The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 143

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

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In 1856 Mr. Nodurft was united in mar- riage to Miss Ruth M. Brown, a native of Indiana, and to their union were born five children: William, who is deceased; George A .; Dora E., who has passed away; Katie; and Manison, who is also deceased. In liis political views Mr. Nodurft is a stanch re-

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publican, but has never sought office. He has been a member of the Masonic frater- nity for forty-two years, and formerly held the position of secretary of his lodge. He affiliates with the Christian church and is a man of exemplary character. He is well versed in the details of agriculture and is always guided in his business relations by keen and discriminating judgment. His farm, highly developed and productive to the highest degree, pays tribute to his care and skill, and marks him as an individual force in the upbuilding of a great farming section.

S. C. BARTRUM is a well known forest supervisor of the forest service department of agriculture. He has jurisdiction of the Umpqua National Forest, having held that responsible position since 1902, and at the present writing (1912) is the oldest in point of service in his department in the United States. He was born in Franklin county, Vermont, March 4, 1865, and is a son of Daniel P. and L. Almira (Sturdevant) Bar- trum, both of whom were natives of Ver- mont and who were descended from old New England families. The great-great-grand- father Bartrum was a veteran of the Revolu- tionary war. The mother of Daniel P. Bar- trum bore the maiden name of Gould and was a cousin of the late Jay Gould, the Wall street wizard. That branch of the Gould family of which our subject is a direct de- scendant located in Vermont. On the ma- ternal side he is a descendant of the Holland Dutch family of Sturdevants.

Daniel P. Bartrum, the father of S. C. Bartrum, removed from his native state and settled in Cook county, Illinois, in 1874, where he continued to live until 1891. In that year he moved to Oregon, locating in Douglas county and was there actively en- gaged in general farming for twelve years. His wife died in 1892 and some eight years later he took up his home in Roseburg with his son, S. C., of this review, with whom he continued to live until the time of his death, which occurred December 31, 1908. He was a stanch republican but never a seeker for pub- lic office. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted from Vermont in the Ninth Vermont Volunteer Infantry, with which he continued for three years and three months. He was a member of the Masonic order for many years and during later years of his life he held membership in Laurel Lodge, No. 13, of Roseburg.

S. C. Bartrum was reared at home and re- ceived his early education in the public schools and in the high schools of Chicago and later pursued a business course in the Chicago Business College of Chicago, Illinois. After completing his studies in the business college he obtained a position as collector and solicitor for the grain and banking house of E. G. McEwin Company of Chicago, and while in their employ was advanced to the management of the business, in which capac- ity he served for a period of five years. In 1891 he came to Oregon and located in Doug- las county, where for the ten following years he was engaged in general farming. In 1899

he entered the forestry service as ranger and in 1902 was promoted to the position of forest supervisor, having jurisdiction over the Umpqua National Forest, which consists of an area of one million acres. In 1908 he was assigned to duty in Washington, where he remained for a period of five months, after which he returned to Roseburg, where his offices are now located.

In 1887 Mr. Bartrum was united in mar- riage to Miss Gertrude Buzzell, of Chicago, Illinois, and they became the parents of one son, C. De F. Bartrum, who is now engaged in the general mercantile business in Tiller, Oregon. The first wife of S. C. Bartrum passed out of this life in June, 1906, and in 1907 Mr. Bartrum was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle A. Carnell, of Portland, Oregon, and they are the parents of two children, Ian Kenneth Gifford and Cleo Dor- othy Myrtle.

Mr. Bartrum belongs to the republican party and has served one term as deputy assessor of Douglas county. He was also for some time connected with the old Plain Dealer, which was the republican paper of Roseburg and later was succeeded by the Umpqua Valley News. Mr. Bartrum is a member of Roseburg Rising Star Lodge, No. 174, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of Roseburg Lodge No. 326, B. P. O. E. He is a stockholder and director in the Rose- burg National Bank and owns and operates a farm of one hundred and sixty acres lo- cated one and one-half miles east of Rose- burg. S. C. Bartrum is one of the enterpris- ing citizens of his county and is intimately identified with the agricultural interests of the district in which he lives and also in the public development and general prosperity of his adopted city.

CHARLES J. DODD, a retired farmer and stockman of Lane county, is the owner of a highly cultivated and well improved ranch comprising one hundred and thirty-one acres, located two miles east of Eugene and known as the Blue Ribbon Fruit Farm. He was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, December 22, 1839, and is a son of Josiah and Eliza- beth (Duncan) Dodd. The parents were both natives of Virginia but were married in eastern Tennessee, and continued to make. that state their home until 1838. In the latter year they removed to Sangamon county, Illinois, the mother making the en- tire journey on horseback. The father bought a farm in the vicinity of Springfield, which - he operated until 1854, when he disposed of his holdings and together with his family re- moved to Iowa. They located in Mahaska county where he purchased some land which he operated until his death. The mother survived him many years, passing away in 1876. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dodd of whom our subject is the young- est. In order of birth the others are as follows: John D., who died in Linn county, Kansas; Nancy Young, the wife of C. T. Sexton, who was a resident of Iowa at the time of her death; Mary J., who died at Los Angeles, California; and Wiliam P., who

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was captain of an Iowa regiment during the Civil war and lost his life at the battle of Hatchie, Mississippi. The eldest child, a daughter, died in Tennessee.

Charles J. Dodd was only a youth of six- teen years when his father passed away. He continued to operate the home farm and care for his widowed mother and attended for one year Greencastle College. His leisure hours he devoted to improving his education, and subsequently engaged in teaching during the winter months, being identified with this profession in both Iowa and Missouri. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Thirty- third Iowa Volunteer Infantry for three years. Previous to his enlistment he partic- ipated in the battle of Wilson Creek, as a member of the First Iowa Infantry. In Feb- ruary, 1862, he contracted the measles and was discharged on account of physical dis- ability, but on the 1st of April, 1863, he returned to the service, having been commis- sioned provost marshal and enrolling officer. He continued to serve in this capacity until the following February, when he reenlisted as a member of Company H, Third Iowa Vol- unteer Infantry and was commissioned chief of scouts. He was four times wounded and five times captured but was never imprisoned during the war. He participated in some of the notable battles and was wounded at the siege of Atlanta at the time General Mac- pherson was killed. Together with George J. Reynolds of the Fifteenth Iowa he se- cured the body of the dead general, and was later awarded the highest medal of honor in the army of the Tennessee for this by Gen- eral Sherman. He was honorably discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, on the 15th of July, 1865, and returned to Iowa. Upon resuming civil life he took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar, and for twenty years engaged in general practice in the courts of the latter state. At the end of that time he gave up his profession and retired to his farm and for six years thereafter de- voted his attention to the breeding and rais- ing of trotting horses and shorthorn cattle.

In 1889, he disposed of his interests in Iowa and came to Oregon, purchasing his present ranch. There he engaged in general farming and fruit raising for many years, but he is now living retired, the income from his farm together with his other means pro- viding him with all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Mr. Dodd has been engaged in various pursuits during the long period of his active career and for five years, from 1872 to 1877, he was in the service of the Pinkerton Detective Agency.

On the 17th of June, 1860, Mr. Dodd was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Kirkpat- rick, a native of Griggsville, Illinois, and they traveled life's journey together for fifty- one years, Mrs. Dodd passing away on the 15th of November, 1911. Their family num- bered eight: Lillian E., the wife of Isaac Cline, a resident of Lane county; William S'., who is also a resident of this county; Minnie May, who married Frank B. Chase, of Lane county; Emma A., the wife of Henry E. Wiley, likewise of Lane county; Lulu B.,

who married Frank Kingsley, a resident of Lane county; Nellie, who married John Bryan, of this county; Myrtle I., the wife of C. Robert Crawford, of Lind, Washington; and Hattie E., who married Charles Meyers, of Springfield, Oregon.

The family affiliate with the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Dodd votes the straight republican ticket. Starting out for himself while still in his early youth, he was given few advantages, but he was am- bitious and energetic and persevered until he obtained a good education. Close obser- vation, wide reading and definite and well directed habits of thought enabled him to acquire an extensive range of information on a variety of subjects, and he became known as one of the best spellers in his section of the state, and is now thoroughly posted and converses fluently on all public questions or topics of current interest.

HON. A. C. MARSTERS. One of the fore- most citizens of Roseburg, Oregon, and a man always actively interested in the pro- motion of any enterprise looking toward its financial and social development is Hon. A. C. Marsters, who occupies the position of cashier of the Roseburg National Bank. He has been active for many years along vari- ous lines in that city and has probably had more influence than any other one factor in the organization of its many financial and public institutions. He is a native of Minne- sota, where his birth occurred October 29, 1859. His parents were Stephen S. and Jennie (McKee) Marsters, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania. Their marriage occurred in Indiana, where they had removed with their parents, and after a short time spent in Minnesota they crossed the plains to California and in 1868 came north to Oregon, locating in Roseburg. The father was a well known physician and sur- geon for many years in this city, served for. three terms as coroner of Douglas county and was active in republican circles all dur- ing his life. He and his wife were active workers in religious circles and were devout members of the Presbyterian church. The father's death occurred about 1893 and he was survived by his wife until 1907.

A. C. Marsters acquired his early educa- tion in the public schools of Minnesota and California. After completing his studies he was engaged for several years in the 'live- stock business in eastern Oregon and Nevada, and in 1881 entered the drug business in Roseburg, Oregon. This he conducted as an individual enterprise until 1898, when the business was incorporated as the Marsters Drug Company, of which our subject is the president. In 1907 he organized the Rose- burg National Bank and on January 6 of the following year, the doors of the new in- stitution were thrown open for business with A. C. Marsters as cashier, in which capacity he has served continuously ever since.

In 1888 Mr. Marsters was united in mar- riage to Miss Ida Mitchell, a daughter of James Mitchell, who came to Roseburg from

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Missouri in the early '80s. Mr. and Mrs. Marsters are the parents of one child, Lyle E., who occupies the position of clerk in the Roseburg National Bank. The family is well known in social and religious circles of Rose- burg and Mrs. Marsters is active and prom- inent in the Methodist Episcopal church, of which institution A. C. Marsters is serving as trustee.

In his political views Mr. Marsters is a stanch republican and has taken an active part in local affairs. He has twice served as mayor of the city, his first term being from 1904 to 1906 and his second term from 1909 to 1911. In 1899 he was elected to represent his district in the state senate, serving from 1900 to 1903. He also served subsequently in a special session of the state assembly and his influence and weight have always been given to worthy causes. His vote may be counted upon for any project looking toward the de- velopment and prosperity of his city. He is one of the foremost men in Roseburg at the present time and is possessed of that rare quality of public spirit which is inseparable from true citizenship.

HON. JOHN S. SHOOK has left the im- press of his individuality and his ability upon many lines of development in the Yonna valley of Oregon, and his history constitutes an important chapter in the annals of this section of the state. He was born in Ripley county, Indiana, February 26, 1841, and is a son of Amon and Katharine (Yost) Shook., The father was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, November 25, 1814, and the mother's birth occurred in Jennings county, the same state, March 11, 1821 .. They were married in Ripley county Indiana and four of their children, Mary, John, Isaac N. and Hattie, were born there. In 1847 they removed . westward to Davis county, Iowa, where they secured government land which they improved and cultivated. In 1864 the parents came with their son, John S., to the Rogue River valley, settling near Phoenix, Jackson coun- ty, Oregon, and after five or six years, in the spring of 1869, they came to the ranch which is still in possession of the family, securing this as a homestead claim. Their remaining days were spent in the Yonna val- ley, the father reaching the advanced age of eighty-seven and the mother that of eighty- nine years. His political support was given to the republican party and his religious faith was that of the Christian church, hold- ing membership in one of the congregations of that denomination while in Iowa. To him and his wife were born nine children: Mary Jane, who became the wife of James Sutton, both of whom are deceased; John S .; Isaac N., of Ashland; Hattie, who is the widow of George Parker, of Los Angeles; Fannie, who is the wife of Emil Schumann, of Guatemala City, Central America, where he conducts a large plantation; David A., a ranchman living near his brother John; William H., a ranchman of Yonna valley, who deals in horses; Ada the wife of Jacob Rueck, of Yonna valley; and Peter, who died at the age of twenty-six years. All of Vol. IV-39

this family came with their parents first to Jackson county and those who came to Kla- math county later on, following our subject, were Isaac N., David P., William H. and Peter.

John S. Shook resided with his parents in Iowa until 1862, when he went to Susan- ville, California, where he remained until the fall of 1864. He then came to the Rogue River valley with his parents and secured a ranch in that district. Gradually he worked into the cattle business and while herding his stock in this section of the state he dis- covered the Yonna valley in April, 1868. He called it Alkali valley, after the Alkali lake, but subsequently when the district became settled the name was changed to the Yonna valley. In 1868 Mr. Shook came here with his brother and the following year his par- ents arrived and the family home was here established. At length John S. Shook left his property in the care of his father and brothers and went to Bonanza, where he se- cured a homestead which included the greater part of the springs of that locality. He built a little sawmill there and the first lumber he used to erect a small schoolhouse and be- came the teacher of the first school. He operated his sawmill for six hours per day and taught six hours, having about thirty pupils, who came to him from an area of ten miles. He was also the first postmaster as well as the first school clerk and the first justice of the peace. He named the town Bonanza, regarding this as a fitting name be- cause of the different big springs in the dis- trict. The first merchant of the town 'was Albert Handy, who served as Mr. Shook's deputy postmaster.

With the growth and development of the town and district along many lines Mr. Shook has been most successfully, actively and helpfully associated. He assisted in or- ganizing the Odd Fellows lodge at Klamath Falls and at Bonanza. He and his brothers, Isaac N. and William, enlisted as scouts in the Modoc war under Captain O. C. Applegate, and John S. was a non-commissioned officer. Taking ten men and his brother, Isaac N. with him he brought seven families out of Langells valley through to Klamath Falls and while on the way had a battle with the Indians about a mile south of Bonanza, on the old Langells Valley road. In 1882 he re- turned to the Yonna valley, where he at once engaged in ranching and in the live-stock business, buying and selling cattle. He and his brother David had fifteen hundred head- of cattle on the ranch at one time, indicat- ing something of the extent of their opera- tions in that direction. The family owned over three thousand acres in this district, John S. and his brother David being the possessors of the greater part of this. In 1906 they divided their ranch and stock interests and have since operated independ- ently. Mr. Shook has gone through the usual experiences of the ranchmen on the frontier and knows all of the hardships and diffi- culties which such a life involves. About 1880 he was instrumental in suppressing the first gang of cattle and horse thieves, who

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were apprehended, and they offered three hundred donars for his scalp. He was also instrumental in suppressing the second gang that invaded the district. On one occasion the leader of this gang, George Goodlaw, went to Mr. Shook's home, called him out and told him he had come to kill him. It was an occasion that demanded the death of one or the other and in self-defense Mr. Shook shot his assailant, for he had been warned by the sheriff and others to be on his guard, for the desperado had bragged that he was going to shoot the whole Shook family. Before Goodlaw was forced to give up his own life he shot at Mr. Shook, the bullet grazing his ear. Realizing then that it was an encounter to the death Mr. Shook fired. It cost him and his two brothers, William and David, about three years in time and about eight thousand dollars in money to suppress this second gang of horse thieves that invaded the district, but their efforts resulted in at length placing three of them under the ground and seven of them in the penitentiary. Mr. Shook also knows what it means to encounter the red men in their treacherous warfare. For about two months he served under Captain O. C. Apple- gate in the Modoc war and took part in the first battle of the Lava Beds. During the big battle on the 17th of January, 1873, he had charge of the camp and after the fight was over had charge of the ambulance train which he took through to Klamath Falls. All this is but an indication of many ex- periences which he had as a settler upon the frontier of Oregon, aiding in reclaiming the district for the uses of civilization.

Mr Shook was married in 1905 to Mrs. Cora (Jones) Blake, who was born in Ohio and was reared in Nebraska.

In politics Mr. Shook is a republican, active and influential in the councils of his party. He has served as a delegate to various conventions and to two state conventions, and in 1905-6 he represented his district in the lower branch of the state legislature, during which time all of the bills which he introduced became laws. He helped to or- ganize the Elks lodge at Klamath Falls and the value of his services to the community in which he lives cannot be overestimated. His life experiences have indeed been ef- fectual and varied and his labors have con- stituted a potent element in the work of progress and improvement.

GEORGE SPANIOL, who is the proprietor of a flour and feed mill at Stayton, was born in Rhineland, Germany, February 13, 1866, the son of John and Magdalena (Schaffer) Spaniol. The parents, both natives of Ger- many, came to the United States in 1882, locating in Minnesota, where they resided for eight years, subsequent to which they came to Stayton, where the father passed away April 7, 1912. The mother died in 1893 and was buried in Sublimity, Ore- gon. The father was a miller by occupation. They were the parents of seven children: Peter, of Minnesota; John, who died in 1893; George, of this review; Matthias, of

Portland; Mary, who is the wife of George Forcener, of Portland; Jacob, of Stayton; and Katie, of Portland.

George Spaniol was educated in Germany and came to America with his parents, re- maining at home with them until the death of the mother. He worked in his father's flour and feed mill and continued in his father's employ until 1904, when he purchased the mill, which has a capacity of twenty-five barrels, and he still operates the same, now owning all the buildings in connection. He also owns the Commercial Hotel at Stayton and eighty-five acres of land within the city limits. He is a share-holder and direc- tor in the Stayton State Bank, of which he was one of the reorganizers.

Mr. Spaniol has been twice married. In 1893 he wedded Miss Auna Zimmerman, who died in 1899, leaving three children, Lena, Joseph and Clara, all at home. His second union was with Miss Anna Bruecher, whom he married in 1900, and they have four chil- dren, Anna, Ella, Genevieve and Raymond, all at home. He gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and is much inter- ested in its success and welfare. Fraternally he is identified with the Woodmen of the World at Stayton, and both he and his wife are members of the Catholic church at Stay- ton. Mr. Spaniol is numbered among the most prominent and enterprising business men of his town and is a citizen who can always be depended upon to further any movement or measure instituted to promote the general welfare.

WARREN A. HEYLMAN, who practices law in Estacada, where he has resided for six years, was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, on the 15th of September, 1853, and is a son of Samuel and Susanna (Wilson) Heylman. The paternal great-grandparents of Warren A. Heylman were natives of Pennsylvania, and his grandfather was Jacob Heylman. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Heylman were married in 1852, and they settled in Baraboo, Wis- consin, where they passed the first four years of their domestic life. In 1856, the father, who was an excellent mechanic and a mill- wright by trade, removed with his wife and family to Eau Claire, Wisconsin. They made their home in the latter city until 1890, when they went to St. Paul, Minnesota, and re- sided there for a time. Their next removal was to Tennessee, whence they removed, in 1894, to Independence, Missouri. From there they went to Chicago, Illinois, but in the spring of 1906 they came to Estacada and lived there a year. At the end of that period they went to Lents, this state, and there the mother passed away on the 26th of No- vember, 1910, at the age of seventy-eight years. The father, who has passed the eighty-fourth anniversary of his birth, is still living and continues to make his home in Lents. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Heylman, of whom our subject is the eldest, the others being as follows: C. Perry, who is deceased; DeWitt C., who is living with his father at Lents; Clara, who

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is also deceased; and Charles William, of St. Paul, who is married and has five children.

The boyhood and youth of Warren A. Heylman were very similar in every respect to those of other lads reared in the same circumstances. He attended the public schools in the various places where the family resided, in the acquirement of an edu- cation, and at the age of twenty-three went to work with his father. Later he became city meat inspector in St. Louis, Missouri, but deciding upon a legal career he, in 1879, took up the study of law, completing his course in 1881. During the succeeding four years he engaged in practice, but he sub- sequently withdrew from the profession and engaged in various activities. He had charge of the fine arts exhibition during the world's fair in St. Louis in 1904, and the next year he came to Estacada and engaged in the banking business. Disposing of these inter- ests in April, 1910, he again turned his at- tention to the practice of law. Although he has been engaged in practice for less than two years, he has made gratifying progress and has every reason to feel assured of suc- cess. Hr. Heylman has acquired quite valuable realty holdings during the period of his residence here, and owns his home and also the building where the bank is located and several other pieces of business property, and some land in the country.

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The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 143

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