The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 60

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

USA > Oregon > The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912 > Part 60

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

ENOS S. McDONALD has since the summer of 1876 resided in the Chewaucan valley and has aided largely in reducing its wild lands to a state of fertility and productiveness, his time being given to the improvement of his ranch and to the raising of stock. He was born in Overton county. Tennessee, March 11, 1850, and is a son of James and Salinda (Elder) McDonald, both of whom were natives of Tennessee, in which state the father died when his son Enos was but six years of age. The mother's death occurred in Tennessee after Enos McDonald left that state. The father was a farmer by occupation and in tilling the soil provided for the support of his family, which numbered eleven children.

Enos S. McDonald continued a resident of Tennessee until 1876, when he came to the Willamette valley of Oregon and for a short time was a resident of Linn county. Later in the year, however, he removed to the Chewaucan valley in Lake county. where he has since made his home and throughout the entire period of thirty-six years has been con- nected with ranching and stock-raising. He is now the owner of one hundred and forty- five acres in his ranch in addition to moun-

407

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

tain lands, and in connection with- John B. Elder he owns a ranch of one hundred and sixty acres, upon which they both reside, this place being pleasantly and conveniently situated about a mile and a half south of Paisley. Mr. McDonald puts up about two hundred tons of hay annually and employs twelve men during the harvest season. He is winning substantial success in his busi- ness affairs and his sound judgment and unfaltering industry are evidenced in the prosperity which he has obtained.

W. H. PARKER, one of the well known photographers of Salem, where he has been successfully conducting a gallery for a num- ber of years, was born in Michigan, on the 16th of October, 1877. He is a son of W. D. and Sarah (Heath) Parker, also natives of Michigan, where the father is still liv- ing but the mother passed away in 1911. They were the parents of four children, three of whom are still living.

In his life and achievements, W. H. Parker is an excellent example of what it is pos- sible for a man to attain through his own efforts, as he has been entirely dependent upon himself since he was a lad of nine years. Despite the fact that he became self- supporting at an age when the average lad is hardly able to earn his own spending money, he succeeded in obtaining a very good education, completing a high-school course, after which he spent two years in a theological seminary. During his early years he followed such occupations as presented themselves, giving up a position whenever he found anything else that proved more lucrative or offered better advantages. He subsequently learned photography and by the time he had attained his majority he had succeeded in accumulating sufficient capital to engage in business for himself at Plainville, Georgia, but very soon thereafter he had the misfortune to lose his gallery by fire. This necessitated his beginning over, so he once more entered the employ of others, continu- ing to work on a salary until he had acquired tlie means to again engage in business. Returning to his native state, he established a gallery at Harbor Springs, Michigan, where he was located for nine years, meet- ing with success. At the expiration of that time he disposed of his enterprise, came to Salem, and purchased a studio that he has ever since been conducting. Mr. Parker is an artist of unquestioned merit, possessing excellent taste in posing and the arrange- ment of groups as well as a keen appre- ciation of the value of light and shade and turns out work that bespeaks skill and care- ful study. During the period of his resiz dence here he has succeeded in building up a very good patronage and his business is constantly increasing. His studio is taste- fully furnished and fully equipped with ev- erything essential to the successful conduct of a first-class gallery, and as he is a man of pleasing personality who accords all vis- itors gracious and courteous treatment, he has become very popular.

In 1905, Mr. Parker was united in marriage to Miss Pearl E. Ellis, who was born and reared in Michigan, and is a daughter of E. D. and Elizabeth Ellis. The father is a native of Ohio and the mother of England but they located in Michigan many years ago and there they continue to reside. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Parker, a little son, Edward M., whose birth occurred on the 26th of August, 1908.

Mr. and Mrs. Parker affiliate with the Methodist Episcopal church, and fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, being a member of Harbor Springs Lodge, No. 378, A. F. & A. M., of Harbor Springs, Michigan. In his political views he is an independent republican. Mr. Parker is an industrious and capable man of enterprising and progressive spirit, who is constantly striving to bring his work to a higher artistic standard and as a result is meeting with deserved success from both a commercial and artistic point of view.

PAUL JACOB BRATTAIN is a prominent and worthy resident of Paisley, where he maintains his home, while in Lake county he has extensive ranching and stock-raising interests. He was born in Phoenix, Jackson county, Oregon, February 19, 1870, his par- ents being Thomas Jefferson and Permelia Jane (Gillespie) Brattain: The father is de- ceased, while the mother resides on a ranch four miles south of Paisley. Their four chil- dren are: Maude, the wife of James Small, of Summer Lake; Judge Eldon, of Lakeview; Hazen Adelbert, who is on the ranch with his mother; and Paul Jacob. All three of the sons are graduates of the State University of Oregon, having been provided with liberal educational opportunities, and the eldest is now a practicing attorney.

Paul Jacob Brattain came with his parents to Lake county in his youthful days and has resided here during the greater part of the time since, although he spent seven years away at school, supplementing his early ad- vantages by a course in the State University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1894. He made high rank and was orator of his class. His natural ability in this direction has been well developed and he has made many public speeches, being ever able to hold the attention of his hearers. Since his graduation he has engaged in the cattle business, formerly associated with his father and now in partnership with his brother Hazen. They conduct a very extensive busi- ness, having the largest individual stock in- terests in Lake county, although two cor- porations in the county have larger interests. They run hundreds of head of stock upon their ranch and the extent and volume of their business has made them most successful men.

In 1899 Mr. Brattain was married to Miss Grace Geneva Mercer, who was born in Port- land, March 10, 1879, a daughter of James and Harriet (Warren) Mercer. The father was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1850, and the mother in Winnipeg, Canada, February 22,

408

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

1854. He died in Ohio, in 1883, and his wife in Lakeview, Oregon, in April, 1900. Mrs. Mercer went to Portland with her parents in 1854, being about five months old when the family crossed the plains. Mr. Mercer went to that city early in the '70s and they were married in Portland in 1877. He was a newspaper man and died in Ohio when on a. trip in the east. In 1886 his widow became the wife of Jesse Waters, of Roseburg, Ore- gon, who was a native of Virginia and is now deceased. Mrs. Brattain is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Mercer but her mother had two children by her second marriage, who were reared by Mrs. Brattain. The last named was the granddaughter of Charles James and Mary Ann (Bird) Warren, natives of London, England, and Winnipeg, Canada, respectively. The grandfather was a hard- ware merchant and became a well known business man of Portland, where both he and his wife died. They were the parents of seven children, the two eldest being born in Canada and the others in Oregon. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Brattain have been born five chil- dren, Paul Jacob, Hazel, Thomas Jefferson, Ruth and Maud, all born in Paisley and all yet at home. Mr. Brattain holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows but concentrates his energies most largely upon his business affairs which are of constantly growing volume and importance. He has worked his way steadily upward until he is now a leader among the stock-raisers of southern Oregon, bringing to the manage- ment of his business keen sagacity, sound judgment and unabating energy.

FRANK A. TOPPING, one of the early set- tlers of Oregon living on the old Powell fam. ily homestead, situated near Williams, was born in Illinois, a son of Oscar F. and Eliza- beth E. (Powell) Topping, in whose family were five children. J. F. Powell, the father of Mrs. Elizabeth E. Topping, came to Ore- gon in 1850 and took up a donation claim of one hundred and sixty acres, and to this place his daughter later added forty acres by purchase. On Mr. Powell's death in 1900 he willed his land to his daughter, her com- bined holdings being then two hundred acres. The place has thus continued to be owned by the family and is the only piece of prop- erty on Williams creek which has not passed out of the hands of the original owners or their heirs.

Frank A. Topping was given a good com- mon-school education in the state of Ore- gon. He accompanied his parents on the trip to that state, the journey being made on the first Central Pacific train to cross the country. The family settled in Josephine county, where was located the donation claim of. Mrs. Topping's father, and to the improve- ment of that property Oscar F. Topping and his son Frank gave their undivided attention for many years. In addition the father homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres, which he afterward sold. Frank A. Top- ping has continued to make the old Powell farm his home. His father passed away about 1902. He engages in diversified farming and makes a specialty of raising hay and grain.

Mr. Topping was married October 12, 1892, to Miss Mary Gill, a native of Oregon, and to them have been born two children, Wil- liam R. and Josephine, both living at home. Mr. Topping is a member of the Patrons of Husbandmen Lodge, an organization in which he takes considerable interest. He is one of the most respected men of the community, where he has long been an advocate of the temperance cause, being a pronounced pro- hibitionist. The family are well liked and all of its members are esteemed for their qualities of character and heart.

WILLIAM H. BORING, an honored veteran of the Civil war, is now living retired at Bor- ing, which city was named in his honor. He was born in Greene county, Illinois, Febru- ary 26, 1841, his parents being Dorsey and Susanna (Melvin) Boring, the father a native of Maryland, and the mother of Tennessee. They were married in Illinois, where the father resided until his death, which occurred in 1852. The mother died in 1884. Through- out his entire life the father followed the occupation of farming. In his family were three children: George, of Clarence, Missouri; one who died in infancy; and William H., of this review.

William H. Boring grew to manhood in his native state and received a common-school education. He remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age, when he en- listed for service in the Civil war, joining Company D, of the Thirty-third regiment of Illinois Infantry. The line of movement of his regiment during the war was a very interesting one. He was in the following places in engagements: Fredericktown, Mis- souri; Cash River, Arkansas; Fort Gibson, Mississippi; Jackson, Mississippi; Black River Bridge; the siege of Vicksburg; and the battles of Oppolusus Bayou; Fort Esper- anza, Texas; and Mobile, Alabama. At the

expiration of his term of service, in 1863, he reenlisted in the same regiment with which he served until the close of the war. During his service he was wounded six times and now receives a pension of seventeen dollars per month. At the close of the war Mr. Bor- ing returned to Illinois and operated his father's farm for five years. In June, 1874, he came to Oregon and settled in Clackamas county, where he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of timber land. He resided on this farm until January, 1911, when he retired from active life. He now resides in a beautiful home in Boring, which town was named in honor of him when it was started in 1901, at the time of the building of the O. W. P. electric line.

In 1867 Mr. Boring wedded Miss Sarah Wilder, the daughter of Samuel and Margaret Jane Wilder, the father a native of Tennes- see and the mother of Kentucky. The par- ents were married in Illinois, in which state the father was engaged in farming. The mother died November 14, 1868, and the father, June 3, 1893, in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which they took an active part. In their fam- ily were six children, of whom Mrs. Boring is

411

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

the eldest. The others are: Frances, who now lives in Kansas and is the wife of Bruce Baker; William, who is a Methodist minister and is president of the Lew C. Webb Deacon- ess College, of Washington, D. C .; Milton, of Baldwin, Kansas; Jennie, who is the wife of S. L. Bay, of Richmond, Missouri; and Oscar, a resident of Bloomington, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Boring have been born two children, but the younger, Elsie, died in in- fancy. The elder, Orville Wilder, was born in 1879. He is a graduate of the normal course of the Portland University and in 1905 mar- ried Miss Lucy Parrott, who was born in Minnesota and came to Oregon with her par- ents when a child. The father died in 1898 but her mother is now living near Boring. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Boring have two sons: Lester L., born June 12, 1906; and Orville W., born October 31, 1910.

Mr. Boring and his family are active work- ers in the Methodist Episcopal church. He has ever been an active and progressive man and especially deserves mention in this work as an honored veteran of the Civil war. He stands as an advocate of all that tends to advance the welfare of his community along material, social, political, intellectual and moral lines and is a worthy representa- tive of the highest type of American citizen- ship.

DR. JAMES M. KEENE has been identi- fied with the business interests of Medford for the past fifteen years and during that time has succeeded in building up a large and lucrative practice. He is a native of Oregon, born in Marion county, on the 26th of Octo- ber, 1864. His father was the late D. M. Keene, who was born in eastern Tennessee, but came to Oregon in 1847 and was one of the early pioneers of Marion county. Here Mr. Keene met and married Miss Elizabeth Campbell, a native of Kentucky who came to this state as a child in 1843 with her par- ents. The mother is also deceased. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Keene numbered six children, all of whom are residents of this state with the exception of one son, who makes his home in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Reared at home, in the acquirement of his preliminary education, James M. Keene at- tended the public schools. Having decided to become a dentist, after attending school at Forest Grove he went to Philadelphia and pursued his professional studies in the Phila- delphia Dental College, graduating from that institution in 1888. Upon his return to Ore- gon he opened an office in Salem which he maintained for nine years. At the expira- tion of that time, in 1897, he came to Med- ford and has since been located here. Dur- ing the intervening years he has succeeded in building up a large and lucrative practice and is now numbered among the leading rep- resentatives of his profession in the state. He possesses unusual mechanical skill and is very efficient and thorough in all of his work. That he is progressive and enterprising is manifested by the modern methods he adopts and his finely equipped office, where are to be found the most recent appliances and devices Vol. IV-17

used in the practice of dentistry. He has always been identified with the various asso- ciations of his profession and has held a prominent position among his fellow prac- titioners in the state. Dr. Keene, having the greatest confidence in the future of his state, has invested extensively in land in this vicin- ity, and now has some valuable holdings. He is also a stockholder in the Medford National Bank and is one of the directors of this institution.

On the 23d of December, 1901, Dr. Keene was united in marriage to Miss Mollie Barne- burg, a native of Jackson county and a daugh- ter of the late Frederick and Elvetia Barne- burg, both of whom are deceased. The father was one of the early pioneers in this section of the state, having located here in 1852.

The political support of Dr. Keene is ac- corded to the republican party and he has always taken a very active interest in all governmental matters. He has for many years been a delegate to the state convention, and in 1904 he was a delegate to the national convention at Chicago. During the adminis- tration of Governor Lord he was appointed to the state dental board, and represented this body at the National Association of Dental Examiners, at Niagara Falls, in 1899. At that time he was elected the western mem- ber of the examining board of the National College committee. He is an enthusiastic member of the Medford Commercial Club and heartily indorses the various movements of this organization. Fraternally he is a charter member of Salem Lodge, No. 333, B. P. O. E. Dr. Keene is very popular in professional and business as well as social circles in Medford and is a most worthy representative of one of the prominent pioneer families. He is a nephew of Granville Keene who was killed by the Indians during the uprising in the Rogue river valley in 1855, on the banks of Keene creek, which was named in his honor.

R. E. BRADBURY. Successfully engaged in ranching in Klamath county not far from Klamath Falls, R. E. Bradbury is a native of the northwest and the spirit of enterprise that has led to the substantial development of this section of the country finds exempli- fication in his business activity. He was born in Portland, Oregon, July 10, 1880, and is a son of Clement and Flora Irene (Newcomb) Bradbury. The father was born in Columbia county, Oregon. The mother, a native of New York, crossed the plains on one of the first trains which ran into Ogden over the Union Pacific Railroad. From that point her journey was continued with ox teams to Ore- gon and in Columbia county she made the acquaintance of Clement Bradbury, who sought and won her hand in marriage. She died at Seaside, Oregon, in 1900. Clement Bradbury makes his home at Seaside. He has practically retired from business al- though he is still giving supervision to his real-estate interests, having made extensive investments at Seaside and in Josephine and Klamath counties. The family numbered seven children: R. E .; Sarah Etta, who lives with her father; Clement J., who lives with

412

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON

lıis elder brother; Clarissa A., the wife of Perry Gaines, of Klamath county; Helen, wlio died in Seattle, Washington, in 1909, when twenty years of age; Helen, who lives with her sister, Mrs. Gaines; and Irene, who is attending the Holmes Business College at Portland.

R. E. Bradbury spent the first four years of his life at Oak Point, Oregon, at the end of which time his parents removed to Sea- side, where he resided until 1906. He pur- sued liis education in the common sehools there and afterward worked in his father's dairy. In 1906 he came to Klamath eounty but the following year returned to Portland, where he was employed as a millwright in connection with the large mills of that city. He had always worked around machinery in his father's mill and his natural genius and acquired ability in that direction enabled him to command good positions. In May, 1911, Mr. Bradbury returned to Klamath county and became foreman in the building of the United States government dam and also of the Lost river diversion dam. In the spring of 1912 he took charge of his ranch adjoining the government projeet. This is a traet of two hundred and sixteen aeres and he is also looking after his father's prop- erty here, comprising four hundred acres. The two interests make large demands upon his time and energies and rank him as one of the representative, aetive and progressive young business men of the district.

In 1906 Mr. Bradbury was united in mar- riage to Miss Zara L. Young, a native of Marion county, Oregon, and a daughter of Milton Young. Their children are Aubra, Richard E., Maxine and Lyda Elaine. Mr. Bradbury votes with the democratic party, and his fraternal relations are with the Knights of Pythias at Seaside and with the Elks lodge at Astoria. He is a member of the Klamath Falls Chamber of Commerce and in this connection is greatly interested in all measures and movements put forth for the benefit and upbuilding of the community and the exploitation of its resources and ad- vantages.

FRANK A. SACCHI is one of the enterpris- ing, successful men of Marshfield where he is engaged in the general wholesale and retail milk business. He was born in Switzerland, June 29, 1868, and is a son of Ned and Ellen Sacchi. The father emigrated to America in 1884 settling first in' Plumas county, Cali- fornia, where he continued to live for a period of ten years and then returned to Switzerland where he died some time later, the mother having passed away in the early '70s. To Mr. and Mrs. Ned Sacchi five children were born: Frank A., who is the subject of this review; Antone, a resident of Coos county, Oregon; Judis, the wife of Theodore Marcollo, of Rich- mond, California; Ned, who still resides in Switzerland; and R. J., who makes his home with his brother Frank.

Frank A. Sacchi was reared at home and re- ceived his early education in the schools of Switzerland, and later completed a commer- cial course after settling in this country. At

the age of eighteen years he emigrated to America and settled in Humboldt county, California, and was there engaged in the operation of the creamery department of one of the well known dairies located in that county, for nine years. In 1895 he removed to Oregon and settled in Marshfield where he accepted a clerkship in a grocery store and in that occupation he continued for one year. He then established himself in the grocery business to which he added a de- partment devoted to the wholesale and retail milk business. In 1911 he sold his grocery stock, but retained the milk business, which he at once enlarged and more perfectly equipped and has since continued to devote his entire time to its interest. He is the owner of a fine home in Marshfield and also a residence property adjoining his home place.

Mr. Sacchi was united in marriage, in 1900, to Miss Etta Elrod, a native of North Bend, Oregon, and a daughter of William F. and Mary (Madden) Elrod, the former a native of Prince Edward Island and the latter of Nova Scotia. They celebrated their wedding in Marshfield at the Central Hotel, A. P. Owen officiating at the ceremony. The father passed away July 8, 1902, and the mother, who is still living, maintains her residence in Marshfield, where she is en- gaged in the millinery business. To Mr. and Mrs. Elrod four children were born: Etta and Frances, the former the wife of the subject of this review, and the latter the wife of Mr. McCloud, of Marshfield, Ore- gon; Mrs. L. F. Denning, who is a resident of Marshfield Oregon; and Iris, who is en- gaged as a salesman in the woolen mills of Marshfield.

To Mr. and Mrs. Saechi two children have been born: Franeis, who was born May 18, 1904; and Jaek L., born June 16, 1906. Mr. Sacchi is affiliated with the republican party, but liberal in the use of his franchise. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World, also of the Fraternal Union of America, and he and his wife are members of the Episcopal church.

Mr. Sacehi is one of the enterprising and useful citizens of the eity in which he lives. He is a man of strict integrity and always identifies himself with publie measures in- tended to improve the condition of the people in his eounty and state.

HORACE G. FAIRCLO. On the Merrill road, about ten miles south of Klamath Falls, is the ranch of Horace G. Fairelo, one of Oregon's native sons and representative citi- zens. He was born near Roseburg, on Deer creek, December 25, 1859, and is a son of Paul and Amanda (Burt) Fairclo. The father, a native of Indiana, was reared in De Kalb county, Illinois, and the mother was born and reared in Wisconsin. They were married, however, at Roseburg, Oregon, the father having crossed the plains in 1850, while the mother came by the same route in the '50s, the Burt family settling on Deer creek. The parents of our subject spent the greater part of their lives in Jackson and Josephine counties, Mr. Fairclo following

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 60

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