The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 145

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

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two acres in small fruit. He also still owns two hundred acres of his old home farm.

Mr. Tetherow has been twice married. In 1858 he wedded Henrietta M. Grifforth, of Pike county, Missouri, who was a daugh- ter of John W. Grifforth. The father came to Oregon in 1852 and located on a farm of three hundred and twenty acres near Buena Vista, in Polk county, and resided there until his death. Henrietta M. Tetherow passed away in May, 1887, leaving four chil- dren: C. M., who married Anna Ireland and now owns one hundred acres of the old homestead; King S., of Spokane, Wash- ington; William K., who married Ella Wil- liams and is a stock dealer in Colfax, Wash- ington; and Samuel B., who married Effie Ireland and is a farmer and stock dealer in Harvey Valley, Oregon. Mr. Tetherow's sec- ond union was with Mrs. Josephine E. Hol- man, the widow of Rev. Preston Holman, a minister in the Baptist church. She was a daughter of Rev. David Hubbard, also a Bap- tist minister, who came from Pike county, Illinois, to Oregon in 1852 and located three-quarters of a mile south of Falls City, Oregon. He was the first minister in this part of the state and he also engaged in farming. His wife was a Miss Thurman. She died at Dallas, Oregon, and he passed away at his farm. By her first marriage Mrs. Tetherow became the mother of four children: Frank, who married Lucretia Mil- ler and is a farmer and dairyman at Dal- las, Oregon; Vivian, who became the wife of Frank Bassett and is now deceased; Fred J., who married Beulah Van Loam and is postmaster of Black Rock, Oregon; and Juanita, who is the wife of W. E. Gilbert, of Portland, Oregon.

In politics Mr. Tetherow is a stanch re- publican and he is greatly interested in local party issues. He has served for two years as mayor of Falls City and was a member of the city council for several years. He is a man of strong personality, of excellent mem- ory and, being widely known in his com- munity, he has a host of warm friends. He has led a busy, useful life and deserves to be classed with the highly honored residents of this section of the state.

RICHARD H. CLOW is one of the hon- ored veterans of the Civil war and after years of devotion to business interests he is now in the enjoyment of a deserved and well earned rest from business activities. His home is established in Mapleton, this state, where he lives a retired life. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on May 25, 1847, and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Clow, who were both natives of England, where they were united in marriage, and in the early history of their married life they emigrated to Nova Scotia and settled in Halifax, where they continued to reside until the death of Mrs. Clow, after which John S. Clow removed to Boston, Massachu- setts. and was there engaged in the pursuit of his profession as an artist, making a specialty of portrait painting. Some years later he removed to California and settled

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in San Francisco and at that place passed away at the age of eighty-four. To Mr. and Mrs. John S. Clow two children were born: Richard H., of this review; and Mrs. Cochrane, deceased, formerly the wife of Dr. Cochrane, of San Jose, California.

Richard H. Clow was reared at home and educated in the public schools and later in life completed his education at the Water- ville Academy of Maine. Hc removed to this state late in the '70s and first settled at Granite, Grant county, where he established his residence and for twenty years was en- gaged in mining throughout the districts of the Pacific states and also in various parts of British Columbia. He is still the owner of valuable interests in a number of the best paying gold mines in Grant county. In 1900 he removed to Eugene, where he engaged in the general real-estate business and contin- ued to give his attention to its interests for a period of six years, after which he re- moved to Mapleton in 1906, where he pur- chased the Mrs. Bean homestead. That property consisted of one hundred and fifty- four acres well improved with buildings, one of these being a hotel and at that time the only hostelry at Mapleton. Mr. Clow, im- mediately after the purchase of the Bean homestead, took possession of the property and was engaged in the operation of the farın and the conduct and management of the hotel for three years. In addition to these business interests he also conducted a feed stable. After devoting himself to the attention of these varied interests for three years he purchased a commodious residence in Mapleton, where he now lives. In addi- tion to his ranch of one hundred and fifty- four acres adjacent to the town of Mapleton he also owns ten acres of commercial tim- ber adjoining his farm. Mr. Clow enlisted during the war in Company C, Thirteenth Regiment of Infantry. He was first ser- geant of his company and served during the last half of the Civil war. During his resi- dence at Mapleton he has built three fine residences in that place and is the owner of the city waterworks, with which he sup- plies the town of Mapleton with water for public and private use. He was also one of the influential promoters of the first rail- road that reached Mapleton and has in many ways contributed largely to varied public improvements of the place. Among the noted accomplishments in this particular was his successful work in securing the proper lo- cation for the Mapleton depot, an accom- plishment which is recognized by the citi- zens to be one among the most service- able and enduring features in connection with the growth and convenience of the city.

In the year 1880 Mr. Clow was united in marriage to Miss Lena Storey, a native of Nebraska and a daughter of William and Jane Storey, to whom were born eight chil- dren. Her father passed away at the age of eighty years and her mother at the age of forty-four. To Mr. and Mrs. Clow two children have been born: Cora, born in 1881, who is the wife of Elmer Mc- Bee, of Lane county, Oregon; and Robert

Denton, whose natal day was April 16, 1888, and who is at home. He is by profession an engineer and is captain of the launch Valeria.

Mr. Clow is affiliated with the republican party, following the interests of that great political organization in its national and state campaigns. Fraternally he is identi- fied with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having filled all of the chairs in the local lodge of the latter or- ganization. He likewise belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic. Richard H. Clow has been one of the singularly useful citizens not only to the town of Mapleton but also to the state and county in which he lives. He has been very successful in his business undertakings and is known to be a man of integrity in all his dealings with his fellow citizens. He is public-spirited, ready to lead or to follow any measure of public character which has for its object the betterment of the people.

CHARLES CHENEY. One of the most extensive owners of ranch lands in the Cow Creek valley and a man whose life has been an active factor in the agricultural devel- opment of that region is Charles Cheney, who operates a large ranch of six hundred and forty acres in this district. He is a native of Vermont, where his birth occurred, January 27, 1824. His parents were Moody and Alice (Whitney) Cheney, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of Massachusetts. They were married in Ver- mont and in that state their entire lives were spent. To them were born ten chil- dren, of whom five are still living.

Charles Cheney received a common-school education in his native state but laid aside his text-books at the age of eighteen to take up the mason's trade and at this he worked for twenty years. He spent some time in Boston, working as a carpenter, which trade he had learned in his youth, and in 1876 came west to Oregon and settled on a homestead in the Cow Creek valley. His original holdings consisted of one hundred and sixty acres and these he has improved and operated for thirty-six years. During. that time he has become a thoroughi master of all the details connected with the culti- vation of the soil and the raising of horses and cattle. He takes a keen interest in every modern scientific discovery along ag- ricultural lines and is constantly adding to his equipment. The ranch, which was one hundred and sixty acres in extent at the time he took up the homestead claim has been added to and now comprises six hun- dred and forty acres, making one of the largest holdings in the Cow Creek valley. Mr. Cheney makes a specialty of stock-rais- ing and in this branch of his occupation lias been remarkably successful. He owns a large herd of graded cattle and has this branch of his business under his personal direction.

Mr. Cheney was thrice married. His first union occurred in 1847, when he wedded Miss Mary Smith. His second union was with Miss Mary Burzell, whom he married

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in 1848, and they became the parents of three children, two of whom are deceased. George, the surviving child, is now a resi- dent of Douglas county. The mother of these children died in 1873 and in the follow- ing year Mr. Cheney was united in mar- riage to Miss Jennie Hudson, whose death occurred in 1902.

Politically Mr. Cheney is a stanch repub- lican and has always taken an active in- terest in local party affairs and held town- ship offices for several terms. All during his life he has shown himself to be a public- spirited and patriotic citizen, keenly inter- ested in the current affairs of the time. In his early youth while still a resident of Massachusetts he had the honor of raising the liberty pole erected in honor of Presi- dent James K. Polk when he was a guest of Lowell. Mr. Cheney is now in the eighty- eighth year of his age and can look back upon a long period of prosperity with the consciousness of work well done and a worthy life well spent.

JOHN S. SLOAN, who is living retired, has been a resident of Montavilla since 1897. His birth occurred on the 19th of February, 1872, in Pulaski county, Kentucky, his par- ents being Harvey and Mary C. (Hall) Sloan. The father was also born in Pulaski county, on the 30th of October, 1834, and the mother's birth occurred in the same county, on the 2d of February, 1840. They were married at the home of her parents, Octo- ber 31, 1860. They removed to the father's plantation, where they resided for many years. To their union eight children were born. James Thomas, who was born August 29, 1861, died on the 13th of June, 1896, and was survived by a wife and. three chil- dren. William Austin, who was born June 9, 1864, is married and makes his home in Montavilla, Oregon. Fannie I., who was born November 17, 1866, passed away on the 6th of April, 1867. . Maud E., born Sep- tember 12, 1868, became the wife of John Goggins, of Danville, Kentucky, and has ten children. John S., the subject of this re- view, is the next in order of birth. Ella Etta, who was born September 10, 1874, married Joe Waddle, of Somerset, Kentucky, and they have five children. Ellen Hall was boru August 19, 1877, and makes her home with her parents in Kentucky. Gideon P., of Portland, who was born June 12, 1880, is married and has two sons, Harvey and Gideon.

After pursuing his education for a few years in the public schools John S. Sloan started at the early age of fourteen years to earn his own livelihood. He first ac- cepted a position in a sawmill in Burn- side, Kentucky, where he was employed for six months before engaging in railroad con- struction work. He remained to be so em- ployed for two and a half years. Later he went to Nebraska and was employed as a farm hand for one season before coming to Oregon. He arrived in the eastern part of this state on the 20th of June, 1890, and settled in Eagle valley, where for three years

he was engaged in stock-raising. After his marriage he settled upon a farm of forty acres, which he had previously purchased and after residing there for two years he came to Montavilla in 1897 and engaged in the meat-market business. After one year he sold out and worked in various positions in this line until June, 1911, at which time he retired. He looks after his real-estate holdings, which are constantly increasing in value and he owns property both in the busi- ness and residence sections, which he has acquired since his arrival in Montavilla.

On the 14th of February, 1894, Mr. Sloan was married to Miss Harriett E. Reed, of Baker City. Her birth occurred on the 25th of October, 1875, her parents being G. N. and Sarah C. (Swisher) Reed. She is the eldest of seven children born to her parents. Valira A., the deceased wife of Clarence L. Spaugh, left three children, one of whom is residing with our subject and the other two with Mrs. Spaugh's mother. Abram D., de- ceased, was married and left two children. Anna became the wife of George M. Moody, of Richland, Oregon, and had five children, four of whom survive. Calvin M. is married and makes his home at Gaston, Oregon. Don- nie became the wife of Oscar Ingle, deceased, and has one child. Gladys, the youngest member of the family, makes her home with her parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Sloan two children have been born: Sarah Catherine, whose birth occurred on the 3d of January, 1895, and who since she completed a busi- ness-college course has occupied a position as bookkeeper; and Fannie Margaret, who was born June 8, 1900, and is attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan are also rearing Abram Spaugh, a son of Mrs. Sloan's sister. His birth occurred on the 22d of September, 1904.

Although Mr. Sloan is in sympathy with the principles and policies of the democratic party, he casts his vote more for man or measure than for party. He has never sought office but has always maintained a citizen's interest in the political welfare of his com- munity. He is responsible in a large degree for the rapid improvement and development of Montavilla. In religious faith he was reared a Presbyterian and he holds mem- bership in the United Artisans. The fam- ily residence is at 1975 East Alder street, one of the most hospitable homes in Port- land-and their cordiality has won them many friends.

JOSEPH G. SHEBLEY is enthusiastic con- cerning the mineral resources of Jackson county and this section of Oregon, and he bases his enthusiasm upon accurate knowl- edge and understanding of mining conditions. He has since 1906 been connected with mining interests in the county, having in that year organized the White-Shebley-Hunt Mining Company. He was born in Nevada county, California, October 19, 1866, and is son of Joseph Vincent and Janette (Schmidt) Shebley. The father, a native of a Switzerland, was born in 1834 and was only seven months old when brought by his par-

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ents to the new world, the family home be- ing established in Ohio, where Joseph Vin- cent Shebley remained until the '50s, when he removed to California. He made a hand- . some fortune there, becoming superintend- ent and owner of some of the largest hy- dranlic mines of that state of an early day. He mined for many years, sometimes meet- ing with excellent success and again losing his earnings in his investments and search for further mineral-bearing properties. In later days he spent a part of his time in farming in Nevada county, California, where hic died in May, 1902. His wife was born in Germany. in 1846, and made her way di- rect to California in 1860 with an elder sis- ter. Mary. In 1864, in Nevada county, she gave her hand in marriage to Joseph V. Shebley and has since lived in that county.

Joseph G. Shebley, whose name introduces this review, was the second in a family of ten children. From carly boyhood he was familiar with the work of the mines and in fact, has always been connected with min- ing interests. He first went to Alaska in 1890 and has made four trips to that coun- try on the steamer San Pedro, which he chartered. He had mining interests in Alaska, with which he was identified for four years. While he was fortunate in his mining operations he lost forty-three thou- sand dollars in the steamboat venture. He afterward engaged in sawmill operations in Nevada county, California, for four years and then sold out and came to Oregon, in 1906. Making his way to Jackson county hc organized the White-Shebley-Hunt Mining Company and secured three hundred and twenty acres of land in the lower part of Pleasant valley. In May, 1910, he organ- ized the Pleasant Creek Gold Dredge Min- ing Company. They have four hundred acres in one tract and this company also holds sixty-six per cent of the stock of the other company. Mr. Shebley is manager of the former company and has had charge of their mines for six years. The process is that of dredging and hydraulic mining and they em- ploy eight or ten men. The outlook for the future is very favorable and the business is already proving profitable. Mr. Shebley has also done further prospecting here, 'spend- ing over twenty thousand dollars in this way. Over four million dollars in gold has been taken out of Pleasant valley and Mr. Shebley estimates that five million will yet be taken out.

In 1896 Mr. Shebley was married to Miss Alice White, who was born at Rock Point, Oregon, in 1862, and is a daughter of J. B. White. who came from Pennsylvania to the northwest in 1852 and resided here until 1872, when he returned with a fortune to Oakland, California, where his death occurred in 1899. He was a miner here in the early days and afterward built a store at Rock Point, Jackson county, becoming a pioneer merchant of this region. This was the only store between Jacksonville and Wolfcreek for many years. He also did freighting from Cresent City with ox teams. Mr. and Mrs. Shebley have one child, Jack White,

ten years of age, who has a little mine of his own and pipes out considerable gold. He has probably panned more gold than any boy of his age on the coast and he can pan as well as his father. He is a lad of great energy and ambition and the future, un- doubtedly, holds in store for him gratify- ing success. Both Mr. and Mrs. Shebley are widely and favorably known in Woodville and throughout Jackson county and his min- ing interests place him in a prominent posi- tion among the representative business men of this part of the state.

HOWARD M. BROWNELL, assistant pros- ecuting attorney of Clatsop county and vice president of the Clatsop County Bar Association, has been engaged in the prac- tice of law at Astoria since 1905 and has shown an ability and an interest in his pro- fession which give brilliant promise as to his future. He is a native of Dutchess county, New York, born September 15, 1879, a son of George C. and Elma (Lane) Brownell. The father was born in the state of New York about 1852 and the mother at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Mr. Brownell, Sr., has for many years engaged in the practice of law and is now a leader at the bar of Oregon City, being recognized as one of the brightest lawyers of the state. The grandfather of our subject on the paternal side was Am- brose Brownell, a soldier for the Union in the Civil war.

Mr. Brownell of this review came with his parents to Oregon City early in life and received his preliminary education in the public schools. He read law in the office of his father for four years and in 1900 was admitted to the bar upon examination. After practicing .for two years with his father he went to Marshfield, Oregon, where he en- gaged in practice independently for two years. He spent several months on the coast and in 1905 located at Astoria and assisted Harrison Allen, district attorney, for one year. He was next connected in practice with Judge Eakin for a period of two years, in 1908 opening an office on his own account. In addition to serving as a's- sistant prosecuting attorney he is also at- torney for Warrenton and Seaside. He is an earnest and eloquent speaker, a good pleader, and possesses ambition and courage so necessary in overcoming the many diffi- culties that lie in the way of advancement in the legal profession.

On the 28th of February. 1907, Mr. Brown- ell was married to Miss Nellie B. Hart, who was born at Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of Hiram and Katherine Hart. The father en- gages in farming. Politically Mr. Brownell gives his support to the republican party whose principles he recognizes as highly im- portant in the promotion of the general wel- fare of the country. Fraternally he is iden- tified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The possessor of sound judgment, a clear head and well developed reasoning powers, he gives promise of attaining a state-wide reputation. He is a man of great energy and has decision of character and a

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strong sense of justice, both of which are important elements in the determination of success or failure in a business or profes- sional life. That he will gain high honors in his profession is the opinion of all who know him.

JAMES B. STEWART is one of the ex- tensive property owners of Lane county, holding the title to twelve hundred and twelve acres of land in the vicinity of Cot- tage Grove, where he engages in general agricultural pursuits and stock-raising, and is meeting with remunerative returns from both lines of his business. He is a native of Lane county, his birth having occurred at Cottage Grove on the 19th of January, 1861, and is the only son of Edward W. and Nancy J. (McFarland) Stewart. They were the parents of two children, the elder of whom, a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, died at the age of twenty-four years. The paternal grandfather, Peter Stewart, was a native of Scotland, whence he emigrated in his early manhood to the United States. His family numbered five sons and one daughter, as follows: John, who is a banker at Wil- mington, Illinois; Edward W., the father of our subject, who is now deceased; Malcolm N. M., also deceased, who was formerly a banker at Wilmington; James, a banker at Topeka, Kansas; George T., a retired capital- ist of Wilmington, now deceased; and Mary Elizabeth, the wife of John Monteith, Al- bany, Oregon. Edward W. Stewart was born at Amsterdam, New York, where he lived with his parents until he had attained the age of twelve years. He then went to Wil- mington, Illinois, making his home there un- til he was nineteen, when the lure of the west proved irresistible to him and he joined alt emigrant train bound for California. Their party had a very pleasant and un- eventful journey, not meeting with any of the experiences encountered by the major- ity who crossed the plains in 1849. Mr. Stewart never saw an Indian from the time he left Illinois but during the first year of his residence in California he participated in a number of engagements between the na- tives and. the settlers and was twice wounded. He was once shot in the arm with an arrow and the flint being left in it gave him more or less trouble during the remainder of his life and ultimately caused his death from blood poisoning at the age of fifty-four years. For four years after he located in California, Mr. Stewart engaged in placer mining, but at the expiration of that time he went to Albany, Oregon, and worked at the blacksmith's trade for four or five years. It was there he met and mar- ried Miss McFarland and they subsequently went to Cottage Grove but after eight or nine years' residence in the latter place Mr. Stewart purchased twelve hundred acres of land southeast of the present site of Dorena. About one-half of this was cleared and the remainder was covered with a dense growth of fir trees. Here he engaged in general farming and stock-raising until his death, which occurred on the 10th of April, 1880.

Mrs. Stewart, the mother of our subject, was the eldest of the eight children of James C. and Paulie McFarland. In order of birth the others are as follows: Sarah, deceased, who first married Homer Smith and sub- sequently David Underwood; Mary, also de- ceased, who married Jerry Arnold, of Eu- gene; Martha, the widow of J. H. McCarty, of Boise, Idaho; Amanda, the deceased wife of Charles Austin, of Albany, Oregon; Kit- tie, who died in girlhood; Dave G., who is living in Cottage Grove; and James H., a ranchman in the vicinity of Cottage Grove.

James B. Stewart passed his boyhood and youth in a manner very similar to other lads who were reared in the rural districts of Oregon during the pioneer period. At the age of eighteen years he assumed the duties of manhood by undertaking the entire re- sponsibility connected with the operation of his father's ranch. About four hundred acres of this was open land and the remain- ing six hundred was in timber. He has since increased his holdings by the addition of three hundred and twenty acres and his present ranch embraces twelve hundred and twelve acres. Six hundred acres of this is tillable but the remainder is still in timber. One hundred acres of the tract that has been cleared has been brought into a high state of productivity, but the remainder is in pasture, as Mr. Stewart makes a specialty of stock-raising. He raises sheep, cattle and hogs for the market and he also breeds and sells horses and is meeting with a goodly measure of success from his various under- takings.

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The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 145

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