The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 132

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

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THOMAS CRAINE, secretary and treas- urer of the Millers-Sands Fishing Company, in which he owns a tenth interest, is a man of wide sea experience and possessing much business ability. He resides at No. 1362 East Stark street, Portland. Mr. Craine was born on the Isle of Man, February 7, 1850, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Cain) Craine, both of whom were born and spent their entire lives on that island. The father fol- lowed fishing and farming as his life work but prior to his death he had been in the fishery business exclusively. He died many years ago and the mother, surviving him, passed away in 1885. They were the par- ents of eight children, Joseph, who resides on the Isle of Man, and Thomas, of this review, being the only surviving members of the family.

Thomas Craine was reared and educated on his native island. The youngest member of the household, he remained with his par- ents until he was fifteen years of age, when he started out to seek his fortune on the high seas and from that period until he had attained his majority he lived as a sailor and fisherman. He then settled in Liverpool, England, for a short time but again resumed the life of a seafaring man. By this time he had become an able seaman and shipped on board the Dunfillan, of Glas- gow, Scotland. Leaving England on No- vember 15, 1872, he arrived at San Francisco, California, March 29, 1873. Sailing from this port, he made many voyages but in 1877 he discontinued the life of a seaman and began fishing on the Columbia river in connection with the Millers-Sands Fishing Company, operating ten miles west of As- toria, at Altoona Station, where the head- quarters of the company still remain. Be- ing an active, efficient business man, he soon became secretary and treasurer of his com- pany, a position which he still holds. This concern has a large amount of money in- vested in the equipment necessary in their

business and their operations are of immense volume.

On March 29, 1891, Mr. Craine was mar- ried to Mrs. Dunlap, widow of Robert Dun- lap, and a daughter of Zachariah and Sarah (Robinson) Croson, both of whom are now deceased. The father died in Missouri, while the mother passed away in Iowa. In 1882 Mrs. Craine crossed the plains with her first husband, Robert Dunlap, settling in Oregon, and here, in 1888, Mr. Dunlap passed away. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dun- lap four children were born: Luella, Alice and Harriet, all of whom received a good business education and are now residing at home; and Stewart, who married Miss Ma- linda Clepper and is employed in the clear- ing house department of the Merchants National Bank of Portland.

Mr. Craine is a republican in his political faith but has never sought or held office. He is a member of the Masonic order, be- longing to Lodge, No. 24, A. F. & A. M., of Rainier, Oregon, in which he has held the office of steward. He is also a member of the Red Men at Skamokawa, Washington. He and his family are members of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, of which they are regular attendants and ardent supporters. Mr. Craine is well known in business eircles in Portland and has a large number of friends and business associates, who hold him in the highest esteem. He is a useful man in the community and his business ability is well known and recognized by all who know him.

EPHRAIM H. BURCHARD. Fifty-eight years ago Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim H. Burchard and their little daughter came to Oregon. He remained thereafter a resident of this state until his demise and his widow is still living in Scottsburg. They were earnest Christian people and Mr. Burchard made an excellent reputation as a merchant and contributed to the material, political and moral development of his community. Mr. Burchard was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, June 21, 1828, a son of David Todd and Jane (McHaney) Bur- chard. The father was also a native of Guernsey county, Ohio, where he lived for many years and thence removed to Steuben- ville, Ohio. His death occurred in that city about 1870, when he was sixty-seven years of age, and his wife reached the remarkable old age of ninety-five years.

Ephraim H. Burchard largely spent his youthful days in the middle west, following the printer's trade after coming to Oregon. He was married at Hardscrabble, Virginia, in November, 1852, to Miss Mary G. Sawyers, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Anderson) Sawyers. Her father was born in Ireland and in early life came to America, settling in Philadelphia, in which city his wife was born and reared. Their daughter, Mrs. Burchard, was also a native of Philadelphia, born No- vember 3, 1835. Her parents came to Oregon in 1854 and following their arrival in this state, in December, they took up a donation claim near Elkton. The father died at the ripe old age of eighty-one years and the mother traveled life's journey for ten years

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longer, when on the 5th of September, 1894, she was called to her final rest at the age of ninety-one years.

About two years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Burchard started for Oregon, com- ing to this state in 1854, after making the long and arduous journey across the plains. Mr. Burchard then turning his attention to merchandising, conducting a store either in Scottsburg or in Gardiner for many years. He always carried a well selected and attrac- tive line of goods and his reasonable prices and straightforward dealing secured to him a liberal patronage, bringing him a gratifying measure of success. For many years he was justice of the peace and discharged his duties with strict integrity and fairness, his opin- ions being based always upon the law and the equity of the case. In that connection he made a most creditable record, as he did while serving as assessor of Douglas county in 1859-60. He voted with the democratic party and was thoroughly in sympathy with its in- terests and its purposes. As the years passed by seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Burchard, of whom David died in infancy. Elizabeth, born October 14, 1853, twin sister of David, became the wife of Henry Wade, mentioned elsewhere in this work. Mar- garet, born November 15, 1855, died in 1860) William J. is also mentioned on another page of this work. John J., born in 1860, died in January, 1863. Mary Jane, born March 25, 1868, is the wife of Fred Weatherby, of Scottsburg. Ephraim Cyrus, born April 27, 1870, is at home with his mother. The death of the husband and father occurred August 19, 1898. He was a Master Mason, belong- ing to Gardiner Lodge, No. 59, and for many years served as its master. He was also a steward of the grand lodge of Portland for a time, and was ever loyally devoted to the teachings of the craft. He was a faithful member of the Methodist church to which Mrs. Burchard belongs. He led an upright, honorable life, winning him the high regard of his fellow townsmen, and Mrs. Burchard has ever been devoted to the Christian prin- ciples which she advocates. In fact they were long numbered among the most highly esteemed residents of Scottsburg and of Doug- las county and the memory of Mr. Burchard is cherished by all who knew him.

FREEMAN L. HARFORD, for some years actively associated with the work of the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church and now giving the weight of his influence for the intellectual and moral development of Newberg and the section of the state in which he lives, is a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania. His opportunities for acquiring an education in early life were good and he possessed a studious nature, so that close application to his books early prepared him for teaching. The Civil war, however, drew him from his chosen profes- sion and at the call of his country he went to the front, serving in defense of the Union until peace was declared. He has always been an advanced thinker, closely studying the vital and significant problems of the Vol. IV-36

country, and in the early days of the present prohibition movement was an active par- ticipant in the work and became a well known platform speaker, addressing audiences upon the subject of temperance in many states. His work in Missouri and Oregon has left its impress. He was in the active work of the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church until his health failed, when in 1888 he removed to the state of Oregon, with his family. He is still helping to make this state a place in which to find a good moral atmosphere for the young.

His wife, Mrs. Helen Dickinson Harford, has been closely identified with reform move- ments current in this state, since her arrival here, and with her husband has given her time and influence to make Oregon worth while. She was graduated from the State Normal College at Albany, New York, and for almost twenty years was successfully engaged in teaching. She left that work to become a platform speaker for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She has been a national organizer, a national superintend- . ent of the department of Christian citizen- ship and president of the State Woman's Christian Temperance Union for five years. At the time of this writing, in 1912, she is one of the national lecturers of the organiza- tion and has all the calls she can fill. She has spoken from Chautauqua platforms ac- ceptably in most of the states of this country and in Canada is regarded as a welcome lecturer. She is logical, earnest, entertain- ing and eloquent and her words carry con- viction to the minds of her hearers. The world is a better one because Mr. and Mrs. Harford have lived in it and their work is appreciated by many, in all parts of the country.

HARVEY C. VEATCH, who is living re- tired, has been an extensive and successful agriculturist in Oregon, his business career dating back to an early period. He owns considerable property, including a fine resi- dence in his home city, Cottage Grove. He was born in White county, Illinois, November 10, 1828, the son of Isaac and Mary (Miller) Veatch, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of South Carolina. The par- ents were married in the Blue Grass state and there they resided for four years. The father enlisted in the War of 1812 but was not in active service. In 1815 he removed to White county, Illinois, where he bought - land from the government at one dollar and a quarter per acre. Upon this land he lived until 1845, when he sold it and removed to Davis county, Iowa where he resided for a number of years. Disposing of his holdings there, he came to Oregon and made his home with his son, the subject of this review, with whom he resided until 1873, when his death occurred. The mother passed away in 1846, while the family were living in Iowa. They were the parents of sixteen children, of whom six are still living, namely: Harvey (' .; Sylvester, a retired farmer, who resides in Cottage Grove and is in his eighty-first year; Nicey Jane, the widow of L. B. Whar-

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ton, of Lakeview, Oregon; Mrs. Ann Wallace, of Cottage Grove; Mrs. Harriet Wallace, who resides near Cottage Grove; and R. M., of Cottage Grove.

When twenty-five years of age Harvey C. Veatch crossed the plains, driving a wagon owned by the man, who afterward became his father-in-law. Part of his duties on that long journey were to care for the stock, consisting of one hundred liead of cows, ten mares, twelve yoke of oxen and one mule. During the trip he and another member of the party had a hairbreadth escape from be- ing killed by the Indians, who surrounded them, and their lives would have been lost, had it not been for the timely arrival of men from another wagon train. This oc- curred near the Snake river in Idaho. On settling in Oregon Mr. Veatch became in- terested in agricultural pursuits, making a specialty of handling stock and also con- ducting a diversified system of farming. He owned at the time of his retirement in 1892 six hundred and forty acres of land, a large proportion of which was under a high state of cultivation, consisting of fine bottom land, the remainder being in pasture. On his re- tirement he sold the land excepting eighty acres, which he later gave to his children, and removed to Cottage Grove, where he owns a fine home and other residence prop- erty. On October 22, 1855, he enlisted in the Indian war and served for three months and ten days, after which he returned to his farm in Lane county.

Mr. Veatch was married in Lane county, Oregon, December 24, 1854, to Miss Margaret J. Knox, who was born in Hancock county, Illinois, July 27, 1831, a daughter of Samuel B. and Elizabeth (Matthews) Knox, both natives of Kentucky. The mother died when Mrs. Veatch was but three years of age and in 1835 the father married Cynthia Stock- ton, a native of Tennessee, who came to Illinois with her parents when she was a young girl. To the second marriage ten children were born, five of whom are still liv- ing, namely: Mrs. Moss, of Creswell, Ore- gon; Mrs. Harriet Callison, of Pleasant Hill; Mrs. Suphronia McFarland, of Cottage Grove; Mrs. Laura McFarland, of Cottage Grove; and Jerome, of Crook county, Oregon. Mrs. Veatch crossed the plains with her father and stepmother when she was twenty-one years of age and rode on horseback the en- tire distance, helping to drive one hundred head of cattle. Considerable trouble with the Indians was experienced en route and some of the stock was lost through their depreda- tions, the herd being many times stampeded.

To Mr. and Mrs. Veatch the following children have been born. Samuel P., born in December, 1856, is married and resides in San Francisco, California. He is chair- man of what is known as the grievance com- mittee, to settle difficulties between rail- road companies and employes, especially representing railroad conductors. Oliver, who was born in 1858, is married and is en- gaged in the real-estate business in Cot- tage Grove, in which town he owns con- siderable property, including a brick build-

ing, handsomely constructed. Cynthia Ros- etta is the wife of Cy Miller, a traveling salesman of Walla Walla, Washington. Posey is deceased. Harriet E. is the wife of Rev. W. V. McGee, a Presbyterian minister, of Creswell, Oregon. Mary S. married Robert H. Moseby, a farmer of Lane county. Eva J. is the wife of Ellsworth S. Halderman, of Cottage Grove, who is employed as a forest ranger on the government reserve. They have a family of three children: Veta B., born in 1893; Harvey Scott, born in 1900; and Doris, born in 1903.

The Veatch family are members of the Presbyterian church and contribute ma- terially to the support of that organization in Cottage Grove. Mr. Veatch, who has now attained an advanced age, is widely and favorably known in the community where he resides. Having been a pioneer, a promi- nent resident and a successful agriculturist, he has for many years been a conspicuous figure in Lane county. His life lias been one of activity and usefulness and he is now passing his declining years in the seclusion of his well appointed home, surrounded by his family and many close friends.

JESSE EDWARDS, the recognized founder of Newberg, Oregon, was born in Hendricks county, Indiana, February 18, 1849, and is a son of John and Abigail Edwards, pioneers of Indiana, coming from Guilford county, North Carolina.

Jesse Edwards with his family came to Oregon in 1880. He was married to Mary E. Kemp, a daughter of Jeremiah and Amy R. Kemp of Park county, Indiana, in 1870. They were the parents of four children: Clarence J., the oldest, who is the promo- ter and manager of the Yamhill Electric Light & Power Company; Walter F., a dealer in bonds and real estate of Portland; Oren K., who is general manager and treas- urer of the Pacific Face Brick Company; and Maybelle E. York, the only daughter, wife of M. M. York, sales manager of the Pacific Face Brick Company, of Portland.

In 1881 Mr. Edwards purchased the land upon which the city of Newberg is now lo- cated, the first plat of the town being re- corded in 1883.

Mr. Edwards, believing the moral factor to be a fundamental asset in the building up of a city, was careful to guard its moral as well as its material development, by plac- ing a clause in the dedicatory articles of the city to the effect that each deed prohibit the use and sale of all intoxicating drinks as a beverage. He has always been an en- thusiastic supporter of education, giving not only his hearty support to the building up of a splendid system of public schools, but was one of the organizers of the Pacific Academy, in 1885, which was incorporated as a college a few years later. He has been one of its strongest financial supporters, as well as serving as president of the board of managers for a number of years. He was one of the incorporators of the Bank of New- berg, and its president for ten years, it now being the United States National Bank, one

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of the solid banking institutions of the county.

There are few men in the state who have done more in promoting and fostering man- ufacturing industries and all legitimate en- terprises for the development of the north- west. Perhaps the most extensive was that of the Newberg Pressed Brick & Terra Cotta Company, which he organized in 1892, now well known throughout the northwest as the Pacific Face Brick Company, with its head office in Portland. He has been its presi- dent and financial head since its organiza- tion. After extensive prospecting for clays throughout the Willamette valley, which would make a suitable facing for modern fire-proof structures, impervious to moisture, which is so necessary to this climate, they purchased land having the desired qualities in clay and shale deposits, building a rail- road connecting with the Southern Pacific at Sheridan. At this location they erected and equipped the most modern and com- plete clay-working plant of the Pacific coast. Their product not only supplies the Port- land and Oregon market but is shipped in large quantities to Idaho, Washington and British Columbia.

Mr. Edwards is a man known throughout the state for his active interests in various organizations for moral, civic and political betterment. His clean moral life coupled with his successful business career is an in- spiration and encouragement to young men.

GEORGE H. COLTER for many years has been recognized as one of the most skilful and reliable master carpenters among the builders of large and important structural bridge work, and as a builder of smelters and in the installation of mining machinery and equipment he is among the most reliable and competent men of the Pacific coast. His birth occurred in Nova Scotia, on the 12th of June, 1854, his parents being Daniel and Almira (Huestis) Colter, the former a na- tive of County Sligo, Ireland, and the lat- ter of Nova Scotia. They were married in Nova Scotia, where they continued to live the remaining days of their lives. Mrs. Colter died at the age of fifty-eight years and Daniel Colter passed away at the age of seventy-two. To them were born four daughters and three sons. Of these six are still living, as follows: Mary, the wife of Richard Woodland, of Nova Scotia; Eliza, the wife of George Scott, also of Nova Scotia; Mrs. Rebecca Woodson, who resides in Maine; William, a resident of Kellogg, Idaho; George H., of this review; and Henry, who resides on the old homestead in Nova Scotia. Malinda, the deceased wife of Mur- doc Nichelson, passed away in Nova Scotia.

George H. Colter was reared at home and educated in the public schools of his native land. At the age of sixteen he started in life for himself and on leaving the parental roof came to the United States in 1869 and settled in San Francisco, California. Here he engaged in the pursuit of his trade-that of a carpenter and millwright. He remained in San Francisco for one year only and then

removed to Portland, where he was engaged in the construction of the Howe truss bridges, his employers being Benjamin Holliday and I. V. Keepers, of Chicago, Illinois, the busi- ness of that firm being that of railroad pro- motion and construction work. He remained with this concern for a period of five years, after which he moved to Silver City, Idaho, where he took charge of the Mahogany and Ida Elinore gold and silver mines, which he operated for three years, the property at that time being owned and controlled by one of the banks of California. He then removed to Leadville, Colorado, in 1878, where he was engaged in the building of the American smelter for the Wicks-Otis Company of St. Louis, Missouri, and in 1879 he built the Grant smelter of Denver, Colorado, where he remained for two years, after which time he removed to Ogden City, Utah, where he entered the employ of Walker Brothers, for whom he constructed an independent elec- tric light plant, changing the original plant from steam to water power and using for that purpose the water of the Ogden river. Upon the completion of the electric light plant he continued in the employ of Walker Brothers and was by that firm sent to Butte, Montana, where he installed the machinery in the Ellis mines for that company, and later he built the opera house at Butte for Murray & Clarke and A. J. Davis. Mr. Colter, upon the completion of his contract in the building of the opera house at Butte, removed to Eagle, Idaho, where he built a hotel on Pritchard avenue, which he for some time successfully conducted and later dis- posed of at a handsome profit, after which he moved to San Diego, California, where he engaged in the general real-estate busi- ness for three years. In this enterprise he was most successful, taking as his net prof- its during the time of his residence there the handsome sum of twenty thousand dol- lars. In 1885 he moved to Seattle, Washing- ton, where he engaged in the real-estate business for two years, after which he re- moved to Portland, this state, and shortly after he changed his residence to the Siuslaw valley, entering that fertile territory in the year 1889. His first investment in this sec- tion of the state was on a most extensive scale. Directly across the river from the city of Florence he purchased an unbroken mile of river frontage. On the land con- tained within the boundaries of this pur- chase he laid out and platted the town of Glenada, the name of which is a combination of the Christian names of his wife and daughter, in whose honor he has given to Oregon the town of Glenada. In the de- velopment of this new city Mr. Colter has been very successful, the town now having a population of two hundred inhabitants. He has built within the business district of Glenada a commodious and well appointed hotel at the cost of four thousand dollars. This property he still owns and operates. In addition he has also constructed two wharves, both of which span the distance from the river's shore to its deep-water chan- nel. One wharf is one hundred and fifty

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feet in length and one two hundred feet in length. Mr. Colter still owns four hundred and fifty city lots in Glenada and one hun- dred and sixty acres on Fiddle creek, and also one hundred and sixty acres within one mile of the town of Florence, and in addition to these extensive and valuable holdings he also owns sixty-three acres of timber adjoining Glenada on the west.

In 1881 Mr. Colter was united in marriage to Miss Jane Grant, a native of Cumber- land county, Nova Scotia, and a daughter of James and Christina Grant, who were likewise natives of Nova Scotia. Her par- ents were married in that country and con- timmed to live there until 1880, when they removed to Colorado, where they maintained their residence for four years and then re- moved to Montana in 1884, where they are now living. To Mr. and Mrs. Grant have been born seven children, as follows: Mrs. Jane Ada Colter; Mary, the wife of John Woods, of Montana; Maggie, the wife of O. C. Esty, also of Montana; Christina, the wife of Douglas Smith, of Montana; and George, James and Duncan, who are also residents of the state of Montana. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Colter are the parents of seven children, namely: Viola, who was born in 1886 and is the wife of William Yost, of Glenada, this state; George, born in 1888; Grant Lee. whose birth occurred in 1890; Carlisle. whose natal year was 1892; Cleve- land, Ada, and Isabell, who were born in the years 1894, 1896 and 1898, respectively. The last six named are still under the par- ental roof. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Colter have been liberally educated in the public schools of this state and the oldest daughter was for some time engaged in teaching in the public schools until the time of her marriage.

Fraternally Mr. Colter is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Po- litically he is affiliated with the democratic party and has served as deputy sheriff of Lane county. He and his family are mem- bers of the Presbyterian church. George H. Colter is one of the aggressive and success- ful business men of this part of Oregon. He is a man of wide experience in business af- fairs and in his undertakings has been suc- cessful to an unusual degree. Among his acquaintances and associates he enjoys the reputation of being a man of strict integrity in all his business transactions and his in- fluence is always to be relied upon in the promotion and advancement of any measure of public interest intended to advance and improve the condition of the people in his state and county.

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The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 132

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