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THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY
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1811-1912
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VOLUME III
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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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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.
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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
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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.
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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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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
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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. '
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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.,
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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sing away in .locksonvillr, ' h«
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Benicia, California, ni '•■
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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
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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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33
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, Pennsylvania, on the 11th of July, 1S09, and on the 12th of March, 1835, wedded Miss Jane Haines, who passed away in 1876. They were mar- ried in Iiidiana and subsequently removed to Ohio, residing in the latter state until 1851. In that year they went to Missouri and in the spring of 1852 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., bom September 16, 1843, who is the wife 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 lives 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 earning 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 under a high state of cultivation, while forty acres are covered with merchantable timber. In his undertakings as an apriculturi.st he has won a well merited measure of prosper- ity, annually gathering excellent crops, which find a readv sale on the market.
On the 10th o'f April, 1883. Mr. Davies was united in marriage to >fias RoKalinn Gabbert. who was born in Minnesota, on the 3d of December. 1859. her parents being August and Caroline (Hartman) Gabbert. natives of Germanv. They emigrated to the United States in early life and were marrie.1 in Minnesota, in which state they made their home for some years, residing there at the
time of the Indian maAsacn-. In 1 - v
came to Oregon, arriving in this •«(
10th of April. Soon altc- - ' " » ri
purchased one hundred , of
partly improved land in \', iv
residing on the property in:
and then disposing of sum. 1
a tract of eighty acres ii.
ty and made his home t :
to his final rest, in 190i;. mi .Uimaii the
20th. His widow still retidcn on tliV old
homestead in section 6, t
west. Mr. and Mrs. Dm
of a son and daughter.
natal day was May 1, 1-
a business college and n
cellent musical education, now giving in-
stmction in the art. lie is still undrr th«
parental roof and op.THtivs the hnnu' furra
of one hundred and xixty juti-.h in i>artnrr'
ship with his father. K. wu
born on the 19th of .Inn . nt-
tcnds the high si-hool iit 1 an<l
is likewise pursuing a .
Mr. Davies is a stnnrli : -.1
tics and for four yenri helil ir . tiee of the peace in hi.n to»c nally he is identifii-.l with tti.- In Order of Odd Fellows. iM'lunging t Lodge at Tigard. llf is aUo a n the Butte Grange at that plao-. I
life has been passed in Wosli
covering more than half a r- ■
fellow townsmen know him ..
forward and reliable liii!<iniv-<f< mai
enterprising, progressive nti/rn. "
merits the esteem that in uniforniljr accvninl
him.
WILLARD W. HINDMAN. * mrmbrr ol
the law firm of llaj': ' " ' . •■ •
man. attorney » at "-;
Baker, Oregon, an.l •
of the state, for h^
the Hon. W. C. Ilir,
and was there bom in I
sued his education in '■
Baker and in a \<r
Dr. .Smith of the 1
iss:,. iiiH ; •
I'litered tli I'niversitv graduated ago. lie preme cck had not v entered U|>uu ' f,.u>;nn. H" fit
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ri<ro an<l
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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
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iMTjimr a r .,l|." I-
111*' tAV
'iian will
■.gr^ of that •i»t«'. ll*^^ T three years ago to an
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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 of forestry preserves in Finland. Our sub-
THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON
35
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 had hi* tin cup rut away from his side by a
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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, >
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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 jnogressive movement of the times which
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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.
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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.
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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 follow this occupation in Pennsylvania for
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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 living, namely: Mrs, Katie Siefer, of Gervais,
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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 of his life to the organizing of Sun<lay
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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 the Golden state and there resided until 1885,
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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- lie K.. the wife of R. S. Smith; Kate, de-
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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, a native of Washington county, Oregon, born
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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- tion in the two Rogue River .Indian wars
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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