Pierce County, Washington - The whole text, 1927 (part 14 of 27)

On June 8, 1904, Mr. Cade was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Myers, of Jefferson, Oregon, and they are the parents of two children: Lois, born in Everett, Washington, March 31, 1905; and Marion L., born in Salem, Oregon, June 12, 1907. Mr. Cade is a member of Aberdeen Lodge, No. 52, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a past master; the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. While living at Aberdeen he was a charter member and the first secretary of the Rotary Club and is a charter member and vice president of the Rotary Club at Sumner. He was a member of the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce at Aberdeen and is vice president of the Sumner Commercial Club, being also a member of the Earlington Golf Club. Mr. Cade is a stanch republican and takes an active part in political affairs. He has had a splendid business record since coming to Sumner, and his social relations have been such as to gain for him a host of warm and loyal personal friends.

Thomas West Hammond

Thomas West Hammond, pioneer lawyer of Tacoma, had been an active representative of the legal profession here for about thirty-eight years when called to his final rest on the 12th of March, 1927, at the age of seventy-six. Tacoma was but a good-sized town at the time of his arrival here, and he was an interested spectator of, as well as an active participant in, the wonderful growth and development of the city. During a period covering nearly four decades he maintained his place in the front rank of his profession and at all times commanded the highest measure of respect and esteem on the part of his colleagues and the public.

Thomas W. Hammond was born in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, on the 26th of June, 1850, his parents being Nathaniel and Mary (Hall) Hammond, the former a contractor. He represented an old colonial family which was established in this country when a widow Hammond, who was a sister of William Penn, brought her three sons from England on the ship which followed the Mayflower. Members of the family took an active part in colonial affairs, several served in the Revolutionary war and others participated in the War of 1812.

Thomas W. Hammond of this review was a first cousin of the late Judge John W. Hammond of the Massachusetts supreme court. He studied medicine at the University of Michigan and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, being graduated from the latter institution with the degree of M.D. in 1874. He then practiced medicine for six years in Minnesota, abandoned that profession to study law and was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1881. Opening an office in Minneapolis, he there engaged in active law practice until July, 1889, when he came to Tacoma, Washington, where he continued in the work of the courts throughout the remainder of his life. During the thirty-eight years of his practice here he was identified as counsel with much of the important litigation heard in the courts of Pierce county and enjoyed a reputation as an able and skilled lawyer, building up a large and remunerative clientage. In December, 1919, Judge E. E. Cushman named him United States commissioner, in which office he served to the time of his death. : :

On December 23, 1876, Mr. Hammond was united in marriage to Miss Desire Purrington, a native of Minnesota and a daughter of Edwin and Mary (Hillar) Purrington, who came from the same part of Massachusetts as did Mr. Hammond. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond were the parents of six children, as follows: Dr Ts. Wi: Hammond, a practicing dentist of Tacoma; Nathaniel Herbert, who is deceased ; Edith Hammond, of the Stadium high school faculty; Carrie, who is the wife of John H. Binns, of Tacoma; one who died in infancy; and Evely, who passed away at the een years. yr Ace was a lifelong supporter of the republican party and always manifested a deep interest in public affairs. He made a creditable record as a member of the city council from 1900 until 1904. He was a man of marked literary talent, and numerous sketches and short stories from his pen have been published. "Qn Board a Whaler," a novel of adventure written by Mr. Hammond, was published in 1901, and was inspired by his experiences during a year's service on a whaling vessel when he was a youth of eighteen. Mr. Hammond proved himself a citizen of the highest civic ideals, which he manifested in his consistent support of all measures calculated to advance the best interests of the community, while his personal life made him well worthy of the unqualified confidence and esteem in which

Fred M. Mead

One of the venerable and most highly respected citizens of Puyallup is Fred M. Mead, whose life has been an honor to his community and who, after a long and active career, has retired from active business affairs and is enjoying a well earned leisure. Mr. Mead was born in Waterloo, Dane county, Wisconsin, on the 25th of August, 1848, and is a son of Willard Preston and Julia M. (Morrell) Mead, the latter of whom was a native of Maine. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, was born in Malone, New York, and became a pioneer of Wisconsin.

Fred M. Mead completed the public school course and then entered the University of. Wisconsin, where he was graduated in 1871. He went to work for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad as a fireman and three years later became an engineer, in which capacity he was employed on that road eleven years. He then took up carpenter work, with which he was closely identified during his remaining active years. On August 8, 1888, he came to Tacoma, Washington, and in the following year located in Puyallup to make his permanent home. As a carpenter and contractor, he built many of the best buildings in this locality and gained an excellent reputation because of the high quality of his work and his sound business methods.

On March 17, 1878, Mr. Mead was united in marriage to Miss Frances M. Hollenbech, who was born in Spring Green, Sauk county, Wisconsin, and they became the parents of three children, namely: Claude, deceased; Clement, who lives in San Francisco, California; and Ruth, who is the wife of G. G. Parlaman and lives at American Lake.

Mr. Mead has always been an active supporter of the republican party and has been deeply interested in public affairs. He served two terms as mayor of Puyallup; was a member of the city council; served one term as a member of the board of county commissioners; was clerk in the county treasurer's office seven years; and has served as assessor at Puyallup for the past twenty-five years. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mrs. Mead is an active member of the Ladies of the Maccabees, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Daughters of Rebekah and the Daughters of Pocahontas. A public-spirited citizen, Mr. Mead has been ready at all times to cooperate in the promotion of such measures as were conducive to the welfare of his fellowmen, and there is probably not another man in the community who is held in higher . esteem by the people, regardless of sects, politics or professions.

Alvin B. Scott

The late Alvin B. Scott had been actively identified with the business interests of Tacoma for a period covering four decades when he was called to his final rest on the 23d of January, 1924, in his seventy-seventh year. His birth occurred in Penobscot county, Maine, June 2, 1847, his parents being Luther M. and Caroline (Smith) Scott, who were also natives of the Pine Tree state. The family is of Scotch descent but was established on American soil at the time of the Revolutionary war. Luther M. Scott, the father of Alvin B. Scott, devoted his attention to farming and lumbering in Maine, and spent the evening of life in well earned retirement passing away in 1899. Four of his sons served in the Civil war.

during the summer months and in lumbering with his father during the winter season. In 1866, when a youth of nineteen, he made his way to Michigan, where he spent one year in the lumber business, after which he returned to Maine. For three years he engaged in lumbering at Waterville, Maine. In 1878 he removed to Minnesota, in which state he devoted his attention to farming pursuits and to lumbering until 1883, when he came westward to Tacoma, Washington. Here he spent the remaining forty years of his life and was for a time successfully identified with lumber interests, while subsequently he embarked in the real estate business, in which he continued until his death. Prosperity attended his undertakings. There was in him a weight of character, a native sagacity, a farseeing judgment and a fidelity of purpose that commanded the respect and confidence of all who had business associations with him. He was a consistent member of the First Christian church and fraternally was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

In 1873 Mr. Scott was united in marriage to Miss Urania Babcock, a native of Maine. They became the parents of a son, Ernest L. Scott, and a daughter, Bessie G., who is a graduate of the Tacoma high school and who in 1903 gave her hand in marriage to Elias Lindsay Messinger, sales manager for the Hunt & Mottet Company of Tacoma. A biography of his father, Elias Floyd Messinger, follows. Mr. and Mrs. Messinger are the parents of two children, Leona K. and Lois Alvan, both born in Tacoma and the latter a graduate of the Tacoma high school.

Elias Floyd Messinger

Elias Floyd Messinger of Tacoma, who died October 27, 1921, was president of the Hunt & Mottet Company, a large wholesale hardware and mill supply concern. He was a representative of the best type of self-made man, for he rose to positions of importance solely through his industry, aggressiveness and business acumen, and, moreover, had at all times been strictly upright and straightforward in his dealings. He did not confine his interest to business affairs, however, but was also active in the promotion of the welfare of his city along various lines.

Mr. Messinger was born in Bremer county, Iowa, on the 22d of January, 1856, and was a son of Elias J. and Catharine (Perkins) Messinger. He attended: the district schools and assisted his father with the farm work. In 1868, however, the family removed to Waterloo, Iowa, and he attended the schools there, subsequently securing a position as utility boy with the Cutler Hardware Company at a wage of five dollars per week. He continued with that concern for two years and at the end of that time became associated with his father, who was then interested in the Union Mill Company. For three years he engaged in packing flour for that concern, and then was promoted to the position of grain buyer at a station which the company had established on the outskirts of Waterloo. On leaving Iowa he removed to Portland, Oregon, in January, 1875, and later in that year went to Yamhill county, Oregon, where for three years he taught school during the winters, while the summers were devoted to work on a ranch. In 1878 he gave up teaching and removed to Amity, Oregon, where he conducted a grain business, building a large warehouse and carrying on a profitable trade under his own name. He remained there until June, 1887, when he disposed of his business interests and came to Tacoma, securing a position with the Hunt & Mottet Company as shipping clerk at a salary of fifty dollars per month. This concern had formerly been known as the Wheelwright & Hunt Company but about a month before Mr. Messinger became connected with it Mr. Wheelwright withdrew, his interest being purchased by Frederick Mottet, and'the name was changed to Hunt & Mottet. The firm was at that time located at 1219 Pacific avenue and had already built up a good trade as wholesale hardware dealers.

Mr. Messinger soon demonstrated his ability and was advanced to the position of salesman, and in 1895, after Mr. Hunt's death, the firm was incorporated as the Hunt & Mottet Company with Mr. Mottet as president and Mr. Messinger as vice president. In the meantime the company had removed from 1219 Pacific avenue to the Sprague block, at the southeast corner of Pacific avenue and South Fifteenth street, and the volume of their trade had shown a large increase. When the concern was incorporated in 1895 it was capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars, but in the course of years this sum was found to be inadequate and in 1907 the capitaliza- tion was increased to two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. A year previous, or in 1906, Mr. Mottet sold his interest in the company and Mr. Messinger succeeded him as president, which office he held to the time of his death. ;

In 1907 the company purchased a site in the 2100 block on Pacific avenue and there erected a handsome seven-story building, fifty by one hundred and twenty feet, designed especially for the heavy hardware and mill supply business. This structure was completed and equipped late in the same year and the company erected at the same time in the rear of that building a concrete warehouse, one hundred feet square, two stories and basement, but designed to carry five stories. The ground and buildings represent an investment of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and the plant is one of the most complete and modern business properties in the city. The erection of the Hunt & Mottet Company buildings on lower Pacific avenue started a movement which has since made that section one of the leading wholesale districts of Tacoma. The company is the fourth largest firm dealing in general and heavy hardware and mill supplies on the Pacific coast, and they have six men constantly on the road, covering Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia and Alaska.

On the 20th of February, 1878, Mr. Messinger was united in marriage to Miss Adeline Elizabeth Ladd, at Amity, Oregon, and three children have been born to them: Elias Lindsay, who was associated with his father in business; Lois, now Mrs. John S. Gerard, of Tacoma; and Katharine, now Mrs. Frederick I. Wines, also residing in Tacoma.

'Mr: Messinger was a republican in politics but was never an aspirant for public office. He was one of the most active members of the Tacoma Boosters, from which sprang the present Commercial Club, which he aided in organizing, serving as a member of its first board of trustees. His interest in the welfare of his city is further indicated by the fact that he was a director of the Tacoma. Young Men's Christian Association and gave liberally of his time and means in making possible the splendid new association building, of which the city is justly proud. He was also influential in the erection of the magnificent church edifice of the First Christian church at the northeast corner of Sixth avenue and K street and was one of the leading members of that organization. Fraternally he was identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. It is to such men as he that any city must look for its growth - men who combine executive ability, keen sagacity and breadth of vision with public spirit and a willingness to place the general welfare above individual interests.

Numbered among the able and successful members of the Tacoma bar is Thomas MacMahon, member of the well known law firm of Kelly & MacMahon. During the years of his practice in this city he has been prominently identified as counsel with many of the more important cases tried in the courts of the city and county and has won the reputation of an able and astute lawyer and a sound and safe adviser in legal matters.

Mr. MacMahon was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1879, and is a son of Thomas and Mary (Knox) MacMahon, the former of whom is deceased while the latter now lives in New Jersey. When he was but a lad, the family moved to Richmond, Virginia, and in the public schools of that city he secured his elementary education. He then entered Georgetown College, where he was graduated in 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, after which he attended the New York Law School where he was graduated in 1906 and was admitted to the bar. He practiced his profession a short time in New York and then went to Seattle, Washington, where he practiced law until 1909, when he returned to New York, remaining about a year. In 1910 he came to Tacoma and became a member of the law firm of Garvey, Kelly & MacMahon. In 1912 Mr. Garvey retired from practice and the firm mame became Kelly & MacMahon, which style it still bears. Mr. MacMahon devotes himself to a general civil practice and has been more than ordinarily successful. Well educated and thoroughly grounded in the basic principles of the law, his professional record has Sai, for him both the respect of his brethren at the bar and the confidence of who is a native of Michigan, a daughter of James A. and Emma Monroe, the former of whom is a practicing lawyer in Ironwood, Michigan. To Mr. and Mrs. MacMahon have been born five children: Mary E., Thomas J., William J., Catherine and Harriet. Politically Mr. MacMahon gives his support to the republican party and is deeply interested in public affairs having at all times evinced a disposition to cooperate in any movement for the advancement of the city along material, civic or moral lines. He isa member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and 1s a very popular member of the circles in which he moves, being a man of kindly and courteous manner.

L. E. Wilkeson, who conducts one of the largest and most complete automobile general service shops on the coast, has been a lifelong resident of Tacoma, the house in which he was born, on the 10th of May, 1889, standing on the site of his present business establishment. His father, Samuel Wilkeson, was born in Buffalo, New York, a son of Samuel Wilkeson, who became a business associate of Jay Cooke, the great financier, who was the agent for the United States for the war loans during the Civil war and whose failure on "Black Friday," in 1873, precipitated the great panic of that year. Mr. Wilkeson became secretary of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and the town of Wilkeson, Pierce county, was named in his honor.

Samuel Wilkeson, the father of our subject, came to Tacoma in 1876 and for a number of years was connected with the engineering department of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Later he was engaged in the real estate business until his retirement from active affairs, and his death occurred here in 1915. He was married to Miss Isabel Evans, who was born in Olympia, Washington, and whose father, Elwood Evans, was the first territorial judge of Washington. She is still living in Tacoma.

L. E. Wilkeson received a good education, completing the public school course and then attending the engineering schools of Yale and Leland Stanford universities. From 1912 to 1917 he was engaged in the real estate business in Tacoma, and on the entry of the United States into the World war, he enlisted in the air service and became an instructor in flying at North Island, California, and in Texas and Georgia. At the close of the war he returned to. Tacoma and in 1921 established a general automotive maintenance business at 626-32 Broadway, where he erected a fine twostory concrete building, one hundred and twenty by one hundred and twenty feet in size. He carries a complete line of tires and accessories, repairs and retreads tires, washes cars, and does anything else required in the upkeep of a car, also storing cars. This has proven a very successful enterprise, the establishment having gained a high reputation among automobile owners throughout the city.

In 1925 Mr. Wilkeson was united in marriage to Miss Anne Buren, of Tacoma, daughter of L. J. Buren. Mr. Wilkeson has always given his political support to the republican party. He is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 174, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Edward B..Rhodes Post, American Legion, of which he is a past commander. He also belongs to the University Club, the Tacoma Country Club, the Kiwanis Club, the Young Men's Business Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He has achieved noteworthy success by honorable means, being a man of sterling integrity, and his marked social qualities have gained for him a large number

Clarence G. Hopper

The Hopper-Kelly Company is one of the outstanding business successes of Tacoma, having made remarkable progress in recent years, and now standing among the leading music houses of western Washington. Clarence G. Hopper, president of the company, is a native of Washington, born in Seattle on the 8d of January, up to the time of his death in 1919. In 1916 a branch store was established at Tacoma, which is now the head office of the Hopper-Kelly Company, and in 1919 another branch was opened at Olympia. The company carries a full line of musical instruments, and twenty-one people are employed in connection with the business. The building which the concern now occupies, at 945 Broadway, was rebuilt especially for the firm and is a marvel of convenience and arrangement.

Clarence G. Hopper was graduated from the Moran School for Boys and subsequently attended the University of Washington for three and a half years. At the age of fourteen he enlisted in the British army, but was rejected because of his youth, and in 1918 he enlisted in the United States marines, with which he served six months. He was honorably discharged from the service at the close of the war and then completed his course at the university, after which he became identified with the Hopper-Kelly Company. In October, 1924, he came to Tacoma as manager of the business and is now president of the company. Under his able management the volume of business has enjoyed a splendid increase, mounting from ninety thousand dollars annually two years ago to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars annually at the present time. Mr. Hopper is vice president and treasurer of the Hopper-Logan Company, a financial concern of this city, and vice president and treasurer of the Hopper-Kelly Piano Company, of Seattle. He is a stanch supporter of the republican party and is a member of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, the Union Club, the Tacoma Country Club, and the Kiwanis Club. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Seettish Rite; Afifi Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and Tacoma Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Possessing a pleasing personality and strong in- 'dividuality, he makes a decided impression on all who come in contact with him and is deservedly popular throughout the range of his acquaintance.

Rev. Clarence William Weyer is the widely known and well loved pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Tacoma, one of the finest churches in the United States. His birth occurred on a farm in Benton county, Iowa, on the 7th of February, 1875, his parents being Christian and Anna (Moshart) Weyer, the former a native of Switzerland, while the latter was born in Ohio and also comes of Swiss descent. Christian Weyer, a successful agriculturist, still resides on the old home place in Benton county, Iowa, and is a man of high standing in his community. He has been an elder in the Presbyterian church for many years. To him and his wife were born eleven children, seven of whom survive.

Clarence W. Weyer was graduated from Coe College of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with the class of 1898; was subsequently a student in the McCormick Theological Seminary of Chicago and the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Omaha, Nebraska, and in 1910 received the degree of D. D. from Hastings College of Hastings, Nebraska. In the year 1900 he had entered upon the active work of the ministry in the First Presbyterian church of Fremont, Nebraska, where he preached for six years, after which he spent a similar period as pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Hastings, the largest church in the state of Nebraska. He next filled a pastorate in Pueblo, Colorado, for three years and then in December, 1915, came to Tacoma, Washington, where he has since remained. The present First Presbyterian church, of which he is pastor, was dedicated in 1926 and has an active membership of twenty-five hundred. This is one of the handsomest churches in the country, erected at a cost of over a half million dollars. It has an annual budget of more than thirty-five thousand dollars exclusive of the building. More than forty different organizations promote the work of the church, the doors of which are open seven days of each week. Dr. Weyer is at the head of every committee of the church and by his efforts and ability has contributed in large measure to its growth and the extension of its influence, having built up a great and zealous congregation. A man of pronounced literary ability and effective style, he has made numerous contributions to church publications and other public prints. More extended reference to the First Presbyterian church of Tacoma, its history and its activities, may be found in another part of this work. Dr. Weyer has divided the work of the church into twenty-five districts and is widely recognized as a splendid executive as well as a forceful and eloquent speaker. His services are broadcast by radio.

On the 18th of July, 1900, Rev. Weyer was united in marriage to Inez F. Fees, of Iowa, daughter of Dr. Arthur W. Fees. They are the parents of five sons and five daughters, namely: Margaret, who is attending the University of Washington; Daniel, a student in the University of Honolulu in the Philippine islands; Katherine, a high school pupil; Clarence William, Jr., who is attending intermediate high school; Fred, Robert, Mary and Martha, all of whom are in school; David; and Nancy Lu.

Ernest C. Cornell

Ernest C. Cornell, manager of the prominent contracting firm of Albertson, Cornell Brothers & Walsh, of Tacoma, is numbered among the solid and substantial residents of this city, where he has lived for many years, through his activities having contributed to the development of the locality. He was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1865, and is a son of Julius and Adeline (Durfey) Cornell, who late in life came to Tacoma, where the mother is still living, at the age of eighty-seven years, the father being deceased.

E. C. Cornell secured his education in the public schools and was then engaged in the contracting business with his father until 1888, when he came to Tacoma, arriving here May 6. He at once began contracting here and has been identified with that line continuously since, first with his brother, D. I., who came here in 1889, and later and to the present time as a member of the firm of Albertson, Cornell Brothers & Walsh, of which he is manager. This firm has gained a wide reputation as a successful contracting concern and has operated over all parts of western Washington, constructing roads, paving streets and erecting power stations and other large structures, one of which is the present Elks building in Tacoma. During the World war they constructed a large part of Camp Lewis, in the course of which operations they had over ten thousand men in their employ, their average payroll, however, including from four to six hundred men..

In 1894 Mr. Cornell was married to Miss Inez Bradshaw, who was born in Wisconsin, and they are the parents of three children, namely: Laura; Dorothy, born in Hamilton, Ohio, who is a member of the Gamma Phi sorority and lives in Seattle; and Virginia, who is a student in the University of Washington and a member of the Gamma Phi sorority. Mr. Cornell is a republican in his political alignment and belongs to the Union Club and the Fircrest Golf Club. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Tacoma Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Ivanhoe Commandery, Knights Templar; Tacoma Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and Afifi Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and is an honorary life member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Unobtrusive in manner, he is nevertheless a man of sterling character and genuine worth and commands the respect of all who come in contact with him.

John D. Anderson

For sixteen years John D. Anderson has been numbered among the enterprising and successful merchants of Tacoma, doing business at 1104 Market street, and he has prospered in his material affairs as the result of his persistent efforts along sound business lines. He is a man of keen judgment and up-to-date methods and is regarded as a man of more than ordinary ability.

Mr. Anderson is a native of Sweden, born on the 15th of April, 1864, and is a son of Andrew and Christine (Christopherson) Anderson. The mother died in her native land and subsequently the father came to the United States, locating first in Nebraska, but eventually coming to Tacoma, where his death occurred. John D. Anderson attended the public schools of his native country, remaining at home until 1882, when, at the age of eighteen years, he came to the United States. He located in Illinois, where he remained two years and then moved to Nebraska, where he lived until 1900, in which year he came to Tacoma.

when he leased the building at 1104 South Market street, corner of Eleventh sabi and embarked in the grocery business. He occupies only part of the building, Os remainder being subleased. This proved a successful venture and during the su : sequent years he has enjoyed a steady and substantial increase in patronage, at employing from five to seven people to care for his trade. He carries a large be complete stock of such lines as are carried in any up-to-date grocery store and 1s numbered among the leading grocers of his section of the city.

In 1889 Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Margaret Gestrine, who was a native of Sweden and is now deceased. To this union were born four children, as follows: Roy D., who is associated with his father in business; Audrey, who is the wife of Carl Knutson, of Tacoma; Harry V., who also is associated with his father in business; and Jennie, at home. ;

Politically Mr. Anderson has always been aligned with the vepublican party and has shown a good citizen's interest in public affairs, though in no sense a seeker after public office. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. A man of kindly and accommodating disposition, genial and friendly, he has a wide acquaintance in the city and is highly respected by all who know him.

In two entirely different lines of effort L. L. Benbow has achieved distinctive success and today probably no citizen of Pierce county is better known to the people generally or stands higher in public esteem. For many years he was closely and actively identified with the educational affairs of this county, in which his achievements were noteworthy and effective in advancing the standards of the schools, and in recent years, as the owner of Benbow Lakes resort, he is catering in a very satisfactory way to summer vacationists and pleasure seekers, maintaining an ideal camp and contributing to the comfort and enjoyment of those who are discriminating in their tastes.

Mr. Benbow was born in Indiana, in 1862, and is a son of Benjamin and Anna (Miller) Benbow, the former born in North Carolina and the latter in Pennsylvania, the father being a farmer by vocation. They are both now deceased, the father dying in 1868 and the mother in 1900. They were the parents of fifteen children, of whom three are living, namely: Mrs. Mary Ann Oren, of Carthage, Missouri; Benjamin Franklin, of Colorado; and L. L. In the public schools of Miami county, Indiana, L. L. Benbow received his elementary education and graduated from Mount Morris Academy in Illinois. He then attended Carthage College, in Indiana, and the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and graduated from Northwestern University, at Chicago, after which he took postgraduate work in history and economics at the University of Chicago. In 1894 Mr. Benbow came to Tacoma, Washington, and, due to the business depression of that year, was glad to pick hops and do such other work as he could find in order to make a living. In the spring of 1894 he moved to Puyallup, and in that year went to Sumner, where he was made superintendent and principal of the high school, in which capacity he served three years. He then taught in the public schools of Wilkeson for six months and in 1899 returned to Tacoma, where he taught in the Hawthorne school. During the ensuing four years he taught in the old high school of Tacoma and in 1904 was elected county superintendent of schools, in which office he rendered able and effective service. He was instrumental in changing the style of new school buildings to a more modern type, more attention being given to lighting, ventilation and sanitation. He was also a strong advocate of large school grounds, planning for the future growth of the communities. In 1908 Mr. Benbow was elected president of the College of Puget Sound, serving two years, and then became head of the normal department of that institution, which position he held for one year. During his term as county superintendent he was instrumental in getting the college put on the tax exemption list, had the college graduates placed on the accredited teachers' list and secured the gymnasium and girls' dormitory for the college. In 1912 Mr. Benbow was again elected county superintendent of schools, serving two years, and during this period he framed the law which provides for the compulsory attendance of children at school. In 1914, on the completion of his official term, he gave up teaching, and for ten years lived on a fruit farm which he had owned for a number of years.

His services as an educator were in demand, however, and he accepted the position of principal of the Sumner high school, and was later made superintendent of the Sumner school, serving three years.

In 1920 Mr. Benbow definitely retired from educational work and bought five hundred acres of land on sections 11, 12, 18, 14, 23 and 24, township 17, range 4, which he converted into a summer resort. He has control of three lakes, from which the place derives its name, Benbow Lakes. He has about one hundred acres of the land cleared, two hundred and fifty acres still containing the virgin timber, and, with the improvements, it is now regarded as one of the most beautiful resorts in the state of Washington. He has provided accommodations for about one hundred people and caters to families with children, it being an ideal playground for old and young. Mr. Benbow keeps cows and chickens and has provided ideal facilities for safe and satisfactory camping, while at the same time he has gained an attractive and pleasant home for himself and family.

Cn July 6, 1887, Mr. Benbow was united in marriage to Miss Emma G. Young, who was born at Diamond Lake, Illinois, a daughter of George S. and Emily (Edmonds) Young, the latter a native of New York. Mr. Young was born in Dublin, Ireland, and came to the United States in the early '50s. He completed his education in Wheaton College, Illinois, and for many years was a noted minister of the Methodist Episcopal church in that state. Mrs. Young died in 1864 and Mr. Young in 1919. Mrs. Benbow is their only child. Mr. and Mrs. Benbow are the parents of a son, Lewis Miller, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, October 16, 18938. After completing the public school course, he entered the Academy of Puget Sound, where he was graduated in 1910, and then attended the State Agricultural College three years. He was drafted for the World war, but was rejected, and then did his part in the shipyards of Tacoma. While at the state college he specialized in landscape gardening and horticulture.

Mr. Benbow is a member of Tacoma Lodge, No. 22, A. F. & A. M.; Rainier Lodge, No. 11, I. O. O. F., and Tacoma Lodge, No. 6, A. O. U. W., while Mrs. Benbow is a member of Sumner Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah. Mr. Benbow served some time as curator of the Washington State Historical Society at Tacoma. He has maintained a deep interest in everything relating to the progress and prosperity of his county and has been a definite factor in its advancement, particularly along educational lines. Personally, he is a man of broad views and well-defined opinions, an interesting conversationalist-and agreeable companion. He is cordial and friendly in his social relations and throughout the range of his acquaintance commands respect and confidence.

Jacob Schuler

Among the sturdy and industrious sons of Switzerland who have become citizens of Pierce county and have here won both material prosperity and the esteem of their fellowmen, specific mention should be made of Jacob Schuler, who is the owner of a fine, well improved ranch at Puyallup. Mr. Schuler was born in Switzerland on the 7th of August, 1864, and is a son of Charles and Elizabeth Schuler, both now deceased. They were the parents of eight children. The father was a farmer and dairyman.

Jacob Schuler attended the public schools of his home neighborhood and remained with his parents until 1883, when he emigrated to the United States.. He first settled at Silverton (then called Fillmore), Oregon, where he was employed on a dairy farm five years. In 1888 he came to Tacoma and worked on a dairy farm about a year, after which he bought ninety-six acres of land in South Tacoma, part of which was covered with timber. He there established a dairy, which he ran successfully for twelve years, at the end of which time he leased that place and bovght one hundred and nineteen acres now within the city limits of Puyallup. Here also he is engaged in dairy farming, keeping thirty head of good grade Holstein cows and a pure bred bull. He has a fine bearing orchard and raises good crops of hay, while the general improvements made by him on the ranch have contributed greatly to its value and attractiveness.

In 1893 Mr. Schuler was united in marriage to Miss Lena Zehner, who was' born and reared in Switzerland, the daughter of Martin and Josephine Zehner, both of whom died after their emigration to the United States. They were the parents of twelve children. To Mr. and Mrs. Schuler were born three children: Charles M., of Tacoma, who is married and has two children, Florence and James; Louis, who is married; and Anton. The mother died in 1902 and in 1906 Mr. Schuler was married to Miss Mary Lutiger, who was born and reared in this state, and who died in January, 1919. To this union were born two children, Edwin and Josephine Mary, who are in school. Persistent industry, sound judgment and wise economy have characterized Mr. Schuler's career and the success which has come to him is well merited. He is a man of fine personal qualities, is friendly in manner, and throughout the community where he lives is held in high regard.

Walter Fred Fietz has come rapidly to the front in the meat business and is now numbered among the leading wholesale and retail dealers of Tacoma. His success has not been attained through any lucky chain of fortunate circumstances but is the legitimate result of his energetic and well directed efforts.

Mr. Fietz is a native of the city in which he resides and was born on the 6th of December, 1898, a son of Walter and Mary Fietz, who came to Tacoma in the early 790s. The father is a machinist by trade. Walter Fred Fietz attended the public schools, graduating from high school, and then for a short time was employed as a ranch hand. At the age of seventeen years he became a delivery boy in the meat business in Tacoma, and was connected with that line of business until September, 1921, when, ambitious to get into business on his own account, he bought a meat market at 1104 Market street, which he still conducts. He has a well appointed store, where he carries a full line of fresh and salted meats, which he sells both at wholesale and retail, and his business has grown to such an extent that he now employs from six to twelve people.

In 1922 Mr. Fietz was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Gieger, of Tacoma, and they are the parents of a daughter, Louise Marie, and a son, Walter F., III, born April 8, 1927. Mr. Fietz is a member of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, in the activities of which he is deeply interested. He is independent in his political action, though holding well-defined opinions on public questions. Courteous and accommodating, giving prompt and efficient service, and fair and square in all of his dealings, he has established himself in the confidence and good will of those who deal with him, and has well merited the fine success which is now his.

H. Robert Nelson

H. Robert Nelson, the efficient and capable cashier of the First Bank of Wilkeson, as well as postmaster of that place, has spent practically his entire life here and enjoys a wide acquaintance, at the same time commanding the confidence and respect of all who know him. The bank with which he is identified was organized October 26, 1908, by I. B. Winsor, W. H. Pringle and George H. Tarbell, and had a capital stock of fifteen thousand dollars and a surplus of fifteen hundred dollars. The present bank building was erected at that time and the institution has had a very successful career, its resources now amounting to over two hundred thousand dollars while the surplus has been increased to twenty-five hundred dollars. ~ ;

Mr. Nelson was born in Superior, Wisconsin, in 1898 and is a son of Abe and Helma (Anderson) Nelson, both of whom were born in Sweden. The father died in 1921 in Wilkeson, Washington, and the mother is still living here. Abe Nelson followed the business of shipbuilding in Wisconsin, where he lived until 1898 and then came to Wilkeson, from which time until his death he was interested ne the lumber business. He was a hard-working man, possessed sterling qualities of character, which gained for him the respect and good will of all who knew him and he took an active interest in the affairs of his community. He was a member of the first city council; served on the school board, and became one of the early stockholders in the First Bank of Wilkeson.

Walter F. Fietz, Jr

then went to work in the mines, which vocation he followed until 1 entered the First Bank of Wilkeson as a clerk. He was eel in eR Cee ance of his duties there and in 1922 became a member of the board of directors and cashier of the institution, of which he has active charge. He has shown himself to be a man of sound judgment and wise discrimination and has discharged his duties in a manner that has won the commendation of the officials of the bank.

In June, 1926, Mr. Nelson was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Fotheringill a native of Montana and a daughter of R. and Mamie (Smith) Fotheringill who have been residents of Wilkeson for the past twenty years.

Politically Mr. Nelson is a stanch supporter of the republican party and has served for the past five years as postmaster of Wilkeson, in which position he has given prompt and efficient service. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being at this time senior warden of his lodge; and he also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Improved Order of Red Men. He has been secretary of the Wilkeson Booster Club ever since its organization. Mrs. Nelson is a member of the Daughters of Pocahontas. Mr. Nelson is a man of quiet and unassuming manner, though cordial and friendly among his associates, and has well merited the high measure of respect which is accorded him throughout the community.

John F. Jones, who passed away September 20, 1926, in Buckley, was for many years prominently connected with two lines of business, that of funeral director and dealer in furniture, in both of which he was eminently successful and was regarded as one of the representative men of his section of the county.

Mr. Jones was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, on the 26th of August, 1855, and is a son of John F. and Mary (Williams) Jones, both of whom were natives of Wales. The parents met on a ship while coming to this country and were soon afterward married in Pennsylvania, where they established their home. The father followed mining in Wales and Pennsylvania, and later engaged in farming. Eventually he went to Wisconsin, where he farmed up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1891, his wife dying in that state in 1884.

John F. Jones of this review secured his early education in the public schools and an academy in Pennsylvania, completing his studies in the public schools of Wisconsin. He remained on the home farm with his father until 1879, when he went to Bismarck, North Dakota, where he was employed in construction work on the Northern Pacific Railroad. He next engaged in freighting to the Black Hills and Bismarck, following that business during the two winters, 1879-80 and 1880-81, and then turned his attention to farming in that state. He took up a homestead in 1880 and later took a tree claim. In 1881 he located on this land, which was all prairie, and cultivated it for nine years. He spent three years on a horse and cattle ranch in Kidder county, North Dakota, and in the fal! of 1892 went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where for about three years he was employed as a traveling salesman. In February, 1896, Mr. Jones came to Buckley, Washington, and opened a furniture store, which proved successful, and in 1899 he added an undertaking department, conducting the two lines together until about 1904, when they were separated, the older business being run under the name of the J. F. Jones Furniture Company, while the other was conducted as J. F. Jones, undertaker. Later Mr. Jones' sons took entire charge of the furniture business, while he gave his entire attention to 'his work as a funeral director.

On May 4, 1881, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Mary Williams, who was born in Wales, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Price) Williams. When about six years old she was brought to this country by her parents, who first settled in Pennsylvania, whence, in 1880, they moved to Bismarck, North Dakota. In 1896 they came to Washington and located at Franklin. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born five children, namely: Harriet M., who is a graduate of the Fanny Paddock Hospital and now has charge of the Junior Red Cross clinic at Seattle; John W., who is married and lives in Alaska; Wineogem B., who is the wife of C. I. Conn, of Portland, and they have two children, Virginia and Robert I.; William F., who was married to Miss Alice M. Dowell and they have two children, Elizabeth Mary and Alice Harriet; and Beatrice, who died in infancy. William now conducts the furniture business in Buckley. He is a veteran of the World war, having been a member of the Ninetyfirst Division, with which he served about a year overseas, taking part in the Argonne offensive and other engagements. He was honorably discharged with the rank of second lieutenant. Harriet also went overseas in war work serving as a nurse in one of the base hospitals in France.

Mr. Jones was a member of Western Star Lodge, No. 67, A. F. & A. M., at Buckley, and the Woodmen of the World. Mrs. Jones is a member of the Presbyterian church and the Order of the Eastern Star, and all of the children belong to either the Masonic order or the Eastern Star. Religiously Mr. Jones was also a Presbyterian and for many years took an active part in the work of the church and Sunday school. A man of marked force of character, he stood consistently for those things which make for the betterment of the community and the advancement of the public welfare, and he ever commanded the confidence and respect of all who knew him.

Horace J. Whitacre, M. D., -F. A. C. S.

Dr. Horace J. Whitacre, one of the founders of the St. Helens Clinic of Tacoma in 1920, has been engaged in the active practice of medicine in Tacoma since January, 1912, and is widely recognized as one of the city's leading surgeons. He was born in Morrow, Ohio, October 10, 1869, a son of William T. Whitacre and a grandson of William Whitacre, who was of English descent. William T. Whitacre, the father of Dr. Whitacre of this review, was also a native of the Buckeye state and became a very successful business man. During the greater part of his life he was engaged in commercial pursuits at Morrow, Ohio. In politics he was a republican, recognized as one of the active party leaders in his section of the state. He was called upon to: fill various county offices, and he was also chosen to represent his district in the state legislature. In the course of the Civil war he was in the one hundred days' service and participated in a number of minor engagements. He died at: Morrow, Ohio, in 1909, at the age of sixty-three years. ' His wife passed away in 1911, at the old home place, when sixty-five years of age. She bore the maiden name of Rebecca Lownes and was a native of Ohio. Her father, Josiah Lownes, was of English lineage, the family having been founded in Maryland at an early day. Mr. and Mrs. William T. Whitacre became the parents of six children.

Horace J. Whitacre, the second in order of birth, was educated in the grade and high schools of Morrow and in the Ohio State University at Columbus, which in 1891 conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Science. He then entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the medical department of Columbia University of New York city, where he received the degree of M. D. in 1894. Following his graduation he served as interne in the New York Hospital of New York city for two years, devoting special attention to surgery. In 1896 he began practice in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in a comparatively short time had won recognition as one of the able surgeons of the Ohio valley. He was a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, of the Ohio State Medical Society, the Mississippi Valley Medical Association and the Southern Surgical Society, and for twelve years he was professor of pathology or of surgery in the University of Cincinnati. He lived in Cincinnati until 1912. By that time his surgical practice covered half a dozen states.

Failing health prompted his removal to the northwest and Dr. Whitacre chose Tacoma because of its pleasant situation as well as its high class of professional men. He soon regained his health and took up active work. He entered the army June 30, 1917, and served as chief of the surgical service at the Camp Lewis Hospital until July 4, 1918, when he was ordered overseas. He served with Evacuation Hospital No. 23 and was. stationed at Souilly and Vaubecourt during the Argonne-Meuse drive, nine months being spent overseas. In 1920 the St. Helens Clinic was founded at 704 St. Helens avenue. His name is on the membership rolls of the Pierce County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and he is a fellow of the American College: of Surgeons and the North Pacific Surgical Society.

Dr. Whitacre was married in Chicago to Miss Elizabeth Marsh, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a daughter of George A. Marsh. He has two children, Horace J. Jr., and George Marshall, by this marriage. The Doctor was made a Mason ih

Morrow, Ohio. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Friends church. He belongs to the Chi Phi fraternity, and he has membership in several clubs of Tacoma, including the University, Commercial, Rotary, Yacht and Mountaineers Clubs. He is a lover of outdoor life.

Loren T. Greenlaw

Among the well known and successful citizens of the western part of Pierce county stands Loren T. Greenlaw, a native son of this county and one whose active and industrious career has been crowned with a very gratifying measure of success. He was born on the old Greenlaw homestead, near Spanaway, on May 8, 1888, and is a son of Amos and Wilhelmina (Meyer) Greenlaw, the former .born in Maine in 1838, while the latter was a native of Pierce county. Mr. Greenlaw was a sailor and about 1860 came around Cape Horn to Puget sound, where he quit the sea and turned his attention to land pursuits. Soon after, in partnership with Amos Rice, he built a sawmill at Tumwater Falls, near Olympia, which they ran for several years. Mr. Greenlaw then came to Spanaway, Pierce county, and settled on one hundred and sixty acres of the old Brown donation claim, where he lived until his death, which occurred December 27, 1895. He was survived by his widow, who passed away October 18, 1913. They were the parents of ten children, namely: Mary, Lustrous, Mrs. Nettie Turner, Amos, Mrs. Ruby Soule, Leonard, Loren, Cyrus, John, and Minnie, deceased.

Loren Greenlaw received his educational training in the old Clover Creek school and then went to work in sawmills and logging camps, becoming familiar with every phase of the lumber business. For the past ten years he has been foreman for the Cascade Timber Company at Frederickson. In 1923 Mr. Greenlaw bought out the interests of the other heirs in the old Greenlaw homestead on section 31, township 19, range 4, and now has twenty-five acres of the land in cultivation, the remainder of the land being in pasture and woods. He keeps fifteen good grade Holstein cows and eight head of young cattle, while his principal field crops are hay and grain. Mrs. Greenlaw is greatly interested in chickens and is going into that business on a commercial scale.

On December 27, 1911, Mr. Greenlaw was united in marriage to Miss Anna Kuper, who is a native of South Dakota, a daughter of Wessel and Christina Kuper, the latter of whom was born in Minnesota and is now living in Washington. Wessel Kuper, who was born in Germany, came to the United States in 1879, and settled in Minnesota. Later he moved to South Dakota, where he lived until 1908, when he came to Pierce county and bought one hundred acres of land near Parkland, on which he lived until his death in April, 1924. To him and his wife were born eight children, Anna, Hannah, Ben, George, John, Ernest, Fred and Irene. Mr. and Mrs. Greenlaw are the parents of five children: Alfred, Vernon, Evelyn, Lorraine and Lucile, the four eldest of whom are in school. Mr. Greenlaw has spent practically his entire life in this locality and that he is a man of sterling worth, reliable in business and in citizenship, is manifest in the warm friendship and genuine respect accorded him by those among whom he has always lived.

William G. Mahncke

One of the oldest and most reliable jewelry establishments in Tacoma is that which for nearly a half century was owned by the late Franz Mahncke and is now operated by his sons, William G. and Louis A. Mahncke, at 919 Broadway. William G. Mahncke is a native son of Tacoma, where he has spent practically his entire life, and his splendid record here has gained for him the respect and esteem of the entire community. He was born July 29, 1887, his parents being Franz and Emma (Krull) Mahncke, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. William G. Mahncke attended the public schools of Tacoma and then went to Germany, where, from 1900 to 1904, he applied himself to learn the watchmaker's and jeweler's trades, and also attended school. On his return to this country, he went to Peoria, Illinois, where he entered the horological department of Bradley Polytechnic Institute and took the course in jewelry and watchmaking, graduating in 1905. Returning to Tacoma, he took charge of the business of Mahncke & Company, of which concern he is now president. He has devoted himself indefatigably to the enterprise and today is num: Tacoma's leading business men. eros ryune 5, 1912, Mr. Mahacke was united in marriage to Miss Antoinette Huth who died in 1918, leaving two children: Antoinette; and Elizabeth, who died in 1919. In 1921 Mr. Mahncke married Miss Kathryn D. Jurgensen, who was born and reared in Tacoma, a daughter of Axell and Emma Jurgensen. Her father is deceased, but her mother still lives in this city. To Mr. and Mrs. Mahncke have been born two children: Marian; and John, who died in infancy.

Mr. Mahncke is a member of State Lodge, No. 68, A. F. & A. M.; Tacoma Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Afifi Temple, of the Mystic Shrine; and Tacoma Lodge, B. P. O. E.; and he also belongs to the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Tacoma Auto Club and the Fircrest Golf Club. Personally he is a man of pleasing address, cordial and friendly in manner, candid and straightforward in his business relations, and throughout the city where he has spent his life he is held in the highest regard.

Ellis Hillberg

Ellis Hillberg is known throughout his section as an alert, industrious and progressive farmer, who has attained his present prosperous condition solely through his own efforts, and he well merits the high place which he holds in public esteem. A native of Norway, he was born October 26, 1864, and is a son of Christian and Olia (Jacobsen) Hillberg, also natives of Norway. The father brought his family to.the United States in 1879, locating in Wisconsin, and soon afterwards homesteaded eighty acres of land near La Crosse, devoting his attention to the operation of that farm until his death, which occurred in 1919. The mother passed away in 1906. They were the parents of six children, namely: Hans, who died July 1, 1912; Ellis; Mattie and Agnes, twins; and Olina and Crestina, twins, both of whom are deceased.

Ellis Hillberg received his educational training in the public schools of his native land and in 1880, when sixteen years of age, came to the new world. He lived in Wisconsin eight years, assisting his father on the home farm in the summer time and working in logging camps in the winters. In 1888 he came to Pierce county and soon afterwards took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres on section 17, township 16, range 3. There was no road to this land, which was heavily covered with timber, so his first efforts were spent in the construction of a road and the building of a small house. He cleared a few acres and lived there until 1899, when he sold the place and bought eighty acres on Tanwax creek, on section 31, township 17, range 4. This also was covered with timber and brush, while part of the land was swampy. He cleared thirty-five acres, drained the wet land and in the course of time developed a fine farm. He is now the owner of one hundred and eleven acres, about half of the farm being rich and productive bottom land. In 1917 he built a new house, modern and attractive, erected a new barn in 1915 and in 1921 erected a large silo. He keeps twenty head of Holstein cows and a registered sire and also has about a thousand hens. He raises good crops of hay, grain and kale and is enjoying prosperity as the legitimate result of his indomitable and well directed efforts.

On July 22, 1896, Mr. Hillberg was married to Mrs. Sarah Jane (Price) Kelly, who was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a daughter of John and Mary (Tibbott) Price, the latter born in Pennsylvania. The father, a native of Wales, was a miner by occupation. They were the parents of four children, Sarah Jane Molin Joseph and Winifred, who died on December 1, 1925. On November 15, 1879 Sarah Sane Price became the wife of Mossheim Kelly, who was born in Crawford county Pennsylvania, and was the twentieth child in order of birth of the twenty-five children of William and Sarah Kelly, both of whom are now deceased. Mossheim Kelly died March 26, 1891. Three of the children born to him and his wife are living, namely: Mary is the widow of John Little, who was born in 'Pennsylvania, was highly siucab and taught school for twelve years, and died in India, where he was serving as a missionary. Mrs. Little is now educational director of Walla Walla College, at Col lege Place, Washington. She has a daughter, Ruth, who is a graduate ie ahesa' school and is now a teacher; Winifred, who was born in Pennsylvania, is the wife of Charles Wing, of Royston, Vancouver island, Washington; Sadie Moss, who was born in Bellingham, Washington, is the wife of Fred Guske, of Clear Lake, Washington, and they have five children, Florence, Fredrick, Mary Elizabeth, Winifred and Roberta. Mr. and Mrs. Hillberg have two children: Edward E., who lives at Olympia, Washington, is married and has two children, Edward K., Jr., and Olivia; Robert C. is married and has a son, Robert Ellis, born September 30, 1920.

Mr. Hillberg is a member of Tribe No. 81, Improved Order of Red Men, at Eatonville, and he and his wife are members of the Pierce County Pioneers Association. Politically he gives his support to the republican party and takes a deep interest in public affairs. He served fifteen years as a member of the school board in district No. 76, and is also serving as an appraiser for the Federal Land Bank at Eatonville. He possesses a fine personality, making a favorable impression on those with whom he comes into contact, and his record since coming to this locality has been such as to give him an enviable standing among his fellowmen.

August C. Holz

August C. Holz has attained a splendid measure of success as a farmer, owning one of the best improved and up-to-date ranches in the southern part of Pierce county. This result has been secured by hard work and at all times he has so directed his operations as to secure maximum results. Mr. Holz was born in Alma, Colorado, on the 8th of December, 1875, and is a son of Christian and Wilhelmina (Henrich) Holz, both of whom were natives of Germany. The mother came to the United States in 1863 and the father in the following year. They were married on this side of the Atlantic and the father engaged in the shoe business in Newark, New Jersey, for eight years. In 1872 he went to Colorado and followed mining until 1883, when he came to Washington, arriving in Tacoma on August 11th. He bought three lots on I street and built a small house. In December of that year he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land near Kapowsin, and bought eighty acres additional, the land being located on section 24, township 17, range 4. There were no roads and he and Richard Roschieson and Charles Endinger built seven miles of road through the heavy forest. He built a small log house and then began clearing the land, which he developed into a good farm, maintaining his residence there until December, 1902, when he went to Tacoma and engaged in contracting for the Tacoma & Eastern Railroad. Later he engaged in contracting and grading work for the city of Tacoma, in which he was successful, so that he retired from active business affairs about two years prior to his death, which occurred November 19, 1916. He is survived by his widow, who is now eighty years of age. They were the parents of four children, namely: Wilhelmina, who died in infancy; Christian F., who died May 38, 1902; August C.; and Henry O., who lives in Tacoma.

August C. Holz was educated in the public schools of Pierce county and remained at home until eighteen years of age, when he went to work for Henry Benthien, a market gardener at Puyallup, with whom he remained one year. He then returned home, where he continued about a year, when he again went to work for Mr. Benthien. At Monte Cristo, Snohomish county, he was employed in the mines for three years, after which he went to Tacoma and worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad as a bridge builder for about five years. On November 27, 1904, he came to the old homestead and his father gave him eighty acres of land, which was densely covered with timber and brush. He built a small house and then undertook the task of clearing the land. He now has twenty-five acres cleared and in cultivation, raising good crops of hay and potatoes, and green feed for the poultry. He built a good barn and in 1908 erected a fine, modern house. He keeps twelve good grade Holstein cows and four hundred laying hens and receives a very nice income from the operation of the ranch. He maintains the place at a high standard of improvement, in which he has shown excellent taste, so that he now has a very comfortable and attractive BEE January 28, 1897, Mr. Holz was united in marriage to Miss Airelle E. Verity, who was born at Ottokee, Ohio, a daughter of Oliver A. and Delana (Golden) Verity, also natives of Ohio. Her father, who was a carpenter by trade, arrived in Tacoma in 1888 and took up a homestead on section 28, township 17, range 4, where he lived many years, his death occurring at Lake Bay in 1917. The mother is still living.

To them were born four children, namely: Edith, who died in infancy; Airelle E.; Kenneth, who lives in Los Angeles, California; and Mrs. Macie Ballard, who also lives in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Holz have a daughter, Eva L., who was born in Tacoma, graduated from the Kapowsin high school and then entered the University of Washington, where she specialized in English and was graduated in 1924. She is a skilled pianist and is now at home. Mr. Holz is a member of Mountain View Lodge, No. 194, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Kapowsin; Tahoma Camp No. 288, Woodmen of the World, and Tacoma Lodge, No. 6, Ancient Order of United Workmen. He and his wife are members of Tacoma Circle, No. 158, Neighbors of Woodcraft, and they, with their daughter, are members of Mountain Star Chapter, No. 179, Order of the Eastern Star, at Eatonville. Mr. Holz has served on the school board of his district and has been a consistent advocate of good schools and improved roads. He and his wife have taken an earnest part in the eivic affairs of the community, supporting every measure for the advancement of the public welfare, and they enjoy well merited popularity among their many friends.

David M. Snyder

Some men are pioneers by nature, with a yearning for new fields of effort, and the courage to dare and endure the privations and discomforts incident to life in advance of civilization. With others, the mineral wealth locked in the bosom of Mother Earth has been the lure which has led them on to untried fields. David M. Snyder, known as a mining man and assayer, seems to have possessed both of these characteristics, his career having been largely one of pioneering and prospecting in various sections of the continent, but, unlike many of those who have thus devoted their lives, he was fairly successful in his efforts, and today is regarded as one of the substantial citizens of Puyallup, where he is spending the golden sunset years of his life.

David M. Snyder was born December 15, 1848, in West Virginia, and is a son of Hiram G. and Lucinda (Samples) Snyder, both of whom were natives of that state, although the Snyder family came to this country originally from Scotland. The father followed farming for many years, but was also a practical mineralogist, having, about 1858, drilled the first oil well in West Virginia. It was located near Parkersburg and oil was struck at a depth of fourteen hundred feet. Later the well was destroyed by fire. The father was a veteran of the Civil war, having served in the Union army in the ranks, also as a recruiting officer. His death occurred in Louisville, Kentucky, March 11, 1896, and the mother passed away in West Virginia in 1873. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Milton R., who died May 24, 1924; David M., subject of this sketch; Dollie, deceased; William, deceased; Elizabeth; Mark V., who died October 23, 1926; Sophie; Jennie; and Arabelle, who died at the age of three years.

Early in life David M. Snyder studied under private tutors, but his education was interrupted by the Civil war. Although he was less than fifteen years of age, he enlisted for service and was enrolled in Company I, Thirteenth Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, December 1, 1863, at Guyandotte, West Virginia. His subsequent service under the colors was one of merit and honor and filled with thrilling experiences. Mr. Snyder's record shows that for many long months he participated in some of the most bitter fighting of the war; that, despite his tender years, he underwent hardships on the field and in prison which would have tried a hardened veteran; that he gave of his blood for the cause, and never hesitated to obey the commands of his superior officers. During the winter of 1864 he performed scout duty on the border between West Virginia and Kentucky and early in the following May his troop was ordered to march from Barbersville, West Virginia, to the Ohio river, thence by steamboat to Malden, West Virginia. Here he saw some of the hardest service of his military career. He joined General Hunter's army near Staunton, Virginia, which participated in the battle of Cloyd mountain and Piedmont. Then followed a series of skirmisnes and minor engagements until the middle of June, when the rebels were considerably reinforced, with the result that the northern forces were compelled to retreat. For seven days they fell) back footsore and weary, and without rations, marching day and night. They fought at Liberty, and at Lynchburg, this being known as the Lynchburg raid; then reached Charleston, from which place, after re-outfitting, they were ordered upon a forced march to the Shenandoah valley, where they joined their brigade under General Hays. First engaged at Snicker's Gap, Hays' brigade then fought the battle of Winchester and Kernstown in July, 1864. On the second day, in the old apple orchard, Mr. Snyder was painfully wounded and was assisted from the field of action by his brother, Milton R. Snyder, and one other. He was carried to the rear through a storm of bullets and finally reached Martinsburg, where he. was placed in a hospital. The rebels soon captured the town, with all of the wounded, who could not be transported by the retreating Union army. Mr. Snyder was confined in the notorious Libby prison, where he remained from July 26 to the last of October. Here he suffered much from his wound, and the medical attention given him was of little aid, but with a young man's vitality and courage he reached the convalescent stage, and was paroled. He was mustered from the United States service in June, 1865.

On his return home, Mr. Snyder went to school for three years, and in 1869 he went to Montana, locating at Helena, where he worked at placer mining. A few months later he went to the Gallatin valley and was employed in a sawmill at Salesville. Then for several years he was engaged in prospecting in the mountains, after which he went to Deadwood, South Dakota, and followed mining. He was one of the first men to locate in the Black Hills, when their presence was considered trespassing; for not until 1877 was the Black Hills country opened. During his adventurous years in South Dakota, Mr. Snyder had opportunity to renew his wartime activities, for in this borderland of civilization men lived by virtue of their courage and fighting spirit. Our subject participated in a number of conflicts with hostile Indians, including the Montana herd affair of 1876, and was also a member of the party known as the Deffenbaugh Avengers, and today he cherishes the memory of these exciting incidents as part of a life replete with interest, ceaseless activity and satisfying accomplishment. Mr. Snyder was one of the locaters of one of the Homestake claims, which have been operated over a half century. In 1876 he became one of the founders of Lead, South Dakota, and helped to lay out the town, of which he was one of the first trustees. Here he met with fine success and then returned to his native state and established two stores, at Charleston and Clendennin. After a mercantile career of a year, he sold out and went to Leadville, Colorado, where he again engaged in mining, and went "broke."

In 1881 Mr. Snyder went to Wood River, Idaho, where he was engaged in mining for several years, also following mining and prospecting at Coeur d'Alene, that state. From there he went to Kootenai, British Columbia, and there, on Cottonwood Smith creek, he discovered the first free gold quartz. He lived there until 1889, when he came to Puyallup, Washington, and in the following year built a shingle mill at Orting, which he operated for a while. Then, selling the mill, he returned to Montana and prospected for a time, but eventually came back to Puyallup and engaged in the hotel business in partnership with his brother, Mark V., operating the Central Hotel for three years. In 1894 he was appointed deputy sheriff under Sheriff A. G. Matthews and served one year. He then went to Spokane, where he prospected for a few years, and in 1896 located the Zalam mines in Ferry county, Washington. He worked this mine successfully until 1902, when he came to Puyallup and bought a home and a business block. He engaged in the general mercantile business in partnership with C. M. Charles, but later they divided the property and Mr. Snyder sold his interest in 1904. In July of that year he opened a general store at Sumner, Pierce county, which he operated for five years, and then sold, and in 1909 bought twenty acres of land near Sumner, ten acres of which was in crops. Later he cleared the remaining ten acres and planted it to fruit. In 1920 he moved back to the town of Puyallup and bought a

I ich he is now living. ' oa oie 1891, Mr. aes was united in marriage to Miss Fannie W. Mc- Guire, who was born in Oneida, New York, a daughter of Patrick and Carrie (Taft) McGuire. The father was a native of Ireland, while the mother was born at Oneida and is yet living there, at the advanced age of ninety-five. Mr. McGuire came to the United States with his parents when nine years old and settled in Kentucky. In 1885 he went to North Dakota, homesteading one hundred and sixty acres of land at Barton, Pierce county, where he spent his remaining years, dying November 11, 1900. He and his wife were the parents of nine daughters, namely:

Politically Mr. Snyder has always supported the republican party, and fraternally he is a member of Corinthian Lodge, No. 38, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Puyallup, and L. C. Ladd Post, No. 17, Grand Army of the Republic, at Puyallup, while he and his wife are charter members of the Order of the Eastern Star at Sumner. He has given his support to all measures for the upbuilding and betterment of his community and is universally regarded as one of the leading citizens of Puyallup and Pierce county.

Anton Portmann

Anton Portmann is one of the efficient dairy farmers of western Pierce county and has, through persistent and well directed efforts, won a place among the substantial citizens of his locality. He comes from a country where dairying has been highly developed and has done much to promote the industry in the Pacific northwest. Born in Canton Lucerne, Switzerland, on the 5th of January, 1860, he is a son of John and Barbara Portmann, both of whom died in Switzerland, where the father had followed the vocation of farming. Of the sixteen children who blessed their union, seven are living, namely: Frank; Anton; Leo, who lives in Auburn, Washington; Mary; Rose, who is the widow of Casper Troutman; Agatha; and Sophie.

Anton Portmann was educated in public schools of his native country and was reared on his father's farm until 1878, when he went to France and for eight years was employed as a farm hand. In September, 1888, he came to the United States and in the following December came to Tacoma, Washington, where he secured employment on the construction of the street railway, remaining there about four months. He then went to work in a dairy there for Charles Landers, and seven months later bought the dairy from his employer. He operated that place until 1892, when he leased two hundred and twelve acres of land on section 25, township 20, range 2 - a part of the old Rigney donation claim. In 1897, after having leased the land five years, he bought it and has since then subdivided and sold a part of it. He now owns fifty-five acres, well improved, on which are seen a good house and other farm buildings, including a barn built in 1892. He milks thirty high-grade Holstein and Jersey cows and devotes most of the land to pasturage. He gives intelligent direction to his operations and the success which has crowned his efforts is well deserved.

In 1896 Mr. Portmann was united in marriage to Miss Theresa Zehnder, who also is a native of Switzerland, a daughter of Martin and Josephine Zehnder "mentioned at length on other pages of this work. To Mr. and Mrs. Portmann Lara been born seven children, as follows: Rose, who is the wife of Joseph Cowan and the mother of a son, Charles; Josephine, who is the wife of Victor Sargent; Edward Joseph Anton, Louis, Frances A. and Gilbert, Louis and Frances being in high school and Gilbert in grammar school. Mr, Portmann is a member of the Swiss Societ of Tacoma. He takes a commendable interest in the welfare of his community hime a strong advocate of improved roads and good schools. He has never had Sccasion Pe regret his determination to come to the new world for here he found the opportunities he sought and his business record and his public-spirited cineedeting are credited alike to the land of his birth and the land of his adoption.

One of the most important and successful c i i | ; ommercial enterprise is the Puyallup Furniture Company, of which H. D. Barto is the ners 5 nrg ret yo has been in operation here about a score of years and under the present owner' othe see so dee well merited prosperity. Mr. Barto was born in Tompkins nty, New York, on the 14th of January, 1888, and i (McLallen) Barto, also natives of that 1k i oatth nape te Meee oo a ocality. The father di i i survived by the mother, who now lives in Tacoma, Woshingt&a: BARE: Bare coma scended from a long line of American ancestors, both families having been established in Tompkins county, New York, before the war of the Revolution, his great-greatgreat-grandfather being the first white child born in that county. F. D. Barto was for many years engaged in banking there, but in 1892 came to Tacoma, where a brother, R. V. Barto, was in business. Remaining there but a short time, he came the same year to Puyallup, where he was connected with the Puyallup Loan & Trust Company as receiver, winding up the business of that concern, and later he was identified with the D. S. Johnston music house in Tacoma.

H. D. Barto secured a good education in the public and high schools of Tacoma and Whitworth College. He was then engaged in the furniture business with F. S. Harmon about four years, after which he traveled for awhile, with Portland, Oregon, as his headquarters. From there he went to Seattle and opened a warehouse in connection with Paul T. Kennedy, remaining with that business about eight months, after which for about a year he was in the retail business with the Stone-Fisher Company. After the World war he was employed as buyer for McCormack Brothers' furniture department. He then came to Puyallup, buying his present business, which is run under the name of the Puyallup Furniture Company. He carries a large and complete stock of rugs, linoleums, stoves, ranges, furniture and auxiliary lines and it is the largest and best equipped store of the kind in the Puyallup valley. He is devoting himself closely to his business and by his courtesy, accommodation and square dealing he has built up a large trade and gained the confidence of the community.

On January 2, 1915, Mr. Barto was united in. marriage to Miss Mary Dean Wade, a native of Saginaw, Michigan, and a daughter of L. B. and Abbie (Briggs) Wade, who came to Washington in the early '90s, and both are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Barto have been born four children, namely: Mary Dean, Henry D., Ellen Gail and Frederick Whitman.

Mr. Barto is a democrat in his political alignment and is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club and the Merchants Association. He is a man of enterprising spirit, deeply interested in the general welfare of his community and has won a high place in the esteem of all who have had dealings with him.

Matthew Mahon

Matthew Mahon, whose ranch is located on section 15, township 19, range 3, belongs to one of the honored old pioneer families of Pierce county, and has himself gained a reputation as one of its solid and substantial citizens. After a busy and useful career, crowned with success, he is now practically retired and enjoying a rest richly earned through his former years of effort. Mr. Mahon was born on the ranch on which he now lives, one and a half miles southeast of Parkland, on the 4th of January, 1860, and is a son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Eustace) Mahon, both of whom were natives of West Meath, Ireland. The father came to the United States in the early '40s and when the Mexican war broke out, in 1846, he enlisted in the United States army and served until the close of hostilities. For bravery in action, he was granted a medal, which is now in the possession of his son and is highly prized. At the close of the war he returned to New York and was married. Soon afterwards he reenlisted in the army and was sent to Puget sound, coming by way of Cape Horn in the sailing vessel "Massachusetts." Arriving here in 1849, his regiment was stationed at old Fort Steilacoom, where he served until the expiration of his enlistment period. He then took up a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres of land on Clover creek, on sections 14, 15, 22 and 23, township 19, range 38. Here he developed a fine ranch, on which he lived until a few weeks prior to his death, which occurred March 29, 1884. Of the eight children born to him and his wife, four are living, namely: John, Mrs. Margaret Rock, of South Tacoma; Mrs. Joan Cavanaugh, of South Tacoma; and Matthew. ' '

Matthew Mahon has spent his life on the home ranch and in the public schools secured his education. He helped his father during the latter's life and at his death inherited three hundred and twenty acres of the estate. He devoted himself to the cultivation of this tract until 1916, since which time he has leased the land but is still living on the place, where he has a comfortable home. His principal field crops have

On April 24, 1885, Mr. Mahon was married to Miss Lena M. Gano, who was born in Wisconsin, a daughter of D. M. and Mary E. (Chamberlain) Gano, who came to Washington about 1875. The father died in Tacoma, and is survived by his widow. Of the eight children born to them, six are living, namely, Mrs. Sarah Welsh, Mrs. Kate Bechelor, Marion, Mrs. Excene Godkin, Mrs. Lena Mahon and Alvin D. Mr. and Mrs. Mahon have four children, as follows: Mrs. Mary Ristvet, who is the mother of five children, Leo, Frances, Dorothy, Elenore and William; Frank, who is an architect in Seattle, is married and has two children, Mildred and Joan; Leo is married and has three children, Leila, Ruth and Donald; Mrs. Ellen Gloor has a son, John.

Mr. Mahon served eight years as a member of the Clover Creek school board and has taken an effective interest in all things pertaining to the welfare of his community. On Mr. Mahon's ranch is a granite monument which marks the spot where the first overland train of emigrants, with ox teams and covered wagons, coming to Puget sound by way of the Natchez pass, stopped on October 8, 1853, it being their last stop before reaching Fort Steilacoom. Possessing strong individuality and sterling traits, which have long been recognized and appreciated by his fellowmen, Mr. Mahon is held in high regard because of his worth as a man and citizen.

W. P. Wood is one of the most prominent and widely known citizens of Sumner 'and is now regarded as one of the successful and substantial residents of the northern part of the county, because of what he has accomplished in several lines of endeavor. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the 24th of March, 1858, he is a son of Joseph W. and Mary (Powell) Wood, the latter a native of Indiana. The father was born in New York state, joined in the historic gold rush to California in 1849, remained there for some time, and then, having been fairly successful, returned east and entered the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated in mathematics in 1861. He then went to Wisconsin and engaged in lumbering and farming until 1893, when he sold out there and came to Sumner, Washington, where he bought land, on which he resided to the time of his death in 1914. His wife had died many years previously, passing away in 1863. They were the parents of two children, W. P. and A. B.

W. P. Wood secured his elementary education in the public schools and then entered the University of California, where he was graduated in civil engineering in 1886. He then came to Sumner, Washington, and soon afterwards was elected county engineer of Pierce county, serving one and a half terms under the territorial regime and one full term after the admission to statehood. In 1886 he bought seventysix acres of land on the river, two miles southeast of Sumner, where he raised hops for two years, and then sold the land to Pierce county to be used as the county oor farm. In 1891 he bought twelve acres in the city of Sumner, which he platted into lots and sold. In 1893 he bought thirty acres just outside the city limits, which he cleared of the heavy timber which covered most of it, also drained the swamp land and built a good road at his own expense. Here he ran a dairy and carried on general farming, raising good crops of hay and grain, but now has the land astie in orchard and vegetables. Mr. Wood has followed the profession of Saeinccrime eae a good many years and has engaged in railroad construction work in nearl all of the western states and Canada. He built a road in Montana to the Yollouseies n tional park and also sub-contracted and built two miles of the Cascade division of the Northern Pacific Railroad. He has been a pioneer in railroading and h rode in the first railroad train that crossed the switch-back in the eo "He spent five and a half years in Alaska, doing platting, mapping and explassaen ere for the United States government, and while in that territory also engaged in mining to some extent. During his years of service as county engineer, he surveyed and built many miles of roads in this county. His eminent ability as . civil en Te is widely recognized throughout the state, for he has had many years of Pe hical expe rience in various parts of the continent, much of it under unfavorable conditions th t required extraordinarily careful and exacting work. Mr. Wood served as city. het neer of Sumner ten years. He has taken an active interest in the welfare of the community and is now president of the Farmers Mutual Telephone Company.

In 1887 Mr. Wood was united in marriage to Miss Minnie B. Barkman, who was born in Iowa, a daughter of Henry and Louise Barkman. Mrs. Wood died in 1917, leaving four children. Henry B., the eldest, now lives in Los Angeles, California, is married and has five children, Louise, Ruth, J. W., Jean and Mary B.; Joseph Warren, who is married and living in Los Angeles, is a veteran of the World war, having served as a sergeant in the Motor Corps; Robert, who served in the Medical Corps during the World war, is married and has a good position in the United States Veterans' Bureau in Portland, Oregon; David W., who saw active service in the United States navy during the war and now lives in Los Angeles, is married and has two children, Arthur and Warren. All of the sons were born in Sumner. Mr. Wood is a charter member of Elysian Lodge, No. 418, A. F. & A. M., at Hollywood, California, and belongs to the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at Lewiston, Idaho. While in Alaska he collected many interesting and valuable objects, having a large room full of curios and relics. He is also an artist in wood carving, in which he has gained considerable reputation. He has traveled much, observed closely and read studiously and is a man of unusually wide information on practical subjects. His life work has been of far-reaching importance. He has done a valuable public service as a builder of highways and railroads and in the engineering: field is widely known. Throughout his life he has carried forward to successful completion whatever he has undertaken and his example should stimulate and encourage others.

Bernard C. Ohneck

For those who have partaken of Bernard C. Ohneck's famous chicken dinners. it always means a return as early and often as possible, for he possesses to an unusual degree the ability to tickle the palate of the most fastidious and exacting epicure. Standing in unmistakable evidence of this is the fact that in one year he has served chicken dinners to thirteen thousand persons and his reputation in this line extends over the entire Pacific northwest. Born at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on the 23d of November, 1866, Mr. Ohneck is a son of Peter and Mary (Arney) Ohneck, the former a native of Alsace-Lorraine and the latter of Bucyrus, Ohio. Mr. Arney, who was a native of Virginia, was an Indian trader, and Mrs. Ohneck's maternal grandfather was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, being killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. Peter Ohneck was a painter and decorator by trade, following that occupation in St. Louis, Missouri, until 1847, when he went to Indiana, of which state he was a pioneer. His marriage occurred there in 1849 and he lived in that state during his remaining years, his death occurring November 26, 1867, the mother also being deceased. To them were born seven children, namely, George, Louis,. Elizabeth, Albert, John, Frank and Bernard C.