An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 110

Author: Interstate publishing co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: [Chicago] Interstate publishing company
Number of Pages: 1146

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Walla Walla in February, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Martinet have had three children : Alice, born Octo- ber 31, 1898; Mary, on the 21st of December, 1901, and Albert June 14, 1902. The two last mentioned died in infancy. Mr. Martinet is a member of the Church of Switzerland, and in politics he adheres to the principles of the Republican party. He has always taken an active interest in educational mat- ters and has filled the office of school director in his home district for one term. He is a respected mem- ber of the community, popular with all classes.

FRANCIS W. SANDERS, one of the prosper- ous farmers of Klickitat county, lives a mile south- east of Blue Light postoffice, and seven miles east of Bickleton, on a farm of three hundred and twenty acres of tillable land. He is a native of Ohio, born December 14, 1860. His father, Joseph Sanders, a shoemaker and farmer, was brought up and mar- ried in England, came to this country in 1854, and settled in New York, where he remained eighteen months. He then removed to Ohio, and from there to Illinois, spending two years in the latter state, then going to Minnesota in the fall of 1857. He was one of the pioneers of that state, and for over twenty-five years made his home there. He died in 1901 in Cleveland, Washington, to which town he had moved from Minnesota in the fall of 1884. His wife, Ellen (Lymer) Sanders, mother of our sub- ject, was also born in England. She died at Cleve- land in 1891, after having become the mother of five children. The subject of this review received his early education in the schools of Illinois and Lyon county, Minnesota. Starting at the age of thirteen, he served a seven years' apprenticeship in the brick layer's trade, spending the winter months of this period with his father, assisting him with the work on the farm. Coming to Washington at the age of twenty-three, he soon after filed on a home- stead in Klickitat county. This was his home for the ensuing five years, and farming and stock rais- ing were his principal business, although he was absent from his place quite frequently brick laying in Goldendale, Portland, Heppner, Hillsboro and other places. In 1890 he sold his homestead, moved to Cleveland, purchased a farm there, and again en- gaged in agriculture and stock raising. He also. bought and operated a wood saw. In February, 1899, after a residence of nine years at Cleveland, he moved to his present location near Blue Light. He has been running a threshing machine in this district for a number of years.

In Minnesota, in 1880, Mr. Sanders married Annie McCormick, daughter of John and Margaret (Comer) McCormick. Her father, a farmer by oc- cupation, was raised in Ireland, but came to this country in 1835, settling at Boston, Massachusetts. Five years later he moved to Wisconsin, and he died in Dakota in 1897. His wife, the mother of Mrs. Sanders, was born in Canada in 1824. She is still

living, a resident of Marshall, Minnesota. Mrs. Sanders is a native of Wisconsin, born in 1861, and educated in the schools of her native state and of Minnesota. She and Mr. Sanders are parents of six children, namely: Mrs. Ellen Cunningham, born in Minnesota, February 6, 1881 ; George, De- cember 6, 1884; Maggie, October 18, 1892; John, August 28, 1893; Bessie, January 28, 1895, and Francis, June 6, 1897, all at home except the first. Mr. Sanders is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Yoemen ; in religion he is a strict Catholic, and in politics, an active Republican. He was deputy treasurer of Klickitat county for two years under Charles Morris, and deputy collector of delinquent taxes for another two years' term, serving under A. C. Chatman. He also served as a deputy under Sheriff Stimpson. He has been a member of the school board for the last twelve years, and for six years was a constable in his district. He has two hundred and eighty acres of his farm under cultiva- tion. A man of energy, public spirit and strict in- tegrity, he holds a high place in the esteem and con- fidence of the community in which he lives.

ALFRED BYZE, a resident of Klickitat county for the past twenty years, is a well-known citizen living near Blue Light postoffice and following the vocation of a farmer. He was born in Illinois, March 18, 1857, the only son of John and Jeanette (Teripod) Byze, his parents both being of Swiss descent. He has one sister, Mrs. Alphoncine Begue- lin. In the early forties the family immigrated to this country and settled in the northern part of Illinois, where for a number of years they devoted themselves to agricultural pursuits. Unfortunately, when our subject was an infant, his mother was left to fight the battle of life alone. She and her child took up their abode with a near-by neighbor, John Charles, who adopted the boy and gave him a home, allowing him the advantages of the village school. On attaining his majority, he left his mother and adopted father and journeyed to Texas, where he rented a farm and for the space of a year devoted his time principally to raising corn and cotton. In the fall of 1878, he returned for a visit with his people in Illinois, and the following summer he started west, finally halting in Oregon. That same fall, however, he moved northward to Walla Walla, Washington, in the vicinity of which town he was engaged in various lines of business until 1884. During this time he was employed by Dr. Blalock and others. Early in January, 1884, he came first to Klickitat county and immediately filed on a home- stead and timber culture claim, doing the necessary preliminary work for making it his home. Return- ing then to Walla Walla, he spent the better part of the next four years, making frequent trips to his homestead, however, and doing as much improve- ment work as he could. In 1889, he established his residence permanently on his Klickitat homestead,

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where he has ever since resided, placing over two hundred acres of land under cultivation, making ex- tensive improvements, setting out an orchard, etc. In politics, Mr. Byze has always been a Republican. A public-spirited man, he has devoted a good part of his available time to works of general concern, serving as road supervisor of his district for the term of four years, also as one of the members of the school board for District sixty-seven, which position he is capably filling at the present time. Mr. Byze is held in the highest esteem by his neigh- bors, who have great respect for his industry and integrity.

JOSIAH SMITH, residing ncar Blue Light postoffice, has spent the past twenty-three years in farming in Klickitat county. He is a native of Ohio, born in the year 1857. His father, James H. Smith, was a Pennsylvanian, who moved to Ohio when a small boy, and there, at the age of twenty - four, was married to Mary E. Tribby.' The parents of our subject removed to Nebraska in 1862, where they lived for four years. They then sought the milder climate of California, driving across the Plains in company with several families of settlers and finally making their home in the eastern part of Lake county, where Mr. Smith is still living. His wife passed away after having spent a twelve- month in their new home. The subject of this re- view received his education in public schools of Cali- fornia, and at the age of- nineteen took up farming on his own account, having rented a desirable place near his father's home. This occupation he fol- lowed for two years, after which he was engaged for twelve months in other pursuits. In the summer of 1880, he moved northward to Oregon, going in the fall of the same year to Bickleton, Klickitat county, Washington, where he spent the ensuing winter. Next winter he took a pre-emption claim, which he sold later, having proved up on it. In the spring of 1883, he filed on a homestead and a timber culture claim, and he has ever since been continually im- proving the property to which he thus obtained title. At this writing, he has placed more than two- thirds of the land under cultivation.

In 1885, Mr. Smith married Tillie Wommack, also of Klickitat county. Her father, William F. WVommack, was brought up in Illinois, but later moved to Kansas, and spent four years there; visit- ing then Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Oregon, and eventually coming to Bickleton in the fall of 1882. He is at present living at Mabton, Washington. The mother of Mrs. Smith was Matilda (Renner) Wom- mack, an estimable woman, born in Missouri. She was married in Illinois and accompanied her hus- hand on his travels until they finally settled in Yak- ima county, Washington, where she died. Mrs. Smith was born in Illinois in 1869, and in that state and Washington territory she received her educa- tional discipline. She was married at the age of

sixteen, and to her union with Mr. Smith have been born six children, namely: Elnora, May 7, 1887; Cyrus, on St. Patrick's Day, two years later ; Wom- mack, on the 14th of June, 1892, deceased April 19, 1904; Onna, on the Ioth of December, 1894; Frank, December 30, 1896, and Clyde, July 20, 1902. All the children were born at the family homestead in Klickitat county. In politics, Mr. Smith is a stanch Republican. He takes a lively interest in all affairs of public concern, both local and national, and in all the relations of life he has proved himself a man of uprightness and principle.

ELISHA S. CARRELL, one of the well-to-do farmers of Klickitat county, living in the city of Bickleton, was born in Iowa, February 8, 1849, the son of John and Margaret (Smith) Carrell. His father, a farmer, was raised in Tennessee, but moved to Missouri in the early forties, staying there a few years and then going to Iowa, where he opened up a number of different farms. In 1857, he again moved, going to Nebraska, where he acquired pos- session of fourteen hundred acres of fine farming land. At this time the Indians thereabouts were very troublesome, and the settlers were frequently constrained to band together for mutual protection, but Mr. Carrell fortunately came out unscathed from his numerous encounters with them and lived to a good old age. He passed away in 1901. Margaret, the mother of our subject, was born in Michigan, but removed with her people to Missouri when still a young girl and was educated in the schools there. She married at eighteen. She is still living in Nebraska, though she has reached her seventy-fifth year. Elisha S. Carrell received his educational training in the public schools of Nebraska. When twenty-two years of age, he took a trip south, visit- ing New Orleans and other points of interest. Upon his return home, he engaged in farming, his father having given him a place near the parental home. Three years later he made a trip to Texas, where he remained for a space of twelve months, returning home then and staying there until 1897, when he came to Bickleton. Here he purchased his present home, consisting of five hundred and sixty acres, one hundred and fifty of which are under cultivation, and one hundred and sixty of which are heavily tim- bered. He also filed on a homestead early in March last year, where he expects to take his family the coming spring.

Mr. Carrell has been twice married. His first wife was Mary Foster, a native of Nebraska, daugh- ter of James O. and Jane (Cobble) Foster. Her father, a native of Indiana, was a mechanic and a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars. She was educated in Nebraska, and in that state she died in 1885, leaving three children : Orris O., John and Mrs. Edna Shadduck. The lady who became Mr. Carrell's second wife was Olive, daughter of James and Sarah (Rakes) Walton, born in Virginia, October 25,

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1867. She moved to Nebraska when eight years old, and there received her education. She was mar- ried when only eighteen years of age and is now the mother of seven children, four boys and three girls : Ralph and Harry, born in Nebraska; Joy and Clar- ence, in Bickleton, the former December 24, 1902; Ella and Gracie, born in Nebraska, and Margie at Bickleton, on the 2d of December, 1899. All the children are still living. Mr. Carrell is a member of the Methodist church and in politics an active Democrat, quite deeply interested in local politics. As a man and citizen he stands high in his com- munity.

ISAIAH F. WOOD, living a few miles south- east of Blue Light postoffice, in Klickitat county, is a prosperous young farmer, twenty-eight years of age, a native of the state of Nebraska. His fatlier, . Wiley Wood, was raised in Colorado, but when still a young man removed to Nebraska, where he followed farming as his principal occupation, al- though by trade he was a mason. He is still living in the northern part of that state. Our subject's mother, Mary (Pifer) Wood, a native of Ohio, died in Nebraska when Isaiah was only thirteen years old. The subject of this article received his educa- tion in the common schools of Nebraska, then worked for a time as a farm hand there, but when still quite young he removed to Washington, locat- ing in Klickitat county, where, for a year or so, he followed various occupations, part of the time being employed by Hans Tranberg. In the spring of 1899, he filed on a homestead three miles southeast of Blue Light postoffice, where he has since made his home, devoting his time to the cultivation and im- provement of his hundred and sixty acres of fine farming land. He is one of a family of twelve chil- dren, all of whom are still alive. His sisters, Mrs. Ida Campbell, Mrs. Ella Campbell, and Mrs. Dosha Carrell, Mary, Eva, Rose and Dovie, and his broth- ers, Edgar and Samuel, reside in Nebraska. He has one brother, William, living near him in Klickitat county, and one, Clarence B., at Kennewick, Waslı- ington. In political affairs, Mr. Wood takes great intercst, being an active worker in the Republican party. To get a start financially has cost him a struggle, as it does almost all young men, but he is industrious and thrifty and possessed of qualities whichi win him esteem and respect, and a promising future is his.

EDGAR J. MOREHEAD, one of the energetic young agriculturists of Klickitat county, resides in the rich Bickleton wheat country, seven miles north- east of the town of Bickleton. Like many other men who are contributing to the development of the West, he was born in Iowa, the year of his advent upon the stage of life heing 1876. His father, James H. Moreliead, was a native of Pennsylvania,

from which state he removed to Iowa in 1856. For twenty-nine years, he farmed in that state, but in 1885 he decided to try the West, so came to Klick- itat county and settled on a homestead. He was thereafter numbered among the devotees of agricul- ture in the country until 1901, when he passed away. Mary ( Palmer) Morehead, mother of our subject, is likewise a native of the Keystone statc. She shared the vicissitudes of farm life in Iowa and later in the state of Washington, where she resided, her home being in Yakima county until the time of her death, which occurred July 25th, 1904. Mr. Morehead, of this article, received his early educa- tion in Iowa, having reached the age of eleven at the time his parents started westward. For three years after his arrival here, he remained under the parental roof ; then he entered the service of John Roberts as a sheep herder. Soon, however, he returned home, and for the ensuing year he worked for his father, thereafter engaging in herding for Dan Hildreth. For several years he followed the vocation of sheep herding principally, working for Stagerman, Cun- ningham, Stone and other wool growers, and a part of the time at home. After his father's death, in 1901, he assumed charge of the parental farm, and he has devoted himself assiduously to its culture and improvement since. He is not married. His brothers and sisters are: Mrs. Nancy Ellis, living in North Yakima ; John, in Wyoming; Mell, in Ar- kansas : George, at The Dalles ; Milton, in the Horse Heaven country ; Leonard, in Klickitat county, and Mrs. Laura Van Nostern, at Cleveland. Mr. More- head is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is one of the thrifty and progressive citizens of the county and possesses a congeniality of disposition and an integrity of character which make all those with whom he is associated his friends.

CONRAD ECKHARDT is a ranchman of Klickitat county, owning a farm of three hundred and twenty acres of cultivated land, three miles east of the town of Bickleton. He was born in Russia on the Ist of September, 1865, the son of John and Annie (Schaefer) Eckhardt. His father, who was also of Russian parentage and a farmer by occupa- tion, died in his native land in 1881, and his mother, who was likewise of Russian birth, died when our subject was but seven years old. He was educated in the common schools of his home town. Left an or- phan at sixteen, he began then the struggle for life and until he reached the age of twenty-six he fol- lowed farming at various places near his old home. In 1891, he put into execution a determination to come to the United States. Arriving at Baltimore, he immediately set out for Hastings, Nebraska, where he remained for the ensuing three years. April I, 1894, he removed to Klickitat county, and, for a year after his arrival, he worked for Conrad Schae- fer on the farm. Purchasing his present place in

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1894, he moved his family there the following year, and there he has since lived, engaged in stock rais- ing and farming. He brings to his dual occupation a degree of energy and good judgment which can- not fail to win for him a splendid success.

Mr. Eckhardt was married in Russia in 1888 to Anna Getz, whose father, Hans Jacob Getz, a Rus- „sian farmer, died just previous to her birth. Her mother, Barbara (Schaefer) Getz, was also born in Russia. She is now Mrs. Hill, of Walla Walla, Washington. Mrs. Eckhardt was born in 1867 and was educated and married in Russia, the latter event taking place when she was nineteen. She and Mr. Eckhardt have had nine children: Annie, born in the old country, June 18, 1889; Katie, born in Alma, the county seat of Harlan county, Nebraska, on the first of November, 1891; Emma, born in Chester, Thayer county, Nebraska, September 11, 1893; Clara, Esther, Liddie and Julia, all born in Klicki- tat county, March 27, 1895, May 28, 1899, May 15, 1901, and July 3, 1903, respectively; also two boys, one born December 17, 1896, and one November 28, 1897, both of whom died in infancy. Mr. Eck- hardt is a member of the Lutheran church, and po- litically he favors the principles of the Republican party.

JOSEPH J. HOOKER, a prosperous Klickitat county ranchman, resides on his farm of three hun- dred and twenty acres a mile south of Blue Light postoffice. He is a native of Georgia, born in Wayne county, June 14, 1869. His father, Thomas H. Hooker, a native of Greene county, North Carolina, was a sawmill man and farmer. He removed to Georgia some time before the Civil war, and he married and passed the remainder of his life there. He was of English descent. His wife, whose maid- en name was Delana Harris, was born in Georgia and passed her entire life within the confines of that commonwealth. Joseph Hooker, of this review, re- ceived his early education in the common schools of North Carolina and Georgia. At the age of fifteen, he started to learn the engineer's trade, and he worked as an apprentice in North Carolina for a period of four years, going then to Brunswick, the county seat of Glynn county, Georgia, to take charge of an engine in the local fire de- partment. He remained there two years, but in 1889 came thence to Washington, settled near Cleveland and accepted employment from Mr. Shel- neck in the sheep business. He was a year at that, then he traveled throughout Oregon and Washing- ton, farming in most of the wheat sections of both states. In 1899, he took up a homestead a mile south of Blue Light postoffice, and upon this he has since lived, except when the need of a good school for the children has compelled him to be in Cleveland.

On the 17th of December, 1899, Mr. Hooker married Mrs. Frank Johnson, whose maiden name was Emma Fletcher. Her father still lives in Iowa,

at Spirit Lake. She was born in that state in 1867, was educated in its common schools, and there mar- ried Mr. Johnson. To that union, four children were born, of whom three are now living, namely : Frank, Charles and Blanche. Mr. Johnson died in Klickitat county, some years previous to her second marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Hooker have one child, John, who was born in Yakima county, October 19, 1901. Mr. Hooker fraternizes with the Knights of Pvthias. In politics, he is a Democrat, activelv interested in all campaigns, local and national. Besides his three hundred and twenty acres of Klickitat county land, he also owns one hundred and sixty acres in Yakima county. He is an enterprising farmer, and success is crowning his efforts, while by uniform fair deal- ing he has won the confidence and esteem of his neighbors.

RASMUS GOTFREDSON, a prosperous farmer of Klickitat county, resides two miles south of Bickleton. He is a native of Denmark, born on Langeland Island, August 28, 1851. His father, Gotfred Petersen Godfredson, who was likewise a Dane and a farmer by occupation, passed away in 1900. His mother, whose maiden name was Georgia Fredrake, was also born in Denmark, and was married in her native country, where she died within nine days after the demise of her husband, at the age of eighty-nine years. Rasmus Gotfredson received his education in the schools of his native land. Upon reaching the age of fourteen, he left home and for six years there- after he worked for various farmers in Denmark. In 1871, shortly after he had passed his twentieth year, he came to the United States. He settled first in Kansas, at Fort Leavenworth, and worked twelve months for the government; then removed to Atchison, in the same state, where he was en- gaged in the confectionery business for a period of seven montlis. Going then to Michigan, he worked in a logging camp there until the spring of 1874, when he came west to California, in which state he was employed on a ranch for four years. In 1878 he came to Klickitat county, and took up a homestead near Bickleton, upon which he has made his home ever since. He also bought one hun- dred and sixty acres of railroad land, and of the half section he has succeeded in putting one hun- dred and seventy-five acres into cultivation. He keeps considerable stock.

In. Arlington, Oregon, on November 8, 1888, he married Lottie Hull, daughter of James and Mary A. (Lewis) Hull. Her father, who was a native of Alabama, and by occupation a merchant, died three months before she was born. Her mother, also a native of Alabama, in which state she was married, now resides in the city of Mont- gomery. Mrs. Gotfredson was born in Alabama, December 6, 1861, and educated in the schools of Montgomery, also graduating in a music course.

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She is an accomplished musician, and still teaches the art some, and before leaving her native state taught three terms of school. Mr. and Mrs. Got- fredson have had seven children, namely: James, born near Bickleton, March 27, 1890, and died May 31, 1903; Charles, born in Klickitat county, April 10, 1891, also deceased, passing away at the age of five months; Georgia M., in Klickitat coun- ty, June 23, 1892; Harry, born April 4, 1894; Albert, Lizzie and Gotfred, born in Klickitat county, on October 4, 1896, August 22, 1899, and February 20, 1904, respectively. The five living children are all at home. Mr. and Mrs. Gotfred- son are both members of the lodge of Yeomen, and the former is a member of the Lutheran church. In politics, he is a Republican. A com- petent, energetic farmer, a good citizen and an honorable man, he is highly esteemed and re- spected by his neiglibors and all who know him.

PETER MATSEN, a prosperous Klickitat county ranchman, resides on his fine six hundred and forty-acre farm, three miles north and two miles east of the town of Bickleton. He is a native of Denmark, born in 1849, the son of Mat Jensen Mat- sen, who was born in Denmark in 1818, and who passed the whole of the fifty-four years of his life there, his occupation being farming. Ida (Peters) Matsen, mother of our subject, was also born and brought up in Denmark, and also died there. Mr. Matsen, of this review, was educated in the public schools of his native land. He remained at home with his parents until he reached the age of sixteen, then, his father having passed away, he began working at such jobs as he could find. For four years he wrought for others, then he resolved to seek larger opportunities, and in 1871 immigrated to America. His first place of resi- dence was in New Jersey. After a year's stay there he went to California, and engaged in min- ing for a time, also in teaming in the city of Oak- land and other places. Six months were spent in the quicksilver mines, after which he returned to Oakland, where the ensuing year and a half were passed. He then betook himself to the moun- tainous district of Nevada, and worked as a woods- man for eighteen months. Returning to Den- mark in 1875. he served eighteen months in the army, as required by law; then he went to work in a gun factory in Copenhagen, a line of employ- ment which he followed continuously for fifteen years. In the fall of 1893 Mr. Matsen again came to this country, this time settling in Klickitat county and buying a half section of land. his pres- ent place of abode. A year later he filed on a homestead, contiguous to his half section, and upon it the next five years of his life were spent. In the meantime he purchased an additional two hundred and forty acres adjoining his other land. thus acquiring a splendid farm of generous propor-

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An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 110

Author: Interstate publishing co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1904 Publisher: [Chicago] Interstate publishing company Number of Pages: 1146

Author: Interstate publishing co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: [Chicago] Interstate publishing company
Number of Pages: 1146