Spokane County, Washington - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 7 of 16)

ROLLIN C. HYDE, a pioneer of 1881, is a native of Wisconsin, born .\pril 29, 1859. He was reared on a farm, but in 1880 moved to Iowa and engaged in teaching school. The next year, however, he came to Spokane. Xnt long after crjming to Spokane Mr. Hyde engaged in the real estate business, continuing ir that until 1890, when he erected the Fernwell block at a cost of about one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. Since that time he has gi\-en his energies to the management of the building. In 1882 Mr. H^-de took a homestead and timber culture near Davenport and he still retains the timber culture. He is one of the enterprising business men of Spokane and one who has done mucli for the upbuilding and (le\-elopment of the city. Fraternally he is a member of the .A. O. U. \\'.. and religiously he is identified with the I'^irst Methodist Episcopal church. He was married in Spokane November 7, 1889, to Miss Mary Rosselow, a native of Minnesota, and they have two children, b'dna M. and (Jlenn R.

Mrs. Susan Hyde, mother of S. C, E. B. and R. C. Hyde, also of }tlrs. Clara S. Olmstead and Mrs. Mattie H. Blaiock. is a native of New York, born December 11. 1817. Slie was married m V.W .\. Hyde January 6. 1838. Mr. Plyde was l)(jrn December 6, 181 2, in the state of X'ermont and died in Wisconsin September 2~. 1867. Mrs. Hyde came to Spokane with her children in 1881 and is still living with them.

ALFRED M. MERRIMAN, a pioneer of 1879. is a nati\e of Genesee county. New York, born of .\ew England parentage, February 8. 1838. In early infancy he was taken by his parents to Paw Paw, Micliigan. On August 7, 1862, he enliste<l in Company C. Fourth Michigan Cavalry. Colonel R. H. G. Minty commanding, liut was soon disabled and confined to the hospital for some time. He was, in November, 1863, transferred to C<)ni|)aiiy !!. Seventh \'eteran Reserve Corps, and for a while was assigned to office duties, later also serving as prison postmaster of Camp Chase, Ohio. In May, 1864. his regiment was ordered to Washington, District of Coluniiiia. where it remained until June 30, 1865. upon which date it was mu.stered out. lie then returned to Michigan and engaged in farming and school teaching for a time. In 1867, however, he entered Bethany College. graduating in 1871. He thereupon became principal of the H(>ughton public schoul in Detroit, but the next year he was called to the chair of mathematics in the Christian College at Santa Rosa. California. He withdrew in 1874 and with the aid of his wife established a private academy at Salinas Citv, known as th.e People's College. This he C(jnducted until 1879, when, his health having failed, he was obliged to sell out and seek recuperation in some other climate. Accordingly he came to Walla Walla, thence the same year to Spokane county, where he pre-empted a tract of land on Tucker's prairie and engaged in farming. In [882 he disposed of this property and took a homestead at Deep Creek Falls and again engaged in agricultural pursuits. He sold out in 1890. moved to Spokane and started a grocery store. He now owns a grocery at No. 223 Division street. Fraternally, he aiifiliates with Sedgwick Post, No. 8. (t. A. R., and religiously, he is identified with the Central Christian church, in which he is an elder. He was married in Paw Paw, Michigan, March 29, 1866, to Miss Julia A. Church, of Marshall, that state. They have a daughter, Maude E.. who graduated in the Spokane high school when eighteen years old, then taught for a time, afterwards traveling quite extensively in the east and studying a year there. She graduated from the State Normal School at Cheney in 1897. Mrs. Merriman was born in Marshall, Michigan. Jrmuary 15, 1840. Her English progenitors came to America in the next vessel after the Mayflower and her mother was a cousin of Ben Butler. She was early thrown on her own resources Ijy the loss of her father and at the age of ele\'en began sewing after school hours to procure money for books. When sixteen slie taught her first school and she continued studying and teaching for the ensuing ten years. She then married and continued .studying with her husband. She taught with him several terms in California, and was employed as teacher in the Benjamin P. Cheney Academy four years. She is also a very successful saleslady, having made ten thousand dollars in five years .selling books. For a number of years she was state corresponding secretary of the W. C. T. U., also superintendent of its scientific temperance instruction department and was prominent in helping t<j secure the temperance instruction law. She is accredited with ha\-ing secured the adoption by the state Ijoard of education of the temperance physiologies for use in the schools. By her energy and devotion to her church, she procured from the east, in 1881'). the first Spokane C(3unty evangelist. In 1893 she was elected president of the Christian Church State Missionary Society and in 1894 presided at its conventions. She built up the Christian Women's State Missi<)nary Society, laboring in its interests for thirteen and a half years, and, in spite of failing health, is still giving much attenton to philanthropic work.

THOMAS H. PENN, a pioneer of 1882, is a native of Massachusetts, born October 15. 1858. He grew t<.> manhood in that state, obtaining his education in tlie comniMU schools and in the high school at Newburyport. After leaving school he at once engaged in shi])- building, a trade which he followed until 1882, when he came to Spokane. Upon arri\-ing here he accepted a position as salesman in the hardware store of Mr. E. Knipe, with whom he remained until 1884. He then entered the employ of William W'olverton, but in 1885 went to work for Newport & Holle\- as sales- man. Afterward he entered the employ of Holley. INIason. IMarks & Company, taking charge of their freight department. For three years he wa.s a i)artner in the Spokane Hardware Compan_\-. He is a thurouglily rehable and competent liusiness man and has the full confidence of the company by which he is employed. As a citizen, also, his record is above reproach, ami though he has never been ambitious for political leadership, he enjoys the good will and respect of all who know him. ]\Ir. Penn is quite prominent in r\lasonry. being a member of Spokane Lodge. No. 34. F. & A. M., and of Spokane Chapter. No. _- . also vi Cataract Commandery. No. 3. of which he is a leading officer, and of El Katifif I'emple. He was married since coming to Spokane, to Miss Etta Hooley. a native of Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Joseph B. Holley. They have three children, namely : !May. Essie and Lillian.

A. .S. CAREY, foreman of the machinery <lepartment of the Union Iron Works, a ])ioneer of 1886, is a nati\e of Seneca countv. New York, born October 24. 1861. At an early age he learned the blacksmith's trade, and in 1879 he entered the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Ouincy Raih-oad. becoming a machinist. In 1882 he remi>ved to St. Paul. ^linnesota. and engaged as a machinist with the St. Paul. Alinneapolis & ^Manitoba Railroad, but subsequently went to Mandan." North Dakota, and accepted a situation in the machine shops of the Nortiiern Pacific Railroad. He was transferred to Dickinson. North Dakota, by the ciimpany in 1883. In 1886 he came to Sprague. Washington, but soon returned to

Nortli Dakota, where he was elected superintenilent of water works on the Missouri division of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The following year, however, he returned to Sprague. lie followed his trade there two years, then was sent to Spokane to work in the shops of the Northern Pacific Railroad here. In 1890 he resigned from the service of the Northern Pacific I^ailroad and was appointed foreman in the machinery department of the Spokane l^'alls & Northern Railroad, a position which he retained until 1899. when he was tendered his present situation. Mr. Carey is a very skillful mechanic, having worked with iron and steel machinery almost continuously since early boyhood. His experience has been very varied, embracing everything pertaining to his handicraft, and eminently qualifies him for the arduous and exacting duties of the ])osition he now holds. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. He was married while in Dickinson. North Dakota, to Miss Jennie L. Gould, a native of Minnesota. They live in an elegant home at East 204 Indiana avenue, which Mr. Carey planned and built himself.

J. B. ROSS, a pioneer of 1882, is a native of Ohio, born April 10, 1839. When a year old he was taken by his parents to Ohio and he received his education there, but at the age of thirteen he went to Illinois, where he worked on a farm for a number of years. He engaged in the livery business at Keithsburg, Illinois, in 1856. and continued in that line until the voice of patriotism summoned him to sterner duties. In May. 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-fourth Illinois Infantrv. I le served in the .\rmv of the

Cumberland, participating in many severe engagements, including those at I'erry\ille, Stone River, Chickamauga. Resaca, Rocky Falls, Dallas, New Hope, Kenesaw. Atlanta and Nashville, besides numerous skirmishes, in one of which he recei\'ed a slight wound. He has a highly honorable military record and one which ma}- well lie a source of pride to himself and famil}-. At tlie close of the war he returned to Illinois and to his former occupation, but three afterwards he went to Utica Center, Wisconsin, and engaged in farming. He was there tuitil 1876, then moved to Lyons county. Iowa, where he continued giving his attention to agricultural pursuits until 1884. In that year he came to Sjiokane. but before its close he mo\-ed to Healdsburg, California, and went into the lumbering business. He returned to Spokane, howexer, in 1887. ser\-ed as bridge-builder for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company till 1889, then went to work in the same capacity for the L. S. &: L. E. R. R. Company. In i8()0 he accejited a situation as engineer for the Hyde block. In 1892 he was appointed engineer for the Skinwell block, resigning January i, 1900. Fraternallw he is identified with j. L. Reno Post, No, 47, (;. .\. R. He was married in Illinois, January i, 1867, to Miss .Mice Tubbs, a native of Wisconsin, and they ha\-e three sons, Arthur E., lineman for the r>ell Telephone Crimpany; Jav. in the emplov of Cascade Laundry, and Eugene, a ])Upil in the ]mblic schools.

GIDEON HOWELL, a pioneer of 1883. is a native of ^\'ayne count \'. New "S'ork, born September 9, 1824. \\'hen three }-cars old he was taken by his parents to Michigan, where he grew to manhood on a farm. He returned to New York in 1844 and found employment as an engineer in a saw mill, a line of W(]rk which he followed for se\'eral \'cars afterwards. On October 3, i86r. he enlisted in Company E, Seventy-sixth New York Infantry, but was transferred later to the Ninety-third New York Infantry, which was sent to Washington, District of Columbia, thence to Fortress Monroe. He served in the Peninsular campaign and participated in the battles of Williamsburg. Spottsylvania and the Wilderness, also in nianv other engagements. In 1863 he was discharged on account of ill health and returned home, but he again enlisted, identifying himself with the Fiftieth New York A^ohmteer Engineers. He was mustered out in 1865. with the rank of sergeant. His war record, unsullied by a single dishonorable or cowardly act, stands as a monument to his patriotism and his manliness. .\t the close of hostilities he returned home and resimied his engineering and ])laning mill business. In 1877 he went to Franklin county.Nebraska. where he secured a soldier's claim. While there he ser\-e<l two terms as county assessor and was justice <>{ the jieace for a like period. He came to Spokane in 1883. since which date he s])ent ele\'en years as sexton of the cemetery. In recent years he has directed his energies towards mining and jirospecting. He is a member of J. L. Reno Post. No. 47, G. .V. R.. -if which he has been chaplain, surgeon and senior \-ice-commander. He also belor.gs to the Pioneers" .\ssociation of Spokane. He was married in New "S ork. Tuly I. 1848. to Miss Elvira Sherman (a cousin of (General Sherman), who died in Spokane in 1888. ( )n October 28, 1889, he married .\nna E. Rhea, a native of Rhode Island. By his first marriage Mr. Howell had four children.

WTLLIAAI E. STRONG, a pioneer of 1884, is a native of Buffalo. New '^'ork, born r-'ebruary 6. 1856. He grew to manhood in the state of his l)irth, recei\'ing such education as the public schools afforded and learning the trade of a carpenter. In 1884 he came to this county and purchased a tract of railroad land twenty miles north of Spokane on what is known as Wild Rose prairie. Upon this home he has ever since resided, engaged in farming and in freighting. He is one of the industrious, enterprising men of that community and is esteemed and respected by all his neighbors. His mother, also a pioneer of 1884 and a native of New York, born August 6, 1 818, still lives and makes her home with him. He was married in .\ew \'ork, Julv jt,. 1874, to Miss Jennie Newman, a native of that slate, and they have a family of seven children, Dewitt F., Grace R., Mattie P.. Willie H., Ethel M., Guy A. and Carl. Fraternallv. Mr. Strong belongs to the M. W. A., lieing a charter member of Lodge No. 7218 at W^ayside. He is also affiliated with the K. O. T. M., and his wife belongs to the L. O. T. M. Religiously, Mrs. Strong is identified with the First Methodist Episcopal church of Wild Rose.

HENRY D. ENGELBART. deceased, a pioneer of 1883, was a native of ^linnesota, 1)1 )ni March j. 1859. He received his education in the common schools of that state and early learned the trade of a machinist. In 1883 he came to Spokane and entered the employ of the electric light companv. he being the third electrician to come to this city. He retained the same position continuously until .August 24, 1889, when his death occurred. Mr. Engelbart was one of the substantial and res])ecte(l citizens of Spokane. Though not ambitious for leadership among his fellnwmen and never aspiring to anv political office, he nevertheless enjoyed the esteem, confidence and good will of all who knew him well. He was a prominent member of the Evangelical Association and an active and enthusiastic worker in the cause of Christianity. On December 19, 1882, in the state of Minnesota, he was united in marriage with Miss Ida E. Stutz, a native of that state, who sur\ives her husband. The\' became parents of four children. .Albert F. H., Lillie R.. Irwin H. and Pearl M. Mrs. Engelbart is also identified with the l-'vangelical church. Owing to the great care and caution with which Mr. Engelbart made his investments before his death and Mrs. Engelbart's ability to care for them after, his family have always been in very comfortal)le circumstances. They own a cozy home at No. oiioi Cedar street, this citv.

JONATHAN HEATON. a pioneer of 1887. is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, born November 17. i860. He graduated from the University of Michigan in the class of 1886 with the degree of A. B., then went to Tower City. Dakota, to accept a situation as teacher in a college. The next year he came to Spokane, having been elected superintendent of the city schools. In 1889 ht resigned to become professor of mathematics in the Spokane College, and before the end of the year lie resigned that position also. and entered the abstract and loan office of D. M. Thompson. He became deputy county treasurer in 1891 and since then has been deputy in se\eral other county offices. In 1896 he accepted a situation in the Hypotheek Bank, which position he still retains. Air. Heaton is a profound and thorough scholar, educated in one of the finest institutions of learning of our land, and in many ways has he exerted a powerful influence over the educational forces of this city. .Serving as superintendent of the city schools at a time when our system was in its infancy, he made good use of the opportunity afforded him for laying its foundations on a soun<I and enduring basis. He also rendered \aluable assistance to the cause of thorough scholarship at a later date, when he served as a member of the board of education. Fraternally, Mr. Heaton is identified with the Red Cross Lodge, K. P., of which he has been secretary several years. His college Greek letter society is the Phi Gamma Delta. He is a member of the Grace Baptist church of this city.

MRS. CLARA S. OLMSTED was born near Waukesha. Wisconsin. Seiitember 7, 1845. Was reared on a farm. Taught school. Was married August 10, 1866, to .\dolphus Olmsted, who died in Wisconsin March 13. 1881. ^Mrs. Olmsted came to Spokane with her mother, Mrs. Susan S. Hyde, in 3ilav. 1881. She taught school and for some time dealt extensiveh' and successtully in real estate. She has a comfortable b.ome at South 624 Sheridan avenue. Airs. Ida Patchen, wife of George B. Patchen, is her dausfhter. She has also two sons, John

T. \\\ PYXX, a pioneer of 1877, is a native of Massachusetts, born June 7. 1855. .\t the age of nineteen he j(jined the Second L'nited States Infantry Regiment. \\'hen the Xez Perce war broke out in 1877 they received orders to report at Lewiston, Idaho, for duty, and they arri\'ed there July ig of that year. They were ordered to the site of the present Spokane, for the purpose of keeping the Spokane tribe (|uiet and camped where the Sacred Heart Hospital now stands. In the fall they returned to l""ort Lapwai, leaving two companies behintl. There they passed the winter, erecting Fort Sherman the ne.xt spring. Mr. P_ynn was discharged in 1880, settled in S])0- kane that same year and has been a resident of the city continuously since. He first engaged in the restaurant and bakery business, but in 1886 retired on account of his health and started to teach music, at the same time working at his trade, carpentering. In 1882 he had organized the old Spokane Brass Band, the first in the city, and in 1888 he was appointed chief musician of the Second National Guard, organized that year liy the territorial o-overnment. He served under this appointment until 1897. when his band was mustered out of the service. The following year he oro-anized what was known as Pvnn's Alilitary Band, which still exists. Mr. Pynn is a good, sulistantial citizen, public spirited and active in promoting the best interests of the city. He is a charter member of Myrtle Lodge, K. P., and has taken all the degrees in the I. O.

A. M. CAMPBELL, a pioneer of 1887, is a native of [Maine, born Oetober 30, 1852. He was reared and educated in that state, graduating at Fox Croft Academy. After completing his course of study he spent several }-ears in teaching, then engaged in tlie grocery business. In 1870 he removed to Watsonville, California, and liecanie a bookkeeper in the Watsonville Mill & Lumber Company's em])loy. remaining with them for manv years. In 18S7. however, lie came to Spokane to accept a situation as lx)okkeeper and collector for the Spokane Mill Company. He was employed by them until 1893, then served as deputy count}- treasurer until 1895, since which date he has been bo()kkeei)er for the implement firm of the Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Company. Mr. Cami)bcll has had long experience in his business. ha\'ing held manv responsible jxisitions in this state and elsewhere, and it would be difficult to find a man better fitted by education and practice than he for the exacting duties of his present situation. Fraternally he is affiliated with the I. O. F. He was married at Bangor, Maine, May 30, 1872, to Miss Cora Clark, a native of tliat city, and they have one child. Josie B.

county, Pennsylvania, where he grew to manhood and was educated, attending the Maplewood Institute and graduating from the West Chester Normal College in 1873. He then entered the ministry of the Baptist denomiiiation, being ordained in 1874. and was actively engaged in ministerial work until

1892. In that year he retired from the clerical profession and commenced th.e practice of law, securing achnission to the bar of this state in

1893. The firm to wliich he belongs is one of the best known in this state and has a large practice in the courts of Washington and Idaho, especially in the line of mining litigation, Mr. Heyburn himself is regarded as of the ablest attorneys in this city. He is a prominent member of the First Baptist church. On December i, 1874. he was married in West Chester. Pennsylvania, to Miss Miranda C. Carver, a native of that state, and they have six children : Ermina, wife of George D. Clagget: John P)., first lieutenant in the I'orty- fourth X'olunteer Infantry: Lilian C. ; Charles L. ; Sarah G. and Marv.

\\'. W. BYINGTON, a pioneer of 1885. is a native of New York, born March 28. 1836. Two years later liis parents mo\ed to Sangamon county, Illinois, and in 1844 to Jo Daviess county, where they were engaged for a number of years afterwards in the lead mines. In 1861 Mr. Byington went to Jackson county, b)wa, and followed farming and the general merchandise business for three or four years. Iri 1S63, however, he returned to Galena and accepted a i)osition as clerk in a wholesale grocery store. He was thus employed for three years, then removed to Redwood county, Minnesota, where he was engaged in agri- cultural pursuits for a number of years, during nine of which he served as justice of the peace of his count}'. He came to Spokane in 1884 and gave his attention to carpenter work and building for about four years, after which he engaged in the grocery business with William Smith. Their store was on the corner of Riverside and Mr. Byington sold out his interest in 1889 and again went to work at his trade, following it continuously for the ensuing eight years. In 1897 '^^ again eneaeed in the orocerv business with ]\lr. Mc- Kenna, l)Ut two years afterwards sold to F. J. Farley and retired from business. Mr. Byingtim has been a very industrious, enterprising man. has fought life's battle bravely and is n(iw enjoying a well-earned repose. He was alwavs been a good, sulistantial citizen, worthy of the highest esteem and respect. He was married, first, in Wisconsin, October 28, 1864. to Miss Jane McMurry, a native of Pennsylvania, who died December 12, iSftf), lea\-ing tv.'o daughters, !\Iattie, wife of C. M. .Shil- I'.am, and Ida, wife of W. .\. Tickner. He was married again, September 20, 1868, to Miss Jennie Spencer, a native of Illinois.

JOHN McCULLOUC.H, proprietor of the Forest Park grocery, corner Monroe and Virginia streets, is a native of Pennsylvania, !)nrn in 1848. On arriving at years of maturity he went to Neosho county and engaged in milling, an occupation which he followed for some years. In 1889, however, he moved to Joplin, [Missouri, and went into the mercantile Inisiness. During his stay there he was for two years a member of the city ciuncil. Subsequently he removed tn Thayer, Kansas, where he also took an active i)art in local politics, holding the office of mayor of the city for two years, also of deputy sheriff and constalile. In 1899 he came to Spokane and engaged in his present business and by means of his excellent commercial abilities and n.atural aptitude fur that pursuit, he i.s building u\) an extensive and llourishing trade. He is a good, substantial citizen, taking an intelligent interest in local politics and in everything looking toward the promotion (jf the general welfare and he has the confidence and good will of all who know him. Fraternally, he is a member (jf the Masonic order, the .\. O. L'. W., and Select Friends. He was married in Pennsyhania, in 1867, to Miss Helen Keiser, of that state, and they are parents of six children, William, a Initcher at Joplin, Missouri ; Elmer, Elizabeth, Henry,. !Mary and Harley.

O. C. HICKS, a pioneer of 1886, is a native of Syracuse, New York, born November 5. 1829. .\t the age of eighteen he startedin life for himself, learning the trade of a'- ^vagonmaker. and in 1849 ^^^ set out for California. He was, however, stricken witlr ch(.>lera when he got as far as Cincinnati,. Ohio, and upon recovering returned to Xew \'ork. In 1856 he nio\-ed to Chicago, where he was employed by a wagon manufacturing companv until 1859, in which year he went to Hudson, Wisconsin, and engaged in carpentering and building. On December 2;^, 1863, he enlisted in Company G, Fourth Wisconsin V^ilunteer Ca\alry, serving thereafter until Jinie, 1866, when he was discharged. He participated in se\-eral of the hard engagements, but his most exciting adventure occurred while acting as a .scout. He and twelve otliers were ambuslied and i>f the entire party only two escaped, the remainder l)eing' killed. After the war he returned tn Wisconsin and to his former occuiiatinn, reniaininj;- there nntil 1 886. when he came ti' Spokane. He has long been one of the leadini;- contractors and builders of the city, erecting many line residences and business houses, including the Crescent block, the only brick building which escaped the fire. .Mr. Hicks is one of the siib- ;stant'.al and esteemed citizens of !>])i>kane. (C;)mmanding the contidcnce ct all who know b.ini. Fraternally, he is identified with Tyrian Lodge No. q6. and with Spokane Chapter, No. 2. F. & .\. -M. lie has been a Mason fiftv-one years. lie was married in Wiscoii- ;sin. October i. \S(>J. to Miss lunma \atcs. a native of Michigan. They have live children Jiving, namely: .Mice A., clerk in the Crescent store: Carrie F... wife nf (ieorge C. Thayer: .\rthnr M.. Charles R. and llamld \'.; also (jue, Mattie, deceased.

E. E. BURTO.V. member i>f the city ct)mi- 'cil, a ])ioneer of 1887. is a native of Champaign connty. Illinois, born April 4. 1861. He resided there, attending the jiublic schools r.ntil fourteen years old. then started in life !"for himself. He went to Denver. Colorado, .and various other places, following mining as :ai, occupation until 1887. when he came to Spokane county. He located on a homestead twentv-five miles northwest ot the city and engaged in farming. Two years later, however, he returneil to Spokane and entered the grocery business with (_). 1!. Xclson & Comy-anv, remaining with them until 1893. He then esiabli.sheil the Silver Crocery 'at 336 Riverside avenue, continuing in that business until 1891;. when he sold out. He then acce];ted a position as manager of the Marsiial! Flouring Mills Company, of Spokane, and has been ably and skillfully conducting the alTairs of that corporation since. As a citizen, .Mr. lUuton has always maintained a high standing in this cit\', and in 1899 the ])eople testified to the confidence and esteem in wliich I'.e is held Ijv electing him a member of the city council. Sociall}-. he is affiliated with tlie .\. O. L'. \\'.. of Spokane. He was married in .\'ew -Mexico. June 7, 1881. to Miss Eunice Burroughs, a native of Illinois, and they ha\e two cliiklren, Grace and liva.

II. .\. COCKUFLL, poprietor of the music store at No. 7 Post street, is a pioneer of 1886. He was born in Lafayette, Indiana. No\eniber 22. 1858, and acquired his education in the public schools of that state and in the State Normal School at Danville, of which he is a graduate. He taught school in Indiana for a nmnber of years, biit in 1882 moved to I )eiu er. Colorado, and engaged in mining. He also maintained a connection with a music house there. In 1886 he came to Spokane comity, purchased a farm ten miles east of the city and set vigorously to work to improve it, also engaging in the delivery of water to city patrons. Three year later he organized the firm of H. .\. Cockrell & Company for the purpose of establishing a music store and he has continued in that line iminterruptedly since. Being naturally a good business man, he has been very successfnl in maintaining an extensive trade. Mr. Cockrell is also heax'ily interested in \arious mining enterprises. He is one of the largest stockholders in the Little Si.\ .Mining Company, of which he is .secrc- t.'iry, also is owner of numerous other ])roperties. Notwithstanding liis extensive 1)usiness interests, however, lie has always found time to interest himself in the city's welfare, ever manifesting a willingness to do more th:ui his share for its material and social ruKancement. He has lieen prominent!}- counectcd with the SjKjkane Industrial Exposition, which has done so much to attract the attention of intending" settlers and in\-estors to tliis section. In politics, also, he has always taken an important part. He is a very prominent Mason, being identified with Spokane Lodge, No. 34, with Cha]iter Xo. 2. with Cataract Commanderv, Xc 3, with El KatifT Temple and with tlie.Mvstic Shrine. He was married in Colorado, January 2^. 1884, to Miss Viola M. Pelan, ;i native of New York.

THOMAS F. CON LAN, proprietor of the Spokane Hardware Company, is a pioneer of 1S83. He is a native of Wisconsin, horn at Oshkosli, September 6, 1860. Most of his bovhood davs were spent at Xeenah, Wisconsin, and at Xotre Dame L'ni\ersity. (iraduafing from Xotre Dame in 18S0, lie took to a mercantile line, occupying clerical positions at Ncenah and at Kansas City up to the time of his coming to Spokane, ( )ctober 8. 1883.

-Satisfied of the future greatness of .Sjiokane, Mr. Conlan lost no time in securing lioldings, first in real estate and later in a mercantile establishment. In 1883 he was connected with tlie r.oston dr\' gooils store and in January, 1880, in company witli A. P. Wolverton, established the Spokane Hardware Conipaii}', jnircliasing .Mr. W oherton s interest two years Later.

C. F. HONE, a pioneer of 1879, is a native of Penn.sylvania, born April 6, 1850. When (|uite young he moved with his parents to the vicinity of ( Jakland, Alaryland, and in 1865 accom])anied them to Zanesville, Ohio. He lived with them on a farm until 1873, then went to Ploomington, Illinois, and followed carpenter work and building for a Ijrief period, but the same year mo\-ed to Carson City, X'e- \ada, where he was engaged at iiis trade and as a car builder for the \^irginia & Truckee Railroad Company. He came to California in 1876, thence to I'ortland and from that city to Walla Walla, following his trade in each of those localities. In 1878 he and his family made a trip to their old home, returning the same year. He then, in 1879, purchased a team and came overland to Spokane F"alls, finallv locating on Peone i)rairie, of which Mrs. Hone is the pioneer white woman. They ex- [lerienced considerable difficult}' with the Iniliaiis, but, bra\-ing e\-ery danger, resided there continuoush- until 181/), when the_\' sold out and mo\-ed to California. Returning in a short time. Mr. Hone located in Spokane and again resumed his trade, following it successtulh' ever since. Mr, Hone is a public-spirited, man. taking an acti\e and intelligent interest ir. all local affairs, especiall}' those of a political nature. Rcligiousl_\-, be is identified with the Roman Catholic clunx-b. He was married in Zanesville. Ohio, .\])ril 2t,. 1872, to ]\liss l-llizabetb A. Mc()uaide. a native of

Ohio, and they are parents of eight children : Corrine G., ]\Jary C, Eugene B., the first white child Ijdrn in the ciiunty north of the Spokane river, John L., Jusephine E., Gertrude A., A. Loretta ami Charles A.

W. H. ^lALONEY is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, born June i, 1844, but he was reared in Illinois, his family having moved tl'iither when he was two }-ears old. He was educated at the Elizabeth Uiii\-ersity, but left college before graduating to enlist in Company A, Ninth Iowa \'olunteer Infantry. He was in the army during the years of severest fighting and i)articipated in several hea\y engagements and in numerous skirmishes. On being mustered out, August 18, 1865, he returned to Red Oak. Iowa, and engaged in the ministry. He was in the pulpit there until 1875, then' remo\-ed to Walla Walla. Washington, where he followctl his sacred calling and farming for a couple of years. In 1877 he moved to Dayton, Wisconsin, antl took charge of the Christian church there. In 1889. compelled In" ill health U> lea\-e the ministry, he came to Spokane and engaged in the insurance business, also becoming an organizer for the W. of W. Mr. Malone_\- has always been a leader, not (inly of religious, but of political thduglit, his party affiliations being with the Republicans. He is also very prominent and enthusiastic in fraternities, being a member and past commanderof Sedgwick Post, No. 8, G. A. R., department of Washington and Alaska, chaplain for life of the Veterans' Association for the district of Washington, a member of Imperial Lodge, No. 134. I. O. O. F., past council commander of Camp No. 'j9> ^^'- '^*' ^^ -- '1'''^' ^ member of the Women of Woodcraft. Religiously, he is identified with the Central Christian church, of Spokane, in which he is an elder. He was married in Freeport. Illinois, Feliruary 14, 1862. to Miss Catherine Meyers, of that state, who died August 28. 1874, leaving five children, Julia, Eliza, Effie, .\lzina and- Willie. He was again married in Dayton, Washington, December 8, 1875, ^o Miss Emma Babcock, a native of Wi.sconsin, and they have five children, Katie. Elmer P.., Nellie, Harry and Helen.

GEORGE W. BOYD, of the firm of Boyd & McKay, dealers in real estate and city property, 205 and 206 Mohawk lilock, a pioneer of 1S86, is a native of Carmi, Illinois, born February 25, 1865. He grew to manhood in his native state, receiving such education as the common schools afforded. In 1886 he came to Spokane and engaged in the general merchandise business with his brother, E. B. Boyd, the firm name being Boj-d Brothers. Two years later he sold out and engaged in the furniture and hardware business \\ ith Messrs. Graves & Owen, under the name of Graves & Company, but the next year they burned out in the big fire, Mr. Graves retired and the business was reopened under the name of Owens & Boyd. Mr. Boyd sold out in 1892 and made a trip to Illinois. On his return he formed the firm of Kreider & Boyd and engaged in the real estate business, but in 1894 Mr. Kreider was succeeded by Mr. I lust, who the ne.xt year was followed by Mr. McKay. Mr. Boyd is one of the substantial and representative citizens of Spokane, ever ready to do all in his power for the successful Ijusiness men of Spokane. Religously, he is identified with the First Methodist Episcopal church. He was married in Spokane in March, 1895. ^" Miss Lula A. Byrns, a native of Missouri, and they have a familv of two children, Samuel and Mary P.

JOSEPH KEN\VORTHY, a pioneer of 1883, is a nati\-e of Indiana, horn Decemher 2^. 1S32. He was reared on a farm, hut upon attaining years of maturit}- engaged in the lumher business. In 1856 he moved to Guthrie county, Iowa, where for a numher of years afterwards he was engaged in farming and stock raising. He was, while there, a prominent man in the political life of his \-icinit}-, and for two years held the office of treasurer of Guthrie count}-. ha\-ing been elected on the Republican ticket. In 1883 he came to Spokane and opened the Railroad House opposite the Xorthern Pacific depot. Fie was pro]3rietor of that hotel until 1888, when he sold out and engaged in the real estate business. From 1892 to 1896 he ran a fruit farm in the southwest part of the city, but this he afterwards sold. He now de\'otes his attention to superintending the interests of his farm near Wilbur, Lincoln county, though he resides in Spokane. Mr. Ken worthy has been a \ery enterprising, industrious man, and is now enjoying the repose earned bv a long life of unremitting acti\'ity. He is surr(.>unded by enough of this world's wealth for the supply of daily needs, enjoying also the respect and. good will of his neighbors. He belongs to the Pioneer Society. He was married in Indianapolis, Indiana, September 17, 1854, to Miss Anna David, a native of that state. They have one adopted child, Daisy.

F. M. HOWELL, a pioneer of 1888. is a native of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, born January 30, 1854. He grew to man's estate there and early engaged in luml)ering, InU in 1877 moved to (h-and h'orks, Dakota, and turned his attention to farming and to tiie grain business. Three years later, however, he returned to Wisconsin, where for the ensuing se\en or eight years he was proprietor of a livery barn. He came to Spokane in 1888 and secured employment, first with the Spokane Truck & Dray Com]jany. later with the Park & Lacey Machinery Company, which has since been, with its entire stock, transferred tv' the Spokane Hardware Company. Mr. Howell is employed in the capacity of salesman and warehouse man. He is one of the substantial and respected citizens of the citv, and though he has never sought political (-ffices or manifested an ambition for leadership, vet he stand high in the esteem of those who know him, and has the confidence and good will of all. He is a luember of the K. P. fraternity, Spokane Lodge, No, 110, all of the chairs oi which he has passed through.

He was married in Black River Falls. Wisconsin, May 24, 1883, to Miss Belle Arries, a native of that state. They ha\'e a fine residence at No. o^t,2/ Division street, tastefidly and richly furnished and surrounded with all the comforts of life.

I. LIPSCHUETZ, a pioneer of 1889. prorietor of the Star l)arber shop, 515 ]\Iain avenue, is a native of Germany, liorn July 21, i8tS- He recei\'ed most (jf his education in his fatherland. In 1869 he came to America and located at Philadelphia. Pennsylx'ania. where he learned the barber trade. He fol- lowed his handicraft tliere until 1889, in whicli year he came tci Spokane. He at once engaged in tlie barber lousiness, securing and equipping a sliop of liis own. and has since followed that means of obtaining a livelihimd cmitiniu)usly since with the exception of tNvo and j one-half years spent in the grocery business at Wallace. Idaho. Mr. Lipschiietz is one of the solid and substantial citizens nf the city and stands well with all who know him. He is a member of Good Will Canip, Xt). 3923, M. W. .\.. and holds the rank of excellent l)anker in that order. He was married in I'hiladelphia June 1, 1879. to Miss .\melia .Sommerfield, a nati\-e of Germany, and the\- ha\'e three children. Charles S., manager of fhe mail department. Palace Dry Goods Company, George W. and Atlanta.

HON. JOHN R. McBRIDE is a native of Franklin count\', .Missouri, born .\ugust 22, 1833. In 1846 the family crossed the plains with oxen, locating in Yam Hill county. Oregon. Mr. McBride grew up there, entered the law office of David Logan in 1854 and was admitted to the bar in 1857. Though the youngest member of the constitutional convention of 1857, he took an active and leading part in the deliberations of that body. In i860 he was elected to the state senate and in 1862 was elected to the lower house of the national congress, where he did good service as a member of the Pacific Railroad committee and of the committee on Indian affairs. In 1865 he was appointed by President Lincoln chief justice of Idah(j and discharged the duties of that office with ability and dispatch for three years, then resigned and engaged in the practice of law at Boise City. He practiced there until 1872, serving one year as superintendent of the L'nitecl States Assay (jffice. From that time until 1890 he resided in Salt Lake City. Utah, practicing his profession in the firm of Sutherland & McBride. li: 1890 he came to Spokane, and has since devoted most of his attention to his large and \aried legal practice. He was, however, a member of tiie Republican national convention, which nominated President Harrison in 1892, and also of the Silver Republican convention, which met at St. Louis, in i89r>. Judge Mcliride has long been a prominent man in the history of the .Xorthwest. .\t twentyone he was superintendent of schools in ^'am Hill county, at twenty-four he led the deliberation of the Oregon constitutional convention, at twenty-seven he was in the Oregon state senate, at twenty-nine he was in the national congress, and at thirty-two he was chief justice of Idaho. He is now regarded as one of the ablest lawyers in this state, and an authority in mining law. Judge McBride has been twice married. On December 3, 1852, he wedded Miss E. M. Adams, a native of Ohio, who died in California in 1869. leaving two children. Isabel, now the wife of Marshall Gushing, of New York City, and Willis P... an attorney and United States deputy collector ai Sitka, .\laska. He was married again in Philadelphia, .\ugust 10. 1871. to Miss Helen .\. Lee. a native of that city, and they have four children, Howard R.. .\nna L.. Walter S. and Henry C.

HON. LUCIUS B. NASH, a pioneer of 1879, was born in .\ew York .March 12. 1838. He acquired his education in the academies of Jamestown and W'estfield. New York, also from a private tutor in Panama. He gradu- ated from the Ohio State and Union Law- College in 1859, then located in Hastings. Minnesota, and taught school a short time, but later l:)egan practice with his bn ither. C. \V. Xash. In i860 he moved to Pleasant Hill, Missouri, where he followed the dual occupation of teaching and practicing law until the outbreak of the war, when he was compelled to move north. Going to Taylor county. Iowa, he took the stump and assisted in raising the Twenty-nintli I<nva Infantry, himself becoming captain of Company F. He served in the Trans-Mississippi department on the staff of General Clinton B. Fisk, then under General Fred Steele and General J, J. Reynolds, participating in the battle of Helena, Missouri, July 4, 1863, in the engagement at Yazoo Pass and in the capture of Little Rock, Arkansas. He accompanied General Steele in his march to the Red river to cooperate with General Banks and was wounded severely in both legs at the battle of Jenkins" Ferry. Late in 1863 Mr. Xash became provost marshal general at Little Rock, Arkansas, and there he remained till the close of the war. His military record is in every respect an honorable and praiseworthy one and merits the gratitude of the nation he so nobly served. L'pon retiring from the army he practiced law at Little Rock with A. H. Garland, afterward attorneygeneral of the United States, until 1873. In 1868 Mr. Xash was elected to congress by a large majority, but was unfairly counted out. In the fall of 1873 'i*-* ^"'i'"^ ^o Walla Walla, Washington, where he practiced for three years. Fie then went to Seattle, whence, in 1879, he came to Spokane. Since that date he has been identified with the bar of this city, excejit for al)out a year, during which he ser\ecl as associate justice of the supreme court of AN'ashington territory. Judge Xash is a \-ery public-spirited man and has contributed in many ways to the development of the city. In i88g he built the finest residence in this city, a very inii)osing structure on the bank of the river in Ross Park addition, and in 1890 he erected the Riverside l)lock. He is one of the organizers of the lodge of ^^laster Masons and of the Spokane Chapter. Judge Xash was married in Little Rock, .\rkansas, in September, 1866, to }iliss Laura Lineliaugh. a daughter of one of th.c first settlers of that city. They have si.x children living: Lucius G. and Frank C, both members of the law firm: Lucile, Laura F., Xina R. and Francisca.

GRAHAM BARCLAY DEXXIS. financier, was born in London. England. June i, 1855, son of M. J. Dennis, a Presbyterian minister and linguistic scholar of note. The children have all attained to distinction. The early life of Ciraham B. Dennis was passed in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a diligent student, possessed business aptitude, his earliest experience being in the selling of newspapers. .-\n ambition and determination to succeed has characterized his every eft'oft. His earliest school life closed at the age of fourteen, when he undertook the i)rofession of pharmaceutical chemistry. In 1872 he went to Dayton, Ohio, as shipping clerk to a large ti;)bacco manufacturing concern, spending the following year in study at Bethany College. From 1875 to 1877 he was city editor of the Dayton, Ohio, Daily Journal, and thereafter for two years its business manager. In 1879 he introliuced an electrical postage stamp canceller of his own invention. In 1880 he organized and for several years was the head of the firm of G. B. Dennis & Company, Dayton, Ohio; its business comprising the organization of stock companies, discounts and general banking. He was also the author and publisher of an agricultural newspaper, the Farmer's Home, and which proved a profitable undertaking. In 1885, witli health impaired, he removed to the city of Spokane, Washington. Being convinced of the destiny of Spokane to become an important commercial center, he Ijegan the publication of the Spokane I\Iiner, a journal devoted in general to the mining interests of the northwest. He in\ested extensively in Spokane real estate and engaged in various public and private enterprises for the development of the city. In 1885 he organized the ^luscovite Mica ]\Iining Company, comprising Chicago capitalists, to purchase and de\'eloi) the great mica mines in Idaho, and he is still manager and a director. In 1887 he organized the Ross Park Street Railway Company and built the first electric railway in the nc^rthwest at Spokane, and was for two years its president. In December, 1892, he organized and still is president and general manager of the Old Dominion [Mining & Concentrating Company, and under his direction and management the mines in Stevens county ha\-e been systematically developed. He was also president of the Idler Alining Company and the Summit Mining Company. At the first convention, held October 2, 1895, o^ ^^^^ Northwest Mining Associatii->n, embracing within its super\-ision four states and British Columbia, an organization of strength, character and usefulness. Mr. Dennis was accorded the distinguished honor of election to the presidency, which he still occupies. As a delegate from this association to the parliament of British Columbia, at \'ictoria, British Columbia, in April, 1896, he successfully combated the implied two per cent, tax upon the gross output of the mines in British Columbia, an eminent piece of legislative accomplishment and a great service to the mining interests within the Dominion. On .'\ugust 2, 1897, Mr. Dennis was appt)inted by L. Beauford Prince, president of the International Mining Congress, as a member of the committee for the revision of the Federal mining laws, the task being to prepare a memorial to the congress of the United States bearing ui^on the mining laws. On August 10, 1897, he was elected treasurer and director of the Eureka & Pacific Mining Company of Idaho. On January 10, 1898. he was elected president of the Old Dominion Mining & Milling Company of Washington, and also a member of its board of directors. On June 3, 1898, he was elected president of the Gold Reef Mines Company, of Spokane. On November 18, 1898, he became president and treasurer of the Spokane Gas Machine Manufacturing Company, and on December 20, 1898, president and treasurer of the Insurgent Gold Mining Company, of Republic. Washington. On February 20. 1899. he became treasurer of the lilack Diamond (iold Mining Company; on March 7, 1899, director and secretary of the Columbia Railway & Navigation Company; also, on .\pril 22. 1899. president and director of the Buffalcj Hump Tunnel Company of Idaho, and on the i8th day of April. 1900. treasurer and director of the Hope Mining Company.

In politics and public life Mr. Dennis has taken an equally prominent position. He was a member of the city council of Spokane for two \ears froin 1886. In 1890 he was a member of the board of public education and as chairman of its committee on buildings was the author of the large and magnificent jniblic school edifices which adorn that city. He is one of the heaviest realtv owners and has made his investments with characteristic judgment and foresight. In 1S90 lie was a movingspirit in the estahhslnnent i>f tlie Northwestern Industrial Exposition Company at Spokane and was chosen its first vice-president. He was a trustee member of the executive board and treasurer of the Jenkins L'ni\-ersity of Spokane, founded by Colonel Da\'id P. Jenkms. with a large endowment. In all his manifold interests, mining, realty, public and private trusts, Mr. Dennis is recognized as an authority. His splendid executive ability and unflinching integrity have caused his electii)n to many offices of great responsibilit)', while his Courtesy and kindness ha\'e won him a wide circle of friends. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian, and in politics a firm Republican. He was married, in 1879, to Hester Leota, daughter of Captain John Bradley, of Davton, Ohio, and thev ha\e three children.

Hon. Samuel Clarence Hyde

HON. SAMUEL CLARENCE HYDE, with his twin sister. Salina Clarissa Hyde, was born at the historic town of Fort Ticonderoga. New ^'ork, .April 22, 1842. The twin sister died when eight months old. At the age of three years he was taken l)y his i)arents to the then new state of Wisconsin, where he grew to manhood on a farm near Oshkosh, receiving only such education as the common schools at that time afforded. He ser\ed in the Se\'enteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in the war for the Union, enlisting as a priwite and being promoted to sergeant. After the war he spent some time as a surveyor and explorer for pine and mineral lands in the northern peninsula of Michigan with Captain Welcome Hyde, of .\ppleton, Wisconsin. He was married January 18, 1869, to Miss Mattie A. Rogers, of Rosendale, Wisconsin, then removed to Iowa, where he finished the study of law at the law .school of the Iowa State University. He was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession at Rock Rapids. Iowa, for seven years. In 1877 '^^ removed with his family to Washington and practiced law in both Seattle and Tacoma.

Mr. Hyde and his famih- may well be cijnsidered pioneers of Spokane and the Inland Empire. He arrived here Alay 4, 1879, when the place was a trading hamlet of less than one hundred jieople - before the railroad, the telegraph and the [jrinting press; and the telephone and electric light had not yet been given to the world. The following year he engaged in the practice of law here. In 1881 his wife and two children. Earl and Kate, joined him. and this has ever since been their home. His father, Eli N. Hyde, died in Wisconsin many years ago; his mother, Mrs. Susan S. Hyde, with all her children, came to Spokane in 1 88 1. The Hydes were among the first l:>uilders of Spokane, several of the largest and handsomest bnsiness blocks in the city being erected by them.

In 1880 Mr. Hyde was elected prosecuting att(.irney for the district eml)racing the si.x counties of northeastern Washington; was reelected for three terms, e.xtending over a ]5eriod of six years. February 13. 1891, Air. Hyde had the great misfortune to lose his wife, and she lies in Fairmount cemetery, overlooking the beautiful .Spokane ri\-er.

In 1894 Mr. Hyde was elected member of the fifty-fourth congress and at once ])rocecded to make the ac(|uaintance and secure the friendship of the most infiuential menil)ers of that body. The wisdom of this policy was shown when, in a fight on the fioor of the house for the first appropriation for the build- ing of P'ort \\'riglit. \\liicli now overlooks tlie city from the west, the best men in congress, inclnding Speaker Reed, aided him, and the appropriation was carried, (uer an adverse report of the cnmmiftee on a])])r(>priations. In a S])eech dnring that session, Mr. Hyde ]jaid a gk:>wing" and eki(|uent tribute to tlie Pacific coast and predicted its C(jming greatness. He was renominated l)y acclamation at the Re])uhlican state con\cnli<)n of i8y6 for a second term, 1nit akmg with the rest of the ticket was defeated l)y the wave of Bryan Democracy and Popuhsm whicli swept over the west that year.

Mr. Hyde is nnw in acti\'e practice in the state and federal cnnrts (jf Washington and Idahii and the supreme court of the United States. As an advocate before juries and in addressing the ]ie(i])le. Mr. Hyde has acfjuired the reputation of being a ])iiwerful and convincing speaker. He is a man of commanding presence and in the cause of innocence, truth, justice or patriotism speaks with impassioned force and is at times elmpient.

COLONEL JOHN \V. FEIGHAN, deceased, was born in New \nvk .\pril 5. 1845. In 1852 the fa:nily moved to Chicago and thence to Indiana. When the war broke out he enlisted in Company K. of the Eighty-third Indiana Regiment. The ])rincipal engagements in which he participated were the siege of Vicksburg. the battles of Chickasaw Bayou. Jackson. Mississippi, Tuscumbia and Missionary Ridge. He was also in the .\tlanta cam- ]iaign and the march to the sea. He was honorably discharged in July. 1865. with the rank cf- first lieutenant, being then only twentv Years old. He then entered Miami University at (_)xford, Ohio, graduating in 1870. In iSjj he graduated from the Cincinnati Law School and began practice in Owensboro, Kentucky. In 1880 lie moved to Emporia, Kansas, where he was three times elected prosecuting attorney, ser\ed on tlie go\-ernor's staff as judge ad\ocate general of the national guard and was commander of the G. A. R. for the department of Kansas, in 1888 he came to Spokane and shortly afterward was elected city attorney. He was a member of the first state legislature and first speaker of the lower house. He was county prosecutor during 1895 and 1896. lie was distinguished for honesty and integrit\-, (pialities which, with his legislative ami professional abilities, gained him an honored place among tlie eminent men of the west, and when, in the zenith of his career, he was stricken down, his loss was mourned all over the state. He was married in Owensboro. Kentucky, October 9, iSjj, to Miss I"'aniiy, daughter of John R. and Mary V'an Pradelles Moore. Her father was of English descent and her grandfather, Colonel \'an Pradelles, was a colonel in the French army and a personal friend of General Lafayette. Colonel and Mrs. Feighan were parents of seven children, of whom the first three, namely. Mary, John W. and Mary V. P.. are deceased, and Katherine M., Frank M., Susie L. and Mary (j. are living.

S. H. Rl'SH. a pioneer of 1886. is a native of Royalton. Ohio, born December 15, 1851. in 1854 the family mo\ed to Auburn, Indiana, where S. H. grew to manhood, learned the trade of a liarnessmaker and afterward opened a shop of his own. In 1883 he came out to Washington, hjcating -first at Pomeroy^ hut tlie following j-ear he moved to Spokane, secured employment in Fred Furth's harness shop and was with liim for tlie next eighteen months, then opened on Spragne street a shop of his (jwn. He was burned nut in the lire r,t 1889, losing everything. He at once o])ened up again, howe\'er. doing business in a tent for one year, tlien cm a large scale in the Xurfolk l)Iock on Ixixerside. His energy, skill and close attention to h.usiness secured him a large trade and he continued to do a thriving and prosperous business until September, 1898, v.iien he sold out. He is at present employed by the city as inspector oi ]ia\'ing and is giving his entire attention to the aspliall i>a\ing nenv being laid on Stevens, Monroe, Lincoln and Howard streets and on First avenue..

Mr. Rush is very ]jrominent in the Masonic order, ha\-ing taken all the tlhrtv-three degrees. He is a charter member of Spokane Council, No. 4, R. & S. M., also of Electa Chapter, No. 20, O. E. S., and he was the first member affiliated by Cataract Commandery, No. 3 K. T., in this city. He is one of the energetic business men and substantial citizens of Spokane and stands well wherever he is known. He was married in Angola, Indiana. March 28, 1876, to Miss Ida J. Brown, daughter of Benjamin V. and Mary A., and a native of Angola, born Decemljcr 11, 1855. They have twn children. William W. and Harrv B.

CYRUS KXAPP :\lFdHHAM. M. D., physician and surgeon, son of Lewis and filary Ann Merriam, was born in Honlton. Maine, in 1848. His boylmod was sjienl on a farm and in his father's saw mill, oidy ;i ])art of eacli \'ear being ]jassed in sclmol. In 1871 lie entered Colbv L'ni\'ersit\' at \\"ater\-iile.

Maine, and, after a se\ere struggle, graduated in 1875, receiving the .\. B. degree. He also received the degree of .\. M. from the same institution in 1882. The Doctor paid most of his College e.\])enses by leaching during vacations, but owes much to the kindly assistance of an (dder IjnAher. who \\;'.s then an officer and is now brigadier-general in the United States ;u"my. After graduation Mv. Merriam conlinue<l teaching for nearl_\- two years, and while thus em]do}'ed in Lawrence, Massachusetts, lie began the study of medicine under a preceptor. In 1877 li^ entered Bellevue Hospital ^Medical College, studying the following sumwev under Dr. Bnrnhani. a prominent surgeon of L(jwell, Massachusetts. He completed his medical education in the medical department of the Uni\-ersit_\- of the City of New York, graduating in I"el)ruary, 1879. While at this mstitution Dr. Merriam recei\-ed pri\ate instruction in physical diagncjsis from Prof. .\. L. Loomis and in surgery from Prof. John B. Darby, receiving high commendation from both for aptitude and skill, .\fter practicing a _\-ear in Lowell, Massachusetts, Dr. Merriam became acting assistant surgeon in the United States army and was assigned to duty in the Department of the Columbia. He served at \-arious posts and in the field for eiglu years, fre(|uentlv recei\'ing commendation from ])ersons high in authority for his efficiency and good judgment in the treatment of cases. J)r. Merriam severed his connection with the army in 1887 and located in Spokane, where he has been successful in building up a desirable practice, lie was one of the founders of the Spokane Conntv .Medical Society, of which he was secrctar\- for the first two years, and he also took part in the organization of the Washingt(;n State .Medical Society, over which he presided in 1890 and 1891. The Doctor is like- wise a member of the American Medical Association. For eight years he served on the staff of the Sacred Heart Hospital of this city. Dr. ]\Ierriam has for many years devoted his energies almost exclusively to his profession and has long ranked among tlie leading physicians of the coast. He belie\es that germs are the cause of many diseases and was among the hrst in Spokane to use the antitoxin treatment in diphtheria.

HON. CLAKEX'CE W. IDE. United States marshal for the district of Washington, was born in Buffalo county. Wisconsin, September lo, i860. When eighteen years of age he came to Dayton, Washington thence, in 1879, to Spokane county. He passed a year on the farm, then moved into this city, where he was employed by F. R. Aloore & Companv ior about a twelvemonth. He next entered the service (if the Northern Pacific Railroad Com- [jany, in their engineering department, and worked for them for a number of years, among other things assisting in the renioxal of the town of Yakima to North Vakima. Upon leaxing tlieir ser\ice he opened a real estate and mining broker's office in Si)okane. maintaining it until 1888, when he was elected county sur\ey(jr. He laid out numerous additions to Spokane and Cheney. In 1890 he retired frtim the sur\-eyor's office to accept an appointment from President Harrison as special examiner of public land sur\-eys. He was elected to the state senate in 1892 and during his four years of service in that branch of the legislature distinguished himself as a man of unusual legislative ability. He introduced and secured the passage of a very important bill making it unlawful for any state officers or trustees to incur lialnlitv in e.xcess of the amount a]ipropriated. and pro\'iding a penalty f(jr violation of its provisions. Previous to the passage of this act deficiencies of from one liiindred thousand dollars to two hundred thousand dollars aimually had to be met. Since July I, 1897, Air. Ide has 1)een serving as L nited States marshal under appointment by President McKinley, and he is discharging his duties as such offfcer in a highly credital)le manner. Mr. Ide has long been a leading man in political luatters, liaving served as delegate to many county and state conventions. In fraternal affiliations he is a prominent thirlvsecond-degiee Mason. He was married in Oscoda, Miciiigan, February 19, 1896. to Miss Dora M. McKay, a native of that town, and they have one daugJUer, Irma. Mr. Ide's father, C. D. ide. is a pioneer of this county (jf 1879, and is universally esteemed and respected as a man of integrity, and one wJio lias contributed much tcnvard tlie general progress.

lAM.W F. WILLI.VMS, anativeof Dedliam, Massachusetts, was born February 28, 1864. When he became three years old the family mo\ed to Lafayette, Indiana, where the father was for many years a shoe manufacturer. Lyman F. W(jrked in his factory for a long time, but finally took up the study of law and short hand, and subse(|uently became official court reporter for the forty-second judicial circuit. He was at tiiis time only twenty years of age, being the youngest man ever entrusted w ith that responsible situation in the state. In 1886 he came to St. Paul, where he remained until .\pri!, 1888. Coming then to Spokane, he was appcjinted court reporter for Judge Nash, and served as such until 1896. He became interested in tlie Le Roi mine in 1S89.

and wiien the compaii}- was incorpfirated, in 1890, was elected secretary. Afterwards lie became treasurer and he held one or other of these offices until the mine was sold. He is still extensively interested in the Sullivan Group and many other properties. In November, 1898, he and ]\Iavor Armstrong bought the Hyde block, the largest office l)uil(ling in the city. 'Sir. ^\'illiams is also interested in the Childs Lumber Company, of which he is secretary and treasurer. He owns an elegant residence in Ross Park and other city property, also a nice ranch of three hundred acres east of Pleasant prairie, where he is starting a fine orchard of apple and pear trees. Mr. Williams is one of the enterprising mining men who, by developing the tributarv mining region, ha\'e gi\-en Spokane the sinews of its prosperity. Socially Mr. Williams is connected prominently with the Alasons, the Elks and the Foresters. He was married in Spdkane, February 2, i88c), to Miss I.urline AIcLaurin, a native of St. Paul. They have three children, namely: Marj(.iry L., Caryl F. and Lauriii L.

F. 11. REYNOLDS, a pioneer of 1882, is is a nati\-e of Green county, Ohio. He lived there till thirteen years old, then, in 1861, moved to Illinois and engaged in farming. In March, 1864, he enlisted in Company I, Si.xty-fourth Illinois Sharpshooters, and was with General Sherman (jii the march to the sea. He was mustered out of the service at Louisville, Kentucky, July 18, 1865. and immediately returned to his Illinois home. He remained on a farm there until 1S77. then moved to Ivansas, and thence to Malheur county, Oregon, where he was employed for a while in farming. In 1882 he came to Spokane county, and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land three and a half miles northeast of Alilan, where he now resides, engaged in the stock business and in raising hay. He is a thrifty, industrious man, and one of the most successful farmers in his neighborhood. He was married in Illinois in 1874 to Miss Sarah Beals, of that state, and they have eight children, namely: Charles, Annie. Lulu, Stewart, John. Bertha, Mollie and Joseph.

J. J. GERLACH, a pioneer of 1889, was born in Albany, New York, in 1869. When nine years old he moved to Alinnesota where lie was engaged in a grocery store and postoffice and on a stock farm until 1889, when he came to this county. He worked for awhile for Mr. Palmer, of Orchard prairie, then farmed on rented land for two years, l)ut afterwards purcliased a home on the west end of the prairie, where he has ever since resided. He has about four acres in fruit trees, but gives his attention princiijally to market gardening. Mr. Gerlach is a \ery energetic young man, intelligent and progressive, and one (if the most successful farmers and gardeners in his. neighborhood. He was married on the 3i.st of Alarcli, 1896, to Miss Mae Palmer. They are members of the Congregational church on Pleasant prairie. '

FR.VNCIS H. COOK, a pioneer of February, 1878, came to Puget Sound in 1871, went to \vork at the case in the office of the Puget Sound Courier, and within three weeks was made foreman of the paper. He subsequently purchased the Olympia Echo, of which he was editor and publisher for three years. He next started the Tacnma Herald, the first paper in Tacoma. piibHshing botli daily and weekly editions for three years thereafter. During this time he was elected a representative to the territorial legislature. Although the youngest nieniher of either house, he was chosen president of the council, so that he became presiding officer in all the joint sessions. While editing the paper in Tacoma he at one time rode on horseback into every county in eastern Washington. In the spring of 1879 Mr. Cook mo\-ed a printing press over to this side of the mountains, expecting to start a paper in Spokane, liut the roads were in such a condition that he was forced to tarry at Colfax. The first issue or two of the Spokane Times were printed there and carried on horseback to Spokane and Colville by the pr-esent sheriff. Cole. He, however, finally succeeded in getting his plant to Spokane. Mr. Cook ran the paper three years, duringoneyear of which it was a daily, with telegraphic dispatches, then sold out and Ijegan improving the property now known as Cook's addition. He constructed for this purpose the first steam motor line ever ])uilt in this city. Mr. Cook now lives on a farm of si.x hundred and forty acres, situated on the Little Spokane rix'er. He is raising fruit and stock and takes a great deal of pride in his fine artificial lake and streams, in which are more than one hundred thousand trout. He is a man of prominence, and has frequently l)een offered public 'offices, but has invariably dechned. He it was who imjiorted the first Italian bees, the first Chester AVhite swine, also the first steam drill into the county, and he was the organizer of the fiist agricultural fair, north of Snake river. He is constructing many different kinds of mills and shops on his farm for the benefit of his boys. In 1880 he was unitctl in marriage to }iliss Lanra McCarty. nf .^nmner. Wasliington. and thev ha\e a family of ten children, two of whom, Katie R. and Laura A., are attending the Ciienev Normal School.

W. r. HANNAH, a pioneer of 1880, was born in New Brunswick, in 1852. He was raised in that province and followed the trades of a ship carpenter and cabinet maker until twenty-seven years old. then went to Butte county, California, where he was employed for a. year as a carpenter in a sash and door factory. He then moved to Portland, Oregon, and followed his trade there for three years, after which he came to this state and was employed l)y the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as a bridge carpenter. Subsecpiently he worked in' Spokane for .some time, then took a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres on Peone prairie. He afterwards sold this, however, and purchased a quarter-section near the west side of the prairie where he now resides. He has a nice farm and a splendid little orchard of four acres. Mr. Hannah is an active and energetic man. a representative citizen of his community and the county, and one whose pleasant, affable manner makes him a universal favorite. He was married in Spokane county, in 1885. to Josephine Dysart, and they have one child, I'rances Lois.

ANDREW O. JOMSL.\ND, a pioneer of 1879, is a native of Nf)rway. born in 1844. H^ grew to manhood in his northern home, but oa attaining his majority emigrated to the Iniled ."states, lie came to Montana in 1866. aud was engaged in nfim'ng there until 1870, \\ hen he mo\cd in this cnuntx- and homestead-

one hiindrefl and sixt}' acres of lanrl on Peone prairie, securing one hundred and sixty acres more l^y purchase later on. He now possesses a nice farm witli ricli. fertile soil, well improved and in a good state of cultivation. While his land is capable of producing almost any kind of a crop in great abundance, he has n(-)t given much attention to diversified farming, but has confined himself to wheat-raising principallv. He is a thrift}' and industrious farmer and a g\iod citizen nf the comnnniity. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F. at Mead. He was married in 1878 to ]\Iiss IMinnie Midlight, a native of Norway, who died in April, iS<</. They ha\-e had si.x children: Aman- la. who was the first white child born in Spoane, at Union Park, July 13, 1879; Olandrew ; Letta, deceased ; Ida; Alice, and one that died in earlv infancv.

JAMES BERKIDGE, a pioneer of 1885. is a native of England, born in 1841. When <|uite young he accompanied his parents to Marion county, Oliiii, where he grew to man's estate, and was engaged principally in farming until he came to Washington. On October 8, i8f)2. he enlisted in Company G, One flundred and Twentieth Ohio \'olunteer Infantry, which formed a part <<\ the Western di\ision. 1 le tmik part, under (leneral Sherman, in the first battle of Vicksburg, and in the engagement at Arkansas Post, then was transferred to (General Grant's command, and ])artici])ated in the engagements at Grand (iulf. Thompson's Hills. Ravmond, Champion Hills. I'.lack River P.ridge, Vicksburg and Jackson. Mississippi. He al.so served under ( icneral I'.anks in the campaign along the Red ri\er. During Ins militarv service he was wnunded at dift'erent times in the arm, foreheafl, stomach and thigh, and he spent one year and twenty-four days in a southern prison. He was mustered out July 7, 1865. after an eminently honorable military career and one of which he niav well be ])roud. He came to Spokane county in 1885 and on July 8, 1887. he homesteaded one huiKJred and sixty acres of land, upon which the t(.wn of Mead has since been built. He farmed for a number of }-ears. but is nowengaged princi])ally in the hotel business. He has always taken (piite an active part in the local affairs of his neighborhood and will be remembered as the man who laid out the town site of Mead. He also originated the school district there and was a director for ten 3'ears, lie is a member of the 1. O. G. T. and has recently organized a (j. A. R. post in his town. He was married in Ohio, December ^i, 1865, to Miss Flannah Philips, sister of Joseph Phili])s, a councilman in .Spokane. They have had si.xteen children, Lam^a P., James L., Ida P)., Thomas H., Joseph E., living, and ele\-en deceased. Mr. Berridge and wife are memliers of the Methodist church.

I-'. DO.\K. a pioneer of 1880, was Ijorn ill Wvthe count}-, X'irginia, in 1839. When he w-as vet a boy his famil}- mo\ed to Dubu(|ue county, Iowa, where he was engaged in. farming, except while in the army, until 1878. { )n the i^tli of Xoveinber. 1803. he enlisted in Comi>any K. Second .Minnesota (.."a\-alr}-, and was on detached scr\ice a great (Ual of time until honorably di.scharged. December j(>. iSd^. I ie served in the Xorthwestein department and took ])ar( in the war against the Sioux Indians. In 1 S7S he went to l.iim counlv. Oregon, but after remaining only si\ months, moved to South Bend, Washington, where he resided for a year. He then came to Spokane cnuntv and liomesteaded one hunched and sixty acres of land on Orchard prairie, upon which he has lived continuously since. He has taken an acti\-e interest in the puhlic affairs of his vicinity and has invarialjly shown a willing-ness to do his full share for the general good of the community. He has at different times held the offices of road supervisor and school director and he stands high in the esteem of his neighhors generally. Socially, he is affiliated with the G. A. R., being a memher of Sedgwick Post, No. 8, of Spokane. He was married in Iowa in 1S71, to ^liss Julia 'M. Hendrickson. who died December 16, i8gi. He has bad six children, namely: .\lice ]\1., Daisy C. and George i\l.. living, and Cora E., Nora E. and Flossie M.. deceased. Miss Nora E. Doak was killed by a runaway team, January 7, 1893. He is a member of the Aletlmilist Iq)iscopal church at Peone prairie.

OLE ESPF., a pioneer (if 1889, was born in Niirwav in 1834. When twenty-the years old he emigrated to .Vmerica, tinally locating in Minnesota, where he followed the stone mason's trade for ten years. He then came to Spokane and was engaged as a mason for a year, after which be traveled around considerably, but finally located on Orchard prairie. He purchased five acres at first, but now owns thirty acres and is engaged in market gardening. He has jilanted a nice orchard and is fi.xing up a pleasant and comfortable little home. He is quite an acti\e man and takes a lively interest in the public affairs of the community and he enjoys the cimfidence and good will of his neighbors generallv. He has held the office of road supervisor for two vears. Mr. Espe is also active in church work, beinga leading member and a deacon in the Congregational church, located on the ]irair;e.

PION. GEORGE H. COLLIN, a pioneer of 1887. was born in Yorkshire. England. June 4, 1856. He came to the United States when twelve years old, located in Minnesota and farmed in different parts of that state until 1887. He then moved to Spokane county and l)ought land on Pleasant prairie, where he now owns a splendid farm of tliree liundred and twenty acres. His principal crop is hay, l)ut he has a fine orchard of tliirty acres, producing all varieties of fruit, esi)ecia]!y apples. Mr. Collin is an unusually successful farmer and fruit grower and the evidences of his thrift, energy and progress! veness are visible c\cr\wbcre on his premises. He has splendid buildings and all the improvements which tend to make rural life comfortable and pleasant. He also takes an active and intelligent interest in the public affairs of the county and the state and has twice been called upon to represent his district in the state legislature. While in the house of representatives at Olympia, he introduced a memorial to the national congress on the bankruptcy law and succeeded in procuring its passage by both branches of the legislature and in obtaining the signature of the governor. He also introduced a memorial to congress on the subject of electing senators by popular vote. Socially, Mr. Collin is affiliated with the I. O. O. F., the Maccabees and the 'SI. W. of A. He was married in Carver county. Minnesota, in 1880, to Miss Sarah E. Harrison and they arc jiarents of seven children, namely:

John L. Spath Peter Olson

Alvin H., Jnhn E., Ethel E,. Etta, Lee H,, George W. and Chauncey V. The family helong to the Methodist Episcopal chnrch at Pleasant prairie.

NILS ANDERSON, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Sweden in 1856. He came to America when twent}' years old and located in Dupage county. Illinois, where he was engaged in fanuing fur three years. He next moved to Walla \\'a]la and was employed in the wood business for a year and a half, then came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in the foothills east of Peone prairie. He has lived on this farm continuously since, engaged principally in producing hay. Mr. Anderson is a thrifty, industrious, enterprising man and a successful farmer. He was married in Spokane county, in February, 1888, to Miss L'lea Anderson and they ha\'e a family of four children, namely: Barron A., Ernest U., Emile M. and Hartu N. C.

J. A. KRONOUIST, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Sweden, May 2, 1861. He emigrated to the L'nited States when eighteen years old and located in Kane county, Illinois. where he worked in a cheese and butter factory for a fe\v years. He then came to Spokane county, homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in the foothills east of Peone prairie, and here he now resides. Three years ago he leased a saw mill, having a capacity of twelve thousand feet per day and with a planer attached, and since then he has been lumbering and manufacturing fruit boxes, as well as managing his farm. He is an active, energetic and business-like man and one who is (|uite sure to carry to a successful issue everything he undertakes. Socially, he is affiliated with the 1. O. O. F. He was married, in 1894, to Miss llildur Lind and they have one child named Jesse Grover. He and wife bclnng to the Lutheran church.

jnllX PETERSON, deceased, was born in Sweden in 1846 and lived on a f;irm in his nati\-e land until twenty-five years old, then came to Aiuerica. He located at Chicag(j, where he was engaged in the ice business for a great many years. In 1890 he came to Spokane county, purchased two hundred and forty acres in the foothills east of Pleasant prairie and resided on this farm until his death, which occurred November 3, 1898. He was married in Chicago in 1875, to Miss Hannah J(.)hnson and they ha\-e had four children, namely : Charles, William and Arthur, living,, and John, deceased. ]\Irs. Peterson still owns; the farm and is managing it very successfully and profitably. She has a large orcharcl, producing a great many choice \-arieties of fruit. She is a luember (jf the Lutheran church.

ANDREW ANDERSON, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Finland in 1847. ^^ ^^'''^ engaged in farming in his fatherland until 1881, when he started for America. He came direct to Spokane county, arriving here early in 1882, and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in the foothills east of Plea.sant prairie, upon which he has ever since resided. He raises hay principally and is engaged (|uite extensively in market gardening. He also has a small orchard co\-ering abont three acres.

Mr. Anderson was married in Finland in 1872 and his family now consists of six childi'en, namely: ^^'illiam, Harmon. Charles, Amile, Frank and August.

JOHN G. JOHNSON, a pioneer of 1879, was Ijorn in Sweden in 185 1 and lived there until 1S69, when he emigrated to America. He located at St. Charles, Illinois, working :at different times on a farm, on the railroad, in a stone quarry and in the timher for eleven years. He then moved to Walla AValla and worked in the timber till 1879. when he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in the foothills of Pleasant prairie. He also bought one hundred and sixty acres from the railroad and eighty acres of gxn'ernment land, so that he now owns a farm of four hundred acres. He raises wheat, oats, potatoes and timothy and has a nice orchard of about ten acres. Mr. Johnson is a thrifty, industrious farmer and his place is well impro\-ed and in excellent condition for successful farming. He was married in Spokane, in 188 1, to Miss ^Matilda Hult, of Chicago, and they ha\e a family of four children, namely: I'earl M. I*"., Arthur A., Elmer W. and Hazel L. I.

E. G. :\IARSTON. a pioneer of May, 1884, was born in Canada in 1861, but when only four years old was taken by his parents to Blue Earth county, Minnesota. He grew to manhood on a farm in that state, then came to \\'ashington and took as a hduiestead one hundred and sixty acres of land on Pleasant ]irairie and also purchased a tract of railroad land. Since then he lia.s been engaged in farming continuously - making a specialty of dairying. He lias a fine farm, well improved and stocked with high-grade cattle and hogs. He also has a nice orchard of about eight acres. As a citizen, Mr. Marston has occupied a leading place in his community, having held the offices of justice of the peace and road supervisor and having always taken a lively and intelligent interest in the affairs of local concern in the neigliborhood. He is well liked and highly respected by the people in his vicinity. He was married in Spokane county, in 1885, to Elizabeth Terry, of Minnesota, and they are parents of three children, W. Ray, Edson Leon and David Earl. Mr. and Mrs. Marston are members of the Pleasant Prairie Methodist church.

W'lLLI.XM PITTAM. a pioneer of 1884, was born in Onondaga county, New ^ ork, in 1831. He lived there until eighteen years old, then moved to Chicago and five years later to East Dubuque, Illinois, where he resided until 1870. In 1861, however, he enlisted in the Nineteenth Illinois Infantry antl was assigned to service, first under General Buell and then under General Rosecrans. In 1870 he moved to Galena. Illinois, and shortly afterwards became sherff of the county, an office which he held for a period of four years. Subse(|uently Mr. Pittam served as a keeper in the Illinois state penitentiary for two and a half years, then was United States storekeeper at Sterling, Whiteside county, for about three years, after which he came to Spokane county. I le homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land near Pleasant prairie, upon which he has resided ever since.

He had charge of the county poor farm from 1895 to 1897. Mr. Pittam is a cordial and pleasant gentleman to meet, is \'ery intelligent and well-informed and an interesting conversationalist. He has also been a very active and progressive man and has occupied a leading position among his fellow citizens whereever he has lived. He was married in Illinois, in 1854. to Catherine J. Crawford, a native of Wisconsin. They have had six children, namely: Thomas H. ; Alice J., now IMrs. A. L. Thorpe, and William C, living, and Charles. Isabel and Jessie F.. deceased.

ALBERT E. CANFELD, deceased, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Osceola, Iowa. May 18, 1845. He was, however, practically a son of the west, having been brought Ijy his parents to Oregon City, Oregon, when only two and a half years did. The family crossed the plains in wagons, finally terminating their j<iurney at Oregon City January 12, 1848. The next year they went to San Francisco and in that city and in Sonnma county he resided continuously for the ensuing thirty years, engaged for the most part in farming. He moved to Fort Sherman, Idaho, in 1879 and the following year came to Spokane county, where he bought a tract of land situated between Trent and Spokane bridge. He had, however, just started to fix up a home for himself and his family, when he fell a victim to that dread disease, smallpox, which also carried away one of his sons. Mr. Canfield had been married in California, on March 20, 1866, to Matilda Baker. They had two children, Willie H. and Albert E. The elder of these, as before stated, died of smallpox, but the youngest still resides with liis mother on the same farm upon which they settled originally. They are engaged in stock raising and in producing timothy hay chiefly, but have a very good orchard of choice fruit trees. They are an energetic, thrifty and progressive family and enjoy the respect and hearty good will of all their neighbors.

JACOB ESCH, a pioneer of 1881, was born in Holmes county, Ohio, March 17, 1834, but when quite young he was taken by his parents to Indiana. After he grew to manhood he worked at the carpenter's trade and was engaged in farming for a number of years. He then spent twelve years as a farmer in Iowa, then moved to Hickory county. ]\Iissouri, where he lived until he came to this -State. He finally located on Spokane prairie and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land four and a half miles east of Trent, upon \\hich he has ever since resided. He has also purchased a tract of railroad land. He was married, first, in Indiana, March 15, 1858, to Catherine Miller, by whom he had five children, namely : Levi, Peter and Paulina, living, and y\nna and Mary, deceased. He was married again in Iowa, December 4, 1866, to Catherine Honderich and they have had five children, Elizabeth, Samuel and Ellen, living, and Martha and Abraham, deceased. Mr and Mrs. Esch both belong to the ]\Iennonite church.

WILLIAM PRINGLE, a pioneer of 18S3, is a native of Buft'alo, New York, born in 1846. He left there when a boy and went to Grand Rapids, Michigan, remained there until 1870, then moved to California. He was engaged as a teamster in that state until the spring of

1883, when he came to Spokane county. He pre-empted seventy-four acres, also purchasing a tract of railroad land, and he now has a splendid dairy farm. He milks about twenty cows and makes a large quantity of butter, also raises stock and gives attention to other kinds of farming. He is a very energetic man, a thrifty, successful farmer and a representative citizen and enjuys the respect and esteem of his neighbors generally. He was married in California, in 1879, to Miss Johanna Connolly, a nati\'c of that state. They have eleven children, namely: George. ^lamie, Frederick, William. John. Joseph, Lawrence, Annie, Ellen, Edward and James. Mrs. Pringle and family are members oi the Catholic church, but Mr. Pringle belongs to the Episcopalian.

JOHN SIMPSON, deceased, a pioneer of 1882, was [lorn in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1853. He came to .Vmerica wlien eighteen or nineteen years old and settled, lirst in Oregon, but afterwards came to Spokane county and took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land two miles west of Spokane bridge. He resided on this farm until his death, which occurred in 1893. He was married in Scotland, in 1881, to Miss Margaret Murray, the fruit of their union being four children, namely: Thomas, Nellie, Maggie and Jennie. Mrs. Simpson now owns the original homestead and forty acres more. She is engaged in -the dairy business.

near Granite lake, where he rented a farm for a year. He then mi.ived to Spokane valley and purchased three hundred and se\'enty acres of land one mile west of Spokane Bridge postoffice. He has a nice farm and is doing well. He gi\es his attention principally to dair_\ing and has about twenty head of fine Jersey cows, from the milk of which he makes butter for the Spokane market, lie takes a li\ely and intelligent interest in all affairs of local concern and is e\'er willing to bear his share of the public burdens. He served as clerk of the school district for six }-ears and discharged the duties of deputy county assessor for two years with great fairness and in a manner highly .satisfactory to tiie people of his district. Socially, he affiliates with the I. O. O. F. He was united in marriage, in 1893, to Miss Mary Baslington. They have two children, Grace Ethel and Ruth May. Mr. Murray's father and mother celebrated their golden wedding in .\ugust, 1898.

MARTIN O'BRIEN, a pioneer of 1880. was born in Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, in 1858. His family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, during his early years and he lived in that city until twenty years of age, then went to Faribault. Minnesota, and engaged in farming and stock raising. In 1876 lie went to Dallas, Texas, where he was employed on the railroad and in a machine shop for a time, then came to Lead\ille and engaged in prospecting. In 1880 he came to Spokane county and located in the vicinity of Trent for four years, then mo\ed to the Newman place at the foot of Newman's lake. He raises a great many cattle and horses and produces hay on his farm in great quantities. He is a good, thrifty, enterprising farmer and a reliable and substantial citizen, well liked by all his neighbors. He was married, in 1897, to Miss Bridget McAuliffe. They ha\-e one son, John J. ^Ir. and ]\Irs. O'Brien are both members of the Catholic church.

F. X. MUZZY, a pioneer of 18S7, '^^''^s born in Sheboygan county, Alichigan. in 1856. His fann'Iy moved to Buffalo county. \\'isconsin. when he was eight years old and resided on a farm there for sixteen years, then went to Brainard. Minnesota, where he worked in the car shops for eight years. He next tried farming for a while, but soon afterwards came to Spokane county. After spending two years in the cattle-shipping business he boug'.it a pre-emption and some railroad land at the head of Newman's lake, where he has since been engaged in farming. He raises hay and beef cattle principally. He ranks among those who, though not aml)iti()us for leadership among their fellows, are industrious and selfreliant men and substantial citizens of any community where they reside. He was married in \\'isconsin, in 1880. to Miss Lottie Bradford and they ha\-e fi\-e children, namely: Guy. Gail, Jay, Earl and Lysle.

D. H. LINCOLN, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Washington, Kno.x county, Maine, in 1844. He li\-ed on a farm in that state until February. 1864, when he enlisted in the Fifth Battery. Maine Light Artillery, which was assigned to service in the Army of the Potomac under Grant. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House and Cnld Harbor, remaining with his battery until July, 1865, when he was mustered out. Shortly after the war he moved to California and was engaged in lumbering there for five years, then returned and spent one year in Maine and one near Toledo. Ohio. He came back to California, however, and remained till 1879, in which year he moved to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land at Newman's Lake. Since then he has been farming continuously. He is one of the substantial and representative citizens of the county and takes quite an interest in local affairs. ha\-ing been road supervisor in his district for four terms. He has the distinction of ha\-ing served on the first grand jury con\-ened in this county.

He was a member of the George W^right Post. G. .\. R., at Post Falls. Idaho, until it disbanded and for one term he was commander of that post. In 1884, at L^tica, New York. Mr. Lincoln was married to Miss Josephine Perkns, of that county.

E. F. MORTON, a pioneer of 1882. was born in Ireland in 1849, ^'"-'^^ when only three months old was brought by his parents to Cortland county. New York. He received his education at L^tica. then taught for seventeen years in ]3ri\-ate schools in Bro(_iklyn. He subsequently kei)t store in the same city until 1882, when he decided to try his fortunes in Spokane county. Arrived here, he located first at Spokane Bridge, where he was employed by Mr. M. M. Cowley as clerk in a store and keeper of a toll bridge. After spending a year in this situation he purchased a hotel, to which he later added a store, at Spokane Bridge. Since then he has been in busi- ness there continuously. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in early days and has bought more at different times since till he now owns one thousand acres. He keeps seventy or eighty head of cattle on his land at all times. In the early part of President McKinley's administration he was appointed postmaster and he still holds that office, discharging his duties in a manner highly satisfactory to the community. He is an acti\'e man in politics, stanchly supporting the Republican party. He takes a lively interest in all the local affairs of that neighborhood and is in every respect a good, substantial citizen, meriting and receiving the confidence of his neighbors. Socially, he is affiliated with the Masons, the I. O. O. F. and the K. P. He was married at Brooklyn, February 13, 1879, to Rose A, Connally, of that city, and they are parents of three children : Edmond W.. in Cowley's bank; Joseph F., now at colleee, antl Alice A.