Walla Walla County, Washington - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1901 (part 2 of 9)

JOHN H. DANIELS. WaWa Walla, is a nati\-e of Lancaster. Pennsylvania, born July 3. 1836. W'hen about eleven years of age he accompanied his parents around Cape Horn to California. In 1859 he came to \Valla Walla and engaged in mining in various places tributary to that city and in Idaho. He was one of the earliest immigrants into the Florence region, having walked there from Oro Fino at a very early date, braving the severities of a \-ery rigorous winter. He followed the various mining excitements until about 1870. then opened a soda business at Walla Walla, the first of its kind in the country. In 1889 he sold out and made another trip into the Florence and Warrens mining regions, returning in 1890. He then opened his present business.

gressive and public spirited, always taking an active part in the promotion of every undertaking for the pubUc benefit, and donating liberally of his means to all public institutions. In social affiliations he is a member of the A. O. U. W. He was married in Walla Walla, in 1876, to Mrs. M. Seitel, ncc Gholson, a native of Iowa. Mrs. Daniels was born in 1845, and came to this county in i860, crossing the plains with her father, Mr. Granville Gholson, who " settled at Frenchtown, below Walla AValla, but some years later moved to a large farm at Hudson. After remaining there several years Mr. Gholson moved to Ritz Creek, Washington, where he died in April, 1S70. Mrs. Daniels is quite an old resident of Walla Walla, having lived there constantly since 1861. Like Mr. Daniels, she has a large circle of friends.

Le F. a. SHAW. - It is beyond peradventure that practically all of the older commonwealths of the Union have representation ill the composite makeup of the population of the great state of Washington, and among those whom the historical old Bay state has granted to the city of Walla Walla is the gentleman whose name ii.troduces this paragraph and who is one of our representative citizens, being a pioneer of 1877. Mr. Shaw was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, on the 7th of February, 1842, coming of staunch old New England stock. At the age of fourteen he accompanied his parents on their removal to St. Paul, Minnesota, where they remained four years, at the expiration of which i>eriod they returned to Fall River. Our subject received his educational discipline in the ])u1)lic schools, and ujion assuming the personal responsi1:)ilities of life determined to sesk his fortunes in the west.

Accordingly in the winter of 1864-5 he set sail for California, making the voyage by the isthmus route and arriving in San Francisco in the month of March, 1865. He continued his residence in the California metropolis for a period of four years, devoting his attention primarily to work at his trade, that of sign painter. In the fall of 1869 he removed to Portland, Oregon, where he was for a time engaged in the insurance business and where he also held a clerkship in the United States custom house for a term of five years.

The summer of 1877 marks the date of ^Ir. Shaw's arri\-al in the city of Walla Walla, which has ever since been his home and the scene of his successful endeavors. He had resigned his position in Portland for the purpose of accepting the office of deputy collector of internal revenue for the eastern district of Washington, which was as yet a territory. This office he held for the term of four years, with headquarters in Walla Walla, and in the meantime he had determined to make the city his permanent home. He had established himself in the fire-insurance business here, and in this line of enterprise he has conducted a very successful agency, representing a number of the most reliable companies and controlling a representative patronage as an underwriter.

Mr. Shaw has maintained a lively interest in affairs of a public and political nature, having ever given a stanch and unwavering allegiance to the principles and policies of the Republican party, in the local ranks of which he has been an active worker. In 1881 he was elected city clerk, in which capacity he served consecutively for six years. He was the incumbent as coroner of the county for a term of two years, early in the '80s, and for the term of 1895-6 held the responsible and exacting office of countv clerk and clerk of the su- perior court. Li 1899 ^^^ ^^''^s elected to the office of city treasurer, of which office he is the incumbent at the time of this writing, haviiig entered upon his second term.

In fraternal associations Mr. Shaw holds n;arked prestige, having manifested a livelyinterest in the work of the various social organizations with which he is identified. He has been a member of the Masonic order for three decades, having advanced in the same to the tiiirty-second degree of the Scottish rite. His connection with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows dates from 1866, and in this fraternity he has attained positions of utmost distinction. He was grand secretary of the grand lodge of the state for the long term of tweh-e years, - from 1884 until 1896. He was also for a long period the grand scribe of the grand encampment of the order, and has on several .occasions been a representative to the sovereign grand lodge. Other fraternal organizations with which JNIr. Shaw is identified are the Improved Order of Red Men, of which he became a member in 1867; the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is a past officer in most of these organizations, being past great sachem of the Red ]\Ien, and representative to the great council of the United States. His genial personality and unflagging interest has given him an unmistakable popularity in each of these fraternities, and lie is held in the highest esteem in both business and social circles in the city.

Turning, in conclusion, to the domestic chapter in the life of Mr. Shaw, we record that in 1870, at Portland, Oregon, he was united in marriage to Miss Florence A. Myers, who died in 1874. In 1878 he consummated a second marriage, being then united to Mrs.

Emma E. Kellogg, who presides with gracious dignity over the attractive home, which is a center of refined hospitality. Mr. Shaw has two daughters, - Pearl F. and Ruby E.

CHARLES OTTMAR ROEDEL. cabinet-maker at 209 E. Alder street, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Bavaria December 26, 1856. He resided in his fatherland continuously unti' about twenty-six years of age, receiving a common and high-school education, also learning tlie trade of a cabinet-maker. In 1880 he emigrated to the United States. Locating at Louisville, Kentucky, he followed his trade there for a year, but he afterwards went to Denver, Colorado, and embarked in the furniture business. He sold out nine months later, and began an extensive tour in the search for a location, visiting Las Vegas, New Mexico, El Paso, Texas, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Tucson, Arizona, Fort Yuma and Los Angeles, California, and other points. In 1882 he ended his journeyings in Walla A\'alla, where for the ensuing three years he worked as a journey-> man.

Mr. Roedel next tried the dairy business in Colville, W'ashington, for six months, then worked in a chair factory at Dayton for a year, then worked about seven months in San Francisco, finally returning to \\'alla \\'alla, where his home has since been. He has followed cabinet-making constantly, and has the skill which we would naturally expect to find in one who has devoted the assiduous efforts of many years to the pursuit of one calling. He is doing business at present in company with Mr. Keller, he being tlie senior partner of the firm.

and the German Maennerchor. In religious persuasion he is a Lutheran. He was married in Spokane, on November 4, 1890, to Miss Christina Leupold, a native of Bavaria, and they liave five children, Elfrieda, Roselinda, Ottmar, Carl and Louis. Mr. Roedel is the owner of some valuable city property, and of a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he took as a homestead.

CHARLES E. BURROWS, who retains the responsible position of secretary and manag-er of the Walla Walla Gas & Electric Company, whose offices are at 1 1 South Third street, is a citizen contributed to Walla Walla by the old Empire state, since the place of his nativity was the city of Troy, New York, where he was born on the 12th of January, 1828. He continued to reside in the state of his birth until he had attained the age of twenty-four years, receiving his elementary education in the public schools, after which he pursued a thorough academic course, laying aside his studies at the age of seventeen. He was thereafter engaged for some time in the mercantile business, after which he was employed as deputy in the commissary department of the Panama Railroad.

Mr. Burrows came to California in 1852 and was employed as bookkeeper in a jobbing house at Sacramento until 1859, when he engaged in the gas business in Yreka, in the same state, continuing to reside there until 1864. Having become thoroughly familiar with the manufacturing of gas, he extended his scope of operations in this line, building gas works in Santa Cruz county, California, Seattle, Washington, and Salem, Oregon.

back to 1885, when he came hither and effected the purchase of the gas works and also gave the city one of its most valuable public improvements by building the electric works, supplying both light and power. To this feature of the city's equipment due reference will be made in connection with the specific description of its status.

In his religious adherency our subject is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he became a member in 1851 while residing in New York.

At Yreka, California, in the year 1861, Mr. Burrows was united in marriage to Miss Frances S. Wadsworth, who is a descendant of the historic Wadsworth of Charter Oak fame in New England. Our subject and his wife have four living children, namely: Mary E. ; Ella F. ; Charles E., who is a clerk in the gas office; and Albert J., who went to Manila as a member of Company I, and who is now holding a clerkship in the office of the gas company.

CHRISTOPHER ENNIS, president of the Walla ^Va]la Dressed Meat Company, is a pioneer of 1870. Ireland is the land of his nativity, and he is about fifty-five years of age. When eighteen he emigrated to America, locating in Pennsylvania, where he resided for about seven years. From that state lie came direct to Walla Walla. He secured employment from Dooley & Kirkman in their meat market business, and remained with them for the ensuing five years, finally quitting their service to enter a like business for himself. When the present firm was formed he became identified with it, and in 1895 he was elected to the presi- dency. Air. Eniiis is a man of unusual executive and l)usiness ability, as is evinced by the success which has attendeil his efforts in the management of everything he has undertaken since coming to Walla Walla. He is now in very comfortable circumstances, being the owner of between four thousand and five thousand acres of land, as well as other valuable property.

;Mr. Ennis' fraternal affiliations are with the A. O. U. \V. He was married in Walla Walla, in 1877, to Miss Annie McManamon, a native of Iowa, and their unimi has been blessed by the advent of ten children, namely : Frank, Mary, Thomas, Adella, INIatthew, Christopher, Katie. Alice and Margaret, living; and John, deceased.

Hon. Thomas Hurley Brents

HON. THOMAS HURLEY BRENTS, one of the most distinguished lawyers and legislators of the Pacific northwest, is a native of Florence, Pike county, Illinois, born December 24, 1840. He came of sturdy pioneer stock, his parents having been among the first settlers of Sangamon county, Illinois, and having borne an imjjortant part in its early development and history. In 1852 the family crossed the plains with ox-teams to Clackamas county, Oregon, where for the second time in life the)' engaged in the arduous occupation of subduing the soil of an untamed wilderness. In 1865 Judge Brents' last surviving relative on the coast, his mother, died, and he was left to work out his destiny alone. He worked on a farm in summer, battling with the difficulties of a general educational course during the winter months and thus, in spite of many obstacles, laying the foundation for success and usefulness in after life. He availed himself of the advantages afforded by the common schools of his neighborhood, and by the Baptist College, i\L Oregon City, Ijy Portland Academy and by McMinnville College. For a wliile during his student days at Oregon City he earned his board by packing flour for the noted Dr. John Mc- Laughlin, the celebrated Hudson's Bay Company agent, who had a flour mill in that town.

In i860 failing health compelled him to leave school, so he came to the Klickitat valley, Washington Territory. In the fall he went to the Yakima valley, where he herded cattle all winter, reading law by camp-fire at night. The next winter he came to Walla Walla valley with a herd of cattle, but in the spring of 1862 he made a trip through snow and over well nigh impassable roads to the Powder ri\er mines. Coming for supplies to the site of the present Pendleton, Oregon, in June, he there cast his first ballot, ^-oting for Addison C. Gibbs for governor, John R. Mc- Bride for congress and other Union-Republican candidates. Lie then went lo the John Day mines, and with Napoleon F. Nelson established a pony express between Canyon City and The Dalles, and he rode fearlessly over this route for alx)ut a year, despite the fact that it was beset liy hostile Indians and highwaymen.

Judge Brents and his five partners luiilt the first log cal)in in Canyon City at this time. He was appointed justice of the peace and first postmaster of the town, and also lias the honor of having served as c;iptain of the loyalists during the Canyon City rebellion. At the organization of Grant county he was apiwinted county clerk, and from that time forth he became an efificicnt factor in the political history of the west. He was a member of the Oregon State Repulilican convention of 1866, and in June of the same year was elected to the state legislature, where he supported the fourteenth ameiKlnient to tlie national constitution. In September, 1866, he was admitted to practice in the supreme court of Oregon, being a member of the same class with Binger Hermann, Cyrus A. Dolph and others who have since won renown. He began practice in San Francisco, where, on August 10, 1868, he was married to Miss Isabel McCown, whose father and brothers are so well and favorably known in Oregon and Washington.

In September, 1870, Judge Brents located in Walla Walla, and since that date the city and county have had the benefit of his presence and leadership. In 1872 he was one of the Republican candidates for the legislature, but, though running away ahead of his ticket, he was defeated, the county at that time being Democratic. In 1878 he was elected delegate to congress. He was renominated and reelected in 1880, and again in 1882, each time by largely increased majorities. He served as a member of the committee on postoffices o.nd post roads, and on public lands, obtaining appropriations for improvement of the Cowlitz, Chehalis, Skagit, Nooksack, Stillaguamish, Snohomish and Snoqualmie rivers, for the establishment of light houses at Sandy Point, Robinson Point, and at Gray's Harbor and on Destruction Island, and for the construction of the Port Townsend custom house, and he also secured the opening of over three million acres of Indian reservation lands for settlement, the making of Seattle and Tacoma sub-ports of entry, and the passage of much other valuable legislation. His abilities as a constructive statesman, and his commendable superiority to mere localism, were well appreciated by the voting public, and secured him several offers of renomination to the highest office in the gift of the territory, but for

He was, however, a delegate to the Chicago national convention in 1880, and took "a prominent part in the deliberations of that noted body, helping to secure the Chinese restriction plank in the Republican platform of that year. He is a very convincing and influential campaign speaker, and has taken the slump in every important campaign for many years with telling effect.

In 1885 the law firm of Anders, Brents & Clark was formed. They practiced together until 1889, when Judge Anders was elected ta the supreme bench. The firm then became Brents & Clark, and so continued until, in 1896, the senior partner was elected to the superior judgeship of the county. He was re-elected in 1900, receiving the largest majority ever given any candidate in the county. Judge Brents is displaying the same breadth of mind and power of discrimination on the bench which characterized him as a legislator, and is discharging his duties with great ability and fairness. He and Mrs. Brents became the parentsof nine children, namely: Herman M., Howard M., Mildred, Norman M., Seldon M. and Thomas H., deceased, and Myrtle I., Mabelle and Helen D., livinsr.

JOHN A. CAMERON, agent at Spofford for the Pacific Coast Elevator Company, is a native of Walla Walla county, born on the paternal homestead, three miles south of Walla Walla, January 31, 1864. He received such education as the public schools of that period afforded, then turned his attention to farmingf. In 1885 he bought a farm of three hundred and twenty acres in Umatilla county, Oregon, ip the vicinity of Pendleton, and for five years thereafter he was a tiller of the soil there. In

1890, howexer, he sold out and returned to Walla Walla, where the following year he was given a position as guard in the state penitentiary. He soon was promoted to the post of deputy warden.

In 1896 Mr. Cameron severed his connection with the otificial management of that institution, and in 1897, in company with Dr. C. B. Stewart, he went to Alaska to try his fortunes in the Eldorado of the north. He engaged in freighting from Skagway and Lake Bennet, employing in his business eight horses and a dog team. He also gave a portion of his time and attention to prospecting in the Atlin mining region, where he still has a good claim. Returning to Walla Walla in Xovember, 1899, he, a few months later, accepted a position as agent for the Pacific Coast Elevator Company at Spofford, and he has been in their employ ever since. Mr. Cameron is one of the substantial and thoroughly reliable men of the county, and enjoys the esteem and good will of his neighbors generally. He is an active worker in the Republican party, and quite a leader in its campaigns. He was married in Walla Walla to Ella, a daughter of Daniel and Margaret Stewart, and like her husband a native of Walla Walla.

THOMAS TAYLOR, electrical engineer, a pioneer of 1887, was born in England, on April 9. 1849. When ten years old, he embarked as cabin boy in the merchant marine service, and he continued to follow the sea for sixteen years thereafter, advancing through the various grades until he became captain. He spent nine years in the Chinese and Japanese trade, then served as a joiner aboard the Great

Eastern, the largest vessel ever built, in. the laying of the French Atlantic cable. During his long experience as a sailor he visited France, Spain, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Germany, St. \'incent island, the Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar, Bombay. Aden, China, Japan, the Philippine islands, Sumatra, Borneo, Australia and numerous other places. He was wrecked three times: first ofif Dungeness, cau.sed by a collision with a steamer; next off the north coast of England, where he was rescued by a life saving crew, and lastly on a reef near Fern Island, where the father of the noted heroine, Grace Darling, served as lighthouse keeper.

After leaving the sea Mr. Taylor sailed for two years as second mate on the Great Lakes, then went into contracting in the business of loading and unloading vessels at Racine, Wisconsin. Four years were spent thus, then for five years he was employed by the J. I. Case machine shops as superintendent. He was sent by them to take charge of their business in Spokane, but shortly afterward was moved to \\'alla Walla to assume the management of their branch house here. When, some eighteen months later, the Walla \\'alla Gas and Electric Company was formed he accepted a position with them, and except for about twelve months lie was in their service continuously for the ensuing twelve years. When he first entered their employ, they had a thirty horse-power engine, but before he left they used in their business, 11 65 horse-power, consisting of water, electricity and steam. All the machinery for this large plant he, as chief engineer, had to put in place and get ready for operation. For about eighteen month from October. 1898, he was engaged as general electrician in Walla Walla, but, in April, 1899, he assumed the managership of the Milton,

JMr. Taylor has been a very snccessful man both on the sea and as a contractor and engineer. He possesses remarkable mechanical ability and skill, so that his services are in demand wherever, in this section of the country, intricate electrical plants are to be established. In fraternal affiliations he is a Forrester and Red Man. He was married in Clinton, Ontario, in April, 1878, to Miss Enmia J. Rundle, a Cornish lady, who, when a girl, worked five years in a copper mine in England. They have six children, Richard T., Ethel, Edward }., Mattie E., Alice M. and Alfred O.

DANIEL BURR, a farmer whose residence in this county dates back to 1886, was born in Mercer, Maine, on May 6,. 1839. He acquired his education in the public schools and in a private high school, then went to work on his father's farm, remaining until he was nineteen years of age. He then went to Worcester, Massachusetts, and worked on a farm' for a season, but later returned to New Sharon, Maine, bought a farm, and, with his mother, followed farming for about ten years. But in 1868 he sold this place and moved onto another which he had purchased in the same locality.

After farming this for about seven years Mr. Burr removed to Franklin county, same state, where he continued in agricultural pursuits until, in 1886, he came to this county. Purchasing a farm on Dry creek, seven miles northwest of Walla Walla, he resumed his former occujiation, adding to his real estate holdings a half-section of railroad land purchased later. In 1899 'ic sold all this property.

however, and the following year purchased three hundred and twenty acres near Rulo Station, where he now resides, and on which he is raising- wheat.

Mr. Burr has the distinction of having served as a soldier in the Civil war, having enlisted in Company K, Twenty-eighth IMaine Volunteer Infantry, in September, 1862. He participated in the Mississippi campaign, encountering many dangers, especially in one expedition after wounded men. His principal duty, however, was to serve as escort guard and provost guard, also to prevent the carrying of contraband articles by a bayou to the Confederates. His father and grandfather also served in the war of the Rebellion and his great-grandfather was a captain in the Re\olutionary war. Mr. Burr was married in New Sharon, Maine, on June 13, 1867, to Miss Hannah G. Paine, one of his schoolmates. They have four children, Mary E., Sarah P., John F. and Nettie.

ALLEN H. REYNOLDS. - As a prominent member of the bar of Walla Walla county, as a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of the city of \Valla Walla, of which he is a native son, it is peculiarly compatible that in this compilation be given a resume of the genealogical and personal history of him whose name initiates this paragraph.

Mr. Reynolds, who is the senior member of the firm of Reynolds & Gillis, attorneys at law, with offices in the Reynolds building. Walla Walla, was born in this city on the 24th of January, 1869, the son of Almos 11. and Lettice J. Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds has passed his entire life in his native city, his preliminary educational discipline being received in a private scliool conducted by Rev. P. B. Chamberlain. He later matriculated in Whitman College, in this city, completing a course of study and then entering the law department of Boston University, where he graduated as a member of the class of 1893. Returning to Walla Walla he entered upon the active practice of his profession, being associated at this time with W. H. Kirkman. Later he was for a time in partnership with his brother, Harry A., but in the spring of 1900 he entered into a professional alliance with his present associate, Andrew J- Gillis. The firm are building up a large and representative practice.

j\Ir. Reynolds has charge of the afifairs of the family estate, is treasurer of Whitman College and a member of its board of trustees. He is vice-president of the First National bank and is a member of the executive committee of the Farmers' Savings bank, while he holds much valuable realty in the city and county. On the 7th of November, 1894, Mr. RejTiolds was united in marriage to Miss Fanny Kirkman, daughter of William H. and Isabella Kirkman, well known residents of Walla Walla, where I\Irs. Reynolds was born. Our subject and his wife are the parents of .two children, William Allen, and Almos. the former of whom w-as born November 19, 1895, and the latter May 19, 1898.

LORENZO A. DAVIS, one of the energetic and progressive farmers and business men of the vicinity of Walla Walla, is a native of Indiana, born February 26, 1853. His education was received in the state of Wisconsin, whither his parents moved when he was about four years old. At the age of eighteen he set out for the west, and finally located in the vicinity of Walla AX'alla, where he has resided almost continuously since. He has always been a true friend of his neighborhood, and has ever manifested a willingness to do his full share for the general welfare. He is identified with Columbia Lodge, No. 26, F. & A. M., and with the F. O. E. He was married in Walla \Ya\\a. in 1S78, to iliss Ida Pettibone, a native of that city, and they are parents of one son, Cyrus A.

JNIr. Davis' father, Cyrus, a native of Vermont, was born Alaj- 3, 1827, is both a glassblower and a stone cutter, having learned those handicrafts in early youth. He followed stone-work in Ohio and Wisconsin until 1871, when he came out to \\'alla \\'alla, and purchased what is now known as the Davis ranch. He later purchased land on Whisky creek, and engaged quite extensively in stock-raising and general farming. In 1883, however, he moved to Pataha City and in 1888 to Dayton, where he now resides. He is one of the best known and most highly esteemed of the early pioneers, and deserves an honored place among those who have laid the foundations of our western civilization.

THEADORE H. JESSUP, of the real estate firm of Worth & Jessup, has long been prominent in the civil administration of Walla W^alla county. He was born in Indiana July 29, 1848, but received his education in Polk county, Iowa, his father having moved there when he was four years old. For a number of years after leaving school he followed farming as an occupation. In 1878, however, he came out to this county, located at Waitsburg, and engaged in the butcher business. In 1883 he accepted a position as clerk for E. L. Powell, by whom he was employed for tlie ensuing three years. He was appointed postmaster under Cleveland's first administration, and filled that ofiice wnth credit to himself for a period of four years, after which he then accepted another clerical position.

In 1894 Mr. Jessup was elected county assessor, but on the expiration of his term he again became a clerk, and so remained until 1896, when he was asked to accept a deputyship under County Assessor William Gholson. In 1898 he moved to Walla Walla and opened a real estate office in the quarters now occupied by the firm of which he is a member.

Mr. Jessup is one of the must highly esteemed of the citizens of Walla \Valla county, and enjoys the entire confidence and hearty good will of all who know him. He is a very active man in fraternal circles, being identified with the A. O. U. W., the I. O. O. F. and the F. & A. M. On April 18, 1867, he married Miss Sophronia M. Olds, a native of Ohio, and they now have three children living, namely: Anna B., wife of W. C. Roach, of Seattle; Mary L., wife of J. W. McLean, of Waitsburg; and Lethia Burrel Clare. The names of the deceased children are Frank, Edward and Lizzie.

MRS. EMELINE J. MABRY, of Walla Walla, widow of Thomas Mabry, was l:)orn in Ontario, Canada, April 11, 1839. Her father, Stephen M. Herrett, was a courier for the British government in the war of 1812. She acquired her education in the public schools of her native land, remaining there until twentyeight years old, when she moved to Detroit, Michigan. Here she met and married Mr. John Clement, with whom she came to Richmond, Illinois. Tliev followed the shoe business there and in Osage, Iowa, for about six years, then tried the same line in Carthage, Missouri, but soon returned to Bedford, Iowa, where, for a number of years afterwards, they combined their former occupation with farming, Mrs. Clement superintending operations on the place, while Mr. Clement followed his trade in town.

Tliey afterwards pursued the same dual occupation in Beloit, Kansas, but losing heavily in the grasshopper scourge, they at length decided to come west. They were in business in Oregon about two years, after which they came to this valley, via the old portage route. Mr. Clement died here in 1S80, and for a fewyears afterwards Mrs. Clement had some very trying experiences, but her stamina and energy enabled her to triumph over all adverse circumstances. In 1 88 1, she rented the place in which she now li\-es for the purpose of keeping boarders, also pre-empted one hundred and' sixty acres twelve miles north of the city. By paying some cash and trading this land in as part payment, she obtained title to her present home in 1885, but it was quite hea\-ily encumbered, and after only one payment had been made, her second husband, Mr. Mabry, whom she had married in 1884, died, and she was left to struggle with heavy debts alone. Despite the prophesies of her friends, however, she succeeded in meeting her payments ; indeed she has also added wing after wing to the original house, until it has become one of the most comfortable and best e(|uippe(l residences in the city. She might well retire now, but is too ambitious and active to care for a life of idleness.

Mrs. Mabry is an enthusiastic Christian Scientist, and she has good reason to be, having been restored to health through the agency of tl'iat faith after being given u,) by the physi- cians. Slic had a cancerous growth on lier left cheek, which defied all treatment until she put her case in the hands of the Christian Science healers, after which it, and all attendant ailments, quickly disappeared.

Mr. IMabry, her last husband, was one of the well known and higlily esteemed business men of Walla Walla, and when he died in 1886, his loss was mourned by all who knew him. He was a prominent member of the local lodge, L O. O. F.

AL:^I0S H. REYNOLDS was born in Madrid. St. Lawrence county, New York, on the 2 1 St of October, 1808, being the son of Nicholas Reynolds, who was a native of the state of Vermont, and who was a millwright by trade. -After a temporary residence in several localities the family removed to Aurora, Erie county, New York,, where Almos was reared and educated, becoming a millwright by occupation, having learned the trade under the direction of his father. In the year 1838, he removed to the west, residing for a time in Illinois, whence he moved to Iowa. He was a resident of Davenport, the latter state for the greater portion of the time up to the year 1850, when he made his way across the plains to California. In the succeeding year he crossed the mountains to Oregon, and here he devoted his attention to mill building.

In 'Slav. 1S59. \lr. Reynolds became a resident of Walla Walla and with the upbuilding and progress of the Garden City his name was most conspicuously identified, and here he continued to make his home until his death, which occurred on the 21st of April, 1889. He was a man of strictest integrity in all the relations of life, was endowed with market business an^d executive ability, and was signally successful in temporal affairs, being known and recognized as one of the leading citizens of the county, where he was held in the highest esteem as one of the valued and honored pioneers of this state. He erected many mills throughout the territory of Washington, two of them in the immediate vicinity of Walla Walla. He also built, and for several years owned, the woolen mills at Dayton, now the county seat of Columbia county. He was associated with Dr. J. H. Day in the establishing of the first banking business in Walla Walla, the same being a private institution, conducted under the firm name of Reynolds & Day. He later became one of the principal stockholders of the First National bank, in whose organization he was largely instrumental. He was publicspirited and e\'er maintained a lively interest in all that conser\-e(l the progress and substantial upbuilding of the city and county where he passed many years of a useful and honorable life.

The marriage of ]\Ir. Reynolds was solemnized on the 23d of May, 1861, when he was united to Miss Lettice J. Clark, nee Millican. the widow of Ransom Clark, who first crossed the plains to Oregon with Fremont, in 1843. Mrs. Clark was a resident of Walla Walla at the time of her marriage to Mr. Reynolds, and this city still continues to be her home. She is held in the highest esteem as one of the venerable pioneers of the county. By her marriage to Mr. Clark she became the mother of three children, - Charles, born August 29, 1846; William, April 9, 1857; and Lizzie, August 19, 1859. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds became the parents of two sons, - Harry A., who was born Octolier 14, 1S63, and who is now one of the prosperous agriculturists of the county ; and Allen H., of whom more extended mention is elsewhere made.

GEORGE SMAILS, a pioneer of 1862, was born in W'est Virginia, April 2"/, 1838. His education, however, was acquired in Illinois, to which state his parents moved when he was six years old. He accompanied the family to Iowa in 1854, and followed farming in that state for a few years, but in 1862 he set out across the plains with ox-teams. Reaching Walla Walla in due time, he purchased one hundred and sixty acres six miles south of the town, and again engaged in farming, buying more land at a later date. In 1883, he disposed of his holdings, moved into Walla Walla, and engaged in a hotel and livery business. He it was who built the Exchange hotel, of which he was proprietor until 1888. Shortly afterward he received an appointment as a member of the city police force. For the ensuing ten years, he served as such officer, invariably performing his fluties conscientiously, and with skill and dispatch. He has been living in comparative retirement for the past few years.

]\Ir. Smails is a very public-spirited man, and has always donated liberally to every deserving public enterprise of both his money and his time. His fraternal affiliations are with the F. O. E. He was married in Iowa, in 1858. to Miss Mary E. Harvey, a native of that state, and to them have been born six children, Nancy, now Mrs. Felix Warren, Sarah, now Mrs. John Knifong, of Colfax, John F., in business in Walla Walla, Harvey, also in business in Walla Walla, Robert E.. in business at Lewiston, Idaho, and Bettie. wife of Frank Strong, of Spokane.

conducts an extensive business as a wholesale dealer in fruit and produce, is a native of St. Joseph, Missouri, where he was born in the year 1847. He g^rew up under the sturdy and invigorating discipline of the farm, under the guidance of his grandparents, his father and mother having both died in his infancy. His educational advantages were those afforded by the public schools, which he was enabled to attend somewhat irregularly.

In 1864, when but seventeen years of age,, he started across the plains with a party, the transportation ecpiipment being that afforded by ox-teams. They had reached a point near Fort Kearney, Nebraska, when the Indians captured the train, killing several of the party and burning the wagons. Those who escaped were compelled to return to their starting place. In 1866 our subject made a second attempt, being on this occasion successful in reaching Denver with an ox train, transporting freight. In the succeeding year Mr. Offner again started out with an ox train from St. Joseph and in due course of time arrived safely in Sacramento, California. He remained in the Golden state for a period of four years, after which he returned to Missouri for a sojourn of two years, was then again in California four years, finally returning through the Cherokee strip to his native state, thence again to California in 1877, where he remained until the following year, in November of the same lieing united in marriage to Miss Frances E. Abbott, who accompanied him on his trip to Walla Walla in the following month.

The young couple took up land in the Ritzville country, where our subject put in one crop, which failed, whereupon he abandoned his claim and returned to Walla Walla, which has ever been the field of his well directed and successful operations. Here he engaged in fruit growing and shipping, an enterprise which he has developed from modest proportions until it is now one of wide scope and unmistakable importance. He has one iiundred acres of fine fruit orchard, tlie principal products of which are apples, prunes and pears, of which he raises the finest varieties, shipping to the leading markets of the Union. His farm, which is located one-half mile west of the city limits, is one of tire best in a section noted for its unexcelled productiveness as a fruitgrowing country. Here he employs in the season from fifty to sixty persons, and his business is one that has unmistakable influence on the precedence of the city of Walla "Walla. Air. Offner's prominence in his line of industry may be understood more clearly when it is stated that he has held for the past six years, or since the inception of the organization, the office of treasurer of the Northwest Fruit Growers' Association, whose province includes Oregon. Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.

In his religious proclivities Air. Offner adheres to the faith of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, of which he is a consistent member, while fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of L^nited Workmen.

HON. HENRY PERRY ISAACS. - Every age and section has its beacon lights, men who rise above the general level of their kind as the mountain peak exceeds in loftiness the extensive plateau at its base. The forms in which this transcendent abilitv manifests itself are many and various, but in a new country great and unusual native power generally finds its field of activity in material lines, enabling its possessor to project and promote enterprises of broad design and far-reaching import. In the qualities which characterize these geniuses of action, these giants of industrial achievement, few men can stand beside the Hon. H. P. Isaacs, whose acti\'ity and success in promoting the material development of the section in which he had chosen his home was such as to justif}^ the statement that "to some extent the history of Henry Perry Isaacs is the history of southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon." He certainly stands pre-eminent among the men who have made the states of W^ashington, Oregon and Idaho what tliey are to-day.

Our subject was born in Philadelphia Alarch 17, 1822. In his veins mingled together in equal proportions were the blood of the hardheaded English race and of the sturdy and indomitable Scot. After receiving a commonschool education he entered tlie employ of a large mercantile house in Philadelphia, there securing an insight into business methods which proved of inestimable value in later years. \\'hen twenty-one years old he removed to Indiana with the double end in view of seeing something of the outside country and of trying his hand in a general merchandise business of his own, thus testing his qualifications for independent enterprise in the commercial world. What the outcome of this first venture was we are not informed, but of this we are certain that the trip to Indiana and a later journey to New Orleans enabled him to realize the real magnitude of the west and south and perhaps had an important influence on his later career. We find him a few }-ears later en route to the Pacific coast, the immediate lure which in- duced him westward lieino- tlie California go^d excitement. He was not especially successful ii' his mining ventures, but he saw a land of promise and his broad, clear vision enabled him to perceive clearly the true situalidu.

In 1858 Mr. Isaacs gave substantial testinvony to his faith in the agricultural possibilities of the country by erecting at Fort Colville, Washington, his first flouring mill. He demonstrated to the fanners that wlieat could be produced profitably on the hills and uplands which in those early days had been given over to stock-raising, the supposition being that bunch grass was all that would grow in any abundance on them.

In 1862 he built the North Pacific mills at Walla Walla, Washington; in 1864 he erected the War Eagle mills at Boise City, Idaho ; in 1865 the Middleton mills at Middleton, Idaho; in 1883 the North Pacific mills "B" at Prescott, Washington, and in 1898 the North Pacific mills "C" at Wasco, Oregon. His large experience in milling" made him the foremost miller on the Pacific coast; his knowledge of the manufacture and handling of flour became proverbial and he was recognized as an authority on all matters pertaining thereto. The enormous output of his splendid milling system found a market in the Orient, much of it going to China. Mr. Isaacs was the first miller on the Pacific coast to adopt the roller system, the modern process of milling, his first rolls (of porcelain) being imported from Switzerland in 18-7.

"Outside r)f millir.g circles, li(iwc\'cr. Mr. Isaacs was best known for his ])ublic spirit. After demonstrating the possibilities of wheat raising he proceeded to blaze the way for the fruit-grower by setting out one of the first orchards in the vicinity of Walla Walla, in 1864, and later a vineyard. From this beginning he proceeded to successful experiments with almost every variety of fruit and vegetable grown in the north temperate zone. He was an especial devotee to progress in agriculture and horticulture, and gave liberally of his time and money to this cause."

Neither did Mr. Isaacs neglect to take a place of leadership in ]X)litical matters. He represented Walla Walla county in the territorial council of 1885-6, at which session he introduced the bill establishing the state penitentiary at Walla Walla.

"Mr. Isaacs was the first to attempt to induce G. W. Hunt to try the construction of the Washington & Columbia river line from Dayton to Wallula, and thence to Pendleton, and the line was successfully built and operated. He was the president of the Commercial Clul.) at the time, and used every efTort to secure the early construction of the road. He lived to see it in a prosperous condition, operating with good stock and making money for the stockholders, as well as serving the farmers of a large stretch of country."

"But few other men in all Washington have become so thoroughly conversant with the state, with all its varied interests, or were so nnich enthused with the success of its enterprises as Mr. Isaacs; and but few men have been permitted to take so active a part in the development of the section of country in which he had chosen his home."

In llie i)assing of Mr. Isaacs, which occurred July 14, 1900, the state of Washington, and in fact the entire Pacific northwest, lost a citizen of inestimable value, a true and sincere friend of progress and a man whiise cherished aspirations were to promote th.eir highest and best welfare.

JAY H. HALL, deceased, a pioneer of 1886, was born in Smith county, Virginia, on September 5, 1832. He received his education in a puljHc school of that state, tlicn worked on iiis father's farm until nineteen years of age, when he went to Tennessee and engaged in farming on his own account. When the war broke out he removed to Ir\-ing, Kentucky, and he was engaged in running a ferry across the river at that point as long as hostilities lasted. He did an excellent business notwithstanding the fact that he conveyed many soldiers across the river, from whom he received no recompensa.

After the war Mr. Hall went back to Clayburn county, Tennessee, where he had a farm. He remained there until 1S84, then removed to Brown county, Texas, where for some time he was engaged in raising oats, cotton and corn. Subsequently, however, he removed to Portland, Oregon, whence, the next spring, he came to the Walla Walla valley. After prospecting for land for almost the entire summer, he finally purchased three hundred acres of land on the Touchet river, two miles north of Touchet station, and he was engaged in farming this until his death, which occurred June 10, 1899.

Mr. Hall was one of the good, substantial citizens of the county, and while he never seemed to care for any office and displayed no ambition to be a leader among his fellow men. he was universally respected as a man of integrity and worth. He was married in Clayburn county, Tennessee, on November 15, 1847, to Miss Eliza Nunn, a native of that county and state, and to tlieir union were born thirteen children, eight of whom are living, namely ; Thomas and John, with their mother ; William, on a farm on the Touchet river; J. H., Jr., a cotton planter in Arkansas; Amanda

B., wife of Albert Burns; Lucinda, now Mrs. Herbert Hanson; Mollie, wife of Allen Burns, of Echo, Oregon; and Sally, wife of William Rand, of Wallula, Washington.

ELLSWORTH E. SHAW, M. D. - Numbered among the representative and successful physicians of W'alla Walla is Dr. Shaw, who has been a resident of this city since 1888. Dr. Shaw is a native of the old Pine Tree state, having been born in Palmyra, Maine, in the year 1859. His initial educational discipline was secured in the public schools, after which he matriculated in Bowdoin College and subsequently in Dartmouth, where he completed a course in the medical department, graduating with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in the year 1884. He has still farther reinforced his professional training by a post-graduate course in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, in New York city.

Dr. Shaw began the practice of his profession in Fort Fairfield, Maine, where he continued to reside for a period of five years, when he determined to avail himself of the superior opportunities afforded in the west. Accordingly, in 1888. he came to Walla Walla, as has been before mentioned. The Doctor is a member of the State Medical Society, the Liland Empire Medical Society and the Oregon Medical Society, while in his fraternal relations he is identified with the Lidependent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He has maintained a constant interest in the public affairs of a local nature and is at the jiresent time a director of the jjublic library, being chairman of the board.

HON. JAMES McAULIFF, a pioneer of 1859, was born on the island of Malta, May 25, 1828. In 1842 he came with his parents to the United States, locating with them in Youngstown, New York. When Mr. McAuliff became seventeen, he enlisted in the United States army, as a musician, and before long he found himself in active service in the Mexican war. He participated in the battles of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, and in numerous skirmishes, and was active at the storming of Chepultepec and the taking of the City of Mexico, serving in the Second United States Infantry. At the close of hostilities he was sent to Fort Hamilton, New York harbor, whence, shortly afterward, his regiment was ordered to Benicia, California, but he with others was transferred and sent to Governor's Island, for assignment. He was assigned to Company K, Fourth Infantry, and sent to Fort Gratiot, Michigan, remaining there from that time until 1852, when his regiment was ordered t(j the Pacific coast. He remained in Vancouver Barracks for a time, eventually going thence to The Dalles, Oregon, where in 1855 Mr. McAuliff was honorably discharged, with the rank of first duty sergeant. During the Mexican war he was twice wounded. The first was a saber cut on the left shoulder received in a hand to hand contest with four Mexicans, while he was carrying dispatches, and the second was a gun-shot wound received in a street fight at the taking of the City of Mexico.

Dalles, which was maintained until 1861. In 1859 he opened a branch store in Walla Walla, near which city he had some time before participated in the famous four-days" fight at Whitman Station, in which three hundred and fifty volunteers under Lieutenant-Colonel James K. Kelly were surrounded by thousands of Indians. They suffered great hardships during this memorable campaign, at one time being compelled to live on horse-flesh alone for three weeks.

Mr. McAuliff' maintained the store in Walla Walla until 1S62, though twice burned out prior to that time without insurance. The next year he opened a general merchandise store in Idaho City, but this also was burned out in 1865, proving a total loss. Misfortunes of one kind and another followed him for years after. In 1883 he opened a lumber yard in Walla Walla which was supplied by a large mill owned by him in the Blue mountains, twenty-three miles south of town. The mill was burned and four hundred and fifty thousand feet of lumber, the loss being about six thousand five hundred dollars, none of which was covered by insurance. He sent a pack train to the Kootenai mines in 1875, loaded with five thousand dollars worth of merchandise, all of which, except a case of gum boots, was lost in the Snake river by the overturning of a ferry. His great energy and business ability were, however, such as to enable him to, in large measure, defy misfortune, and he has done well financially in spite of disaster.

For years Mr. McAuliff has been a very prominent man in political affairs of city, county and state. From 1862 to 1867 he held the office of CDunty treasurer, and on retiring from that position was at once called upon to fill an unexpired term as sheriff. He held this office by appointment and election for four years.

During the session of 1864-5. he represented the county in the territorial legislature, having been elected to do so on the Democratic ticket. He was a member of Walla \Valla's first city council, and for ten years he sat in the seat of its chief executive, so that he has seen his share of public service.

Our subject is a charter member of \\'alla Walla Lodge No. 7, F. & A. ^[., of Washington Lodge, No. 2, L O. O. F., and of the K. of P., and he also affiliates with the Eagles. He was married in Port Huron, Michigan, May 24, 1850, to Miss Isabella Kincaid, who died in Walla Walla November 19, 1889, leaving four children: Annie P., wife of Dr. W. B. Clowe; Thomas, a resident of Spokane; William, a farmer in Toppenish, Washington ; and Frank, a farmer in the same locality.

JOHN JACOB KAUFFMAN. - Though a young man yet, the date of his birth being May 25, 1869, the man whose name forms the caption of this article has for several years been regarded as one of the leading spirits of Walla Walla. He has proved himself a man of ability, good judgment and faithfulness in the various positions of trust which he has held, and his broad-minded public spirit and unselfish interest in the welfare of the city have been manifested by his long and faithful service as a member of the volunteer fire department.

He is a native of Wayland, Henry county, Iowa, and there he took his first steps in the acquisition of knowledge, but in January, 1883, he accompanied the remainder of the family to Walla Walla. He attended the local public schools here for some time, then entered the Empire Business College in which he took a complete course, though forced to do all his

His first employers were the firm of ]\I. C. \\'heelan & Company, for whom he worked sixmonths. He then entered the service of John Alheit, remaining with him for one year. In 1886, he accepted a position with W. G. CuUen, the hardware merchant, who profited by his efficient service for many years. At the same time Mr. Kauft'man was devoting his leisure moments to the volunteer fire department, with which he became identified first in 1887, when he joined Tiger Engine Company, No. i. His enthusiam and devotion to duty soon began to be recognized and he was asked to accept several different offices, among them that of assistant foreman, a position which he held for several terms. In 1892, he was transferred to Rescue Engine company. No. 2; in 1895, he was elected chief engineer of the entire department, and so efiicient was his service that in 1896 he was re-elected. In September of the same year, he was appointed by the city council to fill the unexpired term of AI. Ames, chief of police, and in 1897 he was chosen by a majority of the electors for the same responsible office. In his discharge of the duties of this post he has displayed unusual ability, and it may be doubted whether any city in the state can boast of a more efficient police ofiicer than he has proven. As a direct result of his labors during the vears of his incumbency of the position (for the citizens, recognizing his efficiency, have three times re-elected him) eighty-one law breakers guilty of penitentiary oiifenses have been apprehended and compelled to undergo the penalty of the law. Space forbids specific notice of all his noteworthy arrests, Init they include that of J. E. Stephens, who many times committed the crime of arson in Walla ^^'alla, and that of Hamilton and Ken- yir. Kauffman's well developed social temperament inclines him to take great interest in fraternal organizations and he belongs to the ]\Iasons, the Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Forresters, the Maennerchor and the Eagles.

Our subject's marriage was solemnized in Walla Walla on October 21, 1891, when he became the husband of Miss Stella M. Butler, a native of the valley, and a daughter of an old pioneer of the Coast, "a forty-niner," and a respected contractor of Walla Walla.

DION KEEFE, contractor and farmer, a pioneer of 1872, was born in New York state, in 1838. He passed the first twelve years of his life there, attending the public schools, then went to Ontario, Canada, where he attended school for four years more. When twenty-one, he removed to Chicago. He lived in that city for the ensuing thirteen years, serving either as foreman or superintendent in the construction of various bridges, both for general traffic and for the railroads. He subsequently built bridges in Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Alabama and Florida. He was in the last-named state at Pensacola when the war broke out, but he then came home at once, and entered the employ of the Fox & Howard Company. Later he went to work on government contracts, mostly in Missouri, for Chapin & Wells.

Subsequently Mr. Keefe moved to Sioux City, Iowa, to accept a position from John I. Blair & Company, as bridge constructor on their railway. When tliat was completed he, with a Mr. Wattles, took a contract to build the bridges on the railroad between Sioux City and

Fort Dodge. That completed, our subject worked for some time in grading and bridging on the Sioux and Yankton Railroad, and on the Elk Horn and Missouri Valley road, but in 1872 he came out to Walla Walla, bought a farm three miles south of town, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Six years later, however, he sold this and moved into the town. Since that time he has ovi^ned several farms, and has done much contracting, getting out timber for the Great Northern Railroad Company, putting in the electric light plant, etc. He has also done some mining and has been interested in the flour mill business both here and in Grande Ronde valley, Oregon.

Mr. Keefe is a remarkably versatile man, possessing the ability to do a great many things, and to carry on a great variety of businesses successfully. In spite of the many calls upon his time he has found leisure to perform his duties as a citizen, always taking a lively interest in local politics, and at one time serving as county commissioner. He was married in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1870, to Elizabeth Kinzie, a native of Michigan, who accompanied him to Walla Walla in 1872. They became parents of one child, Ida A. Mrs. Keefe died at ^ValIa Walla in November, 1898.

CARL SCHUMACHER, deceased, a pioneer of 1865, was born in Germany in 1831. He resided in his fatherland until nineteen years of age, receiving sucli education as is customarily given to German youth, and afterwards learning the trade of a gunsmith. Fie then emigrated to San Francisco, where for a number of years he followed his handicraft. In i860, he was married in Humboldt Bay to Mathilde Kruger. who, in 1865, accompanied him to Walla Walla. Here he opened a gun shop and store. For many years afterwards he continuetl in business as a gunsmith, meeting with great prosperity, and accumulating much valuable property. He built the Hotel State, which still belongs to the family, and he also left them several houses and much real estate. Mr. Schumacher was a thoroughly reliable, conscientious man, commanding universal esteem. He always endeavored to do his part part for the advancement of the common weal, and contributed his full share toward the growth and prosperity of the city. For a number of years he served as a member of the volunteer fire department. He died September lo, 1898, leaving one son, \\'alter, who now resides in Portand, Oregon, but intends soon to return to \\'alla Walla and make his permanent home here in order to be more conveniently located as manager of his own and his mother's interests.

FRANCIS M. LOWDEN, Jr., a farmer and stock raiser, member of the Lowden Company, was born in Walla Walla county, on January 21, 1876. He acquired his education in the public schools of the neighborhood and in Pullman College, in which institution he took a three-years' course in civil engineering. After leaving school he returned to the farm, and when the present firm was formed he was given charge of the stock raising department. He has been discharging his duties as such ever since 1898, and js still doing so. Mr. Lowden is a young man of ability and good judgment, thoroughly conversant with the business in which he is engaged, and destined, as it would seem, to bear an important part in the future material and incln-^trial development of the

MARSHALL J. LOWDEN, president and business manager of the Lowden Co., was born in this county on February 25, 1870. He received his education in the public schools and in Whitman College, also took a course in the Empire Business College. He then returned to his father's farm and was engaged with him in the business of raising thoroughbred Clyde horses and Shorthorn cattle, until the Lowden Co. was formed. He then became president and business manager of the firm, a position which he still retains and the duties of which he has discharged successfully from the first. He is a young man of energy, good judgment and unusual business ability, qualified by nature and educational training for the arduous and difficult tasks imposed upon him by his present situation. The firm have three thousand, eight hundred acres and while their principal lousiness is raising cattle and horses, they also keep about two thousand sheep and raise wheat and barley for feed and for sale. They are owners of "Bonhard," a fine Clyde stallion, imported from Scotland into Canada, and brought thence to the United States. His weight is one thousand, six hundred pounds. Mr. Lowden was married in Walla ^\'alla on March 3, 1898, to Miss Emma Thompson, a native of this city, whose father, Robert Thompson, was an early pioneer of W'ashington. His life history is briefly recorded in another part of this volume.

JOHN DOOLEY, hay and grain farmer on the Walla Walla river, one-half mile east of Touchet Station, was born in county Cork, Ireland, in 1850. He actpiired his education there, but when only twenty years old emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked for wages a while, his first job being to help clear away the debris after the big fire. For five years he made his home in that city, but he then removed to San Francisco, via the Panama route, and for the two years following' his arri\-al he was engaged in the meat business. He then worked in various parts of the state, mostly as a farm hand, for a number of years, but at length came to The Dalles, Oregon, where he entered the employ of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company. He helped to build the Wallula branch through \\'alla Walla to the Snake river, also participated in the construction of the road to Huntington.

Mr. Dooley then entered the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and worked for them at the Cascade tunnel for a year and nine months, at the end of which time he came back to Walla Walla. He worked here for wages a while, but afterwards took a homestead near Touchet Station, where he has resided for about sixteen years, engaged in farming. He is a thrifty, industrious man and a successful agriculturist. Li this county, in 1884, our subject married Miss Kate Martin, who was born in Ireland but reared and educated in Glasgow, Scotland. They have three children, Mary C, John T. and Annie, all students in the Catholic School in Walla Walla. The entire family are of the Catholic persuasion.

LOUIS SCHOLL. architect at Walla Walla, was born in Germany in 1829, and there the first seventeen 5fears of his life were passed. He received his education in the Lyceum Polytechnic school, and in other institutions, studying engineering and architecture. In 1848, he emigrated to the United States. He kept store two years in New York, then tried farming in St. Charles, Missouri, for a like period. In 1852 he crossed the plains to California, ar.d the following spring he set out alone over the Sierra Ne\'ada mountains to purchase cattle from immigrants. He followed that plan for two summers, meeting with some exciting adventures, and at one time being robbed of his pack animals.

During the winter of 1854-55, Mr. Scholl served as C|uartermaster's clerk under Captain Rufus Ingalls. The next spring, he went as guide, with Colonel Steptoe to Benecia, California, where he passed the ensuing winter, making sketches of the overland road for the Sacramento Union. He subsequently went to The Dalles, Oregon, as a government architect, experiencing on the way up a perilous adventure with a mutinous crew on board a burning vessel. For two seasons he served under General Harney, as leader and guide of forces sent out to discover shorter and better routes for overland immigrants into Pacific coast states. In the spring of 1861, he came to Fort Walla Walla, whence, in October, he was sent to Fort Worth, Texas, via California and Mexico, with fifty army wagons and three hundred mules. This trip, however, was abandoned, Mr. Scholl was summoned to Washington, and from that time until 1864 served as quartermaster's clerk, as harbor master, and in different other capacities in connection with the Union army, witnessing several great battles and being more than once called upon to perform difficult and exacting duties.

Upon retiring from the army, our subject returned to the coast. In 1866, he accepted a position as bookkeeper for Mr. H. P. Isaacs, at P)oise, Idaho, and lie afterwards served for a numl)er of years in the same capacity under George McBride. At the outbreak of the Chief Joseph war, he again became quartermaster's clerk, serving a uiiile at Fort Boise and later under Colonel Sumner, with whom he went to Presidio, near San Francisco, where he made General Howard's official map. Returning to \\'alla Walla in 1879, he became bookkeeper for the Northern Pacific Flour Mills Compan}-, and in 1882 he surveyed the canal and made the plans for their plant at Prescott. He then acted as superintendent for the company there until 1894, when he retired to enjoy a well earned repose. His has been a life of intense activity, among adventures and dangers such as few ever experience. His indomitable energy, together with great natural ability, developed by early educational advantages, has made him successful in every undertaking, and a real master among men.

I\Ir. Scholl married, at The Dalles, Oregon, in 1864, Miss Elizabeth Fulton, a very early pioneer of that state, and they have three living children ; Carl, a millwright of ability, and Louis, Jr., and Bismark, in the City INIills; also one, Mary Priszelli, deceased.

LEWIS Mc:MORRIS. - Among those who merit consideration as distinctive pioneers of the northwest is he whose name initiates this review. Mr. McMorris is a native of the Buckeye state, having been born in Ohio on the 12th of August, 1 83 1. His practical experiences in the battle of life have, however, been met far from the classic old state of his birth. WHien he was a lad of eight years he accompanied his parents on their removal to Shelby county, Illinois, where he received his educational discipline and grew to man's estate.

means of the primitive ox-team equipment and arriving in the Willamette valley, Oregon, in the fall of the same year. There he was for a time engaged in mining, finally going from southern Oregon to Yreka, California, whence he returned to Oregon, in the year 1855, and engaged in packing for the troops during the Indian wars, as an employe of the quartermaster's department of the Oregon volunteers. In the fall of the year mentioned he accompanied the soldiers on an expedition to Yakima and thence to Walla Walla, where they had an engagement with the hostile Indians. Of this and other conflicts with the red men a detailed report may be found on other pages of this work. Eventually Mr. ISIcMorris returned to The Dalles, Oregon, where he was employed in the quartermaster's department with the United States regulars, with whom, in 1856, he made another expedition to Yakima, under Colonel Wright of the Ninth Infantry, returning with him to The Dalles, from which point he accompanied Colonel Steptoe to Walla Walla, their purpose being to establish an army post here.

He continued in the government employ until the following year, w^hen he again went to The Dalles, purchased an ox-team and engaged in freighting, in company with Mr. JMcGlinchey and Captain Freedman, for whom he built the first house on the south side of Main street in Walla Walla, the same being then the third house in the town. It was located at the corner of Third. He continued to be associated with the gentlemen mentioned until this section of the country was thrown open to settlement, whereupon he availed himself of the privileges accorded, by securing a pre-emption claim two miles south of the town, where he was engaged in stock raising for several years, simultaneously operating a pack train to Boise,

Idaho. His next venture was at Weston, Oregon, where he was engaged in the mercantile business with his brother. Subsequently he was for four years a contractor on the stage line operating between Dayton, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho.

Now venerable in years, crowned with the honors of a busy and useful life and secure in the esteem of all who know him as one of the pioneers of the Inland Empire, Mr. McMorris is practically retired from active business pursuits, though he gives his personal supervision to his real estate interests, a considerable amount of which he owns in various parts of the country. He has always maintained a public-spirited attitude and has contributed his quota to the advancement and substantial upbuilding of this favored section of our national domain. It should be mentioned in this connection that ]\Ir. AIcMorris laid out the town of Wallula and also donated to the railroad company the land which they use for depot purposes there. He is a member of the Indian \\'ar Veterans of the Pacific Northwest, and his reminiscences of the early days are very interesting.

RALPH E. GUICHARD, proprietor of the Whitehouse Clothing Company, is prominent among the rising young business men of eastern ^\'ashington. Born in Walla Walla on January 6, 1869, he has been a resident of that city almost continuously since. He received his preliminary education at the Catholic academy, then at the age of fifteen entered the drug store of Charles A. Hungate, as clerk. He remained there seven years, studying pharmacy and in due time becoming a competent and registered druggist. He subsequently

Esteb and one with James McAuliff, then became a partner in the business, the firm name being Guichard & McAuliff. A few months later, however, this partnership was dissolved, and ]Mr. Guichard entered the employ of the \Vhitehouse Clothing Company, in which corporation he subsequently became part owner. In 1900, the entire business passed into his hands. His shrewdness, industry, cautiousness of management, and untiring devotion to business have won for him an honored place among the commercial leaders of this section, and his i: the leading clothing house in Walla Walla. In fraternal affiliations, Mr. Guichard is identified with the B. P. O. E.

The father of our subject, Judge Rudolph Guichard, a man of fine intellectual attainments and unswerving integrity, as was proven by his uniform faithfulness and honesty in all the relations of his life, public and private, was a native of Zeitz, Prussia, born December 8, 1830. He landed in New York in 1854, and for a year thereafter resided in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, going thence to \\'est Virginia, and thence to Newport, Kentucky, where he enlisted in the United States army. On August 10, 1S57, he was sent to Fort Walla Walla.

On retiring from the army he established a mercantile business in this city, which he maintained with success until 1871. In 1884 he was admitted to the bar, and held many important offices, among them being those of probate judge, register of the land office, county treasurer and penitentiar}^ commissioner. He was a leader in the Democratic party, and was esteemed liy all. Fraternally he was a very prominent Mason.

greeted those with whom lie came in contact with a smihng countenance and a cheering word, and very naturally his friends were numbered by the hundreds. , He was married in Walla Walla. October 14, 1S66, to Miss Mary INIorrison, and of their union three children were born, Ralph E., Alliert and Mary. He died April 3, 1S98.

ROBERT J. STRINGER, a pioneer of 1867, was born in Ireland, January 6, 1827, and in that country he grew to man's estate and was educated. In 1848 he emigrated to America, and in 1850 he engaged in the meat market business in Cincinnati, Ohio. He followed that line of work in Ohio, Missouri, iMinnesota, and Iowa until 1858, then went to Fort Leavenworth and secured a contract to furnish beef for the troops. This contract kept him employed until 1S59, when he went to Fort Albuquerque. New Mexico, with Colonel Crittenden, in charge of the government cattle.

Returning to Kansas City, Missouri, he secured another contract from the United States government, for furnishing beef. During the first year of the war, he supplied meat to the troops of the Department of Missouri, but in 1862 he was appointed sutler for the Fifth Division, Missouri Regulars. He performed his duty as such until after the battle of Island No. 10, but was then forced to resign on account of failing health. He returned to St. Louis, whence, in 1864, pursuant to the advice of his physicians, he set out for California via the isthmus. He again engaged in the meat business upon his arrival. A year later, he was sent by General Steele to The Dalles, Oregon, a<: storekeeper of the Fort, and in 1866 he was removed to Fort Lapwai, and given the position of chief quartermaster's agent. Before long, however, he again received a government contract, and this brought him to Walla Walla, where he has since resided. He has been in the meat business continuously, building up an extensive general trade, and also, at times, supplying the forts in his home town and Colville. He is the owner of a fine farm twenty-eight miles north of Walla Walla.

Mr. Stringer has always taken an active interest in the general up-building of his locality, donating liberally to institutions of public benefit, and ever exerting a sensible influence in the direction of progress. He was married in Iowa, in 1857, to Miss Susan M. Murphy, a scion of a noted Irish family, and to them have been born ten children : John, deputy United States marshal at Seattle; William; Andrew; Charles; Anna, wife of Mr. Doyle; JMary, now Mrs. P. Green; also four deceased. !Mr. and Mrs. Stringer and their entire family are niembers of the Catholic church.

REV. MICHAEL FLOHR, priest of St. Patrick's parish, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Germany on October 29, 1857. He took a complete and thorough classical course of study at Cologne, then pursued the study of theology at Louvain, Belgium, graduating in 1880. In 18S1 he emigrated to ^'ancouver, Washington, to assume charge of the missions there located, and two years later he came to Walla Walla, where he has ever since resided. During the seventeen years of his pastorate here Father Flohr has labored untiringly for the spiritual and educational welfare of his parishioners, winning their affections, and exerting a powerful influence for their upbuilding in all that is hiffhest and best. His task is by no means a

ROBERT KENNEDY. - It is a matter of gratification that we are enabled to incorporate in this compilation a review of the salient points in the career of Mr. Kennedy, who stands forth as one of the leading agriculturists and representative citizens of Walla Walla county, his fine farm being located two and one-half miles east of tlie city of Walla Walla. In tracing the lineage of Mr. Kennedy we fi.nd that he is a native of Indiana, having been born in Rush county, that state, in the year 1830. He was, however, but three years of age when his parents removed to the state of Illinois, where he grew to maturity under the invigorating discipline of the farm, receiving such educational ad\-antages as were afforded by the common schools. He continued to be there identified with agricultural pursuits until 1852, when, at the age of twenty-two years, he determined ro assume the responsibilities of life and to carve out an individual career, being fortified by due confidence in his powers and by an earnest desire to win a success worthy the name. In the year mentioned LIr. Kennedy secured an oxteam equipment and started on the long and weary journey across the plains and mountains to the Pacific coast, his destination being the Willamette valley of Oregon, where he arrived after a tedious journey of six months' duration. In this famed and beautiful valley he was engaged in farming pursuits until 1859, when he decided to locate in the even more attractive valley of Walla Walla, east of the Cascades. After arriving in \\'alla Walla he disposed of his property in Oregon. After looking about for a time he finally secured by preemption a claim of one hundred and sixty acres, upon which a part of the present city of Waitsburg is now located. This claim, however. Mr. Kennedy disposed of before he had perfected his title to the same, the land at the time having been unsurveyed. In the meanwhile he had taken a claim of one hundred and sixty acres on Dry creek, and after the surrounding land had been put on the market he purchased Jidditional tracts contiguous to his original property and eventually became the owner of five hundred and forty acres, all in one body. He continued to engage in the cultivation and improvement of this place until 1881, when he sold the farm.

As early as the centennial year, 1876, however, he had bought a section of land two and one-half miles east of Walla Walla, and upon this place he located after disposing of his Dry creek ranch, and here he has since maintained his home, the ranch being recognized as one of the best in this favored section of the great state of W^ashington. The place is principally given up to the raising of the great staple product of this section, - wheat. - and bounteous harvests reward the well directed and indefatigable efforts of this representative husbandman. In addition to the homestead Mr. Kennedy owns a section of land near Lacrosse, Whitman county, and also one hundred and sixty acres of timber land in the mountains. Jn the year 1881 Mr. Kennedy built two store buildings in the city of Walla Walla, eventually disposing of these properties. He still owns two dwelling houses in the city. He is known as one of the substantial men of the county, enjoying the respect and confidence of the community by reason of his integrity and sterling worth of character. In the early days, when Indian depredations were frequent and lawles.sncss prevailed to a greater or less extent, Mr.

In the year 1868, in the Wilhunette valley, Oregon, was celebrated the marriage of }^Ir. Kennedy to Miss Annie Smith, and they became the parents of three children, - Edward A., who died May 31, 1900; Kate; and Lewis L. Tile death of Mrs. Kennedy occurred on the Tith of October, 1877, and on- the loth of December, 1879, in Windsor, Illinois, our subject consummated a second union, being then married to ^Irs. [Margaret W. Dennison, a native of the Old Dominion state of Virginia. Of this union seven children have been born: Rebecca A., the wife of Richard E. Stafford; Martha B.. Robert P., Edna E., William B., Benjamin H. and Edith M.

FRANCIS M. LOWDEN, a farmer and stock raiser, a pioneer of 1862, was born in Boone county, Kentucky. February 7. 1832. He resided there and in Brown county. Illinois, until 1849, then crossed the plains on horseback in a party of four, the travelers conveying their effects in a light wagon drawn by four horses. He went to Sacramentu, thence to Downieville, where he followed placer mining for a season, thence to Nevada City. In the fall of 185 1 he returned to Sacramento, invested the proceeds of his successful mining ventures in mules, and engaged in packing, a business to which his energies were given for the ensuing twenty-one years. His train conveyed freight into various parts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Montana. He was frequently in grave danger of losing his mules on account of the hostile bands of Indians, who were on marauding expeditions throughout the country, but by dint of continual watchfulness he managed to avoid loss, standing guard himself, never trusting hired help for this duty and never allowing fires to lie built near the herd.

In 1878 Mr. Lowden sold his packing outfit, settled between Walla Walla and Wallula, and engaged in the business of raising and dealing in cattle. In 1880 he lost about ninety per cent, of his herds, but he. nevertheless, came to this valley, where he already had some property, and bought up about five thousand acres, with a view to engaging in the business again on a large scale. By means of ditches he brought water into every field of this vast tract, and before long he had an excellent stock ranch. This land is still in the family, being cnvned hy the Lowden Company, a firm incorporated for the purpose of rearing cattle, . horses, sheep and hogs. They have imported many costly thoroughbreds, sparing no expense in the effort to secure the best stock.

Mr. Lowden has been a very active, enterprising man, possessed of the courage, fortitude and resourcefulness characteristic of the true pioneer, and of a degree of business ability seldom given to men. Notwithstanding his large private interests he has always found time to perform well his duties as a citizen and member of society. He served as county commissioner for seven years, was a member of the State Penitentiary Board, which built the third wing and the outbuildings, stables, etc., of the penitentiary, and in spite of opposition succeeded, with the help of others, in building a jute mill here and making it a success. He has also discharged his duty to the cause of education by serving as director for ten years. His fraternal affiliations are with \\'alla Walla Lodge, No. 7, F. cS: A. M. He was married in May, 1868, to Miss Mary E.

Noon, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, reared in California. They have three children : Marshall J., president and business manager of the firm; Francis M.. Jr., stock manager ; and Hettie Irene, with her parents.

JOHN \y. DAULTON, a farmer on the Walla Walla river, eleven miles west of Walla Walla, was born in Pulaski county, Kentucky, January 10, 1866. He, however, spent the greater portion of his early youth in Clinton county, Missouri, whither he had been taken by his parents when four years old. He attended school until sixteen years old, then went with the remainder of his family to Cherokee county, Kansas, where he farmed with his father for three years. For the next half decade he worked for wages throughout the various surrounding counties, but in 1890 he removed to LTmatilla county, Oregon, where for about two years he continued to work as a farm hand.

In 1892, however, Mr. Daulton filed on a homestead and started to improve a place for himself, but in 1894 he commuted this into a pre-emption, sold out and came to the Walla ^Valla valley. He purchased sixty-seven acres of hay land, upon which he has ever since resided, and in 1900 he bought a quarter-section of wheat land also. He is an enterprising and successful farmer, and his standing in the comm.unity as a man and a citizen is of the highest. In fraternal affiliations he is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America, Mountain View Camp, No. 5096, of this city. In the city of Walla Walla on February 17, 1895, he married Mrs. Amy E. Vanderburgh, a native of Oregon, whose parents, Harris and Mary Dent, were pioneers of that state.

ORLANDER W. HARTNESS. - This respected pioneer of the county was born in Monroe county, Indiana, May 15, 1835. When a boy of seven years he went with his parents to Washington county, Iowa, whence, shortly afterwards, he removed to Monroe county, same state, where the greater portion of his educational discipline was obtained and where he met and married Miss Mary Wilson, their union being solemnized on inauguration day, 1858. Leaving Iowa in 1864, the subject of this review, accompanied by his wife, set out to find a home in the new and wild west. He arrived in the Walla Walla valley the same year and took a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, to which he added se\-eral hundred acres procured by purchase later on.

On the original homestead he continued to reside uninterruptedly until about fourteen years ago, his occupation being farming and stock raising, combined with the more dangerous business of freighting. In those days he met with many adventures with Indians and' several times narrowly escaped being roblied or killed by road agents, as they were called, the: term having the same significance as highwaymen.

In 1886 Mr. Hartness sold his entire holdings in the valley and moved into the city of W'alla \\'alla, where he engaged in the grocery business, stock dealing and also to some extent in mining. His energies were devoted to these varied industries until the beginning of 1900, when he again sold out his possessions, this time investing a part of the proceeds in a small tract of land just outside the city, upon which he is at present erecting a commodious and comfortable dwelling, in which he and his life jjartner hope to enjoy many years of life. Though fi\e children have been born in the Hartness household, onlv one, Franke E., still survives, the other four having passed away in infancy. Their living daughter is now the wife ot Samuel lams. It may be of interest to mention in this connection that ]\Ir. and Mrs. Hartness have journeyed together through life for almost forty-three years. Both are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church of Walla \\'alla.

Though our subject is a very public-spirited man, ever ready to assist with his means any commendable enterprise of general utility, he is not ambitious for leadership in politics, local or national, and has steadfastly refused to take an acti\e part in any of the campaigns, even though urgently solicited by his friends so to do. It is a pleasure, however, to be able to add witli truth that in all his relations with his fellow men, whether in business or in society, his life has been so ordered as to win and retain the Ciinfidence and esteem of all.

ZEBULOX K. STRAIGHT, jeweler, a pioneer of 1870. was 1x)rn in Wayne county, New York, in 1840. In 1846 the family moved to Wisconsin, and there Mr. Straight lived until twenty years of age, acquiring such education as a frontier log schoolhouse afforded. He then went to Alinnescta. learned the jewelry business, and for eight years followed it as an occupation. On June 4, 1870, our subject landed in Walla Walla, where he opened the only jewelry store in the then territory of Washington, which has continued in business constantly ever since. With remarkable pertinacity he has devoted himself to his handicraft in tlie same city for over thirty years, and his hand has the skill and cunning, and his judgment the splendid development which we would naturally expect from such concentration.

Mr. Straight is not. however, a narrow or one-sided man, but has always taken a lively and intelligent interest in the welfare of the city, and ever proved himself an efficient force in the promotion of its best interests. He was one of the original organizers of the Farmers' Savings bank, has served as a director in that institution, and stHl retains an interest in it. For two terms, also, he was a member of the \\'alla Walla city council. But his influence in politics is not circumscribed by the limits of his city or county. He was elected a member of the first state legislature, so that upon his shoulders fell the responsibility of participating in laying the foundation of our state government. In politics, in business, and in private life alike, he has proved himself a trustworthy and reliable man, and lie has the confidence and esteem of all.

Ever since 186S Mr. Straight has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, in which he is quite a leader. In Walla Walla, during the month of April, 1871, he married ilrs. Alexander, who crossed the plains as a child in 1853, accompanying her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Robinson. Her father became a prominent man in the early days of Oregon, serving one term in its state legislature. 'Mr. and ^Irs. Straight have two children : ^laud, widow of Frank Foster; and Zeno K., clerk in the store of Kyger & Foster, and business manager for his sister, Mrs. Foster. Mrs. Straight also has one daughter, .\della, by her marriage with ^Ir. Alexander.

HENRY S. BL.VNDFORD. city attorney, Walla ^^'alla, wliose connection with the city dates back to 1885, was born in Maryland, in 1862, and in that state he was reared and educated. He came west in the United States

Signal Service, about 1881, to take charge of a station on a military telegraph line. In 1885 he was sent to Walla Walla for the purpose of establishing a weather bureau there, and the care of that bureau occupied his attention until 1890. He was, however, ambitious to become a lawyer, and accordingly devoted all his spare time assiduously to the study of that profession, with the result that in 1890 he was admitted to the bar. He then began what has proved to be a very successful career, for he is now and for some years has been considered one of the leading attorneys of Walla Walla county.

In political matters also Mr. Blandford is a leader. He was one of the delegates sent from the state of Washington in 1892 to the first National Democratic convention held after the territory was admitted to statehood, and he was the candidate of his parj:y for the joint senatorship of the senatorial district including Adams, Franklin and part of Walla Walla counties, but was defeated by John L. Roberts. He has always been awake to the best interests of his home city, and was especially active in securing the water works and sewer system, which are now being successfully operated. In 1897 'is ^^''is elected city attorney of the city of Walla Walla, wliich incumbency he still holds, and the duties of which he is very creditably discharging. Mr. Blandford married, in 1895, jNIarguerite Welch, a native of Walla Walla, and they are the parents of two sons, Joseph Harold and John S.

where he learned the trade of a wagon-maker, As early as 1849 '^e crossed the plains to San Francisco, and in that city he pursued his trade for a number of years. He at length went back to his home in St. Louis and engaged in the manufacture of trunks, etc. Subsequently returning west he went into the mining regions of Montana, Idaho anl British Columbia, where a number of years of his life were passed.

Coming to Walla ^^'alla in 1868 he there resumed his trade, also devoting a portion of his time to the erection of some of the first fine buildings of the city. He afterward engaged in wagon-making on his own account, continuing in the same until 1891, when he erected the Star bakery. That completed he went into a well-earned retirement, which lasted until the date of his death, February 19, 1896. Religiously he was identified with the Roman Catholic church. On November 6, 1872, he married Sarah A. Mosier, a native of Missouri, and they became the parents of two children, Annie J. and Geoffrey J.

Mrs. Faucette is a daughter of John H. Mosier, one of the early pioneers of Oregon, and one who was quite prominent in the political history of that state, having once served as representative from his district. The Jour <le Mosier was built on his farm and named in his honor. He died in The Dalles, Oregon, in 1894.

JOHN FAUCETTE, deceased, a pioneer of 1868, was a native of Galena, Illinois, born October 6, 1831. When about fourteen he moved with his parents to St. Louis, Missouri,

WILLIA:M a. KOONTZ. - Prominently identified with a line of enterprise of great importance to the traveling public, the subject of this article merits specific recognition in a compilation which has to do with the representative citizens of Walla Walla countv. He is a native of the state of Ohio, born on the 3d day of January. 1857. He received a part of his early educational training in the puhlic school there, but at the early age of twelve years left his father's home and started out to make his way in life, turning his steps toward the west.

He soon arrived in San Francisco, California, where he only remained about one month, afterward locating in \\'aitsburg, this county, of which he was a resident for eighteen months. He then went to \\'eston, Oregon, and passed the next year, going thence to Baker City, where he spent two years. During this time he worked at whatever he could best succeed in, spending all of his spare time in study, and finally taking a course in the Willamette University. His headquarters thereafter were at Umatilla, Oregon, until the year of 1878. but in July of that year he was appointed by the government to carry dispatches under General IMiles during the Snake and Bannock Indian wars.