The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 139

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

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Ernest A. Lupton after receiving a com- mon-school and high-school education, be- came a student in the University of Minne- sota, where he remained two years, from- 1897 to 1899. In the fall of the latter year he entered Rush Medical College at Chi- cago and was graduated from that institu- tion with the class of 1903. He then located for practice in Minneapolis, where he re- mained until 1907, when he took charge of the Bovey Hospital, managing the same for one year. Subsequently he came to Portland and established an office on the east side of that city, where he practiced until 1909. At that date he came to Sandy and, being the only physician here, he has a wide and remunerative patronage and is rapidly dem- onstrating his ability to cope with the prob-

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lems that continually confront the physician.

In 1910 Dr. Lupton wedded Miss Mabel McLoud, who was born and reared in Port- land and was educated in a high school there. She is the third in order of birth in a fam- ily of four children. The others are: Al- bert, who is connected with a meat market in Portland; Luella, at home; and Jay, a law student in Portland. The mother is liv- ing at the age of sixty-five years.

In his political views Dr. Lupton has ever been a democrat but without aspiration for office, preferring to give his undivided at- tention to his practice, which is constantly growing in volume and in importance. Fra- ternally he is identified with Oregon City Lodge, No. 1189, B. P. O. E., and both he and his wife are members of the Evangelical church. Deeply interested in his profession, both from a humanitarian and professional standpoint, Dr. Lupton is well equipped for his chosen life work and is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the leading physicians of this section of the state.

CHARLES H. SAVAGE, one of the stock- holders and the present manager of the Ma- rion Hotel, which he has been conducting since April, 1911, has been engaged in the hotel business in Salem for five years. He is a native of this state, his birth having occurred at Macleay, Oregon, on the 29th of October, 1872, his parents being William Newton and Susan (Ray) Savage. The father was born in St. Joe, Missouri, on the 16th of August, 1847, and there he remained until he accompanied his parents on their removal to Marion county as a boy of three years. Here the grandfather filed on a dona- tion claim, which is still in the family, be- ing the property of an uncle of our subject, John M. Savage, one of the old saddle-back doctors of that section. There William N. Savage was reared to manhood, obtaining his education in the common schools and at the same time assisting with the operation of the home ranch. When old enough to begin working for himself he adopted agri- culture for his vocation, continuing to fol- low this occupation until his retirement. He has withdrawn entirely from active work and is now living in Salem, and enjoying the ease and freedom from care which rightly belong to every enterprising man who has lived a useful life. The mother is also living and has but recently celebrated the fifty-eighth anniversary of her birth, her natal day having been in December, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Savage were the parents of nine children, seven of whom are still living in this state.

Reared on the ranch where he was born, Charles H. Savage obtained his early edu- cation in the common schools of this state, remaining at home until he was seventeen and assisting with the work of the fields and care of the stock. In 1889 he removed to town and together with his brothers con- ducted a dairy business, during which time he continued his education and pursued a commercial course, qualifying himself for

a business career. Four years ago, in 1907, he assumed the management of the Cottage Hotel of this city, successfully conducting this hostelry until April, 1911. He then took over the management of the Marion Hotel, in which he had purchased stock about a year previously. Mr. Savage is well adapted to the business he is engaged in, possessing the genial and accommodating man- ner, pleasing personality and tact, so essen- tial to one identified with an enterprise of this nature. The Marion is not only the leading house in Salem but it is one of the best equipped and most ably conducted hotels in the northwest. It is provided with every modern convenience and comfort, the service is good and the cuisine is superior to that usually to be found in hotels in cities of this size. As a host Mr. Savage is popular with the traveling public, it appar- ently being his delight, rather than a service for which he is compensated, to inconven- ience himself for the pleasure of his guests. Although he has not been engaged in the business long, observation has taught him the essential requisites for success in an un- dertaking of this kind and as a result he is prospering, and bids fair to become one of the leading hotel men in the west.

On the 23d of May, 1908, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Savage to Miss Ida M. Hackey, a native of Franklin, Minnesota, and a daughter of Michael Hackey. Fra- ternally, he is identified with the Masons and the Elks, being affiliated with Salem lodges, and his political support is accorded the republican party. Although he takes - much interest in all municipal affairs, being a public-spirited and enterprising man, he has never been an office seeker. He is a typical western man, enthusiastic over the future of his native state and intensely loyal to its best interests, never permitting an opportunity to escape without champion- ing its cause.

F. C. EDDY, engaged in a general store in Willamina, was born in Elgin, Illinois, April 16, 1870, a son of H. S. and Mary (Ladd) Eddy. The father was a native of. Illinois and lived there until 1872, when he moved to Iowa Falls, Iowa, where he died in 1893. He was a farmer by occupation but took an active interest in local politics and filled many county offices, being elected on the republican ticket. He was for eight years commissioner of. Franklin county, Iowa, and was also county assessor for eighteen years. He served in the Civil war in the Thirty-second Illinois Cavalry but was discharged on account of physical disa- bility. The Eddy family came from Ver- mont and later, New York state, and the ancestry dates back to William Eddy, who came to Amercia in the Mayflower. The mother was a native of Illinois and was reared and married in that state, and is now living in Newport, Oregon. In their family were five children: John, of Port- land, Oregon; F. C., of this review; Nat, of Portland; Mayze, of Newport, Oregon; and

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Berta, who is the wife of Ray Quinn, of Portland.

F. C. Eddy was educated in Iowa, where he was graduated from Ellsworth College and remained under the parental roof until he was twenty-four years of age. He then started out in life on his own accord by clerking in a drug store in Iowa Falls, where he was employed for three years. At the end of that time he bought an interest in a drug store in Elgin and, disposing of this after one and one-half years, he went to the state of New York, settling in the village of Holland Patent engaged in the drug and general merchandise business for seven years. Subsequently he came to Oregon, was in the grocery business at Eugene for five years, in Portland one year and in Sheridan two years. Finally he settled in Willamina, where he was a partner for one year in the Kershaw store and then he entered into partnership with F. E. Sherwin in a general dry-goods store, in which they carry a large stock of goods. He also owns fifty acres of land and a residence, which he has built in Willamina.

Mr. Eddy was wedded in 1893 to Miss Lulu Putnam and they have become the parents of three children: Irene, who is at home; a child, who died in infancy; and Clarence. Mrs. Eddy died in 1899 and in 1907 Mr. Eddy married Miss Amy Shipley. They have become the parents of two children: Mary Muriel, deceased; and Amy Margaret.

Mr. Eddy is a republican in politics. He takes a great interest in education and is a member of the school board. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America, the United Artisans, the Knights of Pythias and the Maccabees. Since the be- ginning of his business career Mr. Eddy has spent his entire time in store work and his knowledge of the management of different stores in which he has been employed has admirably fitted him for the business he now so successfully conducts.

AXEL RUTH has the reputation of being one of the most successful orchardists on North inlet, Coos county, where he lives on a highly developed farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He was born in Sweden, Sep- tember 28, 1862, and is the only son of John and Louise Ruth, also natives of Sweden. The father has reached the advanced age of eighty-eight years and the mother died in her native country many years ago. They were the parents of but one child, Axel, of this review.

Axel Ruth was reared at home, received his early education in Sweden and emi- grated to America in 1880, settling at North Bend in Coos county. During the first thir- teen years of his life in the new world he was engaged at various kinds of labor, after which he purchased a farm of forty acres, to which he has since added by purchase until he now owns one hundred and sixty acres of fine orchard land. His farm is located three miles from the head of naviga- tion, on a branch of North inlet and he

makes a specialty of raising fruit and en- gages in dairying and general farming.

Mr. Ruth was united in marriage in March, 1887, to Miss Annie Hanson, whose birth occurred May 24, 1863. She is a daughter of John and Augusta Hanson, both of whom were natives of Sweden. Her mother died in her native country in 1872, and the father is still living at the advanced age of eighty-five years. They were the parents of four children: August, who re- sides in Sweden; John, a resident of Coos county, Oregon; Charles, who maintains his home on Haynes slough, Coos county; and Annie, the wife of the subject of this review.

To Mr. and Mrs. Ruth, six children have been born: Christina, the wife of Charles Royer of Seattle, Washington; Agnes O., who died at the age of twenty years; Florence A., who married Lewis St. Dennis and resides on a homestead near the subject of this review; Alma C., at home; Edward E .; and Chester O. All have a good educa- tion. Axel Ruth is a democrat but is liberal in the exercise of his franchise. He and his family are members of the Lutheran church.

He is one of the highly respected men of Coos county and is numbered among the most enterprising and successful farmers and fruit growers of his portiion of the state.

PHILIP REES, who for many years has been influentially associated with the farm- ing and stock-raising interests of Salem, resides on his farm near that town. He was born on the 15th of November, 1840, his parents being Richard and Mary (Davis) Rees, both of whom were natives of New York state but subsequently removed to Pennsylvania, where they resided until their deaths. To them six children were born: Philip, who is the subject of this review; Davis, of Pennsylvania; Charles, deceased; Mrs. Ella Curtis, of New York state; and Alma and George, who also make their home in that state.

Early in life Philip Rees received his edu- cation in the common schools and at the same time assisted his father with the work on the home place, but at the age of twenty- one years he started out on his own account, his first employment being as a salesman, a line of activity which he followed for seven- teen years. In 1870 he went to California and three years later to Marion county, Ore- gon. In 1875 he returned to Pennsylvania, where he remained for one year before go- ing to Texas for seven years. In 1882 he again came to Oregon and purchased the farm of three hundred acres, upon which he is now residing. By active work, persever- ance and determination he has improved this property and made it not only highly productive but has also well equipped it with modern buildings. He devotes his time to grain. and stock-raising and is meeting with the success which he so justly deserves.

On the 13th of September, 1882, Mr. Rees was married to Mrs. Mary E. Sutton, a daughter of Eli and Susanna (Watkins) Chaudoin. Her birth occurred on the 17th of

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September. 1858, in Independence county, Arkansas, near Batesville, and on the 30th of August. 1877, she was married to Dr. James N. Sutton and to this union were born two children: Cora, who is the wife of Paul Foerster, of Los Angeles, Califor- nia: and Myrtle, who is married to Ennis Savage. a chemist in the sugar mills of Mau, an island in the Hawaiian group. To Mr. and Mrs. Rees one son has been born, Davis, who is residing in Salem.

Politically Mr. Rees is a republican and, as every true American citizen should do, keeps well informed on the issues and ques- tions of the day but has had little desire for office. although he served for a number of years on the school board. Mrs. Rees is a member of the Baptist church and they are both actively interested in promoting any measures which show a progressive spirit or pertain to the development of their community. Well known in Marion coun- ty. Mr. Rees has the good-will and trust of those with whom he has been associated.

JOHN BEAR is one of the most success- ful and enterprising men of this state and has for many years past been identified with various extensive business enterprises. He now lives retired in one of the most beauti- ful homes in Marshfield, located on the iden- tical spot where Captain Hamilton's log cabin was originally built. He was born August 16, 1841, and is a son of Peter and Mary (Sancros) Bear. His parents were both na- tives of Finland and his father was engaged as foreman for a large fishing concern and also operated a stage line successfully. There were five children in their family, as follows: Frederick, who died at the age of fifteen years; Charles, deceased, who left two daugh- ters, who reside in Finland; Peter, deceased, who is survived by five children, Charles, Jennie, Cynthia, Ida and Henrietta; John, the subject of this review; and Mary Louise, who has passed away.

John Bear was reared at home and edu- cated in the public schools of Finland. He started in life for himself at the age of seventeen years, becoming a sailor and ship- ping under his uncle. At the time he left home his uncle promised his mother that he would bring back with him her boy John, but the fates willed otherwise. His uncle died in Marseilles, France, and Mr. Bear has never returned to his parental home in Fin- land. While at Marseilles le determined to leave his uncle's ship and made a vigorous effort to obtain the personal effects of his deceased relative but was not successful in doing so. He left the ship, however, and succeeded in shipping on an American ves- sel as sailor. On that boat he reached Balti- more and for many years afterward devoted lıis time to life as a sailor on the deep seas, during which time he made a great many trips to the West Indies. While following the sea he enlisted in the Union navy, in which he served one year. but on account of being wounded while in the service he was discharged and at once took service as a sailor on an American ship bound for the

West Indies. In 1862 he reached London, having sailed from Calcutta, India, and from London he shipped to Australia and from there to San Francisco, reaching that city in May, 1863, remaining here for two years. He then removed to Marshfield, arriving in that place on a burning ship which was also water-logged and wholly disabled. On reach- ing Marshfield he decided to give up a sailor's life and establish his home in that part of Oregon. He found employment with the Simpson Lumber Company and with that concern he remained for three years, after which time he engaged in the lumber busi- ness for himself and secured a contract from a large match factory to furnish it with cedar. While meeting the terms of his con- tract with the match factory his business grew rapidly and he soon obtained a con- tract with the builders of the San Francisco Street Railway Company to furnish ties for its roadbed, and this contract gives him the distinction of being the man who furnished the first ties used in the construction of the street railway system in San Francisco. He continued in the lumber business for four years. John Bear was also active along other lines of endeavor. He has improved and stocked fifteen different ranches in this state, all of which he has disposed of at handsome profits. For a time he was engaged in the cafe and restaurant business and was later inter- ested in a livery in which line he continued for a period of eighteen years. He is the owner of forty acres of valuable coal land and also a number of very fine business prop- erties in Marshfield, and is the owner of the residence in which he lives.

Mr. Bear has been married twice, his first wife being Miss Mary Ann Walin, to whom he was married in 1872. To them were born seven children, as follows: Emma, who lives in Marshfield; Gusta, who accidentally met her death eleven years ago by drowning in the Columbia river; Cynthia, who married John Nagle, of North Bend, Oregon; Edna, the wife of Dr. Harry Walter, of Marshfield; Albert, also of Marshfield; Effie, deceased; and Chester, of Marshfield. These children were all educated in the public schools of Marshfield. Their mother passed away in 1888. In 1895 Mr. Bear married the widow of Fred Jensen, a native of Denmark. Her maiden name was Maggie Nelson, and slie is a daughter of Nels and Christina (Jensen) Christoferson, who were natives of Denmark. They were the parents of five children, as follows: Lars; Marie, the wife of Nels Chris- tensen; Anna, who married Peter Matson; Maggie, now Mrs. Bear; and Sine, the wife of Jens Hansen. The three sisters and the brother of Mrs. Bear all reside in Denmark. By her first marriage she is the mother of one son, Charles A. Jensen, of Marshfield, who attended the public schools of the town, where he has made his home and received a college education at San Jose, California. He is married and the father of two chil- dren. Fred J. and Phyllis Marie.

Mr. Bear affiliates with the democratic party. He has served in the office of road supervisor for the past fifteen years and has

JOHN BEAR

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also been a member of the city council of Marshfield for nine years. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Masonic order, and both he and his wife are members of the Eastern Star. Mr. Bear is one of the most useful and valued members of the com- munity in which he lives and is deeply inter- ested in all measures affecting the public welfare. He is known throughout the en- tire county as a reliable man and in every way a desirable citizen.

EDGAR S. BRICKER is a successful ranch- man who is living near Provolt, on a tract of one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he took up as a government claim and which he has well improved. He is a veteran of the Civil war and enjoys a wide acquaint- ance. He was born in Pennsylvania, March 7, 1841, a son of Samuel and Barbara (Short) Bricker, who were also natives of the Key- stone state. In their family were six chil- dren, all of whom were given a good educa- tion in the common schools of their native state.

Edgar S. Bricker left home at the age of twenty-two years and came to California, where for a time he worked on a ranch. He then removed to Josephine county, Oregon, where he took up mining. Later he settled on one hundred and sixty acres of govern- ment land, which he has since made his home. He applied himself to improving his farm and bringing a considerable portion of it under cultivation until now the place consti- tutes a very valuable property. He has given some attention to mining ever since he owned the farm and with a brother met with considerable success in that pursuit.

Mr. Bricker early responded to his coun- try's call at the outbreak of the Civil war, enlisting in 1861. He saw strenuous service and was in a number of battles. In his political views he has always been a repub- Îican, although never in the sense of an office seeker. He is well and favorably known in his community and is held in high esteem by a large number of people.

JOHN M. ANDERSON, engaged in general farming and stock-raising, near Dairy, Ore- gon, was born in Norway, February 4, 1867, a son of Martin and Minnie (Jones) Ander- son. The father died in Norway when his son, John, was about eight years of age. The mother, with her son and two daughters, came to the United States in 1885 and for two years they were residents of Minneapo- lis while the succeeding two years were spent by them in the state of Washington. John M. Anderson came to the Yonna valley, and settled there in 1892. He has since resided in that section but his mother is now living in Assiniboia, Canada. In the family were three children, the sisters of our subject be- ing: Albertina, the wife of Ole Widen, who resides in Assiniboia, Canada; and Nettie, the wife of John Skomo, of Yreka, California.

On coming to Oregon, John M. Anderson homesteaded a tract of one hundred and sixty acres which he at once began to culti- vate and improve. He, however, disposed of Vol. IV-38

that property and purchased his present home place in 1911. This comprises two hundred and seventy acres, one hundred and fifty acres of which is under cultivation. He car- ries on general farming and stock-raising and has fifty head of cattle and fifteen horses on the ranch. He is not afraid of hard work, is energetic and capable, and as the years pass by is gaining in prosperity and building a substantial fortune.

Mr. Anderson is a republican and for a short time served as postmaster of Dairy, where he also conducted a store. He is affiliated with the Knights of the Maccabees and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is loyal to the teachings of those frater- nal organizations which have for their basis the principle of mutual benefit and brotherly kindness.

ALVIN B. LIBBEY is the owner of valu- able land, pleasantly and conveniently lo- cated five miles east of Merrill. His birth occurred in Lincoln, Maine, January 6, 1857, and thus the width of the continent separ- ates him from the state of his nativity. His parents, Thomas and Martha (Miles) Libbey, were also natives of Maine, where they spent their entire lives upon a farm. The father, however, was a wheelwright by trade and possessed good mechanical abil- ity. He enlisted in the army at the out- break of the Civil war and laid down his life as a sacrifice, on the altar of his coun- try. In the family were ten children, of whom five are living.

Alvin B. Libbey, resided in Maine until 1876, when, at the age of nineteen years, he made his way to the Pacific coast, settl- ing in the Sacramento valley of California. He spent twelve years there as a farm hand. He worked on Butte creek, in Ore- gon, and in the Sparta valley of California for three years. About 1888 he had preempted land in Klamath county, securing one hun- dred and sixty acres, on which he has made his home for about twenty years. He has three land claims, comprising, in all, three quarters of a section, and one hundred and seventy acres thereof is under government ditch. He cleared away the sage brush, made all of the improvements on his land, set out a poplar grove and planted about one hundred fruit trees. Everything on his land manifests his progressive spirit and the property is fast being transformed into one of the finest farms of southern Oregon. He engages in general farming, and makes a specialty of hay. Much of his land, he now rents, although he still retains his res- idence here. In former years he was largely interested in the raising of horses but is now practically living retired, for his suc- cess has been such as to enable him to put aside business cares, in a large degree, save for the supervision which he gives to his property interests.

Mr. Libbey was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Pope, a native of Oregon and a daughter of Charles Pope, and in 1903 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife. His only child, a baby boy, died at

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the age of six months. Mr. Libbey is a Mason and an Odd Fellow and is loyal to the teachings of these fraternities. Almost a quarter of a century's residence in this part of the state has made him widely known and his sterling traits of character have gained him warm and enduring regard.

HENRY GROSS is one of the successful and highly respected citizens of Wolfcreek, where he is engaged in the cultivation of his highly developed ranch, well located on Ciota creek, in Josephine county. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 25, 1842, and is a son of John and Nancy (Allen) Gross, the former a native of Ger- many and the latter of Pennsylvania. The father emigrated to America when a small boy and settled in Pennsylvania, where he continued to live during the remaining years of liis life. The mother later removed to New Jersey and there passed away. They became the parents of five children, of whom the subject of this review is the only one now living.

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The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 139

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