An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 201

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


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Mr. Goodwin is the son of Rolley and Hanna (Gardner) Goodwin, both natives of Kentucky, the former born in 1805 and the latter in 1806. The elder Goodwin was a pioncer both of Indiana and Iowa, moving to the last named state in 1852. He was of English-Irish descent and was a farmer and stockman. The mother and father died in Iowa. Thomas B. Goodwin was married in Iowa in 1865 to Sarah Cumberlin, who was born in Indiana in 1841. She was the daughter of Moses and Manda (McClung) Cumberlin, natives of Indiana. The wife lias been dead for a number of years. Mr. Goodwin's children are: Elmer E. Goodwin, Launa I. Burns, Jennie B. Osborn, Norman L. Goodwin, all born in Iowa ; Oce V. Goodwin, born in Oregon ; Lillian M., Olive O., Stanley E., and Aubrey C. Goodwin, born in Washington. As an active Demo- crat Mr. Goodwin has always been prominent in local politics, and in 1901 was chosen representative to the state legislature. The fact that he has ac- cumulated one of the most extensive and valuable estates in the valley is evidence of the possession of those sterling qualities which have brought suc- cess to so many of the pioneers of the West. He is recognized as a man of superior judgment, of


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sterling integrity and correct principles; he is es- teemed and respected by all with whom he comes in contact.


ELMER E. GOODWIN has been a landholder since he was twenty-two years old, and is now en- gaged in farming, about three-quarters of a mile southwest of Thorp, Washington. He was born in Iowa, March 25, 1866, being the eldest son of Thomas B. and Sarah E. (Cumberlin) Goodwin. His father was born in Indiana, July 24, 1846, and has resided in Washington since 1887. In 1901 he was representative from Kittitas county in the state legislature. His mother was born in Indiana in 1841. She is a graduate of an Iowa high school, and taught school several years before her marriage. She was the mother of the following other children : Laura I. Burns, Jennie B. Osborn, Norman L., Lillian M., Oce V., Olive O., Stanley E. and Aubrey C. Goodwin, all living near Thorp, Washington. Elmer E. Goodwin was educated in the schools of Kittitas county, and worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-three years old. When twenty- two he took up a claim in Douglas county, and a year afterward he rented his father's farm for a period of two years. Since his marriage, Jan- uary 20, 1897, to Miss Nancy L. White, he has been farming his present holdings. His wife was born in Texas, April 17, 1877, and was there educated. Her father, James F. White, was born in Tennessee and now lives in Texas. Her mother, Matilda (Hatfield) White, was also born in Tennessee. Mrs. Goodwin has ten brothers and sisters: Walton W., Mrs. Fannie King, John, Perry, Amy, Ava, Ollie, Luther, and Clint C. White, all born, and still living, in Texas, and Mrs. Etta Garlinton, born in Texas and now residing in Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin have two children: Thomas F., born No- vember 9, 1897, and Lantie L., born February 25, I899.


Mr. Goodwin is a prosperous young farmer ; his holdings consist of eighty acres of farm land, of which he has more than half in orchard, and seven hundred acres of timber land. He has numerous horses and cattle and all the necessary farming im- plements. He is a loving husband and father and good neighbor, and is well respected in the com- munity. Politically, he affiliates with the Demo- cratic party.


JOHN C. GOODWIN, living on his farm one mile south and one-quarter of a mile east of Thorp, Washington, was born in Illinois, June 22, 1848. He was there educated in the common schools and worked on his father's farm until sixteen years old, when he enlisted in the army. His father was David Goodwin, born in New York, of English parentage, in 1818, and died at the advanced age of eighty-two


years. His mother, Kathren (McArthy) Goodwin, was born in York state in 1828, and is now living in Ellensburg, Washington. Mr. Goodwin entered the army as a member of Company F, Fifty-seventh Illinois volunteers. He saw service under Generals Sherman, Logan, McPherson and Howard; also under General Oscherhouse, of the department of Tennessee. He was in the battles of Chattanooga and Resaca, and was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea. After the fall of Savannah his company went to Columbia, South Carolina. After the surrender of


Lee the company was sent to Washington for general review, and was later mustered out in Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Goodwin then went to Chi- cago, and returned home, where he remained three years, attending school part of this time. In 1868 he went to Missouri, where he resided three years. The succeeding seven years he worked in the mines near Denver, Colorado, and later visited the Big Hole country, Wyoming ; Butte, Montana ; Corinne, Utah; San Francisco; and Portland, Ore- gon. Later he came to Yakima (now Kittitas) county, Washington, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land from the railroad, which he his since placed in excellent cultivation. His brother David lives in Iowa; a married sister, Anna Sim- mons, lives in Montana; another sister, Mary J. Smithson, is the wife of the mayor of Ellensburg, and the youngest sister, Ella (Goodwin) Park, is a resident of Texas, and his youngest brother, Wil- liam H., resides in Chicago.


Mr. Goodwin was married December 24, 1882, to Miss Josephine Stevens, who was born in Ohio, February 19, 1855. Her father, Benjamin Stevens, was born in Pennsylvania, December 4, 1804, and died in Illinois, where the family had located when Mrs. Goodwin was four years old. Her mother, Elizabeth (Hecker) Stevens, was born in the Quaker state, January 30, 1810, and came to Wash- ington with her daughter in 1881. She passed away in the Evergreen state, and she was the mother of seven children: Elizabeth Green, living in Illinois ; John H. Stevens, residing in Washington; Benja- min F., living in Oklahoma; Adam M. and James H., living in Washington ; Myra Richards, living in Tacoma, and Emily, in Kittitas county. Mr. Good- win has one hundred and sixty acres of well im- proved land, stocked with forty-five head of cattle and numerous horses, and is one of the substantial farmers of the valley. He is past-grand of the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, an active member of the Congregational church, and one of the leaders of the Republican party in his county. When Yakima county was divided and the officers for Kittitas county were elected, Mr. Goodwin was chosen sheriff, and served with great success. He has been actively connected with county affairs ever since, and has served two terms as county commis- sioner.


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CHARLES T. HATFIELD, one of the suc- cessful farmers of Kittitas county, resides a short distance west of Thorp. He is a native of Texas, born January 8, 1873, but, since he was ten years old, has lived the greater portion of the time in Kittitas county, Washington. He is the son of Ephraim and Katie (Smith) Hatfield. Ephraim Hatfield was born in Tennessee in 1847; moved to Texas when a young man, and from that state came to Washington by wagon in 1873. He afterwards returned to Texas, where he is still living. His wife, the mother of our subject, died when the son was a small boy.


Charles T. Hatfield was educated in Kittitas county. When he left school he engaged in farm- ing with his father, on the home place, until his twenty-first year. At this time he rented the place of his father, and has ever since continued in charge, excepting a period of six years, from 1894 to 1900, during which he was engaged in mining and stock raising in Idaho. Mr. Hatfield is one of a family of two boys and two girls. His brother, John Hat- field, lives near Thorp. His sister, Mrs. Gertrude Bennett, lives on Thorp prairie, and the second sis- ter, Mrs. Hattie Hanlin, resides near Ellensburg.


Charles T. Hatfield and Miss Minnie Meadows were married in Ellensburg in 1892. Mrs. Hatfield is the daughter of Perry Meadows, now deceased. She is a native of Missouri, born May 16, 1863. When a child, her parents moved to Texas, and there she received her education in the public schools. In 1884 the family moved to Washington. She has two brothers, John and Elijah Meadows, natives of Missouri, now living in Kittitas county. A sister, Mrs. Jane (Meadows) Jones, died some ycars ago. Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield have four chil- dren living; their names follow: Lolo, born in Kit- titas county, December 22, 1892; Katie, born in Idaho, July 16. 1896; Sylvanus, born in Idaho, No- vember 21, 1898, and Charles R., born in Kittitas county, March 2, 1901. Two children have passed away: Iva M., born September 22, 1894, and Hazel M., born September 24, 1902. In politics, Mr. Hat- field supports the Democratic party. He and Mrs. Hatfield are members of the Methodist church. In general farming and in stock raising, Mr. Hatfield has met with good success, and now has on his place twenty head of Hereford cattle and six head of Percheron horses. He is a man of influence in the community in which he lives and commands the re- spect and confidence of all who know him.


QUINTON E. CROSS, living on his farm, six miles west and two north of Thorp, Washington, was born in Kentucky, July 2, 1874. His father, Joseph C. Cross, was also born in Kentucky, May 28, 1849; in which state his mother, Sarah A. (Slater) Cross, was also born, March 28, 1850. Both are residents of Kittitas county.


Mr. Cross was married in Kittitas county, No-


vember 9, 1902, to Callie Mattox, who was born in Missouri, September 27, 1886. Her father, Williant Mattox, was a native of Indiana and a farmer, with an honorable Civil war record to his credit. He is now living in Kittitas county. Her mother was Martha ( Maynard) Mattox. They came to Wash- ington when their daughter Callie was very young, and she was educated in the common schools of Kittitas county. Her brothers and sisters are Clif- ford Mattox, Mary Mornser, Elmer Mattox, Eva Hatfield and William Mattox, all residents of Washington.


Mr. and Mrs. Cross have one child, Lelle Cross, who was born in Kittitas county, August 18, 1903. Mr. Cross is a Republican and is much interested in politics. In fraternal connections, he is a mem- ber of the Woodmen of the World. He is a hard- working, ambitious and successful young man, and is building a comfortable home on his hundred and twenty acre farm.


CHARLES A. SPLAWN, who is engaged in farming and stock raising three miles west of Thorp, Washington, was born in Missouri, Septem- ber 13, 1831 ; is a pioneer and the son of a pioneer. His father, John Splawn, was born in Kentucky, in 1810, and was a farmer and school teacher. He was a pioneer of Missouri, and was in the Black Hawk war. He died in 1848. Mr. Splawn's mother, Nancy (McHaney) Splawn, was born in Virginia, and was married when fifteen years old. She resides in Ellensburg at the ripe age of ninety. Mr. Splawn was educated and lived in Missouri, working on his father's farm until he was twenty. Then he crossed the Plains to Oregon by ox team in 1851. He was at Brownsville and in the Willa- mette valley for a while, and went thence to the Gallice creek mines, where Indians ran him out. He ran a pack-train from Winchester, Oregon, dur- ing 1852 and 1853, and for thirty days served under Captain Martin in the war against the Rogue River Indians. Later he was at Coos Bay, Williams creek and Grave creek, mining. He struck a good prop- erty, but Indians drove him away. He ran a pack- train for a time for himself, and later for the gov- ernment, and at times had fights with Indians. Then engaged in logging and cattle selling. In Feb- ruary, 1861, he located in Yakima county and ran cattle until 1868, when he moved to Kittitas valley and engaged in stock raising and mining, which he has since continued. His brothers, George, Mose, Williams and Andrew J. Splawn, were all born in Missouri, and live in central Washington. Mr. Splawn was married at Fort Simcoe in 1863 to Dulcina H. Thorp, who was born in Missouri in 1844, and started across the Plains with her parents when she was only nine days old. She was eighteen years old when married, and died in 1869. Her parents were Fielding M. and Margaret (Bounds) Thorp. The lives of these respected pioneers will


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be found in the biography of L. L. Thorp. In 1873 Mr. Splawn married a sister of his first wife, who was born in Oregon in 1851, and was twenty-two years old at the time of the wedding. Her brothers and sisters were Mary, now dead; Adelia E. Crocket, of Northwest Territory; Julia, Olive O'Hare, of Seattle; Leonard L., of North Yakima ; Willis W., of Seattle; Bales B., deceased, and Mil- ton A. Mr. Splawn was the father of two children. That by the first marriage, Viola V. (Shadle) is dead; by the second marriage, Flora H. Splawn, living with her parents. She was born in Yakima county, March 14, 1875. Mr. Splawn is a Democrat and has filled a number of offices with marked abil- ity. He was appointed auditor of Yakima county, but resigned and was appointed sheriff by the county commissioners. The next term he was elected sheriff, and served two terms. He was also elected probate judge, and served two years. Later he was elected county commissioner, and served two years, and for seven years he occupied the office of justice of the peace. He is one of the leading land owners of the county, owning 1,640 acres of farm and grazing lands. He has two hundred head of cattle and forty head of horses. He is a thorough business man, of unquestioned character, and is highly respected throughout the county.


MILFORD A. THORP, the original founder of the town of Thorp, Washington, where he now re- sides, was born in Independence, Oregon, in 1857. His father; Alvin A. Thorp, was born in Missouri, in 1820, crossed the Plains in 1844, and took up a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres in Oregon. He next went to California, and was there during the first gold excitement in 1848. He now resides in Baker City, Oregon, and is eighty- three years old. The mother, Esther (Eddy) Thorp, was born in New York, and crossed the Plains to Oregon with her parents when she was a small girl. Milford was nine years old when his parents moved to Moxee valley, Washington. After four years they moved to the Henry Schnebly ranch in Kittitas valley. His mother's health declining, the family returned to the old home in Oregon, where the mother died the following year, 1872. For the next five years our subject divided his time between his stock interests in Washington and the family home in Oregon. In 1879 he moved to the Kittitas valley, and for six years rode the range for different parties. In 1885 he bought James Mc- Murray's claim, which he pre-empted and has since made his home. He platted the town of Thorp, the first postoffice being established in 1890. His brothers and sisters are: Mrs. Eva Butler ; Emma C. (deceased) ; Rosa L. Hale; Ida, Andrew and Harvey (deceased), and Ezra. The three living reside in Oregon.


He was inarried in 1877 to Miss Ella Russell, who died in 1878. By this union there was one


child, Winfred E., born November 25, 1878. In 1886 he was married to Miss Maggie Grant, who was born in Missouri, June 18, 1864. Her parents, Benton and Elizabeth (Lindsay) Grant, were also natives of Missouri, and crossed the Plains in 1866. Mrs. Thorp's brother, Walter, and sister, Jessie, are dead. She has one child, Zola Ouida Thorp, born February 3, 1887. Mr. Thorp is a prominent Odd Fellow, having occupied all the official chairs. He also belongs to the Woodmen of the World. Mrs. Thorp is a member of the Rebekahs and of the Women of Woodcraft, in both of which she is prominent. Mr. Thorp is a Democrat and one of the leaders of the party in his section of the state. He is one of the most progressive and successful farmers in Washington. He owns nine hundred and eighty acres, of which two hundred acres are in tame grass and the balance in timber and grazing lands. He has fifty head of good cattle, and his farm is thoroughly equipped with all necessary im- plements.


JAMES L. MILLS, a lumber manufacturer in Thorp, Washington, has been engaged in the mill- ing business since a boy. He was born in Canada, August II, 1845. His father, Barnabas Mills, was born in Nova Scotia, and was a pioneer of western Canada, where he engaged in farming. He died in Michigan in 1893. Mr. Mills' mother was also born in Nova Scotia; she died in Canada in 1853- She was the mother of twelve children, as follows : Nelson, Hamilton, Barnabas, Reuben, Mrs. Jane E. Griffith, Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards, all living in Mich- igan; Mrs. Mary Arnold and Mrs. Margaret A. Arnold, of Canada; Mrs. Sarah Conger, of New York; George K., native of Canada, now of Michi- gan ; Mrs. Alice E. Smith, of Canada, and James L., the subject of this biography. Mr. Mills was edu- cated in Canada and Michigan and is graduated from a commercial school in Detroit. When a boy he started to work in the lumber mills, and in 1868 he took charge of a lumber yard in Toledo, Ohio, for his brother. In 1874 the business was moved to Cleveland, and he continued in charge until 1878, when he went to Colorado for his health. In 1879 he came to Thorp, bought out a homestead and pre- empted the land, and that fall started work on a water ditch for his mill. He commenced to operate the mill in 1880. He bought the J. E. Bates farm in 1884, and later secured one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land, all of which he has under cultivation.


Mr. Mills was married in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1877, to Miss Marie L. Cannon, who was born in Ohio, June 15, 1850. She is highly educated, and taught school previous to her marriage. Her father, James H. Cannon, was born in Massachu- setts in 1821, and died in Washington. Her mother, Lydia G. (Babcock) Cannon, born in Massa- chusetts in 1827, and now lives with her son-in-law


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in Thorp. She is the mother of four children: Her- bert J., of Cleveland, Ohio; Page (deceased) ; James H., of Cleveland, and Mrs. Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have four children : Nelson, born April 27, 1881 ; James H., born July 25, 1882, and died when five years old; Ada V., May 27, 1885, and Paul L., January 26, 1890. The husband and wife are Good Templars and members of the Methodist church. Mr. Mills is a leader in the church work, is one of the trustees, and has been superintendent of the Sunday school for a number of years. He is an honest, upright and industrious man. His prop- erty holdings include three hundred and twenty acres of land, besides the sawmill and site.


JOHN M. NEWMAN, farmer and blacksmith, in Thorp, Washington, was born in Missouri, Au- gust 10, 1851. His father, Michael P. Newman, was born in Virginia, in 1821, of Irish parentage. He was a blacksmith and a pioneer in Missouri; crossed the Plains to Oregon in 1864, and died there later. Mr. Newman's mother was Olive (Thur- low) Newman, a native of Missouri, who passed away when her son John was but five years old. She was the mother of six children as follows : Mrs. Laura Prescott, of Oregon; James W., of Palouse City, Washington; Richard, of Asotin, Washington; Mrs. Viola Alexander, of Yakima; Charles M., of Cle-Elum, Washington, and John M., the subject of this biography. All but Laura are half brothers and sisters. Mr. Newman crossed the Piains, with his father, when thirteen years old, was educated in Silverton, Oregon, and lived at his father's home until he was twenty-one. He then opened his own blacksmith shop in Kings valley, Oregon, and remained there until the fall of 1878, when he moved to the Kittitas valley. He bought thirty acres of land near Thorp, which he later sold. He also purchased one hundred and sixty acres near the present town site, which is still his home. He has conducted a blacksmith shop part of the time during his residence in this place.


He was married in Oregon, in 1873, to Miss Isabella Forgey, who died in 1896, leaving eight children. He was again married, in 1901, to Mrs. Edna Hurlbut, daughter of John and Lucinda (Clawson) Hay. Her father was born in Ohio in 1829, and is now a retired farmer living in Arkan- sas. Her mother was born in Illinois in 1830, and was educated as a school teacher. Mrs. Newman was born in Wisconsin, January 1I, 1857, and taught school previous to her marriage to W. F. Hurlburt in 1889. Her brothers, Milton and Frank, and her sister, Daretta Hay, are now deceased. The surviving sisters and brother are: Mrs. Ida Crow, of Iowa ; Eugene, of Chicago, and Mrs. Lulu Buse- ler, of Arkansas. Mr. Newman's children are: Mrs. Olive Wilcox ; Mrs. Lillie V. Simpson; James O .. Mrs. Minnie M. Shull, Fred P .. Jacob M., John A., Lena and Ada (both dead) ; Jessie R. and


Esther Hay Newman; the last named by the second marriage. Mr. Newman is a leading member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a promi- nent Democrat, and was commissioner of Kittitas county four years. Mrs. Newman is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Newman owns one hun- dred and thirty acres of land adjoining Thorp, and one hundred and twenty acres on Thorp prairie. He has eight head of cattle and fifteen head of horses and has the only livery stable in the town. He is both prosperous and popular.


LORENZO KELLICUT was born in Pennsyl- vania, April 8, 1852, and is now engaged in farm- ing some two miles west of Thorp, Washington. When he was two years old his parents moved to Wisconsin, where he secured his education in the common schools. He worked on his father's farm until he was twenty years old, and for the succeed- ing ten years was employed by other farmers. In the spring of 1883 he started for Washington, and on June IIth of that year arrived in the Kittitas valley. For two years he worked at day labor, and then bought a tract of railroad land. He later sold that property and took up his present farm under the homestead act, where he has since made his home. His father, David Kellicut, born in New York, was a farmer and blacksmith. He was one of the carly settlers of Wisconsin, locating there in 1854, and died in Missouri in 1898. Lorenzo's mother, Juda (Kelley) Kellicut, was also born in York state, and died some twenty years ago. The children, besides Lorenzo, are: Edward, Ansel, Erastus, Filander, Adelia (Hutchinson), Alice (Young), Viola (Widmer), Lancel and David. Mrs. Hutchinson lives in Thorp; Mrs. Young re- sides in the Big Bend country, and David is a resi- dent of Kittitas county. Erastus resides in Mis- souri, and the others all live in Wisconsin.


Mr. Kellicut was married in the Kittitas valley, October 18, 1884, to Miss Ida E. Hutchinson, who was born in Monroe county, Wisconsin, Septem- ber 17, 1860. She was educated in her native state and in Minnesota, and came to Washington with her parents in 1873. Her father, Oren Hutchinson, born in Massachusetts, August 25, 1819, was a farmer. He died December 2, 1886. Her mother, Ann J. (Marlet ) Hutchinson, was born February 4, 1822, and was married at the age of twenty. She was the mother of nine children, including Mrs. Kellicut. They are: Mrs. Adeline Bacon (de- ceased) ; Horris Hutchinson, of Thorp; Clara, Eliza A., Jerome and Albert, all of whom have passed away; Mrs. Eldora L. Briggs, of North Yakima, and Oscar E., of Thorp. Mr. and Mrs. Kellicut have four children, as follows: Hallie E., born in Kittitas county, June 17, 1887, and died June 18, 1890: Carrie V., October 22, 1892; Ray- mond L., September 2, 1894. and 'Ivyl O., March 4, 1900. Mr. Kellicut is a Mason, an Odd Fellow,


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and a member of the Woodmen of the World. His wife is a member of the Rebekahs. Both attend the Methodist church. Mr. Kellicut is a Democrat and takes considerable interest in politics. He is one of the most industrious and successful farmers of the valley. His farm is all under a high state of culti- vation, about one hundred acres being in tame grass. He has thirty-six head of cattle and all the needed horses, as well as a complete outfit of farming im- plements. His honie is a modern ten-room house, and he has a commodious barn and outbuildings.


MARTIN A. GORDON, is engaged in farm- ing, one mile west of Thorp, Washington. He was born in Indiana, April 27, 1839, and received his education in Minnesota, to which state his parents moved when he was a small boy. He remained at home until he was twenty-one, then engaged in farming. For thirty years he lived in Minnesota, and part of this time he was engaged in running a sawmill. He then moved to Dakota, and again took up farming for a period of nine years. In 1889 he came west to Washington and purchased one hun- dred and eighty acres of Northern Pacific railroad land, which he has been since cultivating. His father, Wheeler Gordon, was born in North Caro- lina, but went to Wisconsin in pioneer days, when the present state was a territory. He was a car- penter by trade, and died in Wisconsin. Mr. Gor- don's mother was Mary (Draper) Gordon, a na- tive of New York state. She died in Washington. Mr. Gordon was one of a family of five children. His brothers were: James Madison Gordon, born in Indiana, and died in Minnesota, in 1877; Francis, born in Indiana, now living near Thorp; George, born in Wisconsin, residing with Martin, and Thomas, born in Indiana, now deceased. Mr. Gor- don has sold forty acres of his original holdings, but has the remaining one hundred and forty acres in an excellent state of cultivation. He is a first- class farmer and is meeting with great success.




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