The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 146

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

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On the 14th of February, 1883, Mr. Stew- art was married to Miss Margaret Cole, who was born on November 1, 1863, and is the youngest daughter of the late John W. and Mary (Cox) Cole. The father lived to at- tain a venerable age, having been born on the 26th of October, 1819, and died on June 22, 1903, while the mother was born on the 9th of May, 1830, and passed away on May 11, 1902. The grandparents were from Vir- ginia. Mr. and Mrs. Cole had five children: Eliza J., who was born on the 18th of May, 1856, and died on December 31, 1857; James F., whose birth occurred on the 11th of De- cember, 1858, died September 12, 1862; Julia A., who was born on the 19th of March, 1861, died September 19, 1863; Mrs. Stewart; and John W., who was born on May 21, 1867, and died July 30, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have a son and a daughter: Mal- colm M., who was born on the 23d of May, 1887, now cultivating a portion of his father's ranch; and Agnes P., who was born November 22, 1892, now living at home, having completed the course of the common schools.

Mr. Stewart casts his ballot for the can- didates of the republican party and served as a school director for about nine years, this being the only public office he ever held. He is a man of progressive ideas and takes a helpful interest in all matters af- fecting the welfare of the community or the interests of the agriculturists and stockmen and has for many years been a member of

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the state Grange. Mr. Stewart has passed the greater part of his life in the vicinity where he now resides and one of the highest tributes that can be paid to him is to say that he has hosts of friends in Lane comity, the majority of whom have known him from early boyhood.

DENNIS DUGGAN is a son of Ireland, in which country he was born in 1845, and came to this land of opportunities in Octo- ber, 1864. He is a prosperous sheep-raiser, owning six hundred acres of land in Jack- son county, near Central Point. On coming to the United States he settled temporarily in Washington, D. C., where he was employed at various occupations for a considerable period. He then removed to Jersey City, New Jersey, and after remaining a short time took passage from there by water for San Francisco. He did not long remain in that city but soon came to Oregon, where he settled temporarily in Portland, after which he went to The Dalles. From that point he walked to Canyon City, Grant county, a journey which consumed five days, and went to work in the gold mines. He entered upon that vocation with enthusiasm and followed it with varying success until 1872, when he returned to Portland and was employed variously until 1873, when he pur- chased a ranch of six hundred acres in Jack- son county, which he at once set about to. clear and improve. He gives the greater part of his attention to the raising of sheep.

Mr. Duggan was married, in 1874, to Miss Mary E. Callahan, of Iowa, in which state their marriage was celebrated and they became the parents of four children, all of whom are residing in Oregon, as fol- lows: John F., Mary, Dennis P. and Jere- mniah C. Mr. Duggan and his wife are mem- bers of the Catholic church, being loyal com- municants of that religious faith. The large degree of success which has been achieved by Mr. Duggan has marked him as a man of determination and of industry, which qualities characterize so many of the hardy sons of the land of Erin, who have risen to positions of honor, trust and affluence in this great country of limitless opportunity. He has always given his undivided atten- tion to the affairs at hand and, possessing wise discrimination and good judgment, coupled with strict economy and integrity, he has built up a fortune of which he may justly be proud.

J. F. W. SANBERT, M. D., is placed by public opinion among the most enterprising citizens of Lane county and to him belongs the distinction of having been the founder and father of Acme, where he is successfully engaged in the operation of his varied busi- ness interests. He was born in Bavaria, Ger- many, February 26, 1835, and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sanbert. both of whom were natives of Germany. The mother died in her native country in 1840 and some time later the father was united in marriage to Miss Christine Glossell and in 1844, with his wife and family, he emigrated to America,

locating on new land in Jefferson county, Wisconsin, where he continued to live until the time of his death, which occurred in 1896 at the age of eighty years. The pa- ternal grandfather of our subject died at the age of ninety. The widow of Carl San- bert is still living on the old home farm in Wisconsin. They had three children, of whom Dr. Sanbert is the first in order of birth.

J. F. W. Sanbert was reared at home and received his elementary education in the pub- lic schools. He later completed a course in the study of medicine and was graduated with the degree of M. D. from the Chicago Homeopathic College. Immediately follow- ing his graduation he began the practice of his profession in Wisconsin and later re- moved to Roseburg, Douglas county, Oregon, There he settled in 1878 and there at once engaged in the practice of medicine. He be- gan his professional career in Oregon with but limited means and he was an entire stranger to the people of Roseburg. His strict attention to the practice of his pro- fession eventually resulted in making many warm friends and in the building up of an extensive and lucrative business. He re- mained at Roseburg for eight years and then removed to a point on the Siuslaw river, where he became instrumental in the found- ing of a town, to which he gave the name of Acme. The town has since grown until it has attained the proportions of a small city, in which the varied enterprises of mod- ern business life are now established. Dr. Sanbert, before locating at what is now Acme, purchased a large tract of timber land, on which he erected the first sawmill and engaged in the manufacture of lumber. In 1897 he erected a new sawmill and in 1901 he installed a modern steam power plant, since which time the mill has con- tinued to run the year around with a capac- ity of twenty-five to thirty thousand feet per day. The supply of logs for this mill is being taken from various sections of the Doctor's timber holdings of fifteen hundred acres, located near Acme, toward the source of the Siuslaw river. In addition to the mill property Dr. Sanbert is also the owner of a general store.

Dr. Sanbert was united in marriage to Miss Anna Dejion and they became the par- .ents of four children, as follows: George, who is a resident of Spokane, Washington; and Charles, Thomas and Frank, all living in Acme. The two last named are mem- bers of the mercantile firm of M. E. San- bert & Company. Dr. Sanbert was later united in marriage in Roseburg, in 1879, to Miss Mary Taylor, a native of Illinois, who settled in Oregon in the early days of her young womanhood, and to this union four children have been born: Irma, who is the wife of Grant Earhart, of Acme; and Ray, Roy and Lloyd, all of whom are residents of Acme.

Dr. Sanbert is independent in the exercise of his franchise and has served as postmaster of Acme for thirteen years. He has also filled the offices of school trustee and clerk

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and is fraternally affiliated with the An- cient Order of United Workmen and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in both of which lodges he has passed the chairs. He is also one of the charter members of the lodge of Odd Fellows at Viola, Wiscon- sin. Dr. Sanbert is in every way entitled to be enrolled among the early pioneers of Lane county, Oregon, and as one of the early settlers in that portion of his adopted state. He is a man held in high esteem by all with whom he has come into contact in his pro- fessional life as a physician as well as his successful career as a business man.

GEORGE WATSON KENNEY, a retired agriculturist and merchant of Gresham, Ore- gon, was born in Iowa, December 29, 1854, a son of James P. and Margaret (Guy) Ken- ney. The parents were natives of Ohio and the father's parents were of German and Irish descent, while the mother's father was a native of Ireland. The father was one of eight children born to his parents. The mother was the youngest of three children, the others being James and John, both de- ceased. After their marriage in Ohio in 1851 Mr. and Mrs. James P. Kenney removed to Iowa, where they remained for four years before spending the next three years in southern Kansas previous to their removal to central Kansas. In the latter place they resided for four years and subsequently lived in Nebraska for ten years before com- ing to Oregon and settling at Base Line Road near Rockwood. This was in the au- tumn of 1874 and they resided in that place until the father's death. The mother died three years later in Gresham, Oregon, at the home of her son George W. Mr. Ken- ney had been an agriculturist throughout his active career and as such had been active in the development of the west. To their union eight children were born: Amanda, who is the wife of A. D. Strunk, of Paw- nee City, Nebraska, and the mother of five children, John, Margaret, Albert, Roy and Harry; George W., who is the subject of this review; Alphonso, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, who is married and has four chil- dren, Winsted, Ralph, Oliver and Rose; James, deceased; Margaret, deceased, who is survived by her husband Webster Campbell of Portland, Oregon, and her son Lloyd; May, deceased; Martha, who is married, resides in Portland and has two children, Frank- lin and Minnie May; and John, deceased.

After acquiring his education in the dis- trict schools and assisting his father in the cultivation of the home farm, George W. Kenney started out in life on his own ac- count at the age of twenty years. He was employed at various tasks for two years, . and subsequently, after he married, pur- chased land near Rockwood, Oregon, which he cultivated for ten years. His farming pursuits were highly remunerative and he was then able to purchase better land near Gresham. He farmed this until 1900, when he engaged in the mercantile business. For three years he was thus engaged before his retirement. Since discontinuing active

pursuits he has served as road supervisor and in that way has maintained his posi- tion in the activities of the community. In agricultural pursuits he was always me- thodical and progressive, and in those two qualities lay the secret of the success which his constant labor and persevering energy brought him.

Mr. Kenney was married to Miss Agnes Brand, a daughter of Matthew Brand of Ore- gon. To their union three children were . born: Elbert, James and Ruby, all of whom are deceased. The mother also passed away and on the 2d of June, 1892, in Port- land, Oregon, Mr. Kenney was married to Mrs. Calla Sharick, a daughter of David and Margaret Lentz. She was the widow of John A. Sharick, and was born February, 25, 1870. Mrs. Lentz was a native of Indiana and Mr. Lentz resided there previous to his marriage. Previously Mrs. Lentz had been married to a Mr. Daley and by that union four children were born, namely: Adela, Peter A., Hannah and Cordelia. To her sec- ond union to David Lentz four children were born, George W., Mrs. Calla Sharick, Emma and Ada. All the children are living with the exception of Peter A. Daley, who passed away, October 7, 1911.

In politics Mr. Kenney casts his vote with the republican party. He has served as road supervisor for eight years, was for sev- eral years a member of the school board and also served as school clerk. He has accepted these offices in a spirit that they afforded him an opportunity to assist in the upbuild- ing of the community. His various ac- tivities brought him profitable returns and he owns his home in Gresham and twenty acres near town, also property in Portland and Seaside. His entire life has been one of active labor, and he is now able to enjoy the comforts and luxuries which were denied him in his earlier years.

WALLACE GALBREATH, who for many years was identified with the mining inter- ests of the northwest, operating in quartz fields, is the owner of a ranch of one hun- dred and sixty acres and an attractive health resort known as Bybee Springs. The place is pleasantly situated on Evans creek, fifteen · miles from Woodville, and has three mineral springs possessing splendid medicinal prop- erties. Mr. Galbreath is devoting his ener- gies to the management of the resort and the conduct of his ranch, eighty acres of which is under cultivation. He is one of Oregon's native sons, his birth having oc- curred in Yamhill county, April 24, 1869, his parents being Robert and Mary Ann (Debbs) Galbreath. The father was born in Pennsylvania in 1815 and the mother was a native of New Jersey. The parents were married in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and about 1863 became residents of Yamhill county, Oregon, where the father engaged in ranching for a time but afterward con- ducted a saloon. Later he went to Klamath Falls, where he operated a stock ranch. His death there occurred when he had reached the age of eighty-four years and fifteen days.

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His wife survived him for a number of years, passing away at Stockton, California, in December, 1910, when seventy years of age.

They had a family of four sons and four daughters, of whom Wallace Galbreath was the second son and fourth ehild. He be- gan working for himself when nine years of age and at length went to lower Cali- fornia, where he was employed on a ranch for five years. He afterward returned to Klamath and rode on the range after stoek all through eastern and southern Oregon. He was thus identified with stoek-raising in- terests for about ten years, at the end of which time he was married and turned his attention to quartz mining, which he fol- lowed most of the time in northern Cali- fornia and southern Oregon until about two years ago. In 1911 he purchased his pres- ent home, becoming the owner of a tract of one hundred and sixty acres, one-half of which is devoted to the cultivation of the crops best adapted to soil and climate. Be- cause of the mineral springs found upon his place he is conducting a health resort there, his property being known as Bybee Springs, so called because of the fact that the orig- inal owner was William Bybee. It lies within fifteen miles of Woodville on Evans creek and here are entertained many invalids. Mr. Galbreath bought the place when his wife was an invalid, having been in very poor health for five years. Sinee her arrival here her health has been entirely restored owing to the curative properties of the waters and the fine climate of the distriet. Mr. Gal- breath gives his entire time to the manage- ment of his ranch and resort, yet he is the owner of placer mines in Siskiyou county, California.

On the 27th of November, 1894, Mr. Gal- breath was married to Miss Mamie John- son, who was born in Pennsylvania, June 11, 1874, and went to California with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Johnson, who are now residents of Ashland, Oregon. Her girlhood days were spent in the Golden state. By her marriage she became the mother of three children, Clyde, Alden and Bernice, all of whom were born at Yreka, Siskiyou county, California, where Mr. and Mrs. Gal- breath made their home from the time of their marriage until their removal to their ranch near Woodville. They have become well known and have gained many friends here, although having lived in this district for less than two years. Their many sub- stantial traits of character are recognized and Mr. Galbreath is proving his worth as an enterprising and progressive business man.

CHARLES EDWARDS has been a west- erner sinee boyhood, coming to California in the early '50s. He owns two hundred acres of timber land in the Golden state and forty acres in Josephine county, Oregon, near Murphy, where he has made his home for many years. He was born in Louisiana, April 17, 1842, a son of Hiller and Eliza (Fluker) Edwards, and is one of four chil-

dren born to his parents. After receiving a common-school education in his native state he left Louisiana and the parental roof at the age of about thirteen years and by ox teams crossed the plains to California. On arriving in the latter state he obtained em- ployment in the mines, for a time, and also was one of a threshing machine erew, work- ing at sewing bags. While in California he acquired two hundred acres of valuable timber land, which he still owns. Later in life, he removed to Oregon, and purchased forty acres of land in Josephine county, near Murphy, and upon that property he has since made his home.

Charles Edwards is a democrat and has al- ways taken interest in publie affairs. He has long been recognized as one of Josephine county's valued and honored citizens and has great faith in the future of his section of the country. He is a man of genial dis- position, optimistic and warm-hearted, and these qualities have gained for him a large number of personal friends and have made him well liked in the community in which he lives. Among his most valued posses- sions is an heirloom in the form of a violin, which is about two hundred years old. This instrument he cherishes highly and would not think of parting with it.

OLUF BOREN. One of the leading play- wrights of the country has deseribed Amer- ica as "the melting pot" into which are poured the various nationalities of Europe to become fused into a strong race. It is a self-evident faet that the great majority of those who come from foreign lands to the new world manifest the utmost loyalty to their adopted country and advocate and support its free institutions and its meth- ods of government. Among this number, in Astoria, is Oluf Boren, who was born in Sweden, April 18, 1845, a son of John and Catherine Boren, who were also natives of that country, where they spent their entire lives. Their family numbered thirteen ehil- dren, of whom twelve, six sons and six daughters, are living and married.

Oluf Boren spent the days of his boyhood and youth in Sweden and pursued his educa- tion in the public schools of that country. He also learned the tailor's trade there and eondueted a shop for nineteen years. In 1886 he erossed the Atlantie to America and first settled in Valley City, Barnes county, North Dakota, where he remained for a year. He then went to Tacoma, Washington, where he worked at the mason's trade for some time, after which he spent a brief period in California. In 1890 he arrived in As- toria, Oregon, where he has sinee lived. Here he is doing general contraet work, his business steadily increasing. in volume and importance. At the present time he is ex- ecuting a large city contraet and his ability well entitles him to the liberal patronage which he is accorded. Prospering as the years went by, he is now one of the sub- stantial business men of Astoria and owns a fine property here.

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Mr. Boren was married, in Sweden, and to him were born four children, Martha K., Olna, Christina and Jens, all of whom are married and live in Sweden. The wife and mother died April 3, 1909. Oluf Boren is a republican but not an office seeker, although he is interested in politics and keeps in touch with the vital questions and issues of the day. His religious belief is that of the Swedish Lutheran church and his prin- ciples are such as commend him to the con- fidence and high regard of his fellowmen, who find him trustworthy in business and reliable in every circumstance of life. He has never had occasion to regret his deter- mination to come to the new world, for he has liere found the opportunities which he sought and in the use of the advantages which America offers he has won a credit- able position in the business world.

HON. JOSEPH T. BRIDGES is among the well known and successful merchants of Oak- land, Oregon. He was born at Santa Rosa, California, February 4, 1868, and is a son of Daniel and Eusebia M. (Owens) Bridges. The father was a native of Tennessee and in 1852 crossed the plains to California during the time of the gold excitement, and after arriving in that state he spent a number of years in mining. He later lo- cated in Santa Rosa, Sonoma county, and there engaged in the building and contract- ing business. During the time in which he was identified with that business he assisted in building the academy at Santa Rosa. In 1871 he purchased land near Yoncalla, Doug- las county, Oregon, and for several years was successfully engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He later returned to Tennessee, where he now lives.

Joseph T. Bridges was three years old when his parents removed to Douglas county and there he was reared and received his early education in the public schools. He remained under the parental roof until he was sev- enteen years of age, at which time he en- gaged in farming for himself. Later he was associated with W. A. Perkins in the mer- cantile business in Drain, this county, and continued in that partnership from 1889 until 1898, during which time he had charge of the store and was also engaged in the lumber business, being a member of the Hudson Mill Lumber Company. On June 2, 1898, Mr. Bridges was appointed by Presi- dent Mckinley, registrar of the United States land office at Roseburg. He immediately disposed of his interests in the mercantile business and on July 1, of that year, as- sumed the duties connected with the land office, in which position he continued for seven years. In 1909 he went to Cordova, Alaska, and there engaged in the mercantile business. In 1910 he returned to Oakland, Oregon, and again established himself in the mercantile business, with which he has since been successfully identified.

Mr. Bridges was united in marriage to Miss Belle Holyfield, a native of Union City, Indiana. She received her elementary educa- tion in the public schools and later com-

pleted a course in the Central Oregon State Normal School. To Mr. and Mrs. Bridges two children have been born: Audrey B., who is the wife of Dr. S. C. Endicott, a den- tist of Brandon, Oregon; and Rolston, who is engaged in work in his father's store. Mr. Bridges has always been a loyal mem- ber of the republican party. In 1894 he was elected to the Oregon state legislature and served in the session of 1895 as chairman of the committee on corporations. During that session Mr. Dolph, who was at that time a senatorial candidate, had as his opponent for that office Mr. McBridge. The contest for the election was most intense, and when it was finally known that there was no chance for the election of Mr. Dolph, Mr. Bridges was the forty-fifth man to change his vote which resulted in the election of Mr. Mc- Bridge. Mr. Bridges was instrumental in having the appropriation bill of five thou- sand dollars for the State Normal School at Drain pass the house, which bill was later defeated in the senate. In 1896 he, was elected to the legislature by a handsome ma- jority, and in 1900, on the organization of the first board of regents for the Central Oregon State Normal School at Drain, he was appointed by Governor T. T. Geer as regent for a term of six years, and has the distinction of having been elected the first president of the board of regents and was later reelected to the same position for a second term. While in Cordova, Alaska, he was elected president of the chamber of commerce which position he held during his residence in that territory. In 1910 he was elected to represent the republicans of Cor- dova at the territorial convention at Juneau and endeavored to secure the nomination of John Goodel, who is a brother-in-law of the late Governor Benson, as territorial delegate to congress.

Mr. Bridges has fraternal relations with Laurel Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M .; Eu- gene Chapter, R. A. M .; Oregon Consistory, No. 1, A. A. S. R .; and Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. of Portland. He also holds membership in the Ivanhoe Commandery No. 2, K. P., of Eugene, and Mountain Lodge No. 103, I. O. O. F. of Drain of which he is past noble grand. He is also a member of the Pacific Encampment No. 34 of which he is past patriarch. He is also affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the An- cient Order of United Workmen and the Woodmen of the World. Mr. and Mrs. Bridges are members of the Christian church. Mr. Bridges is one of the most widely known citizens of his part of Oregon and is a man whose well known reputation for integrity places him by public opinion with the en- terprising and useful citizens of his county and state.

JOHN A. MASON is a prosperous and en- terprising farmer of Lane county. He has al- ways been deeply interested in educational work in his district, where he has served as a member of the school board for the past twenty years. He was born in Sweden, August 23, 1865. His parents, both of whom

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The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 146

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