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bone-dry country while his bill was for the prohibition of spirituous liquors only, as he stood for moderation in the use of light wines and beers. He could never be swerved from a course which he believed to be right and no one questioned his in- tegrity concerning public matters. He was actively associated with Mr. Benson in support of the good roads movement, and in fact he stood for all those forces and elements which he deemed of value and benefit to the community and to the state. His worth as a man and citizen were widely acknowledged; his ability gained him a place of professional leadership and his personal characteristics caused him to be highly prized by all with whom he was associated.
LAWRENCE K. MOORE.
Lawrence K. Moore, who became one of the most prominent of the real estate dealers of Portland, in which city he passed away August 31, 1920, was born in Cherokee, California, May 11, 1868, his parents being Rufus and Sarah Jane (Brown) Moore. The father was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, while the mother's birth occurred in Indiana. It was in 1867 that Rufus Moore made his way to Califor- nia, where he resided until the fall of 1882 and then came to Oregon, settling in the eastern part of the state. There he engaged in farming and continued to reside until called to his final rest.
His son, Lawrence K. Moore, acquired his early education in the public schools and when fifteen years of age assisted his father in driving stock from California to eastern Oregon, riding a horse all the way and following after the cattle. He then resumed his education in the schools of eastern Oregon. He was the youngest in his father's family and at an early age entered the mercantile establishment of his elder brother at Moro, there continuing for several years. He afterward engaged in the real estate business at Moro in connection with J. O. Elrod and subsequently went to Prosser, Washington, where he invested in property to a considerable extent, resid- ing there until 1906, when he removed to Portland, where he made his home through-
out the residue of his days. Here he again engaged in the real estate and investment business and became one of the most prominent realtors of Portland, handling the majority of the big property deals of Oregon, especially outside deals and wheat ranches. He bore an unassailable reputation for honesty and square dealing and his thorough reliability, as well as his progressiveness, brought to him the suc- cess which made him one of the most prominent realty men of his adopted city.
On the 12th of December, 1897, Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Elrod, a daughter of Eli Wesley and Arminta (Elder) Elrod, both of whom were natives of Des Moines, Iowa, in which city they were reared and married. They came to Oregon the year of the high water, or in 1894, and located in Sherman county, where the father engaged in farming and also became a real estate dealer, but for the last few years of his life he lived retired, passing away in 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Moore became the parents of a daughter, Greta, who is the wife of A. J. Thompson, a resident of Usk, British Columbia.
Mr. Moore was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevo- lent Protective Order of Elks and of the Commercial Club and the Realty Board. His political support was given to the republican party and his position on any vital question was never an equivocal one. He was long prominently known in social and business circles. The sterling worth of his character, his genial nature and his kindly spirit made for him many friends and no act of his life ever forfeited their high regard.
JOHN RUSSELL CHAPMAN, D. D. S.
Dr. John Russell Chapman of Roseburg is not only a native son of Oregon but also a native son of Douglas county, where he now makes his home, being successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry, in which connection he has attained a prominent place. His parents, George J. and Eliza J. (Eels) Chapman, were well known and respected citizens of Douglas county when their son, John Russell, was born in 1869. The father, though a native of Ohlo, came from an old Virginla family, the ancestral
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line being traced back to the pioneer epoch in that state. Representatives of the name also became pioneer founders of Ohio. In 1852, filled with that adventurous spirit which sent some of America's best blood to the Pacific coast, George J. Chap- man journeyed across the plains until he reached the Umpqua valley, where he de- cided to remain, settling upon a donation claim on the North Umpqua river, and since that time the family has taken active part in the upbuilding and progress of Oregon.
Dr. John R. Chapman was educated in the common schools of Douglas county, in the Umpqua Academy in Douglas county, Oregon, and in the Washington Univer- sity at St. Louis, Missouri, from which he was graduated in 1902 with the D. D. S. degree. He entered upon active practice in St. Louis, Missouri, but his health failed there after a year devoted to his profession and he came to Roseburg in 1903, since which time he has practiced in this city. It had been his intention to remain in St. Louis and specialize in dental surgery, but as his health prevented his carrying out that plan, he has since given his attention to general dental practice. In the seventeen years he has served the people of Douglas county he has built up a flour- ishing practice and stands in the forefront of his profession, concentrating his efforts and attention in unfaltering manner upon the duties that devolve upon him in this connection. He also has extensive timber interests in southern Oregon and he greatly enjoys the out-of-door life and activity.
In 1921, Dr. Chapman was married to Mrs. Mary Louise (Northcraft) McCabe, a native of Pennsylvania, who as a child was carried out on the hills, being a survivor of the memorable Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood. She received her education in Phila- delphia, being a graduate of the Philadelphia Engraving College.
Dr. Chapman belongs to the Loyal Order of Moose, the Woodmen of the World and the Knights of Pythias and in the last named has filled all of the chairs. In civic matters he is active and interested and his membership in the Chamber of Commerce means not only identification with that body but active support of all of its interests for the benefit and growth of the city, the extension of its trade relations and the development of its civic standards. His religious faith is that of the Metho- dist church, while along professional lines he is identified with the Missouri and Illi- nois dental societies as well as the dental associations of the northwest.
THOMAS WESLEY JOHNSON.
Thomas Wesley Johnson was an Oregon pioneer and a veteran of the Indian war and in his passing the state lost one who was closely and helpfully associated with the early development of the commonwealth and with its later progress as an office holder. He was born in Adair county, Iowa, in 1849, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wesley Johnson, both of whom came from New England. The mother's maiden name was Litton. They settled in Iowa at an early day in the development of that state and in 1861 came to Oregon, taking up their abode in the Waldo Hills country. They traveled with a large wagon train and a great number of cattle and experienced the hardships of a severe winter, with lots of snow. They had to cut down trees so that the stock could feed on the leaves. A great many of the cattle starved and froze to death, causing a heavy loss. Mr. Johnson had a family of thirteen children and they suffered many hardships and privations during the early days. When spring came they went to southern Oregon, where they resided for about five years, and on the expiration of that period the parents of Thomas W. Johnson removed to California.
From the age of thirteen years Thomas Wesley Johnson depended upon his own resources for a living. He worked his way steadily upward, his industry and diligence constituting the rounds of the ladder on which he climbed to success. He engaged in farming as the years passed and in grazing cattle and for several years continued this business in southern Oregon and afterward removed to eastern Oregon. When Medford became a city he was chosen for the office of constable and filled that posi- tion for many years.
It was while residing there that Mr. Johnson met and married Miss Hallie Hoyt, whom he wedded in May, 1895. She is a daughter of Samuel and Angeline (Davis) Hoyt, the former still living at the age of eighty-four years, his home being at Grants Pass. Both he and his wife were natives of the state of New York and he is a Civil war veteran.
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Mr. and Mrs. Johnson became parents of two children, Lloyd L. and Lucile Blanche, the latter the wife of Warren Stewart of Portland. The son enlisted for the World war in March, 1917, becoming a member of Company F, One Hundred and Sixty- second Infantry. He was sent overseas in December of the same year and was on active duty on the western front, being invalided back home in December, 1918. He manifested the same spirit of courage and loyalty which ever characterized his father, who was a veteran of the Modoc Indian war. While thus engaged in sup- pressing the Indian uprising he and several of his companions became lost from the company and were two days and nights without food. One of the number became exhausted and Mr. Johnson assisted in carrying his companion until succor reached them. His son became a sergeant of his company and his military record is one of which the mother has every reason to be proud.
It was in 1906 that Mr. and Mrs. Johnson removed with their family to Port- land, where for a time he conducted a store and later he had a gasoline filling station, continuing in this business to the time of his death, which occurred August 10, 1920. He was always a stalwart supporter of the democratic party and he was one of the first members taken into the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Medford. He had many friends wherever he went, so that his death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret wherever he was known.
CARL A. MAGNUSON.
The career of Carl A. Magnuson affords a notable illustration of a self-made man. Landing in New York city practically without funds in 1895 and possessing no knowl- edge regarding the customs and language of the country he has worked his way steadily upward hy persistent energy and unfaltering enterprise, utilizing each oppor- tunity presented for advancement, until as manager of the Link-Belt Northwest Com- pany, Portland branch of the Link-Belt Company of Chicago, Illinois.
Mr. Magnuson is a native of Sweden. He was born in Stockholm in 1877 and attended the primary schools of that city, after which he entered the University of Stockholm but did not complete his course there by graduation. Desirous of profiting by the broader opportunities presented for advancement in the United States he emi- grated to this country when a young man of eighteen years, a stranger, without funds and further handicapped by lack of knowledge concerning the language and customs of the country. He made his way to Chicago, arriving in that city with but five cents in his pocket. He secured a position with the Otis Elevator Company and being a keen ohserver and possessing ready adaptability he there gained valuable practical knowledge which has since been of great benefit to him. In order to increase his technical knowledge he took up a course of study with the International Corre- spondence Schools of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and thus greatly promoted his effi- ciency and skill. Actuated at all times by a laudable ambition he has through per- sistent application, energy and the faithful performance of each task assigned him advanced steadily in the business world, each step bringing him a broader outlook and wider opportunities until as manager of the Link-Belt Northwest Company he occupies a position of large responsibility and importance. He is proving energetic, farsighted and capable in the conduct of the extensive interests intrusted to his care and his services are very valuable to the corporation which he represents. He gives careful oversight to all phases of the business and is bending every effort and energy toward the legitimate advancement of his house. The company handles link helting, sawmill chains, sprocket wheels, friction clutches, turned shafting, wood split pul- leys, iron split pulleys, American steel split pulleys, rope transmission, pillow blocks, hangers, collars, couplings, malleable buckets and gears and theirs is one of the largest industrial enterprises in the Pacific northwest.
In Seattle, Washington, in 1904, Mr. Magnuson was united in marriage to Miss Emily F. Erickson, a daughter of E. F. Erickson, a native of Sweden. The two chil- dren of this union are Gladys and Donna, aged respectively fourteen and twelve years.
In his political views Mr. Magnuson is a republican, interested in the success of the party but has never sought nor desired office. He is a loyal and public-spirited citizen and as a member of the Progressive Business Men's Club and the Chamber of Commerce is active in supporting the plans and projects of those organizations for
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the advancement of the city and the extension of its trade relations. He is also iden- tified with the Press and Old Colony Clubs of Portland and with the Arctic Club of Seattle, Washington. Carl A. Magnuson has never regretted the impulse which led him to seek his fortune in a strange land, for in this country he has found the opportunities which he sought and in their utilization has achieved success, now occupying a position of prominence in industrial circles of the city. He is a man of determined purpose, carrying forward to successful completion whatever he under- takes, for he possesses the resolute spirit and energy which enable him to overcome all difficulties and obstacles in his path. His record should serve to inspire and en- courage others, showing what may be accomplished when there is the will to dare and to do.
WILLIAM WELLS BALDWIN.
William Wells Baldwin, familiarly known as "Will," is a native son of Oregon and Klamath county, his birth having occurred in Linkville, a town which has fur- nished to southern Oregon so many of her most representative citizens. His parents were George T. and Josie (Nail) Baldwin. The Baldwins are of old English stock, the great-grandfather of Will Baldwin having come from Huntington, England, to the United States at an early day. He located in St. Louis, being one of the first settlers of that city, and became one of its most prominent and successful citizens. On the maternal side Mr. Baldwin is a descendant of hardy pioneer stock, the Nails having been among the earliest settlers in Tennessee and Oregon. George T. Baldwin was hy trade a tinner and coming to Oregon in 1872 followed that line of work for a while in Ashland and then removed to Linkville, now Klamath Falls. He established his trade in that place and added hardware as an additional line, building up his business to extensive proportions. This is now one of the largest hardware and implement stores in southern Oregon. George T. Baldwin became one of the representative citi- zens of Linkville and for four years served his fellowmen as judge of Klamath county, being widely acknowledged as the most satisfactory incumbent of that office the county ever had. His death on June 4, 1920, came as a severe shock to the community and his passing left a void in the community that will be hard to fill.
In the acquirement of an education William Wells Baldwin attended the schools of Klamath county and the Holmes Business College at Portland. In 1902 he entered his father's store and has grown up with the business, hecoming thoroughly familiar with its every detail. In December, 1918, the business was incorporated and he was elected secretary and treasurer, which carried with it the management of the con- cern. He has been a dominant factor in its steady development and the store occupled by the company on Main street is fifty by one hundred feet, with two floors giving them twenty thousand square feet of space. The stock is of the finest quality and embraces a full line of shelf and heavy hardware. The company also utilizes two large ware- houses on the main spur of the Southern Pacific Railway. The agencies carried by the company embrace such standard concerns as the Yale & Towne. Lisk Enamel Ware, Atkins Saws & Tools, R. & J. Dick, Belting, Airmotor Windmills, General Electric Company, De Laval Dairy Supplies, Majestic and Quick Meal Ranges, United American Metal Corporation and Wear Ever aluminum products. The C. L. Best Trac- tors and John Deere Implements are also included in the agencies. The Baldwin Hardware Company does a jobbing as well as a retail business, shipping direct from the warehouses. The keen executive ability displayed by "Will" Baldwin in the man- agement of the business has been a potent element in its continued advancement and the business has become one of broad scope and importance, the while the high reputation of the firm constitutes its best business asset. He is considered the best informed man in southern Oregon on freight rates and is a deep student along com- mercial lines.
In 1909 Mr. Baldwin was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Jacobs, a daughter of Benjamin Jacobs of Baker, Oregon, and a well known farmer of that vicinity. To their union one son, George Hartzell, has been horn. He is named for his grandfather, the judge, and the Hartzell family of whom Mrs. Baldwin is a direct descendant.
Although Mr. Baldwin gives his political endorsement to the democratic party he takes no active interest in the affairs of the party. Fraternally he is a Mason, in which order he has attained the Knights Templar degree, and he is likewise an Elk
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and past master of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mr. Baldwin is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, taking a keen interest in the material, intel- lectual, social, political, and moral welfare of his community. In line with his busi- ness interests he is an honored and active member of the Oregon Hardware and Implement Association and as a citizen has gained the same regard as that given his father by their fellowmen. Mr. Baldwin is a representative business man of Kla- math county and measures up to high standards both as a citizen and a merchant.
HON. HENRY E. ANKENY.
Each community has its substantial citizens, representative of the spirit of enter- prise that has been the dominant factor in the upbuilding of this great state. Actively associated with the mining interests of southern Oregon was Henry E. Ankeny, de- ceased, who was the owner of the Sterling gold mine and was numbered among the most successful mining operators of this section of the state.
Mr. Ankeny was born in West Virginia, April 29, 1844, a son of Alexander P. and Anna Ankeny, natives of Pennsylvania. They came to Oregon in the late '40s and located in Portland. The father became interested in the Wells Fargo Express Com- pany and also engaged in the real estate business, in gold mining and in the lumber business and through the successful conduct of these various lines of activity he became the possessor of a substantial fortune, being classed with the men of wealth and proml- nence of his community. Whatever he undertook he carried forward to successful completion, and he knew no such word as fail. Long a resident of the state, he was an interested witness of its development and upbuilding and at all times lent his aid and cooperation to plans and projects for the general good. He passed away about 1890, having long survived his wife, who died about 1846.
Coming to this state in his early boyhood, Henry E. Ankeny acquired his educa- tion in the schools of Portland and when his textbooks were put aside he assisted his father in the conduct of the latter's extensive business interests. He was the possessor of large farm holdings at Klamath Falls, Oregon, and also owned and cultivated a farm of four thousand five hundred acres near Salem, to which he devoted his efforts and energy for a period of nineteen years, and he also operated a dairy and cheese fac- tory. Upon the death of his father he took over the management of the Sterling gold mine in southern Oregon and for seven years he resided in the vicinity of the mine, bending every energy to its further development and winning substantial success in its conduct. In September, 1896, he removed with his family to Eugene, where he erected a fine modern dwelling at No. 212 North Pearl street, which is still the family home. About a year prior to his death Mr. Ankeny retired from active business, owing to failing health, and he passed away on the 21st of December, 1906, at the age of sixty- three years. He had led a busy, useful and active life and in the conduct of his exten- sive and varied interests he not only won individual success but also contributed in marked measure to the upbuilding, development and prosperity of his section of the state. Being a man of resourceful business ability, he extended his efforts into various lines and in all business affairs readily discriminated between the essential and the non-essential and discarding the latter utilized the former to the best possible advan- tage.
On the 10th of June, 1866, Mr. Ankeny was united in marriage to Miss Cordelia L. Stryker, a daughter of Henry F. and Mary A. (Hart) Stryker. The father was born in Auburn, New York, April 20, 1821, while the mother's birth occurred in Mont- gomery county, Wisconsin, July 3, 1827. The father was a physician and practiced at Kenosha, Wisconsin, until 1852, when ill health compelled him to seek a change of occupation. Thinking the milder climate of Oregon might prove beneficial, he crossed the plains to this state and located in Portland, where he engaged in the mercantile business for a time and then went to Vancouver, Washington, where he engaged in general merchandising the remainder of his life. He passed away December 31, 1861, while the mother's death occurred on the 2d of December in the preceding year. Mr. and Mrs. Ankeny became the parents of nine children, of whom three are deceased: Alexander, Ruby and Rolin. Those who survive are: Cordelia R., the wife of John S. Orth of Medford, Oregon; Cora B., who is the widow of Frank Crump and resides In Medford; Nanie M., the widow of Roscoe E. Cantrell and a resident of Klamath Falls,
MRS. CORDELIA L. ANKENY
HON. HENRY E. ANKENY
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Oregon; Frank E., also residing at Klamath Falls; Dollie A., who married Alfred H. Miller and resides at Medford; and Gladys, at home.
Mr. Ankeny was a Mason of high rank, having attained the thirty-second degree, and at the time of his death the honorary thirty-third degree was about to be conferred upon him. He was likewise a member of the Mystic Shrine and in the work of the order took an active part, his life being an exemplification of its beneficent principles. In politics he was a republican and in religious faith a Christian Scientist. He came to this state during the period of its early development and reclamation and as the years passed his contribution to the work of progress and improvement became a valuable one. A patriotic and public-spirited citizen, he took a deep interest in every- thing relating to the welfare of the district in which he lived and was most earnest in his support of those projects which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride. In his death Eugene lost one of its most honored and valued residents, one whose life his- tory should prove of inspirational value to all who read it. Mrs. Ankeny still occu- pies the family home in Eugene and is one of the highly esteemed residents of the city. Like her husband, she is a Christian Scientist, and in her work as a practitioner of that faith she has been very successful.
SAMUEL SMITH TRAIN.
Samuel Smith Train, who is now living retired in Albany, is one of the pioneer residents of the state, having come to Oregon in 1876, and he has been an interested witness of the changes that have occurred within its borders as the work of progress and development has been carried steadily forward. He was born in Essex county, New York, August 6, 1841, a son of Thomas and Betsy (Barber) Train, both natives of that locality, the father's birth having occurred in Wilmington. He was a mill- wright by trade and built and operated sawmills in his section as well as in other parts of the state, being active along that line for a number of years. He sawed in his mill the planks used for constructing the road from the ore bodies near his home to the shipping point on Lake Champlain, a distance of twelve miles. In 1852 he went west to Illinois, settling in Stephenson county on a farm, which he improved and developed, and he also engaged in carpentering. He there passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1871, while the mother died in 1877.
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