Portrait and biographical record of western Oregon, containing original sketches of many well known citizens of the past and present.., Part 69

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

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minded, liberal, enterprising citizen, sparing no effort to promote the general welfare, and to uplift the standard of excellence in whatever line of business he attempted. He improved his farms in every possible way, setting out an or- chard of twenty acres on land which he himself had cleared, and in the etablishment and manage- ment of the White Sulphur Springs Hotel he demonstrated his ability to execute as well as to plan. He also built the Ashland Opera House, a three-story brick building, 60x100 feet, com- pleted in 1889 at a cost of $20,000, besides numer- ous other buildings. The city of Ashland owes a debt of gratitude to Mr. Ganiard, whose en- thusiasm and earnestness resulted in the material upbuilding of the city.

In 1858 Mr. Ganiard returned to Jonesville, Mich., and was there united in marriage with Lucinda Ganiard, on July 5. She was born in Rochester, N. Y., the daughter of Silas Ganiard, a native of Bristol, and the great-granddaughter of Peter Ganiard, the progenitor of the family in America. Her father, Silas Ganiard, became an early settler and farmer near Jonesville, Mich., where his death occurred in 1873. He married Lucinda Wilder, also a native of Bristol, N. Y., and the daughter of Joseph and Lottie (Gilbert) Wilder, natives of Connecticut. Mrs. Lucinda Ganiard died in Michigan June 7, 1900, in her ninetieth year, having become the mother of five children, three of whom are living. Mrs. Ganiard, the youngest and the only one who is located upon the Pacific slope, received her edu- cation at Hillsdale College, and after her mar- riage in 1858 came to Oregon by the Isthmus of Panama and San Francisco, landing at Crescent City, from which place she traveled on mule- back to Waldo, Josephine county, Ore., where her husband owned a ranch. Three children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Ganiard, of whom the only one living is Lottie L., the wife of J. E. Pelton, of Ashland, the two sons, Oscar and Frederick, having died at the ages of fifteen and sixteen years and six months respectively. Mr. Ganiard was in every way identified with the progress and advancement of his adopted city and county. As a member of the city coun- cil in 1891, he exerted his best efforts toward good municipal government. His widow has continued to uphold the honor of the name and since his death she has completed seven new buildings in the city. The building on Fourth street having burned May 18, 1903, she at once commenced the erection of one to take its place, which now makes a complete new brick block, 50x50 feet, two stories in height. She has since sold the White Sulphur Springs Hotel, but still owns a large amount of property, including lots in Astoria, and Rockford, Wash., a four-hundred acre ranch in Josephine county and two thou-

sand acres of land in Jackson county, as well as much property in Ashland. Through her ex- cellent management of the large estate left by her husband she has won the general commen- dation of those who realize the responsibility which so much property entails. She is promi- nent in various associations in Ashland, being a member of the Woman's Relief Corps and a charter member of the Ashland Chautauqua As- sociation. In her religious convictions she be- longs to the Christian Church.

JERRY C. HAYNES. The Haynes family was founded in America by seven brothers who started across the ocean together from England, but suffered shipwreck at sea and became separ- ated. They scattered far from one another, es- tablishing homes in various localities from Maine to Louisiana. One of them went to Pennsyl- vania, where his son, Daniel, was born and grew to manhood. This son became a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and endured all the hardships of that historic struggle. Years later, about the beginning of the nineteenth century, he removed to Ohio and settled in Summit coun- ty near Middlebury, where he carried on a farm. In that state, as in Pennsylvania, he identified himself actively with the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Whig party. His life was pro- tracted to an unusual period, for he had almost rounded out a full century at the time of his death.

Among the children of Daniel was Joseph Haynes, who was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., July 6, 1776. Starting out for himself at eighteen years of age, he located on a farm in Summit county, Ohio, and from that time until his death, in 1847, he combined agricultural pur- suits with charcoal burning. Like his father he was an earnest upholder of the Whig party and the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was also an enthusiastic supporter of educational affairs. Having been denied an education himself, he felt the disadvantages resulting therefrom and desired his children to enjoy opportunities that would fit them for positions of responsibility in the world.

The marriage of Joseph Haynes united him with Eliza Robinson, who was born in New Jersey, January 3, 1800, and died at Battle Creek, Mich., at eighty-one years of age. Her father, Aaron Robinson, a native of New Jersey and a member of the Society of Friends. settled in Sum- mit county, Ohio, about 1810 and thereafter de- voted himself to general farming, with the ex- ception of the time of his service in the war of 1812. His death occurred in Summit county when he was an aged man. In the family of

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Joseph and Eliza Haynes there were four sons and eight daughters, of whom Jerry C., the sub- ject of this article, was the third in order of birth and the eldest of those now living. The other survivors are Robert R., a farmer near Hastings, Mich .; Mrs. Eliza Eldridge, of Bat- tle Creek, Mich .; and Mrs. Arnanda Howe, of Alabama.

In Summit county, Ohio, Jerry C. Haynes was born February 16, 1830. Though the fam- ily were, like most pioneers, poor in this world's goods, his father insisted that he should have three months' schooling each year, and in this way, by attending schools held in log houses des- titute of any comforts whatever, he gained his primary education, but the knowledge he now possesses is the result of habits of close observa- tion and thoughtful reading rather than attend- ance at school. When he was ten years of age he was hired to work at burning brick, but one day's experience proved that his strength was in- sufficient for such heavy tasks, and he left with- out the formality of giving notice. In 1840 he began as a horse driver on the Ohio canal from Cleveland to Portsmouth. Two years later he was promoted to be steersman and after a sim- ilar period was made captain of a boat, which position he held for two years. Next, for four years, he ran on a boat from Akron to Cleveland.

Desirous of trying his fortune in the west, in 1852 Mr. Haynes traveled via the isthmus and the occan to San Francisco, Cal. After a month in the mines at Diamond Spring. Eldorado county, he mined on Butte creek, Butte county, until November, and then returned to San Fran- .cisco, going from there to Tuolumne county, where he mined until June of 1853. He then secured work in the building of a sawmill near Strawberry Flat. In November he began lum- bering in San Mateo county, where he continued for some time. March of 1859 found him in Ore- gon, where he sawed lumber for A. M. Simpson at North Bend. Going to the Coos river in June of 1860, he bought a farm of one hundred and fifty-nine and one-half acres at the head of tide water on the south fork of Coos river. In Sep- tember of 1862 he settled in Coos City, where he took contracts for getting out lumber. Short- ly after settling there he bought eight hundred acres adjoining the town on the south and, while some of this has since been disposed of, he still owns five hundred acres of the original purchase. This land is rented to tenants, who conduct a dairy business. In addition, he owns forty- eight acres adjoining Myrtle Point on the south, which is rented and utilized mainly for hay land. He continues to make his home in Coos City, but spends considerable time in Myrtle Point, Marshfield and Coquille, where his busi- ness interests cail him. The success which has re-

warded his exertions proves him to be a man of superior talent and great perseverance. On start- ing out for himself he had no one to aid him and no influence to help him in getting a foothold in the business world. Every advance made repre- sented struggle on his part. However, the ex- ertions he was compelled to make strengthened his character and proved a real help to him. As he now looks back over his life, he may have a just feeling of pride in the results accomplished and in the fact that he has faithfully discharged his duties as a citizen and a man. For more than twenty years he has been a school director and during all this period he has striven to promote the welfare of the schools. Another office which he has filled with fidelity is that of road super- visor, in which capacity he has been retained for four terms. Politically he espouses the cause of the Republican party.

In San Mateo county, Cal., Mr. Haynes mar- ried Lois Hall, who was born in Oneida county, N. Y., and died in Oregon in 1888, at the age of forty-seven years. Ten children were born of their union: Ida E. became the wife of Freder- ick Jarvis, now deceased; Alice became the wife of J. M. Arrington, who is connected with a store in Myrtle Point; Grant R. is a rancher at Coos City : Charles is deccased; Lois became the wife of K. N. Marcy, a rancher near Myrtle Point; Jerry G. has ranching interests at the head of South Slough in Coos county ; Kate is deceased ; Minnie became the wife of R. Noble, of Marsh- field; Herbert is connected with the ranch on the South Slough, in Coos county ; and Myrtle lives at Marshfield.

PEREZ LANTZ PHELAN is at present manager of the Myrtle Point Mill Company, owning one-third of the stock. While, as his name indicates, he is of Irish extraction, he himself is an American by birth, and was born in Mill village, Nova Scotia, March 19, 1861, being a son of William and Susan (Hayes) Phelan, natives of the same country as him- self. His father made the lumber and logging business his principal occupation and in con- nection therewith operated a sawmill. Both he and his wife died in Nova Scotia. His grandfather, James Phelan, was born in Ire- land and in early manhood settled in Nova Scotia, where he took up farm land near Mill village. The subsequent years of his life were quietly passed in that locality.

In a family consisting of four sons and four daughters, Perez L. Phelan was fifth in order of birth. On completing the studies of the local school, at the age of sixteen he began to assist his father in the lumber business. How- ever, he was not satisfied to remain within

Sarl J. Jones

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the narrow confines of his native peninsula and sought a home in the United States, coming west to Washington in 1888. For five years he was employed in a lumber business at Ut- saladdy. During 1893 he came to Oregon, where he has since made his home. At first he was connected with the extensive business of E. B. Dean & Co., at Marshfield, but in 1897 accepted a position with the Coos Bay, Roseburg & Eastern Railroad Company, for whom he bought and took charge of lumber. That position he held until 1900. A year later he was elected trustee of the Beaver Coal Com- pany, and in 1902 acted as manager of the mill and logging business owned by E. B. Dean & Co., C. H. Merchant, receiver, at Marshfield.

During April of 1903, Mr. Phelan came to Myrtle Point and in June, same year, with two partners, purchased the Ratcliff sawmill, which has a capacity of thirty-five thousand feet per day. The company is incorporated with a capital of $25,000 and has five logging camps, employing about one hundred men during the summer season. Shipments of lum- ber are made to San Francisco and other points along the coast. A store is conducted in con- nection with the mill, this being especially for the benefit of the operatives. Independent of his interests in the mill and store, Mr. Phe- lan owns one hundred and sixty acres of tim- ber land. While he is a Republican, his in- terest in politics is not keen, for he prefers to devote himself unreservedly to private in- terests; yet he supports his party with his vote, which he never fails to cast in favor of its men and measures. Fraternally he is asso- ciated with the Knights of Pythias. His mar- riage took place at Marshfield and united him with Rose Nasburg, who was born in Empire City, this state, and by whom he has a son, Preston Lantz Phelan, now at home.

GARL T. JONES. The occupations of school teaching and surveying, for which the present surveyor of Jackson county is particularly qual- ified, have in him an earnest and enthusiastic ad- vocate, conscious of his great opportunities, and cherishing an abiding conviction that there is no middle road or halting place on the way to suc- cess. The great boon of health, which makes all reasonable things possible, has at times been denied this earnest striver after excellence, and from the standpoint of this deprivation his ad- vancement is all the more creditable and pro- nounced. Born in Howard county, Mo., May 29, 1842, he is a son of Cyrus and Mary (Thompson) Jones, natives of the same state. The family was established in Missouri by the

paternal grandfather, Garl, who was born on a plantation in Greenburg county, Va., and who died in Missouri while still a young man. He was a son of a Revolutionary soldier who came from England and espoused the cause of the Colonists, enlisting from Virginia, where he owned a large plantation and kept many slaves. His son Cyrus inherited his strong southern ten- dencies, and after the war continued a stanch and uncompromising Democrat. He crossed the plains in 1864, taking seven months for the jour- ney, and coming by way of the Platte and Snake rivers to The Dalles, and down the Columbia in a boat to Portland, locating near Dallas. His land was well selected, and he made a comfort- able living, remaining on his property until his death, at the age of eighty-four years. Of the fifteen children born to himself and wife, eight of whom were sons, six sons and five daughters attained maturity. The mother died in 1896, five months before her husband, at the age of sixty-five. She was a daughter of Nero Thomp- son, a native of Mississippi, who lived in Mary- land previous to settling on his farm in Missouri. He was a soldier in the war of 1812.

Garl T. Jones was educated primarily in the public schools of Missouri, and at an early age began to teach school in his home district. In 1860 he married Judith A. Sanders, born in Monroe county, Mo., November 5, 1842, a daughter of William Sanders, who was born near Louisville, Ky. Mr. Sanders went to Mis- souri about 1830, locating in Monroe county, from where he removed to Oregon in 1864. In 1869 he took up land near Stevensville, Mont., and in 1890 moved to the vicinity of Grange- ville, Idaho, where he died at the home of his son at an advanced age. Mr. and Mrs. Jones came to Oregon with Cyrus Jones and his wife in 1864, locating near Bethel, where Mr. Jones engaged in chair manufacturing for a year, and in 1865-6-7 taught school in the neighborhood, going from there to the school at Perrydale. In 1869 he taught at Fort Owen, now Stevensville, Mont., at the same time purchasing one hun- dred and sixty acres of land, upon which he lived until 1873. His next home was at Visalia. Tulare county, Cal., whither he went on account of impaired health, and where he was variously engaged until settling in Monmouth, Ore., in 1875. That winter he entered the Christian College of Monmouth, now the State Normal, from which he was duly graduated in the class of 1878, with the degree of B. S. At the col- lege he also took a post-graduate course in en- gineering under Prof. D. T. Stanley. Until 1879 he taught in schools at Buena Vista and Hubbard, and then located in Colfax, Wash., and combined teaching with surveying. In the fall of 1880 he surveyed and taught at Stevensville,

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Mont., and in 1881 moved to Corvallis, Mont., bought a farm, and for thirteen years combined engineering, farming and surveying. In 1880, while living in Montana, he was elected county surveyor, holding the office continuously with the exception of one winter until 1889. His service in the Montana state legislature in 1889 is worthy of special mention, for his introduc- tion of certain bills indicated his keen grasp of county affairs, and his appreciation of the limi- tations of the prevailing laws. He framed and secured the passage of a law creating a schedule for the regulation of fees in justice courts, a law limiting an office holder to one office at a time, and a law in regard to minors entering saloons. Coming to Oregon in 1893, Mr. Jones located at Medford and worked at surveying and engi- neering. In 1896 he was elected county sur- veyor of Jackson county, and is still holding the office, dignifying it with able and conscientious service. In 1894 he further served the Republi- can party as justice of the peace for one term, while he has been a member of the city council many terms. Needless to say, Mr. Jones has been one of the most energetic promoters of education in the county, and as clerk of the school board for the past nine years has ren- dered invaluable service, stimulating an interest in higher education, and seeking to maintain a high standard of excellence. He is fraternally connected with Blue Lodge No. 103, A. F. & A. M., and the Eastern Star, and in religion is a member of the Christian Church. Four chil- dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones, of whom James M. is engaged in the stock and building business in Washington; William Cyrus died in 1892, at the age of twenty-six years ; Romeo V. is a railroad agent at Astoria, Ore .; and Mabel G. is living at home.

GEORGE W. RIDDLE has followed diver- sificd occupations and at one time was county judge of Douglas county, Ore. To him belongs the distinction of introducing into Douglas county the first steam dryers for evaporating fruit, and he is today one of the most extensive lumbermen and ranchers in Azalea, Ore. Mr. Riddle was born near Springfield, Iowa, De- cember 14, 1839. He is a son of William H. and Maxmilla (Bonsman) Riddle, the former a Kentuckian by birth and the latter an Ohioan. William H. Riddle was born in 1805, and while he was very small his parents moved to Ohio, where his father filled an early grave. When grown to manhood, he learned the blacksmith's trade, and was married to Maxmilla Bonsman, a native of Ohio, and in 1836 located in Illinois, where he followed his trade in connection with farming until 1851. He then began the tedious

journey across the plains, by means of ox-teams, and the trip overland to Oregon was made under the escort of Capt. Cornelius Hill. After a six- imonths' journey they at last reached Douglas county, where Mr. Riddle took up a donation claim of three hundred and sixty acres in Cow Creek valley. They were the first settlers in that locality, and it was ten miles to the nearest house. There he and his wife spent their closing years, and Mr. Riddle took quite an active part in poli- tics, being a Republican. At that time the only Indian fighting to be done was to serve as escort to General Alvord and to protect the homes of settlers. The mother died at the age of fifty, but the father lived to the advanced age of eighty-four years.

George W. Riddle received his mental train- ing in the public schools and one term at Wilbur Academy, at Wilbur, Douglas county, Ore., and participated in the Rogue river Indian wars of 1855-'56. He was a member of Capt. Edward Sheffield's company of volunteers, employed as interpreter and scout. In 1861 he responded to our country's call for men and enlisted in Com- pany C, First Oregon Cavalry, and was mus- tered into service at Camp Baker, Jackson coun- ty. He entered the service as sergeant of his company and served three years. He was located mostly at Fort Klamath, and during his service there he, with two other men, accompanied J. T. P. Huntington, superintendent of Indian affairs, to the Modoc country, where a pow-wow was held with the Modocs, preliminary to making a treaty. All the Modoc chiefs were present, in- cluding old Scouchin, Capt. Jack, Shack Nasty Jim and others who become famous in the Mo- doc war and lava-bed massacres. Mr. Riddle was also present when the treaty was finally made, near Fort Klamath, with the Klamath, Modoc, Piute and Pitt River Indians. In 1866 he returned home, after having been mustered out of service at Vancouver, Wash.

Mr. Riddle was united in marriage with Anna M. Rice, of Oregon, and they went to housekeeping four and a half miles south of Riddles. Four children blessed their union, as follows: Mrs. Della Quine, still residing near Azalea ; Clara H., postmistress of Riddles; George R., of Grants Pass, and Ethel L., who continues to reside with her father. The mother of these children died about ten years after her marriage, and some time later Mr. Riddle mar- ried for his second wife Helen Gazley, also a native of Oregon. This marriage resulted in the birth of two children-Mrs. Audrey Lang- lois, whose husband is the Tillamook lighthouse- keeper on the Columbia river. and Norbert G., who resides at home.

For years Mr. Riddle followed stock-raising. He subsequently followed mercantile pursuits at

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Grants Pass, Glendale, Canyonville and at Rid- dles, covering a period of twelve years. He was elected a member of the state legislature in 1872 and was re-elected in 1874, 1885 and 1897. In 1890 he ran for county judge of Douglas coun- ty, was elected and served one term, making an admirable judge. In 1897 he was one of the commissioners appointed by the state to go to Washington to intercede for pensioning Indian war veterans, the state appropriating $2,000 toward the cause. At the present time he is serving on the board of directors of the Lewis and Clark Exposition, with headquarters at Portland. Since moving to Azalea Mr. Riddle is extensively engaged in the timber business in connection with conducting a ranch. He has the largest fruit evaporator in Douglas county, and operates it quite successfully. Fraternally he is allied with the Masons, being a charter member of his lodge; the Odd Fellows, the Ancient Or- der of United Workmen and the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Riddle's career has been highly successful, and he is one of the substantial and influential citizens of his section. Like his father, he is a Republican.

SAMUEL H. BROWN has attained his pres- ent prosperity in the way open to all, by hard work and persevering endeavors, and he is emi- nently deserving of all the good fortune that has fallen to his lot. We find such men as he in the front ranks of every business in every commun- ity. Mr. Brown ranks among the ablest tillers of the soil of Douglas county, Ore., the place of his nativity. His birth occurred February 3, 1860, and he is the only son living of Henry G. and Priscilla S. (Stearns) Brown.

Henry G. Brown was a native of the state of New Hampshire, as was also his wife. They came to Oregon about 1850, making the trip by water to the Isthmus of Panama and completing it the same way on this side of the Isthmus, to San Francisco. Soon after his arrival on the Pacific slope, he located in Douglas county, Ore., living for a time at Scottsburg. In 1852, as a member of the firm of Brown, Dunn & Co., he ran a pack train from Scottsburg to the Yreka mines and others in northern California, con- tinuing until after the termination of the Rogue River invasion. About 1856-57, he purchased a ranch of six hundred and forty acres, along the Umpqua river and about four miles from the. present site of Elkton. This was originally a donation claim and is the same land occupied by Samuel H. Brown today. Upon this the father lived and prospered and at subsequent periods of his life he added to it until at the time of his death he left to his son one thousand three hun-

dred and fifty acres in that section. He was a man of consequence in Douglas county, and was principally engaged in stock-raising and general farming. He was elected to the legislature on the Republican ticket in 1882, an office he filled in a highly satisfactory manner. He was all through life faithful in his allegiance to the Chris- tian Church, and his children were reared in the same faith, his wife also being a devout member. She passed to her final rest July 17, 1902, and preceded her husband to the better world just twelve days, his demise taking place July 29, of the same year. This worthy and honored couple reared six children and five are still living, as fol- lows : Hattie S., wife of J. R. Adkison; Samuel H .; Helen, wife of W. J. Newman; Carrie E., wife of Charles E. Daman; and Mattie, wife of E. C. Adkison. Edward Alonzo Brown was born November 26, 1864, and died on Friday, April 24, 1868.

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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 69

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