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HISTORY OF OLD WALLA WALLA COUNTY, VOL. 2 ***

LYMAN'S HISTORY
of

Old Walla Walla County
Embracing

Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield
and Asotin Counties

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME II

CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1918

BIOGRAPHICAL

N. G. BLALOCK, M. D.

No history of Walla Walla and of this section of the northwest would be
complete without extended reference to Dr. N. G. Blalock, who not only
figured as a most successful and progressive physician but, also recognizing
the possibilities for the material development of the northwest through its
natural resources, contributed in marked measure to the upbuilding of this
section of the country and the promotion of its business activities. His
labors were of a character that contributed to public progress as well as to
individual success and in fact they were of the most farreaching extent and
importance.
Dr. Blalock was a native of North Carolina, his birth having occurred in
Mitchell county, that state, in 1836. He spent his youth amid rural
surroundings in his native state, his time largely being devoted to
agricultural pursuits, while later he took up the profession of teaching but
regarded this merely as an initial step to other professional labor. It became
his earnest desire to enter the medical profession and with that end in view
he matriculated in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, from
which he was graduated in 1861. He first located for practice in Mount
Zion, Illinois, and when the Civil war was in progress he put aside all
business, professional and personal considerations and joined the army as
surgeon of an Illinois regiment, doing active duty at the front in this
connection. When hostilities had ceased he resumed the practice of
medicine in Illinois, where he remained until 1872. He then heard and
heeded the call of the west. He first came in 1872 to spy out the land.
Crossing the continent part of the way with a team, actuated by the purpose
of selecting a new home in the Pacific northwest, he decided upon Walla

Walla and then returned to Illinois for his family. In May, 1873, they left
their home in Macon county, that state, and on the 11th of October reached
Walla Walla, having spent about six months upon the road, as they traveled
by team. There were twenty-seven members in the little immigrant party
and their total financial resources on reaching their destination did not
exceed twenty dollars. Dr. Blalock at once sought employment in order to
replenish his depleted exchequer. He began hauling wheat from Walla Walla
to Wallula and upon the return trip brought groceries and other
merchandise, which had to be laid in before navigation on the Columbia
river closed for the winter. He was thus engaged for a little over a month,
after which he opened his office and began practicing medicine. His career
in that professional field was a most notable one. His ability was
pronounced. He most carefully diagnosed his cases and his judgment was
seldom, if ever, at fault. He did most important work in the frontier
community, his professional career covering a period of fifty-three years,
during which he kept a complete record of his obstetrical cases, including
the names, ages and birthplaces of parents and the names and sexes of
children. He officiated at almost six thousand obstetrical cases. He was the
loved family physician in many a household. He was most sympathetic by
nature, kindly in spirit and these qualities, added to his professional skill
and ability, made him most efficient in medical practice.
Dr. Blalock also deserves special mention for his contribution to the
development of Walla Walla and the northwest. He organized the firm of
Blalock, Son & Company for the purpose of building a mill and flume to
engage in the manufacture and shipment of lumber, wood, etc., from what is
known as the Blalock Mountain. This undertaking did not prove profitable,
however, and the company failed for two hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars, with assets of only fifty thousand dollars. The nature of Dr. Blalock
at once was manifest, for he immediately assumed the liabilities of the
company and in less than eight years paid off every cent, with interest at
from fifteen to twenty-four per cent per annum, acting in this matter
contrary to the advice of his attorneys. No other course was possible to a
man of his straightforward and honorable nature, however. He felt that
every cent of his indebtedness should be met and he resolutely set to work
to achieve this end, which in an incredibly short space of time he
accomplished.

It was Dr. Blalock who installed the first telephone used in the state. He
rented six instruments at twelve dollars per month each and built and kept
up his own line from the mill to the end of the flume. He was the promoter
of what is known as the Blalock Orchards, two miles west of Walla Walla.
In 1876 he purchased for two dollars and a half per acre four hundred acres
of desert land, which he leveled, irrigated and then planted with fruit trees,
including apples, pears and cherries, and also set out many small fruits. He
shipped the first two car loads of pears from the state of Washington east of
the Rocky Mountains and made large exhibit of his fruit at the World's
Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Since that time the Blalock
Orchards have been enlarged to sixteen hundred acres and have constituted
a most important feature of the horticultural development of the northwest.
Upon the land are now eight artesian wells, all strong and affording a
supply of water ample to irrigate the entire area with a system of pipe lines
over twenty miles in length, touching every acre of this vast tract. The lands
are being sold in five-acre tracts at from one thousand to fifteen hundred
dollars per acre. Dr. Blalock also made arrangements for the purchase of
three thousand six hundred acres of dry land six miles south of Walla Walla,
for which he was to pay ten bushels of wheat per acre, an amount equal to
five dollars per acre. The first crop paid for the land and all expenses of
raising and harvesting and left him about three thousand dollars. This was
followed by the purchase of seven thousand acres of wheat land in Gilliam
county, Oregon, and he planted and promoted an orchard at the town of
Blalock. He was the promoter of the Blalock Islands enterprise, covering
four thousand acres in the Columbia river in Benton county, Washington.
He was associated with others in the development of three thousand acres
of desert land under the Carey act in Morrow county, Oregon. No one
labored more untiringly for the opening of the Columbia river for
navigation than Dr. Blalock, who for years devoted many hours to the work.
In appreciation of his efforts in that behalf the Columbia and Snake River
Waterways Association, meeting in Lewiston in its third annual convention,
passed the following resolution: "In these days of the passing of the pioneer
the people of the great northwest are called upon from time to time to
recognize the lifelong service of noble men and women and to honor their
names. Occasionally we take unto ourselves the rare privilege of
brightening the closing years of one of these servants of mankind by a slight
expression of our affection and appreciation of their efforts in things worth

while. Such an occasion greets us today as we meet to honor one of God's
emblems. In recognition of the large part Dr. N. G. Blalock has had in
effecting an organized movement to secure an open river; in grateful
acknowledgment that through his indefatigable and successful labor,
associated with Joseph N. Teal, W. J. Mariner and J. F. Smith, almost
insuperable obstacles were overcome and the Oregon Portage Railroad was
built at The Dalles; and with hearty thanks to him for the lavish expenditure
of time and money in representing his state at meetings of the Natural
Rivers and Harbor Congress and attending innumerable other gatherings in
the interest of our rivers, where he has materially helped in securing definite
results. Therefore, be it resolved, that we, the delegates to the Columbia and
Snake River Waterways Association here assembled, express to Dr. N. G.
Blalock our deep affection and our grateful appreciation for his long life of
loving service."
A splendid characterization of Dr. Blalock is found in the memorial
address which was delivered by the Hon. Ben F. Hill before a joint session
of the state senate and the house of representatives, on which occasion Mr.
Hill said:
"Mr. President, Gentlemen of the senate and house:
"It is with a sense of profound sorrow that we pay a tribute to the memory of Dr. Nelson
G. Blalock, the distinguished member from Walla Walla, of the constitutional convention.
Dr. Blalock was born in Mitchell county, North Carolina, in 1836. He was a graduate of
Jefferson Medical College, served as a surgeon in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois
Regiment in the Civil war and came in 1873 to Walla Walla, the then metropolis of the
northwest. The brilliant young surgeon was in demand throughout the whole of the Inland
Empire. He became acquainted in his travels with the religious and geographical work of
the great Marcus Whitman and his chief ambition appeared to be to develop the economic
resources of that part of Washington territory. For this reason the names of Marcus
Whitman and Nelson G. Blalock will be indelibly linked together in the building and
construction of our great state. One of Nelson G. Blalock's earliest exploits was, when
roads were impossible, the building of a large flume from the Blue mountains to Walla
Walla, for the purpose of transporting logs, fuel and lumber to that growing community. He
made a success of and was the pioneer of arid land wheat farming. As early as 1881 he
produced the unprecedented yield of fifty thousand bushels of wheat on one thousand acres
of arid land. After proving that wheat could be successfully produced he turned to
irrigation projects, some of which now are honored in retaining the Blalock name. He
drilled for and found artesian water, utilized the water of the various streams, and every
one of the districts he founded is now a prosperous and conservative community. I could
go on and tell you of his work to complete the Celilo locks and canal and of his intense
desire to see an open Columbia river, but those and local problems are developing as he
anticipated they would. In fact before Dr. Blalock passed away he had the final pleasure of
knowing that all these great economic benefits to the Inland Empire would be finished. In
the 1913 session we were honored by having Dr. Nelson G. Blalock, during one of our

sessions, invited to take his place with our speaker and then a few days later during the
session we were shocked to hear of his death. You do not wonder then that Dr. Blalock was
elected to represent the Walla Walla district at the constitutional convention and we revere
and honor that man, soldier, physician, statesman who in the economic development of the
Inland Empire was the greatest man the northwest has yet produced, Dr. Nelson G.
Blalock."

On the 13th of March, 1914, Dr. Blalock was stricken with apoplexy
while at work in his office and was taken to a hospital, where he died the
following day.

DORSEY S. BAKER, M. D.

No history of Walla Walla and the Inland Empire would be complete
without extended reference to Dr. Dorsey S. Baker, now deceased, who for
many years figured most prominently in the professional, commercial and
financial circles of the northwest. He stood in the front rank of the columns
that have advanced the civilization of Washington, leading to its substantial
development, progress and upbuilding. He was particularly active in the
growth of Walla Walla, where he continued to make his home for many
years. He recognized and utilized the resources of the country and by
establishing many business enterprises contributed in marked measure to its
development and progress. Widely known, his life history cannot fail to
prove of interest to the many friends that he left behind and who still honor
and cherish his memory.
Dr. Baker was born in Wabash county, Illinois, October 18, 1823, and
while still a boy in his teens became the active assistant of his father, who
was engaged in milling and merchandising. Thus he received a thorough
training that constituted the broad foundation upon which much of the
success of his later years was built. After a time, however, he determined to
enter upon a professional career and with that end in view matriculated in
the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, from which he was
graduated in 1845 on the completion of the full course. He located for the
practice of medicine in Des Moines, Iowa, but after remaining there for a
brief period determined to follow the advice of Horace Greeley, who said:
"Go west, young man, go west." Accordingly in 1848 he started for Oregon,
where he arrived in the fall of the same year, having no money and no

acquaintances in this section of the country. He immediately opened an
office and began the practice of his chosen profession in Portland, which
was then a small town containing but one or two streets along the river
front. Gold was discovered in California the following year and Dr. Baker
joined the rush for the famous Eldorado. He remained in that state until the
spring of 1850 and then returned to Portland, where he entered into
partnership with L. B. Hastings in the conduct of a mercantile enterprise.
The following spring he again went to the mines, this time his objective
point being Yreka, which was then a newly developed mining camp. In
May of the same year, however, he once more returned to Oregon and
established his home in the Umpqua valley, where for several years he
devoted his attention to stock raising, to milling and to general
merchandising. He erected the first flour mill in southern Oregon at the old
town of Oakland in Douglas county, and in 1858 he was conducting
business in Portland as a hardware merchant.

Dr. Baker's connection with Walla Walla dated from October, 1859,
when he established a store in this city, placing William Stephens in charge.
The following year, however, he personally assumed the management of the
business and in 1862 he entered into partnership with his brother-in-law,
John F. Boyer, in establishing the firm of Baker & Boyer, which was so
long widely and favorably known in eastern Washington. It was in that year
that he also became associated with Captain Ankeny, H. W. Corbett and
Captain Baughman in the organization of a steamboat company to operate a

line of boats on the Columbia and Snake rivers. This company built the
steamer Spray for the upper river and the E. D. Baker for the lower
Columbia trade, thus instituting what constituted a most important element
in the development and upbuilding of the northwest. These steamship lines
were sold the following year to the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. Dr.
Baker's recognition of the possibilities and opportunities of the northwest
constituted a most important factor in the development of the Inland
Empire. After nine years he took up the construction of a railroad from
Walla Walla to the Columbia River, building the line entirely from his own
resources. This not only enhanced the fortune of the promoter but brought
prosperity and wealth to the entire Walla Walla valley and adjacent country.
It was a matter of pride to Dr. Baker that during his ownership and
management of the railroad it was never encumbered with a mortgage and
never had a floating debt. He finally sold the road in 1878 to the Henry
Villard syndicate and it became a part of the Oregon Railway and
Navigation System.
Throughout the remainder of his life Dr. Baker devoted his energies to
banking and to the inauguration of various business enterprises in and about
Walla Walla that continued as factors in the progress and improvement of
the city and of the state. The Baker-Boyer Bank, which was organized in
1869, is the oldest institution of the kind in Washington and remains one of
the strongest moneyed concerns of the state. Later it was reorganized as the
Baker-Boyer National Bank.
Dr. Baker was married in Portland, Oregon, in June, 1850, to Miss
Caroline Tibbetts, a native of Indiana, by whom he had seven children,
three of whom died in infancy. The others were Edwin Franklin, now living
in California; Mary E., the deceased wife of Ex-Governor Miles C. Moore,
now president of the Baker-Boyer National Bank; Henry C.; and W. W.,
who is the vice president of the Baker-Boyer National Bank. For his second
wife Dr. Baker chose Miss Mary Legier, of Tuscola, Illinois, who passed
away soon afterward, and in August, 1867, he wedded Elizabeth H.
McCullough, by whom he had eight daughters, four of whom died while
young. Mrs. Baker passed away May 7, 1917, having for many years
survived her husband, whose death occurred in Walla Walla, July 5, 1888.
Dr. Baker not only lived to witness a remarkable transformation in this
section of the country but was an active participant in all the changes that
brought about modern-day civilization. His greatest effort in pioneer days

was the building of the Walla Walla & Columbia River Railroad, which was
the foundation of the early settlement and building up of the great Inland
Empire, of which Walla Walla became the distributing point for eastern
Washington, Montana and Idaho. He gave the original site for Whitman
Seminary, donating land which became the nucleus of the present property
of what is now Whitman College. Almost seventy years have passed since
Dr. Baker came to the northwest to cast in his lot with its pioneers. People
of the present period can scarcely realize the struggles and dangers which
attended the early settlers, the heroism and self-sacrifice of lives passed
upon the borders of civilization, the hardships endured, the difficulties
overcome. These tales of the early days read almost like a romance to those
who have known only the modern prosperity and conveniences. To the
pioneer of the early days, far removed from the privileges and conveniences
of city and town, the struggle for existence was a stern and hard one, and
these men and women must have possessed indomitable energy and sterling
worth of character as well as marked physical courage when they thus
voluntarily selected such a life and successfully fought its battles under
such circumstances as prevailed in the northwest. The efforts of Dr. Baker
were indeed an important feature in the development of this section of the
country. He saw and utilized opportunities which have brought about
modern-day progress and improvement and not only kept pace with the
trend of the times but was a leader in the onward march of progress in Walla
Walla and this section of the state.

C. R. ROGG.

C. R. Rogg, who is engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in
Dayton, has in his business career ever followed the admonition of the old
Greek philosopher, Epicharmus, who said: "Earn thy reward; the gods give
nought to sloth." In other words he has ever been diligent and determined
and his close application and his energy have brought him the measure of
success which he now enjoys. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut,
May 17, 1876, and is a son of Raymond and Katie (Toy) Rogg. The father
was a native of Germany but came to America when a young lad and settled
in Connecticut, where he was reared and married. In 1877 he removed with

his family to Kansas, where he established his home upon a farm and in that
state both he and his wife passed away. In their family were seven children,
six of whom are now living.
Although born in New England, C. R. Rogg was only about a year old
when the family home was established in the Sunflower state and there he
was reared and educated, pursuing his studies in the public schools. He was
a young man of about twenty-seven years when he determined to leave the
middle west and try his fortune upon the Pacific coast. He arrived in Walla
Walla county, Washington, in 1903 and there remained for a year, after
which he removed to Dayton, where he established a furniture and
undertaking business, in which he has now been engaged for thirteen years,
building up a trade of large and gratifying proportions. He has a well
appointed furniture store, carrying a large and carefully selected stock, and
his reasonable prices, progressive business methods and earnest desire to
please his customers have brought to him a very gratifying patronage.
In May, 1906, Mr. Rogg was united in marriage to Miss Ollie Landon,
who was born in Kansas, a daughter of R. E. Landon, who is still living in
that state. To Mr. and Mrs. Rogg have been born three children: John Vern,
whose birth occurred October 23, 1907; Erma B., who was born January 29,
1910; and Caroline Bernice. Mrs. Rogg is a member of the Christian
church. Mr. Rogg has membership with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and has filled all of the chairs in the local lodge. He is also
connected with Dayton Lodge, No. 3, K. P. His political support is given to
the democratic party and he has been elected a member of the city council
by the vote of his fellow townsmen, who recognized his worth and ability
and felt that public interests would be safe in his hands. The years of his
residence in Dayton have brought him a wide acquaintance and his sterling
worth has gained for him the high regard of those with whom he has been
associated.

FRANK C. ROBINSON, M. D., F. A. C. S.

Prepared by comprehensive study at home and abroad, Dr. Frank C.
Robinson has won for himself a distinguished position in the ranks of the
medical profession in Walla Walla and the northwest. He has wisely utilized

his native talents and as the years have gone on his reading and research
have kept him in touch with the trend of scientific attainment. He was born
in Blandinsville, Illinois, May 24, 1874, a son of Campbell and Elizabeth
(Hungate) Robinson, both of whom were natives of McDonough county,
Illinois, where they were reared and married. There they resided until 1875,
when they removed to Taylor county, Iowa, and in 1892 they became
residents of Walla Walla county, Washington. The father purchased land at
Bolles Junction, where he engaged in farming for ten years, and in 1902 he
retired from active life, taking up his abode in the city of Walla Walla,
where his remaining days were passed, his death occurring in 1913, while
his widow survived until 1916. He was for a long period one of the most
extensive and successful agriculturists of his locality, owning and
cultivating two thousand acres of land at Bolles Junction. In his family were
six children, namely: Frank C., of this review; Charles D., connected with
the Lincoln Trust Company, of Spokane, Washington; Samuel E., a farmer
of Imperial, California; Lillian M., who is teaching in the high school of
Hilliard, near Spokane, Washington; Harry H., a physician now on duty as a
captain in the Medical Reserve Corps at Waco, Texas; and Myrtle V., the
wife of William R. Howard, a teacher in the high school of Spokane.
Dr. Frank C. Robinson was very young when the family went to Iowa
and was a youth of about eighteen years when the removal was made to the
northwest. He has since taken a most active interest in the development of
the Inland Empire and has contributed in substantial measure to the work of
progress and improvement along various lines. He was educated in the
public schools and in the Waitsburg Academy, being graduated from the
latter institution with the class of 1897. The following year he began
preparation for the practice of medicine and surgery, entering Rush Medical
College of Chicago in the fall of 1898. He was graduated from that
institution on the completion of the four years' course as valedictorian of the
class of 1902 and immediately afterward served an interneship of a year and
a half in the Presbyterian Hospital of Chicago, thus gaining broad and
valuable practical experience along professional lines. He was afterward
appointed superintendent of the Monroe Street Hospital in Chicago, in
which capacity he served for a year. Desirous of further advancing in his
profession, he went abroad in August, 1905, for post-graduate work in
Europe, pursuing his studies and his research work in Vienna, Austria,
where he remained until May, 1906, coming under the instruction of some

of the most eminent physicians and surgeons of the old world. He then
returned to his native land and opened an office in Walla Walla, where in
the intervening period of eleven years he has won a place in the front ranks
of medical practitioners. His ability is pronounced and he has gained a most
creditable name and place in a profession where advancement depends
entirely upon individual merit.
In 1905 Dr. Robinson was married to Miss Jessie Addle Morgan, a
daughter of J. W. Morgan, a pioneer druggist and the foremost citizen of
Waitsburg, Washington. Mrs. Robinson is a graduate of the Washington
State Normal School at Ellensburg and later was graduated from the
University of Washington with the class of 1903. She is a lady of culture
and refinement.
Dr. Robinson is well known in fraternal circles, belonging to Walla
Walla Lodge, No. 7, F. & A. M.; also to Oriental Consistory, No. 2, A. & A.
S. R., of Spokane. He has likewise crossed the sands of the desert with the
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, having membership in El Katif Temple, A. A.
O. N. M. S., of Spokane. He belongs to Columbia Lodge, No. 8, K. P. Dr.
Robinson belongs to the Walla Walla County Medical Society, the
Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
At the annual convocation of the American College of Surgeons in Chicago
in October, 1917, fellowship was conferred upon Dr. Robinson. He makes
his practice his chief interest, allowing nothing to interfere with the faithful
and conscientious performance of his professional duties, and his
comprehensive knowledge of the science of medicine, accurately applied,
has gained him place with the eminent representatives of the profession in
this state. In July, 1917, he entered the United States service and was
commissioned captain in the Medical Officers Reserve Corps and is now
awaiting summons to the front.

CHARLES A. KAUSCHE.

Charles A. Kausche, a well known farmer of Garfield county with
residence on section 21, township 12 north, range 41 east, was born in this
county, May 27, 1881, a son of Henry and Paulina (Lowenberg) Kausche,
the former a native of Germany and the latter of Ohio. When only sixteen

years of age the father came to the United States and in 1876 removed to
Oregon. Four years later he came with his family to Garfield county,
Washington, and took up a claim. As soon as possible he erected a rude
home of the type known as a box house and in order to fence his land he
hauled poles from the mountains twenty-five miles distant. In time he
brought his place to a high state of development and erected excellent
buildings thereon, being actively engaged in farming until 1902, when he
retired and removed to Pomeroy. In 1903 he passed away there but his wife
survives.
Charles A. Kausche, who is one of the five living children of a family of
eight, was reared at home and at the usual age became a pupil in the public
schools, which he attended in the acquirement of an education. In 1904 he
rented the old homestead and subsequently he bought the place, which
comprises eight hundred and seventy acres. He has erected excellent
modern buildings upon the place and has otherwise added to its value and it
now ranks among the best developed farms of the locality. He uses up-to-
date methods and implements in carrying on his work and also gives careful
thought to the problem of marketing to advantage.
Mr. Kausche was married in 1904 to Miss Odessa Trosper, who was
born in Old Walla Walla county, a daughter of Joseph G. and Ena (Bonney)
Trosper, the former a native of Missouri. Two children have been born to
Mr. and Mrs. Kausche, Floyd B. and Merle K.
Mr. Kausche belongs to the Knights of Pythias and in politics supports
the republican party. For some time he was clerk of the school board and he
is strongly in favor of the best possible public schools. His extensive
farming interests do not leave him much time for outside activities but it is
generally known that he supports all movements seeking the material, civic
or moral advancement of his community.

CHRISTIAN MILLER.

Christian Miller, who is devoting his time and energies to the operation
of a good farm on section 26, Russell Creek township, Walla Walla county,
was born in Denmark, January 27, 1854, a son of Soren S. and Sarah M.
Miller, who in 1862 came with their family to the United States. After

residing for six years in Utah, where the father engaged in farming, they
came to Walla Walla county, Washington, in 1868 with a colony composed
of Mormons who had seceded from the church and also others who were
never associated with that organization. The father belonged to the former
class and he remained with the colony until it broke up in 1880 or 1881. He
then acquired title to a small farm on Mill creek, where he continued to
make his home until his death, which occurred March 26, 1897.
Christian Miller had very little opportunity to attend school, as his
boyhood was passed in a frontier community, but he has learned many
valuable lessons in the school of experience. He accompanied his parents
on their removal to Walla Walla county and remained with the colony until
it was disbanded, after which he worked as a farm hand for a time. In 1889
he purchased his first farm, comprising one hundred and sixty acres on
section 26, Russell Creek township, and has since added to his holdings
from time to time until he now owns about four hundred acres of excellent
land. He is engaged in diversified farming and has been very successful in
his work.
On the 8th of November, 1882, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to
Miss Grace E. Davies, who was born in Kansas, June 18, 1855. Her father,
W. W. Davies, was a native of Wales, born August 8, 1833, and was at the
head of the colony of settlers who came to this county. Before leaving
Wales he was married August 24, 1854, to Miss Ann Jones, and they
became the parents of twelve children. It was in 1855 that they came to
America and for a time made their home in Utah and later in Montana, but
in 1867 came to Walla Walla county, Washington. Mrs. Davies, who was
born in Wales, March 29, 1836, died May 19, 1879, and Mr. Davies passed
away November 25, 1906. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Miller,
of whom two survive, namely: Sarah M., the wife of Elmer Meiner, a
farmer of Russell Creek township; and Esther M., at home.
Mr. Miller is a republican in politics and has served for a number of
years on the school board, in which connection he has done valuable work
for the schools. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and has
many friends within and without that organization. Through his own efforts
he has gained financial independence, his success being based upon
enterprise, hard work and good management.

HON. LEVI ANKENY.

With the history of development in the northwest Hon. Levi Ankeny, of
Walla Walla, is largely familiar. He has been a witness of the various phases
of life during the progress from pioneer times to the days of present
prosperity and he has ever borne his part in the work of general upbuilding
and improvement, while at the same time he has so conducted his private
business interests that substantial results have accrued. He has been active
in connection with mining and with the copper industry and for many years
he has occupied a most prominent position in banking circles. His business
interests alone would entitle him to representation in this volume and yet
there are other phases of his life which also render him a most prominent
and representative citizen of the northwest, for he has been United States
senator and has done much to further the interests of this section of the
country in the halls of national legislation.
Mr. Ankeny was born near St. Joseph, Missouri, on the 1st of August,
1844, a son of John and Charity (Geer) Ankeny, the former a native of
Pennsylvania and the latter of the state of New York. Both were members of
old families whose ancestry can be traced back to Revolutionary war times
and who were represented by valiant soldiers in the struggle for
independence. The father was a newspaper man in Milford, Pennsylvania,
for a number of years and died while on a trip across the plains to Oregon in
1850. His widow continued the trip and spent her last years in Portland,
Oregon.
Levi Ankeny of this review was a little lad of but six summers when his
parents started with the family on the long trip over the hot stretches of sand
and through the mountain passes to the northwest, yet he remembers many
incidents of that journey, which was made after the primitive manner of the
times. He was reared on the Pacific coast and largely acquired his education
in Kingsley Academy in Portland. After reaching adult age he was for
several years engaged in merchandising in Orofino and in Florence, Idaho,
selling goods from pack trains all through the mining regions and also
through the Fraser river country of British Columbia. He was also for
several years with the Wells Fargo Express Company. During these years he
became identified with the cattle industry and his herds roamed the plains
of both Idaho and Washington. He was in Walla Walla in his cattle

operations, grazing his herds throughout this section of the country in the
early days before settlement had laid claim to the land.

Mr. Ankeny's identification with financial interests in the northwest
began on the 1st of January, 1878, when he organized the First National
Bank of Walla Walla. He thus entered actively into a field of business in
which he has made substantial progress and in which his efforts have
contributed much to the upbuilding and development of this section as well.
In 1882 he organized the First National Bank of Pendleton, Oregon, and a

year later organized the First National Bank of Baker City, Oregon. The
same year he founded the First National Bank of Waitsburg, Washington,
and subsequently became the founder of the Columbia National Bank of
Dayton, Washington. He settled the affairs of the Vancouver National Bank
of Vancouver, British Columbia. He has since disposed of the bank at Baker
City, Oregon, and also of the one in Vancouver hut is still president of the
other four banking institutions, the combined deposits of which at the
present time amount to over seven million dollars. There is no phase of the
banking business with which he is not familiar and he is thoroughly
acquainted with all of the grave problems of finance which confront the
country. He has served as president of the State Bankers' Association. He is
actuated in all that he does by a most progressive spirit and, readily
discriminating between the essential and the non-essential in all business
affairs, he has so directed his efforts that success in notable measure has
attended his endeavors and reputation names him as the wealthiest resident
of his county. Moreover, the policy that he has pursued is one which will
bear the closest investigation and scrutiny and may well constitute an
example that others may profitably follow.
In 1867 Mr. Ankeny was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Nesmith, a
daughter of James Nesmith, who was United States senator from Oregon.
By this marriage have been born five children, four of whom are living:
Nesmith, who is assistant cashier of the First National Bank at Pendleton,
Oregon; John who is vice president of the First National Bank at Walla
Walla; Robert, who operated a farm in the Willamette valley of Oregon but
has volunteered and is now serving as a machinist in the Navy; and Harriett,
who is the wife of Colonel Francis Pope, of the United States army,
formerly stationed at San Antonio, Texas, but now in France.
Mr. Ankeny has not only done much to develop the material interests
and resources of this section of the country but has also contributed in large
measure to shaping its political history. He has always been a stalwart
champion of the republican party and upon its ticket was elected in 1903 to
represent Washington in the United States senate, serving in that august
body for six years, during which period he most carefully considered the
vital questions which came up for settlement and threw the weight of his aid
and influence on the side of progress, reform and improvement. He is a
thirty-second degree Mason, being identified with all the Masonic bodies of
both the York and Scottish Rites. He has served as grand master. He belongs

to Walla Walla Commandery, No. 2, K. T., and is a member of El Kader
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He also has membership with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His
religious faith is evidenced in his membership in the Episcopal church and
that he is appreciative of the social amenities of life is indicated in his
identification with the Country Club. Mr. Ankeny is recognized as one of
the strong men of the northwest, strong in his honor and his good name,
strong in his ability to plan and perform. What he has undertaken he has
accomplished and, moreover, he has not only promoted his individual
interests but his activities have ever been of a character which have
advanced the public prosperity as well.

CARY MELVIN RADER.

Cary Melvin Rader, a leading member of the bar of Walla Walla,
engaged in general practice, was born in Carroll county, Indiana, July 27,
1868. His father, Solomon Rader, was also a native of the Hoosier state,
born October 8, 1827. He devoted his life to farming in early manhood and
afterward took up merchandising. He was a veteran of the Indian wars of
the northwest and crossed the plains in 1852. He participated in the Modoc
and Rogue River wars of 1853 and 1857. Later he returned to Indiana and
became actively identified with its agricultural and commercial interests.
But longing for the west he came to Walla Walla, Washington, in 1901,
there remaining until his death, which occurred December 2, 1912. His
wife, who bore the maiden name of Martha Ann Stewart, was born in
Indiana, May 30, 1827, and is still living at the notable old age of ninety
years, her home being in Walla Walla.
Cary M. Rader was the only child of that marriage. He obtained a
common school education in his native state and afterward attended the
Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana, where he pursued a law
course. He was there graduated on the 28th of July, 1891, and was admitted
to the bar, but in May, 1892, came to Walla Walla and has since been an
active representative of the legal profession of this city. He entered into
partnership with Senator Poindexter, with whom he was associated for
about four years, after which he practiced alone for a few years, and then

became a partner of Frank B. Sharpstein. Their connection continued for
four years and Mr. Rader was then alone in practice for a brief period. He
afterward entered into partnership with W. R. King, who later became a
supreme judge of Oregon, and upon the dissolution of that partnership he
became connected with E. F. Barker, forming the present firm of Rader &
Barker. This association has since been maintained and the firm occupies a
very prominent position at the Walla Walla bar. Along with those qualities
indispensable to the lawyer Mr. Rader brought to the starting point of his
legal career certain rare gifts, including forcefulness of expression and a
strong personality. He possesses a keen, rapid, logical mind, plus the
business sense, and a ready capacity for hard work. He has, too, an
excellent presence, an earnest, dignified manner and marked strength of
character, which, combined with a thorough grasp of the law and the ability
to accurately apply its principles, has made him a most effective advocate
and a wise counselor. While continuing in general law practice, he has
specialized in corporation law and is thoroughly well informed concerning
that department of jurisprudence. He served for one term as city attorney in
1896. In addition to his professional interests he is a director of the Peoples
State Bank, to which office he was elected on the organization of the bank,
and he has considerable farming interests.
On the 13th of September, 1893, Mr. Rader was united in marriage to
Miss Hattie Miller, a native of Eaton, Ohio, and a daughter of Charles
Miller, a resident of that city. Her mother has passed away. Mr. and Mrs.
Rader have become the parents of three children, Ralph Waldo, Martha
Bernice and Melvin Miller.
In his political views Mr. Rader is an earnest democrat, believing firmly
in the principles of the party, yet never seeking office. He attends the
Congregational church and is a faithful follower of the Masonic fraternity,
being now a past master of Walla Walla Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M. There
have been no spectacular phases in his career, but in a profession where
advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and ability he has
worked his way steadily upward. His practice is now extensive and of an
important character. At no time has his reading ever been confined to the
limitations of the question at issue and he is recognized not only in
professional circles but otherwise as a man of well rounded character, of
finely balanced mind and splendid intellectual attainments.

JUDGE JOHN W. HOLMAN.

Judge John W. Holman, of Dayton, has an unusual record of public
service, having for twenty-two years been police judge and justice of the
peace, and for seven years he was court commissioner. He was born in
Monroe county, Indiana, May 22, 1844, a son of Thomas and Laura
(Parker) Holman, pioneers of the Hoosier state. He was reared under the
parental roof and at the usual age entered the district schools. When
eighteen years old he volunteered for service in the Union army and from
the time of his enlistment, on the 6th of August, 1862, until after the close
of the war he was with the armed forces of the government. His record
includes service in the battles of Ball Bluff, Port Gibson, the siege of
Vicksburg and the engagements at Jackson, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill,
Grandicor, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, Big Black, Champion Hills and
Raymond.
On returning to civil life Judge Holman removed to Illinois, where he
engaged in farming until 1868. In that year he became a resident of
Nebraska and there made his home until 1876, when he cast in his lot with
the Pacific northwest. During the intervening forty-one years he has lived at
Dayton and has become one of the foremost citizens of that town and, in
fact, of Columbia county. In 1888 he was appointed deputy sheriff under W.
R. Marcus, and two years later was elected justice of the peace.
Subsequently he became police judge and for twenty-two years he filled
both offices. In the discharge of his duties he manifested a fine sense of
justice and an unusual ability to read human nature. For seven years he was
also court commissioner under Judge R. F. Sturdevant, and in that
connection also he was thoroughly competent.
Judge Holman was married in Nebraska in 1869, to Miss Louisa E.
Linn, a native of Ohio. They became the parents of the following children:
Laura A.; Ernest A.; Jessie P.; Olive F.; Lola C.; Nellie L.; John W., Jr.,
deceased; Dorothy C.; Charles D.; and Donald L.
Judge Holman has been a republican almost since the organization of
the party and his advice has often been sought by the local party leaders. At
one time he was the republican councilman from Brooklyn. He has always
been justly proud of the fact that at the time of the country's need he offered

himself in defense of the Union, and he finds great pleasure in the
association with other veterans of the Civil war in the local post of the
Grand Army of the Republic. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. His strength of character and his unswerving
adherence to high standards of morality have gained him the respect of his
community, and, moreover, he has won an unusually large number of
personal friends, owing to his kindly nature and his evident goodwill
toward all. One evidence of his popularity is the fact that while serving as
justice of the peace he performed more marriages than any other official or
clergyman in the county and in many instances married two generations of
the same family. He has the satisfaction of knowing that he has discharged
in full every duty devolving upon him, and that during a long life he has at
all times proven a man of genuine worth, an official devoted to the public
welfare.

JUDGE BENJAMIN L. SHARPSTEIN.

No history such as this work defines in its essential limitations will
serve to offer fitting memorial to Judge Benjamin L. Sharpstein, who left
the impress of his individuality for good upon the commonwealth in many
ways and whose career ever reflected honor upon the state that honored
him. A Mexican war veteran, a pioneer, lawyer, legislator and member of
the state constitutional convention, he indeed played an important part in
shaping the annals of Washington. For forty-two years he was a resident of
Walla Walla and through that period was not only closely connected with its
interests and development but was also associated with many of the
movements which have shaped the policy and directed the upbuilding of the
state.
Judge Sharpstein was a native of the state of New York, his birth having
occurred in Bath, Steuben county, October 22, 1827. He was a lad of seven
years when his parents removed westward to Michigan, settling first in
Macomb county, where they resided until their removal to Sheboygan
county, Wisconsin. In the family were two sons, John and Benjamin L. The
former became an attorney of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and later went to San
Francisco, California, where he served as a judge of the supreme court.

After the Civil war his brother Benjamin read law with him for some time.
Reared upon the home farm, Judge Sharpstein divided his time between the
work of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the playground and such tasks as
were assigned him in connection with the development of the fields. He did
not care, however, to make farming his life work and turned from
agriculture to a professional career, it being his desire to prepare for the bar.
He therefore entered upon his studies, which, however, were interrupted
when he was nineteen years of age, for in 1846 his patriotic spirit was
aroused and he joined the American army as a soldier in the Mexican war.
Upon the close of hostilities with that country he returned to his home and
resumed the study of law, being admitted to the bar in 1852.

JUDGE BENJAMIN SHARPSTEIN

MRS. BENJAMIN SHARPSTEIN

Judge Sharpstein was married in 1854 to Miss Sarah J. Park, who was
indeed a faithful companion and helpmate to him on life's journey. She has
long figured prominently in the social circles of Walla Walla and her life
has been fraught with many good deeds and characterized by the highest
principles. Following their marriage Judge and Mrs. Sharpstein continued to
reside in the middle west until 1865, when they determined to try their
fortune on the Pacific coast and with their three eldest children, John L.,
Ada A. and Arthur P., they left the Mississippi valley and with a large train
of immigrants started across the plains for Oregon. The city of Salem,
Oregon, was their objective point but on reaching Walla Walla, Judge

Sharpstein was so favorably impressed with the opportunities of this section
that he determined to make his home here. Thereafter he was identified with
the city and was a most important and influential factor in advancing the
best interests of the community, in promoting its progress and upbuilding
and in upholding its standards of citizenship. He not only held high rank as
a lawyer but was also prominent in shaping the political history of his state.
At the bar he was forceful and resourceful. He had comprehensive
knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence and was most accurate in
applying those principles to the points in litigation. His arguments were
most logical, his reasoning sound and clear and his deductions accurate.
In political faith Judge Sharpstein was a democrat and held loyally to
the principles of his party, although he knew that such a course would
deprive him of many political honors, for the district and state in which he
lived were overwhelmingly republican. However, his fellow townsmen
recognized his genuine worth and patriotic spirit to such an extent that in
1866, again in 1879 and once more in 1886 he was elected to represent his
district in the state legislature by overwhelming majorities. In 1889 he was
chosen as a member of the state constitutional convention and aided in
framing the organic law of Washington. He left the permanent stamp of his
wisdom and farsightedness upon that valuable document. His marked
ability as a lawyer, combined with his patriotic citizenship and his keen
insight into the present needs and the future possibilities of the state, made
his service of the greatest worth to the commonwealth and he bore a most
important part in shaping the constitution. He was again called to public
office in 1890, when he was appointed a member of the tide land
commission.
Judge Sharpstein was also a leader in local affairs and for twenty-seven
years in all, with some periods of intermission, he served as a member of
the school board and during much of that time was its president. He did
most effective work in advancing the standards of the schools and
improving the methods of instruction, and one of the fine school buildings
of Walla Walla fittingly bears his name.
While many public interests thus claimed his time and attention, Judge
Sharpstein regarded the practice of law as his real life work and, admitting
his three sons to a partnership, thus organized one of the strongest legal
firms of Washington. One of his sons, Arthur P., died in 1896. Two sons,
John L. and Frank B., are still engaged in the practice of law in Walla

Walla, while the youngest son, Charles M., has made for himself a national
reputation as farmer, art critic and writer. He, too, is a resident of Walla
Walla. The only daughter, Ada A., is now the widow of C. B. Upton and
lives in Tacoma. Mrs. Sharpstein is still living and although now almost
eighty years of age is wonderfully well preserved, being able to do her own
marketing and attend to her business affairs. The family of Judge Sharpstein
has worthily maintained the high position established by the father, who
departed this life May 2, 1907, honored and respected by all who knew him.
His memory is enshrined in the hearts of those with whom he came in
contact and his name is written large on the pages of Washington's history.

GEORGE J. RUARK.

George J. Ruark, one of the prominent citizens of Garfield county, is
actively identified with farming interests and now makes his home in
Pomeroy. He was born in Jefferson county, Kansas, August 17, 1858, a son
of Thomas and Mary A. (Messenger) Ruark, who were natives of Illinois
and of Ohio respectively. In early life they removed with their respective
parents to Wayne county, Iowa, and were there married. They began their
domestic life in that county, where they continued to reside until 1857 or
1858, when they became residents of Kansas but after two years returned to
Wayne county, Iowa, whence in 1862 they started across the plains with ox
teams and wagons for the Pacific coast. The journey was a long and arduous
one, but day after day they pushed forward and eventually reached Clarke
county, Washington, where they located, establishing their home ten miles
north of Vancouver, where they lived until the spring of 1871. In that year
they became residents of Walla Walla county and Mr. Ruark engaged in the
live stock business until the spring of 1879. In the fall of 1878 he and his
family removed to what is now Garfield county, establishing their home
near Deadman's Hollow, eighteen miles east of Pomeroy. There the father
engaged in farming until 1890 and, adding to his possessions from time to
time, he acquired ten hundred and forty acres of valuable wheat land. In the
spring of 1890 he removed to Whitman county, his son, George J. Ruark,
taking charge of the old home farm in Garfield county. The father then
continued in active connection with farming and live stock interests in

Whitman county until 1900, when he retired from business life and
removed to Asotin, Washington. He owned four hundred and twenty acres
of land in Whitman county, which he leased on his removal to Asotin,
where he still maintained his residence at date of death, January 8, 1908.
His widow still survives and is now a resident of Pomeroy. In politics the
father was a democrat and took active interest in the work and success of
the party. For a number of years he served as postmaster of Deadman but
otherwise refused public office. He belonged to the United Brethren church
and was one of the sterling citizens of Garfield county.
George J. Ruark was educated in the district schools and was reared to
farm life, early becoming familiar with all of the duties and labors that fall
to the lot of the agriculturist. In the fall of 1883 he began farming on his
own account, renting land in conjunction with his brother Charles and with
his father. The Bowman ranch of one thousand acres, which they operated
in partnership for three years, returned to them a gratifying annual income
and on the expiration of that period George J. Ruark began farming
independently, renting two hundred and seventeen acres of the same ranch.
This he cultivated for a year and in 1888, having carefully saved his
earnings, he bought a small place on which he located. He also continued to
cultivate rented land in connection with his home farm and in the fall of
1889 he rented his father's farm of ten hundred and forty acres, which he
continued to cultivate for five years. He then returned to his own place,
which he farmed in connection with other land until the fall of 1902, when
he sold that property and bought his present farm of fourteen hundred and
twenty acres, situated at the head of Deadman's Hollow. This is now being
cultivated by a tenant, and Mr. Ruark established his home in Pomeroy in
the fall of 1903. From this point he directs and supervises his business
interests and at the same time he has the enjoyment of city life.
In 1889 Mr. Ruark was united in marriage to Miss Olive Vannausdle, of
Garfield county, a daughter of Harris Vannausdle, who came from Nebraska
in 1884. He is still living and makes his home among his children. Mr. and
Mrs. Ruark have an adopted daughter, Elma Maurene.
Politically Mr. Ruark is a democrat and on the party ticket was elected a
member of the board of county commissioners in 1894, filling the position
for four years in a most acceptable and creditable manner. Fraternally he is
connected with the Woodmen of the World. He ranks with the leading and
representative men of Garfield county, for by his enterprising efforts he has

contributed much to the upbuilding and development of this section. He
stands for progress and improvement along all lines and his cooperation can
ever be counted upon to further any well devised plan for the general good.

DAVID B. FERREL.

David B. Ferrel, a well known farmer of Russell Creek township, Walla
Walla county, was born August 8, 1870, a son of Brewster and Caroline
(Bott) Ferrel, both natives of Ohio, an extended sketch of whom appears
elsewhere in this work. David B. Ferrell was reared at home and after
attending the district schools for a number of years became a student in the
Walla Walla schools. In the meantime he had received thorough training in
farm work under his father and when twenty-one years of age he became
his father's partner in the operation of the home farm of two thousand acres.
The greater part of the active supervision of the work devolves upon Mr.
Ferrel of this review and he is one of the largest grain growers of his
township, having under cultivation in 1917 more than a thousand acres. He
has reduced the operation of his farm to a scientific basis, uses the most
modern machinery and is highly efficient in the management of the
business aspect of his work. He believes that the farmer should give to his
work the same careful study that the business man does to the conduct of
his affairs and he is always among the first to adopt improved methods and
equipment.
On the 2nd of November, 1904, Mr. Ferrel was united in marriage to
Miss Laura Wolfe, of Oakland, Maryland, and they have two children,
Carlton D. and Dorothy B. Mr. Ferrel has never allied himself with any
political party, preferring to cast an independent ballot. He is a member of
the school board and takes a lively interest in educational matters. Both he
and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church and can be depended
upon to support all movements for the upbuilding of the community along
moral as well as along material lines. They have a wide acquaintance and
are uniformly held in high regard.

HARVEY McDONALD.

Harvey McDonald, who has lived retired in Walla Walla for the past
fifteen years, was long actively identified with agricultural interests as one
of the extensive operators of the wheat belt and is still the owner of five
hundred and twenty-five acres in Walla Walla county, eight hundred and
thirty-one acres in Whitman county, this state, and four hundred and forty
acres in Umatilla county, Oregon. His birth occurred in Ontario, Canada, on
the 10th of March, 1857, his parents being John and Margaret (Kinnear)
McDonald, who were also natives of that province. There the father spent
his entire life, passing away in 1863, when his son Harvey was but six years
of age. The mother afterward reared her family and in later years made her
home among her children, her death occurring in Weston, Oregon.
Harvey McDonald acquired his education in the common schools of
Ontario, Canada, and there spent the first twenty-three years of his life. In
1880 he crossed the border into the United States, locating in Umatilla
county, Oregon, where he engaged in farming. Success attended his efforts
as a wheat grower and he became one of the extensive operators of the
wheat belt, acquiring large holdings which he still retains. About 1897 he
took up his abode in the city of Walla Walla in order that his children might
have the advantages of its schools. For five years thereafter he devoted his
attention to the real estate business but since 1902 has lived retired in the
enjoyment of well earned rest, leaving the cultivation of his farms to
tenants. He was one of the organizers of the People's State Bank and has
served as a director of the institution continuously to the present time.
In 1885 Mr. McDonald was united in marriage to Miss Nora
Richardson, a daughter of John Richardson, one of the prominent ranchmen
and pioneer settlers of Umatilla county, Oregon. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. McDonald are three in number, as follows: Clara, who is the wife of
C. B. Weathermon, an agriculturist residing in Umatilla county, Oregon;
Areta, who gave her hand in marriage to S. Henderson Boyles, of Spokane,
Washington; and Esther, the wife of Lindon Barnett, of Walla Walla.

HARVEY McDONALD

Politically Mr. McDonald is a republican, loyally supporting the men
and measures of that party at the polls. Prior to the inauguration of the
commission form of government he served for fourteen months as a
member of the city council and in that connection made a most excellent
record. Fraternally he is identified with the Woodmen of the World, while
his religious faith is indicated in his membership in the Methodist church, to
which his wife also belongs. His course has at all times commended him to
the confidence and respect of his fellowmen and he is widely recognized as
one of the representative, substantial and esteemed citizens of Walla Walla.

ANTHONY FEIDER.

Anthony Feider, an energetic and up-to-date farmer residing on section
1, township 11 north, range 42 east, Garfield county, was born in Germany,
January 12, 1884, and is a son of S. A. and Rosa (Pohl) Feider, who in 1890
removed with their family to the United States. For some time they resided
in Walla Walla county, Washington, and then came to Garfield county,
purchasing the farm on which they still live. All of their six children also
survive.
Anthony Feider received the greater part of his education in Garfield
county and remained at home until he attained his majority, during which
time he became thoroughly familiar with the various phases of farm work.
On beginning his independent career he decided to devote his life to the
occupation to which he had been reared and is now successfully operating
five hundred acres belonging to his father. He harvests a large amount of
grain annually and also raises high grade stock, from the sale of which he
derives a good profit.
In 1907 Mr. Feider was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Pierre,
who was born in Minnesota. Their children as follows: Paul A., Vincent A.,
John F., Joseph S., Edward P. and Albert W. Mr. and Mrs. Feider are
communicants of the Catholic church and are always willing to further its
work in every way possible. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus,
and his personality is such that he has made many friends within and
without that organization. In politics he is a stanch republican but he has
never had time to give to public affairs, his farming operations requiring his
undivided attention.

FRANK KIBLER.

Frank Kibler, who resides on section 5, Spring Creek township, Walla
Walla county, is devoting his time exclusively to the operation of the large
farm properties owned by the Kibler estate, and his well directed efforts are
rewarded by gratifying profits. He was born May 18, 1882, in the township
in which he still lives, and is a son of Jacob and Louisa (Buroker) Kibler.

The father was a native of Shenandoah county, Virginia, and in 1853 came
to the Pacific coast, locating in California, where he spent five years in the
gold fields. In 1858 he removed to Walla Walla county, Washington, and for
several years, or until the coming of the railroad, he was engaged in
freighting. After rail transportation was established he turned his attention
to farming, becoming the owner of land on Mill creek, about six miles east
of Walla Walla. He prospered in his farming operations and became the
owner of fifteen hundred acres of as fine farm land as can be found in the
state. He continued to give his attention to the management of his affairs
until his death, which occurred in September, 1908. His wife, who was born
in the middle west, accompanied her parents on the long overland journey
to Walla Walla county in 1864. She survives and still resides on the
homestead.
Frank Kibler was reared under the parental roof and his experiences
were those common to boys raised in a western pioneer community. He
attended the district schools and also aided in such of the farm work as was
within his strength, and by the time he had reached maturity he was an
experienced agriculturist. He and his three brothers have always farmed in
partnership and since the death of the father they have added extensively to
their land holdings, which are all in the name of the Kibler estate. They are
progressive and up-to-date, and no invention that will facilitate the work of
the farm is lacking upon their properties. Moreover, their residence rivals in
attractiveness and in modern equipment the best city homes, and the barns
and other buildings are likewise of the latest type. Their farms are modern
in equipment and illustrate the possibilities of farm life when the
agriculturist brings to his work the same careful study and the same
willingness to adopt new methods that characterize the successful business
man along other lines.
Frank Kibler married Miss Leora McLeran, of Moscow, Idaho. She is a
member of the Christian church and takes a praiseworthy interest in its
work. Mr. Kibler supports the democratic party at the polls but has never
been an active party worker, for his entire time has been taken up with the
management of his farming interests. He has a wide acquaintance in the
county in which his entire life has been spent, and his sterling worth is
indicated in the fact that his stanchest friends are those who have known
him intimately since boyhood.

F. M. SANDERS.

F. M. Sanders, a successful farmer residing in Walla Walla township,
was born in Walla Walla county, December 31, 1873, a son of John and
Rebecca (Meredith) Sanders, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of
Ohio. In 1865 they crossed the continent with ox teams and located upon a
farm east of Dixie, in Walla Walla county, where both resided until called
by death. To them were born seven children, of whom six survive.
F. M. Sanders was reared and received his education in this county and
gained valuable training in farm work under his father's direction. When he
attained his majority he began farming on his own account and for thirty
years he has made his home upon his present place, which comprises one
hundred and sixty acres of excellent land in Walla Walla township. The
improvements thereon are substantial and up-to-date, and his labors are
rewarded by good crops. He is also a director of the Self-Oiling Wheel &
Bearing Company of Walla Walla.
Mr. Sanders was married in May, 1907, to Miss Minnie Bliven, a native
of Minnesota, and they became the parents of three children, Lester F., Irene
L. and Ralph H. On the 12th of May, 1917, the wife and mother passed
away and she was laid to rest in the College Place cemetery. She was a
consistent member of the Seventh Day Adventist church and her upright
Christian life gained her the respect of all with whom she came in contact.
Mr. Sanders is a democrat in politics and has served acceptably as a
member of the school board. He belongs to the Farmers Union and is
interested in every movement that tends to advance the interests of
agriculturists.

JAMES J. EDWARDS.

James J. Edwards, the highly efficient president of the Edwards-Hindle
Company, conducting one of the leading department stores in southeastern
Washington, is recognized as a foremost factor in the commercial
development of Dayton. His rapid advancement to his present position is
indicative of what can be accomplished in the inland empire when a man is

energetic, sound of judgment and determined to succeed, for he began his
business career as cash boy and has at all times depended solely upon his
own resources.
His birth occurred in Tennessee, October 22, 1873, and his educational
opportunities were in no way better than those afforded the average boy. In
fact many a man who consoles himself with the thought that if he had had a
chance he might have accomplished something had, in his youth, more
favorable opportunities than did James J. Edwards. He was early compelled
to make his own living and his first position was that of cash boy, with a
salary of two dollars per week. He was faithful in the discharge of his duties
in that connection, and being keen of observation even in that position,
gained much information concerning the conduct of a store. His ability and
fidelity were rewarded by advancement, and as the years passed he became
increasingly familiar with merchandising. In 1899 he came to Dayton and
took charge of the clothing department of the store owned by T. M. Hanger
& Company. Subsequently he was promoted to the head of the dry goods
department of that business and he retained that position until the company
retired from business in Dayton and removed to Walla Walla. Mr. Edwards
then organized the Edwards-Hindle Company, with a capital of fifty
thousand dollars and took over the store formerly conducted by T. M.
Hanger & Company, the new management taking charge of the place
October 29, 1906. In the intervening eleven years the trade has shown a
steady and rapid growth, the floor space has been increased, the store now
occupying all the original Weinhard block at the corner of Main and Second
streets. The location is one of the best in the city and in itself is an
indication of the success that has attended the activities of Mr. Edwards and
his associates. The store is well organized and carries a full line of dry
goods, clothing and all kinds of groceries. Its policy has always been to
carry, as far as possible, trade marked goods of national reputation, and its
large patronage is further increased by the fact that the stock is so complete
as to offer a large range for selection in every department. It is known as
"The House of Quality," which slogan expresses the policy rigorously
carried out in the management of the business.
Mr. Edwards was married in Oakesdale, Washington, to Miss Laura
Graham in 1893 and they have one child living, Lloyd G. Edwards. Mrs.
Edwards died in 1899. Mr. Edwards was married to Miss Celeste Price in
1908. He is devoted to the interests of his family and takes a great deal of

pleasure in his beautiful home on South First street, which is one of the
finest residences in Dayton. A great deal of thought and care has been given
to its interior decoration, and all of the modern conveniences have been
installed. Although at no time indifferent to political questions Mr. Edwards
has not taken a very active part in civic affairs, preferring to give his entire
attention to the management of his extensive business interests. He has
found in the development of the Edwards-Hindle department store full
scope for his executive ability and energy, and has derived great satisfaction
from his effective work in building up its trade. His ability as a merchant is
universally recognized, and during the years of his residence in Dayton he
has also gained a place in the warm regard of many because of his
admirable qualities as a man.

LEWIS McMORRIS.

Among the honored early settlers of Washington was Lewis McMorris,
who in 1852 came to the Pacific coast and throughout the remainder of his
life was identified with the interests of this section of the country. He was
here before the city of Walla Walla was founded and he saw its
development and assisted in its making. With his brother Joseph and his
sisters, Mrs. Sarah Funk and Mrs. Emma Craig, he lived for years in the
evening of his days on First street in Walla Walla. He was born in
Coshocton, Ohio, August 12, 1831, and came of Scotch ancestry, the family
having been founded in America in 1774 by a representative of the name
who served in the Revolutionary war and who settled near Winchester,
Virginia. After the establishment of American independence the family was
founded in Ohio and in later generations representatives of the name went
to Shelby county, Illinois, and there engaged in farming.

LEWIS McMORRIS

Lewis McMorris was one of the family who went to Illinois and on
attaining his majority he was fitted out by his father to accompany a
bachelor neighbor and a party to California. It was in the month of March,
1852, that they started west with ox teams, crossing the plains and meeting
with many of the hardships and privations which fell to the lot of the
pioneers. It was in that year that the cholera proved so terrible a scourge and
all the way from the Missouri river graves dotted the trail. With only a sheet
for a shroud and without a casket the bodies were lowered into their graves
and the traveler, starting out full of hope, was laid to his last sleep. Often
five newly made graves were to be seen in a day. The party with which Mr.

McMorris traveled consisted of a train of three wagons at the start but they
were afterward joined by six wagons en route at St. Joseph, Missouri, and
on the 15th of September, 1852, they reached Fosters, near Oregon City.
There the oxen and wagons were sold and horses were purchased by those
who desired to go on to the mines. They made pack saddles, loaded the
horses and pressed on to southern Oregon, where a year and a half was
spent at Sutter Creek, at Crescent City and at other mines. They were not
successful there, however, and pressed on to Yreka, California, where Mr.
McMorris again engaged in mining. The Rogue River Indian war, however,
broke out in southern Oregon, causing him to change his location and he
made his way to the northern part of the state. He became a packer, rushing
goods from Portland to the mines at Colville. After one of these trips he
hired the team of mules to the quartermaster of the Oregon Volunteers to
haul supplies to their headquarters at The Dalles. On the second trip the
Indians stole both mules and supplies. On the 7th of December, 1855, the
battle of the Walla Walla with the Indians was begun on Walla Walla river
west of the present site of the city, a battle that lasted for four days and in
which several thousand Indians were lined up against a few hundred white
volunteers. The white men, however, were victorious and it was a
memorable battle because it was a victory of a few over many and also
because it marked the beginning of a lasting peace between the Indians and
the white settlers in that vicinity. Mr. McMorris was one of the active
participants in that battle. In 1856, when the troops camped at what became
old Fort Walla Walla they moved about four miles up Mill creek but
decided that the first stopping place was best and returned. It was this that
decided the location of Walla Walla. Mr. McMorris assisted in building the
canton, as the old fort was called, which was made from the various trees
which grew along the banks of Mill creek. Years later when this land was
sold for building purposes in order to extend the present city, it was desired
to save intact some of the old fort buildings, to place them in the city park
as historic relics, but it was found that the timber had rotted so that they
crumbled away. In 1857 Mr. McMorris made the trip to the Willamette
valley to buy teams for the government. On his return he began freighting
for McClinchey & Freedman, who were proprietors of the first mercantile
house in this city, located at the corner of Third and Main streets. In 1859
he began buying cattle and to secure a watering place for his herd he
purchased land which included the present site of Wallula. The winter of

1861-2 was an exceedingly hard one and by spring his herd of two hundred
and seventy head had decreased to forty. He next turned his attention to the
mercantile business, in which he engaged with his brother, but this
enterprise did not prove profitable and he sold his interest in the business.
When land was thrown open to settlement he secured a preemption claim at
a dollar and a quarter per acre, his place being located two miles south of
the town now known as the Hammond Farm. It was there that he conducted
his stock-raising venture for several years and at the same time operated a
pack train to Boise, Idaho. After closing out his mercantile interests with his
brother he was for four years the owner of a stage line operating between
Dayton, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho. He laid out the town of Wallula
and donated to the railroad company the land which they used for depot
purposes there.
His long and useful life was ended in 1915. He passed away at his home
in Walla Walla at the ripe old age of eighty-four years. He had never
married but he left a brother and two sisters. The brother, however, died in
the spring of 1917. There are also four nephews and one niece: the Funk
brothers, who are engaged in merchandising in Walla Walla; the Craig
brothers, of Illinois; and Agnes Lillian Purdy, of Portland, Oregon. Mr.
McMorris was a member of the Oregon Pioneer Society, the Inland Empire
Pioneers Association and the Indian War Veterans. Throughout the long
years of his residence in this locality he became very widely and favorably
known and he left many friends as well as relatives to mourn his loss. He
performed an important part in promoting the early development and
upbuilding of this section of the country and with many events which have
left their impress upon the history of the northwest his name is inseparably
associated.

JOSEPH F. TACHI.

Joseph F. Tachi, who passed away August 8, 1912, was a well known
citizen of Walla Walla county. He was a native of Italy and came to America
thirty-seven years ago. He did not tarry on the Atlantic seaboard but crossed
the country and settled in Walla Walla county, Washington, where he took
up the occupation of gardening, which he followed with success,

developing a good business in that connection. He continued active in
gardening up to the time of his demise, which occurred in 1912.
Almost a quarter of a century before, on June 9, 1889, at Walla Walla
Mr. Tachi was united in marriage to Miss Antonia Coboch, who was
likewise born in the sunny land of Italy and came to the new world when
twenty-seven years of age. She owns ten acres of valuable land on section
36, township 7 north, range 35 east, at College Place and she is also the
owner of the Star Laundry and a brick building which contains five
storerooms and which returns to her a most gratifying annual income from
its rental. In addition to these investments she owns thirty-one acres of land
which is splendidly improved. She belongs to St. Francis Catholic church,
of which Mr. Tachi was also a member, and he was a member of the
Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Knights of America, and the Red Men.
During their residence in Walla Walla county Mr. and Mrs. Tachi gained
many warm friends, he being well known as a representative business man.
Mrs. Tachi has also proved most capable in the management and control of
her interests, and her property is now bringing to her a substantial annual
income.

MICHAEL MARTIN.

Michael Martin, a well known farmer residing on section 2, township 6
north, range 35 east, Walla Walla county, is entitled to the honor that is
accorded the self-made man, for he has gained the competence that is now
his solely through his own labors. He was born in County Galway, Ireland,
September 5, 1835, and is a son of John and Ann (Larkin) Martin, both of
whom spent their entire lives in County Galway. Michael Martin was reared
and educated in his native land and remained there until 1863, when he
decided to try his fortune in the United States and crossed the Atlantic to
New York city, where he remained for a time. He then went to South
Glastonbury, Connecticut, but three years after his emigration to this
country he came to the Pacific coast by way of the Panama route, and spent
two years in California. Subsequently he was a prospector in the placer gold
mines at Emmitsburg and Helena, Montana, where he and his brother
Patrick spent three years. It was in 1870 that they came to Walla Walla

county, Washington, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land and
also took up a section of railroad land later on, their home being on Dry
creek. Our subject finally sold his share of the property to his brother John,
who still owns the place, and then purchased his present farm on section 2,
township 6 north, range 35 east, where he has resided continuously since.
He gave his personal attention to the operation of his place until advancing
years led him to retire from active labor, since which time the farm has been
operated by his son Emmet. He has been a hard worker and has manifested
good judgment in the direction of his affairs, and as the years have passed
his financial resources have steadily increased.
In 1890 Mr. Martin was married in Ireland, to Miss Julia Kellher, and
they have become the parents of five children, of whom three have passed
away. Those living are: Emmet M., who is now in charge of the home farm;
and Estella, a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital in Walla Walla. The wife and
mother passed away in 1900 and was laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery.
The family are communicants of the Catholic church of Walla Walla, and
Mr. Martin supports the republican party at the polls but has never been
ambitious to hold office. For more than half a century he has made his
home in Walla Walla county, and in that period has seen a marvelous
change in conditions as the country has been transformed from a pioneer
district into a highly developed agricultural section.

J. W. SWEAZY.

J. W. Sweazy, a farmer of Columbia county, living on section 34,
township 10 north, range 37 east, was born in Wallula, Washington, on the
8th of May, 1884, a son of Frank and Allie J. (Barnes) Sweazy. The father
was a native of Portugal, while the mother was born in Missouri. When a
youth of fourteen the father came to the United States, having relatives
living in Petaluma, California. To that point he made his way. His wife
crossed the plains with her mother in 1880, her father having previously
been killed while serving as a soldier in the Civil war. She and her mother
located on a ranch near Waitsburg, Washington. About the same time Frank
Sweazy made his way to Walla Walla county and soon afterward they were
married. He then purchased the farm which is now the home of his son, the

subject of this review, and thereon he resided for a number of years.
Ultimately, however, he removed to Waitsburg, where he continued his
residence for twenty years, or until the time of his death in 1914. His widow
survives and yet makes her home in Waitsburg.
J. W. Sweazy was educated in the public schools and also attended the
Waitsburg Academy. In 1902, at the age of eighteen years, he became a
wage earner, entering the employ of Corbett Brothers in the capacity of
bookkeeper at their mill at Huntsville. A year later he resigned to accept a
position with John Smith, a hardware merchant of Waitsburg, where he
filled the position of bookkeeper for four years. On the expiration of that
period he went to Walla Walla, where he held the office of deputy county
auditor under J. N. McCaw, in which capacity he served for four years. In
November, 1910, he was elected county auditor and so continued for two
terms of two years each, making a most creditable record in that position by
the promptness and systematic manner and general capability with which he
discharged his duties. On the expiration of his second term he returned to
the home farm, which he has since occupied and operated. It is a tract of
three hundred and twenty acres of rich and productive land, much of which
he has brought to a high state of cultivation, and the fields are now bringing
forth rich crops. They are divided into tracts of convenient size by well kept
fences and there are valuable improvements upon the place, and the spirit of
neatness and thrift which there prevails indicates the progressive methods
of the owner.
In 1909 Mr. Sweazy was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Ramseur, of
Waitsburg, and they have many friends in the community where they live.
Mrs. Sweazy is a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Sweazy holds
membership with Waitsburg Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M., and is a loyal
exemplar of the teachings of the craft. His political allegiance is given to
the republican party and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues
of the day but does not seek nor desire office as reward for party fealty,
preferring to concentrate his thought, attention and purpose upon his
farming interests, which are bringing to him substantial success.

JUDGE MACK F. GOSE.

Judge Mack F. Gose is one of the distinguished representatives of the
bench and bar in Washington. Few lawyers have made a more lasting
impression upon the judicial history of the state, both for legal ability of a
high order and for the individuality of a personal character which impresses
itself upon a community, and he proved himself the peer of the ablest
members of the court of last resort while serving as one of the supreme
judges of the state. He was born in Missouri, July 8, 1859, and is a son of
John M. and Hannah Gose, natives of Virginia. In 1864 the family came
west and after spending a year at Boise, Idaho, proceeded to Walla Walla
county, Washington, where the father turned his attention to horticulture,
becoming a prominent fruit grower of this region.

JUDGE MACK F. GOSE

Judge Gose was only five years of age when the family arrived in Walla
Walla county and he is indebted to the public schools of Walla Walla for the
early educational advantages he enjoyed. After leaving school he entered
the office of ex-Senator John B. Allen, one of the distinguished attorneys of
the northwest at that time. After reading law for some time, Judge Gose was
admitted to the bar in 1883 and at once began the practice of his chosen
profession in Pomeroy, where he has since remained, becoming in the
meantime one of the leading lawyers of this section of the state. He won for
himself very favorable criticism for the careful and systematic methods

which he followed. He has ever displayed remarkable powers of
concentration and application and his retentive mind has often excited the
surprise of his professional colleagues. As an orator he stands high,
especially in the discussion of legal matters before the court, where his
comprehensive knowledge of the law is manifest and his application of
legal principles demonstrates the wide range of his professional
acquirements. The utmost care and precision characterize his preparation of
a case and have made him one of the most successful attorneys of the state.
It was the qualities which he had displayed in private practice that
commended him for judicial service and he was elected a judge of the
supreme court, serving on the bench of the court of final appeals in
Washington for six years. His opinions are fine specimens of judicial
thought, always clear, logical and as brief as the character of the case will
permit. He never enlarged beyond the necessities of the legal thought in
order to indulge in the drapery of literature. His mind during the entire
period of his course at the bar and on the bench has been directed in the line
of his profession and his duty.
In 1886 Judge Gose was united in marriage to Miss Lelah Seeley, a
daughter of Charles H. Seeley, and to them was born a daughter, L. Vyvien,
who is now the wife of Charles A. McCleary, of Olympia. Judge Gose
makes his home in Pomeroy, where he occupies an attractive residence, and
in addition he owns and supervises a large ranch, taking considerable
interest and pride in his agricultural labors. His political endorsement has,
since 1896, been given to the republican party and upon that ticket he was
elected to the office of mayor of Pomeroy, the reins of city government
being in most capable hands during his administration of civic affairs. He is
today one of the honored and representative men of the state.

CHARLES F. FLATHERS.

Charles F. Flathers is a representative agriculturist of Walla Walla
county, owning and cultivating six hundred and fifty-two acres of valuable
land situated on section 32, township 10 north, range 36 east. It was upon
this farm that he was born March 17, 1875, a son of Benjamin F. and
Melinda (McQuown) Flathers, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work.

He was reared upon the old homestead and became a pupil in the Prescott
schools, dividing his time between the duties of the schoolroom, the
pleasures of the playground and the work of the fields. He continued to
assist his father until 1905, when he joined his brothers, John and Emery
Flathers, and for five years the three brothers conducted farming interests in
a partnership relation. Emery then withdrew but Charles F. and John
continued their interests together until 1914. Since that time Charles F.
Flathers has carried on farming interests independently and is now the
owner of six hundred and fifty-two acres of valuable wheat land, which he
carefully and successfully cultivates. He has become one of the most
substantial agriculturists of Walla Walla county. He studies closely
everything bearing upon wheat culture and the production of other crops
suited to soil and climatic conditions here and his progressive methods
produce splendid results. His farm with its broad fields, its substantial
buildings and its modern improvements presents a most pleasing
appearance and is a very attractive feature of the landscape.
On the 20th of October, 1911, Mr. Flathers was married to Miss
Elizabeth Fowler, of Walla Walla, a daughter of Colonel Alexander Fowler,
of Fort Scott, Kansas, who won his title by service in the Civil war and has
now passed away. In politics Mr. Flathers is a democrat but not desirous to
hold office. He is a member of Prescott Lodge, No. 46, I. O. O. F. At the
time of her marriage Mrs. Flathers was engaged in nursing in Walla Walla.
She is a lady of liberal education and culture and both Mr. and Mrs. Flathers
are widely and favorably known in their section of the county, enjoying the
high regard of an extensive circle of friends.

S. F. ATWOOD.

S. F. Atwood, who is doing excellent work as principal of the Dayton
high school, was born in Johnson county, Missouri, January 29, 1885, a son
of Wiley C. and Indiana (Freeman) Atwood, natives respectively of Virginia
and Iowa. Both, however, were taken as children to Johnson county,
Missouri, and there they were reared and married. The father engaged in
farming there until 1893, when he went to Bates county, that state, whence
in 1896 he removed to Ellensburg, Washington. In his new home he

resumed the work of tilling the fields and he is now engaged in agricultural
pursuits in Benton county, where he has lived since 1913. In that year he
was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife.
S. F. Atwood attended the district schools of Missouri in early boyhood
and continued his education in the Ellensburg schools, graduating from the
high school in 1902. He prepared for teaching in the Ellensburg State
Normal School, from which he was graduated in 1905, and the thorough
professional training which he there received well fitted him for the
performance of his duties as principal of the North Street school of Ballard,
Washington, which position he held for three years. At the end of that time
he matriculated in the University of Washington at Seattle, but withdrew
from that school in his senior year on account of his mother's illness. In
December, 1909, he was called to Dayton as principal of the high school
and has ever since served in that capacity, his continuance in the position
indicating his efficiency. He regards teaching as being as truly a profession
as the law or medicine and believes that one intending to devote his life to
educational work should prepare as thoroughly as the physician or lawyer.
He has remained a constant student of educational methods and is always
willing to adapt to the needs of his school any new plan which has proved
of value.
Mr. Atwood was married in 1910 to Miss Anna Laura McMillan, of
Seattle, and they have four children, Dorothy Jean, Violet Claire, Florence
May and Stanley Freeman, Jr.
Mr. Atwood endorses the principles of the democratic party and
supports its measures at the polls and in 1916 was its candidate for county
superintendent. He belongs to Occidental Lodge, No. 72, F. & A. M., of
Seattle, and is also a member of the Inquiry Club of Dayton. Both he and
his wife attend the Congregational church and can be counted upon to
further movements having as their object the moral advancement of the
community. He has not at any time kept himself aloof from the everyday
interests of life but has been a factor in the development of Dayton along
various lines.

WILLIAM MARTIN.

Among Walla Walla county's venerable and highly respected citizens is
numbered William Martin, a retired farmer who is now living in Hill
township. Moreover, he has lived on the Pacific coast for sixty-five years
and is familiar with every phase of its growth and development from Indian
fighting to the latest methods of crop production. He was born in Indiana,
September 30, 1833, and is a son of Jesse and Catherine (Harris) Martin,
the former a native of Ohio, while the latter was born in Kentucky. At an
early date they became residents of Indiana and afterward established their
home in McLean county, Illinois. In 1844 they removed to Missouri, where
they resided until 1857, when they started across the plains for California,
whither their son William had preceded them. They located in Thurston
county, Washington, and there continued to reside until called to their final
rest. They had a family of ten children but only three are now living.
William Martin was reared and educated in Missouri, where he resided
until 1852, when at the age of nineteen years he came to the Pacific coast
country. He outfitted with an ox team and wagon and started upon the long
journey to California, attracted by the discovery of gold on the Pacific coast
and the business opportunities which it opened up. He was six months in
crossing the plains and then concluded to locate in Oregon, but after
spending three months in Oregon City went to Thurston county,
Washington, where he was employed in a sawmill for three years and a half.
On the expiration of that time he took up a claim. Upon that land, which
was entirely wild and undeveloped, he built a little log cabin with a
clapboard roof and began life there in true pioneer style, experiencing the
hardships and privations incident to the settlement of the frontier. Upon that
place he lived for several years and his labors wrought a marked change in
its appearance, for he broke the sod, tilled the fields and in course of time
gathered good harvests. He afterward purchased more land in that locality.
The years were fraught not only with much hard labor but with other
experiences of pioneer life. In 1855 and 1856 Mr. Martin was engaged in
fighting the Indians and became familiar with all of the treacherous
methods of Indian warfare. Later he concentrated his efforts upon farming
and as the years passed his labors were crowned with a substantial measure
of success.
On December 14, 1856, Mr. Martin was united in marriage to Miss Ann
E. Yantis, who was born in Missouri in 1840 and by whom he had five

children, as follows: John F.; J. A.; Catherine, who is the wife of L. H.
Koontz, of Pasco, Washington; William E.; and one who died in infancy.
It was in 1872 that Mr. Martin brought his family to the Walla Walla
valley, where he has since lived, covering a period of forty-five years. Here
he was engaged in the stock business until 1880 and then removed to Walla
Walla and turned his attention to mercantile pursuits. In 1886 he entered a
railroad office at Wallula, where he remained for nine years, and at the end
of that time located on a ranch on Snake river, living there for three years.
The following year was spent in Walla Walla and he next owned and
occupied a ranch on Hudson Bay in Oregon for three years. On selling that
place he returned to Washington and has lived in Touchet since 1901. He
purchased a store in Touchet which he carried on for some time but at
length sold that property and retired from active business life, so that he is
now enjoying a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves. He owns
seven acres of land in the village of Touchet, upon which he has a
comfortable and attractive residence and is now pleasantly situated there.
His has been an active and useful life and one which, by its integrity and
honor, has gained for him the respect and confidence of all with whom he
has been brought in contact. His political allegiance has always been given
to the democratic party and upon that ticket he was elected to represent his
district in the general assembly of Washington in 1877. He has served on
the school board, has filled the office of justice of the peace and at all times
has been most loyal to the trust reposed in him. He and his wife are
consistent members of the Christian church and have guided their lives by
its teachings, being always careful to conform their actions to high
standards. In a word they have ever endeavored to follow the golden rule
doing unto others as they would have others do unto them.

RAYMOND RINGOLD REES.

A man who has contributed to the upbuilding of a city in one line of
development is considered worthy of honor, but that man who has a part in
the promotion of his city's interests in many fields of activity has a still
greater claim upon the gratitude of his fellow citizens, and such was the

record of Raymond Ringold Rees, pioneer newspaper man, prominent
merchant and man of affairs.
He was born in Reily, Ohio, June 17, 1833, and was taken by his parents
to Delaware, that state, where he remained until he was twenty-one years
old. During his youth he served an apprenticeship to the printer's trade and
in 1854 he came west with a brother by way of the Isthmus of Panama, their
destination being Portland, Oregon, in the vicinity of which a third brother
lived. After a short time Mr. Rees of this review secured work as a
typesetter on the Christian Advocate and as he had the distinction of being
the only man in Portland who could set book type, he did that work on
McCormac's Almanac, the first book published on the Pacific coast. He was
also employed as a typesetter on the first issue of the Daily Oregonian,
Portland's famous newspaper. With the exception of eighteen months spent
with a brother in the Colville mines, he was identified with newspaper
publication in Portland until 1861, when he came to Walla Walla, reaching
here on the 21st of November.

MAJOR RAYMOND R. REES

MRS. RAYMOND R. REES

Mr. Rees formed a partnership with Nemiah Northrop and established
the first newspaper in this section—the Washington Statesman. The firm
sent to Portland for a press, which arrived on schedule time, and the first
issue of the new paper appeared on November 27th. The publishers therein
made the following announcement to the public: "We send forth this
morning with our congratulations the first number of the Washington
Statesman, and respectfully solicit the attention of the people of Walla
Walla and county to its pages.... That a weekly publication devoted to the
various interests of the country, containing all the news which may be
gathered from different quarters, is essentially needed in the Walla Walla

valley we premise no permanent resident will deny. This admitted, we have
no misgivings as to the disposition of the people to come forward and
promptly sustain an enterprise so materially calculated to further their
interests as a community." In the meantime the firm of Rees & Northrop
learned that two brothers named Smith intended starting a democratic paper
in Walla Walla and had sent to Portland for a press, which, however,
reached The Dalles just as the Columbia river, at that time the only
highway, froze over, with the result that it could not be delivered for three
months. Mr. Smith desired to become a member of his competing firm and
his wish was granted. The first subscriptions did not come in to the new
paper as readily as had been expected. Accordingly Mr. Smith made a tour
on horseback of Walla Walla county and Umatilla county and succeeded in
obtaining two hundred subscriptions at five dollars per year, the circulation
list containing the names of practically all the men of the two counties. The
Statesman was the first newspaper established in eastern Washington, then
known as the "upper country," and was a factor of great importance in the
early development of this region. Mr. Rees was one of the owners of that
journal until November, 1865, when he sold his interest therein to W. H.
Newell, and the following five years were devoted to farming in connection
with his father-in-law. In 1870 he returned to Walla Walla and formed a
partnership with H. E. Johnson for the conduct of a mercantile business
under the style of Johnson & Rees. Two years later W. P. Winans bought
into the firm and the name was changed to Johnson, Rees & Winans. With
Mr. Johnson's subsequent retirement from the business the firm name
became Rees & Winans and so remained until 1887, when the business was
sold. In the meantime a two-story building was erected where now stands
the Farmers Savings Bank. Plans were subsequently made for the erection
of the Rees-Winans building but before construction work was begun Mr.
Rees was called by death. His widow, with Mr. Winans, however, carried
out the plans already made and the building was erected in due time and
was an important addition to the downtown section of Walla Walla. As a
merchant Mr. Rees was enterprising, progressive and sound of judgment,
managing his affairs carefully and giving much thought to anticipating the
demands of his customers. He based his success upon the firm foundation
of the best service possible and full return for all money received.
Mr. Rees was married March 12, 1865, to Miss Augusta Ward, the only
child of Mr. and Mrs. Michael V. Ward. She was born near Chicago, in De

Kalb county, Illinois, in 1843 and in 1853 accompanied her parents to
Oregon, the journey being made by ox team. The family settled near
Lebanon, in Linn county, but the long wet season proved unhealthful and
Mr. Ward developed serious throat trouble. On the advice of a physician he
removed to Walla Walla county, bringing with him three hundred head of
cattle. That winter, however, there was an unusually heavy snowfall and
owing to the unfavorable weather conditions he lost all of his cattle but
forty-four. However, the increase in prices enabled him to realize so much
from the remaining cattle that his net loss was inconsiderable. He bought
the Lewis McMorris ranch a few miles south of Walla Walla and operated
that place for some time but at length disposed of it. He then removed to
Walla Walla and erected there the most pretentious home in the city at the
corner of East and Poplar streets. At the time of the visit of President Hayes
and party the president and his wife were entertained at the home of Mr.
Ward, as there were no suitable hotel accommodations to be found in the
city. Mrs. Hayes insisted in helping with the house work and at her request
fried apples were served at breakfast. The democratic spirit manifested by
the president and his wife made their visit a genuine pleasure as well as an
honor. To Mr. and Mrs. Rees were born three children: Frank W., a well
known dentist of Walla Walla; Elma R., the wife of H. H. Turner, cashier of
the Baker-Boyer Bank of Walla Walla; and Lora R., the wife of Paul
Compton, of Los Angeles, California. Mr. Compton is a son of General
Compton, who for years had command of the garrison at Walla Walla.
Mr. Rees was a prominent democrat and for many years took an active
part in politics. He represented his district at two different times in the state
legislature; for several years served as county treasurer, and his record as an
official was highly creditable alike to his ability and his public spirit. He
was always called upon with a certainty of response for aid in carrying out
projects for the development of Walla Walla city and county and his demise,
which occurred July 12, 1889, was recognized as a great loss to his
community.
His widow survives and resides in one of the handsomest residences of
the city, in which she takes great pride, for it was built in accordance with
plans drawn by herself. After the death of her husband she carried on the
business of the estate. She is one of the honored pioneer settlers of Walla
Walla and her reminiscences of the early days when the present rapidly
growing city was a little frontier settlement are much appreciated by the

younger generation, who find it hard to realize that conditions have changed
so radically within a half century. When she came to this region there were
not more than twenty white women in the valley and she is one of the very
few of the number now living.

JOHN H. ROMAINE.

John H. Romaine, who has been engaged in farming in Columbia
county, was born in Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, April 15, 1857, a son
of Garrit Romaine, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Our
subject grew to manhood in his native state and there received a good
common school education. When twenty years old he accompanied his
parents to Washington and not long after his arrival in this state took up a
homestead on section 25, township 11 north, range 38 east. He brought his
land to a high state of development, and gained recognition as a progressive
and capable farmer. He raised both wheat and stock and his annual income
reached gratifying proportions. He added to his holdings as the years passed
until he owned fourteen hundred acres of fine land but sold out in the fall of
1917 and purchased a ranch of seven hundred and fifty-five acres in
Umatilla county, Oregon, nine miles south of Walla Walla, Washington, on
which he expects to locate.
In 1882 Mr. Romaine was united in marriage to Miss May McKellips
and following her death married Miss Ella Davis, a daughter of Cyrus and
Nancy (Holly) Davis, natives respectively of Vermont and Ohio. They
removed to Old Walla Walla county and here her father passed away in
1910. Her mother survives and makes her home with Mr. and Mrs.
Romaine. The latter have become the parents of four children: Jean M.,
deceased; one who died in infancy; Garrit; and Jean Henry.
Mr. Romaine gives his political allegiance to the republican party but
has never sought office, his farming interests requiring his undivided time
and attention. His wife belongs to the Congregational church and takes
much interest in its work. During the forty years of his residence in Old
Walla Walla county Mr. Romaine has witnessed a remarkable
transformation and has kept pace with the development of the county, at all
times giving his support to progressive measures.

ZIBA DIMMICK.

For a quarter of a century Ziba Dimmick has been a resident of Walla
Walla county and is now numbered among its most prosperous farmers,
being extensively and successfully engaged in the growing of wheat. His
place is situated on section 27, township 8 north, range 34 east of W. M. He
is a western man by birth, by training and by preference, and the spirit of
western enterprise finds exemplification in his life. He was born at The
Dalles, Oregon, on the 8th of March, 1868, and is a son of H. R. and Ann
(Cooper) Dimmick, the former a native of Illinois, while the latter was born
in Scotland. It was in the year of 1853 that the father crossed the plains with
ox teams, meeting all the hardships and privations of that strenuous trip in
the early days. He located first on the Umpqua river in southern Oregon,
where he lived with his parents until the spring of 1862, when he and his
wife moved to The Dalles. His remaining days were spent in that state, and
his widow, who still survives is now a resident of Hood River county,
Oregon. In her family were ten children, of whom Ziba is the eldest son and
six of the number are now living.
Ziba Dimmick was reared and educated in Oregon, no event of special
importance occurring to vary the routine of life for him in the days of his
boyhood and youth. At the age of sixteen years he started to work for the
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, where he learned the
blacksmith's trade, at which he worked until 1892. When a young man of
about twenty-four he came to Walla Walla, Washington, and commenced his
career as a farmer, working for different men, until 1900, when he invested
his savings in the farm upon which he now resides. He today owns seven
hundred and twenty acres of rich and productive wheat land and has always
made a specialty of raising that crop, for which the soil and climate are
particularly adapted. Success has therefore attended his efforts, for in all of
his methods he is practical and progressive and through the summer months
the broad fields of waving grain give promises of abundant harvest in the
autumn. In addition to this property Mr. Dimmick owns one hundred and
ten acres of valuable land in Hood River county, Oregon, where he is
engaged in raising alfalfa and clover.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Dimmick is a Woodman of the World and
an Odd Fellow, politically a republican. His energy and determination have
made him what he is today—one of the prosperous farmers of Walla Walla
county, and his substantial traits of character have won for him the warm
regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact. Walla Walla county
gained a substantial citizen when he removed from Oregon to this state, for
his labors have contributed much to its agricultural development.

FRANK S. DEMENT.

It was in the quaint and picturesque little city of Oregon City, Oregon,
that Frank S. Dement, prominent miller and grain dealer of Walla Walla,
was born November 3, 1853, a representative of one of the oldest and most
prominent families upon the Pacific coast. His father, W. C. Dement, came
to Oregon from Virginia in 1843 in the train with Marcus Whitman. He
engaged in merchandising at Oregon City, the little town that was founded
above the falls of the Willamette river, and he was one of the four who built
the railway around the falls at Oregon City, which was one of the first, if
not the first railway on the Pacific coast. With many events which shaped
the pioneer development and later progress of that section of the country he
was closely associated. He served as captain of volunteers in the Rogue
River Indian war in 1856 and there was no phase of frontier development
with which he was not thoroughly familiar. He became a resident of Oregon
before the city of Portland was established and he lived to witness many
remarkable changes as the work of settlement was carried forward. His
wife, who bore the maiden name of Olive Johnson, came to Oregon in 1845
and was a daughter of the Rev. Hezekiah Johnson, a Baptist missionary of
that state.
Frank S. Dement, spending his boyhood days under the parental roof,
acquired his education in the Oregon City Seminary and in early life took
up the printing business, learning the trade, after which he engaged in
general printing and in publishing of the Oregon City Enterprise. He figured
prominently in public affairs in that locality and served as county treasurer
of Clackamas county, Oregon, which position he resigned in 1879 and
removed to Walla Walla on account of his health. In the following year he

organized the Dement Brothers Company and has continuously served as its
president. He and his partners purchased the Eureka flour mills of the firm
of Welch & Schwabacher Brothers in 1880. These mills had a capacity of
one hundred and fifty barrels daily and something of the growth of the
business is indicated in the fact that the present capacity is six hundred
barrels daily. In a word they have developed one of the most important
milling industries of this section of the state and they are also well known
as extensive grain dealers. It was Frank S. Dement who in 1882 imported
the first bluestem seed wheat from New Zealand to the Pacific northwest
and it is today the leading wheat grown in this section of the country.
Through this channel and his other business activities he has contributed in
marked measure to the material development and consequent prosperity of
his section of the state. In the conduct of his business affairs he has amassed
a considerable fortune, much of which he has invested in Walla Walla real
estate, thus indicating his faith in the future of this district.

In Oregon City, Oregon, on the 1st of August, 1877, Mr. Dement was
married to Miss Frances Miller, a daughter of Captain J. D. Miller, who was
a pioneer steamboat operator on the Willamette and Columbia rivers. To
Mr. and Mrs. Dement have been born two sons: Charles F., who is county
auditor of Walla Walla county; and Frank Bingham, who is now in the
National army at Camp Lewis. He was graduated from the Shattuck
Military School of Minnesota in 1914 and was a student in Whitman
College with the class of 1918.
Frank S. Dement has long been a recognized leader in republican circles
in his county and was chairman of the county republican central committee.

He has done much to further the interests of his party, believing firmly in its
principles and recognizing the duties and obligations as well as the
privileges of citizenship; yet he has never sought nor desired office as a
reward for party fealty. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and is a prominent Mason, having taken the
degrees of both the York and Scottish Rites. He is a member of Oriental
Consistory, A. & A. S. R., of Spokane and of El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N.
M. S. For the past thirty years he has been a very active and prominent
member of the Commercial Club of Walla Walla and is now one of its
directors and the treasurer. He stands for progressiveness in all public
affairs and his efforts in behalf of general progress and improvement have
been practical, far reaching and effective. Men who know him—and he has
a wide acquaintance—speak of him in terms of the highest regard both as to
his relationship with business affairs and in matters of citizenship.

JOSEPH LEDGERWOOD.

Joseph Ledgerwood, deceased, spent the last years of his life in
honorable retirement from business in Pomeroy, enjoying the fruits of his
former labor. For many years he had been identified with farming in
southeastern Washington and his well directed business affairs brought to
him a very substantial competence, enabling him to enjoy all of the
comforts and many of the luxuries of life and also to leave his family in
very easy financial circumstances. He was born in Clay county, Missouri,
July 17, 1836, and was a son of Joseph and Rachael Ledgerwood, who were
natives of Tennessee and afterward became pioneer settlers of Clay county,
Missouri.
Joseph Ledgerwood acquired his education in the common schools of
Clay and Daviess counties of Missouri and on reaching manhood took up
the occupation of farming. In 1864, with little money to outfit him for so
hazardous and extended a journey, he started across the plains for the
Pacific coast country, and while he endured many hardships and privations
while en route, he ultimately in safety reached the Umpqua valley, where he
made a home for his family and continued to reside until 1877. He then
disposed of his property in that region and removed to Garfield county,

Washington, settling about nine miles east of Pomeroy. There he prospered
and from time to time, as his financial resources increased, he added to his
land until at his death he was the owner of about one thousand acres of
valuable farm property. In the later years of his life he retired from active
farm work and removed to Pomeroy, where he spent his remaining days in
the enjoyment of the fruits of his many years of successful labor. For a long
period his life had been one of untiring industry and perseverance, during
which he was watchful of every opportunity and indication pointing toward
success. At all times he based his advancement upon the sure foundation of
industry and persistency of purpose.
In 1859 Mr. Ledgerwood was united in marriage to Miss Louise O'Keef,
a native of Illinois, who was a faithful helpmate to him and shared with him
in all of the hardships and privations of pioneer life, when Oregon and
Washington were still frontier states. She still survives her husband and
cherishes his memory, for he was most devoted to the welfare and
happiness of his family. To Mr. and Mrs. Ledgerwood were born nine
children, seven of whom are yet living, as follows: William T.; J. Joseph;
John T.; Lou Emma, who is the wife of W. A. DeBow, a grain dealer of
Pomeroy; Martha R., who is the widow of James B. Carter and resides in
Pomeroy; Rosa, who gave her hand in marriage to Lou Jurgens, of Asotin
county, Washington; and Clara B., the wife of Edward Davis, of Okanogan
county, Washington.
Mr. Ledgerwood was a very progressive man, public-spirited in all that
he did, and his aid and cooperation could ever be counted upon to further
public progress. He aided many movements for the general good, and while
he was never a politician in the commonly accepted sense of the term and
never would consent to hold office, he gave earnest support to the
democratic party because of a firm belief in its principles. He belonged to
the Masonic fraternity and to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
was a consistent Christian man, both he and his wife being lifelong
members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Ledgerwood occupies a
handsome home in Pomeroy, surrounded by all the comforts and
conveniences which make life worth living.

REME De RUWE.

Among the successful sheep raisers of Columbia county is numbered
Reme De Ruwe, who was born in Belgium, September 15, 1882, a son of
Peter and Julia De Ruwe, also natives of that country, where their entire
lives were passed. To them were born fifteen children. The subject of this
review is indebted for his education to the schools of his native land, and
remained at home until he was about twenty years old. Then, in 1902, he
decided to try his fortune in the United States and located in Walla Walla
county, Washington, where he at once turned his attention to raising sheep.
He has since continued in that occupation on an extensive scale. He
pastures his sheep on a ranch comprising twelve hundred acres of land in
Columbia county. The success which he has gained in fifteen years is quite
unusual, demonstrating his ability to adapt himself to a new condition, his
sound judgment and his enterprise. His ranch is well improved and is a very
valuable property.
In 1914 Mr. De Ruwe was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Kregger,
and they have a son, Marvin, and have also adopted three children. Mr. De
Ruwe casts his ballot in support of the republican party, whose principles
accord with his political beliefs. He was reared in the Catholic faith and
consistently gives his influence on the side of moral advancement. He has
gained many friends since coming to eastern Washington, his salient
characteristics being such as never fail to command respect and win regard.

CHARLES L. WHITNEY.

Charles L. Whitney, who is living retired on section 6, township 6 north,
range 36 east, Walla Walla county, is now enjoying a period of well merited
leisure made possible by his former successful labors as a nurseryman and
horticulturist. He was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1857,
of the marriage of William G. and Marcia M. (Pettis) Whitney, the former a
native of Onondaga county, New York. They removed to California in 1879;
two years before their son Charles L. had made his way to the Pacific coast,
and after residing there for one or two years they came to Walla Walla
county, Washington. Here the father, in partnership with his son Charles L.,
bought the farm where the latter still resides. This place was the site of the
Sims mill, which was the first mill built in the state and possibly the first in

the northwest. The date of its erection was 1858 and there was also a
distillery operated within the limits of the farm. In the early days pack
trains, numbering one hundred animals were sent to the outlying camps
loaded with flour, bacon and whiskey, and the farm is indeed one of the
historic places of the state. The father established the Home nursery and the
son the North Western nurseries, and both proved successful in that
business. The father remained active in the management of his affairs both
as a nurseryman and as a farmer until his death in 1912. The mother passed
away in 1910.
Charles L. Whitney was reared in Pennsylvania and after attending the
common schools became a student in the Edinboro (Penn.) State Normal
school and in Austinburg College at Austinburg, Ohio. Later he took up the
study of medicine at the Eclectic Medical College at San Francisco,
California, but left that institution a year before the completion of his
course. It was in 1877 that he removed to California and he was one of the
first settlers of the town of Whatcom. He devoted some time to timber
cruising and for a number of years he traveled through California, Oregon
and Washington, becoming familiar with practically every part of the
Pacific coast. In 1880 he came with his parents to Walla Walla county and
established the North Western nurseries, which he conducted for years. He
was one of the first men to enter that line of business in this section and his
success in the growing of fruit trees determined the possibilities of this
region in the production of fruit. He also engaged in general farming to
some extent and found that likewise profitable. For four years he was
county fruit inspector and later was for a similar length of time state fruit
inspector and was generally recognized as an authority on everything
pertaining to fruit and its production. About 1907 he gave up the nursery
business and has since rented his land for gardening, although he still
resides upon his farm, which comprises one hundred and-fifty-two acres
two miles south of Walla Walla, in the most fertile part of the valley. His
home is a handsome country residence, provided with all modern
conveniences.
In 1883 Mr. Whitney was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth
McCaslin, who was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, but was teaching in the
schools of Omaha, Nebraska, at the time of her marriage. They have
become the parents of five children, of whom four survive, namely:
Elizabeth May, the wife of Ned McLean, of Walla Walla; Bertha, who

married L. F. Turman, of Willows, California; Charles B., who is first
sergeant with the Washington Field Artillery, under Major Weyrauch; and
Marguerite, the wife of Fred Houghton, of Attalia, this county.
Mr. Whitney's political views accord with the principles of the
republican party and he gives it his stanch support but has never taken a
very active part in politics. However, he has always felt the keenest interest
in the upbuilding of his county and his influence has been felt in its
development along horticultural, agricultural and civic lines. He was a
member of the board of commissioners that had charge of the Walla Walla
exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Exposition held in Portland in 1905 and took
a great deal of pride in the fine showing that the county made. He has a
number of fraternal connections, belonging to Blue Mountain Lodge, No.
13, F. & A. M.; Walla Walla Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M.; Walla Walla
Commandery, No. 1 K. T.; El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Spokane;
to the Shrine Club at Walla Walla, of which he is president; to Alki Chapter,
No. 25, O. E. S., of which he is past patron and of which his wife was the
second matron, to Enterprise Lodge, No. 2, I. O. O. F., of which he is past
grand; to the Ancient Order of United Workmen; and to Walla Walla Lodge,
No. 287, B. P. O. E. His high standing in the Odd Fellows society is further
indicated by the fact that he holds the lodge jewel.

EDWARD H. NIXON.

Edward H. Nixon, one of the earliest of Walla Walla's pioneers now
living and for many years a dominant factor in civic affairs, was born in
Guyandotte, West Virginia, on the 26th of May, 1842. When he was ten
years of age his parents removed to Jackson county, Iowa, settling on a farm
about eight miles west of Sabula. He was there educated in the district
schools and at his mother's knee, she having been educated for a teacher in
the Massachusetts schools in early life. Subsequently she went west to teach
in the West Virginia schools and it was there that she was married. After
mastering the early branches of learning Mr. Nixon continued his studies in
the high school at Maquoketa, Iowa, and at the age of twenty years he was
elected to the office of constable in his district, but the commissioners
refused him a commission because he was not of legal age. He began

reading law at Maquoketa, Iowa, and advanced sufficiently to try cases
before a justice of the peace.

EDWARD H. NIXON

In sentiment he was strongly anti-slavery at the beginning of the Civil
war and as his sympathies were with the north, he determined he would not
fight for any country that would uphold slavery, but after the Emancipation
Proclamation he offered his services to the country and was accepted in
December, 1863, being mustered into the service as a member of Company
A, Ninth Regiment of the Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry, with which he

served for one year, five months and eleven days. He then received an
honorable discharge, the war having been brought to a close. He had
participated in the battles of Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Dallas and New
Hope Church, Ackworth or Big Shanty, and the seven days' siege of
Kenesaw Mountain and many skirmishes. He was also in the battle of
Atlanta on the 22d of July, 1864, in the battle of Ezra Church and many
others, taking part in every engagement in which his regiment participated
until the fall of Atlanta. At close of the war he received an honorable
discharge and returned to his home with a most creditable military record,
having nobly done his part to preserve the Union. He afterward pursued a
course in Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, and
subsequently he engaged in farming until 1873, when he started for the far
west with Walla Walla as his destination. He arrived here on the 16th of
March of that year and took up the profession of teaching. He also engaged
in farm work and in fact accepted any employment that would yield him an
honest dollar.
On the 2d of April, 1876, Mr. Nixon was united in marriage to Miss
Kate Stewart, a daughter of Daniel and Margaret Stewart, and to them have
been born three children, two daughters and a son: Stella, now the wife of
H. L. Wilson, who is state highway contractor and a resident of Walla
Walla; Laura, the wife of H. H. Hadley, who is engaged in the automobile
business in Dayton, Washington; and Edward S., who is associated with his
father in the real estate and insurance business under the firm style of E. H.
Nixon & Son.
In 1877, soon after his marriage, Mr. Nixon removed to Whitman
county and took up a homestead and tree claim and preempted another one
hundred and sixty acres of land. He also rented a section of school land and
for eight years or more was extensively and successfully engaged in
farming. He laid out the first road ever laid out in Whitman county and was
well known as the pioneer settler of that county, instituting much of the
progressive work which has brought about its present-day progress and
prosperity. In 1885 he returned to Walla Walla, and while he has disposed of
his landed interests in Whitman county, he still owns valuable farm property
and since 1892 he has conducted a real estate and insurance business, the
firm of E. H. Nixon & Son maintaining an office in the Jaycox building. For
many years Mr. Nixon was one of the most conspicuous figures in the civic
affairs of Walla Walla. He served as road overseer, was also United States

deputy postmaster, was justice of the peace two years and was police judge
one year. He was also city assessor one term and was a member of the city
council and at all times exercised his official prerogatives in support of
many well defined plans and measures for the general good. He looked
beyond the exigencies of the moment to the opportunities and possibilities
of the future and labored not only for the welfare of the passing hour but for
future time as well. He was responsible for the establishment of the
perpetual care system in the city cemetery and later the same system in the
Odd Fellows cemetery, serving as president of the cemetery committee for a
number of years. Mr. Nixon has long been a faithful and prominent member
of the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he has filled all of the offices
in the local post. He has also been honored with the position of assistant
adjutant general and assistant quartermaster general of the Department of
Washington and Alaska. He has membership in Blue Mountain Lodge, No.
13, A. F. & A. M., and is a member of Washington Lodge, No. 19, I. O. O.
F., in which he has filled all of the chairs, including that of noble grand. In
1890 he joined with F. W. Paine and others in forming the Interstate
Building Loan & Trust Association, and he is a member of its board of
trustees and vice president of the association. In a word his activities are
broad and varied. He is a liberal minded man, recognizing the duties and
obligations of the individual to his fellowmen and to his country. At all
times he has been actuated by a progressive spirit and in business affairs has
been stimulated by a laudable ambition. His purposes have been well
defined and promptly executed and the course which he has pursued has at
all times measured up to the highest standards of manhood. His work has
been of great benefit to the community at large as well as a source of
individual success, and Walla Walla county honors him as one of her best
known pioneers. His religious faith is that of the Unitarian church.

S. S. MORITZ.

S. S. Moritz, who since 1914 has held the office of postmaster of
Dayton, was formerly prominently identified with its business interests, first
as a merchant and later as a real estate operator. He was born in Victoria,
British Columbia, August 28, 1863, a son of Moses and Adeline

(Greenenburg) Moritz, natives respectively of Alsace, France, and of
Groesenadar, Germany. The mother came to the Pacific coast by way of the
Panama route in young womanhood and joined relatives living in San
Francisco. The father emigrated to this country in early manhood and after
spending some time in the middle west made his way to the California gold
fields in 1849. He acquired some valuable mining properties but later lost
them through reverses in fortune. He became a naturalized citizen of the
United States in San Francisco in 1855 and subsequently went to Portland,
Oregon, where he was married, the lady who became his wife having in the
meantime removed to that city, where she made her home with relatives.
Mr. Moritz engaged in merchandising there until the discovery of gold on
the Fraser river in the British possessions. He then removed with his family
to Victoria, where they resided for two years, after which they returned to
Portland. Later they became residents of Centerville, Idaho, where the
father was well known as a general merchant. At length he removed to
Boise City with the view of giving his children better educational
advantages and remained there until 1873, when he went to Salt Lake City,
where he was active in business until 1890. He then retired and spent his
last days in the home of his son, S. S. Moritz. He passed away September
23, 1913, when in his eighty-eighth year. He was a man of vigorous
constitution and retained the full use of his faculties up to the time of his
death. His widow survives.
S. S. Moritz received his education in the schools of Boise City and of
Salt Lake City and during vacations received business training which stood
him in good stead in his later years. For several years before leaving school
the summers were devoted to clerking in various stores in Salt Lake City,
chiefly the clothing business, and in the spring of 1885, when a young man
of twenty-one years, he came to Dayton, Washington, to accept a position
with Duzenbury & Stencil, general merchants. For a year he had charge of
their clothing and furnishing department and then engaged in business for
himself, establishing a clothing and furnishing store. For eighteen years he
conducted that store and became a dominant factor in the commercial life of
Dayton, his resourcefulness, energy and keen insight into business
conditions causing him to be generally recognized as a leader. In 1904 he
sold his store, as he desired to give his undivided attention to his other
interests. For a number of years he had been investing heavily in real estate
and he it was who laid out the Syndicate Hill subdivision of Dayton, which

is now recognized as the finest residence district of the city, and for a
decade his entire time was given up to looking after his real estate interests,
but in 1914 he became postmaster of Dayton by appointment of President
Wilson. During the intervening three years he has held that position and has
performed his duties in the same capable manner that he managed his
private affairs.
Mr. Moritz was a stanch republican in his political views until 1896, but
in that year he became convinced of the wisdom of the policies advocated
by William Jennings Bryan and gave his support to the democratic party,
with which he has since been identified. He has taken an active part in
public affairs and many improvements in Dayton have been brought about
largely through his indefatigable work in their behalf. Notable among these
is his achievement in securing the paving of the business district in spite of
much indifference and determined opposition. His interest in good roads
has found further expression in the arterial highway law, a very significant
piece of legislation, which is based upon a plan conceived by Mr. Moritz.
When it became necessary to change the city charter in conformity with the
state regulations he led the movement for a charter that would meet all the
needs of Dayton and was largely instrumental in securing such an
instrument. He has been one of the most active members in the Dayton
Commercial Club since its organization and has had a large part in its
effective and farreaching work for the city. Fraternally he belongs to Dayton
Lodge, No. 3, K. P. His position as one of the foremost residents of Dayton
is secure and his personal friends are many.

T. F. DICE.

T. F. Dice, residing on section 2, township 9 north, range 36 east, Walla
Walla county, holds title to a large amount of land but is renting the greater
part of it and is thus enjoying comparative leisure. His birth occurred in
Pennsylvania, February 15, 1859, a son of William and Susan (Redrick)
Dice, who passed their entire lives in the Keystone state. Five of their seven
children are still living.
T. F. Dice grew to manhood in Pennsylvania and supplemented the
education acquired in the public schools by attendance at Mercersburg

college in Mercersburg. On leaving his native state he went to Savannah,
Georgia, where he spent three years, and then in 1889 he came to Walla
Walla county, Washington, for the benefit of his health and here he
purchased a farm on which he resided for three years. He next bought his
present home place on section 2, township 9 north, range 36 east, and for
many years personally operated the five hundred acres comprised in the
farm. At the present time, however, he rents all the land but an eighty acre
tract, which is in alfalfa and which he looks after himself.
In 1884 occurred the marriage of Mr. Dice and Miss E. A. Spangenberg.
The latter was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of
Frederick A. and Fanny Anna Spangenberg, both also born in Pennsylvania.
The father, who successfully engaged in the practice of law for many years,
is now deceased, but the mother survives. Mrs. Dice had exceptional
musical training and her talents along that line have been a source of great
pleasure to her family and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Dice have four children:
William T., who lives in California; Lee R., who is teaching in the
University of Montana; Frances E., the wife of the Rev. Robert M. Hood,
now a resident of Idaho; and Carl E., a student of Mount Tamalpais Military
Academy, San Rafael, California. During the years of his residence in Walla
Walla county Mr. Dice has become widely and favorably known, his many
excellent qualities gaining for him many warm friends.

W. H. BARNHART.

The field of opportunity finds its boundaries only in the limitations of
the individual. When energy and ambition lie dormant the path of
advancement seems closed, but to the man who believes that there is a
chance for every individual and who is willing to take his chance with
others, there always comes a time when he can take the initial step that will
lead on to fortune. That Mr. Barnhart recognized the opportune moment is
shown in the fact that he is now one of the leading business men of
Starbuck, where he is widely known as the vice president and manager of
the Sprout & Barnhart Mercantile Company and also as a member of the
board of directors of the Bank of Starbuck. Iowa claims him as a native son,
his birth having occurred in Wapello county on the 11th of October, 1871,

his parents being Henry and Elizabeth (Johnson) Barnhart. The father was a
native of Tennessee, while the mother's birth occurred in Ohio, and in Iowa
their marriage was solemnized. They had accompanied their respective
parents to the last mentioned state in childhood and were there reared. Mr.
Barnhart turned his attention to farming and railroading, which he followed
in Iowa until 1889, when he removed westward to Oregon and for a number
of years was employed by the Oregon & Washington Railroad &
Navigation Company in the capacity of engineer. He thus took part in the
early development of railway operations in the west. He died in December,
1915, and is survived by his widow, who resides on a ranch near Spokane.

W. H. BARNHART

W. H. Barnhart, spending his youthful days under the parental roof,
completed his education in the high school at Albia, Iowa, from which he
was graduated with the class of 1889. The following year he came to
Oregon and for a number of years successfully engaged in teaching school,
imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he had acquired.
He also worked in a store at La Grande, Oregon, and subsequently he
became a student in Armstrong's Business College at Portland. Later he
took up railroading as an employe of the Oregon & Washington Railroad &
Navigation Company and was employed by that corporation for thirteen
years. During the last seven years of that period he ran an engine and in
1907 he resigned his position with the company and purchased an interest

in the mercantile establishment of W. E. Sprout of Starbuck. The following
year the company was reorganized and incorporated, with Mr. Barnhart as
the vice president and manager of the business, and Mr. Sprout as the
president. They have a spacious and well appointed store, carrying an
extensive line of goods, and they always maintain the highest standards in
the personnel of the house, in the stock carried and in the treatment
accorded patrons. Their business has therefore gradually increased as the
years have gone on and has become one of the profitable commercial
interests of southeastern Washington.
In September, 1901, Mr. Barnhart was united in marriage to Miss Bessie
A. Wright, of Starbuck, and they have become parents of two daughters,
Grace M. and Blanche L. Mr. Barnhart is a loyal representative of the
Masonic fraternity, belonging to Tucanon Lodge, No. 106, F. & A. M., of
which he is now worshipful master. He is also identified with the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and has served as chief engineer in
the order. In politics he is a stalwart republican and is now mayor of
Starbuck. He had previously served for several years as a member of the
town council and his fitness for further and more responsible public duties
led to his election as chief executive. His wife and two daughters are
members of the Episcopal church and Mr. Barnhart is serving on its board
of trustees. His aid and influence are always given on the side of progress
and improvement as related to the material upbuilding and also the social,
intellectual and moral advancement of the community. Those who know
him, and he has a wide acquaintance, esteem him as a man of genuine
worth who well merits the success that has crowned his efforts since he
started out in business life empty-handed.

IRA D. BRUNTON.

Among the native sons of Walla Walla county who have elected to
continue residents thereof is Ira D. Brunton, who is engaged in farming on
section 30, township 8 north, range 36 east. He was born in that township,
May 11, 1876, and is a son of W. H. H. and Sarah A. (Lewis) Brunton, a
sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. He was reared upon the
home farm, and his boyhood and youth were spent in the acquirement of a

district school education and in helping his father. He further pursued his
studies in Whitman College and at the old Empire Business College at
Walla Walla, thus fitting himself for his later life.
After his marriage Mr. Brunton began farming for himself, operating a
part of the homestead in partnership with his father, this relation being
continued until his father's death, after which Mr. Brunton of this review
and his brother Frank managed the entire estate of seven hundred acres for
five years. At the end of that time Ira D. Brunton took over the operation of
four hundred acres and his brother Garfield became responsible for the
cultivation of the remaining three hundred acres. In 1903 our subject
purchased one hundred and sixty acres adjoining the home farm and he now
operates both places and also four hundred acres of rented land, or nine
hundred and sixty acres in all. It is thus evident that his interests are
extensive and make heavy demands upon his time and energies, but he is
industrious, progressive and systematic in his work and his affairs are kept
well in hand.
Mr. Brunton was married October 10, 1897, to Miss Bessie L. Ramseur,
a daughter of David W. Ramseur, who removed to Walla Walla county from
North Carolina in 1892. To Mr. and Mrs. Brunton have been born five
children: Elsie M., the wife of Clyde Garland, of Walla Walla; and Reese
R., Lucille B., and Miles and Melvin, twins, all of whom are at home.
Mr. Brunton's political views are in accord with the principles of the
democratic party and he supports its candidates at the polls. In 1908 he was
his party's nominee for sheriff and polled a large vote. Fraternally he is
connected with Mountain Gem Lodge, No. 136, K. P., and his wife is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is held in high esteem as a
citizen and as a man, and his success as a farmer entitles him to rank among
the leaders in the agricultural development of the county.

JOSEPH CLARK FAIR.

Joseph Clark Fair, an independent grain buyer and one of Dayton's
foremost business men and representative citizens, was born in Benton
county, Arkansas, February 26, 1874, a son of Joseph A. and Martha Ann
(Russell) Fair, the former born in Sullivan county, Tennessee, and the latter

in Barry county, Missouri. The parents were taken by their respective
parents to Benton county, Arkansas, and there grew to manhood and
womanhood. They continued to reside there following their marriage, with
the exception of four years spent in Texas, up to the time of the mother's
death, which occurred in June, 1899. The father devoted his active life to
farming but is now a resident of Centerton, Benton county, Arkansas, where
he is living retired. He is a local Methodist minister and was often
importuned to join the conference but refused, saying he knew he could
make a living farming but did not know whether he could as a minister or
not. His parents, Ellis and Nancy Hamilton (Easly) Fair, were
representatives of old families of Tennessee. Mr. Fair was killed by Indians
at the time of the Civil war. The parents of Mrs. Martha Ann (Russell) Fair
were Elijah and Louisa (Bell) Russell, natives respectively of Missouri and
Tennessee. Mr. Russell went to the California gold mines in 1849, crossing
the plains with ox team, and returned to the east in 1852 by sailing vessel.
At the time of the Civil war he was killed by bushwackers.
Joseph Clark Fair was reared at home, and in the acquirement of his
education attended the common schools of Arkansas and the Elm Springs
Academy, in Washington county, that state. For two terms he engaged in
teaching in Benton county, Arkansas, but because of the low salary paid
teachers gave up the profession. In 1898 he decided to try his fortune in the
far west and located at Condon, Gilliam county, Oregon, where he was
connected with lumber interests. He remained there for five years and
during the last year helped to build the courthouse. During that time he
acquired title to seven hundred and twenty acres of land, which he has since
sold at a profit. In 1903 he became a resident of Dayton, Washington, where
he has ever since remained, and he is well known throughout Columbia
county as a grain-buyer. He is expert in judging wheat and keeps in the
closest touch with the grain markets and has been very successful in his
business affairs.
Mr. Fair was married in 1908 to Miss Nellie Virginia Gregg, who was
born in Washington county, Arkansas, but at the time of her marriage was
county superintendent of schools of Columbia county. To them was born
one child, who, however, is deceased. Mr. Fair is a stanch democrat in
politics and has served with ability as a member of the town council. He is
well known in fraternal circles, belonging to Alki Lodge, No. 136, I. O. O.
F., of which he is past grand; Franklin Encampment, No. 13, I. O. O. F., of

which he is past chief patriarch; Dayton Lodge, No. 26, F. & A. M., of
which he is now worshipful master; and Dayton Lodge, No. 3, K. P., of
which he is past chancellor. His religious faith is indicated by his
membership in the Congregational church, and in his business dealings, as
well as in the private relations of life, his conduct measures up to high
moral standards. He feels that his decision to come to the west was one of
the wisest that he has ever made and he is confident that a greater future is
in store for this section.

CHARLES CLAGUE.

Charles Clague, a prosperous farmer residing on section 2, township 9
north, range 36 east, Walla Walla county, was born on the Isle of Man in
March, 1860, a son of Richard and Isabella (Quirk) Clague, also natives of
that island, where their entire lives were passed. Our subject's education
was received in the public schools and he remained in his native country
until he attained his majority but in 1881 came to the United States. For six
months he worked in a grocery store in Olean, New York, after which he
decided to see the west. There for a month he worked in Colorado and then
continued his journey, arriving in San Francisco on Christmas day, 1881. He
only remained in that city for two days, however, and then came to Walla
Walla county, Washington. He took up a homestead two miles south of
Prescott and for twenty years lived upon that place, which he operated
successfully. He also purchased other land, becoming the owner of seven
hundred and eighty acres. In 1902, in partnership with T. F. Dice, he bought
five hundred acres of land and later they purchased the old Samuel Erwin
home farm, where both have since resided. Mr. Clague has sold his
homestead and the land adjoining and has also disposed of the equity of the
five hundred acre tract but retains his interest in the farm of eighty acres,
where he and Mr. Dice reside. He also is the owner of fifty-two acres of
irrigated land near Patterson, Stanislaus county, California. He has gained
financial independence and, having disposed of the greater part of his
holdings, is now enjoying a period of comparative leisure.
Mr. Clague is a progressive republican in politics and has always been
most loyal to the interests of his adopted country. He belongs to the

Presbyterian church and in its teachings are found the principles which
guide his life. For thirty-six years he has resided in Walla Walla county and
has done his part in bringing about the wonderful development that has
taken place during that time. He has a wide acquaintance and a large
number of warm personal friends.

FRANK W. PAINE.

Frank W. Paine is a capitalist of Walla Walla whose name is inseparably
interwoven with the history of city and state. Coming to the west in pioneer
times, he is familiar with every phase of frontier life and with the processes
of development which have brought the state from pioneer conditions to its
present stage of progress and prosperity. His individual labors have
contributed much to the results achieved, and no account of Walla Walla's
development would be complete without extended reference to him.
Mr. Paine was born August 31, 1839, in Mercer, Somerset county,
Maine, and has therefore passed the seventy-eighth milestone on life's
journey. His father, William Paine, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts,
September 5, 1801, and died December 4, 1883, while the mother, who bore
the maiden name of Elizabeth Wentworth Pike, was born in Somersworth,
New Hampshire, December 29, 1804, and passed away February 14, 1872.
Both parents were of English Puritan stock. Among the early
representatives of the Paine family were men of title who belonged to the
nobility of England, and in New England representatives of the name
loyally served their country in the struggle for independence and as
statesmen aided in formulating the policy of the commonwealth with which
they were connected. In religious faith the parents of Frank W. Paine were
Congregationalists. In political faith William Paine was first a whig and
afterwards a republican, and by occupation he was a farmer. To him and his
wife were born six children, who were reared more in the fear than in the
love of God, but for their day they were on the firing line, both in good
works and exemplary lives.
Frank W. Paine began his education in a little unpainted schoolhouse of
one room, which stood at the forks of the road on Beech Hill, in the town of
Mercer, Somerset county, Maine. He at first had the opportunity of

attending school for about eight weeks in the summer and ten weeks in the
winter season until he was ten or eleven years of age, when he no longer
found it possible to continue his studies through the summer but was
enabled to attend school through the winter until his eighteenth year. He
then began teaching in the country districts through the winter months,
while the summer was devoted to farm work. On leaving the schoolroom,
however, he did not consider his education complete, for his strong desire
for learning has led him to read and study systematically and he always has
near him good books on history, literature, science and poetry. Such books
have also constituted a part of his continuous reading and thus he has
obviated his lack of early training and become a most well informed man.
Moreover, in the various positions of public trust which he has filled he has
always found it to be of the greatest assistance to resort to the most reliable
authorities treating on the matters in hand and in these ways he has been
able to accomplish something of what a liberal education might have done
for him. He has many times so keenly felt his deficiency in the lack of
school and college training that upon an analysis of his educational
shortcomings he determined that his most serious lack was a fuller
understanding of history, literature and Latin, and he has wherever possible
urged young men to prepare along those lines.

RESIDENCE OF F. W. PAINE

As school teaching and farming seemed to offer small opportunities in
Maine, Mr. Paine resolved to go west and chose California as his objective
point, arriving in that state in October, 1861, with a letter from the late
Judge E. D. Sawyer of San Francisco to an old friend of his at Mokelumne
Hill. He was soon on the ground of the "Jumping Frog of Calaveras county"
and found the addressee of his letter to be the proprietor of a provision store
and his affairs much run down at the heel. Early in the spring of 1862,
therefore, Mr. Paine went to Dogtown, in Shasta county, to join two friends
who were preparing to go to the newly discovered mines on Salmon river in
Idaho. He became the third member of the party, whose route, as
contemplated, lay over the Siskiyou mountains to southern Oregon, then to
Portland and on by way of Walla Walla, but at Jacksonville they were
advised to cross the Cascade mountains down the east side to Klamath lake
and on to Walla Walla. After many days of weary walking they arrived in
Walla Walla late in June 1862, and there met the returning tide of miners
from Salmon river and Florence, which discouraged the three young men
from going further in that direction.
Under the stress of necessity Mr. Paine made haste to find employment
and after two or three months by precarious work of different kinds he
secured a situation in the Baker-Boyer store but was soon detailed to take
charge of the Spray warehouse at Wallula under Dr. Baker's direction. In the
spring of 1863 a mad rush for the Boise mines carried Mr. Paine along. As a
measure of economy he engaged with a mule pack train owned by the firm

of Johnson & Stratton, serving as off side packer and learning to "throw the
diamond hitch." The wealth which Mr. Paine accumulated in that mining
venture consisted mainly in experience. In the fall of 1864 he returned to
Walla Walla and at once was reinstated in his former position with the
Baker-Boyer firm, there remaining until the spring of 1866, when another
attack of mining fever took him to Montana with a stock of clothing made
for the California miners' trade, which stock of goods was readily sold at a
good profit. After enjoying a few weeks of summer on the summit of the
Rockies he returned to the land of his adoption, and to be safeguarded
against another "call of the wild," on his return he accepted the proffer of a
partnership made by William Stephens, a merchant conducting business at
the corner of Main and First streets. The business prospered and at the end
of a year Mr. Paine purchased the interest of his partner and admitted his
brother John to a partnership, removing the stock to the corner of Second
and Main streets, where they conducted a very substantial business. After
about two year opportunity enabled Mr. Paine to succeed by purchase to the
Baker-Boyer business, then located on the present site of the Baker-Boyer
Bank. Miles C. Moore joined him as a partner under the style of Paine
Brothers & Moore, which firm soon became widely known for its business
enterprise and also for its local political influence. During the existence of
the firm they established branches at Waitsburg and at Dayton and built a
fine steamboat, The Northwest, to ply in wheat carrying on the Columbia
and Snake rivers. The war department, however, leased the steamboat to
transport troops and munitions during the war with the hostile Willowas,
under the notable Chief Joseph, in 1878. Soon after the boat was taken over
by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company. After nearly ten years of
pleasant and profitable partnership Mr. Moore withdrew from the firm. In
the meantime they had concentrated their attention upon farm implements
and machinery and this business was conducted under the style of Paine
Brothers. In 1879 they built the three-story brick building, which was then
the finest business block in the northwest outside of Portland. Upon its
completion and upon the organization of the First National Bank it took up
its home in this building, where it has since continued.
While for many years Mr. Paine figured most prominently in
commercial circles, he also became a leader in the public life of the
community as well. His first public office was that of councilman, which he
filled in 1878 and 1879. He afterward served as city treasurer in 1883 and

1884 and was mayor of Walla Walla through the two succeeding years. All
of these offices came to him unsought. During his mayoralty term he signed
the ordinance prohibiting stock from running at large in the streets and this
executive act lost him his reelection. He recognized, however, the value of
such a course to the city and followed the dictates of his judgment and his
conscience notwithstanding the contrary advice of his friends who desired
his reelection. In 1880 Mr. Paine was elected school director in District No.
34, the western part of the city. In 1882, by act of the legislature, Districts
No. 34 and No. 1, the latter the eastern part of the city, were united in one
and the two boards of directors acted as one until the next election, when
Mr. Paine was elected one of the three directors for the combined district.
He was reelected at each succeeding election until 1906 and during his
incumbency, covering more than twenty-five years, he was chairman of the
board, which from time to time had to meet increasing requirements by the
erection of two frame and three brick schoolhouses. To do this the legal
maximum levy of five per cent was not exceeded. The educational work
done and the standing of the schools was equal to the best in the state.
In 1887 Governor Watson C. Squire, at the request of many of Mr.
Paine's friends, appointed him superintendent of the new state penitentiary
which had been recently erected at Walla Walla, with orders to establish
rules and regulations and to conduct the institution on a similar plan to that
of the Oregon state penitentiary. After some hesitation he accepted the
appointment, and as the legislature, after providing an appropriation to erect
the buildings, had neglected to make any appropriation for its maintenance,
it became necessary to secure a citizens' pledge of five thousand dollars on
which to draw for incidentals for the ensuing year or until the next
legislature should meet. This done, he took six good men as guards with
him to Seatco, where the old contract prison built of logs was located and
where the convicts divided their time between working in a sash and door
factory, working their way out of prison and being worked back by a reward
or a bloodhound. Governor Squire met Mr. Paine at that place and after
getting a record of the convicts, as a measure of economy for the state, he
pardoned sixteen whose terms were nearly completed, leaving ninety-seven
to be transferred to Walla Walla, which was accomplished without loss of
any member. The next problem was to produce work for the prisoners and
Mr. Paine soon succeeded in establishing and operating successfully a
brickyard, which proved greatly beneficial to the prisoners. At the close of

his term and on the convening of the legislature he reported to the governor,
then Governor Semple, giving account of the amount required to cover all
indebtedness incurred. The legislature readily made the appropriation,
supplemented by a complimentary resolution. Two years later, under a new
legislative enactment, Mr. Paine was made chairman of a commission of
three members appointed by Governor Elisha P. Ferry, consisting of P. A.
Preston, F. M. Lowden and Mr. Paine. With the ready compliance of his
colleagues, Mr. Paine proceeded at once to establish a jute mill, having at
his personal expense visited and investigated the San Quentin and Oakland
jute mills, where he learned of their methods and was advised of their
profits, thus becoming convinced of the economy of the measure and of
what was of much greater moment, the providing of employment for the
inmates of the institution. The establishment of the mill was strenuously
opposed by the labor element, as had been the brickyard, but the objection
to convict labor has been largely overcome in view of the importance to the
health and morals of the inmates of all such institutions. With the advanced
views of the day Mr. Paine gladly sees the passing of another most
degrading abuse from which this particular institution suffered at times in
its earliest history—that of making it a base for political operations of a
most scandalous character and its offices a reward for political jobbery.
Another field of activity into which Mr. Paine entered was that of the
Building Loan & Trust Association, which he was largely instrumental in
organizing in February, 1890. It was called the International Building Loan
& Trust Association of Walla Walla and soon built up a prosperous
business. It has continuously paid its patrons a good rate of interest, has
built many comfortable homes in and around the city and is today one of
the leading institutions of the kind in the state. It is strictly mutual, makes
money only for the stockholders and the only salary paid is that to its
secretary, together with a small fee to its board members for each regular
monthly meeting. The business methods are highly commended by the state
examiner. Of this association Mr. Paine has been the president since its
inception, covering a period of more than twenty-seven years. One of the
most greatly appreciated honors that has come to Mr. Paine has been his
appointment on the board of overseers of Whitman College and he is further
honored in the position of chairman on the college loaning board.
In the late '70s Mr. Paine assisted in organizing the first Board of Trade
at Walla Walla. At that early date it was thought to be of questionable value

to the business community, so that it was with difficulty that funds could be
secured to pay a secretary. In fact the body's activities and even its existence
was at times of an intermittent order. In time the Board of Trade became the
Chamber of Commerce and eventually the Commercial Club, and it fell to
the lot of Captain P. B. Johnson of the Walla Walla Union and to Mr. Paine
to keep alive the last named organization, the former acting as secretary and
the latter as president. They answered correspondence, mailed descriptive
circulars and other literature and in this way induced at least some settlers
to come to the valley. All this occurred long before the inception of the
present very much alive commercial body.
Mr. Paine not only figured in the business and public activities of the
city but also in its social organizations. He became a member of the Inquiry
Club on its organization twenty-six years ago, a club which is still in
vigorous existence. Its membership has included many of the brightest
minds in Walla Walla—men from various professions and callings in life.
Whitman College has been largely represented on its roster. The workings
of the club certainly have a great charm for its members, for its discussions
cover the widest possible range of subjects and any member called upon
expresses his views upon the subject under discussion with entire absence
of restraint and accepts with good grace whatever he may get in return. Mr.
Paine was also connected with an association of gentlemen of literary
attainments which was organized in 1877. Among its members were Dr.
George M. Sternberg, later surgeon general of the United States army,
Judge J. K. Kennedy, Dr. J. E. Bingham, Colonel H. E. Holmes, Ex-
Governor M. C. Moore, Colonel W. H. Miller, J. F. Boyer, Major R. R.
Rees, F. W. Paine and a number of other prominent citizens. The objects of
this association, as expressed in its articles of organization, were to
maintain a scientific and useful library, to promote science and to cultivate
and improve its members. Mr. Paine is also a member of the Archaeological
Association of Walla Walla, which under Professor Anderson maintains a
good degree of activity, bringing to the city many able lecturers on arts and
sciences. On the list of the members of the Symphony Orchestra is also
found the name of Frank W. Paine, who has been its honored president for
many years, an association which has done much to cultivate and promote
musical taste in Walla Walla.
Most pleasantly situated in his home life, notwithstanding the extent and
importance of his business and public and social activities, the interest of

Frank W. Paine, yet has ever centered in his home. He married Ida B.
Illsley, a daughter of Jonathan H. Illsley, a merchant of Harrison, Maine, the
wedding being celebrated in the Presbyterian church on Capitol Hill in
Washington, D. C., April 3, 1876. After a brief visit to their old homes in
Maine they turned toward Walla Walla, visiting the Centennial at
Philadelphia while en route and thence proceeding to San Francisco, to
Portland and on to their destination, where they arrived on the 6th of July,
being soon domiciled in the home which they yet occupy. Mrs. Paine comes
of a family of superior musical and literary talent, finding its highest
exponent perhaps in her eldest sister, the late Mrs. Caroline A. Tolman, who
possessed unusual literary ability and devoted much time and talent to
advocating the emancipation of women, contemporaneous with Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Abigail Scott Dunniway. They labored
to make a place for woman side by side with man. Theirs was scant praise
in their day but already the harvest of their labors is being garnered.
To Mr. and Mrs. Paine were born four daughters. Elizabeth, the eldest,
passed away at the age of twenty-four years. Josephine became the wife of
Timothy A. Paul, a graduate of the University of Virginia and now a
resident of Walla Walla, by whom she has three children, two sons and a
daughter. Mary became the wife of Ben G. Stone, a real estate and
insurance man and farmer of Walla Walla, and they have two sons. Frances
is the wife of R. Douglas Ball, who is engaged in the wholesale paper
business in Seattle, and they have three children, a daughter and two sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Paine are happy in the possession of their three daughters,
their generous, manly husbands and their promising children. They stand to
them a full measure of reward for any and all sacrifices it may have been
their duty and pleasure to make for them and an ample assurance of
continued happiness in them, for all of which they duly return thanks to the
"giver of every good and perfect gift."

JOHN N. FALL.

John N. Fall was one of the pioneers of Walla Walla county who reaped
the reward of his labors, being at the time of his death the owner of large
tracts of fine wheat land, the operation of which he supervised, although a

resident of Walla Walla. He was born in Indiana, September 13, 1836, a son
of Asa and Agnes (Davis) Fall, the former a native of North Carolina. Both
parents passed their last years in Walla Walla county.
John N. Fall received the education usually afforded boys in pioneer
communities and remained with his parents until he reached mature years.
In 1861 he decided to take advantage of the opportunities offered the
ambitious young man in the Pacific northwest and crossed the plains with
ox teams. He at once settled in Walla Walla county, buying a farm on Mill
creek, on which he resided until 1867. He then removed to Walla Walla but
continued to operate his farm and, although as the years passed his holdings
increased rapidly, he never ceased to exercise direct personal supervision
over his agricultural interests. He was at once practical and progressive,
being ready to adopt any new method or implement whose value had been
reasonably well proven. He gave careful study to the problems of increased
production, the conservation of soil fertility and advantageous marketing,
and it was recognized that he was an authority on everything pertaining to
wheat raising.
Mr. Fall was married in Missouri in 1858 to Miss Sarah E. Williams, a
daughter of Benjamin and Mary Williams, both of whom were born in
Kentucky, but for a number of years resided in Missouri, whence they
finally removed to Iowa, where the father passed away. The mother then
came to Walla Walla county, where she spent her last years. To Mr. and Mrs.
Fall was born a son, Dr. E. E. Fall, who died in February, 1917, leaving a
son, Edmond E.
Mr. Fall supported the democratic party at the polls and manifested the
interest of a good citizen in public affairs. Fraternally he belonged to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, and the spirit which characterized his life was that of fraternity
and consideration for others. He passed away in 1900 and was laid to rest in
Mountain View cemetery. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian
church, to the support of which he contributed generously, and his sterling
worth gained him a warm place in the regard of those who were closely
associated with him. Mrs. Fall was also a member of that denomination and
was likewise keenly interested in its various activities. After the death of her
husband she owned and personally managed the operation of two thousand
and forty acres of wheat land and two hundred and forty acres on the
mountain, a part of which was wheat land and a part pasture. In looking

after her extensive interests she manifested an executive ability and keen
insight into business that was far above the average and she was recognized
as a factor in the development of the county along agricultural lines.

ELMER L. WOODS.

Elmer L. Woods, who resides on section 7, township 9 north, range 27
east, is one of the leading horticulturists of Walla Walla county, his apple
orchard comprising almost four thousand trees of the finest varieties. He
was born in that township, November 4, 1888, and is a son of Joel and Viola
M. (Hull) Woods, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. He was
reared at home and during his boyhood and youth attended the Waitsburg
public schools, thus receiving a good education. On reaching man's estate
he became associated with his father in the operation of the home farm, and
this relation was continued until the father's death. In 1911 forty acres were
planted to apple trees, ninety-six to an acre, by Walter & Morris, the
administrators of the estate. This orchard of three thousand eight hundred
and forty trees is now bearing, and is one of the finest fruit orchards in the
county. At the time the estate was settled Mr. Woods of this review acquired
title to the orchard, and it yielded about two thousand boxes of apples in
1917. He has given the orchard the most thorough and systematic care and
is ever businesslike in solving problems of packing and marketing.
Mr. Woods belongs to Delta Lodge, No. 70, K. P., of Waitsburg and is in
hearty sympathy with the ideals of the fraternity upon which that
organization is based. He possesses in marked measure the enterprise and
self-reliance characteristic of the western man, and he has the utmost
confidence in the future of his county and state.

FRANK SINGLETON.

There are few residents of Walla Walla who can claim connection with
the city from 1857. The memory of Frank Singleton, however, harks back to
the period when this was a frontier fort and the work of progress and
civilization had scarcely been begun in all this section of the country. The

Indians were more numerous than the white settlers and only here and there
had some venturesome spirit penetrated into the western wilderness to plant
the seeds of civilization. Frank Singleton, who is now extensively interested
in mining and is engaged in the real estate business in Walla Walla, was but
six years of age at the time of his arrival in Washington. He was born in San
Antonio, Texas, November 7, 1850, and after the removal of the family to
the northwest pursued his education in the public and parochial schools of
Walla Walla. On reaching manhood he engaged in the live stock business,
with which he was prominently identified for many years. At one time he
was a heavy holder of farm lands, but in 1916 he sold his farm north of
Prescott, comprising six hundred acres, which was the last of his farm
possessions. For the past twelve years he has been prominently identified
with mining and has large holdings in mining property. For six years he has
been engaged in the real estate business in Walla Walla and has negotiated
many important realty transfers. In a word, he is a progressive business
man, alert and energetic, his activities guided by sound judgment, while his
laudable ambition has brought to him gratifying success.
In July, 1907, Mr. Singleton was united in marriage to Mrs. Martha
White, who in her maidenhood was Miss Kidwell, a daughter of James
Kidwell, who in 1863 cast in his lot with the pioneer settlers of Walla Walla.
By her former marriage Mrs. Singleton had two sons; Walter, who is
engaged in farming in Walla Walla county; and Vivian, who is a farmer of
Franklin county. Mr. and Mrs. Singleton are widely and favorably known in
the city and surrounding country, having an extensive circle of friends,
while the hospitality of the best homes is freely accorded them. With every
phase of pioneer life and of the later development and progress of the
county they are familiar, having been interested witnesses of the growth and
upbuilding of this section of the state from early pioneer times.

WILLIAM D. PAUL.

William D. Paul was successful as a farmer and his personal qualities
were such that he made and retained friends readily. He was recognized as a
man of worth and there was much sincere regret when he passed away at
his home in Walla Walla. His birth occurred in Walla Walla county, October

21, 1864, and his parents were Thomas and Susan F. (Ellis) Paul, both of
whom were born in Iowa. In 1861 they crossed the plains with ox team to
Washington, and the father took up a claim in Walla Walla county, on which
they resided until called by death.
William D. Paul was reared under the parental roof and in the
acquirement of his education attended the pioneer schools. His entire life
was devoted to farming and he became in time the owner of three hundred
and twenty acres of fertile land, from which he received a gratifying
income. He made many improvements upon his place and was careful and
systematic in the conduct of the farm work. He also held title to valuable
city property and for a number of years resided in Walla Walla.
In 1895 Mr. Paul was married to Miss Kate Loney, a native of Canada
and a daughter of Charles and Charlotte (Cole) Loney, who were born in
Ireland but emigrated to Canada in young manhood and womanhood. In
1880 they came to Walla Walla, Washington, and here they passed their
remaining days. To Mr. and Mrs. Paul were born four children: Thomas N.,
who is farming in Walla Walla county; Winifred and Ruth, both high school
students; and Geneva.
Mr. Paul endorsed the principles of the republican party, and gave his
loyal support to its candidates at the polls. His religious faith was the
determining principle in his life and he gave freely of his time and means in
furthering work of the Baptist church, in which he held the office of deacon
and also that of treasurer. He passed away August 24, 1916, and was laid to
rest in the Mountain View cemetery. His unswerving integrity and his
consistent regard for the rights and feelings of others gave him a place in
the warm regard of many, and those who were privileged to know him
intimately still cherish his memory. Mrs. Paul owns the family residence in
Walla Walla and there makes her home. She rents the farm and personally
attends to the management of her affairs and displays in that connection
unusual business qualities. She, too, is a faithful and active member of the
Baptist church and is a woman of many admirable qualities.

WILLIAM S. CLARK.

William S. Clark, who is living retired in Walla Walla save for the
management of his extensive farming interests, has passed his entire life in
the northwest and is a son of pioneers who came to "Old Oregon" in 1843,
when this region was wild and uninhabited save by Indians and fur traders
and when it was still a mooted question whether it was British or American
territory. The birth of William S. Clark occurred in Portland, Oregon, April
9, 1857, and his parents were Ransom and Lettice Jane (Millican) Clark.
The father was born near St. Johnsbury, Vermont, July 22, 1810, and was
descended from a long line of Puritan ancestors. The first one of the family
to emigrate to America was Lieutenant William Clark, who became one of
the first settlers of Dorchester and Northampton, Massachusetts. Smith
College at Northampton is situated upon land that was a part of his
homestead.

RANSOM CLARK

Ransom Clark received his education in Vermont and remained there for
a considerable period after reaching mature years. At length, however, he
manifested the pioneer spirit that had characterized his ancestors and
removed to the west, where he believed there were better opportunities. He
first located in Wisconsin and then went to St. Louis and later to New
Orleans. He was in St. Louis in 1843 at the time Lieutenant Fremont was
fitting out his company for his trip to the Pacific coast and although the
greater part of his men were French and Canadian frontiersmen, Mr. Clark
and about a half dozen other Americans enlisted for the expedition. Mr.

Clark remained with the Fremont party until The Dalles were reached and
then, with two other Americans, left the command and joined the American
emigrants just coming into the country. In the spring of 1844 he took up his
residence upon a farm near Lafayette and was successful in adapting
himself to the conditions of that frontier locality, growing good crops and
also engaging in stock raising. The Oregon Spectator of July 4, 1846,
contained the following advertisement: "Ransom Clark, at his home on
Yamhill river, offers for sale wheat, oats, corn, white beans, peas and
potatoes, also bacon, salt pork, hogs and breeding sows." At the time of the
discovery of gold he went to the mines in California, where he spent two
years, after which he conducted a hotel in Linn, Oregon, and still later
became one of the proprietors of the Columbian Hotel in Portland. In 1855
he went to the Colville country, in which gold had been discovered, and
returning by way of Walla Walla, took up a donation claim of six hundred
and forty acres just south of the present site of Walla Walla. However, the
country had not yet been formally opened for settlement and he was
compelled to leave by Nathan Olney, Indian agent. In 1888, however, he
learned that the country would soon be opened up and in that spring went to
his claim with a full outfit of farming implements, fruit trees, nursery stock,
etc. He took with him John Haley to fence and care for his place and,
leaving him there, soon returned to Oregon. The following spring he again
came to this region, and this time was accompanied by his son, Charles W.,
whom he left on the place. In May he returned to Portland to make final
arrangements for removing to his land, but while there became ill and died
on the 24th of May, 1859, at the early age of forty-nine years. He was a
member of the famous Lyceum and Debating Society of Oregon City and,
as he wrote to a friend, "always advocated those principles which are best
calculated to promote the cause of education, to promote the greatest good
to the greatest number." He was quite prominent in civic affairs, served as a
member of one of the early legislatures and in 1844 was one of three
commissioners to view out and survey a road from the Willamette falls to
the falls of the Yamhill river. He realized that a great future was in store for
this section and was among the men who laid broad and deep the
foundation for its future development.
Ransom Clark was married in 1845 to Miss Lettice Jane, the eldest
daughter of Elijah and Lucinda (Crisp) Millican. She was born in Canehill,
Arkansas, October 3, 1830. In 1843 the family joined the Whitman train

and after a journey of weary months reached Oregon. The following year
the Millican family settled near the town of Lafayette, Yamhill county, and
there in 1845 Lattice J. Millican became the wife of Ransom Clark.
Following the death of her husband in 1859, she made the journey to Walla
Walla in order to make arrangements for subsequently locating upon the
farm which Mr. Clark had taken up and which was known for many years
as the Ransom Clark donation claim. She was given a place in the
government ambulance from Wallula to Walla Walla and her first night in
the latter place was spent in the fort. The following morning she was driven
out to her claim and remained there for two weeks. She then returned to
Portland, where the birth of her daughter occurred the following summer. In
October, 1859, she again came to Walla Walla in company with her family.
They were passengers on the first stage from The Dalles to Walla Walla,
with John F. Abbott as driver. Later she received a letter from Judge E. D.
Shattuck of Portland advising her to sell her claim for two hundred and
seventy-five dollars and abandon the idea of developing it. However, she
disregarded this advice and continued to reside upon the farm with her
children. On the 23d of May, 1861, she married Almos H. Reynolds, a
sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. She was one of the earliest
pioneer women at the head of a ranch in Walla Walla county and the fact
that she had been privileged to witness more of the growth of the northwest
than others seemed to give her an added interest in everything pertaining to
public welfare. She contributed much to the upbuilding of the various
institutions of the city and by reason of her force of character and her many
liberal and well advised benefactions she was recognized as a most
prominent citizen of Walla Walla. The erection of the Young Men's
Christian Association building was made possible by a twenty thousand
dollar donation from her and after its completion she was one of the chief
contributors toward its upkeep. At the rally and jubilee held when the
association had raised the forty-five thousand dollars necessary to pay off
its debt the speech that she made expressing her great joy in the knowledge
that the association was free of all debt will long be remembered by all who
heard her. She was also a loyal friend and patron of Whitman College,
contributing generously at various times to the support of the institution and
paying off a debt of six thousand dollars on the girls' dormitory, which is
named in her honor Reynolds Hall. She was a woman of the highest ideals
and also had the keenness of intellect and strength of character to realize her

ideals and the memory of Lettice J. Reynolds will long be held in honor in
Walla Walla.
William S. Clark received his education in the public schools and
Whitman Academy, his parents realizing the value of liberal training and
giving their children the best advantages possible. After leaving school he
went to work in the drug store of Dr. J. H. Day of Walla Walla, and there
studied pharmacy. Later he was for two years clerk in a drug store in
Portland and then returned to Walla Walla and continued to engage in the
drug business here until 1877. He was then employed for some time on the
railroad from Walla Walla to Wallula, owned by Dr. Baker. The latter
recognized that with the settling up of the country land would rapidly
increase in value and advised Mr. Clark to invest his savings in land.
Accordingly he began buying farm lands, to the operation of which he gave
close personal supervision for many years. He now, however, leaves all the
actual work of cultivation to others, confining his attention to the business
management of his properties.
On the 6th of June, 1900, Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Miss Ella
H. Seelye, a teacher for seventeen years in the Walla Walla public schools.
She was born in Minnesota and is a daughter of Stuart Seelye, who had the
distinction of building the first lumber, shingle and flour mills in Little
Falls, Minnesota. The Seelye family have been prominent in educational
circles in the east, Julius Seelye being president of Amherst College and
Clark Seelye president of Smith College. To Mr. and Mrs. Clark has been
born a daughter, Evelyn.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark are members of the Congregational church and its
work profits greatly by their material and moral support. Mr. Clark is a
republican in politics and has taken quite a prominent part in public affairs.
He was assistant secretary of the constitutional convention of Washington
territory which met in 1878 and has never ceased to be an earnest student of
the questions and issues of the day. For two years he was president of the
Farmers Union of Walla Walla and in 1873 he was a member of the party
under the leadership of Major Truax which surveyed the land around
Colfax. He also saw military service, serving in the Nez Percé Indian war in
1877 and in the Bannock war in 1878. His record proves that he is in all
respects worthy of his ancestors. among whom were numbered soldiers of
the Revolutionary war, and he has taken advantage of the privilege which
his descent affords of joining the Sons of the American Revolution. The

first member of the family in America, Lieutenant William Clark, who came
to this country in 1630, also participated in Indian fighting, taking part in a
war which occurred in the year of his arrival. Mr. Clark is a member of the
different Masonic orders. He feels the greatest loyalty toward his city and
state and nothing gives him more pleasure than to cooperate with
movements for the public benefit.

JOHN SINGLETON.

John Singleton was one of the earliest of Walla Walla's pioneers,
arriving here in 1857, and to the time of his death he was prominently,
actively and helpfully associated with the work of development and
progress in this section of the state. He was born in County Cork, Ireland, in
1824, and was educated under private tutors. On the 22d of April, 1847, he
was married in Queens county, Ireland, to Miss Frances Jane Gowan and
two years later they crossed the Atlantic to the United States, settling in
New York, where he at once enlisted for service in the army. He was sent to
Texas as quartermaster's clerk under Major Bilger and the command was
stationed in the Alamo at San Antonio, Texas, his office being in the very
room where Colonel Davy Crockett was killed. He remained in Texas in the
service of the government for six years and was then honorably discharged,
after which he returned to Washington, D. C. Subsequently he occupied a
clerical position for six months in the old arsenal. He then went to
Baltimore, Maryland. In 1856 Mr. Singleton again enlisted in the army for
service on the Pacific coast, believing that the change of climate would
benefit his failing health. He made his way westward by way of the Isthmus
of Panama and thence northward to Vancouver, Washington, where he was
stationed for ten months. His company afterward took part in the war with
the Yakima Indians, having several sharp engagements with them in the
Cascade mountains. His command was led by Captain Winder and the
Indians by Chief Camiachan. After subduing the red men Captain Winder's
command built a fort and remained in the Cascades for about a year, but
later was transferred to The Dalles, Oregon, and in the spring of 1857
arrived at Fort Walla Walla, where Mr. Singleton remained in the service
until 1861, when he was honorably discharged, his term having expired.

While he was still engaged in military duty here the Indians from several
tribes joined in hostilities to prevent Captain Mullen opening a military road
across the Rocky and Coeur d'Alene mountains to the Columbia river. Mr.
Singleton was in Colonel Steptoe's command, which met the allied tribes in
the memorable engagement of Steptoe Butte, which was of several days'
duration. The whites, being greatly outnumbered, suffered a disastrous
defeat and were driven back to the Snake river in great disorder. In this
engagement Mr. Singleton had a very narrow escape from death. He
became separated from his comrades in the retreat and after wandering
around nearly all night came upon a band of friendly Nez Percé Indians,
who conducted him to the Clearwater river, ferried him across and directed
him to the camp of his company, who had reported to his wife that he had
died. Colonel Wright soon came up from The Dalles with a thousand men,
and being thus reenforced, the troops began an active campaign against the
Indians. In a short time the American army had scattered, captured or killed
the entire tribe. Some were hanged in the mountains but the most noted
leaders were brought to Walla Walla, where seven of them were hanged in
the public square in the rear of the garrison. During his service in Fort Walla
Walla, Mr. Singleton did most of the work of keeping the records of the
post, in the performance of which duty he was compelled to use an old-
fashioned quill pen.
Mrs. Singleton had purchased a squatter's right from Captain Pierce, and
on Mr. Singleton's discharge he retired to the homestead, which has been
the place of residence of the family continuously since. It is said that the
money which Captain Pierce obtained for his squatter's right enabled him to
open the Orofino mining district, of which he was the first prospector.
Mr. Singleton died at the old home on December 28, 1893, and there his
widow and two daughters still reside. Mrs. Singleton is now in her ninetieth
year but for some time past has been an invalid. To Mr. and Mrs. Singleton
were born six children: Catherine, who is the widow of Thomas Tierney and
resides in San Francisco; Frank E.; William H., who is deceased; Elizabeth
and Eudora M., who are at home; and Esther Belle, who gave her hand in
marriage to J. W. Brooks, a prominent attorney of Walla Walla.
Not only as one of the Indian fighters of the northwest but also as one of
the progressive farmers of Walla Walla county did John Singleton leave the
impress of his individuality upon the history of southeastern Washington.
His worth as a man and as a citizen was widely acknowledged by all who

knew him. There was no phase of pioneer life in this section of the country
with which he was not familiar and he rejoiced in all that was accomplished
in the way of introducing the evidences of modern civilization. His labors
wrought good results and his name should be inscribed high upon the roll of
those who have reclaimed this great region, making it a habitable and safe
place in which civilization may be still further advanced.

GARRIT ROMAINE.

Garrit Romaine was for many years engaged in farming on a tract of
three hundred and twenty acres of excellent land six miles north of Dayton,
in Columbia county, and it was recognized that the county had lost a valued
citizen when he was called to the home beyond. He was born in New York
city, March 7, 1829, a son of Benjamin and Charity (Hopper) Romaine, also
natives of the eastern metropolis. Subsequently the family removed to New
Jersey, and thence to Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, where both parents
passed away. All their eight children are also now deceased.

MR. AND MRS. GARRIT ROMAINE

Garrit Romaine was reared at home and obtained his education in the
public schools of New York city. When twenty years old he went west to

Wisconsin, where he remained for many years, or until 1877, when he
removed to California. After remaining there for a short time he took up his
residence in Harrisburg, Oregon, but in 1881 removed to Old Walla Walla
county, Washington, locating in what is now Columbia county, on a farm
six miles from Dayton. He at once began the improvement and
development of his place, which he continued to operate until called by
death. It comprises three hundred and twenty acres of good wheat land, and
his industry and good management were rewarded by large crops, from the
sale of which he derived a good income.
Mr. Romaine was married in Wisconsin in 1852, to Miss Martha L.
Harbaugh, by whom he had seven children: William B., deceased; John H.,
a farmer; Jerome W., now a resident of Bellingham, Washington; Franz
Sigel, a farmer; Charity, who is the wife of Newton James, and has three
children, Louis Homer, on the old farm, Lois, now Mrs. H. L. Gritman of
Columbia county, and Frida Ellen, now the wife of A. W. Munford of
Ironwood, Michigan; Freeman C., deceased; and Rachel, the wife of Henry
James, of Dayton.
Mr. Romaine gave his political allegiance to the republican party, and
while not an office seeker was always keenly interested in everything
affecting the general welfare. No project looking toward the advancement
of his community failed to receive his heartiest support and cooperation,
and he was particularly interested in the upbuilding of the local schools.
Fraternally he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and took an active part in the work of the lodge. He passed away October
23, 1900, and was laid to rest in the Dayton cemetery, leaving to mourn his
loss, besides his family, many warm friends. Mrs. Romaine resides with her
daughter, Mrs. Newton James, and holds title to the homestead. She belongs
to the Christian church and has exemplified its teachings in her daily life.

CHARLES F. KIBLER.

Charles F. Kibler, one of the prominent farmers and stockmen of Walla
Walla township, is with his brothers operating forty-four hundred acres of
fine land. He is a native son of Walla Walla county and has resided here
throughout his entire life. He was born September 24, 1874, of the marriage

of Jacob and Louise (Buroker) Kibler, natives respectively of Virginia and
Iowa. The father removed to Missouri when a young man and in the early
'50s made the long journey overland to California, where he resided for five
years. In 1858 he came to Walla Walla, Washington, and for some time
worked as a farm hand. He then took up land on Mill creek but for several
years gave the greater part of his time and attention to freighting by ox
team. Subsequently, when the country became more thickly settled and
there was not so much need for freighting supplies from a distant market
town, he began the cultivation of his land. His farming operations yielded
him a good profit and he acquired additional land, being at the time of his
death the owner of fifteen hundred acres. He made excellent improvements
upon his place and was one of the substantial men of the county. He passed
away in 1908 and is survived by his wife, who has reached the age of sixty-
six years. Five of the six children born to their union survive.
Charles F. Kibler passed the days of his boyhood and youth in his native
county and attended the district schools in the acquirement of his education.
Through working for his father he received thorough training in the best
methods of farming and stock raising and on attaining his majority he began
farming on his own account. He and his brothers have added to their
holdings from time to time and now own forty-four hundred acres of good
land finely improved. They have systematized their work and conduct their
ranch in the same careful manner that a business man manages his interests.
Their progressiveness and good judgment are manifested in the excellent
return which they receive from their land and they have never had occasion
to regret their choice of an occupation.
Charles F. Kibler was married in 1898 to Miss Marie Clodius, a native
of Illinois and a daughter of H. F. and Catherine Clodius, who removed to
Walla Walla county in 1881 and are now residents of Waitsburg. Mr. and
Mrs. Kibler have a son, Albert F., who was born October 21, 1900, and is
still at home.
Mr. Kibler casts his ballot in support of the men and measures of the
democratic party but has never sought office as a reward for his loyalty. He
is thoroughly imbued with the characteristic western spirit of enterprise and
optimism, and any project for the benefit of his county or state receives his
heartiest approval and most energetic support.

ALLEN H. REYNOLDS.

Allen H. Reynolds occupies an enviable position in professional and
financial circles as a leading lawyer of Walla Walla and as the president of
the Farmers Savings Bank. He was born January 24, 1869, in the city where
he still makes his home, his parents being Almos H. and Lettice J. (Clark)
Reynolds, who are mentioned at length on another page of this work. He
has spent his entire life in Walla Walla, acquiring his early education in a
private school conducted by the Rev. P. B. Chamberlain. He afterward
matriculated in Whitman College and thus laid broad and deep the
foundation upon which to build the superstructure of professional learning.
When his collegiate course was completed he decided upon the practice of
law as a life work and then entered the law department of the Boston
University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1893. Soon
afterward he returned to his native city, where he opened an office and
entered upon the practice of law, becoming associated with W. H. Kirkman.
Some time later that partnership was dissolved and he joined his brother
under the firm style of Reynolds Brothers, but in the spring of 1900 he
entered into partnership with Andrew J. Gillis in a relationship that
continued for some time. He is now a partner of Grant S. Bond, with offices
at No. 6½ Main street. His success in a professional way affords the best
evidence of his capabilities in this line. He is a strong advocate with the jury
and concise in his appeals before the court. Much of the success which has
attended him in his professional career is undoubtedly due to the fact that he
prepares his cases with great thoroughness and must be convinced of the
absolute justice of his client's cause. Aside from his activities in the
profession of law, Mr. Reynolds is well known in banking circles, having
served as vice president of the First National Bank of Walla Walla until
November, 1913. At the present time he is president of the Farmers Savings
Bank, having succeeded the late W. P. Winans, who had been president for
twenty-eight years.
On the 7th of November, 1894, Mr. Reynolds was married to Miss
Fanny Kirkman, a daughter of William H. and Isabella Kirkman, well
known residents of this city, where Mrs. Reynolds was born. They have
become parents of three children: William Allen, born November 19, 1895;
Almos, born May 19, 1898; and Ruth Sarah, born February 3, 1901.

Mr. Reynolds is treasurer and one of the trustees of Whitman College
and has been the president of the Young Men's Christian Association since
its organization. There is no plan or movement for the benefit and
upbuilding of the city in which he is not helpfully concerned, standing at all
times for progress and improvement in municipal as well as in private
affairs.

HENRY OSTERMAN.

Henry Osterman, a member of the firm of Osterman & Siebert, leading
architects of Walla Walla, and one whose efforts along professional lines
have found expression in the erection of some of the finest buildings not
only in this city but elsewhere in the state, was born in Germany, about
three miles from Essen, on the 20th of January, 1862, a son of William and
Mary (Wusthoff) Osterman, both of whom spent their entire lives in
Germany, where the father followed the occupations of farming and
milling.
Their son, Henry Osterman, was reared under the parental roof and
acquired a college education in Essen, Germany. He served three years in
the German army and after reaching his majority took up the study of
architecture in Dusseldorf, Germany. In May, 1889, he decided to try his
fortune in the new world, hoping here to find excellent professional
opportunities. He accordingly came to the United States and on the 15th of
June of that year he arrived in Walla Walla, Washington, where he has since
made his home and practiced his profession. Having little knowledge of the
English language and of building conditions in this country, which he found
somewhat different from those in his native land, he did not immediately
apply himself to architectural work but became associated with building
operations and for a time worked as a carpenter. Shortly afterward,
however, he took up contracting and building on his own account and was
prominently identified with building operations for eight years. In 1899 he
began the practice of his profession, opening an architect's office in the old
Baker-Boyer building. He associated with him in this undertaking Victor E.
Siebert, who was a former employe of Mr. Osterman and had later gone to
the east, where he was graduated from the Boston School of Technology in

1912. The following year he was admitted to a partnership, forming the
present firm of Osterman & Siebert. Among the many buildings for which
Mr. Osterman has drawn the plans and also superintended the erection are
the courthouse, the city hall, the Young Men's Christian Association
building, the high school building, the Jefferson, the Green Park and the
Sharpstein schools, the city library and practically all the important business
and office buildings in the city, together with many of the finer residences.
All these stand as monuments to the enterprise, the skill and the
professional ability of Mr. Osterman, whose thorough preparatory training
and subsequent study and experience have placed him in the front ranks
among the architects of the northwest.
In 1902 Mr. Osterman was united in marriage to Miss Geneva Cooney,
of Coon Rapids, Iowa, and to this marriage have been born five children,
Bernardina, Henrietta, Hugo, Ruth and Betty.
Mr. Osterman gives his political endorsement to the republican party.
Fraternally he is connected with Blue Mountain Lodge, No. 13, F. & A. M.;
Walla Walla Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M.; Washington Commandery, No. 1, K.
T.; the Consistory of Spokane; and El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., also
of Spokane, while both he and his wife are connected with the Order of the
Eastern Star. He is also identified with Trinity Lodge, I. O. O. F., and both
he and his wife are consistent members of the Congregational church,
guiding their lives according to its teachings. Mr. Osterman has never had
occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he
has found the business opportunities which he sought and in their utilization
has made steady progress. Not only does he rank with the leading architects
of Washington, but is also a prominent figure in financial and commercial
circles. He was one of the organizers of the Third National Bank, of which
he is now a director, and he is also one of the organizers and a member of
the board of directors of the Gardner Company, which owns and controls
Walla Walla's largest mercantile establishment. His identification with these
interests is the expression of his well directed energy and thrift, his close
application and his persistency of purpose, ever guided by a laudable
ambition. Step by step he has worked his way upward and his course should
serve to inspire others who must start out in life empty-handed. The wise
use which he has made of his time, his talents and his opportunities has
placed him in the creditable position which he fills today in business and
professional circles of Walla Walla.

ALMOS H. REYNOLDS.
LETTICE J. REYNOLDS.

Almos H. Reynolds was for many years one of the prominent financiers
of the northwest, becoming a factor in the establishment of the first banking
business in Walla Walla and figuring for many years as one of the principal
stockholders of the First National Bank. He was born in Madrid, St.
Lawrence county, New York, October 21, 1808, and in early life learned the
millwright's trade. In 1838, when a man of thirty years, he removed
westward to Illinois and subsequently became a resident of Iowa, where he
remained until 1850. He then crossed the plains to California, attracted by
the gold discoveries on the Pacific coast, and in May, 1859, he came to
Walla Walla, where he resided until his demise, which occurred thirty years
later, or on the 21st of April, 1889. He was prominently identified with
milling interests in this section, erecting many mills throughout the territory
of Washington, two of them being in the immediate vicinity of Walla Walla.
He also built and for several years owned a woolen mill at Dayton. He was
associated with Dr. J. H. Day in establishing the first banking business in
Walla Walla, opening a private banking institution, which they carried on
under the firm style of Reynolds & Day. He was alert and energetic,
constantly watchful of opportunities pointing to success. Eventually he
became one of the principal stockholders in the First National Bank and
was largely instrumental in its organization. Mr. Reynolds was a man of
keen insight which enabled him to readily recognize a favorable business
situation and his laudable ambition prompted its immediate use. Whatever
he undertook he carried forward to successful completion and the integrity
of his business methods was above question.

ALMOS H. REYNOLDS

MRS. LETTICE J. REYNOLDS

On the 23d of May, 1861, Mr. Reynolds was united in marriage to Mrs.
Lettice J. (Millican) Clark, the widow of Ransom Clark, who first crossed
the plains to Oregon with Dr. Whitman in 1843. She was born in Canehill,
Arkansas, October 3, 1830, and received her education in her native town.
In 1843 the family joined the Whitman train and after a journey of weary
months reached Oregon. The following year the Millican family settled near
the town of Lafayette, Yamhill county, and there in 1845 Lettice J. Millican
became the wife of Ransom Clark. Following the death of her husband in
1859, she made the journey to Walla Walla in order to make arrangements
for subsequently taking up her home upon the farm which Mr. Clark had
taken up and which was known for many years as the Ransom Clark

donation claim. She was given a place in the government wagon from
Wallula to Walla Walla and her first night in the latter place was spent in the
fort. The following morning she was driven out to her claim and remained
there for two weeks. She then returned to Portland and, after the birth of her
daughter the following summer, she took up her permanent home on the
claim in Walla Walla county. Soon after doing so she received a letter from
her Portland lawyer advising her to sell her claim for two hundred and
seventy-five dollars and abandon the idea of developing it. However, she
disregarded this advice and continued to reside upon the farm with her
children. On the 23d of May, 1861, she married Almos H. Reynolds. She
was the earliest pioneer woman residing in Walla Walla county and the fact
that she had been privileged to witness more of the growth of the northwest
than others seemed to give her an added interest in everything pertaining to
the public welfare. She contributed much to the upbuilding of the various
institutions of the city and by reason of her force of character and her many
liberal and well advised benefactions she was recognized as a most
prominent citizen of Walla Walla. The erection of the Young Men's
Christian Association building was made possible by a twenty thousand
dollar donation from her and after its completion she was one of the chief
contributors toward its upkeep. At the rally and jubilee held when the
association had raised the forty-five thousand dollars necessary to pay off
its debt, the speech that she made expressing her great joy in the knowledge
that the association was free of all debt will long be remembered by all who
heard her. She was also a loyal friend and patron of Whitman College,
contributing generously at various times to the support of the institution and
paying off a debt of six thousand dollars on the girls' dormitory, which is
named in her honor Reynolds Hall. She was a woman of the highest ideals
and also had the keenness of intellect and strength of character to realize her
ideals, and the memory of Lettice J. Reynolds will long be held in honor in
Walla Walla.
To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Almos H. Reynolds were born two
sons: Harry A., who was born October 14, 1863; and Allen H., who was
born January 24, 1869.

JOHN R. GOSE, M. D.

It is believed that few men possess the ability to attain success along
both professional and agricultural lines, but Dr. John R. Gose, living on
section 33, township 8 north, range 37 east, in Walla Walla county, has
made a creditable name in both connections. He was born in Missouri,
November 16, 1861, and is a son of John M. and Hannah J. (McQuown)
Gose, the former a native of Kentucky, while the latter was born in Virginia.
In 1864 they removed westward, settling at Boise, Idaho, where they spent
the winter, and in the following spring they arrived in Walla Walla county,
Washington, taking up their abode upon a ranch, where they are still living.
They are one of the most venerable couples of the county, the father having
attained the age of ninety-one years, while his wife is eighty-five years of
age. In their family were seven children, of whom three are living.
Dr. Gose was not yet four years of age when his parents crossed the
plains, so that he was reared upon the western frontier. He pursued his
education in the schools of Walla Walla county and after having completed
his preliminary course he determined to enter upon the practice of medicine
and with that end in view returned to the east, matriculating in Jefferson
Medical College of Philadelphia, from which in due course of time he was
graduated. He then returned to Washington to engage in the practice of his
profession, which he followed in Pomeroy, Garfield county, for fourteen
years and also in the city of Walla Walla for three years. He then withdrew
from the active practice of his profession, in which he had won substantial
success and made for himself a most creditable name. Removing to a ranch
near Dixie, he has since devoted his time and energies to general
agricultural pursuits and has proved most capable in the management and
conduct of his farming interests.
In 1889 Dr. Gose was united in marriage to Miss Minnie S. Aldrich, a
representative of one of the old pioneer families of this section of the state.
She was born upon the farm where she now resides and is a daughter of
Newton and Anna M. (Shoemaker) Aldrich. Her father was a native of the
state of New York, while her mother was born in Iowa. Mr. Aldrich came to
Washington in 1861 and was here married to Miss Shoemaker, who had
crossed the plains in 1864. They took up their abode upon the farm which is
now occupied by Dr. and Mrs. Gose and upon that place they spent their
remaining days. At the time of his death Mr. Aldrich owned seven hundred
and twenty acres of land, of which Mrs. Gose inherited three hundred and
sixty acres. He had gained a most substantial place among the agriculturists

of this section of the state and his genuine personal worth had endeared him
to all with whom he came in contact. To him and his wife were born three
children: Mrs. Gose; Ida, who has departed this life; and Clara E., who is
the wife of G. L. Bailey.
To Dr. and Mrs. Case have been born five children: Roberta L., who is a
college graduate; Kenneth A., who is living upon the home ranch; Carl, who
has passed away; Anna M., who is a high school graduate; and John
Newton, who is now attending high school. Dr. Gose belongs to the Modern
Woodmen camp in Dixie. His political allegiance is given to the republican
party and while he was a resident of Pomeroy he served for two terms as
mayor of that city. Mrs. Gose belongs to the Congregational church, in the
work of which she takes an active and helpful part. They are very prominent
people in this section of the state and the hospitality of the best homes is
freely accorded them. They have a circle of friends almost coextensive with
the circle of their acquaintance and they are both representatives of worthy
pioneer families of the northwest, having resided in this section of the
country for more than half a century. They have therefore witnessed the
greater part of the growth and development of Walla Walla county, have
seen tiny hamlets grow into prosperous cities, wild land converted into
productive farms and all the natural resources of the country utilized for the
benefit of man. Their aid and influence are always given on the side of
progress and improvement and they advocate as well all those high
standards which work for civic betterment.

CHARLES E. NYE.

Charles E. Nye, who is engaged in the harness and saddlery business in
Walla Walla, winning for himself a creditable position in commercial
circles, was born in Germany on the 3d of June, 1848, his parents being
John N. and Elizabeth (Baker) Nye. They came to the United States in
1853, when he was a little lad of but five years, the family home being
established in Marietta, Ohio, where the parents resided until they were
called to their final rest, the father following the occupation of farming as a
life work.

Charles E. Nye was reared to manhood on the old homestead farm and
early became familiar with the work of the fields, to which he directed his
attention during the summer months, while in the winter seasons he
attended the common schools of the neighborhood. When his textbooks
were put aside he found employment in a harness and saddlery shop at
Marietta, Ohio, where he served a regular apprenticeship, and at the age of
twenty-one years he started for the west, following the advice of Horace
Greeley. He worked as a journeyman at his trade in Kansas, Colorado,
Wyoming, Montana, California and Oregon, thus working his way
westward by successive stages until he reached the Pacific coast. In Oregon
he was for a time engaged in business on his own account, conducting a
harness and saddlery establishment at The Dalles. In 1878 he was in Walla
Walla but did not locate permanently until 1883, at which time he engaged
in business independently here and for the past thirty-five years he has been
a dominant factor in the trade circles of the city. In all of his commercial
relations he has been actuated by a progressive spirit and the excellence of
the goods which he handles and the work he turns out has insured him a
liberal patronage.
In 1890 Mr. Nye was married to Miss Tennie Brown, of Walla Walla.
Mr. Nye is well known and popular in fraternal circles, holding membership
in Blue Mountain Lodge, No. 13, F. & A. M.; Walla Walla Lodge, No. 287,
B. P. O. E.; and Columbia Lodge, No. 90, K. P. He is also a member of the
Walla Walla Commercial Club and cooperates in all of its plans and
measures for the upbuilding of the city and the extension of its trade
relations. His political allegiance is given the republican party, which he has
supported since reaching adult age. His long residence in Walla Walla has
made him largely familiar with its history and with its commercial
development he has been closely and prominently associated. Those who
know him, and he has a wide acquaintance, speak of him in terms of high
regard, for he has been found thoroughly reliable in business; loyal and
patriotic in citizenship and faithful in friendship. His life work has been
intelligently directed and he has always continued in the line in which he
embarked as a young tradesman, never dissipating his energies over a broad
field but so concentrating his efforts and attention that substantial results
have accrued.

W. D. LYMAN.

W. D. Lyman, author of this history, is a "native son of the Golden
West," having been born at Portland, Oregon, on December 1, 1812. His
father and mother, Horace Lyman and Mary Denison Lyman, came to
California around Cape Horn, in a sailing ship from New York, in 1848-9.
After a few months in California in the midst of the excitements of the gold
discoveries they removed to Portland, then a straggling village on the edge
of the dense forest which bordered the Willamette river. It is recalled by the
children of the family that their mother told them about how in those early
days she had heard the cries of the wolves and cougars in about the location
of the present Portland Hotel and other stately structures of the present city.
As a boy Professor Lyman went with his parents to Dallas in Polk
county, Oregon, and then to Forest Grove, Oregon, where his father was for
a number of years a professor of mathematics, and later of history and
rhetoric, in Pacific University, a pioneer college of those early days.
Brought up in those pioneer surroundings, in the midst of the
unconventional life and the sublime scenery of his native state, he received
a permanent impress which has led him throughout his life to find his
greatest interest in travel, mountain-climbing, investigation of the native
and pioneer life of Old Oregon, and in writing and lecturing upon themes
drawn from those early experiences. The old Oregon of Professor Lyman's
boyhood was typically American—free, unconventional and sincere, and
the wilderness about and the stimulus to adventure and enterprise implanted
in the minds and spirits of the boys and girls of that pioneer region, as it has
throughout the great west, is a certain union of the romantic and
imaginative with the practical which has resulted in placing the Pacific
states in the forefront of American communities.

Having completed a short college course at Pacific University in 1873,
the young man, after a few months spent in teaching, went east and in 1877
graduated at Williams College, Massachusetts. While there he was known
for his interest in debating, oratory and literature, as well as for his informal
and independent western way of considering political, social and religious

topics. Upon returning to Oregon in the fall of 1877, he entered upon what
proved to be his life work, that of a college teacher, writer and public
speaker. He became professor of history, oratory, and English literature at
Pacific University, where he continued until 1886. During that period he
laid the foundations of his subsequent literary career by spending his
summer vacations in mountain journeys and explorations of the rivers and
wildernesses of the northwest and in embodying the results of his
adventures in articles which appeared in various newspapers and
magazines, east and west. During this time he became a skillful amateur
photographer and has acquired a large collection of views, many of which
were the first to be taken of some of the wild scenes which he might be
considered the first to make known to the world.
During that period of his life the very important event of marriage
occurred. In 1882 Professor Lyman was united in marriage to Miss Mattie
Clark of Vancouver, Washington. Mrs. Lyman has become known in Walla
Walla and throughout the region about as one of the leaders in social,
intellectual and philanthropic life. Four children have been born to
Professor and Mrs. Lyman, two sons and two daughters. The oldest, Hubert,
born in 1883, is now engaged in business in the Philippine islands. The
second, Marjorie, born in 1885, is the wife of Ridgway Gillis, a state
highway engineer in charge of an important section of the Pacific highway,
with present residence at Kalama, Washington. The third, Willena, born in
1889, is living with her parents.
The fourth, Harold, is now engaged with the Walla Walla Bulletin.
Professor Lyman severed his connection with Pacific University in
1886, and for nearly three years was engaged mainly in literary work.
During that period he spent some time at Fresno, California, endeavoring to
start a raisin ranch. He was for a time at Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 1889 he
became head of the department of history at Whitman College, Walla Walla.
He has been thus engaged continuously to the present, with the exception of
the year 1891, when he was in Spokane. During these twenty-nine years he
has seen Whitman College grow from a struggling frontier institution,
largely of a preparatory grade, to a well equipped college supported by a
good endowment and by a loyal body of enthusiastic alumni, among whom
may be reckoned some of the foremost men and women of the northwest.

During his long residence in Walla Walla, Professor Lyman has been in
frequent demand as a speaker and lecturer on many pulpits and platforms
throughout the three northwest states, and has thus come to have a very
extensive acquaintance. He has been active in political life and has been a
candidate, though an unsuccessful one, as a democrat, for the national
congress. Brought up as a republican during the Civil war and
reconstruction periods, he became a liberal in political views and finally a
democrat. As an ardent supporter of Woodrow Wilson for both of his terms,
he labored with voice and pen for the election of that statesman whom he
regards as in the same class with Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln.
During all his active life a member of the Congregational church,
Professor Lyman has become known among his students and friends as very
liberal in religious views and has associates among all faiths. He has been
active in all forms of municipal betterment, in the prohibition and woman
suffrage causes, and since the opening of the great war has made many
addresses and written articles of a patriotic character. He firmly believes
that it is the God-given mission of the United States to "make the world safe
for democracy."
While living in Walla Walla, Professor Lyman has continued his
practice of mountaineering. He has been a member of both the Mazama and
Mountaineers' Clubs, and in the course of his life has made nine ascensions
of the great snow-capped volcanoes of the Cascade range and four of the
Olympics, besides many lesser peaks. He has traveled almost the entire
length of the Columbia river and many miles of the Snake and other
tributaries. The results of these journeys he embodied in what he regards as
the most highly literary and artistic of his various books, The Columbia
River, published in 1909 by G. P. Putnam's Sons and now entering upon its
third edition.
Professor Lyman has become something of a specialist in local history.
He was one of the principal writers of The History of the Pacific Northwest
in 1889. In 1901 his history of Walla Walla county appeared. In 1906 he
wrote the narrative part of a history of Skagit and Snohomish counties.
Having witnessed with his own eyes most of the remarkable development
of this section and having partaken of the social, industrial and political life
of the section in which he lives, he has been able to write sympathetically of
the struggles and the triumphs of the pioneers. As a side issue in his life,
Professor Lyman has been much interested in waterway transportation. He

has been for many years director of the Rivers and Harbors Congress for the
state of Washington and has seen many improvements in waterways as a
result of the labors of that organization. Opposed on principle to monopoly
and special privilege, he has deemed waterways and water power as among
the great agencies for preserving the freedom of the people.

HOWARD E. BARR.

That Howard E. Barr enjoys in unusual measure the confidence and
respect of his fellow townsmen is indicated in the fact that he is now
serving as mayor of Dayton, a position to which he was called by popular
vote and in which he is discharging his duties with marked capability and
fidelity. He was born in Tennessee, March 18, 1876, a son of Hugh and
Emeline (Parker) Barr, who were also natives of Tennessee, in which state
the death of the mother occurred. The father afterward removed to Texas,
where he is still living. In their family were four children, all of whom
survive.
Howard E. Barr was but seven years of age at the time of the removal of
the family to the Lone Star state and there he was reared and educated,
supplementing his public school training by a course in a college. He was a
man of thirty-one years when in 1907 he arrived in Dayton, Washington,
where he has since made his home, covering a period of a decade. He here
established a barber shop and is still engaged in the business. In community
affairs he has taken a helpful interest and on the citizens' ticket he was
elected in 1916 to the office of mayor of Dayton, in which capacity he is
now serving. He has closely studied the needs of the city, its opportunities
and the possibilities for improvement and is giving to the city a businesslike
and progressive administration.
In 1909 Mr. Barr was united in marriage to Miss Maud Babb, a native
of Texas, and to them has been born a daughter, Geneva R., whose birth
occurred July 4, 1912. The family occupies an attractive home in Dayton,
where Mr. Barr owns two residences. Mrs. Barr is a member of the
Christian church and in his fraternal relations Mr. Barr is an Odd Fellow
and a Knight of Pythias, in both of which lodges he has filled all the chairs,
showing his high standing among his brethren of the two fraternities. He is

a man of genuine worth, alert, energetic and progressive not only in his
business connections but also as a public official. He stands for whatever he
believes to be best for the community and Dayton has benefited by his
administration of her affairs.

ARTHUR H. HALLE.

Arthur H. Halle is prominently connected with hotel ownership and
management in the northwest. He is well known as a progressive business
man of Walla Walla and before coming to this city was closely associated
with hotel interests in various sections of the country. He is, however, a
native of Germany, his birth having occurred in Leipzig on the 19th of
April, 1877. His father, Paul Halle, lived and died in that country, where he
was engaged during his active business career as a traveling salesman. His
wife, who bore the maiden name of Laura Muenzner, still resides in
Germany.
Arthur H. Halle is one of a family of four children and is the only one
residing in America. He pursued his education in the schools of Germany
and came to the United States in 1897, when a young man of twenty years.
He first made his way to New York and afterward to Chicago, where he was
employed in the Grand Pacific Hotel for ten years. Later he removed to
Lewiston, Montana, and was afterward located at different periods in Miles
City, Billings and Missoula, Montana. He then came to the "garden spot of
the northwest," arriving in Walla Walla in 1911. Here he established the
Grand Hotel, after which he returned to Missoula to look after his hotel
interests in that city. Three years later he again came to Walla Walla to take
up his permanent abode. He is associated with Charles Mullemer and J. S.
Rick in the ownership of the hotel at Missoula and of the Grand in Walla
Walla, the latter being one of the finest hostelries of this city. The Palace at
Missoula is of equal rank and both are liberally patronized because of the
excellent service rendered to the public. Mr. Halle and his associates
maintain the highest standards in hotel management and conduct and
displayed something of the spirit of the pioneer in that they have initiated
new methods which add to the success of their business and to the comfort
of their guests.

In Chicago, in 1901, Mr. Halle was united in marriage to Miss Alice
Rick, who was born in that city, a daughter of J. S. Rick, who is yet living,
while her mother has passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Halle have become the
parents of two children, Laura and Dorothy. In the social circles of Walla
Walla Mr. and Mrs. Halle are widely and favorably known, the hospitality
of the best homes being freely accorded them.
Mr. Halle has made steady progress since coming to the United States,
advancing step by step in the business world, and his enterprise and
perseverance have made him one of the successful hotel men of the
northwest. His membership relations include connection with the Lutheran
church, the Elks and the Commercial Club.

WILLIAM CHARLES PAINTER.

The days of chivalry and knighthood in Europe cannot furnish more
interesting or romantic tales than our own western history. Into the wild
mountain fastnesses of the unexplored west went brave men whose courage
was often called forth in encounters with hostile savages. The land was rich
in all natural resources, in metals, in agricultural and commercial
possibilities, and awaited the demands of man to yield up its treasures. But
its mountain heights were hard to climb, its forests difficult to penetrate and
the magnificent trees, the dense bushes or jagged rocks often sheltered the
skulking foe, who resented the encroachment of the pale faces upon these
"hunting grounds." The establishment of homes in this beautiful region
therefore meant sacrifices, hardships and ofttimes death, but there were
some men, however, brave enough to meet the red man in his own familiar
haunts and undertake the task of reclaiming the district for purposes of
civilization. The rich mineral stores of the northwest were thus added to the
wealth of the nation, its magnificent forests contributed to the lumber
industry and its fertile valleys added to the opportunities of the farmer and
stock raiser; and today the northwest is one of the most productive sections
of the entire country. That this is so is due to such men as William Charles
Painter, whose name is inseparably interwoven with the history of the
region. No story of fiction contains more exciting chapters than may be
found in his life record. He was one of the most prominent of those who

engaged in Indian warfare and for many years he was also a leading figure
in the agricultural development of this section of the state. Walla Walla
numbered him among her most honored and valued citizens and his death
was the occasion of deep and widespread regret.
William C. Painter was born in St. Genevieve, Missouri, April 18, 1830,
and there the earliest years of his life were passed. His paternal ancestors
came from Mercer county, Pennsylvania. His mother, who bore the maiden
name of Jean Moore, was a daughter of Major Robert Moore, a veteran of
the War of 1812 and well known in connection with the early history of
Oregon. In 1850 the father with his family started for Oregon, but when the
Little Blue river was reached the father and two of the sons died of cholera.
The mother and the surviving children continued the journey westward with
sore hearts but with undaunted courage and finally reached Washington
county, Oregon, where donation land claims were secured.

WILLIAM C. PAINTER

There William C. Painter resided until 1863 and was prominently
identified with the early development of that section. At the time of the
Indian war of 1855 he was one of the first to enlist, becoming a member of
Company D, First Oregon Mounted Volunteers, which command fought the
Indians for four days near Walla Walla, finally routing the red men, who
retreated to the Palouse country. In this and many other engagements of the
Indian war Mr. Painter distinguished himself for bravery. He remained with
his company until the close of hostilities. In 1855 certain young ladies of
the Forest Grove Academy, now the Tualitin Academy and the Pacific
University, presented the company with a flag. Mr. Painter's comrades in
arms voted that he should become its bearer and the starry banner finally

came into his exclusive possession and is still carefully preserved in the
Painter household as a priceless relic. Upon its field there are but twenty-
one stars and on the flag, inscribed in large letters, are the words, "Co. D,
First Oregon Vol., 1855-6." In the war against the Bannock and Piute
Indians in 1878, Mr. Painter again engaged in fighting the red men. He was
appointed by Governor Ferry captain of a company of forty-two men and
was assigned to duty on the gunboat Spokane under command of Major
Cress of the regular army. The first engagement in which he participated
was at Long Island in the Columbia river below Umatilla, in which the
whites were successful. Major Cress, in a letter to Mr. Painter written from
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, under date of April 15, 1897, speaks very
highly of the assistance which the latter rendered. After this engagement, in
recognition of his valuable service, he was made aid-de-camp on the staff of
Governor Ferry, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and was placed in
command of forty-two men. He was then sent to eastern Oregon to assist in
defending the people against the Indians who had recently been defeated by
General O. O. Howard. He passed south of the retreating bands to Camas
Prairie with a view of intercepting the retreat. The hostile savages, learning
of his position, by a circuitous route passed around him and escaped, but he
captured enough horses to pay the entire expenses of his command.
Although no battle was fought in that campaign, it was considered so
hazardous that an offer of ten dollars per day for guides was not sufficient
to cause anyone to accept and run the risk. In his official report, General O.
O. Howard, quoting Captain John A. Cress, said "Captain William C.
Painter and the forty-two volunteers from Walla Walla deserve praise for
good conduct and bravery, not excepting my Vancouver regiment and
Captain Gray, with officers and crew of the steamer Spokane, who stood
firmly at their posts under fire."
When the country no longer needed his military aid Captain Painter
became a clerk for Flanders & Felton of Wallula, and when the senior
member was elected to congress in 1867, Captain Painter took charge of the
business. He also became postmaster of Wallula and the agent for the Wells
Fargo Express Company. Returning to Walla Walla, he was appointed
deputy collector of internal revenue for eastern Washington and in
November, 1870, he resigned that position, although his resignation was not
accepted until the following May. After retiring from office he made some
unfortunate mill investments, in which he lost everything that he had saved.

With courageous spirit, however, he again became a wage earner and was
thus employed until 1876, when he was appointed receiver of the United
States land office and occupied that position in most satisfactory manner
until 1878, when he was elected county auditor. He served for four
consecutive terms in that position and the Waitsburg Times of March 11,
1887, in speaking of him at his retirement from office, designated him as
"the best auditor Walla Walla county ever had." He ever regarded a public
office as a public trust and it is well known that no trust reposed in Captain
Painter was ever betrayed in the slightest degree. Upon his retirement from
the position of county auditor he concentrated his attention on farming,
having fifteen hundred acres in the Eureka flats. While thus engaged he still
occupied the old home on South Third street in Walla Walla, where the
family still reside. He was thus extensively engaged in general agricultural
pursuits and continued his farming operations until about two years prior to
his death.
On the 7th of January, 1864, Captain Painter was married to Miss
Caroline Mitchell, the only daughter of Judge I. Mitchell, of Multnomah
county, Oregon, and their children are: Philip M., a resident of Walla Walla
county; Charles S., of Montana; Maude M., the wife of Garrett D'Ablaing
of Ellensburg; Harry M., a Congregational minister of Seattle; Bonnie Jean,
the wife of R. F. MacLane of Walla Walla; Marguerite M., the wife of
Herbert Gall of Sascatoon, Canada; Roy R., deceased; Rex M., of Walla
Walla county; Caroline M., the wife of H. J. Wolff of Seattle; and Bruce I.,
of San Francisco. The family circle was broken by the hand of death when
on the 4th of December, 1900, Captain Painter died of paralysis. For some
time he was a vestryman of the Episcopal church which the family attend.
His political allegiance had always been given to the republican party from
the time of its organization and he was a most faithful follower of its
principles. It is said that at every demonstration of a patriotic nature Captain
Painter was called upon to take his place among the leaders, with his battle-
scarred Indian war flag. His patriotic sentiments led him to take a prominent
part in the Pioneer Association of Oregon and he always made a special
effort to be present at its meetings. He was also active among the Indian
War Veterans and was the first grand commander of the organization. For
years he belonged to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He gave
devoted loyalty to every cause which he espoused and his is a most notable

and honorable record of a pioneer, a valiant soldier and one of nature's
noblemen.

WILLIS E. L. FORD.

No history of the pioneer development of Walla Walla county and of the
vast west would be complete without extended reference to the Ford family,
for Willis E. L. Ford and his father have been particularly active in
advancing development along those lines which have meant much to the
upbuilding and progress of this section. He was born near Oregon City,
Oregon, November 29, 1855, a son of Nineveh and Martha Jane (Simpson)
Ford. The father was a native of North Carolina, while the mother's birth
occurred in Missouri. He crossed the plains in 1843 with Marcus Whitman,
making the journey with ox teams, and he built the first tannery in Oregon
City and in fact in that entire section of the country. He continued its
operation for several years and also conducted a shoe store there. In 1848
he was one of the volunteers who enlisted for service against the Indians
and traveled all over this section of the country in pursuit of the red men. It
was at this time that the massacre of the white people at Walla Walla
occurred. All that the soldiers had to eat for thirty days was the meat of a
cayuse pony without salt. His travels over this section of the country
brought to Nineveh Ford a good knowledge of the land and its possibilities
and in 1859 he removed with his family to the Walla Walla valley, settling
upon a farm upon which he resided to the time of his death. It was a wild
tract of land when it came into his possession but with characteristic energy
he began to break the sod and till the fields. His wife was the first white
woman in the valley outside of the garrison. Mr. Ford built a log cabin with
puncheon floor and doors and stick chimney and in true pioneer style began
his life in Oregon territory. The latchstring of his cabin always hung out,
assuring the traveler of a hearty welcome, and the stranger was always free
to partake of whatever the table afforded. He worked diligently and
persistently in the cultivation of his land and in the course of time his fields
brought forth abundant harvests and his once wild tract was converted into
a valuable farm. Moreover, he was one of the recognized leaders of the
democratic party in this section of the state. He gave to that party his

stalwart support, never faltering in his allegiance thereto, and twice he was
called upon to represent his district in the state legislature while a resident
of Oregon. Fraternally he was connected with the Masons and in his life
exemplified the beneficent spirit of the craft, for he was continually
extending a helping hand where aid was needed.
Willis E. L. Ford was one of a family of eleven children, seven of whom
are now living. He shared with the family in all of the hardships and
privations incident to frontier life. Such a life develops a self-reliance and
force of character which count for much in the later struggle for existence
and business supremacy. He supplemented his early education by study in
the seminary in Walla Walla and afterward settled upon a farm in Whitman
county, taking up his abode there in 1877. For thirty-five years he lived
upon that place, ranking with the leading and representative agriculturists of
that section of the state. When more than a third of a century had been
passed there he sold his property and in a considerable measure retired from
active business life. He purchased a farm of twenty-four acres in College
Place and has since lived there, giving his attention to the raising of fruit
and also to the conduct of a dairy business. His interests are carefully
managed and are bringing to him a substantial measure of success.
In 1886 Mr. Ford was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda A. Andross,
who was born in Minnesota, a daughter of William H. and Sophronia
(Winigar) Andross, the former a native of England, while the latter was
born in the state of New York. They removed westward on leaving
Minnesota and became residents of the Walla Walla valley, where both the
father and mother passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Ford have become the parents
of six children: Grace, who is now a nurse in Los Angeles, California;
Frank, also living in California; Edna, who was a college graduate and
taught school for one week, after which she was killed by an electric car in
Spokane, Washington; Orley, who is a missionary in South America; and
John and Orpha, both of whom are at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ford hold membership with the Seventh Day Adventist
church and take an active part in its work, doing all in their power to
advance its growth and extend its influence. In politics Mr. Ford maintains a
liberal course, not caring to bind himself by party lines. He served on the
school board for several years and has ever been a champion of the cause of
public education. There are few residents of Walla Walla county more
familiar with the story of pioneer life and conditions in this section of the

state than he. He was only four years of age when brought to Walla Walla
county. In 1877 he served as a volunteer in the Indian war and had his horse
killed by his side. He thoroughly understands the red man, his nature and
his problems. He has lived to see this section of the country no longer under
the dominion of the savage and has witnessed its transformation as the work
of modern day progress and improvement has been carried forward,
whereby the natural resources of the country have been utilized and its
wealth and progress thus greatly enhanced. The name of Ford figures
prominently in connection with the history of the Inland Empire and Willis
E. L. Ford indeed deserves mention among the honored pioneers.

CHARLES PLUCKER.

Charles Plucker was one of the honored citizens of the Walla Walla
valley. He attained the age of eighty-two years but at the time of his death
was still giving personal direction to his extensive and important farming
interests. His life experiences were varied and prominently connected him
with the upbuilding and development of this section of the country. He was
born in Germany, November 9, 1835, and was a son of Carl and Mary
Plucker, who were also natives of that country, where they spent their entire
lives. They had a family of eight children, four of whom are now living.
Charles Plucker, whose name introduces this review, was reared and
educated in Germany, spending the first seventeen years of his life in that
country. He then determined to try his fortune in the new world and become
a resident of America. In 1854, therefore, he made the voyage across the
Atlantic and for two years remained a resident of New York. In 1856 he
enlisted at the age of nineteen years in the army of his adopted land and was
located on Governors island. In 1857 he went to Fort Simcoe as a soldier
and was on active military duty there for five years. He was later sent to
Fort Colwell and in 1861 he received an honorable discharge, having for
five years rendered active aid to the United States government in its efforts
to protect American interests and the lives and property of the people upon
the northwestern frontier.
Mr. Plucker was then honorably discharged and came to Walla Walla,
where he opened a paint shop. He continued in active business in that city

for fourteen years and in 1875 he turned his attention to general agricultural
interests, purchasing a farm on the Touchet river on section 14, township 8
north, range 33 east. He continued to reside upon that property until his
death, being the owner of ten hundred and eighty acres of rich and valuable
land which he greatly improved, adding thereto many commodious and
substantial modern buildings and all the accessories and conveniences of
the highly improved farm of the present day. Few men of his years remain
in such active connection with business affairs as did Mr. Plucker. He was,
however, a well preserved man physically and mentally and seemed much
younger than the record indicated.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES PLUCKER

On the 7th of October, 1868, Mr. Plucker was united in marriage to
Miss Katherine A. Hauer, also a native of Germany, who came to the United
States in 1868. She is a daughter of Christian and Augusta (Lüder) Hauer,
who were born, reared and married in Schleswig-Holstein, The father, who
was a hatter by trade, died there August 6, 1866. In 1880 the mother came
to America with a nephew and her daughter, Mrs. Frederika Roehl Behl,
who located in San Francisco. After spending a few months in that city Mrs.
Hauer came to Washington to make her home with another daughter, Mrs.
Charles Plucker, and here she passed away April 29, 1881, at the age of
eighty years. She was the mother of six children, all of whom are now
deceased with the exception of Mrs. Plucker. Five children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Plucker, namely: Frederick and Charles, now deceased; W. H.,
who died at the age of forty-five years; Magdalena, the wife of Peter
Conrad; and F. C., at home with his mother.
After a useful and well spent life Mr. Plucker passed away on the 30th
of October, 1917. In his political views he was a democrat, supporting the
party from the time he became a naturalized American citizen. He served on
the school board but did not seek office, preferring to concentrate his efforts
and attention upon his business affairs. He especially deserves mention
among the self-made men of the state, for he started out in life empty-
handed and all that he possessed was acquired through his persistent,
earnest and honorable effort. The family is one of prominence here and has
been widely and favorably known in the valley since early days.

A. F. ANDERSON.

A. F. Anderson is a retired farmer living in Prescott. He has been closely
identified with agricultural interests and is still the owner of valuable
farming property, from which he derives a gratifying income, but at the
present time he is largely leaving the management and operation of his land
to others, for he is enjoying a rest which he has truly earned and richly
deserves. He was born in Sweden, September 23, 1844, and was there
reared and educated, spending the period of his boyhood and youth in that
country. He was also married in his native land and in 1869, when a young
man of twenty-five years, he crossed the Atlantic to the new world, making

his way first to Kansas, where he resided for about twelve years, or until
1881. He then came to the northwest with Washington as his destination and
was section foreman in this state for fifteen years. He also took up a
homestead of one hundred and sixty acres and later he purchased one
hundred and sixty acres more. His half section is all wheat land and has
been brought under a high state of cultivation, large crops being annually
gathered. Excellent improvements have been placed upon his farm and
there is no accessory or convenience of the model farm property that is not
found there. He owns a fine residence in Prescott and his surroundings are
indicative of his life of well directed energy and thrift.
In 1869 Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Mary Carlson, a
native of Sweden, and they have become parents of eight children: Hilma;
Augusta; Charles, who is now deputy sheriff at Wallula; Wilhelmina; Ada;
Edith; Harry; and Genevieve.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are well known residents of Prescott. His
political allegiance is given to the republican party and he has served as
justice of the peace and as school director, while at the present time he is
one of the aldermen of the city. His political activity has always been
characterized by the utmost devotion to the general good and he has been
most true and faithful in his official positions, discharging his duties with
marked capability and promptness. Moreover, he is a self-made man and
one who deserves great credit for what he has accomplished in a business
way. He came to the new world empty-handed when a young man of
twenty-five, but he possessed the substantial qualities of courage,
determination and industry and has utilized these qualities as the basis of
his growing success. Undeterred by the obstacles and difficulties in his
path, he has steadily worked his way upward and is now one of the
prosperous residents of Prescott.

JOHN A. ROSS.

In the death of John A. Ross, Walla Walla county lost a representative
agriculturist, a loyal citizen and a man whose worth in every relation was
widely acknowledged. He was born in Pennsylvania, July 16, 1860, and
was reared and educated in that state. He there remained until 1879, when,

at the age of nineteen years, he bade adieu to friends in the east and started
for the Pacific coast. On reaching Walla Walla county he here took up his
abode and remained a resident of this section until life's labors were ended
in death.
It was in the year 1882 that Mr. Ross secured a faithful companion and
helpmate for life's journey in his marriage to Miss Florence Cauvel who
was also born in Pennsylvania and was a daughter of John and Matilda
(Ketner) Cauvel, who always remained residents of the Keystone state. In
their family were fifteen children, of whom eleven are yet living.
Following his marriage Mr. Ross purchased a farm near Pendleton,
Oregon, and the family resided upon that place for some time. Eventually,
however, he sold that property and removed to Camas prairie, where he
again purchased land and followed farming for two years. On the expiration
of that period he sold the property and invested in a farm at Sunnyside,
where he made his home for five years. Once more he disposed of his
property and this time bought a farm near Walla Walla comprising fifty
acres, to the further development of which he at once bent his energies, his
labors being attended with excellent results. He added many improvements
to the place, erected fine buildings thereon and his labors wrought a marked
transformation in the property. He was progressive in all that he did, was an
energetic farmer and his labors were at all times intelligently directed and
characterized by sound business judgment.
The family of Mr. and Mrs. Ross numbered five children: Winifred,
who is the wife of George Calhoun; Mabel, the wife of Dale Babcock; Carl,
who is now in Idaho; Royal, who is with his mother; and Pauline, the
youngest of the family.
The family circle was broken by the hand of death when in July, 1912,
Mr. Ross passed away, his remains being interred in the cemetery in Walla
Walla. His death was the occasion of sincere and widespread regret of the
many who knew him and of deep sorrow to his immediate family, for he
possessed attractive social qualities, a genial disposition and a kindly
manner that endeared him to those with whom he was brought in contact.
He belonged to the Modern Woodmen of America and he gave his political
allegiance to the democratic party. He was also a consistent member of the
Congregational church, with which his wife is connected, and in the work
of the church they ever took a most active and helpful part. Mr. Ross was a

man whom to know was to esteem and honor for his life was ever upright
and straightforward in its purposes and in its dealings and he was a worthy
representative of high standards of manhood and citizenship.

P. B. HAWLEY.

P. B. Hawley is engaged in farming on section 27, township 7 north,
range 33 east, and is regarded as one of the representative agriculturists of
Walla Walla county. He has been in former years a leading factor in political
circles and has been called upon to fill various offices, the duties of which
he has discharged with promptness and fidelity. Throughout his entire life
he has been a resident of the northwest.
Mr. Hawley was born in Umatilla county, Oregon, on the 30th of June,
1862, a son of Philip L. and Sarah J. (Roberts) Hawley, both of whom were
natives of Illinois. They were married, however, in Ohio and in 1861 they
crossed the plains to Walla Walla, Washington, attracted by the
opportunities of the growing northwest. Subsequently the father removed
with his family to Umatilla county, Oregon, where he took up a homestead
near Pilot Rock, and thereon resided for two or three years. He then turned
his attention to the lumber business, in which he engaged in connection
with George H. Reed, forming the Reed & Hawley Lumber Company. They
operated mills in Umatilla county and had lumberyards in Walla Walla. The
father was identified with this business throughout the remainder of his
active life but his labors were terminated in death in 1878. His widow
survived him for only a brief period, passing away in 1879.
P. B. Hawley after attending the public schools continued his education
in the Whitman College and thus became well qualified for life's practical
and responsible duties. In partnership with his brothers, L. R. and W. B.
Hawley, he purchased extensive farm lands in Walla Walla county, built
irrigation ditches and for seven years the three brothers were most closely
associated in the conduct of their farming enterprises. In recent years,
however, their holdings have been divided and P. B. Hawley now owns in
his home place two hundred and fifty acres of rich and valuable land which
he has carefully and persistently cultivated, bringing his fields under a very
high state of development, so that he annually gathers good crops. He

displays keen sagacity and business discernment in the management of his
interests and success in large measure has attended his labors.
In 1905 Mr. Hawley was united in marriage to Miss Lillie Hunziker, of
Walla Walla, and to them has been born a daughter, Alida F. He belongs to
Trinity Lodge, No. 121, I. O. O. F., of which he became a charter member,
and he also has connection with the Modern Woodmen of America. He and
his wife are members of the Community church of Touchet and their aid
and influence are always given on the side of progress and improvement.
He is a well known and representative citizen of Walla Walla county and
there are various chapters in his life history well worthy of emulation. He is
genial in manner, social in disposition and is cordial but never to the point
of familiarity. These qualities have won him personal popularity, while his
enterprise and diligence have gained him prominence in business circles.

WILLIAM KIRKMAN.

William Kirkman, deceased, one of the honored pioneers of Walla Walla
county, was prominently identified with stock raising interests for a
considerable period and previous to that time was engaged in prospecting
for a time. His activities were of a character that contributed to the progress
and prosperity of the district in which he resided and Walla Walla numbered
him among her most honored and valued residents. He was born near
Manchester, in Lancashire, England, December 7, 1832, and received his
education and grew to manhood in his native country. When about twenty
years of age he came to the United States. He had been identified with the
firm of Grant Brothers, proprietors of woolen mills in Lancashire, England.
It is supposed that these brothers were the originals of Dickens' characters
of the Cherable brothers. They had designed a fancy Marseilles vesting and
Mr. Kirkman came to America to introduce the goods. For two years he
resided in Boston, Massachusetts, after which he made his way westward
by the Isthmus of Panama route. He spent some time in the gold mines of
California and then proceeded by sailing vessel to Australia and to the
Sandwich Islands, but returned to the American continent when the news
was received of the discovery of gold in paying quantities on the Fraser
river in British Columbia. He proceeded to the gold fields there and for a

number of years divided his time between the mines in that region and in
California. After making and losing what in those days amounted to several
small fortunes he determined to engage in a more stable business and,
accordingly, in 1862, he returned to San Francisco and the next year
purchased cattle in Oregon, which he drove to the market at Boise, Idaho.
He there established himself in the stock business. In 1866 he took an
eighty-mule team pack from Walla Walla to Montana, where he disposed of
all of his goods. He then became interested in a milk ranch and dairy
business, but in 1870 he disposed of his ranch and stock and returned to San
Francisco with the intention of making that city his permanent home.
However, he afterward came to Walla Walla and entered into partnership
with John Dooley for the conduct of a cattle business. Their cattle range
extended from Pasco to Spokane and from Sprague to the Snake river and
was known as the Figure 3 Ranch. This firm was the first to ship cattle out
of the territory to Montana and elsewhere. At a subsequent period Mr.
Kirkman became heavily interested in the sheep industry and for many
years he was an extensive raiser of both cattle and sheep. During all this
time he maintained his partnership relation with Mr. Dooley, their
connection continuing for about twenty years. He also invested in farm
lands, becoming in time the owner of twelve hundred acres. In 1891 he
retired from active life and the year 1892 was spent by him in travel in
Europe. He had hoped that freedom from business cares and the pleasure of
travel would enable him to regain his health, which had become quite
seriously impaired, but this expectation proved futile, as he died at Stevens
Point, Wisconsin, April 25, 1893, when on his way home. Mr. Kirkman was
a man alive to all public interests and opportunities. He was one of the early
contributors to Whitman College and paid the tuition of various students
there in order to help them and the institution. When the receipts of the
college were too small Mr. Kirkman joined with John F. Boyer to make up
the deficit. He was a man of many substantial qualities and thereby gained
many friends. He contributed much to the development of the northwest
along material, social, intellectual and moral lines, his influence always
being on the side of progress and improvement for the individual and for
the community.

WILLIAM KIRKMAN

On the 4th of February, 1867, in San Francisco, Mr. Kirkman was
united in marriage to Miss Isabella Potts, a native of Ireland and a daughter
of Robert and Agnes (Evans) Potts, who passed their entire lives on the
Emerald isle. Mrs. Kirkman came to the United States in her girlhood,
going to San Francisco to join her two sisters who were already residing
there. The four surviving children of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkman are William H.,
Fannie A., Myrtle B. and Leslie G. The eldest son was horn in Idaho in
May, 1868, and pursued his education in Whitman College and in the
Boston University, from which he was graduated on the completion of a law

course in the class of 1893 and then located for practice in Walla Walla,
where he followed his profession for two years. He wedded Maud Ashley,
who passed away in 1905, leaving one son, William Leslie, who was born
in 1901. William H. Kirkman resided in Walla Walla and filled the office of
clerk of the federal court for a year. He was also a member of the city
council and a member of the school board. Fraternally he was connected
with the Masons as a member of the York Rite and of the Mystic Shrine,
and he also held membership with the Elks, in which he filled all of the
chairs of the local lodge. Fannie A. is the wife of A. H. Reynolds, a
prominent attorney and president of the Farmers Savings Bank of Walla
Walla. The youngest son, Leslie G., was born in Walla Walla in June, 1881,
and pursued his education in the schools of his native city. He married
Mabelle E. Hawman and they have one child, Leslie Gilmore, who was
born in 1916. Leslie G. Kirkman is an Elk and a Mason. He resides in Walla
Walla and he and his brother are engaged in farming, the latter having
retired from law practice, and they are now devoting their attention to the
cultivation, development and further improvement of the old homestead
property which was left by their father. Myrtle B. Kirkman resides with her
mother in Walla Walla.
William Kirkman was very prominent in civic affairs and exerted great
influence on many interests that had to do with the upbuilding and progress
of Walla Walla. His political allegiance was given to the republican party
and he was a delegate to the national republican convention which was held
in Minneapolis in 1892 and nominated Benjamin Harrison. He was
appointed on the committee with William McKinley to notify Mr. Harrison
of his nomination. Mr. Kirkman served on the first board of directors of the
penitentiary upon its establishment and was a member of the board of
education in Walla Walla, contributing much to the development of its
school system. As previously stated, he was closely associated with the
welfare and progress of Whitman College and was still a member of its
board of directors at the time of his demise. He was a man of sterling
qualities, possessing a kindly, genial disposition that endeared him to those
who came in contact with him, and was charitable to a fault. Although not a
member of any church, he was a liberal contributor to the support of various
religious bodies of the city and no worthy cause appealed to him in vain.
His interests were broad and embraced all that was worth while in life, yet

his greatest care and his fullest devotion were always given to his home and
family.

CLEMENT O. BERGEVIN.

Clement O. Bergevin, who is actively engaged in farming on section 35,
township 7 north, range 34 east, was born on the old Bergevin homestead in
this part of Walla Walla county, his natal day being March 16, 1891. He is a
son of Damase and Mary P. (Allard) Bergevin, the former a native of
Canada and of French extraction. He is mentioned elsewhere in this work.
Clement O. Bergevin spent his youthful days in his father's home and
acquired his education in the old French town school. In 1912 he began
farming on his own account. He had been reared to that occupation and
early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and
cultivating the crops. He thus brought broad experience to his work when
he started out independently. He is now cultivating three hundred and
twenty acres of land, upon which he now resides and which is a part of his
father's estate. He also owns a third equity in a farm of three hundred and
twenty acres elsewhere in the same township and a third equity in a five
hundred acre tract. His farming interests are thus extensive and important
and in all of his business affairs he displays marked energy and
determination. His industry has enabled him to overcome obstacles and
difficulties in his path and capable management has brought him substantial
reward.
On the 12th of May, 1915, Mr. Bergevin was united in marriage to Miss
Hazel Johnson, of Walla Walla, a daughter of Edward Johnson, one of the
prominent coal dealers of that city. Mr. Bergevin is a member of the
Catholic church and is identified with the Knights of Columbus. He has
comparatively few outside interests, however, preferring to concentrate his
efforts and attention upon his business affairs. He is yet a young man who
has only passed the twenty-sixth milestone on life's journey, but already he
has made for himself a place in business circles that many a man of twice
his years might well envy. He displays good judgment in all that he does
and his careful management of his property and his progressive methods of
farming are bringing to him merited success.

NELSON McSHERRY.

Nelson McSherry made for himself a creditable position in the business
and political circles of Prescott, so that his death was the occasion of deep
and widespread regret when on the 27th of July, 1916, he passed away. He
was then but sixty-one years of age, his birth having occurred on the 31st of
July, 1855. He was a native of Pennsylvania and a son of J. J. and Margaret
(Mitchner) McSherry, both of whom were natives of the Keystone state. At
an early day they removed with their family to Missouri, settling near
Warrensburg, where they spent their remaining days, and there Nelson
McSherry was reared and educated. He was a young man of twenty-five
years when in 1880 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Harvey, of
Warrensburg, and to them were born five children: Lulu, who is the wife of
J. D. Walter; Robert, who is living in Nevada; Joseph C., whose home is in
Prescott; Urie D.; and Hester.
Mr. and Mrs. McSherry began their domestic life in Missouri and there
resided until 1888, when they came with their family to the northwest,
establishing their home in Prescott, where Mr. McSherry embarked in
business as proprietor of a small mercantile establishment. He adapted
himself and his affairs to this part of the country and the conditions here
existing and in the course of years he built up a growing and gratifying
business. He closely studied the needs of the people in relation to the line of
goods which he carried and by reason of his carefully selected stock, his
reasonable prices and his straightforward dealing he won a very liberal and
well deserved patronage, so that his business became one of the profitable
enterprises of the town.
In public affairs Mr. McSherry also took a deep and helpful interest. His
fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, elected him the first
mayor of Prescott. He was always ready to advance the interests of the town
in every possible way and stood at all times for progress and improvement.
Fraternally he was connected with the Woodmen of the World and the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was reared a Methodist, but Mrs.
McSherry is a member of the Presbyterian church. In 1913, because of
failing health, he retired from active business and turned the management of
his store over to his sons. Death called him in 1916 and at his passing deep

regret was felt for he was a progressive business man, a loyal and patriotic
citizen, a faithful friend and a devoted husband and father. He counted it his
greatest happiness to provide for the welfare and comfort of his wife and
children and in every relation of life he manifested those sterling qualities
which command respect, confidence and honor in every land and clime.

GEORGE E. LAMBDIN.

George E. Lambdin has been actively and prominently identified with
farming and stock raising interests in the northwest and is now carrying on
general agricultural pursuits on section 22, township 7 north, range 32 east,
in Walla Walla county. He was born on the 27th of September, 1870, in
Montana, his parents being Samuel and Mary E. (Spade) Lambdin. The
father was a native of Delaware, while the mother's birth occurred in Ohio.
They were married in Iowa and at the time of the opening up of the gold
fields in Montana, in 1865, they crossed the plains with ox teams to that
state. The father worked in the mines in Deer Lodge valley and also in the
Butte mines for six years and the family went through the usual experiences
of the mining camp in the west. In 1872 they removed to Walla Walla
county, Washington, where Mr. Lambdin preempted a quarter section of
land just across the line in Oregon, on the present site of Freewater. Ten
years later he crossed the border into Washington and took up a homestead
on section 30, township 7 north, range 32 east, in Walla Walla county. He
then lived in this immediate vicinity until the time of his death and during
the later years of his life made his home with his son, George E., whose
name introduces this review. He passed away April 20, 1908.
George E. Lambdin spent his youthful days upon the home farm and
acquired a district school education. As early as his seventeenth year he
began his career as a sheepman, starting with twenty-five head. While
working for H. C. Adams as a sheep herder he accumulated a small number
of sheep and his herd multiplied rapidly, so that about 1900 he was in a
position to operate for himself on a larger scale and began independent
activities. In the intervening years he has acquired from three to four
thousand acres of grazing land and while he has recently sold off his own
flock, he is associated with C. W. Stevelan in operating sheep interests

under lease. In this connection he is among the most prominent sheepmen
of the county. His business affairs are wisely and carefully directed. His
long experience in connection with the sheep industry has taught him
exactly how to care for his flock so that the best results will be achieved.
There is no feature of sheep raising with which he is not familiar and his
intelligently directed interests have brought very substantial results.
In 1903 Mr. Lambdin was married to Miss Catherine A. Bradley, of
Walla Walla county, and they have become the parents of three children:
Samuel Allen, Mary Isabelle and Margaret Elizabeth. In politics Mr.
Lambdin maintains an independent course, although he is inclined to give
his support to the republican party. He belongs to Attalia Lodge, No. 294, I.
O. O. F., of Attalia, Washington, and he also has membership with the
Modern Woodmen of America and with the Royal Neighbors. He is true and
loyal to the teachings of these organizations and exemplifies in his life the
beneficent spirit which underlies the different societies. As a business man
his position is one of prominence and his capability is widely recognized.
He deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, for from an early
age he has been dependent upon his own resources. As the years have gone
by his labors have brought substantial results and he is today accounted one
of the foremost sheepmen of the northwest.

HON. ELGIN V. KUYKENDALL.

Hon. Elgin V. Kuykendall is a member of the state senate of Washington
and is one of Pomeroy's foremost attorneys. His record reflects credit and
honor upon the district which has honored him. He has done splendid work
both as lawyer and lawmaker and has become prominently connected with a
profession which has ever been regarded as having much to do with the
stability, prosperity and upbuilding of every district, standing as the stern
conservator of the rights, privileges and liberties of the individual. His
entire life has been spent in the west with its boundless opportunities and
limitless resources, and with him opportunity has ever been the clarion call
to action. He was born in Oakland, Oregon, October 8, 1870, a son of Dr.
G. B. Kuykendall, a foremost citizen and leading pioneer physician of
Pomeroy, who is mentioned at length on another page of this work.

Elgin V. Kuykendall was educated in the public schools of Garfield
county and has learned many valuable lessons in the school of experience,
for he has ever been a close and attentive observer of men and of measures.
Determining upon a professional career, he took up the study of law in
1892, pursuing his reading under the preceptorship of Samuel G. Cosgrove
of Pomeroy, who was afterward governor of Washington. In 1894 Mr.
Kuykendall was admitted to the bar but did not immediately take up the
active practice of the profession but continued to give his attention to
educational work, in which for some time he had been engaged. He had
proven a capable teacher, imparting readily and clearly to others the
knowledge that he had acquired, and in 1894 he was elected county
superintendent of schools, in which office he served for one term. During
the last year of his incumbency in that position he was appointed to fill out

an unexpired term of six months as principal of the Pomeroy high school. In
1897, however, he concentrated his efforts and attention upon the practice
of law and in 1898 was elected prosecuting attorney of Garfield county, in
which position he served for one term. In 1900 he was elected mayor of
Pomeroy and occupied that position for one term, giving to the city a
businesslike and progressive administration characterized by needed
reforms and measures of public improvement. At the same time he
continued in the practice of law independently until February, 1898, when
he entered into partnership with Judge Mack F. Gose under the firm name
of Gose & Kuykendall, a relationship that existed until the appointment of
the senior partner to the supreme bench in 1900. Mr. Kuykendall then
practiced alone for two years and in 1911 the present law firm of
Kuykendall & McCabe was formed, C. Alexander McCabe being admitted
to a partnership that still maintains, the firm occupying now a very
prominent position in the legal circles of the state. Their practice is
extensive and of an important character and in the conduct thereof Mr.
Kuykendall has displayed talent, learning, tact, patience and industry. His
legal learning, his analytical mind, the readiness with which he grasps the
points in an argument all combine to make him a strong advocate and a
wise counselor. In connection with his brothers he has fourteen hundred
acres of land held in equity.
In 1896 Mr. Kuykendall was joined in wedlock to Miss Marguerite
Scully, a daughter of Matthew Scully, who was one of the pioneer farmers
of Asotin county, Washington, and now resides near Twin Falls, Idaho. Mr.
and Mrs. Kuykendall have become the parents of four children, as follows:
Matthew Lorraine, a student in the Washington State College; Ruth Lenore,
who attended the State Normal School at Cheney, Washington, and is now
engaged in teaching in Garfield county; Berdina Claire, a high school
student at Pomeroy; and Jerome Kenneth, who is attending the graded
schools.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Kuykendall are members of the Methodist church
and she is president of the Ladies' Aid Society of that church and also
president of the Civic Improvement Club of Pomeroy. She is likewise a
member of the Red Cross Society.
In his political connection Mr. Kuykendall has always been a stalwart
republican and in November, 1916, he was chosen to represent his district
in the state senate, where he was made a member of a sub-committee for

framing a new probate code. He has been a conspicuous figure in the
legislative halls and has served repeatedly as chairman of the state central
committee of the republican party, thus taking active part in guiding the
destinies of his party in the northwest. While serving as mayor of Pomeroy
he was instrumental in establishing the present city park, which the city
purchased from Governor Cosgrove. Fraternally he is connected with
Garfield Lodge, No. 25, K. P., and has been quite active in the affairs of that
organization. He has been a member of the grand judiciary committee of the
state for sixteen years, a longer period than that of any other incumbent in
the position. He is also identified with the Woodmen of the World. His
interests are broad and varied and in relation to the great sociological,
economic and political problems of the country he keeps abreast with the
best thinking men of the age. He is forceful and his ability and initiative
have made him a dynamic power in the public life of southeastern
Washington.

J. U. STRAHM.

At a period when the government owned most of the land in
Washington and the work of progress and development seemed scarcely
begun, J. U. Strahm and his wife came to Walla Walla county and cast in
their lot with its pioneer settlers. They here underwent many of the
hardships and privations incident to establishing a home on the frontier, but
with resolute spirit they met all these and in the course of years came to
enjoy the comforts of modern day civilization. Mr. Strahm was born in
Switzerland, July 30, 1827, and was but six years of age when brought to
America by his parents, the family home being established in Ohio. They
afterward removed to Iowa and in 1849 J. U. Strahm removed to California,
attracted by the discovery of gold on the Pacific coast. There he remained
for three years, after which he returned to Missouri, where in 1864 he was
united in marriage to Miss Mary Jane Farley, a daughter of Harvey and
Elizabeth (Bruett) Farley, the former a native of Ohio, while the latter was
born in Indiana. The father was killed while serving as a soldier in the Civil
war and the mother afterward passed away in Tennessee.

Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Strahm resolved to try their
fortune in the far west and made their way across the country to Walla
Walla county, where he took up a homestead near Dixie. There was little to
indicate the wonderful changes which were still to occur as the white
settlers penetrated into this region and reclaimed its rich resources for the
purposes of civilization. The greater part of the land was still unclaimed and
uncultivated and the most farsighted could scarcely have dreamed of what
the future held in store for this rich district. Mr. Strahm became actively
identified with its farming interests and bent his energies to the
development of his place, bringing his fields under a high state of
cultivation and therefore annually gathering rich harvests.
To Mr. and Mrs. Strahm were born fourteen children, eleven of whom
are now living: Ann J., the widow of John Byrd; William H., who is
deceased; Elizabeth, the wife of John Glynn; Rosa D., the wife of Tom
Hastings; Mary E., the wife of Eldon Buroker; Nora J., the wife of Joel
Chitwood; John E.; Nannie V., who is the wife of Alfred Brown; Lucretia
R., the wife of Alvin McElvain; Viola, the wife of Fred Wells; Edna, at
home; Alma B., the wife of Jene Green; and two who are deceased.
The death of Mr. Strahm occurred February 11, 1895, at which time his
remains were interred in the Dixie cemetery. He had been a devoted
husband and father and had put forth every possible effort to aid in
promoting the welfare and happiness of his family. His widow still occupies
the old homestead, having eighty acres in her farm near Dixie, and the
careful development and improvement of the property insures to her a
substantial annual income.

CHARLES C. LONEY.

Prominent among the real estate men of Walla Walla is Charles C.
Loney of the firm of Loney, Ginn & Kerrick. He was born in Toronto,
Canada, on the 7th of June, 1876, a son of Charles and Charlotte (Cole)
Loney, both of whom were natives of Belfast, Ireland. They came to
Canada in childhood with their respective parents and were there reared to
manhood and womanhood. In 1883 they came to the United States, arriving
in Walla Walla on the 19th of August of that year. Here the father engaged

in farming and became one of the leading agriculturists of Walla Walla
county, having extensive interests. He acquired some two thousand acres of
valuable land near the city and for a long period gave personal supervision
to the further development and improvement of his farm. For several years
prior to his death, however, he lived retired from active work, turning his
farms over to his sons. He then took up his abode in the city and throughout
his remaining days enjoyed a well earned rest. He died in 1907, having for a
considerable period survived his wife, who passed away in 1902. Both were
consistent members of the Baptist church and were earnest Christian people
whose well spent lives are worthy of emulation.
Charles C. Loney was educated in the Walla Walla high school, from
which he was graduated with the class of 1896. Following the completion
of his studies he cooperated with his father in the management and
operation of his extensive farming interests until the father's retirement in
1901, at which time Charles C. Loney took charge of the farm, continuing
its further cultivation and improvement until 1911. In the meantime he had
purchased the property of his father and in the year designated he sold the
home place and became a resident of Walla Walla, where he opened a real
estate and loan office. He has since been prominently identified with that
business and places many loans, while at the same time he negotiates many
important realty transfers. Since 1911 he has purchased one hundred acres
of land in Umatilla county, Oregon, and eight hundred acres in Columbia
county, Washington. This property he still owns and rents. He also has three
hundred and thirty acres on Dry creek, near Walla Walla, on which he is
engaged in breeding and raising thoroughbred Percheron horses. He thus
ranks with the leading agriculturists and stock raisers of this section of the
state, while at the same time he has won for himself a most creditable
position as a real estate dealer.
On the 12th of January, 1917, Mr. Loney was united in marriage to Miss
Hazel Velma Wright, of Walla Walla, a daughter of Robert Wright, who is a
native of Umatilla county, Oregon, and for many years has been a
prominent farmer of Walla Walla county.
Mr. Loney holds membership in Enterprise Lodge, No. 2, I. O. O. F.,
and also in Walla Walla Encampment, No. 3. He votes with the republican
party and is interested in all matters of progressive citizenship, cooperating
in every plan and measure which he deems of value and benefit to the
community. The greater part of his life has been spent in this section of the

state and he has become imbued with the spirit of western enterprise that
has led to the rapid and substantial upbuilding of this section of the state.
This spirit has been the dominant factor in the attainment of his own
success, a success that now places him with the men of affluence in his
adopted county.

HON. OLIVER T. CORNWELL.

Hon. Oliver T. Cornwell is a dominant factor in the agricultural,
commercial and financial circles of Walla Walla and the Inland Empire and
has also exerted a marked influence over public thought and action as a
member of the state senate, in which he is now representing the eleventh
senatorial district. It was Mr. Cornwell who in large measure introduced the
commission form of government here and in all his public work he has been
actuated by a spirit of progress, improvement and of marked devotion to the
general good. He is indeed prominent as a man whose constantly expanding
powers have taken him from humble surroundings to the field of large
enterprises and continually broadening opportunities. Bringing to bear a
clear understanding that readily solves complex problems, he has been able
to unite diverse interests into a harmonious whole with results that indicate
his keen sagacity and unfaltering enterprise.
Mr. Cornwell is a native son of Walla Walla county, his birth having
occurred upon a farm six miles north of the city of Walla Walla on the 22nd
of March, 1863. His father, James Madison Cornwell, became one of the
Walla Walla pioneers of 1861 and is mentioned elsewhere in this work. The
son was reared on the old homestead with the usual experiences of the farm
bred boy and acquired his early education in the district schools, after which
he became a student in Whitman College. When nineteen years of age he
assumed the operation of the home place and continued to cultivate its
fields for three years as a renter. After reaching his majority he went up into
the Palouse country, in Whitman county, and there engaged in the raising of
cattle and horses. He remained in Whitman county for eight years, after
which he returned to Walla Walla and in company with H. S. Stott founded
the drug house of Stott & Cornwell, with which he was identified for three
years. He then resumed active connection with farming and stock raising

interests and also began buying and shipping cattle, with which business he
has since been closely associated, being one of the most prominent
representatives of agricultural interests in this section of the state. He now
owns fourteen hundred acres of wheat land in Walla Walla county and he
also has heavy holdings in Alberta, Canada. Mr. Cornwell is a man of
forcefulness and resourcefulness and has by no means limited his activities
and energies to a single line. In fact, as extensive as are his agricultural
activities, he has also made for himself a notable place in commercial and
financial circles. About 1903 he was one of the dominant factors in the
organization of the Walla Walla County Lumber Company, of which he
became president, and in that capacity he has since continued, his intelligent
direction of the affairs of the company being one of the most potent
elements in his growing and continued success. He was also one of the
organizers of the Peoples State Bank of Walla Walla and was made a
member of its board of directors, which position he has since filled. He has
also been identified with interests of a public and semi-public character that
have had much to do with promoting general progress. He served for a
number of years as president of the Farmers Union and while acting in that
capacity the Walla Walla Farmers' Agency was organized, of which Mr.
Cornwell was elected president, and reelection has continued him in that
position to the present time.

OLIVER T. CORNWELL

MRS. OLIVER T. CORNWELL

On the 19th of August, 1888, occurred the marriage of Mr. Cornwell
and Miss Ella Crowell, of Walla Walla, a daughter of Henry A. and Mary A.
(Thurman) Crowell, who came to Walla Walla from Iowa in 1874. The
mother was a niece of Allen G. Thurman, the great democratic leader, who
was long known as "the Old Roman." To Mr. and Mrs. Cornwell have been
born three children, Lessie L., Ethel L. and Olive E.
Mr. Cornwell holds membership with the Masonic fraternity, belonging
to Blue Mountain Lodge, No. 7, F. & A. M.; to Walla Walla Chapter, No. 1,
R. A. M.; to Walla Walla Commandery, No. 2, K. T.; to Oriental Consistory,
No. 1, A. & A. S. R, of Spokane; and to El Katif Temple; A. A. O. N. M. S.,

also of Spokane. He likewise has membership with Washington Lodge, No.
19, I. O. O. F., and with the Walla Walla Encampment of that order.
His chief activity aside from business has been as a supporter of the
republican party and a recognized leader in its ranks. The first position to
which he was called was that of city councilman of Walla Walla in 1897. In
1900 he was chosen to represent his district in the Washington state senate,
where he served for four years with honor and ability. In the November
election of 1915 he was again chosen a member of the state senate and
during his present term has been called upon for much important committee
service. He is now a member of the committees on municipal corporations,
on education, on industrial insurance, on irrigation and arid lands, public
utilities, roads and bridges, rules and joint rules, banks and banking. He has
done much to shape the policy of his party and for eight years was chairman
of the republican county central committee and has been a member of the
state central committee. It was Mr. Cornwell who organized and
successfully carried through the campaign establishing the commission
form of government in Walla Walla. His career has at all times reflected
credit and honor upon the people that have honored him. The universality of
his friendships interprets for us his intellectual hospitality and the breadth of
his sympathy, for nothing is foreign to him that concerns his fellows.
Anyone meeting Mr. Cornwell face to face would know at once that he is an
individual embodying all the elements of what in this country we term a
"square" man—one in whom to have confidence, a dependable man in any
relation and any emergency. His quietude of deportment, his easy dignity,
his frankness and cordiality of address, with the total absence of anything
sinister or anything to conceal, foretoken a man who is ready to meet any
obligation of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious
personal ability, the right conception of things and an habitual regard for
what is best in the exercise of human activities.

SAMUEL LOVE GILBREATH.

Samuel Love Gilbreath, an honored pioneer of Columbia county,
Washington, became a resident of Old Walla Walla county when there were
few white settlers within its limits, and took up a homestead three miles

from the city of Dayton, although it was a number of years later that the
town was laid out. He was a successful farmer, loyal friend and a public-
spirited citizen, and his demise was the occasion of sincere regret. He was
born in McMinn county, Tennessee, March 25, 1825, and was of Scotch
descent. He was a representative of one of the old families of the south,
being a grandson of Archibald Rowan, the third governor of Tennessee. His
education was that afforded by the common schools and he remained in his
native state until he became of age. He then determined to try his fortune in
the far west and, crossing the plains, settled in Yamhill county, Oregon. For
a number of years he farmed there and then went into the cattle business,
which occupied his attention until 1855, when the Cayuse Indian war broke
out. He enlisted for six months' service in the First Oregon Mounted
Cavalry Regiment, which did good work in putting down the uprising both
in Oregon and Washington. He was later for six months assistant wagon
master and one of his duties was the gruesome task of hauling the bodies of
the dead back to The Dalles, from which point they were shipped to
relatives in the Willamette valley.
Following his marriage in 1859 Mr. Gilbreath drove a herd of cattle to
Old Walla Walla county, Washington. At that time the city of Walla Walla
comprised but a very few buildings and the settlers in the county were few
and far between. He took up a homestead three miles southwest of the
present city of Dayton and built a log cabin with puncheon floors, which
remained the family home for a number of years. There were many
hardships to be endured in those early days but the lot of the pioneer was
lightened by the spirit of hospitality and cooperation which prevailed.
Travelers were welcomed at every log cabin and the service of each settler
was at the disposal of the others. Mr. Gilbreath worked hard and gave
careful attention to his business affairs and as time passed his resources
increased. The first crude buildings upon his farm were at length replaced
by substantial and commodious structures and the place was brought to a
high state of development. At the time of his death he owned two hundred
acres of fine orchard and alfalfa land, of which his widow has since sold
one hundred and twenty acres, still owning eighty acres, which is valued at
a high price per acre.
Mr. Gilbreath was married in 1859, in Oregon, to Miss Margaret H.
Fanning, of Albany, and they became the parents of thirteen children, ten of
whom survive, namely: Nancy E., a teacher; Mary, the wife of J. O.

Mattoon; Lee, a resident of Columbia county; Joseph, a resident of Seattle;
Susie, the wife of E. E. Martin; Rose, who is teaching in Seattle; Charles, a
resident of Walla Walla; Grace, the wife of T. O. Morrison; James, an
instructor in the University of Washington; and Fred, a graduate of West
Point and a captain in the United States army, now with the American
embassy in London.
Mr. Gilbreath was a prominent factor in public affairs in the early days
and was chosen the first county commissioner of Old Walla Walla county
and the first sheriff of Columbia county. He was a firm believer in the value
of higher education and sent several of his children to college. In many
ways his influence was felt in the advancement of his community, and
personally he was held in the highest esteem because of his unswerving
integrity and his great capacity for friendship. His wife had the distinction
of being the first white woman to take up her residence in the four counties
comprised within Old Walla Walla county, and she, too, proved her courage
and perseverance in performing cheerfully and efficiently the many and
arduous duties that fell to the lot of the pioneer wife and mother.

CHRIS H. ROMMEL.

Chris H. Rommel is residing on section 35, township 14 north, range 41
east, Garfield county, and is operating one thousand acres of land, being
therefore entitled to rank among the extensive farmers of Garfield county.
He grew to manhood in Manchester, Michigan, and is indebted for his
education to its public schools. When nineteen years of age he started out in
life for himself and in 1893 came to Garfield county, Washington. For some
years he rented a farm, during which time he carefully saved his money
with the purpose of buying land as soon as possible. At length he purchased
his present home farm and has extended its boundaries until he now owns
one thousand acres.
Mr. Rommel was married in 1893 to Miss Anna Smith, a native of
California, and they have three children: Fred C., a high school graduate;
Mary P., who is also a high school graduate and is now teaching; and Ena
M.

THOMAS A. RUSSEL.

Thomas A. Russel, deceased, was for a number of years actively
engaged in farming on section 3, township 6 north, range 35 east, Walla
Walla county, and met with gratifying success. He was born in Ohio,
September 26, 1831, and there grew to manhood and received his
education. In 1849 he accompanied his father John Russel, to California,
crossing the great unsettled plains of the west by team, a long, tedious and
dangerous journey, and again in 1852 he came to the coast by the overland
route, but each time he returned to Ohio, where he maintained his residence
until 1864. In that year he went with his bride by horse team to the
Sacramento valley of California, where he lived for three years, during
which time he taught school. They then removed to Bowling Green,
Missouri, and for twenty-one years he was a resident of that state. During
that time he engaged in the practice of law, successfully appearing in most
of the more important trials of his district. In 1888, however, he removed
with his family to Walla Walla county, Washington and the remainder of his
life was devoted to agricultural pursuits.
Mr. Russel was married in 1864 in Ohio to Miss Mary C. Willman, also
a native of that state. To their union were born ten children: John B. and
William, both of whom are deceased; Frank; Thomas and Anna, who have
passed away; Phoebe L.; Lincoln and Grant, twins, and Leslie, the two
latter being deceased; and Joseph, who resides in Canada.
Many interesting experiences came to Mr. Russel in his long life, and
from the time he accompanied his father to the west in 1849 until his death
he was much interested in this section of the country, even while still
residing in the east or middle west. He found great pleasure in watching the
process of development that has made the west a rival of the east in all that
pertains to the highest civilization, and his influence was invariably cast on
the side of progress. He passed away in January, 1901, and was laid to rest
in the Mountain View cemetery.

HON. F. M. WEATHERFORD.

Hon. F. M. Weatherford is now living practically retired in Dayton but
for many years was actively and extensively connected with farming
interests and is still the owner of much valuable wheat land in this section
of the state. Moreover, he has been prominently connected with public
affairs and has been called upon to represent his district in the general
assembly. He was born in Missouri, November 12, 1855, and is a son of
Alfred H. and Sophia (Smith) Weatherford, both of whom were natives of
Virginia and at an early day removed westward to Missouri, where their
remaining days were passed. They had a family of nine children but only
three are now living.
While born in the middle west, Hon. F. M. Weatherford has spent the
greater part of his life in the Pacific coast country. He crossed the plains in
1864, when a lad of but nine years, and became a resident of Linn county,
Oregon. The trip was made with ox teams and wagon and he was six
months en route, experiencing many hardships and privations as the party
traveled over the barren plains, the hot sandy desert and across the
mountain ranges. He took up his abode with a brother in Oregon and there
remained until 1872, when he made his way northward to Walla Walla
county, Washington. The following year, when a youth of eighteen, he
rented a farm nine miles southwest of Dayton in the section known as
Bundy Hollow. Later he bought land east of Dayton and occupied that farm
for twenty years, his labors bringing about a marked transformation in the
appearance of the place, for when the land came into his possession it was
wild and undeveloped. With characteristic energy he began to cultivate it,
breaking the furrows, planting the seed and in due time gathering rich
harvests. Year by year the work of operating the farm was carried on and as
his financial resources increased he made other investments in property,
adding to his holdings from time to time until he is now the owner of
sixteen hundred acres of fine wheat land in Columbia county. He was also
at one time vice president of the Farmers Exchange at Waitsburg, which he
aided in organizing. He has now put aside the more active work of the
fields, leaving that to others, while he is enjoying a well earned rest, having
taken up his abode in Dayton. His farm property yields to him a most
gratifying annual income and his energy and sound business judgment have
brought him success.

HON. F. M. WEATHERFORD

In 1878 Mr. Weatherford was united in marriage to Miss Harriet A.
Turner and they have become parents of five children: William M.; J. C.,
who is living upon the home farm; Mary S., who is the wife of Elmer
Dunlap; Clara L., the wife of W. E. Bruce; and Arthur M., who is also upon
the home farm.
In his political affiliation Mr. Weatherford is a democrat and has taken
an active part in advancing the interests of the organization. His fellow
townsmen, appreciative of his worth and his devotion to the party, elected

him to represent them for one term in the state legislature. The cause of
education finds in him a stalwart champion and he has done effective work
in behalf of the schools as a member of the school board. Fraternally he is
connected with Dayton Lodge, No. 136, I. O. O. F., and both he and his
wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and in its work
take an active and helpful interest, doing all in their power to extend its
growth and promote its purpose. Mr. Weatherford deserves much credit for
what he has accomplished. He started out in the business world empty-
handed, yet he has passed many another traveler on life's journey whose
start was perhaps more advantageous. His success is the direct result of
indefatigable industry intelligently directed, and, advancing year by year, he
has become one of the prominent and prosperous men of Columbia county.

HON. DAVID H. COX.

Hon. David H. Cox has back of him an ancestry honorable and
distinguished. Upon the family records appear the names of several who
have been active in connection with framing state or national legislation.
His own career has been cast in harmony with the family record and he is
now a member of the state senate of Washington. For many years he has
figured conspicuously and honorably in agricultural and commercial circles
and is still actively identified with farming, his attention now being given to
the management of his farm property. A native of eastern Tennessee, he was
born December 28, 1865, a son of Elbert S. and Mary Louise (Beyers) Cox,
both of whom were natives of Tennessee, where they spent their entire
lives. The mother was a niece of John Severe, who was the first governor of
Tennessee and a brother of her mother. Elbert S. Cox was for many years
one of the leading merchants of Jonesboro, Tennessee, and was also
extensively engaged in farming, having near the town a large tract of land
which he successfully and wisely cultivated. He was also prominent in
public affairs of the community and served for one term as member of
congress from his district. He took a most active and helpful part in public
thought and action and all that he did was characterized by a spirit of
progressiveness that made him one of the most valued residents of
Jonesboro. He passed away July 3, 1881, the day on which President

Garfield was shot, in the Pennsylvania Railroad station at Washington, D.
C.
David H. Cox supplemented his public school education by study in
Milliken College of eastern Tennessee and when nineteen years of age he
started out in the business world on his own account, going to Texas, where
he remained for a year. In 1885 he came to the northwest with Walla Walla
as his destination. Here he arrived on the 6th of October of that year,
possessed of courage and determination but of no funds. His financial
condition rendered it imperative that he obtain immediate employment and
he soon secured a position on a farm. He willingly accepted any
employment that would yield him an honest living. He proved so capable in
his farm work that his employer, recognizing his ability, offered to loan him
the amount necessary to enable him to engage in business for himself. He
took up the occupation of farming and for a considerable period rented land.
Since that date he has never been without farm land of his own and for
many years has been a most prominent figure in agricultural circles in this
section of the state. In 1889, while still continuing in his farming
operations, he became identified with the Pacific Coast Elevator Company
and managed the business from 1889 until 1901. He then became associated
with Walter S. Barnett and established the mercantile house of Cox, Barnett
& Company, under which firm name they transacted an extensive grocery
and hardware business, their sales amounting in later years to between
twenty-five and thirty thousand dollars per month. They continued the
business in a very successful manner until 1910, when Mr. Cox, in company
with Hugh A. Martin, organized the Independent Grain Company, under
which title they carried on business successfully for four years. Since then
Mr. Cox has given his undivided attention to the management of his
farming properties, which represent judicious investments and are the
expression of well directed business ability.
In 1890 Mr. Cox was united in marriage to Miss Decima E. Yeend, of
Walla Walla county, a daughter of William Yeend, one of the pioneer
farmers of this section of the state, who came to Washington from England
in 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have become the parents of two children: Arthur
E., who is farming his father's land; and Dessie, at home.
The family occupies a very enviable position in social circles and the
hospitality of the best homes of Walla Walla is freely accorded them. Mr.
Cox is a stalwart republican in his political views and has done much to

further the interests and promote the success of the party. He served for
several years as member of the Walla Walla city council and in 1908 was
elected to the state senate, serving as a member of the upper house of the
general assembly for four years. In 1912 he was a candidate for state
treasurer, and while he carried thirty-four out of the thirty-eight counties, he
was defeated by the Pierce county vote. In 1916 he was again elected to the
state senate, in which capacity he is now serving. He is an earnest working
member of the upper house, carefully considering the vital questions which
come up for settlement, and his position in support or opposition of any
measure is never an equivocal one. He stands loyally for what he believes
to be the best interests of the commonwealth and in his political record he
has ever been willing to subordinate personal interests to the general good.
Mr. and Mrs. Cox are consistent and faithful members of the Methodist
church and he has had the honor of representing his church at the general
conference for three successive terms. He is chairman of the board of
trustees of the church and does everything in his power to advance its cause
and extend its influence. While he has won notable success he has never
made the attainment of wealth the sole ambition of his life. He has
recognized his duties and obligations in other connections and has stood at
all times for that which is most worth while in citizenship and in the moral
development of the people at large. His life record is characterized by many
honorable phases and should well serve as a source of encouragement to
others and constitute an example which others may profitably follow.
Coming to the west empty-handed, he has here intelligently directed his
efforts with a result that has been most notable and gratifying, but winning
prosperity has been but one feature of his activities, for his course has been
so directed that he has gained not only material success but an honored
name as well.

DAMASE BERGEVIN.

Damase Bergevin, whose success from the time that he made his initial
purchase of land in Walla Walla county was rapid and substantial, so that he
became one of the prosperous farmers of this section of the state and at his
death left his family in comfortable financial circumstances, was born near

Quebec, Canada, on the 31st of March, 1840. He came of French ancestry.
He was there reared with no educational advantages except those found in
the school of experience. In 1865 he came to Walla Walla county,
Washington, after spending a year in St. Joseph, Missouri. On reaching the
northwest he located in what was then known as French Town, about nine
miles west of Walla Walla, on the Walla Walla river. Two brothers had
preceded him here and Mr. Bergevin worked for a time for one of them.
Between the years 1875 and 1878 he was in the employ of Dr. Baker and
built the narrow gauge railroad from Wallula to Walla Walla, this being the
first railroad in the state of Washington. Mr. Bergevin cut the ties for this
road and drove them down the Yakima river.
It was not until 1880 that Mr. Bergevin made his first purchase of land.
At that time he and his brother Clement bought an eighty acre farm and a
year later the brothers divided their interest and from that time forward Mr.
Bergevin operated independently. His success from that time forward was
rapid and he proved not only a very enterprising and progressive farmer but
a man of excellent ability in managing his financial interests. As his
resources increased he kept adding to his holdings until he had acquired
sixteen hundred and twenty-one acres of land in the home farm and also
owned six hundred and forty acres five miles north of Walla Walla and a
tract of one hundred and sixty acres at Rulo Station on the Northern Pacific
Railroad. His investments were most judiciously made and his business
affairs carefully managed. He seemed to readily recognize the essential in
all business transactions and his sound judgment and indefatigable
enterprise brought to him a very gratifying measure of success. In 1892 he
was stricken with total blindness, but though thus incapacitated in a large
measure for the management of his property interests he was surrounded by
the loving care of his wife, while his four sons assumed business duties and
responsibilities and as the years have passed on more has been added to the
family holdings until the Bergevin interests in Walla Walla county are most
extensive.
It was at St. Rose's Catholic Mission church at Frenchtown, July 3,
1881, that Mr. Bergevin was united in marriage to Miss Mary P. Allard, a
native of St. Paul, Minnesota, who came to Walla Walla county with her
parents, Oliver and Leo Cadie (Forest) Allard, in 1862. They crossed the
plains with ox teams, meeting the usual experiences of such a trip, and at
length located in the little hamlet of Walla Walla. The father was a carpenter

by trade and assisted in large measure in the upbuilding of the town in the
early days, erecting many of the first buildings in the city. Mrs. Bergevin is
now residing in Walla Walla.
To Mr. and Mrs. Bergevin were born six children: Leona P., now the
wife of Philip Remillard, a farmer of Walla Walla county; Joseph Damase,
who resides on the homestead farm; Arthur A., also engaged in farming;
Clement A., who, lives on the old Bergevin home farm; Clarence C., who
was married September 26, 1917, to Miss Lois Reavis, and is farming in
Walla Walla county; and Augustine A., the wife of Elmer Markham, a
farmer of Walla Walla county. There are also twelve grandchildren. At one
time Arthur and Clarence Bergevin were engaged in the cultivation of
thirteen hundred and fifty acres of land, owning five hundred and twenty
acres of that amount, but have since divided their interests. The former was
married September 27, 1916, to Miss Margaret Gohres. He is a member of
the Loyal Order of Moose and, like the others of the family, is an adherent
of the Catholic church. He has one of the best improved farms in the county
on which is a large, substantial and beautiful residence with extensive farm
buildings, all new, modern and thoroughly equipped. In a word, the name
Bergevin has come to stand for progress and improvement in Walla Walla
county.
In his political views Mr. Bergevin of this review was a democrat and
while he never took an active part in politics he was interested in the
welfare and progress of his community and gave his support to all measures
which he deemed of public benefit. He died on the 31st of July, 1911,
honored and respected by all who knew him. His had been a most active
and useful life and one which was crowned with a very substantial measure
of prosperity. In fact his record should serve as a source of encouragement
and inspiration to others, showing what may be accomplished through
determined purpose, unfaltering industry and sound judgment.

CHARLES MOORE.

Charles Moore was an early settler of Walla Walla county and for a
number of years was prominently identified with agricultural, commercial
and transportation interests here, but in 1882 removed to Moscow, Idaho,

where he spent much of the remainder of his life, but passed away in Walla
Walla. His widow in 1907 resumed her residence in Walla Walla and is now
well known in the city. The birth of Mr. Moore occurred in Ohio, October 1,
1841, his parents being Amos L. and Mary (Monroe) Moore, the latter's
father being a cousin of President James Monroe. The father was born in
Delaware and the mother in Pennsylvania, but they removed to Ohio at an
early day and later to Wisconsin, whence in 1869 they came to Walla Walla
county, Washington, where they resided until called to the home beyond. To
them were born five children, of whom only one now survives, ex-
Governor Miles C. Moore, of Walla Walla.

CHARLES MOORE

MRS. JULIA A. MOORE

Charles Moore was reared in Wisconsin and his early education was that
afforded by the district schools, while later he attended an academy or
seminary, and subsequently became a college student. In 1861, when twenty
years of age, he enlisted in the Union army and went to the front in defense
of the stars and stripes. In 1862 he was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, or
Pittsburg Landing, and because of his injuries was honorably discharged.

He then returned to the north and entered the Wesleyan College of
Delaware, Ohio, thus resuming his interrupted education. Later he was
drafted for service but because of the wound he had previously sustained
was discharged and went to Wisconsin. He was married there in 1864 and in
1865 he and his wife crossed the plains to the Pacific northwest by mule
team and after reaching Walla Walla county both engaged in teaching
school. Several years were devoted to that profession, but in 1870 Mr.
Moore was appointed postmaster of Walla Walla under President Grant and
held the office for four years. In the meantime, in 1872, he purchased the
old Dr. Whitman Mission Farm and engaged in its operation until 1878,
when he established a farm implement business in connection with his
brother, Miles C. Moore, at Almota, in Whitman county, to the conduct of
which he devoted the greater part of his time and attention. He was also
agent for the Oregon Steam Navigation Company of Portland, Oregon. Mrs.
Moore was the active assistant and helper of her husband, doing clerical
work in connection with the conduct of the postoffice, and the business
identified with freight navigation. Soon he became interested in the building
of a telegraph line from Colfax to Ulmota, on Snake river, and went up the
river and assisted in rafting the poles down to be used in the construction of
the line. Subsequently he with others owned the telegraph line from Dayton
to Walla Walla, which was connected with government telegraph lines. In
1882 he removed to Moscow, Idaho, where with his brother, Miles C., later
governor of Washington territory, he erected a grist mill. Mr. Moore of this
review maintained his residence in Moscow for a number of years. He
became a heavy landowner, his holdings including a large tract on the
Snake river in Garfield county, Washington, five hundred acres of which is
still in possession of his widow, and two hundred acres near Moscow,
Idaho. He was a man of unusual soundness of judgment in business affairs
and his advice was often sought by others.
On the 13th of October, 1864, Mr. Moore was united in marriage in
Wisconsin to Miss Julia A. Kneen, a native of the state of New York and a
daughter of John and Margaret (Teare) Kneen, both of whom were natives
of the Isle of Man. In young manhood and womanhood they emigrated to
America and settled in the state of New York, whence in 1846 they removed
to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, while subsequently they became residents of
Kilbourn City, Wisconsin. The mother's death occurred in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, but the father survived until 1878. To them were born four

children, of whom Mrs. Moore is the only one now living. By her marriage
she became the mother of four children: Harry K., a resident of Walla
Walla; Flora P., at home; F. Cushing, who is a mining engineer now in
British Columbia; and Edna L., the wife of D. F. Baker, of Walla Walla.
Mr. Moore gave his political support to the republican party and
carefully studied the questions and issues of the day, but was not a narrow
partisan. Whatever he undertook he carried forward to successful
completion and won not only financial independence but also a high place
in the esteem of his fellowmen. In early manhood he was a member of the
Masonic fraternity and exemplified in his life its beneficent purpose.
Since her husband's death Mrs. Moore has successfully managed the
estate and general business interests connected therewith and in 1909 she
erected her present modern and attractive home on Alvarado terrace in
Walla Walla. In the meantime, however, following her husband's demise she
removed to California with her children in order that they might have the
benefit of educational instruction there and later she established her home in
Evanston, Illinois, that they might continue their studies in the
Northwestern University. In 1896 she returned to the old home in Moscow,
Idaho, and in 1907 removed to Walla Walla, where she has since resided,
two years later building her present home. She is a member of the Reading
Club, one of the oldest clubs of Walla Walla, and is active in connection
with those interests which work for intellectual progress and cultural value.

G. B. DAGUE.

G. B. Dague, one of the leading agriculturists of Walla Walla county,
where his holdings embrace fourteen hundred and seventy acres of valuable
land, resides on section 25, township 8 north, range 35 east. His birth
occurred in Kansas on the 31st of December, 1871, his parents being Henry
H. and Mary Elizabeth (Poorman) Dague, the former a native of
Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. Soon after their marriage, which was
celebrated in the Buckeye state, they removed to Jefferson county, Kansas,
there residing until the spring of 1872, when they took up their abode in
western Kansas. There the mother passed away in 1881, and the father's last
years were spent with his children.

G. B. Dague was reared under the parental roof and attended the
common schools in the acquirement of an education. In 1889, when a youth
of eighteen years, he made his way westward to the state of Washington and
for a number of years thereafter he worked for others. In 1898 he located
permanently in Walla Walla county and began farming on his own account,
renting a farm near Prescott. Five years later he bought his first land,
coming into possession of two hundred and forty acres near Hadley Station,
while two or three years afterward he purchased an adjoining tract of one
hundred and sixty acres. In May, 1908, he purchased what was known as
the old Sergeant Smith place of six hundred and fifty-three acres and in
1911 he became the owner of what was known as the Geaney place of four
hundred and seventeen acres, which is his present home farm. His holdings
in Walla Walla county embrace altogether about fourteen hundred and
seventy acres, all located in township 8 north, range 35 east, much of this
being of the very best and most valuable land in the county. Mr. Dague also
has heavy land holdings in Morrow county, Oregon, and in Benton county,
Washington. His record is indeed commendable and one that should serve
to inspire and encourage others, showing what may be accomplished by
industry, perseverance and determination. Twenty-two years ago he was
driving a header wagon over the land which he now owns and was earning,
but a dollar and a quarter per day. His present financial condition clearly
indicates the progress he has made, for, actuated by laudable ambition, he
has worked his way steadily upward to a position among the most
substantial agriculturists of the county.
On Christmas day of 1901 Mr. Dague was united in marriage to Mrs.
Bertha L. (Prather) Washburn, by whom he has two children, Georgia E.
and George Byron.
He is independent in politics and for thirteen years has ably served as
clerk of the school district. Fraternally he is identified with Washington
Lodge, No. 19, I. O. O. F., of Walla Walla, and he also belongs to the M. W.
of P. His life has been an active, useful and honorable one, winning for him
the high regard and esteem of all with whom he has been brought in
contact, so that the circle of his friends is almost coextensive with the circle
of his acquaintance.

FRANK MILLER.

Frank Miller, starting out in the business world as a farm hand when a
young lad in his teens, is now one of the prosperous citizens of Starbuck,
where he has extensive realty holdings. He is also the owner of much
valuable property and is otherwise connected with the business interests of
southeastern Washington in a most active and extensive way. He was born
in Germany, June 24, 1858, and is a son of John and Louisa Miller, who
were also natives of that country, whence they came to America in 1867.
They established their home upon a farm in Wisconsin, where they spent
their remaining days, being long identified with the agricultural interests of
that locality. They had a family of nine children, but Frank Miller and his
sister Josephine are the only ones now living.
Reared and educated in Wisconsin, he is indebted to the public school
system of that State for the opportunities which he had to prepare for life's
practical and responsible duties through the work of the schoolroom. He
went to Illinois when a lad of fourteen years and there secured employment
as a farm hand, in which work he engaged until he reached the age of
twenty-two. He then left the Mississippi valley and made his way to the
northwest, arriving in Walla Walla county, after which he secured a situation
in a brewery in Walla Walla, where he remained for four years. He then
took up the work of gardening at Walla Walla, which he followed for a year,
after which he rented a farm and for six years was engaged in its
cultivation. He took up a homestead two miles and a half or three miles
south of his present home. This he proved up on and lived there eight years,
after which he sold the place. He then bought five hundred acres, mostly
wheat land, much of which is irrigated, and he also has thirty-five acres
planted to alfalfa and to fruit, having one of the fine orchards of his part of
the state. He is likewise a stockholder in the bank at Starbuck and he has
made extensive and judicious investments in real estate, owning very large
property interests in the village. His business affairs have brought him very
substantial success, for his investments have been judiciously made and his
untiring industry has also brought splendid returns.
In 1882 Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Nettie Sack, a native
of Illinois, and they became the parents of nine children, namely: Louisa,
the wife of Charles Krause; Simon; Eva, the wife of H. H. Foster; George,
who married Hazel Schultz; Fred, now in Camp Lewis with the American

army; and Jesse, Ida, Frank and Grace, all yet at home. The wife and mother
died September 30, 1917, and was laid to rest in Starbuck cemetery. She
was loved and respected by all who knew her.
In his political views Mr. Miller is a democrat and gives stanch support
to the party and its principles, although he does not seek or desire public
office. He is a self-made man, for he started out to provide for his own
support with no capital whatever and all that he has achieved and enjoyed is
attributable to his persistent purpose and well-directed energy. He has been
both the architect and builder of his own fortunes and has builded wisely
and well.

WILLIAM S. MALLOY.

William S. Malloy, a retired agriculturist residing in Walla Walla, where
he has the finest home on Washington street, is still the owner of twenty-
four hundred acres of wheat land which is now being cultivated by a renter.
His birth occurred in New Brunswick, Canada, on the 17th of June, 1844,
his parents being John and Catherine (Sutton) Malloy, the former a native of
County Wexford, Ireland, and the latter of New Brunswick. John Malloy
was a young man of eighteen years when he left the Emerald isle and took
up his abode in New Brunswick, where he was married. In 1853 he and his
wife crossed the border into the United States, establishing their home in
Stillwater, Minnesota, where Mr. Malloy and two sons, Robert and James,
were prominently identified with the lumber industry for many years. It was
there that his demise occurred in 1871, and the mother passed away in
1884. In their family were the following children: George, John, Robert,
James and William S., of this review.
William S. Malloy, who was a lad of nine years when he accompanied
his parents on their removal to Minnesota, acquired his education in the
common schools of Stillwater, that state. In 1864, when a young man of
twenty years, he left the parental roof and made his way westward to
Montana, and for about six years he was employed in the mining fields of
Virginia City and in Deerlodge county. The year 1870 witnessed his arrival
in Walla Walla county, Washington, and here he embarked in the cattle
business, in which he became extensively interested, his large herds

roaming the plains on the Columbia, Palouse and Snake rivers. At the end
of six years, cattle having gone so low in price that the business was not
promising, he disposed of his cattle and for a period of twenty months gave
his attention to mining in southern Utah. He then returned to Washington,
locating in Columbia county, where he became engaged in farming and in
the stock business, his undertakings in that connection being attended with
prosperity that enabled him to add to his holdings from time to time until
they now embrace twenty-four hundred acres of valuable wheat land. In the
cultivation and development of this extensive tract he was actively engaged
until 1917, when he put aside further business cares and is now living
retired in the enjoyment of well earned rest. In the fall of 1894 he had
established the family home in the city of Walla Walla and there it has been
maintained to the present time. Realizing that the public domain will soon
be gone Mr. Malloy went to Toole county, Montana, in 1917 and purchased
in the northwest part of that state, east of the Rocky Mountains, twenty-
seven hundred acres of land in one body, which he is now breaking and
seeding and making other improvements with the intention of converting it
into a farm.

WILLIAM S. MALLOY

In 1874 Mr. Malloy was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary P. Lyons, a
daughter of Dan Lyons, of Lyons Ferry. The seven children of this marriage
were as follows: William Lee, Robert Ralph and Ernest Lyons, all of whom
are deceased; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Oscar Drumheller, of Walla
Walla; Minnie F., at home; Thomas D., an agriculturist residing in
Columbia county; and Angeline M., at home. The wife and mother passed
away in May, 1916, and her demise was the occasion of deep and
widespread regret.
Mr. Malloy is a democrat in his political views but has never sought nor
desired office as a reward for his party fealty and in fact has always refused

official preferment. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and with
the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He has now passed the seventy-third
milestone on life's journey and his career has ever been such that he can
look back over the past without regret and forward to the future without
fear. His memory compasses the period of pioneer development and later
progress here, and he has ever borne his share in the work of upbuilding and
improvement.

O. Z. SKINNER.

With the development of a district, town or city, real estate activity has
much to do and one of the most important factors in substantial growth and
progress is the real estate dealer who wisely directs purchases and sales and
thus adds much to the beauty and development of the city in which he
operates. A notable record of success is that of O. Z. Skinner, senior partner
of the firm of O. Z. Skinner & Company, real estate and insurance agents in
Walla Walla. He was born in Havana, Mason county, Illinois, December 12,
1853, a son of Orlando and Martha (Roeder) Skinner, who were natives of
the state of New York and of Illinois respectively. They were married in the
latter state, to which the father had removed in early manhood. He was a
well known minister of the Universalist church and devoted his life to that
cause. In 1910 he came to Walla Walla, where he lived retired, making his
home with his son, O. Z. Skinner, up to the time of his demise, which
occurred on the 8th of June, 1914. For a considerable period he had
survived his wife, who died in February, 1897.
O. Z. Skinner was educated in the district schools of his native state and
in the Jefferson Liberal Institute at Jefferson, Wisconsin. After completing
his education he was for some years engaged in merchandising in Durand,
Wisconsin, and still later turned his attention to the drug business, which he
conducted in Fairmont, Minnesota, for a number of years. He was afterward
for thirteen years identified with the lumber industry in northern Wisconsin,
acquiring extensive farming lands there also, which during these years he
operated in connection with the conduct of his lumber interests. The year
1898 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Skinner in the northwest. In that year he
became a resident of Walla Walla and entered the manufacturing field,

concentrating his efforts upon the manufacture of mattresses and furniture.
He continued active along that line for five years and then turned his
attention to the real estate and insurance business, with which he has since
been prominently identified. He owns extensive timber land in Union
county, Oregon, and in the summer of 1917 began cutting timber therefrom.
He realizes what this state has to offer and has improved its natural
resources, thereby advancing his individual interests while promoting
general progress and prosperity.
On the 18th of September, 1881, Mr. Skinner was married to Miss Ella
M. Young, of Dunn county, Wisconsin, who was a teacher in the public
schools of that county for a number of years. To this marriage have been
born three children, Arthur, Leslie C. and Ethel V.
Mr. Skinner gives his political endorsement to the republican party and
is well informed on the questions and issues of the day. He stands for
progress along political lines and does everything in his power to advance
the success of the party, yet does not seek or desire office. He belongs to
Blue Mountain Lodge, No. 13, F. & A. M., and is a faithful follower of its
teachings. Those who know him in a business way speak of him as a
dominant factor in the upbuilding of Walla Walla and as one who has made
for himself a notable place especially in real estate circles.

ALFRED L. WICKERSHAM.

Alfred L. Wickersham, a leading farmer and stock raiser of Walla Walla
township, Walla Walla county, holds title to two valuable ranches and is
meeting with signal success in the management of his affairs. He was born
in Walla Walla county, February 7, 1871, a son of John and Christina
(Albertson) Wickersham, natives of Ohio, who removed to this county in
1862. For a number of years the father devoted his time and attention to
freighting, as there were then no railroads in this entire section, hauling
freight from Wallula to the mines at Umatilla Landing, Boise and many
other points, also the fort at Boise, to Fort Lapwai and Fort Colville. At
length he purchased eighty acres of land, including the site of the present
race track at Walla Walla and followed farming during the remainder of his
active life. He passed away September 19, 1906. The mother, however, is

still living and makes her home with a son. Ten children were born to their
union but only five survive.

JOHN WICKERSHAM AND FAMILY

Alfred L. Wickersham grew to manhood in his native county and his
education was that afforded by the public schools. By the time that he
reached man's estate he was a good practical farmer, having received
training in the cultivation of the soil and the care of stock from his father.
He purchased the farm on Mill creek in Walla Walla township, where he
still makes his home and which comprises three hundred and fifty-five
acres. He also owns three hundred and twenty acres of fine pasture land and
in addition to growing wheat and other crops suited to this section he raises
stock on an extensive scale and has found that business likewise profitable.
Mr. Wickersham is a stanch democrat, his political belief coinciding in
large measure with the principles of that party. Although he has never failed
to do his part in furthering the progress of his community, he has not taken
a prominent part in politics, having no desire to hold office. He is a man of
unassuming disposition and of genuine worth and his energy, his sound
judgment and his unquestioned integrity have gained for him the respect of
his fellowmen.

JONATHAN PETTIJOHN.

Jonathan Pettijohn, who was an honored pioneer settler and valued
citizen of Walla Walla county, was born in Ohio, January 13, 1827, but
when still a boy emigrated with his parents to Edgar county, Illinois, where
he remained until he was twenty-three years of age. He assisted his
widowed mother in rearing the family of children, of whom he was the
eldest. In the year 1850 the lure of gold attracted him to the west. He and
three companions started for California on horseback, and as some of their
horses died en route they walked much of the way. On reaching the Golden
state, Mr. Pettijohn at once went to work in the mines, where he met with
fair success, there remaining for two years. He then removed to Oregon,
settling in Harrisburg, Linn county, where he was married to Miss Hannah
Warner in the year 1853. They took up their abode on a claim and Mr.
Pettijohn followed farming. In 1859 he came with his family to Walla Walla
county, Washington, and settled on a claim in the beautiful Touchet valley.
He spent the winter of 1859 and 1860 here and early in the spring went to
the Willamette, after which he removed his family to this valley. Their
home was situated a few miles below the present town site of Prescott. He
erected a log cabin which still stands as a monument to the early days. He
brought with him to this county a band of fine horses and some cattle and,
like most of the early settlers, engaged in stock raising. Starting with one
hundred and sixty acres of land, during the course of years he kept
gradually acquiring more land until finally he owned about thirty-four
hundred acres of valuable farming and pasture land, on which he had large
herds of fine horses and cattle. Later in life, when the stock business began
to wane on account of the disappearance of the free range, he plowed up his
holdings and became a wheat farmer in earnest.
Mr. and Mrs. Pettijohn reared a large family of seven sons and two
daughters, namely: Thomas, Amas, Eli and John H., all of whom were born
in Oregon; and Huldah, A. L., Sherman, Calvin and Mary, who were natives
of Washington. All are now living but two, Eli and Mrs. Huldah Richmond.
Of those surviving all are married except the youngest son, and are fairly
prosperous, enjoying the possessions bequeathed them by their frugal
parents. All are still residents of Walla Walla county.
Mr. Pettijohn assisted three territories over the threshold into statehood
by voting for the state constitutions of California, Oregon and Washington,

and he was a delegate to the constitutional convention of Washington. In the
way of public education he was indeed a benefactor. Public money for
school purposes was often inadequate to meet the teacher's salary. He felt
that the school must be maintained at any cost so he often paid most of the
amount of the salary out of his own pocket. He believed in the employment
of thoroughly efficient and competent teachers and some of the best
teachers that the country afforded taught in that little country school near
his home and received a salary equal to any. Another work in which Mr.
Pettijohn deserves creditable mention was in connection with a scheme that
was put forth to bond Walla Walla county for three hundred thousand
dollars to subsidize a railroad company. Mr. Pettijohn with a number of
others enjoined the county from making the appropriation, although many
were in favor of the issue. There was a very wordy war between the two
factions and every inducement was brought to bear upon Mr. Pettijohn, the
leader, to change his course, but with characteristic determination he stood
for what he conceived to be right and and won out. In after years many
thanked him for the stand he had taken, as time has justified the wisdom
and value of his position.
Mr. Pettijohn was of a very sturdy type of manhood and a splendid
representative of the class of hardy pioneers, who helped to make this
county what it is—a land of fine schools and beautiful homes. Along in the
early '60s mines were discovered in Idaho, Montana and Oregon and
supplies were necessary for the miners in the various camps. So the settlers
fitted out pack trains or freight wagons and packed or hauled freight to all
points where needed, the pay being sufficient to make it very profitable. Mr.
Pettijohn chose the ox team and freight wagon for his and for a number of
years spent much time on the road freighting. His wife remained at home
caring for her family amid the dangers and hardships incident to pioneer
life. She was a woman of rare courage, going calmly about her duties with
hordes of half-savage Indians camped at her very door. On occasions they
would creep up and peer in at the window as she sat at her work. She
pretended not to notice them, knowing that if she showed fear or concern
they would become insolent. Not one of these noble women but met with
experiences that would make the bravest heart quail, yet they never
complained, for it seemed a part of life's duties to endure without a murmur.
Mr. Pettijohn passed away in June, 1913, at a ripe old age, joining that
large number who have left very thin the ranks of the real pioneers

remaining. His memory, however, is enshrined in the hearts of many who
knew him and long years will pass before his work in the community will
be forgotten.

ELLERY J. NELSON.

Ellery J. Nelson is engaged in general farming on section 30, township
8 north, range 36 east, Walla Walla county, and it was upon this farm that he
was born on the 22d of August, 1871, a son of Hiram and Sarah (McInroe)
Nelson. He was educated in the Valley Grove district school and also in the
Walla Walla Business College, thus becoming well equipped for life's
practical and responsible duties. His youth was also largely devoted to farm
work and he early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil
and caring for the crops. After reaching young manhood he continued to
assist his father in his extensive farming operations and was thus engaged
until 1900, when he began farming on his own account. He is now
operating a portion of his father's landed holdings and is ranked among the
successful and progressive agriculturists of the county. He pursues the most
thoroughly up-to-date methods in caring for his fields, and in the cultivation
of his crops is meeting with excellent success, annually gathering
substantial harvests.
On the 1st of July, 1915, Mr. Nelson was united in marriage to Miss
Julia Kane, of St. Louis, Missouri, and to them were born two sons, Ellery
J., Jr., deceased, and Joseph Vincent. In his political views Mr. Nelson has
always been a republican since attaining his majority, and while he does not
seek nor desire office he is always loyal to the best interests of the
community and gives active aid and cooperation to many measures for the
benefit of town and county. He concentrates his efforts and attention upon
his farming interests, which are wisely and carefully directed, and as the
years pass by he is meeting with a gratifying measure of success.

WILLIAM E. GROSS.

William E. Gross, a resident farmer of Walla Walla township who is
engaged in dairying and stock raising, was born in Davis county, Iowa, on
the 15th of February, 1858, his parents being B. H. and Julia A. (Rice)
Gross, the former a native of Illinois, while the latter was born in Ohio.
They resided for some time in Iowa and then determined to cross the plains,
making the journey with ox teams. This was in the year 1862. They first
settled in Nevada, where they resided for eight years, and then removed to
northern California, where they remained for a decade. On the expiration of
that period, or in the fall of 1880, they came to Walla Walla county,
Washington, where they took up their abode upon a farm which continued
to be their home until a few years before they were called to their final rest.
They moved to Walla Walla, where they passed the last years of their lives.
They had a family of nine children, of whom six are now living.
William E. Gross was largely reared and educated in Nevada and in
California, his opportunities being those offered by the common schools.
He studied through the winter months and in the summer seasons aided in
the farm work. When his textbooks were put aside he concentrated his
entire attention upon farming and became identified with the agricultural
interests of Walla Walla county, where he owned nine hundred and sixty
acres of valuable land. He afterward disposed of the more extensive tract
and bought the farm upon which he now resides, comprising one hundred
and sixty-seven acres. This he has since improved with fine buildings. He
now makes a specialty of dairying and has an excellent herd of Holstein
cattle. His dairy is well equipped in every particular and he has the most
sanitary arrangements for the care of the milk and the handling of his
products. He also engaged in raising Duroc Jersey hogs and his live stock
interests as well as his dairying constitute important features of his
business.
On the 11th of December, 1881, Mr. Gross was united in marriage to
Miss Mary E. Cusker, who was born in Walla Walla county and is a
daughter of James and Clementine (Hayworth) Cusker, the former a native
of Washington, D. C., while the latter was born in Indiana. The father made
his way westward to Oregon when a youth of but thirteen years and later he
became a resident of Walla Walla county. Over forty years ago he settled
upon the farm now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Gross and both he and his
wife died upon this place. To Mr. and Mrs. Gross have been born six
children: Elsie R., at home; Mabel A., the wife of E. Fluke, who has now

departed this life; James B., at home; Orien W.; Myron W.; and Myrtle
Irene.
Mr. Gross holds membership with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen and is a member of the Christian church, guiding his life by its
teachings and conforming his actions to its principles. He has been
progressive in all that he has undertaken and in his business affairs has
shown sound judgment and keen discrimination. He has never been afraid
of hard work nor of close application and is numbered among those who,
taking advantage of the great natural resources of the northwest, have won
success, gaining a place among the most substantial citizens of this part of
the state.

HON. CHESTER F. MILLER.

Hon. Chester F. Miller is judge of the superior court of the district
which embraces Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties of Washington. He
resides in Dayton and is one of the honored and distinguished residents of
the southeastern part of the state. He has lived in the same voting precinct
for fifty-seven years and has thus been closely associated with the
development and progress of his section of the state from pioneer times to
the present. Nature endowed him with keen intellect and he has constantly
developed his powers until he is recognized as the peer of the ablest jurists
who have sat upon the bench of the superior court in the northwest. He was
born in Linn county, Oregon, January 6, 1860, a son of George W. and
Sarah E. (Ping) Miller, both of whom were natives of Indiana. The father
was born in Crawfordsville, that state, on the 6th of April, 1830, and was a
son of John Miller, a native of Tennessee, who in turn was a son of John
Miller, a Revolutionary war soldier. George W. Miller crossed the plains
with his parents to Oregon in 1851, the journey being made with ox teams
and wagon. The family home was established on a donation claim in Linn
county and George W. Miller also took up a claim near Albany, where the
parents settled. He served in the Indian wars of 1855 and in 1860 he came
to Washington, taking up a homestead where the city of Dayton now stands.
Later he sold that property and removed to Garfield county. His wife, who

bore the maiden name of Sarah E. Ping, crossed the plains with her parents
in 1852, the Ping family settling in Linn county, Oregon.

CHESTER F. MILLER

Judge Chester Franklin Miller was an infant of but six months when his
parents arrived at what is now Dayton. He acquired his early education in
the district school, being a pupil in the little old schoolhouse on the hill, and
he attributes much of his later success in life to the thoroughness of his
instruction at that period, his teacher being the Hon. Oliver C. White, who
was then a country school teacher. Subsequently Judge Miller attended a
private school in Dayton for two years and there prepared for college under
the preceptorship of the Hon. J. E. Edmiston, who was at that time one of
the instructors in the Dayton College. Mr. Edmiston and Judge Miller were
afterward law partners, their association being maintained for nine years. In
1878 Judge Miller entered the Willamette University at Salem, Oregon,

where he continued his studies for a year and still later became a student in
the Oregon State University, from which he was graduated with honors in
the class of 1882. Three years later his alma mater conferred upon him the
degree of Master of Arts. Following his graduation he returned to Dayton
and while acting as deputy clerk of the district court he read law under the
direction of Colonel Wyatt A. George, the nestor of the Columbia county
bar, who was known as "Old Equity" by his fellow practitioners.
In 1886 Judge Miller was admitted to the bar by Judge Langford on the
recommendation of T. J. Anders, D. J. Crowley and R. F. Sturdevant, his
examining committee, and soon afterward entered the office of M. A. Baker
and commenced the practice of law. In 1889 he formed a law partnership
with the Hon. J. E. Edmiston, which continued until the close of the year
1890, when Mr. Edmiston was elected prosecuting attorney. Judge Miller
and his brother-in-law, Charles R. Dorr, then became partners and in 1892,
upon the death of Mr. Dorr, Judge Miller again entered into partnership
relations with Mr. Edmiston, with whom he continued to practice until the
latter's death in 1900. No dreary novitiate awaited Judge Miller. Almost
from the onset he was accorded a liberal practice which constantly grew in
volume and importance as the years went on. He won for himself very
favorable criticism for the careful and systematic methods which he
followed. He has remarkable powers of concentration and application and
his retentive mind has often excited the surprise of his professional
colleagues. As an orator he ranks high, especially in the discussion of legal
matters before the court, where his comprehensive knowledge of the law is
manifest and his application of legal principles demonstrates the wide range
of his professional acquirements. It was but natural that the ability which he
displayed in his profession should win for him the recognition that
demanded his service in public office. In 1893 he was elected mayor of
Dayton and he served at different periods as city attorney and clerk of the
city of Dayton. In 1900 he was elected to the office of superior judge and
was reelected to that position in 1904 by a greatly increased majority.
Reelection has since continued him upon the bench of the superior court,
where he has displayed a masterful grasp of every problem presented for
solution. Moreover, his decisions indicate strong mentality, careful analysis,
a thorough knowledge of the law and an unbiased judgment.
On the 24th of May, 1888, Judge Miller was united in marriage to Miss
Nettie Dorr, a daughter of Dr. J. C. and Ellen R. Dorr, who were among the

earliest settlers of California, and in 1879 came to Columbia county,
Washington. The father was a member of the California Legislature of 1864
and later became recognized as one of the prominent and distinguished
citizens of this state. Judge and Mrs. Miller are the parents of six daughters,
namely: Haidee, Sarah, Hilda, Conchita, Luneta and Alice.
There is an interesting military chapter in the life record of Judge Miller,
who was captain of Company F of the First Washington Volunteer Infantry
during the Spanish-American war, being mustered into the United States
service with his company on the 11th of May, 1898. He sailed with his
regiment for the Philippines in October of that year and there acquitted
himself with credit until incapacitated by illness, when he was sent home
and on the 12th of May, 1899, was honorably discharged from the service.
Judge Miller is a past commander of Dayton Lodge, No. 3, K. P.; a past
master of Dayton Lodge, No. 53, F. & A. M.; a past high priest of Dayton
Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M.; a past grand of Patit Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F.; a
past chief patriarch of Franklin Encampment, No. 13, I. O. O. F.; and past
grand master of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of the state of Washington.
He also has membership with the Woodmen, the Workmen, the Eastern Star,
the Rebekahs and the Rathbone Sisters. Such in brief is the record of Judge
Miller, one of the oldest of the pioneer settlers of Columbia county who can
claim to be a native son, one of the most progressive citizens and one of the
most eminent jurists of southeastern Washington. His name is written high
on the roll of honor in Columbia county and his seventeen years' service on
the bench indicates that he possesses the broad-mindedness which not only
comprehends the details of a situation quickly but also which insures a
complete self-control under even the most exasperating conditions. He has
made a splendid record in the discharge of his multitudinous, often delicate,
duties and is spoken of by his colleagues and contemporaries as a man of
well rounded character, finely balanced mind and of splendid intellectual
attainments.

CLARK WALTER.

In this day of international warfare one is apt to think back over the
history of the country to see what is the American record in times of strife.

History presents many tales of heroism, showing that the American
character is one that measures up to full standards of loyalty, of duty and of
courage. Among those who fought for the preservation of the Union during
the dark days of the Civil war was Clark Walter, who is now a retired
farmer residing in Walla Walla.
Mr. Walter was born near South Bend, Indiana, on the 7th of April,
1841, a son of Lucius and Adaline (Fellows) Walter, the former a native of
the state of New York, while the latter was probably born in Connecticut.
They were married in the Empire state and became parents of two children
there before they removed to Michigan about 1839 or 1840. The mother's
people had preceded them to that state but after a brief period passed in
Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. Walter went to Indiana, establishing their home
near Notre Dame. At a later period, however, they returned to Michigan,
where the death of the mother occurred in 1853. The father afterward
married Miss Anna Dopp and continued to reside in Michigan until called
to the home beyond.

MR. AND MRS. CLARK WALTER

Clark Walter was reared in that state and pursued a common school
education there. He was twenty years of age when in April, 1861, he
responded to the country's call for troops, enlisting for three months as a
member of the Second Michigan Infantry. It was soon seen, however, that
the war was to be no mere holiday affair and he offered his services for
three years, joining the army on the 30th of July, 1861, in response to the
call for three years' men. He was mustered in as a member of Company A,
Sixth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and at Baltimore, Maryland, was
assigned to General Dixie's command. The army remained in Baltimore
until February, 1862, when they were sent to Fort Monroe and afterward to

Ship Island in the Gulf of Mexico for the attack on New Orleans. After
General Farragut's capture of New Orleans they went on transports up the
river to Vicksburg and later returned to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. On the
14th of October, 1862, Mr. Walter was honorably discharged from the
service on account of disability. He had participated in a number of
important engagements and at all times had proven his marked loyalty to
the cause which he espoused.
After receiving an honorable discharge Mr. Walter returned to Michigan
and in 1864 he crossed the plains to California, making the trip for the
benefit of his health, which was still impaired because of the rigors of his
military service. In the fall of 1865 he returned eastward as far as
Minnesota, taking up his abode in Dakota county. He afterward removed to
Sibley county, that state. He had married in Michigan in 1864, prior to
crossing the plains, and with his family he continued his residence in
Minnesota until 1877, when he once more crossed the plains, this time
accompanied by his wife and three children. Arriving in Oregon, he settled
near Athena in Umatilla county, where he purchased a quarter section of
railroad land and began farming. He had used his homestead right in
Minnesota, but the grasshopper scourge which continued for four years in
that state caused him to lose all that he had, so that he came to Oregon with
but very little money. He acquired two hundred and forty acres in his home
place, on which he resided until 1898, when he removed to Walla Walla in
order to give his children the advantages offered by the city schools. He has
here since made his home and is one of the valued and respected residents.
On the 7th of March, 1864, Mr. Walter was united in marriage to Miss
Hannah B. Kinsey, and they became the parents of eight children, six of
whom still survive, namely: Mabel L., who is the wife of Dr. J. A. Moffitt,
of Sacramento, California; Charles A., who follows farming in Walla Walla
county; Edith, who is a Sister of St. Francis in the convent at Pendleton and
is a painter and musician of ability, teaching both arts at the convent; John
C., who operates a farm of his own and also his father's place in Umatilla
county, Oregon; Francis H., who is a resident of Pierce county, Washington;
and Gertrude, who is the wife of Elmer T. Matheny, of Walla Walla.
Mrs. Walter is descended from Revolutionary stock, her maternal great-
grandfather having served for seven years in the war for independence. His
sister, Deborah Sampson, also served as a common soldier in that war,
being disguised as a man and known by the name of Robert Shurtliff. She

carried a gun and participated in numerous battles, being twice wounded,
once through the arm and later through the breast. She recovered and
subsequently married. She was received by General Washington, who
conferred honors upon her, and she was one of the few women given a life
pension by our government. Mrs. Walter's grandfather Sampson was a
soldier of the War of 1812.
In his political views Mr. Walter is a stalwart democrat, and while never
an aspirant for public office, he has repeatedly been honored in local affairs.
He was elected to the board of county commissioners of Sibley county,
Minnesota. He served as justice of the peace, as town clerk and as assessor
in Sibley county and after his removal to the west was appointed to fill a
vacancy on the board of county commissioners of Umatilla county, Oregon,
and was twice thereafter regularly elected thereto, serving for six years. He
was a member of the board and one of the leading factors in the building of
the new one hundred thousand dollar courthouse of Umatilla county. He
served continuously as a member of the school board almost from the time
of his arrival in Umatilla county until his removal to Walla Walla.
Fraternally Mr. Walter is connected with Blue Mountain Lodge, No. 13, F.
& A. M., with A. Lincoln Post, No. 4, G. A. R., and is most loyal to the
teachings and purposes of these organizations. Through his connection with
the latter he maintains pleasant associations with his old army comrades and
proudly wears the little bronze button that proclaims him as one of the
"boys in blue." There is in his life record nothing spectacular but his career
is one that places him with the substantial citizens of the northwest—men
who have consistently done their duty year by year and in the legitimate
advancement of their own fortunes have contributed to the upbuilding and
prosperity of the district in which they live.

CHARLES COYLE.

Charles Coyle is a partner in the firm of Coyle Brothers, well known
dairy farmers of Walla Walla county. His home is on section 27, township 7
north, range 35 east. He was born in Oregon, September 14, 1865, and is a
son of James Coyle, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work in connection
with the sketch of Byrd Coyle. He came to Walla Walla county when but a

year old, the parents removing with their family to this state. He has since
lived upon the farm which he now occupies and which is therefore endeared
to him through the associations of boyhood as well as those of later years.
He acquired a common school education and when not busy with his
textbooks his attention was given to the work of the fields, for he was early
trained to the tasks of plowing, planting and harvesting. He remained at
home until he attained his majority, since which time he and his brothers
have carried on farming together and have long made a specialty of
dairying. In this business they are very successful and for that purpose they
keep a large herd of fine cattle. Everything about their dairy is in excellent
condition. Their arrangements are of the most sanitary and the products of
their dairy find a ready sale on the market.
In 1911 Mr. Coyle was married to Miss Lela Truitt, a native of Missouri,
who in 1909 became a resident of Walla Walla, where her parents are still
living. To Mr. and Mrs. Coyle have been born three children, Inez M., C.
Bruce and Maxine. The parents are members of the Christian church and in
politics Mr. Coyle is a democrat. He has served as school director and as
school clerk in his district and is interested in all that tends to promote
educational progress. In fact he stands for advancement and improvement
along all lines and is acknowledged a man of worth, highly esteemed
wherever known and most of all where he is best known.

CLYDE H. BROWN.

Farming interests of Walla Walla county find a worthy representative in
Clyde H. Brown, who is living on section 4, township 9 north, range 36
east. He was born in Waitsburg, this county, on the 18th of June, 1877, a
son of Albert N. and Justina (Kent) Brown. The father was a native of Iowa
and the mother of Illinois, but they were married in Kansas, where they had
lived for some years, each removing to that state with their parents. In 1876
they came to the Pacific coast, making their way westward by train to San
Francisco and thence by boat to Portland. The following fall and winter
were spent in the Willamette valley and in the spring of 1877 they came by
wagon and team to Walla Walla county, Washington, taking up their abode
upon a homestead claim two miles north of Waitsburg. The father proved up

on this property and there resided for five years. He afterward removed to a
small place one mile west of Waitsburg, upon which he also spent five
years. At the expiration of that period he sold the property and purchased
the Bolles Junction ranch of four hundred and twenty acres half way
between Waitsburg and Prescott. Upon that place he lived for thirteen years
and then disposed of the property and purchased the farm upon which his
son Clyde H. now resides, adjoining the city limits of Prescott. Here he
owned nine hundred acres of land which he continued to cultivate and
improve up to the time of his death in January, 1911. His widow is still
living and makes her home with her son Clyde.
A western man by birth, training and preference, Clyde H. Brown
displays in his life the spirit of enterprise and progress which have ever
been a dominant factor in the upbuilding of this section of the country. He
was educated in the Bolles Junction school and in the Waitsburg public
schools and was early trained to the work of the farm, assisting in the tasks
of plowing, planting and harvesting from early boyhood. On account of his
father's ill health the management of the farm devolved upon him when he
was yet a young man and he has since continued in control, carefully and
wisely directing the development and further improvement of the place. He
has brought the fields under a high state of cultivation and upon the farm
there are substantial buildings which indicate the care and supervision of
the owner. He seems to lose sight of nothing that should be accomplished in
the work of further developing his place and his labors have brought
substantial results.
On the 15th of September, 1899, Mr. Brown was united in marriage to
Miss Ethel Miller, of Bolles Junction, and to them have been born two sons
and a daughter, Myrle, Duane and Iris.
In his political views Mr. Brown is a stalwart republican. He belongs to
Waitsburg Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M.; Walla Walla Chapter, No. 1, R. A.
M.; Washington Commandery, K. T., of Walla Walla; and El Katif Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S., of Spokane. He also has membership with Prescott
Lodge, No. 46, I. O. O. F., and he and his wife are members of Waitsburg
Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Brown is also connected with
the Methodist Episcopal church. They are widely and favorably known in
their part of Walla Walla county and have an extensive circle of warm
friends who esteem them highly. Their social qualities, their loyalty in

citizenship and their devotion to the best interests of the community insure
for them an enviable position in the public regard.

ANDY TAYLOR.

Andy Taylor, one of the extensive wheat growers of Walla Walla county,
within the borders of which he has resided for the past three decades, makes
his home in the city of Walla Walla. For some years he engaged in the
cultivation of seven hundred and ninety-seven acres of land nine miles
north of Prescott and also operates a tract of two thousand acres under
lease. His birth occurred in Greene county, Tennessee, on the 15th of July,
1857, his parents being William and Susan (Carey) Taylor, who were also
natives of that state. In 1889, one year after the arrival of their son Andy,
they made their way to the Pacific coast country and for a time resided in
Oregon. Subsequently, however, they took up their abode in Walla Walla
and here spent the remainder of their lives.
Andy Taylor spent the first nineteen years of his life in the state of his
nativity and about 1876 removed to Petersburg, Illinois, where he was
actively engaged in general agricultural pursuits for more than a decade. It
was in 1887 that he came to Walla Walla county, Washington, and here he
was employed as a ranch hand for a period of five years. At the end of that
time, in 1893, he took up a homestead ten miles north of Walla Walla,
residing thereon for five years or until he established the family home in the
city of Walla Walla, where it has since been maintained. In the fall of 1917
he disposed of his tract north of Prescott. The prosperity which he now
enjoys is indeed well merited, for he has ever manifested industry,
enterprise and keen discrimination and in the management of his extensive
interests has been notably practical, persistent and progressive.

ANDY TAYLOR

MRS. ANDY TAYLOR

In 1884 Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Mollie C. Ragsdill,
of Menard county, Illinois, by whom he has two sons: Lowell Oakley, a
successful agriculturist of Walla Walla county; and Brooks Andy, who
engages in wheat growing with his father. Although a grandmother Mrs.
Taylor is now a student at St. Paul's School, where she expects to complete
the school work begun in her girlhood, having a great desire for a higher
education than she could obtain at that time. This is very unusual for a
woman past fifty years of age but shows her strength of character and
perseverance. Mr. Taylor gives his political allegiance to the republican
party, which he has supported since age conferred upon him the right of

franchise. Fraternally he is identified with the following organizations: Blue
Mountain Lodge, No. 13, F. & A. M.; Walla Walla Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M.;
Enterprise Lodge, No. 2, I. O. O. F.; Walla Walla Encampment, No. 3, I. O.
O. F.; and Walla Walla Lodge, No. 287, B. P. O. E. Mr. Taylor and his two
sons are all thirty-second degree Masons as well as members of the Odd
Fellows lodge and encampment, while his wife and sons are identified with
the Order of the Eastern Star, and Mrs. Taylor is a member of the Daughters
of Rebekahs. Mr. Taylor is also a member of the Farmers Union and is
widely and favorably known in Walla Walla county, where he has won
friends and fortune.

ALBERT R. MATTOON.

Albert R. Mattoon is a representative farmer of Walla Walla county who
deserves mention among the self-made men. He had no assistance when he
started out in the business world but early realized that energy and effort
will bring substantial results and by reason of his unfaltering diligence he
has gained a place among the leading farmers of his section of the county.
He was born in Oregon, July 12, 1853, and is the only child of Aruna and
Eliza A. (Trullinger) Mattoon. The father was a native of the state of New
York, while the mother was born in Indiana. It was in 1847 that they
crossed the plains, making the journey with ox teams and taking up their
abode near Oregon City, Oregon. Mr. Mattoon secured a donation claim,
upon which not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made, and
there he built a log cabin. The family lived in true pioneer style, for the
work of progress and development had scarcely been begun in that region.
The Indians far outnumbered the white settlers; the forests stood in their
primeval strength; the streams were unbridged and the land uncultivated.
Only here and there had some venturesome spirit penetrated into the
wildernesses of the west in order to found a home and engage in business.
Mr. Mattoon began the development of his farm and continued his
residence in Oregon until his demise, but his widow afterward removed to
Washington and spent her last days in Walla Walla county.
Albert R. Mattoon was reared and educated in Oregon and remained a
resident of that state until 1878, when, at the age of twenty-five years he

came to Washington and has since made his home in Walla Walla county
save for a brief period. After taking up his abode in the city of Walla Walla
he was there engaged in the implement business for fifteen years, ranking
with its leading and representative merchants. He then sold his store and
returned to Oregon, going first to Riddle, where he engaged in
merchandising for seven years. He then disposed of his store at that place
and removed to Portland, where he engaged in the real estate business until
1913, when he returned to Walla Walla. He then took up his abode upon the
farm on which he now resides, having sixty acres of land on which is raised
corn, hay, wheat and garden produce. At the present time, however, he rents
most of his land and is now practically living retired.
On the 7th of November, 1880, Mr. Mattoon was married to Mrs. Nancy
Jane Knight, a native of Missouri, and to them have been born two sons:
Arthur R., who is now living in Portland, Oregon; and Fred V., who is
successfully engaged in the hotel business at Wenatchee, Washington. By
her first marriage Mrs. Mattoon has one son, P. B. Knight, who resides in
Walla Walla. She is a daughter of William Bartlett and Mary (Weaver)
Braden, natives of Kentucky and North Carolina respectively. They were
married, however, in Tennessee, and from that state removed to Illinois
about 1838. Ten years later they went to Missouri, where Mr. Braden died
in 1866. In 1870 Mrs. Braden came with her daughter to Walla Walla
county, Washington; and here she passed away at the home of Mrs. Mattoon
in 1887. She was the mother of twelve children, but only three now survive.
In 1873 her daughter, Nancy Jane, became the wife of William C. Knight,
who died about a year later.
In his political views Mr. Mattoon has always been a stalwart republican
since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and he represented
Douglas county, Oregon, for two years in the state legislature, during which
period he was instrumental by his vote in electing John H. Mitchell to the
office of United States senator. For some years he served on the school
board and the cause of education has ever found in him a stalwart supporter.
He also belongs to the Odd Fellows lodge at Roseburg, Oregon, and his life
is an exemplification of its teachings concerning the brotherhood of man
and the obligations thereby imposed. In all of his business career he has
shown ready adaptability and resourcefulness, combined with energy and
enterprise, and whatever he has undertaken he has carried forward to
successful completion. The record which he has made is a very creditable

one and his life history shows that success and an honored name may be
won simultaneously.

HORACE G. HART.

Horace G. Hart is spoken of by friends and neighbors as a man of high
purpose that has found expression in his daily conduct. He is now engaged
in general farming on section 3, township 9 north, range 36 east, in Walla
Walla county. He was born in Macon county, Missouri, on the 7th of
September, 1858, a son of Horace and Margaret E. (Mercer) Hart. The
father was a native of Connecticut and the mother of Kentucky. The former
first crossed the plains in 1846, making his way to Spalding's mission at
Lapwai, Idaho, Mr. Spalding's first wife having been his sister. In the fall of
1848, when gold was first discovered in California, he went to that state and
subsequently he crossed the continent four times, twice by way of the
Isthmus route and once around the Horn. He was married on the 22d of
November, 1855, and in 1864 he brought his family across the plains,
making his way to the Touchet valley, where he established his home about
twenty miles north of Walla Walla. There he became actively identified with
farming and stock raising and acquired two hundred and forty acres of land,
upon which he spent his remaining days, passing away September 1, 1892,
when in his eightieth year. His experiences were broad and varied,
acquainting him with all phases of mining life and with all phases of
pioneer life in the far west. On the 29th of May, 1893, his wife passed away
when sixty-nine years of age.
Horace G. Hart was reared under the parental roof upon the western
frontier, having been but six years of age when the family came to
Washington. His education was acquired in the district schools and as early
as his eighteenth year he began farming on his own account, operating his
father's farm, which he continued to manage until after his father's death. In
the meantime, on attaining his majority, he filed on a homestead adjoining
his father's place and continued its cultivation in connection with the further
development of the old homestead. Following his father's demise he came
into possession of the farm on which he still resides, but has sold much of
the land, retaining one hundred acres as a home. His career has been that of

a very busy man. He has closely applied himself to the care and
management of his property interests and he has long ranked with the
leading and representative agriculturists of his section of the state.
On the 28th of March, 1881, Mr. Hart was united in marriage to Miss
Ollie L. McKinzie, of Walla Walla, a daughter of Isaac McKinzie, one of
the early settlers of the county. To this union have been born ten children:
Myrtle A., the wife of Daniel Callahan, a farmer of this county; Carl E., of
Waitsburg, Washington; Ralph H., a farmer of Walla Walla county; Lulu P.,
the wife of Arthur Coe, a farmer residing at Milton, Oregon; Mabel, the
wife of Herbert E. Carr, of Prescott; Dorsey, a resident of Detroit,
Michigan; and Mary, Lester, Loverne and Horace, Jr., all at home.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Hart has given stalwart allegiance to the
republican party but has never been an aspirant for public office. He,
however, allowed his name to be used on the prohibition ticket for the
office of county commissioner. He has always been a staunch advocate of
temperance and does everything in his power to advance the cause. He
belongs to Prescott Lodge, No. 46, I. O. O. F., and to the Ancient Order of
United Workmen. He and his wife are members of the Federated church at
Prescott and his aid can always be counted upon to further any movement
that tends to uplift the individual or advance the best interests of the
community. His standards of life are high and those who know him have
come to recognize the fact that his word is as good as his bond.

ALEXANDER PRICE.

Alexander Price was a most prominent and progressive farmer of
Columbia county for many years and in his death the community lost one of
its valued citizens. He was born in Missouri, November 3, 1847, a son of
Joseph S. and Sarah (Williams) Price, the former a native of Kentucky,
while the latter was born in Indiana.
Alexander Price was reared and educated in Missouri and was a youth
of seventeen years when he crossed the plains, traveling with ox team and
wagon after the primitive methods of the period. There were no railroads
across the country at that time and with the slow-plodding oxen only a few
miles could be covered every day. Thus the trip lengthened out over weeks

and months but eventually they reached their destination and Mr. Price
became a resident of Yamhill county, Oregon. There he secured
employment as a farm hand, remaining in that state until the fall of 1870,
when he came to Walla Walla county and took up a homestead nine miles
southwest of Dayton. Upon that farm he lived for seven years and his labors
wrought a marked transformation in the appearance of the place. His widow
still owns that property, which has now become very valuable.
In 1873 Mr. Price was united in marriage to Miss Clarinda J. Anderson,
a native of Missouri and a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Power)
Anderson, who were natives of Indiana. They removed from that state to
Missouri, where the father died in the year 1850. The mother afterward
crossed the plains with her family in 1865, spending her last days in
Washington. To Mr. and Mrs. Price were born seven children: George F.;
Martha, at home; Celestia, the wife of James J. Edwards; Susan M.; Alice
L., who has passed away; Homer E.; and Joseph W.
The death of the husband and father occurred in 1906 and he was laid to
rest in Dayton cemetery, leaving a widow and six children to mourn his
loss. He had been devoted to their welfare and by reason of his capable
business management and wise investments, combined with indefatigable
energy and industry, he was able to leave his family in very comfortable
financial circumstances. Mrs. Price and her children now own more than
five thousand acres of valuable wheat land in Columbia county, all of which
is improved, and she also has an attractive residence in the city of Dayton,
where she is able to enjoy all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life.
She belongs to the Congregational church and takes an active interest in its
work. In fact, she is ever ready to endorse those plans and measures which
tend to uplift the individual or uphold the betterment of the community at
large. For many years the Price family has lived in this section of the state,
coming here long before Washington was admitted to the Union, and they
are prominent not only as pioneers but in those social circles where true
worth and intelligence are accepted as the passports into good society.

HON. WILLIAM FARRISH.

In the front ranks of the columns which have advanced the civilization
of Washington, Hon. William Farrish has led the way to the substantial
development, progress and upbuilding of Asotin county, being particularly
active in the growth and progress of the district in which he still makes his
home. His memory goes back to the time when the entire Pacific coast was
but sparsely settled, when much of the land had not been reclaimed for
purposes of civilization but remained in the primitive condition in which it
came from the hand of nature. He has lived in the same house in three
different counties owing to the division of the old county necessitating
change of name and installation of new county governments. He has seen
the forests cut, the streams bridged and the work of development carried
forward and at all times has borne his part in the general advancement and
improvement which has brought Asotin county to its present condition. He
was born in Richibucto, province of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, August
9, 1835, a son of William and Catherine (Smith) Farrish, who were natives
of Scotland. The father was a lumberman and thus provided for his family.

MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM FARRISH

Hon. William Farrish was the second in order of birth in a family of
three sons and three daughters, of whom only three are now living. He
acquired his early education in the paid schools of New Brunswick, which
he attended for about three years. He left home in 1853, when eighteen
years of age, and made his way to Wisconsin, settling in Grand Rapids, that

state, after which he worked in the lumber camps, cutting logs and sawing
lumber, which was then rafted down the Mississippi and sold. Part of the
time he worked for others and during a part of the time engaged in business
there on his own account. He continued a resident of Wisconsin until 1878,
when he removed to the west, traveling by rail to San Francisco and thence
by boat up the coast and up the Columbia river until he took up his abode in
Columbia county, Washington, establishing his home in that section which
is now Asotin county. He made his way by stage from Walla Walla to
Dayton and on to Pomeroy and to Columbia Center, where his wife's people
lived. From that point he came to Asotin, where he embarked in the lumber
business in connection with his father-in-law, T. G. Bean. They were thus
associated in business for twenty years, on the expiration of which period
Mr. Farrish purchased his partner's interest and conducted the business
alone. He came to Washington territory in the spring of 1878, when there
were a number of Indian uprisings occurring in various sections. There were
only about twenty families living in the Anatone country at that time and
there was great fear among them because of the possibility of an outbreak
of Indian hostility at any time. Some of the men began to build a stockade
in the hills and Mr. Farrish sent two of his men to help them cut logs and
build the stockade, into which all of the families were taken. The Indians,
however, did not attack them although the people were expecting an attack
daily. The association which existed between Mr. Bean and Mr. Farrish was
ever most harmonious and their business affairs were carefully, wisely and
successfully conducted. They would haul the lumber from the mountains by
team and then raft the lumber down the Snake river. They furnished the
lumber for the famous Truax interests, used for the building of the big
warehouses, and also the lumber for the Columbia county plank road. They
had a lumberyard at Ilia, in Columbia county, now Garfield, as well as at
Asotin, and sold lumber throughout old Walla Walla county. They sold the
lumber for the old grist mill at Almota, the frame of which is still standing
although it was erected in 1878. After coming to Washington, Mr. Farrish
lived in the timber for about five years. Later he removed his home on the
ranch, where he remained for about fifteen years, when his residence was
destroyed by fire. He then took up his abode in the town, where he had
another home that had been erected several years before. He has always
been actively identified with the lumber interests during the period of his
residence in Washington and has done much to develop the lumber

resources of this section of the country and has thus added materially to the
wealth, development and progress of the state. He owns a ranch of eight
hundred acres, half of which is under cultivation and is now being managed
by his son, Harry H.
Mr. Farrish was united in marriage to Miss Content V. Bean, who was
born April 14, 1847, in Union county, Wisconsin, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. G. Bean, who were pioneers of Washington. On removing westward
from Wisconsin they settled for a time on the Walla Walla river, where the
father conducted a shingle mill. The marriage of Mr, and Mrs. Farrish was
celebrated in Plover, Wisconsin, on the 31st of March, 1869, and to them
were born seven children: William Thomas, born in Port Edwards,
Wisconsin, February 14, 1870, and now a resident of Walla Walla, married
Georgia Bradley and to them were born four children. Frank A., born in
Port Edwards, Wisconsin, December 16, 1873, is now a resident of Anatone
and operates the sawmill there. He married Nellie Smelcer and to them
were born three children who are living and one who died in infancy. Harry
H., born in Port Edwards, Wisconsin, April 16, 1876, and now ably
conducting the home ranch, married Carrie Evans and they have two
children: Gervais, who died in infancy; and Colin. The younger children of
this family were all born in the same house although in different counties,
owing to the various divisions which were made in the counties at that
period. Arthur, who was born in Columbia county July 7, 1878, is now
conducting his father's interests in the lumber business and lives at home.
Grace was born in Columbia county June 25, 1880, and is the wife of
George N. Ausman, a prominent rancher of Asotin county and a son of one
of the early and honored pioneer settlers mentioned elsewhere in this work.
They have six children. Robert Bruce was born July 14, 1883, and now
occupies a homestead ten miles from the town of Asotin, in Asotin county.
He married Maud Trent and they have become the parents of two daughters.
Edith, born August 8, 1886, in Asotin county, is the wife of E. R. Downen,
who served two terms as county treasurer and is now county assessor, and
they have two sons. The wife and mother passed away in Asotin, November
14, 1906, and her death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret, for
she had endeared herself to many with whom she had been brought into
contact. She was a consistent member of the Methodist church, to which
Mr. Farrish also belongs.

In politics he is a staunch republican and represented his district in the
state legislature in the first, second and third sessions after Washington was
admitted to the Union. He was made a Mason in Grand Rapids, Wisconsin,
in 1852 and holds membership in the Royal Arch Chapter in Lewiston. He
is the only living charter member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
at Anatone.

FREDERICK J. FLEISCHER.

Frederick J. Fleischer occupies a central place on the stage of business
and political activity in Prescott. Important public and private interests have
been controlled by him to the benefit of the public and he well deserves the
position of leadership which is accorded him. He is vice president and the
cashier of the First State Bank of Prescott and is now serving as mayor of
the city. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on the 16th of May, 1871, and
is a son of John A. and Elizabeth (Miller) Fleischer. His paternal
grandfather, Knute J. Fleischer, was of German descent on his father's side,
although of Norwegian birth, and he came to the United States as
Norwegian consul.
John A. Fleischer, father of Frederick J. Fleischer, was born in 1846 and
was but five years of age when brought by his parents to the new world, so
that he was reared in Madison, Wisconsin, where the family home was
established. He was a youth of seventeen when, in response to the call of
the country for troops to service in the Civil war, he enlisted in a Wisconsin
regiment and through the following two years rose to the rank of second
lieutenant. The war having ended, he was then honorably discharged and
returned to Madison, Wisconsin, where he was united in marriage to Miss
Elizabeth Miller, a native of that city, the wedding being there celebrated in
1868. They began their domestic life in Madison, where they continued to
reside until 1872, and then removed to Pelican Rapids, in Otter Tail county,
Minnesota, where the father secured a homestead and engaged in farming
for thirty-four years, being thus ranked for more than a third of a century
with the representative and honored residents of that part of that state. In
1906 he came west and settled first in Lewiston, Idaho, where he remained
for five years, and after a year or more spent in Seattle and in Portland he

came to Prescott, Washington, where he has since resided. He is now living
retired, enjoying the fruits of his former toil, for his years of indefatigable
industry and perseverance have brought to him a substantial competence
that enables him to rest from further labor.
Frederick J. Fleischer, whose name introduces this review, was reared
upon the home farm in Ottertail county, Minnesota, with the usual
experiences of the farmbred boy. He supplemented his public school
training by a business course received in Dixon, Illinois, and until his
twenty-seventh year remained upon the home farm, assisting his father in
its cultivation through the summer months, while in the winter seasons he
engaged in teaching. In 1898 he accepted a position as bookkeeper in the J.
P. Wallace State Bank of Pelican Rapids and three years later he became
one of the stockholders in the bank and was made a member of its board of
directors. He was also elected cashier of the bank, in which position he
continued to serve until 1906, when he sold his interest in that institution
and came to the west with his father, making his way to Lewiston, Idaho.
On the 1st of January, 1907, he went to Moscow, Idaho, to accept the
cashiership of the Moscow State Bank. During the following year the bank
changed hands and in January, 1908, Mr. Fleischer went to Spokane,
Washington, where he resided until the 1st of August of that year, when he
came to Prescott. On the 1st of January following he purchased stock in the
First State Bank and assumed the cashiership. This bank had passed through
some severe financial reverses and the task of rebuilding it devolved upon
Mr. Fleischer. How well this task has been performed is told in the present
condition of the bank's affairs. When he took charge the deposits amounted
to about thirty thousand dollars. Today and for several years past the
deposits have averaged about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
the affairs of the bank are in splendid condition in every way. Mr. Fleischer
brought to his work long experience, keen sagacity and notably sound
discrimination and his close application and careful management have
brought most satisfactory results.
On the 26th of June, 1901, Mr. Fleischer was united in marriage to Miss
Charlotte G. Hicks, of Milnor, North Dakota, and to them have been four
children, of whom three are living, Ernestine Lois, Frederick J. and Hugh
Warren.
Mr. Fleischer is a republican but not a narrow partisan. On the contrary
he is a man of broad and liberal views, but is unfaltering in his allegiance to

a principle in which he firmly believes. He has served as a delegate to the
republican state conventions of Minnesota on two different occasions and
he was city treasurer of Pelican Rapids for a number of years. Since coming
to Prescott he has also been called upon to fill positions of public honor and
trust by his fellow citizens, who recognized his splendid ability as a
business man and desired that the city might benefit by that ability. He was
made a member of the city council, in which he served for a number of
years, and for two years he has been mayor of Prescott. His administration
is businesslike and progressive. It has resulted in bringing about various
improvements and while he avoids all useless expenditure he also equally
avoids that retrenchment which blocks public progress. In a word his sound
judgment discriminates between the essential and the non-essential in
regard to municipal affairs just as surely as it does in relation to the interests
of the bank, which has grown so steadily under his direction.
Mr. Fleischer is well known in Masonic circles, holding membership in
Waitsburg Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M.; Walla Walla Chapter, No. 1, R. A.
M.; and Washington Commandery, No. 1, K. T. He is also identified with El
Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Spokane, and he belongs to Whetstone
Lodge, No. 157, K. P., of Prescott, in which latter he has held all the chairs.
He and his wife are members of the Order of the Eastern Star at Waitsburg
and both are actively identified with the Federated church of Prescott,
taking an active and helpful interest in all that pertains to the improvement
and upbuilding of their city along material, intellectual, social and moral
lines. Without invidious distinction Mr. Fleischer may well be termed one
of the foremost men of Prescott, loyal to every interest of general benefit,
while his course in private affairs marks him as a man of high honor.

JOSEPHUS M. MOORE.

Josephus M. Moore came to Walla Walla county in 1870 and during the
many years of his residence here became widely and favorably known. He
was born in Rock Island, Illinois, September 17, 1838, a son of Amos L.
and Mary Moore, both of whom were natives of Ohio, whence they
removed to Illinois when the Prairie state was still but thinly settled. Still
later they removed to a new frontier, coming to Walla Walla county,

Washington in 1868, and here both passed away. To them were born five
children.
Josephus M. Moore received his education in the public schools of
Illinois and remained with his parents during his boyhood and youth. He
continued to reside in the middle west until 1870, when he decided to try
his fortune in the Pacific coast country, concerning which he had heard
excellent reports. He arrived in Old Walla Walla county, Washington, in
July, 1870, and turned his attention to farming in what is now Garfield
county. This occupation claimed his time and energies throughout his
remaining days. He was energetic and resolute and overcame all obstacles
that lay between him and success, gaining a substantial competence.
Mr. Moore was married in Ohio to Miss Louisa Prescott, by whom he
had one daughter, Mary, now the wife of Walter Preston, of Portland,
Oregon. On coming to Washington Mr. Moore was accompanied by his
wife and daughter, and Mrs. Moore died here some years later. In 1894 Mr.
Moore was again married, his second union being with Miss Eva Abbott, a
native of Ohio. Her parents, S. J. and Chloe (Russell) Abbott, were born
respectively in Vermont and Ohio, but in 1862 made the long journey across
the great plains to California, where they remained until 1880. In that year
they came to Walla Walla county, Washington, and both are still living here,
the father at the age of eighty-three years and the mother at the age of
eighty. Both are still keen of mind and active of body and they are one of
the most highly esteemed couples in the county. Four of the seven children
born to them survive. To Mr. and Mrs. Moore was born a son, Amos A.,
who was graduated from the military academy at Staunton, Virginia; later
was a student in the State University of Washington, at Seattle, and is now a
student at Walla Walla Business College.

JOSEPHUS M. MOORE

MRS. JOSEPHUS M. MOORE

Mr. Moore was a stanch advocate of republican principles and served
with much satisfaction to his constituents in a number of local offices. The
principles of conduct which guided his life were found in the teachings of
the Masonic order, to which he belonged. His death occurred September 24,
1901, and he was buried in Mountain View cemetery. He was a man of
many admirable traits and those who knew him well still cherish his
memory. Mrs. Moore makes her home in the city of Walla Walla, where she
owns a fine residence situated on five acres of ground.

ROBERT O. SANDERS.

Robert O. Sanders is living retired in Waitsburg, although for a long
period he was actively identified with farming interests in Walla Walla
County, and his capable management of his business affairs brought to him
the measure of success which he is now enjoying. He was born in Jefferson
county, Illinois, October 8, 1852, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Breeze)
Sanders. The father was a native of Indiana, while the mother's birth
occurred in Illinois, where for many years they resided and where both
passed away. In their family were seven children, four of whom are yet
living.
Robert O. Sanders spent the period of his boyhood and youth upon the
home farm in Illinois with the usual experiences that fall to the lot of the lad
who divides his time between the duties of the schoolroom, the pleasures of
the playground and the work of the fields. When he was sixteen years of
age his father died and he continued to assist his mother until he attained his
majority, when he began farming on his own account. In 1888 he removed
to Walla Walla, since which time he has resided in the northwest, his
connection with this section of the country now covering a period of almost
thirty years. He began farming here and first rented land and while thus
engaged he carefully saved his earnings until his industry and economy had
brought him sufficient capital to enable him to purchase a farm. That he has
prospered as the years have gone by is indicated in the fact that he now
owns three hundred and twenty acres which he has greatly improved. It is
wheat land and is cultivated according to the most progressive and scientific
methods of crop production. His work has always been carefully performed
and his industry and diligence have brought substantial results. He
continued personally to cultivate his place until 1902, when he retired from
active farm life and removed to Waitsburg, where he is now living.
On January 29, 1874, Mr. Sanders was married to Miss Eva Harned, a
native of Indiana, and they became the parents of seven children: Addie, the
wife of O. W. Abbey; Maud, who married J. W. Cram; Samuel C., living in
Oregon; Alva H., who occupies his father's farm; and three who died in
infancy.

Fraternally Mr. Sanders is connected with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, belonging to Touchet Lodge, No. 5, while both he and his wife are
connected with the Rebekahs. In politics he is a republican, having always
been a firm believer in the principles of the party. He has served as school
director for ten years and it is his earnest desire that excellent educational
advantages shall be given to the youth of this section of the state. He and
his wife are consistent members of the Christian church and have guided
their lives according to its teachings. They are influenced by high principles
of conduct and their genuine worth has commended them to the friendship
and regard of all with whom they have been associated. The record of Mr.
Sanders should serve to inspire and encourage others, showing what may be
accomplished when one has the will to dare and to do, for he started out in
life empty-handed and whatever success he has achieved or enjoyed has
been won through his persistency of purpose, his unremitting diligence and
his business integrity.

EMERY FLATHERS.

Emery Flathers, who followed farming on section 31, township 10
north, range 36 east, is a representative of one of the old pioneer families of
Walla Walla county. From an early period in the development in this section
of the state the family has taken an active part in the work of general
progress and improvement and is particularly well and favorably known in
connection with the agricultural development of this section. Emery
Flathers was born on the old homestead farm adjoining the town of
Prescott, March 27, 1872, a son of Benjamin F. and Melinda S. (McQuown)
Flathers. The father was a native of Louisville, Kentucky, while the mother
was a native of Virginia.
Upon the old homestead Emery Flathers was reared and in the schools
of Prescott he pursued his education. In 1905 he entered into partnership
with his brothers, John and Charles, and for five years they were associated
in farming operations. In 1910, however, Emery Flathers withdrew from the
firm and since that time has rented his land and lived retired. He owns two
hundred acres, constituting a valuable property, and his rental returns to him
a very gratifying income.

On December 23, 1908, Mr. Flathers was married to Miss Rae E.
Dunlap, a daughter of John K. Dunlap, who has passed away. Mr. and Mrs.
Flathers became the parents of two children, a son and a daughter, Howard
and Frances. Mrs. Flathers departed this life July 17, 1915, and her death
was deeply regretted not only by her immediate family but by many friends.
Mr. Flathers is independent in politics, voting for the men and measures
he considers of the best interest of all the people. He keeps well informed
on the questions and issues of the day but neither seeks nor desires office.
He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to
Waitsburg Lodge, No. 16. A. F. & A. M.; Walla Walla Chapter, No. 1, R. A.
M., of Walla Walla and Washington Commandery, K. T., also of Walla
Walla. He has likewise crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine, being a member of El Katif Temple of Spokane. He is a
substantial citizen, widely and favorably known by reason of his business
ability, his loyalty in citizenship and his personal worth. For forty-five years
he has been a resident of Walla Walla county, witnessing its growth and
development. He has lived to see its pioneer cabins replaced by
commodious and substantial residences, its wild lands converted into
productive fields, its hamlets developed into thriving cities, and as the years
have gone by he has ever willingly cooperated in any plan or movement for
the general good.

ALFRED J. BOLTER.

Alfred J. Bolter is a retired farmer living in Dixie. For a long period he
was actively and prominently connected with agricultural interests and
acquired several hundred acres of valuable land, from which he derived a
very gratifying annual income as a result of the care and labor which he
bestowed upon the fields. Moreover, his life record shows what may be
accomplished by determined effort and perseverance, for he started out
empty-handed and is now the possessor of a very substantial competence
which enables him to rest from further labor. He was born in Northampton,
Massachusetts, in September, 1853, a son of Ziba and Christina Bolter, the
former a native of Massachusetts, while the latter was born in the state of

New York. They spent their entire lives in the east and there they reared
their family of ten children, nine of whom are yet living.
Alfred J. Bolter passed the days of his boyhood and youth in
Massachusetts and is indebted to the public school system of that state for
the educational opportunities which he enjoyed. In 1875, when a young
man of twenty-two years, he came to the west and first settled in Dallas,
Oregon, where he remained for three years. In 1878 he removed to Walla
Walla county and took up a homestead sixteen miles north of the city of
Walla Walla. With characteristic energy he began its development and
improvement and occupied that place for ten years, during which time his
labors wrought a marked transformation in its appearance. He then disposed
of that property and invested in two hundred and eighty acres near Dixie.
From time to time he extended the boundaries of his farm until it now
comprises seven hundred acres, all of which is improved land and returns to
him a most substantial annual income. He continued actively to develop his
fields until 1902, when he retired, and since that time he has rented his land,
while he is enjoying a well earned rest.
Mr. Bolter was married in 1876 to Miss Elsie A. Crystal, a native of
Iowa, and they have become the parents of three children: Madie, the wife
of S. M. Jones, now a resident of Spokane; Maud, who is the widow of Burt
Roff; and Homer, who is engaged in merchandising in California.
Mr. Bolter belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has
filled all of the chairs in Welcome Lodge, No. 117, in which he has
membership. He has also been called to all of the different offices in the
Knights of Pythias lodge and is true and loyal to the teaching of these
societies. He and his wife are members of the Christian church and
endeavor to follow closely the Golden Rule. Their lives have been well
spent, fraught with good deeds and actuated by kindly purposes. Many good
things are spoken of them by friends and neighbors, who have enjoyed their
companionship and who recognize their sterling worth in all the relations of
life.

HON. JAMES EWEN EDMISTON.

High on the roll of Washington's distinguished citizens appears the
name of Hon. James Ewen Edmiston, deceased, who was for many years a
resident of Dayton. His ideals of life were very high and in early manhood
he displayed conspicuously the traits of character that made his career
brilliantly successful. He performed all the duties that devolved upon him,
however humble and however small the recompense might be,
conscientiously and industriously. He gave proof of his ability to cope with
intricate problems of the law and his natural industry prompted him to
prepare his cases with great thoroughness and care, so that he ever entered
the courts well equipped to combat any attack or position of the opposing
counsel. He lives in the memory of his friends enshrined in the halo of a
gracious presence and of pronounced power in the legal profession.
Mr. Edmiston was born in Washington county, Arkansas, March 29,
1849, a son of Alexander E. Edmiston, who was a native of Virginia and
removed to Arkansas early in the nineteenth century. He was a veteran of
the Mexican war, serving as a lieutenant in his company under Colonel Yall.
A forceful man of unquestioned integrity, he won a substantial financial
success and left a valuable estate to his widow and four children, of whom
James E. Edmiston was the eldest. A few years prior to his death, becoming
convinced that the principle of slavery was wrong, he liberated all of his
bondsmen. During the Civil war the vicinity of his home was the scene of
great atrocities by both northern and southern renegades. He died in the
year 1858.
James E. Edmiston, when a lad of fourteen years, enlisted in 1863 in the
Confederate army, in which he had five uncles fighting for the cause. After
the close of hostilities he returned to his home in Arkansas and remained
long enough to assist in putting the plantation again into shape. He then
went to Bentonville, Arkansas, where he attended the Bentonville College
for two years, and while a student there he also taught school. In 1870 he
went to Omaha, Nebraska, whence he made his way to the Pacific coast. He
taught school for a time in Oregon and also pursued a course in the
Corvallis College, from which he received his degree in 1873.

JAMES E. EDMISTON

On the 13th of March of the same year Mr. Edmiston was united in
marriage to Miss Helen E. Lacey, a native of Clackamas county, Oregon,
and a daughter of Lewis A. Lacey, who was of French-Huguenot stock, his
ancestors having fled to the new world because of religious persecution
early in the seventeenth century. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Edmiston
was an officer under Washington and Lafayette in the Revolutionary war
and he lost two of his fingers in the battle of Bunker Hill. His son, Lewis A.
Lacey, came to the northwest in 1852, making his way to Oregon
accompanied by his wife, Leonora (Herring) Lacey, who was a native of
Swansea, Wales, their marriage ceremony having been performed at Mount
Morris, New York. The services were completed about fifteen minutes

before they started on their westward journey to Indiana and from there
they traveled with ox team and wagon to Oregon. Mr. Lacey's brother, his
brother's wife and child died of mountain fever while en route and many
other members of the party were buried by the side of the trail. They
suffered on account of hostile Indians and the journey was a most hazardous
and difficult one. On reaching the Willamette valley Mr. Lacey took up a
donation claim and gave his attention to farming and stock raising,
spending his remaining days upon the old homestead at Springwater in
Clackamas county, where he passed away in 1899, at the notable old age of
ninety-four years. His widow died on the 1st of March, 1900, at the age of
seventy-one years.
Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Edmiston removed to Colfax,
Washington, where for three years he was engaged in teaching school. In
1876 he took up his abode in Dayton, where for some years following he
devoted his attention to teaching and then engaged in selling farm
machinery. He also operated a large sawmill and was identified with various
other business interests which have contributed to the material development
and progress of this section of the state. Mr. Edmiston had been educated
with a view to entering the ministry but subsequently turned his attention to
law and pursued his reading under the preceptorship of John Y. Ostrander.
In 1885 he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the practice of his
profession, becoming one of the prominent lawyers of Columbia county. He
then continued in active practice until a short time prior to his death, which
occurred on the 8th of May, 1900. In his law practice he was long
associated with Judge C. F. Miller and their friendship relations were very
close. Their practice was extensive and of an important character. Mr.
Edmiston was remarkable among lawyers for the wide research and
provident care with which he prepared his cases. At no time was his reading
ever confined to the limitations of the questions at issue. It went beyond and
compassed every contingency and provided not alone for the expected but
also for the unexpected, which happens in the courts quite as frequently as
out of them. His legal learning, his analytical mind, the readiness with
which he grasped the points in an argument all combined to make him one
of the capable attorneys at the bar of Columbia county and the public and
the profession acknowledged him the peer of the ablest regarding him as a
jurist of exceptionally rare ability.

Aside from his professional connections Mr. Edmiston figured very
prominently in the public life of the community. At one time he served as
superintendent of schools of Columbia county. He first came prominently
into public notice when elected a member of the upper house of the
Washington territorial legislature and for many years he was a member of
the state central committee of the democratic party. In 1894 he was offered
the nomination for governor but refused to become a candidate. While
undoubtedly not without that laudable ambition which is so valuable as an
incentive to public service, he nevertheless regarded the pursuits of private
life as in themselves abundantly worthy of his best efforts and with
remarkable fidelity he labored for the interests of his clients. It is said that
he never lost a case which he appealed to the supreme court. In 1886 he was
prosecuting attorney of Columbia county.
Mr. Edmiston was considered the highest authority on Masonic
jurisprudence in the state and was chairman of that committee in the grand
lodge for ten years. He was past grand master of the state of Washington
and past grand patron of the Eastern Star. There was a close relationship
between him and Dr. Van Patten, who was his family physician from 1884
until his death and has continued as such to Mrs. Edmiston. They were the
best of friends and while not associated together in business often consulted
one another on business matters. Mr. Edmiston was leader of the choir in
the Presbyterian church for many years and in this work was also associated
with the Doctor and together they often took vacation trips. It was the
earnest desire of Mr. Edmiston that Dr. Van Patten allow himself to be put
in line for higher Masonic honors, which eventually resulted in the latter
becoming grand junior warden in 1901 and grand master in 1904.
For a long period Mr. Edmiston was collecting data for a history of
southeastern Washington but died before the completion of the work. He
was president of the board of regents of the Washington State College at
Pullman and on the day of his burial the college was closed in respect to his
memory. Every business house and the schools of Dayton were also closed
and the day was given over to sincere mourning by the entire community.
He was buried with Masonic honors and the Grand Lodge of Washington
took charge of the funeral services, the Hon. Levi Ankeny, past grand
master of the state, officiating. The bar of Dayton passed appropriate
resolutions and every mark of respect that could be shown, both in a public
and a private way, was evidenced. He was a lifelong member of the

Presbyterian church and was a teacher in its Sunday school for many years.
Much more might be said in eulogy of this man, who was loved by all who
knew him and whose influence was always for the betterment and uplift of
mankind. His memory is enshrined in the hearts of those who knew him and
remains as a blessed benediction to those who were his associates while he
was still an active factor in the world's work. Mrs. Edmiston still lives in the
old home in Dayton. She is a past grand matron of the Order of the Eastern
Star and is now in charge of the Dayton Branch of the Red Cross, in which
work she is very active, giving freely of her time and energies as well as her
means and efforts to improve the conditions under which the young men of
the country must serve in a military capacity. She was formerly president of
the Monday Reading Club and has long been foremost in social circles and
in welfare work in the northwest. Both Mr. and Mrs. Edmiston belong to
that class who shed around them much of the sunshine of life.

JULES De RUWE.

Jules De Ruwe is the owner of one of the best improved farms of his
section of the country, having an extensive acreage near Turner,
Washington. He was born in Belgium, July 17, 1885, and is a son of Peter
and Julia De Ruwe, who were natives of that land. Educated in Belgium,
Jules De Ruwe acquired a good education there and in 1905, when a young
man of twenty years, crossed the Atlantic to the new world, making his way
direct to Washington, where he became identified with the sheep industry,
conducting business on a large scale in connection with his brothers,
prominently known as leading sheep men of this section of the state. They
finally dissolved partnership, however, and each is now conducting his
business interests individually. In the fall of 1917 Jules De Ruwe purchased
his present ranch, comprising eleven hundred acres of land twelve miles
north of Dayton on the Tucanon river. This is one of the best improved
ranches in his part of the county and Mr. De Ruwe is now equipping it with
a thoroughly modern set of buildings, in which he is installing electric light
and running water. In fact, he is adding every modern equipment and
comfort and his farm work is being conducted along progressive and

scientific lines. His sheep are of the Rambouillet breed and are among the
best to be found in the state of Washington.
On the 17th of October, 1917, Mr. De Ruwe was united in marriage to
Miss Mabel Davidson, a daughter of Daniel and Ethel Davidson, of
Starbuck, Washington, who were also ranch people. Mr. De Ruwe is a
member of the Catholic church, while his wife holds membership in the
Christian church. While he has been on this side the Atlantic for only a few
years he is thoroughly American in spirit and interests, having a strong
attachment for the government and the institutions of the new world. It
often seems that native born citizens come by the privileges of American
life too easily to appreciate them in the fullest degree. At least some of
those who have sacrificed and suffered to obtain them value their blessings
more highly than those to whom they come as a matter of course. Mr. De
Ruwe is among the loyal residents of the northwest and in the utilization of
the opportunities which have come to him he has made for himself a very
creditable position among the successful business men of Washington.

F. E. MOJONNIER.

F. E. Mojonnier, a prominent and representative business man of Walla
Walla county, is conducting his interests under the name of the Walla Walla
Hothouse Vegetable Company. He is engaged in growing and wholesale
shipping of hothouse and garden vegetables. He established this business in
1909, with no previous experience along this line to aid him, but he bent
every energy toward acquainting himself with every phase of the business,
studying the methods of the most successful houses of similar character in
the east, and through this method and through study he has developed an
enterprise of extensive and profitable proportions. He was born at Highland,
Madison county, Illinois, on the 4th of October, 1874, and is a son of
Samuel and Clara (Robert) Mojonnier, both of whom were natives of
Switzerland and were of French descent. They came to the United States in
childhood with their respective parents, the families establishing their
homes in Madison county, Illinois. The father was a carpenter by trade but
gave his attention largely to agricultural pursuits in Illinois. In 1886 he
removed with his family to Los Angeles, California, where he engaged in

carpentering up to the time of his death, which occurred about 1892. His
widow is still living in that city.
F. E. Mojonnier was reared at home, acquiring his education in the
public and high schools of Los Angeles. He was a youth of but twelve years
when the family removed to California. After his textbooks were put aside
he worked for some time in a grocery store in Los Angeles and in April,
1895, came to Walla Walla, Washington, where he entered the employ of
the Walla Walla Produce Company. In 1900 he became a stockholder of the
company and was identified with the conduct of the business until 1914,
when he sold his interest in order to give his sole attention to his present
business, which he had established in 1909. At that time he had no practical
experience to assist him in its conduct, but he closely applied himself to the
work and visited the largest plants of similar nature throughout the east, and
since then he has built up one of the most modern establishments of the
kind in the country. He has three acres under glass and he is producing high
grade vegetables and, in fact, he is known as one of the leading hothouse
vegetable growers in the northwest. His business has been thoroughly
systematized, carefully managed and wisely conducted and his patronage
has grown to extensive and gratifying proportions.
On the 1st of January, 1900, Mr. Mojonnier was united in marriage to
Miss Mathilde Delepine, of Walla Walla, who was a student in the State
College at Pullman at the time of her marriage. To them have been born
three children, Claire, Harold and Elaine.
Mr. Mojonnier gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and
keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, but has never
been an aspirant for office. He is regarded as one of the representative
citizens of Walla Walla county, actuated by a spirit of enterprise and
progress in all that he does. Well defined plans and purposes have carried
him forward and each step in his career has brought him a broader outlook
and wider opportunities. He has ever been actuated by a laudable ambition
that has caused him to reach out along still broader lines and his position in
business circles is now a most creditable and enviable one.

HON. FREDERICK STINE.

Hon. Frederick Stine, who passed away in Walla Walla in 1909, had
been a resident of the city for more than four decades and was most widely
and favorably known. He was one of the early settlers of his section of the
state and was largely instrumental in promoting the development and
upbuilding of his city. He thus gained a wide acquaintance and was
esteemed by all who knew him. He was a recognized leader in many lines
and his strength of character and excellent judgment were features that
brought beneficial results. A man of action rather than of theory, whenever
opportunity called he made ready response.

MRS. FREDERICK STINE

FREDERICK STINE

Mr. Stine was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, November 24, 1825.
His father was a blacksmith by trade and in 1839 removed with his family
from the Keystone state to Greene county, Ohio, settling in Fairfield, where
he engaged in farming and also followed blacksmithing. With those pursuits
Frederick Stine became thoroughly familiar, as he assisted his father in the
work of the fields or of the smithy. In the spring of 1852, in company with
his brothers, John and William, he started for the Pacific coast. Their
departure was a great event to the family, which numbered eight sons and
six daughters. Travel at that time to the western coast was by means of
wagon or by way of water route and many months elapsed ere the journey

was completed. It was indeed a serious undertaking, much more difficult
than a trip around the world at the present time. The three brothers left St.
Louis, Missouri, on the 1st of May, 1852, and on the 2d of July arrived in
Sacramento, California. This was a record trip at the time. The train with
which they traveled numbered twenty-six men, of whom Frederick Stine
was chosen captain. The three brothers went to Marysville, California,
where they began work, but after a few days Frederick Stine was prostrated
with typhoid fever and for sixty days had a great struggle for his life.
Eventually, however, the disease reached its crisis and it was said that he
would live. When he recovered he began business for himself, but in 1854
met with losses through fire and the following year he removed to Yreka,
California, where he concentrated his efforts and attention upon farming
and blacksmithing, thus returning to the occupations to which he had been
reared.
Selling his Yreka property on the 6th of February, 1862, Mr. Stine then
started for the north and on the 12th of May arrived in Walla Walla, where
he afterward made his home until called to his final rest. Within four days
of his arrival he had opened a place of business on Main street and as the
years passed he prospered. On the 3d of November, 1863, he went by way
of Portland to San Francisco, traveling by stage to the latter city and thence
by boat and the Panama route to Ohio on a visit to his family and his old
home. On the 18th of April, 1864, he started again for the Pacific coast and
this time made the trip by stage to Walla Walla, where he resumed
blacksmithing and wagon making, maintaining a first class shop of that
kind until September 1, 1873, at which date he retired from business. He
had spent about a third of a century at his trade and was always industrious
and conscientious in his work. In 1872 he erected the Stine House, which
was the first brick hotel in Walla Walla, and in 1880 he purchased a farm of
five hundred and sixty acres in Umatilla county, Oregon, about six miles
south of Walla Walla. This he extensively improved and cultivated and to
his holdings he added from time to time as his financial resources increased
until he held in that vicinity over nineteen hundred acres of choice land. In
1905 his wheat crop was thirty-seven thousand bushels, raised upon one-
half of his land, the other half being summer fallowed. His business affairs
were wisely and carefully controlled, his investments most judiciously
made and his enterprise brought to him a very substantial measure of

success. The most envious could not grudge him his prosperity, so
honorably was it gained, so worthily used.
In 1870, in Walla Walla, Mr. Stine was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary
(Megrew) Silverthorn, a widow, and to them was born a daughter,
Elizabeth, who became the wife of John Casper, of Walla Walla. Mrs. Stine
was born near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1836, a daughter of Archibald
Megrew. In 1836, when Mrs. Stine was three months old, the father
removed with his family to Ohio and when she was a little maiden of
thirteen she lost her mother. In 1852 the father removed with the children to
Iowa and there his last days were passed. It was in Iowa that Mary Megrew
became the wife of John Silverthorn and they, with others, crossed the
plains in 1864, making the trip with mules and horses and spending three
months en route. They settled in Walla Walla, where the death of Mr.
Silverthorn later occurred. Mrs. Stine now resides in a fine home on
Catherine street, where for more than ten years she has lived.
Throughout the period of his residence in Walla Walla, Mr. Stine was an
active worker for the upbuilding and development of the city. In politics he
was an active democrat and in 1869 was chosen to represent his district in
the lower house of the territorial legislature, while in 1873 he was elected a
member of the senate. He made his presence felt there by his earnest
support of all well devised plans and measures for the improvement of the
commonwealth. His keen judgment was of great benefit in many instances.
In 1865 he was chosen one of the members of the city council of Walla
Walla and during the following year was made chairman of the council and
thereafter was reelected many times. He exercised his official prerogatives
in support of various plans and measures for the general good and his work
was of great worth to the city. Many important measures for the benefit of
Walla Walla originated with him and were carried forward to successful
completion because of his endorsement and labor. In 1868 he succeeded in
having established a Masonic lodge at Walla Walla and for ten years
thereafter acted as its master. He was also a member of the chapter and was
always an earnest worker and he labored untiringly for the advancement of
Masonic interests in this locality. When death called him in 1909 he had
been a resident of Walla Walla for more than forty-five years. His personal
qualities were such as won for him the warm regard of many and there was
sincere grief felt throughout the city at his passing.

WILLIAM THOMAS PETTIJOHN.

William Thomas Pettijohn has since 1905 resided upon his present farm
on section 2, township 9 north, range 35 east, in Walla Walla county, and
here has six hundred and fifty acres of valuable land, constituting one of the
fine farms of this section of the state. Long before, however, he had become
a resident of the county and in fact was one of the earliest settlers. He
arrived here in 1859, when but five years of age, having been brought to
Washington by his parents.
Mr. Pettijohn was born in Linn county, Oregon, July 26, 1854, a son of
Jonathan and Hannah (Warner) Pettijohn. The father was a native of Ohio,
while the mother's birth occurred in Indiana. In 1850 Jonathan Pettijohn
crossed the plains to California and after spending a year or more in the
gold fields of that state he went to Oregon, settling in Linn county, where he
was employed for some time in the sawmills and also worked at barn
building. He became familiar with all of the hardships and privations
incident to life on the frontier. He had encountered also many difficulties
while crossing the plains. The cattle with which the party started on leaving
the east died en route and much of the distance during the latter part of the
trip, their provisions having run short, they lived for days upon flour and
water. Mr. Pettijohn traveled much of the distance on foot. After living for a
number of years in Oregon he sold his interests there in 1859 and came to
Walla Walla county. He first visited the county in the summer of that year,
bringing with him some cattle, after which he returned for his family. He
entered a homestead in townships 9 and 10, range 35 east, Walla Walla
county, and thereon built a log cabin. His remaining years were spent in that
immediate neighborhood and he was very successful. While he experienced
many of the difficulties incident to the settlement of the frontier prosperity
attended him as the years went by and he acquired three thousand acres of
valuable land. From 1860 until 1866 or 1867 he was engaged in freighting
with ox teams to the Idaho mines and later he gave his attention most
successfully to the raising of cattle and horses. His business affairs were
most wisely and successfully managed and he became the possessor of a
very handsome competence, passing away June 13, 1913. His wife had
crossed the plains with her parents in 1852, at which time the family home
was established in Linn county, Oregon, where her marriage to Mr.

Pettijohn afterward occurred. She passed away in January, 1893, and in the
death of these two worthy people Walla Walla county lost an honored
pioneer couple. They were respected and esteemed by all who knew them
and most of all by those who knew them best, a fact indicative of their well
spent lives.
William T. Pettijohn spent his youthful days upon the old homestead
and acquired a district school education. In 1877 he went to Idaho, where he
used both his preemption and homestead rights in the Potlach country, filing
the first homestead right in that section. There he remained actively
identified with farming and stock raising until 1905, when he left Idaho and
returned to Walla Walla county, taking up his abode on his present home
farm, which now comprises six hundred and fifty acres of rich and
productive land. In addition he owns five hundred and sixty acres in another
township. His landed possessions are thus extensive and he is actively and
prominently identified with the farming interests of Walla Walla county. His
business affairs are carefully directed and wisely managed. He utilizes the
most modern methods carrying on the farm work and upon his place he has
put many improvements which rank his farm with one of the model farm
properties of the twentieth century in this section of the state.
On the 12th of December, 1883, Mr. Pettijohn was united in marriage to
Miss Ella Humphrey, of Idaho, and to them have been born five children,
four of whom are still living, namely: Ada, the wife of Frank Davis, who is
operating one of the farms belonging to his father-in-law; Jonathan N., who
is now operating the home farm; Ollie, the wife of Robert L. Temple, of
Prescott, Washington; and Harry Elbert, who is in the United States army.
For some, time the two sons operated the home farm together and proved
progressive young business men by their capable direction of the interests
which have come under their charge.
In politics Mr. Pettijohn has always followed an independent course but
has never taken an active part in public affairs. He has always preferred to
concentrate his time, efforts and attention upon his private business interests
and by reason of his diligence and determination, his perseverance and his
honesty he has won a very substantial measure of success. He is justly
numbered among the honored pioneers of the northwest, having for fifty-
seven years lived in this section of the country. Born in Oregon, reared in
Washington and a resident for a time of Idaho, there is no feature of the
development of the northwest with which he is not familiar and he has lived

to witness a remarkable transformation, for the country has grown so
rapidly that the story of its development seems almost magical. The result,
however, is due to the earnest labors, the persistency of purpose and the
indefatigable energy of such men as Mr. Pettijohn, who, unafraid of the
hardships and privations of pioneer life, has utilized the natural resources of
the country and has thus placed the wealth upon a par with the older east.

COLONEL WILLIAM HAVENS MILLER.

Colonel William Havens Miller, whose life was spent in the military
service of his country, was under all circumstances an officer and a
gentleman. He was born at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, January 31, 1849, and on
the 14th of June, 1872, was graduated from the United States Military
Academy at West Point and was assigned to duty with the First Cavalry.
While with that regiment he participated in all the Indian wars in the Rocky
mountains and on the Pacific coast and won frequent promotion in
recognition of his efficiency and gallantry. Among the important campaigns
in which he took part were: the Modoc war, which lasted from November,
1872, until June, 1873; the Nez Percé war, from June to October, 1877; the
Bannock campaign, from June to September, 1878; and a minor
engagement at Meacham's, in the Blue mountains of Oregon, in August,
1878. He was promoted to first lieutenant in the First Cavalry, March 4,
1879. From May, 1877, to March, 1887, he served as quartermaster in the
field and in garrison and during the greater part of that time, or from August
15, 1878, to March 31, 1887, he was regimental quartermaster. On the 28th
of February, 1890, he was brevetted first lieutenant for "gallant services in
action against Indians at the Lava Beds, California, April 17, 1873, and
gallant and meritorious conduct during the Modoc war." In 1896-7 he was
employed in the designing and building of Fort George Wright, a military
post at Spokane, Washington, being in charge of the work until December,
1898, at which time the post was ready for one battalion of infantry. During
the greater part of 1899 and 1900 he was in Cuba and built the four
company military post at Paso Caballos at the mouth of the harbor of
Cienfuegos, Cuba, and finished the cavalry post, Hamilton barracks, at
Matanzas, Cuba. Colonel Miller was in campaigns and garrisons in the

northwest until September, 1890, being stationed a part of the time in
northern California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Montana, and was
then appointed captain and assistant quartermaster in the United States
Army and was on duty as follows: Quartermaster at United States Military
Academy, West Point, New York, from October, 1890, to November, 1894;
quartermaster at Fort Riley, Kansas, from November, 1894, until July, 1896;
constructing quartermaster at Spokane, Washington, from July, 1896, to
December, 1898; appointed major and chief quartermaster in United States
Volunteers, August 15, 1898; division chief quartermaster at Southern
Camp; Anniston, Alabama, from December, 1898, to March, 1899; chief
quartermaster, Departments of Santa Clara and Matanzas at Cienfuegos and
Matanzas, Cuba, from March, 1899, to July, 1900; depot quartermaster,
Boston, Massachusetts, from October, 1900, to August, 1901; depot and
chief quartermaster, Department of the Lakes, Chicago, Illinois, front
August, 1901, to August, 1905; in charge of the general depot of the
quartermaster's department, New York city, from November 20, 1905, to
May, 1907; chief quartermaster, Philippine Division, Manila, from
September 2, 1907, to June 14, 1909; quartermaster at Seattle, Washington,
and in charge of the United States transport service on Puget Sound from
July, 1909, until retired at the age of sixty-four years, January 31, 1913. He
was promoted to major and quartermaster, United States Army, August 12,
1900; to lieutenant colonel and deputy quartermaster general, August 15,
1903; and colonel and assistant quartermaster general, October 31, 1909.
The title was changed to colonel, Quartermaster Corps, United States Army,
by act of congress approved August 24, 1912. On the 5th of July, 1906, he
was especially commended to the secretary of war by the inspector general
of the army for efficiency. All work that was given to him to do was well
done, for, holding himself to the strictest standards, he refused to accept
anything less than the best work from those under him, but at the same time
he was scrupulously just and held the respect of his men. He upheld the
high traditions of the American army, was a constant student of military
science and kept in close touch with the change in methods necessitated by
new conditions of warfare. To him the army was a profession that demands
all a man has to give but that makes abundant recompense in the knowledge
of worthy service rendered the nation. He had the capacity for deep
friendship characteristic of men of unusual strength of character and the
place which he held in the esteem and affection of those who knew him

intimately is indicated in the following tribute to his memory by his friend,
G. P. Monell.

COLONEL WILLIAM H. MILLER

"'He was my friend, faithful and just, to me." This Shakepearean saying
of Marcus Antonius over the body of dead Caesar, best describes the
dominant characteristic of Colonel Miller's life. Faithful and just, tender and
true, might well be inscribed upon the stone that marks the spot where he
sleeps till the final reveille. These qualities, covering all that is knightly, all
that is noble, went to make up the daily routine of the life he lived for the
glory and honor of his country. No promise that he ever made, however

lightly, was too small to be faithfully remembered and religiously fulfilled.
No fault that he observed was too great or too trivial to meet with less or
more than exact justice. Officially he had no friends; those who gave best
service were best rewarded, regardless of his personal predilections.
Looking back over the past four years of close and intimate friendship, they
seem to reflect back his past and sound out his whole life as embodied
living truth; even in his lightest moods he scorned exaggeration as beneath
the dignity of his manhood. Deeply learned in all the intricate business of
army life and regulations, quick to see the right and wrong of any question,
recognizing no middle course, his decisions were instant and final and his
reasons unassailable. Officially he was a dignified, gallant and knightly
soldier. In private life he represented the highest type of American
gentleman. Hospitable, kindly, witty, he made those who visited his home
feel that they belonged 'right there' and his friends were part of himself. His
character, always straightforward and intensely honest, presented so many
sides and all so simple and unassuming that those who knew him best loved
him most.
Colonel Miller was married in Walla Walla, November 20, 1879, to
Miss Anna Abbott, a daughter of John F. Abbott, who was a well known
resident of Walla Walla, and a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this
work. Colonel Miller passed away at the General Memorial Hospital in
New York, April 13, 1913. To him and his wife were born three children, of
whom the eldest died in infancy. Harlan Abbott, born at Fort Walla Walla, is
now a rancher in Umatilla county, Oregon. Margaret Isabelle is the wife of
Julian Foster Humphrey, chief officer of the Transport Crook, U. S. N.

HON. DENNIS COOLEY GUERNSEY.

Hon. Dennis Cooley Guernsey, whose history is closely interwoven
with the records of Columbia county, is now extensively engaged in the real
estate, insurance and loan business in Starbuck. He has at different periods
figured prominently as a bank official, as the incumbent in public office in
the county and as representative of his district in the territorial legislature of
1879, and with many business interests he has been closely associated, so
that his labors have contributed in marked measure to the material

development and to the upbuilding of the state. He was born in Janesville,
Wisconsin, on the 13th of April, 1845, a son of Orrin and Sarah (Cooley)
Guernsey, who were natives of Connecticut. They removed to New
Hampshire in childhood days with their respective parents and were there
reared and married. In 1843 they migrated westward, establishing their
home in Janesville, Wisconsin, where they spent their remaining days. In
early life the father was engaged in merchandising and in later years
became identified with the insurance business.
Dennis C. Guernsey, whose name introduces this review, was educated
in the Janesville schools, completing a high school course. He was a youth
of but sixteen years when the Civil war broke out and in the fall of 1863,
when but eighteen years of age, he enlisted for service and was assigned to
duty with Company E of the Twenty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry,
which became a part of the Second Brigade, Third Division, of the
Twentieth Army Corps, commanded by Colonel Joe Hooker. He was with
Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea and after returning to
Washington, following the close of hostilities, the members of Sherman's
command were recruited and formed the temporary division of the
Fourteenth Army Corps, which was sent under Jeff C. Davis to Louisville,
Kentucky, Van Dorn of the Southwestern Department having not yet
surrendered. They were mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, on the 18th
of July, 1865, and later Mr. Guernsey returned to Janesville, Wisconsin,
where he engaged in the insurance business. Three years afterward, or in
1868, he went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he became a dealer in wood
and coal, continuing in that business until 1870. In January, 1871, he was
appointed an officer of the reform school at Waukesha, Wisconsin. In the
meantime, however, following his return to Janesville, he had done other
military service. Major General Starkweather, who had gone out with the
First Wisconsin as colonel and who rose to the rank of major general of
volunteers, took command of the Milwaukee Light Guards, of which he had
been captain at the outbreak of the war. Mr. Guernsey joined the Light
Guards and was with that command at the inauguration of Governor
Fairchilds at Madison in January, 1869. After spending a few months as an
officer in the reform school in Waukesha, Wisconsin, he again went to
Janesville, where he accepted a position with a hardware firm as
bookkeeper. The lure of the west, however, was upon him and on the 14th
of October, 1871, he turned his face toward the setting sun and on the 9th of

November reached Walla Walla, having traveled by rail as far as Keton,
Utah, and thence through Boise, Baker, LaGrande to Walla Walla by stage.
After spending ten days in that city he proceeded to Dayton, the town
having been platted only a few days before, and on Mr. Guernsey's arrival
there were but two buildings in the town, one being the residence of J. N.
Day, while the other was known as the "red store," the property of Kimball
& Day. On the 1st of December Mr. Guernsey succeeded Ralph Kimball in
the store and was employed by the firm until the fall of 1874, when he
became a partner in the business under the firm style of Day, Guernsey &
Company. In the fall of 1875 he withdrew from that organization and
formed a new company, entering into partnership with F. G. Frary,
superintendent of the Dayton Woolen Mills, and A. H. Reynolds, of Walla
Walla, who was the only banker this side of The Dalles. The new firm was
organized under the style of D. C. Guernsey & Company. In 1876 Mr. Frary
and Mr. Reynolds withdrew and Mr. Guernsey was joined by H. H. Wolfe
under the firm name of Guernsey & Wolfe. He thus continued active in
merchandising in Dayton until 1880, when he sold out. From the beginning
of his residence there he took active part in the upbuilding and progress of
the new town.

In 1876 Mr. Guernsey was instructed by the commissioners of the new
county of Columbia—F. G. Frary, G. T. Pollard of Huntsville and E. Oliver
of Pomeroy—to call a special election for the purpose of choosing county
officers. Mr. Guernsey was elected county treasurer for one year and at the
first biennial election was chosen for a full term at a salary of three hundred
dollars per year, the officers being required to serve at a "moderate salary"

inasmuch as this was an infant county. In 1878 he was chosen to represent
his district in the territorial legislature and on the 31st of July, 1880, he
succeeded L. F. A. Shaw in the office of deputy collector of internal revenue
under Major James R. Hayden. He occupied that position for three years
and then surrendered the office to H. W. Fairweather. On the 4th of May,
1884, Mr. Guernsey entered the Columbia National Bank of Dayton as
cashier and had complete charge of the bank's affairs through the following
sixteen years, at which time his brother, F. W. Guernsey, became cashier,
while D. C. Guernsey was made vice president and manager of the
institution. He successfully carried the bank through the panic of 1893,
although he closed one Saturday night with but five hundred and fifty
dollars in the bank. However, he most carefully safeguarded the interests of
the institution and managed to weather the financial storm which swept
over the entire country in that year. He remained in his official capacity
with the bank until 1900, when he retired, the institution at that time having
deposits of three hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars. He then turned
his attention to the real estate, insurance and loan business in Dayton and in
1904 he took charge of a mining camp on the Omnaha in Willowa county,
Oregon, for the Eureka Mining Company, his position being that of
managing director. While there he built the wagon road down Deer creek
from Dobbins Cabin to Snake river. He occupied the position of director of
the mining camp for two years, after which he returned to Dayton and
through the succeeding two years gave his attention to the real estate and
insurance business. In 1908 he removed to Starbuck to assist in
straightening out the affairs of the Bank of Starbuck, of which institution he
was made cashier, occupying that position for a period of two and a half
years. He then resigned and established his present business, with which he
has since been prominently identified, being today one of the foremost real
estate, loan and insurance agents in this part of the state. One of the local
papers said: "D. C. Guernsey has been a most important factor in the
development of Columbia county and the moulding of civilized life in the
great state of Washington. During the early history of Columbia county,
hardly a business transaction was carried through or a public enterprise
launched that was not inspired by the brain or fostered by the public-
spiritedness of Mr. Guernsey." He helped to organize and was the first
president of the Dayton Electric Light Company and built many of the
buildings in that city in the block in which the Columbia National Bank is

located. He organized the Dayton Hotel Company, which built the hotel,
and was its president for several years.
Mr. Guernsey has also left the impress of his individuality in marked
manner upon the political history of the state. In politics he has always been
a stanch republican and was a leader in the party from the time when there
were but twelve republicans who went from Walla Walla to Lewiston. In
1879, when he became a member of the territorial legislature, he became a
member of what was known as the bunch grass delegation, which became
the controlling factor in the general assembly. He was made chairman of the
ways and means committee and did important work in that connection. In
1890 he was appointed a member of the state harbor line commission by
Governor Ferry, the first state governor, and was active in the work of the
commission, which located all the harbor lines in the state and submitted
the plans to the United States war department. Mr. Guernsey also became
identified with the military interests of the northwest. He assisted in
organizing the Dayton Grays, which merged into Company F of the First
Washington Regiment for service in the Philippines. He was also paymaster
and battalion adjutant of the Second Washington Regiment under Colonel
Pike.
On the 23d of September, 1873, Mr. Guernsey was married to Miss
Harriet E. Day, a daughter of Dr. W. W. Day, who was the first physician in
Dayton, where his son and grandson are now practicing, so that the name of
Dr. Day has always been associated with that city. To Mr. and Mrs.
Guernsey have been born five children, four of whom are yet living:
William Day, a journalist connected with a newspaper of Schenectady, New
York; Frank Day, a mining man of Jerome, Arizona; Minerva G., the wife of
George F. Price, of Dayton; and Helen G., the wife of Frank E. Girton, of
Covello, Washington.
In fraternal relations Mr. Guernsey has occupied a very prominent
position. He was made a Mason in Independence Lodge, No. 80, F. & A.
M., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in November, 1869, and was made a Royal
Arch Mason in Walla Walla Chapter, No. 1, in 1880. He became a charter
member and is a past master of Columbia Lodge, No. 26, F. & A. M., of
Dayton, and on the formation of Dayton Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M., he also
became a charter member of that organization and is a past high priest. He
is likewise a member and past eminent commander of Washington
Commandery, No. 1, K. T., is a member of the Lodge of Perfection and the

Chapter of Rose Croix in Walla Walla and of the Knights of Kodosh and of
Spokane Consistory, A. A. S. R. He likewise has membership with the
Knights Commander Court of Honor. He was the first chancellor
commander in Organization Lodge, No. 3, K. P., and is the oldest chancellor
commander in the state. He also has connection with various other fraternal
organizations and has been very prominent in that connection for many
years. His has been a guiding hand in shaping the history of southeastern
Washington in its material, social and political progress and at all times he
has been actuated by high ideals, looking ever to the benefit and upbuilding
of his section of the state. Great indeed have been the changes which have
occurred since his arrival in Columbia county. The seeds of civilization had
scarcely been planted when he reached Dayton and from that time forward
he has cooperated in all movements which have been instituted for public
benefit, and without invidious distinction he may be termed the foremost
resident of Starbuck.

DICK HARPER.

Dick Harper, who is filling the position of county auditor in Columbia
county, Washington, and makes his home in Dayton, was born August 12,
1863, in Washburn, Woodford county, Illinois. His father, James D. Harper,
was a native of Sullivan county, Indiana, born in 1838, and when quite
young removed to central Illinois, where his boyhood and youth were
passed. He was a graduate of Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois, and devoted
his entire life to educational work. He married Marion A. Jenkins when
twenty-five years of age and passed away in Dayton, Washington, in
February, 1901. His wife is a representative of a pioneer family of New
York and is now living in Dayton at the age of eighty years and is
splendidly preserved. She lived for a few months in the same house with
Abraham Lincoln during the famous Lincoln-Douglas campaign. She has a
brother living at the age of ninety years, who was an officer in the Civil
war, holding the rank of first lieutenant.
Dick Harper acquired a common school education in Missouri and also
attended the State Normal School at Warrensburg, Missouri. In 1885, when
a young man of twenty-two years, he took charge of a drug store for his

brother-in-law at Rich Hill, Missouri, and successfully managed the
business for a period of seven years, after which he came to the Pacific
coast, arriving in Portland, Oregon, in the spring of 1892. In the fall of that
year he came to Dayton, where he was identified with farming and with the
grain trade until the spring of 1903, when he established a furniture store in
Dayton and soon won for himself a place among the active and
representative merchants of the city. In 1906 he purchased the Day drug
store at Dayton, which he conducted successfully for seven years.
On the 27th of October, 1886, in Butler, Bates county, Missouri, Mr.
Harper was united in marriage to Miss Laura A. Floyd, a daughter of John
H. and Sarah A. Floyd. They have a daughter, Florence Marion, who is the
wife of Lloyd R. Terwilliger, who is living in Walla Walla and is employed
in the First National Bank of that city.
Mr. Harper has long been an active and helpful member of the Christian
church and he has membership with the Odd Fellows, the Knights of
Pythias and the Masons. For a number of years he served as secretary of
Dayton Chapter, R. A. M., and in his life has always exemplified the
beneficent spirit of the craft. He belongs to the Dayton Commercial Club
and is a member of its governing board. In politics he is a democrat. In
1898 he was made county auditor of Columbia county by popular vote and
in 1910 and 1911 served as councilman at large. He was chairman of the
street and public property committee and also of the light and water
committee. In 1912 he was elected mayor of the city and in 1916 was
appointed police judge. He has thus long continued in public office and
those who read between the lines will recognize the important part which he
has played in public affairs in Dayton, winning for himself a most
creditable position in commercial and political circles. In a word, he has
exercised much influence over public thought and opinion and has done
much to advance public progress in his adopted city.

CALDER H. WHITEMAN.

No class of Walla Walla's citizens is more highly esteemed than the
many retired farmers who here make their home and among them is
numbered Calder H. Whiteman, who was born in Keokuk county, Iowa,

April 29, 1851. His parents, John B. and Eliza G. (Colville) Whiteman,
were natives of West Virginia and Kentucky respectively but were married
in Indiana. In 1850 they became settlers of Iowa but later returned to
Indiana, where the mother died. The father was subsequently married twice.
In 1874 he made the long journey to Oregon and four years later took up his
residence in Umatilla county, that state. He died in Milton October 5, 1910.
Calder H. Whiteman, who is an only child by the first marriage,
remained with his father until he attained his majority and received his
education in the common schools. On beginning his independent career he
rented a farm near Salem, Oregon, having decided to devote his life to the
occupation to which he had been reared. After farming that place for three
years he removed to Umatilla county and took up a homestead, the
operation of which occupied his time and attention until his removal to
Walla Walla in 1901. In the intervening years he brought the place to a high
state of cultivation and made many improvements thereon, making it one of
the most up-to-date and valuable farms in that locality. In 1911 he sold the
Umatilla county property and bought a farm in Whitman county,
Washington, near Lacrosse, which he still retains. He and his son now own
fourteen hundred and forty acres, all fine wheat land, well improved, and
their holdings place them among the large landowners of eastern
Washington. Mr. Whiteman of this review makes his home in Walla Walla
and his residence here is commodious, pleasing in design and thoroughly
modern in its appointments.

MR. AND MRS. CALDER H. WHITEMAN

Mr. Whiteman was married in 1874 to Miss Ella M. Dorman and they
became the parents of four children, of whom three survive: Jessie L., the
wife of F. E. Allison of Lind, Washington; Clarence C., a resident of
Pendleton, Oregon; and Calder Otis, who is his father's partner in his
farming interests. The wife and mother passed away in 1896 and in 1897
Mr. Whiteman was married to Mrs. Mary M. (Jackson) Morton, a native of
Canada. By her first marriage she had two children, both of whom have
passed away.

Mr. Whiteman endorses the principles of the republican party and gives
his loyal support to its candidates at the polls. For four years he was a
member of the city council of Walla Walla and his record in that office is
one of unusually capable work in behalf of the welfare of the municipality.
For twenty-two years he has been a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and he also belongs to the Woodmen of the World and the
women's branch of that organization, known as the Women of Woodcraft.
Both he and his wife are active members of the Christian church, of which
he is an elder, and he is also president of the board of directors of the
Northwest Christian Home of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington at
Walla Walla. It is under the supervision of the Benevolent Association of
the Christian church, which organization is designed to erect homes and
hospitals for the young, old and needy of that church, and Mr. Whiteman
gives much of his time to looking after the affairs of that institution. The
prominence which he has gained establishes beyond question his ability, for
his advancement has at all times come as the direct result of his own efforts
and he is indeed a self-made man.

P. B. DOWLING.

The average farmer is apt to think of Washington as a great forest
country, and while there are wonderful tracts of timber land, making this
one of the leading centers of the lumber industry on the continent, there are
also great stretches which are most splendidly adapted to farming and
particularly to wheat raising, so that Washington has come to be known as
one of the great wheat producing states of the Union. Among those who in
following farming have devoted their attention to wheat culture in Walla
Walla county is P. B. Dowling, who in 1887 arrived in this section of the
state and who is now the owner of one hundred and forty acres of land,
constituting one of the best farms in the Walla Walla valley. He was born in
Springfield, Illinois, March 14, 1860, and is a son of William and Margaret
Dowling, who were natives of Ireland. They came to America in early life
and established their home in Illinois, but afterward both returned to Ireland
and their last days were spent in that country.

P. B. Dowling was accordingly reared and educated in Ireland, where he
had good opportunities for developing his intellectual powers, being given a
college education. He was graduated from the London Veterinary College
and engaged in the practice of his chosen profession with success for a
number of years. In 1886, however, he determined to return to his native
land and crossed the Atlantic to America, first establishing his home in De
Kalb county, Illinois. He came to the northwest with W. L. Elwood, a well
known importer of horses, and in 1887 brought the first carload of
Percheron horses that was shipped into the valley. He afterward purchased
the farm whereon he now resides, comprising one hundred and forty acres
of very rich and productive farm land, upon which he has placed many
modern improvements. Here he has lived continuously since and has long
been numbered among the representative and successful agriculturists of
this part of the state.
In 1890 Mr. Dowling was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Rourke,
who was born and reared upon the farm where Mr. Dowling now resides.
The wife passed away, however, in 1903, and was laid to rest in Mountain
View cemetery. She left a husband, two brothers and three sisters to mourn
her loss and there were many friends who deeply regretted her passing.
Mr. Dowling gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is
thoroughly informed concerning the questions and issues of the day. He is a
self-made man who owes his business advancement entirely to his own
efforts. He is recognized as one of the prominent men of the valley, being
forceful and resourceful in his business connections, while in matters of
citizenship he stands with patriotic loyalty for all that tends to advance the
welfare and progress of this section of the state.

HENRY A. KAUSCHE.

Henry A. Kausche devoted his active life to farming in Garfield county
but at the time of his death was living retired in Pomeroy. His birth occurred
in Germany, February 16, 1839, and he was a son of Christopherson and
Hannah Kausche, who were born in Germany and there remained for a
number of years after their marriage. In 1851, however, they came to
America and for a short time lived in New York. They then removed to

Michigan, which remained their home for more than twenty years. At length
they came to Washington to make their home with their son, Henry A., and
both passed away in Garfield county. All of their three children are likewise
deceased.
Henry A. Kausche received the greater part of his education in
Germany, as he was twelve years of age when brought by his parents to the
United States. He grew to manhood in Michigan and lived there for five
years after his marriage. At the end of that time he went to Johnson county,
Missouri, but after residing there for six years cast in his lot with the Pacific
northwest, settling in Linn county, Oregon. Some time later, in 1878, he
came to Garfield county, Washington, and took up a claim. He resided upon
that place continuously until 1902 and as the years passed he brought his
farm to a high state of development. He extended its boundaries by
purchase, becoming the owner of eight hundred acres, from which he
derived a gratifying income. In 1902, feeling that he had earned a period of
leisure, he retired and removed to Pomeroy, where he passed away July 4,
1903.

HENRY A. KAUSCHE

Mr. Kausche was married June 8, 1865, to Miss Paulina Lohrbert, who
was born in Ohio and is a daughter of Frederick and Katherine (Rock)
Lohrbert. The father was born in Germany but in young manhood came to
the United States and took up his residence in Ohio, of which state his wife
was a native, and there their marriage occurred. In 1860 they removed to
Michigan, where they lived until called by death. All of their five children
still survive. To Mr. and Mrs. Kausche were born eleven children, of whom
five are living, namely: Laura, the wife of Andrew J. Brown, of Spokane,
Washington; Evelyn, who married Leo McMullen and now resides in
Canada; Ida A., the wife of George McCarty; Alvina, the wife of Henry
Freeborn; and Charles A., who is operating the homestead.

Mr. Kausche was a democrat in politics and felt the concern of a good
citizen for the public welfare but was never an aspirant for office. His life
was a busy and useful one and his labors were felt as a factor in the
agricultural development of Garfield county. He had made many friends
and his demise was the occasion of deep regret.

ROBERT KENNEDY.

In the great wheat growing belt of eastern Washington lies the farm of
Robert Kennedy, his place being situated on section 15, township 7 north,
range 36 east, Walla Walla county. It is a valuable tract of land of nine
hundred and twenty acres, all of which has been brought under a high state
of cultivation and annually the great wheat yield returns to him a most
gratifying income. Mr. Kennedy still gives supervision to the work, of the
place although he has now passed the eighty-seventh milestone on life's
journey. He was born in Rush county, Indiana, June 20, 1830, a son of John
and Margaret Kennedy, both of whom were natives of Tennessee.
Removing northward to Indiana, they resided in that state for a time and
later became residents of Shelby county, Illinois, where both passed away.
Robert Kennedy started out in life on his own account when a youth of
but fourteen years and in 1851, when twenty-one years of age, he crossed
the plains to the Pacific coast, attracted by the opportunities of the great and
growing west. He made his way to Oregon, where he settled on a farm and
continued a resident of that place for eight years. In 1859 he arrived in
Walla Walla county and settled on Dry creek, where he has since made his
home. As the years have passed he has added to his possessions, his
industry and determination bringing to him larger resources. His
investments in farm property have made him the owner of nine hundred and
twenty acres of valuable wheat land and upon his place are many
substantial improvements. His farm presents a very neat and thrifty
appearance and is supplied with all modern conveniences.
Mr. Kennedy has been married twice. He first wedded Miss Anna Smith
and they became the parents of three children of whom only one is now
living, L. L. Kennedy, a resident farmer of Oregon. The wife and mother
passed away in 1876 and in 1879 Mr. Kennedy was again married, his

second union being with Mrs. Margaret (Jackson) Dennison. Mrs. Kennedy
is a cousin of William Dennison, who was governor of Ohio. To Mr. and
Mrs. Kennedy have been born seven children: Rebecca, the deceased wife
of Professor R. E. Stafford; Martha, the wife of John Connell; Robert P.;
Edna; William B.; B. H.; and Edith May, who has passed away.
In his political views Mr. Kennedy is a republican, having supported the
party since its organization. He has served on the school board and the
cause of public education finds in him an earnest advocate. Fraternally he is
connected with the Masons, although of late years he has not been active in
lodge work. He and his wife are active and consistent members of the
Christian church and Mrs. Kennedy is now the oldest member of the church
at Walla Walla. Their lives have been guided by its teachings and their
many excellent traits of character have won for them the warm regard and
high esteem of all who know them. Mr. Kennedy is one of the venerable
citizens of Walla Walla county and can look back upon the past without
regret and forward to the future without fear, for his has ever been an
honorable life. Fifty-six years have come and gone since he arrived in the
west and therefore he has been a witness of the greater part of its growth
and progress.

E. H. LEONARD.

E. H. Leonard, who has long been known as a prominent representative
of milling interests in the northwest, is now the vice president of the
Preston-Shaffer Milling Company and active manager of its mill at
Waitsburg. He was born in Walla Walla, May 16, 1873, and is a son of
Thomas S. and Sarilda R. (Herren) Leonard. The father was a native of the
state of New York, and the mother of Oregon having been one of the first
white children born in that state. The date of the father's birth was April 25,
1840. He acquired a good education in the schools of that early period and
in 1860 removed westward to Illinois, where for three years he engaged in
teaching school, spending a part of the time also in Iowa. In 1863 he
enlisted in the government service, being made a member of an
organization for the purpose of rendering assistance and guidance to
emigrant trains crossing the plains. On reaching the Boise river his train,

feeling in comparative safety, disbanded and Mr. Leonard continued his
journey to the coast, arriving in Portland, Oregon, late in November, 1863,
when that now populous and progressive city was a town of but three
thousand inhabitants. He afterward drifted to various points in the northwest
and subsequently again took up educational work, teaching in the vicinity
of Salem, Oregon, where he remained until about 1871. In the fall of that
year he came to Walla Walla and in the spring of 1872 he removed to
Dayton, where he has since resided. In the fall of that year he and his wife
took charge of the Dayton school and in the spring of 1873 removed to a
government land claim. In 1876 Mr. Leonard assisted in the organization of
Columbia county and was elected the first county superintendent of schools.
On the expiration of his term in that office he returned to the homestead and
has since been engaged in farming. He has taken an active and important
part in promoting the development of county and state along material and
intellectual lines and has left the impress of his individuality for good upon
the history of the community. In 1868 Mr. Leonard was united in marriage
to Miss Sarilda R. Herren, a daughter of John and Docia (Robbins) Herren,
who crossed the plains from Kentucky to Oregon in 1845. They settled near
Salem, among the very early pioneers of that section. On her mother's side
Mrs. Leonard comes of a family represented in the Revolutionary war, her
great-grandfather, William Robbins, having been a participant in that
struggle which led to the attainment of American independence. T. S.
Leonard is one of the prominent citizens of Dayton and has for many years
taken a prominent and helpful part in the development of Columbia county.
E. H. Leonard was reared to farm life and his education has been
practically self acquired. He worked in his father's fields until his twenty-
fifth year and in 1898 he became connected with milling operations as an
employe of the North Pacific Flour Mills Company at Prescott. In March,
1900, he was made foreman of the mills and in July of the same year, when
the mills were acquired by the Portland Flouring Mills Company, Mr.
Leonard was made manager, which position he continued to fill until 1904.
In that year he was advanced to the position of district manager with the
Portland Flouring Mills Company and in that connection had supervision
over the mills of Dayton and Prescott and later also of Walla Walla. He
continued in that capacity until January 1, 1916, at which time, having
acquired an interest in the Preston-Shaffer Milling Company at Waitsburg,
he was made assistant manager and removed to Waitsburg. This company

also owns mills at Athena, Oregon. At the first meeting of the directors after
his removal to Waitsburg, Mr. Leonard was elected to the vice presidency of
the company in recognition of his marked ability and his long experience in
the milling business. There is no phase of flour manufacture with which he
is not familiar and in the operation of the plants of the Preston-Shaffer
Company he utilizes the latest improved machinery and the most modern
processes, displaying marked enterprise in the control of the business.
While thus extensively engaged in milling for nineteen years he has also
continued his farming operations and now owns and operates two farms in
Walla Walla county, comprising twenty-five hundred acres. He has thus
become one of the prominent wheat growers of the Inland Empire. Either
one of his business connections are sufficiently extensive and important to
rank him with the representative business men of this section of the country.
He is both forceful and resourceful and readily recognizes and utilizes
opportunities which others pass heedlessly by. He is fortunate in that he
possesses character and ability that awaken confidence in others and the
simple weight of his character and his ability have carried him into
important relations.
In November, 1900, occurred the marriage of Mr. Leonard and Miss
Minnie Belle Lieuallen, of Portland, Oregon, and they have become the
parents of three children: Mineta Belle, who is attending high school; Edgar
Hugh, a student in the graded schools; and Joanna Jeanne.
Mr. Leonard is a republican in his political views and fraternally is
connected with Waitsburg Lodge, No. 16, A. F. & A. M.; Dayton Chapter,
No. 5, R. A. M.; and Walla Walla Commandery, No. 1, K. T. He also has
membership with El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Spokane, and
belongs to Whetstone Lodge, No. 157, K. of P., of Prescott. His record is an
inspiring one, for out of a struggle with small opportunities he has come
into a field of broad and active influence and usefulness. Quick discernment
and the faculty of separating the important features of any subject from its
incidental or accidental circumstances have been strong phases in his career.
His business has ever balanced up with the principles of truth and honor. He
has ever been possessed of sufficient courage to venture where favoring
opportunity is presented and his judgment and even-paced energy have
carried him forward to the goal of success. His quietude of deportment, his
frankness and cordiality of address, with the total absence of anything
sinister or anything to conceal, foretoken a man who is ready to meet any

obligation of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious
personal ability, right conception of things and an habitual regard for what
is best in the exercise of human activity.

JOHN F. BREWER.

Twelve years have passed since John F. Brewer was called to his final
rest, but his memory is cherished by many who knew him, as he stood as a
high type of manhood and citizenship and was devoted to the welfare and
progress not only of his family but of the community in which he lived. He
was born in Scotland county, Missouri, November 9, 1842, a son of David
and Susan (Small) Brewer, who crossed the plains with an ox team in 1853,
reaching Salem, Oregon, where they established their home. Their son, John
F., was then a little lad of ten years and he completed his public school
training in Salem, while later he pursued a course of study in Sublimity
College, some fourteen miles from Salem. He then took up the profession
of teaching, which he followed in the public schools for many years,
imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he had acquired.
In 1872 he removed to the Walla Walla valley, where he engaged in
farming. His agricultural interests were carefully and successfully
conducted and for many years he concentrated his efforts and attention
upon the development of the fields. At length, however, he left the farm and
removed to Walla Walla, building a handsome home on Boyer avenue. In
1876 he purchased a large tract of land east of the city and became one of
the leading and extensive farmers of Walla Walla county. In 1890 he
removed to Seattle, where he platted a tract of land which he called the
Walla Walla addition but in this enterprise he was not successful and
returned to Walla Walla, where his investments were judiciously made, his
business affairs capably managed and his enterprise brought to him a very
gratifying and substantial measure of success.
In March, 1872, Mr. Brewer was united in marriage to Miss Adora D.
Stanton, a native of Oregon and a daughter of Benjamin and Matilda
(Baldwin) Stanton. Her parents were natives of Kentucky and crossed the
plains by wagon in 1852, settling near Salem, Oregon. They had a family of
eleven children, of whom seven are still living. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer

became the parents of nine children, namely: John, who is manager of the
Commercial Club at The Dalles, Oregon, but is now in the government
service at Portland Oregon; Merton, a practicing attorney at Auburn,
Washington; Ada, who has passed away; Frank, living in Walla Walla
county; Maud, the wife of Charles Ulm, of Ritzville; Bertha, who is the
widow of Eugene Dunbar and now lives in Anchorage, Alaska; Dora, who
is the wife of Fred Snedecor, of Corona, California; Roy, who is a sergeant
in the United States army with the First Illinois Infantry; and Luella, the
wife of Frank Harlow, of Los Angeles, California.

JOHN F. BREWER

MRS. JOHN F. BREWER

Mrs. Brewer owns a fine residence on Boyer avenue in Walla Walla,
where she resides, and in addition she has five hundred and twenty acres of
valuable wheat land near the city and another tract of eight hundred acres in
Franklin county. She is an active and prominent member of the Sunshine
Club and is also connected with the Eastern Star and church organizations.
Mr. Brewer left his family in very comfortable financial circumstances
when death called him on the 21st of February, 1905. He was one of the
valued and respected citizens of this section of the country. He took an
active part in the development of Walla Walla county and never withheld
his support from any enterprise that he believed would prove beneficial in
any way. He was intensely patriotic and he stood for all that was
progressive in relation to public affairs. He served for several terms as
alderman of his city and at the time of his death was filling the position of

councilman for his ward. To him belongs the honor of being the father of
the paid fire department of Walla Walla, which has proven successful and
satisfactory even beyond his confident predictions. Fraternally he was
connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of
Pythias. the ancient Order of United Workmen and the Royal Arcanum,
while his religious faith was indicated by his membership in the First
Presbyterian church.
His home paper, in writing of his death, said: "In the death of John
Brewer, Walla Walla loses one of her best and most progressive citizens. No
citizen of the town had more warm personal friends, and his demise has
brought sadness to many a home. As private citizen and public official he
always strove to do his full duty. He endeavored to be just to all men and he
spoke ill of no one. He was broad-minded and conservative, generous and
public spirited. It would be hard to find a man in the community with fewer
faults and more virtues. His home life was ideal and it is no wonder that
those nearest and dearest to him find it so hard to reconcile themselves to
the loss of a kind and loving husband and father."
"I cannot say and will not say
That he is dead, he is just away;
He has wandered into an unknown land
With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand;
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since he lingers there."

VICTOR E. SIEBERT.

Victor E. Siebert is a member of the firm of Osterman & Siebert, known
as Walla Walla's foremost architects, in which connection he has developed
skill of the highest degree, and his patronage is indicative of the high order
of his work. He is a native son of Walla Walla, born October 3, 1884, his
parents being Chris and Minnie (Nahen) Siebert, the former a native of
Berlin, Germany, while the latter was born in Red Bluff, California. The
father was reared to manhood and pursued his education in his native
country and served throughout the Franco-Prussian war. Following that
conflict, in 1875, he came to the United States, making his way to Oconto,
Wisconsin, but after a brief period there passed he removed westward to

Washington, establishing his home in Asotin county, where he took up a
homestead claim and lived for a few years. He later removed to Walla Walla
county and purchased a farm six or eight miles east of the city of Walla
Walla, on which he resided for some time. He next removed to the city,
where he now makes his home. He is still active in farming in a small way
but in a measure has put aside the arduous duties of life.
Victor E. Siebert, whose name introduces this review, was educated in
the Baker school of Walla Walla and when eighteen years of age he began
the study of architecture in the office of Henry Osterman, with whom he
thus remained for three years. He then went east to complete his education
and entered the Boston Technical School in the fall of 1906. There he
pursued a special course in architecture, attending the institution for four
years. After completing his studies he entered into partnership with Peter F.
McLaughlin and established business in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, under the
firm style of McLaughlin & Siebert. This relationship existed for two and a
half years, at the end of which time the partnership was dissolved and in the
fall of 1912 Mr. Siebert returned to Walla Walla and entered into
partnership relations with Mr. Osterman, his former preceptor. They are
well known architects of this city, the firm of Osterman & Siebert
occupying a very creditable and enviable position in professional circles.
Many of the most important buildings of the northwest have been designed
and erected by them and stand as monuments of their skill, their enterprise
and business ability.
In 1910 Mr. Siebert was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hoelzel, of
Adams, Massachusetts, and they have become the parents of two children,
Henry and Gretchen. Mr. Siebert is a consistent member of Blue Mountain
Lodge, No. 13, F. & A. M., and also belongs to Columbus Council of the
Knights of Kadosh, No. 6, of Walla Walla, and to Oriental Consistory, No.
2, A. & A. S. R. He is also connected with El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M.
S., of Spokane. His political allegiance is given to the republican party. He
belongs to the Walla Walla Commercial Club and is one of the city's
representative men, his aid and influence being always given on the side of
progress and advancement, reform and improvement. He and his wife are
members of the Christian Science church and their genuine personal worth
has gained for them a circle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of
their acquaintance. Thorough preliminary training has constituted the basis
of Mr. Siebert's success in a professional way and fidelity to the highest

standards of business has actuated him at every point in his career. The
northwest is fortunate in having his services in connection with its
important growth and development and Walla Walla is proud to number him
among her citizens.

WILLIAM T. LANE.

William T. Lane is a Civil war veteran and a retired farmer who is now
living in Starbuck. He was born in Tennessee, December 27, 1841, and is a
son of Tidence and Rebecca (Huhn) Lane, who were natives of Tennessee.
The father was killed in that state by a falling tree. The mother afterward
removed to Missouri, where her last days were passed. They had a family of
three children but William T. is the only one now living.
Through the period of his boyhood and youth William T. Lane remained
a resident of Tennessee but in 1865, when twenty-four years of age, went to
Missouri and established his home in Johnson county. In 1880 he came to
Columbia county, where he rented a farm for two years and later he
invested his savings in land, becoming owner of a place four miles south of
Starbuck, comprising four hundred acres. He occupied that farm for twenty
years, devoting his time and energies to its further development and
improvement with the result that he converted it into a most valuable and
productive agricultural property. At length he sold the place and settled in
Starbuck, where he now resides, and through the intervening period he has
lived retired, enjoying a well earned rest.
In 1870 Mr. Lane was united in marriage to Miss Nettie Oliphant, a
native of Missouri, and they became the parents of seven children: Nancy
E., who is the wife of C. A. Gregory; Hattie E., who is the wife of W. E.
Phillips; and five who have passed away. The wife and mother died in
December, 1908, and was laid to rest in the Starbuck cemetery. She left a
husband and two daughters to mourn her Loss. She was devoted to the
welfare of her family and had many excellent traits of character which
endeared her to all with whom she was brought in contact.
Mr. Lane is a member of the Christian church. He is a veteran of the
Civil war, having enlisted in 1861 as a member of Company C, Sixty-first
Tennessee Regiment. He was paroled at Vicksburg and came out without a

scratch although he had taken part in several hotly contested battles. His life
has been a busy and useful one, largely devoted to farming interests, and by
unfaltering industry and determination he has advanced steadily on the
highroad to success. He is one of the leading men of the valley in which he
resides and is enjoying a prosperity which is the merited reward of his
labors.

J. W. CLODIUS.

J. W. Clodius is a well known representative of farming interests in
Walla Walla county, where he is now engaged in the cultivation of thirteen
hundred acres of land. He makes his home on section 34, township 9 north,
range 37 east, and his well directed energy and careful management are
bringing to him substantial success. He was born April 28, 1889, in the
county where he yet resides, his parents being Hans F. and Catherine
(Rhode) Clodius, who came to Walla Walla county in 1881. They were both
natives of Germany, where they were reared and married, and about 1870
they crossed the Atlantic to the United States, settling in Illinois, where they
remained until they came to Washington. On removing to the northwest
they established their home in Walla Walla county and the father acquired
land from time to time until he owned thirteen hundred acres. He settled on
Mill creek and about 1897 removed to the home farm, upon which his son,
J. W. Clodius, now resides. There he continued to live until 1913, when he
put aside the active work of the fields and removed to Waitsburg, where he
is now located. He is numbered among the honored and valued pioneer
settlers of his section of the state and made for himself a creditable record
in business circles, for through his individual effort, persistency of purpose
and honorable dealing he gained a most substantial competence.
J. W. Clodius acquired a public school education and through the period
of his boyhood and youth remained at home, assisting his father in the
operation of the farm. Upon the latter's removal to Waitsburg he then took
charge of the home property and is now engaged in cultivating thirteen
hundred acres of rich land. He is thus numbered among the leading
agriculturists of the community. The methods which he pursues are most
practical and progressive. He is systematic and methodical in all that he

does, he employs the latest improved machinery to facilitate the work of the
fields and by energy and persistency of purpose is winning success.
On the 8th of November, 1911, Mr. Clodius was united in marriage to
Miss Ina Mary Harkins, of Waitsburg, a daughter of James Harkins, who is
now deceased. Her mother, who bore the maiden name of Anna Elizabeth
Harris, is now living on a farm in Bolles Junction. She was born, reared and
married in Illinois, though her husband was a native of Davenport, Iowa.
Shortly after their marriage they came west and located in Lane county,
Oregon, where they remained until 1898 and then removed to Waitsburg,
Washington, where the death of Mr. Harkins occurred. In their family were
eight children, seven of whom are still living. Both Mr. and Mrs. Harkins
held membership in the Christian church. Mr. and Mrs. Clodius have
become the parents of two children, Emory W. and Brenda M.
Fraternally Mr. Clodius is connected with Walla Walla Lodge, No. 287,
B. P. O. E. In politics he maintains an independent course, voting according
to the dictates of his judgment. He is yet a comparatively young man but
has made for himself a most creditable position in agricultural circles and
the extent and importance of his farming interests are indicative of his
business ability.

THEODORE GROTE.

Theodore Grote, one of the foremost farmers of Columbia county,
Washington, owning ten thousand acres of fine wheat and pasture land, was
born in Germany, July 5, 1881, a son of John and Anna (Dryer) Grote, also
natives of that country. In 1882 they emigrated to America with their family
and took up their residence in Ohio, whence three years later they removed
to Kansas. They resided in that state for three years and then came to
Washington, first locating in Whitman county. In 1893, however, they
removed to Walla Walla county, and there the father passed away in 1915,
while the mother survives.

Theodore Grote, who is one of a family of five children, was brought to
Washington when a child and in the acquirement of his education attended
the common schools. In 1897 he began farming in partnership with his
father and brothers, operating eighteen hundred acres of leased land. He
devoted six years to that work and then removed to Canada, where for a
year he was in the sheep business. He then returned to Walla Walla and

purchased fifty-five hundred acres of land and leased six thousand acres.
Four years later he sold his property to his brother Ben, but after a period of
two years he again purchased land, becoming the owner of a valuable tract
in Columbia County on section 10, township 11 north, range 38 east. He has
since added to his holdings and is now the owner of ten thousand acres, of
which forty-three hundred acres is wheat land and the remainder pasture
land. He has a herd of six hundred head of cattle and his stock raising
interests are very profitable. As a wheat grower he met with unusual
success, and he is always among the first to adopt a new method or
implement of value. He is systematic and businesslike in the management
of his affairs, realizing that the day of haphazard, unthinking farming has
passed.
Mr. Grote was married in February, 1911, to Miss Matie C. Baumann,
who was born in Washington. He is an advocate of the principles of the
republican party but confines his participation in public affairs to the
exercise of his right of franchise. He belongs to the Elks at Walla Walla and
is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 106 F. & A. M., at Starbuck and of
the Royal Arch Chapter at Dayton. His ability stands out as an unquestioned
fact and it is generally recognized that he is an important factor in the
development of Columbia county along agricultural and stock raising lines.

A. G. LLOYD.

Fifty-eight years ago A. G. Lloyd became a resident of Walla Walla
county and in a little log cabin began life in true pioneer style. He had,
however, been a resident of the west for a much longer period, the family
home having been established in Oregon in 1845. He was born in Missouri,
July 25, 1836, his parents being John and Nancy (Walker) Lloyd, both of
whom were natives of North Carolina. At a very early period they removed
westward to Missouri and in 1845 crossed the plains with ox teams, making
the long wearisome journey across the hot stretches of sand and over the
mountains, three years before gold had been discovered in California, at
which later time the trails to the west were more definitely marked and
more easily followed. They located in Benton county, Oregon, where the
father took up a donation claim of six hundred acres. There he built a log

cabin covered with a clapboard roof and the chimney was built on the
outside of the primitive dwelling. Hardships and privations fell to their lot
but with stout hearts and undiminished courage they put forth every effort
to establish a home on the western frontier and were active with those who
were planting the seeds of civilization in Washington. The mother died
while the family resided upon the homestead farm and the father afterward
removed to Colfax, Washington, where he passed away in 1875. In their
family were nine children, but one of whom is now living.
A. G. Lloyd was reared and educated in Oregon, having been but a little
lad of nine summers at the time of the removal to the west. There was no
phase of pioneer life with which he was not familiar. He served in the
Indian war on the Walla Walla river and was in the Seven-Day fight. He
became familiar with all of the methods of treacherous warfare practiced by
the savages and he aided in reclaiming the region for the purposes of
civilization. He was mustered out in July, 1856, and returned to the work of
the farm.
In 1858 he was united in marriage to Miss Lois Jasper, a native of
Kentucky and a daughter of John and Mary (Heath) Jasper, who were also
natives of the Blue Grass state, whence in 1842 they removed to St. Joseph,
Missouri. The father died in that state and the mother with her family of six
children afterward, in 1854, crossed the plains and became a resident of
Benton county, Oregon. In the family were eight children, of whom three
are now living.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd began their domestic life in Oregon, but in July,
1859, removed to Walla Walla county, Washington, where he secured a
homestead claim of one hundred and sixty acres two and a half miles from
Waitsburg on the Touchet river. Upon his land he built a log cabin with
puncheon floor and door. The home was most primitive but it sheltered
stout hearts and willing hands. They bravely faced the conditions of pioneer
life in order to secure a home for themselves and for eight years they lived
upon that place without change. At the end of that time Mr. Lloyd was able
to purchase more land and his widow now owns two hundred acres, for
some of which she has been offered three hundred dollars per acre. The
rapid settlement of this section of the country, together with the
improvements made upon the farm, have greatly enhanced the value of the
property, which returns to Mrs. Lloyd a very gratifying annual income. In
his business career Mr. Lloyd displayed marked diligence and

determination and his farming interests were wisely and carefully managed,
so that he became recognized as one of the foremost agriculturists of this
section of the state. As the years went on eleven children were added to the
family, of whom six are now living, namely: J. C., who is in California; G.
M., a resident of Waitsburg; Wesley A., who is occupying the old
homestead; Gilla Ann, the wife of C. C. Milinger, of Spokane, Washington;
Ralph G., also living in this state; and Angeline, the wife of F. G. Aldridge.
The death of the husband and father occurred January 5, 1915, since
which time Mrs. Lloyd has personally managed the farm. Mr. Lloyd not
only figured as one of the leading representatives of agricultural life in
Walla Walla county but was a most prominent and influential factor in other
connections. He attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in
Masonry and held all of the chairs in the different Masonic branches with
which he was affiliated. His political allegiance was given the democratic
party and he was one of its recognized leaders. His opinions carried weight
in its councils and his efforts were an element in advancing its success. Five
times he was elected to represent his district in the general assembly of
Washington and he left the impress of his individuality upon many
important legislative measures which were enacted during that period. He
closely studied the questions and issues of the day and gave his aid and
support to any measure or movement which he believed would promote the
interests of the commonwealth and stood with equal firmness in opposition
to any cause which he believed would be detrimental to the welfare of the
community at large. His position was never an equivocal one and he loyally
supported every measure in which he believed. None questioned the
integrity of his opinions or of his actions. He served as a delegate to both
county and state conventions and did much to mold public thought and
opinion. Mrs. Lloyd is a member of the Eastern Star and also of the
Rebekah lodge and in these organizations has filled all of the chairs. She is
a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, while Mr. Lloyd was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was prominent as a man
whose constantly expanding powers took him from humble surroundings to
the field of large enterprises and continually broadening opportunities. He
was reared upon the western frontier and the effort required to live in those
ungenerous surroundings, the necessity to make every blow tell and to
exercise every inventive faculty developed powers of mind and habits
which made him a forceful and resourceful business man and citizen. The

early rising, the daily tasks, the economical habits of the country boy
prepared him for the struggle that most precede ascendency and step by step
Mr. Lloyd gained success in business and prominence in public life.

W. M. TAYLOR.

W. M. Taylor resides in Waitsburg but is identified with farming on
section 31, township 9 north, range 38 east, in Columbia county. He has
resided in this state since reaching the age of eighteen years. He was born in
Johnson county, Missouri, January 31, 1861, and is a son of Simon and
Harriet (Burgess) Taylor, who are mentioned in connection with the sketch
of his brother, Charles M. Taylor, on another page of this work. The public
school system of his native county afforded him his educational privileges.
He made good use of his time and opportunities in that direction and when
not busy with his textbooks he was assisting in the work of the home farm
and thus learning valuable lessons in the school of experience. He had
reached the age of eighteen years when he came to Washington, after which
he remained at home, cooperating with his father in the development and
improvement of a new farm up to the time of his marriage. In the meantime,
however, he and his brothers, G. B., J. W. and J. F. Taylor, bought eight
hundred acres of land, which they cultivated in partnership, and they also
operated one thousand acres belonging to Whitman College. This they
leased and the four brothers continued their farming interests together until
about 1907, when a division of their holdings was made, and W. M. Taylor
acquired three hundred and sixty acres of the land that had been held
conjointly before. He has since purchased two hundred and forty acres
adjoining his other tract, so that his home farm now comprises six hundred
acres and constitutes one of the valuable wheat ranches of Columbia
county. The soil is particularly adapted to wheat raising and the crops
produced are most extensive and gratifying, for the methods which Mr.
Taylor follows in the development of his fields are practical. All of the work
on the farm is systematically done and is guided by his sound judgment. He
uses the latest improved machinery to facilitate the work of the fields and
there is no equipment of the model farm property of the twentieth century
that is not found upon his place.

On September 18, 1889, occurred the marriage of Mr. Taylor and Miss
Flora Kinyoun, of Johnson county, Missouri, who came to Washington to
teach music in 1887. By her marriage she became the mother of two
children: Harriet E., the wife of R. B. McElroy, of Spokane, Washington;
and Laura E., the wife of Theodore Holsey, of Spokane, this state. The wife
and mother passed away in 1897 and on November 29, 1899, Mr. Taylor
was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Lillian Devall, née
Pinkley, who was a teacher in the public schools of Walla Walla and
Columbia counties. To this marriage has been born a daughter, Florence G.
Fraternally Mr. Taylor is connected with Touchet Lodge, No. 5, I. O. O.
F., and he also belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His
political views are in accord with the principles of the democratic party. He
and his wife are members of the Methodist church and their lives are guided
by its teachings and its principles. Aside from his farming interests Mr.
Taylor became one of the incorporators of the Exchange Bank of Waitsburg,
of which he is still a stockholder. He has made for himself a very creditable
position as a substantial farmer and representative citizen of Columbia
county. After the harvests are gathered he takes up his abode in Waitsburg,
where he has an attractive city home and there spends the winters. The
extent and importance of his business interests have made him widely and
favorably known and his life record should serve as a source of inspiration
and encouragement to others, indicating what may be accomplished through
persistent and honorable effort. He has aided in demonstrating the
possibilities for grain farming in this section of the state and the worth of
his work, both as a source of individual success and of general prosperity, is
widely acknowledged.

CHRISTIAN STURM, Sr.

Christian Sturm, who one of the best known and most highly esteemed
pioneers of the Walla Walla valley, was born in the kingdom of
Wurttemberg, Germany, April 14, 1834. At the age of seventeen,
accompanied by a brother, he came to the United States, the ocean voyage
taking forty-two days.

He enjoyed telling a good joke on himself which occurred when he
landed in New York with little of this world's goods. He met with a
traveling Jew who said to him: "Carry these bags and suit cases for me
several blocks and I'll pay you twenty-five cents." He accepted the offer and
carried the luggage blocks and blocks until, finally in the heart of the city,
they entered a building and climbed several flights of stairs. On one of the
top floors the Jew took the luggage and asked him to wait a few minutes
and he would return and pay him. He waited and waited patiently but the
generous Jewish gentleman never returned. It was some little time before it
dawned on him that he was "stung." It was a lesson, for the errand caused
him to miss his boat and, also, his brother whom he never saw again. That
night he spent sight seeing about New York, and while standing about
admiring what was a most wonderful building to him he was thrown into
jail where he was compelled to remain until morning and he often
remarked, "his first and only time in jail was his first night in America."

CHRISTIAN STURM, Sr.

MRS. CHRISTIAN STURM, Sr.

After finishing his education in New York, he moved to Delaware and
after spending two years in that state he went to Philadelphia where he
enlisted in the service of the U. S. army in 1857. Shortly afterwards his
company was moved to Newport, Kentucky, and then to New York; then,
by the isthmus of Panama route to San Francisco and from the last named
place to Astoria. Astoria at that time had but few buildings. Soon after he
was stationed at Vancouver and a little later at the Cascades. With his
company he walked to the upper Cascades and took the boat to The Dalles
and from there he marched with his troop to Fort Walla Walla. He was five
years in the army and during his enlistment he was promoted to the rank of

lieutenant. In the army he saw much real fighting. In 1858 he was in the
expedition to Colville, which was in command of Colonel Wright. They
encountered the Indians, nearly twelve thousand strong, who opened fire on
the troops, and the famous battle of Steptoe was fought. During this battle
Captain Taylor was killed. Captain Taylor was wearing a silk sash which he
took off and presented to Lieutenant Sturm of whom he was very fond. The
sash he always kept in memory of momentous hours of danger and as a
sacred memento of a true friendship, and it now hangs in its familiar place
in his widow's home. The Indians that fought at Steptoe consisted of the
Yakimas, Colvilles, Palouses, Spokanes and Coeur d'Alenes. In this famous
battle the troops fortified themselves on Steptoe Butte and how bravely they
fought history tells. During the battle many Indians were dispatched and as
many as one thousand Indian ponies were killed.
After retiring from the army as lieutenant, acting as assistant
quartermaster, First Cavalry United States of America, 1862, at Fort Walla
Walla (the same fort that President Wilson ordered used in 1917 for a
training camp for the Washington State Field Artillery, under command of
Major Paul Weyrauch) the wonderful opportunities of the Inland Empire
country made a strong appeal to Mr. Sturm. After spending a year mining at
Orofino, Idaho, he returned to Walla Walla and went into the livery business
with Fred Kraft. After a short time he disposed of his interest in the livery
and engaged in the general merchandise business with O. B. Brechtel for a
partner. Their store was one of the first in Walla Walla; it was a
headquarters for miners returning from the Orofino placer mines; the
miners would deposit their gold dust with Messrs. Sturm and Brechtel for
safe keeping, there being no banks at that time in Walla Walla. After
remaining in the mercantile business for five years Mr. Sturm bought one
hundred and sixty acres of land from H. M. Chase two and one-half miles
from Walla Walla and engaged in farming. He acquired another adjoining
one hundred and sixty acres; also homesteaded one hundred and sixty and
preempted one hundred and sixty; then, in later years, he bought five
hundred acres more. He was one of the most successful wheat and stock
raisers in the valley.
Mr. Sturm was married in 1865 to Miss Marietta Roff. Four sons and
two daughters were born to this union, and two sons and two daughters
survive. Mrs. Sturm was born September 12, 1844, a daughter of Frederick
Roff. Her girlhood was spent in Illinois, but in 1864 she with her parents