An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 160

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

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the sheep business, in which he remained a year. A trip to the old home followed and a visit of two years in Sweden. However, in 1892 he again left Sweden, coming to the Pacific coast of the United States. After a few months' residence in Skagit county, Washington, he came to Yakima county, the date of his arrival at the latter place being November, 1893. Here he bought land un- der the Sunnyside canal and engaged in farming. In 1897 he filed a homestead claim to an adjoin- ing quarter section, seventy acres of which he now has under cultivation, and upon this ranch he is now living.

Upon his return to Sweden from Australia he became engaged to Miss Brita Haggblad, to whom he was united by marriage in 1892. Mrs. Natter- lund is a daughter of Erik and Katherine (John- son) Haggblad, born August 15, 1861. Her par- ents are dead. Mr. Haggblad was born in 1825 and his wife in 1823. Mrs. Natterlund's brothers and sisters are: Hans, John, Erik, Christina and Mrs. Katherine Forslund, all living in Sweden. Hans is a merchant, John is a clerk and Erik is a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Natterlund have been blessed with the following children: Anna V., born in La Connor, Washington, September 30, 1893; Nellie M., Yakima county, November 15, 1895; Esther K., Yakima county, December 12, 1897; Ebba C., Yakima county, September 17, 1901; and Lillie M., Yakima county, August 16, 1903. Both Mr. and Mrs. Natterlund are devout members of the Swedish Lutheran church. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and politically takes his stand with the Repub- lican party. His property interests consist of his valuable homestead, all of which he soon expects to have in cultivation. Mr. Natterlund is recog- nized as a man of integrity and industry and one of the progressive farmers of the Sunnyside coun- try.

ORIN S. PRATT. That misfortune cannot crush a man into dire poverty if he is possessed of ambition, energy, fortitude and ability is well illustrated in the case of the man whose name commences this sketch. He has triumphed over many vicissitudes-some of them great ones-and is at present one of the Sunnyside valley's pros- perous and progressive farmers, living five miles west of the commercial center bearing that name. He is a native of Iowa, born October 29, 1857, his father and mother being George and Harriet (Sisson) Pratt. The father was born in New York and immigrated to Iowa in its early life as a state. He enlisted in the army when the Rebel- lion broke out. and while in the service of his coun- try died at Helena, Arkansas, in 1863. The mother is a native of Indiana and is still living at the ripe age of eighty-two, in Kansas. Orin S. was edu-

cated in the public schools of Iowa, leaving school when sixteen to aid his mother in the cultivation of the farm. He remained with her until he was twenty-two years old, at that age leaving his Kan- sas home to farm his own land. He resided in Kansas until 1888, when he removed to Hood River, Oregon, and during the succeeding eight years was engaged in logging. Then he took up his abode in Clarke county, Washington, setting out a large prune orchard, which proved a com- plete failure. With no money to speak of and very limited resources he left The Dalles in Octo- ber, 1898, and walked to Yakima county. On the Yakima reservation he leased land and sowed it to wheat. The entire crop was lost besides the expenses connected with the work. Next Mr. Pratt leased an alfalfa ranch in the Sunnyside re- gion, but this experiment did not result success- fully. However, nothing daunted, in 1899 the in- domitable farmer bought twenty acres of land un- der the Sunnyside canal, and followed this pur- chase by another one involving an adjoining twen- ty-acre tract. This time his efforts were crowned with success, and he has recently added by pur- chase eighty acres more to his holdings. The original forty-acre farm, all under cultivation, is his present home. He moved his family to this home in April, 1900. However, misfortune has visited him once since he has lived on this farm -- the last time, he hopes-for September 10, 1903, his house and contents were destroyed by fire, entail- ing a severe loss upon the plucky pioneer. With characteristic energy he has grappled with the sit- nation, and is apparently as uncompromising with fate as ever. He has rebuilt, erecting a modern dwelling.

Mr. Pratt's marriage took place at The Dalles, in 1900, his bride being Mrs. Emma Coate Shearer, a native of Ohio, born June 14, 1862, to Moses and Elizabeth (Brown) Coate, also natives of the Buckeye state. Mr. Coate was born in 1815 and died in 1900; Mrs. Coate was born in 1822 and is at present residing in Ohio. The paternal grand- parents were English; the great-grandfather on this side of the house, Marmaduke Coate, having been exiled from England on account of his Qua- ker beliefs. His estate is now in litigation. Mrs. Pratt's brothers and sisters are: Ezra, a minis- ter of the Church of Christ, living in Cincinnati; Bethana, living with Mrs. Pratt; Elwood, in Ohio; Samuel, in Missouri; Mrs. Susanna Brandt, in Ohio; and Mrs. Martha Benson, also residing in Ohio. Mr. Pratt has seven brothers and sisters- Mrs. Sarah Sedneeks, Mrs. Lettitia Hunter, Mrs. Julia Creider, Daniel, James and Wilson, all res- idents of Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt have four children-Walter L. Shearer, Blaine Shearer, Ra- phael Shcarer and Earl Shearer, all born in Ohio. One child, Lillie B. Shearer, is dead. Both hus- band and wife are members of the Brethren

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church. In political matters, Mr. Pratt is a strong Republican. Besides his farm in the Sunnyside, he owns one hundred and twenty acres of slightly improved, timbered land in Skamania county.

THOMAS S. COOPER. The man whose life story we shall briefly narrate in these pages is a native of the Pacific coast, the son of two early American pioneers of California, and himself a na- tive child of that section of the United States, born before the admission of California as a state and about the time that vast region was ceded to the United States by vanquished Mexico. His birtli- place is Sonoma county; his birth occurred Janu- ary 8, 1848. The father, James Cooper, a Scotch- man born across the Atlantic in 1796, came as a ship's carpenter to California in 1845. For many years he was engaged in the hotel business, but for a time previous to his death in 1856 he was engaged in farming. Sarah (Bigelow) Cooper was born in Wisconsin in 1812 and died in Cali- fornia at the age of sixty-four. The son Thomas was educated in the public schools of California, and engaged in farming, which he followed suc- cessfully in his native state until 1893. From time to time he visited relatives in Yakima county, and such an impression was made upon him by this section that he determined to remove hither. So in 1893 he filed a desert claim to four hundred and eighty acres and a timber culture claim to a quar- ter section, all in the Sunnyside region. How- ever, on account of the great difficulty he met with in getting water on the land and making other improvements, he allowed others to take the land and purchased twenty acres from the Yakima Investment Company, adding to it from time to time until he now has one hundred and seventy-five acres, of which eighty are in culti- vation.

Mr. Cooper has several brothers and sisters- John R., a farmer of Sonoma county ; Mrs. Bar- bara Campbell, also living in Sonoma county; Mrs. Emma McDonald, of Grayson, California, whose husband served as state treasurer about 1893; Purdy J. Flint, a half-brother, one of Yakima's most prominent citizens; and Granville Harris, also a half-brother, engaged in the livery business in Sonoma county. Mr. Cooper also has two chil- dren-Raymond, born December 10, 1890, and Edna, born May II, 1892, both living in Califor- nia. Naturally a man interested in public affairs, he is active in politics, being a Republican. Be- sides the fine Sunnyside ranch he possesses, Mr. Cooper owns city property in Yakima City, five hundred thousand shares of stock in the Clarabell Consolidated Mining Company, operating in Ferry county, near Republic, and a quarter interest in the Grand View mine of the same district. Mr. Cooper has had a long and interesting experience

in far western life, and were it possible to accord the space several pages could be filled with ac- counts of his various adventures and travels. His life nearly spans the growth of the Pacific West under the dominion of white settlers. As one of those pioneers and a man of strength and high standing in the community in which he lives, his biography is well deserving of a place in these records.

DAVID E. WOODWELL, at present en- gaged in agricultural pursuits upon his farm four miles northwest of Sunnyside, has had a career of varied and interesting experiences extending from Maine to California and from Washington to the island of Cuba, following at different times the occupations of sailor, merchant, printer, edi- tor and farmer. Born March 31, 1849, at New- buryport, Massachusetts, the son of David T. and Mary N. (Haskell) Woodwell, he is a mem- ber of a distinguished New England family. Of his father, who died March 27, 1884, in his native state, at the age of sixty-four, a local newspaper said: "Honorable David T. Woodwell, of the Woodwells of ward one, shipbuilders for genera- tiens, and himself brought up to the trade, car- ried on that business; later was in ship- chandlery and hardware, also in other commer- cial enterprises, and accumulated a competency. We knew him, as all knew him, to respect him for his industry, persistency in what he under- took and his solid integrity. Nobody questioned his word or the purity of his motives. His life was throughout a decided success. He filled many positions of trust and honor; was in all branches of the city government-school commit- tee, common council and board of aldermen- was a representative and senator in the legisla- ture (five years service) ; a director in the Ocean bank; and active in politics, religion and public improvements." The mother of subject was born in Massachusetts in 1824, and is still living in Newburyport. After attending school until he was sixteen years old, David E. entered the em- ploy of a wholesale and retail grocery firm, but two years later went as cabin boy on one of his ships to Cuba. In 1869, he went west to Omaha, arriving about the time the railroad reached that frontier town. From there he went to Des Moines, clerking and surveying. A trip home followed, during which he entered his uncle's newspaper office at Worcester and learned the business. Upon the latter's death, he left Wor- cester and entered a printing office in Newbury- port, where he remained until 1873. He then crossed the continent to California, operated an apiary there for a time, and returned to Massa- chusetts, where he was married. In 1881, he removed to Illinois and in that state followed farming and newspaper work eight years or until

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1889, when he again crossed the continent, locat- ing in North Yakima. In that city he entered the service of the Yakima Republic as a printer and remained in its employ most of the time until 1896. Four years previously, Mr. Wood- well purchased twenty acres of land under the Sunnyside canal, his purchase being the first in the Sunnyside district. From year to year he has made improvements on this tract, until now it is all under cultivation and one of the finest farms in the country. On account of poor school facilities, he did not remove his family to the place until August, 1902, though he himself was there much earlier.

His marriage took place in Salem, Massachu- setts, in February, 1881, his bride being Miss Julia H. Smith, one of Newburyport's native daughters, born September 22, 1850. Enoch W. and Elizabeth (Donnell) Sınith, the parents, were born in Newburyport, 1825, and Brunswick, Maine, 1827, respectively. Mr. Smith is dead; Mrs. Smith is living in Salem, Massachusetts. Mr. Woodwell has five brothers, William H., living in Hampton, Connecticut; Louis E., El- bridge G., Frank A. and Herbert N., living in Newburyport, and one sister, Mary,. also living at the old home. Mrs. Woodwell has one sister, Mrs. Ida Edwards, residing in Salem. There are three children: Arthur H., born in Illinois, December 1, 1881, an electrician in Spokane; Mabel F., born in Illinois, April 20, 1886, and Lena T., born in North Yakima, May 9, 1891, both daughters at home. Mr. and Mrs. Woodwell are attending the Congregational church. He is a Republican and takes an interest in politics as in all other public affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Wood- well are highly esteemed by all who know them and possess many warm and loyal friends, at- tracted by the true worth, hospitality and con- genial natures of this New England family.

WALLACE GOODSELL. No man in the whole Sunnyside country is more public-spirited or energetic than he whose name initiates this article. He has won, by his good works, a warm place in the hearts of his neighbors and fellow citizens and his loyal friends are numbered by the score. Mr. Goodsell is a native of Macoupin county, Illinois, born September 14, 1850, into the home of Charles and Cloe J. (Howard) Goodsell. His father came from Connecticut, where he was born in 1827; the maternal ancestry were inhabit- ants of Massachusetts, and Mrs. Goodsell was born near Boston in 1832. Both parents long ago joined the great silent majority. When Wallace was ten years old, his parents moved to Minne- sota, where the father pursued his trade of orna- mental carving and wagon making. In the pub- lic schools of Hennepin and Wright counties the young man received his education, which was

later supplemented by private instruction in com- mercial studies. At the age of eighteen he entered a general store and for seven years de- voted himself assiduously to mastering the busi- ness, following this service by opening a store of his own in 1876.' He successfully conducted this until 1888, when he sold the property and removed to Spokane. He was engaged as a trav- eling salesman for three years thereafter or until 1891, when he bought one hundred and ten acres under the Sunnyside canal. Subsequently he sold this tract and in April, 1901, purchased sixty acres three and a half miles west of Sunnyside, upon which he now lives. It is all under water and in cultivation, making it a most valuable farm.

At Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1875, Mr. Goodsell was united in marriage to Miss Leah M. Barnet, who is now living in Spokane. One child was born to this union, Charles H., at Howard Lake, Minnesota, in November, 1877. He gradu- ated from the Washington Agricultural College at Pullman in 1901, and is now following the pro- fession of a mining engineer. Mr. Goodsell had one brother, George, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Miller, both of whom are dead. Fraternally, Mr. Goodsell is connected with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; politically, he is a man of pronounced Republican views and an active worker in the party's behalf. As previously stated, Mr. Goodsell is an unusually strong man in public affairs. He it was who, in the face of an almost united and general opposition, fought successfully for the establishment of a free rural delivery route between Zillah and Sunnyside, which resulted in the abandonment of two post- offices, Outlook and Riverside, in whose estab- lishment he was the leading factor. The free delivery scheme had been tried by individuals before the government stepped in, and had been far from satisfactory. It was Mr. Goodsell, also, who led successfully the movement which in- duced the Northern Pacific to establish a siding at Alfalfa and secured the establishment of a ferry at that point on the Yakima river, this sav- ing the Outlook settlement at least seven miles of railroad travel. When it was found that the current of the Yakima river was so swift as to make the operation of the ferry impracticable, Mr. Goodsell took the lead in securing the con- struction of one of the best bridges on the Yak- ima to take the place of the ferry. Always un- selfish, practicable, capable and honest, he has indeed contributed his share toward the develop- ment of his county and home and has won a most enviable position among his fellow citizens.

GEORGE A. IDE, who was, until the estab- lishment of rural free delivery route No. 2, the postmaster of Outlook postoffice, is one of the well known, respected and successful ranch-

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men of the Sunnyside region. His farm lies five miles northwest of the town of Sunnyside, and is one of the prettiest, best improved little places in the county, consisting of seventeen and a half acres, three of which are set out in orchard, and the remainder in alfalfa and other farm products. A comfortable ten-room residence, good outbuild- ings and gardens give the place a most inviting appearance. The son of Harvey A. and Elizabeth (Drew) Ide, he was born October 2, 1849, within sight of Vermont's famed Green mountains. In that state his father came into being in the year 1827, and there, also, the mother was born, four years later, and is still living. However, Vermont did not remain the family home long after George's birth, for in 1852 they traveled by ox conveyance to Fillmore county, Minnesota. and in that wil- derness founded a new home, amidst the pineries. The father, whose trade was that of a shoemaker, engaged in farming. When seventeen years old George entered a cooper shop, and for fifteen years was engaged in that occupation, being foreman after his first year's work. During this time he and his father purchased land in Swift county, upon which George A. moved in 1881, remaining there until 1894. In 1886 his father died. The farm was sold in July, 1894, and after carefully looking over Washington, Mr. Ide concluded to cast his lot with the people of Yakima county. So he pur- chased his present place and removed thereto. July 24, 1897, he was appointed postmaster at Outlook, and held that position until relieved by the gov- ernment accepting his resignation recently.

Mr. Ide was married in Fillmore county, Min- nesota, February 23, 1873, to Miss Ella J. Cade, the daughter of John and Susan (Brey) Cade, na- tives of England. They immigrated to America about the middle of the last century, settling in Wisconsin, where Mrs. Ide was born in 1855. Both parents are dead. Mr. Ide has one sister, living in Walla Walla, Washington, Mrs. Mary McGrew, the wife of a prominent farmer and banker, who has served in the Washington legis- lature. Mr. and Mrs. Ide have six children : George C., born September 23, 1877; Ethel E., March 7, 1881; Mary A., March 14, 1884; John, October 15, 1886; Roy, October 17, 1890, and Nellie, June 28, 1897; all born in Minnesota, except Nellie. Mr. Ide is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons, and on national political issues is a supporter of the principles advocated by the Re- publican party. Besides cultivating his farm, Mr. Ide is well known in commission circles, buying, it is said, more hay in Yakima county last season than any other man. He is one of the solid men of the county, a man of correct principles, capable and always interested in anything tending to ad- vance the morale or business interests of the region in which he lives.

ANDREW CHRESTENSON, who lives on rural free delivery route No. 2, four miles west of Sunnyside, is one of the pioneers of that region, having settled there in 1892. He is of Norwegian descent, and was born in Norway, April 28, 1846. His parents; Christen Anderson and Engrid (Oleson) Anderson, born in 1822 and 1812, respectively, came to America in 1868, settling in Yellow Medicine county, Minnesota. They lived seventy-five miles from a railroad, and were among the earliest pioneers of the county. The mother died there in 1884; Mr. Anderson is still living. When twenty-four years old, Andrew began farm- ing on his own account, and continued to be a resident of Minnesota until 1880. At that time he removed to a homestead in North Dakota, forty miles from the railroad, and cultivated this place during the succeeding ten years. Coming west to Washington in 1890, he first spent two years on the Sound, then, in 1892, came to Yakima county and purchased the place on which he is now resid- ing.

Mr. Chrestenson was married while a resident of Minnesota in 1870 to Miss Anna Oleson, the daughter of Ole Schelrud and Emma (Johnson) Schelrud, natives of Norway. Mr. Schelrud is still farming in Minnesota, at the ripe old age of eighty-four ; Mrs. Schelrud died in 1869, at the age of forty-eight. Mrs. Chrestenson was born June 24, 1842, in Norway. She has several brothers and sisters : Emma, Jolın, Ole, Gunhilo, Carrie, Lewis and Helga, living in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. Mr. Chrestenson has two brothers, Ole, living in Minnesota, and Christen, also a resi- dent of that state, both being farmers. Mr. and Mrs. Chrestenson have five children, all born in Minnesota : Christian A., born August 15, 1872; Ole and Mrs. Emma Anderson, twins, born Oc- tober 21, 1874; Albert, born January 17, 1877, and Julius, born July 30, 1885. Mr. Chrestenson is well posted on the political questions of the day, and has taken his stand with the Socialist party. He was reared as a Swedish Lutheran. The ten- acre garden spot he owns and lives upon is one of the best improved little places in the valley, and is producing as much income to its owner as many eastern farms of many times that size.

CALEB W. TAYLOR, one of Sunnyside's pioneer contractors and now one of its thrifty farmers, living three miles west of Sunnyside City, was born in Warren county, Ohio, Novem- her 28. 1848. Samuel and Patience (Frybargar) Taylor, the parents, were born in Indiana, May 22, 1817, and Germany, December 12, 1816, re- spectivelv. Both are now dead. The subject of this biography attended school in Ohio until he was twelve years old and completed his edu- cation in the common schools of Iowa, his parents

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removing to that state in 1860. Upon leaving school he assisted his father on the farm, remain- ing with him until his death, September 26, 1875, after which the young man took charge of the place and managed it until the division of the estate in 1880. Then he engaged in farming in Davis county, remaining there four years. How- ever, in 1885, he temporarily abandoned agricul- ture and entered the hardware business at Eldon, Iowa, but was in this business only eighteen months, selling the property and im- migrating to Seattle, Washington. While a young man at home he had learned the carpen- ter's trade, and in the new Washington home he took up this occupation. In the spring of 1894, Mr. Taylor came to Yakima county and located at Sunnyside, where he was engaged in building and contracting until the spring of 1903. At that time he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land under the canal, forty acres of which he deeded his son. He is now busy im- proving and cultivating the remaining eighty.

The marriage of Mr. Taylor to Miss Martha Pickens, the daughter of Smith and Julia (Lee) Pickens, was celebrated in Iowa, October 10, 1879. The bride was a native of Iowa; her father, a Virginian, is still living, a resident of Ohio. The Taylor home was inexpressibly sad- dened in April, 1891, when the loving wife and mother passed away, after a lingering illness of more than three years' duration. Four children were left to mourn their loss, all of whom are living at home: Emmett R., born in Iowa; Nora Arena, born in Iowa, February 12, 1882; James C., born in Iowa, September 26, 1883 ; Grace, born in Iowa, June 21, 1885. Mr. Taylor has one sister, Mrs. Mary E. Mangum, living in Council Bluffs, Iowa; and three brothers, Jacob F., an Oklahoma farmer; William V., a resident of El- don, and Samuel A., residing in Seattle. His fraternal affiliations are limited to membership in one order, the Odd Fellows; politically, he is a Republican. The family are united with the Christian church. Twenty-six acres of the farm are now under cultivation, excellent buildings have been erected, and the remaining acreage is to be improved as rapidly as possible. Mr. Tay- lor commands the respect and best wishes of his neighbors, of all who know him, and is a man of strength in the community.

FRANK WINSOR. The subject of this bi- ographical sketch is a native of Missouri, which has, perhaps, furnished a larger percentage of Western pioneers than any other state in the union. Born July 3, 1858, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Winsor, the father having been a lawyer and farmer and a native of Pennsyl- vania. The mother gave up her life that her son, Frank, might live. He was educated in St. Louis,

Missouri, leaving school at an early age to work on the farm. In 1880, he purchased a farm in South Dakota and successfully cultivated it dur- ing the succeeding thirteen years. Then, how- ever, he sold his property and came to Yakima county, buying a tract of land under the Sunny- side canal. This he has improved and it now constitutes one of the best farms under the canal.

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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 160

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