An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 121

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

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CHARLES A. PEARSON, a well-known farmer and dairyman residing at the little town of Trout Lake, three miles west of Trout Lake postoffice, was born in the province of Smolan, Sweden, August 31, 1859, the son of John and Anna (Larson) Pearson, both of whom are de- ceased. The elder Pearson resided all his life in the old country, engaged in farming. His deatlı occurred in 1894. Anna (Larson) Pearson was born in Sweden in 1837, and died in 1902, never having left her native land for any extended period of time. She was sixty-five years of age at the time of her death, and her husband was fifty-five when he passed away.

When Charles A. was nine years old he came to the United States and took up his residence with one of his uncles, John Johnson, who was an Iowa farmer. The parents intended to follow, but circumstances prevented. Charles lived with his uncle until nineteen years old, receiving a practical education in the common schools of Iowa. When not in school he worked on the farm, in every way possible making himself useful. At the age above mentioned he went to Illinois, thence proceeding to Door county, Wisconsin, where he worked in the timber for two years. In 1881 he left Wisconsin and went to Colorado. Here for a time he was employed in railroad work, but later he moved to Idaho, still continuing his employ- ment with the railroad. Ceasing this vocation in 1883, he came to Klickitat county, Washington, where, in July of that year, he secured a tract of railroad land, filing on it later when it reverted to the government. ' At the time of his arrival, there was but one settler in the valley, Peter Stoller, one of the oldest and best known pioneers of Klickitat county. For a number of years after settling on his present farm Mr. Pearson was en- gaged in cattle raising. This, however, was uphill business, since irrigation had not yet been intro- duced there, and the crops of rye hay were insuf- ficient. Not until 1890 was he able to get water on his land, but since then the immense crops he has harvested in part compensate for the losses of previous years.

On April 8, 1887, Mr. Pearson married Miss Susie Stoller, a native of Switzerland, born March 30, 1864. The ceremony was performed in The Dalles, Oregon. Miss Stoller was the daughter of Peter and Margaritta Stoller, the former of whoni has been previously mentioned as one of the pio- meers of Klickitat county. Each of the parents was born in Switzerland, and both now reside in Silverton, Oregon. Children born to this mar- riage are : Emma, Carl, Elva, Orie and George, all residing at home. Three brothers of Mr. Pearson, John, Henry and Claus H., live in the vicinity of Trout Lake. C. A. Pearson has served his com- munity as road supervisor, justice of the peace, and for twelve years as clerk of the local school district. This district now contains some seventy

scholars who are taught by two teachers in the best school house in Klickitat county, except those in Goldendale, and the excellence noted is said to be partly due to the active interest taken in school affairs by Mr. Pearson. The postoffice was estab- lished at Trout Lake in 1887 through his instru- mentality, he being the first postmaster appointed. Eight years later it was moved one mile farther east to Stoddeman's place, and thence, in the fall of 1903, to the ranch owned by C. W. Moore. At the same time another office was established a mile above Moore's place, the point now being known as Guler postoffice, Christian Guler, at present conducting a summer resort at that place, being appointed as postmaster. In politics, Mr. Pearson is an independent Republican. His prop- erty interests comprise one hundred and sixty acres of fine land and a herd of dairy cattle from which he supplies milk to the local cheese factory. The land in question is well adapted to the raising of timothy and clover, and is very easily irrigated.

CHARLES W. MOORE, postmaster at Trout Lake, is a prosperous farmer and dairyman. He was born in Eldorado county, California, June 19, 1854, the son of Squire D. and Mary (Baxter) Moore, the former at one time a well-known steamboat owner on the Columbia river. He- the elder Moore-was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1831. In 1852, with a company of equally hardy spirits, he crossed the Plains to Ore- gon City, Oregon. Later he went to California, where he followed mining till 1856, at which time he left California and went to the mining district of Oro Fino, Idaho. Walla Walla was his head- quarters while mining in this locality, in which city-then little more than a pioneer village-he spent the severe winter of 1861, in which many people were threatened with starvation. He mined till 1864, then took up steamboating on the Willa- mette river. Later he came to Klickitat county, where he resided till the time of his death. He was of Irish parentage. Mary (Baxter) Moore, his wife, was born in Iowa in 1831, and died in April, 1870.

Charles W. lived in Oregon City until he reached his majority, his parents having moved from California to that point when he was young. He followed steamboating on the Columbia river till 1880, most of the time being in partnership with his father. The health of the latter failed at this time, and he was obliged to discontinue the life of a riverman. Charles then came with him to Klickitat county, and near Glenwood on Camas Prairie he filed on a homestead, afterward engag- ing in stock raising. Selling out in 1888, he moved to Trout Lake, where, two years later, he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land. Since then he has followed stock raising and dairying, though

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for four years he was also the mail carrier be- tween White Salmon and Trout Lake.

On January 4, 1877, Mr. Moore married Miss Martha Kaufman, who was born near Fort Wayne, Indiana, June 25, 1851. She was the daughter of John S. and Elizabeth (Manning) Kaufman, both of whom are now deceased. John S. Kaufman, a farmer by occupation, crossed the Plains to the Willamette valley, Oregon, in 1852, where he re- sided till the time of his death in 1865. He was of Pennsylvania Dutch stock. Elizabeth (Man- ning) Kaufman, his wife, a native of Pennsyl- vania, died at the age of sixty-three. Her parents were Pennsylvania Dutch, as were those of her husband. Children that have been born to the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Moore are: Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs. Anna Coate, Fred C., Edward E., and John L., all residing in Klickitat county. Fra- ternally, Mr. Moore is associated with the United Artisans, and in politics he is a Republican. He is an active politician, and has served faithfully and efficiently as central committeeman. He has served his community as justice of the peace, and fully as acceptably has several times filled the position of school director. At present, however, he is re- tired from the more active duties of public service, his time being largely occupied by the duties of his postoffice and the management of his farm.

JOHN F. ECKERT is a sturdy German re- siding on a fine dairy and stock farm three and one-half miles south of Trout Lake. He was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, December 5, 1840, the son of Gottlieb and Katrina (Smith) Eckert, bothı of whom are now deceased, the father dying when John F. was but one year old, and the mother in 1872. John spent the days of his boyhood in or near Wurtemberg, receiving such education as was then considered essential to German youth. He remained in Germany until forty-one years of age, being, after reaching maturity, a farmer. In 1881, he came to the United States, his objective point being Iowa. In Iowa he remained for only a year and a half, however, then proceeding west- ward to Portland, Oregon. After a brief stay here, he accepted employment in a blacksmith shop in Washington county, Oregon. Discontinuing this vocation in 1885, he came to Trout Lake, where, on March 28th, he filed on a homestead. Upon arrival he had twenty dollars, and naught else, except his own determination to succeed. Utterly undaunted by the difficulties in view, he and his son began the task of home-making. For a time they worked out, investing the money earned in cattle and a team of horses. With a small start in live stock they began irrigating, and after this worked with steadily mending fortunes. The son, however, worked for wages for several years, though occasionally helping his father on the new farm.

September 13, 1865, in the old country, Mr. Eckert married Miss Katrina Wise. Miss Wise was one of three children. Her father, Martin Wise, was an extensive property owner in Ger- many, his holdings including both land and in- terests of a commercial nature. Children that have been born to the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Eckert are: Mrs. Caroline (Eckert) Sellinger, Christian F., and John F., Jr., all alive. In re- ligion, Mr. Eckert adheres to the Lutheran church, and in politics, to the doctrines of the Republican party. Though public-spirited and patriotic, he is not generally given to devoting much time to pub- lic affairs, other than consistent with good citizen- ship, his one variation from this policy being in serving a term as school director. The property interests today controlled by Mr. Eckert comprise three hundred and eighty acres of land and the stock and buildings with which his farm is equipped. In 1903, he sold seventy head of cat- tle, and he has thirty remaining, some of them very fine dairy cattle. The land he owns is given principally to the raising of hay, clover and tim- othy. A fine orchard is thriving on the place, now in full bearing, and said to be the best in the val- ley. Mr. Eckert is a good farmer and a respected citizen. As are those of his nation generally, he is unassuming, but thoroughly business-like, and by unremitting industry he has created for himself in the former wilderness of Trout Lake valley a farm that ranks with the best in this locality.

CHARLES J. PETERSON, a worthy native of Sweden, resides on a well-cultivated farm two and one-half miles west of Trout Lake, in Klicki- tat county. He was born in Sweden, November 14, 1855, the son of Peter and Gustava (Nelson) Peterson, both now deceased. Neither of the parents ever left their native country for any ex- tended period of time, and at the time of death received interment not remote from the places of birth. Charles J. grew to young manhood and was educated in Sweden. When seventeen years old his father died, and he then went to Scotland, where he shipped as a sailor. After two years of seafaring, he made his way to the United States, his objective point being Chicago, where he ac- cepted employment in the iron works. Having spent two years at this occupation, he went to Wisconsin, thence to Colorado, later to Idaho, and finally to Portland, Oregon, where he remained for three years. His final move was to Klickitat county, in 1885. Immediately upon arrival he filed on a homestead in the Trout Lake valley, and since has made this place his home.

Mr. Peterson has been married twice. His first wife was, before marriage, Miss Lena Anderson. The marriage was solemnized in Portland, Oregon, in 1884. Mrs. Peterson died in 1892, after having borne her husband three children, one of whom

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died at the age of eighteen months. She was born in Norway in 1866, and in the land of her nativity grew to womanhood and was educated. When a young woman she came to Portland, where she met and married Mr. Peterson. The children who survive her are: Wallis A. and Amanda A., both natives of Klickitat county.

The present Mrs. Peterson, who was formerly Miss Minnie Norby, knows nothing of her par- ents, they having died when she was an infant. Her marriage was solemnized in 1894. She and Mr. Peterson are parents of six children, namely : Oscar E., Sanford E., Lena, Hadveg, Minnie and Hulda, all born in Klickitat county. Mr. Peter- son's fraternal connections are with the United Artisans, and in religion, he is a Methodist. His land holdings comprise two hundred acres, sixty of which are under cultivation, the remainder being used mainly for pasturing purposes. He owns at present forty head of cattle, horses necessary for the carrying on of his farm work, and divers other live stock usual to well managed farms. He pos- sesses the best qualities of the Swedish race, and is, in all respects, a substantial, law-abiding and worthy citizen.

FRANK M. COATE, a prosperous farmer and stockman residing one and a half miles northwest of Trout Lake postoffice, was born in Miami county, Ohio, October 12, 1862, the son of James and Mary J. (Pearson) Coate, the former now re- siding in Klickitat county, the latter deceased. James Coate was born in Ohio in 1839. He farmed during the earlier years of his manhood, but later engaged in the mercantile business, which he fol- lowed for ten years. He is of Scotch-English parentage. Mary J. (Pearson) Coate was born in Ohio in 1837, and in that state grew to woman- hood and was married. Her death occurred in Ohio in 1884. She was of English descent. Frank M. attained early manhood and was educated in his · native state. He lived with his parents till eight- een years of age. then started to learn the car- penter's trade. Although during his apprenticeship he acquired a fair degree of proficiency in his chosen vocation, he has never followed carpenter- ing to the exclusion of other lines of work. After serving his term as an apprentice, he went to Indi- ana, where he followed carpentering to a greater or less extent for three years. In 1887 he came to Klickitat county, where he located on his pres- ent homestead in Trout Lake valley, and he has since cultivated it with assiduity and skill.

October 15, 1899, Mr. Coate married Miss Annie Moore, a native of Oregon, born January 25. 1880. She came to Klickitat county when a child, and grew to womanhood and was educated there. She married Mr. Coate when nineteen years of age, the marriage being solemnized at Trout Lake postoffice, of which Charles W. Moore,

father of Mrs. Coate, is the present postmaster. He is a native of California and possesses an accu- rate knowledge of the history of the Golden state. being particularly well versed in events that trans- pired during the periods of tremendous excitement that followed the opening up of the most note- worthy of the great gold mines. He settled on Camas Prairie in 1881. Martha (Kaufman) Moore, the mother, was born in Indiana in 1850. When she was two years old her parents crossed the Plains to Oregon, and in this state she attained womanhood, and received such education as the schools of that pioneer time afforded. Her mar- riage occurred in Oregon. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Coate are two in number: Martha E. and Roger S., the former born January 24, 1901, and the latter August 27, 1903, both in Klickitat county. Fraternally, Mr. Coate is affiliated with the Masons and the United Artisans. In religion, he is an adherent of the Christian church, and in politics he · is a Republican. He owns a nice farm of two hundred acres, fifty of which are under cultivation, the balance being used for pasturing purposes. The place is well stocked with cattle and horses, buildings, implements, and all other things necessary to the successful pursuance of diversified agriculture.

ANDREW J. JOHNSON, a favorably known. rancher residing in the vicinity of Trout Lake, is- a westerner by residence and by birth. He was born in Lane county, Oregon, November 14,. 1858, the son of James C. and Cincinnati (Simp- son) Johnson, the former deceased and the lat- ter now living in The Dalles, Oregon. The elder Johnson was a carpenter by trade. Kentucky was the state of his nativity, but in 1850 he moved thence to Arkansas, and thence, after a stay of three years, across the Plains to Oregon. Of the perils that beset the plainsmen who braved the dangers of a thousand miles of plain and moun- tain to build homes in the great west for future generations, themselves perchance falling victims to merciless savages or succumbing to the count- less hardships incurred by the invasion of the wilderness, enough has been written already. It is a story of which the life of every man who crossed the Plains is a chapter. James C. Johnson did not live to witness the final greatness of the country he had risked his life and the lives of his family to reach. His death occurred in 1868, fif- teen years after his arrival in Oregon after the arduous journey across the Plains, this trip being the wedding tour of him and his bride. After the death of her first husband, Mrs. Johnson married James H. Coventon, likewise one of the pioneers of Oregon. Mr. Coventon made his first trip across the Plains in 1837, when he was eighteen years of age. He was born in Georgia in 1819, and when a young man served in the Mexican

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war. He made his second trip to Oregon in 1850, this time establishing a permanent residence. An- drew J. accompanied his parents from Lane county, Oregon, to California, when two years of age. The death of the elder Johnson occurred in California when Andrew was ten years old, and thus the boy, at a very early age, began to bear the responsibilities of life. . He left the parental roof for good when sixteen years of age, after which he first took up trapping in the valley of the Des Chutes river in Oregon. He was thus engaged for three years; then he worked as a fisherman on the Lower Columbia river for two years. Next he went to The Dalles, Oregon, where he worked on a steamboat for two seasons, then proceeding to Wheeler county, Oregon, where he followed farming and stock raising for six years. His final move was to Klickitat county. Imme- diately after his arrival, which was in 1890, he filed on his present homestead in Trout Lake valley, and since then he has built a comfortable home on the place and cleared sixty acres of the tract, reserving the balance for pasture.

In 1880, Mr. Johnson married Miss Elzada Taylor, a native of Oregon, born in 1858. Miss Taylor grew to womanhood and was educated in Oregon. During her early years, educational facilities in Oregon were limited, the attention of the settlers being given as much to the defense of their lives and property against the resentful red- skins as to the niaintenance of schools. How- ever, she obtained a practical education. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have two children: Martha J., born in 1882, and Dolly E., in 1885, both natives of Oregon. Fraternally, Mr. Johnson is affiliated with the Red Men, the Masons and the Artisans. In religion, he is a Methodist, and in politics, a Republican.

JAMES O. SHAW, the genial hotel-keeper of Glenwood, Washington, socially and in business affairs commands a position among his fellows not generally attained by others than the most deserving. Mr. Shaw is a "down East Yankee," having been born in Somerset county, Maine, October 30, 1827, the son of William and Betsy (Young) Shaw, who are now deceased. William Shaw was born in Standish, Maine, January 3, 1790, and during his life time followed farming chiefly, though also engaged at times at the cooper trade. His death occurred in 1855, the greater part of his life having been spent in Maine. He was of Scotch parentage. Betsy (Young) Shaw was born in Maine, in 1795, and was of English descent. Her death occurred in 1845, she, tou, having lived all her life in Maine. Her father served in the Revolutionary war.

James O. was one of eleven children. He spent the years of his boyhood on the home farm in Maine, remaining under the paternal roof until

he was twenty years old. At the age mentioned, he went to Boston, Massachusetts, where for a year he was employed in a general merchandise establishment. Then, in the fall of 1849, he sailed for San Francisco, California, taking passage via Cape Horn. After a perilous winter· voyage, re- quiring several months, he landed safely at San Francisco, March 13, 1850, from which place he proceeded immediately to the gold mining regions, where for five years he wielded the pick and shovel, experiencing the ups and downs common to the lot of miners of that pioneer period. He next became interested in a lumber business in San Francisco, in which he was engaged for four years, after which he acquired the controlling in- terest in a sawmill. He discontinued this busi- ness shortly, however, and during the five years next ensuing, followed divers occupations. He finally settled on a farm in San Mateo county, California, where he remained until 1879, in which year he came to Klickitat county. Two years after his arrival, he acquired the real estate inter- ests he now has. His ranch is known as the Glen- wood farm. Mrs. Shaw was appointed postmistress of Glenwood postoffice in 1886, and she held this position until 1894. In 1893, Mr. Shaw purchased a general merchandise store in Glenwood from Charles Adams, but after conducting the business for three years he sold the goods in stock to a Mr. Smith, at the same time renting him the store building. Mr. Smith, however, did not retain a permanent interest in the concern, the manage- ment passing to Bowen, Betschi & Company. Mr. Shaw has been engaged at his present business in Glenwood since 1881.

On May 1, 1859, Mr. Shaw married Miss Telitha J. Teague, then residing in San Mateo county, California. She was born in Missouri, January 15, 1843, and when ten years old crossed the Plains with her parents to California. Andrew Teague, her father, a native of Independence, Mis- souri, born in 1822, was of Irish parentage. Her grandfather Teague arrived in Missouri in the early days of settlement, before even bushwhackers and brigands had come into prominence. He hauled the first load of merchandise to Independ- ence that was offered for sale in that place, this being before any railroad was built into the town. In 1850, he crossed the Plains to California, where he first engaged in the lumber business, and later took up the study of law, eventually being admit- ted to the bar. He followed the legal profession after being admitted till his death, March 14, 1884. Parmelia (Morgan) Teague, the mother, was born in Missouri in 1821, but when quite young went to Alabama. Later, she returned to Mis- souri, where she was married at the age of twenty. Her parents were Scotch and English. The chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Shaw are: Eufralia, who was born in California and died at the age of eight- een months; Orlano C., born in California, March

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24, 1861; Chauncy C., born October 21, 1862, and Myrtle E., March 4, 1868, both in California, the latter of whom died at the age of eight months; Lila M., now Mrs. E. E. Bartholew, a native of the Golden state, born December 5, 1878, and Luella B., now Mrs. J. G. Wyers, native of Klick- itat county, born February 17, 1881. Since com- ing to Klickitat county, Mr. Shaw, by industry and integrity, which are almost universally char- acteristic of the pioneer settler, has established himself well among the most prominent citizens of the county. For twelve years he was a sawmill owner, and during that time manufactured lum- ber for scores of houses, since it was during this period that the most rapid progress was made in the settlement of Klickitat county. The mill in question was situated on Bird creek, in Camas valley, and was the first mill built in that region. At present, however, he has retired from active business life, his attention being given more largely to neighborhood affairs, social, political, and fraternal. He longs to the Odd Fellows, and in politics, is a Republican. In religion, he adheres to the Baptist faith. Mrs. Shaw has membership in the Rebekah order.

BERT C. DYMOND is a comfortably situated farmer and stockman residing a half-mile east of Fulda postoffice, in Klickitat county. He was born in Genesee county, New York, April 25, 1864, the son of Chester and Emma E. (Austin) Dymond, both of whom are now residing in Klickitat county. Chester Dymond was born in New York state in 1827. After reaching manhood he farmed for a number of years in his native state, then, in 1869, went to Iowa, where he lived till 1878, then moving to Oregon City, Oregon. He resided in and near Oregon City till 1880, then came to Klickitat county, where he acquired a tract of land which he at once began to cultivate, since then having made his home on it. Emma (Austin) Dymond was born in New York state, in 1842, and grew to womanhood and was married there. She is at present living in Klickitat county. When Bert C. was quite young his parents moved from New York to Iowa, and later the west- ward journey was continued to Oregon City. He secured his education, in the common schools of Iowa, and in the Oregon City high school. In 1891, he filed on his homestead which is situated in the Camas Prairie region. Though he has since farmed this property continuously he has not resided upon it since making final proof in 1898. He and his father and brother, Gay A., were partners in busi- ness ever since their arrival in Klickitat county, until the death of the father, June 10, 1904. Besides this brother, our subject had one sister, Mrs. Pearl Ben- ford, but she died December 4, 1900, in The Dalles, Oregon. In politics, Mr. Dymond is a Republican, quite prominent in local affairs. He was elected in the fall of 1902 to a two years' term as commis-

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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 121

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