The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 65

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

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Hundley Sevier Maloney pursued his educa- tion in the common schools of his native state, and on leaving home joined the United States army, becoming a member of the Fourth Ten- nessee Infantry, and thus aided in the defense of the Union during the dark days of the Civil war. In his first engagement, when but fifteen years of age, he was on the picket line when attacked by the command to which his Confederate brother belonged. He started with Sherman on his famous march to the sea but with his command was sent back to his native state to take part in the border war- fare there. He served for nineteen months and was then honorably discharged, but for three years was on active duty for the gov- ernment commanding a company of United States Regulars during the reconstruction period in the south. When mustered out of the army he was holding the rank of lieu- tenant, his valor and loyalty during the war having won him promotion. He still main- tains pleasant relations with his old army comrades through his membership in Custer Post, No. 9, of McMinnville. His title as captain comes to him as captain of a cavalry company of the Oregon State Militia.

After three years of service in the regular army Mr. Maloney continued his education, for he was but a boy when he entered the service. He attended school for a time at Greenville, Tennessee, becoming a student in Tusculum College, and in 1873 he removed to the northwest, settling first in Linn county, Oregon. He afterward went to eastern Ore-

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gon, where he devoted three years to farming and also to teaching. He then returned to Linn county where he taught school for a time, and in 1877 removed to Yamhill county where he engaged in farming and surveying. In 1880 he was elected county surveyor and continued to follow that profession, either as county surveyor, or as deputy, until elected to the office of eounty recorder in 1908. Dur- ing the session of 1892-93 he represented Yamhill county in the Oregon legislature. In 1910 he was reelceted county recorder and is still filling that position, making an ex- cellent record as county official.

Mr. Maloney was married in Tennessee to Miss Laura F. Hale, June 12, 1870, but his wife died ncar Newmarket, Alabama, Novem- ber 2, 1872, before his removal to Oregon. After coming to this state in 1873, he wedded Miss Mollie F. Metzgar, who is now deceased. They were parents of seven children: Lillie Scott; Louise, the wife of H. M. Hoskins, postmaster of McMinnville; Hugh, John T., Carl M. and H. Ray, all at home; and Nannie, the wife of Charles P. Nelson, of Portland. The mother died in 1893 and in 1896 Mr. Maloney married Miss Lucy Scruggs. The children of this marriage are Flora, Emma, Frank, Lee, Alice and Dorothy A.

Mr. Maloney has held membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, since March, 1873, and is connected with the Grand Army of the Republic, and has many friends in those organizations. His acquaintance in Yamhill county is a wide one and wherever he is known he is held in high regard.

DR. W. C. HAWK, M. D., a prominent and successful medical practitioner of Bay City, has erected and conducts a hospital and is also engaged in the drug business as a mem- ber of the firm of Hawk & Miller. His birth occurred near Cumberland Gap, Vir- ginia, on the 29th of November, 1853, his parents being A. M. and Harrietta (Smith) Hawk, who were natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively. The father, whose natal year was 1814, was a carpenter by trade, came to Oregon in 1887 and passed away three years later. The mother, who was born in the year 1820, still survives and makes her home in Kansas. Unto them were born ten children, four of whom are vet living. as follows: Jennie, the wife of IV. B. Richardson, of Kingman, Kansas; W. C., of this review; Elizabeth, the wife of Mack Henderson, of Morrisonville, Illinois; and A. Frank Hawk, who is a resident of Longbeach. California.

Dr. W. C. Hawk obtained his early educa- tion in the common schools of Indianapolis, Indiana, and was graduated from the high school with the elass of 1874. Having deter- mined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he entered the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons in Keokuk, Iowa, and was graduated therefrom in 1881. The year 1884 witnessed his graduation from Rush Medical College of Chicago. He had virtu- ally begun practicing the profession, how- ever, when but nineteen years of age and has been continuously engaged in the prac-

tice of medicine and also in the drug busi- ness since his youth. For one term, in 1886, he attended the St. Louis Medical Col- lege. He first practiced at Morrisonville, Illinois, and later continued his professional labors at Fair Weather, Illinois, there at- tending lectures while practicing and being known as the "boy doctor." In 1886 he came west to Aberdeen, Washington, and the same year made his way to Portland. Thence he removed to Jefferson, Oregon, where he opened an office and practiced his profession for twenty years. In 1907 he took up his abode at Bay City, Oregon, where he has remained to the present time. He has built and is conducting a hospital and also owns and operates a drug establishment un- .der the firm name of Hawk & Miller. His labors have been attended with a gratifying measure of success and his practice has steadily grown in volume and importance as he has demonstrated his ability to cope with the intricate problems which continually confront the physician in his efforts to re- store health and prolong life. He has a fourth interest in the Rockaway Beach Com- pany and likewise owns three hundred and sixty acres of land in the Sumpter valley of Oregon.

In 1876, at Berry, Illinois, Dr. Hawk was united in marriage to Miss Emma D. Mc- Clain, a daughter of J. G. and Eliza (Hinch) McClain. The father, who was a merehant, is now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Hawk have one daughter, Edith B., who is the wife of B. H. Miller, an editor.

In his political views Dr. Hawk is a stanch republican, loyally supporting the men and measures of that party. He has served as coroner of Tillamook eounty for a number of years and is also a member of the port com- mission of Bay City. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian, while fraternally he is identified with the Masons and the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows. Prompted in all that he does by laudable ambition and broad humanitarian principles, as a member of the medical fraternity he has attained high rank among those whose skill is uni- formly acknowledged, while his prosperity is recognized as the merited reward of his la- bor.

W. F. KLECKER, a leading merchant of Stayton, was born in Pierce county, Wiscon- sin, November 18, 1873, the son of Bernard and Justina (Armbruster) Klecker. The father, a native of Austria, came to the United States at the age of twenty-one, lo- cating in Wisconsin, where he remained until 1897, when he came to Oregon, settling at Sublimity, and in 1907 removing to Stayton, where he still resides. In early life lie was a mason by trade but followed the occupa- tion of farming while in Wisconsin and Ore- gon. He deserves to be ealled a self-made man for when he reached the United States he was penniless, and by energy and persever- ance he has worked his way along until he now owns two hundred and five acres of ex- cellent land and is able to live retired, sur- rounded by plenty. The mother is a native

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of Pennsylvania, was married in Wisconsin and is still living. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom W. F., of this review, is the eldest. The others are: Celia, the wife of Joseph Zuber, residing near Stay- ton; Theresa, the wife of John Kemmerer, of Wisconsin; Anna, of Portland; Elizabeth, of Los Angeles, California; Josephine, the wife of Ben Korten, of Portland, Oregon; Ben- jamin, a resident of Sublimity, Oregon; Frank, who resides with his brother, Benja- min in Sublimity; Joseph, of Stayton; Jus- tina, the wife of Martin Berg, of Stayton; Edmund, deceased; and Leo, at home.

W. F. Klecker was educated in the com- mon schools of Wisconsin and remained at home until he was twenty-three years of age, after which he traveled for some time, in the meantime working in Portland for a half- year. Subsequently he engaged in the mer- cantile business in Stayton under the firm name of Kerber & Klecker but after three and one-half years he bought the Kerber stock and now has developed the business until he owns a well arranged, completely stocked store, covering a floor space of over five thou- sand square feet, and it is by far the largest department store in Stayton. He also owns a store building on Third street.

On the 18th of November, 1902, Mr. Klecker was united in marriage to Miss Mary Sus- bauer, a native of Oregon, and they have be- come the parents of two children, Edmond and Alice, both at home. In his political views Mr. Klecker is an earnest democrat and for two years has served as a member of the town council. Fraternally he is identified with the Elks at Albany and both he and his wife are members of the Catholic church. He is an energetic and conscientious business man whose prosperity has been well merited.

R. C. DEMENT. One of the leading and representative agriculturists of Coos county is R. C. Dement, who is engaged in the oper- ation of three thousand, nine hundred and eighty acres of land near Myrtle Point, on which he is engaged in stock-raising and general agriculture. His early life was inti- mately connected with the pioneer settlement of Oregon, his father having been one of the earliest agriculturists in that state. He early became acquainted with the various economic phases of activity in that state as they were molded by the peculiar conditions of life. Mr. Dement was born in Ohio in 1847, and is a son of S. M. and Caroline (Spencer) Dement. Both of his parents were born in Ohio and educated and reared in that state. They came to Oregon in 1852 and did not make a permanent settlement for some time. S. M. Dement was a blacksmith by trade and fol- lowed his occupation for one winter in Cor- vallis. He then moved to Jackson county and served as a home guard during the Indian war which broke out at that time. His residence in Coos county began in 1853 in which year he moved to Empire city and was active in various phases of town life for one year. He then determined to engage in agri- culture, being firmly convinced that the future of the state of Oregon lay along this line of

activity. He took up a donation claim on the south fork of the Coquille river and estab- lished his family on three hundred and twenty acres of land. He moved upon his holdings in 1855 but the Indians were at that time in a state of insurrection and their many depredations caused the isolated farm life to be extremely dangerous and the family was compelled to move back into Empire city for a year, in which time the Indians were removed to the reservation. Mr. Dement and his family then returned to the donation claim and here the father operated the land and cultivated the soil until his death. He was one of the valued and representative citizens of Coos county during his life and his services were one of the great individual forces in its development. He was one of its earliest pioneers, and in the days of his first settlement when he was traveling about the state looking for the most suitable place to establish his residence he was often obliged to pack upon his back provisions for a forty- mile journey. There were no roads in the district and in his travels he was compelled to employ either horses or oxen. When he established his stock farm he bought his first cows two hundred and twenty miles from home and drove them back himself over the unimproved Oregon country. At the time of his death he had made his farm a model and highly improved property and his activ- ities are still remembered in Coos county. He died in 1886 at the age of sixty-three years. He was twice married. His first union was with Miss Caroline Spencer by whom he had three children of whom R. C. Dement, the subject of this sketch, is the only one now living. Of the other two chil- dren born to his first union one died in infancy and the other passed away at the age of eleven years. S. M. Dement's second marriage occurred in 1866 when he wedded Miss Louisa Lovett of Ohio. They became the parents of six children: one child who died in infancy; W. T., who now resides upon his father's original donation claim; George, who passed away at the age of eleven years; Clay, now farming in Douglas county ; Max, of Myrtle Point, Oregon; and Caroline B., who married J. C. Moomaw of Hubbard, Oregon.

R. C. Dement, although not a native son of Oregon has been a resident of this state since he was five years of age. He came with his parents in 1852 and has passed prac- tically all the active years of his life in stock farming. He was educated in the public schools of Coos county but his studies. were limited and pursued at irregular inter- vals. He definitely laid aside his books at the age of twenty-one and entered the employ of his father, working by the month at the various labors incident to the operation of large and constantly developing farm. a Shortly after attaining his majority he took up a preemption claim of one hundred and sixty acres. He subsequently acquired one hundred and sixty acres by a homestead grant and after his marriage in 1874 he- settled upon this farm and engaged in agri- cultural pursuits for eight years. At the

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expiration of that period he moved to the south fork of the Coquille river where he carried on farming on a more extensive scale for seven years. He bought land near Nor- way, Coos county, known as the Sanders donation claim and was successful in its operation for seven years. He always re- garded farming and stock-raising however, as a life work and never had any definite idea of entirely severing his connection with this occupation. In 1898 he bought seventy-eight acres of land near Myrtle Point, Oregon. which he now owns and operates. This land lies partly within the limits of Myrtle Point. His original purchase of land in this section was seventy-eight acres. He has been con- stantly adding to his holdings as opportunity offered. He is a discriminating judge of land values and the three thousand, nine hundred and eighty acres of which he is now the proprietor represents some of the most fertile and productive soil in the state of Oregon. His stock farming has been practical and has, therefore, been rewarded with success. He carries on his agriculture along general lines but specializes to some extent in dairy- ing. He owns two dairy ranches equipped with modern and sanitary facilities. Mr. Dement is a stanch believer in the future agricultural greatness of the state of Oregon. Wherever he can buy farm property he in- vests his money and is now the owner of several fertile ranches throughout the state. Mr. Dement's extensive holdings are near Myrtle Point and upon the Coquille river and his agriculture has brought him a gratifying degree of success.

In 1874 Mr. Dement was united in mar- riage to Miss Lucy A. Norris, whose birth occurred in the Willamette valley, Oregon. Her mother was a direct descendant of the great frontiersman, Daniel Boone, and with · three acres under irrigation and devotes his her husband was one of the pioneer settlers in Oregon. Mrs. Dement's parents crossed the plains in 1846 and spent the remainder of their lives in Oregon. They died in Coos county and are buried side by side near Fair- view. To Mr. and Mrs. Dement have been born nine children, eight of whom are living: Nellie, a graduate of the Normal school of Ashland, Oregon, and now a teacher at Kla- math Falls; Eunice, the wife of L. A. Braden of Hubbard, Oregon; Ray B., who operates a stock ranch of his father's in Coos and Curry counties; Winifred, the wife of Dr. White, a practicing physician of Klamath Falls, Ore- gon; Lester T. and Ellis S., twins, the former married and a resident of Myrtle Point, and the latter in the stock business with his brother in Coos county; Clara, who lives at home; Harry, now attending school in Coos county; and one child, Lorain, who passed away at the age of eight years.

Politically Mr. Dement gives his allegiance to the republican party and has served his county and city in various capacities. He has never sought office but is always willing to do his duty when elected in a public capacity. He brings to his pursuits an intelli- gent, open and liberal mind and a keen inter- est in modern scientific developments. In the final analysis the farm is the basis of pros-

perity in America. It is the very beginning of the intricate operations which furnish men with food. Mr. Dement's agricultural success has been obtained by judicious and intelligent labor among the familiar conditions and his career has influenced the resources of his section and has developed the science of agri- culture.

JAMES WILLIAM JORY, a prominent and successful farmer and stockman of Klamath county, is an extensive landowner, his hold- ings embracing nine hundred and twenty acres. His birth occurred near Springfield, Illinois, on the 18th of March, 1858, his parents being Henry and Martha Jane (Van Pelt) Jory, the former a native of Cornwall, England, and the latter of this country. In the fall of 1863 the family left Illinois and crossed the plains with teams to Marysville, California, where Henry Jory passed away in 1886, having for several years survived his wife. He was a wagon-maker by trade but devoted his attention to farming in this part of the country and also conducted a store at Marysville for a number of years. Our subject was the fourth in order of birth in a family of nine children, seven of whom still survive.

James William Jory, who was a little lad . of five years when he accompanied his parents on their journey to the far west, lived in the vicinity of Marysville until he came to Ore- gon in the spring of 1886. In the fall of the following year he located permanently in Klamath county, having in 1886, preempted a quarter section of land and homesteaded a tract of similar size. By purchase he 'has augmented his holdings until at the present time he owns nine hundred and twenty acres of land. He has two hundred and seventy- attention to the pursuits of general farming and stock-raising, in which he has met with gratifying and well merited success. He was the second man to bring a herd of cattle into Klamath county. In 1908 and 1911 he was awarded contracts by the United States gov- ernment for irrigation work and during the years 1911 and 1912 worked on the Lost river diversion channel. From Ager, Cali -. fornia, he hauled the first load of freight that went into the plant of the Electric Light & Power Company at Klamath Falls, Oregon. He has been a freighter and has also cleared considerable land for others as well as for himself. His efforts have contributed in sub- stantial measure to the work of development and improvement here and he is well entitled to a foremost place among the prosperous agriculturists and representative citizens of the Sunset state.

In politics Mr. Jory is a democrat, believing firmly in the principles of that party. The cause of education has ever found in him a stanch champion and, with the exception of two or three terms, he served continuously as school clerk of district No. 25. from 1888 until 1902. During one season lie acted in the capacity of road overseer. He is an enterprising and public-spirited man whose record as a public official, as a business man

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and a private citizen has been so honorable that he has gained the confidence and good- will of all with whom he has been brought in contact.

H. H. McINTOSH is one of the enterpris- ing and highly respected citizens of Golden, Oregon, where he is engaged in the operation of a general merchandising store. He was born in Josephine county, September 3, 1889, and .is a son of H. C. and Myra McIntosh. The parents were natives of Missouri and re- moved to Oregon in the early '80s, settling at Golden, in Josephine county, where they still maintain their residence. In their fam- ily were fourteen children, of whom nine are living.

H. H. McIntosh was reared at home and received his early education in the public schools. He remained under the parental roof until he was twenty-one years of age and at that time he established himself in the general merchandising business at Golden. He has met with well deserved success in his undertaking and his store is one of the most popular and best known establishments of its kind in this part of Josephine county.

On April 1, 1911, Mr. McIntosh was united in marriage to Miss Bethel Ruble, a native of Josephine county, this state, and a daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Ruble, residents of Lane county. Mr. McIntosh is affiliated with the democratic party but has never sought political preferment. He is known among his acquaintances as a man of strict integrity in all his transactions and is highly esteemed for his uprightness of character. He is al- ways to be relied upon to assist in the pro- motion of any measure of public interest.

THOMAS HANCOCK. Everything stirring, forceful, powerful and vitally efficient con- tained in the word pioneer finds its exempli- fication in the life and career of Thomas Han- cock. He has been a power in constructive de- velopment and evolution. He has been an efficient factor in its upbuilding, is an influ- ence in its present greatness and is today one of the most powerful individual forces in the agricultural expansion of Oregon. He was born in Australia, December 16, 1842, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Dixon) Han- cock, both natives of Lancastershire, England, where they were reared and married. Imme- diately after their marriage the parents went to Australia and resided in that country for nine years. Early in 1850 they sailed for the United States, landing. in San Francisco on July 4. Here the father worked at various occupations until the following fall, at which time he came north to Oregon, making the journey by schooner to Scottsburg, where he landed on December 16, 1850. From Scotts- burg he came by river to Elkton and located a donation claim two miles east of the town which he and his wife filed upon and where they settled. His holdings comprised six hun- dred and forty acres of unimproved land and the cultivation of the soil ranks him among the developing forces in the state. His wife was the third white woman to settle on the Umpqua river. In 1880 William Hancock re-

moved to San Diego, California, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1900, within one week of his eightieth birth- day. His wife survived him for three years and died in March, 1903.

Thomas Hancock was reared at home and did not have one day's schooling in his whole life. He learned agriculture through per- sonal experience and hard work and remained upon his father's farm until 1861. In that year he offered his services to the Federal government but was refused on account of age. In 1865, however, upon the president's call for six hundred thousand men, he re- sponded immediately and was mustered into Company K, First Oregon Volunteer Infantry, and served for fourteen months and twelve days, his regiment doing service on the plains in suppressing Indian uprisings. They were held for a year after the close of the war on account of the hostile attitude of the Indians and Mr. Hancock received an honorable dis- charge June 25, 1866. While in the service one of his comrades, a Frenchman, gave him his first lessons in reading and writing. These were, however, in the French language and upon the death of his companion Mr. Han- cock's schooling stopped. He later picked up reading and writing in his own tongue but beyond this had no education whatever. Mr. Hancock has been identified with agricultural pursuits since he was old enough to hold a plow or drive an ox team. When the war was over he took up a homestead claim of one hundred and sixty acres five miles east of Elkton on the Drain road where he resided, engaged in tilling the soil and developing the land, until 1908, when he removed to Elk- ton where he is now living retired. His ag- ricultural work has been a force in state expansion. He dates his residence in Oregon from the earliest days of its settlement and is prominent among the oldest pioneers. He keeps abreast of the times and as agriculture progressed as a science he advanced with it. His place was at the time of his retirement highly improved and cultivated and was one of the most attractive properties in Douglas county. He has been an aggressive and per- sistent hunter during his active life and it is said that he has killed more panthers and bears than any other man in the state of Oregon.

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The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 65

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