An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 176

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

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cilities. His father is with him, and together they farm about one thousand four hundred acres of land. They also keep quite a large band of cattle.

At Wallula, Washington, in 1893, Mr. Smalley married Nellie, daughter of Napoleon Rand, a miner by occupation. Mr. Rand was a native of Ver- mont, but moved to Helena, Montana, in the early seventies, where for years he followed mining, and where he died in 1888. His wife's maiden name was Phoebe Mitchell. Mrs. Smalley was married in Helena, in. 1876; she was also educated there, at- tending the public schools, and later the Sisters' academy. She was one of a family of five children, her brothers and sisters being: William and Charles, now at Wallula; Walter, in Yakima county, and Mrs. Alice Ludy, in Montana. Mr. and Mrs. Smalley have three children, all natives of Kenne- wick, namely: William, born January 24, 1894: Roy A., December 23, 1897, and Melvina A., March II, 1896. Fraternally, Mr. Smalley is connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Wood- men, and in politics, he is an active Republican. A young man of good natural endowments, he has already proved his ability to succeed in the impor- tant industry in which he is engaged, and his future seems indeed bright.

GEORGE DODSON, an energetic and capable farmer, of Yakima county, Washington, is the owner of a hundred and sixty acre farm, located six miles south and two miles west of the town of Kennewick, Washington. He was born in Eng- land in the year 1847. His father, John Dodson, was an English farmer, and his mother was also of English extraction, her maiden name being Eliza Ashley. His parents both died at their home in Engiand some years ago. The son received his education in the schools of his native country,. and when fourteen years old started out to make his own way in life. The two years after leaving school were spent in farming near his home. In 1863 he crossed the ocean to the United States, and located in New York state. He removed at the end of six months to Iowa, and worked on a farm for the space of a year, following which he was employed in a military school in Illinois for a period of fourteen months. He next changed his residence to Missouri, there purchasing a place, and farming his land for the following nine years. In the fall of 1874 he moved to California, and en- gaged in farming for a period of ten years. Mov- ing to Washington in 1884, he took a homestead in the lower Horse Heaven country, and has since that time made it his home. During his residence there, he went to work for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and was employed at Kennewick for the better part of eight years.

In the year 1866, three years after coming to this country, he was married to Sarah Ashley, the

ceremony taking place in the state of Missouri. Mrs. Dodson's father, Josiah Ashley, was a native of the Blue Grass state, and moved to Missouri when a boy. He was a pioneer of that state, and followed the occupation of a farmer. He later passed away in Missouri. His wife, unfortunately, died when her daughter was but a young girl. Mrs. Dodson was a native of the Blue Grass state, and removed to Missouri with her parents when she was twelve years of age. She was quite a belle. She attended the public schools of Missouri, and was married at the age of twenty-five. She died at Walla Walla, Washington, in 1893 leaving a fam- ily of seven children, born as follows: John H. Dodson, born in Missouri, January 18, 1868, living at Ellensburg, Washington; J. Ashley Dodson, born in Missouri, January 25, 1871, living in Trini- dad, Washington; Kittie, now Mrs. W. Hettinger, of Yakima county, born August 31, 1874; James, born in California, July 14, 1876, a citizen of Yak- ima county, where he now looks after his own farm, and also that of his father; Ludie (Mrs. Neil Blue), now deceased, born in California, June 12, 1878; Georgie (Phral), born March 16, 1879, now of Miles City, Montana: Hattie, at home, born June 25, 1881. The mother was a member of the Congregational church. Mr. Dodson is a Method- ist. While his wife was living she was at the head of the Sunday school in her church at Kennewick. Mr. Dodson, politically, favors the doctrines of the Democratic party, and is a representative member of the community, respected and liked by all.

CHARLES J. BEACH, a real estate owner and dealer of Kennewick, Yakima county, Wash- ington, was born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence county, New York, in 1845. His father, Elisha WV. Beach, was a native of the Green Mountain state, and born in 1814. He followed the trade of millwright, marrying in the state of New York, where he moved when a small boy. In 1853 he went to Minnesota and later, in 1856, brought his family there, being a pioneer of that state. Seven years later he removed to Nebraska, there fol- lowing his trade and dying in 1867. His parents were English people. His wife, Lucinda Doro- thy Beach, was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, her parents coming from New Hamp- shire. She was married when twenty-four, and is still living in San Francisco, California. She is also of English parentage. Her son first at- tended the common schools of New York state, and later the schools of Minnesota, taking a course in the high school of that state, and at- tending the first normal school opened in the state. At the age of nineteen he took up his father's trade of millwright, and followed that business throughout Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa and other states, his father working with him un-

MRS. CHARLES J. BEACH.

CHARLES J. BEACH.

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til his death in 1867. After his father's death he removed to Chicago, and made that place his headquarters, but in 1871 he suffered with the rest of the inhabitants, being burned out by the big fire that devastated the entire city. Soon after this misfortune he migrated to California, and was in the employ of Whittier Fuller Company, in San Francisco, for a year and one-half, occu- pied in building paint works for the firm. He spent altogether six years in California, going to Portland, Oregon, in 1878, and again taking up his trade, and also engaging in the contracting business. In 1881 he left Oregon and went to Ainsworth, Washington, putting in a sawmill in that town; the mill later being removed to the Sound. He spent three years in Ainsworth, and in 1883 filed on a homestead on the present site of Kennewick. He moved to Kennewick a year after filing on his land, bringing his family with him, and living on his place for the next five years. In 1889, in order to give his children bet- ter facilities for their education, he moved to Ellensburg, Washington, living there until 1892. He then returned to Kennewick, and has since made that place his home.

He was married in Brownsville, Nebraska, in March, 1867, to Miss Hattie Harbidge, of Chi- cago. Her father, Joseph Harbidge, was an Eng- lishman by birth, and a rope and cordage maker by trade. Ile passed most of his life in Chicago, Illinois, dying in that city. Her mother, Alice (Jakeman) Harbidge, was also of English parent- age. His wife, Hattie, was born in England in 1845, and came to this country in 1856, being edu- cated at Chicago, and married at the age of twenty-two. The children born to this family are as follows: Hattie, born in Nebraska and died in Chicago; C. Fred Beach, born in Chicago, passed away in Walla Walla, Washington; Daisy ( Emigh) Beach, born in San Francisco, Califor- nia, living in Kennewick. Washington ; Harry E. Beach, born in Portland, Oregon, in 1880, is now conducting a livery stable in Kennewick. Mr. Beach is fraternally connected with the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Congregational church. He is a Democrat in politics. He organized the first school district in the community, and served on the board of di- rectors until two years ago. Ten acres of his land are given to a splendid orchard. His land is all within the city limits ; thirty acres have al- ready been platted and the balance of the prop- erty will soon be sub-divided by the owner into two and five-acre tracts. Mr. Beach is one of the representative business men of the town, and has done a great deal towards making Kennewick a rising town of this western country.

DE WITT OWEN, a resident of Kennewick, Yakima county, Washington, is a farmer by occit-

pation, and was born in the state of Massachu- setts, in the year 1831. His father, Eleazar Owen, was born in 1792 and was brought up in Con- necticut. When twenty-nine years old he moved to Massachusetts, marrying there the same year. He became the proprietor of a woolen mill, which he operated for a number of years, and died in 1837. Clarissa (DeWitt) Owen, his mother, was born in Massachusetts, July 1, 1798, of French parentage. She was the mother of seven children, and died in the year 1882. The subject of this article was educated in the common schools of his native state, leaving home when he was very young. He at the age of sixteen years went to Connecticut, and was employed for two years by F. Curtis & Company as a burnisher of silverware. At the expiration of his service with that firm he went to Philadelphia, and worked at the same trade for the succeeding eleven months. He then re- turned to Connecticut, and entered the employ of Hall & Eltar, working for them two years. The following two years were spent in the service of another firm located in the same place. From there he went to Massachusetts, and after a short stay in that state removed to Kansas. He was among the second party of free state Democrats to land in that territory, where he remained 'for a space of eighteen months. His next place of residence was New York, where for two years he made his home. He then went to Michigan, and from there to Chicago, his stay in that city being of only six months' duration. His next stopping place was Wisconsin. He here engaged in mill- wright work, devoting the ensuing eighteen months to that occupation. From Wisconsin he went to Iowa and took up a farm, staying there until 1877. He then moved westward, and located at Goldendale, Washington, where for two years he made his home. Removing to Ainsworth, Washington, he in 1881 took up a homestead, where he remained until 1894, at which time he crossed the Columbia river and settled at Kenne- wick. Soon after his arrival in Kennewick he bought his present home, for which he has re- cently refused a very flattering offer. Mr. Owen is one of the substantial citizens of this fast-gron- ing town. He is devoting considerable of his land to fruit growing, and has a fine orchard of choice standard varieties. The remainder of his land is set to alfalfa, the great hay crop of that district.

CHARLES H. PUTNAM, a dairyman and farmer residing two miles east of Kennewick, Washington, was born in the state of Illinois. Febru- ary 2, 1860. His father, Henry Putnam, a de- scendant of the old colonial Putnam stock, was born in Warsaw. New York, in 1832, and was a veterinary surgeon. and a molder hy trade. When twelve years old he crossed the line into Canada.

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He returned to this country again in 1844, and, settling on a farm in Illinois, lived there for ten years. He then removed to the city of Rockford, and for the next five years followed his profession and trade in that place. The next five years were spent in visiting places of interest in this country and abroad, four years of this period being spent in Europe. He died at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1886. His mother, Miranda (Wilcox) Putnam, was brought up in New York, her parents being pio- neers of that state. She was born in 1833, and died at the age of seventy. Her son received his education in York State and Illinois ; his parents moving to New York when he was nine years old. At the age of twenty he returned to Illinois, and served three years as an apprentice at the molder's trade. He then took up service with the United States Express Company, and was with them for four years as driver and express messenger on the Chicago-St. Paul run. His next venture was the furniture business, taken up in Rockford, Illinois, which he successfully con- ducted for three years. Having satisfactorily dis- posed of his furniture business in 1894, he came to Washington and located at Kennewick, buying considerable land there. Later he took up a home- stead of one hundred and sixty acres, which has been his home since.

He was married at Belle Plaine, Iowa, on July 5, 1886, to Margaret E. Creller. Her father, La- fayette Creller, was a resident of Illinois. In 1862 he enlisted in one of the regiments forming in his native state, and served eighteen months in the Civil war, when he was taken sick and died in one of the army hospitals. He was of German Parentage. Her mother, Mercie (Robinson) Creller, was the daughter of an Illinois farmer, and was again married after her first husband's death in 1863, and moved to Iowa, dying in that state. Mrs. Putnam was born in Cherry Valley, Illinois, in 1861, and after receiving her education in the high school and State Normal followed teaching for several years. She was married at the age of twenty-four. To this family have been born two children, among the first in Kennewick : Calyborne, the youngest, August 26, 1888, and Stanley R., May 10, 1887. Mr. Putnam is fra- ternally connected with the Red Men and the Royal Arcanum. He is also a member of the Methodist church. His real estate consists of two lots with a house in Kennewick and one hundred and twenty acres of land watered by the Kenne- wick ditch. In connection with his dairy he has twenty head of fine stock. He is one of the en- terprising business men of his locality.

WILLIAM A. MORAIN, section foreman for the Northern Pacific Railroad at Kennewick, Washington, was born in Dallas county, Iowa, in

the year 1870. His father, John Morain, was brought up in Illinois, later removing to Iowa, where he was married. He became an extensive land owner in that state, and after a continuous residence there of some fifteen years he removed to Osborne county, Kansas. He is at present a resident of Oklahoma. His mother, Hannah (Daily) Morain, was born in Iowa in 1845, and became the mother of three children. Our subject was educated in the schools of Iowa and Kansas, to which latter state he removed with his parents at the age of fifteen. He remained at home until twenty-four, following farming. Upon reaching his majority, however, he engaged in farming for himself, pursuing this for three years. He was a resident of Oklahoma for a number of years, in which territory he met and mar- ried his wife. In 1895 he came to North Yakima, Washington, entering the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad, which position he held for two years. At the end of this period he removed to Kennewick, in the same county, and again entered the railroad's employ, this time as section foreman, which position he still retains. He was married in Oklahoma November 30, 1893, to Ida M. Bowman. Her father, John Bowman, who was an English- man by birth, came to the United States when a young man, having been married shortly prior to leaving England. He is at present engaged in busi- ness at Mulhall, Oklahoma, where he conducts a music store. Mrs. Morain was brought up in Indi- ana, and after receiving her education at Harper, Kansas, was married at the age of twenty. To this union two children have been born : Frank, the eld- est, in Oklahoma in 1895, and Lolo, the youngest, in North Yakima, two years later. Fraternally, Mr. Morain is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America, and politically, he is a stanch Repub- lican. Mrs. Morain has the distinction of holding the position of postmistress of Kennewick, to which office she was appointed January I, 1902. Mr. Morain is one of the fortunate ones who has secured a holding of land under the Kennewick canal. He is a good citizen, a genial man, and is well esteemed by all.

JOHN STUIBLE, a Yakima county farmer, lives three miles south of the town of Kennewick, Washington. He is a native of Germany, born in Wurtemburg in the year 1842. His father, Fred- rick Stuible, was of German birth and came to this country in 1854, locating in the northwestern part of New Jersey, and following his trade of wagon making. He afterwards removed to Ontario, Can- ada, where he farmed for eleven years ; then moved to Minnesota, passing away there some years later. His mother, Barbara (Schuesler) Stuible, was also descended from German stock. Our subject re- ceived part of his education in his native land, being only twelve years old when his parents immigrated

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to this country. After a year's stay here, they re- moved to Ontario, Canada, and were there for a number of years. As a young boy he learned the cooper's trade, and while in Ontario followed farm- ing part of the time, also completing his edu- cation in the Canadian schools. From Ontario he removed to Michigan, and in that state spent the two succeeding years; then again moving to the central part of Minnesota, where he followed the cooper's trade for an additional four years. In 1868 he returned once more to Ontario, and for six years took up farming again. Returning to the States in 1875, he bought land in Minnesota, and farmed there for a period of nineteen years. He removed to Washington in the fall of 1894, buying his present place, which was at that time but a waste of sage-brush. At present writing he has it fully improved and under cultivation.

He was married to Maria B. Beck, in Ontario, in 1869. Her father, George Beck, was a German farmer, born in 1819, and immigrated to the United States in 1848. Soon after he crossed the boundary into Canada, and settled in Ontario. Here he mar- ried and continued to reside until his death. Mrs. Stuible's mother, Rosina (Schmidt) Beck, was of German extraction, coming to this country when a young girl, and later moving to Ontario, where she was married. She passed away at a good old age. Mrs. Stuible was born in Ontario in 1849, received her education in the schools of her native town, and married when twenty. She is the mother of eight . children, two sons and six daughters: Annie, born June 24, 1870, living in Oregon; Mary S. Stuible, born in Ontario May 26, 1872, deceased ; Martha K., Ontario, July 25, 1874. deceased ; Emma E., Minne- sota, October 15, 1877, at home; Bertha C. Gihr- ing, February 21, 1880, Portland, Oregon ; George F. and John H., in Minnesota, July 13, 1882, and January 9, 1885, respectively ; Wilhelmina E., Feb- ruary 12, 1888, lives at home. Mr. Stuible is a member of the Lutheran church, and a devoted ad- mirer of Roosevelt. He is at present school direc- tor in district No. 17, and is one of the influential members of the community.

ANALDO H. RICHARDS, one of the largest land owners in eastern Yakima county, lives ten miles south and three west of the town of Kenne- wick. He is a native of Ohio, born in 1868, the son of Henry and Mary (Henderson) Richards. His father was a farmer of Ohio, to which state he came from Pennsylvania with his parents in the early days. He was of German descent. The mother of our subject was also born in Ohio, and died when Analdo H. was a boy. The subject of this article was educated in the common schools of his native state. He remained at home until he reached the age of twenty-two, then came west and located in the lower Horse Heaven country, where

he began to work on his brother's farm. He was thus employed for the next two years, then lie bought in with his brother, and they continued operations together for four years, after which the brother sold to a third brother, John, with whom Analdo has ever since been associated in the man- agement of the farm. In 1895 they increased their acreage by buying two sections of railroad land, and from time to time since they have added to their holdings, until they now own three thousand acres, and hold an additional three thousand under lease for a term of years, devoting all their land to the production of wheat. They are the largest pro- ducers of this commodity in their district, a fact which speaks volumes for their ability and push.

Analdo was married in Ohio in the year 1892, to Elva V. Dick, whose father, George Dick, was a farmer in Ohio, to which state his parents had come from Germany in the early days. Her father is still living at the old homestead there. Sarah (Wolf) Dick, her mother, who was the daughter of Ohio pioneers, was married at the early age of eighteen ; she also still lives in the state of Ohio. Mrs. Rich- ards was born in Ohio in 1871, and was educated in the common schools of her native state. She and Mr. Richards have three children, all living at home, namely: George, born in Ohio, March 28, 1896; Charles and Elsie, both born in Washington, April II, 1898, and December 20, 1900, respectively. Mr. Richards is a strict adherent to the Methodist faith, and in politics, he is a devotee of Republicanisni. He holds at present the position of road supervisor in his district. Besides his large and valuable farm, he has nearly three hundred head of stock, his hun- dred and twenty-five horses being needed to harvest the immense crop of wheat each season. Thor- oughly businesslike, he has already achieved the success in material things of which many an older man would feel proud, and youth and energy are still his with which to win still greater victories in the future.

FRED CRESSWELL, a well-to-do farmer of Yakima county, residing ten miles south and three west of the town of Kennewick, is a native of Ore- gon, born in the Willamette valley in 1865. His father, Donald C. Cresswell, a farmer by occupa- tion, was born in Illinois in 1830. In 1835, he ac- companied his parents to Iowa, where he lived for seventeen years ; then he crossed the Plains to Ore- gon, settling in the Willamette valley. After thirty years residence there, he moved to the Horse Heaven country, in Washington ; he is now living in the city of Walla Walla. The mother of our sub- ject, Mary A. (Rush) Cresswell, was born in Iowa and also married there, crossing the Plains with her husband in 1852. She is still living.

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life for himself, going first to Umatilla county, Oregon, where he remained for more than a year. Coming thence to Washington, he rode the ranges for Switzler Brothers in Klickitat and Yakima coun- ties for the ensuing twelve years, but in 1894, he went to Utah. A year later, however, he returned to Yakima county, where he again rode the range for two years; at the end of which time he bought land in the Horse Heaven country and engaged energetically in the wheat raising industry. That he has been abundantly successful is evident from the fact that last season he harvested fourteen hun- dred acres of wheat. Furthermore he cultivates his wife's homestead of a hundred and sixty acres. He is also a successful stock raiser, owning at this writ- ing two hundred and fifty head.

In 1889, in Klickitat county, Mr. Cresswell mar- ried Birdie, daughter of Peter and Mary Noyer, residents of Oregon. She was born and educated in the Willamette valley, but came to Washington the year of her marriage. She was not long to be Mr. Cresswell's partner, however, and in February, 1903, he was again married, the lady this time being Mrs. Louise Bush. Her father, Jesse F. Bush, a native of Indiana, came to Washington in 1888 and took up farming as an occupation. He is now living in Oregon. Her mother, Sarah (Falconer) Bush, was a native of Ohio, but was married in Iowa and died in Nebraska. The present Mrs. Cresswell was born in Iowa, January 3. 1853, but received most of her educational discipline in Nebraska, to which state her parents moved when she was nine years old. In 1884 she married P. W. Bush and to this union three children were born: Roy. Mattie and Clyde, the first two natives of Nebraska, the third born in Washington in 1897. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Cresswell one child, Anna B., was born in 1904. Mr. Cresswell holds the office of school director and clerk of the board, also is road super- visor of his district. In politics, he is a Republican. A capable, industrious man, he is achieving a splen- did success in his farming and cattle raising enter- prises, at the same time contributing his full share to the general development of the community of which he is an esteemed citizen.

DONALD F. CRESSWELL. a well educated farmer of Yakima county, Washington, lives on his ranch about ten miles south and a trifle west of the town of Kennewick. He was born in the Webfoot state, in Marion county, May 11, 1854, the son of Donald C. and Mary (Rush ) Cresswell. His father was a native of Illinois, born 1830, and moving 'to Iowa with his parents six years later. In 1852 he crossed the Plains to Oregon, and settled in the Willamette vallev, living there for a space of thirty years. From 1882 to 1901, he resided in Klickitat county, then going to Walla Walla, where he is now living with his daughter, Mrs. Eagen. He is of

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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 176

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