The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 142

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

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Nillus McMillan attended the common schools in the acquirement of an education and when a youth of sixteen began earn- ing his own livelihood, being employed as a farm hand until 1886. In that year he came to Tillamook county, Oregon, and took up a homestead of one hundred and twenty acres near Bay City. Subsequently he spent five years on a homestead claim in Clatsop county, Oregon, and still owns the property. After returning to Tillamook county he purchased a tract of one hundred and seventy acres on Garibaldi beach. He had charge of the cannery of S. Elmore & Company for a period of ten years and is now acting as freight agent at Garibaldi. He is likewise engaged in the feed business there and has won a gratifying measure of success in his undertakings, being a man of sound judg- ment and keen discrimination.

In 1875 Mr. McMillan was united in mar- riage to Miss Sarah J. Fleming, a native of Hardin county, Iowa, by whom he has two children: Charles W., who is a student in the college at Eugene; and Donna E., who at- tends the high school at Bay City. From 1887 to 92 Mrs. McMillan was a teacher in the public schools of Tillamook county, hav- ing previously followed the same vocation for ten years in Humboldt, county, Iowa.

In politics Mr. McMillan is a stanch re- publican, loyally supporting the men and measures of that party. He served on the school board for eleven years and the cause of education has ever found in him a warm friend. At the present time he acts as fire warden of this district. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Lodge No. 95 at

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Bay City. While giving close attention to his personal interests, he has never lost sight of his duty as a citizen, being deeply inter- ested in all matters pertaining to the public welfare and giving of his time and means toward the advancement and promotion of the community at large.

HON. WILLIAM H. CANON is the popu- lar and energetic mayor of Medford, the city in which he has established his home and where he has succeeded himself in that of- fice for two terms. He is a member of the Medford bar and in the active practice of his profession in Jackson county. His birth occurred in Sullivan county, New York, on the 21st of September, 1857, his parents be- ing Henry and Catherine (Schermerhorn) Canon. The father was one of the well known educators in the Empire state, di- viding his profession as a teacher with his interests as an agriculturist at his home farm located in Sullivan county, New York, where he died in the year 1860. His widow some years later was again married, and at a time when the subject of this review was nine years of age she removed with her family to the middle west, locating her home in the state of Wisconsin.

William H. Canon was reared at home and received his early education in the com- mon schools of the districts in which he lived. At the early age of fourteen years he took upon himself the burden of self- support. Being of an inquiring mind and inclined to intellectual pursuits, he was soon able by constant industry and the practice of economy to provide himself with sufficient funds, with which he pursued a course of study in the college at Madison, Wisconsin, and later, having engaged in the study of law, he was admitted to practice, on the 6th of February, 1878, in Clark county, Wisconsin. In the year 1883 he was admitted to practice in the United States courts and for some years following was one of the prominent law practitioners in the Badger state. While there he served for two terms as district attorney of Lincoln county, Wisconsin, hav- ing his residence at Merrill in that state, of which city he was one of the members of the first town council. He also was elected to the office of county judge of Lin- coln county and in that capacity he contin- ued to serve the people for a number of years, following himself in several succes- sive elections. During his residence in Mer- rill he frequently served as a member of the town council. Under Cleveland's first administration he was appointed to the of- fice of postmaster of the city of Merrill and later, under his second administration, he received the appointment of United States marshal for Lincoln county and was for two terms (four years) chief clerk of the United States land office of Wisconsin. On account of failing health he withdrew temporarily from the practice of his profession and en- gaged in the real-estate and insurance busi- ness. removing in 1906 to southern Cali- fornia, where he spent fifteen months in rest and observation, seeking health. In

March, 1907, he established his residence at Medford, this state, where he has since con- tinued to reside. One year after becoming a citizen of this commonwealth, in August, 1908, he received the appointment of United · States land commissioner for this portion of Oregon, an office in which he is still serv- ing the public. He is also the deputy clerk of the United States court for this state, in active incumbency of the duties belonging to that office. In January, 1909, he was elected mayor of Medford and reelected to that office in January, 1911. As the chief executive of the city of Medford he has given universal satisfaction and, being a man of both legal and political experience, he is unusually fitted to give the people of Med- ford an administration, signalized for effi- ciency and economy, and the development and installation of public utilities of all kinds, required in a well regulated and en- terprising community.

On the 1st of January, 1880, Mr. Canon was married to Miss Margaret Taylor, of Ripon, Wisconsin, by whom he had three children, two of whom survive, namely: Verne, who is engaged in business as bill poster of Medford; and Fay, who is connected with the paving contracting business with the firm of Clark, Henry & Company. Mr. Canon is a democrat in politics, having followed the fortunes of that great political organiza- tion during all of his public life. Fraternally he is identified with the Benevolent Protect- ive Order of Elks, belonging to Medford Lodge, No. 1168. He is likewise connected with the Knights of Pythias of Medford. Hon. William H. Canon is indeed one of the useful men of southwestern Oregon. During almost the entire period of his active busi- ness career he has been in various offices of public trust, thus bringing his life and work constantly into the limelight of pub- lic attention. He is a man not only skilled in the science of the legal profession but deeply versed in the management of national, state and municipal affairs. These qualifi- cations are sufficient in themselves to make of Mr. Canon a citizen unusually adapted to serve the interests of the people in a public capacity. He is highly esteemed for his social characteristics and the moral effect of his life of acknowledged integrity is felt through- out his adopted county and city.

WILLIAM INGLEDUE, who resides near Woodville, is a carpenter by trade and, al- though he has given most of his attention to building, owns a well improved farm of forty acres, upon which he resides and which he operates. He was born in Ohio, Novem- ber 29, 1836, a son of Eber R. and Mary (Kirk) Ingledue. The father was a native of Virginia, while the mother's birth oc- curred in Ohio, and after their marriage they moved to Michigan, where both passed away. They were the parents of ten children, five of whom are living.

William Ingledue received his education in the district schools and remained under the parental roof until he was of age. He then became a cattle herder, being thus

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employed for four years, after which he learned the carpenter's trade and at that employment he has been engaged for the greater part of his time. Before leaving Michigan he purchased a farm of eighty acres there and lived upon that property for seventeen years. In 1894 he emigrated to Oregon and settled in Jackson county, where he bought a farm of forty acres, upon which he now makes his home. His farm is well improved and yields generous returns for the time and labor expended upon it.

Mr. Ingleduc has been married twice, his first union being in 1870 with Miss Millie Frost, who passed away in 1906. His second marriage occurred in February, 1910, when he wedded Mrs. Mary Owings, who was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and came to Ore- gon in 1874. Mr. Ingledue is independent politically and, being a man of more than average ability and possessing an excellent reputation, has held several township offices. He is highly regarded by a large circle of friends and acquaintances and greatly es- tecmed by all who know him.

THEODORE GREEN. Having been a resi- dent of Washington county for thirty-five years, Theodore Green has been an observer of its remarkable development from a rang- ing and timber country into one of the most highly cultivated agricultural districts of the state. He is a native of the state of Wis- consin, his birth occurring in 1870, and a son of Henry and Nellie (Kuhman) Green. The parents were born and reared in Holland, whence they emigrated to the United States, settling in Wisconsin during the pioneer period. There the father engaged in farm- ing until 1876, when together with his wife and family he crossed the prairies to the northwest. Upon their arrival in this state they located in Washington county, where Mr. Green continued to be identified with farming until his demise at the age of fifty- seven. He was survived for many years by his widow, who had passed the eighty-first anniversary of her birth when summoned to her final rest in 1911. They were the par- ents of eleven children.

As he spent the first six years of his life in his native state, Theodore Green there be- gan the education that was completed in the common schools of this county. While mas- tering the common branches as is usual in all agricultural districts his youthful energies were directed along useful and helpful lines, and he early became proficient in performing the simpler tasks about the farm. As the years brought ability and strength his du- ties increased, so that by the time he had attained his majority he was a skilled and capable agriculturist. He remained at home assisting with the operation of the farm until he was twenty-four, when he be- gan for himself. His first position was on a cattle ranch in eastern Oregon, where he spent a year. At the expiration of that period he returned to this county and re- sumed farming, giving his undivided atten- tion to this vocation until 1900. He then again withdrew from the work of the fields

and during the succeeding five years fol- lowed logging. Feeling convinced at the end of that time that agriculture afforded greater opportunities and more lucrative returns he returned to farming, and has ever since been identified with this activity. At the pres- ent time he is operating one hundred and fifty acres of rented land, but he owns a tract of twenty-three acres in the vicinity of Cornelius, Oregon.

Mr. Green established a home for himself by his marriage on the 13th of July, 1898, to Miss Minnie Marsh, a daughter of J. W. and Antoinette Marsh, who are mentioned at greater length elsewhere in this work. To Mr. and Mrs. Green have been born two children: Wilfred A., whose birth occurred on the 13th of June, 1899; and Lawrence T., who was born on September 24, 1900. The mother is a woman of pleasing person- ality and manner, who was afforded the ad- vantages of a high-school education.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Green are communi- cants of the Roman Catholic church, in the faith of which denomination they are rear- ing their sons. Politically he gives his sup- port to the men and measures he deems best qualified to serve the highest interests of the general public irrespective of party, affili- ation. Mr. Green has never been an aspir- ant to public honors or the emoluments of office, although he can always be depended upon to do his duty in forwarding every progressive movement which will advance the interests of the community or promote its development.

JOSEPH A. HAINES, who resides in Mon- mouth, is the owner of a ranch of eight hundred and five acres in Curry county, where he was formerly engaged in stock- raising. He was born in Tazewell county, Illinois, August 8, 1828, a son of Alfred and Mary (Leeper) Haines, the father a na- tive of New Jersey and the mother of Ohio. Alfred Haines was five years of age when he removed with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Haines, to Ogle county, Ohio, where the father purchased a timber farm and re- sided until 1837. At that date he came to Tazewell county, Illinois, making the entire journey with ox teams. Joseph Haines died there in 1843 and his wife, preceding him by ten years, died in 1833. He engaged cx- tensively in farming and was the father of twelve children.

Their son, Alfred Haincs, had no chance to attend school in his early days but, be- ing persistent and energetic. he read a great deal and became self-educated. He married in Ohio and moved to Tazewell county with his parents and later settled in Pike county, Illinois, where his wife died August 12. 1840. In 1845 he sold his farm and went to White- side county, Illinois, where he resided until 1862, when he came to Oregon, locating in Douglas county. Of his first marriage werc born six children: Joseph A .. of this review; William W., who is in the tanning business at Eugene, Oregon. and owns one of the oldest tanneries in that section of the coun- try, being also the owner of a tannery at

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Scottsburg, Oregon, and one at Everett, Waslı- ington; Rebecca, who became the wife of Dr. F. Meyers and is now deceased; Grizella, deceased; Jamison, a resident of Iowa; and Susan, who is the wife of John Overfeldt, of Oklahoma. After the death of his first wife Alfred Haines was married again, his second union being with Sarah Nixon, a na- tive of Indiana, and they became the parents of six children: Caroline, of Portland; Ben- ton and Josephine, deceased; and Louis, James and Ed, all of whom reside at Elkton, Oregon. Alfred Haines served in the Black Hawk war. He died at Grants Pass, Ore- gon, in January, 1887, at the age of eighty- two, and his second wife passed away at Elkton, Oregon.

Joseph A. Haines was reared under the parental roof and remained at home until 1851, when lie and his brother, William W., and Holloway Cushman on April 19, 1851, started west with ox teams. They crossed the Mississippi river at Albany, Illinois, and proceeded to The Dalles, in Oregon, where tliey arrived October 19, and settled in Linn county, Oregon, three and one-half miles south of Albany. Joseph A. Haines resided in Linn county until 1857, when he removed to Scottsburg, Oregon, and in 1860 went to Curry county, where he purchased his ranch of eight hundred and five acres and was ex- tensively engaged in stock-raising. His ranch was known as the Union Ranch and it be- came a well known place for travelers to stop over night on their journey to the west, as many as thirty persons having been known to stop there in one night. For ten years Mr. Haines was postmaster at Eckley, Oregon.

On the 10th of December, 1853, Mr. Haines was united in marriage with Miss Elenor Chaffee, who was born in Whiteside county, Illinois, and was the daughter of Simeon and Mary (Cushman) Chaffee, the father a native of Canada and the mother of Ohio. the father removed to Whiteside county, Illi- nois, where he was married, and later went to Sterling, Illinois. In early life he worked in a foundry but later followed the occupa- tion of farming. He died in 1844, and after his death his wife married Daniel Moore- house, of New York. In 1852 they removed to Oregon and located at Albany, where Mr. Mooreliouse purchased land. He died in Ben- ton county, Oregon, and the mother passed away at Dallas. By her first marriage she had two children: Elenor, who is now Mrs. Joseph A. Haines; and Adelia, who is the wife of John Hauser, of Leavenworth, Wash- ington. By her second marriage she became the mother of four children: Ottilie; Henry, who resides in Washington; Wallace, who lives in Missouri; and Hattie, who married Nolan Grubb, of Albany, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Haines have become the parents of four- teen children: Josephine, who is the wife of Frank Meyer, of Port Townsend, Oregon; Alfred, who died at the age of three years; Ed, who is the owner of a fruit ranch at Watsonville, California; Charles; L. L., a ranchman of Curry county, Oregon; Jami- son L., a ranchman of Caldwell, Idaho; Ru-

pert, who is marshal at Burns, Harney county, Oregon; Ida, who is the wife of E. W. Murphy, of Los Angeles, California; Os- car, a miner in Alaska; Ruby, who is the wife of H. S. Portwood, a merchant of Mon- mouth, Oregon; May, the wife of E. W. Staats, a farmer and merchant at Airlie, Oregon; Marion, who died at the age of eleven years; Harriet, who is the wife of H. C. Hampton; and Chaffee D., who is en- gaged in the automobile business at Los Angeles, California.

In politics Mr. Haines is a republican and has served as county commissioner and filled other county offices. Both he and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Epis- copal church. He has passed through the pioneer times and is well acquainted with the early development of the country. Al- ways active in whatever enterprise seems worth while, he has ever borne an unassail- able reputation as a progressive and prosper- ous citizen.

GEORGE WILLIAM KNIGHT is one of the foremost business men of Hubbard, where he has been successfully engaged in the general mercantile business for the past thirteen years. A native of this state, his birth occurred in Canby, on the 14th of April, 1874, his parents being Charles and Catherine (Schriver) Knight. The father was born and reared in Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania, and was one in a family of six chil- dren. The paternal grandfather was mar- ried twice and to him and his second wife were born two children. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knight passed the early years of their mar- ried life in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, whence they later removed to Butler, Missouri. They continued to reside there until 1852, when they crossed the plains to Oregon locat- ing in Clackamas county. In his early man- hood, in Pennsylvania, the father followed the mason's trade, but he later engaged in the drug business and when he came to Ore- gon he opened a pharmacy at Canby, which he conducted until his death in 1895. He was survived by the mother, who passed away in 1898. They were the parents of nine children, as follows: Louisa, the wife of William Grant, who is engaged in the restaurant business in Seattle, Washing- ton; Hannah, who died in infancy; Susan, who is also deceased; Esther, who married John McCullen, a ranchman, of Montana; Henry, who is living in Seattle; George Wil- liam, our subject; Charles, who was killed - in a railroad accident; and two, who died in infancy.

The education of George William Knight was acquired in the common schools of his native town. At the age of seventeen years he left home to make his own way in the world. He was first employed as a bell boy in a hotel in Portland, now referred to as the old Gillman House. Six months later he gave up this position to work with a steam shovel outfit, continuing in that em- ployment for a year. At the expiration of that period he returned to Canby and oper- ated a small ranch belonging to his father.

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A year later he withdrew from agricultural pursuits, taking a position in a general mer- cantile store of Canby. He remained in the employ of this firm for six and a half years, applying himself to acquiring a thorough knowledge of the business with the expeeta- tion of engaging in it on his own behalf later. Being thrifty and enterprising he managed to save enough out of his salary to go into business for himself in 1899. He became associated with Peter Susbough and together they purchased the general mercan- tile store of Mr. Bebec. They conducted it as a partnership concern until 1904, when Mr. Knight bought out the interest of Mr. Susbougli and has ever since been sole pro- prietor of the establishment. During the period of his ownership he has greatly in- creased the business, and now has one of the largest and most prosperous stores in the town. In the conduct of his enterprise he has followed a policy that has enabled him to win the confidence and good-will of his patrons and he now enjoys an excellent trade. He carries a large and carefully as- sorted stock of merchandise adapted to meet the varied tastes and means of his custom- ers, the quality of his wares always being fully commensurate with the prices. In the development of his interests Mr. Knight has met with most gratifying success and be- sides his fine store is the owner of a large stone residence that he occupies in Hubbard and two other lots and dwelling houses whieli he rents, and he likewise holds the title to two lots in Portland.

For his wife and helpmate Mr. Knight chose Miss Minnie Whitney, who was born in this state on the 19th of September, 1883, and is a daughter of John and Annie (Fel- ler) Whitney, also natives of Oregon. One child, who died in infancy, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Knight.

Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. He has held all of the chairs in the latter or- der and is a member of the Grand Lodge and for the past five years has served on its finance committee. He gives his sup- port to the republican party and has been a member of the city council for six years, during two of which he was chairman and he was also a member of the Canby couneil for four years. Mr. Knight is one of the representative men of the town, whose high standards of citizenship, enterprising and pro- gressive ideas and active interest in all mat- ters of public welfare have won him the es- teem and loyalty of his fellow townsmen.

GEORGE NODURFT in the successful cul- tivation of one hundred and sixty acres of land near Myrtle Creek, Oregon, is carry- ing out the agricultural principles with which he became familiar as a boy upon his father's farm, and is attaining that success which invariably results from system and science in any field of labor. George No- durft was born in Indiana, June 12, 1864, and is a son of John and Ruth (Brown) No- durft, of whom more extended mention is

made on another page of this work. He re- ceived his education in the public schools of his native state and came to Oregon when lie was thirty-two years of age. He has been identified with agriculture in Douglas county since that time and is now farming one hundred and sixty aeres of land, which he has developed and improved progressively and scientifically. He has pursued a con- stant policy of development, and is interested in every new pliase of modern agriculture. He has improved his land by fencing liis fields, building barns and outbuildings and adding to his equipment whenever it is needed. He is numbered among the enter- prising and representative citizens of this section, and is recognized as an active force in agricultural development.

In 1896 Mr. Nodurft was united in mar- riage to Miss Effie Gabbert, a native of Oregon, and to their union four children were born, Marie, Gertie, Louise and George, all of whom are living at home. Mr. No- durft keeps himself well informed upon pub- lic questions, although he has never sought office. He is identified with the Woodmen of the World, belonging to Myrtle Creek Lodge, but this forms his only fraternal af- filiation. He devoted himself exclusively to the carrying on of his agricultural enter- prise. He is practical and systematic in all his activities, and his success is the re- sult of well directed labor.

JOHN NODURFT. Farming in its more modern and progressive aspects finds a worthy representative in John Nodurft, who, although his residence in Oregon dates only from 1892, is already numbered among the men, who are promoting the welfare of the section and influencing its development. He was born in Indiana, October 24, 1831, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Mil- ler) Nodurft, the former a native of Ger- many and the latter of Pennsylvania. The father lived in Indiana until his death in 1898, having survived his wife eight years, her death occurring in 1890. Mr. Nodurft is one of eight children born to his parents.

He received his education in the public schools of his native state, and remained in Indiana until 1902. During the period of his residence in Indiana he was engaged in the operation of a large sawmill, which he con- ducted successfully for twenty-five years. He also engaged in general agriculture, and laid the foundation of his scientific aetivi- ties along this. line in Oregon. He came to this section in 1902 and purchased a ranch of one hundred and sixty acres on Myrtle ereek, which he now operates successfully. He has brought his land to a highly improved and developed state by personal supervision and by constant pursuit of a policy of ex- pansion along modern and progressive lines.

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The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 142

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