river
to Yellow Creek. On the 6th of April. 1862,
the booming of the guns at Pittsburg Land-
ing was heard and at three p. m. the regi-
ment marched to the field and on the nelct
day participated in the battle of Shiloh, or
Pittsburg Landing, remaining there until the
fall of Corinth, Mississippi, when they
marched to Bolivar. There they were placed
on garrison duty June 6, 1862, and on the
30th of August took part in the engagement
at that place. The regiment was also en-
gaged at luka and Hatche River. Mississippi,
and the following December was assigned to
the Second Brigade, Third Division, "Seven-
teenth Corps, Army of the Tennessee, and
afterward participated in the following en-
gagements: Hankinson's Ferry, Raymond.
Cliampions Hill, the assault and siege of
Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi. In Janu-
ary, 1864, the regiment reenlisted as a veteran
organization and on the 3d of February joined
the celebrated Meridian expedition. It went
north in March on veteran furlough, after
which it joined Sherman's army June 9, 1864,
and was then in the Atlanta campaign, tak-
ing part in the engagements at Kenesaw
Mountain, Lost Mountain, Nickajack Creek,
the siege of .Savannah. Georgia, and the Caro-

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lina campaign, including the engagements at
Pocotaligo, Orangeburg. Columbia and Cheraw,
South Carolina; Bentonville and Goldsboro,
North Carolina, besides minor engagements
and skirmishes. After .Johnston's surrender,
when the regiment was stationrd at Raleigh,
North Carolina, they marched by way of
Richmond, Virginia, to Washington, D. C,
taking part in the (Irand Review ^Iay 24,
1865, and then proceeded to Columbus, Ohio,
lor final muster out. Mr. Powell was pro-
moted to sergeant of his company Juno 1,
1862. At Warsaw, Kentucky, during the
winter of 1862, he was accidentally sliot l)y a
comrade, the bullet entering the left shoulder
above the collar bone. The wound was
treated at the county hospital at Warsaw.
He was captured at Bolivar, Tennessee, with
a part of two companies of his regiment and
taken to Jackson, thence to Vicksburg, Jlis-
sissippi. but was exchanged ten days later.
He bore a gallant part in all engagements of
his command to and including Peach Tree
Creek, Georgia, and rendered faithful and
meritorious service to his country at all times.
He received an honorable discharge near Kast
Point, Georgia, on the 27th of September,
1864, l)y reason of the expiration of his term
of service. He veteranized with his regiment
in January, 1864, hut was not mustered in
on account of smallpox.

When mustered out Jlr. Powell returned to
Ohio, where he remained for a year and then
removed to Illinois, residing there until 1878.
The west had always had a strong attraction
for him since his boyhood and in the latter
Tear he came to Oregon, locating in Dayton,
where he has since made his home. Since
settling here he has prospered in his under-
takings and now owns a very pleasant resi-
dence, where he is living, and a store build-
ing, the rental of which yields him a com-
fortable income.

At the age of twenty-three years, in 1853,
Mr. Powell was united in marriage to Miss
Martha R. Stockett. a native of Maryland.
To them wore born four children: Arthur J.
E.. who is living in New York city; Mary E.:
and two who are deceased. Mrs. Powell
passed away in Illinois in 1806. and in 1868
he was married to Mrs. Conielia Wintringer,
by whom he had three children: William
O". who is living in Portland; Angle A., the
wife of J. Belk. of Idaho: and Mattio, who
married D. K. Hadloy of Dayton. The wife
and mother passed away in 1903 and was
laid to rest in the cemetery at Dayton. She
was a member of the Evangelical church.

In his religious belief Mr. Powell is a
Methodist, and for thirty-one years he has
been a trustee and clerk of the church of
Dayton. He is a stanch republican in poli-
tics and alwavs gives his support to the men
and measures" of that party. Public-spirite<l
in matters of citizenship, he takes an active
interest in community affairs and has served
both in the citv council and on the school
board of Dayton, giving efliciont service in
both capacities. Ho maintains pleasant rela-
tions with his comrades nf old through the
medium of the Grand Army of the Republic,
being an honored member of the local post
Vol in— 4 1

of Dayton. Through the long period of his
residence hero Mr. Powell has ever been loyal
to the best interests of the town, the de-
velopment of which he has promoted by giv-
ing his indorsement and cooperation to every
progressive movement that he deemed likely
to serve the purpose for which it was inaugu-
rated. He has always taken much pride in
the growth of the place, which was little
more than a settlement when he first became
numbered among its citizens, and has ever
had the utmost confidence in its development
into one of the leading commercial centers
of the state.

WALTER L. MARSDEN, M. D. The
career of Dr. Walter I.. Marsden has been an
eventful one and typical of our growing west-
ern civilization. In the course of his lite
he has been a newspaper man, telegraph
ojierator. politician and member of the state
legislature and finally a practicing physician
in which capacity he is now acting in Burns,
Oregon. The events of his youth and early
manhiKxl were an excellent preparation for
his medical career. Technical education,
while it is an important part in a physicians
preparation for his life work, yet counts for
no more than does a knowledge of humanity,
the keen sympathy of the ills and ditliiMilties
of men and a broad tolerance lor human
weaknesses. These lessons can never be
learned except in the schools of human inter-
course and the years which Dr. Mar.sden spent
in mining camps and in primitive western
settlements tauglit him many things which
are now invaluable to him. He was born
in ^^'asllington, Iowa. June 20, IS.'iS. His
parents were Henry L. Marsden. who was
born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1828, and
.\lmeda Liiella (Carll) Marsden, a native of
Farmiiigton. Maine. The first of the name in
America was the grandfather of the subject
of this review, who came from Lancashire,
England, at an early date and settled in
.\I;iryland. He removed later to Columbus,
Ohio, where he remained several years. He
next went to Iowa and was one of the ear-
liest settlers of Washington county, that
state. His son, the father of the subject
of this sketch, removed to California in
1S52. going overland via Salt Lake. At that
time the cholera was raging in the middle
west and all along the overland trails. On
this account he remained at Sacramento and
Yolo county until IH.'i.'i where be followed
the trade of a carpenter and builder. In
the same year he returned to Iowa and mar-
ried, remaining in that state until 1861, going
again to California in that year. The fam-
ily joined him in 1S64 and they settled in
.Mpine county for two years. His next move
was to Empire City. Xevaila. where he re-
mained only a short time. later going to
Cold Hill, on the Comstock roail. Fn 1860
reports reached him of the WDiiderful gold
mines around the White Pine district in
Nevada where his father was engaged in the
contracting and building of mining houses.
He went to this district with his family in
that year and remained until 1872 when he
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and family remained while he and his brother
pushed on to Compton and Whittier, Cali-
fornia, where he resided until his death,
which occurred in March, 1911, at the age of
about eighty-one years. At the time of his
demise he was the owner of productive or-
chards in California and had acquired a com-
fortable competence. His wife survives him
and makes her home at Whittier.

Dr. Marsden received his early education
in various mining camps in California and
Nevada. His schooling was limited and was
received under very primitive conditions. His
early life was spent in various occupations.
He learned the telegraph business and was
operator for the Overland Company which
owned the first telegraph line across the con-
tinent. In this capacity he made his home
at various points between Virginia City,
Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. For two
years he was manager of the Atlantic &
Pacific Line, competitors of tlie Overland
Company. In 1883 he took up newspaper
work and his activities in this regard made
him very prominent politically and led to
his election to the Nevada state legislature.
After his term expired he became acquainted
with Dr. Bishop and was employed under
him for some time in the state insane asylum.
He grew interested in the science of medi-
cine and attended the lectures in the Cali-
fornia Medical College. He later studied his
profession in the Kentucky School of Medi-
cine, from which he was graduated with the
degree of M. D. in 1891. He started prac-
tice in Bellevue, Idaho, where he remained
until 1897 when he removed to Drewsey,
Oregon, and has lived in this state since that
time.

In October, 1891, Dr. Marsden married
Clara A. Byram of Canyon City, Oregon, a
daughter of a prominent pioneer of that sec-
tion. They have one son, George Byram, a
graduate of the Burns high school and the
State University of California at Berkeley,
who is noAV a student in the medical depart-
ment of the Oregon State University at
Eugene.

Dr. Marsden is a prominent Mason. He
has taken his thirty-second degree and is a
member of the Portland Consistory. He is
past master of Burns Lodge, No. 97. His
wife has been grand matron of the Order of
the Eastern Star. Dr. Marsden is one of the
leading men in his profession in the north-
west. He specializes in surgery and has
gained an enviable reputation for his skill
in this branch of medicine. He has never let
his medical knowledge become out of date.
He supplemented his education by a post-
graduate course in the New York Medical
School and Hospital. For nine years he was
the only doctor in Harney county. This
meant that his life was practically devoted
to the service of his fellowmen. His duties
were arduous and his hours of work prac-
tically unlimited. He is an indefatigable
student not only in matters connected with
his profession, but also along various other
lines. He is master of the Shoshone Indian
language and is intensely interested in the
grammar and history of that tongue which

is now being published by the University of
California. Dr. Marsden retains all the old-
school ideas regarding the duties of a physi-
cian in conjunction with the most modern
knowledge along medical lines. His practice
has increased wonderfully year by year until
he is now regarded as the leading physician
in his section of the country.

SIMON LEWIS, now serving in the capac-
ity of county treasurer, which office he has
held since June, 1911, is a native of Ohio,
having been born in Hocking county, that
state, June 16, 1853. His parents were John
and Electa (Benson) Lewis, natives of Ohio,
who removed to Iowa in 1857 and founded
one of the pioneer families of that state.
John Lewis remained in Iowa until the close
of the Civil war, when he removed to north-
western Missouri and lived there until 1874.
His earlier travels were made with teams but
when he came to Oregon that year traveling
facilities were somewhat improved and the
journey was made by boat and rail. He
located near Eugene, where he followed the
occupation of farming until his death.

Simon Lewis, the subject of this sketch,
was the oldest of a family of three children.
He was educated in Iowa and came to Ore-
gon with his father and family in 1874. He
left the paternal roof at that time and lo-
cated in Lake View, where his financial suc-
cess was remarkably rapid. He entered the
hotel business and in a few years was one
of the owners of the second hotel in Lake
View. On selling his interests there he re-
moved to Surprise valley, Modoc county, Ore-
gon, where he engaged in the cultivation of
the soil for some time. He sold his farm
in 1883 and removed to Grant county, locat-
ing on Silver creek. He was one of the pi-
oneer settlers of that region and at the time
he first moved into the district he found
only eight others. lie engaged in the stock
business and his success in that line of in-
dustry was a natural result of his hard
work. He met with many obstacles incident
to the opening of a new country and to over-
coming these he gave his keen intelligence and
knowledge of men. He raised many diS'erent
kinds of cattle, but was principally engaged
in the breeding of Hereford and Durham
graded stock. Mr. Lewis sold his place on
Silver creek and bought another on Silvies
river in the same district. The progress and
development of his stock business is a re-
markable testimony to his ability and power
of organization. He is well and prominently
known as a conservator of cattle. His suc-
cess in the breeding of high-grade stock is
a result of his personal attention to detail
and his appreciation of the value of con-
tinuous industry. He removed from his stock
farm on the Silvies river to Burns in 1902
and has since made this city his home. Here
he became interested in the livery business
and has conducted this successfully for some
eight years. He was elected to his present
position of county treasurer in .June, 1911.
Tie is a popular official, well known through-
out the city as being capable and efficient
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director of the local school board for some
time and was a member of the council.

Mr. Lewis was married in August, 1878, to
Miss Edna Garrett, of Arkansas, a daughter
of .1. C. Garrett, who came from that state
to Oregon in pioneer times. They are the
parents of two children: Pearl, who is now
the wife of Henry Vulgamore of Silvies river;
and Delia, deceased.

Simon Lewis fulfills his duty in the public
capacity in which he is now serving in an
Intelli.u'ent and upright manner. His official
life has been distinguished since its beginning
by conspicuous honesty and unquestioned in-
tegrity, qualities which are indispensable to
worthy public service.

WILLIAM M. SCOTT, who since 190,5 has
has lived rutireil in Walla Walla. Washington.
was for many years prominently identified
with the farming interests of Umatillia
county. Oregon. The son of .lohn B. and
Rena (Halsey) Scott, he was born in Mc-
Lean county, Illinois. December 29, 183".
In his native state he obtained the education
afTorded at that time by the common schools.
Tlie first nine years of his life he resided
witli his maternal grandparents, ^Ir. and Mrs.
Halsey, and then went to live with his uncle.
Dr. A. K. Scott, whose home was sixteen
miles from Bloomington.

In 1855, starting out in life for himself, he
went to Coffey county, Kansas, and remained
there one year, when he started to return
to Illinois, but stopped in Davis county,
Missouri, where he remained until 1S59, when
he returned to Kansas and in the spring of
1860 started across the plains. He intended
to go to the Walla Walla valley but w-as
attracted to the gold fields in California.
He was one of the party of which J. L.
Stublefield was a member. In 1S61 he came
to Oregon and located at McMinnville. where
he attended college for a time. During the
year of 1862 he turned his attention to
freighting, with ox teams from Wallula to
Lewiston and later from The Dalles to the
Idaho mines. In the fall of 1863 he went
to SaUra and resided there for seven years.
He then crossed the mountains, locating near
Prinevillc, and was engaged in the stock
business for eight years. In 1878 he returned
to this county and took up near Helix a home-
stead, which he cultivated and improved and
resided on until 1905, when he retired to
Walla Walla, where he now lives. During
his early years of residence in this county
he went through all the hardships of pioneer
life and twice in the year of 1878 was forced
to leave Helix on account of the Indians and
seek refuge in Walla Walla. While connected
with farming interests he engaged principally
in raising wheat, owning some land which
produced forty bushels per acre annually and
he farmed altogether about eight hundred
acres. He had an excellent homestead in
this county and his house hail all the modern
conveniences of an up-to-date city home.

Mr. Scott married Jliss Anna D. Cap-
linger, who was born .January- 21. 184.>, a
daughter of Jacob and .lane (Woodsidoi

Caplinger of Salem. The father was born in
August, 1815, and the mother on January
11, 1823. They were pioneers in this state,
having come from Fulton county, Illinois, in
1845, and located in Oregon city. After two
years they removed to Salem settling on the
prairies four miles east of there, where they
resided until 1904 when the father died on
June 20 and the mother on July 20. In 1845
on their way to Oregon, having come by the
route of Mount Hood, they were snowbound
there for more than three weeks, without
any food except coffee. In their family were
ten children: Emily, deceased; Henry; Anna
D., who is now Mrs. Scott; John, Mary, de-
ceased; Samuel; George, deceased; Thomas;
Josephine; and Bertha deceased. To Mr.
and Mrs. Scott have been born the following
children: Mary L., who is the wife of .1. !M.
Richardson: Emma J. who is the wife of
Dr. E. A. Mann of Pendleton; John A., who
in 1901 married Miss Maude ("rockerline of
Helix, and now resides near Walla Walla;
Ira C, who married Miss Ethel Kern of
Helix; Ray W., who died in 1902 at the age
of sixteen years; and Alexander, Charles.
Walter and Bertha, all of whom are deceased.
In his political views Mr. Scott is a demo-
crat and in 1890 he was running for county
judge. Both he and Mrs. Scott are members
of the Church of Christ and for over twenty
years he was an elder of the church of that
faith at Heli.x. For more than one half a
century Mr. Scott has been an interested
witness of the development of Umatilla
county and has ever been a most helpful
factor in the changes that have been made
here. A successful and highly honored citi-
zen he has many friends throughout the
country. Since 1905 he has lived retired in
his beautiful home at Walla Walla and he
usually spend the winters in California. In
front of his present home is an excellent
spring of running water which supplies the
house and also furnishes the power for the
electric light plant for the home.

EDWIN G. KIRBY, M. D., physician and
surgeon at Elgin, Oregon, was born in Blair,
Xebraska. November 11, 1S70. His parents
were Thomas M. and Sarah R. (Sonimcis)
both of whom were natives of Illinois, in
wliich state they were married. In 1S6S
they removed to Nebraska, where they home-
steaded and resided there until 1866. when
they came to Oregon, locating in Marion
county. There tliey purchased n tniet of
land and resided on the same until 191 1, wlii-n
they removed to Portland, where the father
Is now living retired. The mother passed
away in 1911 while on a visit to the home
of Dr. Kirby qf this review. She was a faith-
ful and devoted member of the Bapti.nt
c hiirch.

I'Mwin (',. Kirby grew to manhood under
the parental roof and acquired his early
education in the public schools. Ijiter he be-
came a student at the Willamette Univer-
sity and in 1896 took up the sluily of medi-
cine, reading under R. IT. Uradshaw. The
following fall he entered the medical de-
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which he was graduated in the class of 1900.
Immediately afterward he came to Elgin
where he entered upon the practice of his
chosen profession. He has an extensive and
remunerative patronage and is an extremely
busy and successful practitioner.

In 1892 Dr. Kirby was married to Miss
Anna M. Pepper of Elgin, a daughter of Jacob
Pepper of this city. To Dr. and Mrs. Kirby
have been born four children, three of whom
are now living. They are: Dorothy M., Mar-
jorie C, and Edwin G. Dr. Kirby is a re-
publican and he has ever been greatly inter-
ested in educational work and has served as
a member of the school board of Elgin for
the past eight years. Fraternally he belongs
to the Elgin Lodge No. 193, F. & A. M. and
both he and Mrs. Kirby are members of the
Blue Mountain Chapter No. 52 of the Order
of Eastern Star. He also belongs to the
Orion Lodge No. 73, Knights of Pythias, and
to the Elgin Lodge No. 93 of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. Dr. Kirby is ever
through study and investigation broadening
his knowledge of his chosen profession and
through his membership in various organiza-
tions, keeps in touch with the work that is
done in the medical world today. He be-
longs to the Oregon State Medical Society
and to the Eastern Oregon District Medical
Society and is numbered among the leading
physicians in Union county.

JUDGE ROBERT EAKIN. The legal pro-
fession demands not only a high order of
ability but also a rare combination of
talent, learning, tact, patience and industry.
The successful lawyer and competent judge
must be a man of well balanced intellect.
He must be thoroughly familiar with the
law and practice, of comprehensive general
information, possessing an analytical mind
and a self-control which enables one to lose
his individuality, his personal feelings, his
prejudices and his peculiarities of disposi-
tion in the dignity, impartiality and equity
of the office to which life, property, right
and liberty must look for protection. Pos-
sessing these qualities. Judge Eakin justly
merits the high honor which was conferred
upon him in his elevation to the court of
appeals.

Judge Eakin is a native of Illinois, his
birth having occurred in Elgin, that state,
March 15, 1S4S, his parents being S. B. and
Catherine (McEndowney) Eakin. He sup-
plemented his preliminary education by a
course in the Willamette University at
Salem, from which he was graduated with
the class of IS?.'? with the degree of B. S.
Pursuing there his preparation for the bar
he was ultimately given the LL.D. degree.
After his admission to the ba» he practiced
in Union, Oregon, from March, 1875, until
March, 1895. While he was well grounded
in the principles of common law when ad-
mitted to practice, he continued through the
whole period of bis connection with the
active work of the courts, a diligent study of
those elementary principles which constitute
the basis of all legal science, and this knowl-
edge served him well in many a legal battle

before the circuit and appellate courts where
he successfully conducted many cases. When
he came to the discussion of the most intri-
cate questions his powers as a lawyer
showed to the best advantage. With a tho-
rough knowledge of the subjects he discussed
and of the legal principles applicable to
them, his addresses before the courts were
models of clearness and logic. Twenty years
of active practice brought him to the point
where the public demanded his services in a
judicial capacity, and he was appointed
judge of the circuit court for the eighth
district. The following year he was elected
to the position and again in 1902, so his
service as circuit court judge covered eleven
years. In 1906 he was elected a justice of
the supreme court of Oregon, and is now sit-
ting on the supreme bench.

On the 21st of June, 187G, in Eugene,
Oregon, Judge Eakin was united in marriage
to Miss Mary Walker, a daughter of M. E.
Walker. To Judge and Mrs. Eakin have been
born five children, three of whom are living:
Robert S., who is an attorney at La Grande,
Oregon; Gertrude M., who is in college; and
Harold E., a high school student in Salem.
Judge Eakin has alwa.ys given his political
support to the republican party but has
not been an active worker in its ranks since
first called to judicial position. He belongs
to the Masonic lodge and to the Presby-
terian church — associations which indicate
much of the nature of his interests and
the rules which govern his conduct. Few
lawyers have made a more lasting impres-
sion upon the bar of the state, both b.v
ability of a high order and by individuality
of a personal character which impresses it-
self upon the community.

WALLACE G. TRILL, attorney at law of
Wallowa, was born in Kent county, Michi-
gan, February 9. 1880, a son of Thomas and
Melinda (Cooper) Trill, both of whom were
natives of England. The father accompanied
his parents on their removal from their na-
tive land to Canada when a boy of twelve
years and the mother was taken by her
parents to that country in her infancy. The
boy attained his majority and the girl
reached womanhood in Canada and there they
were married. In 1861 they crossed the
border into the United States, settling on a
farm in Kent county, Michigan. The father
was a cabinet-maker and carpenter by trade
and for many years was engaged in con-
tracting and building in connection with the
cultivation of his land. His was a busy and
useful life, characterized by unfaltering in-
dustry. In 1889 he came to Oregon but did
not bring his family here until 1891. On
first coming to this state he engaged in the
saw and planing mill business in La Grande
and was prominently identified with that in-
dustry until 1899, when his mills were
burned to tlu! ground, causing a heavy loss
to him for he had no insurance. Since that
time he has made two trips to Alaska in the
quest of gold and has been otherwise en-
gaged. Both he and his wife still reside in

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La Grande aiui are higlily esteemed residents
of their county.

Wallace G. Trill, during the period of his
youth, had but limited educational advant-
ages for at a comparatively early age he
began working in his father's mills. How-
ever, he has wisely used his time, talents
and opportunities as the years have gone by
and has made cuntinuous progress along those
lines demanding keen intellectuality and un-
faltering diligence. In .June, 1898, he en-
listed for service in the Spanish-American
war, becoming a member of Light Battery
B, Oregon Volunteers. That battery was
never sent to the front, however, being held
at Camp H. C. Corbin, near Portland, until
the 13th of October, wlieii, the war having
been successfully terminated the men were
honorably disdiarged. Mr. Trill returned
home and after the fire which destroyed his
father's mill the planer was sold to Fox &
Sargeant. who moved it to Granite. Grant
county. Mr. Trill went with that firm to
take "charge of the planing mill and bimber
yards and continued with them until the
summer of 1900. lie then returned home
and the following fall went with his brother
Charles to Portland, where they obtained en-
gagement in the chutes of the Western Lum-
ber Company for night work. The second
night after they went to work the brother,
Charles Trill, met with an accident and Wal-
lace G. Trill had for the next month to make
enough money to keep them both. Subse-
quently he secured a position with the Oregon
Furniture Factory and while thus employed
promoted his education by attending night
school as a member of the Young Men's
Christian Association classes. For almost
three years he utilized this opportunity and
during the summer vacations he studied
English under Dr. Tloadley, minister of the
Cla'rk Methodist church, who had formerly
held the chair of English in the Willamette
University. In September, lOO.i. Mr. Trill
entered that university in which he com-
pleted the eighth grade in the preparatory
department the first year, studying with
mere boys. The elemental strength of Ins
character was shown in his pursuance of such
a course. False pride would have deterre<I
many but Mr. Trill realized his lack and
resolved that education should prepare him
for life's practical and respf>nsible duties. He
graduated from Willamette T'niversity in law
and oratory in 1908, receiving the degrees of
LL.B. and B. O. From the time when he
entered college he paid his way by working
during the summer months as advertising
soliciTor anil in various other ways in order
to meet the expenses of his course. At
length the desired result was successfully
accomplished and Mr. Trill found himself
ready for the practice of law. He then re-
turned to Portland and opened an ofTice in
connection with L. D. Mahone in the Board of
Trade building.

In the spring of 1909 Mr. Trill was mar-
ried to Miss Augiista C. Booth, of Salem.
Oregon, who had graduated from the univer-
sity in the same class of which Mr. Trill
had been a member. She is a daughter

of the Rev. George M. Booth, a prominent
Methodist Episcopal minister, who at one
time was presiding elder of the Columbia
river district. Following his marriage Wal-
lace G. Trill removed to Joseph, Wallowa
county, and was there made city attorney.
He sought the broader field of labor olTered
by a larger town and in the fall of 1910
cauu' to Wallowa, where he has since been
engaged in active practice. He prepares his
cases with great thoroughness and care. The
same determination and laudable ambition
which actuated him in the acquirement of an
education are manifest in his practice and
he is making gradual and substantial ad-
vancement, his ability being widely recog-
nized.

Mr. and Mrs. Trill became the parents of
one child, Wallace G.. but were soon called
upon to mourn the loss of the little son.
They are well known in Wallowa, having
gained many friends during the period of
their residence here. They hold membership
in the Methodist Episcopal church and their
influence is always given on the siile of
progress. im|>rovement and substantial up-
building. Mr. Trill votes with the republican
party and his opinions carry considerable
weight in its local councils. Fraternally he
is connected with Kinsman Lodge. N'o. 87,
K. P., and is prominent in the local organiza-
tion of Masonry, also bcdonging to Washing-
ton Lodge, No. 40, F. & A. M., of Portland;
Martha Washington Chapter. No. 18, O. E. S.,
of Portland; and Washington Chapter No.
18, R. A. M. His wife is a membiT of .Tessica
Chapter, 0. E. S., of Wallowa. The necessity
of taking upon himself the responsibilities of
life at an early age diveloped in Mr. Trill a
self-reliance and force of character that have
constituted the foundation upon which he has
built his later progress and success. He is
yet a young man but is well established in
"the practice of law as an able representative
of the bar. In no profession does advance-
ment depend more largely upon individual
merit and energy, deterniiiiation, close study
and careful preparation than in t\ir practice
of law and these <imilitics have been the ele-
ments which have brought Mr. Trill to a
creilitable position in the regard of his fellow
towiismi'ii.

JUDGE H. A. THIESSEN, needs ni> intro-
duction to the people of his county or state.
Ill' is one of the business men of Oregon,
having widely diversified interests in varioim
parts of the state and occupying a position in
the first rank of her successful citizens. In
November. 1910, he was elected to the oflice
of county judge of Gilliam county and is still
serving in that capacity. His birth occurred
in San .lose. California, on the 2."ith of No-
vember, 1S79, his parents being Henry and
,Selina (Derry) Thiessen. the former a native
of Germany and the latter of England. Tlwy
emigrated to America in young manhood and
young womanhood, locating in the western
part of the United States at a time when
the west was still young and its future yet
to be known. Henry Thiessen, on reaching
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later removed to San Jose, California, at
which place Mrs. Thiessen was living with
her parents, and tliere they were married.
In the spring of 1881 the family came to Ore-
gon, locating near Oak Grove, Clackamas
county, where they still reside on a beautiful
farm of one hundred and thirty acres. Mr.
Thiessen is non-partisan in politics but never-
theless has always been prominent in the re-
form movements which have presented them-
selves to his consideration in the interest of
better government and morals in the social
and political life of his county.

Judge H. A. Thiessen was reared at home
on his father's farm and educated in the pub-
lic schools. At the close of his common-school
course he entered the Portland Business Col-
lege, from which he was graduated in the
spring of 1901. Having completed his studies
in the commercial school, he found employ-
ment with Balfour, Guthrie & Company, ex-
porters of grain, in .Salem, Oregon, with wliom
he has since been associated. He was em-'
ployed in the Salem offices for three years,
afterward spent a short time in the Port-
land offices and from there was sent as assist-
ant manager of the Arlington office, wliere
he remained for a term of three years, having
in charge the interests of his company. In
1908 he was placed in charge of the Condon
office, where he has since had the care and
management of the company's business in
this district. In November. 1910. he was
elected on the republican ticket to the office
of county judge of Gilliam county, a posi-
tion calling for the exercise of the highest
type of integrity and faithful, efficient ser-
vice and which position he is now filling to
the complete satisfaction of the entire con-
stituency of the county. He is part owner
of a beautiful ranch of thirteen hundred and
twenty acres west of Clem and also owns
an interest in an alfalfa ranch on Rock creek.
He is also the owner of an entire section of
grazing land in Gilliam county, as well as his
home residence in Condon.

In March, 190,3, .Judge Thiessen was mar-
ried to Miss Mildred Gower, of Oak Grove.
Oregon, by whom he had two children, one
of whom survives. Usona M. Mrs. Thiessen
is a member of the Episcopal church. Fra-
ternally Judge Thiessen is identified with
Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 95. A. F. & A. M.. and
Endymion Lodge. No. 66, K. P. His exten-
sive business interests, together with his
sterling type of manhood in the full exercise
of his unusual l)usiness ability, combine to
place him in the forefront of all the influ-
ences which make for the high moral lone
and rapid development of his county .and
state. He is still a young man and bids fair
to contribute many years of valuable ser-
vice to the community in wliich he makes his
home.

FREDERICK ELLIOT BROWN, who owns
and operates the Queen City Dairy, is one
of the prosperous business men of Baker
City. He was born in Jasper county, Mis-
souri, on the 2d of August, 1878, and is a
son of W. T. and Anna Brown, the father
a native of the state of New York and the

mother of Missouri. They were married in
the latter state and there they passed the
early years of their domestic life. In 1886
they came to Oregon, locating in Baker
county, but they are now residing at Prai-
rie City. Six children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Brown, five of whom are still living,
F. E., our subject, being the eldest. The
others are: Edna, the wife of S. H. Jackson;
Leo, also married, who makes his home in
Prairie City, as do also Walter and Jessie.

The early education of Frederick E. Brown
was obtained in the public schools, but he
later supplemented this by a commercial
course, thus better qualifying himself for
the pursuit of a business career. He has
been identified with the dairy industry for
nineteen years, having first engaged in this
with his father. His training has been very
thorough, and he fully understands every de-
tail of the business. He is a capable man,
practical and progressive in his methods
and is conducting his establishment in
strict accordance with the highest sanitary
principles. He remained at home until he
was twenty-seven years of age, at which
time he left the parental roof and started
in business for himself and has ever since
been engaged here. He is meeting with suc-
cess in the development of his enterprise
and is building up a good patronage among
a most desirable class of people.

In 1900 Mr. Brown was united in mar-
riage to Miss Mattie Wright, likewise a na-
tive of Missouri, and a daughter of Samuel
and Magdalen Wright, who were born and
reared in Kentucky. The father is living
in Malheur county, this state, but the
mother is now deceased.

Fraternally Mr. Brown belongs to the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and he
is also a member of Elkhorn Lodge, No. 166,
I. 0. 0. F., while his political support is
given to the democratic party. Although he
takes an active interest in all municipal
matters he has never sought political hon-
ors, but maintains the standards of good
citizenship by appearing at the polls on
election day. Mr. Brown is well known in
Baker county, where he has resided since
he was a lad of eight years, and has many
friends, the majority of whom were the
comrades of his boyhood days.

RALPH M. ERWIN, M. D., a well known
physician and surgeon of Joseph, was born
in Van Wert county, Ohio, December 6,
1S84. lie is a son of David J. and Lepha
(Dudley) Erwin. the former a native of In-
diana and the latter of Ohio. The parents
were married in Van Wert county, and subse-
quently located in Wren, that county. At
the time of his marriage David J. Erwin was
attending the College of Medicine & Surgery
at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was graduated
from that institution in the following year.
He then practiced in Wren. Ohio, for about
four years, after which he removed to Lake
City, Michigan, where he built up an extensive
practice and resided until his death in 1906,
passing away at the age of forty-five years.
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that state and was once a candidate for con-
gress from his district. Although the re-
publican party had a nominal plurality of
twenty thousand votes. Dr. Erwin was de-
feated by only eight thousand — a fact which
shows his popularity throughout the district.
He was state central coniniitteeman for a
number of years and was asked to serve as a
delegate to the national convention at St.
Louis, that nominated Alton B. Parker, but
refused and named in his stead a friend. His
wife is now living in Valparaiso, Indiana.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias
and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Ralph M. Erwin was reared in the home of
his parents and acquired his early education
in the public schools of Lake City, Michisan,
graduating from the high school of that place
in the class of 1900. when he was yet under
sixteen years of age. For two years he was
a student in the preparatory department of
Ferris Institute at Big Rapids, Michigan, and
in 1904 he entered the medical department
of Valparaiso I'niversity, from which he was
graduated in the class of 190S. The same
spring he came to the western coast, spend-
ing the summer in Oakland, California, and
in the fall of that year he came to Oregon,
locating in Roseburg. He remained there only
about six months, and then removed to
Joseph, Wallowa county, where in the inter-
vening four years he has built up an exten-
sive and remunerative practice. He is also
district surgeon for the Oregon Railroad &.
Navigation Company.

On February 22. 190S, Dr. Erwin married
Miss Blanche Lawson. a daughter of Thomas
A. Lawson. who for many years was a prom-
inent railroad ofTicial of the Chicago & North-
western Railroad Company and of the South-
em Pacific system, but is now living retired
in Portland. To Dr. and Mrs. Erwin has been
born a son, Ralph M.. .Ir.

Dr. Erwin is a member of Silver Lake
Lodge. No. 84. T. O. 0. F., and is now past
grand. He also belongs to Chief .Toscph
Camp. No. 10012. M. W. A. In politics he is
a democrat and he has ever been greatly in-
terested in all that pertains to public ad-
vancement. He is a member of the Wallowa
County IMedical Society and by study and
investigation keeps in touch with the work
that is being done in the medical world to-
day. He is an extremely busy and successful
practitioner and is numbered among the lead-
ing physicians of Wallowa county.

WILLIAM GEORGE AYRE i- living re-
tired and the success which makes this
possible was well merited, because for
many years he was active and energetic and
wasoiie of the largest sheep-raisers in Ore-
gon. He was born in Devonshire. England,
a son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Oppcr-
ley) A.vre. He pursued his education in
Blundeli's school at Tiverton. Devon, and in
London and in the school of experience has
learned many valuable lessons, while reading
and observation have also broadened his
knowledge, making him a well informed man.
He became a resident of .America in 1S86.
He took up his abode in Baker county and

made a success of sheep-raising, becoming
one of the largest, if not the largest owner
of sheep in Oregon. He disposed of his in-
terests, however, in 1907 and is in a large
measure living retired, although he is doing
a good business as a dealer in wool. His
long experience in connection with the sheep
industry made him an expert in that line
and brought him into prominence in his com-
munit.v. Moreover, he is a man of sound
judgment, unfaltering industry and keen
discrimination and carries forward to suc-
cessful completion whatever he undertakes.
Mr. Ayre gives his political allegiance to
the republican party and keeps well informed
on the questions and issues of the day, but
the honors and emoluments of office have no
attraction for him as he has always pre-
ferred to concentrate his energies upon his
private interests. His religious faith is that
of the Episcopal church and lie is a promi-
nent Mason, having attained the Knight
Templar degree of the York Rite and the
thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite.
He has also crossed the sands of the desert
with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He
is a member of the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks and is in full sympathy and
accord with the beneficent spirit which under-
lies these organizations.

JOHN L. BLACKWELL. One of the most
progressive and enterprising stock-raisers
and general ranchmen in Grant county, Ore-
gon, is .John h. Blackwell, who Is operating
an extensive tract of land in this section,
specializing in sheep, mules and high-grade
hogs. He occupies his father's homestead
two and one-half miles up Long creek and
is recognized as a stockman of unusual ability
and as a man of modern and progressive
tendencies. Mr. Blackwell is a native of
Johnson county, Arkansas, where his birth
occurred on March 10, 1867. Me is .i son
of C. C. Blackwell who was bom and edu-
cated in Tennessee and who later married
Miss .Tanc Morris of the same state. The
progenitors of the Blackwell family in .\mer-
iea were three brothers who came from Hng-
land in colonial days and settled in the south.
Mr. Blackwell's grandfather, .losrph Black-
well, was born in fleorgia »n<l located in his
early numhoofl in Tennessee. Me later re-
moved to Arkansas where he remained until
his death in 1858. The family was estab-
lished in Oregon by the father of our sub-
ject who came to" the Long creek district
in 1S7.J and took up a homestead claim
which comprised the property now occupied
by his son. Me was one of the pioneer agri-
culturists of the section in which he settled
and was representative of the class of men
who founded the present greatness of the
state.

John L. BInekwell came to Oregon with his
parents when he was eight years of nge anil
received his education in the district schools.
He has remained at home with the exception
of three or four years when he and his
brother. H. X. Blackwell. drove stock in
Harney county. His brother is now recog-
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Oregon and is still in the business buying for
the market. In 1898 he brought a herd of
cattle to the Klondike country. He is now
making his headquarters in Ontario, Ore-
gon, and is one of the successful men of the
state. John L. Blackwell early became
acquainted with the details of general ranch-
ing and with the conditions governing the
buying, selling and raising of stock. He was
brought up upon his father's farm and is
now occupying the original homestead. He
has added to his holdings from time to time
and now has one of the largest ranches in
eastern Oregon. For a time he and his father
ran sheep and were prosperous and success-
ful in this line of activity. Mr. Blackwell
is now making a specialty of the raising
of mules and hogs. He has some of the finest
mule colts in Grant county and his success
is founded upon his attention to detail and
his unflagging industry. He has made exten-
sive improvements upon his property, has
built barns, granaries and other outbuildings
and has installed a complete equipment of
modern farm machinery. He has built a fine
home which has all the aspects of a model
dwelling. He is recognized in Grant county as
a man of constructive ideas and one whose
activities in promoting his individual pros-
perity have reflected credit upon the county
in which he resides and have redounded to
the interests of the whole state of Oregon.
On January 7, 1903, Mr. Blackwell was
united in marriage to Miss Mattie Settle,
of Long Creek. Grant county, Oregon, and a
daughter of W. G. Settle, one of the pioneer
residents of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Black-
well have four children. Mr. Blackwell takes
an intelligent interest in public affairs
although he never seeks office. He has aided
in the advancement and development of
stock-raising in the state and has brought
unusual ability and quickness of resource to
the improvement and growth of his substan-
tial interests.

F. H. BRIGHAM is one of the well known
and respected citizens of North Bend, Oregon,
where he is engaged in the real-estate
business and is also city engineer of
that place. He was born in Massachusetts,
April 9, 1849, and is a son of John W. and
Martha E. Brigham. The former was a na-
tive of Massachusetts and the latter of Ver-
mont. They celebrated their marriage in the
east and in 1865 removed to Minneapolis,
Minnesota, where the father operated a flour
mill for some time and later engaged in the
hotel business. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brig-
ham continued to make their home in Min-
neapolis during the remaining years of their
lives. They were the parents of five chil-
dren, namely: a son who died in infancy;
Warren L., who was editor of the Boston
Times when he passed away; Ella M.. the
widow of George W. Marchant, whose demise
occurred in 1913; F. H., of this review; and
Lura E., the wife of C. M. Doutt of Coos
county, Oregon.

F. H. Brigham was reared in his parents'
home and received his early education in
Massachusetts. In 1869 he removed to

Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he was in the
employ of the government as engineer and
surveyor, continuing in that position for
twelve years. He then removed to Ne-
braska, where he was engaged in surveying
until 1888, at which time he went to Spo-
kane, Washington, and there for some time
followed his profession of surveying. He
then took up his abode in Pendleton, Ore-
gon, at which place he was married and con-
tinued to reside until 1891, when he re-
moved to Portland and there accepted a
position as chief clerk in the United States
surveyor general's ottice. He continued in
that position for a period of two years,
after which time a change in the political
administration of that department of govern-
ment work necessitated his discontinuance in
the office. Two years later he was appointed
inspector of government surveys by the com-
missioner of the United States land office in
Washington and in 1904 he settled at North
Bend, Coos county, Oregon, where he has
since continued to reside. He built one of
the first residences in the southern part of
that town and is now the owner of one of
the very fine homes in North Bend. He still
holds his commission as inspector of United
States surveys, is the city engineer of North
Bend and is also engaged in the real-estate
business. He was for four years employed
by the Mexican government in engineering
work and while he lived in the east served
for two and a half years in the United States
navy.

llr. Brigham was united in marriage, in
1891, to Miss Sadie Adams, of Pendleton,
Oregon, daughter of John and Elizabeth
Adams, both of whom died at Pendleton.
To Mr. and Mrs. Brigham two children have
been born. Ruby, whose birth occurred in
1893, is a high-school graduate and still re-
sides under the parental roof. Hawley B.,
whose natal year was 1894 and who likewise
has a high-school education, is now in the
service of the City Water Company of Port-
land.

Mr. Brigham supports the republican
party and is a member of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and also of the
United Artisans. One of the enterprising
citizens of North Bend, he is well known
throughout his portion of the state. He is
always interested in the moral and civic
well-being of the community in which he re-
sides and is a man whose integrity in busi-
ness matters has never been questioned.

FRANK DAVID McCULLY, by right of dis-
covery, conquest and occupancy, is justly
entitled to the nom de plume of the father
of Wallowa county, Oregon. It is true he has
established his residence at Joseph, but he
lives throughout the entire county. Follow
the direction indicated by either of the four
points of the compass and you will soon see
the evidence of his work and influence written
on the walls of her active history. He was
born in Salem, Oregon, on the 2d of June,
1859, his parents being David and Mary
(Scott) McCully, the former a native of New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the latter of

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Ohio. The paternal grandparents of our
subject emigrated to the United States and
settled in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, when David
lleCully was but six years of age. Mr. and
Mrs. David McCully were united in marriage
in Jlount Pleasant, Ohio, at which place they
had both grown to years of maturity. In
1846, shortly after their wedding, they re-
moved to Burlington. Iowa, where Mr. Mc-
Cully engaged in the manufacture of fanning
mills. Later closing out his interests in hia
manufacturing plant, he became identified
with the merchandising business at Burling-
ton. In 1849 he emigrated to California,
crossing the plains with ox teams, but re-
mained in the Golden state only a few
years, returning to Burlington, Iowa, in 1852.
The following year he recrossed the plains
this time making Oregon his objective point.
This land of the far west he reached in due
time without accident, effecting his settle-
ment in Linn county. On his land he built
a small store, in which he opened a general
merchandising business, this being the first
of its kind to be established in the settle-
ment, and this particular location in the
county later proved to be the initial step in
the founding of Harrisburg. Thus to David
McC^Illy belongs the credit of being the father
and founder of that city. Being a man of
abounding energy and unusual business abil-
ity, he saw his opportunity to improve the
transportation facilities of that part of the
state, and with this end in view he organized
the People's Transportation Company. This
company built and put into commission a
line of steamers plying between Portland
and Harrisburg and also between Portland
and Lewiston on the Willamette and Colum-
bia rivers. After a residence of six years
at Harrisburg, in 18.58 he removed to Salem
and there opened a general merchandising
establishment, which he conducted for
twelve years. This business he cared for
in connection with his interests in the trans-
portation company. In 1870 the transporta-
tion company was sold to Hen Holliday and
thereafter was known as the Ben Holliday
Transportation Company, He conducted his
mercantile establishment until 1880, at
which time he retired from active business
and spent the remaining years of his life in
retirement. He passed away at Salem, in
December, 1906, at the advanced age of
ninety-three years. His wife preceded him
in death in 1900, when eighty-live years of
age.

Frank David McCully was reared in his
father's home and was educated in the public
schools of Salem and at the Willamette Uni-
versity. In addition to his literary studies
he received a technical business training
under the tutelage of his father, being em-
ployed in his .store while still pursuing his
studies in the educational institutions of
Salem. In 1874 he was commissioned by
his father to go to the Wallowa valley and
there look after stock which he maintained
on the public range. He was thus engaged
during the years of 1874 and 1875. In 1879
when twenty years of age, he left the pa-

rental roof and moved to the Wallowa valley
locating on Prairie creek, where for one year
he looked after the stock belonging to his
father. In 18S0 he preempted one hundred
and sixty acres of land and opened a mer-
chandising establishment in Joseph, his
store being the second of its kind in what
at that time was a part of Union county.
His i-ompetitor had located some distance
from him, at Alder, during the previous year.
The town of Joseph was founded in 1879,
was first known as Lake City and continued
under that name until the postoihce was
established, at which time the government
refused to accept that as a suitable name
for the office and the name Joseph was sub-
stituted. Only a few houses were built and
occupied at the time Mr. McCully built hia
store and established his residence at Joseph
in 1880. At that time the business was
not sufficiently large to engage all of
the time and abilities of its owner and
manager. Being ever on the lookoul for
new opportunities to improve and enlarge
his business, he soon discovereil that near-by
settlements offered good openings for invest-
ment in his particular line and accordingly
he later established merchandising houses at
Flora, Lostine, and Enterprise. These stores
he conducted under the name of the F. D.
McCully Company. He continued as sole
proprietor and business manager of these
stores until some time in the '90s, when he
disposed of his interests at Lostine and Flora.
In 1903 he sold his establishment at Knter-
prise. .Seven years after he became a resi-
dent of Joseph he organized and established
the First Hank of .Joseph, it being the first
institution of its kind in that portion of
northeastern Oregon. Its doors were opened
lor business on the 2r)th of August. 1887.

In the year 1HH6 it became the consensus
of public opinion that the best interests of
the people could be served by the organiza-
tion of a new county out of the excessively
large territory of Union county, ancl in order
to accomplish this desired result Mr. McCully
was made the candidate for the legislature
by the people favorable to such a measure,
and on that issue he was elected to the legis-
lature as representative of I'nion county in
the fall of that year. In the winter follow-
ing his election at the first meeting of the
state legislature, Mr. McCully was success-
ful in his efforts to accomplish the will of the
people in this particular, and the bill, an
prepared by himself, to divide UnifUi county
and establish the boundary lines of a new
county out of a part of her territory, was
passed February 1, 1887, Thus a new child
was liorn into the political family of counties
in this state, bearing the name of Wallowa
county, whose political father was Frank
David McCully. In 1880 he preempteil one
hundred and sixty acres of laml. a (Mirtion of
which later became the town site of Joseph,
and on this the city was built, Mr. Mc-
Cully donating all the necessary ground for
school purpo.ses, he being one of the enthu-
siastic leaders in the building of the first
schoolhouse in the place. Later, in 1889, he

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

installed the present public waterworks sys-
tem of that place and in 1900 he built the
first electric light plant, which in 1909 Avas
reconstructed and equipped with all the latest
modern improvements, thus giving the city
one of the most efficient, serviceable electric
light plants in this portion of the state.

In 1905 the mercantile interests of Mr.
McCully were consolidated and incorporated
under the name of the McCully Mercantile
Company, of which concern he is the official
and active president. He is the owner of
twenty-five hundred acres of farm, timber
and grazing lands in Wallowa county and of
this large body he now operates four highly
developed farms, while the remainder is used
as grazing land for sheep, a class of the stock
business of which he makes a specialty. He
raises and is also a very large buyer of sheep,
which he feeds and prepares at his own feed-
ing quarters for the open market. He is the
founder of a line of warehouses from Joseph
to Elgin, in which he has a large interest,
and at the present time is the president of
the Joseph Milling Company.

Mr. McCully has been twice married. In
1881 he wedded Miss Hamilton, of Wallowa
county, by whom he had three children: Wil-
mer D., now cashier of the First Bank of
Joseph; Eoy C, who is a resident of San
Francisco, California and Lelia M., who is
the wife of W. H. Ballinger, a mail clerk.
On the 19th of November, 1908, Mr. McCully
was again married, his second union being
with Miss Martha E. Van Vactor, of Portland.
Her father, William Van Vactor. who was
born in Kentucky, emigrated to Oregon in
1847, settling in Linn county.

Mr. ]\IcCully has always been affiliated with
the republican party and is one of the enthu-
siastic and influential leaders of this great
political organization. He is a member of
Joseph Lodge, No. 884, F. & A. M., and also
belongs to La Grande Lodge, No. 433, B. P.
0. E. Both he and his wife are consistent
and devoted members of the Methodist Episco-
pal church. Frank David McCully is de-
scended territorially, by way of Mount Pleas-
ant, from the salt-sea-washed shores of Nova
Scotia. The virile blood of his Celtic ances-
tors has given hira a life of magnetic, tireless
momentum which finds its greatest rest in
constant action. He received the benefit
of the common schools and later a literary
and scientific university education. With this
splendid intellectual equipment he has been
able to bring to bear the strength and acute-
ne.ss of a cultivated mind upon the varied and
perplexing problems incident to a large and
greatly diversified business career and, in
addition to these, liis moral life has been care-
fully guarded by the beneficent influence of a
highly cultivated Christian faith. These are
among the things which have united to make
Mr. McCully one of the most enterprising and
successful business men of northeastern Ore-
gon and at the same time a practical phil-'
anthropist, extending assistance wherever
needed in such a way as to enable his less
fortunate and weaker brother to attain
strength with which to stand alone and suc-

cessfully fight the battles of life. He is a
man of large vision and optimistic tempera-
ment, ready to follow the light from the star
of hope when no other well and clearly de-
fined course is available. Time and again he
has stepped in the breach of business disasters
which seemed to foreshadow great hardships,
if not utter destruction, to the people of
Wallowa county, and saved the day by his
willingness to carry the obligations of others
that they might go forward while he carried
their load and placed his faith in the future.
Frequently he bought cattle, sheep and grain
from the struggling ranchman and farmer
wlien there was no market for the products
of the farm or the stock of the rancliman.
taking his own chances on the rise and fall
of future markets. He has had supreme
faith in the skies of Oregon and the soil of
Wallowa county. He has often, without secur-
ity other than his faith in the honesty of
every man, loaned money to many with which
they were enabled to start in a small way
as farmers or stockmen or in other lines of
business, and thus in the most practical and
unselfish way he has come to be recognized
as the foremost business man and generous,
helpful force in the building up of the agri-
cultural, stock and mercantile interests of
his adopted county. He comes of a long-
lived ancestry and, being now scarcely above
fifty years of age, he is in the very midst of
his matured and most useful manhood and
many years of useful service await him in
the future. Frank David McCully will leave
behind him monuments to his memory in the
substantial, enduring business enterprises
with which he has been connected, as well as
monuments in the grateful hearts of his fel-
low toilers, among wliom he is today recog-
nized as a helpful brother and friend.

WILMER D. McCULLY, cashier of the
First Bank of Joseph, is a worthy represen-
tative of the younger business men of the
town. He is a native of Wallowa county,
his birth having occurred in Joseph on the
10th of May, 1882, and a son of Frank D.
and Julia (Hamilton) McCully, both of
whom are mentioned at greater length else-
where in this work.

Reared at home in the acquirement of his
preliminary education, Wilmer D. McCully
first attended the public schools of Joseph and
La Grande, after which he was sent to the
Bishop Scott Academy at Portland. He re-
mained there for two years and then spent
a year in the Hill Military Academy of that
city, and at the end of that time entered
Yale University. Two years later he laid
aside his studies to qualify for a paymaster-
ship in the United States navy, but did not
enter the service but returned to Joseph and
took a position in his father's bank, where
he has ever since been employed. He began
in a minor capacity, but having resolved to
make this his life vocation he applied him-
self earnestly to mastering the principles of
banking and thoroughly familiarizing him-
self with financial matters generally. Pains-
taking and efficient in his work he was ad-
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to the position of cashier, the iluties of
which he is still discliarging. He is a jri'iiial
young man of gracious and acconimochiting
manner and is popular with the patrons of
the bank. During the period of his connec-
tion with this institution he has manifested
more than average ability and foresiglit and
proves himself to be a capable financier.

Mr. McCully was married on the 2 1th of
December, 1908, to Miss Martha Cohoon, a
daughter of S. L. Cohoon. a well known com-
mercial salesman of La Grande. Fraternally
he is affiliated with La Grande Lodge. Xo.
433, B. P. 0. E.. and his political support is
given to the republican party. He is one of
the progressive and enterprising young busi-
ness man of the town, where he is widely
known and held in high regard by reason of
his integrity and upright principles as well
as his many substantial personal qualities.

ARIE RYSDAM. Among the pioneers of
Union county. Oregon, few men are better
known and few have been more successful
than Arie Rysdam. He emigrated to Ore-
gon from JIarion county, Iowa, where he
was born August 23, 1849. His parents,
Garrett and Magdalene (Valden i Rysdam,
were born, reared and married in Holland.
They emigrated to America and settled in
Marion county, Iowa, in 1846. There they
homesteaded land upon which they lived
until 1864. In that year the father, two
daughters and one son, came to Oregon. The
mother was to have followed but died be-
fore she could make the journey, in 1867.
They began the long overland journey with a
mule team and traveled witliout interrup-
tion until they reached Deer Creek Station
on the North Platte river in Nebraska. Here
one of the tragedies common to the travelers
of the plains in those days interfered with
their further progress for a time. Their
camp was raided by Indians, who fortunately
confined their depredations to the stealing of
stock. None of the party suffered injury
and their commissary stores remained un-
touched. However, they were compelled to
remain at Deer Creek until, by a stroke
of good fortune, they were enabled to pur-
chase an ox team and also a team of rows.
With this strange combination their journey
was finally completed in five months. On
reaching Oregon they went direct to Union
county, locating on land comprised within
the present corporation limits of Island
City. Garrett Rysdam there passed away
in 1880, when he hail attained the ape of
seventy-seven years.

Arie Rysdam was reared at home and
educated in the common schools of the ilis-
trict. After attaining his manhood he fol-
lowed fanning for several years and was also
employed as a freight driver by .John Creigh-
ton. He had the distinction of driving a ten-
mule team, with which he carried the freight
from Umatilla Landing to the surrounding
mining camps. This busine.«.s took him into
various parts of Idaho and also to Hanii-y
county, this state. In I8H2 he filed on a
homestead in that part of Union county

known as the flats. On this he proved up,
securing his title from the government, and
here remained for the following twenty-six
years. He is now the <iwner of eight hun-
dred acres of land eight miles nortlieast of
Elgin, which is operated by his sons. In
1909 he removed to Elgin, where he now re-
sides.

In 1873 Mr. Rysdam was united in mar-
riage to Miss Louisa Cruikshank. of Marion
county, Iowa, her parents, William and Han-
nah (Cowing) Cruikshank were natives of
Scotland and England, respectively. Itotli are
deceased. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Rysdam have
been born ten children nine of whom survive:
William H. and Garrett, bofli of whom are
engaged in farming in Union county; Han-
nah, the wife of Philip Conley, who resides
in Cove, Union county, Margaret, who gave
her hand in marriage to Lincoln Wood, an
agriculturist of Union county; .Janie, who is
the wife of Roy Hardy an agriculturist, of
I'nion county; Clara, who is the wife of .lay
Rrashears, a farmer of Union county; Albert
and John G., both living on the home ranch;
and George, who is still with his parents and
is pursuing his studies in the schools of
Elgin.

In polities ilr. Rysdam is a democrat.
Fraternally he is identified with the Masons,
belonging to Elgin Lodge, No. 98. During his
long residence in Union county he has grown
prosperous with the years and gained favor
with the people of his community, among
whom he is highly respected.

LUTHER LLOYD, who is the owner of
nine hundred and sixty acres of valuable
land near .Joseph, Oregon, was born in How-
ard covinty. Missouri. March 30. iSfiO, his
parents being Granville and Rebecca A.
(West) Lloyd, the former a native of Ken-
tucky and the latter of Illinois. At an early
age they were taken to Missouri by their
parents, and in that state their marriage
occurred. There the father died when his son
Luther was but twelve years of age. Early
in life he had been one of the many to come
to the Pacific coast in 1849, making the trip
via the Isthmus of Panama. In I*!*!) the
mother removed to Oregon with her son
Luther, and her death occurred .January 19,
1910, while she was visiting in Boise City.
Idaho.

Luther Lloyd was the eldest of a family
of six children, and after the death of his
father the operation of the home farm natur-
ally fell largely to his Int. so that con.se-
quently his opportunities for securing an
education wen- meager. However, he at-
tendeil the district school for several terms,
at the same time giving many hours of each
day to farm work. In ISTfi, when sixteen
years of age, he came to Oregon, locating in
Pine valley. Union county. He was em-
ployed there as a farm hand until he wa»
twenty-one at which time he took up a
homestead claim of one hundred and sixty
acres in Pine valley, residing upon that prop-
erty for about nineteen vi'nrs. In the au-
tumn of 1900 he removed to Wallowa county.

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locating in the Imnaha valley, where he pur-
chased one hundred and sixty acres of land.
He has added to his holdings from time to
time as he has been financially able to do so.
and at present owns nine hundred and sixty
acres, upon which he is extensively engaged
in the cattle business. His operations in this
line have been very successful, and he is
considered one of the most prominent and
prosperous cattle-raisers of Wallowa county.

In December, 1883, Mr. Lloyd was married
to Miss Mary R. Tater, a daughter of Daniel
and Nancy J. (Harrison) Tater, who crossed
the plains at an early date with ox teams,
starting out from Nebraska in 1864. They
spent their first winter near Boise City, and
in the spring of the following year came to
Oregon, locating first in Eagle valley. They
took up a claim in tliat region, but after two
years removed to the Willamette valley,
locating in Benton county, where they re-
mained two years. At the end of that' time
they returned to Eagle valley, and, with the
exception of one year spent in California,
continued residents of Eagle valley where Mr.
Tater was a well known cattle-raiser. To
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd three children were born:
Edna Augusta, the wife of Henry Mehlorn
of Half Way, Oregon; Nancy Rebecca, who
is married to Roy Snell, of Imnaha, Ore-
gon; and Luther Cleve, who is assisting in
the management of his father's ranch.

In politics Mr. Lloyd gives his support to
the democratic party, and he has served for
two years as a member of the school board.
He holds membership in Silver Lake Lodge,
No. 84, I. 0. 0. F. He is progressi\e and
energetic, of marked force of character, and is
most esteemed where known best.

HENRY CLAY LUTTRELL. For almost a
quarter of a century Henry Clay Luttrell has
farmed in Coos county, Oregon, and his
activities guided by wide experience have
added each year to his prosperity while con-
tributing to the agricultural development of
the district. He was born in Macoupin
county, Illinois, on February 22. 1842, and
is a son of Daniel and Katie "k. (Conterman)
Luttrell, natives of Kentucky. The parents
were married in Illinois and remained in
that state until 1849, when they moved to
Texas, where the father died in the fall of
that year. The mother maintained her resi-
dence there until 1860, when she went to
Missouri and later came to Oregon and lo-
cated in Coos county where she resided until
she passed away on the 9th of October, 1890,
when she was eighty-five years of age.

Mr. and Mrs. Luttrell were the parents of
nine children of whom our subject is the only
one still living. He received his education
principally in the public schools of Texas
and remained at home until 1862. In that
year he enlisted in the Confederate army,
serving in Vard Cockrell's Regiment, and later
he was escort to General Hymnan. Subse-
quently he became a member of the Tenth
Missouri Confederate Cavalry and continued
in the service until the close of the war and
was mustered out at Louisiana when Lee sur-

rendered at Appomattox. He was wounded
at Lone Jack, Missouri, being shot through
the thigh.

After the close of the war Mr. Luttrell
removed to Illinois, where he started farming
in Madison and Coles counties. He continued
in agricultural pursuits in that state until
1878, when he moved to Texas and cultivated
the soil with much success in that state until
1880. He removed from there to Oklahoma
and farmed until 1888. in which year he es-
tablished his residence in Oregon. He settled
in Coos county and for two years leased
land where he has farmed since that time.
He engages in general farming and brings to
his activities in this line an industry and
intelligence of a high order, combined with a
personal knowledge and experience in the
details of agriculture. He makes a specialty
of dairying and stock-raising. He keeps a
large herd of cows for dairy purposes and is
known throughout the county as an expert
judge of liigh-grade horses and cattle.

In 1871 Mr. Luttrell was united in marriage
to Miss Jennie Geers, a native of Madison
county, Illinois, and a daughter of Oswald
and Cecelia (Gonterman) Geers, the former a
native of Kentucky and the latter of Illinois.
Their marriage occurred in Illinois and they
remained in Madison county until after the
death of Mrs. Luttrell's mother, who passed
away when she was thirty-six years of age.
Her father came to Oregon in 1888 and made
his home with his daughter until his death in
the following year. Mr. and Mrs. Geers had
nine cJiildren, four of whom are still living:
•Tennie, the wife of our subject; Thomas and
William, who live in Illinois; and Caleb, who
resides in Oklahoma. Mrs. Luttrell received
her education in the public schools of her
native state and has resided in Oregon for
many years. She and her husband are the
parents of eight children: John B., residing
on the Coquille river, who was born Decem-
ber 4. 1873. and married Miss Alice Stcmler,
by whom he has three children, John M.,
Jennie E. and Henry B.; Ro.y S., a resident
of Missouri, who was born March 5. 1876,
and married Miss Laura Anderson, by whom
he has two children, Margaret L. and Jennie
Alice; Henry Elmer, born April 4, 1879, who
is now deceased; Leona M., whose birth oc-
curred on October 5, 1882, and who has also
passed away; Charles F., born September 26,
188.5, who lives at home; Archie E., who was
born on .January 7. 1889, and who is now
deceased; Harry A., who resides in Missouri
and who was born on August 23, 1893; and
Mabel A., whose natal day was August 18,
189.7, and who is now living with her parents
and attending school. All of the elder chil-
dren received good business educations.

In his political beliefs Mr. Luttrell affiliates
with the democratic party but has never
sought public office although when a resident
of Oklahoma he served for a number of years
as postmaster. He and his famil.v affiliate
with the Methodist Episcopal church of
M.vrtle Point. Oregon. Agriculture in this
state has been aided in its development by
Mr. Luttrell's long identification with it. He
is now seventy years of age, an active, Intel-

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ligent anil kindly man who has earned rest
but is still laboring, seeking always the wel-
fare of his county and state and iiromoting
it liy I'ffioieiit attontioii to his own atTiiirs.

WILLIAM FRIZZELL, who is a well known
resident of Cascade Locks, was one of the
pioneers of Oregon, having come to this state
in 1852. He was born near Springfield, Mis-
souri. December 7, 1840, a son of Porter and
Lily (Porter) Frizzell. The paternal grand-
father, Jason Frizzell, a native of Wales,
came to America and settled in Jtissouri,
being one of the pioneers of that state. The
mother, Lily (Porter) Frizzell. was born near
Nashville. Tennessee. In 1852 the family
started across the plains for Oregon with ox
teams but were beset with many dilliculties,
having five deaths in the family on the way.
Jason Frizzell died at Meacham. in the Blue
mountains. The father, Porter Frizzell, died
at John Days river and one of the father's
sisters and her husband and son also died
on the way. The mother, Lily (Porter)
Fri7.2ell, with her six children survived. They
were in a train of thirty wagons with about
sixty able-bodied men in the party. They
arrived at The Dalles, and, leaving their
stock there, they took a boat down the Col-
umbia river to Portland. At that time there
was only a few buildings in Portland and
they were forced to camp in emigrant tents.
They intended to go to Salem but the Wil-
lamette river was so low that they could not
proceed directly on tlie trip. Later the
mother with her family worked their way to
Salem and after one winter there went to
Polk county, where they took up a donation
land claim of one hundred and sixty acres.
They went through many of the hardships
of pioneer life and during the .severe winter
of 1851-3 all their stock were killed and the
family was destitute. On this farm the
mother died at the age of seventy-three
years. In her family were six children, of
whom the subject of this .sketch is the oldest.
Tlie others were: Mrs. Catherine McXary and
Mrs. Mira Holmes, both deceased; Joseph,
who passed away in I'JIO; Jason, of Salem;
and Lafayette, of Polk county.

William Frizzell remained with his mother
on her donation land claim until he was
twenty-two years of age. He then went to
the mines at Boise, Idaho, where he worked
at freighting for a number of years. Subse-
quently he located five miles south of The
Dalles, on a farm of one hundred acres. .After
a few years he went to the Columbia river,
above Cascade Locks, anil erected a sawmill
in partnership with his father-in-law, Mr.
(;ates. The mill was known as the Cafes A
Frizzell Mill and they operated the same for
about fifteen years. Mr. Frizzell then came
to Cascade Locks and has resided here ever
since. He owns near here a ranch of fifty
acres. He was well acipiainted with many
of the prominent pioneers of Oregon, among
whom was Dr. McLaughlin, who was Inter
governor of Oregon and he often visited at
his home when he was mayor of Oregon City.
In 1873 Mr. Frizzell married Miss Sarah

Gates, who was born in Missouri in 1851 and
was brought across the plains in 1853 by
her parents. ,lohn and Sarah Gates. The
mother died soon after their arrival in Ore-
gon and the father passed away in Septem-
ber, 1909. In the tumily of Mr. and Mrs.
Frizzell were four cliildren: Lilly, who is the
wife of George W. Harris, of Portland; Ella,
now Mrs. William Ash, of Cascade Locks;
Maude the deceased wife of Orville Uoss, who
passed away in October, 1911; and Lottie,
whose death occurred in October, 1S94.

Coming to Oregon in 1852 as a yoiith of
only twelve years Mr. Frizzell drove a team
all the way across the plains and since that
time — ^a period of almost sixty years — • he
has made his home in this state. During that
time lie has seen the country develop from
its pioneer condition into the present pros-
perous state and he has not only been an
interested witness to the changes that have
here occurred but has also been a helpful
and cooperant factor in the general advance-
ment.

JOHN STEPHEN EDWARDS is president
of the First National Bank of Vale and has
been thus associated with the financial inter-
ests of his county for about four years. Pre-
viously, he was engaged in farming and
stock-raising. At every period of his life
lie has been energetic and determined, wisely
utilizing his time and opportunities not only
for his personal benefit Imt also in l)ehalf
of the community in whicli he lived. He was
born near Oskaloo.sa, Iowa, November 25,
1849, a son of Thomas D. and Barbara
(Rinehart) Edwards, the former a native of
Xew York and the latter probably of Illinois.
The parents were married near Oskaloosa,
Iowa, in 1847, and were farmers in that
state until 1854, when they crossed the plains
to Oregon with ox teams, the father acting
as captain of the train a part of the way.
One day while en route the In<lians stoic-
some of their stock but they recovered all
but one ox the next day. They traveled by
way of the Landers cut-off, iiltimatel.v arriv-
ing at the present site of the city of Vale
on Malheur river. From that point they
went up the river and southward to Harney
lake, eri>ssing thence to a point on Crooked
river, from which thry maile their way over
the Cascade mountains to the Willamette
valley, settling three miles east of Springfield
in Ijarif county. Thomas D. Edwards there
secured n donation claim of threi- hundred
and twenty acres, which he improved and
on which he made hi" home until n few years
prior to his death. His wife died on the old
homestead in 1S8P,. and he passed away in
Eugene in 1^91. He never cared for public
ofTice and never filled ]>ublic positions save
that he ser^'cd for one or two terms as
county commissioner. In his family were
four sons and "ix daughters. Henry D.. the
eldest, born .April 21. 1848. married Eliza
Clearwater and lived on a farm nbniit four
miles east of Springfield for a number of
years but is now residing in Eugene. In his
family are a son and four dnHsthler". .John
S. i« the subject of this review. Martha .1.
married William Miller, who died leaving two

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

sons and two daughters, and she later mar-
ried Al Farrow, a farmer living in Paisley,
Lake county, Oregon. Webly J., a farmer
and stock-raiser of Mayville, Oregon, married
Jane Gross and they have three sons and a
daughter. Mrs. Alice E. Geiger, deceased,
had one daughter. Mary is the wife of Doe
McPherson. They have two daughters and
reside on her father's farm east of Spring-
field in Lan'e county. Sarah is the wife of
Robert Driiikwater. by whom she has three
sons and two daughters and they reside on
a farm near the city of Harney in Harney
county, Oregon. Thomas E., a retired farmer
living in Eugene, married Jane Grifiiths and
they have two daughters and three sons.
Leona is the wife of Price Withers, a farmer
and stock-raiser living near Harney, Oregon,
and they have three sons and two daughters.
Emma is the wife of James Dyer, a farmer
and stockman residing near Mayville in Gil-
liam county, and they have six" children.

Jolm S. Edwards attended the public
schools in Lane county, near the old home
place, and first engaged in business on his
own account when in 1871 he went to Baker
county, now Malheur county, where he en-
gaged in stock-raising. He took up an eighty-
acre tract on Willow creek and there made
a specialty of breeding and dealing in horses,
until about four years ago. when he sold out
and removed to Vale, the county seat of Mal-
heur county. Since that time he has engaged
in banking and is now president of the First
National Bank.

On the 3nh of July, 1876, John Stephen
Edwards married Sarah F. Smith, a daughter
of George W. Smith, who was a farmer and
lived near Island City in Union county, Ore-
gon. Both Mr. and 'Mrs. George W. Smith
are deceased. Their family numbered four
sons and five daughters, including Mrs. Ed-
wards, who passed away November 2, 1908.
To Mr. and Mrs. Edwards were born four
sons and five daughters. Thomas, born Jan-
uary 26. 1878, died April Ifl, 1879. Nora,
born October 24, 1880. died September 24,
1899. Pearl E., born .Lanuary .3. 1882. taught
school for several years but is now living
at home. Harry C.', born January 26, 1884,
married Merle Bogart. He resides with his
son at Ironside, Oregon, where he follows
farming. .41ma R.. born April 16. 1886. is
the wife of E. A. Boyd, an electrician who
has charge of the electric light plant at Vale.
Phil, born November 26. 1888. is a farmer
living in Cow valley, Malheur county. Irma.
born August SO. 1891. is a student in Link's
Business College at Boise. Idaho. Clarice,
born October 29, 1894, is attending St.
Margaret's Academy at Boise. Willard R.,
born .Tune 25. 1897, attends public school in
Vale, After losing his first wife John S.
Edwards married Mrs. Cora Adeline Kirwin.
who was first married November 29, 1896. to
William Kirwin at Klamathon, California,
and had one son, bv Mr. Kirwin, born Janu-
ary 11, 1898. and 'a student in the public
schools of Vale. Mrs. Kirwin Edwards bore
the maiden name of Cora Adeline Freeman
and was born in July. 1873. Her father was
Clifford Dwight Freeman, a farmer of Siski-

you county, California, and to him were born
two sons and five daughters, al! living, of
whom Mrs. Edwards is the first born. The
second member of the family is Paul G. Free-
man, who was born February 22, 1875, and
conducts the leading general mercantile store
in Vale. He married Maud Clancey of Vale
in January, 1905, and they have two chil-
dren: Clancey Gerald, born in August, 1908;
and Herald, born in January, 1910. The third
member of the family, a son, born in August,
1877, lives at the home place in Siskiyou
county, California. Grace E.. born in .Janu-
ary, 1S79, was married in 1900 to James
Dickey, a railroad engineer who died in 1906.
His widow, who is a normal school graduate,
is a teacher in Dunsmuir, California. Mabel
E.. born in 1881, was married in December,
1910. to Charles E. Bayles, a building con-
tractor of Vale, and they have a son, Charles
Clill'ord, born in November. 1911. Nora M.,
born in ISSj. was married in 1905 to Lewis
White and they reside near tlie old home
place in Siskiyou county, California, with
their son, Byron Freeman, born in July, 1912.
Mary A., born in November, 1891, is a grad-
uate of the San Jose State Normal School
and is a teacher in the public schools of Siski-
you county. California.

Cora Adeline Freeman was born in July.
IST,"!. and was married at Vale, Oregon, on the
7th of February, 1910, to John S. Edwards.
She is engaged in the millinery business,
conducting the leading millinery house in
Vale. She is a charter member of the East-
ern Star chapter here and is well known
in this city, where both Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
wards have an extensive circle of warm
friends. They are not only prominent
factors in the business circles of the city but
also in its social life.

JAMES HENRY PAUL was seventeen
years old wlien he left his native country
of Scotland and journeyed to America, set-
tling in Canada. One year later he made his
way to Oregon, finally locating in the eastern
part of the state. He was young and very
poor. His assets were his energy, his native
thrift, his industry and ability and they
have brought him today their natural reward.
He is one of the prominent and wealthy
ranchers of Harney county, an important
sheep breeder and wool grower, and has at-
tained splendid prosperity. He has lived in
Oregon since 1890 and is numbered among
the representative, substantial and valued
citizens of the state. Mr. Paul was born in
Kincardineshire. Scotland, October 20, 1872,
and is a son of William and Jessie (McPhail)
Paul, natives of that county. His father
was a blacksmith and farmer and remained
in Scotland until his death, which occurred
in 1907. His wife died two weeks later.

.James H. Paul received his education in
the common schools of Aberdeen, whither
his parents had removed when he was still
a child. He continued his studies until he
reached the age of fifteen and then assisted
his father in blacksmithing and farming
until 1889. When he was seventeen years
of ago he crossed the Atlantic, landing at

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

1025

Quebec. He remained in CanaJu fur one
year, working as a farm hand, and tlit-n nimc
to the western part of Amcriia, settling
in Portland, On-SDn. where he ■(•■cured >n>-
ployment on the Hazel Fern Farm, owneU
by \V. S. Ladd. Here he renniined for ii year
and then came to the eastern piirt ni the
state, locating in Malheur county, w ln-re fur
two years he worked a.-t a sheep li. rl.r. His
natural thrift and native cunniiie*-* -^von
brought him success, his ppwp.nty beint;
founded upon his industry and striit utten
tion to the interests of his employer. Dur-
ing the period of his service he ne-
a day's labor and although his «
but forty dollars per month he sa\.i n. i"-
years eight hundred dollars. When he re
signed his position with Mr. Ijidil he entered
the employ of Outhric & Cilison, sheep
ranchers, trailing herds from Harney county
to Sidney, Nebraska. For two years he con-
tinued this occupation, saving his money and
working industriously. When he returned
to Oregon in 1895 he had accumulated a
sufficient sum to purchase his present
ranch in Happy valley, near the Stein moun-
tains, lie boU!»ht one hiinilred and sixty
acres, homesteaded an adjoining one hundred
and sixty and now has his projierty in a high
state of' development and improvement. He
has planted grain, alfalfa, hay nnri also
garclen truck. A portion of his land he baa
under cultivation as orchard, all of his trees
bearing splendid fruit. At the time he pur-
chased his ranch he boiit;ht also his tir->t li.ind
of sheep, consisting of t"-"<^ ' •■•^ imnh. i
head. He met with rapi
of occupation and has

through the years. lie now runs eight lli"ii-
sand head of sheep and his wool crop is
heavier every year, as he specialises in th«t
breeding of " pure-blooded Delanos. Il4>.|.|cs
his sheep he has one hundred and llfty head
of horses and fifty head i.f high irr.ide cutle.
His property is well improvn,! ■" ' '■■•i' ^•■■^
tracts of one hundred and ■
equipped with line barns in
There is a resiileii.e upon on.
corrals for his ^iM.k. ami tine
tion being made easy as a creek t
his property. He has recently ,i
original hoMini.'-* nn^l now p' -
dred acres of die.|i-.| land. 1
wealthy and prominent mn i

Oregon, devoting his entire <

enterprise, in which he has '
cessful.

On December 25, 1909. Mr. Pnul wn*
united in marriage to Miss V
a native of Oermany. who
Virginia. She is a daughter
Horstman. who is a prominent

Harney county. ^•- • ' ^'-« J'au •■

daughter, Dorntlu-

In his political ^ Mr. Paul la a

consistent republican and h«» bren jUfti'T
of the peace and clerk of the school Uianl.
He is now serving as deputy state inspector
of sheep, in the employ of the I'niled .State's
agricultural department. He nev- -
evade his puhlic ..Miirntions an'l
and usefully interested in the i^i ■■■■.. -■

upbuilding of bis section of the atate. He
i« a memlwr of Iturns Lo<lKe, No. 97, K. &
A. M.. ami is well known in the alTaira
of that organization. He ia a fine e.xample
of a man who makes wise use of the oppor-
tunities which the new western country
offern to one who works with energy, ambi-
tion and determination. C'oinini; to Oregon
as a youth of seventeen, without money or
friends, he has by persistent elTort. cloae
application and his native ."scotch shrewd-
ness accumulateil a handsome fortune and
has made his activities elTective in many
• lis. being toilay numlM-red among the
ritalive, successful and valued citizens
■ .. ii.iney county.

WILSON E. BROCK, who is a member of
the Taylor Hardware Company of Pendle-
ton, was bom in Claston, ."September 21, 1808,
his parents being George and Eunice (Davis)
Brock. They were early pioneers of Ore-
gon and in their family were three children,
the subjrc^ of this sketch U-inK the young-
est. The others are: .lames W., of Gaston:
and Florence D., who is Mrs. H. I). Bryant, of
Gaston.

Wilson E. Hrock reo-ived his early educa-
tion in the public schools of Gaston and at
the age of fifteen he entered the Pacific Uni-
versity and later Tualitin Academy at Korent
Groie, being a stuitent there for two years.
.\t the age of seventeen he took up the drug
business ami was a clerk for two years in a
druir ston- at Forest (irove. Subs«-i|iiently he
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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

in Oregon and as a native resident has been
greatly interested in the general advance-
ment of the communities with which he has
been connected. He has been very success-
ful in both the drug business and the general
hardware business and is a well liked and
prosperous merchant.

WILLIAM THOMAS WRIGHT, known to
the pioneers of eastern Oregon as Tom
Wright, has lived in Union continuously
since 1SG5 and with the passing years his
activity and his usefulness have increased,
placing him among the most prominent and
valued residents of this part of the state.
He has at different times been connected
with merchandise and milling, and since 1883
has been continuously connected with the
First National Bank as cashier and president.

Mr. Wright was born in Mount Carmel,
Illinois, July 28, 1845, a son of George and
Naomi (Ulm) Wright, the former a na-
tive of Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, and
the latter of Ohio. The paternal grandfa-
ther, Thomas Wright, always remained a
resident of England and there passed away
when his son George was twelve years of
age. In the maternal line W. T. Wright
comes of German ancestry. His great-grand-
father was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Ger-
many, and came to America with the Hes-
sian soldiers who were hired by King George
III to do battle with the colonists in the
Revolutionary war. Learning much of con-
ditions which here existed he deserted the
English army and joined the American
forces, allying his interests forever after-
ward with the people of the new world. The
war over he settled in Pennsylvania, where
he remained until his death. His son, Ed-
ward Ulm, the grandfather of W. T. Wright,
removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio and la-
ter to Illinois, taking up his abode near
Mount Carmel. He there engaged in farm-
ing and also devoted part of his time to
preaching the gospel.

George Wright early became interested in
maritime affairs. His father was a ship-
builder, and when a young man the son
went to sea, spending a number of years on
the ocean, but in the meantime he estab-
lished his home on this side of the Atlantic,
and when he left the sea it was to engage
in sailing on the Great Lakes. Three times
he suffered shipwreck, once off the coast of
Newfoundland, again in the Bay of Biscay
and for the third time when sailing on the
lakes. In 1841 he wedded Naomi Ulm and
took up his abode near Mount Carmel, Illi-
nois, at which time he engaged in farming,
there remaining until the 1st of May, 1853,
when he started for the Pacific coast. The
journey was made by wagon across the
plains, and although the trip consumed six
months the party had no serious trouble be-
yond the usual hardships and privations of
such a journey. Mr. Wright and his family
arrived at Portland, Oregon, on the 1st of
November, 1852, finding there a little city
containing only about one thousand inhabi-
tants. For several years he was engaged in
business there but in 1861 went to Idaho,

where he spent a large part of the time in
the mines until the fall of 1864 when he
located permanently in Union, Oregon. Here
he was joined by his son William in 1865
and later by other members of the family
who came from Portland. There were three
sons of whom John T. died in 1905, while
Josiah, born in Portland, is still living in
Union. The father continued to make that
place his home until his death, which occurred
May 11, 1893. He had long survived his wife
who died in Union in 1875.

William T. Wright was a little lad of
about seven years when his parents crossed
the plains, in fact, the anniversary of his
birth occurred during the journey. His edu-
cation was acquired in the schools of Portland
and in 1865 he was giaduated from the old
Portland Academy. Immediately afterward
he joined his father in Union and with him
continued in merchandising and milling, the
business being carried on until 1883. He was
then elected county clerk and served for two
years. In 1883 he organized the National
Bank of Union, of which he became cashier,
continuing in that position until the death of
his father, who from 1884 to 1893 had been
president, to which office the son succeeded.
He has since remained at the head of this
institution, carrying the bank successfully
through the great financial panic of 1893 with-
out asking assistance and without the loss of
a dollar to a single individual. From the be-
ginning the bank has enjoyed a prosperous
career and shows a splendid annual report. A
general banking business is conducted and the
institution now has many depositors and
patrons.

So complex and important have been the
business interests of Mr. Wright that he has
had little time for public office even had he
had ambitions in that direction. However,
he has never neglected his duties of citizen-
ship, and when he felt it incumbent to serve
the public in an official capacity he has done
so without hesitancy. On one occasion he
was mayor of the city to which he gave a
practical, businesslike and progressive admin-
istration. He has also done effective service
on the school hoard, and the cause of educa-
tion has ever found in him a warm friend.
A lifelong republican, Mr. Wright cast his
first vote for General U. S. Grant for presi-
dent and has always been active in the party
councils in Oregon. He served continuously
for over a quarter of a century as a delegate
to the state conventions and twice was secre-
tary of the convention. Many of his fellow
citizens, recognizing his ability and patriot-
ism, urged him in 1906 to become a candidate
for congress, but be steadily refused, prefer-
ring that his public service be done as a pri-
vate citizen and not as an official. He gives
his aid and cooperation to every movement
which he deems of value to the community,
and his support of any measure is an influ-
encing factor in winning for it further sup-
port from his fellow townsmen.

On the 10th of February, 1870, Mr. Wright
was married to Miss Bell Mallory of Green-
wood, Steuben county. New York. She is a
daughter of Augoistus Mallory, a brother of
Rufus Mallory, a former member of congress

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1029

and Olio of Oregon's Icadinf; citizens now prne-
ticing law as a member of tlie lirm of Dolph,
Mallory, Gearin & Simon of Portland. Into
Mr. and Mrs. Wright Iiave been born eleven
children. Annie passed away at the age of
nine years. William T., Jr., who was educated
in L'nion, became cashier of the First Xa-
tionnl Bank when seventeen years of age,
being the youngest bank cashier in the Tnilcd
States, lie afterward spent a year in Denver
and in Salina. Kansas, and upon his return
received the appointment of state bank ex-
aminer from Governor Benson. When the new-
law of 1911 was passed he was made state
superintendent of banks, having been the au-
thor of the law which has now a most bene-
ficial influence on the banking system of Ore-
gon. Frances Wright, a graduate of Mills
College of Oakland, California, is now the
■wife of S. D. Townley, a professor of the
Stanford University of California, (ieorge,
the third of the family, died when but three
months old. Edith married W. T. I'hy and
has four children. Ina. now Mrs. Herbst, is a
graduate of the Ann Arlnir (Michigan) College
of Music and other musical schools of this
country. She went abroad for further study
in Germany, and for tliree years was a pupil
of Herr Mueller Kahnberg. For three years
she wiis the leading soprano of the Coburg-
Gotha Grand Opera Company, but is now (le-
voting her time to concert work and teaching.
She lives at Weimer, (iermany, and has two
children. Rufus Wright, the next in the fam-
ily, was educated in the schools cif Cnion and
in the Oregon University and is now^ engaged
in the hardware business in his native town.
Elmer, who supplemented his piiblio-schivol
course by study in Whitman College, the
University of Oregon and the Cniversity of
California, is a mining engineer and metalurg-
ist located in Portland. Charles W., after at-
tending the schools of Union, entered the First
National Bank, of which he is now cashier.
Irwin D. is assistant cashier of that institu-
tion. Lucille, the youngest, died when but
two years of age.

While Mr. Wright has made for himself a
prominent position in business circles, this
by no means embraces the extent of his ac-
tivities. He is recognized as one of the lead-
ing Masons of the state, having nlliliated with
thi craft since 1872. He passed through i»ll
the chairs of the local lodge and iM-cnirie o
member of the Grand I.o<lge of the »t»te in
1875. He then filb-.l all the oHice!. of that
organization, serving as grand master of Ore-
gon in 1893-4. He was also grand high i.riest
of the grand chapter in 1S991900. ami was
grand commander of the Grand Commandry
ff Knights Templar in '««>;. .,"\7"j^»""
one of the first members of the M K<wler
Temple of the Mystic Shrine of Portland, its
iiemWrship being tiftynine -h. .; -t now has
eighteen hundred members. In I nion, not to
know W. T. Wright is to argue ones so f iin-
k!!own, and thro'ughout the state he has a
very wi.le acquaintance In-cause of hm busi-
ness and fraternal activities. He '-■"P;';*'^
dent of the Oregon State Pioneer Assoomtion
in 190.5 • served as alternate commissioner to
the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893,
Vol. ni— 42

and as Oregon State Commissioner at the Al-
aska Yukon Exposition at .Seattle in 1909.
He was also a member of the committee ap-
pointed to present the silver service to the
tiattleship Oregon. Anyone meeting Mr.
Wright face to face would know at once that
be is an Individual emlxxlying all the elements
of what this country would term "A square
man"— one in whom to have confidence, a de-
pendable man in any relation and any em-
ergency. His <|iiii'tude in deportment, his
easy dignity, his frankness and cordiality of
aililress witli a total absence of anything sin-
ister or anything to conceal, foretoken a man
who is ready to meet any obligation of life
with the confidence and courage that come of
conscious personal ability, right conception of
things and an habitual regard for what is
best in the exercise of liiinian activities.
Someone has said that the quotation might
widl be applied to him "'And long he bore
without abuse the grand old name of gentle-
man."

A. M. ELAM has been a resident citizen
of Oregon for nearly fifty years. During all
this time he has been actively identified with
the agrieiiltural, political and business dc-
velopiiieiit of the state. He is one of the ex-
liiayor-" of Milton and was one of the incor-
porators of the bank in .Milton, which in-
stitution upon its reorganization, became the
First National Hank. He is a native of Ten-
nessee, his birth having oecurre<l in McXary
county, that state, .June 4, 1S40. He is a son
of .Anilrew anri Miss ((.Aiighlin) Elam, both
of whom were natives of Virginia, in which
state they Were married. .Some timi- after
their marriage Amirew Elam moveil with bis
family to Tennes«4'e where lie engaged in
tanning and where be remained during the
rest of his life. He died in that stati' in 1869.
which was many years after the demise of
his wife. .\. M. EJam had the misfortune of
losing his mother early in life, at a [lerio*!
when he was t""> young to retain any memory
of her parental love and care. He was reared
in his father's hf>me fti the interests of which
he gave his entire time iliiring the early
years of his iMiyhiHvl. Kdiientional advan-
tages were very meager at that lime and
bis knowledge of business mpth>H|s and other
intellertiial acquirements are the result of
in<livii|ual application and constant study.
He remoineil under the parental roof until he
«■«•« nineteen years of age and in IH.'i!) started
in the battle of life for himself. His first
venture on leoving home led him to seek his
fortune in western Texas, locating on the
Brazos river in that stole, where he engageal
in stork raising and rtmtiniied until the
spring of isii2. .\t that time the Civil war
was in progress and the call for men reach-
ing every quarter of the eminlry found Mr.
Elam on his farnfl Texas ronch rearly lo
drop his business atTair* and answer the rail
of his country. He enli«ted in lsH2, in the
Tenth Texas' Volunteer Infantry and re-
mained with that command during the fol-
lowing thre«> years and three month*. Ill
the spring of l*""! he obtained a furlough for
one month and returned to bis home on lb«

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Brazos river in Texas. During tlie period of
his absence from his company he was over-
talcen by an unexpected attaclv of siclcness
and upon application received an extension of
his furlough until such a time as his recovery
might make his return possible and safe.
Eventually he became well and started at
once to rejoin his regiment at the front. He
had not, however, completed his journey be-
fore meeting with his regiment on their re-
turn home. Peace had been declared; the
war was over; and the men were on their way
to their homes to take up again the burden
of life where it had been laid down in the
interest of a cause so near to their hearts.
Mr. Elam returned to his Texas home and
began anew in the struggle of life. Here he
remained for two years, and in 1867 came to
Oregon, crossing the plains with a mule team.
This long and difficult journey, full of hard-
ships, required six months to complete. On
reaching Oregon he made his first settlement
in Umatilla county and in the fall of 1868
removed to Portland in that state and there
engaged at once in the livery business and
continued to give his attention to that line
of work for the succeeding eight years. In
1876 he returned to eastern Oregon and lo-
cated on a ranch in Umatilla county, seven
miles southeast of Milton. Here he made a
specialty of raising horses and remained in
this occupation for three years. In the spring
of 1880 he left his ranch and established his
residence in Milton, Oregon. He continued,
however, to maintain his stock interests on
the ranch from which he had removed and in
addition entered into a partnership with
Nathan Pierce and John C. Long, and these
men built the Peacock Mills of Milton.

Mr. Elam for the following fourteen years
was prominently identified with the milling
business. In addition to his farm interests
and his connection with the Peacock Mills
he also became one of the incorporators of
the Bank of Milton, a financial institution
which has become one of the best known
and most successful banks in eastern Oregon.
For many years he has been a member of
the board of directors of this bank. He is
one of the largest land owners in Umatilla
county, having in his possession five hundred
acres of excellent farm land located near
Milton.

A. M. Elam was married on November 8.
1865. to Miss Martha Frazier, dauahter of
William and Rachel (Williams) Frazier. She
is a native of Hardin county. Tennessee. Her
parents, however, removed to Texas in the
early '50s. To Mr. and Mrs. Elam five chil-
dren have been born, two of whom are living:
Varnie, the wife of J. H. Piper, of Milton.
Oregon; and Bertha, who lives at home. Mr.
Elam from early manhood was a stanch and
loyal democrat.' In recent years, however,
he has been identified with the cause of
prohibition and has for many years been one
of the recognized leaders of that party in
eastern Oregon. At one time he was the
candidate of that party for the state legisla-
ture and failed of election by a narrow mar-
gin. His strong personality and his reputa-
tion throughout the county as a citizen of

unquestioned integrity and loyalty to the in-
terests of the people almost overcame the
large majorities of the old line dominant
parties of Oregon. He is a member of the
Milton Commercial Club, also a member of
Milton Lodge, No. 96, A. F. & A. M. Mr.
Elam and his daughter Bertha are members
of the Order of the Eastern Star and for many
years he and his family have been members
of the Christian church of Milton. He has
served for a number of years as one of the
trustees of that communion.

A. M. Elam is in every resjiect one of the
representative and valued citizens of Uma-
tilla county. He has the distinction of hav-
ing been elected the first mayor of Milton.
In that office he successfully guarded the
interests of the public in such a way as to
lay permanently the foundations for the civic
life of a new western city which has come to
be one of the important business centers of
eastern Oregon. For the past ten years he
has been living a retired life and is fully
entitled to this well earned rest and also to
the gratitude of his fellow citizens among
whom he has lived a life of exemplary useful-
ness for so many years.

RANSOM BEERS. In the spring of 1853
a. young man, twenty-two years old, left
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and journeyed west-
ward to the Pacific coast. He drove ox teams,
working for his passage, traveling through
the wildernesses, hampered by difllcullies, but
constantly hopeful and finally safely reached
the mining camps of Hangtown, now Placer-
ville, California. He pushed northward to
Oregon in 1864, a fine type of a western pio-
neer. For forty-eight years he has lived. on
Willow creek in the Mormon basin, mining,
merchandising, farming and stock-raising,
spending an active, useful and upright life
among his friends. He has imbibed the spirit
of the west, the energy, the ruggedness and
the honesty. He has been prominent in poli-
tics, active in fraternal circles and widely
known in representative business enterprises.
He has seen the section in which he lives
grow and develop, has aided in the progress
and been active in promoting it until now
when he is eighty-one years old there is no
more valued, honored and widely beloved
citizen in his section.

Ransom Beers was born near Columbus,
Ohio, on March 27, 1831, and is a son of Con-
rad and Jemima (Zin) Beers the former a
native of Pennsylvania of German stock and
the latter of Ohio of Welsh descent. Mr.
Beers is a representative of a very old Ameri-
can family. It was founded in the United
States by his paternal grandfather who came
from Germany with his wife in colonial times,
lie served as a soldier in the Continental
army in the Revolutionary war. He was
among the earliest Ohio pioneers, moving to
that state in 1802 and settling in what is
now called Xorth Columbus. Here he built
a flour and sawmill and operated this suc-
cessfiilly for a number of years. He erected
a fine residence in Columbus on the hill just
above his mill and moved into it in 1805.
The house is still in existence and is owned

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1031

by the nephew of the subject of this review,
James Spencer. The grandfather died on the
17th of May, 1S51, having reached the re-
markable age of one hundred and two years.
He had long survived his wife and both are
buried in the Union cemetery of North Col-
umbus, Ohio.

Conrad Beers, the father of our subject, was
the second of the name in America. He serveil
in the War of 1812. He and his wife had
seven children. The oldest was Moses Beers,
who married in Columbus. Ohio, Miss .lane
Long. He and his wife have passed away.

Keiiben Beers moved wlien he was a young
man to Iowa, where he married. He and his
wife are also dead. The third son. Elijah
Beers, also establislied his residence in Iowa
and was there married to Miss Mary Ann
Long. They had seven children. Their eldest
son, E. T. Beers, served for several years
during the Civil war and has been for a long
time commander of the .Joe Hooker Post. 0.
A. R., of Baker, Oregon, wliere he is engaged
in the contracting and building business. A
brother of E. T. Beers. Krank Beers, is mar-
ried and has several children. He lives ii>
Nebra.ska where he is engaged in the hard-
ware business. E. T. Beers, has three sons
and three daughters, of whom Cliarles is th'e
eldest son ; Harry makes his home in Baker,
Oregon; William is a newspaper man in Utah:
two rlaughters live in Caldwell, Idaho; and
there is another daughter. The fourth Hon
born to Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Beers was Ran-
som, the subject of this sketch. Catherine
married Alfred Spencer, who has passed away.
She now lives in Columbus, Ohio, which has
been her home since her birth. She has seven
children, all of whom are still living. Eliza-
beth married Mr. Lyndes and lives near
Cleveland. Ohio. They had five children, four
of whom are now living. The youngest of
these. Lola Follie. is a widow with one ^on.
She lives with the subject of this sketch, near
Mallieiir, Oregon. Her three sisters live in C'ol-
uniliiis, Ohio. Amanda was the youngest child
born to Mr. and Mrs. Conrail Beers. She mar-
ried .Aaron Keller, by whom she had three
daughters. She and her liuslinnd have both
passed away.

Riuisom Beers was educated in the public
schools of Clinton township. Franklin county.
Ohio. He grew up upon a farm and until IS.'i2
assisted in the duties connected with il«
operation. In that year he stnrteil for the
west, going first to Mount Pleasant. Iowa,
where he spent one year with his brothers.
Reuben and Elijah, the former a lawyer and
district attorney and the latter a general
farmer. Here Ransom Beers worked upon his
uncle's farm for one winter and then follow-
ing the latter's nilvice journeyed to California.
He worked his passace aeross the idains. driv-
ing a four yoke team of oxen. The party of
which he was a member left Mount Pleasant
in the spring of IS.i.T and arrived in Hnng-
town. California, on the 7th of September.
1853. among the early pioneers. There he
joined an uncle who was interested in several
mining claims in the vicinity and who gave
his nephew a position in one of his mines.
Ransom Beers arrived in California on Sat-

urday and on the following Monday was hard
at work in the mines in the vicinity of Hang-
town. For eleven years he followed this
occupation becoming eventually very success-
ful. In the spring of 1804 he started for the
Boise basin mines but upon reaching Umatilla
Landing on the Columbia river in March of
the same year he met so many people re-
turning unsuccessful from this vicinity that
he abandoned his projict. At Umatilla Land-
ing he met L. W. Cetchell, who had several
mining claims in Mormon Basin. Baker coun-
ty, Oregon, of which he gave glowing accounts.
Mr. Beers accompanied his friend to Durkee,
Oregon, but which was then called Express
Ranch. The journey was made in the saddle
train belonging to Bob Stnnlield for whom
the town of Stnnfield on the Oregon-Wash-
ington Railroad & Navigation Company's
line was named. They paiil for their passage
twenty- four dollars and had then tlie privi-
lege of riding a cayuse horse wortli about
fifteen dollars from Umatilla Landing to
Express Ranch. Here Mr. Cetchell purchased
a horse of his own. When the partners
reached the Mormon hasin Mr. Beers at once
rccognize<l that the mines were rich and the
camp convenient although there was very
little water. The country was rich in gold
lUist and the mining was all placer mining.
Our subject was immediately offered a posi-
tion to work at fnur ilollars a day or to re-
ceive regular wages of five dollars. He chose
the four dollars a day and had soon
afterward oilvanced to five ami later re-
ceived six ilollars a day, working for the
Colt brothers. He, however, spent only a
short time as an employe for as soon as he
was able to buy suitable claims he did bo.
His first purchase was located on filengarry
Flat and the claim was acquired by Mr.
Beers for three thousand dollars. He em-
ployer! two old-lime California miners ami in
twenty-one days anil u half they had taken
from the land enough gold to pay for the pur-
chase money and all the wages duo for the
entire time.

This was Mr, Beers' first venture in in-
dependent mining and it was very successful.
Since that time he has spi'nt forty-eight
years in the Mormon basin engaged in various
representative enterprises. He has mined, has
operated a general nienhnmli^e store and is
now one of the prominent farmers and stoek-
raisers on Willow creek. He owns two hun-
dred and forty acres of highly improved hinil
planted in hay. The properly is worth at the
present time one hundred dnllnrs per acre and
its price is rapidly mlvnnrine Mr. Beers runs
yearly about four hundred head of enttle and
counts upon selling for Iwef from eighty to
line hundred head. Me has tried two or three
dilTerent breeds but in the course of years
has found that Hereford* give the best satis-
fait ion as a beef producer, fattening easily
and beinjj among the h<<st njstlers on the
ranch.

Our subject has been prominent in demo-
cratic politics nil during the period of his
re«iilenee in Oregon. He has always n'malned
with his party and for many years served as
delegate to the state and other conventions.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

He was elected in June, 1867, to tlie Oregon
legislature and served one term with ability
and efficiency. During his service the ques-
tion of making a land grant to Ben HoUiday
for railroad purposes came up and was
passed in Mr. Holliday's favor. Mr. Beers
was also called upon to vote upon the ques-
tion as to what company was to have a land
grant from The Dalles to the Boise Military
road. The resolution was passed upon by
the legislature but the companies had pre-
viously settled the question themselves.

In fraternal circles Mr. Beers is also widely
and favorably known. He is the only living
charter member of Baker Lodge No. 3.5, In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows and has
.served in that organization up to and in the
chair. He has now a badge from the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows which was presented to
him after twenty-five years continuous ser-
vice in the chair.

The most forceful years of Mr. Beers' life
have been passed in Mormon basin and on
his Willow creek farm. During this time he
has won success for himself and has aided
thousands of less fortunate fellow citizens,
"staking" men in the mines and on the rail-
roads, spending in this charitable way thou-
sands of dollars. He is now in the eighty-
first year of his age, still active, energetic
and intelligently public-spirited, loyal to the
state where he has lived so many year.s and
ready to cooperate in the promotion of its
growth. He has gained wealth, honestly
earned by earnest labor, and can look forward
without fear to the time when he shall lay
down his burdens and pass over the great
divide.

J. T. KING, who passed away on May 5.
1912, was the owner of one hundred and
thirty-five acres of well cultivated land six
miles east of Salem. He was born in St.
Francis county, Arkansas, on the 13th of
September, 1836. His parents were William
and Mary (Marshall) King, both of whom
were natives of North Carolina, where the
father was born in 179fi. William King fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits throughout the
greater part of his active career. lie served
in the War of 1813 under General Jackson
and took part in the battle of New Orleans
in 181.5. After his enlistment as a volunteer
in Montgomery county, Tennessee, he served
continuously until the close of the war. After
he was mustered out he settled in Arkansas,
and in that state spent the remainder of his
life. His death occurred in 1850 and his wifo
had passed away five years previous. To
them five children were born: J. W., whose
death occurred in Grant county, Oregon; F.
J., deceased, who was a resident of Washing-
ton; George W., deceased, who passed away
in the house where his twin brother, J. T.,
lived until his demise; J. T., deceased, the
subject of this sketch; and Mary Jane, de-
ceased, who was the wife of L. M. Barnett
of Portland.

J. T. King received his education in Arkan-
sas, but after his father's death when he was
but fourteen years of age, he removed to the
home of his elder brother and resided there

until he reached maturity. During this time
he gave his whole attention and energy to
assisting his brother in his daily duties on
the farm, and there gained his first experi-
ence in agricultural pursuits. At the age of
eighteen years he accepted employment on
the Mississippi river and was engaged in
rafting until the winter of 1858 when he went
down to New Orleans and there met a steamer
whicli had just arrived from California.
Meeting several of the crew and passengers
and entering into conversation with them, he
was finally induced to return with them to
California and seek his fortune in the mining
districts of that state. He started west on
the 9th of April, 1859, and on the 13th of
September, reached Honey Lake Valley, Cali-
fornia. Almost immediately he continued his
trip to Humboldt county and spent the win-
ter in that region. In the spring of the fol-
lowing year he went to the gold mines in
Siskiyou county and for three years remained
there before coming to Canyon City, Ore-
gon. Although his mining operations in Cali-
fornia had not been very successful he was
again lured to the gold fields, this time set-
ting out for the Canyon creek mines where
he hoped fortune would be kinder to him.
Again he was rather disappointed, and in
1865 he came to Marion county and purchased
one hundred and thirty-five acres of land six
miles east of Salem where he resided until
his death. This property is situated on the
south end of Howell Prairie, and is now one
of the best improved and most conveniently
equipped farms in that section. For forty-
five years he kept this property intact, and
during that time gave his whole time and
attention to its cultivation and improvement.
Its neat appearance and highly developed
state today are due to his industry and
perseverance and speak admirably for his in-
dustrial ability.

Mr. King was married, in 1868, to Miss
Amanda Sappingfield. whose birth occurred
in Oregon and who is a daughter of John and
Mary (Hagy) Sappingfield. who came to this
county in 1847 and took up a donation land
claim. To Mr. and Mrs. King eleven children
were born, namely: Arthur, who has a highly
productive fruit farm in Grant county, Ore-
gon; Minnie, who is married to P. J. Humphry,
of Marion county; Emma, residing at home;
John J., engaged in mining operations in
Butte, Montana ;•> Charles W., a merchant of
Wheeler county, Oregon; Albert, who is en-
gaged in the mercantile business at Mitchell,
Oregon; .Jay I., a resident of Butte, Montana;
Harley G., who has charge of the home farm;
Flora, who is the wife of .1. H. McCort of
Albany, Oregon; Chester, who died at the age
of six years; and Mary Augusta, whose death
occurred in infancy.

In politics Mr. King gave his support to
the democratic part.v, and although he was
an enthusiastic advocate of the principles and
])olicies of democracy he has never sought
or desired the honors or emoluments of office.
He was a regular attendant of the Christian
church of Salem, of which his widow is now a
member. Mr. King's success in life was due
to his own efforts and may serve as a good

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1035

example of what can be accomplished where
industry, labor intelligently directed and per-
severance are exerted in this rich a^rricultural
county. His death, which took pluie on May
5, 1912, thrust not only his family into the
deepest mourning but was i;rcatl.v rej,TcttP<l
by his many friends and in him Marion county
lost one of its worthy pioneers and a citizen
of sterling qualities.

DR. MARION F. SHAW, who stemU as one
of the prominent representatives of the medi-
cal profession in Hood Kiver, was born in
Noble county. Indiana, on Au<;uMt 2f.. 1S59,
his parents being Thomas and .Susan (Stump)
Shaw, both of whom were natives of New
York state. Their marriage <niiirrcd in Ohio
where tliey hail removed with tlifir parents
at an early date. Soon after tln-ir marriage
they removed to Indiana, locating in Noble
county, where they spent the remainder of
their lives, the father's death CK'curring in
1902 when he was sixty-nine years of age,
the mother having passed away when she
was twenty-seven years of age. .■\fter her
death the father was again married, his m-c-
ond union being to Miss Karhael tJrissami'r. a
native of Noble couiity. wlii> ilieil in ISHO.
Thomas Shaw was a member of the liaptist
church and Mrs. Shaw was aOiliated with
the Dunkard faith. In polities he was a re-
publican but never sought cilice as a reward
for party fealty.

In the public schools near his home Dr.
Shaw pursued his early education after which
he entered the Fort Wayne College and took
a three years' course, graduating in the class
of 1875* with the degree of It. A. Subs<--
quently he taught school for thri'e years, this
occupation ottering the best chance for earn-
ing money. After having acpiin-d snilicient
capital to warrant his making the start. In'
entered the medical college. In 1S7U he took
up the reading of medicine un<ler Dr. K. W.
Knepper of IJgonier. Imliana. uniler whose
preceptorship he remained three years, thu«
when he entereil I{<lleviie Hospital Medical
College in I«S2 he had a good wnrking basis
upon which to start. He was graduated from
that institution in the class of iswj. follow-
ing which he located in .\ngola. Indiana,
where he practice.! until 1H91 in which yviir
he came to Oregon, .\fter arriving in thii>
state he settled first in Knterpri«4- but aft^r
remaining there for three years came to
Hood Kiver where, with the exeepti.m of one
year spent in .Xshland. ftregon. he has since
been in active practice. He keeps in touch
with the onward march of the profetmorn
through his membership in fb. I"a-'"-n "'•'•
gon District Medical Society. '
Medical Society and the .\ >
Society. He is at pre-ent .nj.;. .i.; „u- yi
the largest and most suc-fnl pni.lic.-^ in
Hoo<l River.

In IHHfi Dr. Shaw was married to Mi««
Lizzie L. Woo.1, a daughter •■• '" U„)„,r,*.,
Wood of .-Vngola. Indianii. M
occurred on the 9th of K'-br
Shaw has l>e<'n county health otbrer .in.^-
1908 and is at present serving r« ■ member
of the city council. He holds raembemhip in

The Dalles Lodge, No. 303, U. 1>. U. E., the
Hood Kiver Commercial Club and the I'ni-
versit.v Club of Hood Kiver whose meml)er-
sliip numU-r is about one hundred and thirty.
Since residing in Oregon he has become inter-
ested ill the agricultural possibilities of Hood
Kiver and at the present time owns an orchard
of twelve acres which is situated two miles
south of town. His attention is principally
given to his professional duties which arc
onerous and important, an*l his ability and
close adherence to a high standard of pro-
fessional ethics have gained for him Uie un-
qualified regard of all,

JOHN SHAW is the president of the North
row.ler .Milling & Mercantile Company,
manager of the Farmers Cnion Wareliouw;
and owns a line body of thirteen hundred
acres of land, six hunilred and forty-one acres
being under irrigation. He is engaged in
raising thoroughbreil IVrcheron horses and
Durham cattle on his farm, upon which he
resideil until 1911, when hi' removeil to North
Powder and is now devoting his time to look-
ing after his varied interests. He was born
in lllasgow. Scotlanil. .March •>, IH.IH, the son
of William and Hannah I Frew i Shaw, both
natives of that country. The parents emi-
grated to the new world in 1><70, leaving
(Jlasgow on .Mine IS. They came immediately
following their arrival in this country to the
Cramle Konde valley, where the father had
two brothers. Kolx-rt and Thomas .Shaw, and
to<ik up a homestead on the Iji Hrande roail.
six and one half miles northwest of North
Powder. He resided upon that farm for
many years but H|M>nt his last ilays in Haker
City, "lying in IH9N, at the age of iiixty-
eigiit years. In his family were four sona
and two ilanghters, .lohn Shaw, the subject
of this review, being the eblest.

.lohn Shaw |>as«p<| his iMtyhood in <ilasgow
anil in the tlrande Konde valley, Oregon, re-
ceiving a good common -m-hiKil education. He
remained under the parental riM>f until he
attained the ai.-. •' • ■• • nty (our years and
then started in ' ri bis own ai-iMiunt,

taking up >• )i' II the vicinity and

afterward ; ■ other land until he now

owns thirl- ■ d acres in all. He ha*

two hundred •<■ ri's in timlH>r and Ix-sidp six
(itindreil mimI fnrtv-onn acres iiniliT irrigation,
li Id-sides

'4ta, Iwr-
1 ■ '-r, he

, nnd

r . Iiam

irm until
;. and re-
'ler, where he has oinrp
■ f of the \nrth Powder
.Milling A ■• and devolM

a p»rtton < i«ine«,s. He i*

: till' F-itniir* I'nion Ware-
on th<> line nf the Or^nn
i4 A .NA^igation I'nmpany. with dimen-

..f one hundred br two hundred feet.

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Mr. Shaw was married in 1884 to Miss
Mary Nicholson, a daughter of William Nich-
olson, and to this union one child was born:
Lelah, now residing in Astoria. On the first
day of January, 1901, Mr. Shaw was again
married, the lady of his choice this time be-
ing Miss Lida F. Fugit of Indiana and to
this union were born two children: Ruth and
Alexander. Fraternally Mr. Shaw belongs to
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
in 1913 will obtain the veteran jewel pre-
sented by that order to all its members who
have spent twenty-five consecutive years in
good standing. He is also a member of the
Farmers Union, being president of the local
organization and a member of the county
organization. He resides in a fine modern
residence in North Powder and has an exten-
sive acquaintance. He has been a very suc-
cessful man, conservative in all his business
dealings and is one of the substantial citi-
zens of eastern Oregon.

FREDERICK L. MACE is one of the many
sturdy and forceful pioneers of Oregon and
has witnessed the remarkable growth and
development which the state has made in
the last quarter of a century, has been iden-
tified with representative industries and has
borne his part in the gradual upbuilding.
He was the first man to raise grain in Har-
ney county, thus opening up an important
source of wealth to the country. He is
today one of the important stock-breeders
and feeders in this section, owning one
thousand acres on section 20, township 33,
range 31, upon which he raises high-grade
cattle. Mr. Mace has lived his entire life
in the western part of America. He was born
at Dewitt Ferry, Siskiyou county, Califor-
nia, on April 13, 1855, and is a son of George
W. and Samantha P. (Henderson) Mace. His
father was born in Maine in 1828 and is a
descendant of old New England stock. He
followed the carpenter's trade in his native
state until 1846, when he came west, locating
in the Sacramento valley when he was eight-
een years of age. He was engaged in the mer-
cantile business for a number of years and
afterward followed mining on Cache creek.
Later, however, he left California and went
to The Dalles, settling on Nine Mile creek,
where he carried on general farming for
three years. At the end of that time he
moved to Jackson county, where he took
up a donation claim, which he operated and
improved for some time. Then, in associa-
tion with a partner, he returned to Califor-
nia and built the Dewitt Ferry in Siskiyou
county, which he conducted with much suc-
cess for a number of years, returning to his
donation claim in Jackson county eventually.
In 1865 he enlisted in Company I, First
Oregon Volunteer Infantry, and served until
the end of the war. After his discharge he
returned to Oregon and farmed upon his
property until 1884, when he disposed of his
donation claim and has since made his home
with his son. His wife was a native of
Illinois. She died in Oregon in 1900, at the
age of seventy-one.

Frederick L. Mace attended the public
schools of Jackson county and completed his

studies in the Ashland Academy, where he
spent two years. He fitted himself for
teaching and spent his summers engaged in
this occupation. He was also assistant post-
master at Jacksonville, under President
Grant's administration and fulfilled his duties
ably and efficiently, although he was only
fifteen years of age. When he left Jackson
county he followed placer mining in Jose-
phine county for two seasons and then
worked in the Sterling mine for one season.
He saved his money and had accumulated a
comfortable sum at the time he abandoned
mining. He then formed a partnership with
John Hanley, invested his money in stock
and began his operations in the cattle busi-
ness. On June 20, 1880, accompanied by
William Hanley, he went to eastern Oregon,
driving a herd of cattle. He arrived in Har
ney county on July 4 of the same year and
entered the employ of Todhunter & Devine.
who w^ere important stock-raisers of that dis-
trict. He sold the animals which he owned
to his partner and for a short time gave
up independent operations. He taught in the
fall in the local public schools and alternated
his occupations in this manner until the 4th
of May, 1884. Some time afterward, about
July of the same year, he took a two year
contract to carry mail from Burns to Lake-
view in Lake county, a distance of one
hundred and seventy-five miles. His route
was over an unbroken trail through the sage-
brush and it was necessary for Mr. Jlace
to cut his own pathway, build his cabins for
shelter at night, shoe his own horses and
pack his grain. He carried on this line of
occupation successfully for two years, en-
countering many hardships and even perils
and becoming intimately acquainted with the
Oregon country. In the meantime, however,
he had taken up a preemption claim, proved
his title and received a quit-claim deed from
the_ government. Upon the expiration of his
mail contract he began operations upon this
land and soon had it highly improved and
developed. He planted his acres in grain,
which was the first raised in Harney county,
wliich was then called Grant county. He
lias added to his holdings from time to time
until he now owns one thousand acres of
land. Three hvindred and twentv of these
he has under cultivation and has left the re-
mainder in its uncultivated state, as it fur-
nishes fine hay for his cattle. It was about
the year 1888 when Mr. Mace started in rais-
ing hia first cattle. In this, however, he
was unsuccessful and he abandoned it in
favor of breeding and raising sheep. Later
he extended his activities along this line to
include buying and selling, trailing his ani-
mals from Oregon to Wyoming, where he
sold them in the markets of that state. In
recent years he has given up sheep-raising
and is now known as a successful beef feeder.
He buys three and four year old steers in
the fall, fattens them during the winter
and then ships them to the Portland markets.
This feature of his business occupies most
of his time and attention and is an important
source of income to him.

In 1883 Mr. Mace was united in marriage
to Miss Adeline Isabel Parker, a native of

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California, her parents being pioneers in tliiil
state and in eastern Oregon. Mr. and Mrs.
Mace became the parents of four children:
Myrtle I., who is deceased; Clarence, a
rancher of Harney county, who married Miss
Amanda Fine, by whom he has two children;
Hazel L., who is now attending the public
schools of Burns; and Muriel U., who is at
home.

In politics Mr. Mace gives his allegiance
to tlie republican party on national issues
but reserves his independence of judgment
in local affairs. He is intelligently interested
in the welfare of the community hut has
never sought public office. He was a pioneer
in Oregon and is a splendid example of the
self-made man. He combines in his character
all that is forceful, independent and ener-
getic in the meaning of the words and has
built up a successful career by seizing favor-
able opportunities and by making his hard
work effective by intelligent direction. His
success has been due entirel}' to his own
efforts and he has made his name honored
and respected as a representative citizen of a
community to which he came in pioneer times
without money or friends.

ALFRED J. SMITH. The able manage-
ment of Alfred J. Smith, treasurer of the J.
E. Smith Live-stock Company, of Pilot Rock,
Umatilla county, Oregon, is largely respons-
ible for the high character of the marketable
product — Merino sheep — raised on the forty-
three thousand acre ranch, as he is the fore-
man and overseer of the work done there.
Mr. Smith was born in Umatilla county,
September 15, 1876, a son of J. E. Smith,
whose name the big ranch hears. He was
reared in Umatilla county and there attended
the public schools. From the time when he
was a baby he was trained to the sheep-rais-
ing business, with which he is now prominent-
ly identified. More sheep are raised by the
Smiths than by any other firm or individual
in Oregon and they make a specialty of the
Merino breed the product of the farm being
always of the very highest quality. Alfred
J. Smith gives his entire attention to over-
looking the stock and seeing after the work
on the farm and his ability is »o markerl that
the business has been extremely successful.
He was one of the organizers of the Inde-
pendent Telephone Company of Pilot Rock
and is at present in addition to looking after
the interests of his ranch, serving as presi-
dent of that company.

On Xovember 15. 1899, Alfred J. Smith was
united in marriage to Miss Lily R. Picrsol, a
daughter of Sylvester S. Piersol, a well known
ranchman of Athena, Umatilla county. In
his political views Mr. Smith is republican,
and fraternally he hold« membership in Pen-
dleton Lodge. No. 23S, B. P. O. E.; Alta Lodge.
No. 165. I. O. 0. F. of Pilot Rock; and the
auxiliary lodges, the Encampment and the
Patriarchs Militant, of Pendleton. He ii one
of the well known and popular men of tlma-
tilla county and is highly respected. Al-
though still a young man he ha« long ex-
hibited marked exerutive ability in the han-
dling of hio business affairs and his success

ill tlic Miunageiiieiil of employes an<l his care-
ful supervision of the many details of the
great business which he is conduct ing indi-
cates his fitness for the work in which he is
engaged.

H. S. MURRAY is one of the progressive
young business men of eastern Oregon. At
present he is holding the responsible |)osition
of general business manager of the Eagle
Flouring Mills of Treewater. in UmaliUn coun-
ty. He was born in Tennessee, September
9, 1SS5. and is a son of Shelley T. and Mar-
tha (Maden) Murray. His parents are both
natives of Tennessee and were married in
their native state. The father of Mr. Mur-
ray has been an enthusiastic member of the
republican party during all his years but has
never had any aspirations for political pref-
erment. He and his wife are members of
the Methodist Episcopal church and have
their residence in Washington county. Ten-
nessee, where the father is engaged in farm-
ing.

H. S. Murray was reared at home, acquiring
his early education in the public schools of
Washington county, Tennessee. After hav-
ing completed his elementary studies he be-
came a student at the Iowa State University
of Iowa City. Iowa. After completing his uni-
versity course he further adiled to his edu-
cational store by study in the Minneapolis
Business College of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
being graduated from this institution with
the class of 1903 upon the completion of the
prescribed course. Immediately after his
graduation he removed to the west, locating
in the state of Washington, and was there
employed in the general freight and passenger
offices" of the Washington & Columbiii River
Railway Company. He remained with Ibis
company for a perioil of one year only and
at the expiration of that time he accepted
the assistant eashiership in the .1. L. Elaine
bank at Walla Walla. This position he main-
taineil for one am! one-half years, after which
he severed his connection with this hanking
house and removed to Kreewater to assume
the management of the Eagle Mills, in which
capacity he has since served.

Mr. Murray wa« married, November 11.
1W9. to Miss Crace Steen. a native of I'ma-
tilla county, but at the time of her marriasro
a ri'sident "of Walla Walla, Wnshiniflon. To
Mr. and Mrs. Murray one child hn» Iw-en born,
Mildred Steen. Mr. Murray is in politics a
republican and at present is one of the mem-
bers of the city council of Freewafer. He i«
affiliated with the Freewater Lodge. No. 202.
Independent Oriler of odd Fellows, and i»
also a member of the Freewater rommercial
Club. He is a member of the Methodi«t Epis-
copal church and Mrs. Murray i« a niemlxr
of the Christian church of this city.

Mr. Murray enjoys the reputation of b«>ing
numbered airiong "the young and siiccrssflil
business men of Umatilla county. Sine
starting in business for himself hi« efforts
have met with most iinusiial •iiccess and.

■•' 'andine his rapid n' - husi-

-s. he has l>T no me.i ■I the

, .,.,tie« of life. His po!.- iiions

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been recognized by his fellow citizens and by
them he has been honored with a seat in their
city common council. In every respect Mr.
Murray is a representative of all that is best
in the development of the business, social and
religious life of his county and state.

J. J. ENDICOTT has now retired from ac-
tive agricultural life and is living in Myrtle
Point, Oregon, where he occupies a prominent
and well deserved position among his fellow
citizens. He has justly earned the respect
he enjoys by identifying himself with pro-
gressive movements along agricultural lines in
Coos county. He is a native of Kentucky in
which state his birth occurred July 30, 1S26.
His parents, James H. and Jane Endieott were
also natives of that state where they main-
tained their residence until 1S2S. In that
year they moved to Indiana where the father
followed farming witli much success until
his death at the age of eighty-seven years.
Mr. Endicott's mother is also deceased," hav-
ing passed her ninetieth year before her death.
James H. and Jane Endieott were the parents
of ten children, five of whom are still living:
William, who resides in Indiana and is now
in the eighty-eighth year of his age; J. J.,
the subject of this review, Nancy J. Smith,
who resides in Indiana; Sarah, the wife of
David Smith, who is a resident of the same
state; and Aaron, who is operating his father's
old Indiana homestead. Those deceased are:
Moses, who passed away in the eighty-ninth
year of his age; Maria, who died when she
was ninety years old; Abraham, who passed
away at the age of thirty years; Samuel,
who served with great distinction in the
Mexican war and wlio died when he was re-
turning home; and one child who passed
away in infancy.

J. J. Endieott was educated in the public
schools of Indiana and pursued his studies
until 1847. In that year he began the active
life which was to be such a constructive and
developing force in the progress of the state
of Oregon. He married and took up farming
in Indiana where he resided for almost ten
years. He then followed agricultural pur-
suits in Illinois for two years and at the end
of that time he moved to Missouri where he
bought a farm and engaged in its operation.
With the exception of his military service
in the Federal army during the Civil war Mr.
Endieott maintained a continuous residence
in the state of Missouri and was actively en-
gaged in agriculture for thirty-five years and
gained during that time a thorough knowl-
edge of the details of farming which was a
valuable asset to him all during his life. In
1861 he enlisted in Company G, First Mis-
souri Volunteer Cavalry, and served for three
years and six months in the Federal army.
He was in the thick of the conflict and was
present at most of the important engagements
of the war. He had three horses killed under
him but was himself fortunate enough to
escape being wounded. He was injured, how-
ever, by a fall from his horse. The animal
became frightened by the din of battle and
grew uncontrollable. Mr. Endieott was seri-

ously disabled by this accident but did not
allow it to interrupt his military service.
He received his honorable discharge at the
end of the war and returned immediately to
]\lissouri where he resumed his occupation of
farming. He was one of the representative
and prosperous agriculturists of this state
for tliirty-five years and when he removed
from his farm in Missouri at the time of
Cleveland's second election that section of
the country lost a valued and prominent citi-
zen. In 1896 Mr. Endieott determined to sell
out his holdings in Missouri and try his agri-
cultural fortune in the newly derveloping
state of Oregon. He settled in Myrtle Point,
Coos county, in that year but soon after-
ward bought land on the Middle fork of the
Coquille river. The period of residence which
he began in Oregon in that year has con-
tinued since that time and has been produc-
tive of good results in a financial way to Mr.
Endieott and has given to Coos county a re-
spected and honored citizen. He continued
his active agricultural life on his farm near
the Coquille river and gained such a degree
of success in this line of activity that he was
enabled to retire in 1008. He removed to the
to\vn of Myrtle Point and has since made his
residence in the beautiful and commodious
home which he owns. He sold his holdings
on the Coquille river but still retains the
ownership of agricultural land just outside
the city limits of Myrtle Point.

Mr. Endieott has been twice married. In
1847 he wedded Miss Cassa A. Mikels, a
native of Ireland and a daughter of Thomas
H. and Deborali Mikels. Her parents were
residents of Indiana for a number of years
and the father followed farming in that state
until his death, at the age of eighty-three
years. His wife passed away in the eighty-
eighth year of her age. Mrs. Endieott was
one of seven children born to her parents:
Joel W., who now resides in Indiana; Mrs.
Nancy Sparks, who makes her home in Iowa;
Mrs. Clara Godman and Solomon, both of
whom reside in Indiana; and a son and
daughter who are also residents of that state;
and Cassa, the first wife of our subject. Mrs.
Cassa Endieott died on .January 26, 1905. She
was the mother of fourteen children: S. S.,
born in 1848, who is a resident of Myrtle
Point, Oregon; R. P.. whose birth occurred in
IS'iO and who lives in Eugene, Oregon; James
T., born in 1852. who maintains his home in
Davis county, Missouri; Nancy, born in 1854,
tile deceased wife of William T. Leheherr;
Jolni C., born in 1856. who has passed away;
W. W., whose birth occurred in 1858, and
who is a resident of Myrtle Point; Moses,
born in 1860, who also resides in Myrtle
Point : J. M., whose birth occurred in 1861
and wlio lives in Roseburg. Oregon; Jacob
JI.. l>oiii in 1864 and also a resident of Rose-
burg; Clara E., whose birth occurred in 1866
and wlio married Martin Scott of Davis
county, Missouri; Emily D., born in 1868,
who is tlie wife of Albert Miller of Myrtle
Point; Laura A., who was born in 1870 and
who married George Johnson of Washington;
Walter, wliose birth occurred in 1872, and who
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birth occurred in 1S74, and who married Mr.
Hampton of Missouri.

Mr. Endicott's second niarrinf;e occurred in
1907 when he wedded Mrs. Fannie Warner,
the widow of C. M. Warner, by whom she
had eleven children, ten of whom arc still
living: Margaret E.. the wife of Jacob Strong
of Myrtle Point, Oregon; Sheldon W., also a
resident of Myrtle Point ; Vernon E.. who
makes his home in Oakland, Oregon; Wil-
liam T., a resident of Myrtle Point ; John,
whose death occurred in Prescott, Washing-
ton, when he was forty-two years of age;
Mary J., the wife of Tom Hagerty, of Lamar,
Washington; Ernest, who resides in Lou<lon.
Washington; Henry, a resident of Myrtle
Point ; Mrs. Jessie Johnson, who also resides
in Jlyrtle Point; Horace, who makes his
home' in Snake River. Washington: and
Charley, who resides in Coos county. Oregon.
The second Mrs. Endicott received her edu-
cation in the public schools near Baltimore.
Maryland, and was educated in the faith of
the Cliristian church of which she and her
husband are members.

Politically Mr. Endicott is a firm democrat
and a consistent believer in the policies of
this party. He has never sought public oOice
although" he is public-spirited and takes a
laudable interest in all matters pertaining
to the public welfare. Ho is now in the
eighty-seventh year of his ag<' and each year
of his long life "has rellccted credit upon him.
He has lived honorably and worthily through
the years, doing the work which he fo\niil to
do to the best of his ability and never leav-
ing the call of duty unanswered.

ELIAS WEED STEEL. The business de-
velopment lit Klia-. W.'cd Steel has assured
his close application and soiinil judgment in
his connection with mercantile elTorts. and
he is now secretary and treasurer of the H.
S. & '/.. Company, one of the leading mercan-
tile establishmeiits of Wallowa county. He
was born Novcnilwr 3. ISTO, in Itrookfield,
Linn countv, Missouri, his parents Ix-ing
William and Elva V. (Proud) Steel the
father a native of Scotland. William Steel
was brought to the United States by his
parents when he was a boy of six or seven
years. They located in Craftsbury. Vermont,
where the granilfather. William Steel, was a
miller, operating a gristmill. The mother's
birth occurred in .Marylaml but at an early
age she removed ti> Xenia. Ohio, and »ubs<'-
quenlly to Rro<iklield, Missouri. In Rrook-
field the father, William Steel, and a brother
R, M. Steel, had a contract to rebnilil tli«
culverts ami road of the Hannibal 4 St. Jew-
Railroad which had lieen torn up during the
war. While engaged on construction work
throughout Missouri tlu-y resided in Itrook-
field, but in l»7r! removed to Hrainard. Minne-
sota, where Mr. Steel engaged in the real-
estate business and lanil si»Tul»tion. Dur-
ing this time he acquired extensive prop«-rty
interests, and in 188-J came to ftregon anil
assisted his brother who had the contract to
buihl the Oregon Railroad A Navigation Com-
pany's Road from Himtington to Port-
land. He was thus associated until the com-

pletion of the road in 1889, when he returned
to Minnesota and brought his family to Ore-
gon, locating at llilganl. They resided there
until the father's death in 1902. The mother
is at present living in \amouver. Washing-
ton. Mr. Steel was a member of the Masonic
fraternity and a prominent man throughout
his community.

Elias W. Steel acquired his education in the
•schools of Brainard, being graduated in 1888
as a member of the lirsl graduation class
of the Brainard high school. Two years later
he rame to Oregon and secured a position as
bookkeeper in the leading milling company of
Wallowa county. lie remained with that
company until 1890 when he went to Hil-
gard and was employed in the office of R. M.
Steel, who had the contract to furnish all
ties for the Oregon Railroad 4 Navigation
Company, the Oregon Short Line and th«
Cnion Pacific I{nilroad. Mr. Steel remained
in the employ of his uncle for five years
before returning to Enterprise in I90I, where
he reentered the milling with which lie had
t«'en formerly connected. He held this jiosi-
tion until the spring of 1903, The previous
autumn, however, he was one of the organi-
zers and incorporators of the R. S. 4 Z. Com-
pany, and after severing his connections with
his employers he became secretary and treas-
urer of tiie R. S. 4 Z. Company at the time
it opened its doors for business, lie is still
serving in that capacity. Being n thorough
businessman, and havinj; made a careful study
of the trend and growth of the merciintilo
business, he is r«vognized as one of the
leading exponents in the success of the com-
pany with which he is coimected.

Oil the 24th of August, 1892. Klitts W.
Steel was married to Miss .Mary E. Sammin,
of Enterprise. To this union wven children
have been boni: firace M., who is in her
senior year in high school; Harold A., who
is living with his grandmother .Steel at Van-
ciiuver. Washington, and is in his soconil
yi'ar in high sehiM)l ; Portia E., who has just
entered the high sclicMd ; Uolx-rt .>L and Oil-
bert S., who are in the seventh and sixth
grades of the public srhools re«|>erlively ;
.Margaret E., who is in the third grade; and
Willnim W.

.Mr. Steel gives his political siipiiort to the
republican party and has sorvrd aa city
treasurer but has never l«-en an oHlco iieekrr.
He holds meinlHTship in Wnlliiwn Loilge, No.
s2. F. * A. .M., and for years has served a*
its s4Tretary. He i« al«<i a niemIxT of En-
terprise Lodge, No. 04, Knights of I'ythiaa.
lie justly des«»rvps the predicatv of a •4'lf.
made man, for a* a result of clour applica-
tion and energy iiilelligently applied he is
t<Klay one of the leading merchants of Enter-
prise. Moreover. hi« name has U'ctime a
synonym (nr hnnesty by all who know him,
his word iM-ing as gooil a* any bond ever
solemnize*! by signature or aesl.

CHARLES W. ELLIS is one of the ynin,,: r
generation ><i professional men in Ilnrti'V
roiinty. Oregon, being engagrd in the grneral
practice of law in the rity of Kiima. lie
comes (mm a long lin« of calturrd and edu-

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

eated men who liavc been prominent in pro-
fessional circles of America for many years.
He is a son of Orville Nash and Elizabeth
(Whittemore) Ellis, who were married at
Kankakee, Illinois, January 23. 1S77. They
were the parents of two "children: George
E., born November 26, 1877. who is a gradu-
ate of the University of Michigan in the class
of 1908 and is now engaged in teaching school;
and Charles W.. whose l)irtli occurred in
Kankakee, Illinois. September IS, 1880. The
family on the paternal side is of Welsh ex-
traction. Orville Nash Ellis was born in
Muskingum county, Ohio. September 22, 1834.
His father, Elias Ellis, had located in that
section with his parents, who had emigrated
from Maryland to Pennsylvania and Ken-
tucky before finally settling in Ohio. On his
mother's side Charles W. Ellis is of good New
England stock. Elizabeth Whittemore was
born in Babcock's Grove. Illinois, February
20, 1847. Her parents removed to that state
from Pembroke, New Hampshire, in 1839.
Both the father and mother of our subject
were regular physicians who practiced the
profession in Kankakee, Illinois, where the
father died October 7, 1891. The mother has
not been active as a physician since coming
to Oregon. She is still living with her son
at Burns.

Charles W. Ellis received his early educa-
tion in the public schools of Kankakee, and
was graduated from the high school there in
1898. He entered the Kent College of Law, at
Chicago, and was graduated with the degree
of LL. B. in 190.'!, and in the same year was
admitted to the bar of Illinois. In 1907 he
removed to Oregon and located in Burns, and
in that year was admitted to the bar and
entitled to practice his profession in the Ore-
gon courts. He has remained in Burns since
that time and has gained a reputation for
ability and intelligence along legal lines. He
is an able, progressive and public-spirited
young man, who takes a lively interest in
democratic polities.

JOHN PALMER was one of the early pio-
neers of Union county, Oregon having estab-
lished his home where the city of La Grande
now stands. He was born in Delaware county,
Pennsylvania, December. 31, 1839, a son of
Robert H. and Hannah (Palmer) Palmer. The
parents were both natives of the Keystone
state and the father followed farming for a
livelihood. In 1856 he removed with his
family to Iowa, but later came to Oregon. He
died at La Grande in 1898. His wife passed
away in March, 1910, at the age of ninety-
six years. They were the parents of the
following children. Beulah and Mary were
twins. The former is the widow of F. New-
lin and resides at La Grande, while the latter
passed away at the age of fourteen years.
Joseph is a resident of La Grande. John is
the subject of this review. Elizabeth is the
widow of Abraham Jones and resides at La
Grande. Lydia is the wife of Benjamin
Grandy, of La Grande. Charles resides in
Baker. Emma is the widow of Charles Hard-
ing, of La Grande. Frank, deceased, married

Kate Bowman, who is now a resident of
Baker City.

John Palmer was reared in his parents'
home and received his early education in the
public schools. As a young man he removed
with his parents to Iowa in 1856 and worked
on his father's farm for a time. He also
clerked for three years in a confectionery
store at Glenwood. He celebrated his mar-
riage in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and immediately
thereafter emigrated to Oregon with mule
teams, starting from Council Bluffs. April 23,
1866, and after a continuous journey made
without accident reached Union county, Ore-
gon, July 3d, that year. The farm which he
and his brother Joseph owned later became
the site of the city of La Grande. The jour-
ney across the plains was the honeymoon trip
of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer and one of their asso-
ciate travelers was Andrew Charlton, now a
resident of Portland. They resided four
.years upon the land on which they first set-
tled and there two of their children were
born. In 1876 Mr. Palmer removed with his
family to Baker City and there engaged in
the grocery business with his brother Charles,
who is now the mayor of the city. He later
engaged in the mining business and after
some time established himself in the retail
harness business, whicli proved to be a suc-
cessful venture. He afterward built a well ap-
pointed brick store, in which he installed his
harness business, and to which he devoted
his attention during the remaining years cjf
his life, his death occurring August 28. 1895.
He was, however, for four years previous to
his death engaged in buying and selling
horses. Since the death of Mr. Palmer his
son has continued the business with a suc-
cess equal to that attained under the manage-
ment of his father.

April 3, 1866, Mr. Palmer was married to
Miss Almira E. States, of Council Bluffs,
Iowa. Mrs. Palmer was born in Richland
county. Ohio, April 27, 1843 the only child
of Joshua and Araminta (Taft) States, the
former a native of Ohio, and the latter of
Massachusetts. The father was a blacksmith.
His death occurred in 1844, and the mother
later gave her hand in marriage to Poynts
0. Galleher. She passed away December 21,
1911. Mrs. Palmer removed with her parents
to Iowa when she was twelve years of age
and continued under the parental roof until
the time of her marriage. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
States as above stated, was born one child,
Almira E., now Mrs. Palmer. By the
mother's marriage to Mr. Galleher there were
born four children: Henrietta, deceased;
Henry Dubois; Deransel, who at the age of
fifteen enlisted as a soldier in the Civil'^war,
was wounded at the battle of Shiloh and
died 1865; and Helen, wOio has also passed
away.

Mr. and Mrs. Palmer became the parents of
eight children. Lora, born February 3, 1867
is the wife of Cyrus Good, of Biikcr City.'
Robert R., born October 9. 1868, married
Maude Starbird, of La Grande, who died, leav-
ing a daughter, Ruth. He later married Ethel
Russell, of Maine, and thev have one child

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

1043

Fern. Walter, who is engaged in the jewelry
business in Baker City, married Jennie Gal-
latly and tliey have four children. .John. Lylc,
Myra Belle and Billy Andrew. Charles
Clarke, born November 18, 1S75, is now en-
gaged in the jewelry business with his brother
Walter. He married Minnie Woods of Baker
City, and they have one child, Harold. The
next in order of birth were twins born Feb-
ruary 6. 1S7S. one of whom died unnamed
■while John S. died September 6, 1898. He was
preparing himself for the practice of law, his
studies being for a time under the supervision
of Frank Moore, of Baker City. Myrtle
Adele was born July 10, 1881, and died De-
cember 16, 1883. Clarence Edward, born May
3, 1885, is interested with his brothers Walter
and Charles Clarke in the jewelry business,
being engaged in watch-making. He married
Alice Little, of Baker City, and they have
one child, Joseph.

Mr. Palmer was for many years an Odd
Fellow. He was a life-long member of the
republican party and in religious belief was
a Quaker. He was one of the early pio-
neers of Baker county and during his
active life was one of the enterprising and
public-spirited men of his section of the state.
His death removed from his county one of
its most .successful and respected citizens.
Mrs. Palmer is a member of the Methodist
church and maintains her residence in Bnkcr
City.

WILLIAM W. LLOYD, interested in farm-
ing, stock-raising and banking at Halfway,
was bom in Adair county, Wisconsin. .Vpril
5, 1866, a son of Grnnvillp and Kebeccn
(West) Lloyd, who were farming people and
natives of Virginia. For many years they
were residents of Wisconsin, where the father
died in 1872. The mother occupied the old
home in that state until 1^76, and then
started for Oregon, traveling by rail to Kel-
ton on the Union Pacific Hailrond and thence
by horse team to Salubria valley, on thn
Weiser river, in Idaho, whence she proceeded
by pack trains to Rrownlees Kerry, on th<>
Snake river, arrivins there July 2. ISTfi.
After two months spent there with her broth-
er she went to Pine valley, in [inker county,
Oregon, and located a homestead of one hun-
dred and sixty acres on which half of tin- town
of Halfway now stands. For about twenty
years she there resided and then sold her
property to her son William, who still owns
the greater part of it. Mrs. Lloyd next
removed to Richland, in Fncle v.illey. where
she made her home until her death, which
occurred .Tanuary 18, 1910. in Boise. Idaho,
whither she had gone to sp«'nH the winter
with her niece, Mrs. Ollie Packenham. Mr.
and Mrs. Hranville Lloyd were the parent" of
four sons and three daughters. Albin, the
eldest, died about 187(T. Lnthor M.. tmrn
about 1860. was married in 1S8.3 to May Ro«<<
Tartar, of Eagle vallpy and is engaeed in
stock-raising on the Imnaha riv«r. M" and
his wife have a son and two da" ^'ig-

usta Virginia, born in 1862. v. ■ in

1896 to O. F. Steen. a mining mm •>; ■ orn-
ucopia, Oregon. Isaac M.. born in March.

1865, and now farming at Halfway, was mar-
ried In ISSJ to .Minnie IC. .Mills and they
have two daughters. William \V'., Is the fifth
of the family. Bessie M.. liorn in 1S68, was
married in 18S7 to Henry Clark, a farmer.
Susie E., born in 1870, was married in 1889
to A. W. Parker, of Eagle valley, a school
teacher, and they now live at Pine, Oregon,
with their family of three sons and one
daughter. The mother w as left a w Idow
with si.x small children and practically had
no financial resources when she reached the
northwest in 1870, settling in a country
which was the hunting grounds of tlu' Ima-
tilla and Nez Perce Indians. She bravely
faced the conditions and dangers of frontier
life, however, and at length located u|)on a
homestead of one hundred and sixty acres
which she improved and upon which she
reared her family. At the time she took up
her abode there, not more than twenty set-
tlers resideil in Pine valley. She |>asscd
away nt the age of seventy-four j-ears. but
the memory of her good deeils will long be
cherished by her descendants and all who
knew her throughout the region in which
she lived.

William W. Lloyd was educated in the
pay schools of Pine Valley and of Sparta,
but he did not attend school altogether for
more than twelve months in his life. It was
necessary that he remain at home and assist
his mother during his youthful days and when
he attained his majority he began farming
and stock-raising in Pine Vallry, where he
has met with good success. He Is now en-
gaged in general farming and in raising hogs
and he has platted a part of his land as
lots in Halfway. He followed freighting
from Baker to the Cornucopia mines from
six to seven years prior to 1906 and was
very successful in that business. Moreover,
he is one of the incorporators of the Ameri-
can State Bank of Halfway, which was
opened on thi- Isl of March. 1910, with Mr.
Lloyd as a slorklmldrr and its first vice
president, in which position he has since con-
tinui'il, thus proving n pnmilnent factor in
tliinri i>i . r. I.... .t, i)iis |.nrl of thr county.
He ill iin<l put In opi-rolion a

fee. I- . rt lung felt wnni in I'ine

Valli-y. Ihis is the first roller ferdroill in
(he panhandle of Baker county.

On the .lOlh of .Fune, iss'j. Mr. Lloyd was
married to Miss Esther M. Mills, the daiigh-
tor of Jami-s Mills, a farmer who bt^longed
to one of th" pioneer families of f'olorodo.
He ramo to Drrgon attout )■ " ' '•> Plnn
Valley alioul HS.1. He » "d in

farming, mining and sto" L . — fnio

him and his wife wrre born four son* and four
daughters. William K . livlns at North Pow-
der, Oregon, has lost h)« wifr and has one
daiipli'' T J y mirn.- I Plla Rw-d and lives
at ' ^ th« wife of I.

M. I. , . 1 W IL.vd. and

they reside at lUKwoy - two

danpIit'T* F«''i-r ^f ■> »* ' of the

fan f I'olby Knapp,

of I _ iTe on"- 'on and

one daugiiter. Nora, the widow of E. P.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

Houston, resides at Boise, Idaho, and has one
son. Pat Henry is a miner in the Cornu-
copia district of Baker county. Andrew W.
married, lias one son and two daughters, and
follows farming in the Pine River Valley.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd became the parents of
three daughters. Maud, born Augu.st 16, 1890,
was graduated from the Sisters' .school in
Baker, Oregon, and is the wife of Frank Corn-
well, of that place. Nora, born .January 29,
1893, was also educated in the .Sisters" school
and likewise in the Baker City Business Col-
lege, both of which she is a graduate. She
is the wife of E. G. Hallay, a farmer living
at Halfway, and they have one son. Cecil
Sylvia, born August 24, 1895, is a student
in the Baker high school.

Mr. Lloyd has figured prominently in pub-
lic affairs. He was the first mayor of Half-
way after its incorporation, holding the of-
fice for three years, and lie belongs to the
Pine Valley Commercial Club of Halfway,
to Pine Valley Lodge, No. 208, L O. O. F.,
and to Halfway Encampment, No. 75. He
recalls many interesting incidents of the early
days and reviews with gratitude what his
mother did in estalilishing her home for
her children upon the frontier. In those days
the family had to go from Pine Valley to
Sparta, a mining camp, a distance of fifteen
miles by mountain trail or twenty-five miles
by poorly constructed roads to get their mail,
to secure groceries and for blacksmithing at-
tention, for there were not enough settlers
in the valley to justify the establi.shment
of a nearer jjostofiice. Tlie first grocery store
in the valley was opened by Rufus W. Perkins
and Ed Parker about .July 1, 1883, or seven
years after Mrs. Lloyd settled in the valley,
and the first blacksmith shop was established
the same year by John A. Thaysen. William
W. Lloyd now has in his possession the first
mailbox used in the first postofl^ce. This was
on A. P. Greener's ranch and mail was brought
thereto twice each week. Mr. Lloyd also has
in his possession a single-barrel muzzle-load-
ing shotgun which he bought at auction for
twenty-five cents and which was brought
into Pine Valley by Charles L. Fee, the first
permanent settler of the valley. He prizes
this fire arm highly as a work of pioneer
times. The Lloyd family deserve great credit
for what they have accomplished in the devel-
opment of their part of the state, bearing at
all times their sliare in the work of growth
and progress as the district has been converted
from a wilderness into a populous and pros-
perous section.

ANDREW JOHNSON LEVINS, a retired
asrriculturist of Elkton, is numbered among
the worthy native sons of Oregon, his birth
having occurred at Oak Hill, six miles from
Oakland, Douglas county, on the 7th of March,
1866. His parents were James F. and Sarah
(Sutherlin) Levins, the former born in Ran-
dolph county, Illinois, on the 8th of Janu-
ary, 1823, and the latter in Parke county,
Indiana, on the 17th of May. 1830. They
were married in Douglas county, this state,
on the 25th of October, 1851, having crossed

the plains with ox teams about 1850. James
F. Levins came to Oregon as a young man,
and Sarah Sutherlin made the " journey to
this state in company with her parents. Mr.
Levins took up a homestead of one hundred
and sixty acres where the town of Elkton
now stands and continued to reside thereon
throughout the remainder of his lite, pass-
ing away on the 2d of .July, 1898. The
period of his residence in Douglas county cov-
ered almost a half century and he gained a
wide and favorable acquaintance within its
borders. He was a stanch republican in
politics but never sought nor desired office
as a reward for his party fealty. His wife
was called to her final' rest on the 18th
of December, 1880.

Andrew Johnson Levins was reared under
the parental roof and attended the com-
mon schools in the acquirement of an edu-
cation. When about seventeen years of
age he began providing for his own support
and for several years worked principally at
logging. At the time of his father's demise
he succeeded to the homestead property but
has since disposed of all except the resi-
dence and a small plot of ground.

On the 18th of May. 1886, Mr. Levins was
united in marriage to Miss Viola Means, who
came to Oregon from Nebraska in 1885.
To them have been born four children, as
follows: Gussie, who is the wife of Samuel
Nolan and resides. in Sedro Woolley, Wash-
ington; and Hazel, Erwin and Floyd, all
yet at home. Mr. Levins gives his political
allegiance to the republican party, while fra-
ternally he is identified with the Ancient Or-
der of United Workmen, belonging to Elk-
ton Lodge, No. 46. He is one of the well
known and substantial citizens of Elkton
and has an extensive circle of friends in the
community where his entire life has been
spent.

REV. JOSEPH M. CATALDO, S. J., of

Pendleton, was born in Sicily, March 17, 1837,
was there reared and in 1852. at the age of
fifteen years, joined the Society of Jesus. He
was educated at the .Jesuit College, Palermo,
Italy. In 1860 he was sent to Belguim and
entered the .Jesuit College in Louvain, where
he pursued his theological studies, being or-
dained to the priesthood on the 8th of Sep-
tember, 1862, in Liege, Belgium, by Bishop
Argeanteau, who had been a captain under
Napoleon I.

Following his ordination Rev. Cataldo was
sent to Boston, Massachu.setts, where he con-
tinued his theological stiulies and a year
later, in 1863, was sent to Santa Clara, Cali-
fornia, where he further prepared for his
chosen life work. In 1864 lie was appointed
professor of philosophy for the younger
•Jesuits, this being the alternative of au ap-
pointment as a missionary among the Indians.
He was given the former position because of
a predisposition for tuberculosis. He held
this professorship for eighteen months and
was then sent to the Indian mission at
Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, and in 1866 went to
Spokane, Washington, to establish the first
Catholic mission at that place, founding St.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

1047

Michael's Mission, now known a* IVon
Prairie. After six or seven months pusseti
there he went to St. Ignatius' Mission near
^lissotila, Montana, wliere he remained tor
six months, and in the fall of 1S67 he was
sent to Lewiston, Idaho, to establish a mis-
sion amonj; the Xoz I'erc-e Indians. Wlicn lie
was transferred from .Spokane to St. I^jnatius'
Mission it required seventeen days to make the
journey, which is now accomplished in about
seven hours. He built several small chapels
in the settlements of the Nez I'erce Indians and
established the present mission at Lapauai,
now called Sliekpoo. For three and one-half
years he remained in charge there, after
which he was sent back to the Coeur d'Aleno
Mission, where he continued for six years. In
1877, at the time of the Indian war. he wa.i
obliged to go to the Xez IVrce .Mission to try
and pacify the Indians ami make peace be-
tween them anil the white |»'ople. In .\ugust,
1877, the military forces wir^hnl to have a
general Indian council near Sjwkane I'alls
and asked some oF the missionaries to tm
present and persuade the chiefs of the differ-
ent tribes not to join the Xez I'erce warriors.
Father Ciorda, Father .loset and Father Cat-
aldo attended the meeting ami were camped
in their tents on the gravel where the main
street of Spokane is now located. Following
the Indian war a few straggling settlers made
their way to the present site i)f .Spokani' and
a few houses were there built. Father ("at-
aldo purchased some [iroperty near Spokane
Falls to builil a central .s<'h(Kil fur all the
Indian missions, which school was the incep-
tion of Conzaga College, which now has an
attendance of live humlred.

From 1877 to IH'j.T Father Tataldo had
charge of all the missions in Montana. Idaho.
Washington, Oregon, Wyoming and Alaska.
In ISO.T he was sent to the (row Imlian Mis-
sion, near Hillings, .Montana, and in 1M'J<> wan
sent to Alaska to visit all of the niission<i
throughout the territory unci sp<-nt fourte«>n
months in that work. In H97 he was ap-
pointed to the I'matilla Indian Mission near
I'endleton, remaining there for four years,
after which he returned to Alaska, where he
8p<'nt two years more. He then again went
to Spokane, and found a city where on hi»
former visit he had seen nothing but (jravel
and rocks. He spent a year there, ofter which
he was sent back to his old mission at
Lapawai, Maho. where he continued for three
years. His next service was at San .lose,
California, ami in No^-ember. 190s, he waa
returned to I'endleton to take charge of SU
Mary's parish. He is the pastor here and
makes two trips a month to the Indian mis-
sion. In April, Kill, he broke ground for a
handsome stone edifice to replaiv the present
church. He speaks about ten Indian lan-
guages and is afTectionately regarded by the
Imlians, who call him Kau .Shin, mnoning
broken leg. Father C'atablo i« assisted by
Father John Durgan in compiling' •" '' ' •"■
dictionary for use among the fai
hood and young teachers. His 1
been an active element for moral prr>Kre««
among the red men as well b» among th«

white p«'ople in the Kn-alities where he has

labored, and he has done much to spread

the teachings of Catholicism in the north-
west.

J. S. VINSON. \°arious lines of business
have occupied tin- attention and energies oi
.1. S. Vinson since ln' started out in lifi- on
his own account. .\t all times he has been
actuated by laudable ambition which has
carried him forward to success. He is now
engaged in the real-estate business in Free-
wuter and is one of the progressive citizens of
Ills town. He was born in l)es .Moines county,
Iowa, DeeemlK-r 'ij, 1S4.S, a son of .loseph .S.
an>l Katherine (Sacket) Vinson, the former a
native of Ohio and the latter of Iowa. Tho
father went to Iowa in early numhooil, was
there married, ami crosM'd the plains in
is.'>:;. settling in (luekamas county. Oregon.
He took up a donation claim of three hun-
dreil and twenty acres, and erected thereon
a log cabin, which he and his wife <H-eiipied
until IM)>1. While living in that county, the
father also engaged in merchandising and
was the first [lostniaster of the town of .N'eida.
.■\fter the death of his wife, he removed to
Florence, Idaho, where he remained for two
years but on the expiration of that |H>rio<l
returned to Clackamas county. Once more,
in lHt;4, he went to Idaho when- he remained
through the summer, but the succeeding fall
again found him In Clackamas county. In
the spring of 1H(>.', hi' removeil his family to
I'matilla county, settling on Mutter creek
where he took up another claim of one hun-
dred and sixty acres. This he Improved con-
tinuing Its cultivation and development until
his death which oeeurred in IMUO. Cnto him
and his wife were born seven rhildreii. all
of whom are yet living: (ieorge .M., who is
living in t'matilla county, .1, S,, of this re-
view; I. H.. who makes his home at Star-
buck, Washington; .Martha ('.. the wife of
K. Swartharil, of Salem, Oregon; Keliecca
.1., the wife of .\. II. Siles of Wallowa; .tame*
\.. of Seattle; and Charles who is living at
lloldman. Oregon.

.1. S, Vinson remained with hi* parent*
until he attained hi« ' >iid during that
perio<l ac<|uired hi' in the public

sehiMils. He then eiigiii;--'! ni the vtrs-k biisi-
ne«.s for sit years; devoting his time In thf?
winter months dun'* •' ' ■' ' ■ '-v^

ing •rhmil. He a'' 1

(in I'.utt.r rrrek, on i ■* ^

'. the town n( Vinsim. I here h«>

i a store and the po^tofTire. ron-
ducting tiu«ine4« at that place ffir sixteen
years, while his ap|>>intment as |>r>«lmaa|er
rame to him in \<*''.l. He afterward miIiI
out and went to Nolan where he opened •

>nd. At that lime he took up fniit
/ in whirh omip^tmn he i-rtntinttrd for
three years when I '

to Milto^ whcrr b«

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

for two years. He next sold his interests at
that place and came to Freewater where for
three years he conducted a general mercantile
store. Since that time he has been engaged
in the real-estate business and has handled
many important realty interests, negotiating
a large number of sales. He is fully informed
concerning realty values and this, combined
with his honorable dealings, is the source of
his success.

Mr. Vinson is a republican in politics and
takes an active interest in the work of the
party, doing all in his power to insure its
success, yet he does not seek nor desire pub-
lic office preferring to concentrate his ener-
gies upon his business affairs which are bring-
ing him substantial financial returns.

MAX M, DITTEBRANDT, M. D. European
countries have sent many of their strongest
and most enterprising sons to this country
where each citizen can find an opportunity
to achieve success more quickly than in the
older and more densely populated countries.
Germany has furnished us many of this class
and they have usually become substantial
citizens, energetic, skilled and progressive.
Among this number is the Dittebrandt family,
of which Dr. Max M. Dittebrandt, residing in
Cascade Locks, who is surgeon for the Wind
River Lumber Company, is a member. His
birth occurred in Berlin in 1862, his parents
being Cliarles and Caroline (Kuntz) Ditte-
brandt, the former a native of Luxemberg
and the latter of Berlin. The parents came
to America in 1864 and lived in Chicago for
one year. At the end of that time they
returned to their native land, but after three
,years again came to the LTnited States, this
time settling in St. Louis. Missouri, but a
few months later they removed to Nebraska
City, where they resided until 1907. In that
year they came to Oregon and have since
made their home in Portland, where the father
is now residing at the age of eighty years
and the mother at seventy-nine. To them
ten children were born, nine of whom survive.

The early education of Dr. Dittebrandt was
acquired in the German schools of St. Louis.
After graduating from the high school of
that city he began studying medicine at the
age of seventeen years with Dr. E. M. Whit-
tem of Nebraska City. For fourteen months
he read medicine in his office, and in 1888
was graduated from the medical college at
Keokuk, Iowa. After practicing for a few
years he realized the advantages to be gained
by further study and entered the post-grad-
uate school of the St. Louis College of Physi-
cians and Surgeons in 1893. He completed the
full post-graduate course at that institution,
and after his graduation again began the
active practice of medicine, this time at Elgin,
Oregon. For two years he remained in that
city and then removed to Union, where he
practiced for four years before settling in
La Grande, where he spent an equal length
of time. He then removed to Milton, where
lie remained for seven years, and at the end
of that time settled in Portland. Shortly
afterward he located permanently in Cas-
cade Locks, where he has built up a large

practice. In the private hospital erected
by him he treats the patients of the Wind
River Lumber Company, receiving for his
services one dollar per month from each
employe of the Lumber Company. For this
sum, which altogether amounts to about
eight hundred dollars per month, he is under
contract to give them the priviliges of his
hospital.

In 1890 Dr. Dittebrandt was married 'ta
Miss Hettie Stevenson, a daughter of Robert
E. and Elizabeth (White) Stevenson, of El-
gin, Oregon, who came to this state in 186.3.
They have become the parents of one child.
Hazel K., Avho is now the wife of G. H. Baw-
lag, of Baker City, Oregon.

Politically Dr. Dittebrandt is a democrat
and is an active supporter of that party. He
holds membership in Lodge No. 96, A. F. &
A. M., of Milton, and has filled all its chairs.
Mrs. Dittebrandt is a member of the Christian
church. The Doctor's profession is to him
a subject human as well as scientific inter-
est, and his patients are 'fellowmen in need
of his services rather than business proposi-
tions. He keeps abreast with the trend of
medical thought through medical journals and
publications which he regularly reads, and
he is recognized as a most able and progi-ess-
ive practitioner.

ARTHUR V. SWIFT. One of the natives

of Baker county, Oregon, is Arthur V. Swift,
who was born in 1874 and remained at home
until 1899. His youth was spent in that
county, where he received a good common-
school education. When he had attained the
age of twent.y-five years he removed to
Washington, where he took up a homestead
and after remaining on his land for some
years he sold it to the Big Bend Land Com-
pany of Washington. After selling his land
he worked for that company for six years.
He then became engaged in the newspaper
business in Wilson Creek. Washington, and
after successfully operating his paper for
some time, returned to Baker City, Oregon,
to look after his interest in the estate of
his father. He began farming his portion
of his father's land and by careful cultiva-
tion has brought it to a high state of fertil-
ity. He placed the necessary improvements
on it and is still living there.

In 1904 Mr. Swift was married to Miss
Viola Blanchard, whose parents were natives
of the eastern part of the Lhiited States but
emigrated to Washington some years ago.
It was in that state that Arthur V. Swift
and Viola Blanchard became acquainted and
were married. Mr. Swift has been successful
as a business man and has acquired in all
four hundred and twenty acres of land, all
of which lies in Baker county, and is under
a high state of cultivation.

Arthur V. Swift is a republican and on
April 19, 1912. was elected a delegate, from
Oregon, to the national republican conven-
tion held at Chicago the .same year. Plis
work has mostly been along agricultural
lines and he is now making a specialty of
dry farming, a system which has added tre-
mendously to the resources of the country.

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

U)49

Mr. Swift ia one of the substantial men of
Baker county, where he is greatly respected,
lie is well known, having a large circle of
friends and acquaintances, who have been
attracted to him by his winning personality
and that sterling integrity which is char-
acteristic of his business dealings.

SAMUEL E. NOTSON is a member of the
liar of llf[ipniT. this state, where he has been
engaged In the practice of law for a number
of years. In addition to his private |>nictice
he is at present serving his countv as super-
intendent of public schools. He was horn in
Decatur county, Iowa, on the 2Tth of Manh.
isr>7. and Is a son of R. P. S. and Nancy I..
(Edmistoni Xotson. His parents reside in
the state of Iowa, where his father for many
years has lived retired.

Samuel E. Notson was reared at home and
received his early education in the public
schools of Iowa. .After completing the ele-
mentary studies he became a stuilent of the
Western Normal College Shenandoah. Iowa,
which institution he attcuiled continuously
for three years. He then removed to the
Pacific coast and was a student at the Oregon
State Normal School for one year, after
which he returned to Shenandoah. Iowa, and
there completed his course at the Western
Normal College. He siibserpiently entered the
Fremont College of Nebraska as a student
and from that Institution was gradimted with
the degrees of B. A. and H. S. In I9I2 ho
was given the degree of A. M. by the same
college. Following his graduation he removed
to Casper, Wyoming, where he was engaged
as principal of the public schools for four
years. In the year 1900 hi- establlslu'd his
resi<lence in Morrow county, this state, ami
for two years was engaged in educational
work there. During his student years, in
addition to the other branches of study t'o
which he devoted his attention, he acquired n
thorough knowledge of law oml in 1902 was
.idmitteil to the bar of Oregon. He entered
the practice of general low in copartnership
with .Judge r;. \V. Phelps aiiil ronlinurd in
this business relation until I00><. nf which
time he was elected county -'•-'.■•■■•>'■■.■•
of public schools and In that
now serving the interests of II. , ,
county.

On the 28th of .-Viigiist. tR9.'., at Punlap.
Towa. Mr. Notson was united in marriage to
Mary .\. Nelson, a daughter of Kenyon FI. and
Kllzabeth Nelson. To Mr. ami Mrs. Notson
have been born six chihlren. namely: I.ee W..
Mary E., Edward A. and Rolierf C.. nil of
whom are pupils of the public schools at Hepp-

ner: and Charles and Marffar>-I F,. " ' ''

Notson gives his support to the

party and served as deputy distri' •

in inC). He belones to the Ii

Order of Odd Fellows and the I'l

sans and is an active member of the '

Episcopal church. In 1912 he v\ =

from the Columbia river con'

general conference of the Met!

church belli at Minneapolis. Minti' •••tn. if,i.<

••/inference was a notable one. .Samuel E.

Notson is known throughout his portion of
the state of Ongun as a man of exceptional
educational acquireineiits and is In every re-
spect a worthy and ellicient superintendent of
public schools. His experience in educational
work has served to quality him a.s an eligible
and ellicient educotor. He is, however, e(|unlly
capable and successful In the practice of his
chosen prtifession and is reoignized as a man
who is always ready to give the benelit of
his knowli'dge and inlluence to the advance-
ment of any measure of public Interest seek-
ing ever the betterment of the people <ii his
state.

GEORGE C. RUSSELL Is the owner oi an
attractive and valiiabli- ranch in the vicinity
of .loseph, where he has been engaged in
agririiltiiral pursuits and stockrai.iing for
more than thirty years. He was born in
.Minneapolis, Minnesota, on the 9th of May.
185M. and is the son of Ralph C. and Matilda
S. (Smith) Russell. The father, who was
one of the pioneer settlers of Minni'iipoHs,
removed with his family to San Diego. Cali-
fornia, in 1872. and there he passed away
in l.s9ri. The moihi-r is living and makes
her home in the latter city.

Cis.rge V. Uussell. « ho was a youth of only
fourteen years when he accompanied his
people on their removal to California, com-
pleted the education b<>gnn in the schools of
his native city In {,}"• .San Diego high school,
which he attended for two years. .-Vt the
■■Tpinitiiin of that tinn- he laid' aside his toxt-
liook-s and learned the carp»'ntrr'» trade, sub-
sequently in rontrncting and
liiiilding. \ wng this business for

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Fraternally, Mr. Russell is a member of the
Masonic order, having taken the degrees of
the blue lodge. He accords his political sup-
port to the republican party. He is a man
of high standards of citizenship and manifests
the same characteristics in the discharge of
his public duties as he does in his business
transactions and he has acquired an enviable
reputation for promptness, absolute trust-
worthiness and reliability.

JOHN HENDERER, a successful farmer
residing on the Umpqua river three miles
west of Elkton, was born on the property
where he now resides on October 11, 1865.
He is a son of Charles G. and Emeline
(Meador) Henderer, the former a native of
Bavaria, Germany, and the latter of Tennes-
see. Mr. Henderer's father was reared in his
native country and learned the trade of
carpentering in which line of activity he
became a skilled craftsman. He came to
the United States in 1847, landing in NeW
Orleans practically penniless. He worked for
a time on the southern levees and engaged
in any line of work which would bring him
money. He subsequently worked his way to
Independence, Mis.souri, where he engaged in
carpentering until 1849 when he crossed the
plains to the California gold fields which
were opening up in that year. He engaged
for some time in mining on the Salmon river
and while he had plenty of gold dust, he
could not buy food and at times nearly
starved. His dominating ambition and per-
severance aided him along the way and he
acquired enough money to come to' northern
Oregon in the fall of 1850. He located in
Scottsburg and here worked at carpentering
and building for seven years. He was en-
gaged upon the construction of several houses
in that city and built up a gratifying local
reputation. The success which he attained
at this time was a fitting reward for his
early struggles and the hardships which he
endured patiently and uncomplainingly. He
bought the old Grifiin ranch of three hundred
and twenty acres on the Umpqua river and
was successful in agriculture until 1857. In
that year he returned to Independence, Mis-
souri, where he was united in marriage to
Miss Emeline Meador, on November 28, 1858,
and on May 4 of the following year started
across the plains with his bride, driving a
four-horse team. They arrived in Douglas
county on September 9, 1859, and camped
for the first night after their arrival on the
ranch belonging to Cyrus Hedden. The fol-
lowing day they reached their own prop-
erty near Elkton. Here the elder Mr. Hen-
derer was successful as a progressive and
enterprising agriculturist until his death on
January 18, 1898. During his life he was
one of the prominent and substantial citi-
zens of Douglas county, the hard and often
crude conditions of his early life having
molded his character along practical and
useful lines. He was so skilled a mechanic
that it has often been said in Douglas county
that his agricultural activities should have
been made secondary to his craftsmanship.
Everything he found to do he did well. Hia

farming was scientific and progressive and his
mechanical labors were skillful and masterly.
He was a republican in his political views"
and while never an office seeker served for
one term as county commissioner. Beyond
this he never held public positions, always
being persistent in his refusal to accept them.
He was a member of the Masonic lodge, hav-
ing ioined the order in Missouri before he
crossed the plains to California. His death
marked the passing of one of the most promi-
nent and influential men of the Umpqua val-
ley. His wife died on January 19, 1897,
and both are buried on the home ranch where
they spent so many years of their lives and
to the cultivation and development of which
they save their labors and energies.

John Henderer was reared at home and ac-
quired his education in the public schools.
He early became acquainted with every de-
tail connected with scientific aericulture and
from his boyhood assisted his father with
the work of the farm. When he reached
manhood he continued his residence at home
and united with his father in the manage-
ment of his property. After the latter's
death Mr. Henderer purchased the interests
of the other heirs to the estate and suc-
ceeded to the sole ownership. He still re-
sides upon his father's farm and under his
manasrement it has expanded and developed
rapidly. Mr. Henderer has made important
improvements upon his holdings. He has in-
stalled the most modern farm machinery and
has in every way endeavored to live up to
the high standards set by his father.

On .July 2, 1890. Mr. Henderer was united
in marriage to Miss Nettie Traylor, a native
of southern Oregon and a daughter of James
Traylor, who was among the early pioneers
in this state, who came from Illinois. Mr.
and Mrs. Henderer have seven children : Fan-
nie M.; Eliza E.. the wife of William Har-
gan, who operates a productive ranch in the
Umpqua valley; Charles G. ; Carrie; Mabel;
James Newton; and Una. All the children
are living at home with the exception of
Eliza.

In his political views Mr. Henderer is an
independent repuldican and follows in his
father's footsteps by never seeking and al-
ways refusing public office. He is a mem-
ber of the Patrons of Husbandry and with
his family affiliates with the Christian church.
He regards his ranch on the Umpqua river
as being invested with some of the aspects
of a paternal estate and in all things he en-
deavors to conform to the high personal
standards of his father and to carry on his
agricultural attainment. Such men are forces
for good in a community and Mr. Henderer
well deserves the high place which he holds
in the respect and esteem of his many friends.

ORIS E. GORSLINE owns and operates
a valuable ranch of three hundred and
twenty acres in the vicinity of Joseph, where
he engages in general farming and cattle-
raising. He was born in Cortland county.
New York, on the 3d of March, 1859, and is
a son of William and Catherine Gorsline,
who are living in Salem, this state. In

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

1053

1874 tlicv removed to Orepon. liioating rni
II raiieh in the \Villnm<-tte valley. The
lather ener;,'etically ap|ilieij him^telf to the
further ciiltivatinn aiul improvemeiit <>I tliat
property lor ninny years ami met with lucra-
tive returns.

Oris K. (Uirsline was a youth of tlfteen
years when he neoompanied his parents on
their removal to Oregon, in whose pulilii'
schools he oompletiNl the education hetrun in
his native state. At tlie end of two years
he laid aside his textbooks and devoted his
entire time to assisting his father with the
work of the ranch, thus aci|uiriiig a thorouirh
and pnictical knowleilge of the liest methods
of tilling the soil and caring for the slook.
lie siit>se(|iiently left home and liegnn ranch-
int; for liiiiiself as a renter, in the Willa
mette valley. Two years later he came to
Wallowa county and rented land in the
vicinity of .Joseph, which he cultivated for
ten years. At the expiration of that time
he invested in a hundred and sixty acres
of fertile land that formed the nucleus of
his present ranch. .\s soon as his circum
stances warranted he exteniled the hounil-
aries of his place until he now owns three
hiin<!red and twenty acres, all of which he
has under cultivation. He is a man of prog-
ressive methods and practical iileas. anrl has
met with gcwid success in hoth his farming
and stock-raising. During his ownership he
has nia<le extensive improvements in the
place and now has one of the valuahle prop-
erties of the valley. He has large, com
mixlious liarns and a comfortnlilc residence
on his ranch, all in excellent condition, and
a fine lienl of cattle of a good graile. His
place is thoroughly eipiippeil with all mmlern
appliances for minimizing the lahor ami ex-
pediting the work, and everything evidences
the systematic supervision and competent
management that invariably brings pros-
perity.

.\l Salem, this ntnte, in DecemlxT. \'*V>,
Mr. (oirsline was married to Miss Ktlle Wat-
son, a daughter of Terry and Mary Wat-
son, and l>> them have In-en Ixirn live chil-
ilren. as follows: Nellie, who married .F. W.
Simmons; Zola, the wife of C. E. Newman;
Fred, who is living on a homestead; on<l
tiny anil Delsie. who ore still ottemllng
school. Mr. Corslinc votes the repulilicnn
ticket anil taki's an active anrl helpful inter
est in all matters elTecting the welfare of
the community.

ARCHIBALD R. COX, general managf-r
and VII'.- president of the Niinamnker Sheep
Company of Heppner. was Nirn in Morrow
county, ".lanuary 19. \^'*'.l. and is a son of
William and Margaret fox. who were early
pioneers of that county, in which they con
tinned to rcsjile until their ileaths.

.Vrchibald P.. Cox wa« reared at home and
educated in the ilistrict sch<M>ls of Morrow
county. At the age of sixteen he started
in the sheep business for himself in this
'tate and in 100!). at the time of the organi
/ation of the Xiinamaker Sheep Company,
he was elected vice president and aeneral
manager and since that time has continued
Vol. in— 43

to discharge the duties of those positions.
This large stock corporation spei'ializes in
the breeding and raising of thoroughbred
sheep.

In the month of Dei-cmber. I'.io.-i, at Hepp-
ner. .Mr. Cox was uniteil in marriage to
.Miss tHive Robinson, a daughter of 1!. W.
and Martha Itobiiison. He is a republican
in |M. lilies. He maiiilains his residence at
Heppner and is recognized as one of the
most capable and successful sheep ranchmen
in that |H>rtlon of the state. To this enter-
prise he has given all of the working years
of his life thus far and his ability' and
inti-grity in the alTairs of business have
been well proven.

JESSE ORVILLE KIDDLE, manager of
the Lo-tiiie .Milling t oinpaiiy, was born in
Iowa, on the ITtli of September. IS7S. a
son of .lohn and Ida (l)ewarl Kiildle. The
father's birth occurred in Kiigland, while the
mother was 1m. rn in Ohio, .lohn Kiddle came
to the I'nited States when he was about
eighti-t-n years of age. In his native coun-
try he had learned the miller's trade and
after his arrival in .\nieric-a he worked at
the same in Wisconsin, lIlinoiH and Iowa,
purchasing a mill in the last naineil state.
Siil>sei|iirntly he went to Triplett. Missouri,
where he rented and operated a grist mill,
purchasing it later. He still owns that mill
and he and his wife continue to make their
home in Triplett.

■ Ie-.se o. Kid.lle was reareil under the |>ar-

eiilal riMif ami early 1 aiiie familiar with

the milling business, working with his father
until he became of age. when he went to
Callender, Webster county, Iowa, where he
was employed as head milli-r. .\ year later
he wi-nt (o Kairview, South Dakota, and ac-
cepteil a similar |Hisition in the mills of that
city. .Vfter remaining there for less than
a year he remove.l to t.olir\ille. Iowa, anii
established himself In the wholesale flour
anil feed business In partnership with his
brother (Jeorge H. Siil)se<)uenlly they
erected a mill in l.ohrvllle. ,\ few months
later Mr. Kiddle and his brother dis|Mim.d of
that bu»ines« "in.l the former came to Ore-
gon. !>■ ' ploymenl with the Pioneer
Millin;; at IsIaimI City, where he
reniain..i urmi n.- r.-si to Wallowa
as head nittirr in tb. Kolb'r Mills.

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

his youthful Jays he has made liis own way
in the world unaided, and, while he has at
times been confronted by dilliculties and
obstacles, he has nevertheless made gradual
advancement and has secured a substantial
competence.

AARON WADE is one of the substantial
citizens and re])resentative stock men of
Wallowa county, where he has acquired ex-
tensive property interests, being the owner
of two thousand acres of valuable land. He
was born in West Virginia on the 3d of
December, 1S49. and is a son of George and
JIary Ann (Aiken) Wade, who were also
natives of West Virginia and there they
were reared and married. In 1854. together
with his wife and family George Wade
crossed the prairies to Iowa, settling in
Wayne county, which at that time was but
sparsely settled. There he filed on some
government land and began the life of a
pioneer, devoting his entire time and atten-
tion to the further improvement and cultiva-
tion of his property until the death of his
wife in 18S(l. lie disposed of his interests
there the following year and came to Ore-
gon, thereafter making his home alternately
with his four sons, who are all residents of
this state. His death occurred at Island
City in 1896, at the residence of his son
Thomas. Mr. Wade had always been a
stanch adherent of the democratic party and
took a prominent part in local political
activities and while living in Iowa served as
judge of Wayne county. In his early man-
hood he joined the Masonic fraternity and
was always a worthy exemplar of that' order
and was well known in lodge circles in Iowa
and Oregon.

Having been reared on a Iowa farm during
the period of pioneer conditions. Aaron Wade
was given the advantages of but limited
schooling, his education being almost en-
tirely self-acquired. Despite this fact, how-
ever. Mr. Wade is a very interesting con-
versationalist, as he is a close observer and
has read broadly, thus becoming widely in-
formed on a variety of subjects while he
keeps well posted on all current topics.
When still little more than a child he was
assigned regular duties about the farm and
during the summer months almost his entire
time was devoted to the work of the fields
and care of the stock. Upon attaining his
majority he left the parental home and went
out to make his own way. He had been
thrifty and enterprising so had accumulated
sufficient capital to enable him to begin as a
renter and. therefore, leased some land that
he cultivated for a year. At the expira-
tion of that period he gave this up and to-
gether with his brotlier Justus, prepared to
come til Oregon. They kept their teams,
wliicli they sliipped over the Northern Pacific
to Kelton. Utah, driving through from there
to Union county, this state. They arrived
there in the month of .Inly and the remain-
der of that summer and the following winter
Mr. Wade spent in that vicinit.v. In the
spring he bought a broncho for fifteen dol-
lars and a saddle for twelve and started

across the mountains for the mines at Silver
City, Idaho. It was still very early in the
season and the snow had not yet melted
in the mountains, but became deeper as he
advanced, being as much as ten feet in some
places. As it was practically impossible to
go through this on horseback he turned his
pony loose and walked the remainder of the
distance. Upon reaching Silver City he had
but fifty cents left and this he immediately
mvested in a good, sul)stantial meal and
then sought employment. Fortune favored
him. as he succeeded in locating the super-
intendent of the New York mine, who told
him that they could put him to work that
night. This was most welcome news, but it
was necessary for him to have a pair of
rubber boots and some overalls as well as
other miner's clothes before he went to work
that night, and he was without money. It
was impossible for him to Ijorrow as he was
not acquainted with any one in the town and
he must have employment, so he decided to
go across the street to a general mercantile
store and see if he could obtain credit. Re-
quests such as his were quite often made
at that period and when he explained the
circumstances to the proprietor, he readily
agreed to give him a full outfit. Mr. Wade
remained there during the summer, working
in the quartz mill, but later gave this up
and went to work for a freighting company.
For three years thereafter he freighted with
ten and twelve horse teams between Kelton,
Boise City. Idaho City. Rocky Bar and other
points. At the end of that time he joined
his brother Samuel in Oregon and together
they came to Wallowa county, settling here
in 1876. The greater portion of the money
they had managed to save they invested in
one hundred Cayuse mares and two or three
hundred head of cattle, both being very cheap
at that time, and turned them out to range.
This was before they began registering
brands, and as they were unfamiliar with
conditions when they brought in their cattle
and ponies at the end of four years they
had less tlian when they turned them out,
their mavericks and colts having been seized
during the roundup season by the cattle
rustlers. Various activities engaged the at-
tention of Mr. Wade until 1886 or 1887,
when he engaged in the sheep business in
the Wallowa valley. He had profited by his
experience with the cattle and was now" able
to protect his rights, his undertaking prov-
ing very successful. He continued to follow
this until ItlOS. in connection with which he
subsequently began raising mules in which
he still engag«^s. Although he has met with
the usual misfortunes and obstacles that are
to be encountered in the stock business, his
eft'orts have been well rewarded. For many
years he applied himself closely and worked
incessantly, but prosperity eventually at-
tended his endeavors and he ultimately
acquired two thousand acres of land, that is
well improved and fully equipped with
everything essential to his occupation.

In 1884. Mr. Wade was united in mar-
riage to Miss Mollie Rcvis. a daughter of
Judge D. B, Revis, who migrated to Wallowa

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

1053

county from Missouri during the pioneer
(lays, and they have become thi' piirintH of
eight children; Louise, who was educated at
Whitman CoUege, Walla Walla. Washinjjton,
now the wife of Dr. Hackett. of Knterprise;
ClitTord, who is at home; Kay an<l Annis
who completed their educations in the State
Agricultural College, now living at home;
and Harold, liartiii. Ki>.v and Itusscll. who
are also at home. The family home is
located two miles south of Enterprise, where
they have a very attractive and pleasant
place.

The political indorsement of Mr. Wade is
given to the democratic party, but he has
never aspired to public honors or the emolu-
ments of olVu'e. .More than thirty-tive years
have elapsed since he first came to this
county durin;; which time he has witnessed
some marvelous clmn;;ts. The great expanse
of unbroken prairie have been diviiled into
ranches that are equipped with all modern
conveniences and comforts, while thriving
towns and villages have spning up where
twenty-five years ago there was not even a
settlement.

WILLIAM THOMAS MILLER is one of
the recent aii|iii-itii>iw of the legal profes-
sion of Wallowa, where he has been en-
gaged in practice for less than a year. He
was born in Kaleigh county. West Virginia,
on the 24th of .January, ISSO, and is a Hon
of Thomas (liester and Candace (t'omlM)
Miller. Tliomas Chester Miller was for many
years engaged in agricultural pursuits both
in his native state ami in Wallowa county,
where the family resided for a time, but he
has now retired from active life,

William Tliomas Miller was initiated in the
elements of English learning in the common
schools of his native state, and while pur-
suing his studies he also as^i^ted his father
with the work of the fields anil care of the
stock. He accompanii'd his parents on their
removal to Wallowa county, completing his
education in the high scho<d of Wallowa.
After his graduation he engaged for some
years in the op**ratit>n «>f a '«i»wmill. but de«-id-
ing that he preferred a professional to a busi-
ness career, he subsequently went to Chat-
tanooga, Tennessee, ond in the uniTermity
there took up the study of law. He wa»
awarded the degree of iX. II. by this institu-
tion two years Inter. Iw-ing a memlxr of the
class of 1910. Returning to this stole he
continued his professiimal stuilies for a time
in the State I'niver^ity and was admitted
to the bar on thi- 2d of .lune. 191 1. (»n the
tenth day of the same month he went to
Wnllowa ond established on "(lice there.
Although he has not long been identirte.1
with the legal fraternity of that town. Mr.
Miller has manifested cpialilies. which have
won him the contidence and esteem of all
with whom he has hail dealings, ond his
friends feel assured that he will make o suc-
cess of his profes-»ion. He hfls a line mind
and is a deep *tiiili-nt and to the support
of these qualitii-s he brings tireless energy
an<l the determiiiatinn <>f spirit which invari
ably attain their purpose. He hos high prin

ciples and is absolutely fair in all his rela-
tion-i. while his integrity is above questiim.
His political support he has always acconled
to tne democratic party because he feels
that the supremacy of that Iwily wtmld
promot<- the welfare of the American people
at large. .Mr. .Miller enjoys a wide and fa-
vorable aci|uaintance in this community and
has many stanch friends.

ALBERT G. CONKLIN. One of the suc-
cessful fruit growers of Inion county, re-
siding near Cove, is Allwrt (i. Conklin, own-
ing a farm of one hundred ami sixty acres.
He is raising large (|uantities of prunes and
apples and has a tine young pear orchard.
He is also carrving on general farming and
raises atmut two carloads of hogs a year as
well as some other stock. He was Istrn in
Oneida county. New York, in Novenil>er, IS 18,
a son of Nathaniel and Clarinda (Hunt)
Conklin. Is>th of whom were Isirn near
.Mbaiiy. New York. Mr, Conklin is a cousin
of the illustrious statesman, l{os<-oe Conkling,
and had the pleasure of being intimately
nci|iiainted with him. The father removed to
Oneiila county, .New York, in IN.tO. where
he followed g"-neral forming, fruit-raising ami
canning, niiil was a producer of garden seeds,
iM'ciiming very pro«iH'rous. In his family
were twelve children. .Anmng his brothers
and sisters under the parental roof Albert
fi, Conklin grew to mnnhoo<l. He received
a go<id common school educntion, remaining
with his parent* until 1875, when be re-
moved t"i Iiiwn and settleil in O'llrien county,
where he purchnseal o form of three hundred
and tw'-nty ncres. His farm, which was sit
iinli'd in one of tin. be«f «ectii>ns of that
stale, prrsliired liberiilly and ofter remain-
ing U|Hin it fi>r twel\>' yrars he sold out and
Clime to Oregon. He stopped ot Cove, arriving
there in the evening, and on the fnllnwing
morning Uiughl o form of one hundred and
•ixty ncres lying niljncent to the mountains,
and whu-h on that nccount was comparatively
free frr»m frost. H«' has been rniwinj^ fruit
for a long tin- • ' ' •' u fur only |o«t
one crop. Hi* - in prune trees

and th<-ir pr>"! ,. .: 'lini over four

teen tlK>usan<l dollar* annually. He al*<> as
well as having a fun yung pear orchard
has a Hftern arrr n: r.l which vielda

*»ver oii« hiin«tr««| r a«-re. He U

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who died in Iowa, lo thai unHin

t,-r f?r«*ie wa« tmrn, w^n ii t* . ,'

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rhiUlrrn
Thomas. >

who IS a \.i^\,\y
munilT, h«« tirn

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if tlf wrhool

1056

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

board for twenty years. He belongs to the
Grange, taking an active interest in tliat or-
ganization. He is a successful farmer and
keeps abreast of the times on all matters
pertaining to his business affairs, to which
he gives his closest attention. He is greatly
respected in the community and has long
been regarded as one of its leading citizens.

I. S. GEER is well known in Hums |jy
reason of his connection with mercantile in-
terests, while a wide reputation has come to
him through his identification with "dry farm-
ing." As a representative of the latter line
of activity he has done much to further the
interests of the state, his labors demonstrat-
ing what may be accomplished in this direc-
tion. Mr. fieer is one of Oregon's native
sons, his birth having occcurred at Silverton,
February 28. 1864. His parents were Calvin
and Ellen (Leonard) (ieer, the former a native
of Hlinois and tlie latter of Missouri. The
family is of old English stock, the ancestry
being traced back to George Geer, who left
England in 1630 and establislied his home
in Connecticut. For many years the family
has been represented in Oregon. Carey Geer,
great-uncle of I. S. Geer, settled in this state
in 1845 and was followed by four of his broth-
ers with their families. One of the num-
ber, R. C. Geer, grandfather of I. S. Geer,
went to Silverton. He became prominent as
a local political leader, serving for some
time as county ch'rk and also as a member
of the state legislature. His son. Calvin
Geer. remained at Silverton until 1889. en-
gaged in farming, and is now living at Rid-
dles, Oregon, in the seventy-third year of his
age. He was the father of five children: I.
S., the subject of this review; R. C. now a
resident of California; Ida, who married H.
V. Climber, of Yuma, Arizona ; P. W., who
now resides in New York; and Mary, the
wife of Benjamin Brown, of Burns, Oregon.
The family has been a prominent one in
Oregon for more than half a century. The
late Homer Davenport, the well known car-
toonist, was a first cousin of I. S. Geer, and
Governor T. T. Geer is a second cousin.

I. S. Geer was educated in the public schools
of Silverton and assisted his father on the
home farm until twenty-six years of age,
when he came to Burns and entered the hard-
ware business in connection with his brother,
who had previously located here. After an
association continuing two years H. E.
Thompson purchased the brother's interest
and continued in the business until 1900.
when he sold out to a Mr. Ctimmins. Under
the firm style of Geer & Cummins the busi-
ness has now been conducted for twelve years.
Theirs is one of the largest general hardware
stores in the city, for they carry a full line
of farm implements, stoves and slielf hard-
ware. Their trade has grown with wonder-
ful rapidity and is not confined to Harney
county or "even to the state of Oregon.

As an enterprising merchant Mr. Geer
has contributed to the welfare and upbuild-
ing of Burns but his labors in other direc-
tions have been of efjual value and worth.
He was the first man to introduce dry farm-

ing in this part of the state and his success
has caused much of the later development
of the dry, arid lands and has led the Ore-
gon Agricultural College to extend its ex-
perimental stations to this region. Thus the
labors of ilr. (Jeer have had direct bear-
ing on the future of all arid states. About
two miles from Burns he has as fine a six-
teen-acre orchard as can be found any-
where and the tract is totally without irri-
gation. It was planted in the spring of
1907 and the trees in the year 1912 have
borne all the fruit they can carry. He
makes a specialty of cultivating four va-
rieties of apples — the Wealthy, the Duchess,
the Gano and the Y'ellow Transparent. The
pear and cherry trees are also in excellent
condition, the trees having had a healthy
growth and produced good returns. Mr.
(ieer has made a close study of the soil and
there is not a weed to be found in his or-
chard, where the ground has been so intelli-
gently worked that the moisture has all
been conserved. His work stands as an able
exponent of dry farming and his example
is being followed by many others.

On the 4th of August, 1889, Mr. Geer
was married to Miss Belle Erb, a native
of Indiana, and they have four children:
Juanita, the wife of Irving Miller, of Burns;
I. W., associated with his father in the hard-
ware business; H. C, attending the public
schools; and Ellen.

Mr. Geer has long been a recognized fac-
tor in political circles and in 1892 was elect-
ed county treasurer, serving until 1896. In
1901 he was chosen to i-epresent his district
in the state legislature. He is a blue lodge
Mason and has occupied various chairs in
the local organization of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. In all that he does
along political lines and otherwise he is
actuated by a spirit of devotion to the gen-
eral welfare and his labors in the field of
business as well as in the county and state
offices have been directly beneficial to the
community and to the commonwealth.

JAMES C. CONLEY, who is the able county
superintendent of schools of Wallowa county,
was horn in Johnson county, Jlissouri. August
6, 1859. He is the son of George W. and
Rebecca S. (Hooper) Conley, the father a
native of Indiana and the mother of Mary-
land. The parents were married in Indiana,
where the mother removed as a young girl
with her foster parents, her own having died
wlien she was a small child. Shortly after
their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Conley removed
to .Johnson county, Missouri, and in about
1874 tliey went to Linn county. Kansas,
where they resided up to 188.S, At that date
tliey came to Oregon, locating on a farm in
Wallowa county, three miles west of .loseph,
but resided on that place only a short time
when they repaired to the town of .loseph.
where the father died in February, 1908, and
wliere the mother yet liv<'S. The father was
a repidjlican in politics and was a Civil war
veteran, having served in the Thirty-third
Missouri Regiment. He was a member of

1. 8. CEEK

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

1059

tlie L'liited Bretliron fliiiri-li and his wiiV nn
earnest lollower ol the Methi>ili!<t Kiiirienpiil
faith.

.Inmes C. C'onley wan reareil at homo ami
acquired his ediieatiim in the piihlie and
hi;;)) sehools ul Linn eouiity. Kansas, ^radil-
atin^ from the l^i C y^'ne hi^li sehool in tlie
ehiss of 18H0. In the fall ol the follow inj;
yi-ar he t<x)k up the proie.ision ol teaching
and has given the greater portion of his time
since, a period of over thirty-one yearn to
educational work. During this time he ha.i
occupied himself during the sunwner month*
with his profession and in winter has engaged
in farm work. Me is active and energetic
and all his life has been a great rea<ler anil
stiiilent. so that he is now a widely informed
man. In ISMM he eiime to Oregon, si'ttling
on a homestead, and while improving the
samp he engaged in ti'aching schfKjI. lli- con-
tinued in the profession until his election to
his present place, in \H'JS. He Hrst served a
term of two years and then was reelected
for four years and after a lapse of four years
was again elec-teil to the otlicc. and up to the
present time has given nine years of elficient
service.

In Linn county. Kansas, in issi. Mr. Con-
ley weddeil .Miss' Sarah K, Hall. wh'> passed
away in IS'.C!. In \y*'.)fi he wiis again married,
his second union being with .Miss llraer
Wil.son. who is tin- ilaughter of William C.
Wilson, a retired farmer living in •Ios«-ph.
To the sef<ind union have Ih-cu liorn three
chihiren: Winifred R.. deceaseil; Marvin W. :
and Malcolm K.. decease.l. Politically Mr.
Conle.v is a r<'publii-an and has always hfen
actively interested in Iik-ii1 party work. Kra-
ternnlly he is a member of .loseph L<Mlge,
No. si". .\. F. •!(; .\. M-; and Iwth he and his
wife belong to Wallowa Clmifter, No. .'.0. O.
E. S., at Enterprise, being charter memIxT*
of the same. Mrs. fonley is now worthy
matron of the lodge. Ilotli he and .Mr«. Con-
ley arc members of the Mithodist Kpi«<f>p«l
church anil she is a teacher and ul«i> assistant
superintendent of the Sundav .. Iiiwd. Mr.
Conlcy has been identilicd with scIuniI work
in Wallowa county longer than any other
i-iti/i-n. is one of its best known educator*.
and during his s<Tvii-.- as su|M'rintenilenr i>f
Schools has enacted many measures of reform
and progress in the interexto of olucation.

ARTEMOS P. WARNER, who is one of the
exti'tisiv.- Iiinc|i>"i"r< ni linatilln <nuiily. rr
sides on his farm, wbirli is loeat.d on Hirrh
creek, ten miles south of Pilot l!i" k. He w«»
born in Pittsford. Vermont, M.ir.-h 17. IM7.
a son of Nathan S. and Sarah iPower«l War
ner. The parents were both natives of Pitt.s
ford as were their ancestors for three or four
"cnerafions back. The mother diefj in Rill
Tand. Vermont, in 1SS2 and in Mf. the f-ithrr
came to Oregon, where he ma-le hi. home
with his children until bis death, in 1«!>l.
Vrtemiis P Warner was reare.1 in \ ermont

and acquired bis cdiirati 'I- ■ ■■mmotj

schools of that state. Oi, "«l

he learned ihe i-ari»'nter"s ' fol-

lowed until about IHH4, when hr c*ii.e lo
Ore"on, where he settled on his present r«wb

on Itirch creek, in I'matilla county. He now
owns something over tbirleeii hundred acres
of land in this tract and also has two other
ranches, one of one hundred and sixtv acres,
which is liH-ated in liriint couiitv, and another
of two hlindri'd acres, which is just east of
Pilot KiH'k. He ingages very extensively in
raising sheep nnd has been prominent in that
industry for the past twenty-live years. He
has as high as three thousand sheep on his
ranch at the present time.

Mr. Warner has bei-n three times married.
He first wedded Miss Caroline Kerris. of Dii
Page coiint.v. Illinois, and to them were born
three children, only one of whom survives,
Kdmiind, who is postmaster at Pine <!rove.
Mrs. Warner died in 1S77 and Mr. Warner
later married .Miss Mary llristol, of .\dains
Ci'uter, .New York. To this union was bom
one child who is now deceased. Mary I llris-
tol) Warner passed away in IMH.") and later
Mr. WurniT was united in marriage with Miss
Martha I'lilmer. who passed away in Kill,
leaving live children. Kdna. .\rchic. Kosa, Hob-
ert and Ha/el. all of whom are at home.

In p4ilitics Mr. Warner is a republican, and
fniti-rnally he is identilled with the .Masonic
order. He is well known as a progres«ivi' and
suciessfiil man. being one of the must promi-
nent sheep-raisers and extensive landowners
of the county, and he is a man who holds
to the highest principles in all his business
and s4M-ial relations.

C. C. HENDRICKS is one of the oldest in-

habitanls ..i il ily of Pendlelon in years

of rontiniioiis ri'sidcnce. He was born in

l.itn iinty. Ori-gon. .\pril H, IH.'il, a son of

.1. M. and Eli/j»ls'lb (llristowi Hendricks, who
were nil lives of Kentucky and removeil in
childhiHsl with their parents to Illinois, in
which slate they were marrinl. In the foil
of ISIS they crrnwrd the plains with ox and
mule teams. bx-«ting in the Willanii'lte valley,
near Clovenlnle, where they look up a dona-
limi ■ i\ hundred nnd forty acres.

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,-hildrrn "' 'bis r»

view. M. I~, .V. M. anil olivr K.. residrd on
the i!tm- »nd improved and nillWatiwI it,
|„it .- iwnic of 1100 b».l il all In

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1060

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

his father, to Lake county and herded them
there for two years, but during an unusually
hard winter he lost two hundred and five
head. Returning to his home place in the
Willamette valley he was employed during
fi\e years in work on the liome farm and on
an adjoining farm. He then sold out his in-
terests to his younger brother and came to
Pendleton in the fall of 1880 and here he
has since resided. During the first three
years of his residence in Pendleton he was
engaged in the restaurant business. Subse-
(juently he bought town property here and
also sold from his reservation an addition to
the city. Later he engaged in the grocery
business together with his brother A. M.,
under the firm name of Hendricks Brothers &
Company, but after one year they closed out
the store but kept the property. Since then
Mr. Hendricks has remained in the city, being
engaged for a number of years in the real-
estate, loan and insurance business. He is
today one of the largest property holders in
the city, owning nine residences, a large brick
liuildin'g on Main street and many vacant lots.
In his political views Mr. Hendricks is a
democrat, having supported this party ever
since he reached his majority, and he has been
active in local party work. He is a member
of the United Artisans and the Fraternal
Brotherhood and at one time belonged to
nine different orders. He built and owns a
hall in which most of the lodge meetings were
held, liut which is now occupied by a busi-
ness college. Mr. Hendricks has spent all
his life in Oregon and in the city of Pendle-
ton there are only two who can boast of a
longer residence. He went through all the
early conditions of pioneer life and he recalls
many experiences of those days. He well
remembers the time when as a boy he wore
buckskin trousers whicl\. when one boy of the
family outgrew them, were handed down to
the next smaller one. He also remembers his
first pair of red top boots and his first hickory
shirt, which was bought from money that
was earned by picking apples. In that early
time work on the farm was carried on by
ox teams and he passed many a day driving
sometimes the yoke of oxen. Jack and Jolly,
sometimes Nig and Broad, and at other times
Pike and Bald, and often he used to ride one
of these to the mill with a sack of wheat.
In those davs it was the custom of the chil-
dren to go barefoot, and there was no extra
attire for Sunday, when Jack and Jolly used
to take the barefoot children to church. Mr.
Hendricks has witnessed the development of
this section of Oregon from those primitive
conditions to its present state of advancement
and he has ever taken an active part in its
progress. His life is exemplary in all re-
spects and he has ever supported those in-
terests which are calculated to uplift and
benefit humanity, while his own mor.al worth
is deserving of the highest commendation.

STEVE F. RICHARDSON, who is living re-
tired in 1*1 On\nde. was the pioneer in the
export lumber trade in his district, having
been connected with that business in Oregon
since 1883. He served his native state, Maine,

as a member of its legislature in 187.3, and
his adopted state, Oregon, in the same capac-
ity in 1907. By his active and successful
business career in the La Grande district
he did valuable service in developing its re-
sources and has long been regarded as one
of its most influential citizens. He was born
in Somerset county, Maine, February 23,
1842, the son of Bryant and Rachel (Good-
win) Richardson, both natives of the same
place. The grandfather. Joel Richardson, was
a native of England and emigrated to the
new world, establishing his home in America.
The Goodwins were of Scotch ancestry and
were successful and respected in Maine, where
the family settled on coming to this country.
The Richardson family in Maine were engaged
in the lumber industry and the subject of this
review received a thorough training in that
line of business.

He pursued his education in the schools
of his native state and after laying aside his
text-books embarked in lumbering. After
I'emaining in his native state for s*tme time
he removed to Wisconsin and was there en-
gaged in lumbering for a period of seven
years. In the fall of 1883 he came to Oregon
and settled in the Grande Ronde valley, en-
tering that section on tlie back of an Indian
pony. He spent some time looking over the
land in that neighborhood for opportunities
in his business, having associated with him
some eastern capitalists. Finding what he
readily perceived was an excellent cliance
to launch a good business, he made a favor-
able report to his principals and with suffi-
cient capital at his disposition the river
was cleaned so that logs might be floated
on its waters. Wing and flood dams were
built and everything placed in readiness for
logging operations. A sawmill was also
built under Mr. Richardson's supervision at
Stumptown. now known as Perry, and the
business which was successfully launched was
continued by Mr. Richardson until 1900, wdien
he partially retired, although still retaining
an interest in some of the mills. He has
valuable real-estate holdings in addition to
his lumber interests, owning a farm of two
hundred and eighty-five acres four miles east
of Island City ami ten acres of orchard land
one mile from La Grande. He also has lumber
interests in the state of Idaho.

On May 21, 1870. Mr. Richardson was
united in marriage to Miss Lilla Burrell, of
Somerset county. Maine, a daughter of George
and Olive (Tupper) Burrell. natives of the
same localit.v. The father was a successful
agriculturist, following that occupation dur-
ing his lifetime. To Mr. and Mrs. Richardson
were born twelve children t Josie M., who died
Aiigust 20. ISSl; Frank 0., a resident of
Idalio; Belle L., who died June 2, 1881; Olive
B.. who died June 24, 1881; Eugene B., also
deceased ; Joel H.. a graduate of Harvard
University: a child, who died May 9, 1885;
Arthur B.. who died January 30. 1S8S: Roy
A., who died January 8. 1889; George B. and
Helen B.. the former of whom resides on his
father's farm, wdiile the latter is at home:
and Edna A., who passed away on the 1st
of January, 1899.

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

1061

Mr. Richardson has always taken an active
interest in politics anJ. In-inp an intlilential
and representative citizen, was elected a mem-
ber of the state legislature nl his native
state. Maine, in 1S73, niakinj; an eveellent
record. He was also elected to the state
le»islat>ire of Oregon in 1907 and rendereil
e.vcellent service while a member of that
body. He is widely known in the state of
Oregon, being well acqiiainte<l in the Ia\
fJrande ilistrict in Inirm county, where he it
respected liy all who know liim and held in
high esteem by a large number of bi|..iness.
political and social friends. He is |Mi!><essed
of nineh mnre than ordinary busini'ss ability
and his lung career in the logging industry
and lumber trade has been a very -ucccssful
one.

E. T. ROUP, a retired ranchman i.f .l..scph.
who owns a thousanil acres of land on I'rairie
creek, which he is renting to his son*, was
l>orn in .Johnson county. Iowa, on the 13th
of December. I"i34. and is a son of Thomas
and Nancy i Henry i Roup. The father was
a native of Penn.sylvania and the mother of
tlhio. but they were married in [owa in De-
cember. \^M. having removed to that .•tate
with their parents who settled on government
In nil in .lolinson county. .\ftiT their mar-
riage. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Itoup setlleil in
.Johnson county, continuing to re«ide there
until isfit. when they crossed the plains to
Montana. For three years thereafter the
father encaged in prospecting and mining in
that state, meeting with but indifTerent sue
cess. -At the expiration of that time he
returned to the east, locating in Harrison
county. Missouri, but seven yi-nrs Inter, in
1874, "he decided to come to the northwest.
Oregon was his destination and ui>on his nr
rival in this state with his family they set
tied in the Wallowa valley, then a portion of
I'nion. but now in Wallowa county. They
took up their residence here on the 11th of
N'ovemlx-r. 1S74. being among the very first
settlers in this location. The father and nur
subject, who was then a youth of twenty
years, each took up a «<|nntl>T'« right on
Prairie creek, the land there U-ing as yet un
surveved. Roth of these claims are still
owned bv the son. E. T. Houp. and the vnlu
able holdings, the land being very pro.luctive.
The father resiiled on his homestead lor
thirty years, bringing it under high culliva
tion and making it an attractive ranch. In
1004 he withdrew from active work nn<l went
to Boise City, where he has a son livmB
.After remaining there a year he returned to
Wallowa county, settling in .Joseph, and here
his death occurred on the I2fh of n,'tol-.r.
1911 at the age of eighty four years. Ibe
mother is living at seventy nine years, and
continues to reside in .Joseph, making her
home with her son. K. T. The political sup
port of Thomas Roup was always given to
the republican party, and while living m Mnn
tana in the early days he served a. nistKc
of the peace and later held the same olTice in
Wallowa county. . .

K T Roup was reared at home, aojiiinng
a limited education in the common schools.

His l>oyhood anil youth having been passed
on a farm he was early lraine<l in the work
of the tiehls and care of the stock, and at
such times as his services were not requireii
at home he atten<li'd the district schools. He
was twenty years of agi- when ho came to
Wallowa county and he immeiliately began
cultivating and improving his claim, which he
prov«l up in 1"<''I. the year after he was
married. His energies were here devoted to
general farming and stock raising, his efforts
in this direction meeting with a goodly meas
Urc of success. .\s his circumslaiices war
ranted he extended the boundaries of his
ranch, until he has today one thousand acres
of laiiil. This is all iimler cultivation ami
Well improved, and is in every way a credit
lo his energies and ilcterinination of purpose,
lie resided upon his ranch until 1909. when
he removed to .Joseph to give his children
l>etter e<lucational advantages, and here he
has ever since lived retired. For many years
he ilevofcd himself tirelessly to the work of
his ranch anil is now enjoying the ease and
comfort purchased through the intelligent
direction of his early activities.

Mr. Roup was married in IS.SO to Miss
.\lvirn Warden, a daughter of Daviil War-
den, who came to the Wallowa valley from
.Missouri in 1S7S. Six children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Roup, live of whom are
living as follows: KInier. who is engage<l
in the opi-ration of a part of his father's
ranch: Frank, who is also on a part of his
father's ranch; Emma, who is living at home:
Maggie, who is atli'mling the conservatory of
music of Whitman College. Walla Walla.
Wa«hington: and llelva. living at home.

Tlie mother and daughters are memlM-rs of
the Presbyterian church. Mr. Roup is a
republican, is one of the foremost cili/i'us of
.losi-ph an<l was one of the organizers of the
First Hank of .Joseph, whe-h has the distinc
I, 11 ..:' iK-ing the (Irsl financial institution
I in the county. At the lime of
/alion he was appointed »ic«« presi
drill Aiiil also one of the ilirertors and has
i.ver since lieirn serv inff in this capacity. He
i, „ ' -■ ■ I ju.igmeni

and ■ •.pini..n on

.ghl. Hi.
covers a peri'id of
, he has rslablished

the rnviable reputation during that time of
being a man of sterling worth and rnmnieml
able charaetrrislics

BENJAMIN r- ••• ;h WILSON

the hii'lilv re ens of I

•tate. where h. - . . , in the gri. . ,
lice of law. He was horn Fehrtiary 19. l^fil.
in I.a(»yetle. flregon Hi« i>«lemal grand
father was John .\ Wilson, who was ■ native
of Mibima and in an earfr lay removed
slate to M where he

1 himx'lf J» "r .- .ifcress-

ful planters. ' -bis

family t" Tali' "''h

mule team*, a'
he setlle<l at '
Taller, where he «l lltst rn^atird in niininK

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and later gave liis atteiitioii to fariniiif; and
stock-raising.

Benjamin F. Wilson is a son of James A.
and Susannah (Owen) Wilson, the former a
native of Carroll county, Mississiiipi, and the
latter of Jlissouri. James A. Wilson emi-
grated to Oregon in 1859. reaching tliis state
at the time of the Pit river Indian wars,
and at one place on his journey he ferried
over a stream where a few days previously
the Indians had made a raid and killed a
number of people. He encoimtered much
trouble in getting his horses and cattle which
consisted of a band of fifty head, across the
river. This, however, was eventually success-
fully accomplished with the assistance of the
two employes whom he had engaged to accom-
pany him on his journey. Farther along on
their way they accidently fell in company
with Boone Helm, who accompanied them.
Mr. \\'ilson was the owner of a very fine
saddle horse. This animal attracted the
fancy of Boone Helm and at a time Avhen Mr.
Wilson had relaxed somewhat his vigilance
he allowed Boone the privilege of driving his
horse and at the first opportunity he managed
to escape from their camp and company, tak-
ing with him the much-prized and highly valu-
able aninuil. I'pon the discovery that ISoone
had escaped with his horse he took one of his
men and at once started in pursuit of the
fugitive, whom they encountered some dis-
tance from their outfit, and upon claiming
the animal Boone refused to surrender the
horse. In the midst of the dispute which
followed, Mr. Wilson's man succeeded in get-
ting the drop on Boone and Mr. Wilson
promptly relieved the desperado of his guns
anil, taking his stolen property, he started
back to rejoin his camp and continue his
journey. Boone insisted upon returning with
them keeping, however, at a safe distance
and spending his time in giving vent to
un]uonounceable expletives in which he an-
nounced vengeance upon Mr. Wilson and his
party. He continued in the vicinity of their
camp during the remaining portion of the
day and some time during the night he made
his escape and nothing further was heard of
this man until 1863, when he and four of his
companions, including Jack Gallagher and
Clubfoot George, were banged to a beam in
Virginia City, ilontana. by the vigilance
committee. Gallagher was the first of this
company of desperadoes to drop to his death
and Boone, who was the leader of the band,
on seeing his feet move cried to his copartner
in crime with his last words: "Kick away,
Jack, I'll be in hell with you in five minutes."
The above recited narrative, dealing with the
close of the lives of these outlaws points to an
important episode in the history of Mr. Wil-
son's entrance into this state. He ever after-
ward consi<lered himself and associates most
fortiuiate in not having been murdered by
this well known and \iniversally dreaded
mountain <lesperado chief. He arrived in this
state in the early fall and established his
home in Lafayette, where he contiiuied to
reside luitil 1864, during which time he was

raising. In 1S64 he returned with his fam-
ily to the Grande Roude valley, making the
journey by boat and team, traveling as far
as Celilo liy lioat. from there making the
portage an<l then continuing by boat to The
l)alles and from tluit place by team. On
reaching his destination he established his
honu' in Cove, wliere he engaged in farming
and stock-raising. Here he spent tlie remain-
ing years of bis life, passing awaj' in April,
190S. at the age of sixty-nine years. To
hiinsi If and wife nine cliildren were born.

Benjamin Franklin Wilson was the eldest
member of the family. His early boyhood
days were passed at Cove in his fatlier's home,
where lie received bis elementary education
in the public schools. ^in<l later became a
student at the State I'niversity at Portland.
For some time following his school life at
the university he was engaged in educational
work, teaching in the |iublic scliools. and at
the same time he o])erated a ranch. In 1884
he was elected county clerk and in that office
continued to serve the people of his county
for two years. While engaged in the discharge
of his duties he devoted his spare time to the
study of law and after having qualified him-
self for the j)ractice of the legal profession
he was admitted to the bar in ISSO and at
once engaged in the general practice of law
in I'nion, in which he continued until 1803,
when he was appointed register of the land
office. In that capacity he continued to be
engaged for four and one-half years and in
1898 be was elected county judge, a position
of great trust, which he held in the interest
of the people for four years. On retiring
from the bench he resumed the practice of his
profession, in which he has since been engaged.
Mr. Wilson is the owner of a very fine farm,
located one and one-half miles north of Union,
and during several years past he has given it
a considerable portion of his time. In his
farming enterjirise he specializes in alfalfa,
hogs and dairying.

Mr. Wilson was united in wedlock to Miss
Mary B. Kennedy, of the Willamette valley,
on the 17th of July. 1887. Mrs. Wilson is a
daughter of .1. W. Kennedy, of Avhom a more
extended review is published in another part
of this work. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson three
chililren have been born: Rowena, now Mrs.
John Dobbin; Hazel, teaching in the public
schools; and Frank K. Mr. Wilson frater-
nally is associated with the Knights of Py-
thias, liaving been one of the charter members
of Blue Mountain Lodge, No. 28. He is one
of the enterprising and highly respected citi-
zens of the city and county in which he
resides and is always to be relied upon to
give the benefit of his influence to any meas-
ure of public interest effecting the welfare
of the people among whom he has established
his home.

JOHN N. HEDDEN is proprietor of the
ohlcNt iiicicaiitilc establishment under one
ownership in central Oregon and the I'ecord
which he has made as a business man is a
nu)st enviable one. It is true that he en-

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tereJ upon a business alri'inly fstablistifil,
but in fiilarging and i-ontmlliii^ thin numy
a man of li'ss resolute spirit vvoulil have
failed. On the c-ontrary liis interests and
activities have fjrown ami develo|HMl, and
have constituteil an element in the mmlern
progress of the oommuuity. .Mr. Iledileii was
born in Scottsbury. Doujilas eounty. Ore-
gon, ilay 1, 18.')l>. a .-on of Cyrus and Mar-
garet ISawyerl lleilden. The father was n
pioneer of Dou^das eounty and one of the
most prominent men of that I'arly periiwl,
aiding in laying the foiindatinns upon wbieli
has been biiilt the hiter progress and |>ros-
perity of the eounty. He was born near
Newark. New .Jersey, on the 4th of Mareb,
1820. and there spent his youthful ilays.
NVhen sixteen years of age lie was appren-
ticed to the blacksmith's tradi- and fur four
years workeil for his boanl and clothing. In
the meantime he tlmroughly mustered the
trade in every detail and in ls|s went to
Terre Haute, Indiana, where for two yeurs
he worked as a jonrni'yniait blacksmith. In
1850, in company with several companiiuis,
he made the long trip across the stn-tchmt
of hot sand and through the mountain pHss4>«
to the coast, traveling with a sixhorse te«m
as far as Salt Ijike City, where the horses
were exchanged for oxen. From that point
the party continued on their way to the
coast, arriving in Sacramento on the i>th of
Angnst. H.iO. The fall and winter were spent
by Mr. lledden in prospecting and mining
on the .\merican river and. in .Vpril, 1851,
he purchased three acres of lanil in the vicin-
ity of Market street, San Francisco. Shortly
afterward he was persuailed by Captain Tich-
nor to go on the captain's vessel, the Sea
Cull, to Portland. At that time the city
had but one or two streets along the river
front, while the remainder wat -.and. Mr.
He<lden built a shop and began work at his
trade. In the following .IiMw. however, he
was persuaded by Captain Tichnor to go with
him and lielp found a town at fort Ortor.l.
Mr. Iledd.ii and eight others then sailed for
that place, where sinm after their arrival
the famous battle of Battle KcM-k occurred.
Mr. Hedden was one of th4' nine men who
defeate<l the attacking party i-f one bun-
drcil and tifly In<lians. killing twenty threi-
of them wliib- all of the white men e«cnped
with thi'ir lives. Me diil not reliih such en-
coiniters nor life in sinh an undevelop<<»l ili«-
trict and soon after this flelermined to rr-
turn to Portland. He made the jt.urney on
foot by way of flardiner and KIklon. anil
on his'arrival in the Hose ( ity l»'gnn work
ing at his trade at a salary i>f ten dollars
per <Iay. He had not long In-en established
in that way, however, until Captain Tich-
nor again .sought his cooperatii>n ami p«-r-
suaded him to return to Port iirford. where
he was placed in charge of twelve men who
were sent to survey a road from that point
to the California trail which they ex|>.cte.l
to strike near the pre.s<>nt site of RosrhurR.
They became lost after several day«. how-
ever, and endeavoreil to retrace their •lep«.
proceeding down a stream that proved to
be the Coquille river. Kn the I tth of S<-p-

tcmU'r they were attacked by tin' Indians
at a bend in the river a litth' below the
present town>ite of Prosper, ami after a
desperate handto-haml light, in which six
of the party of twelve were nuissai'red, Mr,
Hedden siuTceded in making his escape. Soon
afterwaril he came across L. 1,. Williams, who
had been badly woinided and was nimble to
travel. Although Mr. Ileclden was a -nuill
man. weighing about one hundred and thirty
or one hundred and thirty live poumlH, and
Mr. Williams weighed om- hundred and *rv-
eiitytive or one hundred and eighty pounds,
he refust'd to leave him and practically car-
ried him on his back the entire dislaiue from
the CiH|uille river to the mouth of the
rmpipia. They were forced to travel all
night and hiile in the brush during the ilay.
It was a terrible journey for they Inul no
food but snails, salmon berries and bucIi
things as they could llnd in the forest. They
arrived at the mouth of the I'mpiiua alino-t
exhausted. Death, indeed, was very near
to them through Ihi- hardships of the travel
and from lack of food. Their clothing, too.
was almost gone, Mr. Heilden having on
only a pair of buckskin trousers, while Mr.
Williams posoesseil a shirt and no trousers.
.Vrriving at the river they wen- iliseovi-red
by a party ami taken aboard Captain Klliott's
iMiiit where Ihi-ir wants were attendi'd to.
rin^nie they pnseeiled up the river to Seotts-
burg. Thi« is but one instance nbowing the
many hanUhips endured by the pioneer si-t-
tlers who have laid the foundations for the
great state of Oregon.

.'\fter his reeu|M-ratiiin Mr. Hedden worke<t
at whatever he could gel to do and thi' fid-
lowing "pring Went to Son Kranci^co. where
he purchased a full outlU of l>hicksmilh tools
and opened a shop in Scott •burg. Kroni
that time forward he pro«|H-red and ga\e bia
entire atti-ntion to his trade until IsTu.
when he eslublished hin)«<<U in the mer-
cantile liusines* in Srotl«burB. The enter-
prise was founded for the Itrneflt of hi* son
.lobn. and u|Min the lutter's return from busl-
ni*«s college the store was given over to
him. who. however, a* a roinpliment fo
his father, cnndiicled the business under
the name of C. Hedden until hts father's
ileath. Cyrus Hedden wa« a very .iircess.
fill man. owing |o hi* iinfolti-ring dili
geniT and ca|>«b|p management He ari|Uirp<l
Hre hiindrrd acre* of valuable land whirh
he owned at the ftme nf hi< •{•■sth He
was a lifelong r- - I as

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twenty-one years of age, and, returning liome.
he took over the business whicli his father
had established with the intention of giv-
ing it to liis son. He assumed formal pos-
session on the 1st of JIarch, 1S77, and for
tlie past tliirty-tive years has successfully
conducted his store, making it one of the
leading mercantile enterprises of this part of
the state. His trade has grown year bj-
year as the district has become more thickly
settled, his enterprising spirit prompting
him ever to carry an attractive line of
goods while his sense of justice has been
manifest in reasonable prices and straight-
forward dealing. In addition to mercantile
interests Jlr. Hedden, together with his fam-
ily, owns two thousand acres of valuable
farm land in Douglas county. He also con-
ducts a general brokerage business, loans
money, buys and sells farm lands and for
years past has been identified not only with
individual activities but with many important
public projects. He is justly accounted one
of the foremost business men of Douglas
county.

It was on the 14th of March. 1886. that
Sir. Hedden was united in marriage to Miss
Fannie Henderer. a daughter of Charles G.
and Eraaline (Meador) Henderer. more ex-
tensive mention of whom is made in the
sketch of their son, J. J. Henderer, on an-
other page of this work. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. Hedden have been born five children,
of whom four survive, Cyrus. Emma. Charles
G. and .June, all residing at home.

Mr. Hedden votes with the republican party
but has never been an office seeker, prefer-
ring to concentrate his energies upon his
business afl'airs. He is today one of the best
known men of Douglas county and is held
in the highest esteem by all with whom he
has come in contact. His business policy
is one which never requires disguise but on
the contrary commends him to the confidence
and good-will of all. While he has held
many mortgages he has never foreclosed one,
and has ever been willing to help those
in need by extending time and giving them
opportunity to redeem their property. His
own sense of justice, fairness and considera-
tion has brought him in large measure treat-
ment of a similar character. He has rec-
ognized the possibilities of life and improved
his opportunities, and, holding to high ideals
of manhood, has ever received and merited
the warm regard of his fellow townsmen,

BENJAMIN CLAYTON RICHARDSON is

a son of a fine old Oregon pioneer and he
himself has been a prominent force in the
development of Baker and Malheur counties.
He was for many years identified with mining
in Idaho and Oregon and for almost a quarter
of a century was one of the most progressive
and scientific general farmers and stock-
raisers in this section of the state. He is
now serving his second term as county judge,
having been elected first in 1904 and reelected
in ions. During the course of his life in
Oregon he has been an influential factor in
the development of the state along various
lines and is numbered today among the most

substantial and enterprising citizens. He was
horn in Jefferson county, iMissouri, on the
15th of .lanuary, 1843, and is a son of John
and lirittina (Hutton) Richardson, the for-
mer a native of Missouri, of Scotch descent,
and the latter a native of Alabama. They
were married in Missouri in the ':iOs and
made that state their liome until 184."!. On
the 1st of March of that year the father
crossed the state line, bound for Oregon,
journeying across the plains as a member of
the Jesse Applegate train. When he reached
The Dalles his ox teams were unfit for fur-
ther labor and he was obliged to leave them
in tliat vicinity and make the rest of the
journey by canoe, traveling down the Colum-
bia river and up the Willamette to Oregon
City, where he remained during the winter
of 1843-44. In the spring he went up into
Yamhill county and established a donation
claim of si.x hundred and forty acres on the
west side of the Willamette river, about
.seven miles from the present site of Dayton.
This he improved and developed for many
years, erecting U])on his property a comfort-
able home. He resided upon his farm until
1860, in which year he moved to California.
During the period of his first residence in
Oregon he left that state only once. He was
one of the pioneers to the California gold
fields, making the journey in 1848. He there
met C. M. Carter, a son of Thomas Carter,
one of the founders of Portland, and formed
a friendship which lasted for many years.
C. JI. Carter was one of the men who escaped
from the massacre on American Bar. In
ISfiO John Richardson moved his family to
California, where he purchased land and con-
ducted a stage station, called Willow Springs,
on the road from Yreka to Oregon. Here he
was active for about five years, coming at
the end of that time to eastern Oregon and
later to Idaho. He engaged in mining for
some time in the Boise basin, when that sec-
tion was at the height of its prosperity. The
estimated population at that time was from
ten to fifteen thousand people. In the spring
of 1868 he moved to the Eldorado mines in
Baker county and there worked at the car-
penter's trade, which he had learned in his
youth. He later added mining to his activi-
ties and about the year 188.") went to Ari-
zona, where he resided until his death, which
occurred about 1886. when he was eighty-five
years of age. His wife came to Vale about
1870 and resided there until her death, which
occurred in 1883, when she was sevent,v-five
years of age. She is buried in the cemetery
of that city. The father of our subject was
a very prominent and influential democrat
and was active in the affairs of his com-
nuinity while Oregon was a territory. He
was a member of the territorial legislature
for several terms and took an active and
leading part in the passage of many progres-
sive measures, MHien he moved to California
he gave up his political position in Oregon
to some extent and never afterward was
equally prominent. He and his wife became
the parents of six children, three of whom
have passed awa.v. John C. Thomas and
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nu'mbi-rs of tlie family. Kenjamin Clayton
is the subject of this sketch. Madison, "who
was born in tlie Willamette valley, Orefjon.
in 1S4.>. was married in Idaho, aiH)ut ISIir..
to Savanah Cn\. anil to them were born sev-
eral children but only three now survive, one
son and two daujrhters, the latter both beinjj
married, while Henry, who is the eldest, is
active in politics in Harney county and has
served as county clerk lor two terms, .lames,
the yoiniftest nu'mber in the family of Mr.
and Mrs. .Tohn Richardson, was born in the
Willamette valley in 1S4T. He nntrrieil Helen
Miller in Baker county. Oref;on, in isiis. and
they have two sons livinf;, Edward anil
Robert. Nicholas .'^hrum, the ;;randfather
of Mrs. .Tames Richardson, was a member of
the constitutional convention of the state of
Oregon.

Benjamin C. Richardson attended the pub-
lic schools of southern Orej,'on. near Ashland.
In early manhooil he went to the Cariboo
mines in British Columbia where he spent
one year and went from there to Cali-
fornia, arrivini,' in that state in the sprin;,'
of 1SG4. He ne.vt located in the Boise basin,
where he mined until the spring of ISIJS,
when he returned to l»regon and worked at
the same occupation in Baker county and
near KIdorado until 18S0. He spent" some
time in the Wood River quartz mines in
Idaho, returning to Eldorado about tSS.i.
Jn that year he established his residence in
\'ale and carried on gt-neral farming and
stock-raising upon a line and intelligently
operated tract of land until 1901. when he
abandoned agricultural pursuits in order to
give his entire time to his political career.
He was elected county judge of .Malheur
county and after serving ellieiently and ably
for a four year term was again elected in
r.ins and is now serving in that capacity.
He is a democrat in his politi;'al beliefs niiil
the importance and wi-ight of his inllueno-
are eviilenced by the fact that hi- was I'ln-ted
by a large maji>rity in a republ'ican c lunly.
In his second campaign he had two opponents
but received a larger vote than both of them
combined. He ha.s the distinction of Iwinjf
the only man ever reelected to the oflicp of
county judge. During the eight year-i of hi*
service he has been identilird with the con
strnction of many of the roads in the county
and in the sehf»ol district-*. The srefinn in
which .Mr. Richardson is active is n large di'
trict. one hundred and eighty mile« long bv
eighty miles wide, and very sparsely settled.
This makes it more dilVicnlt to build the r'mds
and bridges, which are l>ecomins more neres
sary every ilay. Mr. Richardson hn« lioen
instrumental in the erection of ei^jbti-en »fpel
bridues. costing altocether at>ouf two hundred
thousand dollars. H" planned the erection of
a fine stone courthouse at an e\pen«e i>(
twenty-five thousand dollars. He has l>ren
Ciiided in his investment.* of the public funds
in his charge by keen business nbitity and
discrimination alone financial lines and his
honesty and integrity have nei'er t>een qnes
' tione<l during the entire perio.1 of his public
service. He has always given his influence to

movements of a constructive and expansive
kind and has been identified with much ini-
piirtant and progressive work. His career has
been marked by high conscicnl iousness and
a constant attention to his pulilic obligations
and has been guided by honesty, intelligence,
integrity and industry ipialitics which have
made him not oidy a well known and success-
ful politician but an ideal servant of the
people.

(In the lOth of .April, l.sr.o, Mr. Richardson
was united in marriage, in Idaho, to Miss
Mary Davis, a daughter of C. D. Davis, a
prominent attoriU'V of Eldorado. They be-
came the parents of four sons, two of whom
survive. .lames .M.. who was iMirn ill the
spring ot 1S70, married May flarrison and
lives in Vale. They became the |>arcnts of
six children, five of whom are now living,
two sons and three daughters. Itenjainin M.,
whose birth occurred at Malheur City, Ore-
gon, in IST'i, weddi'd Eva (loodrich and is
engaged in agricultural pursuits in lloise
county, Idaho. They have two sons and two
iiaiii;bters.

Mr. Uicliardson has been prominent in agri-
cultural and poliliinl circles of Malheur
county for almost a qinirter of a century and
his name has been a synonym during the
time for successful and cnnipridiensive busi-
ness methods and energy, honesty and
straiirht forward dealing in the more public
aspects of bis life. Diirini; the course of his
career, which has been marked by cniitinuous
labor in honorable causes and by well di-
rected energy along lines of advancement, he
has gained the true success which is em-
bodieil in Hie title which he hn.s earned of
an hiinest man,

C. W. CONGER. The Btnte of OroBon to-
day, prospenms in its rich and productive
farms and in tin- iinconnted number "f "lii'ep
which range its pastiiri-s, owes its greatness
to the sturdy men of pioneer times who
wrested its productiveness out of the wililer-
ness and battled for supremacy aftalnut
maraii ling Indians. One of the greatest in
dividual fnetom in thin upbuilding i< ('. W.
Conger, who gave many years of his life to
gi'ni'ral farming and stock raising in Crant
county, and who is now ideiilifii'il with une
of the leading mercantile eslablisbment* in
Long Creek. Mr. Cimgir is n native of .Ipf-
ferson eiinnly, Iow«, where hi* birth orrurml
in Deiemlier. It.M. lie Is • "on of Knoeh
■ ml .\melia Itliilh Conger, nalivpa nf In-
diana. His father left (he slate in which he
was born and went to Iowa where he marrini
and resided f'lr one year In Ifi3 he mme
ncross (he plains to Orrgnn. making the long
jiiiirney with m teams. The parlv with
which he Iranded had no troiiblr with llir
Indians Imt met with olh*>r hirlship* and
iMTil< ini-id*'nt to th*' w state of
the roads •nd th» rriid» ■- ' pioneer
Iraiel. They Ine l>e«
Cfinlen ri»er C 'n werds
and fr *' ' ' " '
the j
sions \.J. ..-..,:.!

of th« nirmTaD loral«4 at Wapaloo l^k*

1068

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

w}iere they remained only a short time and
later located at Pleasant Hill, twelve miles
from Eugene, Oregon, and here Mr. Conger's
father was successful as a farmer until ISSl.
In that year he came to Long Creek, Grant
county, and remained until his death in
ISSj at the age of sevent,y-five years.

C. W. Conger is one of a family of thirteen
children born to his parents. He came to
Oregon with his father and mother in 1852
and thus is numbered among the earliest
pioneers of the state. He spent his boyhood
at Pleasant Hill and received his education
in the district schools. After a number of
changes of residence he came with his father
to l..ong Creek and remained in that vicinit,v
until l^iG!) when he went to Pilot Hock near
Pendleton where he remained for five jears.
At the end of that time he returned to Lx)ng
Creek, took up a homestead and preemption
claim five miles from the city on Pass ereek
and was successful and prosperous as a
rancher and stock-raiser for a number of
,years. He improved his holdings along scien-
tifically progressive lines and was constantl,y
adding to his property. At the time he dis-
posed of his property, in 1906, he was the
owner of two thousand acres of the finest
and most productive land in Oregon, most of
which was acquired by purchase. He ran
stock, sheep, horses and cattle and added
at various times as many as five hundred
head to his herd. He kept constantly from
six to eight thousand sheep and was one of
the most e.\tensive dealers in high-grade
.stock in the state of Oregon. His agricul-
tural career in its early days was identified
with some of the most stirring and thrilling
events in the history of the section in which
he located. During the Indian war in 187S
Mr. Conger and all the other settlers in the
vicinity, numbering about fifty in all, joined
in the building of a fort to protect' their
lives and what property they could move.
They spent most of their time in the fort
and the Indians ran oft' all Mr. Conger's stock
and those portions of his property which they
could not take with tliem they burned, leaving
him only his real estate with which to begin
his new life. The Indians kept up a constant
fusillade during the nights but never reall.y
attacked the fort. Jlr. Conger recovered
from this financial blow and when he
definitely abandoned agriculture and stock-
raising had become an influential factor in
the development of the district in which he
lives. In 1906 he disposed of his entire
property and came to Long Creek where he
engaged in the mercantile business with
which he had been identified a short time in
California. He conducted a flourishing estab-
lishment until 1910 when his entire property
was destroyed by fire and he was obliged
to move to his present location where he is
carrying on a business of the same kind,
specializing in the handling of farm imple-
ments. His business career is distinguished
by the same energy and far-sightedness
whicli marked his ranching activities and
has brought him a gratif^ying degree of suc-
cess. Mr. Conger has, besides his business
property in the city, a five hundred acre

ranch adjoining the town limits which he
has devoted mostly to pasture land. He is a
successful and energetic man, highly esteemed
and respected in the community in which he
resides and a leader in all projects for
municipal improvement. He is noted for a
rare and unusual quality of public spirit
and is loyally and activel.v interested in pub-
lic affairs. In 1910 an organization was
formed for the purpose of dividing Orant
county into two sections and instituting a
new county seat. Mr. Conger was the leader
and president of the body of men who formed
this project and was an individual force in
promoting the issue. Their struggle however,
was unsuccessful, although it paved the way
for future efforts along this line. The people
of (irant county are now obliged to go fifty
miles over three mountain divides in order
to reach Canyon City, which is the county
seat. The organization of which Mr. Conger
was the president and promoter had for its
object the division of this large section of
land into two counties of convenient size.

In 1876 Mr. Conger married Miss Scrog-
gins, who came to Oregiui in ISTo from
Arkansas, and who died in 1889 leaving five
children: Mrs, D. Kidd of Portland. Oregon;
J. M., a successful rancher of Long Creek ;
Thomas L., also a resident of that section
of Oregon; and Grover and Rosetta. Mr.
Conger's second marriage was with Miss
Alice Barr, a native of Kansas who passed
away in 1899, leaving one child. Alma. In
the following year Mr. Conger was again
wedded. His present wife was in her maiden-
hood Miss Sarah E. Kemper of California.

Mr. Conger is always loyally interested in
local affairs. He is a blue lodge Mason and
past master of that organization, having
been through all the chairs. He is also
affiliated with the Knights of P.vthias and an
active worker in that organization. He has
that talent for organization and management
which is a necessary factor where construc-
tive work is to be done. He has set him-
self a high standard of personal honor and
during the many years of his life in Oregon
has never deviated from his code.

BINDER BROTHERS. The farm of nearly
fourteen hundred acres belonging to Charles
and Frank A\'. Binder is known throughout
Douglas county as one of the most efliciently
o[)erated and productive projierties in the
Umjiqua valley. It constitutes their father's
original tract of land which he purchased on
his first settlement in Oregon and under the
capable direction of his two sons it is rapidly
evolving into one of the model properties of
the valley. The elder of the two brothers
is Charles Binder, who was born in Mont-
gomerv county. Iowa, on the 29th of April,
186.'). He is a son of Anthon.v and Hannah
(Grabers) Binder, the former a native of
France and the latter of Germany. The
father came to the United States when he
was a young man and the mother crossed
the Atlantic when she was fifteen or six-
teen years of age. She was accompanied
by her brother and settled in Lee county,
Iowa, where her marriage occurred. Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony Binder located in Mont-

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. ANB I

TION«. j

THE CENTENNIAL IIISTOliV OF OREGON

1071

gomery county. Iowa, wlii'if tlif loriurr I'ol-
lowed hi;- oociipiitioii of ii stom- iiiasnii. He
eventually bought a niiiall I'aiin in the ilis-
triet anil establislieil U\* wife upiMi tins
property while he worked for some years
at lii.-s trade. In ISS-J he eanie west to Ore-
gon, locating in the I'mptina vaUey. Douglas
county, two miles west of Klkton. Here
he bought the Daniel Stearns rnneli. com-
prising twelve hundred and forty-two acres
of fertile and productive land, ami on this
he lived and cultivatetl the soil until his
death, on .January 17. I'.Ul. when he was
eighty-three years of age. Mis wife dieil
in Decemlier. l'J04. when she was sixty-one
years old. The elder Mr. Binder was a
democrat in the early ilays of his Ami'r-
ican residence but later aihiiated with the
republican party. lie owned at the time
of his death thirteen hundred and eighty-
seven acres. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony llimler
were the parents of seven children, all of
whom are married with the exception of
Frank. They are: .lohn, who nnirried Bes-
sie Culy and lives in Klkton, Oregon, where
he owns 1". farm, and they have three chil-
dren; Charles; Mary, who is the wife of
W. R. Hart, who is interested in silver min-
ing claims in fannda, and they have two
sons; Ceorge, deceas«'d; .loseph. ilei'eased ;
.\nielia. who married W. .1. Brown, a restau-
rant man of North Bend; and Frank.

Charles Biniler was reared at home and
was educated in the public sclirwils of Mont-
gomerv countv. Iowa. lb- early became ac
quainteil witli the details of agriculture by
assisting his lather in the operation of hi»
large ranch an<l attending to the various
duties incident to this line of activity. On
reaching manhood he renuiined at lionu- and
in conjunction with his father carried on
general farming ami stiwk-raising for a num-
ber of years. When Anthony Binder juissed
away his son Charles joined with his brother
Frank and purchased the home ranch. Their
copartnership has existed since that time
and has been productive of excidlent r.-sults.
They work in harmony ami have during the
vears of their assoi-ialion brought the Inuil
to the highest possible state of I'ultivntion.
They have improved the i|uality of the soil
bv scientific fertilization, built fences, barns
and outbuildings anil have now one <if the
most attractive farming properties in Doug-
las county.

On the Sth of .Tune, IS'iO. fliarles Bin.ler
was united in niarriai.'c to Miss Mat). I Haines,
a daughter of Alfred Benton Haines, one ol
the pioneer settlers of Douglas county. I pon
his arrival in Oregon Mr. Haines lo.-nted one
mile up the lmp<iun river from Klkton and
was prominent for many years in acnciil-
tural pursuits. Into Mr. ami Mrs. Bimlor
have been born four children. Lena H., Heorge
A Carl B. and Marv K. Mr. Binder is n re-
publican in political atrilintions but does not
take an active part in public affairs ami h«-<
never sought otVice. His wife affiliiites with
the Methodist Kpiscopal church.

Charles Binder is aided in his ngrieulliire
bv the expert knowle.lge and oeientifie at-
tainment along this line of his brother. Frank

W. Binder, who is a native siui of Oregon,
He was l)orn in Douglas county, on Novem-
ber IJ. I.SS2. and was reanil upon the home
farm. He ac<|uireil his education in the pub-
lic schools and supplemented this by a course
in business college. His entire life has bi'eii
devoteil to agriculture. His boyhood was
spent in the minor duties upon his father's
ranch and on reaching maiihooil he remained
at home in order to assist in the develop-
ment and iinproveineiit of the extensive en-
terprise. When his father dieil he joined
with his brother Charles in the purchase of
the home farm ami is now interesti'd in
this project and is carrying on ngriiiilt iiral
pursuits along moilern ami scieiititic lines.
He is one of the progressive men of the
l'nipi|iia valley and has contributed to a
great extent to its progress and development.
He anil his brother are recogni/ed as factors
in the growth of this section. Individually
each is enterprising and public-spirited, in-
terested in the development of Douglas county
and eager to pronmte it. Their united ef-
forts have resulted in a productive, fertile
and elticieiitly managed farm where each
acre is productive to its highest extent, a
fact which forms the basis of their agricul-
tural economics.

ROBERT GEORGE, a fanner of linker
county and one of its oldest settlers, was
born in l.inn county, Miswuiri, alMiut Isii.'!.
His father. .\ugu»tii» .*<. Ciei>rge. born in
Kentucky, about H20, is of Irish descent
and is ninety two years of age, iM'ing prob-
ably the olile«| man in Baker county, with
the exception of William C. Hiiidmnn. From
his old home in .Missouri he crossed tin- plain*
to Oregon with his family in ISt'i,*, IruveliiiK
with a train of more than sixty wagons.
His was the only family to liN-nte and re-
main in Baker county, win-re he m-ctinsl
a farm, niul has continiifiiisiy made hi*
home since, lieing niimlH-ri-d among its highly
respi'cted. honond and upright citizens. He
never cared for imr sought public nUlcp, de-
voting his time to business interests and
his family. When cro»«ing the plains the
party had to ford the i'lultp river and in
deep «afer the family Bible, mnlainin|{ all
geiiialogiial records. iM-cnnie so snaked with
water as to destroy it. Sttnn ofter r<iming
to Baker county Mrs. Ijenrge pris-iircd
another Bible and from memory entered the
records of the (nmilv but later the I. ..I u i.
destroyed by (Ire. Nirs. Keorge pi
in March, 1900. After going to lii. i
river volley Mr. fii-orge met the I'prkin*'*,
OslMirns. Olivers, Isnns nnd (hamllers. who
were missionaries an*! ranie tn his rani-
see him. He. l«i«, hail eomn for misjii"-
piir|H»ses and those people prrvaileil 'it- '>
him to Iwale in the Powder river vail- v
where he has since remainml. Hi"
who Imre the maiden nam* of Anna i.n '
was a native of Virginia. They were mar
ried in Cidumbia. Missouri, aUml is|»i or
IS IT. B<ith e«me of prominent farming fam-
ilies who were slarr owners and lost all of
their slavm at the lime of the Oiril war.

1072

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

Jlr. and Mrs. Augustus S. George had six
sons and three daughters. The eldest, Wil-
liam, passed away some years ago and
James, the second son. is also deceased.
Mary A., in 1866, when about sixteen years
of age, became the wife of Hiram A. Kinnis-
son, one of the prominent farmers and stock-
raisers of Balier county, who priilcd himself
npcm owning and raising the finest horses
in the district. He also handled high-grade
cattle and was one of the wealthiest stoeU-
raisers of his section. He was born in
Missouri and at his death, on the 17th of
November, 1008, left a good estate to his
family, including his wife, son and daughter.
Tlie daughter Aiina E. is the wife of (Jeorge
H. Foster, one of the prominent real-estate
and insurance men of Baker county, and
lives in the city of Baker. The son, Henry
Kinnisson. connected with the White Pine
Luml)er Company of Baker, married Miss
Cialbraith and they have a son and two
daughters. The fourth member of the
George family, Roland, is deceased. Sarah
E. George became the wife of Fred Cole, of
Haines, Oregon, and after his death married
Mr. Richmond, her home now being in the
vicinity of Haines. She has three sons and
two daughters. Robert George is our sub-
ject. David is engaged in farming near
Haines, Oregon. Roxie is the deceased wife
of Michael McCormack and had three sons
and a daugliter. Charles, the youngest of
the family, is married and has a son and
daughter. He lives above Haines on the
Richmond ranch and his father, Augustus S.
George, resides with him.

Robert George was but two years of age
when the family crossed the plains to the
northwest and in the intervening years to the
present time has remained a resident of
Baker county. He was reared to the occupa-
tion of farming and has made it his life
work. He has also carried on stock-raising
and teaming and has led a busy and useful
life. He married Miss Ella Ingram and
they are the parents of three daughters, the
eldest of whom is married, and the others
are attending school in Haines. Some years
ago Robert George joined the Methodist
Episcopal church. He has followed in the
political footsteps of his father, giving his
sujiport to the democratic party. He be-
longs to a family who though quiet and un-
assuming are of that class wliich contribute
to the real stability and ui)building of a
community.

WILLIAM M. CARTER. The occupation
of farming numbers among its followers
some of the most intelligent, straightfor-
ward and prosperous men of Grant county,
Oregon. One of the best known among these
is William M. Carter, a man whose scientific
cultivation of one thousand acres of land in
this district amounts almost to a distinct gift
to the advancement of the commonwealth.
Mr. Carter was born in Polk county, Ten-
nessee, on the 1st of October, 1844, and is a
son of William and Barthinia (Wright)
Carter, the former a native of North Caro-
lina and the latter of Tennessee. The father

moved into the state where his son was born
and married there. In 1851 he took up his
residence in Arkansas where he followed farm-
ing with much success.

William Carter is the eldest of four chil-
dren born to his parents. He remained at
home until he Avas twenty years of age and
received his education in the public schools
of Arkansas. On February 2, 1864, he en-
listed in Company G, Fourth Arkansas Vol-
unteer Infantry under Captain Edson S.
Bastius. He remained in the state from which
he enlisted and in Missouri and was present
at many of the important skirmishes of the
Civil war and witnessed the capture of Pa-
gan's Brigade of Price's army. AH during his
term of service Mr. Carter's company was
never compelled to retreat. During the first
few months of his enlistment he served under
General Steel and his last commander was
General Reynolds. On June 30, 1863, he
was honorably discharged at Little Rock,
Arkansas. He remained in that state initil
1875 in which year he established his resi-
dence in Oregon. He was among the earliest
pioneers in this section of the country and
liis agricultural career here dates from the
time of government preemption claims. He
made the journey from Arkansas to Canyon
City with a large pioneer caravan of wagons
drawn by mule teams. He remained on his
original settlement until 1878 in which year
he took up a homestead claim three miles
above Long Creek city and began its im-
provement and cultivation. During the years
he has been connected with agricultural pur-
suits in Oregon Mr. Carter has made a coii-
tinual advance in progressive and scientific
methods of farming. He has constantly added
to his holdings until he now owns over one
thousand acres which he devotes principally
to pasture land in order to accommodate his
large herd of high-grade cattle, his thorough-
bred horses, and his many mules. He has
made the raising of these last named animals
an important branch of his enterprise and
is numbered throughout the county as an ex-
pert in this line of activity.

In 1867 Mr. Carter was united in marriage
to Miss Eliza Hudson, a daughter of Andrew
Hudson of Arkansas. To this union were born
three children: Benjamin, who now resides
in Oklahoma; Sarah; and James. Mrs. Carter
passed away in 1871 and two years later Mr.
Carter was again married. His second wife
was in her maidenhood Miss Pernica Black-
well, whose father was a prominent resident
of Texas and of whom more extended mention
is made on another page in this work. Mr.
and Mrs. Carter have ten children: Mary,
who married C. R. Davis of Ritter, Oregon;
M. Sloan, of Pendleton. Oregon; S. B., who
follows ranching; Charles C, of Idaho; Car-
rie, now Mrs. M. Scroggins; John L., who is
assisting his father with the work of the
home farm; William M.; Delia, now Mrs.
Penniar of Heppner, Oregon; Mrs. Nellie
Woodson; and Esther.

Mr. Carter, although he never seeks pub-
lic oflice. has served for a number of years
as a member of the school board. He takes
an active part in public affairs and is known

THE CENTENNIAL lllSTOKV OF OKEGON

1073

as a man who fan be relied upon to aid earn-
est anil well iliroi'ted movcmi'iits l<K)kiii;; to
the public wcllare. Si'ientitic and intellijjcnt
undiTstundinn ol tlic details of aK'iL'ulturi' as
it is inllueni'ed by tlie conditions poiiiliar to
the state of Oregon has been an important
factor in his success. He devotes a large
portion of his time to his farminj; activities
and has atained that prosperity inseparable
from intelli;;cnt industry.

WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN. Farming in-
terests in the vicinity of Unity, Oregon, find
a practical and progressive representative in
William Chamberlain, whose holdings are ex-
tensive, comprising nine hundred and sixty
acres. Upon some of his land excellent im-
provements have bei'U maile and he has con-
tributed largely to the agricultural develop-
ment and improvement of his part of the
state. He whs born in ,'^cotlnnd county, Mis-
souri. February 2j. I.hHo, his parents iH'iiig
■Joseph and Susan iKttlcmani Chamberhiin.
The father was born in Ix-icestershire, Kngland.
and traces his ancestry back to the Uastle
Doniton family which claims to have been
established in England about the time of Wil-
liam the C'on(|uerer. Joseph C'luimberluin
crossed the Atlantic to the United States
and was married in Illinois. There were two
sons and live daughters born of that union.
Jane, the elilcst, became the wife of John
Solard, and they hail two sons and a daugh-
ter. After the death of Mr. Solard, his
widow marrieil .Mr. (antrell and now lives at
Lime in Baker county. Oregon. Emily is
the widow of M. L. HulT. formerly of Mont-
rose, Iowa, who serverl for three years as n
soldier in the Union army during the Civil
war. They had seven ilaiightcrs and one
son. Mr. Hull removed with his family frtim
Iowa to .Memphis. .Missouri, and ii nunilHT
of years Inter came to linker county, ttre-
gon. where he dieil about 1911. leaving a
good farm now owned and occupied by his
widow, (ieorge married Miss Black and lives
in Nebraska, .\inaiiila married Mr. Carpen-
ter of Marysville, .Missouri, and they have
several children. Ilattie is the wife of Mr.
Whalen of .Memphis, Missouri, and lives in
Colorado. Shi' has one son and one daugh-
ter. Mattie is married and lives in Marys-
ville, .Missouri. William Chamberlain is the
youngest of the family. The father was a
farmer by occupatinn and about lss2 jotir-
neycd westward by rail to San Francisco and
thence came up the Tacilic coast and the Co-
lumbia river to l.yle, a town situated on the
Columbia in Washington. He afterward lo-
cated a homestead on the Klickitat river,
improving that place and there reared his
family, living thereon until alwiut 1900 »vhen
death" claimed him at the age of eighty ye«r».
His widow survives him and is a resident
of Lee ciitinty. Iowa.

\\'illiam Chamlierlnin was educated in .Seot-
land county. Missouri, and Klickitat county.
Washington. attendiuL' both public and pay
schools. He took up farming and ciiltivajod
rented land for nl>out live yeom in hi« na-
tive county. He worked a.s a farm hand in
Washington for about a year after which ho

lame to Baker county and was employed on
Burnt river for three years. During that
period he carefully saved his earnings and
at length purcliii>cd what is kiu>\vn as the
Ijiiicastcr farm in the Unity district, com-
prising one hundred and sixty acres of land
worth seventy-live dollars per acre. There
are lirst-class waterways on this property
and the land is highly improved, lie now
has other land including oiu> hundred and
sixty acres adjoining the Lancaster farm one
hundred and sixty acres of what is known
as the IVylon place, one hundred and sixty
acres of the oilic Itaisley farm and one hun-
dred and sixty acres of the llardnian farm,
one half mile from Unity. Kecent punhase
made him the [lossessor of one hundred and
sixty acres of the Jim Elms place. He has
thus eight hundred acres of land in one
tract and altogether pos.sessos nine hundred
and sixty acres of which there are not more
than from forty to sixty acres which are not
adapted to farming purposes. He raises hay
and grain and all his land is enclosi'd by
fencing excepting about forty acres. He
has some buildings upon each place, and his
property is worth for grazing ami farming,
with its water privileges, from twenty live
to thirty dollars per ocrc. The Lancaster
place, valued at seventy-live dollars p<'r acre,
is splendidly improved.

Mr. Chamberlain was married on Christ-
mas eve of IS'.) I, nt Bridgeport, tiregon. to
.Miss Edna Laura Lancaster, a daughter of
llarvev and Ibirbara .Vnii I Stout i l.ancaiter.
Her parents were married in Iowa, removed
to Nevada, and after living there for scverol
years came to Baker county. Oregon, where
the father engaged in funning and stiH-k-
raising. They had one son and three daugh-
ters. Homer. Edna Laurn. Ida and Lilly. Ida
marrii'd twice. ls>iiig now the wife of Boyd
Elliott of .Viidrey, Baker countv. Lilly is
the wife of Henry Veoger and na« one Min
and four daughters. Mr. ChamlNTlain was
called upon to mourn thn loss of his wif« In
t>ctob<r. l'.»H).

I'oliticnily William Chamberlain i> a demo-
crat but without di'-if for the honors or
emoluments of pub He ha* worked

hard, hi* InlMirs I 'it him re«ull«.

his • ' >i oViT.orii*- iiiitii-llltles and ob-
•tM' : I* reaping the henetlls of un-

falt. i.lry.

L. I LEWIS, who own.. ,1 luitf interest in
the : Fuel C«.!i thlih he la

the has In-rii I with the

■'omnnrnal iiilerpst* of IUk> r I ity for more
than Iwentv vpar*. Mi* birth orrurred in

w«r. '.■

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1074

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

for a business career. His first position was
in a sawmill in tliis city, but he subsequently
witlidrew fioni this connection and became
identified with the Baker City Fuel Com-
pany, of which he now owns one-half the
stock and is manager. This is one of the
well established and thriving enterprises of
the city and its business is constantly grow-
ing in volume, its annual receipts showing
a marked increase from year to year.

Mr. Lewis was married in 1003 to Miss
Jessie Mays, a daughter of Charles and Sarah
Mays, and a native of Oregon. To Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis have been born four children, as
follows; one who died in infancy; Constance
E. ; ^'irgil R. ; and Maxine JL They have
adopted two children, Troj' E. and Nola E.
King.

In religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are
Latter Day Saints and fraternally the former
is a member of the Benevolent Protective Or-
der of Elks. Woodmen of tlie World and the
Improved Order of Red ilen. The political
views of Mr. Lewis coincide with the princi-
ples of the republican party, for whose can-
didates he casts his ballot, but he has never
been an aspirant to public lionors or the
emoluments of office.

ANDREW J. SWEARINGEN. There is liv-
ing in Drain, Douglas county. Oregon, a hale,
active and kindly old man nearing the
eightieth year of his eventful life who has
seen the state develop from a frontier wil-
derness to its present prosperous condition
and whose energies have been a constructive
feature in the remarkable evolution. Andrew
■J. Swearingen was born in .Jefferson county,
Ohio, on September 2G. 1833, and is a son
of Henry and ilary (.Johnson) Swearingen,
both natives of Holland. The parents came
to the United States at difi'erent periods and
settled in Jetl'erson county, Ohio, where their
marriage occurred. In 1845 they moved to
Nodaway county, Missouri, where the father
followed farming for a number of years. He
was subsequently one of a band of gold
seekers who crossed the plains to the Cali-
fornia fields in 1849. In 1850 on his i-eturn
tii]) he died while crossing the plains. His
wife passed away in Nodaway county, Mis-
souri.

Andrew ,1. Swearingen was reared at home
and acquired bis education in a log school-
house in Missouri. In 1852 he crossed the
plains in a wagon train commanded by Cap-
tain Benjamin Holt, and settled in Oregon
in the same year among its earliest set-
tlers. He took part in the Rogue River
Indian war which continued from 1855 un-
til 1856 and did able and competent serv-
ice in the defense of his state. He settled
in the Rogue river valley after a short
period spent in Marysville. which is now
Corvallis, and worked for a short time in the
mines at Althouse creek. He took up saw-
milling and worked at this trade until the
fall of 1853. when he returned to the Willam-
ette valley and worked at the same line
of occupation in a mill nine miles south of
Corvallis. In March, 1854, he went to Coos
bay but remained only a month, after which

he came to Douglas county where he took
up a donation claim in the Tin Pot valley,
where he located and lived for fifty-five years,
being continuously engaged in agriculture
during that time. During this period his
activities were constructive features in the
development of the section. He brought his
farm to a high state of cultivation and oper-
ated his interests along the most progressive
lines. He gave practically his entire life in
Oregon to making an extensive section of this
territory more fertile and productive and
won his reward in success for liimself and the
general good he did in the development of
agricultural interests.

In 1859 Mr. Swearingen was united in mar-
riage to Miss Charlotte Poland, of Tin Pot
valley, a daughter of Marion and Elizabeth
(Butts) Poland. Her father died in In-
diana and her mother later married Solomon
Ensley, with whom she came to Oregon in
1853. locating in the Tin Pot valley. To
i\lr. and Mrs. Swearingen were born thirteen
children, seven of whom are still living:
Henry, who is a farmer residing near Drain,
Oregon; William, who engages in agriculture
in the same section; Perry, who is cultivating
the soil near Elkton, Oregon; .Jolni, who is
the owner of a fine farm in the Tin Pot val-
ley; Ora, engaged in farming near Drain;
Bertram, who is a stage driver with head-
quarters at Elkton; and Ro.sa Belle, the wife
of .Jack Goutcher, of Portland, Oregon. Mrs.
Andrew .1. Swearingen passed away in 1883.
His political afiiliations are with the demo-
cratic party but he has never sought pub-
lic office. He is one of the well known pion-
eers of this state and his life has been con-
nected closely with a period of evolution
which carried with it the natural rough and
crude conditions that are always present in
the early stages of a developing community.
Tlie early frontier life with its hardships,
perils and elemental standards, has added
to his virility and manliness without detract-
ing from his constant gentleness and cour-
tesy.

WILLIAM CALDWELL has passed the
greater part of his life in Baker City, where
he is successfully engaged in the hardware
and implement Inisiness. He is one of Ore-
gon's native sons, his birth having occurred
in Eugene on the 8th of April, 1856. His
father, S. A. Caldwell, was born in New
Hampshire on the 30th of October, 1826,
and there he was reared and e<lucated and
learned the tinsmith's trade. When a young
man of twenty-three years, together with
thirty others he purchased a sailing vessel
and they embarked for California. Several
months were consumed in making the trip
aroiMid the Horn, and they finally reached
their destination in 184f). He remained in
California for five years, wlien he went to
Eugene. Oregon, and engaged in the hardware
business. His entire time and attention was
devoted to the development of this enterprise
for four or five years, and during that period
he became very much interested in mining.
inMuencing him to sell his store. He then
went to Auburn and there engaged in placer

A. .t. >« ^.AKiNufcN

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

107

niiiiin<j: witli very good success for ten years.
Disposing ol" his "claims he returned to Kiigene
and engaged in the sheep husiness. continu-
ing to follow this occupation until he with-
drew from active life when he remoTcd to
Baker City and lived retired until his death
in 1910. ".Mr. Caldwell was married twice.
His tirst union was with .Mary Hampton,
the mother of our subject, who was liorii and
reared in Missouri and passetl away many
years ago in .the vicinity of Eugene. The
"father sulisec|Uently married again and to
him and his semnd wife there was Uirn
one daughter. .Maude. There was another
son born to Mr. Caldwell and his tirst wife,
but he died in early infancy.

William Caldwell was still in his early

l>oyliood when he accompaninl his father on

his removal to Haker City. Here he attemled

public school and when his student days

were terminated at the age of lifteen years

he learned the tinner's traile. which he fol

lowed in Baker City for thirty years. In

1901. he engaged in "business for himself and

opened a hardware and implement store in

this city, in connection with whii'h he nuiin-

tained a tin--<mith anil plundiing di'partment.

Later he ilisposed of the latter and now gives

his entire attention to the ilevelopment of

his hardware anil implement busines.H. his

efTorts in this connection meeting with a

giMiil degree of success. He is enterprising

and indu-itrious and conducts his business

in strict accordance with miMlern commercial

methods, following a policy that entitle-t him

to the eonlidence i>f all who aicoril him their

patronage. lie keeps a carefully leleiled

and well ai'orted stock of shelf and hen\y

hardware, and carries a full line of farming

implenu-nts and machines, all of which lie

offers at reasonable prices.

In this city on the -»th of -Inly. IsTrt. was
celebrated the marriage of Mr. Caldwell and
Miss Kate M. Carter, a native of Mi-<«ouri
and a daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. William
.■\. Carter, both of whom are decen«e<l. Three
children havi' been burn to Mr. and Mrs.
Caldwell, all of whom have passe<l away.

Mr. Caldwell belongs to the Knights of
I'ythiat and the Wofnlmen of the Worhl.
He is also an enthusiastic meml"-r of thr
Commercial Club. Mis political inilorwment
is given to the candidates of the republican
l>arty. whose poliiy he cleems Iw-st ndnpted
to subserve the highest interests of the pub-
lic. Through his unremitting .liligence and
activity. Mr. Cahlwell has met with «uccr»«
in the development of his interests, in thr
ron<luet of which Ix- has followed a policy
that has won him the esteem and resjwt of
his fellow townxini'n.

FREDERICK W. CUPPER. Business in
teresta of (irant ciaintv find ft worthy rep-
resentative in Frederi.k W. lupper who i.
conducting a general store in Monument, and
bv his upright and honorable career has given
e'videiice of his high commercial .|ualinca-
lions. Mr. Cupper is of English origin and
was born in Essex. Septemh.T. l«T4. Th<j
grandfather, .\dam Cup|>.-r, came fp-m a well
educated line of English landed gentry. The
family was founded in .America by the parent*

Vo"l. Ill— 4 4

of our subject. Harry aiul Cordeliil (Ciipcii)
Cupper, who came to the Cnited States in
1S77 and went immediately to California.
Then they came northward and settled in the
Kogiie Kiver valli-y where they spent the
tir^t winter and Mibse.iiniitly spent one year
ill Morrow county, later taking up their resi-
dence in the ,Iolin Day valh-y. They were
ronipelled almost immediately to n-tiini to
lleppiier. Oregon, on account of the Iiulian
troubles but when these had subsideil tlii'V
returned ti> the north fork of the .lolin Day
river, six miles below Moiiiimeiit, where the
father took up a preemption claim which
he has operateil and improved since that
time. He doi-s a large r.ti«k-raisiiig busi-
ness, owning at present from six to eight
tliiiii«ainl sheep which he pastures on his
three tlioiiHaiid acres of land, .\nother branch
of his enterprise is breeding and raising thor-
oughbred horses. He has iniporteil some
high-class stock from England ami numlM'rs
among his herd one dam named ChalT and
two sires of the SulTolk I'uncli bree<l name.l
Contract and Commaiider. Tln-y are heavy
draft hories of a sorrel color ami form a
valuable adilition to his high grade henl. 'Ihe
elder Mr. Ciip|Hr has now practically retired
but is giving a general su|>ervisioii to his
extensive iiitere.ts. lie and his wife Ix'came
the imrents of seven children: Harry, de-
ifaseil; Frederick W., the subject of thin
sketch; Ethel, who i* Mrs. Oscar SeharlTer.
of Wall Creek. i;rBnt county. Oregon; cuie
child who ilieil in infancy: Nora, who has
paswd away; Percy, who is a grailiiate of
the Oregon State Cniversily and who has Is-en
admitted !■■ the bar but i« now assistant
«tat.- engineer with headipiarlers at Salem:
ami Morton, who is in active management

of the home ranch nn<l who owns thr ir

four hundred head of slock.

Fretlerick W. Cup|M'r came to .-Vmerica with
his parent* when he was "till a child and
was educated in the ilistricl «-h>Kd« of ,Iohn
Dav valley He sIMMit his boyhi-M| in this
•ee'tion and at an early age iH-eiinie »i-.|U«inted
with the .letails of general agriculture ami
st.sk rai.ing as it l« earned on under Ore
gon .-onditions. He trmained with his parents
until he was twenty one years of age and
was employed upon the ranch as B~i.lant to
hi« father, .\fter tw" years he went to Monii
ment where he oiH-rat-d a general store for

eighteen months
detlnite lient to
ipiently xdd out
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1078

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP OREGON

a floor space of forty by one hundred and
ten feet and its stock is large and varied.
Mr. Ciip])er deals in all kinds of general mer-
chandise and makes a specialty of handling
agricultural implements. He never allows
any of his lines to become out-of-date and
keeps his goods attractively arranged. His
patronage lias steadily increased and doubled
the first year after his identification with the
mercantile business. Mr. Cupper is progres-
sive and modern in all his ideas and his en-
terjirise has all of the aspect of a modern
and efficiently managed store.

On January 1. 1901, Mr. Cupper was united
in marriage to Miss Laura May Gardner of
Douglas county, Oregon, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Gardner. Mrs. Cupper's
father was one of the earliest pioneers in
the settlement of Doiiglas county. His wife
had been engaged in teaching before her
marriage and had made a great success of
this line of work. Mr. and Mrs. Cupper have
three children. Vera. Vernon and Wa,vne, all
of whom are attending school.

Mr. Cupper has for many years been active
in public affairs. He is an upright and hon-
orable business man, keenly alive to the in-
terests of his patrons. He has attained a
reputation throughout the city and county
for thorough efficiency along mercantile lines
and for perfect honesty and fair dealing.
His attractive and flourishing store is fair
evidence of his ])rosperity.

ARTHUR S. JANES. For over thirty-five
years Arthur S. .lanes has been prominently
connected with cattle-raising in Umatilla
county and has become one of the important
men in this line of business in the district.
His fine ranch of foiir hundred and eighty
acres is located five miles up the main road
from Stanley creek and its excellent condition
is sufficient proof of the prosperity of its
owner and the careful and progressive meth-
ods by which he attained it. Mr. Janes was
born in Du Page county. Hlinois, December 16,
1868, and is a son of Albert S. and Charlotte
B. (Powers) Janes. For a number of years
his father was prominent in the political life
of Du Page county, having served for twenty
years as count.y surveyor. He also did able
and effective work as judge of the county
court and was serving in this capacit,y at the
time of his death in 1882.

Arthur S. Janes was reared at home and
acquired his education in the public schools
of Du Page county. He remained in Hlinois
until 1886 and then, accompanied by his
brother. Albert B. Janes, he came to Oregon
and located on Stanley creek, in Umatilla
county, where he engaged in the cattle busi-
ness, in which he has been active and success-
ful since that time. He owns four hundred
and eighty acres of land, devoted almost
entirely to cattle-raising. His success came
swiftly, because he was quick to recognize
the opportunities which Oregon offered to him
and to use his advantages in a practical way.
The story of his career has in it nothing un-
usual or spectacular. It is a record of steady,
concentrated and practically efficient work in
one of the important industries of the state

and of final attainment of prosperity and suc-
cess. However, cattle-raising ha.s" made a
distinct advance in methods because of his
years of study and activity along this line,
and his own position has become more sub-
stantial and prominent, so that the total
of results of his work is by no means incon-
spicuous.

WYATT A. POOLE, who f(n- a long period
was identified with farming interests'^ on the
Pacific coast, his last years being spent in
Clatsop county, Oregon, was horn in Indiana
in 18,32, his parents being Micajah and Re-
becca (Ralston) Poole, the former a native
of Virginia, and the latter of English parent-
age. The parents were married" in Indiana,
where they lived for six years, after which
they removed to Iowa, wliere the father se-
cured a tract of land and carried on gen-
eral farming until his death. In early man-
hood he had learned blacksmithing and had
followed that trade for some time but gave
it up as he regarded agricultural pursuits
as a better means of gaining a livelihood.
He passed away in 1869 and for six years
was survived by his wife, who died in 1875.
They had the following children: Wyatt A.,
of this review; William, who lives in Mus-
catine county, Iowa; Milbnrn, who married
Elizabeth Poole of West Liberty. Iowa, and
is deceased: Ewalt, who lias also passed
away ; .Toseph, a resident of Primrose, Iowa ;
:\IcDonald M.. who is living in the state of
Washington; Benton, a resident of Prim-
rose; Adeline, tile wife of Thomas Walker,
of Oklahoma ; and Susan J., deceased.

Wyatt A. Poole spent his youthful days
upon his father's farm, dividing his time
between the work of the fields and the ac-
quirement of an education in the public
schools. Following his marriage he took up
farming as a life work.

It was on the 8th of May, 1807. that he
wedded Miss Elizabeth Hays, who was born
in Indiana, June 2?,. 1844, and is a daughter
of Michael and Matilda Hays, the former
a native of Pennsylvania anil the latter of
Ohio. Her father was a farmer and after his
marriage removed with his famil.v to In-
diana, where he lived for eight years before
going to Iowa in 1851. Tliev were resi-
dents of that state until the mother's death,
which occurred in 1855. Twenty years later
the father took up his abode in California,
where he made his home until called to his
final rest in 1895. He entered business cir-
cles as a millwright, learned the trade in
early manhood and followed it for a long
period of time, although later his attention
was given to the cultivation of the soil. He
had eight children: Mahlon T., Michael and
Martin, all deceased; Mrs. Poole; Malinda
J., the wife of ,Tohn Blakemore, of California;
Marion, who died in childhood: Mar,v, the
wife of .7ohn Galaher, of Reno, Nevada; and
one who died in infancy.

Following his marriage Wyatt A. Poole
purchased a farm near Loyalton. Sierra
county. California, where he engaged in cul-
tivating the soil until 1882. He then sold
out and removed to Humboldt countv, where

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

10T9

lu- i)|iiTatoil a dairy tarin uikI in I'JOT lip nr-
rived in (.'latMo|) ronnty, Ori-non. wliiTi- In-
R'sidi'd until liis dfatli, whirli oifiirri-d in
Jiiiif of that year. His indiixtry and well
direeteil enterprise diirin<; an aetive businexs
lite enabled him ti> leave his family in eom-
fortable einiinistanees.

To .Mr. and Mrs. I'oole were burn six ehil-
dren: Helen A., the wife i.f Frank Ihirlbutt,
a resilient of Clatsop. (>ret;ciii; Frank W. and
Freil H.. who have attended the hi^rh »rhool
ami are now at home; Kalston M.. who was
a hi^ib sehool stuilent and is now married
and lives in California; Kobert. who is mar-
ried and makes his home in Clatsop eonnty;
anrl Mary A., who is with her mother. Mr.
I'oole voted with the repnldiean party bnt
was never an otliee seeker. He did not, bow-
ever, negloet the duties of eitizenship but
exercised his inllneme for all measures and
movements whieb he deemed of piiblie bene-
fit. He held membership with the Indepeml-
ent Order of Odil Fellows in l.oyaltou. Cali-
fornia, and bis n-liyions f.iith was that of
the Methodist Episcopal rhnreli. He lived
an uprl^'bt life and bis nniny ;;i>od cpnilities
eausi'd him to gain a tirm bold upon the re-
gnril of his fellow townsmen Thus his loss
was a matter of ileep regret not only to his
immediate family but also to many friemls.
Mrs. I'oole and the family are all memlMT<
of the Haptist eli'inb ami they are widely
and favorably known in this eommunity.
which has now bi-en their home for more
than five years.

JASON PORTER FRIZZELL. who is tren*
urer and jT'^neral mannt'er of the City View
Cenu-tery .-VHsociatiun. was Imrn near Spring
field. Missouri, .\u).'u<t <•. His, his parents
beini; Reese Porter and Lilly (I'orterl Friz-
zell. The parents crossed the plninn In 18.'>2
and the father passed nwny on the way to
Willamette valley. The mother «rttli><l at
McCoy. Polk i-onnty. where •he look up one
hundreil and sixty aere« of land, and her
death occurred there in |sS2. To their union
six rbildren were tiorn.

-lasou V. Fri//ell nci^nireil his early r<luci»-
(ion in the district sch>H>U near his mother'*
farm. He resideil at home until IXfiO, wh««n
he purchased three huiidreil and twenty arrr«
near Perrydale. I'olk rounty, where he en
fered upon aRricultural pursuit" independ-
ently. He marie this prop.-rty bi» home (or
twenty years. M the en<l of that time he
removed' to Salem aiwl two years later ili«-
imsed of his pro|iertv. The followind year
be organized the City View Cemelerv A*«o
elation, be and bis two daughters hoMing the
entire stock. Me was made treasurer and
jreneral mana(t.-r and baa sinrr served in thai
capacity. In whatever line of work he en-
..aces be exhibits a det. ■ ■- to .IK

ceed which is in a larg. 'ponaibi*

for the prosperity he is i^ ;. "«-

In fT-T Mr Fri/rell was ninrried to Mi««
Louisa Baskett. a daughter of .1. i;. fla.kett.
of Rickreall. Polk county. To their union
two daughters were iKirn Kdith. the elder. ,.
the wife of Lloyd Ueynolds. an orchardial of
Marion county. She is pr.-«idenl of the f ily

View Cemetery .\ssociation. Ethel, the
younger, who is married to Otto Hedrick, is
secretary of the cemetery association. Mr.
Hedrick is engaged in the truck and ilray
business in Salem. Mrs. Frizzell's death oc-
curred in 1S,S2, and in 1S02 Mr, Frizzidl wa»
married to Miss Alice McKadden, of Salem,
They are rearing an adopted son, Ronald
•felTerson.

Mr. Friz/ell holds memlHTsbip in Salem
lodge. No. 4, A. F. A ,\, M.: Multnomah
( hapter. No. 1, R, A. M.; IV Molny Cx>m-
mandery. No. .'>. K. T. : ami .\l Kadir Teinjile.
A. A. O. N. M. S., of Portland. He is one
of the well known and respected citizens of
Salem and during his resilience in thia city
has made many friemls who regard him as a
man who is governed by lofty principles and
who never neglects his opportunities nor fails
to recognize bis obligations, and those with
whom be comes in contact entertain for him
warm reganl.

PATRICK MURPHY i- iiuml.ered among
the progrc-»nr and enterprising general
farmers in Coles valley, where he is opi-rat-
ing a line tract of two biiinlred and t'orty
acres of land ami gaining substantial suc-
cess as the result of his industry ami well
directed activity. He has been thus en-
gagisl since isii'i, haNing taken up general
agricultural piirsiiils alter many eventful
years s|MMit on the seas and in extemled
traveling through many foreign countries. He
was born in County Walerford. Irehiml,
March 24, |K4A. and is a aon of Miehaid and
Margaret illrowni Murphy, the former a na-
tivi* of Ireland and the latter of Si-otland.
They came to the I'nited Stales in IH.'itl. set-
tling near lledham. Massachusetts, where
the father fidlowed Ihe trade of a stone
mason and s|N'culated in real eslali' and farm
lands. He died in that city and there hia
wife's ilealh alsn iM-curred.

Patrick Murphy was ten yeara of age when
he came to .\merica. He lived with his par-
ents in IVdham. Ma««Ai'hus<-tl«. for two
years and at the end of that lime ran away
friim honie and ship|M'd alsiard u man of war
sailing to lliienos .Vyre* and then to (1iili. and
thence to .\iislralia il|M<n a merchant resael.
lie returned to tliienos Ayres where he went
ahnanl another .American man of war Imiind
(or \'rw Vnrit When he reached home he
enT 'in the t'nited Slalea

n>i \lmiriil Dnhlgrrfn In

Ih •' I ' - - mdron.

He wa- ..f Ihe

war »i< to hia

nal I rare!

thr When

he *-ame ts«. k Ut .\iii*~-ri>A Im« trrthete«l rx-
trnsivellr for two re«r« rnTerini^ in His fnfir-
ne\ * ' " ■ ' " . lo

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In tss'. Mr M'lrphy w4s iiii>t«<l in nwr-
riaf* to Mr*. Malin<la fhnrrbilt. who wa* in

1080

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

her maidenhood iliss Malinda Hibbard.
They became the parents of seven children,
four of whom are still living: Henry, of
Coles valley, and Mary E.. twins; Margaret,
the wife of Ferdinand Fortin, of Coles valley;
and Emmett, who is a ranchman in the same
section.

In his political views Mr. Murphy is in-
dependent and keeps his convictions unbiased
and his judgment clear. He is one of the
substantial men of Douglas county and his
early life, which broadened his point of view
and gave him truer standards and more
tolerant principles, has had its eflfect upon
his success.

WILLIAM N. WILLSON dates his residence
in Oregon from 1S83 and at Klamath Falls
from 1889. During most of the time through
the intervening period he has been engaged
in the cultivation of a ranch and the improve-
ment of his property but is now living re-
tired, enjoying a well earned and well merited
rest. He was born in Belfast, Allegany
county. New York, December 6, 1836, his par-
ents being Daniel and Mary (Atherton) Will-
son, who were also natives of the Empire
state, the former born in Cattaraugus county
and the latter in Allegany county, where they
were married. In 1838 they removed west-
ward to Iowa, which was then under terri-
torial rule and with its pioneer development
became closely identified. They spent many
years in Iowa and then removed to Houston
county, Minnesota, when that state was also
under territorial rule. Following its admis-
sion to the Union Daniel Willson was elected
a member of the first state legislature. From
Houston county he removed to Rock Elm.
Pierce county, where he died when eighty-
five years of age. He was known as Dr.
Willson because he long practiced medicine
and he was also prominent in the Baptist
church as a representative of its ministry.
His wife passed away at the age of eighty
years. They were the parents of four sons
"and six daughters and of the family six are
yet living.

William X. Willson. the eldest son. resided
with his parents until he attained his ma-
joritv and his experiences were such as usu-
ally'fall to the lot of the farmer lad upon
the frontier. He engaged in breaking prairie
with five yoke of oxen, almost his entire time
being given to that work during the period
of his boyhood and youth. He has driven
mule teams from Albany and Rockford, Hli-
nois. when it was a difficult thing to get from
one hnu.se to the next because of the fact
that the prairie was covered with high grasses
and there were no roads. Following his mar-
riage in 1S.58 he went to the Des Moines
river and thence to western Minnesota. He
took a claim there but abandoned it because
of his fear of the Indians at the time of the
New Ulm massacre. .Tourneying southward,
he located in Clinton county, Iowa, where he
lived for seven or eight years. He also spent
six years in Missouri at farming and stock-
raising and to a considerable extent worked
at the carpenter's trade. At length he sold
his ranch in that state and came to Oregon

in 1883, driving across the country and set-
tling sixteen miles below Portland, There
he lived for about six years and in 1889 came
to Klamath Falls, where he has remained
most of the time since. He took a home-
stead, proved up the property, sold it, then
purchased another tract, sold that and bought
land on Link river. This is a fine garden
spot and his place is splendidly improved. In
addition he owns Main street pro])erty but is
living practically retired, enjoying in well
earned rest the fruits of his former toil.

In 1858 Mr, Willson was united in mar-
riage to Miss Sarah Tupper, who was born
in Michigan in 1842 and died in Oregon in
1887. Their children were: Mary, who be-
came the wife of Edward Stout but both are
now deceased: Charles D,, living at Klamath
Falls: Marie, the wife of Kent Ballard, of
Klamath Falls; Emma, the deceased wife of
.Tames Staub; Delia, who died when sixteen
vears of age; and William, who died when
twenty-two years of age. Mr. Willson's wife,
his mother-in-law and four of his children
passed away within a few years.

Sickness and death caused him such heavy
expenses that he lost practically all of his
property but he is now in very comfortable
cireum.stances. He gained a start in trapping
and began to make money on everything
which he attempted. He is now the possessor
of a handsome competence and it is well
known that his prosperity is the merited re-
ward of his earnest labor. In politics he has
been a republican since the time of Abraham
Lincoln, whom he supported in the presidential
election of 1860 and again in 1864. Fra-
ternally he is connected with the Benevo-
lent Protective Order of Elks. In all busi-
ness affairs he displays keen judgment and
unfalterinir enterprise and his sagacity is evi-
denced in~his ability to realize the possible
outcome of any situation from the start.

JACOB STUBENBORDT, one of the early
pioneers of Oregon, was born in Alsace-Lor-
raine, on the 22d of April, 1839, and re-
ceived his early education in the schools of
Germany and France, being later graduated
from polytechnic colleges. In Paris he fol-
lowed engineering and for his services re-
ceived several medals from the French gov-
ernment.

Becoming dissatisfied with the old world,
he left for America in 1871 and for a time
followed his former vocation in the eastern
states but finally settled in St. Louis. Mis-
souri, where he embarked in the furniture
business. Not being satisfied with that loca-
tion, he subsequently started for the golden
west and became a resident of Pendleton.
Oregon, when this territory embraced what
is now known as the state of Oregon, a
part of Washington and all of Idaho, This
was in the year 1882, when the Oregon Rail-
road & Navigation Company was laying the
first rail into Pendleton. From that time
on he continued to make his home there and
established one of the finest grocery stores
in the northwest under the name of the
White House, which he conducted until his
death, on the 23d of February, 1896.

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Mr. Stulx'iibordt was n tiiph Miinon and
an K|iisii>i)aliaii liy laitli. lli' was -iirviviMl
by liis widow. Mrs. ('atlivrinc .stulxiibiirdt,
\vlu) soon Idllowcd liini to tliat jirrat bt-yond.
and a daiigbtcr. (li-rtrudc. who is now tbe
wife of Frank O'dara, of I'cndlfton.

BAKER COMMERCIAL CLUB. On the
cviiiitik- ol lainiary 7. V.m:\. lUvrv was
formed in Hak.-r Lily, statt- of t>r«-non. an
orfianization to be known as tbe ('iti/.fns
U'aj;in', and for tlu- piirposi- as outlined in
the artiiU'S of association of (•nc«uraj;'"S
and fosti-rin^' all b-jjitimatt- rnttTpriscs tt-iid-
in;; toward the dcvidopnifnt of Itakcr I'ity
aiM Uiikcr county, tbc approvement of roads,
bcautifyinj; public pro|H'rtics. and in j;cnoral
to further in all practical ways, tbe busi-
ness anil ii.nimunity interenta of HakiT I'ity
and Haker county.

The charter niemlM-rs of the asso<-iation
were: William I'ollnum. .1. T. Doniodlev.
N. C. Haskell, liela Kadish. I*. Hasche. K. S.
Lack. Ceorye Cbandlcr. C. .\. .lohns. W. J.
Patterson. C. M. Saije. K. K. Mellis. C. H.
Hreck. R. R. Carter, A. IJeiser. A. S. Shock-
ley. I. Mullcr. L. Levinper, Carl Atller. S. L.
Baer. Or. K. 15. McDaniel. and \V. K. Iliitcher.
At this nu-etint' William rollman was elected
president; S. L. l?aer. vice prcsi.lent ; X. C.
Haskell, swretary ; 1. T. Donnelley. tre««-

'"'*■'■■ . L #

This organization grew in menilM-rship Irom

year to year until the year of I'JIO. On
February"-'. 191<». the first move toward re-
orpmi/jitioii and cbanjfinR the name of the
assiK-iation was made, and at tbi* lime it
was decided to reorgnni/e tinder the name
of Raker Commercial » liib. and eiidnivor in
every possible way to enlarye the nomlxT^
ship' as well as broaden the »c<>p<- of work
of the organization. At this time a commit-
tee was appointed to draft a constitution
and bvlaws for the new orjrani/ation. ami
on Februiirv M>. lOI". the ( ili/ens I.e«Kiie
met a>'ain and adi>pted the conxtitution «nd
by law's as submitted by th^ committor
' In a p-neral way the • •
for the formation of an
purpose of furthiTinjr in "H 1''
the business and community >i<<
Raker Citv and Raker county, the ; _

of industries already establi.he.l here aixl
the conservative location >•< new ..nc. to
snard the cnjovm.nt by the cty and cn.int.r
of the best obtainable railroad facil.t,-. «ml
rates, to act as a medium for rejfn'
securing of public celebration^. ■'
amusementst calculated to hrin«
to the public, to promote better »■

an<l api>reciation amon}? the imm. _

rounding' people of the .•ommun.ty. «" ""'^'•
a name J the city and coun y "»•"'•"•;",
tire country by adverti.ii.R (he beauties and
advantapesof Raker C.t.y »nd ftoker county,
and in Z'encral way to look after .ml pro
mote everything of public interest and b.-ne

"'xhe constitution further proTide.1 for •
board of fifteen to act n-
and at the time the .
laws were adopted, the :

were elected to the board, five for five years,
live lor two years, and five for time years:
F. I'. Ro.linson. F. II. IVan. A. S. .Miocklcy,
N. C. Haskell. Craiit (ieddes, F. A. Harmon,
.1. W. ."stucliell. F. W. Kppinger, Charles L.
I'almer. K. F. Cranston. C. A. .lohns. C. R.
Stout. K K. Dobbins. Uobert Wallbninn and
I. A. Smith.

The first ref;ular meetin); of this boaril,
heM on March 2<l. luio. the fidlowing olli-
cers Were ele<-ted from their number, for the
terms of one year eai-h: President. F. F.
Rodinson; vice pri'sideiit. F. A. Harmon;
secrelary, \. C. Haskell; treasurer, Charles
I.. I'almer. Active steps were at once taken
to increase the memlM-rship which met with
great success. It was then decideil by the
b<«iril that an a<'tive manager shoiihl In- hired,
and on .May '.i. lltln. resi>lutioiis wt-n- |iasseil
providing that a publicity manager should
Ix' hired at once to devote his entire time to
the club's business. Mr. .\shley was then
liire<l. and immediately took u|> his iliities.
Steps Were then taken to issue some literature
bearing ii|H>n the general topics of intereHt
in and around the city, and sul>sei|ucntly
several descriptive and illustrnteil pamphlets
Were issueil under the community publicity
plan of the Oregon Washington KailriNnl &,
Navigati<in Company, which were distributed
over the entire country through the agi-ncy
of the club and the railroad, lireat ami good
results were obtained from the ilistribution
of literature, ami many a one in the east
ha* turned toward this se^'tion and located
here through the medium of the literature
isaiieal by the Raker Commercial Club.

During the year a great many things of
public inti-rest ami benefit were handled by
the I'liib. Kith. a« a ruh-, satisfactory n-siilts.

1' '"Tship of the orgaiii/ati'Ui stead-

il\ I as (leople who Were at first

•k- , - .'an to reali/e that an organ-

i/alion ol this kind in any community was

not only a hrnefit, but a n< ssary thing to

siicressfiilly hiin-lli- the ever arininj; qiieKtIon*
of nubile interest an<l welfare.

The : ■■ the club during the year

1910 » n«. not only to thcMie who

■ •' - '• '>n. but

■ 'le com-
ing offl-
rwrs were rleetwt (or I • year: F. A.

Harmon, president; f, • ■ n. Tire prnal-

dent: C C >M'<dl<>rh. an (etaiy , ilnbert Wall-
hrnnii. trea«'i»»'

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hir«s| ■• pii' '-T ha»-

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. of the

Aiwt tUf viit/efk* gen«-ralty

I l>M>ir pnt)*« of tb<> work ilone

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work of the club in a manner that proved con-
clusively they were the right men in the
right places.

During this year some of the most impor-
tant things being handled by the club, were
the securing of a favorable log rate over the
Sumpter Valley Railroad, so as to enable the
manufacturers of logs to locate at this point.
and enter into competition on a more eipial
basis than they had heretofore been able to
operate on with other log manufacturing
centers.

The Baker C'ounty Fair & Speed Associa-
tion, a stock corporation of this city, who
had been conducting the Baker county fair
for the past eight years, had, by reason of
poor success of the fair, determined to aban-
don it. The Baker Commercial Club steiiped
into the breech, leased the grounds and con-
ducted the most successful fair from every
point of view that has ever been conducted
in Baker county, and from the expressions
on every hand there is no doubt but as the
years go on greater success will crown their
efl'orts in this project.

The matter of adjusting freight rates to
a more equitable basis has been pursued by
this organization for several years, and in
many eases they have lirought before the
railroad commission and the courts results
attained have been verj' satisfying to the
community in general.

Activity in the matter of railroad rate
adjustments will be continued to the time
when Baker will enjoy equitable and non-
descriminatory rates as compared with other
cities of the northwest, when that time does
come. Baker by virtue of her location will
unquestionably become a jobbing and manu-
facturing center of prominence.

Active work is now being done by the or-
ganization to collect and prepare exhibits of
the produce of this county for display at the
land shows throughout the country, that the
people of other sections might not only hear
of what can be grown in Baker county but
may see it. and in seeing believe what we
who are here know, that Baker county is
second to none in the northwest in the vari-
ety and quality of its products.

The present membership of the Baker Com-
mercial Club is, in round numbers, one hun-
dred and fifty, and is comprised of the lead-
ing citizens of the city. The memberships
are issued on the basis of one dollar per
share, per month, and any member may hold
as many shares as he or they may desire.
The minimum being one share to eacli mem-
ber. Many of the larger corporations and
business houses of the city hold all the way
from one to ten shares.

The club has spacious and well appointed
club rooms on the corner of Slain and Center
streets in the heart of the business district,
underneath the Baker Loan & Trust Bank,
where the active manager of the club's af-
fairs has his office.

F. A. Harmon, president, and E. F. Cran-
ston, vice president, are subscribers to Cen-
tennial History of Oregon and represented
therein. F. A. Harmon is general manager
of the Eastern Oregon Light & Power Com-

pany, and E. F. Cranston is a leading real
estate dealer. C. C. McOolloch is a young
attorney and politician, and is now state
senator for Baker county, Oregon.

Robert Wallbrunn, treasurer, was born in
Youngstown. Ohio, August 16, 1870. He is
vice president of the Alexander Clothing
Company that operate six large wholesale
and retail clothing stores in Idaho and Ore-
gon. His home has been in Baker for about
fifteen years past. He is married and has
one daughter.

H. J. O'Gorman. who has been the active
manager of the Baker Commercial Club since
.lune, 1911, and who is at present acting in
that capacity, was born in the city of St,
Paul, state of Minnesota, June 24. 1883. He
is married and has one .son. In 1908 his first
trip was made to the western countr_y. Dur-
ing that year and 1909 he was engaged as a
commercial traveler through the states of
Washington. Oregon, and Idaho. In 1910 he
settled in Baker and engaged in the real-
estate business. In .June. 1911, through the
personal solicitation of some of the officers
of the Commercial Club he took up the work
of that organization.

LESLIE OSCAR ISON was born April 10.
184S. in Bryantsvillc. Kentucky, a son of
Strothcr and .Judith Ann (Gaines) Ison. The
father in liis younger days was a stone mason.
He took the contract and supervised the
building of the first turnpike' road and
bridge in Kentucky and his success in that
undertaking was sufficient to enable him to
engage in merchandising in Louisville. He
carried on business as a merchant for many
years in Kentucky, but as Missouri was be-
ing settled, he thought he could better his
financial condition by removing to that state
and securing good land. Accordingly in 1849
he became a resident of Orundy county, then
a thinly populated district, securing four hun-
dred and twenty acres of good land on Grand
river. Through his close economy and fru-
gality he made a start and after a few years
he again decided to engage in the dry goods
business, opening a store in the recently es-
tablished town of Trenton. So successful
was he that about 1858 he burned brick on
his own farm and therewith built a two-story
building to accommodate his growing mer-
cantile interests. He conducted his store
there until 1862, but the fact that his son,
.Judge Luther B. Ison, had joined the south-
ern army rendered conditions unpleasant for
the family in that neighborhood and the
father resolved to again move to the frontier,
starting in May, 1863, with ox teams toward
the Pacific coast. He had himself been a
volunteer in the war with Mexico but was
not called into service. On the 6th of Sep-
tember, 1862, he arrived in Baker county,
Oregon, where he remained until his death in
August, 1889. His wife represented one of
the old Revolutionary war families and was
a great-grandniece of General Miram Gaines
of Revolutionary war fame ami a distant
relative of Governor Gaines of Oregon.

Leslie 0. Ison crossed the plains with his
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J"eai>, and. settling in the I'liwilcr riviT viil-
ley. ussititeJ his lather until twenty-one
j'ears of aj;e. He then entered tlie .State
A-jrieiiltiiral (.'ollege at C'orvalli>. Oregon,
and was •.'radiiated in ISTIl with the Haehelor
of Seienee degree. lie wa.s a elassnnite of
William F. Ilerrin. ehief eoiin-il uml viee
president of the Southern I'aeilie Kailroad
t'onipany. now of San Franeisi'O. and of Miss
Clara Thayer, ilaughter of A. •!. Thayer, at
one time judge of the Oregon supreme eourt.
He took up the profession of teaehing, whieh
he followed lor three or four years in Baker
eounty anil the .■•tate of Idaho. In 1HT6 he
began the study of law at Portland. Oregon,
under the Inited States Senator .1. 1. Kelley.
There he remained for a year and a half,
working a part of the time in oriler to meet
his e.\penses. Later he again followed teaeh-
ing in Baker county and soon afterward be-
came interested in placer mining and farm-
ing, whicli he followed with some success.
His growing business interests caused him
never to return to the study of law. He
tinally .secured a home of two hundred and
eighty acres of farm land in the vicinity of
the settlement known as Wingville. upon
which he now lives, enjoying the peace of a
well spent life. When .Malheur county was
separateil from Baker county he was ap-
pointed by the legislature as one of the com-
missioners in connection with M. I). Wisdom
and Kd Vest. Their work, owing to their
vigilance and ability, was accomplished in
thirty days with credit to themselves ami
satisfaction to the general public.

In politics .Mr. Ison has always been atlil-
iated with the (h'mocratic party and uses
his inlluence to support capable and reliable
men for othce. Since 1891 he has held mem-
bership with the Woodmen of the World.

In Portland, on the .list of OctolM-r, 1877.
Mr. Ison was marri<-d to .Vmanda Fuller, a
daughter of Price and .Mollie .Xniamla Ful-
ler. Iler mother came to licr death when
the daughter was but four years of age. offer
which she was largely reared by an uncle in
Portlaml. Oregon, until sixteen years of age.
This uncle was .\mos N. King, who at one
time was one of the wealthiest men in Port-
land, owning King's Heights and Malimla
Heights. He died leaving a vast fortune,
including extensive propiTty holdings, much
of which is yet unsohl. Mr. and Mrs. Ison
have a son. rjrover Clevelaml. who is t».-n
ty-six vears of age. Being possessed of tnn-
Kentucky blood. Mr. Ison's word is his Iwinil
and he j)os,se»ses many sterling charactori.*-
tics and admirable traits. Like the true
Kentuckian. he would give his life to de-
feml a friend anrl. like the pioneer* of the
west, he considers truthfulness anil strict
adherence to honesty as indispen.*able prin-
ciples of intelligiiit manhiwid.

HARRISON E. KOZER. In Harrison F..
Ko7ir one finds a splemlid example of the
self-made man. for he started out in life for
himself when but ten years of nee. owinR to
the stress of circumstances thot mode it
necessary for him to begin providing for his
supi)ort." In the intervening years he has

made good use of his time and opportunities.
Since 1S90 he has liveil in Oregon and through-
out the intervening period has been a typical
and representative ciliiren of the northwest,
imbued with the progressive spirit which has
wrought the wonderful develi'pment of this
section of the country. He has for a num-
ber of years been a representative of Brad-
street's agfiicy in Portland. He was liorn
OctolHT 2:1. IS to, in .Mechanicsburg. Cumlier-
lanil county. Pennsylvania, his parents being
.li>hn anil Susanna (deorge) Kn/.er. For sev-
eral years his forefathers have resided in the
Keystone state. His parents had a family
of eight children, the eMest being Fares, who
was lM)rn in ls:;o and is still living in Penn-
sylvania. Benjamin Franklin, the second
cliild. horn November 4. ls'!2, was a mining
prospector, possessing an adventurous and
roving disposition, ami his whereabouts at
the present time are unknown. He enlisted
in tiie First C'ohirodo Heginu-nt during the
period of the Civil war and served until the
close nf hostilities. Kisetta was iMirn .luly
20. is:n. and died .January l.'>, H.-,(i. Henry
.1.. born .luly 2S. is.lfi, is deceased. Heorge
M.. born in 18.'I8. is a resident of Portland.
Harrison K. is the next of the family. Wil-
liam A., born in 1842. died in 1910.' Ira D..
Isirn Mav .'■. 1844, died on the 4th of ,taiiU'
ary. 1845.

The life history of Harrison E. Koner.
strong of pur|>«se and diligent in business, is
om- well worthy of contemplation and con
siihration. He was but ten vi-ars of age
when his father dieil, ofter which he went to
live with an uncle, and during that perioit
learned the trade of a shi-et metal worker,
completing his apprenticeship at the age of
twenty years. Ho ofterward followed the
trade in Pennsylvania for a few years and
then sought busini'ss iip|sirlnnitii-« el«ewhere,
going to (levehind. Ohio, in lsi'. ; Me did not.
however, at once engage in business in thot
cilv. for on the .lOtli of .Iiiiie of thot year hi'
enlisted for ser\ ice in the navy, lioeoming a
memlwr of the Missi«sippi si|uadrnn in (irn-
eral Porter's lleef. He srrved for o yeor and
was then honorably dischorgeil. oftrr which
he returned In Pittsburg. In that city he en
gaged in the hardware )iu<iness, in which he
continued until fi'fK whm hi- sidd out his
stiK'k ami removed to West Newton, Pennsyl-
vania. For two vrors he was niimhereil
among the business men of that eilT. oftrr
which he went to Wovnesbiirg, where he rr-
sided until 18S.',. He lh«-n returned to Pitts-
burg and w«s employed in the sheet metal
department of the works of the Baltimore A
Ohio Railroad Companv tin' ' "'^"

However, his oltenliiin wi ' lo the

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different tinie« he h**
and Vanroiirer. after
East Portland, where 1
the expiration of Ih''
Dallas. Oregon. w» • -
wore business wi'

firm nnmf of U ■■ ■ - . -"T-

This fijter o( biuinvM h» roiKlart»d for thr»«

, ne

lo

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e went to

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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

years, after which he disposed of his interest
and he and his wife returned to Pittsburg,
remaining in the east for five years. He en-
gaged in business in Butler. Pennsylvania, for
a period of five years but in 1901 again
arrived in Oregon, making his way to Dallas.
Soon afterward he came to Portland and for
some years past has been connected with
Bradstreet's commercial agency. He enjoys
the confidence and regard of the company
which he represents, for his business has been
carefully conducted and has brought satis-
factory results.

On the 34th of January, 1867. in Pittsburg,
Mr. Kozer was united in marriage to Miss
Alice K. Crawford, a daughter of Samuel and
Susanna (Harris) Crawford. She was born in
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. November 15. 1846.
and is one of a family of seven children, the
others being: Harris, who was born October
23. 1848. and resides in Pittsburg; Ann E..
the wife of Captain David Ayres. who won
his title in command of a company of the
Fifty-seventh Ohio Infantry during the Civil
war and received a medal from congress in
recognition of his bravery; Laura I., who is
the widow of John Ransom, of Cleveland,
Ohio; Sarah Frances, the widow of A. W.
Greene, a descendant of Nathaniel Greene;
Ida E.. the wife of Harry G. Eakins. of Pitts-
burg. Pennsylvania; and Samuel H.. who re-
sided in New York city, but is now deceased.
Mrs. Kozer traces her ancestry back two
hundred and fifty years and is of Scotch
lineage. She is a writer of considerable note
and ability and when away from Portland on
trips has written some interesting descrip-
tions for the Observer. She has the happy
faculty of Vicing able to tell what she sees in
her travels and while she uses few words, her
contributions are never prosy. She wrote for
the Observer a letter telling of the wonders
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and al-
though the story was less than three columns
in length a prominent St. Louis editor un-
hesitatingly pronounced it the best descrip-
tion of the big fair that had come under his
observation, llr. and Mrs. Kozer reside at
No, 921 East Salmon street, at the corner of
Thirty-first street, and theirs is a hospitable
homel its good cheer being greatly enjoyed
by their many friends.

" Mr. Kozer "votes with the republican party
and is content thus to express his preference
without attempting to use the influence of
office. He has been a faithful member of the
Masonic fraternity since 1872 and his wife is
a past matron of the Eastern Star. He be-
longs also to the Grand Army of the Republic
and both he and Mrs. Kozer are members of
the Presbyterian church. Their circle of
friends is 'continually growing as the circle
of their acquaintance broadens and Portland
numbers them among her worthy residents.

JAMES THOMAS BARRON, president and
general manager of the Thlinket Packing Com-
pany, has been actively associated with Port-
land's commercial interests continuously since
1887. He was born at Cleveland. Ohio. July
8. 1S5S. His father, James Barron, born in
1828, was a native of Clonmel, County Tip-

perary, Ireland, and came to America when six
years' of age. After entering business life he
owned and o|ierated for a time boats on the
Erie canal and also engaged in the ship
chandler business at Cleveland, Ohio. In the
early '60s he came to tlie Pacific coast, lo-
cating in San Francisco, where he was identi-
fied witli the steamship and warehouse busi-
ness for many years as owner of steamships
and an extensive system of warehouses, and
was prominent in transportation interests.
He was married in Detroit, Michigan, in 1852,
to Agnes Myler, a daughter of Andrew Myler.
She was a native of County Wexford, Ireland,
where she was born in 1834, coming to Amer-
ica when but three years of age. Mr. and
ilrs. Barron became the parents of eight
children, two sons and six daughters, seven of
whom survive. The father died in San Fran-
cisco. November 28, 1890. while the mother
survived him twenty years, her death oc-
curring February, 1910.

James Thomas Barron was educated in the
public schools of San Francisco, and St.
Mary's and Santa Clara Colleges. After leav-
ing school he began as an accountant with a
San Francisco mercantile establishment, where
he remained for a short time, when he went
to Santa Barbara to engage on his own ac-
ciiunt in the apiary business and later became
largely interested in real estate.

In 1887, on coming to Portland, he accepted
a position as accountant with Park & Lacy,
dealers in machinery and continued in that
connection for two years. He was next ap-
pointed chief clerk of the thirteenth light-
house district, serving in that capacity until
his resignation in 1893, to accept the dual
office of cashier and secretary of the newly
organized Hibernia Savings Bank, and he was
largely instrumental in bringing it safely
through the financial panic of that time. The
following seven years were devoted to the
interests of this institution, which was de-
veloped (luring the period into one of Port-
land's soundest financial organizations.

In 1S99 Mr. Barron began in the salmon
packing business, organizing the Thlinket
Packing Company, of which he became presi-
dent and general manager and of which he is
the chief owner. The company operates in
Alaska and has become the largest independ-
ent operator in Alaskan waters, the annual
])ack aggregating about one hundred and
twenty thousand eases, representing a total
value of over one-half million of dollars. Mr.
Barron spends a large part of each season in
Alaska, giving the business his personal super-
vision, and the company's splendid success is
due largely to his executive ability and ener-
getic management. Portland receives the di-
rect benefit of over two hundred thousand dol-
lars worth of business annually, largely for
lalxn-. supplies, etc.

Jlr. Barron is still largely interested as a
stockholder in the Hibernia Savings Bank.
Politically, he is a democrat where national
issues are involved but locally gives his sup-
port to the individ\ial he deems best equipped
to conserve the city's interests. He is a mem-
ber of Dominion Catholic church, is a member
of the Knights of Columbus, the United Arti-

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY Ol-- OllEGON

10«7

sans, the Arlington Cluli and the Commercial
dull, takin>; an I'spinially active interest in
the projects of the latter organiziition for the
development of Portland's commercial in-
terests.

In .July, 1S!)I). Mr. Harron was united in
marriafje to Klizalietli Xixon, and they have
two children, Anna Maria and Kobert J. The
family residence is at (KU Wasn) street. Mrs.
Harron is the daufjhter of Kotx-rt and Anna
(Iloipmi Nixon, both natives of Ireland, who
came to America in childhood and were
married in Massachusetts. Robert Nixon was
killed while serxing with a New Hampshire
\'olunteer Kegiment in the Civil war. Mrs.
Nixon still survives and resides with Mr.
Harron in Portland.

• ienial. generous, prosperous, Mr. Barron has
tlirou<;h slieer ability achieved a most gratify-
inp success and has earned n most enviable
place in both the business and social circles
of the metrop<dis of the northwest.

FRANK A. VOCE, D. D. S., who is prac-
ticing dentistry in I'nrtland, was born May
29, 18S3, in -leranld county. South Dakota,
the son of Frank .\. and Hannah (Nemt/.)
Vope. both of whom were natives of ller-
many. They were the parents of nim- chil-
dren, namely: Kred W., a farmer of Min-
nesota, who is marriefl ami has two i-hil-
dren; Charles ]{.. a farmer of Deer Creek,
Minnesota, who is married and has threp
children; Martha, wlio is the wife of Krnest
Schinder, of Duluth. Minnesota, ami the
mother of one child. Konine; Sarah, of Deer
Creek. Minnesota, who is the wiilow of (Jeorge
Widmann. and the mother of one child, liar
old; Frank .\.: Clara, who marrieil Walter
I,. Ibwft. of Milliken. Colora.lo. by whom she
has two children; Krni-st who resides in
Rosalia. Washington; Harold, of Deer Creek.
Minnesota; and Klvin. who reside* at homo
and assists his father in cultivating the
farm.

Dr. Voge pursued his etlucalion in Ihr pub-
lic schools of Itregon and in 1904 enlerrd
Willamette Iniversity. In the autumn of
the following year hi- entere.l the North
Pacilii' D.ntal 'College in I'nrtland. from
which instituti'>n he was grixlnafed in th«»
elass ol I'.IO^. in the department ..f d.nli«try.
He immediately to«ik up the . 'ie**
of his profession and |o<T«led ii' '. •
suburb of Portland. The lorg. auI r-prr
sentative patronage accorded bim nHr««« hi«
success and at the pre«-nt time hr has ■
larger clientele than he is able to core lor
eonscientiouslv. His practice has (--en as
lucrative as it has been sati.farlorT and diu
iU" the four vears in which he has hrrn
acTivelv engaged in this city he ha. »-en
nl.le to repay all of bis colleg- «,—"'•
e(iuipping an attractive ofTire t'
a twenty the hundre.1 dollar ■
diti-.n to this he also owns oi.,.. .

'"Xtl^.' 10th of August. laO* nr V.,-.e was
marrie.l at Salem to Mis. Fn. '•"■

whose birth o<-curred on the "*'■

IHSr.. and who is a -laughter "'J'"' •"•'
Sophie (Beblman) Dsterman. The fath-r

was a native of Ccrmany and the mother,
who was of Cernum desrcnt, was born in
Missouri. To .Mr. and Mrs. (.tstcrman tour
children were born: Wesley, a larnier of
.Salem, (tregon, who is nuirrieil an<l lias three
children, Clarence. Pearl and Ivy; Kiniiia,
now Mrs. Frank A. Voge; Alfred, of Salem,
l>regon, who is taking the dental course in
the North Pacilie C<dlege; and Robert, als.i
of Salem, who is attending high school and
icjuipping himself for a course in meehaiiical
cngliii'ering.

In politics Dr. Voge is an imlepcndent and
has never desired nor sought ollice. He holds
membership in the Methoilist Kpiseopal
church, and fraternally is connected with the
Cnited .\rtisans, the Knights and Ladies of
Security, and the Delta Sigma Delta frater-
nity, which is the oldest dental order in the
Cnited .States. He is also a member of the
city and state dental sis-ieties and through
their activities ki'eps in touch with the prog-
ress of the dental fraternity. He resides at
.No. 4, Kast .Seventy-ninth street, and his
ollices are at No. 20n-.' Fast .Stark street. He
is a very broad niinded man, imbued at all
times with the laudable ambition for prog-
ress, and this is manifest in his pro-
fessional career, his fraternal relations and
his eooiMTation in any movements instituted
for the public giaid.

FRITZ WOLFF. It is a well known fact
that It IS under the pressure of adversity
and the stimulus of op|Hisitiiui that the iM-st
ami strongest in men is brought out and
ilevelo|HMl. .\n illustration of this fact is
foiinri in the life reciiril of FritA Wollf. now
part owiii-r of the largest plant for the manu-
facture of heavy maihinery and castings on
the east side iif I'lirllaml. .Suci-ess has ulti-
mately rewanled his lalsirs, yet imt all days
in his career have U-en ei|unlly bright, but
his has iN-en a character that has turnp<l
threnleneil disasters into ■•pp<irtiinities and
thriiiigh indefatigable effort and |i«T»i«tency
of purpose he has rencheil a place of promi-
nence as a T * 'ive of industrial ar-
livily in th> lln birth oeeiirred
II, i...,i., .!,» .: isi- his |Hirenls
Is'i whil aiienl
Ihf ■ where the
father I'fillfiwpil the slKieinaker's trade.

Fritir Wolff r«me f<> Xmen-'i in IHrtT. when
a ruling man "f ' ir«. aetllinit

first in New Vorl worked at

Ih. ' ■ ■ T-

lir
iin'
of •

Ki«
Tr.

' the metropolis

"g two rears as

San Francisco. ||p rame

.r laTI mnii MM-iife«| rm

' .. He

lilrnad

— nn

■ n

Th»y fnminftnt hnsiiv-
l»T of years, aftsr
•oM Ilia intrrp«( In \
nrfMtn-rtnl a fnaiirfrjr ■

'-'! T heT
ne shop on

10S8

THE CENTENNIAL HISTOKT OF OREGON

Flander and Third streets for four years,
dnring which period Mr. Wolff built tour and
a half miles of twenty-four-.inch pipe, which
was constructed for the Citr Water Com-
pauT. In liS9 the firm removed their busi-
ness to the east side, there erecting an im-
mense plant, engaging in the manufacture of
engines, ice machinery and compressed air
machinery beside doing the work of a general
machine shop and foundry. They also built
thirty-four miles of pipe line to be used in
connection with the City Water Works; also
fire miles of pipe for Spokane. Washington:
and twenty-sis miles for Butte. Montana.
The business was conducted under the firm
style of Wolff 4 Zwieker until 1S79. during
which time the company took contracts for
building ships. They constructed two light
ships, also one torpedo destroyer, two torpedo
boats, a large tug boat and a large freight
boat, but financial reverses overtook them
and they failed with a total loss.

It was at this point that the real strength
of Mr. Wolff's nature showed forth. He
met the exigencies of the ease in a way that
indicated h^ resourcefulness and capability.
Borrowing money on his twenty thousand
dollar life insurance policies, he again started
in business, organizing what was known as
the Phoenis Iron Works and formed under
a corporation organization. They operated
the first six months in the old shop, which
they leased, and at the end of that time the
shop was entirely destroyed by fire. At that
time they were carrying about five thousand
dollars insurance, which sum aided them in
starting in business anew. The company
purchased new machinery on the installment
plan and also bought a half block between
Hawthorne and Clay streets, where the plant
is still located. Since that time another
block near their shop has been ptirchased.
whereon they have established a large foun-
dry that is operated in connection with the
machine shop. They manufactttre all kinds

of heavy machinery and castings and now
have the largest plant of its kind on the east
side. The company is in excellent financial
condition, their property alone being valued
at two hundred thousand dollars. Their busi-
ness is very extensive and has grown year
by year until it has reached very profitable
proportions. Mr. Wolff proved that difficul-
ties and obstacles could not long bar his
path, for they called forth his latent ener-
gies and his ability has carried him steadily
forward until he is now one of the prominent
representatives of industrial life in Portland.
Mr. Wolff ha? been married twice. He
lost his first wife October 2S, 18S1. Four
children of that marriage are still living:
.John, who is connected with the Phoenix
Iron Company and is also the biiilder and
owner of the fastest gasoline boat in the
world; Mrs. Emma Fox. living in Portland:
Sophia, the widow of F. L. Zimmerman, also
a resident of Portland: and Helen, the wife
of Cnarles Uner. of this city. In 1SS3 Mr.
Wolff married ifiss Meta Rasmussen. who
was bom in Denmark, and unto them have
been bom two children: Frederica, who is
a stenographer and lives at home: and Carl,
also at home, a graduate of the Mechanical
Engineering School at Corvallis. The family
are of the Methodist Episcopal faith and take
an active interest in the moral development
of the community. While he has led a very
busy life. ilr. Wolff has always been a
progressive citizen, cooperating as far as
his time would permit in works of public im-
provement. He has jnstlv won the proud
American title of a "self-made man."' for
through his own labors, persistency of pur-
pose and strength of character he has gradu-
ally advanced to his present position as a
successful machinery manufacturer and his
record, honorable in every relation, commends
him to the confidence and respect of his
fellowmen.

INDEX

Abbott. R. A

A.iam*. A. O.

A.lam=. J. W.

Aitchison. C. B

Aker*. L. B

Aker:-. iL L.

Albee. \V. H

Alexander. H. L. - .
Alexander. Robert
Allor.i. Albert . .

Alfre.1. F. M.

Alaesheimer. Conrmd

AlUn. W. S.

Allen. R. D

Allen. R. E.
Allen. R. <.
Allen. W. \V.
.\nd-r~'r.. An irei
Anderron. Mav B.
Antrim. E. E. . .

Aral. OliTer

Ann-trong. -J. C.
Arnold. A. >L. .

A=h. LewU

Atlee. W. S. .
Atwood. .T. P
Ault. C. A
.\vre, Geor;;^
Avre, W. G . . .

Babi. XichoU*
Bailer, H. F.
Bailli'e, F. S.-.
Baird. G«OTjT-

Rii'ler. .;. C

B.ik-r' Commertml Club
Oik-r. O. \V
F-itik:^. George
Barker. John
Barnes. J. B.
Barrett. C. A
Barringer. i;. F.
Barron, H. F
Barron, J. T.
Barry. J. X. -
Bartholomew. C. H.

Bartle. P. J

Pa-ve. C. H..
I.,-v... L C .

!■.•--. T. F

r;r:j •: ■■
r-'.

5«1

821

17

106

120
«70
>574

HO

1»-
167

60

S3

5«3

4*4

J47

Baxter. C F

Baxter. C. O

BeA. J. C

Becker. Casper...

Beeis. E. T

Beers, RaBsom . . .

Belcher. J. M

Belknap. V. C.

Belt. .J. D

Bemlrtnip. K. A
;- i- :.. G. H

■ -■■.. F. A...
Bennett. ' "
Beiuoii. I
Bentler. ;_ -
Berger. John. Jr. .
Bermnan. John
Bentmaa. J. V.'
Beuer. H. F
Better. K I'

{U>tti« 'i^

73

B.

. *f. \V. I
V. D

r . _hman. L. E
{•j ;n;an. Stephen

' B
10H9

. 3C7
. 86
. 489
. 882
. SM
.1030
. 413
. »1«
7
. 44S
. 67«
. 975
. 472
. 174
. 7»1
. 625
2S
2«
,«
. 448
. 613
. I«
596
. *90
. S*S
. 341
. C2
.10*8
. 3W
. 673
. 3*7
. 321

;«i3

514

:«

♦ Si

:««

«44
-■J4

:»«
*is
III
-. -*

145

T \

1«t
471
V}6

1090

INDEX

Bray, Ira 680

Breyman. E. A 144

Brighara, F. H 1014

Bristow. Darwin 360

Britt, Emil 530

Brock. W. E 1025

Brollier, J. E 261

Bronsoii, Malcolm 389

Brooks, E. M 205

Brown, C. W 596

Brown, F. E 1012

Brown, .J. H 295

Brown, R. T 68

Brown, W. A 837

Brown, W. B 55

Brown, W. L 667

Brown, AVilliam 900

Brownell. D. C 821

Brown«ll. Russell 874

Brownell, W. E 786

Browning, J. J 269

Buchanan. Grant 849

Buchtel, .Joseph 971

Buckley, D. P 243

Buckley. Maggie 468

Bump, M. B 601

Burden, C. A 620

Burgess, M. E 173

Burke, T. C 771

Burnett, N. 1 856

Busick. A. N 447

Butcher, W. F 326

Butler, Casimir 868

Butler, D. W 945

Butler. G. S 144

Butts, Charles 88

Butts, Festus 602

Bybee, .J. W 176

Byrd, F. T 887

Byrne, Katie N 527

Cacharelis, Othon 94

Caldwell. John 546

Caldwell. .John 180

Caldwell. William 1074

Campbell, Otis 815

Canaday, H. A 232

Cantrall. Miles 206

Cardwell, E. R 915

Carpenter. Edward 635

Carsner. W. S 565

Carstens. .T. F 830

Carter, Ransom 308

Carter. W. M 1072

Gary. ,T. J 483

Case, A. E 97

Casteel, H. G 346

Casteel. R. L 296

Cataklo. J. M 1044

Catching. .T. C 309

Chadwick. J. .T 71

Cliamberlain. William 1073

Chapman. L. M 486

Charlev. L. C 347

Childers. F. P 817

Chinn. U. G 93

Christensen. Harry 194

Christenson. G. G 67

Churchill. .7. S 492

Circle. O. 1 456

ClaHin. W. P 677

Clark, C. C 912

Clark, Paul 473

Cleaver, G. L 811

Clemens. Peter 964

Clemons. B. D 827

Clevenger, G. W 982

t;linkinbeard, J. J 743

Clinton, J. D 566

Coburn, W. M 313

Coftey, V. H 187

Cort'man, I. F 37a

Coflman, W. C 347

Coke, .T. S 345

Cole, Columbus 200

Cole. Leonard 651

Collier, C. M 816

Collins, B. M 217

Collins, Clara 60

CoUis, Alfred 898

Colver, L. 0 300

Conger. C. W 1067

Conklin, A. G 1055

Conley, J. C 1056

Conrad, T. J 930

Conyers, C. L 573

Cooley, A. B 941

Corl, L. .J 307

Cornutt, Archelaus 336

Cosgrove, Hugh 584

Cottel, W. 1 697

Coughtry, James 100

C'o.x, A. R 1053

Cox, W. A 542

Crandall, C. M 647

Cranston, H. B 952

Crews, W. E 269

Crichton, E. W 921

Croeni, J. T 218

Crow, C. A 289

Crow, \V. U 471

Cruickshank, .James 80

Cuiiningliam. J. A 81

Cupper, F. W 1077

Currin, Felix 838

Currin. G. J 809

Cutlip, S. B 794

Cutsforth, I. E 634

Danby. Richard 739

Daniel. I. L 199

Daniclson. August 491

Daugherty. C. E 378

Davey, Frank 928

Davidson. T. L 966

Davidson, W. F 639

Davies, A. N 30

Davis, C. E 792

Davis, G. E 412

Davis, M. C 417

Davis, M. F 416

De Lamter, May 157

De Lashmutt. Butler 442

Dellinger. J. S 213

Dennis. W. 0 987

Denvir. W. J 53

Dersham, David 354

De Veny. AVilliam 806

Dierickx, Trephon 695

Diss. Frank 72

Dittebrandt, M. M 1048

Diven. T. F. S 721

Dobbin. JohnI 627

Dodge, Edgar 242

INDKX

1091

Dodge. V. S 741

Doeriiig, A. 11 340

Doeriiif;, Edmund 683

Uoolittl.-. L. E 585

Doiugaii. J. J 399

Dora, (.'liarli-!* 736

Douthit. .1. A 910

Duiuan. .1. V 704

Du Ritti'. K. R 517

Diirliaiii. K. L 1G2

Diitli. Kridolin 716

Kiikiii. Robert 1008

Kastcr, J. P 631

Eokhoir. C. C 686

E.ljicrton. E. ]. 585

Edingtoii, \V. W 281

Edlefs

J. X.

702

Edwards. J. S.
Eggt-rs. H. a. F.
Eheler. E. E...

Ehle, W. T

Elam. A. M

10U3

660

935

903

1029

Eldridge, Levi 703

Ellerson. .T. H 30J

Ellis. C. \V 1041

Ellis. G. T 310

Elms. H. C 836

Eiiimett. E. (i 684

EiKliiott. .1. .1 1038

Eiicgri'ii. .lolin 386

Eii»miii;;tT. .1. H 917

Eric-kson. I'liarlcs 34

Ernst. C. H 909

Erwin. R. M lOli

Etter. .J. W 841

Evans. S. D -V-'S

Fanning. A. 11

Farrar. Si|iiirf

Farre. William

FaiilciMirr. (). M

Ffllman. W. H

FiTgUtoM, C. C

Fcrgnson. I,. B

Fersohweiler. .1. A

Fetter. I,. B

FieUls. Kellv

Fischer, f. K

Fisher. II. F

Fisk. I), n

Fitzjiatrick. C S

Fletcher. H. I

Flett. E. B

Flint. A. B

Flint, II. T

Floyd. T. F

Folsnni. Ralph

Ford. C. K

Forsstrom. Toivo

Foster, t'. E

Fran<-is<'ovich. Martin

Franklin. ('. R

Frawley. .lohn

Frazer. (',. N
French. A. I'.

French. R. .*^

Frey, F. C

Frey. Fred

FriedriiOi. Bernhard. . .
Frizzell. .1. P

1 1

U27

739

21

19

AIS

1. 1 1
.'•t

489
220
63S
523
923
423
490
171
620
2.10
302
910

5.1 2
218
441
208
403
853

88
703
621
368
648
359
1079

Frizzell. William 1023

Frv. <i. M 954

Fullbright. 1. A 689

Funk, A. V 82

Furrow. .M. E 275

Furry, F. E 352

Calawav. W. 0 640

(;albraith. W. .1 515

(Jallnway. William 180

liantcnbrin, (_'. I' 848

tlarn. K. 1) 810

(tas.sner. Alois, ,Ir 864

( lussncr. .\. A 179

Caiilt. I). M. C 288

Uaiilt. .1. L 999

Cavlord. E. B 595

Cearv. J. W 622

(K-d.les, F. A 88

(;eer. II. .1 727

(Jwr. I. S 1056

( Jeer, .ludd 728

I leiss. .lohn 923

rjentner, C. F 123

(Jeorge. RolH-rt 1071

I lerlM'r. .lohn 609

(;ilil)s, W. S 98

Ciesv. Martin 207

riilkisnn. M. M 803

(iilliam. Frank . . 7U4

Cilnian. .\l. M . 48.1

(ilasson, William 759

(ilenn, CI 114

tJlenn. T. T 114

(;lover. C. II . . 503

f;iover. Philip 754

(iodwv. ()r« . . 17

C.Mlwin. C. T. 909

CohUliy. .IcMv 231

iMKidbr'iMl, A. .1 421

(JcMxIing. C. .1 061

Cordon. M. II -•■'«

(;orsline, (». K ■"••'•O

Cotwirr, K. W 150

Cowdv. .1. W 231

Krnhain. I). M 048

Drnnl. .I»nie« 710

Crns^mnn. .1. W 0

(iraville. .I«me« 274

t;r«v. F I. 45

(;r«v. II. I) -tJO

dray, Mr». W II 579

r.ny. W. II 574

rjrrrr. .loiwph 933

(irpRory, .1. B 730

flrimth. W. X. 130

rirolT. .1. I... -••

(;rnM. «. W •<.•'

r.ni\i\. II. •; '"■'

r;iillirord. f. .1 " '"

(iiillifnrd. W. II J if'

llasrnaiK'r. John 4.*»

lUiim. E. E ••I'

Hair. I B :-' '•

lull ■ f^>'-

Hall ■;;

Hall. <. t 0O7

Hall. .Inhn 381

llaM. .1 H 713

HallfT. .1. P - •'.

Hamilton. \V. B '•" »

1092

INDEX

Hammack. J. W 108

Hammersl}', L. A 295

Hamstreet, 0. D 47

Hanks, Loviis. Jr 342

Hanna, William 268

Haiinan, W. E 685

Hanson, W. E 774

Harmon, C. E 313

Harmon, F. A 875

Harmon, J. W 423

Harnish. S. H 326

Harrison, M. A 063

Hartwig, E. H 449

Harvev. Aaron 374

Hatfli," S. H 74

Haun, J. F 380

Hauschildt, T. F 339

Hawley, G. M 422

Hayes, J. C 725

Hayes, J. W 65

Haynes, H. H 361

Hazeltine, G. 1 168.

Hebard, H. F 703

Hedden. J. N 1062

Ilemenway, James 18

Henderer,' John 1050

Hendricks, C. C 1059

Hendrickson, John 327

Hermens, P. il 256

Herriott. J. B 480

Herriott, T. W 480

Hesse. L. M 592

Hibbard, G. L 940

Higgins, C. R 502

Higgins, J. E 545

Hill, Almoran 430

Hill, W. T. 835

Hillstrom, C. J 174

Hindraan, Albert 628

Hindman, J. M 838

Hindman. W. W 33

Hinkle, W. B 885

Hobson, W. H 224

Hockett, C, T 62

Hodges, S. T 352

Hoffmann, P. G 533

Hollingsworth. W. W 659

Holman, D. W 583

Holmes, Frank 193

Holmes. G. H 988

Holmes, W. R. 641

Holt, J. 0 6

Holte, R. A 797

Honan, Annie 409

Hongell, Andrew 390

Hope, I. W 779

Hope, M. G 780

Hopfield, L. S 255

Hopkins, D. P 660

Hopkins, L. P 99

Horner, C. H 680

Hoskins, H. M 12

Hoskins, J. L 553

Hosmer, Nelson 250

Howard, William 970

Howlett, A. C 307

Hoxie, C. H 138

Hoyt, R, W 843

Hubbard, W. C 418

Hndcmann, F. H 939

Huff, J. W 321

Hiilin, L. G 223

llumphreys. H. W., Jr 185

Hunsaker, F. Jl 911

Huntington, A. C 847

Hurlburt, T. M 994

Hurst, W. V 720

Huston, J. T 345

Hutchcrof t, R. J 119

Hutchison, J. H 137

Hutchinson, William 139

Hyatt, G. W 134

Ingle, G. B 811

Ingle, J. C 810'

Ingram, F. L 243

Ireland, E. C 283

Ireland, J. P 683

Isaminger, 0. D 270

Ison, L. 0 1084

Ison, 0. P 40

Jackson, G. W 262

Jackson, John 389

Jacobs, J. W 565

Jacobs, W. E 282

Janes, A. S 1078

Jaques, Thomas 849

.Tensen, M. C 437

Jctte, Adolphe 646

Johnson, C. A 249

Johnson, C. T 392

Johnson, F. S 824

Johnson, G. B 465

Johnson. J. E 590

Johnson, L. G 490

Johnson, Samuel 510

Johnson, T. F 767

Johnson, T. W 876

Johnson, W. H 107

Johnston, B. A 133

Johnston, Frank 186

Jones. B. L 598

Jones. H. D., Sr 396

Jones, J. D 479

Jory , H. ,S 406

Jory, William 91

Joy, J. 1 815

Junker, Caspar 972

Kaino. Henrv 391

Kallunki, Walter 492

Kamm, .Jacob 554

Keadv. W. F 459

Kelly, Eliza E 897

Kelly. Frank 450

Kelly, J. G 117

Kelly. Plympton 373

Kelsey. R. C 290

Kemp, I. M 837

Kenedy, G, W 891

Kent, 'S. B 335

Kerley, V. V 939

Kerr," G. W 518

Kiddle. Ed 666

Kiddle. J. O 1053

Kilbnrg. J. H 673

Kime, A. W 85

Kindred, J. B 517

Kindred, J. F 47

King, Charles 774

King. .J, T 1032

King. L. D 975

King. W. A 106

indp:x

1093

Kintzlev, Z. T 36G

Kirbv. E. G 1007

Kirk", J. W 573

KirkivooJ. John 35

KleiiilmiiiiiH'r, A. S 1U4

Kiiobliirli. Karl 47S

Kiiowlcs. Kriiiik -J-'J

Koljoni'ii, lli-ikki *<>-

Koooh. J. B *2»

KoziT. H. E 1085

Kruse, John 330

Kriisi-. J. W 335

Kubli. Maud 342

Kuhn. Klias •>54

Kiiiitz. I'hilip 334

Kupfrs. Aii;;ii»t 060

Klip. IS, ( arl U04

Kurtz. Kilwiiril 927

Kiiscliiiirk, John 35

Kiit.h. W. T HO

Kuykt-niliUI. C. V 453

Lackstrom. William 393

UirJ, J. I) "35

Ully. Ellrn M '•»"«

Ijiniar. J. S 264

Ijuiib. K. \V 31fi

l,aniliri^'ht, Innac I'J2

UiiiK. K. E . . 3-';;

Larst'ii, Ij»r!4. . •'•" •

Larson. .Iiiliii" '10

Iji.tha|K'llr. Anirily -t^t

Uswn. f. W . M-'

Lathrop. T. K ••;;o

I.nii|;hliii, William I 'I

Lauraii.T. I. K . '"'•

Uw, f. II 25S

Uv.-.Hk. .1. A 2"**

I.pa. John ■">'

l..-avitt. C. J *i5

Lcliwk. I^-amh-r '"'

L.T. W. (• . ■;■•'

l.i'hman, V. J ''

l-ont, V. I. -';
Unt. I). K

U.tpr. W. T "'•

I,cvim.. A. J "»••

I^vy. A.loll'h ♦";

\^vy. I^""" '■''

Levy, M. > '•"■

Liwin, A. U •■"
Irfwin. J. 11

i.»-wi». .1. M ":

I^win, Ik J '"■ ,

I,fwi», Mimmi ' '"'

U-wi,. W. K '^'l

r,ii-n«llrn. K. A ' ;

I. inn. D«vnl "" '

I.inn. KMrhrr •"'■

LiftiK. T n ';

i.ittiotwi.i. t) - ;•

Livrrmorp. F W ' "

Mov.l. I.iithrr '"' '

]l\.\. w. w ""•

I Ln.rf w n

I ■ •

I <i<>«-, J. K.

I,..V. O. W.

Ixjvi'U.-"'. f- f
IxjviTKljf. Alhrrf

I ■■<
«" 1

Low, C. L 1184

Lowf, J. K 800

Lowell, .S. A 619

Luic. E. E 696

l.nn. .Vnilrrw 800

Luttr.ll, 11. C 1020

MiClen.lon. C. C 100

.Mi'Cormifk, E. L. . . 197

.McCornuik. W. R 436

.M.lul.hin. J. II 461

.MH iill.Hh. J. M 957

.M.» ulhuinh. J. M 915

Maullv. K. D 1014

.Mi( nll'v. W. D 1018

.M.Dili." .1. It 333

M.Karlan.l. fl. A 54

.Mi'( ;»n^'li.-y . • ;.'or(j;o , 853

.\l.-<;<)l.lri.k. Ilinry 963

.\lc( iowan. I Iforge 353

.\l<4;ra\v. (;. W 051

.M.llal.v. .1. ir 735

.Millaltv. H. R 348

M.llal.v. K. T 976

M.K..'. A. M 238

M. K.r. A.I«ll»Tt 185

.M.'Kcnna. .\li-\an<|pr 934

M.K.-nzif. K. < 777

MiK.nzip. K. \\ 727

\l. K.nni.'. S. L 491

M.K.rn. .). V 167

.M.-Kcrn. 1^ D I'.srt

M.K.rnan. S. II 41

M.-Kinnt-y. C. K. .179

M.Kiiinf'v. W. 11 905

M.'Kinn.i'n. A. < 172

.\I.U-.h|. W. T. m«7

M.Mahon. Kicharil 151

,M.I'h.-.., V. A •<():>

M.<^ii.-^n. <;. W I9S

\li'(^iii>Hi-n, William 785

\lrl.. y 1 11136

Mi.W'i I I 748

\Uki. I.. I. II «68

Mall. W II tSt

Manninu. I A '1I6

Mantillr. II M :'>S

\larinrr. W I ij3fi
Mar.l.M. U I IfMl.l

M*r. , I \\ -,37

M.'t.i ilrf. John MO

\l .'t n V. W. 97

\l < •- f 7:.3

\' .i.aii 317

\' 1: ««-.
^' \ tiKW

\' V :*«

\r .M7

V 190

M V ' 113

\I . ptim 70

M . . , » <.o?

Mr.) \ r :i.

\t.-. , 11

\l

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\' \ M r»«

\f. • . .

M»y»f. Jalia* . 70|

1094

INDEX

Micelli, F. G 948

Miles, J. S 981

Miles, T. W 223

Miller, D. H 360

Miller, J. M 665

Miller, K. A 436

Miller, .'^. E 636

Miller. W. J 741

Miller. W. T 1055

Milne. .T. W 533

Mimnaugh, C. H 211

Mingus, Conrad 768

Minnick, J. W ■. . . . 495

Mishler, Al 691

Mitehell, F. B . 99

Mitehell. .J. M 394

Mitchell. J. W 229

Mitehell, M. W 793

Monk. T. R 443

Montague, G. E 804

Monterastelli, Lorenzo 875

Montgomery, J. A 59

Moody, G. W 462

Moomaw. J. P 249

Moore, .Jesse 400

Moore. T. B 953

Moorhoiise, Mark 836

Moreloek, E. B 761

Morrison, A. D 540

Morss, S. S 300

Mosier, A. 0 511

Mossie, Henry 336

Mothershead, S. T 397

ilott. .J. A 208

Moullen, F. C 984

Mulkey, F. W 868

Mulkey, Monroe 397

Murphy, Patrick 1079

Murray, Alexander 586

Murray, H. S ' 1037

Myers, C. T 42

Myers, .J. P 898

Natter. .J. B 746

Neal, .John 501

Neal, .J. A 552

Nelson, D. H 854

Newcomb. C. L 849

Newman, W. R., Jr 333

Newport, H. G 566

Newsom. G. S 834

Nichol. W. S 751

NiehoUs, A. A 410

Nichols, B. F 392

Nichols, .J. H 551

Nichols, W. L 308

Noah. S. W 404

Noble. E. G 823

Norblad. A. W 466

Normandin, L. S 131

Nosier, A. L 511

Nosier, C. H 597

Nosier, Fred 608

Notson. S. E 1049

Nusom, A. W 591

Nye, A. W 238

O'Connell. Eugene 175

Odell. AV. J 473

Oden, A. V 257

Oden. .J. T 366

OfKcer, F. L 598

Oglesby, W. W 235

O'Kelly, Fred jgs

Oliver, J. C 450

Oman, John 523

Osborn, Adelbert 696

Osborn, D. A 868

Osburn, W. T ] ' 335

Overholt. D. G .' .' 226

Owings. G. W 341

Packwood. W. H 157

Palmer. .John 1042

Palmer. .Joseph 882

I'almer, R. R 112

l^arker, E. A 247

Parker, Elza 2 1

Parker, E. 0 107

Parker, G. F '..'..'.'.'.'.'. 466

Parker, .J. B us

Parker, W. R 977

Parks, Hollis 217

Parmley, .J. E 315

Parvin. .James 68

I^atterson, C. G 672

Patterson, Joshua 257

Patterson, Richard 590

Patty. G. M 105

I'aul, J. H 1024

Pedro. Frank 671

Pedro, Manuel 947

Peebler, J. J 893

Pelland, C. A 560

Perkins, F. P 12

Perkins, H. A 182

Perry, T. W 114

l\'terson, .John 899

Phelan, P. L 767

I'helps. D. D 140

Phelps. F. A 843

Phillips. C. R 263

Pierce, Ash 891

Pillett, Edward 9I8

Piper, W. B 616

Plamondon, .J. D 747

Poley, A. F 754

Poole. W. A 1078

Porter. G. W 725

Porter. ,J. R 854

Powell, C. W 1002

Pranger. H. E 534

Prantl, Frank 46

I'ratt, H. W 411

Price, H. M 5

Prout, O. T 435

Purdin, T. E 20

Pursel, S. A 905

Purvcs. R. B 309

I.Miackonliush, Edward 863

Quant, A. S 879

(.lueoner, W. H 241

Querner, G. V 263

Rader. J. M 293

Ralcv, Aura M 42

Rankin. .T. S 5

Rasor. IT. A 393

Raymond. Raphael 881

Reeder, W. H 777

Rees, G. E 945

Rees. JT. B 887

Rees, S. G 707

INDEX

1005

RoinliarJt. C. L
Keisui-hor. .1. F. . .
KcinliolU, i;. A
Renshaw, \V. XI
Rcxioril. K. V.
Rhea, K. W .
Rhwks, B. F
RhoU-ii. Eno«.
Rice, .). D...
Richar<l«, B. B
Richardson, A. K
Richardson, B. ('
Richardson, S. F
Kichmond. A. ■)
Rickkola, It. A
Riddle. Abmr
Rindell. Kriut

Ring. E. W

Kiiijr-nn-yiT. Ilcnr'.
RolMTts.' W. L.
Kobinctto. .1. E
itohiiKon, H. I'
Robinson, R. M
Robinson. R. .S
Robison, P. S
Robison. S. M
Rorhlk. Hrrnun
Roo.1. F. H .
Rooke, R. G . . .
Rfix-nJwr?. M. '

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Kny. K.
Hni'kman. '• '•'•

rtM-^ii, \ \

i;

i;

i:

i:

K- \\

RvuUm, An--

701

Sharp,

(.!. W

7U

sharp.

S. F .

ysi

Shattuck, Lewis.

434

Shaw,

D. 11

i;ii'

Shaw,

.loIlM

■'■.•1

^lm» .

M. F

l«r-,

- i..irn, .Mil.-

-••■. I

^Ii. Idon, (). 1

il2

Shepht

rd. .1. F. . .

772

Sherbontly, t'harlr-

■J 14

.Sheridan, IVtrr .

IIXiK

Shortridgp, ,1. 11 . .

■;. II

. Avaldur

, .

;•,.,.

... R. T

Iiiii

^M-rt,

U C

. 1

^i/i-more, O. S

r ■. ■

>kinner, W. II

-..

Slater.

F. S

'JO'J

Slater.

.1. I)

r 1'.

Snmll,

' '1 .

I). W
Andrew
C. A. L

\ I

'1'.

y. 1.

1 . c )
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Loren/o I)

•h.

U D .

•Ii.

Ml.

M It
I' 1,

•li.

R. K
W. N

I 1!

\ r

Daniel

i"

>«ninierpr. II. M

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<«mi««-n. William

II. u .

S. 1. .

'. WiUian
1.

-co•^ 1. <

I .--.:■ r.

4liO

;i:i4

9fi.'.

1035

1035

7B9

497

340

427

018

299

8.1.'.

.900

•i77

;i4r>

994

:.•.' 1
;i72

fi09

:ii'>

567
698

1037
.154
267

.244
69*1

964
•-'711
H04
309
101
S23
434
76S
990
20C,

. 500

. HSH
40A
179
333
45S
SAN
1041
9*7

. 311
337
113

. 447
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910
409
lOOO

••;7

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1096

INDEX

Swift, A. V 1048

Swiger, William 459

Switzler, W. H 837

Taylor, Solomon : 548

Taylor, S. W 293

Taylor, T. D 935

Taylor, T. H. B 365

Taylor, W. E 113

Terrell, G. 1' 00

TerriU, C. E 314

Tetherow, G. W 716

Tetherow, J. M 818

Tetreau, G. JI 970

Thatcher, Franklin 504

Thiessen, H. A .• 1011

Thomasen, J. T 87

Thompson, L. C 66

Tliompson, T. F 977

Tillson, T. S 855

Timmermanii, Fred 813

Townley. W. J 934

Trestrail, R. M 313

Trill, W. G 1008

Trimble, John 934

Trippeer, J. E 797

Troutman, D. B 134

Trowbridge, B. C 146

Trowbridge, Marjorie 741

True. C. F 563

Truesdall, Joseph 713

Tnillinger, D. P 93

TuUey, E. H 163

Turner, B. T 212

Turner, llontgomery 646

TTam. Peter 405

Upthegrove, G. H 788

Vaiidpooeverins, George 539

\'aii Ors.lall, P. H 665

Van Wassenhove, Frank 653

Veateh, Marion 150

Veateh, R. W 71

Veatcli. S. E 668

Via. Guy Forrest 679

Vinson, J. S 1047

Voegtly. C. H 474

Voge. F. A 1087

Wade, Aaron 1054

Wade, B. F 93

Wade, M. A 61

Wagner, J. H 679

Walden, J. W 829

Walker, A. W 236

Walker, D. A 72

Walker, G. 0 .' 143

Walker, H. G 921

Walker. ,T. W 453

Wallace. E. P 135

Walter. R. H 219

Walters. Fred 704

Ward, E. J 370

Wardle. R. M 73

Warner, A. P 1059

Warren, P. C 960

Washburn, J. H 951

Waters, E. B 403

Watson, Edson 995

Watson, R. W 467

Watson, W. F 817

Watts. Elizabeth 662

Watts, H. 1 778

Watts, M. L 751

Weatherspoon, H. H 489

Weaver. C. V 79

Weaver, J. W 300

Weed, Abner 746

Wehrum, J. F 667

Welch, C. H 50

Wertz, S. M 788

Wheeler, R. G 124

White, Alexander 87

White, W. A 61

White, W. C 861

Whiting, Thomas 719

Wiekham, J 766

Wickland, 0. B 510

Wicks, J. E 200

Wilcox, F. S 374

Wilcox, G. H 351

Wilcox. G. J 870

Wilcox, R. J 374

Wilhelm, J. V. 740

Wilkinson, Thomas 778

Willet, S. H 198

Williams, H. N 516

Williams, J. C 120

Williams. Sherwood 806

Williamson, J. T 799

Wilson, B. F 1061

Wilson. E. E 361

Wilson, F. C 197

Willson, W. N 1080

Wisdom, J. T 941

Wise, W. H 708

Wolff. Fritz 1087

Womack, 0. W 411

Wood, Edward 152

Wood. R. L 229

Woodcock. A. C 004

Woods. E. A 580

Woods, G. W 11

Woods, W. J 733

Woodward. E. H 528

Woodward. G. B 787

Worthington. H. 0 498

Wright, L. A 691

Wright, W. T 1020

Wyant, H. S 235

Wyss, Gottlieb 373

Yantis, J. L 911

Yerxa. R. 1 867

York. W. B 375

Young. F. L 983

Young. Henry 939

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