Spokane County, Washington - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 8 of 16)

J. E. GUODXER, a pioneer of 1878. was born in St. Clair county, Illinois, in 1831. When twenty years old he went to California via the Isthmus of Panama. He spent nine years in the gold fields there, then returned to Illinois. In 1S61 he enlisted in Companv E, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, and held the rank of sergeant while a member of that company. He was, howe\er, transferred to Company A, Third Illinois Cavalry, and was given a corresponding rank in that arm of the service. He was assigned to duty in the \\'estern division under Generals Curtis, Grant and Sherman and took part in the battles of Pea Ridge, Champion's Hill and Vicksburg, as well as in numerous other engagements and skirmishes.

He was mustered out at Springfield, Illinois, in August, 1865, after having served through all the years of the most severe fighting. Hir military record is in all respects an honorable one and one of which he and his family have good reason to l)e proud. .After leaving the army he lived in Illinois for one year, then went to Kansas, where he engaged in farming on the Cherokee neutral land for eleven years. In 1876 he started with his family across the plains, but, though they traveled for hundreds of miles through a iiostile Indian territory, they were not molested and at length reached Walla Walla in safety. For two years lie was engaged part of the time in buying fruit in that vicinity and marketing it in Spokane. He then lived in this city two years, after which he homesteaded one huntlred and si.xty acres in Spokane valley and upon this he has ever since resided. He has a nice farm and a splendid orcliard of about sixteen acres. .\s a man and a citizen, he stands well in his community, commanding the good will and respect of his neighbors. He was married in Richmond, Illinois, in March, 1866, to Sarah F. Campbell and they have been parents of nine children, namely: Gertrude, Caroline, .\lma, Franklin .\.. X. Ettie, F. Blanche, William B. and Joseph C, living, and .\ugusta K., deceased.

J. \\'. ^^'HEELER was born in Tennessee in 1851, but his family moved to Texas when he was quite young and he grew to manhood there. He farmed in different counties of that state until 1896. when he moved to British Columbia and engaged in mining. He acquired mines and prospects to the value of about ten thousand dollars and these he traded for a farm on Newman's lake, this county. He has a valuable piece of propert}' and a very good home. He was married in 1882 to Miss Sue Gumm and they have had three children, namely: J. Jake, living, and Ira R. and Bennie E., deceased.

DAVID LEH:\IAN. a pioneer of 1879, was born in Ohio, but early went to Knox county, Illinois. After passing a year there ht came to the Salmon river country in Idaho and worked on the John Day mine, then prospected in that vicinity and at Boise for a year 01 two. In 1864 he moved to Frazer river country in British Columbia, where he had charge of a milk dairy and was engaged in various mining enterprises until 1866. In that year he came to Walla Walla and started packing provisions to the Helena mines. He soon, however, returned to Ohio, spending a winter there, thence to New York and from that city, via the Isthmus of Panama, to San Francisco. He served as foreman and wagonmaster in the construction of the C. P. R. R.. then embarked aboard the Great Reiuiljlic fur \\'ashington. but was wrecked at the mouth of the Columljia ri\-er. He escaped without personal injury. howe\-er, and made his way to Portland, where he secured employment with a surveying party, coming with them to Walla ^^'alla. They surveyed a route for the railway through to Spokane, arriving here before the first frame building had jjeen erected. That fall (1879) Mr. Lehman located a homestead on Pleasant i)rairie and thereafter lived on his farm during the winters and worked on the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad during the summer months until 1882. Since that year he has remained on his farm permanently. He served as a member of the second state legislature, and discharged his legislative duties with zeal and ability. Lately he has confined himself quite closely to farming and has made many improvements. His principal productions are hay and fruit, but he also makes considerable butter. He has always, been an active and leading citizen of his community and stands well in his neighborhood. He is affiliated with the F. & A. M. and was one of those who helped establish the order in Spokane. He was married, in 1884. to Miss Clara M. Dart, of Orchard prairie. They have six children, Maude D., Walter D., Fred, Ralph. Gladys and Bertha B. He and wife are members wf the Congregational church.

BENEDICT BRISCHLE, a pioneer of May 15. 1 88 1, was born in Germany in 1854. He li\ed in that country until twenty-five years old. then emigrated to the L'nited States and finally Incated in Woodland. California. He worked on a farm for a short time, then came to \\'alla Walla over the Baker road, arriving in August, 1879. He handled grain for a while, then went to Ainsworth. but soon came to Spokane as an employee of the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1883 he accepted a position \\ith the Yakima Railroad Company as manager of their commissary department. Not long afterwards, however, he moved to Pleasant prairie and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land there and one hundred anil fift)' acres on Peone prairie, adjoining. On this land he has since resided and he now has a very fine farm, well improvetl and in excellent condition. His liouse and barn are second to none in the county, outside Spokane city. He has a nice little orchard of five acres, Ijut gives most of his attention to raising hay and oats for tiie market. Mr. Brischle is a tlirifty and inchistrious farmer and his home is surrounded with all the comforts and con\-eniences \\hich tend to make rural life attracti\-e. Personally, he is a jovial and pleasant gentleman and is a universal favorite in the neighljorhood. During the time of his residence in Spokane, he acquired title to the property next to the Jamieson block, but. unfortunately, sold too soon to realize anything like its i)resent value. He was the first member of the German Singing Club, organized in the city in early days. In Xo- \-ember, 1888, he married Miss Pauline Soensen, will) died nine m(.)nths later. He was married again. Alay 19, 1893 to Catherine Alpers and they have had two children. \\'illiam, living, antl Eugene, ileceased.

RICHARD WHEARTY, a pioneer of 1880, was born in F(.irt luiyarcl, new Mexico, March 4, 1867. His father was in the regular arm}-. Iielonging at dift'erent times to the Se\'enth. Fifth and Second United States Infantry, and the younger W'hearty acct)mpanied the army over the southern part of the United States. After his father's death, his mother married again and the stepfather homesteaded a place on Peone prairie, where Mr. W'hearty now resides. He has a nice little farm of eighty acres, well adapted for almost any kind of farming or gartlening, Init he raises wheat and oats principally. He is an active, energetic young man and he takes a li\ely and intelligent interest in all afl:'airs of local concern. Socially, he affiliates with the Independent Order of Good Templars an<l with John A. Logan Camp, S. of \'. He was married in

1892, to Miss Lizzie \\'ard, of Peone, and they ha\-e three children, namely : Katie M., Annie and John W. Mrs. W'hearty is also a Good Templar.

I. S. G.VRDNER, a pioneer of 1881, was l)orn in Marshall county, Tennessee, in 1833, and lived in that state until 1854, when he w ent to southern Missouri. He soon returned to Tennessee, however, but only remained one year, then went l)ack to Missouri and located in Daviess county. He was engaged there for two years in teaming for the government, his work l)cing to bring provisions and supplies for the army into Salt Lake valley and Camp Floyd. He then removed to Hood's Canal, Washington, was liiere two years, after wliich he went to Mendocino county, California, and engaged in farming and stock raising. In 1 88 1 he came to S])(jkane county, homesteaded land on Pleasant prairie and also purchased one hundred and sixty acres from the railroad. Since his residence there he has at difYerent times owned large lierds of cattle and horses. He has twelve acres in orchard. He is surrounded with fine buildings and all the improvements which go to make rural life attracti\e and comfortable. He has always been an active, energetic farmer and is now reaping the benefit of his thrift and enterprise. As a man and a citizen, his record is above reproach. Mr. Cjardner was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Brinnon. in the state of Missouri, in No\cmber. 1862. He and his wife have been parents of nine children, namely: Elizabeth. .Vmanda T.. Elisha T.. Minnie A., William I.. Charles M.. Emma .\. and .\nnie A., living, and Samuel, deceased.^ .\s indicating the health fulness of the family, it may be added that, though it has consisted of ten persons, yet Mr. Gardner has never had occasiofi. except once, to call a physician to his home in the eighteen years of his residence in Spokane county. They attend the Congreeational church.

JOSEPH S:\nTH. a pioneer of 1885, was I)orn in Sternes county, [Minnesota, in 1872. Pie lived on a farm tliere until thirteen }-ears okh then moved to Spokane county, purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on Peone prairie and started farming, and he has heen engaged in that occupation continuously ever since. He is one of the enterprising and popular young men of that neighhorhood and takes a lively interest in the pulilic affairs of the community.

W. AI. DAY, a pioneer of 1S84, \\'as horn in England in 1849. He came to America when se\enteen years old and was engaged in farming and later in the l)rewery husiness in Xew York for about two years. The ensuing elexen years of his life were spent in the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in California. and from that state, in i884,hecame directly to Spokane county. He h(^mesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land on Peone prairie, to which he has since added three himdred and twenty acres more, acquired by purchase, so that he is now the owner of threequarters of a section. He is engaged principally in gardening, has about ten acres in celery, and also raises large crops of potatoes, cabbage, onions, and other garden products. He is a \'ery progressive and successful farmer, and his entire premises betoken thrift, energy and care. Pie is also a leading and representati\-e citizen, takes an intelligent interest in the public affairs of the community, and is held in high esteem by his neighljors generally. He is a meml)er of the I. O. O. P. at Mead. He married, in Xew York, in 1874. Elizabeth Cox, and their family consists of five children, namely: George H.. Frank N., Annie, Nellie and Alice.

MICHAEL SCHOENBERG, a pioneer of 1884, is a native of Douglas county, ]\Iinnesota, born in 1870. He lived on a farm in his nati\-e state until fourteen years okl, then came with his parents to Spokane county. His father took as a homestead a quarter-section of land in Spring valley and the young Mr. Schoenberg has been engaged in farming, cutting and hauling wood, etc., in that \-icinity ever since. He is now a farmer on Peone prairie. He was married, in 1894, to Miss Lena Smith and they have had two children, namely: Edward J., living, and George M., deceased.

HENRY FENNEN. a pioneer of 1882, was born in Germany in 1842, and lived in his native land until twenty-four years old, then emigrated to America. He located first, in Cincinnati, Ohio, but subse(|uently went to Illinois, where he was employed in carpenter work for a year. During the ensuing eight years of his life he followed his trade in California, then made a hasty trip back to Germany on a visit, returning to California after an absence of a little more than three months. Before long, howe\'er. he removed to \^irginia City, Nevada, where he was engaged in general carpenter work until 1882. In that year he came to Si)okane cijunty and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres on Pleasant prairie, to wliich he has added one hundred and sixty acres more, acc]uired by purchase in 1888, and a third one hundred and sixty acres in 1890, also a tract of eighty acres purchased recently, making his entire holdings at present five hundred and sixty acres. He has a fine orchard of forty acres producing choice varieties of ajiples. prunes, pears, peaches, cherries, etc., an<l he also raises a great abundance of berries and small fruits. His farm is in a splendid state of improvement and is well equipped with fine buildings, including a blacksmith shcip and a fruit drier, also with a fine system of water works. Mr. Fennen is a very progressive and eminently successful farmer and the evidences of his industry and thrift are to be seen on every hand around his Imme. He was married in Germany, in 1876, to Elizabeth Stratmann. He antl his wife have been parents of eight children, namely: Henry, deceased, and William, Elizabeth, Annie, Benedict, Dora, George and Joseph, living. He is a member of the Catholic church, also of St. Joseph's Aid Society.

GEORGE ]\IUMBRUE, a pioneer of 1889, is a native of Jackson county, Michigan, born in 1848. When quite young he was taken by his parents to \\'isconsin, where he li\ed on a farm for nineteen years. The next nine ^-ears of his life were spent in Minnesota and frcjm that state he came to Spokane county. For the first three or four years of his residence here he was not permanently located, but he finally bought a farm on Peone prairie, on which he has since lived. He has a beautiful place, commanding an excellent view of the entire prairie. ^Ir. Mumbrue is a very progressive, industrious farmer, and his place is well impro\ed and well supplied with ever\thing necessary to make rural life attractive and comfortable. He has a nice orchard containing many choice \arieties of fruit trees. He was united in marriage in 1872 to ?kliss Julia Mc- Ewen, of Waujjaca, Wisconsin.

J. C. W.\LKER, a pioneer of 1884, was born in Erie county, Ohio, in 1828. He grew to manhood in- the state of his nativity, farmed for a couple of years and then liecame a clerk in a produce and commission house. He taught school during the winters of 1845 '"''^ 1846 and was very successful in that profession, though then only a mere boy. In 1850 he came oxerland by wagon and team to California and was engaged in mining tiiere for the ensuing three years, then was in the luml)er business almost continiiously for about thirty years. He also learned the trade of a carpenter and millwright and combined these with his lumbering. In 1884 he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land five miles north of Peone postoffice, upon which he has since resided. He has done some carpenter work in Spokane in addition to his farming and was one of the mechanics who erected the Spokane ^lill Company's plant, now known as the Phceni.x mill. He also worked on the dams on the island. Mr. Walker is a \ery acti\-e. energetic man and, notwithstanding his advanced age, can do more hard work and endure more hardships than many a man in middle life. It is not unusual for him to get up at three o'clock in the morning, drive to Spokane with a load in the coldest weather and return the same day. He was married in California, in

\\'. T. GUYER was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2, 1837, and he lived tliere until seventeen years old. He then went to New Jersey for a year, then was in Wisconsin, working at the carpenter trade, one year. He afterward spent a year in Iowa, thence went to Missouri, where he li\-e(l till the outl)reak of the war. In 1861 he enlisted in Company K, Twenty-seventh Missouri Mounted Infantry, and served till he was honorably discharged in 1863. At the liattle of Lexington he was taken prisoner, but paroled, and thereafter served as a scout. During his military service he was shot in the foot, received a bayonet wound in the head and was struck across the .small of the back with the butt of a gun. This last wound has caused him much suffering ever since. After being mustered out he went to Kansas and engaged in the hotel business at Leavenworth, but subsequently, in 1870, moved to Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he also kept a hotel. He spent one year in Santa Fe, then returned to Las Vegas and assumed the management of the Exchange Hotel. He afterward served as deputy collector of internal revenue, then was custodian of the territorial capitol building for two years. In 1889 he came to Spokane county, spent a year in the city of Spokane, then opened a store antl became the first postmaster at Dragoon. Subsequently he spent three years at the crossing oi the Little Spokane river, but afterward moved to his present location at Little Deej) Creek on the old Colville stage road. He has a nice general merchandise store and is doing a good business. Mr. Guyer is one of the leading and representati\e men of his community and is highly esteemed by his neighbors and fellow citizens. He is a member of J. L. Reno Post, No. 47, G. A. R., and is also affiliated with the A. F. & A. M. He was married in 1862 to Elizabeth Jones, of Boston. Airs. Guyer is a member of the Relief Corps of General J. L. Reno Post.

DR. J. J. PIPER, a pioneer of 1879. is a native of Tippecanoe cotlnt^', Indiana, l.jorn April 6, 1 83 1. While he was yet a boy, his family moved to Clark county, Ohio, and he grew to manhood there, but in 1852 came to California and engaged in mining enterprises. In 1856 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Elias Jones, of Wolf's Lake, Indiana, and attended lectures at the Indiana Aledical School at LaPorte. He practiced as a physician for t\vent}'-uine years afterward, then came ti:i Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land on Peone prairie. Subsequently he ptirchased a half section more, so that he is now the owner of a fine farm of fotu' hundred and eighty acres. In addition to his farming, he still practiced his profession for a time among the residents of the prairie, but is now retired from the work. Dr. Piper is looked ui)on, by those best acquainted with his abilities, as an excellent physician, and his many amiable qualities as a man render him a universal favorite. Though quite an old man now, he still takes an active interest in all matters of local concern, and occupies a place among the leading and representative men of his community. He was a member of the second board of county commissioners in this county, and has served as a commissioner twice since. The Doctor is one of the oldest, prol)- ably the oldest, member of the I. O. O. F. in the state of Washington, hax'ing joined the order in ]\Iarch. 1S52. He was married in California, in 1859. to Elida Kirkpatrick, and they ha\e two daughters : Albertina Jane and Carry Aneta. Mrs. Piper died in California, in 1868.

-AIILTOX E. BAH^EY. a pioneer of 1888. is a native of Bradford, Pennsylvania, born August 19, i860. He was raised on a farm until nineteen years old, then went to Michigan and farmed for a year, then to Daktjta. where lit was engaged in the same occupation for the ensuing eight years. In 1888 he came to Spokane county and purchased land three miles west of ]\Iilan, on which he has since resided. He makes cheese from the mdk of his own cows and sells it to the country merchants in neighboring communities. He is one of the leading farmers and substantial citizens of that part of the county and takes quite an interest in all local affairs, and he has been road supervisor in his district. He is a charter member of the I. O. O. F. and is also afliliated with the Maccabees at Chattaroy. He was married in 1884 to Ella :\I. Bronson. They ha\e five children, namely: :Myrtle, Ray. \'erna. Hazel and Ella W.

J. \\ . BESSEY. a pioneer of 188=;. was born in Clinton county. Xew York. Julv 9. 1 84 1. He lived there until thirteen \'ears old, when his family mo\-ed to 3ililwaukee. ^^'isconsin. He remained with them in that citv for about four years, then went to Fond du Lac and engaged in farming. In 1862 he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-second Wisconsin \'olunteer Infantry, which formed a part of the Se\-enteenh Army Corps. He took part in many hard- fought battles and engagements and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. Ir June. 1865, he was mustered out, after having served during the years of the most severe fighting, and made an lionorable military record. After the war he returned to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where he was engaged in farming until 1885, in which year lie came to Spokane county and purchased four liundred and eighty acres of land. He still farms this. al.so has had charge of the large Brickell estate for the past twelve and one-half years. He has always been a very thrifty, industrious, enterprising farmer and is now enjoying tlie rewards of his energy and acti\ity. Socially he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. at Mead. He was married in i860 to Eliza A. Durkee. and they have been parents of two children, both of whom are deceased.

WILLI. \M 11. STOXEM.\X. a pioneer of 1879, is a nati\e of Sauk county, Wisconsin, born in 1855. In 1866 he moved to Minnesota and was engaged in farming in that state until 1879, when he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one huntlred and sixty acres on Peone i)rairie. He is engaged in diversified farming generally, but gives a great deal of attention to market gardening, for which his land, being naturally very prolific, is especially well adapted. He had last year three acres in celery, eight in cabbage, twenty in potatoes, two in onions, si.xteen in orchard, two in carrots, two in parsnips and one in Ijeets. Mr. Stoneman was the first to introduce the marketgardening idea into his neighborhood, but so successful lias he Ijeen in tliat species of farming that many others in the vicinity are adopting the same plan. He is an energetic, active, up-to-date farmer, and his tine huiklings and improvements bear elocjuent testimony to his industry and progressiveness. He is a leading citizen of that ci)mmunity, well known and highly respected by all the residents of the prairie. He was united in marriage, in 1884, to Louisa G. Frederick, and their family consists of three daughters, Dottie N.. Edith L. and Ida G. They are members of the Methodist church on Peone prairie. Mrs. Stoneman was one of the early settlers, her father coming here in May, 1879.

H. SCOTT FENDER, a pioneer of 1884. was born in Carroll county. Illinois. May 18, 1863. When he was cpiite young his family took him to Lee count}'. I]lint)is, and he li\'ed there fourteen years, then went to Sac county, Iowa, where he followed farming for two years. He then lived for short periods in ]\Iissouri. Neljraska and Kansas, spending one year in Kansas City. His next move was to Spokane county, where he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres and purchased forty acres of land near Chattaroy. Subsequently, however, he bouglit land two miles northeast of Hazard postoffice. on wliich he n<;)W resides. He has a splendid, well-improved farm, well stocked with a high grade of cattle and horses, one hundred and twentyacres being undercultivation. He is a thrifty. enterprising farmer and a leading citizen of his community, and he takes a lively interest in all matters of local concern. Socially he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F.. being a charter member of Morning Star Lodge, No. 142. He was married in March,

1 886, to Olive Allen, of Wayside. They have six children, namely : IMonte, Lester, Clyde, Arthur, Iris and Alyrtle. They are members of the Alethodist Ei)iscopal church.

D. W. HICKS, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Newton county, Missouri, July 9, 1847. He lived there until 1869. following mining as a business, then went to California where he was engaged as an engineer and in mining enterprises for thirteen and one-half vears. after which he came to Spokane county, worked two years at his trade, then bought an interest in a sawmill, his partners being Dart and Grimmill. In 1895 he purchased the interests of the other two and has since been sole proprietor of the mill. His plant has a capacity of twentyfive thousand feet per day. and is splendidly fitted up with machinery and equipments. 'Slv. Hicks is regarded as one of the most successful and progressive sawmill men of this county. Socially he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F.. being a charter member of the lodge at Wayside. He was married in 1891 to ]\Irs. Wess Durfey, of Cincinnati. Ohio. She has three children, namely: Arthur, Preston and Robert.

JESSE HOW'ELL, a pioneer of June 24. 1879, was born at Marion, Grant county, Indiana, in 1847. ^^ hen fifteen years old he moved into Iowa and became a pri\ate in Company Ft, Thirty-ninth Iowa \'()lnnteer Infantry, -which formed a part of the Fourth Division of the Fifteenth Corps under Logan. He was in the army until July 12. 1865, saw much of the hardest fighting of the war and was with .Sherman in the Atlanta campaign and on the famous marcli to the sea. He was wounded at one time, his leg being broken by a stone struck by a cannon ball. After the war he traveled for several years, then located at Earlham, Iowa, where he taught school and ran a furniture store until the spring of 1879. He then came to Spokane and followed the carpenter trade until 1882, when he moved onto a homestead a mile and a half west of Wayside. He has resided there ever since, farming and occasionally working at the carpenter trade in. Spokane. He is a public-spirited citizen, takes an active part in local affairs and is well liked and highly respected by his neighbors generally. Air. Howell is a charter member of A. J. Smith Post, No. ^2, G. A. R.. of Wayside, and has been commander of this post and also of the Union Veteran Association. He is also affiliated with the F. & A. M. of Spokane and is a charter member of the A. O. U. \\'. Air. Howell helped organize the first Alasontc lodge in Spokane county, probably in February and March, 1880. He was married in Iowa in November, 1872, to Miss Jane Frazee, of that state. They have si.x children, namely: Henry E., Emma, Erwin. Raymon Alyrtle and Lottie. Air. Howell preserves as a keepsake one of the first chairs ever imported into Spokane. The}- were shipped here by J. AI. Glover.

JOSEPH TARBERT. a pioneer of 1884, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1838. He grew up in the state of his nativity and followed the carpenter trade there until 1873. then moved to Worthington, Alinnesota, and worked at his trade and on a farm of his own for eleven years. On Alay 6, 1884, he arrived in Spokane county, and shortly afterward preempted a quarter-section of land two miles southeast of Hazard postoffice. In addition to his farming he has done a great deal of carpenter work in his own vicinity and in Spokane. He is one of the leading farmers of his community, takes a lively interest in all the local affairs, and is highly esteemed by his neighbors generally. Socially he affiliates with the I. O. O. F., being a charter member of Alorning Star Lodge at Wayside. He was married in September, i860, to Nancy Knox, of Harrison, Ohio. They have seven children living, namely: Laura, Jennie, Frank, Elmore, Floyd, Nellie and Clyde; also one deceased, Aletia. They are members of the Presbyterian church.

ANDREW EICKAIEYER. a pioneer of 1884, was born in Germany in 1833. When twenty years of age he emigrated to this country, located in Alinnesota, and followed the blacksmith's trade until the outbreak of the Civil war. He then enlisted in Company G, Fourth Alinnesota Volunteer Infantry, and served under Sherman in the Western division. While in front of Corinth, Mississippi, he was sunstruck and was thereafter put on detached service. At the expiration of his term of enlistment, three years, he was mustered out, and late in 1864 went to Sternes county, Minnesota, where he was engaged in farming till 1872. He next farmed in Piatt county, Nebraska, for about ten years, then sold out and went to California. In 1884 he moved to Oregon, and after spending the summer there, came to Spokane county. He bought three hundred and twenty acres of railroad land one and one-half miles east of Hazard postoffice, on which he has made his home ever since. He has been in the sawmill business a portion of the time since coming to Hazard, but was very unfortunate in being twice burned out without insurance. He is now one of the thrifty and enterprising farmers of Wild Rose prairie, and an active supporter of every undertaking for the general benefit of the community. He was married in Winona, [Minnesota, April 20, 1867, to Louisa Ladwig, of that city. She was killed by a runaway team, June 14, 1892, leaving twelve children, namely: George A., William L., Emma, Albert, Edward, Frederick, Henry, Louisa, Clara, Ida, Ezra A. and Martin L. Air. Eickmeyer is a prominent man in the G. A. R. He is a member of the ]\Iethodist church at Wild Rose.

HENRY RIEPER, a pioneer of 1884, was born in Germany in 1840. His mother brought him to America in 1851 and they located at Davenport, Iowa, where Henry was engaged at different times in teaming, threshing and farming for the next twenty years. He then went to Centerville, South Dakota, and lived on a farm and ran a threshing machine for the ensuing thirteen years. His next move was to Spokane county, where he purchased three hundred and twenty acres of railroad land two miles west of Wayside, upon which he has ever since resided. He is one of the good, substantial citizens of the county and he stands well in the community in which he lives. He was married at Davenport, Iowa, in 1867, to Amelia Kahler. of that city, who died in 1894, leaving eight children, namely : Paulina. Edn:ond, Harman, August, Otto, Katie, Hugo and Robert.

DANIEL TRALAN, a pioneer of 1887, is a native of Ireland, l)nrn in 1845. \\'hen nineteen vears okl he came to America and located at Philadelphia, where he was employed first as a puddler in an iron foundry, then on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. He next went to New York state and worked on the New York & Oswego Railroad two years, then back to Pennsylvania, where he was employed in the coal mines for the ensuing twenty years, during which time he was seriously burned twice in explosions. In 1887 he came to Spokane county and homesteaded a quarter-section of land, cornering where tlie present Hazard postoftice is located. He has ever since made his home on this land and now cultivates about seventy-five acres. He was married May 31, 1874, to Miss Annie Laden, who died in 1880, leaving three children, James, Daniel and Andrew. He was married again in 1882 to Mary A. Ouigley, by whom he has two ciiildren, Alice and Marguerite. He is a member of the Catholic church.

WILLIAM HUTCHINS, a pioneer of November. 1882, was born in Yansey county, North Carolina, Ijut when he was quite young his family moved to Wise county. West Virginia, where Mr. Hutchins lived till 1863, then in(.)ved to Minnesota and went onto a farm. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Company E, First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, and served until September of that year, when he was nnistered out. He returned to Minnesota and lived there till 1882, then came to Spokane and ran a restaurant for six months, then moved onto a farm for a year, after whicli he lived in Lincoln county for five years and in Stevens for ten. He then moved back to this county and bought land near Hazard postoftice, upon which he still resides. He is a member of A. T. Smith Post, G. A. R.. located at Wayside.

He was married September ii, 1874, to Mary Forder, of Minnesota. They have ii\'e children, namely : Frank, Robert, who is foreman of a sugar plantation in Hawaii, Herbert, Fred and Walter.

JAMES MUZZY, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Warren county, Pennsylvania, June i, 1841. He lived on a farm in his native state until Feliruary, 1864, when he enlisted in Company C. First New York Volunteer Engineers, and was assigned to service in the department of the South under (Jenerals Gihnore and Foster. He remained with the army until September. 1865. when he was mustered out. then returned to his former home in Pennsylvania. In 1886 he came to Ritzville, Washington, and a few months later moved to Spokane county and purchased one hundred and sixtv acres of .land two miles southeast of Hazard postoffice. where he has since resided. He is quite prominent in the G. .\. R.. being a charter member of .\. J. Smith Post at \\'ayside and having served as quartermaster for about si.x years. He was married in Columbus, Fennsvlvania, in 1871. to L(Jttie Fritz, of that citv. They have four children, namely : William .\., Volney, Clara and \'ictor J. He had served as justice of the peace for four vears..

EDWARD RILEY, a pioneer of June. 1884, born in Center comity. Pennsvlvania. in 1805. He lived there until twelve vears old. then went to Canada, where he resided for several years, employed as a ship carpenter. Subsequently, however, he returned to the United States, locating at Micliigan Citv. Indiana, and was engaged in farming until the outbreak of the war. He then responded to Lincoha's call for volunteers and enlisted in Company I, Fourth Indiana Artillery. He served for three years, during which time he saw mucli hard service and took part in many of the fiercest conflicts of the war. He was, howe\er. discharged in J 864, being rendered incapable of further militar}- service on account of rheumatism. He then returned to his old home at Michigan City and resumed his former occupation, but in June, 18S4, came to Spokane county and purchased an eighty-acre tract of railroad land one and one-half miles southeast of Hazard iK)stoftice. He resided on this property until his death, which occurred January 26. 1897. During his last years he was a very great sufYerer from the rheumatism contracted during the war. For several years Mr. Riley had the distinction of being the oldest G. A. R. man west of the Mississippi river, and he was naturally well known Ijy the members of that order. He was an honorable, upright citizen and a true patriot, and was held in high esteem not only by his comrades of the Grand Army, but by all his neighbors and fellow citizens. While in Canada he was united in marriage to Miss .\bigal Smith, who died in Wild Rose June 26, 1891, leaving seven children, namely: Isaac, Jane, Rachael, Sarah, Maria, Rose and Lida. His daughter, Sarah, was married in 1867 to Mr. Stillman Shepherd, who died in 1890. She is a member of the A. J. Smith Relief Corps and takes an acti\e and leading part in all the benevolent work of her community. She took care of her father during the last few years of his life, doing all in her power to relieve his suffering and to make him as comfortable as his painful malady would allow. She has one daughter, Belle Shepherd.

J. J. BROWNE, a pioneer of 187S. was born in Greenville. Ohio, on the 28th of April, 1843. -"^'^ '^'i early age he was taken to Civ lumbia City, Indiana, where he received a common-school education, but being dissatisfied with this he entered Wabash College at the age of eighteen, working mornings and evenings to pay for his board and tuition. In 1868 he graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan and practiced his profession at Oswego, Kansas, until 1874, when he removed to Portland, Oregon, and there resumed the practice of his chosen calling. In 1878, however, he removed to Spokane Falls. later the city of Spokane, which was at that time but a mere cam])ing ground for tra\'elers and bantls of wandering Indians, hut foreseeing the great possibilities of the place, he took a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land, which later formed the foundation of the present large and prosperous city of Spokane. Mr. Browne soon controlled a large and lucrative law practice in eastern Washington and Idaho, but his business interests became so great that he was compelled to give up the law and devote his entire time to that. Shortly after arriving here he learned that the school ta.x levy was not of a sufficient amount to make it legal and he at once notified the assessor to increase his personal property to a sufticient amount to bring it up within the pale of the law. thus virtually contributing from his own personal resources over half the required amount with which the foundation of the present excellent Spokane school system was laid. For fifteen years thereafter he was a member of the school l)oard and for ten of these he was president of the same. It is conceded by all that to Mr. Brown more than to any other one man is due the gratitude of our citizens for to their present high place among tlie best in the country. He was also county superintenilent of schools while in Portland and later trustee of the Cheney State Normal School, regent and president of the board of regents of the State University at Seattle. Mr. Brown made numerous trips across the continent to interest capital in building railroads to and centering in Spokane, bearing his own e.xpense always and not accepting assistance from any one in the enterprise. He contributed largely to the various roads as an inducement to them to enter the city. and. though in round numbers twenty thousand dollars would not cover his outlay, he never owned a single share of stock in any of the railroads his enterprise drew into Spokane, being satisfied with the pleasure of securing their services for the citv and its surrounding territory. It was in 1889, while absent from Spokane and without his knowledge, that he was elected a delegate to the state constitutional convention which framedl the constitution as it stands to-day. In polities' he has ever been a stanch Democrat, having twice been chosen as delegate to Democratic national conventions.

Mr. Brown was one of the builders of the- .Auditorium, the promoter of the first street railway ever built in the city and presented to the city one-half of the beautiful Coeur d".\lene park. In 1890 he purchased the Spokane Chronicle and is still the president of the Chronicle Publishing Company, though he disposed of a large share of his interest in 1897. Mr. Brown allowed the use of his name for the Brown Bank, but had little to do with the management until the panic, when he took charge and put forth great efforts to save it. but he took the helm too late. There was such universal faith in his integrity, however, that he was apjuiinted receiver and has for the past five years so shaped its affairs that every dollar of its obhgations will be paid in full. Mr. Brown has the finest library west of St. Paul and ranks very high as a writer and speaker, and, because of his spotless integrity and keen business abilit}', is recognized as one of the most influential men of the state. He spends much of his leisure time on iiis farm, which comprises a tract of two thousand acres five miles from Spokane. He was married in Kansas June 1 6, 1874, to Miss Anna \^'. Stratton, a native of Ohio, daughter of Rev. H. W. Stratton. They have five children living: Guy C. Earl P., Alta AL, Irma S. and Hazel J. ; also two deceased, Hubert and Garland.

GA\TN C. :^IOUAT, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Shetland Island. He lived in his native land till about twenty years old, when he went to sea and sailed the briny deep for a number of years, stopping in the meantime, for two years, in the gold mines of Australia. He then went to England, remaining there till 1866, when he came to America, stopping for a short time, when he embarked on the seas again, where he remained till i86y. Tiring of the sea, he engaged in various enterprises for about two years in the eastern states, when he -migrated to Colorado, where he remained for :about fi\'e years, after which he went to Montana, settling on a farm which he culti\'ated for four years. He then sold out and visited England, returning shortly to California, thence to Spokane county, where he arrived in }vlarch, 1883. He pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land, and bought one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land and a tract from the government just three miles west of the center of the city of Spokane. He is engaged in diversified farming and truck raising. It was on his farm where the famous Indian chief, Gerr\-, died. ]SIr. ]\Iouat is interested in various mining enterprises and has ever been ready to contribute his share to the welfare of the general public.

Gi:ORCiE W. BROWN, a pioneer of April 10, 1879, \\as born in Jackson county, Michigan, in 1845. Fle lived there until 1874, engaged in tlie nursery and fruit business. In 1864, howexer, he enlisted in Company B, Twelftli Michigan Volunteer Infantry, which formed a part of the Seventh Army Corps, and he ser\ed till the end of the war under General Steel. In 1874 he went to San Jose, California, and was engaged in manufacturing fruit Ijaskets and boxes until May 23, 1878. In Septemlier of that year he moved to Walla Walla and remained there that winter, then came to Spokane county. He located first on White Bluff prairie and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres five miles north of Medical Lake, but after a residence of four years there, sold his land and went to Wild Rose prairie. He settled on Dragoon creek, erected a saw mill there and operated it for three and a half years, then sold out and located on the southeast (juarter of section 33, township 28, range 42, where he has eighty-five acres under cultivation. Mr. IJrown has witnessed the growth and development of this county since an early date and has been connected with many of the first enterprises. He and W. H. Wisciinljc built the first church ever erected in Spokane, and he was one of those who conbtructed the first Ijridge across the Little Spokane river and, in fact, all the other bridges on the Col vi lie road through the county. He also helped to build the first hotel in Spokane.

He is quite a prominent G. A. R. man, being a charter member of A. J. Smith Post at Wayside, and now liolding tlie rank of adjutant in the post. ^Ir. Brown has just returned from Honolulu, where he remained for three months. He and his wife are members of the First Baptist church of Spokane.

W. yi. NOLAN, a pioneer of 1885, was born in Chester county. Pennsylvania, where he lived till two years old when he was taken by his parents to Dakota, locating on the Red river, twenty-five miles south of Fargo, where the family lived for six years. In 1876. when the Black Hills gold excitement begun, they moved to Montana where he lived till grown. It was here that Air. Nolan attended the Indian Industrial School for six years, where he became proficient in the Indian languages which served him so well in later years. After reaching his majority he came to Spokane and for the last thirteen years has been Indian interpreter in the United States court. ]\Ir. Nolan has always taken an active part in the political affairs of the county, having served as deputy sheriff for a term, also as United States deputy marshal for two terms. He was a courageous officer and is a progressive and enterprising citizen. He is now engaged in mining.

HENRY J. \\'ALTER. a pioneer of 1884, was born in Allegan county, Michigan, and h\-ed there on a farm until he became twentysix years old, then moverl to Spokane county and bought railroad land one and one-half miles southeast of Hazard postoffice, where he has since lived. He is one of the leading farmers of Wild Rose and takes quite an active part in local affairs, having been road supervisor and clerk of the school district. Socially Mr. Walter is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. of Wayside. He was married at Michigan City, Indiana, September 2, 1879, to Miss Rose Riley. Mrs. Walter is also prominent in society work, being treasurer of the Ladies' Relief Corps, and warden in the Rebekahs. Mrs. Walter is a member of the Presbyterian church and Mr. W^alter is a great temperance worker.

JONATHAN R. MASTERSON, a pioneer of 1 88 1, was born in Menard county, Illinois, in 1845. He lived on a farm until he became seventeen, then enlisted in Company M, Tenth Illinois Cavalry, which served in the Western division under General Davidson. He was mustered into the service in February, 1862, captured in Missouri, at Clark's Mill, Novemlier 7. 1862, but paroled at once, and in January, 1866, discharged. He now draws a pension of twelve dollars per month. After the war he returned to his old home in Illinois and farmed there until 1881, in which year he came to Spokane county, and ay.;, went on to the farm. He owned three luuidred and twenty acres of land on White Bluff prairie. In 1898 he bought a quarter-section one and one-quarter miles south of Hazard, on which he has since resided. He is a thrifty and enterprising farmer, and a good, substantial citizen of the county, though not ambitious to be a leader in politics, local or general. He was married in Decatur, Illinois, in 1869, to Miss Mar}' Z. Nelms, of that city. They have had seven children, namely : Edward Lee, Olive J., Jonathan E., James E. and Marguerite R., living, and Hattie E. and William M., deceased.

Mr. Masterson belongs to the G. A. R., Sedgwick Post, No. 8. and Mrs. ^vlasterson is a member of the ReHef Corps. Both belong to the Christian church. Mr. Masterson's father, J. H. Masterson, was born in Kentucky, Fel)- ruary lo, 1823. He was early taken to Illinois where he lived until the outbreak of the Civil war, then enlisted in Company M, Tenth Illinois Cavalry, and served three years. In iH(>^ he crossed the plains to Oregon, and resided there until 1875, then moved to AYhitman county, Washington. The next year he came to Spokane and liuilt the first hotel in the cit_\-. He died in Rathdrum. Idaho, August 6, 1894.

HERBERT W. DART, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Green Lake county, Wisconsin, in 1849. When he was quite young his family moved to Blue Earth county. Minnesota, where he learned the miller's trade and was employed in that line of work until 1877. He then went to the Black Hills, Dakota, was with the scouts and in the saw-milling business there for a year or more, after which he moved to California, then up to Seattle, thence to Walla Walla and from there to Spokane, traveling on horseback. He took a homestead on Pleasant prairie, but after making final proof moved to a point subsecjuently named Dartford in his honor, on the Little Spokane river, eight miles north of the city of Spokane. Here he erected a mill and operated it as a saw mill until 1895, then changed it to a flour mill, its present capacity being seventy-five barrels per dav. He also owns a half interest in the Cal)le Roller Mills at Post Falls. Idaho, which have a capacity of one hundred and twenty-five barrels per day. Mr. Dart is one of the oldest mill men in this countv and the first miller wIkj ever worked for wages in Spokane. He has seen nnich of the early development of this region and has been a not inconsiderable factor in that development himself. He is, perhaps, one of the most widely known men in this county, esl)ecially among the older residents, and he is highly esteemed and respected by all. He was married in 1891 to Mila Sellye, a native of Minnesota.

HOWARD BROOKS, generally known as I'rank Brooks, a pioneer of 1865, is a native of Berks C(nnny, Pennsylvania, born in 1843. He lived on a farm in that state until 1861, when he responded to Lincoln's call for volunteers and became a private in Company F, Twentieth Pemisylvania Cavalry. He served under Sheridan and Sigel and was in the Shenandoah valley campaigns. He was a soldier during the entire war of the Rebellion, had a siiare in many hard conflicts and has made a military record of which he may well be proud. He also .served as a scout during the Bannock war. He came to Salt Lake City in 1866, then moved to .\rizona, then to Los Angeles and finally to Nevada, prosjjecting and mining in all these places. He came to Spokane county in 1878 and has resided here almost continuously since. In 1883 he settled at Lost Springs on land which he purchased from the railroad company. He is a member of .\. J. Smith Post. No. 72, G. A. R., located at Wayside. He was married in 1887 to Mrs. Clara Stucks, who died in 1894.

185 1. When he was quite young lie moved to tlie state of Maine and engaged in farming. As soon as Mr. Ervine attained his majority ht came to Stillwater, Minnesota, and followed the lumber business for two years. Then, after spending a year in Minneapolis, he moved to Benton county, Minnesota, bought a farm and lived on it for the ensuing seven years. In 1888 he came to Spokane county, where he has been engaged in lumbering e\er since. The Ervine Lumber Company, of which he is president and manager, has its office in 306 Fernwell block, Spokane. Their mill is located two miles from Deer Park and has been in operation in that locality for the past eight years. It has a capacity of twenty thousand feet per day and is equipped with all the necessarv machinery for manufacturing rough and dressed lumber, flooring, ru>tic. shiplap ceiling, etc. Mr. Ervine is a member of the Masons, the I. O. O. F., and Court Royal, Xo. ig. Independent Order of Foresters. He was married in 1877 to Mary A. McNeil, of New Brunswick. They have had two children, the older of whom died at birth, and the younger. Orville James, is also deceased. Mr. Ervine was married again September 26. 1899. to Mrs. A. Russell. They now live at 1708 Sharp avenue, Spokane.

J. WESLEY RIXEAR, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Cass county, Michigan, November 9, 185 1. He followed farming in the state of his nativity until 1878. then moved to Spokane county, locating July 28. 1879, at Mica, fifteen miles southeast of Spokane. He took as a homestead one hundred and sixty acres of land in that vicinity and lived there about sixteen years. He was, however, engaged as a teacher in Rock Creek valley during 1880-81. He served as postmaster at Mica from May 12, 1886, imtil July 21, 1895, also keeping a general merchandise store in connection with the postoffice during those years. In 1895 he began preaching for the Evangelical .Association ; was in charge of the work at Spangle for one year, and is now pastor of the Evangelical churches at Wild Rose (Hazard postoffice) and Milan. His father and mother, neither of whom is now living, were pioneers of 1882. They homesteaded in 1883 one hundred and si.xty acres of land a mile and a quarter south of Hazard postoffice, and on this farm J. Wesley Rinear now resides. He is a very active, energetic man, a public-spirited citizen and an earnest and enthusiastic Christian worker. He was married in Michigan, .-Vugust 10, 1873, to Sarah E. Reames, of that state, who died in February, 1879. They had three children: Eugene W. ; Nora E., deceased; and one that died in early infancy. Mr. Rinear was married again in October, 1884, when Mrs. Jane D. Reames became his wife, she also being a native of Michigan.

J. M. MOORE, a pioneer of 1888. was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, in i860. He grew up in his native state and was engaged in the lumber Inisiness until twenty-five years old, then went to Kansas and took contracts in stone for a few years. In 1888 he came to Spokane county, located at Deer Park and engaged in the lumber business. He is now proprietor of the only hotel in Deer Park, a house of about sixteen rooms with a bar attached. Mr. Moore is a charter member of the Maccabees and is also affiliated with a Spokane lodge of the Foresters of America. He takes a good deal of interest in the town and local affairs and has been a constable for four years. He was married in 1886 to Alice Grimes, a native of Virginia. They have four cliildren. namely : Edith May, George, Charley and Emmet. He is now interested in mining property at Fan Lake, which promises well. ,

WILLIAM CRITZER, a pioneer of 1889, was born in Lee county, Kentucky, in 1867. He li\ed there for the first twenty-three )-ears of his life, lumbering and farming, then came to Spokane county, and engaged in the lumber business at Deer Park. He also kept a hotel and saloon in that town, but has recently sold out and purchased an eighty-acre farm about three miles west of \\'ayside, on which he now resides. Socially he is affiliated with the Foresters of America at Spokane. He was married in 1896 to Elizabeth I^Iorehead, a native of Indiana.

E. SHEEHY, a pioneer uf March 17, 1889, was born in Tralee. county Kerry, Ireland, June iS, 1854. \\'hen he was fifteen his family moved to Mara\a, New York, and he lived there for two years, then came to Leadville, Colorado, where he was emi)loved by a railroad as construction fureman until 1887. -^'i that year he moved to the Cceur dWlenes and entered the employ of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, constructing two miles of track for them. In 1S89 he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and si.xty acres of land just east of Deer Park and so near the town that lots are sold up to the line of his farm. Since coming to Deer Park he has combined the lumber business with farming. ]Mr. Sheehy is one of the leading men in his vicinity, having held the offices of constable and road supervisor and Ijcing now one of the board of school directors. He has gi\en considerable attention to politics in the past, but announces his intention to refrain from active participation in political matters for the future. He is a charter mem- I)cr of tlie Maccabees and was active in securing a fine hall for that order. He has four children : Robert Emmet. Edward J.. Gertrude and Jestin Bentley.

JOHN J. JONES, a pioneer of 1886, was born in ^\'ales in 1865. He came to America in 1884 and located in Olnistead county, Minnesota, where he worked on a farm for two years. He then came to Spokane county and bought a farm near Wayside, on which he has since resided. He owns a farm of four hundred and eiglity acres, half a section, where he lives, and a quarter-section a mile and a half southeast. He is engaged in diversified farming, but makes a specialty of fine chickens, also of horses and cattle, and he has a collection of these animals which would delight the eye of a lover of fine ijoultry and stock. Mr. Jones is a charter member of the I. O. O. F. at Wayside and is a director of the hall belonging to that fraternity. He was married, February 3, 1895. to Miss Kate Coffin, of this county. They have one child, namely, John Robert.

JOHN M. BEARD, engineer for the Standard Lumber Company, of Deer Park, is a native of Lynn county, Oregon, born March i, 1866. His grandparents crossed the plains with an ox-team at a very early date and his mother was boni in Oregon. Mr. Beard hved in tliat state until 1890, engaged in farmingmost of the time, then came to Deer Park and was in charge of an engine for his father until about 1893. Subsequently he was employed as engineer by the W^ashington ]\Iill Company, then by the Standard Mill Company, for which he still works. Mr. Beard has a nice home in Deer Park, with neat surroundings and comfortable furnishings. Pie is a public-spirited young man and takes an active interest in all affairs of general concern in his community. He was married, December 8. 1S97, to Miss Ella M. Myers, of Deer Park. Socially he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Wayside.

ALEXANDER BALDWIN, a storekeeper in Deer Park, was born in New Brunswick in 1833 ''^"<1 lived there until he attained his majority, then came to California. He became interested in mining and followed that as a business for a while, li\-ing at different times in Oakland and San Francisco. Later, howe\'er. he moved to .\riz(]na and was j)roprietor of a store there for some time. He next came to Lake View, Idaho, where he engaged in the mercantile business, then m(i\-ed to Colville and opened a store in a tent. Finalh-, in 1896, he came to Deer Park and opened a general merchandise store and he has been doing business in that town ever since. He is a good business man and a \ery pleasant gentleman perscmallv and may be ranked as one of the substantial and representative citizens of that vicinity. He has taken a lively interest in local affairs wherever he has lived and has held the office of justice of the peace in several places. He is a charter member of the A. O. U. W. at Oakland, California. He was married in New Brunswick in 1863 to Miss R. C. Locke and they are ^larents of six children, namely: Frances A., now Mrs. Schwogore; Georgina A., now Mrs. Carpenter ; Herbert H. ; John A. ; Robert L. and William H. Robert L. Baklwin was a memljcr of Company B, Idaho Volunteers, and spent seventeen months in the Philippine war, and during that time he took part in all the principal battles. He was mustered nut September 25, 1899, and is now serving as deputy Lhiited States marshal, with headquarters at Burke, Idaho.

J, F. CONGLETON, a pioneer of 1889, was Iiorn in Cory, Indiana, June 24, 1862. He was raised on a farm, but, as soon as he became i)ld enough, engaged in teaching and was in that profession for the ensuing five years. He then went into the hardware and implement business, but shortly afterwards sold out and became a farmer. In 1889 he came to Spokane where he was employed in a feed store f(ir awhile, then by the Spokane Cab Company, at first as a teamster, afterwards in their office. While hunting in vacation he was accidentally shot in the thigh, a misfortune wdiich confined him to his l>ed for ten months. On his recovery he resumed his first occupation and engaged in teaching for a couple of terms, then went into the mercantile business at West Branch, Washington. Two years later he mo\-ed his stock to Milan, wdiere he has kept a store ever since. He is also engaged in the wood and lumber business and is interested in mines at Rei)ublic and Newport. Mr. Congleton is one of the prominent citizens of Milan, is a member of the school board of trustees, and takes a lively interest in all matters of local concern. Indeed he is looked upon generally as a leader in the community, and he enjoys in a marked degree the respect and good will of his fellow-townspeople. He was married in March, 1884, to Miss Belle McNamar. a native of Cory. Indiana. They have three children, namely : Eva May, Margarette anil Francis. Mr. Congleton is a member of the I. O. . O. F. and Woodmen of the World. He has just erected a \'ery large store building with a spacious hall on the second floor.

FREEMAN STALEY. farmer, a pioneer of February, 1888, was liorn in Huntington, Indiana, January 24, 1855. While yet in early infancy he was taken to Richland county, Wisconsin, where he residerl for seven years. He then moved with his parents to Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, and thence to Fayette county, residing there until eighteen or nineteen years old. He ne.xt mo\'ed to Black River Falls, Wisconsin, where he followed the lumber business for fifteen years. The ensuing five rears of his life were passed at Royalton, Minnesota, in farming. Subsequently he retiuMied to Wiscoiisiu and fullowed the same occujjation in that state for ab(.)ut four years. His next move was to Spokane county, where he secured a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres eight miles northeast of Chattaroy on the Newport road. Upon this farm he has ever since resided, devoting his attention to general farming and to dealing in cattle and horses. He was married on April 14, 1874, to Henrietta Tester, of Sparta, Wisconsin, and they ha\e a family of .seven children, namely: Jesse E., Mertie M., Gertrude, Adel, Zema, Russel and Addie. Their oldest son, Jesse E., was born March 25,

1877, at Black River Falls, Wisconsin, and came to Spokane with his father in 1888. He early learned the trade of an engineer and he has followed tliat handicraft much of his time e\er since he was si.xteen years old. He was engineer for the Milan Lumber Company at Chattaroy, and he is now employed as engineer for Hanley & Hair, si.x miles north of Deer Park.

DOXAI.D WEIR, a pioneer of 1887. was born in Caithness, Scotland, in 1864. He grew to manhood in his nati\e land, l)ut moved to Canada as soon as he reached adult age and located at Nairn, Ontario, where he maintained a blacksmith shop for three years. He then went back to Scotland on a visit and after iiis return to this side of the ocean lixed in Boston for six months. Subsef|uently he came to Spokane county and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land four miles east of Deer Park. He ran a blacksmith shop in Deer Park for three years and in 1898 opened a general merchandise store there. He also has a general store at Milan. Mr. Weir is one of the most highly esteemed and best resjiected citizens of Deer Park. He takes a lively interest in all i)ul)lic affairs of the town and is now serving as a member of the school board of trustees. Socially he is affiliated prominently with the K. O. T. M., being a charter member of that organization.

JOB PE.\CHEY. a pioneer of 1887. was born in England in 1845. His earliest years were passed in his native land, but when sixteen years old he went to Africa where he lived for six years, then came back to England, thence to Canada where he farmed for a time. He then returned to England, tlience to Cape Colon V. Africa, where he farmed for six years, then hack to the country of his birth again. He next came to the United States, finally locating in Spokane county, where he took as a homestead one hundred and sixty acres of lanil lour miles northeast of Deer Park, on which he lias since resided. Air. Peachey had been cjuite an extensive traveler in former years and can converse in a \-ery interesting and intelligent manner upon the customs and scenes in other lands. While in South Africa he was united in marriage to Miss Finchan. of Cape Colony. They have nine children, namely : Ruth, Emma, Jessie, Ernest, George, Edith, Alice, Lillie and Alvin.

ISAAC ER\MX. a pioneer of 1887. is a native of Shelby. Ohio, born September 13. 1847. When he was a boy the family mi.ived to Moselv county. Illinois, where Air. Erwin became a blacksmith and machinist and worked at these trades for seventeen years. He then moved to Fall River, Kansas, and was engaged in farming and stock raising there until 1887. \\'hile he was living in Illinois, however, the call for volunteers came and he enlistetl in Company K, Fifth-fourth Illinois Infantry, which served first under General Banks, and later under General Steele. He was in a skirmish with a band of Copperheads in Cliarlestou. Illinois, in which four men were killed. He also was ])resent in the engagements at Ashley Station, .Arkansas, Clarendon, on White river, and in numerous other battles and skirmishes. He was discharged from the service May 17, 1865, and has since drawn a pension on account of disability. Mr. Erwin was a brave and loyal .soldier and deserves a share of the credit always due to men who risk their lives for the sake of their country. Since 1887 he has been a citizen of this county, residing first in Spokane for a }-ear, and afterwards on a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres six miles east of Chattaroy. He has a pleasant home, and a nice little orchard of about three hundred trees. He was married in January, 1869, to Mary E. \\'ooton, a native of Indiana, They have six children, iiamely; Hecter F., Viretta, Homer, Thomas E., Josie A. and Phebe.

C. M. DAVIS, a leading saw-mill man at Milan, is a native of Webster county. Iowa. Ijorn in 1861. When he became olcl enough he went to Colorado and was engaged in different occupations there and in Missouri, Kansas. Nebraska and Dakota until 1894, when he came to Spokane county and located at first three miles south of Milan, but afterward in his present place of abode in the town. He is the proprietor of a fine steam saw mill, with a capacity of thirty thousand feet per day, well supplied with modern machinery and ecpiipments. He was married at Stratford, Iowa, in 1882, to Miss Annie Owen. They have four children, namely: Albert. Edgar. Ida and Orbria.

S. B. CARTER, a pioneer of 1886, is a native of Wayne county, Kentucky, born November 25, 1849. He was engaged in farming in the state of his birth until 1886. when he came to Spokane county and filed one hundred and sixty acres of land, half a mile north of Milan. He lived on this farm until 1896, then bought a water mill on the Little Spokane river, which flows by the town. He has since been engaged in operating tliis mill, which has a capacity of ten thousand feet per day and which also has a planer and lath mill attached. The lumber is marketed mostly in Spokane. ^Ir. Carter is one of those employers of labor who have the happy faculty of getting along well with men, and the best of good will seems to prevail always between himself and his employees. He is a charter member of the ^laccabees, and an enthusiastic worker in the order. He was married in 1870 to Miss Adelia Campbell, a native of Tennessee. They have had nine children, namely: Alartha E., Hannah J., .\merica, Archo. Menzo. Belle, Edna and Porter, living, and John H., deceased.

M. E. PIKE, justice of the peace, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Bedford count}', Tennessee, August 16, 1829. When he was ten years old the family moved to Chatham county, North Carolina, where he lived until i860, working at blacksmithing, then went to Indiana and followed that business for about six years, then was in Douglas county, Kansas, two years. The next twenty years of his life were spent in farming and blacksmithing in Vernon county, J^Iissouri. In 1887 he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land near Alilan, where he has since resided. !Mr. Pike has always been an honorable and thoroughly reliable citizen and he enjoys the respect and good will of the community in which he lives. For the past six years he has lieen justice of the peace and has discharged the duties of that office with great fairness and to the entire satisfaction of all. He was married in 1850 to ]\Iiss Malinda Hinshaw, of Chatham county. North Carolina. Their children are Nancv E., Tamer C. Luther G. and William B., twins, James B.. Nella M.. Lucy and Annie, living, and Ida May and Elta M.. deceased. He and his wife are members of the Methodist churcli.

W ILLLAM H. ELLSWORTH, who came to this county in 1891, was born in Erie county. Pennsylvania, April 25, 1S41. Wiien quite young he was taken by his parents to Hamionsl)urg. Pennsylvania, and he lived there and at Meadvillc until Ji'ly 4. 1861, when he enlisted in Company G, Tenth Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Army of the Potomac and took part in tlie battle of Drainsville and in numerous other engagements. He was honorably discharged from the service February 14, 1863, then returned to his native state. In 1891 he came to this county and settled on a farm in the vicinity of Chattarov. He has a fine orchard of about eight hundred fruit trees, producing choice varieties of prunes, plums and apples, and he also raises an abundance of small fruits of all kinds. He was married July 4, 1864, to Elizabeth Sumner, of Pennsylvania. Socially he affiliates with the Grand Army of the Republic, being a charter member of A. J. Smith Post, No. ~2. Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth are members of the Methodist church.

CHANSON DISHMAN, a pioneer of 1888. was born m Powersburg, Kentucky, August 31. 1865. He was raised to the life of a farmer and continued in that business in his native state until 1888. then came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres three miles north of Chattaroy, on which he now resides. He is one of tlie leading citizens of his community and takes an active interest in everything of local concern. He was constable of Chattaroy precinct four years and has been road supervisor for the past five, and so well has he discharged the duties of that office that he was recently elected for the sixth year. He was married January 31, 1898, to Audra W^oolard. They have one child, named Myrtle Dale. Mr. Dishman is a charter meml)er of the K. O. T. M. and his wife belongs to the L. O. T. M.

SAMUEL HOLLIES, a pioneer of 18S9, is a native of Kentucky, born March r, 1827. He was early taken to Indiana, where he lived until thirteen years old, when he came to ]\Iorsran countv, Illinois. He made his home there for about nineteen years, then in Mercer county, Missouri, until 1889, in which year he moved to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land five miles east of Chattaroy. He was married to Miss Polly N. Coker in Illinois. They have had twelve children, namely: Jacob, William, Clabe, Samuel, Joseph, John, Joshua and George, living, and Ison, Ida B. and a pair of twins, deceased. Their son, George, came to this county in 1882 and located as a homestead the quarter-section now owned by his father.

H. A. PHILLIPS, a pioneer of :^Iarch, 1884, was born in Dorsetshire, England, September 9, 1854. He lived in his native lanfl until he became sixteen years old, then came to Ottawa, Canada, where he spent six months, then moved to Toronto and finallv to Rochester, New York. In 1874 he returned to Toronto and was engaged in house-painting there until 1884, when he came to Spokane and began working at his trade here. Subsequently, however, he filed on one hundred and sixty acres of land six miles east of Chattaroy, where he now resides. He has a fine farm, quite well improved and stocked with high-grade Jersey cattle, goats and hogs. j\Ir. Phillips is one of the leading citizens of his community, active and progressi\'e. and is highly esteemed by his neighbors generally. He was married in Spokane September 13, 1889, to Miss Agnes Cobain, a native of Ireland. They have four children, namely: Gertrude M.. Hazel A., Florence E. and Nora. IMr. Phillips is a member of the Episcopal and Mrs. Phillips of the Presbvterian church.

THOMAS STALE Y, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Carroll county, Ohio. \Mien he was quite small, his family moved to Huntington, Indiana, where he lived until he was eighteen years old. He then uKjved to Richland, Wisconsin, where he was engaged in farming for ten years, after which he li\'ed in Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, five years. On the breaking out of the war, he enlisted as a memlier of the Twelfth United States Regulars, and served under Grant in the .Vrmy of the Potomac until August 15, 1862, when he was discharged on account of disability. He went back to ^^'isconsin and remained there six years, then came to Morrison county, Minnesota, where he was engaged in farming for twelve years. In 1887 he came to Spokane county and filed on one hundred and twenty acres of land five miles northeast of Chattaroy, where he now resides. He is a charter member of A. J, Smith Post, No. 72, G. A. R. He was mar- ried June 20, 1854. to Mary Jane Rupe. They ha\e had eight children, naniel\- : Freeman. Isaac. Jolm. deceased, Sarah Ann, Thomas Edwin, Ahce C, WiUiani and Joseph F. Tlie sons are all farming excej)! Edwin, who is in the stock business.

ISAAC FIARPER, a pioneer of .\pril, 1884, was born in Virginia in 183 i. He lived in his native state until twenty years old, then went to Appanoose county. Iowa, resided there until 1865, then to Cherokee county. Kansas, where he remained aliout two vears. In 187 1 he moved to Missouri and was a citizen of that state until 1884. when he came to SjKikane county and took as a homestead one hundred and sixty acres of land about li\e miles southeast of Chattaroy. on which he still lives, lie was married in Van Buren county. Iowa. October 16, 1856, to Lucinda Nelson. They have had six children. Their son. Frank, came to Chattaroy January i. 1889. and has farmed ever since. He married Ida B. Holmes June 16. 1892, and has four children, Clarence, Emma May, Allen and Cassie Ann.

JAMES R. ELLIOTT, a iiioneer of 1887. was born in Pettis county. Missouri. October 30. 1853. He was raised on a farm, and when he became a young man, came out to Middle Park, Colorado, and tried his hand at mining for a couple of years. He then returned to his native place and had charge of the old home farm for fourteen years. In 1887 he came to S])okane county and took as a homestead one hundred and si.xty acres of land about four miles east of Chattaroy. on which he has since resided. He has a fine farm well culti-

\ated and improved, and adorned with about eight hundred fruit trees, bearing choice varieties of apples, peaches, pears, plums and cherries. He al.so raises a great deal of small fruit. His house and barn are conveniently arranged, and are supplied with excellent water, conducted by piping from a fine spring near by. In addition to the other products of his farm, Mr. l{llif)tt produces about two hundred pounds of butter per month. He is one of the most industrious anrl energetic farmers in his vicinity, and a good, substantial citizen, highly esteemed by his neighbors. He is a charter member of the K. O. T. M. He was married March 4. 1879, to Ruth Mather. of Pettis county. Mis.souri. They have three children, namely, Clara E.. Jose])h R. and Ruth.

JOHN .\. PETERSON, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Sweden. January 6, 1852, and lived there for the first ten years of his life, but in 1862 was brought by his ])arents to this country. They located near Buffalo, New York, and li\ed on a farm there until 1875. John A. early a(lo])ted a seafaring life. He served on the (jreat Lakes from the beginning of his ap])renticeship until he l)ecame a mate, then took to the ocean. He was employed for three years on a mail boat plying between New York and Liverpool, and subsequently circumnavigated the globe twice. On one of these trips, he was shipwrecked in the Bay of Bengal. .\t length, tiring of the ocean, he came to the San Juan mountains of Colorado, went to work as a miner, and remained in the mines of that state from 1875 to 1881. In the latter year he moved to California, engaged in the street car business and was there for two years, after which he came to Spo- kane county. He began at once to establish a home in his present locaHty. and he is siicceecHng admirably. In 1892 be iKunesteaded a quarter-section adjoining his old Imme, so that he is now the owner of three hundretl and twenty acres about three miles east of Chattaroy. He is one of the thrifty and energetic farmers of that neighborhood. Socially, he is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of a lodge in Scotland. He was married June 15, 1891. to Lucretia F. Bookman. Mr. Peterson is a member of the Lutheran church and his wife is a Presljvterian.

ROBERT P. COWGILL, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Dover, Delaware, December 10, 1857. He lived in the city of his birth until he was seventeen, tlien went tt) Soux City, Iowa, where he served as a clerk in a boot and shoe store for three }'ears. He ne.xt mo\-ed to the Pine Ridge agency, Nebraska, clerked in a general trading store there for one year, then removed to Springfield, Dakota, where he was engaged in farming and stock raising about three years. He then went into town and was engaged in the meat market business about one year, after which, in 1883. he came to Chattaroy, or Kidd postoffice. as it was named at that time, and opened a general merchandise store. He also took a contract to carry the United States mail from Spokane to Chattaroy. Mr. Cowgill sold out his store in 1895, and since then has been dividing his energies between mining and farming. He lives on his homestead near Chattaroy. Mr. Cowgill is one of the leading and influential citizens of that section of the county, takes a lively interest in local affairs, and was for several years justice of the peace and postmaster.

Socially, he is affiliated with the 1. O. O. F. and the K. O. T. M., being a charter member of both these organizations. He was married July 29, 1879, to Margaret M. Lang, a native of Montreal, Canada. They have si.\ children living, namely: Ralph P., Daniel, .Mice, Lela, (iriffith and Susan L., also one deceased, M. Mr. and Mrs. Cowgill are Ouakers.

E. P. NAUM.\N, a pioneer of July 20, 1882, was born in Rockingham countv, \'irginia, and lived there on a farm until he was nineteen years old, then moved to Missouri, where he was engaged for the ensuing ten years in the stock raising business. He ne.xt came to Portland, Oregon, thence to Little Dallas. Washington, then went to Montana, but finally returned to this state, coming to Spokane county in 1882. He homesteaded one hundred and si.xty acres of land three and one-half miles .southeast of Chattaroy, where he has since resided. He is in every respect a thirfty and energetic farmer, but he takes especial pride in raising fine thoroughbred Jersey and Durham cattle. .\s a man and a citizen he stands well in the community, and he takes great interest in all matters of local concern. Socially, he is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World and the Maccabees.

JOSEPH B. LONG, a pioneer of 1883. was l>orn in Portage county, Ohio, July 20, 1837. When he was about five years old the family movetl to Michigan and he li\ed at Grand Rajjids, except while in the war. until 1867. On September 17, 1862, he enlisted in the Sixth Miciiigan Ca\'alry, which served under General Sheridan in tlie Army of the Potomac. He took part in the battles of Gettysburg, the \\'ilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, FalHng Waters, Winchester and many others. He came out of the l)attle of Gettysburg with five bullet holes in his blouse. He saw much of the fiercest and most stubborn fighting of the war and his military record is one of which he and his family may well be proud. In 1867 he came to Jamestown, Wisconsin, and farmed for two years, then moved to Minneajjolis, Minnesota, where he was engaged in the lumber business eight years. The next eight years of his life were sjjcnt in farming at Lowell, but his crops were in\-ariably destroyed by hail, so he concluded to try the far west. He accordingly came to Spokane county in 1883 and bought land of the ralroad company, one mile east of \\'ayside, where he has ever since resided. He has a fine farm, nicely improved, and a good orchard. He is one of the .substantial, reliable citizens of the county and is universally respected as a man of the highest integrity. He was married in Jamestown, Wisconsin, May 8, 1867, to Jennie M. Hazelton, who died October 3, 1898, leaving four children, namely; Charles Eugene H., Ada M. and Goldie. His second marriage, October 22, 1899, was to Mrs. Lettie \\diitback.

G. W. GLOVER, a pioneer of 1883, was born in ]\Iarion county, \^irginia, June i, 1849. He lived in his native state until he became fifteen years old, then went to Minnesota, where he was engaged in farming until 1883. On the 14th of July, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Seventh ^Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned to duty under Andrew J. Smith, in the Western division.

He was wounded at Tupelo, Mississippi, July 14, 1864, his thumb being cut ofif by a ball which lodged in his hip. He also received a flesh wound in the shoulder. I\Ir. Glover was in the army during the three years of hardest fighting and was all through the Sioux war and in many of the hardest battles of the Rebellion, and he ever proved himself a vali;'.nt and trustworthy soldier. In 1883 he came to Spokane county and took a homestead about three miles east of Wayside. He now owns eighty acres of land there and makes a l)usiness of gardening and fruit-growing. He is a charter member of Sedgwick Post, No. 8, G, A. R., of Spokane, also of A. J. Smith Post, No. 72. He was married, April 29, 1866, to Minerva Geer, who died March 15, 1899, ]ea\ing three children. Charles and Effie, twins, and Royce.

D. J. BURK, a pioneer of 1885, was born in Dundas county, Ontario, in May, 1844. When thirteen j-ears old he moved to Muskegon county, Michigan, and became a sailor. After five years of life before the mast he went to California and followed various occupations for si.x or seven years, then ran a hotel at Nord for eight years. The next fourteen years of his life were spent in the cattle business and in farming. Finally, he came to Plalf Moon prairie and took as a homestead the quarter-section on which he now resides. He makes his living largely by buying and selling horses. He was a charter member of Imperial Lodge, No. 134, and now belongs to Morning Star Lodge, No. 142, I. O. O. F. He is one of the leading citizens of his community and county and was once a candidate for membership in the state house of repre- sentatives, but was defeated by a very small majority. He was married in California, July 19, 1873, to Meh'ina Vettle, of that state. Thev have two children, namely : Nathan and Hazel I.

JACOB P. THOMSEN, a pioneer of 1884, was born in Germany, December 24, 1856. He acquired his education there, also learned tlie trade of a blacksmith, but, when eighteen vears old, emigrated to America. He arrived in California in ^lay, 1S75, and began to work at his trade. In 18S0 he removed to Ainsworth, Washington, found a position as blacksmith for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and continued in their employ until 1884. when he removed to Spokane county. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land about a mile and a cjuarter east of Wayside and upon that home he has resided ever since, engaged in the dual occupation of farming and blacksmithing. ]\Ir. Thomsen is a solid, substantial and industrious man and commands the confidence and good will of all his neighbors. He was married, in 1893, to Marion Turnbull, of Washington county, Missouri, and they have one child, John W.

THEODORE GUENTHER. a black- .smitli, was born in Frederickstown, Germany, January 6, 1867. He lived in Germany until 1885. learning and working at his trade, then emigrated to this country. finallylocatingin Winona,Minnesota. where he followed blacksmithing for two years. He next cime to F(jrt Assiniboin, where he worked at his trade and on a pipe line for a time, then came to Flelena, Montana. In 1888 he arri\ed in Spokane, worked there that winter, then went to Deer creek, where he was employed by the Deer Creek Lumljer Company, then ran a shop in Little Spokane for a year. In 1891 he moved to Chattaroy, opened a shop and has been engaged in blacksmithing there ever since. He is also interested in mining and farming. Socially, he affiliates with the K. O. T. M., Iieing a charter member of that order. He was married ia Chattaroy, November 14, 1S92, to Hannah J. Carter, of that town. They have three children, namely : Edna, Carl and Dora.

SAMUEL DINGES was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. When he was two years old his family moved to Osterdock, Liwa, where he grew to man's estate. As soon as he became able to work he went into a sawmill and he has been engaged in that business almost continuously since. He has lived at Half Moon prairie for the past ten Tears.

DAVID C. DURGIN was born in York county, Maine, September 21, 1825. He was reared in his native state and farmed there until 1861, then went to Linneus, Maine, and followed blacksmithing and farming until 1880. The next ten years of his life he passed as a farmer in ^Minneapolis, l.)ut in 1890 he came to Chattaroy, Washington, and resumed work at his trade and he still maintains a shop in that ti>wn. Socially, he is affiliated witli the Maccabees, being a charter member of the local lodge. He was married, September 26, 1848, to Miss Sabrina Warren and they have had eight children, including Charles S., Mark W. and Herbert F., living, and Charles H.,

Wary ].. Elfrancis and a pair of twins, deceased. Herbert F. Dnrgin. whu was liorn at Linneiis, Maine, in \i>f>^. is a horsesiioer and has been with his father in the l)usiness. Mr. Da\id Dnrgin, a son of Charles S. and a grandson oi Da\iil C, was a member of Company L, of the \\'ashington Volnnteers, and has jnst retnrned from Manila. He took ])art in a great many engagements, during the war, in one (jf which he was slightly wounded by a spent ball.

ALLISON ALLEN, a farmer and sawmill man. and a pioneer of 1881. was born February 2J. 184.2, on an island in the Mississippi ri\er just al)o\-e St. Louis. When he was a l)oy his family mo\ed to Rock Island, Illinois, and after living there four years, to Minnescjta, whei-e he was engaged in farming until 1880. In .-Xugust, 1862, Mr. .\llen enlisted in Company G, Eighth Minnesota \'olnnieers, and was assigned at lirst to service in the Siou.x war and took part in the battle of Takakaacuta mountain. Subse(|uent]y he was sent south and served under ( leneral Thomas in the Western di\-ision, particiiiating in the battles of Overhil! creek, the Cedars and Kingston, North Carolina. He was mustered out August 1. i8()3. His military duties being well and faithfully discharged, he returned to his home in Minnesota and remained there until the spring of 1880. when he set out for the west. He started from Fargo, North Daktjta, to make the trip overland with a family of eight children, all under seventeen, and ;i cash capital of six dollars and forty cents. He pushed ahead, iKnvever. and when necessity demanded he would sto]) and work till his larder was replenished, then mo\e on again. On the 7th of November he arrived in Helena.

Montana. He entered the employ of the Northern Pacific and boarded their eiglitv men. In .\]m\. 1881. they left Helena and came on to S[)okane, whence, after a x'ear's residence, they moved out to Half Moon prairie, where Mr. .Mien traded with an Indian for one hundred and si.xty acres of land. He im])orled the first sawmill into his section of the Country and lias been engaged in lumbering and farming ever since. He is a thrifty, energetic man and one of the leaders in his community. He is a charter member of Morning Star Lodge. N«j. 142, 1. O. O. V.. and also of A. J. Smith Po.st. No. y2. G. .\, R. He was married in Lake City, Minnesota, to i,ncy J. Clarke, a native of that place. They have eight children: OIlie A., wife of Scott Fender, a farmer on Wild Rose prairie: Alice A., wife of Joseph P. Johnson, a farmer at Big Meadows: Lena M., wife of Fred Fender, W'aitsburg. Washington; Minnie E.. wife of I-',. L. Lebo. a farmer at Half Moon: Lewis K.. wife of Mr. Dan Enyart, a farmer: Leon (;., wife (jf Drin E. Harrison: .\llison T. and Clarke.

CIL\RLES N. PENDLETON, deceased, was born near Boston, Rhode Island. October 14. 1834. He lived in the town of his nativit}- until he became twenty-five years old then came to Muscatine, Iowa, and opened a store, .\fter being in business in that city for some time he moved to Illinois, farmed there a year, then went to Burlington, Iowa, and worked at his trade for two years. His next move was to Nebraska City. Nebraska. where he was engaged in harness-making for five years, after which he went to Denver. Colorado, and became porter in a hotel. Soon. however, he went back to Sidney, Iowa, and conducted a large harness shop there for four years, then engaged in tlie same business at Hamburg, but finally returned to Rhode Island. Subsequently he ran a harness shop at Red Oak, Iowa, three years, then was on a farm in Pottawattamie county four years, after which he came to Rock Creek valley, this state, anil opened a store. Soon, however, he moved onto a ranch in the valley, but afterwards bought a farm at ]Mount Carleton. near Spokane." Before long he sold this place also, and, after living for about a year in Spokane. bought land near Chattaroy. on which he resided until the time of his death, September 20, 1896. During his lifetime, J\Ir. Pendleton was a thrifty, industrious, enterprising man and one who stood well in the communities where he resided. Socially, he was affiliated with the I. O. O. F. He was married in October, 1858, to Miss Rebecca Long, a native of Illinois, who still lives at Chattaroy.