An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 137

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

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the same time, assisted by his energetic family, run- ning the Varker House in a very successful manner. He later gave up his position as operator, giving his entire attention to the hotel business. In August, 1903, he, in partnership with G. A. Gano, furnished and opened the Pacific Hotel, which is fast becom- ing one of the best patronized houses in central Washington. He has since bought out Mr. Gano, and is now sole proprietor of the business. He was married in 1877 to Miss Nellie E. Phillips, who was born in Wisconsin in 1860, a lady of culture, who has followed teaching and has been an instruct- or in music. Her father, Franklin Phillips, was a native of Rutland, Vermont, and was a pioneer both in Michigan and Wisconsin. He was a veteran of both the Mexican and Civil wars, serving as lieuten- ant in the Rebellion, in which he was seriously wounded, making of him an invalid for life. Her mother, Marion (Yerkes) Phillips, was born in Philadelphia of Quaker parents, and is now dead. Mrs. Turnell has two sisters and one brother, and Mr. Turnell has three brothers and three sisters. Their children are: Richard Franklin, station agent in Wisconsin; Luella M., Mrs. Emma L. Dunbar, Clarence W., Lloyd Y. and Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. Turnell have devoted their lives to their children, and are justly proud of their three stal- wart sons and three lovely daughters, all of whom are quite perfect, both mentally and physically. Mr. Turnell is a pronounced Republican. He is pro- gressive and energetic and is counted one of the substantial and successful citizens of the thriving city of North Yakima.

JOHN T. STEWART, farmer, living one mile west and one mile south of North Yakima, is a native of Scotland, was ushered into this world in 1829, and brought to Canada'by his parents at the age of six months, they settling two years later in New York. His father, William Stewart, was born on board of an English man-of-war, while they were cruising off the coast of Portugal, his father being an officer in the English army. The mother, Jessie (Thompson) Stewart, was a native of England. She was married quite young and was the mother of seven children. Our subject's parents went to Illi- nois in 1832, where he was raised. In 1855 he crossed the Plains from Iowa to California, driving an ox outfit. He first went to mining, but the sec- ond year engaged in farming, moving in 1858 to Oregon. Here he lived for twenty years, farming and stock raising, also working as a mechanic. He left Oregon in 1878 and came to the Ahtanum val- ley, Yakima county, taking up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, where he now resides. He improved this in fine shape and sold a portion of the land, it being favorably located within two miles of North Yakima, for a good price. He was united in marriage in Iowa, in 1854, to Charlotte Barter,

who crossed the Plains with him and died in Ore- gon, in 1864, leaving six children, as follows: Al- bert S., Alfred, Mary A., William, Minnie R. Merchant and Alice. He was again married in 1855, in Oregon, to Mrs. Deborah Coker, a native of Mis- souri, born in 1844. Her father, John Dillon, was a farmer and stock raiser, born in the state of Vir- ginia, and departed this life in Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have been born ten children: John S., Edward E., Ella, Ulysses, Laura, Clyde, Carrie, Claude I. and Maud I. (twins) and Benjamin. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are members of the Christian church. Fraternally, Mr. Stewart is associated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while polit- ically, he is an active Republican. He is a man who has always been ready to assist in every good and worthy enterprise presented to him for the public weal or private need, and is respected for his good qualities.

STERLING P. VIVIAN, farmer and stock raiser, came to Yakima county in 1879, at the age- of sixteen. He was born in Missouri, in 1863, on the 12th day of February, from the union of Milton and Eliza J. (Sartin) Vivian; the latter born in Missouri in 1842, and daughter of David and Euphany (Brutin) Sartin, both natives of Tennessee. She is now the wife of B. Franklin Ward, living in Yakima county. At an early day our subject's parents moved to Kansas; returned to Missouri for a time; from there went to Col- orado; thence to the Indian Territory, and then crossed the Plains by team to Wyoming, settling at Sander in 1873, where the mother and one other woman constituted the feminine population of the town. From here his parents moved to Washington in 1879, and in 1882 took up a home- stead on the Ahtanum, where his mother still resides. On their arrival in the county their son, Sterling, began riding the range for stockmen,. and for many years followed this, with freighting from The Dalles, and in that time gathered quite a band of cattle. He has followed the stock business ever since, in connection with farming and dairying, in which he has been successful. He has one full brother, Claborn F., living in the state. He was married in North Yakima, in 1885, to Miss Alice Tanner, a native of Forest Grove, Oregon, where she was raised and edu- cated at the academy at that place. Her father, Elisha Tanner, was born in Connecticut, in 1814, moved to Illinois in 1835, where he farmed until 1852, when he outfitted with oxen and made the trip to Washington county, Oregon, taking land near Forest Grove. He moved, in 1865, to Klick- itat county, Washington ; in 1869, came to Yak- ima county and bought one hundred and sixty acres of land (on which Mr. Vivian now lives), moving his family there in March, 1870. Here he followed stock raising until 1880, when he was

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accidentally drowned while crossing the Naches river on his way to church, in company with his wife, she narrowly escaping with her life. He was a stanch Republican, and an active member of the Congregational church, one of the officers and original organizers of that church in the Ahtanum valley. Her mother, Lucy (Carter) Tanner, was born in Connecticut, and is a lineal descendent of the Carters of the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Vivian have three children : Maud M., Grace (deceased in the year 1894, at the age of seven), and Ray T. Mr. Vivian is a Democrat, and he and his family are members of the Congregational communion. He owns a well-improved place of one hundred acres, well stocked with horses, cattle and hogs, and is counted one of the solid citizens of his com- munity.

SAMUEL E. FARRIS, residing upon his farm, six miles west and three south of North Yakima, has lived in the Northwest since he crossed the Plains with his parents in 1865, at the age of nine, and is familiar with western life in all of its phases. His native state is Iowa, and his birthplace was in Monroe county, where he was delivered into the arms of his parents in 1856. His father, James F. Farris, a carpenter and farmer, was born in Ohio, in 1809, and moved to Iowa in 1854, where he remained eleven years, and then, outfitting with teams, started with his family, overland to Oregon. Joining himself to a large wagon train, under the leadership of Captain White, at the Missouri river, he made the journey through to Polk county, Oregon. In 1869 he moved to eastern Oregon, and in 1894 to Yakima county, where he later died. The mother, Martha (Newman) Farris, was born in Ohio, in 1824, of Scotch and Welsh parents, from among the original Puritans. She was one of thirteen girls who rode in a log cabin in the campaign of Harrison and Tyler in 1840, representing the thirteen original states. At the early age of six- teen our subject engaged in the stock business in eastern Oregon, which he pursued until the winter of 1884, when he lost ninety per cent of his holdings, and quit stock raising, turning his attention entirely to farming for four years. Receiving the appointment as deputy sheriff of Wasco county, in 1888, he then made his home in The Dalles for a number of years. In 1894 he moved to Yakima City, Washington, where he engaged in dairying and handling hay, until 1901, when he purchased his present farm and moved on the property. He has one brother and one sister : Mrs. Mary Alexander and John W. Far- ris. He was married in The Dalles, in 1883, to Miss Lizzie Davis, born in Oregon, in 1865, shortly after her father and mother, Silas and Emeline (Reno) Davis, reached that state from

Missouri. Two children, Grover C. and Inez, were the issue of this marriage .. He was again married, in 1896, to Mrs. Hettie Fairbrook, daughter of Isaac and Louise (Finney) Flint, Oregon pioneers, in which state she was born in 1864, and educated for a professional nurse. Mrs. Farris has two children, Lloyd and Glen Fairbrook, by her first marriage. She is a mem- ber of the Christian church, and sister to J. L. and Purdy Flint, of North Yakima. Fraternally, Mr. Farris is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of America. Politically, he is a stanch Democrat. He has a well-improved place and follows dairying. He is a most re- spected citizen.

SAMUEL FEAR, farmer, stockman and dairyman, living on free rural delivery route No. 4, three miles south and three west of North Yakima, is a native of England, born December 29, 1844, to Richard and Christiana (Light) Fear, also of English birth and descent. His father was a farmer in the old country. Samuel Fear remained at home until he was eighteen years of age, when he learned the butcher's trade. At this trade he worked during his residence in England, which was brought to an end by his immigration to the United States in 1889. He came almost direct from his home to Yakima county, spending only one night in New York City. Arrived in the county, Mr. Fear first leased William Car- penter's dairy. Then, in 1891, he opened a meat market in North Yakima, conducting this busi- ness one year. Ranching in the Cowiche valley followed during the succeeding five years, after which he leased a ranch on the Ahtanum, where he lived for a like period. By this time his in- dustry and perseverance were so rewarded that he was able to purchase his present farm of eighty acres, the tract being a portion of the old Heaton place, and here, since 1901, he has made his home and expects to live the remainder of his life. Mr. Fear was married in England, April 19, 1867, to Miss Hannah Fear, daughter of Abel and Har- riet (Cox) Fear, also of English birth. The daughter was born November 2, 1845, and was married at the age of twenty-three. Her educa- tion was obtained in the schools of England. To Mr. and Mrs. Fear have been born the following children : Mrs. Lizzie Wheeler, March 12, 1868 (deceased) : Mrs. Sarah A. Carpenter, October 20, 1869, living in Yakima county ; Albert E., April 25, 1871; Ernest D., December 20, 1872; Frederick C., December 25, 1878; Thomas W., January 23, 1881 ; Minnie, March 16, 1882; Nel- lie, January 19, 1884; Christiana, April 9. 1886 (deceased) ; and Henry J., August 28, 1888; all being born on British soil. Mr. and Mrs. Fear are members of the Church of England. Of his eighty acres of land, twenty are in alfalfa, twenty

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are in plow land and forty are in pasture. He has forty head of cattle, thirty head of horses and some other stock. Mr. Fear has prospered since coming to America and is respected by all who know him as one of Yakima county's sterling citizens.

DAVID MUNN, one of the pioneer farmers and stock raisers of the Ahtanum valley, has had an interesting career in the Northwest, where he has lived nearly half a century; witnessing the growth of this erstwhile wilderness into one of the leading sections of the west. He is a native of Tennessee, born in 1836 to the union of Ed- ward and Millie (Butler) Munn, who were natives of North Carolina. Edward Munn was a farmer by occupation, who became a pioneer successively of Tennessee and Arkansas, dying in the latter state. The subject of this article did not have the advantage of school life, but worked in the cotton fields for his father until twenty-two years of age. A year later he crossed the Plains with an ox team, the tedious journey occupying six months. After three years spent in the mines, he settled in · the San Joaquin valley, where he was engaged in farming four years. He then sold his place and, in 1867, went to Idaho, where he spent a winter, and thence to the mines of Montana, where he lived during the next three years of his life. In 1870, he came to Walla Walla, but remained there only a short time, going in the spring of 1871 to the Ahtanum valley. During the first two years of his residence in Yakima county he followed farming; then sold his farm, and for seven years, or until the terrible winter of 1880-1, raised stock, his losses that season being so serious as to prac- tically force his retirement. Mr. Munn again re- turned to the farm and for twenty-three years has been steadily occupied in that greatest of earthly pursuits. He was married in 1896 to Mrs. Nancy J. Allen, of the Ahtanum valley, and with her shared life's joys and sorrows for five years, her death occurring in 1901. Mrs. Munn was a mem- ber of the Congregational church. In politics, her husband is a stanch and active Democrat. His farm consists of forty acres of highly improved land, thirty-five being in alfalfa and five in or- chard, making the place a valuable one. At the time of the Perkins massacre, he was one of the party engaged in the pursuit of the murderous redskins. Mr. Munn has courageously and pa- tiently braved the dangers and difficulties inci- dent to the life of an early pioneer and now, close to the goodly age of three score and ten, he lives comfortably and enjoys the friendship of those around him.

LORENZO DAVIDSON, living three miles south and three west of North Yakima, is one of

the most prosperous ranchmen in the Ahtanum valley and a leading citizen of that section, where he has lived tourteen years. His early life was spent on the peninsula of Nova Scotia, where, in the year 1836, he came into the world to bless the home of William and Esther (Crow) Davidson. On that peaceful and fertile peninsula, too, his parents were born, and there today his father is living at the shadowy age of ninety-one. When seventeen years old, young Lorenzo was appren- ticed to a blacksmith and, excepting eight months in Boston, Massachusetts, worked at his trade in Nova Scotia until 1869. Then he crossed the con- tinent to California, worked there as a blacksmith five years, spent a year at his old home, and again went to California, where he plied his trade for six years. In 1882, he emigrated from the "Golden state," settling upon a homestead in the Horse Heaven section of the Yakima country, where he led the life of a doughty pioneer for eight years. The Ahtanum valley attracted him so strongly, however, that in 1890 he removed there, buying a place in Wide Hollow basin. There he remained eleven years, prospering and otherwise enjoying life. The year 1901 saw him purchase the adjoining farm, having sold his, and also buy the eighty-acre ranch upon which he now lives. Mr. Davidson and Miss Isabella Watson, daugh- ter of John and Isabella (McCune) Watson, na- tives of Ireland, were united in marriage in Cali- fornia, in the year 1876, and to this union three children have been born : Mrs. Eva M. Hawn, born May 27, 1877, living on the Ahtanum; Myrtle E., May 1, 1880, at home; and Leon P., born October 26, 1881, died at the age of sixteen months. John Watson immigrated to America when a young man and first lived in Pennsylvania, where, at Val- ley Forge, in 1854, Isabella Watson, was born. Two years later the family went by water to Cali- fornia, where the daughter was educated, and at the age of twenty-two married Mr. Davidson. She is a member of the Presbyterian church and her husband a member of the Baptist congrega- tion. In politics, Mr. Davidson is a Democrat. In all, he owns one hundred and twenty acres of land, seventy-five of which are in alfalfa, eight in hops. and a portion in orchard ; he also has a band of sixty cattle, selected Shorthorn and Polled Angus, and considerable small stock. Mr. David- son may well feel proud of his success in life and enjoys the further blessing of his fellow men's respect and well wishing.

FRED W. BROOKER, stockman and land owner, resident of North Yakima, has been one of the active, pushing citizens of Yakima county ever since 1888, when he first purchased land in the Wenas valley. Four years prior to this he had lived in Kittitas county, where he had fol- lowed the cattle business. He is a native of

LORENZO DAVIDSON AND FAMILY.

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Broome county, New York, born April 5, 1866. Leroy Brooker, his father, who was a carpenter and contractor by trade, was born in New York, came to Yakima county in 1884, and lives in North Yakima. The mother, Elizabeth (Peters) Brooker, was also a native of New York. F. W. Brooker came west to Colorado with his parents at the age of seven, receiving his education in the high school and business college at Denver. When sixteen he went to work for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as time-keeper on their line through Washington, and thus, in 1884, came to locate in Kittitas county, from which he moved, in 1888, to Yakima county. Having learned the carpenter's trade with his father when a boy, he, in 1890, moved to North Yakima and engaged in work with his father, who was actively following his trade at that place, and together they built many of the fine residences on Nob Hill and also in the business part of the city. In the spring of 1899 he and his uncle, Justice C. Brooker, formed a partnership and engaged in the livery business, opening what is known as the Fashion stables. This they conducted for two and a half years, when they sold the stock and leased the barn. Since that time Mr. Brooker has given his atten- tion to the handling of cattle. He was married, in 1888, in Yakima county, to Miss Rosa R. Tay- lor, daughter of George S. Taylor and Nancy (McLaughlin) Taylor, pioneers of Washington. Mrs. Brooker was born in Selah valley, July 22, 1872, and has spent her entire life in the county. She has three brothers living in the county : Hardy J., Selah; Emery W. R., mayor of Prosser; and George W., Selah. Mr. and Mrs. Brooker's chil- dren are: Gracie G., born May 18, 1889; Fred T., born January 15, 1898. Mr. Brooker is a stanch Republican. He owns a two hundred and thirty acre tract of fine land in the Selah valley, with fifty head of Shorthorn cattle; and is feeding one hundred head of stock cattle. He has bred and owned some of the best trotting horses in the state, among the number being the noted Deoduse, 2:1014; Chester Abbott, 2:091,2, and now owns a pacer with a record of 2:29, Senator by name. Mr. Brooker believes that there is no more desir- able place for homes, and that nowhere else will be found better opportunities for acquiring prop- erty and becoming independent, than in the Yak- ima valley. He is one of the successful and re- liable pioneers of the county and is held in highest esteem by a very large circle of friends and ac- quaintances.

WILLIAM L. COOK, farmer and stockman residing near Yakima City, is a pioneer of both Klickitat and Yakima counties, having been born in Klickitat county, in 1865, when the inhabitants of both counties could be counted by the score instead of by the thousands. He is the son of

James E. and Sarah Ann (Dalson) Cook, natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively, whose biog- raphies will be found among those of other Yak- ima county pioneers. The paternal ancestors were Virginians of the oldest families in that com- monwealth; the maternal side of the house is English. William was five years old when the family moved to Yakima county and settled near Yakima City, where his parents still reside. At the age of eighteen, having secured a common school education, he began riding the range, and at this occupation continued until he had gathered enough stock of his own to enter into business on his own account. In 1890, his father gave him ten acres of fine land near Yakima City, where he now lives, farming and raising stock. May II, 1887, he was married to Miss Clara Hildreth, daughter of William and Sarah (Brook) Hildreth, natives of the middle west. Her father emigrated to Vancouver, Washington, in 1870, and settled in Yakima county fourteen years later, where he is still living. His daughter was born in Clarke county, Washington, in 1870, received her educa- tion in the public schools of Yakima county, and was married when seventeen years old. To this union have been born the following children : Sarah M., April 1, 1891; William E., October 17, 1893; Raymond L., February 4, 1894; Grace, April 1, 1895; Edith, June 3, 1897; Ruth, March 23, 1901. Fraternally, Mr. Cook is affiliated with the Royal Tribe of Joseph, and in politics, he is a stanch Democrat. He owns a select band of thirty fine stock cattle, besides several horses, and is considered a progressive young farmer of his county.

THOMAS J. McDANIEL, Yakima City, is a native-born Oregonian and a pioneer in Yakima county. He was born in Polk county, Oregon, July 16, 1856, to the union of Elisha and Lettie J. (Cormack) McDaniel. The father was born in Kentucky, January 8, 1825, and immigrated with his parents to Missouri when fourteen years old. In 1844 he traveled by team across the Plains to Oregon, and the next year took up a donation claim in Polk county, and engaged in the stock business on an extensive scale, becoming the largest stock owner in the state. Here he raised his family. In 1864, he drove a band of several thousand head of cattle and horses into Yakima county and settled on the Yakima river, where he continued in the business until 1885. He died in 1890. He owned at one time over ten thousand acres of land in Polk county, Oregon. He was a breeder of fine cattle and horses. The mother of our subject was of German and English descent, born in Iowa in 1828. Mr. McDaniel attended the high school at Salem, Oregon. He remained at home with the father in the stock business until twenty-one years old; he then entered the employ

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of the Northern Pacific Railroad for four years, and settled in Yakima county, where he has con- tinued to live, and where he has been constantly interested in stock until within the last two years, during which he has been engaged in the saloon business at Yakima City. He was married in North Yakima, in 1891, to Amy A. McLavy, daughter of James and Katie (Harkin) McLavy. Her father was a native of Iowa and an engineer. Both her parents are dead. Mrs. McDaniel was born in Iowa in 1873, came to Washington when three years old, and was raised and educated in Goldendale. Her brothers and sisters are: Guy. Roy and Mrs. Anna Bilington. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel have been born three children : George A., Harry T. and Mary E., born respectively September 14, 1895, October 6, 1897, and May 3, 1901. Mrs. McDaniel is a mem- ber of the Christian church. Mr. McDaniel is an active Democrat and a man of influence in the local councils of his party. He is respected as a man of business integrity and has made a suc- cess of his business ventures.

CHARLES CAMPBELL was ushered into this world November 18, 1858, in Washington, District of Columbia, to the union of John F. and Cornelia (Brown) Campbell. The father was a native of Washington, District of Columbia, and was a cooper by trade. He later moved to the state of Delaware, where he lived until his death. The mother was born in Delaware where she also died. She was of English parentage. Mr. Camp- bell grew to manhood in Delaware, and was there educated. He remained at home with his parents until nineteen, when he went to Connecticut to learn the trade of molder, in the iron works, which he followed for three years. He then en- tered a meat market and learned the trade of meat cutter, which he pursued in Connecticut for three years. In 1882 he came west to Washington, stopping for a brief period at Waitsburg and then coming to Yakima county in 1883. He took a contract for cutting wood the first summer and then engaged in the stock business, which he has since followed. He is a breeder of thoroughbred running horses, and the best breeds of draft horses, including the Percheron and Clyde. He was married in North Yakima, in 1888, to Miss Bell Splawn, daughter of William Splawn, one of the oldest and best known pioneers of the Yakima valley, where he settled in the early six- ties and where he is still living: a prominent farmer and stockman. He is a native of Mis- souri. The mother, Margaret (Jacobs) Splawn, was born in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Campbell is a native of Parker Bottom, Yakima county, where she was born in 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have one child, George W., born in Yakima City in 1890. Mr. Campbell is a Democrat. He owns

a farm and a considerable amount of fine stock. He is a man of influence in local affairs and holds the respect of all with whom he comes in contact in a business or social way.

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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 137

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