Walla Walla County, Washington - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1901 (part 5 of 9)

Since retiring from their service he has been engaged continuously in the business in which we now find him. He handles large quantities of grain annually, and keeps constantly in operation the electric feed mill, in which all kinds of cereal products are ground for fodder. Mr. Johnson is an active, enterprising and successful business man and the leader in his line in Walla Walla. As a citizen his standing is of the highest, and though not ambitious for political honors, or personal preferment of any kind, he is one of the great body of men who work unostentatiously, but none the less effectively, for their own and the community's welfare. Fraternally he afiiliates with the Elks. He was married in Walla Walla in January, 1892, to Kate McGeary, daughter of Mrs. Margaret McGeary, one of the early settlers of Walla Walla. Their union has been blest by the advent of three children, Marguerite, Robert and Helen.

PHILIP A. WILD, farmer, a pioneer of the Pacific coast of 1880, is a native of Ray county, Missouri, born January 13, 1834. ^\'hen two years old, he was taken to Grundy county, Missouri, where his father followed farming and stock raising as a business, and where he learned his first lessons in that industry. He was educated in the public schools and in Grand River College. In 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Thirty-fifth Cavalry Militia of Missouri for six months' service. At the end of his term of enlistment, he returned home and raised one crop, then, on September 10, 1862, again enlisted, becoming a member of Company C, Thirty-fifth Missouri Infantry, which was in the regular United States service. From that time until the close of hostilities he

Avas engaged constantly in active campaigning. He participated in numerous skirmishes and battles, among -which was the fierce conflict at Helena, Arkansas, July 4, 1864, in which four thousand Federals were pitted against twelve thousand Confederates. The battle lasted nine hours and resulted in a glorious victory for the "Boys in Blue."

After being mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 10, 1865, Mr. Wild returned to his old home and to his former occupation, farming, continuing in that until 1880, when he came to Umatilla county, Oregon. He filed on a homestead there and busied himself in raising stock until 1895, when he sold out and moved to the vicinity of Starbuck, Columbia county, where he farmed until 1897. In that year, however, he moved to College Place, purchased a home, and became a resident of the town, and is now one of the reliable and substantial men of that neighborhood, highly esteemed and respected by all.

Our subject was married in Grundy county, ]\Iissouri, on August 20, 1857, to Miss Mary E. Sandlin, a native of Boone county, Indiana. who was taken by her parents to Iowa, while still a young child. They have seven children living: Elsie, now Mrs. James Power, of Pendleton, Oregon ; John, a farmer in Mercer county, Missouri; William H., at Pendleton; Sallie, now ]\Irs. John Montgomery, of Pendleton; Eddie, Rebecca and Charlie M., at home with their parents; also two deceased.

HEXRY J. ABBEY, deceased, was one of those sturdy pioneers who have changed the primeval Walla Walla valley into well-cultivated fields, and caused its naturally fertile soil to "blossom and the rose." He was born in the state of New York June 8, 1835. In 1843 ^is parents moved to Michigan, where they both died, leaving him an orphan at ten years of age. He was therefore compelled to support himself as best he could without the aid of an3-one upon whom he had a natural claim, and to acquire unassisted what education he might.

Of those early struggles but little specific information can be gi\'en, but certain it is that they developed in him a strong, self-reliant character, and a resourcefulness which made him the equal of every emergency.

In 1861 he crossed the plains, traveling in the usual primitive fashion of those days, namely, \Yith ox-teams. Locating in the Walla Walla valley, he engaged in freighting as a business, and it fell to his lot to haul the lumber used in the construction of the first store ever erected in Walla Walla, which was built by th2 noted Dr. Baker.

Subsequently he spent three years in the Warrens mining region, then ran a ferry at Lewiston for two years, after which he returned to the \alley and settled on a homestead three and a half miles northwest of Waitsburg. Being a thrifty, enterprising man, he naturally extended his realty holdings as time passed, eventually becoming the owner of six hundred acres, all of which is excellent wheat land. In 1897 he moved into Waitsburg, where he had a fine home, but he was not permitted to long enjoy the luxury of retirement, for on August 19 of that year he died, and his remains lie buried in the city cemetery.

Mr. Abbey was married in Waitsburg, November 25, 1 871, to ^liss Mary E. Bruce, an early pioneer of the county, and to their union eight children have been born, namely: Perry H.. a merchant in Waitsburg, Oscar W., Carohne yi. and Bruce, living: and Jennie, Frederic, Lillian and Henry, deceased.

Henry J. Abbey

WILLL-VM R. JOXES, a retired school teacher and merchant, a pioneer of the coast of 1864, was born in Green county, Kentucky, on November 25, 1840. He was taken by his parents to Gentry county, Missouri, in 1846, and there acquired his public school education. LJpon completing his course he engaged in farming, which industry he followed continuously until 1864, when he crossed the plains with ox-teams to Eugene, Oregon. He taught in the public schools a year, then went to Linn count}', and engaged in the pursuit of the same profession. He taught there twenty-one terms, afterward removing to Whitman county, Washington, where he was engaged in public school teaching until 1885. He then homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, and resumed the business he had followed in early manhood, namely farming.

In 1 89 1 ]\Ir. Jones sold out and the following year came to College Place that his children might enjoy the advantage of the school which was just being estaljlished there. He was one of the first settlers in the town and helped to survey it and build it up from the very foundation. In 1892, the first year the college was in operation, he had seven children in attendance. In the spring of 1901 the family removed to their farm of one hundred and sixty acres eight miles southeast of Dixie, where their home now is and where they are again engaged in tilling the soil.

a native of St. Louis, Missouri, -who died in September, 1880, leaving two children. On November 25, 1885, he was again married, the lady being Mrs. Sarah A. Thornton, and to this union have been born two children. Mrs. Jones also had seven children by her former marriage. Her daughter. Miss Minnie Thornton, is a medical missionary nurse, having completed the course in the Medical Missionary Training School of Chicago. Mr. Jones is a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist church, to which he has belonged since 1881, and he was clerk of the Farmington church for seven years. For the past two years he has served as deputy county assessor.

JACOB F. WEAVER, secretary and treasurer of the Upper Columbia Tract society, residing af College Place, was born in Illinois, March 21, 1865. He attended school there from the time he reached school age until he was fifteen, then moved with his mother and brothers and sisters to Caldwell county, Missouri, first, however, selling the old homestead which his grandfather, Louis Weaver, had taken up six years before Springfield, Illinois, was founded, and upon which his father, Samuel, had raised fruit and nursery stock until his death, which occurred October 10, 1879. Upon arriving in Missouri, Mr. Weaver engaged in farming and stock raising, remaining in that industry until 1885, when he removed to southwestern Kansas. He followed the same occupation in the latter state, except tliat in winter he also taught school. E\-entnally coming west, he located at Portland, (Oregon, where he accepted a position as superintendent of the large stone quarry. He spent a year in that, then in 1892 came as a student to College Place. He studied in Walla Walla College for a number of years, and in 1897 was appointed secretary and treasurer of the Upper Columbia Tract society, which position he has ever since retained.

-Mr. \\ea\er is a very acti\-e worker in the Seventh-Day Adventist church of College Place, of which he has been a deaco:i and elder; and to which his entire family belong. He was married in Rollins county, Kansas, on December 24, 1887, to Miss JNIyrtle Berry, a native of Iowa, and they have a family of two children, Freddie E. and Eber, both students in Walla Walla College.

Mr. Dunlap is affiliated with the Ancient Order United Workmen Lodge, No. 79, of Prescott, and his wife is a member of the Degree of Honor, its auxiliary society.

JOHN K. DUNLAP, a blacksmith at Prescott, is a native of Oregon, born November 19, 1853. After completing his education he engaged in milling, and that was his business for the ensuing three years. He then went into farming, following that occupation uninterruptedly in his native state until 1877, then farmed for a year near Prescott as an employee, Ijut he afterwards moved to Willow valley, where he took a homestead and engaged in stock raising. He continued in that industry five years, then sold his land and let his stock out to other parties on shares. Returning then to Prescott he worked awhile as a farm hand, but in 1897 he engaged in blacksmithing in the town, and has given his energies to that handicraft ever since.

Mr. Dunlap is an industrious, thrifty, substantial man, and his standing in Prescott is of the highest. He was married in Dayton, Washington, JMarch 14, 1888, to Miss Ida F. Wilmot, a native of Idaho, reared and educated in that state. They have four children, Cora L.. Edith J., Rea E. and Ida L. Fraternallv

OTIS C. JACKSON, druggist at 19 West Main street, Walla Walla, was born in Albany, Oregon, July 16, 1867. His father had crossed the plains with ox-teams in 1862, experiencing six or seven battles with Indians, one of which took place within sight of Shoshone Falls, Idaho. In 1 868 the family moved to southern Oregon, but in 1871 they came north as far as Eugene, where Air. Jackson received a good public school education, supplemented by a course in the University of Oregon.

\Mien sixteen, however, our subject started with the remainder of the family for this side of the Cascades, traveling by wagon to Portland and thence by steamboat to The Dalles, and from that town by wagon to Farmington. Here his father purchased a farm, and for the three years following the time of his arrival Mr. Jackson was occupied in taking care of it. He then went to Tacoma, where for several years he was employed by the Stewart & Holmes Drug Company. In 1899 he came thence to Walla Walla, purchased from his former employers the store which he now occupies and started in business for himself. The business is, at present, conducted under the lu-m name of the Green & Jackson Drug Company. They have a magnificent assortment of drugs and photographic supplies, in fact their stock is the largest carried by any firm in the state outside of Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane.

line. He bears an excellent reputation in his community as a reliable and upright gentleman. In Tacoma, Washington, in October, 1899, he married Miss Agnes F. Manion.

EBENEEZER M. PECK, a farmer residing three miles southwest of Walla Walla on Ritz creek, a pioneer of 1878, was born in Oswego county. New York, December 29, 181 7. His father, Russell Peck, had been a gunsmith in the Revolutionary war. The old gentleman had volunteered as a soldier, but the government, discovering his ability, transferred him to one of its gun factories, and there he labored for a period of five years.

When Ebeneezer M. Peck was six months old, the family removed to Ohio, where the father followed blacksmithing and gunsmithing five years. They next moved to Michigan, and in that state ele\en years were spent in farming and blacksmithing, after which they removed to Van Buren county, Iowa. It was here that Mr. Peck, then eighteen years old, received his education, though the facilities were not \'ery good, that being the first year that whites were allowed in the territory. The next move of the family was to Oskaloosa county, and here Mr. Peck lost both father and mother by death. He remained in Iowa continuously, engaged in farming, until 1878, then came to Walla Walla for the benefit of his wife's health. He did not remain at first, however, but went to the vicinity of Pendleton, where he resided three years, afterward moving to his present place of abode. He has one hundred and thirty acres in the home place and one hundred acres on the Oregon side of the 5tate line and is engaged in diversified farming.

leading and representative men of Oskaloosa county, Iowa, and while there held several local ofiices. While acting as constable, it fell to his lot to arrest the first man ever placed under custody in that county for wife-beating. The man remained in jail six months, after which Mr. Peck himself paid his fine and had him released.

Since coming to the coast, the desire of our subject to benefit those with whom he comes in contact has found expression in his activity in church and Sunday-school work. When he settled near Pendleton, there was no Sabbath school in his neighborhood, and he immediately set to work to organize one. He found on his return to Walla Walla county, that his neighborhood here was also without such an institution, and again he assumed the role of an organizer. He was superintendent of this school until eventually forced, by the failure of his hearing, to give up the work. Mr. Peck was married at Oskaloosa, Iowa, on December 23, 1862, to Miss Polly DeWitt, a native of Ohio, but a pioneer of Iowa. They have five children living: Emma P., Ai J., Ella E., Nellie M., and Myrtle S., also two, Franklin C. and Elmer C, deceased. The family affiliate with the Old United Brethren church, of Walla Walla.

GEORGE W. LOUNDAGIN. - This respected pioneer and leading agriculturist of Walla Walla county is a son of Tennessee, having first opened his eyes to the light in that state on the 20th of September, 1832. He attained to years of maturity in the locality wherein he was born, but when the time came for him to inaugurate independent action, he removed to the state of Arkansas, where for a number of years he lived the life of an agri-

.\ desire to try his fortunes in the west had, however, taken possession of him, and accordingly, in 1861, he started across the plains to the Walla Walla valley, braving the dangers and vicissitudes incident to the long journey, a journey which had to be made with ox-teams. Arriving in due time he settled on a farm in the vicinity of Walla Walla, but before many months had passed he secured by the exercise of his homestead privileges the place upon which we now find him. He set vigorously to work improving and cultivating his land, also took the initial steps to secure a start in the business of cattle raising, and before long he began to feel the necessity for a larger sphere of activity. To meet the exigencies of the case he purchased other lands, and ttj these in tlue course still others were added until he became the owner of a generous tract of seven hundred and forty acres in the home farm and land in other localities aggregating four hundred and forty acres. He continues to raise large quantities of whear annually, and still handles a great many head of cattle in the course of a year, but he has also become one of the successful fruit growers in his section of the county.

An assiduous worker, a careful manager, a good citizen and an obliging neighbor, Mr. Loundagin naturally stands high in the esteem of all with whom he is associated, enjoying a standing in the community which can be secured and retained only by a man of integrity and intrinsic worth.

On January 31, 1856, in the state of Arkansas, his marriage to Miss Rhoda J. Stewart, a native of Indiana, was solemnized, and to them have been born fourteen childi'en, twelve of whom are still living, namely : William J., residing in Dayton; Robert \Y., a farmer; Eva I., wife of H. M. Hoover; John B., a photographer at Waitsburg; JMary E., wife of John Meimburg, of Waitsburg; Minnie M., wife of S. W. Hester, of Dayton; James O. ; Alvin G. ; Rebecca J., wife of Ralph P. Riggs, a resident of Oregon; Cora B., a teacher; Lossen A. ; and Myrtle M. The deceased children were named Ollie A. and Isaac H.

Referring more particularly to Alvin G. Loundagin, we may say that though only a young man, the date of his birth being April 24, 1872, he is one of the leading and successful farmers of Waitsburg. He is a son of Walla Walla county, and in the local schools and in \\'aitsburg Academy he accjuired his education, after which he engaged at once in farming, the industry in which he has been so signally successful since. ^Ir. Loundagin was married at Dayton, W^ashington, November 14, 1897, the lady of his choice being ]Miss Addie Rae, a native of Illinois, and a daughter of one of the old and respected settlers of the vicinity of Dayton. The couple are parents of one child, Laretta.

GEORGE E. KELLOUGH, 206 West Main street, was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1872. When six years old, he moved with the family to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he received the major part of his education, and where he lived until 1891. He then came to Walla Walla, where for the first three years he worked on a farm. During the ensuing five years he was engaged in agricultural pursuits for himself, homesteading part of his land and acquiring part by purchase.

to mercantile pursuits, and accordingly in November, 1899, lie bought out tlie interest of Mr. John A. Taylor in the Taylor-Merrill Company, an establishment handling a general stock of gents' furnishing goods, boots and shoes, etc. He is, however, still interested in farming, not having sold any of his land. Mr. Kellough is a young man of excellent business ability, and his partners, recognizing this fact, have elected him president and treasurer of the firm. He gives promise of becoming one of the leading business men of the Inland Empire. In his fraternal affiliations he is an Odd Fellow and an Eagle. He was married in Walla Walla, November 28, 1893, to Miss Viola Purd}-, a native of Michigan, and they have a family of two children, Lance E. and Erma G.

IRBY H. RUDD, retired merchant, is a native of East Tennessee, born October 10, 1822. He acquired a common-school education, then became a contractor on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, and after spending several years in that occupation he was tendered a position as conductor on the road. From 1856 to 1863, he served in this capacity, and from the latter date until 1868, he gave his attention to agricultural pursuits. His health ha\-ing failed, he then started west with teams. He stopped for short spaces of time in Nebraska, Colorado and Soda Springs, Idaho, but made no permanent halt until he reached Asotin county, Washington. He was in the milling Imsiness there continuously until 1X80, when he came to Walla Walla county.

In 1882, Mr. Rudd located in Prescott, and became a wheat merchant in connection with Mr. II. P. Isaacs. This was his business until 1897, when, his health having again failed.

he was forced to retire. He has always beerr an intensely active man, despite his rather delicate health, and has been in the front rank of the progressive forces wherever he has lived. He owns one hundred and sixty acres north of Prescott, and some town property. Fraternally, 'Slv. Rudd is identified with the Masonic order. He was married in East Tennessee, January i, 1862, to Miss Angle Temple, daughter of Major S. and Marguerite Temple, of Greenville, Tennessee. They became parents of one child, Leona, deceased.

D. K. HIGHLEY. - Among the industrious and well-to-do farmers of this section - the men whose brain and brawn have contributed so materially to the industrial development of the valley - the subject of this article has earned an honored place. An old pioneer, he has always shown himself possessed of the energy, resourcefulness and courage for which that stalwart class is noted, and has ever proven a not inconsiderable factor in the building of the valley.

Born in Indiana on August 25, 1846, he grew to maturity in that state, receiving such education as its public schools afforded. In 1875, he came thence to Walla Walla valley, and established his residence on the Coppei river. In 1882, he removed to Lincoln county, wherein the scene of his activities for the next four years was located. Returning at length to Walla Walla county, he I>ought what is known as the Spencer ranch, containing two hundred and forty acres, and in i8gi he purchased a place three miles south of Waitsburg, upon which he now resides. He is the owner of a fine farm gf three hundred and fifty-four acres, furnished with machinery.

As a farmer, he is industrious and progressive, the results of his thrift and good management being everywhere in evidence upon his premises, while as a man and a citizen, his life has been so ordered as to win the esteem and regard of his fellowmen.

Air. Highley was married in Walla Walla county, on March 21. 18S3, to Miss Martha J. Spencer, daughter of W. W. Spencer, a pioneer of i860, and a respected citizen of the valley. Their union has been blest by the advent of six children. Liona. \\'illiam C. and Thelma, living, and Anslem, Helen and Inez, deceased.

WILLI.AM E. McKIXXEY. Jr., a farmer near Waitsburg, is a native of Washington, born April 6. 1868. After completing his education, he went to Lincoln county, and engaged ii: stock raising, handling lioth cattle and horses. Xine years were passed in that industry, then he sold out both his land and his stock and came to Waitsburg, where he engaged in farming on his father's place, a mile west of the town. He is an industrious, thrifty young man, a good citizen, and an agreeable and obliging neighbor.

Mr. McKinney was married in Lincoln county, .\pril 30, 1 891, to Miss Lelia V. Brown, a native of California, born April 28, 1875. Her parents, Mr. and Airs. E. C. Brown, natives, respectiveh', of Maine and Missouri, were old pioneers of California. Her father had followed the sea for many years, but on settling in the Golden state had turned his attention to farming. In. 1884 they moved to Washington, bringing a large band of cattle and horses with them, and locating, eventually, in Lincoln county, near Harrington. Mr. Brown was engaged in farming and stockraising there until his death, which occurred in 1885, and his widow still pursues the same occupation on the old place.

Mr. anl Mrs. AIcKinney are parents of three living children: William E., Jr., born -Kpril 6, 1892: Loenra, born X'ovember 16, 1893, and Imogen, born June 19, 1900.

AIICHAEL AIARTIX, a farmer and stock raiser, residing on Ritz creek, three and a half miles west of Walla \\'alla, a pioneer of 1879, was born in county Galway, Ireland, in 1835. He resided there until thirty-two years of age, working on his father's farm after he completed his education, but he then set sail for America. After a short stay in X'ew York, he went to South Glastonbury, Connecticut, where he obtained employment as a furnace fireman in an anchor factory. He was thus employed for about eight months, after which he went to San Francisco, via the Panama route. He followed grade work there a year, then w'ent overland to Helena, Montana, where, in company with his brother, Patrick, he worked at placer mining for three years, doing quite well. From the mines, he came direct to Walla Walla valley. He and his brother Patrick purchased one hundred and sixty acres on Dry creek to which they subsequently added a full section more of railroad land, making their entire farm ii:clude eight hundred acres. They lived upon and worked this large tract until 1891. when our subject sold his share to his brother John, and purchased his present farm of one hundred and sixty acres on Ritz creek.

one of tlie successful diversified farmers and stock raisers of the county. He was married in Ireland, in 1890, while back on a visit to his old home, to Miss Julia Kellehar, a native of county Gal way, who died August 28, 1900, leaving three children living: Enimett yi.. at the Brothers' school in Walla Walla engaged in study; Mary E. and Stella S., at home with their father. The entire family are members of the Catholic church.

DR. S. A. OWENS, physician and surgeon, Ouinn Building, Walla Walla, was born in North Salem, Indiana, in 1866. When eleven years old, he accompanied the rest of the family to Fort Worth, Texas, where he completed his public school training. He also graduated from the Texas Western College. His first employment, after finishing his education, was in the capacity of freight clerk for the Texas Pacific Railroad Company. After three months he was appointed to the position of way bill clerk, and at the end of his first year of service he was made cashier. Two years were given to the duties of that situation, then he became assistant ticket agent at Union depot. Fort Worth.

However, it had always been his ambition to become a physician, and as soon as he had money enough to pay the expenses of a professional course, he quit the employ of the railroad and matriculated in Fort Worth University, in which institution he was a student for the ensuing four years, graduating in 1895. He then spent a year as surgeon in St. Joseph's hospital, an infirmary belonging to the Texas Pacific Railroad Company. During the following summer he spent three months in New York and three in Chicago, studying, as a specialty, diseases of women and children. Desiring then to find a suitable location, he traveled quite extensively throughout the south and west, even going to the City of Mexico. On his way back from the sound to Texas, he stopped in Walla Walla, and being impressed with the richness of the surrounding country, the beauty of the city, and the general appearance of prosperity, he decided to locate here. Accordingly, he opened an office. His abilities as a physician soon became appreciated, and he now enjoys a large and desirable patronage. In the recent election he was the nominee of his political party for the office of county coroner.

FRED HAGGIST, whose office is at 27 Alain. street, Walla Walla, was born in Switzerland in 1872. He was, however, reared in America, having been brought by his parents to this country, when only six years old. His first home in the new world was in Ouincy, Illinois, where he resided continuously for fifteen years. He was educated in the public schools and in a German private school, receiving very thorough instruction. Upon attaining his majority, he came out to Walla Walla, and entered the employ of Mr. Al Lowe, for whom he worked as a drayman for about three and a half years. During the next two and a half years he served as supervising agent for a sewing machine company, but he then retired from that position to become the partner of his former employer in the draying business, in which industry he is still engaged. Thev have five large teams, and do all kinds of heavy hauling. ^Mr. Ilaggist is a very industrious.

ROBERT F. WALKER, deceased. - Among the respected pioneers and builders of the northwest, those to whose industry, energy and perseverance its greatness is largely due, the warmhearted son of Kentucky whose name forms the caption of this article, is entitled to a rank of no little prominence. Born on the 6th of February. 1830, he was early taken by h:s parents to Illinois, in which state he passed his early youth, receiving a thorough common- .school education supplemented by a term in college.

In 1 85 1 our subject crossed the plains with ox-teams to the Willamette valley, Oregon, wiiere be at once distinguished himself as a pioneer teacher. Me afterward gave some attention to mining and for a number of years was a successful farmer and stock raiser in the valley. Once he was called upon to serve a term as sheriff of Lane co-.mty. Coming to the Walla Walla valley in 1865. he located on the Touchet river, below Prescott. where for ten vears he continued to prosper in the business of cattle raising and farming. At the end of that time, he .sold out his realty and purchased a place east of Waitsburg, which remained the scene of his activities for two years. His next borne was located six miles south of Waitsburg on the Coppei ri\-er. where he farmed uninterruptedly until the 5th of March, 1890, on which (late he was summoned to depart this life.

Mr. Walker was a man of integrity and sterling worth, faithful to every trust reposed in him by the public, true always to the highest and best impulses of his nature. His life and relations with his fellowmen were always so ordered as to retain the confidence of those with whom he became associated in pioneer days and to win the respect and esteem of those who came to the \alley at a later period. He was married in Oregon in 1855, to Miss Arimethy Scott, a native of Indiana and an estimable pioneer woman, who had crossed the plains in 1853. The couple became parents of nine children, namely: Alice B., wife of A. Bishop, of Columbia county; Harriet H., wife of P. Bishop, also of Columbia county; Joseph W.. a farmer six miles south of Waitsburg; Laura, wife of Frank ]\IcCown, of Walla Walla county; James W., a miner in Republic; Steward F., deceased; Marion C, a farmer in this county: Lillie M., deceased, and Adelaide.

WILLIAM l- LLIXGSWORTH, a farmer and stock-raiser two miles east of Wallula, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Missouri July 21, 1847. Upon completing the elements of a common-school education he engaged in farming tb.erc. In 1878 he removed to Brown county, Kansas, whence, in 1882, he came to Walla Walla county. His first home in the valley was located ten miles west of Wallula. in Yakima count)-, but. after a residence of only a twelvemonth there, he came into the town and engaged in hotel keeping. He still owns the hotel, but of late years has given his own time and energy mostly to farming and stock-raising on his farm of one hundred and sixty acres on the \\"alla Walla river, also to the duties of the county offices he has been apiwinted or elected to fill. He served as deputy sheriff for a number of years prior to 1894, in which year he was elected sheriff", and he was so fortunate as to please the electors of the county in such a degree that they called upon him to accept the office again in 1896.

William Ellingsworth

yiv. Ellingswiirtli lias the honor of having served in defence of his country in tlie Civil war, having enlisted in Company B, Twelfth Missouri Cavalry. September 9, 1863. He participated in the battles of Franklin, Nashville and many others, also was present in several fights with the Powder river Lidians in Wyoming in later years. He is a member of Lincoln Post, G. A. R., of Walla Walla, which sent him as its delegate to the national encampment at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1P94; also affiliates with the B. P. O. E. and the L O. O. F. He married in Missouri, on September 9, 1869, Miss ^Laria Graham, a native of that state.

WILLIAM McKINNEY, a farmer in the vicinity of Waitsburg, is a native of Warren county, Indiana, born May 5, 1836. He was taken to Iowa when three years old. and five years later to Missouri, whence, the next spring, he crossed the plains to Hillsboro, Oregon, where for a number of years he was engaged in farming. He also did some mining in the Yreka region in California, in 185 1. He spent six months in and around the Walla A\'alla valley in the winter of 1855 and '56, performing his duties as a volunteer in the Indian war of that date, but as soon as discharged returned to Oregon.

In 1858. however. Mr. McKinney again came to this state, and after spending one year in the service of the government as a packer, located in Walla Walla county. He was engaged in stock raising, packing anrl mining for about two years, then took a homestead, and gave his whole attention to farming and cattle. A thrifty, industrious man, he has prospered from the start, and has continued to increase his real estate holdings, until he is now the owner of five hundred and fifty-three acres, with all buildings, implements, and stock necessary for farming it in a first-class manner. On December 14, 1865, Mr. McKinney married Miss Sarah Poulson, a native of Illinois, and a pioneer of the v/est of 1864. They have four children, Frank, a bookkeeper ; \\'illiam E., a farmer; Thomas V., a clerk; and Emma, a dressmaker.

CLINTON STETSON, deceased, a pioneer of Walla Walla valley of a verj^ early date, was born in the vicinity of Racine, Wisconsin, ir 1828. He received his education in the public schools of his native state and in Racine College, then taught school for several years. Finally, he came via the isthmus of Panama to California, but after a brief residence there, removed to the Walla Walla valley, homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres on the Tumalum river, and engaged in farming. He had been a leading man in Wisconsin, and the same qualities which gained him prominence there soon began to be realized in his new home. He was one of the representati\-e men of the Republican party, and in 1868 was its candidate for the legislature, but was defeated by a very narrow majority, though the county was at that time strongly Democratic. He served as school director and clerk in his district for several terms, and always did everything in his power to advance the cause of education in which he was a thorough believer.

Mr. Stetson was married on January 10, 1863, to Mary A. Dutton, a native of Fulton county, Illinois, who came to the valley in 1862. They became parents of four children. Amy O., wife of Henry Sexton, of Enterprise, Oregon; Augusta 11., wife of Harve Hodgen, of Adams county, Washington ; Susan M., wife of A. Frank Keys, sheriff of Walla county; and Orlando C. now working his mother's place. At the time of the Cayuse war. Mr. Stetson furnished horses for the use of the state government. He died March 26, 1873. and his remains are at rest in Ford cemetery. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

ROBERT H. OSBORN, proprietor of the Bazaar at 223 W. ]\Lain street, \\'alla Walla, was born in Illinois in 1837. He resided there until, in 1S52, the family started across the plains to Oregon, then he, of course, came with them. After six months of continuous travel they finally came to a halt in the beautiful Yamhill county, Oregon. Mr. Osborn completed his education in Salem Academy, where he studied for two years, then engaged in farming. Later he turned his attention to stock raising. For many years that was his business, and he followed it successfully both in Yamhill and in Wasco counties, Oregon; indeed, for the first two years after coming to Walla \\'alla county, Washington, he devoted his energies to the same industry. But in 1891 h^ embarked in the mercantile business, starting with a stock of candy and afterwards adding notions. He is a good business man, and carries a large stock of merchandise.

Being a very old pioneer of the west Mr. Osborn has seen his share of Indian warfare. In 1864 he enlisted in Company B. First Oregon Volunteer Infantry, for service in Idaho against the Snake river Indians and their allies. He participated in several severe engagements, hut the principal duty assigned to his company was to guard the passes for the purpose of preventing the Cayuses from entering the \\'illamette valley.

Mr. Osborn has always been a progressive, enterprising man, and has contributed not a little to the material and industrial development of the coast, in the nearly half a century of his residence in Oregon and Washington. He was married in Yamhill county, Oregon, in 1S58, to Miss Martha Lady, who died in 1S70. By this wife he had four children: Frank, now a farmer; Ada, now Mrs. Griffith, a resident of California; Emrel, deceased; and Lincoln, an undertaker in San Francisco. In 1870 Mr. Osborn was again married, the lady being ]\Irs. Orton, and in 1887 she also died.

PETER STRAHM. - Among those prominently identified with the agricultural development of the section of the country contiguous to Dixie, Mr. Strahm is deserving of especial mention. He was born on the 7th of July, 1836, in the vicinity of that Ohio town, which has since become so well known as the home of William ]^IcKinley. As soon as his public school education was completed he began work with his father, a millwright of ability, continuing in the employ of the latter until the intricacies of that difficult handicraft were thoroughly mastered.

In 1864 Mr. Strahm came out to Oregon, working his way on the railroad as far as that extended and making the remainder of the journey overland. During the three years subsequent to the date of his arrival he followed his trade in Salem, Oregon, but he thereupon removed to Walla Walla county, took up land, and engaged in farming. Prosperity attended his efforts from the very beginning; he soon became a leader among the agriculturists of his section, and he lias continued to occupy a position of prominence among them ever since. At the present time he is the owner of six hundred acres of land, situated about two miles northeast of Dixie. The air of thrift which everywhere pervades his premises bears eloquent testimony to his industry and good management, and confirms his title to a rank among the eminently successful in his particular brancli of industry. As a man and citizen his standing in the community is of the highest.

Mr. Strahm was married in Walla Walla county on the /th of April, 1873, to Miss Sarah Arthion, a native of Iowa, and a member of an old and respected pioneer family. They have six children, namely : Lydia A., now Mrs. John Bane; Charles E., a farmer; Ella, wife of Augustus Augustavo, of Walla Walla; William, Emma and Jennie. Mrs. Strahm's father died in the valley some years ago, but her mother still resides on the Touchet.

JOHN D. McCOY, son of Thomas K. and Margaret A., was born in Umatilla county, Oregon, on October 9, i860, on his father's homestead on the Tumalum river. He grew to man's estate in the valley, receiving the advantage of a thorough education in Mrs. Chamberlain's private school and in Whitman Seminary. After leaving school he engaged in stock raising in Wasco county, Oregon, near The Dalles, and he followed that industry there for six or eight years, afterwards moving his stock to the Snake river, where opportunity was afforded for taking homestead land, and where there was abundance of range for cattle.

Mr. McCoy took a quarter-section of government land, and remained on it continuously until ^lay 24, 1900, when he sold his place and stock and moved permanently to his present residence on the Telephone road, where is theportion of his father's estate that fell to him. He also has one hundred and sixty acres of land on the Tumalum river, a part of the paternal homestead, and upon these two places he is raising hay principally. It is his intention to work into the dairy business, and he already has quite a herd of milch cows, all fine Jersey stock.

Mr. McCoy is uniformly esteemed and respected wherever known, his standing in this community being an enviable one. For three years he has been school director of his district. In Umatilla county, on July 18. 1882, he married Miss Rose D. Olmstead, a native of Oregon, and they have four children living, namely : Rowena A., G. Pauline, J. Leon and Marcus R., all at home. Mrs. McCoy's parents were early settlers on the Tamalum river, and were well known and respected in Walla Walla, where her mother still lives and owns property, though her father died on the old home place in ?klarch, 1877.

WILLIAM A. NOBLE, 112 W. Main street, Walla Walla, was born in Illinois in 1865, and in that state he was reared and educated. For several years after leaving school he was engaged in farming with his father, but in 1887 he came out to Walla Walla. For the four years following the date of his arrival here, he spent most of his time in warehouse work, but when not engaged in that line he busied- himself in other directions. In 1890, however, he opened a place of Inisiness in the city, and he has been in commercial pursuits

since, only once changing locations in that time. In fraternal affiliations Mr. Xoble is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Eagles. He was married in \\'alla Walla in 1889 to Miss Sarah J. Ragsdill, a native of Tennessee, and to their union have been born five children, namely: Grace, Orva, Ethel, \\'illiam A., Jr., and Charles Edward.

JOEL WOODS, one of the enterprising farmers and extensive real estate owners of Walla Walla county, is a native of New York, born August 3, 1844. While in early infancy he was taken by his parents to Michigan. The family, however, soon returned to New \ork, and in 1850 they made quite an extensive tour via Canada to Detroit, thence by steamer to Chicago, from that city direct to Janesville, Wisconsin, and back to New York. They farmed in the last mentioned state four years, then went to Michigan and were engaged in the dual occupation of farming and lumbering for three years more. Their next move was to Iowa, but after spending a few months there and a few in [Michigan they again returned to New York: only on a business trip, however. When the object of the trip had been accomplished they came back to Michigan and again engaged in farming and teaming.

After a continuous residence of four years in that state Mr. Woods rejoined his father, who had gone to Indiana two years before, and after another two years had passed father and son both went to Wisconsin, the father to locate a homestead, the son to assist in clearing and improving it.

out across the plains to Grande Ronde valley, where for two and a half years he followed farming and stockraising. He next came to the vicinity of Waitsburg, bought land, and continued his former occupation m his new home. A thrifty, industrious man, he took advantage of every opportunity offered by the newness of the country, and the natural fertility of the soil, whh the result that he is now one of the leading farmers in Walla Walla count)', his farm consisting of four thousand acres of excellent wheat land.

Mr. Woods was married in Wisconsin, in March, 1871. to Miss Viola ]M. Hull, a native of that state, and of their marriage eleven children have been born: ilorris A., Walter J., Harriet E., Mary J\I., Ethel V., Chester J., Charles A., Elmer L., Ruth S., Emerson E. and Harrv L.

EDWARD D. MILLS, a farmer at Waitsburg, is a native of Iowa, born January 29, 1842. When two years old, he was taken by his parents to Kentucky, and there the next decade of his life was passed. He then spent five years on a farm in Missouri, after which he crossed the plains to Shasta county, California. arri\-ing in 1859. He was engaged in mining and teaming there until 1865, then came to the vicinity of Dixie, Washington, took a homestead and engaged in farming and stock raising, lie lived in that locality several vears. InU finally .sold his farm, l.iought another near Waitsburg, and resumed his accustomed occupation. He has a fine farm, joining the city on the west, and valuable not only for its natural productiveness, but especially so on account of its favorable location.

dence and gi)od will of liis neighbors generally. He was married in this county, November 30, 1870, to Miss Mary Al. Dickinson, a native of Indiana, who crossed the plains with her parents in 1863. The family located four miles south of Waitsburg, and in the district school of that neighborhood she completed her education. She is an active member of the Women of Woodcraft, Circle No. 157, of Waitsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Mills are parents of six children, living, Abbie B., Frank P., Charlie A., Florence L., Harlan F., and Harvey D.

HENRY W. HASTINGS, deceased. - Though the man whose name initiates this review was not permitted to live to a great age, he assisted in the early development of two western states, stamping upon the communities in which he lived the impress of his vigorous personality. He was born in Arkansas in 1842, and in that state the first nineteen years of his life were passed and his education was acquired. In 1 86 1, however, he crossed the plains with ox-teams to Benton county, Oregon, bringing with him the courageous young woman who had recently become his bride.

The couple arrived in due season and began tilling the soil of the new country, Mr. Hastings also giving some attention to the more exciting occupation of mining. They met with excellent success in their initial efforts to secure a competency, but thought they could do better in the rich Walla Walla valley, so in 1865 moved over to this section. Securing land three miles east of Dixie, they began to develo]) a home for themselves, and there they lived and toiled together until, in 1884, death overtook the head of the family. Mrs. Hastings lived on the original home for several years longer, but at present she is a resident of Whitman county.

Recapitulating briefly the history of this respected family we may say that the marriage of our subject and Miss Sarah E. Hubbard, to whom we have hitherto referred as Mrs. Hastings, was solemnized in 1861, in Arkansas, the birthplace of both the contracting parties, and that the issue of their union was nine children, namely: William T., a farmer; iVIinnie, wife of Frank AIcGhee, of Walla Walla; Thomas J., a farmer in Whitman county; Alice M., wife of George McCrosky, of Whitman county; Ethel, wife of Frank Van Winkle, of Walla Walla; also Henry C, Albert L., Richard W. and Elmer F., residents of Whitman county.

William T., who now has charge of the parental farm, was born in Oregon on the 6th of January, 1863. He was, however, reared and educated in this valley, his parents having, as before intimated, brought him here in 1865. He early engaged in farming and stock raising, and to these industries hir, energies have been devoted continuously since. He is a successful farmer, a good citizen and an esteemed and respected member of society. He was married in Walla W^alla county, December 18, 1885, to Martha J. Smith, a native of the valley, who died July 26, 1897, leaving five children, namely: Thomas O.. Joseph £., William H., Albert W. and Frank A.

WILLIAM .\. STRUTHERS, a farmer near Eureka Junction, was born and rearetl in the state of Minnesota. He received a public school education. When the time came for him to start in life f(jr himself, he .naturally turned to farming, having been brought up from boyhood in tliat occupation, and he has clung closely to that calling ever since. Li 1889 he came to Walla Walla county and purchased three hundred and twenty acres half a mile south of Eureka Junction. This he has been farming ever since ctjntinuously. but his energy and ambition are too great to be confined even in the generous limits of a half-section, so he rents and farms nine hundred acres more. He is a man of integrity, and enjoys an en\iable standing in the community in which he lives. J\Ir. Struthers was married in Walla Walla county, on August 27, 1893, to Miss Maggie AIcDonald, a native of Nevada, who died May 8, 1900, leaving one daughter. Hazel M., born September 6, 1894, and now living with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. IMcDonald.

JOHN W. BREWER, a mail carrier in Walla Walla, was born in Wasco county, Oregon, in 1873. When very young he was taken by his parents to the Willamette valley, whence two years later he was brought to Walla Walla county. He lived on the farm with his parents until ten years old, attending school during term time, then moved with the remainder of the family into Walla \\'alla, where he finished the grammar grade.

In 18S9 the entire family moved to Seattle, ar.d here Mr. Brewer took a high-school course, graduating in 1895. While pursuing his studies he organized the High School Cadets, a company which under his captaincy became the banner cadet company of the state. After graduation he took a course in bookkeeping in Wilson's Modern Business College, then taught in the same institution for a year. Returning to Walla Walla in 1897 he purchased .the Empire Business College, which was owned and controlled by him until the close of the term in 1889, when he sold out and accepted a position as carrier in the postal service. He is also bookkeeper for U. G. Bean, a furniture dealer.

In .Vpril, 1898, responding to the call of patriotism, Mr. Brewer enlisted in Company I, Washington Volunteers, for service in the Philippines. He went as far as San Francisco, but while awaiting orders to proceed he was called home by the illness of his father, leaving at first on a furlough, but eventually being discharged.

Mr. Brewer is a young man of unusual ability, and possesses a degree of energy and force of character which enables him to make good use of his other natural endowments. Prophetic vision is not necessary to enable one to discern before him a career of success and usefulness. He is quite a prominent member of the I. O. G. T., of which he is at present grand treasurer for this state. On March 29, 1899, he was married, in Walla Walla, to Miss Jennie M. Markham, a resident of this city, and they are the parents of one child, John W., Jr.

ED\\WRD LOGAN, a carpenter and builder, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, July 4, 1847. He grew to manhood in his native state, receiving a good education, and subsecjuently learning the trade of a carpenter. He worked at his handicraft there for a number of years, but in 1879 removed to Colorado, located at Loveland, and again engaged in carpenter work. After a residence of a year there he came to \\'alla ^^'alla county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in the vicinity of Eureka Junction, pre-empting another one hundred and sixty acres adjoining.

Preferring to work at his trade, however, he has rented his land most of the time since 1887, and given his attention to building. He has devoted the assiduous efforts of many years to acquiring a mastery of the intricate handicraft which he chose for his own, and has, as might be expected, a high degree of skill, so that his services are constantly in dem.and.

\Miile lix'ing in his old home in Ohio Mr. Logan was a memljer of the Presbyterian church established in his neighborhood, but since coming west he has never connected himself with any church society.

JUSTUS AHCHEL, deceased. - A very early pioneer and an industrious, thrifty agriculturist, the man whose name gives caption to this article is well deserving of representation in a volume of this character for the liberal contribution which he made to the industrial development of the county, while his life and relations with his fellow men were always so ordered as to procure for him the esteem and regard of those with whom he was associated.

Like many other respected citizens of the west, he was born in Germany, the date of his advent onto the stage of action being December 9, 1833. He received tlie customary publicschool education, and complied with the requirements of his fatherland with regard to service in the German army, but when this duty was discharged he at once set sail for the new world.

lines of activity in Missouri and Iowa for a number of years. In 1865 he crossed the plains in the customary fashion of those days to Walla Walla county, homesteaded a place four miles southeast of Dixie, bought a quarter-section of railroad land adjoining and directed his energies to agricultural pursuits and stock raising. In these industries he was successful from the beginning, soon becoming one of the leading ranchmen of the section. He continued in the business of farming and stock raising uninterruptedly until his death, the date of which is September 7, 1894.

j\Ir. Michel was married in ^Missouri, October 24, 1858, to Miss Martha Dodge, a native of Illinois, and to them were born seven children, namely: A. Anna, wife of John W. Burkhart; Ella J., wife of Orville France, of Whitman county; Justus I., residing at Sunset; Charles H., Alice M. and Otto B., living; and Thomas, deceased.

Mrs. Michel's father, Thomas E. Dodge, was an early pioneer of Illinois, being the second white man to settle in St. Charles, that state. Her mother was a member of the old and respected Upton family, the founders of which in America came to the new world in the sixteenth century.

MRS. ELIZABETH J. BLANCHARD, a hotel keeper and farmer, residing at Eureka Junction, was born in Arkansas July 7, 1844. She crossed the plains with the remainder of her family in 1859, and since that date her life has been linked with the destinies of Walla Walla valley. There were only eight white women in the valley at this time, and not a school or a church closer than The Dalles, Oregon.

Her father bought a squatter's right and engaged in farming and stock raising, and she hved with him until June 27, 1861, when she married 'Sir. A. A. Blanchard. The latter also bought a claim and engaged in farming, stock raising and teaming, while Mrs. Blanchard, wishing to contribute her share toward the establishment of a home, attended to the butter making. They li\ed on the original homestead for thirteen years, then moved to the town of \\'alla Walla, continuing, however, in their former occupation, that of stock raising. Fourteen years were passed in this locality, and during that time they witnessed the gradual growth and development of the town, there being only one store in the place when they first moved into the valley.

About 1888 they sold their interests in the vicinity of \\'alla Walla, moved to Eureka Junction, bought more land and engaged in the dual occupation of farming and hotel keeping. Ill 1898 Mr. Blanchard died, but iiis widow, having learned self-reliance in the hard school of a pioneer country, has carried on both the farming and the hotel keeping successfully alone, personal!}- managing her wheat farm of six hundred and forty acres, the same being the land upon which Eureka Junction is located.

Mrs. Blanchard is an active member of the Free Baptist church. She is deeply interested in the establishment of a first-class institution of learning in the Junction, under the auspices of that denomination, and has shown her interest in a very substantial way, donating ten acres of her land for the use of the school. She is a thoroughly sincere, good woman, devoted heart and soul to the advancement of the cause of Christ and tlie uplifting of humanity.

their own, but have reared and educated four, taking them in childhood and training them tc become respected members of society. The first was the infant child of an esteemed friend. She is now !Mrs. Fredelle Sharp, wife of a farmer on the Touchet river; the second, a daughter of Mrs. Blanchard's brother, is now the wife of \A'iIliam Mann, of Eureka; the remaining two are Clara and Dora McElhaney, who still reside with Mrs. Blanchard.

ANDREW C. MASTERSON, deceased, a pioneer of 1866, was a native of Kentucky, born December 14, 1840. He was, however, reared in Illinois and Iowa. In 1864 he crossed the plains with mule teams to Oregon and located in the vicinity of Albany, Linn county, where for a couple of years he was engaged in farming. He then removed to this county, located a homestead on Cottonwood creek, six miles south of Walla Walla, and again embarked in farming and stock raising. An industrious thrifty man. he was ver\- successful in this i;idustry, and soon took rank among the leading farmers of Walla Walla county. In 1880 Mr. ^lasterson retired from the farm, moved into the city of Walla Walla, and directed his attention to the loan business, in which he was afterwards engaged until May 6, 1883, when he died. In fraternal affiliations he was a Mason and a L^nited \\'orkman. On February 23, i860, he married, in Davis county, Iowa, Miss Sinah ^\'orkman, a native of that state, and to them were born eight children : Emma J., wife of A. J. McManis; Sarah I., widow of Wallace Smith: .Xndrew C. and John, living; and Willie, Hattie, May and Joseph, deceased. ^Irs. Masterson crossed the plains with her husband in 1864. exemplifying the self-reliance and resourcefulness of those early pioneer \vomen by driving a four-mule team all the way. She now resides in a comfortable home ill Walla Walla, and is supported by the revenues from over one thousand acres of farm land and some valuable city property.

JOSEPH H. McCOY, a farmer on the Tumalum, eight and a half miles southwest of A\'alla Walla, a pioneer of the valley of 1859, was liorn in Linn county, Oregon, on January 15, 1856. When a small child he was brought by his parents to this valley, and he now resides on the place which his father homesteaded on coming here. He received his education in Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain's private school, and in the old Whitman Academy, which he attended two years.

His first business after leaving school was raising Norman Percheron horses in Umatilla county and later in Wasco county, Oregon, in company with his brothers, E. O. and John D., a line of activity which he followed until 1884. He then sold out, returned to the paternal homestead and took charge of the farm. While thus employed he received an ajjpointment from Mr. Zoeth Houser as chief deputy sheriff of Umatilla county, Oregon, and for two years thereafter he was engaged in the performance of his duties as such officer.

Returning then to his farming, he devoted the summer and fall seasons to that industry, but as soon as harvest time was passed he indulged his passion for travel, visiting every state and territory in the Union except tln'se along the Atlantic seaboard. Latterly he has given his entire time and attention to his farm, and is now one of the most successful diversified farmers in the valley. He enjoys an en- viable standing in his community, the natural consequence of his uniform fairness and integrity in his dealings with his neighbors. His fraternal connections arc with the Damon Lodge, No. 4, Knights of Pythias, of Pendleton, and with Lodge No. 23, F. O. E., of Walla Walla.

Mr. McCoy was married, at Cowl's Crossing, of the Walla Walla river, October 26, 1882, to Miss Mary A. Cowl, a native of Illinois, who was brought by her parents across the plains in 1866. They have a family of four chihlren, Josepli O., Kate M., anrl George T. and Mattie A., twins. Mr. McCoy's father was a prominent man in the early pioneer days of this valley. He has the distinction of having started and for a time operated the first meat market ever established in this section, and one surprising thing in this connection is that the market has been maintained continuously as such ever since, though started iu 1858. It is now the property of Mr. Chris, Ennis.

When the family first settled on the farm here they were neighbors to the Cayuse Indians, but by uniform fair treatment they kept the good will of the red men and experienced no trouble with them. On one occasion an Indian stole a horse from Mr. McCoy, but the other Indians followed the thief to Idaho, overtook him, beat him unmercifully and compelled him to bring back the stolen property.

Mr. McCoy tells many amusing anecdotes of the false Indian scares of early days, one of which is to the effect that a neighbor, while on a mad drive to Fort Walla Walla to alarni the soldiers, lost one of his chililrcn out of the wagon, and when the others set up a cry of alarm his imagination construed the turmoil tc be the shouts of approaching red skins and he drove all the harder. Mr. McCoy's father died in Menard county, Illinois, February 19, 1877, while back there on a visit, and his mother passed away in October, 1896, and lies buried in the Walla Walla cemetery. While Mr. McCoy's farm is just over the Oregon line, he considers \\'alla his home town and always has his inail directed to that postoffice.

spects one of which he has just reason to be proud. Fraternally he is connected with the Foresters of America, the Artisans and the Good Templars.

ilERTON E. BREWER, lately book^ keeper for William Jones, was born in Walla Walla county in 1875. He lived in this vicinity until 1891, then went to Seattle, where he completed a high-school course and graduated. He also took a complete course in bookkeeping in one of the business colleges of that city, after which he returned to Walla Walla. He taught in his brother's business college during the winter of 1898-9, but in the spring returned to Seattle to accept a position in the Board of Education building. At the outbreak of the Philippine war he enlisted in Company B, First \A'ashington Volunteer Infantry, with vhich he went as far as San Francisco. He remained there until shortly before they left for Manila, then, his father being ill, he was discharged by courtesy and allowed to return to Walla Walla.

For. about three months after coming here he was employed in the county auditor's office, then he became city assessor by appointment. In the campaign of 1898 he was a candidate for the office of city clerk, but failed of election. On July 14, 1899, he accepted the position in which he was until quite recently engaged, taking charge of Mr. Jones" books and accounts. Mr. Brewer is a young man of ability, energy and force of character, and his reliability and integrity have never been questioned. His standing in this city is in all re-

JOHX U. STR.\H:iI, deceased. - An early and respected pioneer of the county and one who has contributed his full share toward its development, the subject of this article has earned the right to be counted among the benefactors and builders of the county, and it is clearly incumbent that he should be accorded representation in a volume of this character. He was born in Berne, Switzerland, on July 50, 1837, but was reared and educated in the state of Ohio, whither his parents brought him when he was six years old. In 1853 he crossed the plains with ox-teams to California, where for three years he was engaged in the endeavor to find a key to nature's vaults and to win tb.erefrom her hidden treasure.

Returning to the middle west in 1856 he farmed in Iowa and ?iIissouri for about eight years, after which he again crossed the plains, his objective point this time being Walla \\'alla county. He located a homestead two miles southeast of Dixie, upon which he resided contuiuously, engaged in farming and stock raising until February 11, 1895, when death overtook him. He had a fine farm of two hundred acres and upon this his widow and some of the children are still living.

Mr. Strahm was married, in Princeton, Missouri, in 1864, to ]Miss Mary J. Farley, a native of that state, and to their union fourteen children were born, namely : Josephine, widow of the late John Byrd ; \\'illiam H. ; Sarah E., wife of D. F. Strohm, of Pendleton, Oregon; Rosa B., wife of Thomas B. Hast- ings, of Thornton; Mary E., wife of Eldon Buroaker, of Waitsburg; Nora J., a resident of \\'alla Walla; John U. ; Nannie, wife of A. W. Brown, of Walla Walla: Lncretia R., \'iola, Edna and Alma.

J. FREDERICK KERSH.VW, railroad agent at Dixie, is one of the comparatively few who can claim Washington for the state of tlieir nativity. He was born in this county April 8, 1878, and here he passed his early youth and was educated. Reared on his father's farm near Dixie, he acquired habits of industry and thrift which are invaluable to any ambitious young man, and his career thus far, though so brief, gives promise of his becoming a prominent railroad man and a powerful factor in the carrying trade of the coast. As soon as he had completed his education he set vigorously to work to learn telegraphy, and soon found employment with the Washington & Columbia River Railroad, for which he is now agent at Dixie. Mr. Kershaw is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W^illiam G. Kershaw, well known and highly esteemed ])ioneers of W^alla Walla county. His father died April 5, 1891, but his mother still lives on the old home place near Dixie. Her real estate interests in the county are very extensive. Besides the subject of this sketch, she has two other children, Emma Kershaw and Mrs. J. H. Fuller.

MILTON E. BRYAN, proprietor of a livery barn, corner Second and .Alder street;-;, was born in Van Buren county, Iowa, in 1859. For the first twenty-five years of his life he lived in tlie neighborhood in which he first saw the light, receiving the advantages of a public-school training, and later engaging in agricultural pursuits. In 1884, however, he moved to Walla Walla and turned his attention to the livery business, an industry to which his energies have been given ever since.

For the past twelve years he and his partner, Mr. T. N. Bryan, have been in business together, and during the past two they have occupied their present quarters. By their industry, judicious management and careful attention to the wants of their customers, comliined with a degree of progressiveness, which has kept them always fully abreast of the times in equipment and stock, they have secured an excellent trade, and a reputation of which they may well be proud. They have seventy-five head of horses and run hack lines, baggage and transfer wagons, etc., besides performing all the other functions of a first-class livery. In fraternal affiliations Mr. Bryan is identified with the I. O. O. F. He married, in Iowa, in 1890, Margaret E. Chalfant, a native of that state.

JOHN G. COCHRAN. - This prominent ])ioneer farmer of Dixie was born in Missouri in September, 1839. He grew to manhood and acquired his education in the state of h:s nativity, and when the time came for him to initiate independent action, and to begin the struggle for existence on his own account, he engaged in the business in which he had been reared, namely, farming. He continued to prosper in that industry for many years, lint thinking he could do better on the Pacific coast came to \\'a]la Walla in 1871. Locating at Dixie, he resumed the occupation in which he had been engaged while a resident of Missouri, and he has been among the progressive and

In 1861, in the state of Missouri, he married Aliss Elizabeth Eagen, and the issue of their union was eleven children, nine of whom are still living, namely: James W., in Oregon; Jasper, in Oregon; Charles L., postmaster and merchant at Dixie ; Jesse D. ; Robert L. ; Ida Pearl, wife of F. M. Marks, of Dixie; William, ]\Iamie and Edison. The deceased children were named Lu\'ina and Minnie.

Their son, Charles L., a merchant at Di.xie. who also serves as postmaster there, is one of the leading spirits of the place, and an effective force in its upbuilding. He was born in Missouri on September 13, 1868, but was reared and educated in the Walla Walla valley, whither his parents brought him when he was about three years old. After completing a course in the local public schools and in Empire Business College, of Walla Walla, he engaged in farming, but in 1892 he opened a mercantile establishment in Dixie, and in 1893 he was appointed postmaster.

Mr. Cochran is a public-spirited man, ever ready to contribute his share toward the general progress, and always among the leaders in every forward movement. He is quite prominent in the I. O. O. F., being a charter member of W^elcome Lodge, Xo. 117, all the chairs of which have been occupied by him, also identified with Sunshine Rebekah Lodge, No. 56.

HON. JAMES H. LASATER, deceased. - No work which purports to review the lives of those who have taken a prominent part in the upbuilding of the west or any section of it could escape the imputation of incompleteness should it omit to make due mention of such men as the one whose name forms the caption of this article. \\'hile Mr. Lasater's character was too positive and aggressive to render all men his friends, his sincerity, unimpeachable integrity and uncompromising devotion to his convictions of right won for him the respect even of his opponents and gained him the sincere regard of all who admire true force of character.

Born in ^Ic^Iinn county, Tennessee, on October 19, 1823, he spent the first twentyseven years of his life in that locality. Llis early desire was to become a physician, and with characteristic energy he applied himself to the mastery of that profession. He graduated with the degree of 'SI. D.. but after practicing a short time and discovering that he had mistaken his tastes abandoned the profession and set out for California. Returning to the east the following year, 1851, he began the study (if law under Judge William Kellogg, his places of residence during the years of his law reading being Canton and Bloomington, Illinois.

In October, 1852, Mr. Lasater arrived in Oregon City, Oregon, and on February 22, 1855, he was admitted to the bar of that state. He continued in practice there until April, 1863, then came to Walla ^^'alla, of which city he became a representative citizen, taking the same unselfish interest in promoting the welfare of this locality which had characterized him in his relations with Oregon affairs. One of his first public acts after arriving here was to assist in the organization of the Democratic party, of which he was a prominent and influential member, and which, shortly afterward, elected him to the ofiice of prosecuting attorney. He, however, refused to qualify.

fidelity to what he conceived to be right was broug-ht into full relief. He had previously served in the Oregon legislature, and the experience there gained enabled him to maintain a place of leadership among his compeers and to become an efficient force in shaping legislation. As indicating in some measure the extent of Mr. Lasater's achievement after coming to the west, we may call attention to the fact that when he landed in Oregon his worldly wealth consisted of just one dollar. This he expended for bread. He managed to secure a job at manufacturing rails, then found employment as a teacher, afterward working into the practice of law, in which he became very successful. For a number of years before his demise he was compelled to devote his entire time and attention to his real estate interests, so extensive had they become, and when he died he was possessed of some nineteen hundred acres of land in this county and in Umatilla county, Oregon, besides valuable realty in Walla Walla, the whole being worth probably forty thousand dollars.

As a man, as a lawyer and as a legislator Mr. Lasater deserves the highest distinction, and posterity will accord to him an honored place among the builders and moulders of the northwest.

On February 22, 1856, our subject became the husband of Mrs. Emily Scudder, nee Moore, a most estimable lady, possessed of the qualities of heart and mind for which pioneer women are famous. She crossed the plains with ox-teams in early days, experiencing many difficulties with Indians, and more than once narrowly escaping the cruel vengeance of the red men. The train discovered the remains of a dwelling that had been burned by the savages, after all the inmates had, as was supposed, been cruelly massacred. Search showed, however.

that a baby and a girl about fourteen years old, whose scalp had been removed, were still ali\-e, and these were brought west with the emigrants. Mr. and Mrs. Lasater became the parents of six children, of whom three are still living: Julia A.; Alice M., now Mrs. Elron Edgerley; and Harry, all residing near Walla \\'alla.

Mrs. Lasater died in December, 1875; her husband followed her to the tomb on August 20, 1896, and their remains lie side by side in the Walla Walla cemetery.

WILLLA-M H. MANN, one of the enterprising young farmers of the vicinity of Eureka Junction, is a native of Lidiana, born April 12, 1878. When only six years old he started traveling with his invalid father, and was a constant attendant upon the latter for four years. On July 13, 1888, at Hot Springs, Arkansas, the father died, and William H. then came direct to this county. Before long he located at Eureka Junction, where for several years he has been engaged in farming. He is an industrious, thrifty, self-reliant young man, and possesses those traits of character which insure success in any calling. He is at present farming six hundred and forty acres, raising wheat principally.

His mother, now Mrs. George Struthers, is at present residing in Walla Walla. She was born and reared in Indiana, but came to California as early as 1879, and has lived in this state since 1882. She has six children living, three, Maude, Bessie and William H., by her marriage with Mr. j\lann. and three by her union with Mr. Struthers, namely, Harry, Guy and George.

B. F. BRE\\"ER, a clerk in Tallman's drug store, was born in Walla Walla county in 1879. He lived in the vicinity of this city until about eleven years old, then accompanied the remainder of the family to Seattle, where he continued his public school studies. He was in tiie high school there a while, but before completing his course the family returned to ^^'alla Walla, and he continued his studies in the high school of this city. He organized the High School Cadets, a military company, and was their captain as long as he remained in the institution. L'pon completing his education he entered the drug store of Mr. Tallman, where he has been clerking and studying pi armacy ever since. It is his intention to take a course in a pharmaceutical college, so as to make himself thoroughly master of his chosen profession. He is a very bright and capable young man, already possessed of an excellent education, and he needs but a course of systematic professional training to insure a successful career as an apothecary.

HARRY LASATER. - Born on May 18, 1865, in the county with which this volume is primarily concerned, the son of one of the oldest and most prominent pioneers of the west, the subject of this brief biographical outline has gro\vn up to be a credit t.j his illustrious father and to the noble valley in which he was nurtured and educated. Though his tastes and disposition inclined him to adopt the independent life of an agriculturist, he realized that whatever his calling it was advisable that he should cultivate to the extent of his abilities the powers of his min,d, so continued in study until he had completed a thorough course in Whitman Academy and passed through the freshman year in the college.

He thereupon engaged with his brother ^^'iley in managing his father's farm, continuing in this employment until 1890, when the farm was divided equally between him and his sister, Julia^ the brother, who had been his co-worker for the first few years after he left college, having died December i, 1885. Mr. Lasater has been giving his undivided attention to agricultural pursuits on his own account ever since, and has long been regarded as one of the eminently successful ranchmen of the county. His place, which is known as the old ]\Iullen farm, and which consists of three hundred and fifty-four acres of e.xcellent wheat land within about three miles of the city of \\'alla Walla, is one of the first farms that were cultivated and improved in the valley, and it is now well supplied with buildings, fences and equipments, while its fertile soil has been developed to the fullest by careful and intelligent tilling.

While Mr. Lasater is a thrifty and assiduous farmer, he never neglects his duties as a citizen, but takes an active interest in politics, local and general, manifesting a willingness to contribute his mite toward the general welfare, and to bear his portion of the public burdens. For three years he discharged the duties of road supervisor, which duties were imposed upon him by the suffrages of his neighbors. Fraternally he is prominently identified with the I. O. O. F., of which order he is a past conductor.

Jessie B. Crawford, also a native of Walla \\'alla. and a member of a respected pioneer family. They have nn- daughter. Thelma May, now about two vears old.

\\"1LLL\M X. \\TSEI\L\N, a farmer, is a native of Washington, born February 5, i860. He had the distinction of having been the second child of white parents to be born in Walla Walla county. He received his educi.tion in the local schools, then engaged in larming. renting his father's place. He also emjjarked in the livery business in the city of \\'alla Walla, following that for two years. He was, however, ambitious to become a farmer on his own land, so, as soon as he conveniently could, located a homestead and turned his attention to its development. He is thrifty, energetic and ambitious, and is now one of the successful and prosperous farmers of the county.

'Sir. Wiseman's father and uncle were old pioneers of the valley, and the first to homestead lands on Eureka fia;t. The former was for many years one of the leading agriculturists of his section of the state, but he has now retired and is living in Walla Walla.

ilr. William N. Wiseman, whose life history we are endeavoring briefly to outline, has long taken an active interest in the political and industrial well-being of the county, ever manifesting a willingness to do what he can for the general progress. He was a delegate I'l the last territorial Democratic convention vi hich was held in Sjxikane. So earnest was he in his convictions and so skillfully did he represent the sentiment of those who sent him that he was chosen for the next convention, and lie has been honored by lieing elected delegate

Mr. Wiseman was married in Walla Walla, November i, 1888, to Miss Lizzie A. Wightman, also a native of this state, born June 17, 1865. She was educated in the St. Paul school, of Walla Walla. Mr. and Mrs. Wiseman are the parents of two children living, namely : Ada A., born August 12, 1890, and Grace L., born April 26, 1893. Mr. Wiseman is a member of Clyde Lodge, No. S896, M. W. of A., of which he is clerk.

R. G. CLANCY, a fruit grower at Dixie, ? pioneer of 1863, was born in ^Missouri September 2^, 1850. When he about two years old the family crossed the plains to Oregon, located in the Willamette valley and remained a1)out a decade. When thirteen, however, he accompanied them to Walla W'alla, and here he received the greater part of his education. His first occupation after leaving school was freighting to Lake Pend d' Oreille and various other points, but he afterwards engaged in farming. He gave his attention to agricultural pursuits in general until 1884, then bought his present place and confined his energies to fruit raising. He has a magnificent orchard of sixty-five acres, the second largest in the county, and is producing excellent fruit of all varieties.

Mr. Clancy is a very active, energetic man, deeply interested in the welfare of his commu- - nity, though apparently not ambitious for personal preferment of any kind, and not an aspirant for any public oftice. His standing in the neighborhood is of the highest. He is cpiite prominent in the L O. O. F., has passed through all the chairs in the sulwrdinate lodge, and is

Mr. Clancy was married, in Walla Walla county. November 22, 1875, to jMiss Sarah J. Sanders, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of pioneer parents. They have five children, Albert C, John Floyd, Alice A.. Paul B. and Elva D. ^Ir. Clancy's father. Cornelius, who crossed the plains with o.\-teanis in 1853, and who became identified with Walla Walla county in 1S63. died at Dixie in 1S97. Ilis wife hatl preceded him to the grave by about five vcars.

Professor Walter A. Bratton

PROFESSOR WALTER A. BRATTON, A. B.. teacher of mathciuatics in Whitman College, was born in Stamford, \'ermont, in 1874. He resided in his native state until twelve years old, receiving the advantages of the local public schools, then went to Drury Academy, North Adams, ilassachusetts, a classical preparatory school, where he was a student for four years. Subsequently he matriculated at Williams College, completed the course and graduated, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1S95. He then came to \\'hitman College to accept the chair of mathematics, and has been discharging the duties of that position ever since.

Professor Bratton is a young man of unusual ability, scholarly in every respect, and endowed with an excellent faculty of imparting information. His zeal for the progress of the institution in which he is employed is manifested not alone by the faithfulness witii which he discharges his own particular duties, but b\ the willingness he shows to be of service in other ways. For two years he was librarian of the college, making during that time the first card catalogue of its library. He next served as registrar for two years, and then as assistant treasurer and purchasing agent. He expects to receive the degree of A. M. as soon as he returns to Williams College. His Greek letter fraternity is the Phi Beta Kappa, and he also belongs to the Washington State Philological Association.

JOHN R. HOOD, deceased. - No country of Europe has sent to our shores a larger number of men who have distinguished themselves for their sterling integrity and sublime force of character tlian has '"the land o" a Burns and the land o" a Watt," and no part of that coun- Uy has been more prolific of men who have won distinction under our flag than that which is known to the muses as "Caledonia." In one of the most favored towns of this "fair and wild" section the subject of this brief memoir was torn, the date of his advent into this world being June 27. 1833, and the location of the parental hearthstone being Inverness, that historic city around which cluster events of past ages which have become familiar to all who have dipi>ed even superficially into Scottish history and Scottish lore.

Not less chivalrous than the heroes of history and romance, ^Ir. Hood early conceived a passionate longing for adventure in distant lands, and this propensity grew with approachirig manhood until at seventeen it forced him from the city which witnessed his birth and in which his education and early training had ijcen received. He passed a year and a half ' in Glasgow as an academic professor, then, true to his ruling passion, took service aboard a sailing vessel bound for the East Indies. Two years later he was second officer on an East India merchant ship, and rising by dint of aptitude and faithfulness to the position of first of-

John. K. Hood

Retiring from the sea in 1S60, our subject settled at \'ancouver. British Columbia, where he met and married ^liss Catherine Moar. the date of their wedding being September 20 of that year. In April, 1861, the couple moved to the ^^'alla Walla valley, where the liome of the family has ever since been. The same fearless daring which had characterized Mr. Hood while plowing the seas with his East India merchantman made him a typical pioneer, and an efficient force in the work of bringing order out of primeval chaos and civilization out of barbarism. He became the owner of a fine farm of three hundred and twenty acres, all of which has been enclosed and brought to a high state of cultivation. This tract of land was the scene of his activities until January 14. 1S92, when he succumbed to the foe which no man can conquer. On October 26, 1893, his wife followed him to the tomb.

^Ir. Hood's life had been so ordered in all respects as to win for him the esteem and confidence of those whose good fortune it was to know him. and his memory is cherished by all who were neighbors to him in the early days of \\'alla Walla valley. In religion he was a consistent and active member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

was brought by his parents across the plains to Linn county, Oregon. He lived there until 1864, then went to L'nion county, where he grew to manhood. He acquired his education in the Columbia Commercial College, of Portland, Oregon, then engaged in farming, a bi-.siness which he followed uninterruptedly until 1877, when he came to Walla Walla, Locating subsequently at Waitsburg, this county, he again became a tiller of the soil, and that continued to be his business until 1884, in which year he moved to Dixie to engage in merchandising. Shortly afterwards he retired from that branch of trade and turned his attention to the business of buying, selling and storing wheat as the agent of the Pacific Coast Elevator Company, by which he is still employed. ]\Ir. Koger is an energetic, industrious business man, a good citizen, and an esteemed member of society. He is prominent in Odd Fellowship, having passed through all the chairs in Welcome Lodge. Xo. 117, and once served as representative to the grand lodge of the state. He is also financial secretary of the K. O. T. M., of Dixie, and record keeper of Sunshine Lodge, Xo. 56. He was married, in \\'alla ^^'alla, December 8, 1884, to Miss Sarah E. Eurgess, a native of Indiana, and a pioneer of 1873. They have four living children, John W., Cassie M., Ernest and Uva Irena ; also one, ^Iar\in, deceased, Mrs. Koger is a member of the Baptist church of Dixie.

MARIOX KOGER, agent for the Pacific Coast Elevator Company at Dixie, a pioneer of 1877, was born in Polk county, Iowa, February 12, 1853. Before he was a year old he

JOXATHAX T. A\TSEMAX, a fanner residing in Walla Walla, a pioneer of 1853, was born in Warren count)-, Tennessee, September 5, 1833. He was reared and educated in Arkansas, whither his father had taken him wiien he was five years old. His mother had died in 1836, and his father, one of the earliest

When Mr. Wiseman reached the age of twenty years he started in life for himself, and knowing that the opportunities for a young man were better in the west, he at once started for California, making the trip with ox-teams. A\'hen the party reached Fort Bridger. just east o*' Salt Lake. Utah, they decided to come to Oregon, so directed their journey northward a little. Mr. Wiseman stopped three months at Whitman station, then proceeded to Portland, where he remained until April. 1855. enerasred as steward on the "Belle" and the "Lot ^^'hitcomb," steamboats plying on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. After leaving their service he went to California to engage in placer mining in the Yreka district. In this ht was fairly successful, but in June. 1857. he started on a return trip overland to Arkansas, the state in which his early youth had been passed, where he farmed for two years, thereafter coming overland again, his objective point being Walla Walla. This was the third time he had crossed the plains.

L'pon arriving here Mr. \\'iseman took a homestead on Dry creek and engaged in the business of stock raising, an industry which he followed successfully for fifteen consecutive years. He then resided in Walla \\'alla for five years, thereafter purchasing a six-himdredand-forty-acre farm on Eureka flat, which he still owns and farms, and on which he lived until 1898. when he moved back to the city. Our subject is the owner of an elegant home and six lots on Second street, and is passing the evening of his life in peace and abundance. He has long been a leader in the industrial development of the county, and has manifested an active interest in the public institutions of his vicinitv and in tlie cause of education. He

Mr. Wiseman married, on March 20. 1S59, ^liss Xancy E. Estes, a native of Arkansas, and their union has been blest by the advent of eleven children: William X.: Jeff Davis: Josephine, now Mrs. Harry Abbott, of Walla Walla; Irene F., wife of Thomas Cope, of Clyde, Washington; Mary E., wife of Joseph Harvey, of this city: Charles H., deceased; Dollie E., B. Ethel. ]Martha E., Thomas Arthur, Elmer E.. all at home with their parents. The familj- are members of the First Christian church of Walla Walla.

Mrs. Wiseman's father. Mr. Thomas Estes, was born in Xorth Carolina in March, 1799. He came to this valley in 1861. and died here in August. 18S6. His good wife followed him to the tomb on Xovember 19. 1889, and the two lie buried together in the cemetery on Eureka flat. Mr. Estes was a strong southern Democrat, but was always an opponent of slavery and never owned a slave. Both he and ^!rs. Estes were highly esteemed by all. and possessed the sincere affection of not a few.

FRAXCIS I. SIMPSOX, farmer and blacksmith, is a son of the west, having been born in the state of Oregon on June 6. 1864. He received such education as the public schools afforded, then engaged in the stock business, an industr}- which he followed imtil 1893. He then came to Spokane and engaged in farm work for a couple of years, but in 1895 he moved to the vicinity oi Clyde, purchased land and engaged in farming. He now owns and cultivates three hundred and eighty acres of land in that neighborhood, on which he raises wheat principally. He is one of the good, sub- stantial citizens of the county, pulilic-spirited, liberal and progressive, and liiglily esteemed and respected by those vvlio know Iiim Ix-st. In fraternal affiliations he is connected with the A. O. U. W. at Prescott. He was married in Oregon, December 24, 1886, to Miss Nellie Perry, a native of California, and th3y have become tlic parents of two children : Lela E., born June 29, 1887, and Oval, horn December 22, 1889.

RUFUS CLAPP, a farmer at Prescott, was born in North Carolina April 19, 1846. When six years old he accompanied his parents to Tennessee, where for five years his father was engaged in the grist mill industry. In 1857 they came north to Iowa and turned their attention to farming, and this was Mr. Clapp's business until 1864, wdien he enlisted in the Union army. He served during the final year of the war, then returned home for a visit, but shortly afterwards started with oxteams across the country to Central City, Colorado, where he was engaged in mining until 1882. In that year he came to Washington, via San I'Vancisco and Portland, finally locating in what is known as Manion Hollow, five and a half miles east of Clyde. He homesteaded a (|uarter-section of land and engaged in stock raising and general farming.

Being an ambitious, enterprising man, Mr. Clapp has steadily extended his real estate holdings until he is now the owner of about one thousand acres, all good farm land. He is one of the most extensive and prosperous tillers of the soil in Walla Walla county. Mr. Clapp was married first in June, 1872, and his wife died July 5, 1882, leaving three children, Francis M., Leroy D. and Dora M. For more than sixteen years after his first wife's de-