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On September 16, 1883. Mr. Hartman was married at New Helena, Nebraska, to Miss Caroline E. Dryden, the daughter of a Wisconsin pioneer, and their children were: Eva, deceased; Dwight, aged fourteen; Harold. twelve; and Robert, who is five. In his political views Mr. Hartman is a stalwart Republican, active in the ranks of the party and has attended county, state and national conventions. He is also a campaign worker and has made a wide acquaintance among the leaders of the party in this portion of the state and elsewhere, but has never sought or desired official preferment for himself. He is an active member of the Westminster Presbyterian church,
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was one of its organizers and is now a member of its session. Nature be- stowed upon him good gifts. Ile possesses a mind of broad compass, and the industry that brings forth every spark of talent with which he has been endowed. Few lawyers have made a more lasting impression upon the bar of the state both for legal ability of a high order and for the individuality of the personal character which impresses itself upon the community.
H. R. CORSON, M. D.
Since 1888 Dr. H. R. Corson has been a member of the medical fra- ternity of King county, and his ability has enabled him to advance to a position among the successful representatives of the profession. He is now located in Issaquah, where he is enjoying a large private practice, in addi- tion to acting as physician for some important corporations.
The entire width of the American continent separates Dr. Corson from the place of his birth, he being a native of Alton, Maine, born November 13. 1848. His parents were V. R. and Angeline (Rand) Corson, both of whom were natives of the Pine Tree state. The father, who was born in Canaan, Maine, in 1812, was of English descent, while his wife, whose birth occurred in Poland, Maine, in 1818, was of Scotch lineage. A farmer by occupation, he followed that pursuit in order to provide for his family, and his death occurred in New Brunswick in 1887. His wife had passed away some time before, having died in Alton, Maine, in 1868.
In the public schools of his native town II. R. Corson acquired his pre- liminary education, which was supplemented by study in the Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield. His choice of a vocation fell upon the medical pro- fession and he began preparation for practice as a student in Bowdoin Col- lege at Brunswick, Maine. He applied himself closely to the mastery of the branches forming the curriculum there and in 1876 was graduated. Well equipped for his schosen work, he then opened an office in New Sharon, Maine, where he remained for twelve years, constantly broadening his knowl- edge by further reading and by practical experience. The possibilities of the northwest, however, attracted him, and in 1888 he severed the ties which bound him to his native state and made his way across the country to Seattle, where he opened an office and practiced for seven years. In 1895 he came to Issaquah and since that time has been the physician and surgeon for the Issaquah Coal Company, which in its mines employs a large force of men. Since 1899 he has also been the surgeon for the Seattle division of the North- ern Pacific Railroad Company, and in addition he has a large private prac-
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tice, which is accorded him in recognition of his thorough understanding of the science of medicine and his accuracy in applying its principles to the needs of those to whom injury or disease have made the aid of the physician or surgeon essential.
Dr. Corson was married in Madison, Maine, in 1874, to Miss E. S. Paine, who was born in North Anson, Maine, in 1853. a daughter of Hiram and Mary ( Barton) Paine, who were early settlers of New England. They became the parents of four children: The oklest, Warren B., died soon after he came to Seattle, aged thirteen ; W. 11., Eva May and Kenneth P. are all with their parents. In his political views the Doctor is a stalwart Re- publican, unswerving in his support of the party and its principles and has taken an active part in promoting its work and success. While in the Pine Tree state he was elected to represent Franklin county, Maine, in the general assembly, serving in 1886-87, and was school supervisor for about ten years in New Sharon, Maine. He has also been prominent as a party worker in the west and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have called him to public office here. He was school director for one year and in 1900 was elected mayor of Issaquah, and re-elected for two years more in 1902, proving himself a loyal citizen by the promptness and fidelity with which he has discharged the duties of these various positions. For almost a quarter of a century Dr. Corson has been a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, having joined the order in New Sharon, Maine, in 1878. He was one of the organizers of Issaquah Lodge. F. & A. M .. and he also belongs to Seattle Lodge. No. 51. K. P. AAlthough he has been a resident of the north- west for a comparatively brief period, he is fully imbued with the progres- sive spirit which dominates this section of the country and has labored to promote the welfare and advancement of this locality, while at the same time giving close attention to the varied and important duties of his profession.
W. F. ECKHART.
W. F. Eckhart is the secretary and treasurer of the Webster-Eckhart- Sims Company, dealers in general merchandise at Enumclaw He possesses marked enterprise and determination, qualities which would make him an active factor and valued representative of the business interests of any pro- gressive town. He is a native of Indiana, his birth having occurred in Tip- pecanoe county on the 29th of January, 1865. His father. Balser Eckhart. was born in Germany in 1837, and when twenty years of age came to this country, locating near Lafayette, Tippecanoe county. Indiana, where he has
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since carried on extensive farming operations. A few years after arriving in the United States, he was united in marriage to Louise Snyder, who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1842, and died at her home in Indiana on the Oth of June, 1902.
Under the parental roof W. F. Eckhart was reared ard in the public schools of Tippecanoe he acquired his preliminary education, which was sup- plemented by study in the Central Normal college at Danville, Indiana, where he remained as a student for two years. From 1883 until 1885 he engaged m teaching school in Coburn, Indiana, and in the fall of 1886 he went to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he was engaged in general merchandising for three years. his first venture in this direction. In 1889 he came to Washington, attracted by the business possibilities of the rapidly developing northwest. For two years he was identified with educational work here as a teacher near Kent. and for five years he taught at Wabash, King county. In January, 1895. he came to Enumclaw, and accepted a position as clerk in the general store of Webster & Nickerson, remaining with the house for two years, on the expiration of which period the firm was succeeded by Nickerson Brothers, Mr. Eckhart remaining as a representative of the new firm until 1901. He then became superintendent of the new building of the Webster-Eckhart- Sims Company and has since been a member of the firm in a general mercan- tile business, holding the position of secretary and treasurer, with Mr. Web- ster as president and Mr. Sims as vice-president.
On the 26th of July, 1890, Mr. Eckhart was happily married to Miss May Gray, who was born in California, and they now have two interesting children. Louisa and Robert. Theirs is a pleasant home, noted for its hospi- tality, which is greatly enjoyed by their many friends. Mr. Eckhart was a charter member of Crescent Lodge, F. & A. M., of Enumclaw and served as master during the year 1902, and also belongs to the Eastern Star chapter of the same organization, and to the Independent Order of Red Men. In his political affiliations he is a Republican, and while he is strong in his endorse- ment of the party, he has no time for public office, nor does he desire poli- tical preferment.
M. HARWOOD YOUNG.
There is probably no man in Scattle who occupies a more enviable posi- tion in mercantile and financial circles than M. Harwood Young, not alone on account of the success he has achieved, but also on account of the honor- able. straightforward business policy he has ever followed. He possesses untir-
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ing energy, is quick of perception, forms pians readily and is determined in their execution ; and his close application to business and his excellent man- agement have brought to him the high degree of success which is to-day his.
Mr. Young was born at Groton, Massachusetts, on the 21st of Septem- ber, 1846, and is descended from a good old New England family, his grand- father Young being a respected resident of Plymouth, New Hampshire, and who attained a ripe old age. Lemuel D. Young, his son, was born in Ply- mouth, as was also his wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Mars- ton. He lost his life by accident at the age of forty-three years. By occu- pation he was a merchant, and both he and his wife were earnest and consist- ent members of the Methodist church, exerting a wide influence for good throughout the community in which they lived. The father always took a deep interest in his town and county, and was very highly esteemed by his fellow citizens. His wife, who was a most estimable lady, died in 1865, at the age of thirty-nine years. In their family were three sons, namely: Henry D., Edwin and M. Harwood Henry D. was drowned with the wreck of the Portland, in November, 1899, at the age of thirty-eight years. Edwin is a manufacturer residing in Lowell, Massachusetts.
It was during the infancy of M. Harwood Young that the family re- moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, and seven years later to Laconia, in the same state. In 1864 he passed his examinations to Harvard college, but the urgent need of the government for more volunteers to assist in putting down rebellion led him to give up the course and he responded to President Lincoln's call in August of that year, entering the ranks of the Union army. At the beginning of the war he had tried to enlist but was rejected on account of his age, being at that time only fifteen years old. He was at length ac- cepted as a member of Company 1. Eighth New Hampshire Volunteer In- fantry, but his regiment was subsequently mounted, and accompanied Gene- ral Banks on his famous Red river expedition. Mr. Young participated in all the engagements in which his company took part. While in Mississippi they were sent to break up a forage train, and when making an attack hc received a severe saber wound across his thigh and came very nearly losing his life, being in the hospital for four months. He then rejoined his regi- ment, and for some time before the close of the war he was regimental clerk under Lieutenant Colonel Flanders.
On receiving his discharge from the service Mr. Young returned to his old home in the north, and soon afterward accepted a clerkship in a Boston wholesale dry goods house. In 1868 he went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he and a friend purchased twelve horses, one barouche, three prairie schoon-
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ers and four light wagons, and then started across the plains. At Leaven- worth, Kansas, they secured the services of three men to assist them on their way to California by way of the Smoky Hill route. While crossing the plains they learned that the Indians were troublesome and applied to General Custer for a detail of soldiers to protect them, but the General said there would be no trouble, and they proceeded on their way alone, but had gone only a short distance when they were attacked by the red men, who either killed or captured all their horses. Going to a watering station sour miles away Mr Young and his party secured a guard of sokliers, but found on their return that the Indians had burned all that they could not carry away, leaving the little party in a very bad plight. They traveled on, however, from sta- tion to station until reaching Denver, Colorado, and from there proceeded on their journey by stage and rail, at length reaching San Francisco. While at Denver. Mr. Young was taken ill with mountain fever, and was advised by a physician to go to the coast if he hoped to recover. On regaming his health he returned to Boston, and not long afterward accepted a position in the auditing department of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad with head- quarters at Burlington, Iowa.
In 1872 Mr. Young went back to Massachusetts and became cashier for the Boston Manufacturing Company located at Waltham, his employers he- ing the proprietors of the first complete cotton mill erected in that state. Hle continued with them as their cashier and confidental man for eighteen years. or until 1890, during which time he was also engaged in active business in Waltham on his own account, being one of the organizers of the Waltham Co-operative Bank and its first secretary and treasurer. After capably fill- ing those positions for two years he resigned, as the increasing volume of business of the bank demanded more of his time than he could spare, and he afterward served as one of its directors. He also assisted in organizing the electric light company, of which he was elected a director, and after its con- solidation with the Waltham Gas Light Company still continued in that position. On the incorporation of the city of Waltham in 1884 he was elect- ed a member of its first board of alderman for a term of two years, and so satisfactorily did he fill the office that he was elected for three years to the sinking fund commission, of which commission he was chairman.
Visiting Seattle in 1889. Mr. Young became convinced of its great pos- sibilities for profitable investments and future growth, and on his return to Waltham severed his connection with the corporation with which he had been for so many years, and at once assisted in the organization of the New England-Northwestern Investment Company. In January, 1890, he located
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in Seattle as the western manager of that company and has since filled that position to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He has had charge of the erection of many residences and business blocks and a number of other very paying investments. For several years he was president of the Union Trunk line, one of the principal street railways of the city, and became a large stock- holders in the consolidated roads of Seattle, also a director in the Seattle Elec- tric Company and the Puget Sound Electric Company, the line connecting Seattle and Tacoma. He was also vice-president of the gas company for a num- her of years: is a director of the National Bank of Commerce; and manager of the Pacific coast interests of the Planters Compress Company of Boston, large manufacturers of presses for baling in round compact bales both cotton ind hay. Mr. Young has shipped large quantities of hay baled in this way to the Philippine islands and also to Alaska. Among the property of Seattle improved by him and his company is Beacon Hill. He is a man of excellent business and executive ability, whose sound judgment, unflagging enterprise and capable management have brought to him a well merited success.
Mr. Young was married in 1872 to Miss Josephine Richardson of Bel- mont. Massachusetts, a daughter of Captain Richard Richardson. Of the five children born of this union the two sons died in infancy. The daughters are Edith R., Ethel D. and Josephine. The family have a beautiful home on Beacon Hill, the culture and artistic taste of its occupants being reflected in its appointments, while a gracious hospitality adds a charm to its material comforts. They are connected with the Episcopal church, and Mr. Young is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, having been initiated into the mys- teries of that order at Revere Lodge, Boston. one of the oldest lodges in that state if not in the United Staes. In manner he is pleasant and cordial, which. combined with his sterling worth, makes him one of the most popular citizens of his adopted city.
REV. MICHAEL FAFARA.
Rev. Michael Fafara is a well known representative of the Catholic priesthood of King county, his home being in Enumclaw. He was born in Krakow, Austria, on the 25th of September, 1865. His parents. Casper and Frances Fafara, were born and reared in that country and the father has always followed the occupation of farming. The mother has now passed away, having died at her home in her native country in 1892. Their son. Rev. Fafara, was splendidly educated, first in the gymnasium schools of his native town, where he remained as a student for eight years. and afterward
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spending four years in the theological schools of Rome, Italy. When he had completed his preparation for the priesthood he returned to his home, and in a few months was appointed by the propaganda of Rome as a missionary to the state of Washington.
On his arrival here he spent a month with Bishop Yunger at Vancouver, Washington, and received instruction from him concerning methods of work as conducted in this country. He then went to Tacoma, where he arrived in April, 1892, remaining at that place for nearly six years, during which time he was chaplain of the St. Joseph Hospital. In 1898 he located at Enum- claw, King county, where he purchased a pleasant cottage home and has since had charge of the missions of Enumclaw, Wilkinson. Franklin, Car- bonado and Krain. At all of these places except Enumclaw he has built new churches and in this town he has remodeled the church edifice, which was already in use at the time of his arrival. This work has required a great deal of patient labor, but through his energy and personal popularity and the co- operation of the good people of his missions, he has been able to command ample means to place all in a prosperous condition. He visits each one of the missions monthly. The total membership of the five missions is seven hun- dred, and in his influential position he has added largely to the development of the southern portion of King coutny.
ISAAC P. CALHOUN.
Isaac P. Calhoun is one of the leading representatives of the lumber in- dustry of the northwest. The dense forests of great trees in this portion of the country have furnished a wide field of labor for the logger and the lumber manufacturer and the business has become one of the most important sources of income to the residents of Washington. Isaac P. Calhoun entered this field of activity and in the prosecution of his business affairs has met with splendid success and has become one of the recognized leaders in his line.
Mr. Calhoun was born in La Grange. Stanislaus county, California. on the 11th of January, 1858. and has spent his entire life upon the coast. Ilis father, Rufus Calhoun, was born in New Brunswick, about 1827, and went to the Golden state in 1853, making the trip around Cape Horn in a fishing schooner. The family remained at La Grange from that yea. until 1866 and then removed to Port Townsend, which has since been the family home. On coming to Port Townsend he built a schooner there in 1866-07. and on its completion he operated it in the service of the merchants for several years. Later he became part owner and was master of several vessels employed in
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the Puget Sound and Pacific coast trade, and subsequently he was employed by the firm of Corbett & Maclay of Portland, Oregon, as master of the Spar- rowhawk, running to Australia, China and the Philippines and other oriental countries. He was thus engaged for a number of years and finally sold the vessel in Australia. For the past twenty years he has been employed as master on the Spreckel line of vessels owned in San Francisco and used in the sugar-carrying trade between San Francisco and Honolulu. He was united in marriage to Sarah Filmore, who was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1827. and is yet living at the family home in Port Townsend. To this worthy couple were born five sons and a daughter.
Isaac P. Calhoun was educated in the schools of Port Townsend. to which place he went with his parents when a youth of eight summers. On leaving home he became an active factor in the business world. He went to Newcastle on Lake Washington. where he was employed as a clerk in the store of the Oregon Improvement Company and continued to fill that posi- tion for seven years: a fact which indicates his fidelity to duty and the con- fidence reposed in him by his employers. In May. 1887, he went to Tacoma and was manager of the store owned by the Tacoma Mill Company for about two years. For the succeeding six months he occupied a similar position with the Seattle Coal & Iron Company at Issaquah. He then received the appoint- ment under Charles M. Bradshaw as special deputy collector of customs for the Puget Sound district and filled that position for a year. In June, 1890, he went to Black Diamond, Washington, where he entered into partnership with J. M. E. Atkinson under the firm name of Atkinson & Calhoun, being there engaged in general merchandising for eleven years. The enterprise was attended with a gratifying degree of success and after disposing of his in- terests there Mr. Calhoun went to Nome, Alaska. Later he returned to Kent, Washington, in October, of the same year, and in company with Joseph Kraus, he purchased the sawmill plant of the Sousie Creek Lumber Company. This mill has a capacity of twenty-five thousand feet of lumber daily, and the demand for its product is greater than can be supplied. This shows a very gratifying condition of business affairs and indicates that the firm is enjoying a well merited prosperity.
Mr. Calhoun was married on San Juan island, Washington, September 18. 1881. to Lexie Firth, who was born at Victoria. British Columbia, in i861, and is of Scotch descent. Their union has been blessed with eight chil- dren, as follows: Inez, aged twenty years: Fillmore, aged eighteen years; Jessie, aged seventeen years; Millard, aged twelve years: Lenora, aged ten years: Ruth, aged eight years: Sarah and Lexie, aged respectively six and
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two years. Mr. Calhoun belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Seattle, and to the Knights of Pythias lodge at Black Diamond. He supported the Republican party in early life, but when William Jennings Bryan first became a candidate for the presidency, he gave to him his allegi- ance and has since voted the Democratic ticket. Entering upon his business career without capital, but with a strong determination to succeed and a laudable ambition, he has steadily advanced in the business world until he now has attained an enviable standing as a representative of the industrial interests of the northwest.
DAVID T. DENNY.
No inhabitant of Seattle has so long resided in the city as David T. Denny. He has witnessed its growth from the beginning and more than that he has been an active factor in its development and progress, his efforts prov- ing of great value in the substantial upbuilding of the beautiful city which he aided in founding. Seven additions have been platted by him and through his business activity he has contributed to the general prosperity and im- provement. His career has been so inseparably interwoven with its history that to give a detailed account of his worth would be to largely compile the annals of Seattle. To the pioneer settlers who have braved dangers, hard- ships and trials to reclaim wild land for purposes of civilization, who have sought to carry progress into frontier regions, a debt of gratitude is due which can never be repaid but we can hold in grateful remembrance their lives and works, giving them the honor and praise which is their just due.
More than half a century has passed since David T. Denny came to Washington. He is a native of the state of Indiana, his birth having oc- curred in Putnam county, March 17. 1832. The family is of Scotch-Irish lineage and is a very ancient one, representatives of the name emigrating from Scotland to Ireland and thence to England. The first to establish a home in America were David and Margaret Denny, who settled in Berks county. Pensylvania, and Robert, their sixth child, became the grandfather of our subject. He was born in Berks county in 1753 and at a very early period in the history of Kentucky went to that state, being a contemporary of Daniel Boone and other famous pioneers of Kentucky who first settled on the "dark and bloody ground." His children were people of strong religious convictions, of pronounced anti-slavery principles and of Christian faith and practice.
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