An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 194

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

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and sisters are: Mary F. Coble, California, born in 1864; Mattie R. Waycott, born in California in 1867, now of Washington; Narcissus Needham, born in California in 1870, now of Washington; Jolinie, born in California in 1872, living in Wash- ington ; Henrietta Washburn, born in Washington in 1878 and still a resident of Washington ; Waiter, born in Washington in 1882, living on Wilson creek, and Alpha Fetters, born in Washington in 1884, and still living in this state. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hanson are: Bertha Taylor, born in Kittitas county, 1883, now living in the valley ; John Henry, Kittitas county, 1886, at home ; Martha E., Kittitas county, 1888, at home; Jacob W., Washington, 1891, at home; Mary F., Kittitas county, 1893, at home; Ora Bell Hanson, Kittitas county, 1895, at home; Charles Richard, Kittitas county, 1897, at home; Narcissa, Kittitas county, 1899, at home, and Theodore R., born in the Kitti- tas valley, 1902, and now living with his parents. Mr. Hanson is a Republican, and both he and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. He has a good farm and a large number of cattle, horses and hogs. He is a well-to-do and a good citizen, held in high esteem by his neighbors.

MARCUS M. CAHOON. Marcus M. Cahoon was born in Benton county, Oregon, August 29, 1849, and now lives on a farm nine miles northwest of Ellensburg. His father was Mark Cahoon, born in Virginia, November 16, 1810. He, too, was a farmer, and removed from his native state to Ohio, thence to Indiana, and later to Missouri. During 1847 he came to Oregon in the capacity of captain of a wagon train, having in line one hundred and fifty wagons. In 1858 he went to Jackson county, Oregon, and in the spring of 1860 went to Yolo county, California, and from that state, in 1865, came to Lewis county, Washington Territory. In 1877 he removed to Yakima county, and in the spring of 1878 he came to the Kittitas valley, where he died in 1890. He was of Irish descent. Our sub- ject's mother, Ann (Modie) Cahoon, was born in Ohio, of Scotch and German parents, and died May, 1852. The first eleven years of Marcus M. Cahoon's life were spent in school in Oregon, in Benton and Jackson counties. In 1860 the family removed to Yolo county, California, and thence, August 8, 1865, to Lewis county, Washington, and engaged in farming. November, 1877, Marcus left Lewis county and came to Yakima county. In the spring of 1878 he removed to the Kittitas valley, and in May pre-empted a quarter section of land, which he later homesteaded. He has been improv- ing this land ever since, and now has the inajor portion of it in cultivation. His brothers and sisters are : Adaline E. Simmons, born in Missouri, 1837, now of North Yakima; Jenette Ford, Liddie A. Ford, Cynthe J. Hawkins, and J. W. Cahoon, of

Ellensburg, all born in Missouri, and only the first and last named are now living.

In Lewis county, Washington, December 6, 1875, Mr. Cahoon was married to Miss Emma Barton, daughter of Jackson and Belinda ( Calvert) Barton, the former a native of Ohio, born in 1824, and the latter of Pennsylvania, born in 1833. Mrs. Barton died in 1873. Jackson Barton was a farmer who crossed the Plains in 1853 and settled in Lewis county, Washington, where he still lives. Here Mrs. Cahoon was born, December 6, 1857, and was educated in the common schools of her native county. She was married in her eighteenth year. Her brothers and sisters are: Effie Kieth, born Sep- tember 6, 1864; Grant, June 14, 1867; Alvin, Feb- ruary 13, 1870; Clinton, October 17, 1874; Mary Sidel, born in Missouri, July 16, 1851 ; Clark, born in Umatilla county, Oregon, en route from Mis- souri, July 24, 1853; Amelia Davis, July 4, 1855; Harvey, January 7, 1860, and Ella Harrison, June 13, 1862. They were all born in Lewis county, Washington, with the exception of Mary and Clark, and all but Clark, Harvey and Alvin, who are now deceased, reside in the Evergreen state.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Cahoon are: Clin- ton M., born in Yakima county, January 3, 1878; Effie A. Moen, born in Kittitas county, September 5, 1882; Marcus E. and Nora E., both born in Kit- titas county, June 22, 1884, and February 19, 1886, respectively. The children all live in the vicinity of Ellensburg. Mr. Cahoon has, besides his land, forty head of cattle, and a sufficient number of liorses, implements, etc., to successfully cultivate his farm. He is an active worker in the ranks of the Republican party, is a foremost leader in all inovements put on foot for the betterment of sur- rounding conditions, and is universally respected and regarded as an industrious and conscientious citizen.

SIMEON EVANS. Originally from Ozark county, Missouri, born March 9, 1853, Simeon Evans is now a prosperous farmer residing twelve miles north, and four west, of Ellensburg. His parents are Jesse and Bertema (Welch) Evans, the former a farmer, born in Indiana, 1815, coming from one of the early pioneer families of that state. Simeon received his early education in the common schools of his native state, and at the age of nineteen launched out upon an independent career to make his own way in the world. His father. as a result of the Civil war, met with financial disaster, and this made it extremely difficult for the son to ac- quire an education. He persevered, however, and succeeded in becoming proficient in the branches taught in the grammar schools of his day. After leaving home young Evans farmed in the state of his birth until 1882, then departed for the state of Washington. He bought a farm soon after his arrival, but later sold it and purchased the property

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where he makes his present home. He has forty acres of his land in timothy and clover meadow. His two brothers and one sister were born in Mis- souri, and are named: Robert, living in Missouri ; Jane Piland, born in 1851, now living in Yakima county, and James, born 1855, now of Kittitas county.

Mr. Evans was married to Miss Malinda Mc- Donald, in September, 1872, in his native state. She died in June, 1884, and six years later he married Miss Florence J. Ellison, the daughter of William and Mrs. (Fleek) Ellison, the former a farmer. Mrs. Evans was born in Kansas, 1870, and educated in the grammar schools of her native state. She came to Washington with her father in 1889, and was married the following year. To this union have been born fourteen children, as follows: Born in Kansas and now living in Kittitas county, Charles Ellison, Eugene, Lewis, Minnie Baugh and Roy ; Elizabeth Fletcher, born in Missouri, March 9, 1870, living in Yakima; Robert, born in Missouri, April 24, 1882, now in Kittitas; Sarah S. Cahoon, born in Missouri, now in Kittitas; Rolla, born in this state; Ruth, Henry and May, all born in Kit- titas county ; Leonora and Verna, also natives of Washington. The last six named children live with their parents in the Kittitas valley.

Mr. Evans is a Republican in politics. He owns 160 acres of land, thirty head of cattle and three horses, besides farm equipage. He is rated a well- to-do farmer and a peaceful, law-abiding citizen. He is liberal and enterprising whenever called upon for co-operation in any undertaking for the better- ment of surrounding conditions, and, as a conse- quence, stands high in the estimation of his fellows.

BARTHEL ZWICKER., a prosperous farmer residing near Ellensburg, Washington, is a native of Germany, born February 19, 1860. His father, Cornelias Zwicker, was a German, and died while Barthel was a small lad. His mother, Anna M. (Meier) Zwicker, was born in Germany in 1823. She came to the United States in 1874 and settled in Michigan, dying in 1896. Mr. Zwicker received his education, up to his fourteenth year, in the com- mon schools of his native country, coming to this country with his mother in 1874. He was in Mich- igan ten years, most of which time was spent as an employee in a copper stamp-mill. In 1884 he came to the Kittitas valley, and for four years worked by the month for various farmers, then took a homestead of his own and added to it by a purchase of 160 acres of railroad land. He has been farm- ing this property from that time until the present, and has it all under cultivation, his crops being principally grain and grass. He has four sisters, all natives of Germany, and all living in the state of Michigan. Their names are: Anna Mertes, Mary Peck, Thersia Gleseuer, and Clara Molton.

Mr. Zwicker was married, May 20, 1891, to

Miss Frances A. Robbins, a native of England. She grew to womanhood and was also educated in the Kittitas valley, Washington, and was married at the age of twenty-six. Her father, Dr. John Robbins, was born in Birmingham, England, in 1834, and came to the United States in 1872. In 1878 he came to Washington Territory, and was a pioneer of the West. He is now living in the vicin- ity of Ellensburg, on Springfield farm. Her mother, Elizabeth (Benton) Robbins, was born in York- shire, England, 1812, and was married in 1833. Mrs. Zwicker's brothers and sisters are: Walter J., born January 6, 1856; Earnest A., March 3, 1858; Fannie Thomas, November 30, 1860; Bertha Vra- denburgh, April 9, 1862; William Von E., Septem- ber 26, 1863; Harry E., August 27, 1865; Minnie E. Sellwood, December 8, 1866; Charles O., born February 13, 1868; George B., February 24, 1869; Nellie E. Craig, November 25, 1872; Blanche A., May 13, 1870; Lillie A., August 24, 1874; Daisie E., April 28, 1876; Mary B., August 24, 1878; Clara A., February 17, 1883, and Laura M. Rob- bins, February 23, 1885. Mrs. Zwicker died May 14, 1900, leaving two children, Anna E. and Clara M., both born in the Kittitas valley, May 8, 1897, and August 6, 1899, respectively. Both live at home with their father. Mr. Zwicker is a Repub- lican in politics. In addition to the land previously mentioned in this biography, he has one hundred head of well bred Durham cattle and twelve head of horses. He takes an active interest in all public affairs of his locality. He is a man of high morals, excellent social and financial standing, and is de- termined and aggressive in furthering all public enterprises which his conscience tells him are for the best advantage of the community at large, and equally so in opposing those which he considers to be detrimental to the best interests of the citizens. In all, he is a leading man in the valley.

CHARLES H. McDONALD. Charles H. Mc- Donald is a native of Portland, Oregon, born Sep- tember 9, 1852, and is now a farmer living in the Kittitas valley. His father, Halley McDonald, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1819, and was an architect by trade. He crossed the Plains to California in 1847, and three years later made his home in Portland, dying there March 10, 1901. Elizabeth (Sampson) McDonald, mother of Charles H., is also a native of Providence, Rhode Island, born in 1821, married at the age of twenty, and now living in Portland, Ore. The school life of Mr. McDonald was spent in the grammar and high schools of his native city. He finished his course at the age of eighteen and began farming. He fol- lowed this vocation four years, then went to eastern Oregon and engaged in the stock raising business, which he pursued some six years. In 1882 he turned his attention to mining, and followed that branch of industry for a similar length of time. In

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1888 he came to Ellensburg, entered the field as a stockman and creamery operator, and still remains in that business. He has a brother, William H., born in Providence, now a business man in New York City. His other brother, John C., born in Port- land, Oregon, is still living in his native city, en- gaged in the insurance business. His sisters are : El.a Hinman, born in Portland, now of Ellensburg ; Burtie G.imes, a native and resident of Portland, and Anna McDonald, of like place of birth and resi- dence.

Mr. McDonald was married in Ellensburg, June, 1889, to Miss Carrie Cannon. Two children have been born to this union, Henry Earl and Nel- lie; both born in the Kittitas valley, the son on September 14, 1889, and the daughter February 14, 1893. Both children are living at home. Mr. Mc- Donald is an active and aggressive Republican, tak- ing a deep interest and a foremost part in the county organization of his party. Besides his farm and dairy he has seventy head of cows and a sufficient number of horses to carry on the business of farm- ing. Few men are better posted on the early history of the Northwest, in which he has taken an active part, than is Mr. McDonald. He is a substantial business man and a good citizen.

WILLIAM WALTERS lives one and one-half miles west of Ellensburg, Washington, on rural free delivery route No. I. He owns twenty acres of excellent land watered by the big irrigation ditch and expects to make this place his permanent home. He is also a stockholder in the Lagoon cannery, which is being successfully operated in Nelson, Alaska, and has other investments and securities, ample evidences of his business ability and pros- perity. He was born in Granola, Elk county, Kansas, April 14, 1874. His father, David Walters, was of Dutch descent and a native of Kentucky. He served in the Mexican war and died when the subject of this sketch was an infant. William's mother, Alice (Williams) Walters, was also a native of Kentucky. Her father was of an English family and he served during the war with Mexico. Mr. Walters attended various schools in his native county until he was sixteen. In 1890 he got the Washington fever and moved west, locating in El- lensburg. He invested his money in the sheep busi- ness, in partnership with his brothers. In the fall of 1901 he sold his interests and purchased the small irrigated farm that is now his home. He has three brothers. Hubbard, born in Illinois in 1868, is now a resident of Owyhee, Oregon. The second brother, Jefferson, was born in 1871, and lives in Ellensburg. David, born in Kansas in 1876, is a resident of North Yakima, Washington. Nellie Walters, a half-sister, born in Kansas in 1884, now lives in Granola, that state.

Mr. Walters was married in Howard, Kansas, August 15, 1900, to Miss Cora Gulick, who was

born in Elk Falls, Kansas, February 22, 1880, and was educated in the schools of her native town. She is the daughter of Gilbert and Mary Gulick, both natives of Champaign, Illinois, and was one of a family of thirteen children. Her brothers and sis- ters were as follows: Warren, Fredenburg, Edward S., Harvey L., Charles J., Rose E., Nettie and Ret- tie (twins), Grover C., Hattie (deceased), Judd S. and Josie F. Gulick.

Mr. and Mrs. Walters have one child, William D., who was born September 29, 1901.

HENRY TONER was left an orphan when but a mere lad, and has had to struggle for himself since he was thirteen years old. He is to-day one of the leading farmers of central Washington, having by application and · business acumen accumulated a property that assures a steady income. He re- sides two miles west and one-half mile south of Ellensburg. Mr. Toner was born in Lonesdale, Rhode Island, March 18, 1857. His father, Henry Toner, was a native of Ireland, and his mother, Mary (McCartan) Toner, was born in Scotland. Mr. Toner's educational opportunities were limited on account of the death of his parents, but he re- ceived a few years' instruction in the public schools of his native county before he went to Marysville, California, when fourteen years old, and began farm work. He continued that employment until 1880, when he moved to Kittitas (then Yakima) county, Washington. He rented a farm and established the foundation for his fortunc. He was most success- ful on the rented place and later purchased his present farm. He has acquired a property, the in- come from which will keep him and his family com- fortably, without the hard labor which usually ac- companies farm life. He now rents the farm, ex- cept the home and garden. He owns 280 acres of farm lands. 1,440 acres of grazing land, 100 head of horses and cattle and about 3,000 head of sleep. Mr. Toner was one of a family of four children. His eldest brother, John, was an engineer on a man- of-war. His sister, Alice, and brother, Barney, are dead. The youngest sister, Kittie, is a resident of Lonesdale, Rhode Island. He was married in the city of Old Yakima, December 24, 1880, to Miss Katinka Coleman, who was born in Santa Rosa, California, October 14, 1859. Her father, William Coleman, was born in Kentucky in 1822, and died in Ellensburg, April 7, 1888. Her mother, Mary (Neardan) Coleman, was born in Kentucky and died when her daughter Katinka was very young. James, born in 1849, and Mrs. Angeline Brown, Mrs. Toner's eldest brother and sister, are now de- ceased. Elias, born in 1853, now a resident of Ellensburg. and Orange Coleman, born October 10, 1857, and now living in Oregon, are her brothers. Mrs. Toner is a member of the Methodist church and both husband and wife are among the most re- spected citizens of the valley.

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PETER J. NORLING, a native of Sweden, where he was born November 16, 1848, has been a resident of Washington since 1883. He is en- gaged in farming and stock raising, on his farm two miles southwest of Ellensburg, on rural free delivery route No. I. He is the son of John and Elsie (Peterson) Nelson, both natives of Sweden. His father died when he was but twelve months old, and his mother passed away five years later. Mr. Norling was educated in Sweden and came to the United States in 1871, locating in Chicago. He was there employed as a carpenter until 1875, when he went to Colorado to accept a position as millwright in a mine. May 1, 1883, he arrived in Ellensburg and was employed by State Senator J. P. Sharp, for whom he worked three years. Mr. Norling then purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he worked for five years and then disposed of. He then purchased the ranch upon which he now resides. He has two sisters and one brother: Hannah, born in 1841; Angie, born in 1843, and Nels Nelson, born in 1845.

He was married in Ellensburg, July 3, 1894, to Annie Marie (Magnuson) Swanson, a widow, who was born in Kalma, Sweden, March 25, 1858. She has two brothers and three sisters, all natives of the old country. They are: Otto W. Magnuson, born in 1860 and now a resident of Utah; Augusta, born in 1865, a resident of Stockholm; Mrs. Ame- lia Johnson, born in 1873 and dwelling in Africa; John. born in 1878, and Annetta, born in 1880, and now living in Stockholm. Mrs. Norling had three children by her first marriage: Augusta, born February 4, 1887: John, February II, 1889, and Oscar Swanson, February 27, 1891. Mr. Norling is the father of one child, George W., who was born May 14, 1896. The parents are members of the Swedish Lutheran church, and Mr. Norling's political affiliations are with the Republican party.

GEORGE P. JAMES followed coal mining in many of the states of the union until he secured his present land holdings and settled down as a farmer on his one hundred and sixty acre farm five miles southwest of Ellensburg, Washington. He was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, October 13, 1850. His father, John James, was noted as the inventor of the first tubular boiler ever used in England, but was defrauded out of the profits of his patent. The mother, Jane Ann (Gra- ham) James, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, October 21, 1823, and was a direct descendant of Graham, the famous Scot, who was chief lieuten- ant for William Wallace. Mr. James received his early education in England and came to the United States in 1876. He has traveled extensively on this continent and has followed coal mining in every state where the "black diamonds" are found. He was one of a family of nine children, named as fol-

lows : Susanna, John, William, Annie, Daniel, Mary, Thomasina and Hanna.

Hc was married in Jellico, Tennessee, to Miss Mary L. Bolton, June 19, 1890. His wife is the daughter of Tandy and Sarah M. (Hansard) Bol- ton. Her father was born in North Carolina, served as a blacksmith in the Civil war, on the Union side, and died in Texas. Her mother was a native of Virginia, of English parentage, and died in Kentucky. Mrs. James was born in Knox county, Tennessee, May 11, 1847. Her brothers and sisters were also natives of that county. They are: Nellie Ann, Betsie Jane, John Thomas, Wil- liam J., Margaret A., Mary, the wife of R. L. Mun- day, married in 1862, and the mother of two chil- dren, both of whom are dead; and Sarah J. Mun- day, now living in Whitman county, Kentucky. Mr. James has sixty-five acres of his land under a high state of cultivation. He has ten head of cattle and five horses. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and the husband is a member of the Republican party.

JOHN N. WEAVER is a progressive and suc- cessful Kittitas farmer, living on the place, on rural free delivery route No. 1, out of Ellensburg, Wash- ington. There he has his original homestead of one hundred and twenty acres, of which the greater part is under irrigating ditches, and he is now arranging for the construction of a reservoir which will pro- vide water to irrigate the remainder of the place. His place is well equipped with farming imple- inents and he owns a half interest in a steam thresher. He has a comfortable home and fine barn. His live stock includes forty-five head of range animals and twenty milch cows.

Mr. Weaver was born in Clinton county, Indi- ana, January 22, 1850. His father, James M. Weaver, was born in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1822. His mother, Ann (Hupp) Weaver, was born the same year in Pennsylvania, of German descent. Mr. Weaver was educated in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri and in 1870 began work on his father's farm in Cherokee county, Kansas. In 1871 he rented a farm adjoining, which he worked four years, but met with poor success on account of droughts and grasshoppers. He then moved to Joplin, Missouri, where he was engaged in lead mining for two years. He took a course in engi- neering and for the succeeding seven years ran an engine and was later master mechanic for the Fitcher Lead & Zinc Company at Joplin. In 1883 he moved to Ellensburg and took up the land where he now resides.

Mr. Weaver's eldest brother, William W. Weaver, was born in Indiana in 1845, and served during the war, being present at the fall of Rich- mond. Mary Ann (Weaver) McDowell, a sister, wa's horn in Indiana in 1847 and lives at Roslyn, Washington. She is a widow. Elizabeth E.

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(Weaver) McDonell, born in Indiana in 1848, died in Kansas in 1875. George W. Weaver, a brother, born in Indiana July 4, 1851, is farming near Ellensburg. Charles W. Weaver, the next brother, was born in Indiana, April 20, 1853, and lives at Grand Junction, Colorado. James H. Weaver, born in Indiana, November 1, 1854, lives at Joplin. Amanda V. (Weaver) Kennedy, born August 12, 1859, resides in Cherokee county, Kan- sas. Joseph W. Weaver, born November 15, 1858, and Pheba A. (Weaver) Reynolds, born Septem- ber 25, 1860, live at Joplin, where Mr. Reynolds owns an automobile factory. Roda A. Weaver, who was born February 12, 1862, died March 9, 1866. Indiana I. Weaver, born April 12, 1864, passed away June 9, 1869. Franklin M. Weaver, who was born November 30, 1867, died December 21, 1872.

Mr. Weaver was married at Columbus, Kansas, May 18, 1871, to Anna M. McDonell, who was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, November 14, 1852. Her father was James T. McDonell, who was born in Virginia August 14, 1827, now a resident of Ellensburg. Her mother, Mary Ann (Warner) McDonell, was a native of Indiana. Mrs. Weaver has one brother, Albert G., born December 24, 1850. Her sisters are Mary M., born August 26, 1855; Adda A., born June 20, 1858; Carrie L., born July 12, 1860, and Emma J., born March 23, 1862.

Mr. and Mrs. Weaver have had five children, four of whom survive. The eldest daughter, Cora B. Weaver, was born June 3, 1872. She was edu- cated at the Ellensburg state normal school and graduated in 1898. She received a life diploma in 1902 and is engaged in teaching at Ellensburg. The eldest son, Leffa M., was born December 23, 1874, and is married and living in California. Roy A. Weaver, the second son, was born August 29, 1880, graduated from the Indiana Dental college April 2, 1903, and is practicing his profession at Ellensburg. Victor M. Weaver, who was born December 28, 1883, is taking a course in agriculture at the State Agricultural College and School of Science at Pull- man, Washington. Ina M. Weaver, born January 17, 1893, died March 17, 1895.

Mr. and Mrs. Weaver are members of the Methi- odist Episcopal church. Mr. Weaver has never taken an active interest in politics.

CHARLES F. STOOPS, a substantial farmer and stock raiser, living on his place some four and one-half miles southwest of Ellensburg, Washing. ton, was born in Dallas City, Illinois, March 5, 1856. His father, John Stoops, was of Dutch descent and was born in Pennsylvania July II, 1835. He served three years in the Union army under General Bucha- nan. The mother, Elizabeth ( Kenard) Stoops, was born in Kentucky, July 11, 1838, of Scotch parent- age. Her father took an active part in the extermi- nation of the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois. Mr. Stoops was educated in the common schools of Du-

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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 194

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