An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 159

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

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WILLIAM T. STOBIE, Jr., who has been a resident of Yakima county for eleven years, is a successful Sunnyside contractor and property owner. Born in Ottawa, Kansas, August 22, 1872, he is the son of William and Jennie Stobie, the former of whom resides in the Sunnyside valley. The elder Stobie was born in Scotland in 1847 and came to Canada at the age of eight years. He crossed the line to the United States when a young man and served throughout the Civil war in the First New York light artillery. Mrs. Stobie is living in Texas at the present time. William T., junior, received his first schooling in Denver, Colorado, the family mov- ing to that city when he was about four years old. Ten years later they returned to Kansas and there the youth completed his education, at- tending school until he was seventeen. After leaving school he engaged in various pursuits in Kansas, finally immigrating to Yakima county in 1893. One of his first investments in the county was to purchase twenty acres of raw land, which he partly developed and then sold at a good profit. During the year ending July I, 1898, he carried the mails between Mabton and Sunnyside, after which he engaged in his pres- ent business of contracting.

The first marriage in the town of Sunnyside was that of Mr. Stobie to Miss Carrie Morris, the ceremony taking place December 2, 1894. Carrie Morris was born April 22, 1878, in the state of Missouri, her parents being Nathan and Jane (Lipsett) Morris. Mr. Morris is a wheel- wright by trade and is one of Sunnyside's well known citizens. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Stobie has been blessed with three children, all of whom are living: Mary, born in The Dalles, Oregon, May 21, 1896; Lena, born February 14, 1898, and William, born November 30, 1899, at Sunnyside. Mr. Stobie has two sisters, Mrs. Cora Mathieson, living near Sunnyside, and Mrs. Alice Hay, residing at Denison, Texas.

Mr. Stobie holds a membership in two fraternities, the Modern Woodmen and the Order of Wash- ington, and is a believer in the principles of the Democratic party. Mrs. Stobie is a zealous mem- ber of the Christian church. In 1902, Mr. Stobie superintended the grading and seeding of six hundred acres of Sunnyside land belonging to S. J. Harrison. Forty acres of raw farming land, several business and residence lots and a comfortable five-room cottage in Sunnyside con- stitute Mr. Stobie's property interests. He is an energetic, capable young business man whose reliability and genial qualities have won for him the best wishes of all, and business success.

JOSEPH A. RUSH, the farmer-citizen of whom we now write, is a man of substantial at- tainments, who has won the position of affluence

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and influence he now occupies by his own, unaided efforts supported by an indomitable will and urged forward by laudable ambition. His valuable es- tate, upon which he resides, lies a mile and a half east of Sunnyside. A Hoosier by birth, Mr. Rush was born in St. Joseph county, Indiana, January 13, 1862. His parents, both of whom long ago passed over the dark river of death, were Benjamin and Catherine (Livengood) Rush, natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively. When Joseph was ten years of age his parents removed to Iowa, and in that state and Indiana he received his education. When seventeen he left school and worked with his father on the farm during the ensuing four years or until he was of legal age. He then com- menced to do for himself, following agricultural pursuits. Iowa was his home until April, 1902, but in that year he bade adieu to the rolling prairies and rounded hills upon which he had lived so many years, and took up his abode in the Sunnyside val- ley, purchasing the Harrison place, which consists of one hundred acres of highly improved land. Mr. Rush further improved the place and added ma- terially to its comfort and appearance by doing some building .. He now has a modern eight-room residence, barns, feed mill and other outbuildings, making it one of the best improved farms in the valley.

Mr. Rush and Miss Etta E. Cuffell were united in marriage in 1881, Iowa being the scene of the ceremony. She is a native of that state, having been born there March 28, 1861, to the union of Albert and Rebecca (Newton) Cuffell, who still re- side in Iowa. The father was born in Ohio, the mother in Indiana. Mr. Cuffell is a prosperous farmer. The household of Mr. and Mrs. Rush con- tains four children, the first three of whom were born in Iowa, the last in Yakima county: Faye, April 24, 1884; Albert, March 16, 1886; Edna, January 30, 1890, and Beulah, October 12, 1902. Mr. Rush has three sisters, Mrs. Lydia Throckmor- ton, Mrs. Cinderella Bowen and Mrs. Alice Icher, living in Iowa, and two brothers, Lewis, in Yakima county, and Allen in Iowa. Mrs. Rush's brothers and sisters are: Mrs. Martha Cagley, Mrs. Caro- line Price, R. Winfield and Mrs. Mary A. Slaght, living in Iowa; Henry, in Hillyard, Washington, and William S. and Albert J., residents of Minne- sota. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rush are members of the Progressive Brethren church. Mr. Rush is a Re- publican. Besides his Sunnyside farm, he owns three acres of orchard within the city limits of Sun- nyside, on which he has a one thousand three hun- dred dollar residence ; a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres in Yakima county, and a half sec- tion of timber land in Kittitas county. He also owns about thirty head of fine milch cows, and for the past two seasons has sold each fall between one hundred and fifty and two hundred head of hogs. Mr. Rush considers that the Sunnyside country is

one of the garden spots of the west, and there in- tends to make his permanent home. He is a suc- cessful farmer and business man, energetic, perse- vering and capable, and a man of unquestioned integrity, who is a bulwark in the community.

HONORABLE HENRY DOUGLASS JORY. James and Sarah (Budd) Jory, the parents of the prominent Yakima county citizen whose name ap- pears at the beginning of this biography, were mem- bers of that heroic band of pioneers who toiled across the continent in 1847, enduring all the hardships of exposure, starvation and traveling through a wil- derness inhabited by murderous Indians, for a home in the famed Willamette valley. The brave young pioneer was born in England in 1821, and previous to his immigration to Oregon, was an Illinois farmer ; his equally brave wife was born in Michi- gan territory in 1828. In the Willamette valley James Jory settled upon a donation claim-a whole section of land-and upon this old homestead he and his aged wife are still living. The old homestead, situated near Salem, is the birthplace and boyhood home of Henry Douglass, who was born April 18, 1859, while yet the Northwest was barely awaken- ing to its new life. The young Oregonian at- tended the schools of his neighborhood until sixteen years old; then for five years assisted his father in improving the farm. Upon arriving at his major- ity he settled upon a homestead in Sherman county and was there engaged in general farming with fair success until 1888. That year he sold his place and moved into Crook county, living in that frontier region, farming, mining, teaching and merchan- dizing, five years. One year he was engaged in organizing Farmers' Alliance granges and Indus- trial unions. In August, 1894, he came to Yakima county with his family, arriving with a crippled team and two dollars and fifty cents in money. The first year he was employed in farming for others, but in 1895 he purchased land near Sunny- side and cultivated it until December, 1902, when he removed to his present home above the Sunny- side canal. He did this for the purpose of experi- menting with the unirrigated soil of the valley as grain soil. Should he be successful in demonstrat- ing this, hundreds would doubtless follow his lead in wheat farming above the ditch.

At Wasco, Oregon, May 6, 1883, Mr. Jory and Miss Almira Laughter were joined for life. She is a native of Illinois, born January I, 1867, to William and Sarah ( Beals) Laughter. Her mother is also a native of Illinois, and now lives in Yak- ima county ; the father was born in South Carolina, and is now dead. Seven children have resulted from the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Jory, all of whom but one are living at home: Mrs. Althea Herim, living in Yakima county; Melvin, Edith, Harmon, Ernest, Clyde and Elfie, the last three

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having been born in Yakima county, the others in Oregon. Mr. Jory is one of a numerous family, his brothers and sisters being: Phebe, Thomas, John, Mrs. Mary Reynolds, Mrs. Elizabeth Swayne, Mrs. Mattie Myers, Arthur (deceased), May and Percy (deceased). Those living reside in the states of Ore- gon and Washington. Mr. Jory belongs to three fra- ternities, the Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen and the Order of Washington. As a Socialist, he has been and is prominent in political circles. In 1896 he was elected state representative from the nine- teenth district on the Fusion ticket, defeating his opponent by a majority of two hundred and forty- eight votes. His record in the legislature is that of a faithful, honest law-maker, consistent with his reputation as a scrupulously honorable and con- scientious man and good citizen. Both himself and wife are active members of the Methodist church. Mr. Jory owns two hundred acres of farm- ing land, well equipped with machinery, buildings and stock, and is fortunate in possessing the con- fidence and sincere esteem of his fellow men.

JOSEPH A. WALLACE, whose home is seven miles northwest of Sunnyside, on rural free delivery route No. 2, is one of Yakima county's well known hop raisers. His first expe- rience in this industry was gained in the Puyallup valley, where he settled in March, 1882, and in that pioneer hop raising section of Washington he lived for seventeen years, success crowning his energies. In the year 1893 Mr. Wallace, with keen foresight, purchased arid land in the Sunnyside re- gion and gradually developed this property until it was in suitable condition to become his home in 1899. He was born on the peninsula of Nova Scotia, June 12, 1848, his parents being Andrew and Ann (McPhee) Wallace, also natives of that faraway settlement. The father was born in 1820, and died near Puyallup; the mother was born Jan- uary 15, 1827, and is at present living near Sun- nyside. The young Nova Scotian received his ed- ucation in the schools of his native province, leav- ing school when fifteen years old and engaging in mining and lumbering. In 1873 he crossed the boundary and settled in Wyoming, where he re- mained two years. Returning to Canada, he fol- lowed farming five years, but met with so little success that he again crossed the border and this time became a permanent resident of the United States. First he settled near Walla Walla, engag- ing in the lumber business. Two years later he removed to the Sound, and in that region lived until he came to Yakima county.

In 1870 he was married to Miss Amelia Burris, born in Nova Scotia October 14, 1848, and there reared, educated and married. Her parents, Wil- liam and Mary (Fisher) Burris, were also natives of Nova Scotia. Mr. Burris, now dead, was born

in 1818; Mrs. Burris was born in 1829 and is still living, in Nova Scotia. Mrs. Wallace has one brother, Clark, living in Massachusetts, and two sisters, Mrs. Esther Logan and Mrs. Belle Peter- son, also residents of that state. Mr. Wallace has only one brother, Norman, who lives with the subject of our sketch, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Spooner, residing near Puyallup. There are two children-Charlotte A., born in Nova Scotia, July 31, 1871, and Andy B., born in Puyallup, June 23, 1888. Both are at home, the latter being an un- fortunate sufferer from a pleura abscess. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace are active members of the Feder- ated church, recently organized at Sunnyside. Upon political questions, he is in sympathy with the Republican party and is a zealous supporter of President Roosevelt and his policies. His sixty- acre Sunnyside ranch is well improved, ten acres being in hops, seven acres in orchard and about forty acres in alfalfa. He is also heavily interested in stock, owning fully one hundred head of cattle and a small bunch of horses. Mr. Wallace also retains possession of his twenty-acre farm in Pierce county, the tract being highly improved and hav- ing a fine residence, and of the property in Puy- allup known as the fair-ground place. From the foregoing it will be seen that he has accumulated a goodly holding of property in the Northwest, all of which is yearly increasing in value. Mr. Wallace naturally takes a position among the lead- ing influential citizens of the Yakima country and is regarded by all who know him as a man of honor, ability and progressive ideas along all lines.

WILLIAM H. NORMAN. The prosperous farmer and mechanic whose biography is herewith presented is one of Michigan's native sons, the descendant of two doughty pioneers of the Pen- insula state. He was born in Allegan county, No- vember 19, 1857, and there reared to manhood. His father, Robert Norman, was born in England in 1818 and came to Michigan in 1852 at a time when its scattered settlements were almost lost amid the gigantic pine forests which stretched from shore to shore of the Great Lakes. Settling in Allegan county, with only an English shilling in his pockets, but with plenty of energy and pluck, the young Englishman entered upon the work of home building. For years he threshed all the grain of his neighbors, using a flail, and finally, despite many setbacks in the way of sickness and accidents, succeeded in improving his land. He early met with an accident which rendered him a cripple for life, one of his legs being crushed by a rolling log, necessitating the use of crutches. His wife was also born in England, the date of her birth being 1824, and her maiden name being Mary A. Hazelden. She is still living in Michigan. They reared a family of ten children and accumulated

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a sufficient competence to keep them in comfort during their old age. Robert Norman was a very religious man, beloved by his neighbors for his sterling qualities. For fifteen years he belonged to the Baptist church; then withdrew and joined the Methodist denomination, of which he was a member at the time of his death.

William attended the public schools of Allegan county until he reached the age of fifteen, leaving his studies at that time to assist his father. Dur- ing the last five years he was in school the perse- vering lad was able to recite only about two days in each week, but kept up with his classes by study- ing at night after work. At seventeen he left the old home to make his own way in the world, engaging in carpenter work and other odd jobs until 1883, when he secured a farm and settled down to agricultural pursuits. Until he was twenty-one years old he divided his earnings with the folks at home. Eight years he remained on his farm, prospering and gradually accumulating a little property. However, in December, 1891, he left Michigan for the undeveloped northwestern states, located in Yakima county and purchased his present farm, that tract then being the farthest removed from settlements of any land sold by the canal company. Mr. Norman applied his careful training in agriculture to the improvement of his Yakima home, and today has one of the most val- uable estates in the valley.

His marriage to Miss Myrtis M. Gatchell, also a native of Michigan, was celebrated in Calhoun county, 1883. She was born in that county Octo- ber 10, 1861, the daughter of William and Anna (Born) Gatchell, her father dying when she was a child. Mrs. Gatchell is still living. The Nor- man home sustained an irreparable loss Novem- ber 3, 1902, when she who had made a home pos- sible and brought happiness and cheer to a lov- ing husband and devoted children passed out of this life to the eternal world beyond. Of the chil- dren, Louis R. was born in Michigan and is an electrician in Seattle; Lloyd J. and his sister, Lyla M., were born in Yakima county and live with their father. Mr. Norman has three sisters, Mrs. Mary A. Anway, Mrs. Lois James and Mrs. Jane Brown, and two brothers, James and Alfred H., all living in Michigan. Mr. Norman is affiliated with the Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen, and thoroughly believes in the principles advocated by the Republican party. His ranch consists of one hundred and five acres, sixty-four of which were added to the original place, all under cultivation and having good farm buildings. Seventeen acres are set out to orchard. Mr. Norman also has a small interest in the Odd Fellows' hall at Sunny- side. He is a man of integrity and keen abilities, who occupies a high position in the esteem of his neighbors and has many loyal friends.

GEORGE F. BARNES. One of the most progressive and popular citizens of Sunnyside is the subject of this biography, who has the con- fidence of his fellow men to such an extent as to be chosen in 1902 as one of their councilmen, and in that capacity is still serving. He came to Sunny- side three years ago from Warren, Minnesota, finding the meat business of Sunnyside in a very primitive condition. He purchased the building devoted to that business, and a corner lot, and im- mediately commenced to supply the public withf the best meats obtainable and to build up a reputa- tion for strict integrity. So successful has he been that he has now let the contract for a two-story brick building thirty by fifty feet, the lower floor of which he expects to occupy with one of the best shops in the county, the upper floor to be devoted to offices. Mr. Barnes was born in Horicon, Wis- consin, February 25, 1855, to the union of Jon- athan H. and Sarah (Sutton) Barnes. Jonathan H. . was a native of England, born in 1823; Sarah Barnes was born in Quebec, Canada, in the year 1820. Both parents long ago crossed over life's great divide. As a child two years old, Mr. Barnes was taken to Steele county, Minnesota, by his parents, there attending the public schools until he was nineteen years of age. Three years longer he helped his father on the farm; then went to Marshall county, Minnesota, in 1879, and settled upon a homestead, which he cultivated with fair success until 1885. Following this experience he went to Minneapolis and engaged in the meat business with a partner, A. Campbell; afterwards buying him out and conducting the business alone. Two years and a half later he sold the business and returned to Marshall county, opening a shop at Warren. He was a citizen of Warren until February, 1901, when he came to Sunnyside, bringing his family out the following April. The business has pros- pered exceedingly and is rapidly growing.

The marriage of Mr. Barnes was celebrated in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1886, his bride being Miss Lucy E. Dix, the daughter of William A. and Sa- ralı (Richardson) Dix. Mr. Dix, now dead, was a native of Vermont; Mrs. Dix, born in 1831 in Massachusetts. is still living. Mrs. Barnes is a native daughter of Illinois, born in Will county, 1859. She has two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Dix, liv- ing in Iowa, and Mrs. Emma Wells, of the Sun- nyside valley, and one brother, William C., a res- ident of Iowa. Mr. Barnes has three sisters and one brother-Mrs. Alice A. Martin; Minnie W., in Minnesota; Mrs. Ellen C. Searl, in Sunnyside valley; and Charles E., in Minnesota. Six chil- dren, all born in Minnesota, constitute the junior portion of the Barnes home-L. Bernice, born in 1887; Maude R., in 1890; A. Judson, in 1892; J. Howard, in 1894; Myrtle, in 1896; and Alice E., in 1898. Mr. Barnes is affiliated with two frater- nities, the Modern Woodmen of America and the

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Modern Brotherhood of America. He is active in po- litical affairs as a member of the Prohibition party. For fifteen years he has been identified with the membership of the Methodist Episcopal church and is an active religious worker. Besides his es- tablishment in Sunnyside, Mr. Barnes owns the property on which it stands, seven and a half acres inside the city limits, on which he has a very com- modious and comfortable home, a business build- ing and lot which he rents, a half interest in an- other two-acre tract of city property and real es- tate in Warren. He has recently begun to raise thoroughbred, registered Jersey cattle and already has several head of registered stock. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are prominently identified with the social life of the community, and are highly esteemed for their many commendable and congenial traits of character. Mr. Barnes is a citizen of recog- nized strength in the county and community.

EDWARD. J. YOUNG. A representative American is he whose biography is gladly accorded a place in this volume among those of the men who have taken a part in the conquest of central Washington and the development of its magnifi- cent natural resources. Of American descent and birth, he has been trained by American institutions, imbibed the vigorous, aggressive, enthusiastic spirit of the nation, helped to advance its civiliza- tion into pioneer regions, and finally has given his life into the keeping of Old Glory to battle on foreign soil for his country's honor. He was born in Oakland county, Michigan, August 16, 1868, to the union of James W. and Harriet (Goodnow) Young, natives respectively of Penn- sylvania and New York. James W. Young is still living, at the age of seventy-four, as is also his wife, upon their farm near North Yakima. The mother was born in 1840. On the great penin- sula of Michigan Edward J. Young spent his child- hood and early boyhood, leaving that state when he was thirteen years old and accompanying his parents to Missouri. There he finished his edu- cation in the public schools and, after spending three years on the farm with his father, at the age of twenty came to the Northwest, stopping first in Yakima county. The country proved so at- tractive to him, however, that he went no farther, but determined to try his fortunes in that region. For a time he worked at agricultural pursuits; then took a course of study in a Seattle business college. Upon his return he followed various oc- cupations, principally farming. In October, 1891, with commendable zeal and keen foresight he filed upon a quarter section of sage-brush land, which has since become one of the most valuable tracts in the Sunnyside region, adjoining, as it does, the growing town of Sunnyside. Mr. Young did not make any extensive improvements upon his place

until quite recently, for in 1898, as a member of Company E, First Washington volunteers, he re- sponded to President Mckinley's call to arms and went away to the Spanish-American war. His previous training in the state national guard served the young soldier in good stead, for dur- ing his eighteen months of service he received four promotions and, whereas he had enlisted as a cor- poral, he was mustered out in October 1899, as first lieutenant of his company, and received the special commendation of his captain for bravery and faithful service. As a soldier, he participated in the Philippine campaign and was in the battles of Santa Ana, San Pedro Macati, Manila and other noted engagements in which the First Washing- ton took part. Upon his return to America he began improving his Sunnyside land, and now has one hundred acres under cultivation.

Lieutenant Young was united by the sacred ties of matrimony to Miss Gertrude C. Cline at Sunnyside, June 17, 1903. Miss Cline. was born in Iowa, November, 1878, and came to Yakima county with her parents, W. H. and Margaret (Maddock) Cline, pioneers of the Sunnyside val- ley. Their biographies will be found elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Cline is one of the most prom- inent citizens in the county and is a man of high standing. Mr. Young has four sisters-Carrie S., Mrs. Mary Dow, Ethel and Janie, the married sis- ter living in Oberlin, Ohio, and the rest being teachers in Yakima county ; also a brother, Harvey L., living in North Yakima. Mr. Young is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church, his wife a mem- ber of the Episcopal. As a Democrat he is active in political matters, and recently received the nom- ination for councilman of Sunnyside. Lieutenant Young and his bride are social favorites in the community, and he is looked upon as a capable, industrious citizen with the quality of character that augurs well for his future.

JOHN O. NATTERLUND, living until re- cently four miles west of Sunnyside on rural free delivery route No. 2, was a prosperous and highly respected Yakima county farmer, whose na- tive land is Sweden. Probably but few residents of the county have traveled as extensively as has the subject of this sketch. Mr. Natterlund was born November 16, 1863, his parents being Olof and Katherine M. (Johnson.) Natterlund, born in 1825 and 1828, respectively. They lived and died across the water, where the father was engaged in agricultural pursuits. The son John attended the schools of Sweden until he was fifteen years old; then assisted his father upon the farm until 1886. In that year he bade farewell to his home and made the long, dangerous trip to Australia, where he worked in the mines during the ensuing three years. Following this experience he entered

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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 159

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