Portrait and biographical record of western Oregon, containing original sketches of many well known citizens of the past and present.., Part 157

Author: Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman publishing company
Number of Pages: 1064

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JAMES WILLIAM WALKER, who is of Welsh-Irish descent, was born in Howard county, Mo., February 8, 1836, and is a son of Jesse and Nancy M. (Miller) Walker, both Kentuckians by birth, the latter born Febru- ary 18, 1816. Jesse Walker was born in 1815 and was a man of consequence in his day. His father, Ellis Walker, had gone west as far as Missouri, and both he and his wife were still living in that state when Jesse Walker crossed the plains with his wife and located in Oregon. Jesse Walker was a farmer by oc- cupation, and in 1845 he made the trip over- land to Oregon behind four yoke of oxen. The emigrants' train of which his outfit was part was in charge of Solomon Tetherow, who served as pilot and captain. The trip con- sumed six months' time, and the first winter was spent in Washington county, on the Tualatin plains.

In the spring of 1846 Mr. Walker moved to Sauvie's Island in Multnomah county, and

took possession of a squatter's claim, remain- ing there until 1852. He then moved his fam- ily to Jackson county and took up a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres, one-half mile west of Jacksonville. He proved up on his claim and spent the remainder of his life in that vicinity. In 1854 he was elected to the legislature from Jackson county on the Democratic ticket, and during his short resi- dence there was a man of prominence. He was captain of Company A, Ninth Regiment of the Oregon militia, his company being com- posed of Jackson county men. His useful life was terminated by death in 1866. His widow reared their three children: James William; Elizabeth Anne, wife of William Bybee of Jacksonville; and Sarah Jane, wife of William Thompkins of Tillamook county.

James Walker was nine years old when his parents crossed the plains, and he distinctly remembers many incidents of that long and tedious journey. He attended irregularly the schools of southern Oregon and received but a meagre education. After the death of liis father he remained with his mother and sis- ters, and, as the eldest child and only son, it devolved upon him to stand bravely by his mother and render all the assistance in his power. In 1864 he sold his share of the home- stead to his brother-in-law, William Bybee, and, accompanied by his mother, he moved into Washington county, locating in Hills- boro. In 1869 he moved on his pres- ent farm in Nehalem valley. He pre- empted a claim of one hundred and forty-five acres, to which he has added, now having one hundred and sixty-five acres, eighty acres under cultivation. He began to clear and cul- tivate his land and engaged in stock-raising, and has built good, substantial buildings. His mother resided with him many years, but died in 1899, at the home of Mrs. Bybee, in Hills- boro.

In 1866 at Forest Grove, Washington coun- ty, Mr. Walker wedded Mary Elizabeth Har- rell. Three children blessed this union: Mar- garet C., wife of Timothy Corcoran, of the Nehalem river district; Ione, wife of James Jamieson, of the same vicinity; and Georgia, still at home. Mrs. Walker was born Octo- ber 31, 1843, and is a daughter of Isaac Har- rell, a native of Butler county, Ind., where his birth took place in 1806. He went overland to Oregon in 1847, residing in Clatsop county until 1855, and then removed to the vicinity of Forest Grove, Washington county. About 1880 he removed to Portland, where his death occurred in 1893. Mr. Walker is a Democrat in politics. He has been prominently before the public as justice of the peace, notary pub-

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lic, school director and as road supervisor. He affiliates with the local lodge of Masons, having been demitted from Forest Grove lodge, where he was first initiated into Ma- sonry. Mr. Walker is a valued member of the Farmers' Grange of Forest Grove, and is fill- ing out his allotted time as a good and useful citizen of his community.

JAMES WALCH, who has followed rail- roading and mechanical work all his life, located in Yaquina in 1894, as master mechanic in the employ of the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad. He was born in New Orleans, La., August 17, 1845, and is a son of Richard and Mary (Murphy) Walch, both parents being natives of Ireland. Richard Walch sought a home in the United States while a young man and located in New Orleans. He was a blacksmith by trade and was employed in the interests of the Fulton Foundry Company. He died in 1852, at the carly age of thirty-five years, falling a victim to cholera. The following year his widow moved to Ithaca, N. Y., where she is still living.

James Walch is the eldest of a family of five children, two sons and three daughters. He was educated in the schools of New York, and in 1863 began railroading in the capacity of fireman on the Delaware & Lackawanna Rail- road, continuing for nine months. He was then transferred to Nashville, Tenn., going from there to Chattanooga, in the employ of the govern- ment as fireman on a construction train. He worked as such on the North Carolina, East Ten- nessee & Virginia Railroad until 1866. Ad- vancement followed, and he became engineer, taking a position on the Union Pacific at Omaha, covering a route there until 1870, when he went to California. Entering the employ of the California & Pacific as engineer, he continued until the flood of 1872, during which he was transferred to the Central Pacific and worked on the promontory for three years. He was subsequently employed on the North Pacific Coast Railway out of Sausalito, Cal., for two years, and in 1877 was appointed master me- chanic at the latter place, serving two years. In December, 1879, he commenced work on the Oregonian Limited, a narrow gauge road from Ray's Landing to Coburg, again working as master mechanic, and in 1882 he was transferred to the Northern Pacific. A couple of years later he returned to California and the following three years he worked in the same capacity at San Luis Obispo.

Entering the employ of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, he was general foreman of their shops at The Dalles for one year, and

the next two years was master meclianic at La Grande. In 1889 he was again transferred to the Portland shops as general foreman and sub- sequently filled a position with the Columbia & Puget Sound Railway Company, spending sev- eral years in their employ, and locating in Ya- quina, in 1894, as previously mentioned.

Mr. Walch was united in marriage with Flora Giddings, a native of Philadelphia, and a daugh- ter of Charles P. Giddings, a well-known foun- dryman of that state, who went to California and was successfully engaged in gold mining for years prior to his death. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Walch, three of whoni are de- ceased, Florence, James and William. Tliose still living are Mollie E., Fred Charles and Hazel Virginia. Mr. Walch is a Republican in politics and in his religious views he favors the Episcopal belief. He has a good record and fraternally is allied with the B. of L. E., M. M. A., and B. P. O. E., the latter of Albany, Ore. He is popular among his fellow-workmen and lias tlie good-will of all.

MILES WARREN. Seventeen lots and one of the finest homes in Bay City, as well as an extensive and lucrative saw-milling business, are offered as evidences of the industry and practical business ability of Miles Warren, a resident of Oregon since 1881. Mr. Warren was born and reared and has spent his entire life among lumbering interests, his earliest years having been passed in Jackson county, Mich., where his birth occurred March 4, 1843. His father, David Warren, a natural mechanic and expert contractor and builder, was born in Canada August 1, 1811, and came of rugged English ancestry. David Warren moved to Michigan at a very early day, and there mar- ried Caroline Robards, who is supposed to have been born in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1820, and who died in her native state in 1879. Mrs. Warren's father was a tailor by trade, and built the first frame house in Ann Arbor, which served also as his work shop. Mr. Warren built extensively in Michigan, and there reared a family of three sons and five daughters. He lived to the advanced age of nearly eighty-four years, and died May 18, 1895.

Miles Warren led an uneventful life up to the breaking out of the Civil war, enlisting Oc- tober 14, 1861, and receiving his final discharge at Atlanta, Ga., November 1, 1864. Returning to his native state he engaged in farming in Clinton county, and in 1868 removed to Nod- away county, Mo., and continued to farm and raise stock until 1872. In 1871 he married Eli- za A. Hull, who was born in New Jersey in

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1851, and became the mother of three children, Harry, Joseph and Frank.

Arriving in California in the fall of 1872, Mr. Warren located at Stockton for a year, and then moved to Humboldt county, and engaged in saw-milling. He came to Oregon in 1881 and worked at milling four years on Tillamook Bay, and since then has been continuously em- ployed in the business in Tillamook county. In 1890 he settled in Bay City, where he is known for his business ability and public spirit. His genial nature and good fellowship have made him a welcome member of various organ- izations represented in the county, namely Bay City Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Johnson Chapter No. 24, R. A. M., of Tillamook, and Corinth Post No. 35, G. A. R. of Tillamook. Mr. War- ren is a Republican in polities, and has served as justice of the peace and school director.

LESTER WAUGH. Notable among the en- ergetic and prosperous business men of Toledo is Lester Waugh, who is well known in the industrial circles of the city. Beginning life with little capital save his native resolution, ambition and industry, he has gradually climbed the lad- der of success, and is a typical representative of the self-made men of Lincoln county. A son of Vinton Waugh, he was born August 19, 1861, in Gallia county, Ohio. His grandfather, George Waugh, was born in the western part of Vir- ginia in the latter part of the eighteenth century. Immigrating to Gallia county, Ohio, at an early period of its settlement, he purchased land when it was cheap, and having improved a homestead, resided there until his death, at the age of eighty- six years, four months and twenty days.

Born and reared in Gallia county, Ohio, Vin- ton Waugh succeeded to the oceupation of his ancestors, and, settling near the old home farm, was for many years one of the most successful and respected agriculturists of his neighborhood. He is now living retired from aetive pursuits at Swancreek, Ohio. He married Mary Ann Trot- ter, who was born in Ohio, which was the life- long home of her father, William Trotter. She died in Ohio, at the comparatively early age of forty-five years. She bore her husband four children, three sons and a daughter.

The oldest child of the parental household, Lester Waugh was edueated in the common schools of Gallia county, and under his father's instructions became quite familiar with the vari- ons branches of agriculture. In 1883 he mi- grated to Portland, Ore., and during the follow- ing year was in the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company, his home being in British Columbia. Returning to Oregon in 1884, he traveled a year, visiting different parts of

the state. Locating in Yaquina, Ore., in 1885, he entered the employ of the Oregon Pacific Railway Company. Subsequently accepting a position as seetion foreman, with headquarters at Toledo, he remained with the company for nine years. Embarking then in an entirely new occupation, Mr. Waugh established his present cattle and butchering business, buying and ship- ping cattle, and opening a meat market in the city. Five years, in addition to this extensive and profitable business, he ran a livery stable until 1902, when he sold out. As a speculator he trades extensively in stock and has been unusually successful, his judgment being good and his industry and energy proverbial. He has accumulated a desirable property, owning a resi- dence in town and two business houses on Mill street.

At Corvallis, Ore., Mr. Waugh married Clare Alice Logan, a native of Lincoln county, and they have one child living, Elma, a bright and talented girl of eleven years, who is taking both vocal and instrumental lessons in music. Po- litically Mr. Waugh is an uncompromising Dem- ocrat, and has rendered good service as school director, and as couneilman, having served in the latter position three terms. Fraternally he be- longs to the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, to the Rebekahs, to the Artisans and to the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

MRS. L. C. KINNEY. This esteemed lady is among the most worthy and highly respected citizens of Astoria, and the widow of the late Lyman C. Kinney whose recent death in Portland, May 7, 1903, was such a sad blow to the com- munity. In him Oregon lost an old pioneer, and Astoria one of her most energetic and best- known business men. Mr. Kinney, who was sixty-one years old at the time of his demise, was born in Muscatine, then known as Bloomington, Iowa, January 1I, 1842. In tracing the ancestry of Mr. Kinney, we find the grandfather, Samuel Kinney, to have been a native of Kentucky. His removal to Illinois took place some years after- ward and for the remainder of his life he was a resident of that state. His son Samuel, the father of Mr. Kinney, born November 27, 1810, in Collinsville, Ill., removed to Muscatine, Iowa, in early manhood and in 1847, desiring to seek a location where his numerous children could secure better advantages, he crossed overland to Oregon, settling in the Chehalem valley, in Yam- hill county, and followed agricultural pursuits there until his death.

One of a large family of children and coming to Oregon as he did in his tenth year, Mr. Kin- ney's primary education in the public schools of Chehalem was supplemented by a course in the

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Pacific University at Forest Grove. His educa- tion completed, he went to the mines in eastern Oregon, but was afterward induced to open a general store at Umatilla Landing. Upon his removal in 1878 to Astoria, he conducted an oil factory for some time, but later, in company with the late W. S. Kinney and Marshall Kinney, he conducted a saw-mill there and was largely in- terested in the lumber development of that sec- tion. He was one of the organizers and pro- mnoters of the Clatsop Milling Company of As- toria, and as secretary, was its leading spirit un- til two years before he died. Honest and up- right in his dealings, he was an active and care- ful man and in social and private life, a model. For years he was a leader in the cause of tem- perance and was an attendant at the Baptist Church. Honored and respected by all who knew him, Mr. Kinney left a large circle of warm friends. By his marriage, in Pendleton, Ore., he was united with Miss Julia Folson, who sur- vives him, and besides his widow he leaves one brother, Lafayette Kinney, and three sisters, Mrs. Ora Rogers, Mrs. Mary Brisbane and Mrs. Leighton.

In reviewing the life of Mrs. Kinney, it will be observed that she is a native of Oregon City and a worthy member of Nancy Welch Cabin, Native Daughters. Her father, M. E. Folson, formerly of Bangor, Me., made the long voyage around Cape Horn on a sailing vessel to San Francisco in 1849. After a couple of years spent in mining he removed to Oregon City in 1852 and opened a blacksmith shop there, as he was an expert mechanic. He afterwards set- tled at Umatilla Landing and engaged in the same line of work there, being one of the early settlers of that place. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and at his death, in 1900, he. was seventy-three years old. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Jane Warnock, a na- tive of Indiana, who accompanied her parents from that state to Oregon, becoming pioneer set- tlers of Clackamas county. The father is de- ceased, but the beloved mother is still living, a resident of the city of Pendleton. The eldest in a family of nine children, Mrs. Kinney remained at home until her marriage. Quite active in church affairs, she is among the most influential members of the Episcopal Church of Astoria and is widely known for her charitable inclina- tions and many deeds of kindness.

DAVID FINNAMORE. Although practical- ly a newcomer in Jackson county, Ore., where in 1902 he purchased a fine two-hundred-acre farm in the neighborhood of Table Rock in Sams valley, Mr. Finnamore has been identified with varied industries along the Pacific coast

since first coming to this section of the country in 1859. He is bound by close ties to Renssel- aer county, N. Y., for he was born in Troy, in that county, March 15, 1827. There also he passed the years of his boyhood and early man- hood, remaining there until reaching his twenty- third year. Leaving his native town to seek his fortune, he located for a time in Scott county, Iowa, where he was occupied in agricultural pur- suits for some time prior to his departure for California, the trip to that state being made in six months' time. The three years following Mr. Finnamore turned his attention to mining and prospecting at Shingle, near Placerville. His next field of labor was in Arizona, where lie followed similar work for about a year. Re- turning to California for a brief time, he subse- quently went to Nevada and took up his old oc- cupation of farming in the Carson valley and later in the Walker river valley, where he was fairly prosperous until his removal to Oregon in 1887. Proceeding to Lake county he engaged in the stock business in the vicinity of Goose Lake, near the southern boundary of the state, but not meeting with flattering success in that locality he followed similar business in the Har- ney valley, where there was abundant forage, and for a number of years thereafter, or until 1902, lie was successfully engaged in this busi- ness, raising both cattle and horses. He finally disposed of his stock interests in that section and purchased a permanent location in Jackson coun- ty, which is a far more desirable residence sec- tion of the state. Although too busy to aspire to any official position, Mr. Finnamore has always been a follower of the political destinies of the Republican party. He has a very good farm, with buildings tastefully arranged and kept in repair, and on all sides may be seen evidences of thrift and prosperity on the part of the owner.

JAMES T. HARTLEY. As a practical and intelligent agriculturist and stock-raiser James T. Hartley has risen to popular esteem in Josephine county, and in the vicinity of his home is re- garded as a typical representative of the trans- planted easterner who regards success as his rightful inheritance. At any rate, Mr. Hartley has shown a world of progress and sound busi- ness judgment in the management of his land, and from an original one hundred and sixty acres taken up in 1876, has added continually until he and his son now own a farm of four hundred and fifteen acres. Twenty-four miles southeast of. Grants Pass, this farm has kept pace with modern improvements, and in its gen- cral appearance evidences the system and pains- taking nature of its owner. Seventy acres are under cultivation, and while general produce is

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raised in large quantities, Mr. Hartley makes a specialty of good average stock, having as a rule from thirty to fifty head. Like all the rest- dents of this well favored part of the state, he has been interested in mining, but has never de- pended upon it as a means of livelihood.

Mr. Hartley is of Dutch-English descent, and was born near Flemingsburg, Fleming county, Ky., April 4, 1851, his father, James, and his mother, Mary (Ham) Hartley, being natives of the same locality, and born June 10, 1812, and January 20, 1818, respectively. The parents were married in Kentucky, and when James T. was three years of age removed to Buchanan county, Mo., where the eider Hartley engaged in farming, and from where he eventually re- moved to Jackson county, Kans. Here his death occurred in 1899, his wife having died in Kan- sas in 1878. There were nine children in the family, of whom Mandy Jane is the wife of Jesse A. Pierce of Kansas; Elizabeth is the wife of M. A. Parks, of Kansas; R. M. is a farmer of Oklahoma territory; Barbara is deceased ; Sarah J., deceased, became the wife of Jackson Hisle, of DeKalb county, Mo .; W. C. is de- ceased ; Margaret Ellen was the wife of William Atkinson, of Kansas; and Serilda Hartley is a resident of Kansas.

Equipped with a fair common school educa- tion and a thorough farm training, James T. Hartley left the home place in Missouri Febru- ary 20, 1876, and upon arriving in Oregon via Panama and San Francisco located at Ashland, Jackson county, for six months. In the fall of 1876 he removed to Josephine county, and took up his present homestead, and April 7, 1878, brought to his partially improved possession his newly wedded wife, formerly Sarah A. Gibson, a native of Buchanan county, Mo., and born December 18, 1861. Mrs. Hartley's parents came to Oregon in 1874, and after living on a farm near Ashland for a couple of years moved to a farm near the Hartley home. Lemuel Lee, the oldest child born to Mr. and Mrs. Hartley, is teaching in Armstrong Business College, Port- land, Ore., and also attending law school, while Leslie W., Ida, Ruth and Blanch live with their parents. Mr. Hartley is a Democrat in politics, and has served as road supervisor for two terms, and as school clerk for fifteen years. He is a thorough believer in education, and it has been his policy to maintain a high standard in his home school. The Methodist Episcopal Church at Williams has profited by his moral and finan- cial support for many years, and at present he is serving both as steward and trustee.

INDEX.

Beyers, Ophir H.

548

Carl, Charles E. 634

Ackley, Lorenzo D

994

Bigelow, Russell

Adams, Charles

968

Binder, Anthony

Adams, J. Frank

921

Bixby, Joseph

993

Carr, James 840

Agren, Ludvig

716

Blair, James H.

348 Carson, Alfred H. 3.36

Ahlf, John H.

37 1 Blakely, Samuel

499 Carter, Hon. E. V. 534

Ainsworth, George J.

Bodyfelt, George W

Ainsworth, J. C ..

159 Boggs, James L ..

Ainsworth, Capt. J. C.

158 Boise, Hon. Reuben P

592

Cartwright, George W 785

Alderman, Henry H.

306

Bond, Joel

Alley, Frank E.

412

Bonham, Hon. B. F

596 Casebeer, Jolın L

743

Ament, C. G ..

709

Booth, Hon. J. O.

501 Casebeer, J. M.

804

Ament, C. W.

710

Booth, Rev. Robert

527 Cathcart, C. F.

Ament, Edward G.

709 Border, William A.

770

Cathcart, Simon B.

949 264

Ament, M. C ...

710

Boyle, Isaac L

Chamberlain. Hon. G. E.

Anderson, Edmund A.

31I

Boyle, Joseph L.

Chambers, Hon. John H. 670

Anderson, Eli K.

707

Bradbury, Clement

738

Chance, William G. 497

Anderson, Judge Olof.

243

Bradshaw, William H.

432 Chapman, Andrew J

395

Andrus, Dwight R.

878

Brady, Charles J.

996 Chapman, Daniel

225 601

Apperson, Capt. J. T

279

Brattain, Eldon M.

993

Chapman, John H.

Applegate, Daniel A.

540

Breen, Martin

808 Chapman, Matthias J

Applegate, John

349 Bremner, Alexander

704

Chase, George L.

557

Applegate, Peter

880 Bridges, Hon. Joseph T

774 Chavner, Thomas

201

Arnold, Job N.

876 Briggs, William F.

819

Christie, Johnson 337

Arzner, John L.

945 Bristow. Eugene L.

1000

Ash, Lewis

399

Britt, Peter

Clark, Henry J.

Baldwin, George 1023

Baldwin, Henry H. 1018

Baldwin, Wallace

499

Banton, John L

522

Barker, A. Y.

376

Brown, George

625 998

Collier, Joseph A. 714

Barlow. William

I37

Brown, Thomas R.

730

Colver, Samuel 324

Bartlett, R. L.

400

Buchanan, Hon. John A.

318

Colwell, Daniel

1000

Bashor, J. F.

401 170

Buick. D. S. K.

388 Cone, Winfield S

359

Bayley, Winslow

377 Burdic, Rurick L.

773

Cooksey, Mrs. M. M

527

Beall, Thomas F.

Bursell, Oliver

706

Cooper, Plinn 445

Beebe, Gen. C. F

154

Butts, Elam

434

Cornelius, Col. Thomas R 315

Beekman, Cornelius C.

207

Bybee, William

300 Cornelius, Thomas S. 386

Bell, John C ..

133 824 861

Bellinger, Merritt Benedick, Philip

860 24I 354

Cowan, Robert 446

Cowls, Hon. John W.

570

Bensell, Royal A.

841

Calvert, Jesse L. 317

Benson, John R.

521

Cameron, Theodric 229

Bergman, Hon. Isaac

853 Campbell, David

927 Cranfill, Isom 865

Berry, Judge Milton

454 Campbell, James E. 742

Crawford, Gen. A. M. 410

Bessey, Elmer L.

625 Campbell, John C .. 4.33

Crawford. John B. 949

Beswick, Richard 965 Cannon, Richard L 400

Cronemiller, Daniel 5.36

504 Caples, Hon. J. F. 291 Crosno, Charles B. 585

Bethiers, George

876

Burk, William C.

826

Coolidge. Orlando, Jr. 847

Bear, John

875 462 555

Bush, Asahel

Corbett, Hon. Henry W.

Beckley, Hon. Henry

Butler, Brothers

244

Corliss, Herbert A. 1017

Coshow, Oliver P 1013

Belland, Lars (

Coshow, Oliver P., Jr. 409

Bellinger, John H.

Costello, James 313

Benedict, Rial

396

Barker, William H.

720

Brown, Samuel H.

517 Colson, E. N 991

Barnard, Charles P

226

Brownell, Hon. G. C ..

Colvig, Marcellus N

698

Bartoldus, Frederick

376

Buckley. John

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Portrait and biographical record of western Oregon, containing original sketches of many well known citizens of the past and present.., Part 157

Author: Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago, pub Publication date: 1904 Publisher: Chicago, Chapman publishing company Number of Pages: 1064

Author: Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman publishing company
Number of Pages: 1064