Portrait and biographical record of Portland and vicinity, Oregon, containing original sketches of many well known citizens of the past and present, Part 90

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Mr. Hodson is an enthusiastic Mason, as have been all his family, having attained the thirty- second degree in that ancient and honorable or- ganization and is at present connected in an of- ficial capacity with Oregon Consistory No. I. A. & A. S. R., of Portland.

During all his business and social life Mr. Hodson has so conducted himself as to win the friendship and esteem of his acquaintances and neighbors, and being a young man, no doubt a pleasant and successful career in the future awaits him.

CAPT. SHERMAN VALENTINE SHORT. An Oregonian by birth, education and training, Captain Short is connected, both through his im- mediate family and through his wife's family with some of the best people in this section of the state, and is widely known through his long ca- reer as a river man. He was born near Butte- ville, in Clackamas county, Ore., March 20, 1856, and is the second son of Robert V. Short, whose sketch appears in another part of this volume. The subject of this review received his education in the common schools of Butteville, and re- mained at home until seventeen years of age, when he found it necessary to go to California for his health, which he regained after a few months spent on the ranch of his uncle, and upon his return, took charge of the home farm, which he conducted until November. 1874. This month was the turning point in his life; forsaking the old, familiar paths he shipped as a deck-hand on the river steamer Ohio, serving an apprenticeship of four years, and since then has been a familiar. figure on many of the vessels plying the Willam- ette and Columbia rivers. Among the vessels on which he worked as deck-hand were the Occi- dent, Orient, Willamette Chief and Fanny Pat- ton. In 1878 he was made mate of the Salem, and in 1881 was given the same position on the Willamette Chief, the Occident, and Oklahoma, towboats. In the fall of this year he was also

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pilot on the Occident and later mate of the City of Quincy, the S. T. Church and Bonanza. In 1885 he took charge of the A. A. McCully, han- dling it for a year, and after that was for three years captain of the Orient. From 1889 to 1891 he was in the employ of the Oregon Pacific Com- pany as pilot on the Three Sisters and the Bent- ley. In September of the latter year he entered' the employ of The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company, as captain of The Dalles City, remaining in charge of that vessel up to September 20, 1894, when he returned to the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company and re- mained with them until May 5, 1898. He was also during this time a stockholder in The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company. For a brief time he was in the employ of the Willamette Pulp & Paper Company, leaving them to take charge of The Dalles City once more, and re- mained on this vessel until April, 1903. With others Captain Short organized the Klamath .Lake Navigation Company, to operate on the Kla- math lakes, he himself being elected vice-presi- dent and superintendent of this company, of which he is also a director.

Captain Short was married in this state in 1879 to Miss Rosa Schulpiues, a native of Wisconsin. She died in Portland, leaving one daughter, Lo- leta Irene, who died August 24, 1902, and two sons, Carl Robert and Fred W., both of whom have followed in the steps of their father and be- come river boatmen. The second marriage of Captain Short was celebrated June 16, 1886, unit- ing him with Miss Allie M. Ray, daughter of Charles F. Ray, widely known throughout the state as "Charley Ray." One son has been born to this marriage, Bertram Clyde, who was born October 4, 1888, and is now a student in the high school.

On her maternal side Mrs. Short traces her lineage back to an old English family. Her grandmother was a Miss Eliza Turner. daughter of Thomas Turner, a gentleman of considerable means. She was born in Newark, England, No- vember 25, 1805, and at the age of twenty-one years was married to her first husband, Miles Eyre, grandfather of Mrs. Short. Three daugh- ters were born of this marriage-Mary, Amelia and Eliza. In 1842 the family came to America, and upon landing, started at once across the plains for Oregon, traveling by mule team. While en route the father was drowned in Snake river. Mrs. Eyre continued the journey with her two little daughters and spent the winter at Whit- man's station, returning east in the following year, making the trip this time by water. How- ever, she remained in the east but a short time, when she once more came west, locating in the Waklo Hills. In 1849 she again went east, this time to Boston, Mass. A third time she mnade

the trip back, locating this time in Salem, Ore., where she was married to Hamilton Campbell, by whom she had two children, Susanna, now living in Tacoma, and John S., a resident of St. Paul, Ore. After the death of Mr. Campbell she was married to William Hobson, of Clatsop, making her home thereafter for many years in Astoria. Mrs. Hobson died in Portland December 14. 1893. in her eighty-ninth year. She was during her lifetime a devoted Christian woman and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Of her children by her first husband, Eliza married Wil- liam Beal, by whom she had two children, and was married a second time to John Shepherd, of Portland, whom she survives. Amelia was mar- ried September 15, 1852, to Charles F. Ray, to whom she bore thirteen children, Mrs. Short being the fourth. Mr. Ray was an experienced horseman and for many years was owner of the stage line which operated between Oregon City and Salem, he driving the coach himself. He claimed the distinction of bringing the first Con- cord coaches to the northwest. He continued in the stage business until his line was absorbed by the California Stage Company, when he retired from the business and bought a farm in Marion county, at a point known as Ray's Landing. where he has since continued to reside. Mr. Ray's father was a well-known Methodist preacher. He has received a fine education and is a fluent speaker, being often called upon to assist in public gather- ings. In politics he is a stanch Republican and gives his party active support. Of the children of this family, one died in infancy. The others are Mary Frances, wife of J. A. Holmes, living in Spokane, Wash .: E. Henriette, now Mrs. J. J. Coyle, whose home is in St. Paul, Ore. ; Millie E .. wife of R. W. Mauzey, living in Seattle; Allic Mae, wife of our subject : Ada Grace, wife of E. J. Wilkinson, of Vancouver, Wash .; William Miles, single, and living at home : Walter W., single, a merchant of Prineville, Ore .; Inez E .. now Mrs. M. C. Harrison, of San Francisco; Dr. John T., a graduate of the Chicago School of Pharmacy, single, and living in Lewiston, Idaho: Charles D., single, a druggist of Portland ; L. Maud, wife of S. Bennett, of Portland ; and Guy E., living in St. Paul, Ore. All the children were given the best educations possible in the public and business schools of Marion county, and the sons are successful business men.

Since his marriage Captain Short has lived in the home he now occupies at No. 230 Mill street. Portland. Fraternally he is a member of Indus- trial Lodge No. 8. A. O. U. W., and of Portland Tent. K. (). T. M. The Master and Pilot's .Asso- ciation and the Portland Board of Trade also claim his membership. Of a hearty. jovial dispo- sition, extending hospitality with a lavish hand, the captain has come in contact with many promi-

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nent people, many of whom have sung his praises in other parts of the country, and among the people of his home city he is regarded as the prince of good fellows, always ready to extend a helping hand to those in need.

HON. EDWARD WRIGHT HAINES. As contributory to the success of this influential banker and ex-state senator of Forest Grove may be mentioned a long and honorable line of Quaker ancestors. His father, Joseph W. Haines, a native of Pennsylvania, accompanied the family to Ohio in boyhood and later identi- fied himself with the pioneers of the then terri- tory of Iowa, where he engaged in clearing from the forest a tract of raw land in Hardin county. Subsequent agricultural efforts were connected with the county of Mahaska. In 1871 he brought the family via San Francisco to Ore- gon and settled in Marion county, later remov- ing to Yamhill county, and during 1878 estab- lishing his home in Washington county, where · he rented a large farm and remained until his death in 1880. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ruth Lupton, was born in Maryland and now makes her home at Lafayette, Yamhill county. this state. Like her husband, she traces her ancestry to an honorable family of Friends. Her father, David W. Lupton, was a pioneer of Indiana and Iowa, and in the latter state carried on mercantile pursuits at Oskaloosa, but eventually removed to Kansas, where he died at Fart Scott.

The family of Joseph W. and Ruth Haines consisted of three sons and a daughter, namely : Anna M., who resides with her mother at Lafay- ette, Ore. ; Edward W., of Forest Grove: Alvin, who lives at Republic, Wash .; and Oliver S., a minister in the Congregational denomination holding a pastorate at Republic, Wash. E. W. Haines was born near Iowa Falls, Hardin coun- ty, Iowa. November 24, 1861. When ten years of age he accompanied his parents to Oregon. His education was acquired principally in Tua- latin Academy and Pacific University. On leav- ing school he began the manufacture of lumber five miles from Forest Grove. Later he had large contracts with the Southern Pacific road in Clackamas county near Canby. For two win- ters he also taught school. Returning to Forest Grove in 1885, he bought an elevator, which he later rebuilt, and for ten years he engaged in shipping grain to San Francisco and Portland. Meantime he had started a general mercantile business, and on selling his elevator he turned his attention wholly to his store, which was con- ducted under the name of Haines & Bailey. Under the energetic oversight of the partners the building was enlarged and reconstructed of

brick, with the finest front of any block in the city, while the stock they carried was the largest in the entire town. The business was disposed of in January, 1898, and on the 5th of February, the same year. Mr. Haines founded a general banking business, which he has since conducted.

The management of his large banking inter- ests does not represent the limit of the activities of Mr. Haines. Among other interests may be mentioned the ownership of a hop ranch in Yam- hill county, also a one-half interest in a grist mill at Forest Grove. Credited to his enterprise is the building of the water power on Gales Creek, three and one-half miles from Forest Grove. Not only does this furnish the power for operating his mill, but it also provides power for the electric plant, the water works, and vari- ous private plants. The two wheels have a ca- pacity of over three hundred horse-power, which is transmitted promptly and successfully. Not only is power furnished for lighting Forest Grove, but also for lighting the town of Cor- nelius, eight miles distant from the plant, Dilley, six miles, and Gaston, eleven miles, all in Wash- ington county.

In Forest Grove, September 27. 1887. Mr. Haines married Nettie S. Shipley, whose family history appears elsewhere in this volume. They have two daughters, Ruth Josephine and Grace Elizabeth. The family are identified with the First Congregational Church, in which Mr. Haines has officiated as a trustee. In politics he has always voted with the Republican party. whose local welfare he has promoted through

his labors as a member of the county central committee and the congressional district com- mittee. At this writing he is president of the Young Men's Republican Club of Forest Grove. He was made a Mason in Holbrook Lodge No. 39, at Forest Grove, in which for two terms he has been master. In the Eastern Star he holds office as past grand patron, and in the Knights of Pythias he is past chancellor.

During his service as a member of the state senate Mr. Haines was able to promote the wel- fare of his constituents in a number of ways. He was elected in 1898 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Senator Samuel Hughes. His service included the special session of 1898 and the twentieth biennial session of the Oregon state legislature. As chairman of the committee on banking and insurance, he was able to render service along financial lines, in which his pre- vious successful experience had given his coun- sel weight and influence. Among his other po- sitions were those of chairman of the committee on penal institutions and chairman of the joint committee to adjust the state penitentiary com- plications. A bill which he introduced and which passed the senate but was voted down by the

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house allowed counties to refund indebtedness at the option of the county court, providing any county advertised bids to take up warrants. Interest was to be lower than six per cent instead of, as formerly, at eight per cent. Though un- successful with this bill, he succeeded in re- ducing the interest on state and county warrants from eight to six per cent. He also secured ilu passage of a bill reducing the salaries of county officers in Washington county, thus also reduc- ing the taxes placed upon property owners in this county. In 1900 he was renominated by accla- mation. but a combination of the fusion inter- ests caused him and the other candidates of the Republican ticket to be defeated. His record as senator proves him to be a man of tact, judg- ment, enterprise and resourcefulness. Intelli- gently conversant with the state and its needs, he was admirably qualified to consider wisely and decide thoughtfully upon the questions of pub- lic moment brought before the senate for action, and in the sessions of 1898 and 1899 no one proved himself more tactful and wise in states- manship than did Senator Haines.

EVERINGTON D. KELLY. Of the men now living in Oregon City who have been iden- tified with this state from an early period of its development few are more widely known and none more highly respected than Everington D. Kelly, a pioneer of 1853. The two trips that he made across the plains in early days were filled deprivations, hardships and many perils, and during the second trip. in 1859. he encountered considerable difficulty with the Indians, but, although alone, with the exception of his brother. H. L. Kelly, and his wife and child, he managed, with the aid of his horses, to make his way through to a haven of safety, unharmed. The fact that he had horses of course enabled him to travel with more speed than those who availed themselves of the slow ox teams, and doubtless this same fact also lessened the danger from the red men.

From his early nome in Pennsylvania the grandfather of Everington D. Kelly removed to Seneca county, N. Y., and there the father. Charles, was born and reared. After having learned the cooper's trade and gained a practical knowledge of business affairs, in 1844 he re- moved to Michigan and settled near Fenton, Genesee county, Mich., where he followed his trade and also engaged in farming. For much of his active life he served as justice of the peace. In 1876, accompanied by his wife, he came to Oregon and spent two years in the state, but his heart constantly turned backward to his old Michigan associates and he finally yielded to his homesick feeling and returned. Strange to re-

late, after spending a winter there, he began to desire to return to Oregon, and so once more he crossed the country to the far west, and here he died soon afterward, at the age of seventy-six years. Fraternally he was active in the work of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His wife, who also died in Oregon, was a daughter of David La Tourette, of New York, who traced his lineage to one of two brothers that accompa- nied Lafayette to America during the Revolu- tionary war and at the close of the conflict set- tled in New Jersey.

In a family of nine children. Everington D Kelly is one of four now living. He was born in Lodi, Seneca county, N. Y., May 20, 1833, and at the age of eleven years accompanied the family to Michigan, settling on a farm north of Fenton. In February of 1852 he married. in Grand Blanc, Mich., Lucy Waterous, a native of Avon, Livingston county, N. Y., and a suc- cessful teacher. Immediately after his marriage he began to plan a removal to Oregon. Accord- ingly, in the spring of 1853, he crossed the plains with an ox-team, via Council Bluffs, Iowa, and . after a tedious trip, made memorable by the sick- ness of many members of the party and the loss of many head of their cattle, he landed in Ore- gon City, in September, 1853. footsore, weary, but not discouraged, even though he was with- out money. First he worked in the employ of others, and then started in business for himself. In the fall of 1856 he and his wife returned east via Panama, which he crossed on the railroad. and from New York city proceeded to Michigan, where he remained for two years. His second trip across the plains was made in 1859, with horse teams, during which time the Indians proved troublesome. Owing to the uprising of the Indians on the old Oregon trail, he took the California trail and so landed in Sacramento. From there he went to San Francisco, where le took a boat to Portland. From Portland he pro- ceeded to Oregon City, where he became en- gaged in the hotel business, continuing in the same until 1864. During that year he opened a general mercantile business on Main street, buy- ing a building, in which he conducted business until a serious fire caused a total loss and left him $2,000 in debt. Somewhat discouraged by this experience, he turned his attention, however, to the matter of rebuilding, securing the needed money by a mortgage. He still owns the prop- erty and building and for some years devoted it to general mercantile purposes. On his appoint- ment as postmaster. in 1885, he sold his stock of goods and gave his entire time and thought to the duties of his office, which he held until a change of administration caused him to resign. Shortly afterward he was elected county treasurer. which office he held for two years. In addition he has

JAMES M. STOTT.

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represented the first ward in the city council, being elected to the position, as to the others he has held, on the Democratic ticket. He is now serving a three-year term and is the senior member. In religion he is identified with the Roman Catholic Church. His two sons, John W. and Charles, make their home in Oregon City, and his daughter, Maggie, wife of Charles E. Burns, is also a resident of this place. For over fifty years Mr. and Mrs. Kelly have trav- eled life's path hand in hand. Where one went the other has always been found and it is to the true love of his wife Mr. Kelly owes his success in life.

JAMES M. STOTT. Near Frankfort, Ky., Mr. Stott's birth occurred in 1812. While still a boy his father moved to Indiana with his family, and there James grew to manhood, re- ceiving such an education as the schools of his home neighborhood in that early day afforded. He was reared to manhood in Indiana and there also he started out in life on his own account by purchasing a mill, and this he continued to oper- ate until the year 1852, when he started to cross the plains, with Oregon as his objective point. The long, tiresome journey of six months' dura- tion was not unmixed with many thrilling ex- periences, which furnished topics of conversa- tion for many years after. Even after reaching the Sandy river their troubles were not at an end, for near Mount Hood the party experienced great difficulty in reaching the other side of the river. About seven miles west of Portland Mr. Stott settled upon a tract of land, but a year later purchased a donation claim near the Columbia river, in Multnomah county, and here, in 1860, he built a house which is still standing, and in which his death occurred September 21, 1888. He had engaged quite extensively in stock-raising and the dairy business, and at his death was in possession of considerable real estate. In his church affiliations he was identified with the Baptists, and for many years he had served as justice of the peace.

By his first marriage, which united him with Miss Elizabeth Denney, Mr. Stott had six chil- (Iren. William W. lives in Multnomah county ; Orlando makes his home in Colorado; Elihu is deceased; Sarah J. became the wife of F. G. Hicklin; James resides in Portland; and Mary married C. P. Penisten.

F. G. HICKLIN. Although a native of Mis- souri, Mr. Hicklin received his early training in Indiana, to which state his parents moved shortly after his birth, which occurred April 18, 1826. Upon reaching manhood he was seized with a

desire to see our western country, and in 1849 wended his weary way across the plains to Ore- gon. Near the Sandy river he took up a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres and there he lived alone for several years. The year 1863 was made memorable by his marriage to Miss Sarah J. Stott, a daughter of James Stott, a sketch of whose life precedes this.

About four years after his marriage, in 1867, Mr. Hicklin removed to the ranch near Trout- dale which he owned at the time of his death, which event occurred August 23, 1897, while on a trip to Montana. By his industry and fru- gality Mr. Hicklin amassed quite a large amount of property, owning at the time of his death eleven hundred acres of rich land. He was quite extensively engaged in the dairy business, and since his death his widow has successfully conducted the business inaugurated by her hus- band. They became the parents of six children, named as follows: May, who married H. B. Chapman; Annie, the wife of John Guerin ; Maude, who married George Watson; James R., deceased ; Wendell, who resides in Montana ; and Lloyd, who is at home assisting his mother in the management of the home farm. Although passed from the scenes of earth Mr. Hicklin left behind him a memory dear to the surviving widow and children, who will ever remember his many kindly deeds. At one time Mr. Hick- lin served his community as justice of the peace.

COL. ROBERT A. MILLER. The family represented by Colonel Miller, attorney-at-law, of Oregon City, is of Scotch-Irish lineage and at one time owned large landed estates in county Tyrone, Ireland. From that land came John Miller to America and settled in the blue grass region of Kentucky, where he followed the mill- ing business in Hardin county. He and his wife, Isabella, had three children, namely: John, an attorney ; James, a surveyor, and whose grand- son, William English, was candidate for vice- president of the United States in 1880; and Robert, who was born in county Tyrone and was two years of age when the family settled in Kentucky. The last-named. grandfather of Colonel Miller, was a man of ambition and de- cided energy, and through his unaided efforts succeeded in gaining a splendid knowledge of law. After his admission to the bar he engaged in practice in Hardin county, Ky. About the same time he married Sallie Ferguson, daughter of John and Catherine ( Thomas) Ferguson, the latter a relative of ex-Governor Thomas of Maryland, who lived to be one hundred and twelve years of age. The Thomas family came from Wales and were the owners of the entailed

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estate known as Red House. A cousin of Mrs. Sallie Miller, Usher Linder, became one of the leading attorneys of Illinois.

As early as 1845 Robert Miller brought his family to Oregon and settled at the head of Sau- vie's Island. About 1854 he took up a donation claim near Jacksonville, Jackson county, and there the remaining years of his life were passed. His son. Hon. James Napper Tandy Miller, a native of Hardin county, Ky., crossed the plains with other members of the family and took up a clonation claim near Jacksonville, where he en- gaged in general farming, fruit growing and the stock business. During the Rogue river In- dian war of 1855-56 he was one of the volun- teers who banded together to protect the inter- ests of the settlers. The talents which he pos- sessed led to his selection as the incumbent of various offices of importance, in all of which he proved himself to be faithful to the interests of the people and worthy of their confidence. From 1866 until 1870 he was a member of the state senate and for one term he represented his dis- trict in the legislature. During the Modoc war he served as commissary-general with the rank of colonel, and it was said of him by those famil- iar with his service that no one displayed in those Indian campaigns a more intrepid courage and swifter, cooler judgment than did he. In Ma- sonry he was of the Royal Arch degree. Politi- cally he voted with the Democrats. Politics with him, however, was made subservient to the pub- lic good. No narrow spirit of partisanship ever detracted from his influence or lessened the good he accomplished for his fellowmen. His pride in the development of Oregon was great. With the keenest interest he watched the building up of a great commonwealth in the far northwest, and he often contrasted with gratification the crude conditions of early days with the develop- ment and progress of the latter years. His ex- periences included a trip to California during the gold excitement of 1849, when he led a party of gold seekers overland from Oregon and in a year returned with about $3,000 that he had cleared from his work in the mines. His life came to an end Tuesday, September 18, 1900, at the age of seventy-three years. eleven months and eight days.

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Portrait and biographical record of Portland and vicinity, Oregon, containing original sketches of many well known citizens of the past and present, Part 90

Author: Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Chicago, Chapman Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 946

Author:
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 946