The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 98

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

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to adapt his crops as to reap the maximum yield per acre. After having farmed for fifteen years he removed to Salem and en- gaged in the dairy business, which he con- ducted for fifteen years. In this as in his agricultural pursuits, he met with success, because of his strict attention to the details of his business, and his untiring energy' and indefatigable labor. The returns from this enterprise were highly gratifying and en- abled him to give up business life and live retired. He has built a very fine and com- modious residence at No. 1333 State street, where he is now living. He still owns eighty acres of the old homestead to which he gives occasional supervision.

Mr. Savage has been twice married. His first union ocurred in 1872, when he married Miss Susan E. Ray, whose birth occurred in . Linn county, on the 6th of November, 1853, her parents being Louis and Mary Ray, natives of Tennessee who came to Oregon in 1853. To Mr. and Mrs. Savage twelve chil- dren were born: Charles; W. W., who is a resident of Portland; Oliver F., who is liv- ing in Oregon; Louis A .; Bertha E .; Eva J., who is teaching school and residing at home; Edna, who is the wife of M. Harding; Roy M., who is living at home; and four deceased. Mrs. Savage's death occurred on the 11th of December, 1892. On the 27th of October, 1897, Mr. Savage was again married, his second union being with Miss Etta Kelly, a native of Minnesota. In agricultural and business pursuits Mr. Savage was progressive, yet methodical, and was ever ready to incor- porate in his undertakings modern ways and means. His industry and enterprise have not only enabled him to attain prosperity but have won him a high place in the respect and regard of his neighbors.

AMAZIAH A. JAMIESON has been a resi- dent of Oregon since 1887 and his activities in this state have been varied and important. He has made natural business ability effec- tive in the conduct of many representative enterprises and has not only achieved indi- vidual success but has developed and pro- moted some of the principal industries of the state. He is one of the leading men of Curry county, an extensive owner of farming and mining property and an important figure in business circles of his section. He was born at Canterbury Station, New Brunswick, Jan- uary 6, 1858, a son of Hugh and Julia Jamie- son, the former of Scotch parentage and the latter of English descent. They removed later to Maine, in which state the father operated and improved two large farms and also engaged in freighting for two years. At the time of his death he owned one hun- dred and sixty acres of land, highly improved and developed and one of the valuable prop- erties of his district. His wife has also passed away. They were the parents of eleven children: Amaziah A., of this review; Charles, a resident of Bandon; Julius and Julia, twins, the former of whom is manag- ing a hotel in Minnesota, while the latter is deceased, her death occurring when she was sixteen years of age; Lydia, who passed

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away at the age of three; Hugh and Mary, twins, both of whom reside in Maine; Fred, who is the owner of a ranch in Maine; Amelia and Caroline, both of whom reside in Maine; and Margaret, of Boston.

Amaziah Jamieson received his education in the public schools of Maine and remained at home until he was twenty-two years of age. He then went to Minnesota, where for five years he worked in the lumber woods, logging during the winter and driving logs ou the river during the summer months. He has a record of never having lost a day's work during this time. His activities along this line gradually expanded and he was even- tually given charge of the lumber business operated by Curtis & Lawrence at Motley, Minnesota, and remained in this capacity for two years, guiding his special knowledge and long experience by practical business ability. It was in 1887 that he first came to Oregon. settling in Myrtle Point, where he bought land and erected a fine house which some time later he traded for a ranch upon which he lived and which he improved and operated for one year. This property he disposed of and established himself in the livery business in Myrtle Point, conducting this enterprise for three years and meeting with gratifying pros- perity. When he sold his interests he moved to Curry county and took up mineral land on the Sixes river, later adding to his hold- ings by proving up on a homestead claim, upon which he lived until July, 1912, when he sold the ranch for five thousand, three hundred and fifty dollars and moved to Port Orford, where he now resides. During the period of his residence upon his property in Curry county he organized the Big Jewel Min- ing Company, composed principally of Minne- apolis men, which owns one hundred and ten acres of valuable mineral lands in this dis- trict. They have spent over forty thousand dollars in improvements during the past few years and now have control of some of the most valuable mineral property in this part of Oregon. For some time Mr. Jamie- son was interested in the operation of a saw- mill on the Sixes river, which he recently sold for forty-five hundred dollars. He owns ten acres of farming land in this section and town property in Port Orford and has other . important interests of this kind. It is his intention to handle stock on the government reserve in Curry county and his success in the past is a favorable prophecy of his future prosperity.

In 1887 Mr. Jamieson was united in mar- riage to Miss Eunice Corbin, who was born in Missouri and came to Oregon with her parents in 1876. Her mother died in this state in 1900 and the father is residing in Curry county. In their family were two children: Eunice, the wife of our subject; and W. H .. of Myrtle Point. Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson are the parents of four children: Fred, who was born in 1889 and who is living at home; Ethel, who was born in 1891 and who is the wife of O. J. Mather, of Curry county; Warren, who was born in 1896 and who is attending school : and Eunice, who was born in 1898 and who is also attending school.

Mr. Jamieson gives his allegiance to the republican party and did able and conscien- tious work for some years as a member of the board of education. He is well known in the Masonic order, holding membership in the lodge at Langlois. He has achieved suc- cess as a promoter and organizer by reason of his ability to recognize true opportunity and by his constructive activities along ex- panding lines, guided and directed by unusual business ability, the foundation of which is simple honesty and hard work.

PATRICK HUGHES, well known in Curry county as a successful ranchman, dairyman and stock-raiser, died upon his farm at the mouth of the Sixes river, June 28, 1901. Agri- cultural interests in this section lost by his death, an important exponent of progressive ideas and a man who for thirty-five years had been identified with modern farming in this part of the state. He was born in Ire- land in 1830 and his parents passed away in that country. He was twenty-five years of age when he came to America, settling in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1855. In that city he spent three years and then crossed the plains to Oregon with ox teams locating in Curry county in the early days of its set- tlement. Here he mined for gold for nine years and then took up land upon which he resided until the time of his death. He con- stantly pursued a policy of expansion, im- provement and development and when he died owned over one thousand acres of the finest land in this section. The ranch is located at the mouth of the Sixes river, front- ing the ocean, and is a beautiful and intel- ligently improved property. It is operated by the wife of the subject of this review and three of her sons, who are following the methods and standards inaugurated by Pat- rick Hughes. They have one of the finest equipped dairies in Curry county and milk one hundred cows, manufacturing a high grade of butter which they sell readily in the local markets.

In Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Hughes was united in marriage to Miss Jane O'Neil, who was born in Ireland and who came to Amer- ica when she was still a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes became the parents of seven chil- dren: Edward, who in company with his mother and his two brothers is operating the homestead and who is also the owner of a five hundred acre ranch; Thomas, who is as- sociated with his brothers in the operation of the home farm; Francis, who is married and resides on the home farm, which he as- sists in operating; James, who resides on a ranch on the Sixes river; Rev. John C., pastor of St. Lawrence's church at Portland; Mrs. Alice Masterson, of Port Orford; and Mrs. Mary McMullin, of Denmark, Curry county. The family are members of the Roman Catho- lic church, to which religion Mr. Hughes gave his allegiance.

Patrick Hughes was a consistent republican and did able work as county commissioner for several terms, although he never sought political office, preferring to devote his entire time to the management of his farm. At the

PATRICK HUGHES

MRS. PATRICK HUGHES

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time of his death his land was in excellent condition, well improved and developed, show- ing the results of the owner's care and labor. Mr. Hughes' influence was important in the agricultural community in which he resided, for his methods were always progressive and systematic, his standards high and he was ever intelligently interested in the progress and advancement of the section which owes so much to his useful activities.

FRANCIS J. FAHY, a leading figure in the organization of the Bank of Bandon in 1904, has held the office of cashier since the estab- lishment of the enterprise. He has managed the affairs under his charge competently and with shrewd discrimination, making the busi- ness grow and expand along modern and pro- gressive lines. He is a native of Bandon, born March 11, 1872, and is a son of Edward and Sarah (Spoonheimer) Fahy, the former a native of Ireland, and the latter of Ger- many. His parents came to Port Orford, Ore- gon, in the spring of 1854, where the father followed milling, working in a sawmill in association with Captain Tichenor. He aided in the erection of the mill and assisted in its operation for several years, but later engaged in the lumber business. After some time he came to Bandon and operated the ferry at this point for two years, finally returning to the old home near Randolph. He built a sawmill upon his property and operated it by natural water power. He conducted this enterprise successfully in connection with his general farming until his death, which oc- curred October 31, 1907. His wife is still residing upon the home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fahy had nine children. Edward W. is engaged in ranching and also operates the mill near the home place. Florinda is in business in Portland, Oregon. Henrietta is the deceased wife of O. L. Gruggel, of San Francisco, California. Isadore P. is employed by the government in the lighthouse on the Umpqua river. Silas W. is engaged in milling at Prosper, Oregon. Mary E. makes her home with her mother. Francis J., the subject of this review, is the next in order of birth. Charles G. is engaged in the operation of the farm and mill in connection with his brother Edward W. Sadie became the wife of Alfred H. Brown, a druggist of Portland.

Francis J. Fahy was educated in the public schools of his native district and completed his studies in the Bandon high school. He later attended a business college in San Fran- cisco but in the meantime had worked for several years in the sawmills of Coos county and engaged in various other enterprises, acquiring in this way the money to pay for his tuition. He was graduated from the Healds Business College in San Francisco and immediately afterward returned to Oregon, where for a short time he worked in a saw- mill. He then became manager of a store in Parkersburg, and held the position of bookkeeper for the Coquille Mill & Tug Com- pany for eight years. At the end of that time he established his residence in Bandon and in partnership with several others or- ganized the Bank of Bandon, in 1904, with a Vol. IV-27

capital stock of twenty-five thousand dol- lars and from its organization to the present Mr. Fahy has acted as cashier. The stock was increased in 1910 to fifty thousand dol- lars. Three years after the establishment of the bank the stock was all paid up, dividends having been declared from the first year and it has grown until it is now one of the largest financial institutions in the county. Its officers and directors are as follows: J. L. Kronenberg, president; T. P. Hanly, vice president; F. J. Fahy, cashier; W. J. Sweet, as- sistant cashier. These officers with R. H. Rosa and C. Y. Lowe are directors. The bank build- ing is a large, two-story structure, shaped like a flatiron and built of concrete and is one of the finest business buildings in the village. During the course of his eight years' residence in Bandon Mr. Fahy has accumulated a com- fortable fortune, which he has invested judi- ciously in local enterprises. He is a stock- holder in the Bandon Heights Land Company addition and is interested in the Coquille Tow Boat Company. He owns with a partner a business block in Bandon and is interested in the commercial growth and upbuilding of the village in which he resides. He is a real student of banking conditions, an able finan- cier, a shrewd manager and a reliable and trustworthy man. He is entitled to be num- bered among the representative men of Ban- don since he has been instrumental in estab- lishing within the village a growing, pros- perous and intelligently managed enterprise and since he has added to the standards of citizenship by reason of a life which has been consistently upright, useful and valuable.

ASMUS ADOLPHSEN is living upon his original homestead claim in Curry county which he acquired in 1886 when he settled in Oregon. He does little farming but has charge of a sawmill owned by an operating company and is doing able work in this line although he is living practically retired. He was born in Denmark, in April, 1854, a son of Henry and Katrina Adolphsen, natives of that country. He received a limited educa- tion in the public schools of Denmark and in 1873 came to America, settling in the eastern states where he spent six years. At the end of that time he returned to his native country and there remained until 1886 when he again crossed the Atlantic, settling in Curry county, at Denmark, where he proved up one hundred and sixty acres of land on which he resided for five years. At the end of that time he moved to Dairyville, where he operated a sawmill for nine years, building up during that time a modern and prosperous enter- prise. His mill here had a capacity of eight thousand feet of lumber per day and gave employment to an average of five men. Dur- ing this time Mr. Adolphsen cut the timber on several large tracts of land. Eventually however, he moved his mill to Elk river and there operated it for ten years, holding the position as manager during the latter period of this time in the employ of an operating company which had purchased it from him. This mill had a capacity of twenty-five thou- sand feet per day and employed on an average

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of thirty-five men. He is still in charge, but now lives upon his homestead near Denmark, called the Wood Lily Dairy Farm. He gives general supervision to his agricultural inter- ests but does not do any active work.

In 1881 Mr. Adolphsen was united in mar- riage to Miss Anna Festersen, a native of Denmark. In that country their marriage occurred and Mrs. Adolphsen accompanied her husband on his second journey to America. They became the parents of seven children: Hans H., of Bandon; Henry, who is a forest ranger, and resides on Elk river; Christian and Anna, both of whom have passed away; Katie, who lives at home; Ralph, deceased; and Fred, who is attending school. The two eldest children were born in Denmark.

Mr. Adolphsen is a democrat and served for two terms as county commissioner. He is well known in Port Orford and takes an active and intelligent interest in promoting the progress and development of this town, doing effective work in this way as a member of the committee of Port Orford port com- missioners. He belongs to the Woodmen of the World but is not otherwise connected with fraternal organizations. The rest which he is enjoying is well deserved for it has come after a successful career which had for its foundation ability, made practically effective by hard work. He is one of the sterling citizens of Curry county and his life in this section has been useful and valuable as a factor in progress.

FRED WRIGHT. Among those who by reason of their well directed labor and un- ceasing diligence have contributed largely toward the agricultural development of Lane county must be numbered Fred Wright, who owns an excellent ranch of seven hundred and fifty-eight acres in the vicinity of Walker, on the Cottage Grove road. Here for twenty- two years he has been engaged in general farming and stock-raising, meeting with lu- crative returns from both and is now num- bered among the prosperous ranchmen of the county. He was born at Coventry, Orleans county, Vermont, on the 21st of July, 1851, and is a son of Erastus and Mary Ann (Fair- brother) Wright. The paternal grandparents were Solomon and Ruth Wright and to them were born seven children, including Joel, Azariah, Mary, Erastus, the father of our subject, and Louise. Erastus Wright, who was the youngest son, was born at West- minster, Vermont, on the 4th of January, 1815. There he was reared to manhood and subsequently engaged in farming, following that occupation during the remainder of his active life. His death occurred on the 5th of February, 1907. At the age of about twen- ty-two years he married Miss Fairbrother, who was likewise a native of Vermont, and the only daughter and third in order of birth in a family of five. The others are as fol- lows: Willard, Calvin, Luther and Mark. To Mr. and Mrs. Wright there were born eight children: Riley E., who served as captain of Company H, Fifteenth Vermont Volunteers during the Civil war, and who is an attorney and ex-judge of Baltimore, Maryland; Ade-

laide, the widow of Joseph Worthy, a farmer in the vicinity of Bethel, Maine; Solomon A., deceased, a former resident of Barton, Ver- mont, and a veteran of the Civil war; Joel F., a physician of Orleans county, Vermont; Mary A., of Barton, Vermont, who has been an invalid since girlhood; Fred, our sub- ject; Mark Willis, a practicing attorney of Baltimore, Maryland; and Homer, a farm- er, living on the old homestead at Coventry, Vermont.

Reared New England farm, Fred Wright received his education in the common schools of his native state and early began to assist with the work of the homestead, thus laying the foundation for the vocation that he has ever since followed with such excellent success. At the age of twenty-two years he left the scenes of his boyhood and went to Colorado, where for six years he engaged in sheep-raising, ranging his herds on public lands, on which he had purchased the water right. He subsequently withdrew from this and bought an interest in a stone quarry at Manitou, that state, from which he furnished the stone for many of the large buildings of both Denver and Colorado Springs. This enterprise engaged his energies for about five years, and in May, 1886, he moved to Douglas county, Oregon. There for three years he worked on a dairy ranch, but owing to the condition of his health at the expiration of that period he was com- pelled to return to the east. A year later he returned to Oregon and bought ninety- two acres of land in the vicinity of Walker, Lane county, that formed the nucleus of his present ranch. Thirty-five acres of this was cleared and under cultivation and the re- mainder was in brush. In the fall of 1905, Mr. Wright and his son, Clyde E., together purchased three hundred and nine acres of land, located three-quarters of a mile north- west of his first farm. There was only sev- enty-five acres of this tract under cultivation at that time, the remainder being in pasture and timber, but it was all excellent land. In May, 1908, Mr. Wright again extended the boundaries of his ranch by the purchase of three hundred and fifty-seven acres that con- nected his former tracts, making his holdings aggregate seven hundred and fifty-eight acres. During the period of his ownership he has ' cleared one hundred and thirty acres of his land, eighty of which has been brought to a high state of productivity, while the other fifty is in pasture. He now has five hundred acres under cultivation, the most of it located in the river bottom, and his fields annually net him a handsome dividend. He has an orchard of about twelve acres, nine of this being planted to prunes which in the year 1911 netted him two hundred dollars per acre. Twenty years ago he began raising corn and now he annually plants about twenty-five acres to this grain, his yield averaging sixty bushels to the acre. He also devotes a large portion of his acreage to oats, his average yield being fifty bushels per acre, while his wheat approximates thirty-two bushels to the acre. Mr. Wright has been especially successful in raising potatoes and

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has harvested as many as five hundred bushel to the acre but he averages about three hun- dred. His early crop is usually planted in March and marketed in June. His hay con- sists of vetch and oat, some of which yields as high as five tons to the acre and is used by Mr. Wright for feed, for in connection with his diversified farming he raises a high grade of hogs, sheep, cattle and horses. He takes great pride in his ranch, and well he may as it is one of the best cultivated and most high- ly improved places in the county. His land is all fenced and is provided with ample barns and sheds for the protection of his stock and grain, and he has also erected a comfortable residence. He is a man of progressive and enterprising methods, is practical in his ideas and at various times he has installed on his ranch such modern conveniences and appli- ances as would lessen the labor and expense of its operation and he now has a most ex- cellent equipment.

On the 8th of February, 1881, at Manitou, Colorado, Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Annie J. Blackwell, who was born in Illinois on the 27th of January, 1860, and is a daughter of Ellis and Maria E. (Gibbs) Blackwell. The family is of Scotch descent in the paternal line but the father was a native of Maine and the mother of the state of New York. They were married in Illinois, however, and there passed the early years of their domestic life, removing to Colorado in 1879. The father, who has always engaged in farming, continued his agricultural pur- suits in the latter state until his death, April 28, 1902. The mother is still living and now resides at Gardiner, Oregon. Mrs. Wright is the eldest of the eight children born to her parents, the others being as follows: Ada M., who died in infancy; Grace E., who lives in Gardiner; Louisa M., the widow of I. L. Harding, of Walker; Lincoln A., a farmer of Gardiner; Ellis W. and Fred, both of whom are deceased; and one daughter, who died in infancy. The maternal grandmother prior to her marriage was a Miss Burbee, of Ver- mont, while the grandmother on the paternal side was Miss Jedidah Sturdivant of Lewis- ton, Maine. The family in both lines is de- scended from old New England colonial stock. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are the parents of four children: Nora A., who was born November 21, 1881, the wife of Oscar Jackson, a farmer of Walker, Oregon; Clyde E., a farmer, born on the 18th of December, 1883, now married and living at Walker; Ralph E., whose natal day was the 5th of February, 1893, and who is assisting his father with the operation of the home ranch; and Ruth A., his twin sister who died three days after birth. Mr. and Mrs. Wright gave their children the advan- tages of a good common-school education.

The family attended the Presbyterian church, in which the parents hold membership, . and in politics Mr. Wright is a republican. He is held in high regard in his community and on several occasions he has declined the candidacy for various county offices. How- ever, he has served for twelve years as road supervisor in his district and for about fif- teen years he was clerk of the school board.

He has met with gratifying prosperity in his pursuits, as he has applied himself consist- ently and intelligently to the achievement of his purpose.

ALFRED J. MARSH. One of the most promi- nent, successful and progressive farmers of Curry county is Alfred J. Marsh, who is oper- ating an excellent tract of four hundred and eighty acres near Port Orford, upon which he carries on general farming, stock-raising and dairying, gaining conspicuous success in all of these lines by reason of his efficiency and in- dustry. He has been a resident of Curry coun- ty since he was twenty-one years of age and with the exception of one year has given his entire attention to modern farming. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, August 19, 1861, a son of Robert and Mary (Crawford) Marsh, the former a native of England, and the lat- ter of Scotland. Their marriage occurred in the former country and they came to America in the early '50s, settling in New York city, where the father was a ship broker and im- porter, continuing in this occupation for a number of years. He spent three years in the South Sea islands in charge of the ships and stores belonging to Andrew Crawford and upon his return to America in 1902 he retired from active life and spent the remainder of his days with the subject of this review in Curry county, where he died in 1904. His wife survived him until 1911. They had three children: Alfred J., of this review; Mrs. Mary Waters, of New York city; and Edmond, who passed away in Douglas county in 1905.

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The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 98

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