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business at Everett, Wash., and in the summer is familiar with the topography of various por- of 1873 went to the timber regions of Lake Su- . tions of the state. A son of the late Jesse Apple- perior, the same fall coming west again and lo- gate, he was born near Yoncalla, in Douglas county, Ore., November 8, 1851. cating on Fishermans Bay, Sonoma county, Cal. Here he interested himself in saw-milling and also clerked in a hotel, later filling the offices of deputy sheriff and constable. From 1875 to 1877 he mined in the Little Maud. district, Mari- posa county, Cal., and then, with the money he had accumulated, he located in Tuolumne coun- ty and became manager for the Clio Mining Company for a year. A return to Macomb county, Mich., resulted in his again settling in California in 1880, and in Inyo county he had charge of a group of mines for Frank Collins, of New York, for about four years. In 1884 he again visited Michigan, and soon after assumed charge of the San Miguel Mining Company's property at Telluride for five years.
In December, 1889, Mr. Andrus engaged in the grain and wool-buying and shipping busi- ness in Macomb county, Mich., and was very successful, and remained there until coming to Oregon in 1895. For a year he lumbered in Crook and Polk counties, and in 1896 settled upon his present property at Medford. In Michi- gan he married Ellen Waterman, who died in Michigan, leaving a son, Charles, now living in Macomb county, Mich. In Medford, in Janu- ary, 1902, Mr. Andrus married Mrs. Sarah Whitman, who was born in Indiana, and who as a child removed to Iowa with her parents. Mr. Andrus is public-spirited and socially in- clined, making friends readily and retaining them by his sincerity and consideration. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, thus representing the third generation of his family to fight for American independence and honor. Fraternally he is connected with Blue Lodge, No. 63, A. F. & A. M., of Michigan. After a résumé of his life, to refer to the ceaseless activity and many-sidedness of Mr. Andrus were entirely superfluous. Of him it may also be said that he has invested all of his enterprises with characteristic energy and thoroughness, and that honesty and integrity have been his guiding watch-words.
PETER APPLEGATE. As one of the old- est of the native-born citizens of Oregon, and the son of one of the carliest and most prom- inent pioneers of the state, Peter Applegate well merits honorable mention in this biographical work. A man of scholarly attainments, able and energetic, he holds an assured position among the leading men of Jacksonville, his place of residence. He is an expert civil engineer, and in the pursuance of his chosen profession he has surveyed a large part of Jackson county, and
Jesse Applegate was born July 5, 1811, in old Kentucky, and died at his home, near Yoncalla, Ore., April 22, 1888. In 1830 before attaining his majority, he removed to Missouri, locating on the Osage river, where he was engaged in farming and surveying until 1843. He was largely self-educated, and was a self-made man in the highest sense implied by the term. Hav- ing a thirst for knowledge, he studied hard in the intervals of work, after he went to Missouri being for a time under the instruction of Edward Bates, surveyor general, in St. Louis. He made a specialty of mathematics, in which he became very proficient, and was an expert accountant and one of the most correct and efficient sur- veyors of the northwest. During his entire life he was a student, and a reader of good litera- ture. Leaving Missouri in 1843, he came across the plains with ox-teams, and located at first on Salt creek, in Polk county. Removing to Doug- las county in 1849, he took up a donation claim near Yoncalla, where he improved a farm of six hundred and forty acres. Removing to Cali- fornia in 1872, he followed his profession as a civil engineer for a number of years. Return- ing to his homestead farm, near Yoncalla, in 1883, he resided there during the re- mainder of his life. He was one of the earliest and most prominent surveyors of Oregon, and became thoroughly familiar with the country. In 1846 he explored the trail from Fort Hall, Wyo., to the Willamette valley, Ore., and it is now considered the best road across the Cascade mountains. In 1852 he served as a guide to the army of regular sol- diers. He subsequently was a member of the Constitutional Convention, representing Douglas county, which was formerly known as Umpqua county. He married Cynthia Parker, who was born in Tennessee, August 15, 1814, and died in Yoncalla, Ore., June 1, 1881. Of their union thirteen children were born, six sons and seven daughters, Peter, the subject of this sketch, be- ing the eleventh child in order of birth and the youngest son living.
Obtaining the rudiments of his education in the pioneer district school, Peter Applegate sub- sequently studied with his father, and further supplemented the knowledge he had acquired by judicious reading. Taking up civil engineer- ing as a profession in 1879, he has since filled many government contracts, surveying through- out Jackson county, and sectionizing and survey- ing in the Cascade mountains. From 1890 un- til 1892 he served as county surveyor of Jack- son county. In 1898 Mr. Applegate was elected
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recorder of Jackson county, being re-elected to the same position in 1900 and in 1902, and is now filling his third term.
In 1872, in Drain, Ore., Mr. Applegate mar- ried Josephine Estes, a native of Douglas coun- ty. Her father, E. H. Estes, was born in Illi- nois, and crossed the plains to Oregon in 1858. Locating in Douglas county, near Drain, he took up a donation claim, and there improved a good farm, on which he resided until his death, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. Nine children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Ap- plegate, tliree of whom died in infancy, and six are living, namely: Mark, residing in Jackson- ville; Daisy, wife of E. W. Voyle, of Jackson- ville; Susie, wife of W. R. Stansel, also of Jacksonville; Clyde, Jesse and Blanche. Politi- cally, Mr. Applegate is an unswerving Repub- lican. Fraternally, he is a member of the An- cient Order of United Workmen and of Rose- burg Lodge No. 326, B. P. O. E.
HON. JOSEPH W. SURPRENANT. A man of enterprise, ability and integrity, Hon. Jo- seph W. Surprenant occupies a position of note among the leading citizens of Astoria, since 190I serving as mayor. Possessing superior mechan- ical ingenuity and taste, he is one of the promi- nent contractors, builders and architects of the city, and is carrying on an extensive business in his particular line of industry. A son of the late Anthony Surprenant, he was born August 15, 1849, at Glens Falls, N. Y. On the paternal side, he is of French origin, his grandfather, Frederick Surprenant, and his great-grandfather, Coburt Surprenant, having been born in France. A po- litical refugee, Frederick Surprenant came to America in 1818, locating first in Montreal, Can- ada, but subsequently removing to Saint Ed- wards, where he bought a farm, and was also engaged in mercantile business. He married a Miss La Point, who was of English ancestry.
Anthony Surprenant was born in Montreal, Canada, but was reared in Saint Edwards, re- maining at home until seventeen years old, when he joined the exploring party commanded by General Fremont, and crossed the plains and the Rocky mountains, going to the Pacific coast. He remained with the general as assistant through the entire expedition, leaving the service at Washington, D. C. Settling then in Glens Falls, N. Y., he became a patentee of a continuous burn- ing lime-kiln, and after receiving his patents built kilns throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. At the close of the Civil war, in 1865, he was killed at the time of the rebel raid in the city of St. Albans, Vt., where he was building a kiln. He was then in the prime of manhood, being but forty-two years of age. He
married Mary A. Kinmouth, who was born in Montreal, Canada, a daughter of Peter Kin- mouth. Born in Scotland, Peter Kinmouth as a young man served in the English army, being lieutenant of his company. Coming with his regiment to Canada, he was stationed at Montreal for awhile, and while there married Miss De- laney. He was subsequently ordered to Africa, where lie took his family, remaining there two years. Starting from there for Montreal on his return home, he died before he had proceeded very far on the journey, leaving his wife with three small children, one of whom died off the Cape of Good Hope. Of the union of Anthony and Mary A. (Kinmouth) Surprenant, a large family of children were born, namely: Janerius, who served in the Civil war as a member of the One Hundred and Eighteenth New York Volun- teer Infantry, was captured at the battle of Fair Oaks, and taken first to Libby prison, and then transferred to Salisbury prison, where his death occurred in 1865; Joseph W., the special subject of this sketch ; John, a contractor, living in Glens Falls. N. Y .; Frederick, who was killed at the battle of Malabon, P. I., had previously belonged to the Twenty-first New York Regiment for twenty-two years, serving as quartermaster of his company ; George, also a contractor at Glens Falls, N. Y .; Frank, who was an undertaker in Astoria for thirteen years, died in Glens Falls, N. Y .; Michael died at the age of eighteen years; Nellie was drowned when two years old; Mrs. Minnie Brooks, of Astoria, resides with her brother, Joseph W .; Mrs. David Lamoreaux, of Glens Falls, N. Y .; and Mrs. Kate Serrie, a widow, resides in Glen Falls, N. Y. The mother survived her husband many years, dying at Glens Falls, N. Y., in 1899, aged seventy-six years.
Brought up in Glens Falls, N. Y., Joseph W. Surprenant was educated in the public schools. After the death of his father he had to leave school, being one of the older children, and im- mediately began work, serving an apprenticeship of five years at the cabinet-maker's trade. Sub- sequently taking up the carpenter's trade, he worked as an apprentice three years, and was then in an architect's office in Albany, N. Y., for a year. He afterward worked at his trade in Glens Falls until 1876, when he came to Oregon, locating in Astoria in December of that year. Since that time Mr. Surprenant has been actively engaged as a contractor, builder and architect, for thirteen years being in partnership with J. E. Ferguson, but since then has been alone. He has met with success, being employed in government, railway and wharf building. He superintended the building of the Ilwaco Railroad, erected the barracks and other buildings at Forts Stevens, Canby and Columbia, and has built sixteen saw- mills in this and adjoining counties. He has
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erected one of the finest residences in Astoria, and also built many of the largest business houses of the city, including the Northern Pacific brewery. In 1903 he erected the Tongue Point Lumber Company's mill at a cost of $300,000, it being the finest mill in the United States.
In 1897 Mr. Surprenant made a trip to the newly discovered gold region, going to Alaska, thence across the Chilkat Pass, and down the lakes and the Yukon river to Dawson, where he met with fairly good success in mining. In the spring of 1898 he went up the Stewart river for about seven hundred miles in a small boat, and found the mining remunerative, but experienced great difficulty in getting provisions. Returning to Dawson, he spent the following winter pros- pecting, meeting with success. In January, 1899, in company with two others, he walked up the Yukon for about seven hundred miles, as far as Skagway, the provisions being carried by dog- teams. Hc was twenty-one days making the trip, sometimes covering forty miles a day, in spite of the intense cold, the mercury having stood at fifty-seven degrees below zero when he started. Returning from there to Astoria, Mr. Surprenant made a remarkably quick trip to New York to at- tend the funeral of his mother, and on coming back to Astoria, built his present fine residence, and a new office.
For a number of years Mr. Surprenant was a member and the foreman of the Rescue Engine Company No. 2. In 1901, at the solicitation of prominent citizens, he accepted the Republican nomination for mayor, and was elected by a handsome majority. Taking the oath of office January 1, 1902, he served most efficiently for a year, reducing the city debt, improving the street system, and placing the municipality on a more substantial financial basis. In 1903 he was re-elected to the office without opposition. Polit- ically Mr. Surprenant is a steadfast Republican. Socially he is a member of the Chamber of Com- merce; of the Commercial Club; and of the Irv- ing Club.
SAMUEL M. ROBISON. John and Susan (Milligan) Robison were industrious farmers in Ohio who hoped to increase the prospects of themselves and children by removal to the state of Iowa. They traveled overland in covered wagons after the custom of the time, and March 16, 1837, their family of children was increased by the advent of a son, Samuel M., now one of the foremost farmers and stock-raisers of the vicinity of Talent, Jackson county, Ore. The parents located on a farm in Linn county, Iowa, and eight years later moved to another farm in the same county, and made that their home until the spring of 1853. The winter previous had
been spent in preparation to cross the plains to Oregon, and the father had provided three wagons and three yoke of oxen on each wagon, also fifteen mares and twelve blooded cows, with which they made the journey. With admirable forethought he had laid in a stock of provisions sufficient to last a year, and he also bought many peach seeds, and things of incidental use in starting life in a new locality. Few men were better equipped than he, and few possessed such thorough insight into the possibilities awaiting him on the coast. Arriving in Jackson county August 30, 1853, he located a claim of three hun- dred and twenty acres on Wagner creek, the same being now occupied by his grandson, Ed- ward Robison, and liere he erected a little cabin for the immediate accommodation of his family. Soon he found that life and property were unsafe without more adequate protection, and he there- fore hewed timber and built a heavy stockade around his cabin. Upon the calming down of the Indian troubles the stockade was taken down, and Mr. Robison put in his vegetable and other seeds, and prepared to make a comfortable home for those dependent on liim. In the winter of 1853 he set out his peach seeds and in time had the first peach orchard in Oregon, and his vege- table garden furnished products to many of his neighbors to whom such things were positive luxuries. He encouraged and assisted with the making of the first roads in his neighborhood, and in all ways proved himself a strong and cap- able and public spirited pioneer. His death oc- curred on his donation claim in 1870. He was survived by his wife until 1889, when she died at the age of eighty-three years.
Samuel M. Robison was sixteen years old when he came to Oregon, and his vigorous young strength aided materially in clearing the land and in overcoming the difficulties by which the family was surrounded. In 1857 he left the farm and began working at the blacksmith trade, but after eighteen months gave it up and found employment on a ranch. April 13, 1864, he mar- ried Hannah E. Barneburg, who came to Oregon in 1860, and with whom he went to housekeeping on his present ranch, two miles southwest of Tal- ent. He is the owner of two hundred acres of land, and for twenty years has been extensively engaged in the dairy business, his products ac- quiring the reputation deserved by their purity and excellence. Anderson creek, running through the farm, furnishes water for stock, and other watering facilities abound, as well as the most modern of improvements. The five children of Mr. and Mrs. Robison are all married and have homes of their own near their parents. John lives near Talent ; Annie is the wife of Nicholas Brophy; George has a farm of his own; Eva is the wife of George Dewey ; and Della is the wife
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of Ford Roper. Thus Mr. Robison has achieved satisfaction not only as far as his financial for- tunes are concerned, but he has added stalwart sons and womanly daughters to perpetuate his name and add to the well-being of the state in whose interests he has devoted the best years of his life.
WALTER LOWRIE ROBB. A man of ster- ling character and strong convictions, straightfor- ward and honorable in all of his transactions, Walter Lowrie Robb is especially adapted for the responsible position he holds as collector of cus- toms at the port of Astoria, district of Oregon. Pleasant, patient and accommodating, possessing those qualities most desirable in one who deals with the general public, he has won the respect and esteem of his fellow-men, and is one of As- toria's leading citizens. Of Scotch descent, he was born February 6, 1861, in Eddyville, near Albia, Iowa, a son of J. W. Robb. His paternal grandfather, Andrew Robb, a native of Pennsyl- vania, settled in Henry county, Ohio, when a young man, being a pioneer farmer of that region. He subsequently removed with his family to Iowa, and he, with all of his boys, six or seven stalwart sons, served in the Civil war as mem- bers of an Iowa regiment. One son was killed on the battle-field. Several years later the father moved still farther westward, coming to Oregon. Settling in the Willamette valley, he was a resident of Linn county until his death. He was a much-respected man, noted for his good qualities, and was an active member of the United Presbyterian Church.
Born and reared in Ohio, J. W. Robb received his college education in Pennsylvania, and after his admission to the bar began the practice of his profession in Albia, Iowa. Enlisting in an Iowa regiment soon after the breaking out of the Civil war, he served until the close of the contest, and then resumed his legal practice. Going to Ore- gon in 1874, he located in Portland for three years, building up a large clientage. Locating in Astoria in 1877, he became a prominent and successful attorney, being in partnership with C. W. Fulton, now United States senator, whose sketch may be found elsewhere in this work. On April 25, 1881, he was killed, a man against whom a civil suit was pending coming into his office and shooting him. The affair occurred when Mr. Robb was alone in his office, and as only circumstantial evidence could be procured the assailant, whose name was Robeson, received a life sentence, but was pardoned by Governor Pennoyer. Mr. Robb was affiliated with the Masonic order, belonging to both lodge and chap- ter. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He
married Julia McCreary, who was born in old Virginia, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. The only child of their union was Walter Lowrie, the spe- cial subject of this sketch.
Living in Iowa until thirteen years of age, Walter L. Robb acquired his early book knowl- edge in the public schools of Albia. After com- ing with his parents to Oregon, he attended the common and high schools of Portland. Remov- ing to Astoria in 1877, he was engaged in book- keeping for eleven years, being at first with James Williams, and later with the Occident Packing Company. Embarking in the insurance business in 1888, Mr. Robb represented several of the more prominent insurance companies of the country, including the Royal, Firemen's Fund, National, Norwich Union, Phoenix, ÆEtna and the American. He also carried on a success- ful business as a dealer in real estate and, at Smith Point, laid out Robb's Addition, a tract of land containing twenty acres. Mr. Robb was also influential in municipal affairs, for two terms serving as councilman, and for six years being secretary of the board of pilot commissioners. In July, 1902, he was appointed collector of cus- toms at Astoria by President Roosevelt, and since taking the oath of office, on August 2, 1902, he has most efficiently and satisfactorily performed the duties devolving upon him in this position.
In Astoria Mr. Robb married Kate Davidson, a daughter of George Davidson, a pioneer settler, who is now living retired from active pursuits. Mr. and Mrs. Robb have two children, namely : James D. and Hazel C. Mr. Robb is actively identified with the Masons, being a member and senior warden of Temple Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M .; a member and captain of the host of St. John's Chapter, R. A. M .; a member of Oregon Commandery No. I, K. T .; and a member of Al Kader Temple, N. M. S., of Portland. Inherit- ing the political faith of his father, he has always been a Republican. For several terms he was chairman of the county central committee, and until his appointment to his present office was a member of the state central committee from Clatsop county. Mrs. Robb is a member and sec- retary of the Nancy Welch Cabin No. 6, Native Daughters, and a member of the Astoria Women's club. She, belongs to the Episcopal Church.
GEORGE VALENTINE WILLIAMS. This esteemed citizen of Newport, Lincoln coun- ty, Ore., made his first trip to that state in 1868. He is a sailor of no mean ability and has been in the government employ for a number of years. Mr. Williams is an Englishman by birth, which event took place February 14, 1846, in Norfolk. His father, George Williams, was of the same
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nativity where he died in the seventieth year of his life. His mother was also of English birth, and attained about the age of seventy.
George V. Williams is one of a family of four children, himself and a sister being the only ones who lived to maturity. He was educated in the grammar schools at Norwich. When four- teen years old, he went to sea and was appren- ticed as a sailor. His first voyage was to the East Indies and to Africa, and he was gone five years, two years of the time being spent in coasting. He made his first trip to the United States in 1866, landing at Savannah, where he left the ship and proceeded by rail to New York city. There he secured a position as sailor on the "Dauntless," a boat owned by the well known newspaper man, James G. Bennett.
In 1868 Mr. Williams visited Oregon, going by way of Cape Horn, and was subsequently en- gaged in cod fishing for four seasons, on the Okhotsk Seas. In 1871 he went on a sealing expedition on the "Alfred Adams," and the fol- lowing year he took a trip to Honolulu for a salt cargo. In 1873 he returned to Yaquina Bay and entered the government employ, building the Yaquina Head lighthouse, also helping to un- load brick from the schooners. Mr. Williams has assisted in building jetties at Newport, and was foreman for a long time, and has made many trips down the coast to Coos Bay. He also as- sisted in building the "Eleanora," a three-mast schooner, and was first mate on her initial trip.
Mr. Williams was united in marriage with Sarah Bubb, a native of New Zealand. Their family consists of three children, Jane E., Ellen Maud, and Isabella. The family worship at the Episcopal Church, of which they are members. In his political opinions, Mr. Williams coincides with the Republicans, and has served as constable one term.
CAPT. GRENVILLE REED. In the annals of Clatsop county no name stands higher than that of Capt. Grenville Reed, who for thirty years was a pilot on the Columbia river, and is now postmaster at Astoria. Of sturdy New England ancestry, he has inherited those sterling qualities of thrift, industry and honest integrity that at once mark him as one of nature's noblemen. En- terprising, public-spirited and liberal, he is prom- inent and popular throughout the city, and weil merits the respect so universally accorded him. A native of Maine, he was born May 13, 1839, in Freeport, which was likewise the birthplace of his father, Edward Reed. His grandfather. Major Josiah Reed, a native of Connecticut, was a pio- neer settler of Freeport, Me., where he cleared and improved a homestead. He served in the
war of 1812, being major in a company of Maine militia.
Born in Freeport, Me., in 1800, Edward Reed spent his entire life of eighty-three years in that town, being actively and successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Mary A. Ran- dall, who was born in Durham, Androscoggin county, Me., a daughter of Davis Randall, a well- to-do farmer. Of the children born of their union, two girls and one boy grew to years of ma- turity. The oldest child of the parental house- hold, Capt. Grenville Reed, assisted in the man- agement of the home farm until seventeen years old. Engaging then in seafaring pursuits, he was first employed in coasting, and afterwards sailed in deep waters, going to the East Indies in a trading vessel. On his last voyage he went from New York to Australia, thence to San Francisco, having rounded the Cape of Good Hope three times before he was twenty years old. In 1859 Mr. Reed located in Josephine county, Ore., and at the Sailor diggings, in Wal- do, was engaged in placer mining for two years. Going to the Orofino mines, in Idaho, in 1861, he remained there about eighteen months, and after spending the winter in the Willamette valley re- turned to Idaho, and worked during the summer of 1863 in the Warren diggings. Returning to the valley in the fall, he spent a year in Milwau- kee, Clackamas county. In 1865 Mr. Reed en- tered the employ of the Oregon Steam Naviga- tion Company, with which he was connected five years, working his way up in that time to the po- sition of master of his vessel. Locating in As- toria in 1870, Captain Reed became pilot on the Columbia river, between Astoria and Portland, following the occupation until 1901. Familiar with river and coast, cautious and painstaking, and a thorough-going seaman, he was capable and trustworthy as a pilot, and his services were al- ways in demand. Being appointed, without any solicitation on his part, by President Mckinley, on December 22, 1900, as postmaster at Astoria, Captain Reed assumed the duties of his office on January I, 1901, and has since managed its af- fairs most successfully and satisfactorily. The office, which is second-class, is a free delivery office, employing five carriers.
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