An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 202

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

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ROBERT BARNETT received his early edu- cation in the common schools of Ohio, in which state he was born May 12, 1839. Since 1892 his home has been on his farm of forty acres located one mile west of Thorp, Washington. His parents, David and Mary A. (Stewart) Barnett, were both born in Ohio, and also died in that state, the mother at the age of eighty-one years. His father was a farmer. Robert was one of four children, all born in Ohio. His brother, Marcellus, is living in Ev- erett, Washington, and his sisters, Nancy J. Wolf and Margaret Bowers, live in Ohio. From the time he was thirteen years old until he was twenty-three, Mr. Barnett engaged in logging, and worked in various sawmills. In 1864 he crossed the Plains to Virginia City, Montana, where he spent two years in the mines, and then went home, going down the

Yellowstone river on a flatboat. He was sick one year, and in 1868 went to West Virginia and sold books for three months. The succeeding three years he engaged in farming in Illinois, and subse- quently farmed in Iowa for fifteen years. He then moved to Thorp, Washington, and resided there three years before going to his present farm, which he bought in 1892.

He was married in Illinois, in 1870, to Miss Henrietta Aurand, daughter of Joel and Susan (Getgen) Aurand, both of whom are now dead. Mr. and Mrs. Barnett have seven children, as fol- lows: Marvin E., born October 9, 1870; Oren U., August II, 1873; Ernest G., December 9, 1875; Myrtle M. Lord, January 7, 1878; David J., March 9, 1880; Myra L., May 22, 1883, and Eliza R., April 5, 1885. Mr. Barnett is a man of first-class character, industrious and well liked. His forty- acre place is well cultivated and the surroundings homelike and comfortable. The place is productive and yields a liberal competency.

BRAXTON DUNCAN SOUTHERN, a pio- neer of 1877 in the Yakima valley, is now residing in Thorp, having retired from active labors as an agriculturist. Mr. Southern was born in Giles county, Virginia, May 3, 1833. He is the son of John and Elizabeth Southern, both born in North Carolina, the former in 1817. They were the parents of eighteen children, of whom 'B. D. South- ern is the youngest; his only surviving brother, Charles W. Southern, is an Illinois farmer. Be- sides the eighteen children, the aged parents of the subject of this article possessed before their deaths, eighty-eight grandchildren, three hundred and eighty-seven great-grandchildren, one hundred and seventy-six great-great-grandchildren, and eleven great-great-great-grandchildren. It is told of the mother that she at one time remarked to her daughters, who were gathered about her: "You may each of you well be proud, for your daughter's daughter has a daughter." She died at the age of eighty-seven, and her father lived to be ninety- two. The family settled on the "Black Hawk purchase" in Iowa in 1839. The father died in 1840, and at a very early age our subject was forced to assume the burdens of life, his early education depending entirely upon his own efforts; and, there being no free schools, it was necessary for him to earn money with which to pay tuition fees. At the age of fifteen he quit school. and for a year clerked in a wood yard on the Mississippi river, following this with a period of two years as clerk on the river steamer, Kate Kearney. In 1851 the cholera became epidemic in the Mississippi valley, and Mr. Southern moved to Lagrange, Illinois, remaining about two years, a portion of the time in a cooper shop, one summer on a farm, and then moved to Iowa, where he rigged up a five-yoke team of oxen and for a time

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engaged in breaking prairie at three dollars per acre. He followed farming until 1870, moving then to Solano county, California, whence he removed in one year, on account of his wife's health, to Linn county, Oregon, where he purchased land and farmed until 1877, when he moved to Yakima county, Washington, locating four and one-half miles west of Old Yakima. On account of the In- dian troubles, nothing was accomplished the first year on the farm. The family spent some time in the sod fort on Ahtanum creek during the crisis of excitement, Mr. Southern being chosen a cap- tain of the gathered forces. Full details regarding this fort and the Indian troubles will be found in the chronological chapter of the history. In 1880 Mr. Southern sold a portion of his Yakima farm and purchased land in the Kittitas valley, where, until 1900, he engaged in farming and stock rais- ing. At this time he sold out, and for two years farmed in Klickitat county, in turn selling out here and retiring to his present home in 1902.

Mr. Southern was married October 6, 1853, in Michigan, to Nancy J. Veach, daughter of Eli W. and Lucretia (Robinson) Veach. The father was born in New Jersey in 1803 and died in 1855. He was a talented and an educated man; taught school for many years, and for fully half his life was in public office. The mother was a native of Ken- tucky, born in 1806. Mrs. Southern was born in Cass county, Michigan, July 3, 1835. David Veach, of Thorp, and William W. Veach, of Buckley, are brothers of Mrs. Southern. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Southern are: Anna Rosa, born July 31, 1854 (deceased) ; L. Roy, born April 6, 1856, living in Goldendale; Eli C., born February 24, 1858 (de- ceased) ; Seward, born July 10, 1862, living in Kit- titas county ; Corinne Beck, born August 4, 1864, living in North Yakima ; Selena M. Richards, born December 28, 1866, living in Kittitas county ; Earnest, born July 29, 1870, living in North Yakima; Clara J., born July 21, 1872 (deceased) ; Edward E., born April 27, 1875, now a merchant of Thorp. Edward went to the Philippines as lieu- tenant of Company H, First Washington Volun- teers, and led his company through the first battle. Mr. Southern is a prominent Mason, having organ- ized the Ellensburg lodge, of which he is now past grand master. He and Mrs. Southern are members of the Methodist church. Politically, Mr. Southern is a Republican. He is prominent and influential in all circles, and is honored and esteemed as one of the most substantial and successful pioneers in the valley.

THOMAS L. GAMBLE, the mayor of Cle- Elum, Washington, and a heavy property owner, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania. March 27, 1827. His father, William Gamble, was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1774, and came to the United States in 1795, when twenty-one years old,

locating in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. He died July 13, 1865. In 1813 he was sent out by Colonel Craig, United States Army, of Pittsburg, with $10,000 to pay the soldiers in the west, who were about to mutiny because they had not been paid. Mr. Gamble made the perilous journey alone and successfully, being guided part of the time by friendly Indians. Mr. Gamble's mother was Mary (Sherrard) Gamble, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1797, and died February 21, 1870. Mr. Gamble's parents lived on a farm in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where the subject of this sketch grew up to manhood. He at- tended subscription school three months in the win- ter and the rest of the time he worked on the farm. He remained at home until the death of both his parents, then took charge of the place himself. In 1878 he left Pennsylvania with barely money enough to get west and pay for filing on his present farm at Cle-Elum, where he arrived April 13, 1883. He was the first settler on the township. Across the river, on the old Walla Walla and Seattle wagon road, was another settler, and there were a few below him on the Teanaway river. Roslyn was not known then, but soon afterwards prospectors found indications of coal, and the Northern Pacific sent in others, and three or four years later began to develop the property. This coal discovery had probably much to do with bringing the railroad over its present route, as the intention had been to fol- low the survey up the Naches river and across the Cascade mountains at Cowlitz pass.

Walter Reed, a former Pennsylvania acquaint- ance, through correspondence, was induced to locate a claim adjoining that of Mr. Gamble. Mr. Reed, May 17, 1888, filed the plat of the townsite of Cle- Elum, and a few weeks later Mr. Gamble filed his plat of Hazelwood. He laid out one hundred acres at first, but afterwards thirty acres were withdrawn from the town for the use of the coal company's outside works. He has recently made several addi- tions, amounting to some thirty-three acres, since the town began to grow, three years ago.

As soon as twelve families located in the dis- trict, Mr. Gamble and Mr. Reed formed-a school district, of which Mr. Gamble was the first clerk. In 1894 he entered into a contract with men who wanted to prospect for coal on his farm. Coal was 'discovered in 1894, and shipments began the follow- ing year. The Northwestern Improvement Com- pany now operates the property, and pays Mr. Gamble a royalty on the output.

Mr. Gamble has occupied public office on a num- ber of occasions, with much credit. He was elected county commissioner in 1889 on the Republican ticket. He was road supervisor for his district, and served as clerk of the school district from the time of its organization continuously up to 1897. In February, 1902, he was elected mayor of Cle-Elum, which office he now holds. Under his administra- tion the city has been bonded and a fine waterworks

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system is being put in. Sewerage plans are being made and other civic improvements are under way. He was United States commissioner for four years' term, and was justice of the peace for a number of years.

Mr. Gamble is a bachelor. He has one sister, Mary Gamble, who is now a resident of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. He is a man of discernment and business tact, with a high sense of justice and fairness, which is carried into his business transac- tions, making him both respected and trusted by the public.

ROBERT E. KERMEN is the fire boss at the coal mines in Cle-Elum, Washington, and is a miner of long experience. He was born on the Isle of Man, October 15, 1867. His parents, Robert and Annie J. (Logan) Kermen, were natives of the Isle of Man, and came to the United States in 1886. They now reside in Cle-Elum. His father was born in 1845, and his mother five years later. Robert was one of four children. The others are: Fred, of Cle-Elum; Mrs. Lydia Dwyer, of Chicago, and Edward. Robert E. was educated in the extreme northwestern part of England, where he lived until he was sixteen years old. He then worked three years in the iron mines before coming to the United States, in 1886, with his parents. On his arrival in this country he worked two years in the coal mines in Rich Hill, Missouri, and also worked in other coal mines in various parts of the same state and in Arkansas and Kansas. He worked on a salt prop- erty in the latter state, and for the Rock Island railroad. After visiting New Mexico, Arizona and California, and putting in considerable time in the mines of those states, he came to Washington and began work on the Great Northern switchback. In 1892 he moved to Roslyn and became shift fore- man in the mines, where he was employed two years. He then went to the Peshastin district, en- gaged in quartz mining, and later prospected in Idaho. For the past three years he has been in the Cle-Elumi mines as fire boss.

Mr. Kermen was married in Roslyn, August 9, 1895, to Mrs. McClennan, who was born in Spring- field, Illinois, March 27, 1864. She is the daughter of David and Elizabeth (Simpson) Smith, both de- ceased. Her brothers and sisters are: James (de- ceased) : Kittie Herring; Jenett Hare; Mary A. and Isabella Littlejohn, and David Smith. Mrs. Ker- men has three children as a result of her first mar- riage. They are: Pearl, born November 3, 1886; Nina, July 15, 1887, and Kelso McClennan, born March 4. 1800. Her children by her present hus- band are: Ernest, born May 7, 1800, and Edward Kermen, born February 6, 1901. The father is a member of the Knights of Pythias and has been through all the chairs of the order. He and his wife are members of the Rathbone Sisters. Mr. Kermen is an active Republican; in 1891 was

elected a member of the city council. He is a mem- ber of the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal church. He has been very successful in his business under- takings and has accumulated considerable property, including two city blocks and his residence. He is an active, energetic business man, of ability and judgment, and is highly respected.

OSCAR JAMES, of Cle-Elum, Washington, is a practical geologist, and has had years of experi- ence in nearly every character of mining. He was born in Logan county, Ohio, December 28, 1863. His father, Eli James, born in Ohio, in 1832, was killed during the Civil war. His mother, Anna (Elliott) James, was born in Ohio, March 18, 1833, and now lives at Seattle, Washington, as does also his brother, Eli E. James. Mr. James was educated in Iowa, to which state his parents moved when he was five years old. When thirteen he started to work in the mines as a driver. From 1878, when he went to work in the coal mines in Missouri, he has mined in many states for many different metals. At various times he has been in the Scranton coal mines in Kansas, the Trinidad coal mines in Colo- rado, quartz mines in Old Mexico and Arizona, quicksilver and coal mines in California, and gold mines in Nevada. He opened the first coal mine in Gallatin county, Montana, which was later sold to the Northern Pacific Railway Company for $20,000. In 1887 he came to Roslyn, then almost unknown, and prospected extensively. With some friends he secured a property, which they later sold to the Honolulu Coal Company for $90,000 cash. In 1894 he leased Thomas Gamble's land, and with three partners began development work, sinking the first coal shaft in this state. This lease was later sold to the Northern Pacific Company. He then operated the Hauser property in Montana for two years, and later acted for the manager of the Portland Devel- opment Company a similar period. Of late years he has been living in Cle-Elum, locating timber and mining claims.

Mr. James was married in Ellensburg, Novem- ber 5, 1894, to Miss L. E. Lewis, who was born in Illinois, September 5, 1873. She graduated from the Baptist university, Indian Territory, when six- teen, and a year later moved to Whatcom, Wash- ington, where she engaged in the millinery business four years immediately prior to her marriage. Her father, Willianı Lewis, born June 3, 1830, was a Welsh miner, who was superintendent of the Bir- mingham coal mines in Alabama at the time of his death. Melvina (Smith) Lewis, her mother, was born in Prussia, March 28, 1831, and is now resid- ing in Minneapolis. Mrs. James has two brothers and one sister : Henry. of Whatcom, Washington ; John, of Montana, and Anna (Lewis) McGregor, living near Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. James have one son, Cecil, who was born in North Yakima, April 12, 1896. Mr. James is a member of the

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Blue Lodge of Masons, and both he and his wife are members of the Order of the Eastern Star, and the husband is an active member of the Republican party. He owns a home at Cle-Elum, and is inter- ested in coal lands and mining properties. Mr. James is considered to be better posted on the geological formation of the Cle-Elum district than almost any other person in the state.

WILLIAM W. TUTTLE, the wide-awake transfer man of Cle-Elum, Washington, was born in Newport, Ohio, September 2, 1850. His father, Hiram C. Tuttle, born in 1818, was a soldier dur- ing the Civil war, and died in Nebraska. His mother, Sarah (Terrel) Tuttle, is a native of Ohio, and is now living in Iowa. Mr. Tuttle went to In- diana with his parents when a child, and was there educated. He later lived in Iowa two years, and in 1867 moved to Missouri, where he worked on a farm a like period, and was also employed in a mill for five years. He then moved to Illinois and en- gaged in railroad work some six years and a half. He was next employed five years in the manufac- ture of farming implements, at the expiration of which period he moved to Wichita, Kansas, and worked in the railroad shops until 1888; then he moved to Tacoma, Washington. He remained in that city three years, working as a carpenter and also as an employee in the Northern Pacific shops. In the fall of 1892 he began to work for the railroad at Cle-Elum, running the pump station, and at the end of four years engaged in his present transfer business. His brothers and sisters are: Sidney, of Illinois ; Hiram C. and Theron, of Oklahoma ; George W., of Almira, Kansas (deceased) : Mrs. Helen Doney, of Tacoma, and Romaine, Estella, Ellenora and Emma, all deceased.

Mr. Tuttle was married in Sterling, Illinois, June 16, 1872, to Miss Jennie Moores, daughter of John and Rebecca (Shier) Moores, both now dead. His wife was born in Illinois, February 22, 1853, and was educated in her native state. Her brothers and sisters are: George, of Iowa; Wright (de- ceased) ; Mrs. Elizabeth Stafford, of California, and Mrs. Maribah Reece, of Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle have five children, as follows: William W., born in Illinois, as was Leroy L. : Lyle D., a native of Kansas; Mrs. Maud E. (Tuttle) Simpson, born in Illinois, and Mrs. Mabel (Tuttle) Williamson, born in Kansas. The children all live in Cle-Elum. Mr. Tuttle and his family belong to the Presby- terian church. He is an active member of the Demo- cratic party, and has been road supervisor for two years. He has a comfortable five-room home, has built up a lucrative business, and is prosperous and progressive.

RALPH HARRISON resides in Cle-Elum, Washington, and is a mining man, as was his father

before him. He is the son of Ralph and Mary (Cartridge) Harrison, both natives of England. His father died in 1893, and his mother passed away ten years later. Mr. Harrison was born in Pennsylvania, January 21, 1864. He was educated in that state, where he learned the carpenter trade, and also mined with his father. In 1877 the family moved to Illinois and he there followed mining. In 1882 he went to North Dakota and engaged in coal mining and prospecting for two years. The follow- ing two years were spent in Montana and in 1886 he came to Roslyn. In 1900 he opened up the properties of the Summit Coal Mining Company, and during his seventeen years' residence in Kit- titas county he has been engaged in prospecting and mining. His brothers and sisters are: Mrs. Anna Graham, of Whatcom. Washingston; Edgar and Robert, of Cle-Elum, and Mrs. Mary Jorgeson, of Washington.

Mr. Harrison was married in Roslyn, to Miss Carrie Welch, who was born in Ohio, August 30, 1874. Her parents, Jacob and Mary E. (Daw- son) Welch, were natives of Ohio and moved to Kansas when she was a small girl. She was there educated and came to Washington with her parents in 1889. Her sister, Agnes (Welch) Piper, lives in Cle-Elum, and her brother, John, is a resident of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison have three daughters: Jessie M., born May 22, 1891; Blanch A., born September 20, 1893, and Verna V., born November 16, 1896. Mr. Harrison is a fraternal member of the Knights of Pythias. He is an active member of the Republican party and he and his family are members of the Episcopal church. He is a thorough prospector and miner, has large interests in coal deposits in the Cle-Elum district, and is now pushing development work on the Summit property.

WILLIAM B. SIDES, of Cle-Elum, Washing- ton, is engaged in the butchering and packing-house business. He was born at Bainbridge, Pennsylva- nia, June 24, 1864, and is the son of Jacob Sides, who was born in the same county, March 20, 1838. His mother, Mary E. (McAllister) Sides, was horn in 1848, and died, October 27, 1875. Mr. Sides has three brothers and two sisters. They are Mamie (Sides) Koller, of Pennsylvania; Lizzie (Sides) Bell, of Pennsylvania; Alfred C., a shoe salesman in Pennsylvania, and John H., of Roslyn, Wash- ington. William B. was educated in his native state and when twelve years old began to learn the butcher trade. After spending six years in a shop he moved to Illinois and for two and a half years engaged in farming. Later he took up his trade in Kansas for a short time ; at Walla Walla for a year ; at Ellensburg another year, and at Waterville, Washington, for four years. He sold out at Water- ville and moved to Roslyn, where, in partnership with Mr. Hartman, he opened a market in which

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he is now interested. The firm has its own shop and slaughter-house and packing-house at Roslyn and its own buildings at Cle-Elum. Of the Cle- Elum interests Mr. Sides is manager.

Mr. Sides was married at Waterville, Washing- ton, July 7, 1891, to Miss Alice May Whaley, who was born in Sioux City, Iowa, July, 15, 1871. Her father, Joseph Whaley, was born in Virginia in 1839, and served in the Union army during the war. The mother, Nancy (Harvey) Whaley, was born in Illinois in 1843. Mrs. Sides has three brothers and two sisters. The brothers are Henry E. Whaley, a locomotive engineer ; Otis J. Whaley, a machinist and Mervin E., an express messenger at Seattle. One sister, Miss Myrtle V., of Kalispell, is a stenographer, and the other, Mrs. Frankie (Whaley) Knemeyer, resides at Waterville. The three children of Mr. and Mrs. Sides are Cecil M., born in 1892; Mervin H., born in 1894; and Alfred C., born in 1896. Mr. Sides is an Odd Fellow, fra- ternally, and in politics is a stanch Democrat. He was elected mayor of Roslyn on the Democratic ticket in 1900, but after serving one term he de- clined renomination. In business affairs he has been creditably successful, and from the part he has taken in public affairs and his manner of serv- ing he has come deservedly to be one of the highly prominent citizens of his community.

ARTHUR JARRED, a farmer living three miles southeast of Cle-Elum, Washington, was born in Fountain county, Indiana, July 18, 1837, the fourth child in a family of seven. His father, Arthur Jarred, a native of Virginia, and his mother, Galila (Nugent) Jarred, a native of North Caro- lina, are deceased. George W. Jarred is the only brother of our subject that is now living. Those deceased are Mrs. Synthia Ann (Jarred) Justus, Alma, Mack, Lucretia (Jarred) Darouch and Henry. Mr. Jarred attended school in Indiana and Illinois until he was twenty years old, and then en- gaged in farming in partnership with his father. This occupation he followed for thirteen years. In 1865 he moved to Kansas and remained a year, and then, after a few months in Iowa, he located on a farm in Missouri, where he engaged in stock raising for four years. On account of ill health he went to Utah and afterwards located near Bozeman, Mon- tana, where he took up one hundred and sixty acres of land. He followed stock raising with success for twelve years and then sold out. He spent a year in Klickitat county, and then in 1884 moved to Yak- ima county, where he again took up stock raising. After a residence of thirteen years there he took an overland trip by wagon to California. Return- ing after a brief stay, he made his home at North Yakima for four years. He went to Alaska in 1889 and on his return moved to Kittitas county and bought his present farm of eighty acres, of which he has made a most desirable home. He also owns

forty acres in Thurston county. Mr. Jarred was married in Paris, Illinois, December 29, 1859, to Miss Sarah Jane Wallace, who was born in In- diana, March 25, 1841. She was the daughter of Edward and Sarah J. (Carson) Wallace. Mrs. Jarred has two brothers, James and Clark, and five sisters, Mary, Margaret, Rebecca, Lavina and Mrs. Caroline Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. Jarred have had six children, of whom but two survive. These are Capitola (Jarred) Stoner, of Walla Walla, and Henry M. Jarred, of Kittitas county. In politics Mr. Jarred is a Democrat, and as a citizen is a credit to his community, having the confidence and respect of all.

W. F. HENSELEIT is engaged in farming three and one-half miles southwest of Liberty, Kit- titas county, Washington. His postoffice address is Cle-Elum. Mr. Henseleit is a native of Russia, born September 6, 1870. He is the son of August and Frederica (Winkler) Henseleit, natives of Prussia, of German extraction; the father was born September 30, 1834, and the mother, July 26, 1840. The subject of this biography is one of a family of eight children, five of whom are still living; their names follow : Louis, a machinist living in Seattle, born in Russia September 2, 1863; Mrs. Julia (Henseleit) Hartman, living in Kittitas county, born in Russia April 15, 1865; Mrs. Alidia (Hense- leit) Duerrwaechter, wife of a Seattle brewer, born in Russia April 18, 1875; Martha Henseleit, born in Russia June 30, 1883. One brother and two sis- ters, John, Emma and Ella, are dead.

Mr. Henseleit spent his early life in the country of his birth and there received his education. In 1888, at the age of eighteen, he came to the United States with his parents, who settled in Roslyn. Here for six years he worked in the coal mines. In 1891 his parents moved from Roslyn to a farm and in 1894 he followed their example, settling in his present location, where he has since farmed and made his home. Both have been very successful in agricultural pursuits and their farms are among the best in the county. The father has two hun- dred and forty acres and the son five hundred and sixty acres, two hundred and seventy-five acres of the son's ranch having been brought under a high state of cultivation. From its primitive state it has been transformed into an ideal home and a valuable property. Besides a good dwelling house and a large barn, the farm is equipped with all necessary machinery and stocked with fifty horses and cattle. Fraternally Mr. Henseleit is connected with the Knights of Pythias and politically with the Social- ists. His parents are members of the German Lutheran church. He is one of the successful farmers of Kittitas county, respected by friends and neighbors as a man of industry, honor and in- tegrity.

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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 202

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