An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 192

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

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two brothers, Thomas and Frank Hodson, both natives of Britain. The former lives near Ellens- burg, and the latter makes his home in Colorado. Mr. Meek had one uncle, George Willis, who was accidentally killed while working on his farm in England. An aunt, Margaret Jewett, is still living. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Meek are: Isaac, Hanna, Frances, Thomas, Joseph, John B. and George. Isaac was born in 1880, and George, the youngest, is now five years of age. The family, while in the old country, were allied with the Church of England, but belong to no religious denomination at the present time. Mr. Meek, in politics, takes little more than a thinking part, execpt at election time, when he freely votes for the man of his choice. He is an ardent admirer of President Roosevelt, how- ever, and will support him for another term, he says, if given the chance. He owns two hun- dred and eighty acres of farming land in the Kit- titas valley, all well stocked and under cultiva- tion. He has a dairy on his farm which is supplied with the milk of fifteen cows; he also has a small herd of cattle on the range. Among forage crops Mr. Meek has made a specialty of alfalfa, of which he has the finest field to be seen anywhere in the valley.

JOSEPH J. HANLON is a prosperous farmer residing near Ellensburg, on rural delivery route No. I. He was born in Canada, May 17, 1866. His parents, John and Kate (Mallon) Hanlon, were both born in Ireland and later emigrated to Canada. His mother died while he was a small boy. As a boy, Joseph Hanlon attended the district schools of his native country, and when between twelve and thirteen years of age he went to Pretoria with his father, during the oil excitement in that place. In 1888 he returned to the United States and spent a short time in Rochester, New York. From there he went to Manitoba, Canada, and thence to Kittitas county, Washington, July," 1889. Here he purchased two hundred and sixty acres of land, which he has since lived upon and cultivated. He has four brothers, James, John, Thomas and Peter, and two sisters, Mary and Kate Hanlon ; all of whom were born, and are now living, in Canada.

Mr. Hanlon was married February 4, 1894, to Miss Hattie Hatfield, then a resident of Ellens- burg. She was born in Texas, July 27, 1878. While she was yet a young girl her father brought his family to Ellensburg, where she at- tended school until arriving at the age of six- teen, when she was married. Her father was Ephraim Hatfield, a native of Arkansas, and her mother was Kathren (Smith) Hatfield. She has two brothers and one sister: Charles and John Hatfield and Gertrude Barnett, all of whom were born in Texas and now live near Thorp, Wash-

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ington. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hanlon are: John Oliver, Minnie L. and Ernest E. Han- lon, all living at home. They were born in this state, October 15, 1895, May 23, 1897, and March 29, 1899, respectively. Fraternally, Mr. Hanlon is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was originally a Democrat, but is now an ardent supporter of President Roosevelt. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Hanlon at the present time has any church affiliation, although Mrs. Hanlon was brought up in the Baptist denomination. Mr. Hanlon's property interests consist, in the main, of two hundred and sixty acres of choice farm land, with the usual amount of stock found on an up-to-date farm. His crops are principally large quantities of hay, and he is rated as one of the substantial farmers of his county.

GEORGE ROBERT BRADSHAW. Since July 17, 1893, George Robert Bradshaw has been closely identified with the agricultural progress of the Kittitas valley. His farm lies on rural delivery route No. I, and not far from the city of Ellensburg. Born in Hawkins county, Ten- nessee, he is the son of Benjamin W. and Mary J. (Larkin) Bradshaw, the former born in Hawkins county, Tennessee, January 4, 1844, and the lat- ter in Virginia, December 18, 1846. The Brad- shaws for at least three generations back have been born in the county of our subject's birth, where Benjamin W. Bradshaw's father still owns and conducts a farm and a country store. He has been a lifelong Republican, and a member of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Bradshaw, mother of George Robert, was the daughter of a shipping merchant in Virginia. Her father, while accompanying a shipment of hogs from Bristol, Tennessee, to Baltimore, was caught beneath a railroad wreck and his lower limbs were horribly mangled. He was pinioned beneath the wreckage for four hours, during which time he made his will. His daughter, upon being notified of the accident, mounted a horse and rode eighty miles to where Mr. Larkin lay, only to find him dead. She was educated in the state of Tennessee, and, with her husband, is now living in Wild Rose, in that state. George Robert Bradshaw up to his twelfth year attended the district school at the place of his birth, later spent four years in the academy at Churchill, and finished his education at Okolona College in Tennessee. At the age of twenty-one he left school and removed to Russell county, Kansas. But four months were spent here, however, when he decided to try his fortune in the state of Wash- ington. He arrived in Ellensburg, July 17, 1893, and has been here ever since, with the exception of a five-months' visit to his old home in the east. Mr. Bradshaw has three sisters: Laura L. Hollenbeck, Lizzie Packwood and Elsie Pat- 55

terson, all of whom are living near Ellensburg, save the last named, who lives at her father's home. All were born in Tennessee, in 1867, 1869 and 1878, respectively.

On January 12, 1898, near Ellensburg. Mr. Bradshaw was married to Miss Colorado Pack- wood, a native of Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born June 4, 1874, and came to Ellens- burg with her parents at an early age. She there received her education, and, at the age of sixteen, was married to W. S. Sewell, but the match proved to be not a happy one, so, after three years, the two were separated. During the next four years Mrs. Sewell lived with her parents, and then she became the wife of Mr. Bradshaw. Her father is Samuel T. Packwood, born in Missouri, July 4, 1844, and now a farmer in the vicinity of Ellensburg. He was a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil war, and spent a year of his war service in the Little Rock mili- tary prison. Mrs. Bradshaw's mother, Martha F. (Holmes) Packwood, was born in Mississippi, 1845. At the age of nine years she removed with her parents to Missouri, where she obtained her education. She married Mr. Packwood at the age of nineteen years. Mrs. Bradshaw's broth- ers are: John R., Oliver F., William, Harry and Harvey Packwood. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw are: Martha Farnetta, born near Ellensburg, November 18, 1892; Lizzie J., born near Ellensburg, October 18, 1899, and Lucreta T., born in Hawkins county, Tennessee, Novem- ber 28, 1901.

Mr. Bradshaw belongs to the Modern Wood- men of America, and to the Republican party. He is active in politics. His wife is a member of the Church of Christ. He owns 400 acres of grazing land and 190 acres of land in cultivation. His specialty is the production of timothy and clover hay. He owns the handsome registered Percheron stallion Marquis, weighing nineteen hundred and fifty pounds-one of the finest draft horses in the valley.

PHILIP FREDERICK is engaged in farm- ing his own lands five miles west and one mile north of the city of Ellensburg, rural free delivery route No. I, Washington. He was born in Rich- ardson county, Nebraska, January 8, 1869. His father, Henry Frederick, was born in Germany in 1835. He followed farming in Nebraska, served during the Civil war, in the Ohio Na- tional Guard, moved to Kittitas valley, Wash- ington, in 1876 and died in 1877. His mother, Anna (Goulong) Frederick, was born in Ohio, July 26, 1840, and died at the age of fifty-seven years. Her son, Philip, was educated in the common schools of his native state and also those of Washington. Until fifteen years old he worked on his father's farm and later on other

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farms. In 1894 he bought eighty acres of land, which he has since farmed. He was married in Ellensburg, May 8, 1895, to Mrs. Rachel G. Ad- ler, daughter of Jesse B. and Francis A. (Hall) Poynor. Her father was born in Missouri in- 1837, crossed the Plains by ox team in 1859 and located in San Joaquin county, California, where he engaged in farming until his deatlı, during November, 1875. Her mother was born in Greene county, Missouri, July 29, 1842, and was married at the age of sixteen. She died in Washington, April 28, 1901. Mrs. Frederick was born in San Joaquin county, California, May 15, 1867. She was educated in the Golden state and when nine- teen years old moved to Washington with her aunt, Mrs. S. M. Prater. She was married Au- gust 11, 1886, to Joseph Adler, who died in 1891. By this union there were three children: Nettie A., born September 3, 1887; William H., born August 7, 1889, and Josie A. Adler, born August 5, 1891, all natives of Ellensburg. Mrs. Fred- erick had three brothers and two sisters. Wil- liam Poynor and Martha J. (Poynor) Frederick are dead. Samuel H. Poynor lives in Seattle, Ritta E. (Poynor) Pease lives near Ellensburg, and Mathew A. Poynor lives in Tacoma.

Mr. Frederick's brothers and sisters are: Martin, born in Nebraska, December 13, 1864, now a resident of Kittitas county; Maggie (Fred - erick) Beck (deceased), born in Nebraska, March 20, 1869; Anthony, born in Nebraska, March 17, 1871, now living in Natchee, Yakima county, Washington; Mary (Frederick) Snipes, born September 11, 1874, a resident of Toppenish, Washington, and Jacob, born October 26, 1877, a resident of the Kittitas valley. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick have two daughters, Hazel M., born February 9, 1897, and Bertha V., born June 2, 1902. The parents are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mrs. Frederick is third vice-president of the Epworth League. Mr. Frederick is a Republican and takes consid- erable interest in politics. He has an excellent farm of eighty acres, with about twenty head of cattle and nine milch cows and runs a dairy on a small scale. He is a prosperous and much esteemed citizen of this locality.

MARTIN FREDERICK has been engaged in farming in Kittitas county, Washington, since 1876. His home is near Ellensburg, Washington, on rural free delivery route No. 1. He was born in Nebraska, December 13, 1864, and came to Washington with his father and mother, Henry and Anna (Goulong) Frederick, when twelve years old. His father died the year after he took up his farm in Kittitas valley and Martin, as the eldest son, took charge of the farm. He ran the place for two years until his mother remarried and then until he was twenty-four

years old, worked for other farmers. He pur- chased his present farm in 1889 and has since made his home on the property. His eldest sister, Maggie, is dead. Mary (Frederick) Snipes, the surviving sister, and his brothers, Philip, Anthony and Jacob, reside in Washing- ton. Mr. Frederick was married November 18, 1888, to Miss Martha J. Poynor, who died De- cember 9, 1891. He was again married, Decem- ber 24, 1896, to Mrs. S. Francis Goss. Her father, Isaac O. Childs, was a native of Virginia and died in Nebraska in 1890. Her mother, Mary M. (Daniels) Childs, was born in Penn- sylvania February 15, 1840, and was married when eighteen years old to Mr. Crane, by whom she had one child. A year after their marriage Mr. Crane went to the war and was never heard of again. She was later married to Mr. Childs, by whom she had six children. Mrs. Frederick was born in Nebraska March 20, 1872. In 1884 she came to Washington with her parents, by wagon, and after a year in this state returned with them to Nebraska, in like conveyance, mak- ing the return trip by way of California. She came to Ellensburg when eighteen years old and in 1891 was married to Edward F. Goss, from whom she separated after two years. Three years later she married her present husband.

Her brothers and sisters are: Ellen E. E. Daniels and Martha J. Abbot, of Pennsylvania; Amy A. Allison, of Kittitas valley; Dora I. Bailey, of Indiana; Warren G. Childs, of Idaho, and Hannah E. Stager, of Spokane. Her chil- dren are: Etta R. Goss, born December 7, 1891, and Jessie C. Frederick, born February 5, 1897. Mrs. Frederick is a member of the Christian church. Her husband is a member of Tanum lodge, No. 155, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, and also a member of the Order of Wash- ington. He is an active Republican and a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Frederick owns eighty acres of land, which he has brought under a high state of cultivation. He is a practical and experienced farmer and a valu- able citizen.

HADDEN HAMTON SPIER, a Western product in the full sense of the term, lives six and one-half miles northwest of Ellensburg, Washington, on rural delivery route No. I. He was born in Linn county, Oregon, June 1, 1877. His father, William S. Spier, was born in Ten- nessee in 1830, and was a farmer and miner. He died in 1882. Mr. Spier's mother, Hanna E. (Asher) Spier, was born at Marshalltown, Iowa, in 1853. When she was eleven years old she moved to Indiana and there at the age of seven- teen she married Mr. Spier. Two years after his death she married Robert Wallis, who died

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in 1901. Mrs. Wallis lived continuously on one farm from 1880 to 1895.

Mr. Spier was educated in the common schools of Kittitas county until he was fourteen years old, living at his mother's home. Later he has been engaged at various kinds of work until he bought his present forty-acre farm on the Yakima river, where he has since resided.

His eldest sister, Carrie O., wife of John Lynn, lives at Rosa station, Kittitas county. His brother, William O. Spier, is the fireman at the power house at Roslyn, and his other brother, Frank Spier, is in Lane county, Oregon. A brother, O'Shea Spier, is dead. His sister, Min- nie Hannen, lives at Cle-Elum. His half-sisters and half-brothers are: Anna Wallis, living at the family home; Robert Wallis, working in the Roslyn mines with his brother, Claud Wallis, and Ella Wallis, born in 1891, who is living at home.

Mr. Spier is an active Republican. He was® raised in the Baptist faith. He raises some stock. The chief product of his farm is hay. Mr. Spier has a wide circle of friends and is one of the most popular and energetic farmers of the valley.

CARY A. SNYDER is engaged in farming near Ellensburg, Washington, on rural delivery route No. I. He was born in Illinois May 24, 1858. His father was Andrew Snyder, a farmer, who was born in West Virginia in 1824. His mother, Manervia (Edie) Snyder, was born in Ohio in 1827 and passed away at Olympia, Wash- ington, January 5, 1889. The subject of this sketch was one of a family of six children. His sister, Sarah S., born in Ohio in 1850, is dead. Benjamin F. was born in Ohio, August 17, 1851. Joseph H. Snyder was born in Illinois, June 4, 1856, and is living on Puget Sound. Fred A. Snyder was born in Illinois, October 11, 1863, and lives at Whatcom, Washington. Louis A. Snyder, the youngest brother, was born in Nebraska, July 23, 1869, and lives at Olympia, Washington.

Mr. Snyder received his first education in the common schools of his native state. When he was eleven years old his parents moved to Nebraska, where he went to school in the winter months and worked on his father's farm and for other farmers. In 1882 he left Nebraska and went to the coast, where he secured work in a logging camp near Olympia. After one year he came to Kittitas county and for the succeeding four years was employed on the J. H. Stevens' ranch. Then he bought land and started to farm- ing on his own account.

He was married April 3, 1887, to Florence M. Stevens, who was then sixteen years old. She was the daughter of James H. and Mary C. (Rego) Stevens. Her father was born in

Pennsylvania in 1842, and was a soldier in the Civil war. Her mother was born in Indiana, October 28, 1850, and became a bride when twenty years old. Her brother and sister are: Robert H. Stevens, born February 23, 1876; Nellie I. Stevens, born October 19, 1886, both natives of Washington and living near Ellens- burg.

Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have five children: Elsie L., born June 26, 1888; Arthur E., Decem- ber 27, 1890; Walter L., February 8, 1895; Kath- leen, November 9, 1896, and Dorothy H., No- vember 3, 1897. Mrs. Snyder belongs to the Christian church. Mr. Snyder has passed through all the chairs in the Independent Order of Odď Fellows and his wife has filled all the chairs in the Rebekahs. He also belongs to the camp of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is an active member of the Republican party. Mr. Snyder is a thrifty and energetic farmer. To his original farm of eighty acres he has added thirty acres and has a place that is under a high state of cultivation. He is also the owner of fourteen and three-fifths shares in the West Side irrigation ditch and is rapidly increasing his property interests.

MERTON L. THOMAS is engaged in farm- ing. three miles west, and a like distance north, of Ellensburg, Washington. Like his father and mother, Loring and Juletta (Adams) Thomas, he is a native of the state of New York, born July 11, 1862. His father was born in 1829, and his mother, who is still living, is six years younger. Her son Merton spent his boyhood days in Minnesota and Iowa, where he was edu- cated. He worked on his father's farm and also for other farmers nearby. In 1891 he drove overland from Iowa to Kittitas county, Wash- ington, and the next summer engaged in farming a rented place. He spent one summer teaming in Okanogan county. June 5, 1903, he took charge of the county poor farm and still retains that position. His brothers and sisters, Mrs. Lodema R. Andrews, George A., John W., Mrs. Etta M. Francis and Mrs. Nellie A. Hewer, all reside in Kittitas county.

Mr. Thomas was married October 29, 1902, to Miss Nellie English, who was born in Stock- ton. Kansas, February 7, 1885, and was educated in the common and high schools at Ellensburg. Her father was Albert English, a native of New York. Her mother, Sarah J. (Nelson) English, was born in Missouri in 1868 and died in 1894. Mrs. Thomas has one sister, Eva Ethel English, born in Colorado and now living in Washington.

Mr. Thomas is an industrious and successful farmer and good citizen, and is esteemed by his neighbors and acquaintances for his many good

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qualities. In politics, he is an earnest supporter of President Roosevelt. He is a member of the Christian church and a progressive farmer, of modern ideas.

JOHN LINCOLN GREEN, engaged in farming near Ellensburg, Washington, is a stone- mason by trade. He was born in Owen county, Indiana, June 27, 1860. His father, John William Green, was born in Indiana, February 22, 1832, and served with distinction during the Civil war. He was confined in Libby prison for a time, hav- ing been captured by the Confederates. Mr. Green's mother, Elizabeth E. (Gregory) Green, was born in North Carolina, October 10, 1821, and was married January 31, 1850. She died in Kansas in 1887. Her son was educated in Indi- ana, Illinois and Kansas, and in the latter state worked for various people until he was twenty- two years old, then began trading in stock. He left Kansas in 1888 and drove a span of mules from there to Kittitas county, Washington, where he bought the eighty acres of land he now owns. The first winter in the west was spent in the coal mines, and since that time he has been living on his farm. His brother, Joseph William Green, and his sister, Mrs. Margaret E. De Schager, are now deceased. Richard E., born April 26, 1852, and James F. Green, born in In- diana, November 24, 1857, are surviving brothers and reside in Douglas county, Illinois.

He was married in Ellensburg, June 12, 1890, to Miss Dora M. Adams, daughter of Jesse and Mary S. (Ellison) Adams. Her father was an Illinois farmer and her mother a native of Mis- souri; both reside in Ellensburg. Mrs. Green was born April 2, 1874, in Baxter Springs, Kan- "sas, and was nine years old when she came to Washington with her parents. She was educated in the schools of the Evergreen state, and was sixteen years old at the time of her marriage. She has one sister, Mrs. Icea Fullen, living in Ellensburg. Mr. and Mrs. Green have five chil- dren now living: Mary Ellen, born January 12, 1891; Jesse William, born October 26, 1892; Ray D., born November 17, 1895; John D., born De- cember 22, 1897, and Dora L., born November 27, 1899. A daughter, Elizabeth, born December 16, 1894, died January 5, 1895, and Mrs. Green passed away March 13, 1901.

Mr. Green is a prominent member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He is active in politics and a member of the Republican party. He attends the Baptish church. His holdings include eighty acres of fine farming lands and a number of head of cattle and horses. He is mak- ing a specialty of raising English coach horses. He is well known, and a highly respected mem- ber of the community.

ARTHUR F. CURRIER is a native of Bos- ton, Massachusetts, born February 19, 1857. He lives on his well-improved farm, situated about two and one-half miles west of Ellensburg, Washington. His father, Gideon Currier, was born in Maine, April 6, 1817, and removed to Boston when he was eighteen years old, and there learned the trade of a stonemason. He

subsequently became one of the leading contractors of Boston, and erected some of the finest build- ings in the city. Mr. Currier's mother, Jane (Safford) Currier, was born in New York state, May 23, 1819. She died in 1895, after fifty-five years of married life. Her other children, beside Arthur, are: Francis E., born March 18, 1842, now living in Brooklyn, New York; Alfred H., born February 6, 1846, now living in Boston, and Anson H., born August 7, 1854, now of Nash- ville, Oregon. The children were all born in Boston. Mr. Currier attended the public schools of Boston and graduated from the high school. He worked for four years for the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway Company, in Arkansas, after his graduation, and in 1883 was married to Miss Leora Brumfield, who was born in Cleve- land, Ohio, September 2, 1861. Her father, Erastus Brumfield, was born in New York Sep- tember 28, 1820, and died when she was twelve years old. Her mother, Amy (Brockway) Brum- field, was also born in New York, April 4, 1822, and is now a resident of Kittitas county.

After his marriage, Mr. Currier went to San Diego, California, and engaged in fruit raising for four and one-half years. In 1888 he moved to Ellensburg and bought a farm ten miles north of the city. He made that his home for ten years, then sold it and purchased his present place. Mr. and Mrs. Currier have three children. The eld- est child, Emma J., was born in San Diego, December 7, 1885, and is now attending the Ellensburg high school. Florence was also born there on August 26, 1887. Velma A., the young- est child, was born in Washington, August 12, 1890. Mr. Currier is one of the leading citizens of the county and very popular. Politically, he is a Republican. He and his wife belong to the Baptist church.

JESSE C. POLAND is engaged in farming his well-improved rauch, situated about one mile north- west of Ellensburg, Washington. He was born in Montgomery county, Illinois, July 20, 1876. His father, George C. Poland, was born in Illinois Feb- ruary 10, 1844, was a farmer and served three years in the Civil war. He died March 25, 1901. His mother, Ruth C. (Barringer) Poland, was like- wise born in Illinois, December 27, 1849, and is now a resident of Ellensburg. Her son came to Washington with his parents when he was six

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years old. They located near Ellensburg, where he attended the public school and the high school and worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-two years old. He then began farming his own land and has continued to do so with great success. His brothers and sisters are: Clarence E., born in Illinois, October 19, 1869, now a resident of Ellensburg ; Cortus O., born in Illinois, March 14, 1871, now a resident of Puy- allup, Washington, and Mrs. Clara J. Litterer, born in Illinois, March 12, 1873, and also a resi- dent of Ellensburg.

In Ellensburg, March 24, 1901, Mr. Poland was married to Miss Cora C. Grim, daughter of William and Anna (Bailes) Grim. Her father was born in Ohio, March 7, 1840, and is engaged in farming five miles east of Ellensburg. Her mother was born in Missouri, October 19, 1852. Mrs. Poland was born in Ellensburg, July 23, 1882, and was educated in the schools of Kittitas county. She was one of ten children. Her sis- ters, Jane, Ida and Dora E., are dead. The sur- viving children are: Jacob A., born September 19, 1872; Bird O., born May 20, 1877; Ivy A., born July 1, 1878; Minnie G. Walker, born No- vember 11, 1880; William Harry, born March I, 1885, and John E. Grim, born May 30, 1887, all living near Ellensburg. Mr. and Mrs. Poland have two children : Arthur M., born January 17, 1902, and Elmer E., born October 30, 1903. Their home place consists of one hundred and twenty acres of fine land. Much of the place has been seeded to timothy and clover.

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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 192

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