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On the Ist of July, 1875. Mr. Morrison was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Ann Llewellyn, a native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and they now have three children, Phillips, Llewellyn and Ellis. Mr. Morrison has erected a nice home at 1315 Terry avenue, where the family are pleasantly located. Mrs. Morrison is a valued member of the Christian church, while our subject is a member of the grand lodge of Ancient York Masons of the state of Pennsylvania. He is also a Knight Templar, is past master and honorary member of Mahoning Lodge No. 243. Newcastle, and a member of the grand lodge of Pennsylvania, and of Seattle Commandery No. 2. Knights Templar. Strongly endorsing Republican principles, he has long been a recognized leader of his party, both in Pennsylvania and in Washington. From 1880 until 1885 he was a member of the legislature of the state of Pennsylvania, and in 1892 was elected to represent his district in the state legislature of Washington, serving as speaker of the house in 1895. With comprehensive knowledge of parliamentary law, he presided over its deliber-
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ations in a dignified manner. his course being marked by the utmost fairness and impartiality. He is now a member of the council of the city of Seattle and chairman of the Republican state central committee. Mr. Morrison is easily approachable, showing courtesy to all with whom he comes in contact. and is a companionable, genial gentleman, and has a host of warm friends. In his home he is an indulgent father and a kind and devoted husband, and his genuine worth and many virtues are widely recognized. He never acts except from honest motives, and in all his varied relations in business affairs and in social life has maintained a character and standing that have in- pressed all with his sincere and manly purpose to do by others as he would have others do by him.
CHRISTIAN A. KINDRED.
Since 1893 the roll of the leading business men of Seattle has included the name of Christian A. Kindred, and none have been more highly respected. Certainly none are more deeply interested in all things pertaining to the ad- vancement and prosperity of the city. and his mfluence has always been found upon the side of progress and improvement. He is a native son of Indiana. his birth occurring in Jackson county, on the 3d of November. 1870. and he is of German descent. His father, Daniel Kindred, nobly served his count- try during the great Civil war. and as a companion on the journey of life chose Miss Mary Ramie. After their marriage they removed from Indiana to Smith county. Kansas, where they became well known farming people, and there they reared a family of thirteen children, six sons and seven daugh- ters, all of whom are still living. The parents are devout members of the Free Methodist church, and throughout their entire lives have followed its helpful teachings, doing all in their power to spread the cause of Christi- anity among their fellow men.
Christian A. Kindred spent the days of his boyhood and youth on his father's farm in Smith county, Kansas, and to its public school system he is indebted for the educational privileges which he was permitted to enjoy in his early life. In 1893 he cast in his lot with the citizens of Seattle, where he has since been engaged in the wood and coal business at his present location. He began his operations here in a small wav. but by undaunted perseverance and honorable methods has gradually risen to a prominent place in the busi- ness world, being now the owner of the extensive grounds on which his yards are located. Employment is furnished to sixteen men at the wood camp. while in Seattle six teams are kept constantly at work delivering wood and
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coal to his many customers. He is a man of integrity and marked fidelity to the duties of life, and Seattle numbers him among her representative citizens. In his social relations Mr. Kindred is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of the Woodmen of the World and of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, while his political preference is with the Socialists. He is well known and enjoys a distinctive popularity in the city which for a number of years has been his home and field of labor, and has unbonded faith in Seattle and in its growth and its advancement to a posi- tion of still greater relative importance as one of the industrial and commer- cial centers of the west.
WILLIAM H. VERNON.
Great rewards are always in store for the man who has the foresight to recognize the future value of undeveloped regions. and. furthermore. has the necessary courage to be the pioneer in building up the resources of the place. The city of Ballard in King county, Washington, is an example of a locality which has been lying for years with its wealth untouched and only awaiting the coming of the promoter to make of it one of the leading commercial centers of the west. And Mr. Vernon is one of those who came when it was an insignificant place in the commercial world and exploited its resources until it is now a thriving city. When he came here there werc only about two hundred inhabitants in the town, but his judgment told him there were excellent prospects for the future here, and through hard times and all he has never lost faith in the ultimate greatness of Ballard.
William H. Vernon is the son of W. H. and Mary ( Downing) Ver- non, who both passed their lives in England; the former was interested in a brewery for awhile and later in farming. William was born in that fam- ous city of Sheffield. England, on July 3, 1839. He had no opportunities in youth to gain an education and throughout his life has had to pick up the information and culture by dint of hard labor which come to the more favored as a mere circumstance of youth ; but he has been a diligent student to this very day and is not so backward as some who have made less use of their opportunities. He was a boy when he first engaged in the mercantile business. But the memorable Black Friday in financial circles in 1866 threw him, as it did thousands of others, down from the heights of success and caused him a loss of twenty-five thousand dollars. In the fall of 1879 he decided to come to America. For a short time he was located in Minnesota, where he did very well, and then went to Dakota and engaged in the stock
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business, where he remained for eight years. Ever since coming from Eng- land he has had an eye on the future of the Sound country, and about this time he decided the opportunity had come for him to cast in his lot with the country. He at once engaged in the real estate and insurance business and is the oldest dealer in that line in the city, and he has profited by his long continuance in the business. He has had the best interests of the city at heart and has done much to induce various manufacturing concerns to locate here. He has also aided in building up the place, and owns a number of residence properties. Mr. Vernon represents a number of the leading in- surance companies, and is acting as agent for many non-resident property owners, attending to their loans and their general business. In 1900 he and his brother-in-law, Mr. Lee, and his son, William H., started the Palace of Sweets in Seattle, and they have built up a good trade and are now manu- facturing to a considerable extent.
Mr. Vernon is independent in politics, but he has held the position of jus- tice of the peace for four years and police judge for two years. He married in England Miss Mary Lee, a daughter of John and Martha (Sellers) Lee. both living in Sheffield, England, and she was also a native of that country. They have nine children, three sons and six daughters. Arthur is an en- gineer on the Great Northern. Edith May is the wife of John Taylor and resides in England. William Horace is interested, as mentioned before, with his father in the Palace of Sweets. The others are Grace, Rose, Frank, Vernie, Lilly and Dora.
EUSTACE B. SCOTT.
Eustace B. Scott, secretary, treasurer and manager of the Seattle, Eve- rett & Tacoma Navigation Company, with office at the Coleman dock, is one of the most progressive and energetic young business men of Seattle, where his ability, enterprise and upright methods have already established for him an enviable reputation. Although he is quite young, comparatively, his pop- ularity is established on a firm basis, that of his own well tested merit.
Mr. Scott was born in Russell. Kentucky, May 6, 1871, and is a son of Uriah B. and Clarinda (Lionberger) Scott, bothi natives of Ohio. In early life the father was engaged in boat-building and for years followed that occupation in the east, on the Ohio, Mississippi and Arkansas rivers, until coming to the Pacific coast. after which he was similarly engaged on the Willamette and Columbia rivers until his removal to Portland, Oregon. in 1873. Since then he has been engaged in the navigation of the Sound
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and the construction of vessels. Immediately after locating in Portland he built the Ohio, and with her navigated the Willamette river in 1874 to Day- ton, which point had never before been reached by steamer. While in Port- land he also built the steamship City of Salem, and interested in the steam- ship Flyer. In 1898 he removed to Seattle to look after his interests here, and is to-day the president of the Seattle, Everett & Tacoma Navigation Company, which was incorporated in 1897, the other officers being John J Dockar, vice-president; and E B. Scott. secretary and treasurer. The vessels now in service are the steamship Greyhound, plying between Seattle and Everett : the steamship City of Frerett. also plying between those cities ; and the magnificent new Telephone, one of the swiftest vessels of its class ever built. This vessel was designed by E. B. Scott and built especially for their service and is one of the most elegantly furnished and completely equipped on the Pacific coast.
Eustace B. Scott has spent his childhood, youth and early manhood on the coast, having come to the west with his parents when only two years old. He received a liberal English education in the high school and aca- demy of Portland, which was supplemented by a commercial course. . At the age of twenty-one he accepted a position as freight clerk on the steamship Telephone, plying between Portland and Astoria, Oregon, which position he held for three years, and then spent four years as purser on the same vessel, resigning that position to come to the Sound to take charge as man- aging owner of the steamship Greyhound. On the 10th of August. 1898. the company purchased the steamship City of Everett, and on the 28th of October. the same year, the company was incorporated under its present management. It has a regular and satisfactory passenger traffic between Seattle and other points, which has increased to immense proportions, the books of the company showing for the year 1901 ninety thousand and fifty passengers. They have established a most satisfactory service with their swift and elegantly fitted vessels, making three trips daily.
On the 27th of December, 1898. Mr. Scott was united in marriage to Miss Mame F. Robinson. a native daughter of the coast, having been born and reared in Portland. Her parents are James and Mary ( Strong) Rob- inson. Our subject and his wife have a little daughter. Nanette. Fratern- ally Mr. Scott is connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World, and religiously is a member of the First Baptist church. In his political views he is a Republican. but has had no time or inclination for public office. Since coming to Seattle he has de- voted his entire energies to the company of which he is now the manager.
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and which owes its success largely to his untiring efforts, good management and executive ability. He is a very wide-awake and progressive business man, and wherever known is held in high esteem.
GEORGE W. GABRIEL.
The subject of this review is now serving in the important position of master mechanic for the Seattle Electric Company. Since 1891 he has made his home in this city, and during the intervening period he has been recog- nized as one of its most progressive and public spirited citizens. His birth occurred in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 22d of February, 1838, and he is a son of John Gabriel, who was a weaver by trade. He is one of the two surviving children, his younger brother being still a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. The son George W received his early education in the public schools of his native city, and learned the machinist's trade in a boiler factory. At the first call for volunteers to aid in suppressing the rebellion he enlisted in Company C. Fifth Ohio, and was in camp until the 22d of April. 1861. At the end of his three months' term of enlistment he re-enlisted for service in Company C. under Captain Foley, and served as one of Fremont's body guards. Among the many important battles in which Mr. Gabriel participated during his military career may be mentioned the engagement at Springfield, and he remained with Fremont until the latter was superceded, after which he was employed on the Nashville Railroad, then a government road used in carrying muni- tions of war. Returning thence to the north, he secured employment in the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company's shops at Chicago. there re- maining for about two years, while for the following seven years he was a resident of Baraboo, Wisconsin, and then for the long period of fourteen years was an employe of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Com- pany. His next engagement was with the Union Pacific in Wyoming, one year later he secured employment with the Northern Pacific, and for a time thereafter was at Helena and Butte, Montana, in search of a location that would prove beneficial to his wife's ill health. Deciding then to come to Washington, he was given charge of the mechanical department of the street railway at Tacoma, and a year later he came to Seattle and entered the em- ploy of what was then known as the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad : but later this road was placed in the hands of a receiver and Mr. Gabriel then took charge of the shops of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, to which he gave his attention until January, 1900. At that date he assumed the responsible position of master mechanic for the Seattle Electric Company.
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a position which he still continues to fill to the utmost satisfaction of all. When he entered upon the duties of this office the company owned but a small shop and twenty-five cars, but under his wise and able supervision two large shops have been erected, and the company now give employment to one hundred and seventy-five men, while they have also built and rebuilt twenty cars. Thus they have been able to keep pace with the wonderful growth of the city, and they now do all their own work with the exception of making the castings.
The marriage of Mr. Gabriel was celebrated in Cleveland, Ohio, when Miss Mary A. Cole became his wife. Four children have been born of this union, two of whom died when young, and the two surviving are: Edward. who is serving as freight agent for the Seattle Electric Company; and Albert C., who is engaged with a mining company in Ashland, Oregon. In his fraternal relations Mr. Gabriel is connected with the Masonic order, holding membership with lodge No. 87, Free and Accepted Masons, and with Seattle Chapter No. 3. Royal Arch Masons. In his political relations he is inde- pendent, while religiously he is connected with the Episcopal church.
JACOB JULIEN.
Jacob Julien is a retired farmer and for several years has resided in Seat- tle, where he has become quite extensively interested in real estate. He was born at Bedford. Lawrence county, Indiana, an the 18th of October, 1830. His father, Renne Julien, was born in South Carolina in 1783. and when a young man emigrated westward, becoming one of the pioneer settlers of Lawrence county, Indiana, where he made his home continuously until 1852, at which time he again journeyed westward. He took up his abode in Chari- ton, Iowa, where he spent his remaining days passing away on the 15th of March, 1861. He was of Scotch-Irish descent and manifested many of the sterling traits of character of the Scotch-Irish people. Throughout his en- tire business career he carried on argicultural pursuits. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Julia Henderson, was born in Tennessee and died in Lawrence county. Indiana.
Jacob Julien obtained his education in the old time district schools of his native county and in his youth became familiar with the duties and labors of farm life, assisting in the cultivation of his father's farm. In 1852 he be- came a resident of lowa and purchased a farm near Chariton, upon which he lived until 1874. successfully carrying on agricultural pursuits during that period. He then crime to King county. Washington, where he purchased
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sixty-eight acres of farm land on the Dwamish river, seven miles from Seat- tle. Upon this place he made excellent improvements and after a time sold the property and purchased a farm of one hundred and forty acres in the same locality. He carried on general farming for twenty years and his well tilled fields brought to him a good return, and he also realized a handsome income from his stock dealing. At length he became interested in Seattle residence property, and for a number of years has spent the greater part of his time in this metropolis.
While in the county of his nativity, in 1852, Mr. Julien was united in marriage to Amanda Rogers, a native of Tennessee and of English descent. Five children have been born to them, namely: James, Jacob and Renne, at home; Orlena, the wife of A. Robar, a resident of Seattle; and Lucretia, the wife of T. K. Ray, a farmer of King county. In his political affiliations Mr. Julien is a Democrat and for twenty-seven years he regularly voted in the Dwamish precinct. He has held the offices of school director and road super- visor for many years and is active and influential in public affairs. He be- longs to St. John's Lodge, F. & \. M., which he joined twenty-seven years ago. He became a charter member of Seattle Chapter No. 3. R. A. M., which was organized January 2, 1883, and of which he was elected tyler. In his life he exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft. His career has been one of industry, and. brooking no obstacles that could be overcome by honest and persistent effort, he has steadily worked his way upward to success.
EDGAR J. ROUNDS.
Edgar J. Rounds is the senior member of the firm of Rounds, Ditlef- sen & Company, contractors and builders of Seattle, and has been a resident of this city since the 2d of January, 1891. He was born in Crawford county. Wisconsin, May 27. 1865. His grandfather. Isaiah Rounds, was a native of New York and followed agricutural pursuits as a means of providing for his family. Removing to the west he took up his abode in Wisconsin where he spent his remaining days and passed away at the age of eighty- two years. Isaiah Rounds, Ir. the father of our subject, was also a native of the Empire state and with the family went to Wisconsin where he subse- quently engaged in merchandising and was also a millwright. He put in the first water-power mill in that part of the country ; it contained the old up and down saw, but later he remodeled the mill and put in a turbine wheel and cir- cular saw. Not only an active and enterprising business man but also a valued citizen, Isaiah Rounds was frequently called to official life and filled
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a number of county offices with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He was also a prominent and valued member of the Methodist church, doing all in his power to advance the cause of Christianity and pro- mote the growth of the church, and in the organization with which he was connected he filled various official positions. He was married in New York to Luanna Rich, a representative of an old Vermont family, and they became the parents of four children.
Edgar J. Rounds, the youngest of these, and the only one now on the Pacific coast, pursued a public school education in Wisconsin and later com- pleted a course in a business college at Madison, that state. His training for the practical duties of life was in line of carpentering and after he had mastered his trade he worked as a foreman for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. He afterward went to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and thence made his way to the south. He went first to Nashville, but on leaving that state went to St. Louis, where he remained until his removal to Seattle, where he arrived on the 2d of January, 1891. During all his active years Mr. Rounds had engaged in carpentering and building. and his excellent workmanship had steadily secured him advancement. He established his home in Seattle and began business on his own account as the member of the firm of Pick- arts & Company, but after a year he engaged in business alone and was with- out a partner for three years. He is now a member of the firm of Rounds. Ditlefsen & Company and has gained a high reputation in the line of his chosen vocation. His work has been largely in building windows and stairs and other departments of carpentering of the finest nature. He has erected the Columbia school at Columbia City, and several warehouses and tene- ments in Seattle, some of the latter costing as high as fifteen thousand dol- lars. He built and fitted up his shop, which is well supplied with all the necessary machinery for the turning out of fine work in the line of his chosen specialty. His pay-roll amounts to three hundred dollars a week, except in the rush building season, when it largely exceeds that amount.
On the 27th of June. 1892. in this city. Mr. Rounds was united in mar- riage to Susie E. Davis, a daughter of John Davis, of Wisconsin, who be- longed to an old family of Boston, Massachusetts. Their union has been blessed with two children. Ethelyn Byrne and Paul Edgar. In 1901 Mr. Rounds erected his home here at 318 Maken avenue and has also built and sold other houses in the city, his real estate business proving a profitable source of income. In politics he is a stalwart Republican, following the family example in this direction. and to some extent has labored for the success of the party. but has never sought office as a reward for party fealty.
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He belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity and the Woodmen of the World. He is a devoted member of the Methodist church and also belongs to the Young Men's Christian Association. He is a very busy man, yet is ever ready to pause in his business duties to distribute aid to those in need. He is wholly worthy of the respect which is freely tendered him, for his name has become synonymous with fair dealing, honorable business methods and all that is elevating and beneficial to the city and to the individual.
E. C. DICKSON.
E. C. Dickson, who is filling the position of bookkeeper and shipping clerk for the Issaquah Coal Company at Issaquah, King county, is a native of Illinois, his birth having occurred at Rock Island on the 20th of Septent- ber, 1863. His father. George M. Dickson, was born in Harrisburg, Penn- sylvania, in 1839. and is of Scotch-Irish lineage. The paternal grandfather. John Dickson, became one of the pioneer settlers of the Keystone state, and when the country became involved for the second time in hostilities with England he joined the American army and fought in the war of 1812. From his native state George M. Dickson moved westward and for many years operated a paper mill at Milan. near Rock Island, Illinois. He was also interested in a street-car line connecting the two places. In 1886 he went to Wichita. Kansas. where he inaugurated a street railway system, and has since resided there. He married Julia A. Chisler, who was born in Mor- gantown. West Virginia, in 1840. and is still living.
E. C. Dickson, their son. was educated in the public schools of Milan and in the Northern Illinois College at Fulton, that state. When his literary course was completed he took up the work of bridge-building. He was then nineteen years of age and he entered the employ of the M. Lesic Bridge Company of Chicago, spending two years in their operating department. In 1884 he became connected with the Horine-Wagner Company, conducting a commission house at Omaha. Nebraska, where he continued for nineteen months. On the expiration of that period he purchased an interest in the Wichita Paper Company, incorporated, at Wichita. Kansas, with which he was connected for two years, when he sold his interest in the business, and in 1888 came to Seattle, Washington. For about two years he was in the employ of H. M. Jones and J. M. Coleman and afterward spent several years in Seattle as a political worker in the ranks of the Republican party. In 1895 he went to Placer county, California, where he spent eight months engaged in placer mining. Through the succeeding fourteen months he was
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