An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 114

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

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At Albany, Oregon, Mr. Mason married Mary E. Twitchell, a daughter of Hiram and Maria (Dodge) Twitchell, whose father, a farmer, was born in the state of Maine. By 1853, however, Mr. Twitchell had moved to Wisconsin, and later he had lived in Iowa and Minnesota. In 1878 he mi- grated to California, whence he came to Linn coun- ty, Oregon, and his earthly pilgrimage was termi- nated at Cleveland, Washington, in 1896. His wife, who was brought up and married in the state of Maine, also died in Cleveland. Mrs. Mason was likewise born in Maine in October. 1845. but grew to womanhood and was educated in Minnesota. She has a brother, William Twitchell, living in the state ; a sister, Mrs. Malinda Mason, at Zillah ; an- other, Ann, now Mrs. C. F. Williams, near Golden- dale, and still another, Mrs. Helen Merton, also at Zillah. One sister, Mrs. Effie L. Hackley, died in

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Cleveland during the month of December, 1903. Mr. Mason has five brothers and sisters now living, namely: George W., at Zillah; David, in Gilliam county, Oregon; Mrs. Cornelia Sanborn, in Port- land; Mrs. Lucinda Mills, and Mrs. Hattie Baker, in Lake county, California, and Swift county, Min- nesota, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Mason have two children, both born in Cleveland, Ivy and Bruce, the daughter born October 10, 1885, and the son February II, 1889. In religious persuasion, Mr. Mason is a Presbyterian, and in politics, an active Republican. His daily walk is upright and irre- proachable ; his dealings with his fellow men are invariably characterized by honor and integrity, and as a citizen he is sufficiently public-spirited to bear willingly his share in the furtherance of whatever he conceives to be for the promotion of the general welfare of his community.

ALEXANDER HIRONIMOUS, proprietor of a sawmill on Spring Creek, located three and a half miles from the town of Cleveland, a machinist by trade, was born in Walla Walla, April 17, 1873. His father, Zachariah W. Hironimous, was a native of Missouri, born in the year 1842. When six years old, he crossed the Plains to California with his parents, and lived in the Golden state until 1871, in which year he wedded Adeline Louder, a native of Iowa, born in 1856. He passed away in Walla Walla in the latter part of 1879. Mrs. Hironimous is still living, on Pine creek, near Cleveland. She crossed the Plains when a young girl to California, whence she removed to western Oregon, and later to Klickitat county. Mr. Hironimous, who is one of a family of three children, received his education in the public schools of Walla Walla, later taking a business course in the Fresno Business College, of Fresno, California. He was but six years old when his father died. At the age of fifteen, he left home to enter the employ of the Washington Creamery "Company, for which firm he worked for a period of five years, then entering the employ of Mr. Hunt in his machine shops. He spent sixteen months at this, then removed to California and secured work "with the Sanger Lumbering Company. After a :service of nine months, he left them to take a posi- ation in the Fresno machine shops, in which he was «employed for three years. He was also employed Why the Union Iron Works for a short time. Coming 'to Cleveland in 1902, he opened, in connection with his present partner, S. L. Warren, a sawmill on Spring creek, and this he has ever since operated, achieving an enviable success in his business, which is prospering, especially at present, owing to the activity in building. the country surrounding him theing settled more and more each year. He has one Ibrother, Henry, working for him in the mill, and a married sister, Mrs. Nancy Walling, living in Mabton. Fraternally, Mr. Hironimous is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in

politics, he is a Republican. A shrewd business man, a competent mechanic, and an indefatigable worker, he has already acquired some valuable in- terests in Cleveland and on Spring creek, and, with the start already gained, the skill already acquired, and the abilities with which nature has endowed him, he is certainly in a position to grasp his share of the prizes which the future may bring before him.

SIMEON L. WARREN, a prosperous mill- man, the owner of a half interest in the mill of Warren & Hironimous, on Spring creek, near Cleve- land, is a native of Maine, born in Franklin county, March 8, 1844. His father, Samuel, a merchant and farmer, was likewise born in the Pine Tree state. He moved to Canada in after years, and lived there for some time, then recrossed the line into New York, where he resided several years, eventually, however, returning to Canada, where he died in the year 1898. His wife, whose maiden name was Joan Lamkin, was born and married in the state of Maine, and died in Canada eight months before her husband's demise. Our subject attended the com- mon schools of his native state, remaining with his parents until he reached the age of nineteen. He worked for his father while in Canada, hewing ship timbers, but on leaving home he entered the employ of a railroad company as brakeman, an occupation which he followed about a year. Then he went to work for his father again, this time, however, in New York state, for the elder Warren had crossed, in the meantime, the Canadian border. He remained with him in the shipbuilding business for eighteen months, then tried farming a year in Maine, then to Canada once more. For eighteen months he ran a planer in his father's mill, for the elder Warren was again in Canada. At the end of this period, our subject went once more to Maine and was there married. He lived in the state four years, then, his wife having died in 1875, moved alone to California, in which state he arrived in the summer of 1876. His first year in the Golden state was spent on a ranch. In 1877, however, he engaged in the whole- sale liquor business, remaining therein a little over a year and a half, whereupon he went back to farm work. In the fall of 1879 he removed to Wash- ington (then a territory), settled in Klickitat county, near Bickleton, rented a place and engaged in farm- ing. He spent three years on this, his first home in Washington, and the succeeding two on his father- in-law's farm, then worked one year for Dave Sprinkle in the mill business. He then pur- chased the mill and continued to run it alone until 1900, when he sold out to Harshbarger & Clanton, by whom he was employed for the ensuing nine months. His next employer was Mr. Highfill, in whose service he remained five months. In 1903 he put up his present mill on Spring creek, in company with Alexander Hironimous, and the two have oper- ated the plant successfully ever since.

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Mr. Warren has been twice married. In 1870, in the state of Maine, he wedded Lucinda White, who bore him one child, Clara May, now Mrs. Jo- seph Riggs. This Mrs. Warren died in Maine, after having lived with him for three years. His second marriage occurred in Klickitat county, in 1883, the lady being Augusta Jane Noblet, a native of Califor- nia, the daughter of William B. and Elizabeth (Young) Noblet, the former of German descent, but a native of Tennessee. He was a carpenter by trade. He moved to Missouri when a young man, and thence to California in 1856, crossing the Plains with ox teams in a company of emigrants. He set- tled in Nevada county, where for twenty years he worked at mining and freighting. He came to Klickitat county in 1879 and died there in 1897. Mrs. Warren's mother, also a native of Tennessee, was married in Missouri, to which state she moved when a child. She crossed the Plains with her hus- band and is now living on the Yakima Indian res- ervation. Mrs. Warren was born in the Golden state, August 14, 1859, and was educated in its schools. She and Mr. Warren have six children, as follows: Mrs. Lillie B. Cunningham, living near Dot postoffice, born July 8. 1884; Samuel B., born July 21, 1888; Joseph F., on November 29, 1889; Lulu D., Flora S., and Emma A., born August 1, 1891, September 4, 1893, and April 28, 1896, respectively, all at home. The chil- dren were all born in Klickitat county. Mr. Warren is a member of the Presbyterian church, and in politics, a Democrat. Besides his interest in the sawmill, he owns a house and lot in Cleveland. A very generous, benevolent man, he has freely given of his lumber at all times to assist in the construction of churches and public buildings in the neighborhood. In many substantial ways, he has given proof of his interest in the development and general welfare of Klickitat county, whose citizens respect him as a man of industry, integrity and worth.

WILLIAM S. LONG, a prosperous Klickitat county farmer, resides on his three hundred and twenty-acre ranch a half mile east of the town of Cleveland. He is a native of Oregon, born in Linn county, March 2, 1862, the son of Lewis Long, a native of Ohio, of German parent- age. Moving to Illinois when a young boy, the elder Long became a pioneer of that state, but in 1854 he crossed the Plains with his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah A. Hesser, and settled in Linn county, Oregon. He there took a donation claim, on which he lived for over forty years, or until his death in 1894. His wife, a native of Ohio, likewise passed away on the old homestead in Linn county, on the Ioth of July, 1902. She was descend- ed from an old German family. She became the mother of nine children, of whom seven are still

living. William S., of this review, was educated in the public schools of Oregon. He remained at home on the farm until twenty-four, at which time he married, rented a place near the family home and engaged in agriculture on his own account. He followed that life in the same locality for a period of nine years, but in the fall of 1895 removed to Klickitat county, and took a homestead about five miles southeast of Cleveland. He lived on the place seven years, putting part of the land into cultiva- tion, but in 1903 he sold the tract and bought his present ranch, only a half-mile from town, and to the cultivation and improvement of this, he is now devoting himself with assiduity and success. Of the brothers and sisters of our subject: Jonathan and Ransom died in Oregon : Alonzo now lives in Baker county, that state; Mrs. Phœbe Owens makes her home in Linn county, Oregon; Mrs. Mary J. Ross resides at Baker City; Peter also lives in Oregon, and Gabriel and Columbus live together six miles southeast of Cleveland. William is the youngest child of the family.

The marriage of our subject took place in Linn county, Oregon, in the year 1886, the lady being Olive Wegle, a native of Oregon. Her father, Jacob Wegle, crossed the Plains with his parents in 1848, when he was a very small child. He grew up in Oregon, was married there, and still makes his home there. His daughter Olive is the oldest of his five children ; the others being : James E., Mrs. Catherine Owens, Nellie and Oscar, all living at present in Linn county, Oregon. Mrs. Long's mother, Mir- anda (Kenney) Wegle, also crossed the Plains to Oregon with her people in 1848. She grew up and married in that state, and still lives at the family home with her husband. Mrs. Long was born in 1869, educated in the schools of Linn county, her birthplace, and, after leaving school, learned dress- making, but an early marriage prevented her from following her handicraft as a business. Fraternally, Mr. Long is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Order of Washington, while in politics, he is an active Democrat, greatly interested in all cam- paigns, local and national. An energetic and suc- cessful farmer, a substantial, public-spirited citizen and an honorable man, he has gained for himself an enviable standing in his community and in the county.

RICHARD D. WHITE. The privilege of hav- ing assisted in the progress and been an eye-witness of the development of the great Northwest from almost its very beginnings is a rare one, and its pos- sessors may well feel proud of the honor. To have been born in the Willamette valley within six months after Oregon became a territory, to have descended from one of its oldest pioneer families, and to have spent his whole life in this rich section of the United States are privileges possessed by the subject of this

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sketch, now residing in this county, seven miles northwest of Arlington, Oregon. He was born Jan- uary 6, 1849, in Washington county, and is the son of Richard and Caroline (Rider) White, natives of England. The elder White came to Canada in 1836, removed to Missouri in 1843, and in 1844 crossed the Plains, with one of the earliest emigrant trains to make that hazardous journey. In 1880 he left Oregon for California, and in that state his death occurred in 1882. During his life he was a farmer, stock raiser and real estate man. He built the St. Charles hotel in Portland. Richard D.'s mother died when he was but eighteen months old.

Our subject attended the public schools of Ore- gon, remaining at home until he was twenty-one. His father and he opened a shoe store in Portland in 1867, which they conducted until 1870. Then the son mined awhile, operated the St. Charles hotel six months, and finally, in March, 1871, came to Klick- itat county, locating four miles south of Goldendale. For five years he was in the cattle business ; then he sold out and took up his residence east of Rock creek, where he lived three years before removing to his present home. This he acquired by filing a tim- ber culture claim to the land. He took up the sheep industry in 1894, and is now one of the leading sheep men in the county.

Mr. White was married on the Walker ranch in 1877, the lady being Miss Ada Purvine, whose parents are pioneers of Klickitat county. She was born in Washington county, Oregon, in the year 1860, and reared in that state. After sixteen years of married life, she passed away, leaving, besides her husband, five children to mourn their loss: Mabel E., born in Oregon, August 4, 1878, now teaching school; Thomas, Horace, Lizzie, who re- cently finished a course in a Portland business col- lege; and May, all born in this county. One son, Richard, is dead. Mr. White was again married, at Goldendale, March 25, 1898, the bride this time being Mrs. Susan Hopkins. She is the daughter of Thomas Hendricks, an Oregon pioneer. who is still living, a resident of the Klickitat valley. Susan Hendricks was born in Yamhill county, Oregon, in February, 1865, was educated in Oregon's schools, and, at the age of twenty-five, was married to James Hopkins. Three children were born to this union, of whom only one, Robert, is living. Mr. Hopkins died in 1895. Mr. White is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, belongs to the Presby- terian church, and, in politics, is an active Democrat. His ranch, consisting of two thousand six hundred and forty acres, of which five hundred are in crop, is one of the largest in southern Washington and is well equipped. At present he owns two thousand one hundred head of sheep, from which he derives a goodly income. Mr. White commands the good will and the sincere respect of every one who knows him, is making a most gratifying success out of his business, and is an honored son of the West.

ISAAC CLARK is a well-known farmer and stockman, with present residence eight miles north- east of Arlington, Oregon. He is a native of Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania, born March 10, 1839, and in the Quaker state received a common school educa- tion. When he was a babe of two years his father died, and later, when seven years old, his mother placed him for care with a family, and from that time to the present day he has been on his own re- sponsibility for a livelihood. At the age of sixteen he commenced working as an apprentice at the har- ness making trade, but after a year and a half in this vocation, failing health caused him to go to sea. He cruised on whaling voyages for four years, during this time being on the vessel all the while, except occasionally when in port. At the end of this time his health was so improved that he could leave the sea. He went then to Illinois, and later to New York, where he was employed for five years on a farm. In 1864 he enlisted in Company K, First New York Dragoons, and served till the close of the war. He was mustered out of service at Cloud's Mill, Vir- ginia, and received his discharge at Rochester, New York. After being released from military service he accepted work on the farm with his former em- ployer for one year, then, in 1866, went to Minne- sota. Here he bought land and followed farming for five or six years. After coming west, Mr. Clark was appointed by President Grant in 1873 instruct- or in farming on the Nez Perces reservation in Idaho. He served in this position for slightly more than a year, and then was obliged to resign on ac- count of poor health. Under the advice of physi- cians, who pronounced his complaint to be rheuma- tism of the heart, he started to California with hopes of bettering his health. While en route he stopped at Goldendale to visit Mr. G. W. Lymer, his wife's cousin, and, finding the climate entirely beneficial to his health, decided not to go to California. In ac- cordance with this decision he filed on a homestead near Centerville, in October, 1874. In 1883 he filed on a timber culture, and in 1885 on his present farm. Since arriving in Klickitat county he has been en- gaged in farming chiefly.

Mr. Clark was married in Minnesota, February 24, 1869, to Miss Emily A. Sanders, a native of England, born April 12, 1849. She came from Eng- land to the United States when six years of age, her objective point being Ohio. In Ohio she received a common school education and afterwards taught very successfully. She married Mr. Clark at the age of nineteen. Her parents were Joseph and Ellen (Lymer) Sanders, both of English birth. Joseph Sanders was born in 1822, and was a shoemaker by trade. He came to the United States in 1855 and settled in New York, where he lived for several years. From New York he moved to Ohio, thence to Illinois, and later to Minnesota. His next and final move was to Klickitat county, arriving in 1880. He first took up a homestead, then, after four years of residence on the place, moved to a farm near

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Cleveland. His death occurred in 1900. Ellen (Lymer) Sanders was married in England, and came to the United States with her husband in 1855, as just stated. Her death occurred in 1894. Mr. Clark's parents were William and Mary (Bell) Clark, the former of English extraction and the latter of Irish. William Clark was born in Virginia, and after attaining manhood followed the trade of a mechanic. His death occurred in Philadelphia. Mary (Bell) Clark was born in Pennsylvania, in which state her death occurred in 1852. Children that have been born to the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Clark are: Aquila E., born in Minnesota, January I, 1870, now residing in Goldendale; Grace E., born on the Lapwai reservation in Idaho, November 9. 1873, now Mrs. Furey, with residence in East Portland ; Melvin J., born in Klickitat county, Feb- ruary 19, 1876, deceased at the age of twenty-five ; June, born in Minnesota, in June, 1871, deceased at the age of fourteen months; Francis H .. born in Klickitat county, December 18, 1881 ; James I., born in Klickitat county, October 2, 1883, now residing at home, and George W., born in Klickitat county at the present home, January 4, 1886. In religion, Mr. Clark is an adherent of the Presbyterian church, and he has served as a deacon in the Dot church of that denomination for several years. He has mem- bership in the Grand Army of the Republic, and no one in Klickitat county is more deserving of the honors of this organization than he. During his life time he has served his country, not only as a soldier risking life and fortune in the defense of national honor, but as a pioneer striving to plant the emblems of civilization in an undeveloped wilder- ness whose latent resources, turned into the chan- nels of commerce by sturdy hands, add wealth and renown to our nation.

MARTIN FUHRMAN, a sheepman and land- owner residing twenty miles east of Goldendale, on Rock creek at Fuhrman postoffice, is a native of Hungary, born in 1845. the son of Martin and Barbara (Barack) Fuhrman, both natives of Hun- gary, though of German parentage. Martin Fuhrman, the elder, was a farmer. He was born in Hungary in 1814 and came to the United States in 1858, settling first in Indiana, and later in Independence, Iowa. Thence he moved to the Black hills, where his death occurred. The mother, Barbara (Barack) Fuhrman, died in Hungary. Martin Fuhrman received the greater part of his education in his native land. After coming to the United States he lived with his father in Iowa until twenty-eight years of age, at which time he married and took up farming independently, in Iowa. After farming in that state for three years, he came to Klickitat county, arriving in 1877, and took up a timber claim on the north side of the Columbia river, fifteen miles from The Dalles, at what is known as Daily Station:

He later filed a homestead claim closer to The Dalles, on which he lived for a time, then sold out and moved into The Dalles, where he accepted em- ployment from the Northern Pacific Company. For three years following he worked at carpentering for the company in Tacoma and Portland. Then he bought a band of sheep and settled on land ten miles west of Goldendale. . In 1890 he moved into the Rock creek country and purchased an extensive tract of land, where he has run sheep ever since. He also raises cattle and horses, having nearly sixty head of the former.

Mr. Fuhrman was married in Iowa, August 24. 1873, to Miss Mary N. Maloney, a native of Iowa, born November 25. 1856, of Irish descent. Her father, Patrick Maloney, a farmer living five miles from Independence, was quite well-to-do. Her mother's maiden name was Mary Murray. Both parents are now dead. Children born to the mar- riage of Mr. and Mrs. Fuhrman are Frederick. Thomas, Martin, Winifred, James, Margaretta and Charles. In politics, Mr. Fuhrman is a Republican, and he is active enough in support of his political faith to attend the caucuses and county conventions. His land holdings comprise four thousand acres. some of it suitable for farming purposes, and the balance for grazing. Besides horses, cattle and hogs, he has a herd of four thousand sheep. He and his wife are prominent in neighborhood affairs and have the highest esteem of a wide circle of associates. Mrs. Fuhrman is postmistress of the Fuhrman postoffice, the establishment of which in 1900 she was instrumental in bringing about. In this capacity she has come to be as widely and favor- ably known as has her husband in his special line pertaining to the management of land and stock.

JAMES A. SMITH is a highly-respected citizen of Klickitat county, with residence one and one-half miles northwest of Kuhn postoffice and twelve miles southeast of Bickleton. He was born in Buckinghamshire, England, Febru- ary 10, 1842, the son of Richard and Ann (Rob- bins) Smith, natives of England. Richard Smith lived his entire life time in England. He was a veterinary surgeon. Ann (Robbins) Smith lived from childhood to old age there, residing the greater part of the time in her native shire. Both parents are now deceased. James A. grew to manhood in England, and, during youth re- ceived his education in the public schools. When fifteen years of age, he left home and went to London, where he followed various occupations for twenty-five years. In 1882 he came to the United States, his objective point being Dekalb county, Illinois. He worked at tile draining there for two years, then, in 1884, went to Nebraska, where he engaged in farming. His final move was to Klickitat county, Washington. in the fall of 1886. Upon his arrival, he filed on

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a quarter section of land, and since, by purchase, has added to his land holdings till he now has over three thousand acres, some of which is the most valuable grazing land in the county. In 1896 he went into the sheep business, continuing in the same until within the last year, when he sold out.

In November of 1870, Mr. Smith married Miss Sarah Ann Wallis, the ceremony being per- formed in London. Miss Wallis was a native of England, born near Lincolnshire, February 16, 1844, and she received her education in the English schools. Children to this marriage are: Arthur J., born December 31, 1872; Bertrie, February 25, 1879, and Percy, August 4, 1881, all natives of London; Daisy, born in Illinois, May 3, 1884, and Lillie A., now deceased. In religion, Mrs. Smith is a Methodist. Mr. Smith is a Republican in politics. He is held in high esteem by all his acquaintances, and is popularly reputed to be a man of integrity and worth. He has served his community as justice of the peace, and his dis- charge of the duties of that office is said to have been creditable to himself and satisfactory to the public at whose instance he administered jus- tice. He is spoken of by his many friends as "a fine old Englishman."

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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 114

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