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Mr. Stansbery was married in 1848 to Miss Anna M. Hughes, a daughter of WilHam Hughes. Her birth occurred in Clark county, Indiana, February ii, 1827, and by her marriage she became the mother of thirteen children. The death of Mr. Stansbery occurred in March, 1882. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and an active and devoted member of the Methodist church, his labors proving a factor in the upbuilding of the church and the extension of its influence. His wife survived him for twenty-three years, passing away on the loth of March, 1905. At the age of sixteen years she united with the Methodist church and her life was ever an expression of her Christian faith. She was often heard to remark: "If I have flowers I will present them while on earth, that their fragrance may do good. The earth is where the flowers and smiles and praises are needed, not after death." Her life was an exemplification of that sentiment. She was ever ready to aid those in need and by a cheery smile and word of encouragement helped many a fellow traveler upon life's journey. Her splendid qualities of heart and mind made her beloved by all and the deepest regret was felt by those who knew her when she responded to the call of death and was laid to rest by the side of her husband in Columbia cemetery.

Oscar L. Clyde

Among the well known citizens of western Oregon whose career presents features of unsual interest is Oscar L. Clyde. He was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1843, ^"^ is a son of Jarnes and Katherine Clyde, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania and died leaving their son to make his own way in life.

Oscar L. Clyde did not possess the advantages of education such as are presented to the young people of today. His education was limited to a few weeks or months at a district school in the winter time and the knowledge which he has gained has been mainly in the training school of experience. At the age of eight years he went to Illinois, where he remained for about a year. The three years following were passed by him at Davenport, Iowa. He then took up his residence in Linn county, Iowa, where he aided his stepfather in the work of the farm. On the i8th of July, 1861, in response to the call of President Lincoln for three hundred thousand volunteers, Mr. Clyde, then a stalwart youth of seventeen, enlisted in Company D, Eighth Iowa Infantry, under Colonel Fred Steel. The regiment was assigned to Camp McClellan at Davenport, Iowa, where it remained drilling until the September following. It was then sent to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri. The regiment was placed under Fre- -mont's command until February, 1862, when the Eighth Iowa was ordered to Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, where it took part in the great battle at that place and Private Clyde and many of his companions were captured. They were sent first to Jackson, Mississippi, and later to Mobile, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and then to Montgomery, where many of the men were paroled. At Huntsville, Alabama, the paroled men reentered the Union lines. There were so many prisoners captured at Pittsburg Landing from the Eighth Ohio Infantry that the regiment lost its organization. However, at Benton Barracks, in February, 1863, it was reorganized with the same officers that had commanded it originally. Upon its reorganization Oscar L. Clyde was made corporal. The regiment joined Grant and Sherman at Ducksport, Arkansas, took part in the noted campaign of General Grant in and around Vicksburg, and engaged in two important assaults on the 19th and 22d of May, 1863. Originally Mr. Clyde enlisted for a term of three years, but at the expiration of this time the entire regiment reenlisted as an organization on the ist of June, 1864. After reenlisting he was made sergeant of his company and was given a furlough of thirty days, during which time he went home and greeted old friends whose faces he had not seen for three long years. At the close of his furlough he was assigned to provost duty at Memphis, Tennessee, which continued for ten months, and then went to New Orleans under General Canby, later taking part in the Mobile campaign. To the Eighth Iowa was given the honor of leading the charge at Spanish Fort, opposite Mobile. In this death to death struggle the regiment lost sixty-eight of its brave men. Mr. Clyde served through the campaigns on General Canby's staff with the rank of second lieutenant. As the war spirit subsided, the army was gradually reduced and on the 9th day of October, 1865, he was mustered out of service at Tuskegee, Alabama. His regiment was mustered out on the loth of April following, at Selma, Alabama. After leaving the army, Lieutenant Clyde returned to his old home in Linn county and, like thousands of other young men who had stood face to face with death in defense of their country, he laid aside the sword and patriotically resumed the pursuits from which he had been diverted by the greatest conflict that the world has known. He located on a homestead in Morrison county, Minnesota, and conducted a farm except for five years, when he engaged in the hardware business.

The Pacific coast held out attractions to ambitious men, and in 1890 Mr. Clyde went to San Diego county, California, continuing upon a ranch there for four years. In 1895 he removed to Pasadena, where for five years he was in the service of the Pasadena & Pacific Railroad Company. At the end of this time he came north to Olympia, Washington, where he located for a short time and then removed to White Salmon, and in 1904 to Park Place, Oregon, where he has since been engaged in ranching. Mr. Clyde has always taken the interest of a patriotic citizen in public affairs. He was justice of the peace in Morrison county, Minnesota, and deputy sheriff of the same county. He also acted as city constable of Little Falls, Minnesota, and after coming to Oregon was school clerk and treasurer of district No. 48, Clackamas county.

On the 22d of January, 1864, Mr. Clyde was married to Abbia A. Stevens, a daughter of Prince and Asenith Stevens of Maine. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde: Ida A., the wife of Joseph M. Ledoux ; Charles E., a merchant of Salem, Oregon; James B., a ranchman of California; Frank L., superintendent of the Los Angeles Pipe Company; and Ella May, now Mrs. H. T. Bechtl of Olympia.

Mr. Clyde is a member of the local Grange, of the blue lodge and chapter of the Masonic order, of the Knights of Pythias, and of Mead Post No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic. He has for many years been identified with the Congregational church, and in his private life has been controlled largely by the lessons of alertness, perseverance and attention to duty which he had so deeply impressed upon his mind while fighting for the Union cause. To him, as to many other young men of the country, the great Civil war was a college of instruction, where the lessons of life were enacted under conditions that made an indelible impression and where also many of the leaders who have been for years most prominent in the American republic laid the foundation of a character which has made them what they really are today - the admiration of the world.

Isaac Joseph Lawler

There is no one in Portland who has enjoyed the manly sport of driving a fine roadster who has not heard of or personally known the late Isaac Joseph Lawler, who for a long period was proprietor of the Club Stables and was regarded as authority upon the subject of fine horses. Moreover, he was a man of such genial temperament and kindly spirit that he made friends with all with whom he came in contact and his death was, therefore, the occasion of deep and widespread regret when, on the 9th of June, 1908, he passed away in the city of Portland. He was a native of Ireland, his birth having occurred in Dublin, on the 22d of April, 1844. His parents were Edward and Christina (Hill) Lawler, whose ancestral record is one of close connection with the early history of the British Isles. His mother belonged to the Hills of Brey near Dublin.

Isaac J. Lawler, who was the youngest of seven sons and one daughter, was educated in the Christian Brothers schools of Dublin and early in life turned his attention to his father's business, the latter being well known as a liveryman and horse dealer between Dublin and Liverpool. One brother, Edward Lawler, was well known in Ireland as a successful steeple-chase rider. After spending some years in Roscommon, Ireland, Isaac J. Lawler, attracted by the opportunities of the west, sailed for New York city in 1865 and two years later went to San Francisco by way of the Nicaragua route. A few years later he came to Portland, where he was employed until 1884. His perseverance, industry and capable management at length enabled him to engage in business on his own account and in this he was associated with his brother John, who had also come to the west. They purchased a quarter of a block of ground at the corner of Fifteenth and Couch streets and there established a livery business, in which they were associated for two years when the brother retired, Isaac Lawler purchasing his interest. His increasing patronage, resulting from his capable management and the wise direction of his interests, brought him a business that forced him to double the size of the building and he afterward purchased the remaining half block, where still stand the Club Stables. In this business he continued to the end of his life. The Club Stables in the palmy days of "gentlemen's roadsters," before the automobiles were heard of, were the rendezvous for the various owners of the roadsters of that time. Many pleasant hours were there spent after the White House drive was over for the evening, talking over the merits of their respective horses. Mr. Lawler, by reason of his well known business integrity and the sound judgment which he displayed concerning horse flesh, merited the patronage which he received in those days, which "are gone, never to return, as far as the roadster is concerned." This has become only a chapter of Portland's history, for the owners, too, have mostly passed away with the horse.

On the 9th of September, 1873, Mr. Lawler was united in marriage to Miss Honora M. Egan, a daughter of the late John H. Egan, who was also born in Dublin, Ireland. Her father was a Mexican veteran, who had seen hard service as a sailor in that war. He was also a soldier in the Indian wars and did active and beneficial work in suppressing the uprisings among the red men. He was one of the nine men who camped on Battle Rock during the Rogue River war. They were attacked by the Indians and a fierce battle ensued, in which two of the white men were injured, while a dozen or more of the Indians were killed. Mr. Egan has left a graphic account of this engagement. He married Maria Darling, who was also numbered among the pioneer residents of this district, having crossed the continent with the Belshaw party in 1853. She was married the same year in Portland and thereafter Mr. and Mrs. Egan continued to reside in this city with the exception of four or five years spent upon a farm on the Chehalem mountain. Four children were born unto them. The husband and father passed away May 29, 1887, while the death of Mrs. Egan occurred September 9, 1902. The only surviving member of the family is Mrs. Lawler, who by her marriage became the mother of three daughters and twin sons. The eldest daughter, Mary Christina, became the wife of Charles Fort Schmerhorn, ^ of Des Moines, Iowa, Portland, Oregon, and Honolulu. She was a popular highschool girl and was graduated with the class of February, 1894. After her marriage to Mr. Schmerhorn she resided in Honolulu for over a year and thence removed to Los Angeles, California, where her husband engaged in business. She died in that city, April 16, 1907, leaving an infant son, who died two months later. Mrs. Schmerhorn was mourned not only by her old friends and schoolmates but also by the many new ones she had made in her travels, for she was a bright girl, with a lovable disposition. She was also quite talented with the brush.

her painting in oil and water colors being especially good and showing much talent. Kathleen Lawler Belcher is the wife of Professor J. W. Belcher and is well known throughout Portland and this state as a concert and choir singer of note, having held for seven years the difficult position of the soprano singer in St. Mary's cathedral. At the present writing she is the soprano soloist in the White Temple choir, where her husband, Mr. Belcher, has been director for many years. Miss Nona Lawler, the youngest daughter, is also possessed oi a beautiful voice and is rapidly coming to the front in Portland as a vocalist. The sons Gerald and Emmet Lawler are at present carrying on the business left to them by their

The death of the husband and father occurred in Portland, June 9, 1908. He was an active member of the Catholic church and received all the benefits of that church at his death. In politics he was a stanch republican and was always interested in the leading questions and issues of the day. He took an active part in everything that related to the general welfare and cooperated in many movements which were of benefit to Portland. Those who knew him, and his friends were many, found him ont only a reliable business man but also an entertaining gentleman, of genial social nature, of unfailing good humor and of unfaltering courtesy.

Mrs. S. Langille

Mrs. S. Langille now makes her home at No. 683 Wasco street in Portland. She has a wide and favorable acquaintance in this city and, moreover, is pleasantly remembered by the great majority of tourists who visit the northwest, for during sixteen summers she was in charge of Cloud Cap Inn. She was born in Yarmouth county. Nova Scotia, a daughter of Israel and Elizabeth (Flint) Harding. Her father was also a native of that county and was a tanner by trade. She spent her girlhood days in the parental home, was educated in the place of her nativity and was trained to the duties of the household, so that she was well equipped to take charge of a home of her own at the time of her marriage, which occurred in June, 1867. She became the wife of James E. Langille, who was born in Pictou county. Nova Scotia, March 12, 1840, and is of Swiss-French descent. He attended school where he was born and learned the wheelwright's trade but spent most of his early life as a ship-builder. In 1867 he went to California and two years later his wife joined him. In 1871 they returned to the east, settling in Yarmouth county. Nova Scotia, but in 1878 removed to Massachusetts. About 1880 they became residents of Chicago, where Mr. Langille followed the carpenter's trade and assisted in building the town of Pullman, Illinois.

In 1883 they removed westward to Oregon, settling in the Hood river valley, where Mr. Langille took up one hundred and sixty acres of land, upon which he built a log cabin. In 1889 he had charge of the building of the Cloud Cap Inn.

After living upon the farm about nine years, Mrs. Langille secured a legal separation and in 1891 took charge of Cloud Cap Inn, which, with the aid of her sons, she conducted for sixteen seasons. This is a most unique and attractive hostelry, situated at snow line on Mount Hood. The hotel is built of logs and the structure is chained to the rocks so that it shall not be carried away by the fierce winter winds that sweep over the mountains. While primitive in style, it is thoroughly comfortable, and the air of cheeriness given by the blazing logs in the great fireplace was enhanced by the hospitable welcome which Mrs. Langille always extended to the hotel guests who, gathered around the fire in the evening, seemed more like a large family than transient visitors. The outlook from the hotel is one of rare beauty. The great snow summit of Mount Hood appears above and in the distance are seen the snowy slopes of Mount

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Rainier, Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens, seen across a broad expanse of valley and lake. One of the chief points of interest to the tourists is the ascent of the mountain, from which on clear days one can look abroad over the great grain fields of eastern Oregon and to the west to the Pacific ocean, while the great Columbia river from that height looks like a tiny ribbon threading the green. The effect of the sunset on Hood and the other snow-capped mountains is beautiful beyond description. It was here that Mrs. Langille spent sixteen summers, attending to the comfort of the guests at the inn, and her hospitable manner as well as the splendid view made a visit there one never to be forgotten. Mrs. Langille has three sons : William A., who was born August i8, 1868, is now forest superintendent of the southeast reserve in Alaska. He was one of the first to land supplies at Dawson during the great gold rush in Alaska, and was the first to make an ascent on the north side of Mound Hood, hitherto considered inaccessible. Herbert B., who was born January 27, 1871, is now an electrical engineer living in the Hood river valley. He is a graduate of the Leland Stanford University, and married Tessie Conroy, a native of Ireland. Harold D., born September 19, 1874, is manager for the J. D. Lacy Timber Company. He resides at home with his mother.

Andrew Roberts

The subject of this sketch was born at Dundee in the county of Forfar, Scotland, August 12, 1821. He was the youngest son of David Roberts, of Bonaboal, a linen manufacturer and descendant of a Huguenot family who were driven from their home in Picardy owing the religious persecution which followed upon the revocation by Louis XIV, on October 18, 1685, of the edict of Nantes.

The father of Andrew Roberts, born December 16, 1784, married Janet Arkley, a daughter of James Arkley, of Nether-Muir. They had three sons, the youngest being Andrew, who was left an orphan at the age of two years. He was adopted by a relative who brought him up under the strictest rules of the Presbyterian faith. Passing the early years of his life on a farm on the banks of Loch Fithie, he attended school until apprenticed to his brother David, who was in business in Forfar and a deacon of his corporation. In 1842 he took passage on the ship Norfolk for New York, where he was in business for nine years.

Mr. Roberts was married in 1847 to Sarah Elizabeth Vandenhoof. In 185 1, with his wife and son he sailed for San Francisco by way of Chagres and Panama (the old isthmus route) up the Chagres river to Gorgona and thence by mule across the portage to Panama, where they were detained until the arrival of the steamer Columbia on her way out from New York to take her place on the route between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon.

Reaching San Francisco Mr, Roberts rented a store on Clay street near the postoffice but soon after moved to Merchant street, where the May fire destroyed the building but he succeeded in saving a large portion of his goods. Another store was soon built on the ruins of the old one, which he kept until the June fire, 1852, when he was again burned out, losing everything. Soon after he met Patrick Raleigh and on his advice he moved to Portland, where they formed a copartnership which continued until the fall of 1854. He then moved to Corvallis, then called Marysville, where he carried on a general merchandise business under the firm name of Roberts & Holgate. In 1866 he returned to Portland and engaged in the manufacture of clothing. In 1871 the firm of Fishel & Roberts was established, which became the leading clothing establishment in Portland. In 1882 Mr. Fishel retired and Mr, Roberts conducted the business alone until 1888, when he associated with him his son-in-law Philip S. Malcolm, who was married to his

Mr. Roberts lost his wife in 1866 and his only son was drowned on the 4th of June, 1872. These bereavements sorely afflicted him. Mr. Roberts was an enthusiastic Mason. He filled high offices in the various branches of the order and received the thirty-third degree for long and faithful service. As merchant, citizen and man he was universally respected in the community where he had so long lived. He never sought office nor publicity and much of his life was employed in unostentatiously bestowing charities and doing deeds of kindness for his fellowmen.

Samuel B. Schwab

For more than thirty years Samuel B. Schwab, now deceased, was identified with the business interests of Portland and gained a position as one of the leading printers of the city. He was a man of sound principles and he made a success not only as a business organizer and manager but also in the development of an upright character, leaving a reputation which it is not possible for mere acquisition of wealth to bestow.

Mr. Schwab was born at Catasauqua, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, near the city of Philadelphia, March 17, 1858. He was the son of Solomon and Caroline Schwab, both of whom were of German descent. His grandfather was a scholar, a professor in one of the institutions of learning in the fatherland and well known as an accomplished linguist. Solomon Schwab came to America and for over thirty years was manager for a navigation company in Pennsylvania. He gave his son a good common-school education and at fifteen placed him in a printing office at Catasauqua to learn the printer's trade.

Two years later Samuel B. Schwab, then seventeen years of age and ambitious to see the world and enter upon an active career, traveled westward and arrived in Portland in August, 1875. Here he met a brother, Richmond H. Schwab, who had preceded him and was engaged in the printing business as Schwab & Anderson. The younger brother entered the employ of this firm, which had been established for some years, and continued until 1882, when Richmond H. Schwab disposed of his interest in the business. In 1883 the two brothers formed a partnership as Schwab Brothers' Printing Company, the office being located at the corner of Front and Washington streets. Here they continued with growing success until 1897, when the elder member of the firm retired and Samuel B. Schwab assumed charge of the business. In the meantime, however, it had been incorporated. Mr. Schwab bought out all the other stockholders except Ben F. Greene, who is the present manager of the company known as the Schwab Printing Company, Mrs. Schwab being president of the company and her daughter Marguerite secretary.

Mr. Schwab departed this life December 11, 1907, and his remains repose in Greenwood cemetery. He was a member of Columbia Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of the Multnomah Athletic Club, being a charter member of the latter. He was for many years a member of the Presbyterian church and always adhered to the republican party, but was never a seeker for office. The business of which he was the head at the time of his departure is firmly established and is one of the paying concerns, with a constantly broadening outlook. Although its dominating mind was called to other scenes the principles upon which the business was founded were correct and it is still conducted on the original basis of giving honest value in return for valued received - the only lasting basis for any legitimate undertaking in the business world.

Mr. Schwab was united in marriage, by Rev. A. L. Lindsley, at Portland, August 3, 1881, to Miss Octavia Jackson McCamey, daughter of Dr. Mahlon

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Conrad and Sarah Elizabeth (Turpin) McCamey. Mrs. Schwab was born in Richmond, Virginia, and was named in honor of General Stonewall Jackson, who was a friend of the family. The grandfather of Mrs. Schwab was a Virginian and owner of a large plantation well supplied with slaves before the Civil war. The McCameys are of Scotch descent and Mahlon McCamey became a physician and located at St. Catharine, Missouri, where he was a prominent practitioner in the latter part of the '50s. He entered the service of the Confederacy and lost his life in the Civil war. Mrs. McCamey, the mother of Mrs. Schwab, is of German descent and is now living in Portland, having come to this city at the close of the war with her family of three children. Here she has since resided.

Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Schwab: Samuel B. Jr., who was born August 21, 1884, and was called to rest at nineteen years of age, January I, 1903, when just at the opening of a promising career; Marguerite, who was born November 7, 1888, and is now living at home; Genevieve, who was born August 23, 1897, and is also at home.

In contemplating the career of a life like that of Samuel B. Schwab we are reminded of the saying that a man should be judged not by the fortune he accumulates but by the use he makes of his opportunities in assisting others. The measure of a man's value is the amount of lasting benefit his life is to the world. Judged by this standard the life of Mr. Schwab was a success. Kindness and consideration for others were predominating traits of his character and it is always these traits that indicate the superior man.

The early settlers of Oregon are fast passing away, and the time is not far distant when the last of the pioneers shall have joined the great throng that has journeyed from this world to a world beyond. Among the names of those who early appeared on the scene and whose earthly labors ceased more than forty years ago is that of Jacob S. LaRue. Three generations of descendants of this intrepid pioneer are now living, and it is eminently proper that the name of LaRue should be given a permanent place in a record which will be read long after all who are now living have been called to their reward.

Jacob S. LaRue was a native of New York state and was born in October, 1829. He was a son of Jacob and Johanna (Smith) LaRue, and as his name indicates, was of French descent. He gained the rudiments of an education in the common schools, but his real education was derived from contact with the world, the New York boy proving an apt scholar. At his old home he worked in a sawmill until about twenty or twenty-one years of age, when he emigrated to the frontier in Illinois and located in Rock Island county on the western border of the state. Here he was married and a month later, in 1853, he and his wife started across the plains with an ox team and wagon, his father-in-law also being a member of the party, with three wagons. The journey was accomplished without serious inconveniences as some of the members of the party were old plainsmen and knew how to avoid dangers that proved great impediments to others. Arriving in Oregon, Mr. LaRue located on a spot sixteen miles from Portland in Washington county, the home place being still owned by members of the family. He bought three hundred and twenty acres of land from his wife's uncle, James M. Rowell, and the couple set up housekeeping in a slab house of cedar, consisting of three rooms. The furniture and cooking utensils were of the most primitive style, but it was a happy household, and the energetic head of the little family soon had a sawmill erected and in working order. After operating the sawmill for several years he sold out and moved to Yamhill county, where he bought the old Bird place, where the town of St. Joe now stands. He lived here three years, but at the age of thirty-seven was seized with an illness from which he never recovered. He died on the 6th of December, 1866. His body was interred in the local burial ground, but later it was taken up and removed to Washington county, where it now reposes. Mr. LaRue was a leader in his community and was recognized as a man of intelligence, well balanced character and commendable energy. He served as road superintendent and justice of the peace, and his farm was one of the best in Yamhill county.

Mr. LaRue was united in marriage March 2, 1853, to Miss Lydia W. Rowell, a daughter of Ziba M. and Frances (Sears) Rowell. Mrs. LaRue, who is still living, is a native of Hartford, Vermont. Her father was born in New Hampshire. He learned the shoemaker's trade at the beginning of his active career and kept a store in Lowell, Massachusetts. He removed to Michigan with his family and farmed there for three years. From Michigan he removed to Whiteside county, Illinois, where for seven years he farmed on a much larger scale than in Michigan ; but Rock Island county offered still more promising inducements and he settled near Port Byron, on the Mississippi river, in that county. Mr. Rowell was an ambitious man, and when the California gold excitement swept through Illinois he believed he could secure independence for his family in a much less time in the mines than by the more conservative occupation of tilling the soil. So he joined the gold hunters and was one of the successful miners on the Feather river. The gold which came to him in liberal quantities he invested in a company which built a dam to provide water for the placers. The plan seemed absolutely sure of success, but the rain fell in torrents and a flood swept the dam away, and with it vanished the hopes of the investors. Mr. Rowell returned to Illinois in the fall of 1852 and the following summer crossed the plains to Oregon, locating in Washington county on a claim adjoining that of his brother previously mentioned in this article. Here he lived until his death, September 16, i860. He was a good farmer and was highly respected by his friends and neighbors. In Illinois he was identified with public affairs and for some years, as the most prominent man in the community, acted as justice of the peace. His wife before her marriage was Frances Sears, and she traced her descent directly back to the Pilgrims who came over in the Mayflower. She was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1802, and survived her husband twenty-five years, being called to her final rest in April, 1885. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rowell: Thomas C. and Susan T., twins, both of whom are deceased ; Maria L., who has also passed away ; Lydia W.. who became the wife of Jacob S. LaRue; James B. and John D. ; twins, the former of Yamhill county and the latter now deceased ; and Ziba A., deceased.

The fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. Rowell, Lydia W., through her marriage with Jacob S. LaRue, became the mother of six children. Emily M. is now the wife of B. C. Guild, of Cowlit county, Washington, and they have six children : Osa F., now the wife of Samuel Gates, of Washington, and the mother of eight children; Jacob J., who married May Klady and has four children; Len W. ; Nell, now deceased, who married Delia Klager and had a daughter ; Alice, who became the wife of George Ernst and has three children; and Linda M., who is now Mrs. Judson Oliver and has two sons. Ziba M. LaRue of Forest Grove, Oregon, married Hattie Folsom and has one daughter, Eleanor E. Mary A. became the wife of David H. Ikerd, whose death occurred April 31, 1889. Leonard, of Woodland, Cowlitz county, Washington, married Melvina Grime and has three children: Elmer G., Lydia C. and Bartlett C. Bartlett R. LaRue, the fifth in order of birth, is now deceased. John S., of Woodland, Washington, married Abbie Neal, who is deceased, and had one child, who has also passed away.

Mrs. Lydia W. LaRue, the widow of Jacob S. LaRue, has been a resident of Oregon fifty-seven years, and since 1881 has made her home in Portland. She is a member of the Pioneer Society and, having early experienced the joys and sorrows, the trials and triumphs of the pioneer days, few members of the so- ciety are better able to describe the scenes of those times. Younger generations have appeared; by the genius and power of man the face of nature has been changed and a new world of resources and possibilities has been uncovered in the northwest. It is through the sacrifices of men and women such as braved the perils of the trail and the lonely life of the cabin in the wilderness that the freedom and blessings of today were made possible. As time passes, this fact will be more clearly appreciated, and in every state of the Union will be erected enduring monuments which will be reverently dedicated to the pioneers.