The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 18

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

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Fraternally Mr. Stolz is a charter member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Knights of the Maccabees. He also holds membership in the Commercial Club and is one of the prominent members of the Civic Improvement Society. He is commander of Sedgwick Post, G. A. R., of Salem, of which he is a charter member. Politically he is a republican. In 1901 he was elected council- man for the third ward and he has served as chairman of the committee on health and police. In 1907, being reelected, he served two terms as chairman of the committee on streets and public property. He is also a member of the accounts and current expense committee and the fire and water committee. Such is the life history of Gideon Stolz who is known as a dependable man in any relation and in any emergency. His right conception of things and his habitual regard for all that is best are notable assets in his career. His cordiality of address has gained him many friends while his genuine personal worth has won for him well merited confidence and trust.

REV. W. J. GARDNER has been actively identified with the moral progress of Ore- gon as the founder of the Methodist Episco- pal church at Cottage Grove and the builder of the houses of worship used by the con- gregations of that denomination at Creswell and Goshen. While active in the ministry, he has also for ten years, from 1898 to 1908, followed farming and at the time of the Civil war he served actively in defense of the Union, for which service the government now grants him a pension. He is at the pres- ent time living retired, having entered into superannuated relations with his conference, and receives a pension from the same, his home being in Cottage Grove.

The Rev. W. J. Gardner was born in Eng- land, August 3, 1845, a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Spilsted) Gardner, who were also natives of that country. The family emi- grated to the United States in 1849, settling in New York, while later they became resi- dents of Illinois, their home being in the vicinity of Chicago. There the father was employed in railroad work until 1853, when he passed away at the age of thirty-four years. In the family were five children, of whom one son and two daughters, Edward, Elizabeth and Mercy, all died of cholera in Chicago in 1854. Another daughter, Mary, passed away in Iowa in 1907, and the Rev. W. J. Gardner, of this review, completes the family. After the death of the father, the mother married again, her second husband being H. W. Short. Subsequently they re- moved to Iowa, where both passed away, the death of Mrs. Short occurring when she

was sixty-eight years of age. By her second marriage she became the mother of three children: Mercy, deceased; Edward; and Alexander, of Newton, Iowa.

W. J. Gardner was about four years of age when brought by his parents to America and was a lad of only eight years at the time of his father's death. He was then sent to live with a Mr. Piper, with whom he resided for three years, and from that time until he reached the age of seventeen years he was variously employed and at- tended school at Dixon, Illinois. With the outbreak of the Civil war his patriotic spirit was aroused and on the 15th of August, 1862, he enlisted for service as a member of Company A, Seventy-fifth Illinois Infan- try, with which he served for about three years, or until the close of the war, being honorably discharged June 12, 1865. He par- ticipated in a large number of important engagements was never

wounded throughout the entire period of hostilities, although he took part in many important battles, including Perryville, Lookout Moun- tain, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, the first and second engagements of Buzzards Roost, Rocky Face, Resaca, Pumpkin Vine Creek, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Smyrna Camp Ground, Peach Tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy Station, Frank- lin and Nashville.

With a most creditable military record Rev. Gardner returned to the north and set- tled upon a homestead in western Iowa, where he resided until 1873. While follow- ing farming there he prepared for the min- istry and entered actively upon the work of preaching the gospel in connection with the Methodist Episcopal church. For fifteen years he was identified with the ministry of that denomination in northwest Iowa and Dakota Territory. He was licensed to preach and began his work on the home charge, The Maple Valley circuit, in February, 1873. In November of that year he was sent to Richland, Dakota, and during his two years' pastorate there had fair success in institut- ing new work. In 1875 he united with the Northwest Iowa Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church and was sent to Gayville, Dakota, Lodi also becoming a part of his charge the second year. He remained at Gayville for three years. In 1877 he was ordained deacon by Bishop Andrews and in 1878 was sent to Correctionville, Iowa, where a great revival was held and during the second year of his pastorate there he built the first church in the place. In 1880 he was ordained elder by Bishop Warren and went to Smithland. He held many revivals and built two churches, one at Lucky Valley, the other at Oto. Many were added to the church and one new charge named Palestine was organized and added to the Sioux City district of the North West Iowa Conference. In the fall of 1882 he was sent to Vail, Iowa, and held two revivals, one at Vail and the other at Deloit, building a church at the lat- ter place. In 1884 he went to Rockwell City, where he received one hundred into the church, and in 1885 he removed to Lake City,

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where he held a revival, many being added to the church. During his second year there his health failed and he returned to liis old home at Mapleton, Iowa. After being some- what improved he supplied the Danbury pulpit for nine months and was in the midst of a good work when he had an opportunity to sell his home and follow the advice that had been given him to go to Oregon for the benefit of his health. He arrived in this state in April, 1888, and settled in Lost Valley, Lane county. By fall his health had so far improved that he asked for some home mission work. The church then or- ganized what was called Dexter circuit, in- cluding most of the southern portion of Lane county. His appointments were Dex- ter, Cloverdale, Goshen, Creswell, Cottage Grove and Mosby Creek. There was not a dollar's worth of church property on the field when he took charge. He found fifty- three members of the church at these scat- tered appointments. He held his first revival meeting in Oregon, at Cottage Grove, and organized the society on Thanksgiving even- ing, November 29, 1888, with twenty-seven charter members. This society now has about three hundred members, has ten thou- sand dollars' worth of property and pays its pastor eighteen hundred dollars a year. Rev. Gardner held a meeting with good results at Goshen later in the year and the second year built a church at Creswell at a cost of three thousand dollars and a parsonage for five hundred dollars. Commencing with the third year he held an excellent revival with seventy-two additions to the church. At the close of his fourth year he built a church at Goshen at a cost of fourteen hun- dred dollars and bought the Presbyterian church in Cottage Grove. At the end of four years on this circuit there were three churches, one parsonage and a membership of over two hundred. In 1892 he was sent to Canby, Oregon, where he held good reviv- als, a number uniting with the church. He also spent much time in settling up old ac- counts for the church and after two years he went to Hubbard, Oregon, where the church was in a run-down condition. He lield excellent revivals at Marquam and Mol- alla and started a church building at Glad- tidings, but his health was poor and he could not do what he desired. In 1896 he went to Brownsville, Oregon, where all of the churches united in a great revival, but Mr. Gardner's strenuous labors brought on an attack of apoplexy and paralysis while speaking in the pulpit. He had, therefore, to resign his work at the end of the first year. In 1897 he supplied Mehama, preach- ing once each Sunday. At the end of the conference year in October, 1898, he changed his Lost Valley property for property three miles below Cottage Grove, where he lived for ten years, conducting a small dairy farm and preaching in outside appointments on Sunday. The last two years he preached to his neighbors at Saginaw, giving his services and helping to build a small new church, costing about fifteen hundred dollars. In October, 1908, he removed to Cottage

Grove, where he is now waiting the last roll call.

On the 14th of March, 1868, Rev. Gardner was married to Miss Susanna Smith, a na- tive of Pennsylvania. Their marriage was celebrated in Iowa, where Rev. Gardner then lived, and to them five children were born: Myrtle M., who married L. H. Morgan, of Saginaw, Oregon, and who has six children; Leonard, of Salem, who is married and has four children; Alma, the wife of L. P. Ben- nett, of Salem, by whom she has two chil- dren; W. J. and Grace, twins, who are both married and each of whom has one child, the former residing in Sacramento, Califor- nia, and the latter the wife of Ansel Wood, living in Cottage Grove.

In his political faith Mr. Gardner is a re- publican but has never given much time nor attention to politics. He belongs to Appo- mattox Post, No. 34, G. A. R., Department of Oregon, and thus maintains pleasant rela- tions with his old army comrades. He is well known in his home city and has a large acquaintance through various sections of Oregon, where he preached for a number of years. During the time of his business and professional activity he was the means of accomplishing great good in Iowa and Ore- gon and his name is honored wherever he is known. He was a strong and eloquent speaker and, imbued with a firm belief in the doctrines which he taught, he influenced many into choosing the better path of life and his good work goes on in the lives of those who have come under his ministry.

BENJAMIN F. SCAIEFE, B. S., M. D., is a well known representative of the medical profession in Eugene, practicing as a mem- ber of the firm of Bartle & Scaiefe. He holds to high standards in his professional labors and manifests marked ability in the practice of both medicine and surgery. He was born in Effingham county, Illinois, Sep- tember 22, 1865, and is a son of James M. and Harriet (Kitchel) Scaiefe. In the pater- nal line he comes of an old southern family while his maternal ancestors were from New York. The Scaiefes are of Scotch descent while the Kitchels come of German lineage. The Doctor's parents were pioneers of Illinois where they settled at an early date. The Kitchel family early established their home northwest of the city of Springfield. The Doctor's father engaged in stock-raising and became a well known and highly respected business man of the community in which lie made his home.

Dr. Scaiefe was educated in the public schools, in the high school at Altamont and in the Washington University of St. Louis, Missouri. He read medicine under the direc- tion of Doctor George Schlagenhuf of Alta- mont, Illinois, who directed his reading dur- ing 1883 and 1884. The degree of Bachelor of Science was conferred upon him by the Washington University of St. Louis in 1886. He then entered the St. Louis Medical Col- lege and was graduated in 1887 with the degree of M. D. He afterward took charge of a sanitarium at Saylor, Springs, Illinois,

DR. B. F. SCAIEFE

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where he continued for seventeen years, doing valuable work there along professional lines. During the winter seasons throughout that period he engaged in active practice in St. Louis. In 1906 he removed to Eugene and purchased an interest in the business of Doctor Phillip Bartle, with whom he still re- mains in partnership. His pronounced ability has gained him recognition as a leading physician of Eugene and in addition to the large private practice which is now accorded him he is serving on the staff of the Eugene hospital. He belongs to the Lane County Medical Society, The Oregon State Medical Society and the American Medical Associa- tion and keeps in close touch with the ad- vancement of the profession through the proceedings of these different organizations. Doctor Scaiefe was married to Miss Sarah E. Davis, a daughter of Henry and Martha Davis, of Altamont, and they have become the parents of five children: Ethel May, Marguerite A., the wife of John A. Farre, of Portland; Benjamin F .; Joseph W .; and Paul. Doctor Scaiefe has always been inter- ested in the cause of education and intends that his children have good advantages along that line. He was a trustee of Ewing Col- lege in Ewing, Illinois, and was also a mem- ber of the Baptist church while there. He was a director of the Clay County State Bank at Louisville, Illinois, but resigned when he came to Eugene. His fraternal rela- tions are with Eugene Lodge, No. 11, F. & A. M .; Eugene Chapter, No. 10, R. A. M .; Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 2, K. T .; and Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Doctor Scaiefe exemplifies in his life the beneficent spirit of the Masonic fraternity and is loyal to its teachings. The greater part of his time and attention is given to his business and at all times he holds to a high stand- ard of professional ethics. He is a constant student of the science of medicine and his labors have been attended by a measure of success that places him in a prominent posi- tion among the successful physicians and surgeons of Eugene.

JESSE G. HODGES is the owner of one of the most productive and valuable farms in Douglas county, comprising three hundred and seventy acres in Scotts valley. His birth oc- curred in Grande Ronde, Union county, Ore- gon, on the 4th of January, 1864, his parents being Calaway and Elizabeth (Belieu) Hodges, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Missouri. Calaway Hodges crossed the plains to Oregon with his parents in 1847, the journey being made with ox teams. Monroe Hodges, the paternal grandfather of our sub- ject, took a donation claim in Benton county, on which the town of Wells has since been built. In 1848, at the time of the gold dis- covery in California, Calaway Hodges went to the gold fields and there followed mining for about three years. Returning to Benton county, Oregon, he took up a donation claim adjoining that of his father and was soon afterward married. At the end of several years he sold his claim and removed to Coles valley in Douglas county, while subsequently

he spent several years in Linn county. He next took up his abode in Jackson county and has there remained to the present time, now residing in Phoenix at the age of eighty- three years. The period of his residence in the west covers more than six decades and he is honored as one of its pioneer settlers and one whose work has aided largely in its development. His wife was the daughter of Rev. Leander Belieu, a Methodist Episcopal minister, who in 1845 crossed the plains to Oregon with ox teams, locating with his family in Benton county, where he took up a donation claim. In 1849 he went to the Cali- fornia gold fields and, dying on the return voyage, was taken off the boat and buried on an island. Mrs. Elizabeth (Belieu) Hodges passed away in 1906 and was buried in Med- ford cemetery.

Jesse G. Hodges was reared under the pa- rental roof and attended the public schools in the acquirement of an education. When fifteen years of age his father removed to the Spo- kane district of Washington, where the fam- ily home was maintained for twelve years. As a youth of nineteen Jesse Hodges began ' his career as a stage driver, driving from Spokane into Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and later from the old Catholic mission into Wardner, Idaho. He made the first track ever made into Wardner with a six-horse stage, the few families who had come into that place having used pack animals. At the end of five years he abandoned the stage route and purchased a horse ranch eighteen miles east of Spokane, raising horses for four years. In the spring of 1892 he removed with his family to Med- ford, Oregon, where for about eighteen years he was engaged in land speculation. In June, 1910, he brought his family to the country and purchased his present ranch of three hundred and seventy acres in Scotts valley, one of the most productive and valuable farms in Douglas county. In its operation he has met with gratifying success and well deserves recognition among the prosperous and representative citizens of his native state.

In 1888 Mr. Hodges was united in marriage to Miss Emma Lewis, of Wardner, Idaho, by whom he has nine children, namely: Terrence D .; Vincie, who is the wife of Benjamin Wet- zel, of San Francisco, California; Clarence J .; Jesse J .; Mildred; Everett L .; Mary E .; and Thomas M. and Edna, twins. All are still at home except the daughter, Vincie. In politics Mr. Hodges is independent, sup- porting men and measures without regard to party affiliation and never seeking office for himself. His wife is a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Throughout his life he has been actuated by laudable ambition and strong determination that has enabled him to overcome all difficulties and obstacles and make continuous advancement on the highroad to prosperity.

D. G. HORN. In the upbuilding of the towns of southern and eastern Oregon there has been little evidence of the lack of oppor- tunities felt elsewhere. With the rapid build- ing of railroads throughout the northwest it

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has been a comparatively easy thing to bring each new town into close connection with the outside world, thus enabling its pop- ulation to obtain whatever must be purchased elsewhere and to ship its prod- ucts to other markets. With the develop- ment of business there is ever a demand for the medium of exchange that a bank affords and, recognizing this fact, D. G. Horn became active in developing the banking interests of Bonanza, purchasing an interest in the institution known as the Bank of Bonanza in July, 1909. He has reorganized it and has since been active in its control and in formulating its policy. Thus he has come to be ranked with the progressive citizens of the northwest that have come to this section from the Mississippi valley. He was born in Fultonhám, Muskingum county, Ohio, October 26, 1857, and is a son of John and Amanda (Moore) Horn, also natives of that county. From Ohio they removed to eastern Kansas, where both passed away, Mr. Horn at the age of seventy-two years, his wife at the age of sixty-seven. He had been a farmer and stock-raiser, thus supporting his family of seven sons and two daughters, of whom eight are yet living.

D. G. Horn was reared in the Sunflower state and afterward spent several years in traveling over the United States, working as a laborer and seeing the country. He was married in August, 1884, and then returned to Ohio, residing at the place of his birth and cultivating the old homestead for two years. He afterward spent two years in Iowa and about twenty years in Nebraska before com- ing to Oregon. Throughout his entire life he has been identified with farming interests and is still the owner of a ranch of three hundred and twenty acres of Langells val- ley, Klamath county. He resides, however, at Bonanza and in July, 1909, he purchased an interest in the Bank of Bonanza, with which his son John S. was previously identified. He then reorganized the bank, raised the capi- tal stock to twenty thousand dollars and became president of the institution, his son, however, filling the position of cashier and being the active man of the bank. The other official is Jacob Rueck, of Yonna, who is the vice president. D. G. Horn is also treasurer of the Horsefly Irrigation District, which was the first district organized under the state irrigation law. He is actively interested in all that pertains to the welfare and upbuild- ing of his community, has been president of the Bonanza Commercial Club since its organi- zation and is clerk of the board of education.

Mr. Horn was united in marriage to Miss Lucretia C. Horn, a native of Iowa and a daughter of Solomon S. Horn. They have had five children: John S., cashier of the bank; Stanley,who died at the age of two years; Gladys M .; Dewey; and Bernice M. In his fraternal relations Mr. Horn is an Odd Fellow and is faithful to the teachings of that society. In politics he has always been an earnest republican, believing that the prin- ciples of the party contain the best elements of good government. He is recognized as a self-made man, for at the age of fourteen

years he ran away from home and has since made his own way in the world. He has every reason to be proud of what he has ac- complished, for he today occupies a promi- nent and honorable position in agricultural and financial circles. His record proves that industry will overcome obstacles and, com- bined with honest purpose, will win success.

RICHARD H. SHACKLETT has been a resident of Lane county since 1887 and has lived retired in Eugene since 1889. He is a veteran of the Civil war, having served on the Confederate side in that conflict during the entire period of hostilities. He was born in Meade county, Kentucky, December 17, 1837, and is the son of Richard and Mahala (Allen) Shacklett. His family is of English extraction, dating back many generations, his ancestors being among the early English emigrants who established their place of residence originally in the state of Pennsyl- vania. The paternal grandparent of Richard H. Shacklett was a major in the War of 1812. Removing at a very early day to Kentucky, he settled in that portion of the state where the city of Louisville is now located, and at this place the father of the subject of this review was born. His paternal grandparent later removed to Meade county, Kentucky, and there established his home, on a farm where he lived throughout the remainder of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shacklett were united in wedlock in Kentucky and in 1852 removed to Scotland county, Missouri, and at that place some of the family still maintain their residence.

Richard H. Shacklett was reared and edu- cated in his father's home and on attaining his majority was engaged in farming until the opening of the Civil war, when he enlisted in Company C, Martin Greene's Regiment, Confederate Infantry. He was later trans- ferred to Pindell's Battalion of Sharpshooters and was on duty in Louisiana at the time of the surrender of his command. He re- ceived his parole at Shreveport, Louisiana, and was accorded free transportation by the Federal government to his home in Missouri. After the close of the war he resumed farm- ing which he followed until 1887. In that year he disposed of his landed interests in that state and removed to Oregon, settling on a farm in Lane county. There he remained for two years and at the end of that time partially retired from business and estab- lished his residence at Eugene, of which place he has since been a resident.

Mr. Shacklett has been twice married. His first union was with Delcena Woods, a daugh- ter of Uriah Woods, whose family were na- tives of Tennessee. Mrs. Shacklett died in 1900, and Mr. Shacklett was again married, his second union being with Miss Amelia Smith of Lane county, this state. She was born, however, in Kentucky.

Mr. Shacklett is a member of Eugene lodge, No. 11, A. F. & A. M., having become a member of the Masonic order when twenty- two years of age. He is also a member of Eugene Chapter R. A. M., No. 10. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian

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church, he being one of the ruling elders. Time has dealt kindly with Mr. Shacklett and, notwithstanding the hardships through which his path of life has led, he has sur- vived not only the march and camp and battle feats of war, but through all the vicissitudes of toil and business conflicts he is now, in the evening of life, in possession of all his nat- ural powers, and is keenly alive to all the vital issues of interest to the public. He is ever ready to cooperate and lend his influence to the advancement of all issues seeking the improvement of the people throughout his state and county.

LLOYD SPIRES, well known in Coos coun- ty, where for a long period he has been con- nected with general agricultural pursuits, now makes his home near Myrtle Point and is one of the partners in the Spires Drug Company there. He was born in California, April 22, 1857, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Graves) Spires, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Indiana. The former came to Oregon in 1850 across the plains and settled on a donation land claim near Salem. In 1852 he went to the gold fields in California, where he remained until 1885. He then returned to Oregon and settled in Coos county, near Myrtle Point, making his home there to the time of his death, which occurred in 1896. His wife passed away in 1873. In their family were eight children, five of whom are now deceased. Two daugh- ters still survive, Ella and Alice. The former is the wife of W. T. Lehnherr, living near Myrtle Point, Oregon. He was one of the early settlers of this state, coming to the northwest with his father, who founded the town of Myrtle Point. Unto him and his wife have been born five children. Alice Spires is the wife of F. S. Crouch, of Calistoga, Cali- fornia, where he follows farming, and they have two children.

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The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 18

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