The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 111

Author: Gaston, Joseph, 1833-
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago, The S.J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1072

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JAMES A. ALLEN has for many years past been identified with many of the lead- ing business enterprises of North Bend and is at present proprietor of the North Bend News Company, carrying in his store a full line of confectionery. stationery, cigars, to- bacco, papers, periodicals, jewelry and no- tions of all descriptions. He also owns and operates a shingle mill, which makes a spe- cialty of red cedar shingles and has a capacity of two hundred and fifty thousand per day. He was born in Lewis county, New York, June 20, 1866, and is the son of Wil- liam H. and Cornelia (Anthony) Allen, both of whom were natives of New York. The father was for many years engaged in the lumber business and also owned a farm in New York state. He died in 1888. He and his wife were the parents of one child, the subject of this review.

James A. Allen was reared at home and received his early education in the district schools in New York. He remained under the parental roof until he was fifteen years of age and at that time took up the work of a millwright and continued in that pursuit for over two decades, during which time he traveled extensively throughout the United States. In 1902 he engaged in building large buildings for manufacturing purposes and in

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1903, came to Coos Bay, where he was en- gaged by the Simpson Lumber Company as master mechanic, in which position he re- mained for one year, remodeling, during that time, the Simpson Lumber Company's mill at Coos Bay. He there built for his own use the shingle mill which he has since success- fully operated. He makes a specialty of red cedar shingles and his mill has a capacity of two hundred and fifty thousand per day. He also built the North Bend Lumber Com- pany's mill, in which he was financially in- terested until 1909, when he sold out and im- mediately afterward engaged in the mer- cantile business, which he has since con- ducted under the name of the North Bend News Company. He is the owner of valuable business lots in North Bend and also owns a number of residence lots in addition to his home, which is located on one of the princi- pal residence streets of that city.

Mr. Allen was united in marriage Jan- uary 27, 1907, to Miss Jennie Bear, a native of Coos county and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bear, who were the parents of eight children, of whom three are deceased. The living children are: Charles, who resides in Astoria; Henrietta, who is engaged in busi- ness in Centralia, Washington; Ida and Cynthia, twins, who are engaged as govern- esses in Portland; and Jennie, now Mrs. Allen.

Mr. Allen is affiliated with the republican party and has served as a member of the council of North Bend. His fraternal rela- tions are with the Masonic order, of which he has been a member for many years. He is also a member of the Hoo Hoos. He is one of the substantial business men of Coos county and is numbered among the most enterprising and desirable citizens of this part of the state.

ANDREW FUHRER, whose demise oc- curred on the 1st of January, 1908, was successfully identified with agricultural pur- suits in Oregon for a number of years and at the time of his death lived on a farm of seventeen acres two and a half miles southeast of Beaverton. His birth occurred in Switzerland and in that country his par- ents passed away. He was one of a family of five children, all of whom are deceased with the exception of Henry, who makes his home in Hillsdale, Oregon.

Andrew Fuhrer obtained his education in the schools of his native land and crossed the Atlantic to the United States in 1885, settling first in Pennsylvania. A short time after- ward he came to Oregon and throughout the remainder of his life was a resident of Port- land and vicinity. He devoted his atten- tion to general agricultural pursuits through- out his active business career and at the time of his demise owned and resided upon a well improved farm of seventeen acres, ten acres thereof being under a high state of cultivation. He likewise owned a half interest in a tract of eighty acres of un- improved land in Clackamas county and had a lot in Portland.

On the 12th of October, 1895, Mr. Fuhrer was united in marriage to Miss Dora-Way- man, who was born in Ohio on the 30th of April, 1878, her parents being John and Anna (Mitchart) Wayman, natives of Switz- erland. Emigrating to America, they made their home in Ohio until 1891 and then came to Multnomah county, Oregon, where they continued to reside throughout the re- mainder of their lives. John Wayman passed away on the 10th of December, 1910, while his wife was called to her final rest on the 28th of September of the same year. Their children were three in number, namely: Mrs. C. J. Ferris, who is a resident of Hastings, Michigan; John, living in Portland, Ore- gon; and Mrs. Fuhrer. The last named is the mother of nine children, as follows: An- drew A., born in July, 1896, who has com- pleted his education and is now learning the machinist's trade as an apprentice; John H., whose birth occurred in August, 1897; Marguerite G., who was born in April, 1899; Clara M., whose natal year was 1900; Dor- othy L., whose birth occurred in 1901; Lena E., Ruth A., Cecelia E. and Viola E., who were born in the years 1903, 1905, 1906 and 1907, respectively.

Mr. Fuhrer gave his political allegiance to the men and measures of the republican party but neither sought nor desired office. His religious faith was that of the Reformed church, to which his widow and children also belong. His demise was the occasion of deep and widespread regret, for he had won an extensive circle of friends during the period of his residence in this state.

ALFRED C. MULLOY is the owner of a farm of forty acres pleasantly and conven- iently located not far from Hillsboro, and in addition to its cultivation for the purpose of raising various cereals he is also making a specialty of raising hops and of dairying. He is a young man of but twenty-two years but has achieved success which many an older agriculturist might well envy. His birth oc- curred in Washington county, Oregon, Feb- ruary 19, 1889, his parents being E. C. and Linda (Ornduff) Mulloy, both of whom were natives of Iowa. The father came to Oregon in 1872 in company with his parents, who settled upon a farm in this part of the state. Linda Ornduff arrived in Oregon in 1884 and two years later gave her hand in marriage to E. C. Mulloy. The following children were born unto them: Mary J., the wife of William Hathorn, of Washington county; Alfred C .; and John W., who is living at home.

The educational opportunities of the pub- lic schools enabled Alfred C. Mulloy to gain a knowledge of the common branches of learning and to the acquirement of an educa- tion he devoted his boyhood and youth. Dur- ing vacation periods he assisted his father in the work of the home farm and thus gained the practical experience which has en- abled him to successfully carry on farming on his own account. On attaining his majority he purchased forty acres upon which he now resides. It is a well improved tract

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of land, divided into fields of convenient size by well kept fences, and in addition to rais- ing the crops best adapted to climatic con- ditions here, he also makes a specialty of hop raising and conducts a dairy business. Earnest and indefatigable in all of his work, he is meeting with well merited success.

On the 18th of January, 1911, Mr. Mulloy was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Hei- neck, who was born in Washington county December 5, 1893, and is a daughter of Eli and Matilda E. (Suckan) Heineck, both of whom were natives of Wisconsin. The year 1876 witnessed their arrival in Oregon, at which time they settled upon a farm in Washington county, to the cultivation and improvement of which the father devoted his energies untiringly to the time of his death, which occurred in October, 1908. The mother is still living on the old homestead. She has had a family of eight children, of whom three are now deceased, while those still living are: Sarah, the wife of Julius Christianson, of Washington county; Irvin; Roy; Lottie, the wife of Arthur Hill; and Lydia, the wife of Mr. Mulloy.

The young couple have started out in life under auspicious circumstances. They are pleasantly situated on a good farm and the energy and business ability of Mr. Mulloy promise well for a successful future. In matters of citizenship he holds to the attitude and the principles of the democratic party but feels that he has little time for active participation in political affairs, preferring to give his undivided attention to his farm ing and dairying interests.

DELLROY BARKER has been earning his livelihood since he was fourteen years of age and the search for fortune has brought him along devious and unusual paths. He has penetrated the Arctic regions as an explorer and has lived the stirring life of a soldier. His activities have finally brought him to Coos county where he is dairy-farming on two hun- dred acres of land on the middle fork of the Coquille river and is meeting with the suc- cess which rewards enterprise and progress along the right line. He is a native of New York state, having been born in Watertown, Jefferson county, on January 31, 1847. He is a son of John N. and Mary A. (Powers) Barker, the former a native of England and the latter of Ireland. The mother of our sub- ject was brought from her native country to America when she was but two years of age. John N. Barker came to the United States when he was twenty-one and their marriage occurred in New York state. The father was a captain of a lumber schooner, plying on Lake Huron and met his death in the wreck of his ship, in which all hands were lost. He passed away in December, 1848, and the widow then removed to Michigan and later to Ohio, settling subsequently in Wisconsin and finally in Iowa, where she remained until her death in 1876. She had been twice mar- ried By her first husband she had five chil- dren: Dellroy, the subject of this sketch; Hat- tie, the wife of Lee Tyler of Bandon, Ore- gon; and three other children, deceased. The

eldest passed away in Massachusetts, one brother died in Ohio, and a. sister in Min- neapolis.

Dellroy Barker was educated in the public schools of various states and was obliged to start active life for himself at the early age of fourteen. He left Iowa at that time and went to the Dakotas, where he worked at different occupations for some time. He was a government scout for two years and traveled over nearly all the northwestern states and thence he enlisted in the Twentieth United States Infantry and, after serving for three years, became a member of the Seventh United States Cavalry. His term extended over five years and was filled with thrilling incidents of warfare. He was a member of every ex- pedition which set out during his period of service and was the one man of his com- pany, which was left behind to take care of the company property, when the entire bal- ance with General Custer were killed by the Indians. In 1873 he had three horses shot from under him and was wounded in both legs. His military service was distinguished by fearlessness and courage of a high order.

When he was thirty-two years of age Mr. Barker started in railway contracting work in the employ of the Canadian Pacific Rail- road and its various branches for four years. At the end of that time he married and bought land in Edmenton, Canada, where he operated an extensive ranchi for four years. He went to the Arctic regions in the famous expedition led by Oglesby and Green, explor- ers in the employ of the Canadian govern- ment and did efficient and courageous work in a difficult position for four years. He came to Oregon from Canada by team, land- ing in Coos county in 1895. He settled on the south fork of the Coquille river where he took up one hundred and sixty acres of land and began its cultivation. He was success- ful as an agriculturist, carrying on his ac- tivities along modern and progressive lines and during the sixteen years, in which he was a resident upon his original tract brought his property to a highly developed state and made it valuable as an addition to the re- sources of his section. He finally abandoned agriculture and engaged in the operation of a pack train. He followed this line of activi- ty until 1911, when he again engaged in agri- culture, dairy-farming on two hundred acres of land on the middle fork of the Coquille river. To this property he gives his supervi- sion and attention, retaining at the same time the one hundred and sixty acres, which form his original purchase. He is one of the representative and prosperous farmers of the section and has made his influence felt in the development and upbuilding of the farming interests of the state.

Mr. Barker has been twice married. His first union occurred in 1875, when he married Miss Christina Myers, a native of Canada. To this union were born two children: Jolin H. and Mary E., both of whom are living in Canada. Mr. Barker's first wife died in 1883 and some time later he was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Louisa Hillis. a daughter of Thomas Orrison, and the widow

DELLROY BARKER

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of John Hillis. She had nine children by her first marriage: William, who resides in Cali- fornia; Edward, who lives in the southern part of the same state; Robert, a resident of Bandon, Oregon; Harry, who makes his home in Coos county; Roy, of Coos county, Ore- gon; Glen, who is living at home; and Thomas, Samuel and Alice, all of whom are deceased. Mrs. Barker came to Oregon with her first husband in 1886 and has spent her life since that time in this state. She is a charming and hospitable woman and has many friends in Coos county. Politically Mr. Barker is a democrat but reserves freedom of judgment on national and local issues. In all the vari- ous activities of his eventful life he has been distinguished by a high courage and a native sense of honor.

ISAAC TAYLOR WEEKLY. An excellent farm of one hundred and sixty acres, situated three and a half miles from Gravel Ford, has been brought to its present state of im- provement through the energy and efforts of Isaac Taylor Weekly, who acquired the same about four decades ago when it was but a wild tract of timber land. His birth occurred in Benton county, Missouri, in the year 1850, his parents being William E. and Irene (Skaggs) Weekly, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. In 1852 they crossed the plains to Oregon with ox teams, reach- ing this state after a journey consuming six months. Settling at Ten Mile, Douglas coun- ty, William E. Weekly took up a donation land claim and continued to reside thereon until obliged to abandon the place because of the hostility of the Indians. Returning later, he there operated a sawmill until 1878. In that year he came to Coos county and took up his abode on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres on the east fork of the Coquille river, making his home thereon until he passed away in 1888. Unto him and his wife were born seven children, as follows: John S., who resides in eastern Oregon, is married and has one child; Isaac Taylor, of this review; Edward, a ranchman of Coos county, who is married and has six children; Lee, acting as road supervisor, who resides at Myrtle Point with his wife and eight chil- dren; William, of Myrtle Point, Oregon, who is married and has four children; Shuley, the mother of six children and the wife of J. E. Rose, of Myrtle Point, who is a nephew of Aaron Rose, the founder of Roseburg, Oregon; and Mary, the wife of William Tur- ner, of Portland, Oregon, by whom she has four children.

Isaac Taylor Weekly remained under the parental roof until twenty-three years of age and then took up one hundred and sixty acres of wild land near his father's farm. There were some elk trails but no roads, and the task which confronted him in clear- ing the property was a difficult one. After a number of years of hard and unremitting toil he had cleared the place of trees and had dug out the stumps. He also helped build the first wagon road to Marshfield and Rose- burg. He experienced many of the hardships and privations of life in a pioneer district,

having no neighbors and receiving mail but once in three months, for the only postoffices were at Marshfield and Roseburg. With the passing years, however, he has witnessed a wonderful transformation as the work of progress and improvement has been carried steadily forward and pioneer conditions have been replaced by all the evidences of modern civilization. His farm is now well improved in every particular and brings to him a gratifying annual income.

On the 1st of July, 1874, Mr. Weekly was united in marriage to Miss Queen Victoria Krantz, a native of Missouri and a daughter of M. J. and Lucinda (Garrett) Krantz. Their children are five in number, namely: Mattie, a resident of Gravel Ford, who is married and has two children, Oliver and Sis; Onie, who is the wife of J. L. Crosby of Gravel Ford, Oregon, and the mother of four children-Arthur, Clifford, Myrtie and Zelma; Vance, wno is at home and has charge of his father's farm; Josie, who is also un- der the parental roof; and Maud, the wife of J. A. Brockman, of Coquille, Oregon.

Mr. Weekly gives his political allegiance to the democracy and for one term has served as county commissioner, for which office he is again a candidate. He was one of the commissioners at the time that the courthouse was moved from Empire to Co- quille. He is a member of the Grange and a worthy exemplar of the Masonic frater- nity, which he joined a quarter of a century ago. Isaac Taylor Weekly enjoys the re- spect of the entire community and no man more fully merits the esteem in which he is uniformly held.

RICHARD ULRICI, who devotes his at- tention to general agricultural pursuits with excellent results, is the owner of a tract of forty acres situated eight miles north of Banks. His birth occurred in Germany on the 30tl of September, 1846, his parents being John and Katrina Ulrici, who spent their entire lives in that country. Unto them were born fourteen children, ten of whom still reside in the fatherland. Those who came to America are as follows: Henry, who makes his home in Rockford, Illinois; John, living at Nokomis, Illinois; Albert, who emi- grated to the United States but subsequently returned to Germany and there passed away; and Richard, of this review.

The last-named spent the first twenty-three years of his life in his native land and then crossed the Atlantic to the United States, settling in New York City, where he re- mained for seven years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Germany but at the end of three years again set sail for American shores, landing in New York. Four months later he went to Tyrone, Pennsyl- vania, there continuing to reside for a year and a half. He next removed to Nokomis, Illinois, where for a similar period he was identified with the butchering business. Sub- sequently he spent four years in Rockford, Illinios, being there employed by his brother, who was engaged in the manufacture of pasteboard boxes. Leaving the Prairie state,

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he made his way to Los Angeles, Califor- nia, in search of employment but was un- successful, working for only a few weeks during a quest of several months. Going to Mount Eden, he obtained employment in the salt marsh and there remained for a year and a half. In 1890 he went to Port- land, Oregon, by way of San Francisco and in the Rose city was engaged in building wooden sidewalks for a period of five years. In 1895 he took up construction work on the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad, be- ing thus engaged until 1904, when he came to Washington county and entered a home- stead claim of forty acres. The develop- ment of that property has claimed his at- tention continuously since and the many substantial improvements thereon stand as monuments to his enterprise and industry. In the work of the fields he is meeting with a gratifying measure of prosperity, annually gathering rich crops which find a ready sale on the market.

In his political views Mr. Ulrici is liberal, supporting the men and measures that he believes will best conserve the general wel- fare regardless of party affiliation. His re- ligious faith is indicated by his membership in the German Lutheran church. Coming to the United States in early manhood, he wisely utilized the opportunities afforded in a land unhampered by caste or class and has steadily worked his way upward to a posi- tion among the respected and substantial citizens of his community.

PETER POST, engaged in retailing liquors in Lakeview, where he is conducting busi- ness as a partner of Jonas King, was born in Grafton county, New Hampshire, August 6, 1854, his parents being John and Ruth (Sloan) Post. The parents were natives of New Hampshire and died during the in- fancy of their son Peter, who was an only child and knows but little of his people be- cause of the fact that he was thus early orphaned. He resided with his grandmother until six or eight years of age. His parents were in limited financial circumstances but his grandfather, Peter Post, was a wealthy man of Grafton county. When a lad of eight years the subject of this review began earning his own livelihood, working at any employment that would enable him to pro- vide for his own support. In 1875 he went

with E. F. Cheeney to Santa Rosa, Califor- nia, and for a short time was employed in lumber mills and at other occupations there. He then came to Lake county, Oregon, set- tling in Lakeview, where for two years he worked in Snelling's sawmill. During the past thirty-one years he has engaged in the liquor business, conducting saloons for others for some time and later embarking in busi- ness on his own account in connection with J. A. King under the firm style of Post & King. They had very little capital when they started out and something of their success is indicated in the fact that they now occupy a brick building which they erected at a cost of fourteen thousand dollars. They lost nearly everything in the fire of 1900,

but with characteristic energy set to work to retrieve their lost possessions and pros- perity has come to them. Mr. Post is also interested in orchard lands and in town property.

In 1901 Mr. Post was married to Mrs. Mary Brown, a widow, with one daughter, Elsie. Four children have been born by her second marriage, Ross, Roland, Millie and Margaret, the first two being twins. Mr. Post is a democrat and, while not a politician in the usually accepted sense of the term, he has served on the town council. He be- longs to the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows and is a man of benevolent spirit, who gives generously where aid is needed.

JOSEPH P. BISHOP, who has been a resi- dent of the Sunset state for almost a third of a century, has long been numbered among the leading citizens of the Yoncalla valley, owning a ranch of three hundred acres six miles east of Yoncalla. For the past fifteen years, however, he has resided upon a tract of thirty-six acres adjoining that town. His birth occurred in Clay county, Illinois, on the 9th of October, 1857, his parents being Pres- ley and Julia (Lowery) Bishop, who were natives of Tennessee and Virginia respect- ively. They were married in Illinois, to which state they had previously removed, and began their domestic life in Clay county. In 1859 they removed to Effingham county, where the mother passed away in 1863 or 1864. Though a son of the Southland, Pres- ley Bishop was radically opposed to the in- stitution of slavery and for many years. would not support the democratic ticket even on minor issues. He defended the Union as a soldier on the field of battle dur- ing the entire period of hostilities between the north and the south, serving as lieuten- ant of his company. After the close of the war, having lost his wife, he removed to eastern Nebraska and there took up the homestead on which he has since continued to reside.

Joseph P. Bishop attended the public schools in the acquirement of an education, thus equipping himself mentally for the du- ties and responsibilities of later life. His mother died when he was but little more than six years of age and he was reared to manhood in the household of Mr. Bogges, a neighbor. When twenty years of age he left his foster parents and joined his father in eastern Nebraska, there remaining until May, 1880. At that time he made his way west to Oregon and spent the following sum- mer and fall in the construction of the rail- road of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company through eastern Oregon. In De- cember, 1880, he came to western Oregon, arriving in Yoncalla, Douglas county, on Christmas day of that year. In May, 1881, Mr. Bishop homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land six miles east of Yoncalla and lived thereon during the following six- teen years, extending the boundaries of his farm in the meantime until it comprised three hundred acres. Though this ranch is still in his possession, he has since 1897 re-

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The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 111

Author: Gaston, Joseph, 1833- Publication date: 1912 Publisher: Chicago, The S.J. Clarke publishing company Number of Pages: 1072

Author: Gaston, Joseph, 1833-
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago, The S.J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1072