The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 99

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

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Alfred J. Marsh received his early education in the public schools of New York and com- pleted it by a two years' course in Edinburgh Academy in Scotland. He came west when he was sixteen years of age, journeying to California with his uncle and remaining in that state until he had attained his majority. He then came to Curry county, where he spent one year as bookkeeper in his uncle's store at Port Orford, purchasing at the end of that time a quarter section of land on Elk river, which he has since operated and improved. He has added to his holdings from time to time and now owns four hundred and eighty acres, three hundred of which are tillable. This property he has improved and developed along the most practical and ścien- tific lines and upon it carries on general farm- ing, specializing in dairying and stock-breed- ing. His dairy is one of the most sanitary and modern enterprises of its kind in the section, equipped with all the latest con- veniences and accessories. Mr. Marsh keeps fifty head of high-grade Jersey cows for this purpose and manufactures a fine brand of butter, which he ships to the Portland mar- ket, where it has a ready sale. He handles horses, hogs and sheep, all of a high grade, for breeding purposes, and his work along this line is steadily increasing in importance. Every year Mr. Marsh cuts about one hundred tons of hay. He is one of the sterling and substantial citizens of Curry county, seeking his success in a field of labor with which he has been familiar for many years and which has repaid his practical and well directed in-

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dustry by constantly growing prosperity. His farm is a credit to his progressive meth- ods and to his business judgment, and is a valuable addition to the resources of this section.

In 1885 Mr. Marsh was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Kronenburg, who was born in Coos county, a daughter of John and Kate Kronenburg, of Coquille. The father died in 1910 and the mother is residing in the family home in Coquille. They were the parents of five children: John, of Bandon; Emma, the wife of James Blakely, of California; Fred, of Denver, Colorado; Rachel, the wife of our subject; and Ida, who married Dr. Owens, of St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh are the parents of nine children: Mary, the wife of Ray Keefer, who has a large sheep ranch in Idaho; John and Louis, who are at home; Donald and Dorothy, twins; Fred; Nicholas; Beatrice; and Kate. The family belong to the Episcopal church.

Mr. Marsh is a republican and has served his fellow citizens in numerous important capacities, including those of county assessor and road supervisor. He held the former office for twelve years and did able and ef- fective work. He has been in the latter position for three years and is still serving. He belongs to the Woodmen of the World and is prominent also in the Improved Order of Red Men. The principal activities of his life, however, are directed toward agriculture. He is a farmer of the modern kind, intelligent, trained by experience, active, progressive and a student of economics as applied to planting and harvesting, and in his possession of these qualities is an exemplification of a type which is raising agriculture to a systematic science.

JOHN D. GRAHAM. A farm of eighty- five acres, all bottom land, situated a mile and a half above Coquille on the Coquille river, is the property of John D. Graham, who in connection with his two sons is mak- ing a specialty of dairying and was instru- mental in the building of one of the finest creameries in the state. He is president of the company which operates the latter enter- prise and in its successful control gives evi- dence of his business and executive ability. He was born in Clay county, Missouri, March 27, 1855, a son of William T. and Lapina Graham, natives of Kentucky and Virginia respectively. In childhood they accom- panied their parents to Missouri, where they were married and spent their remain- ing days. The father followed farming throughout his entire life and held many county offices, taking active part in the pub- lic affairs of the community. He was a rep- resentative of a family whose members were among the earliest settlers of Missouri and he lived to see a marked transformation in that part of the state in which he lived as frontier conditions gave way before an advancing civi- lization. To him and his wife were born five children: John D .; Mrs. Rose Swan, living in Missouri; James who is a resident of Leaven- worth, Kansas; Mrs. Laura Swan, who makes her home in Missouri; and Thomas S., also a resident of that state.

The youthful days of John D. Graham were spent upon his father's farm in Clay county and he remained under the parental roof to the time of his marriage, which was cele- brated on the 15th of January, 1875, Miss Elizabeth Atteberry, becoming his wife. She was born in Missouri, a daughter of the Rev. S. Atteberry, who resided in Missouri until 1875 and then removed to Kansas. Four years later he returned to Missouri, where he died in 1890, while his widow is still living in that state. In their family were twelve children, eight of whom are living: Abner A., who is a resident of Oklahoma; Mrs. Elizabeth Graham; Sigel, who is at home; Burl, also living in Missouri; John, of Oklahoma; Mrs. Jane Whitchurch, who makes her home in Oklahoma; William, who is at home; and Thomas, also still under the parental roof.

In early manhood John D. Graham gave his attention to architectural and mechanical pursuits, being thus engaged until he came to Oregon in 1890. He first settled near Hillsboro on a ranch which he purchased and cultivated for two years. He then sold that property and made his home at Riddles, Ore- gon, where he was engaged in mining gold for two years. In 1894 he took up his abode in Jackson county, where he again followed gold mining for eight years. He afterward devoted two years to raising wheat in that county and subsequently purchased land on Williams creek, where he built a large creamery and also conducted a dairy ranch for two years. On the expiration of that period he sold out and removed to the vicinity of Coquille, purchasing eighty-five acres of bottom land a mile and a half above the town on the Coquille river. He still owns a small tract of land in Josephine county but is concen- trating his energies upon the development of his home property and the conduct of a dairy business, in which his two sons are associated with him. His son William is a scientific butter maker and he and his father were' instrumental in building one of the finest creameries of the state, conducted un- der the name of the Graham Company, of which Jolın D. Graham is president, while William Graham has active charge of the butter making. The excellence of their prod- uct insures a ready sale on the market and their success is gratifying.

Mr. and Mrs. Graham are the parents of six children. William S., who as previously stated, is associated with his father in busi- ness, was born May 1, 1880. He married Miss Olive Dungey, a native of Texas and a daugh- ter of Thomas Dungey. To Mr. and Mrs. William Graham has been born a daughter, Rena M. The next of our subject's family, Artie W., born in 1883, is in partnership with his father and brother, William. Earl D., born in 1895, is at home. Pearl died at the age of eleven years. Two other children, the eldest of the family, died in infancy. The family are of the United Brethren faith, hold- ing membership in the church of that denomi- mation at Coquille. John D. Graham votes with the democratic party and his fraternal relations are with the Masons, who find in

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him an exemplary representative of the craft, loyal to its teachings concerning mutual help- fulness and brotherly kindness. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the northwest, for here he has found good business opportunities and has achieved a creditable measure of success.

CHARLES FORTY is a native of England, who has been in Oregon since he was ten years of age. From the time he was fifteen he has been dependent upon his own re- sources and the training in independence thus acquired has been an important factor in his success. He owns and operates a fine tract of land in Curry county upon which he carries on general farming, stock-raising and dairying, founding a substantial success upon experience and systematic industry. He was born in England, September 1, 1866, a son of George and Caroline Forty, natives of that country, who came to America in 1878, settling immediately in Curry county, where the father took up a homestead claim on the Elk river which he operated and im- proved until his death in 1897. His wife makes her home in Coos county. They were the parents of seven children, of whom the following are living: Elizabeth, who is the widow of John Bentz, of Coos county ; George, of Port Orford; Anna, the wife of Frank Lang, of California; and Charles, the subject of this review.

Charles Forty received a primary education in the public schools of Oregon and remained with his parents until he was fifteen years of age. At that time he began to earn his own livelihood, working at various occupations until his marriage, after which he proved up a fine farm in Curry county and began general farming. Upon this property he has since lived, specializing in the raising of high- grade stock and in dairying, obtaining a grati- fying degree of success by practical and pro- gressive methods. He has invested exten- sively in town property in Port Orford and gives a great deal of time and attention to its management.

In 1898 Mr. Forty married Miss Olive Freund, who was born in San Francisco, Cali- fornia, August 2, 1879, a daughter of Fredrick and Anna (Downs) Freund, the former a na- tive of Pennsylvania and the latter of New York. They moved to California in the early years and there married. In San Francisco the father followed the trade of painting and decorating and was successful in this line of occupation. Coming to Oregon in 1892 they settled in Curry county and later moved to Coos county where the father died in 1902. His wife makes her home in California. Mr. and Mrs. Freund became the parents of eight children: William, deceased; Elizabeth. the wife of George Bethel of Coos county; Olive, the wife of our subject; Grace, who married . Frank Pomroy, of Bandon; Joseph, who re- sides in California; Anna, who became the wife of Daniel Emmett, also of California; Vincent, of Coos county; and Fredrick, who has passed away. To Mr. and Mrs. Forty have been born three children: Fredrick, who

was born in 1899; Anna, born in 1902; and Cecilia, whose birth occurred in 1905. The family are members of the Roman Catholic church.

Mr. Forty gives his allegiance to the repub- lican party but has never been an office seeker. He belongs to the Woodmen of the World, but is not otherwise active in fra- ternal circles, preferring to devote his time to his own interests. The attractive and modern condition of his farm is evidence of the care and labor which he bestows upon the place, and his practical methods and pro- gressive ideas entitle him to rank among the representative citizens of this section.

WILLIAM M. HEDRICK, proprietor of a farm of one hundred and eighty-eight acres in Douglas county has become, through his practical and efficient methods one of the leading agriculturists in his section of the state. He was born near Drain, Oregon, on May 3, 1863, and is a son of John and Louisa J. (Jackson) Hedrick, of whom more extended mention is made on another page of this work. He was reared at home and educated in the public schools of Drain. He made wise use of every opportunity which he had along this line and added to his knowledge by extended, broad and intelli- gent reading. When he laid aside his books he taught school for one year and was suc- cessful in this occupation. He remained at home until his marriage in 1886 and im- mediately afterward removed to Ashland, Oregon, where for one year he worked upon a fruit farm. At the expiration of that time he removed to Grants Pass and worked in the employ of the Booth, Kelly Lumber Company. He gave up this position in order to take up again his old occupation of teach- ing, and three of the six years during which l'e resided in Grants Pass were spent in this line of work. He returned to Douglas coun- ty eventually and went into partnership with three of his brothers, buying two hundred and ninety acres of their father's farm in Hard Scrabble which they operated jointly and with much success for some time. Sub- sequently however, they divided their prop- erty and William M. Hedrick received as his share seventy-six acres which the efforts of the three brothers and himself had brought to a high state of development. He has added to his holdings and at one time purchased one hundred and twelve acres which was formerly the property of his brother Henry. His present farm comprises one hundred and eighty-eight acres of land, nearly all of which is under cultivation. It is yielding harvests which increase in abun- dance and quality every year and is one of the model and attractive properties in Doug- las county.

On December 1, 1886, Mr. Hedrick was united in marriage to Miss Luretta Boots, a native of Iowa and a daughter of Wil- liam N. Boots, who came to Oregon in 1875 and located at Elkton. Her father subse- quently removed to Drain and later to Mon- mouth, Polk county, where his death oc-

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curred in 1910. To Mr. and Mrs. Hedrick have been born five children, four of whom are living: Ercell H., who is attending the Oregon State University at Eugene; and Ray N., Opal L., and Ella May, all of whom are living at home. Mr. Hedrick is a republican and has served as deputy as- sessor of his district for the past ten years. His wife is a member of the Christian church. He is well known in Douglas county where he has spent most of his days and where his friends respect and esteem him for a life which in all its activities has been suc- cessful and upright and in all its phases straightforward and honorable.

CYRUS MADDEN owns the Blanco & Blacksand mine in Curry county, which he discovered in 1871 and which he has man- aged and operated since that time. He is one of the pioneer miners in this section of the state and for fifty years has followed this occupation in various parts of the west, acquiring valuable and extensive properties, principally in Oregon. His long experience in the various details of his occupation, his energy, discriminating judgment and knowl- edge liave all been factors in a success which places him in the front ranks of progressive and successful miners. He was born in Fair- field county, Ohio, May 6, 1832, and both of his parents died in that state, whither the father had come in 1818 from his native state of Virginia.

Cyrus Madden received his education in the public schools of Fairfield county and completed it at Denison University in Gran- ville, Ohio. He remained at home until 1858, when he went upon a business trip to Kan- sas and from there to Missouri, where he took up land. He found his property, how- ever, barren and unproductive and eventually abandoned it, going to Kentucky, where he taught school for a number of years, during which time he also studied law. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1860 and located for practice in Bellefonte, but after a short time returned to Missouri and resumed school teaching. On May 2, 1861, he crossed the plains to California, driving a mule team, and reached San Francisco in Sep- tember of the same year. Here he taught in the public schools and later went to the Salmon River mines, in which he worked for three and one-half years, going to Oregon at the end of that time and spending his first winter prospecting. He has followed mining in Curry county since that time and is today one of the leading men in this line of occupation in the section. He is operat- ing the Blanco & Blacksand mine, which he discovered forty-one years ago and which by practical and progressive labor he has made lucrative and valuable. It is highly improved and efficiently equipped and sup- plied with water by a four mile ditch and flume. It is one of the most valuable mines in Curry county, having extensive deposits of gold, silver and platinum. Mr. Madden has invested judiciously as opportunity arose and owns three hundred acres of mining land and eighty acres of agricultural prop-

erty in Curry county. He is one of the prominent and leading men of his section and was active in forming the company which operated the large Lane mine, which even- tually proved to be one of the richest ore veins in Oregon.

On October 27, 1872, Mr. Madden was united in marriage to Miss Lucretia V. Kent, who was born in Iowa and who died March 26, 1893. Mr. Madden gives his allegiance to the republican party but has never been an office seeker. He is well known in the Masonic order and active in the affairs of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His religious belief is that of the Eighth Day Adventists. He is a shrewd and practical man whose ability along. business lines has made his ventures successful by virtue of his knowledge and practical experience. He knows "pay dirt" when he sees it and is alive to the value of modern methods in getting his ore out of the ground. He is resourceful, able and intelligently active and quick to make use of opportunities as they present themselves.

C. HENKLE, who for sixteen years has been proprietor of a saloon at Lakeview, was born in Lee county, Iowa, June 4, 1847. His parents were Miles and Fannie Henkle. The father died when the subject of this review was but three years of age and he was twenty-three at the time of his mother's demise. He was the second of three chil- dren and was but six years of age when, in 1853, his grandfather, C. P. Blair, crossed the plains, traveling by ox team to the Wil- lamette valley. At length they arrived in Corvallis and C. Henkle was a resident of Benton county until 1872, when he came to Lake county, the population of which con- sisted mostly of ranchmen engaged in rais- ing stock. Mr. Henkle was reared by his grandfather, Mr. Blair, who followed farm- ing in Benton county and was assisted by his grandson to the extent of his ability as de- termined by age and strength. He was yet but a boy in years when, on the 3d of De- cember, 1864, he enlisted as a member of Company A, First Oregon Infantry, with which he served for eighteen months. He was stationed most of the time at Fort Vancouver, Washington. After being mus- tered out he again engaged in farming but later conducted a livery stable and worked at various occupations. During the past sixteen years he has conducted a saloon at Lakeview.

C. Henkle is a stanch republican and for two years filled . the office of deputy sheriff but does not seek political preferment as a reward for party fealty. He holds mem- bership with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. As one of the pioneers of southi- eastern Oregon he is well known, having for much more than a half century lived in this section of the state, so that he has been a witness of practically its entire development and growth. He came to Oregon when the Indians outnumbered the white population. when there were no railroads and when the most farsighted could not have dreamed of

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the great changes which were soon to occur and place the state within a comparatively brief time on a par with the older states of the east.

CHARLES W. ZUMWALT owns eight hundred and eighty acres of land in Curry county and valuable property in Port Or- ford and is regarded as one of the prom- inent and important men of this section. He has been in Oregon since 1850 and is a son of one of the early settlers in Curry county, where practically his entire life has been spent. He was born in Polk county, Missouri, in February, 1847, a son of Henry J. and Elizabeth C. Zumwalt, the former of whom was born in St. Charles county, Mis- souri, in 1819 and the latter in Tennessee in 1824. Their marriage occurred in Missouri, whither the mother of our subject had come when she was a child, and they remained in that state until 1850, when they came to Oregon and settled in Marion county, four- teen miles east of Salem. Here the father took up a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres on the Santiam river which he operated as a stock farm until 1869, when he moved to Curry county and took up a homestead claim of one hundred and sixty acres on the Sixes river, upon which prop- erty he resided until his deatlı, February 24, 1901. He had added to his holdings from time to time and owned six hundred and forty acres, principally bottom land, which he operated along the most modern, progress- ive and systematic lines. His wife is re- siding upon the homestead, in the eighty- eighth year of her age. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Zumwalt were born three chil- dren: Charles W., of this review; Frances Ella, who became the wife of George W. Jun- kin, of eastern Oregon, and is now deceased; and Mrs. Mary A. Blackerby, also deceased.

Charles W. Zumwalt received his education in the public schools of Marion county and when not engaged with his books aided his father in the work of the farm, gaining thus at an early date experience which was valu- able to him in his independent agricultural career. He remained in association with his father in the operation of the homestead until he was forty years of age but, in 1875, proved up a claim which he now owns. He also operates the home property, which he inherited at the death of his father, and his entire holdings comprise eight hundred and eighty acres, three hundred of which are improved and under cultivation. The land is in excellent condition and shows the re- sults of the owner's care and labor in stead- ily increasing productiveness. It is equipped with the necessary buildings and fenced into convenient fields and is one of the finest and most intelligently developed farms in the section. Mr. Zumwalt owns besides some fine residence property in Port Orford and is actively interested in the progress and advancement of the section which owes so much to his useful activities.

Mr. Zumwalt has been twice married. In 1868 he wedded Miss Sarah E. Clymer, who was born in Linn county. Her mother came

to Oregon in 1848 and here married Henry V. Clymer, who some time afterward was drowned in Columbia county. The mother then moved to Marion county and passed away in 1912. In 1887 Mr. Zum- walt was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Eleanore Blacklock, who was born, reared and educated in New Zealand. She came to America with her parents in 1872 and set- tled with them in Roseburg, Oregon, where they lived for one year, coming at the end of that time to Curry county, where they purchased land at Blacklock Point. They moved to San Francisco in 1879 but returned to Oregon in the late '90s and settled in Bandon, where the father passed away in 1905, the mother's death having occurred in 1888. They were the parents of four children: William, a resident of Sydney, Australia; Agnes E., the wife of our sub- ject; Mrs. Annie Jane Hawkins, of Lang- lois, Oregon; and Mrs. Evelyn Richards, of Port Orford. Mr. and Mrs. Zumwalt have six sons: John Henry, born in 1888, who re- ceived` a high school and business college education and who is residing at home; Marion R., who was born March 11, 1890, and who received a public-school education; Clarence William, who was born September 7, 1892, and who also received his education in the public schools; Charles P., born June 28, 1894; Raymond B., born in 1895; and Harold Weston, whose birth occurred; in 1899.

Mr. Zumwalt gives his allegiance to the democratic party, and has held various im- portant local offices, including those of county commissioner, county assessor and justice of the peace, serving in the latter capacity for fourteen years. He also served as deputy collector of customs at Port Orford, from 1984 to 1887. He is a member of North Bend Lodge, No. 28, I. O. O. F., but is not otherwise active in fraternal circles. He gives most of his time and attention to the management of his farm and residence prop- erty and is numbered among the enterprising and representative men of Curry county, interested in agriculture as an occupation along scientific lines and successful in it as a man of practical experience.

WILLIAM W. TUCKER is one of the pio- neers of Oregon and is engaged in farming on a beautiful ranch comprising one hun- dred acres located at Grants Pass, in Jo- sephine county. He was born May 14, 1846, and is a son of William and Nancy (Dailey) Tucker. William Tucker, the father of our subject, was born and reared in Surry county, North Carolina, and as a young man removed from there to Missouri, where he met his future wife, Nancy (Dailey) Tucker. She was a daughter of David Dailey, who was among the well known and enterprising men of Jackson county, Missouri. After remain- ing a number of years in that state the father and mother of our subject with their family started in 1852 from Jackson county for Oregon, in a train of which the father's team was a part of forty wagons, the en- tire company consisting of one hundred men.

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The centennial history of Oregon, 1811-1912, Part 99

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