Portrait and biographical record of the Willamette valley, Oregon, containing original sketches of many well known citizens of the past and present, Part 162

Author: Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago, The Chapman Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1622

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bany, Ore., and in the fall of the same year took up his residence in Eugene, where he engaged. at his trade for two years before retiring from active life. His death, September 17, 1894, left a void in the hearts of many friends who had been attracted to him in the west, for he was a genial and kindly man, large of heart and gentle in his judgment of humanity at large. Polit- ically he was a Democrat, and in religion was a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

In taking up the burden of life after the death of her second husband, Mrs. Bausch displayed a great deal of courage and determination, for she had little to depend on for immediate sup- port, and had never qualified for earning her own living. In 1893 she started a florist and green- house enterprise, which from the first grew apace and encouraged her with more than ex- pected returns. A natural lover of flowers, she studied the nature and peculiarities of the blooms which developed under her watchful care, grow- ing more and more familiar with the many mem- bers of her interesting family. At present her greenhouse measures 16 x 40 feet, and in the summer time she has outside gardens of roses and other flowers. She supplies the largest trade in Eugene, and her collection includes many rare and fine specimens of the florist's art, including orchids of many varieties. A comfortable home is owned and occupied by Mrs. Bausch at 118 West Seventh street. With every thought for their ultimate welfare, she has reared three of her five children, all of whom were born of the first marriage. Of these, Mary is the wife of Frank Kading of Penn, N. Dak., while John and Frank are living in Eugene, the latter a master carpenter. Mrs. Bausch is a member of the Re- bekahs and of the Catholic Church.

JOSEPH W. STEWART. In Lane county are to be found many thorough-going, keen- sighted business men who have achieved success in life through their own tact, sound judgment, and persistent determination. Prominent among this number is Joseph W. Stewart, of Spring- field, who, in his long and prosperous career, has accumulated a sufficiency of this world's goods to enable him to pass his remaining years in ease, surrounded by not only the comforts but the luxuries of life. A man of honest worth, ever ready to support all enterprises conducive to the best interests of his town and county, he has gained in a marked degree the respect and con- fidence of his fellow-men, and is held in high esteem in the community. A son of the late Elias Stewart, he was born September 13, 1835. in Macoupin county, Ill. His grandfather, Bri- son Stewart, was born and reared in Virginia, but subsequently moved to Tennessee, thence to

Illinois, and in 1839 settled in Missouri, where he passed the remainder of his years. He was a tiller of the soil, and as a pioneer assisted in breaking the land in three of the states above mentioned. He enlisted as a soldier in the clos- ing years of the war of 1812, but was never called into active service.

The oldest of a family of eight children, six of whom grew to years of maturity, Joseph W. Stewart received his early education in the dis- trict schools of Missouri. Coming to Lane coun- ty in 1852, he assisted his father in the labors incidental to life in a new and uncivilized region, remaining at home until 1862. Going then to the mines of Boise, Idaho, he met with success in his search for the golden ore, returning home in 1863 with $1,200 in gold. For a few months there- after he was employed as a clerk in a store at Eugene. On November 5, 1863, he moved to Springfield, Ore., where, in partnership with his brother, John Stewart, and Mier Rosenblatt, he embarked in business as a general merchant. In 1865 Mr. Stewart and his brother bought out the interest of the remaining partner of the firm and conducted a successful mercantile business until 1873, when the partnership was dissolved. Tak- ing the store, Mr. Stewart continued its manage- ment alone until March 26, 1902, when he sold out to T. G. Chandler, and has since lived re- tired from active pursuits. Mr. Stewart has large property interests to look after, owning considerable real estate, a large part of which is in town lots. He has twenty-two acres in one body adjoining Eugene on the southwest, which he has named in honor of his father, the Elias Stewart addition, twenty acres of it being plat- ted. He is also owner of three blocks on Cottage Hill, in Eugene, and in the city of Springfield has a fine residence, two store buildings, and other property, including twelve city lots. He manages his own real estate interests and con- ducts an extensive business besides in loaning money.

In 1864, near Eugene, Mr. Stewart married Julia Walker, who was born in Greene county, Mo. She died August 16, 1874, aged twenty- seven years, leaving two children, namely : Henry, who is telegraph operator and station agent for the Southern Pacific Railway Company at Comstock ; and Hattie, wife of A. O. Wheeler, an engineer, residing at Portland, Ore. On De- cember 2, 1875, Mr. Stewart married Elizabeth Evans, who was born in Baltimore, Md., but, being left an orphan when young, came to Ore- gon, in 1874, to live with her brother. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have three children, namely : James E., a butcher in Springfield; Mary Ethel, wife of J. L. Clark, postmaster at Springfield; and Harry M., who is assistant postmaster. Polit- ically Mr. Stewart is a stanch supporter of the

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principles of the Democratic party. He has filled many positions of public trust and respon- sibility, having been postmaster at Springfield for eight years, serving through President Hayes' administration and during the first term of President Cleveland; he was school director a number of years; was a member of the city council several terms ; and at the present time is serving most efficiently as city treasurer.

L. W. BROWN, M. D. A profound and ever-increasing knowledge of medicine and sur- gery, more than ordinary penetration into pos- sible business chances, and the requisite executive ability, as well as a public spirit wide enough to cover all phases of life and activity, have con- spired to make the career of Dr. L. W. Brown a notable one in Eugene. Today he is unquestion- ably the most in demand of any who follow his calling in Lane county, and he is the oldest in Eu- gene to subscribe to the principle of similia simil- ibus curantur. Preceded by twenty years of prac- tical professional experience in Philadelphia, he came to Eugene in 1887, and, liking the people and country, has since made this his home. He is especially devoted to surgery, and some of his most satisfactory results have been accomplished along this line, his success creating a demand for his services throughout southern Oregon.

Of substantial farming stock, Dr. Brown was born in Lorain county, Ohio, February 2, 1844, the fourth of the seven children born to Lewis and Mary (Henninger) Brown, natives respectively of Prussia and Ohio. Lewis Brown came to America as a young man, and settled in Lorain county, where he farmed continuously until his death in 1851, when his son L. W. was seven years old. The death of his wife had occurred the year before. The orphan children were kept together during their early years on the Lorain county farm in Ohio, and when L. W. Brown was still young he went to Cleveland and became a clerk in a drug store. While there he became interested in medicine, and after two years in the store, began to study with Dr. S. R. Beckworth, professor of surgery in the Homeopathic Medi- cal College. Having completed his tuition under this capable guide he entered the New York Homeopathic Medical College, being gradu- ated therefrom in the spring of 1864. The Civil war then approaching its end, he became post- surgeon of the General Hospital No. 7, of Louisville, Ky., with the rank of captain, served his time, and, returning to Philadelphia, entered upon the practice which covered the long period of twenty years.

In enumerating the business enterprises which have profited by the co-operation of Dr. Brown, mention should be made of the Eugene Theatre

Company, of which he is a director and the vice president, and which has recently completed a $30,000 opera house. He is a director in the LeRoy Mining Company, operating in the Bo- hemia mining district, and manufacturing steam machinery for mining and development. He has stock in a number of prominent mines, and, taken all in all, is a most successful mining pro- moter. Dr. Brown was pension examiner for five years, or until the obligations of an exten- sive practice obliged him to curtail outside re- sponsibilities. He is examiner for the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of the Maccabees, and the Lions. Since his first voting days he has been in favor of Republican prin- ciples, and in many ways has furthered the local interests of his party. While still living in Penn- sylvania, Dr. Brown married Isabelle Lotridge, who was born in La Crosse, Wis., and died in Philadelphia in 1878, leaving two children: Isa- belle J., a graduate of the University of Oregon, now the wife of Prof. R. H. Dearborn of the University of Oregon; and Leonard G., also educated at the University of Oregon, a grad- uate of pharmacy, and at present secretary and treasurer of the Erie Copper Mining Company of Salt Lake City, Utah.

FRED FISK. The office of sheriff of Lane county has never been more ably maintained than by its present incumbent, Fred Fisk, whose broad education and earnest intelligence pecu- liarly qualify him to hold a position where judgment as well as action is required in the discharge of duties. Mr. Fisk was born in Fisk, Adair county, Iowa, December 10, 1873, the son of Judge A. H. Fisk, a native of Northfield, Vt. The latter was the son of Henry Fisk, also a native of Vermont, who became an early settler of Adair county and passed the remainder of his life there as a farmer. A. H. Fisk engaged in business in that county as a stockman and farmer, making his home in the town of Fisk, which received its name from his own. He was a prominent and influential man there, serving as a member of the board of supervisors, but he left his well grounded interests to find a home among the interesting conditions of the state of Oregon. He first located in Lane county, engag- ing in the mercantile business in Eugene, where in 1892 he was elected county judge for four years, after which he retired from public duties and so remained until his death December 2, 1901. Politically he was a Democrat and fra- ternally he was a Royal Arch Mason. He mar- ried Elizabetlı Emerson, a native of Vermont.

Fred Fisk was reared in Iowa and educated in the public schools of that state. He was fif- teen years old when the family removed to

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Eugene, and he at once entered the high school, from which he was graduated in 1891, for a short time thereafter serving as a clerk. Eager to win in an educational race for which he had special ability, he entered the University of Ore- gon, and in 1897 was graduated with the degree of A. B. In the same year he won the state oratorical contest and also the inter-state ora- torical contest, open to the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Upon leaving the uni- versity Mr. Fisk went back to Iowa and passed the years of 1897-98, and on his return to Oregon was appointed, September 1, 1898, deputy sher- iff under Sheriff W. W. Withers, his principal duty being the charge of the office. He contin- ued in this position until the unfortunate death of the sheriff, February 7, 1903, when he was appointed by the county commissioners as sheriff of the county. He took charge of affairs at once, his ability being promptly demonstrated by the able manner in which he took up the work so suddenly laid down. As a Democrat, Mr. Fisk has upheld the interests of the party in such a way as to prove the depths of the loy- alty with which he adheres to the principles advocated.

Mr. Fisk is also interested in real estate in this part of the state, being the owner of timber lands in Lane county. In his fraternal relations he was made a Mason in Eugene Lodge No. II and is now a Royal Arch Mason. He also be- longs to the Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World. He is an active member of the Alumni Association of the University of Ore- gon, and a member of the Commercial Club.

PROF. GEORGE COOTE. It is well-nigh impossible to overestimate the great progress that has been made in scientific agriculture during the past half century, more especially that made since the establishment by congress in each of the states and territories of an agri- cultural experiment station. In order that the highest possible results shall be obtained in each of these stations, it is necessary that the staff of instructors must be composed of men of ability and education, whose preliminary train- ing shall have especially fitted them for the work in hand. Noteworthy in the faculty of the Oregon Agricultural College is Prof. George Coote, who is at the head of the floricultural and gardening department, also having supervision of the vegetable department at the experiment station.

A native of England, and the descendant of an old and respected family, Professor Coote was born, February 28, 1842, in Bromley, Kent county. His father a life-long resident of Eng- land, was successfully engaged in agricultural

pursuits, the occupation by which his ancestors lived and thrived, for many years. He married . Martha Keeble, who was born in County Essex, England, and died in her native land. Three children were born of their union, two of whom are living, George, the subject of this brief sketch, being the only one to cross the Atlantic, and settle in a newer country.

Brought up on the home farm, and educated in the national schools, George Coote remained with his parents until sixteen years old, when he entered the employ of Mr. Jack, a noted florist and gardener, with whom he served an appren- ticeship of four years, at Langley Park, Becken- ham, County Kent. After working as a garden- er for three ensuing years, he had the entire charge of laying out seven acres of private grounds, arranging the landscape in an artistic manner, subsequently having charge of the grounds from 1864 until 1868. Assuming then the management of a large estate in Down, County Kent, he became a neighbor of Darwin, with whom he formed an intimate acquaintance, and oftentimes helped him in his work, and aided him in the various experiments in the fertilizing of orchids, and in the development of plants. Becoming interested in the Pacific coast through a friend, T. E. Hogg, who was connected with the Corvallis & Eastern Railway Company, Mr. Coote emigrated to America in 1877, coming under the auspices of a London company to take charge of seventy thousand acres of land appor- tioned to Oregon in 1862, the interest arising from the proceeds of said land being devoted to the instruction of the industrial classes in such branches of learning as relate to agriculture and the mechanical arts. The company failing a few years later, Mr. Coote purchased land west of Corvallis, and was there engaged in general farming for five years, later being located at Yaquina bay.

Accepting, in 1888, the appointment as assist- ant professor of horticulture at the Oregon Agri- cultural College, then just opened, he laid out the college grounds, erected the greenhouses, and subsequently filled the chair of horticulture. A year later he was made superintendent of grounds, a position which he ably filled for three years, when he accepted his present position as professor of floriculture and gardening. The professor is a recognized authority on all ques- tions pertaining to horticulture, floriculture, vegetable and landscape gardening, through his wide experience in these branches gaining wis- dom and knowledge of great value to himself and his students.

Professor Coote married, at St. George's Church, Beckenham, England, Miss Mary Ann Harvey, who was born in Ipswich, County Suf- folk, England, and they have two children,

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namely: Annie, wife of W. Butler, of Santa Barbara, Cal .; and Edith, wife of Prof. E. F. Pernot, of Corvallis. Politically Professor Coote is a Democrat, and fraternally is a member of Corvallis Grange No. 242, in which he is now serving his second term as master. He is an active member of the Episcopal Church, of which he was for a number of years lay reader, senior warden, and vestryman.

HENRY E. PARRISH. On the farm which is now his home, Henry E. Parrish was born January 18, 1848. In Oregon, a date so remote, while not indicating anything beyond a man in his prime, carries with it an impression of primi- tive and pioneer conditions, which was certainly the case; although the grandfather, E. E. Par- rish, and the father, Gamaliel Parrish, were already well established in the state, they having crossed the plains in 1844. The grandfather removed at a very early day from his home in the east to Ohio, where Gamaliel was born, and where he reared several other children, all of whom, except one son, accompanied him to Ore- gon. He was both a physician and minister of the gospel, and in Oregon settled on a claim near Jefferson, Marion county, in what was known as Parrish Gap.

Gamaliel Parrish remained at home until 1847, and then took up a section of land near Plain- view, a portion of which comprises the farm of Henry Parrish. He went to the mines of Cali- fornia in 1849, making the trip to and fro by water, and bringing home with him much more money than he had hoped to make in the mines. Before settling on his farm, February 25, 1847, he married Miss Lydia M. Peterson, and the young couple settled down to housekeeping in a little round-log house with one room, and here made themselves as comfortable as possible for some years, eventually replacing the log house with one of more modern construction. The wife died on the farm May 14, 1876, and was survived by her husband until November 12, 1884. Henry E. is the oldest of their three children, and Sarah E., the only daughter in the family, is the widow of Alpheus Frum, while Granville E. lives in Yakima, Wash.

Henry E. Parrish remained with his father until his twenty-eighth year, and in the meantime had acquired a practical education in the public schools, receiving from his father a thorough agricultural training. Somewhat weary of the monotony of farming life, he went to Lebanon in 1884 and conducted the St. Charles Hotel for eighteen months, afterward managing a restaur- ant with fair results for a couple of years in the same city. For a year he lived on a farm in Benton county, and for a year and a half operated

a farm near Plainview. He then returned to the old homestead, where he has since lived, and where he owns two hundred and fifty-six acres of the original claim. He is engaged in general farming, stock-raising and dairying, and on his property has made many improvements in addition to those made by his father in the early days. July 26, 1876, Mr. Parrish married Miss Emma Bates, who was born in Marshall county, Iowa, and crossed the plains with her parents in 1864. Arnie J., the only child born into the Parrish home, died in 1896, at the age of six years. Mr. Parrish is a Republican in politics, though never seeking official recogni- tion, and with his wife is a member of the Bap- tist Church. He is honorable and upright in all of his dealings, and in his neighborhood is regarded as a very successful and public-spirited citizen.

CHARLES PATTISON. Ten miles south of Albany is the sixty-five-acre farm of Charles Pattison, who, in his younger and more rugged days tilled many acres of land in this fertile valley. Mr. Pattison belongs to that class of successful men who have worked out their own destiny, and who, at no stage of his career, has received material financial or other aid. His father, William, a native of Ireland, was born in 1798, and at a very youthful age was left an orphan. Thereafter he went to live with his paternal relatives, with whom he came to Am- erica in 1803, settling on a farm in South Caro- lina. In 1818 the entire family removed to the state of Illinois, William remaining with his friends until his marriage with Mary Mumford, a native of South Carolina. Eventually he be- came a farmer in Randolph county, where his son, Charles, was born December 24, 1833, and where he remained until the spring of 1849. The father was ambitious of better things, and, hav- ing outfitted with ox-teams and wagons. started across the plains with his wife and children, ex- periencing on the way but little trouble with the Indians. They were on the road about nine months, and in the late fall reached Multnomalı county, Ore., where they spent the first winter on a farm. In March, 1850, Mr. Pattison moved to Oregon City, where he followed laboring until the fall, when he took up his residence in Cow- litz county, Wash., on a section of land .. This continued to be his home for eighteen months, and, not being pleased with the location, he moved near Olympia, in the Puget Sound re- gion. Eight or nine years later he moved to Lane county, Ore., where he bought four hun- dred acres of land, and where his death occurred at the age of seventy-five years. He was sur- vived by his wife until her eighty-second year,

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her death occurring at the home of her son, Charles, with whom her last years were spent. William Pattison was a man of strong character and much natural ability, and in the early days served faithfully in the Yakima war for three months. He was a member and active worker in the United Presbyterian Church, which he joined as a young man, and was ever afterward de- voted to its interests.

The children of William Pattison numbered six, and all were reared on the home farm, start- ing out at comparatively early ages to earn their own living. Charles chose blacksmithing as a means of livelihood, but never plied his trade to any extent. At the age of twenty-eight he took up an adjoining claim to the old homestead, and made that his home until 1880, when he bought his present farm of sixty-five acres in the Oak- ville vicinity, ten miles southwest of Albany. He is interested in general farming and stock, and has found his occupation both congenial and re- munerative. At no time in his life has Mr. Pattison taken more than a passive interest in politics, but is ranged on the side of Prohibition. Armilda, the first wife of Mr. Pattison, who died in 1877, bore him four children, three of whom are living: Mrs. Ida Morris, who lives in Washington; Mrs. Agnes Shough, living in Albany ; and Mrs. Anna Barton lives at the paternal home. For a second wife Mr. Pattison married Sarah Redford, a native of Missouri, of which union there have been born three children : Nellie, of Portland; Alice, at home; and John W., assisting his father with the home farm. Like his father, Mr. Pattison served in the Ya- kima Indian war for three months, during 1855- 6. and he recalls many thrilling experiences with the red men in the early days. He also is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. Upright and honorable in all his dealings, prac- tical and public-spirited, Mr. Pattison commands in large meaasure the respect of the community in which he lives, and towards the improvements of which he has so earnesly striven.

EDWARD ERNEST UPMEYER. A many- sided ability and the faculty of not only recog- nizing but creating opportunities, has enabled Edward Ernest Upmeyer to lead a life of more than ordinary interest and usefulness. In fact there are few important enterprises in and around Harrisburg which have not been influenced by his judgment or promoted by his practical assistance. At present retired from active participation in the interests which are still conducted under his name, Mr. Upmeyer has amassed a fortune in stock-raising, land speculating, saw-milling, and other lines of enterprise, and in his rise is an inspiring example of the man who builds upon

the sure foundation of practical business judg- ment and fair dealing.

Inheriting strong and reliable characteristics of his Teutonic ancestors, Mr. Upmeyer was born in Baltimore, Md., October 28, 1842, his father, Ernest, having settled in the Maryland city upon his arrival from Prussia in 1835. A carpenter by trade, the elder Upmeyer found ready employment during his active life, and, be- ing a master workman, commanded good wages. His removal with his family to St. Louis, Mo., in 1846, resulted in a change for the better, but his death, which occurred two years later, in 1848, cut short a career still promising, although he had reached the half century mark. With him from Prussia came his wife, Sophia (Hol- stein) Upmeyer, and four of their children, five more being born in the United States. The parents were devoted to each other and to their home. The mother also died in 1848, six weeks after the death of her husband.

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Portrait and biographical record of the Willamette valley, Oregon, containing original sketches of many well known citizens of the past and present, Part 162

Author: Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Chicago, The Chapman Publishing Company Number of Pages: 1622

Author: Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago, The Chapman Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1622