An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 206

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

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Simpson has one half-brother and three half-sisters, named, respectively, John, Hannah, Mary and Bes- sie, all of whom still reside in Pennsylvania. In 1890, at Camden, New Jersey, Mr. Simpson was married to Mollie A. Porter, who was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, in 1872. Her father, William Porter, was a farmer and carpenter, and was born about 1851, and still resides in Pennsylvania, his na- tive state. His wife, mother of the subject of this sketch, Rachel (Wilson) Porter, was born in Penn- sylvania in 1850, and died in 1897. Her mother was Mary Ann Small, a descendant of a Revolutionary family. Mrs. Simpson has four sisters, named, re- spectively, Eudora, Estella, Elizabeth and Clara, all of whom reside in their native state, Pennsylvania. She is the mother of five children: Muriel, born at Mars, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1892; Walter, born, at Teanaway, Washington, October 21, 1894; died December 24, 1901; Porter, born March 31, 1897, at Teanaway, Washington; James and Bar- bara, born, respectively, February 7, 1900, and Sep- tember 4, 1902, at Cle-Elum, Washington.

Mr. Simpson is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He also belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and his wife is a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Mr. Simpson is a Republican, and takes great interest in party niatters, attending all conventions. He owns forty acres of timber land and property at Cle-Elum. His parents are very well-to-do.

G. P. SHORT, a lawyer and notary public of Cle-Elum, Washington, drew the papers for the in- corporation of that town, and was its first city attor- ney. He is a native of New York. He was born in Honeoye, October 8, 1875. His father, Spencer B. Short, was born in the Empire State in 1832 and comes of an old English family which settled in that state in the seventeenth century. His mother, Lor- inda ( Pitts) Short, was born in Honeoye, New York, in 1842, and came from the old Pitts stock of that county. Her grandfather was the original owner of Pittstown, since changed to Honeoye, which was named after him. His brother, Captain Peter Pitts, was in the Revolutionary war. G. P. Short grew up to manhood in his native state. He was educated in the Genesee Wesleyan seminary at Lima, New York, at Williams College, and at Cornell University and in the law schools. He graduated in 1899 and came West to the coast. He later went to Ellens- burg, and was for two years with Kaufman & Frost. In 1902 he moved to Cle-Elum and engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Short was married at Seattle, Washington, November 16, 1900, to Mary Bostwick, also a native of Honeoye and a school- mate of his. Her father, William Bostwick, was a farmer of New York State, of English descent. He died in 1806. His wife died when Mrs. Short was a small child. Mrs. Short was educated in the Gen-

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esee Wesleyan academy and at Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts. She taught in New York and at St. Catherine's College in Canada, just across the line from Buffalo. She has two sisters and two brothers in New York. Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Short are the parents of two interesting children. The older, Spencer D., was born November 14, 1901; baby of the family, Catherine Short, was born December 4, 1902. Mrs. Short is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Short is a Republican, and takes a leading part in political matters, attending all con- ventions of his party. In addition to his law prac- tice, he finds time to devote to the real estate busi- ness.

JOHN H. CASH, head blacksmith at the coal mines of the Northwestern Improvement Company at Cle-Elum, learned the trade with his father and brothers at Lone Jack, Missouri, his native state. He was born at Kansas City in 1861. His father, William Cash, a blacksmith, was born in North Carolina in 1832, and was raised in Kentucky. He died June 13, 1891. The mothier, Elizabeth (Dun- can) Cash, was born in Kentucky in 1841, and died November 5, 1891. Her ancestors were Kentucky pioneers, and her father, Thornton Duncan, was a veteran in the Mexican war. Mr. Cash was ed- ucated in the common schools of Missouri, and when seventeen years old began to learn his trade. The following year he became self-supporting, and added to his knowledge the trade of horseshoer. He worked at Kansas City and did track shoeing for a number of years. He continued to work near Kansas City and at Lone Jack until October, 1900, when he moved west and located at Cle-Elum, where his brother Oscar had previously settled. He opened up a shop and operated it for about eighteen months. Finding shoeing too hard on him, he en- gaged with the coal company, where he has since remained. December 17, 1895, at Wheatland, Mis- souri, Mr. Cash was married to Ella Shields, who was born in Hickory county, Missouri, July 16, 1869. Her father, Jacob Shields, a native of Illi- nois, was a stage driver in Missouri in early days, running between Springfield and Sedalia. He was born in 1845 and is still living in Missouri. Mrs. Cash's mother, Melissa (Bird) Shields, was born in Missouri in 1847 and died in 1894. Mr. Cash has one brother, Oscar Cash, now a resident of Port- land, Oregon. He has two sisters, both of whom are married-Ella (Cash) Koons and Mollie (Cash) Sapp. Mrs. Cash's only brother, Edwin Shields, lives at Cle-Elum. Her married sisters, Jennie (Shields) McLean and Cora (Shields) Simms, reside in Missouri. Mrs. Cash is a member of the Baptist Church. She and Mr. Cash have an adopted daughter, Opal Cash. Mr. Cash is a mem- ber of the Modern Brotherhood of America. He is a thorough Democrat and takes an active interest in the success of his party and in matters political. He

has been quite successful and owns his home at Cle- Elum.

WILLIAM M. ADAM, now serving his third term as mayor of Roslyn, Washington, is a contract- or and builder, and comes from a family of carpen- ters. It is worthy of note that during his fourteen years' residence at Roslyn, he has worked but four- teen days outside of his trade. He was born in St. Croix county, Wisconsin, January 6, 1859. His father, Christopher Adam, was born in Germany in 1825 and came to the United States when a young man to follow his trade of cabinet making. He served as a member of the Thirtieth Wisconsin regiment for three years and four months during the Civil war, and was wounded and later was granted a pension. The mother, Catherine (Deal) Adam, was a native of Germany, but came to the United States with her parents when she was a small child. Mr. Adam secured a good education in the common schools of his native state and when but a small boy began to work at the trade of carpenter and cabinet maker with his father, and virtually grew up in the busi- ness. He remained at home until he was twenty- one, but had begun taking outside work from the time he was nineteen years old. He worked more than two years at Burkhardt's on one job, putting in a dam and building a large flour-mill and elevator plant and planing-mill. He worked at St. Paul also for a long time, and in 1889 he moved West and opened up in the contracting business at Roslyn, which he has followed with marked success ever since. Mr. Adam was married in Wisconsin in 1882 to Mary E. Packingham, who died in Jan- uary, 1889. There were three children born to them: James H., who is following the trade of a carpenter ; Jane G., living in St. Paul, and William T., who lives with his father at Roslyn. In Feb- ruary, 1893, Mr. Adam was married to Frances Alexander, who was born in Wisconsin in 1861. She was the daughter of Joseph and Bessie (Kelley) Alexander. Both of her parents are still living. By this marriage there is one child, Georgia, ten years old. Mr. Adam's brothers and sisters bear the fol- lowing names : Helen, Louis, Mary, Charles, Jacob, Christopher, Lottie and Hattie. Three of the brothers are carpenters. Mr. Adam is an active Republican, and is county committeeman, a posi- tion he has filled for years. During his residence at Roslyn he served a term as city councilman. Then he was elected mayor for two consecutive terms. After a rest he consented that his name should be used again last fall, and he was chosen mayor for the third time over James Herron, a first class cit- izen, who had the endorsement of the coal com- pany. Mr. Adam is a firm advocate of public own- ership of public conveniences. He was instrumental as mayor in having the first water works system installed at Roslyn. The growth of the town having made further improvements necessary to the system,

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these will be made under his directions. He has given this matter much thought and study, and his advice on water systems has been sought by other municipalities. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Adam has been very successful in his business undertakings. He is one of twelve men who own the property of the Sampson Mining Company in Skagit county. The mine is a copper, gold and silver proposition, and is considered one of the best in the Northwest. Mr. Adam owns considerable town property in Roslyn, and is a part- ner with A. Stoves in the undertaking business.

WILLIAM P. MORGAN, station agent at Ros- lyn, Washington, a position he has filled since July 3, 1891, was born in Brecon, south Wales, October 16, 1864. His father, William Morgan, was a farmer in that country, born in 1837, and came to the United States in 1876, locating in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania. He died February 8, 1903. The mother, Annie (Parry) Morgan, was born in Wales in 1838 and died September 30, 1869. Mr. Morgan attended the national schools in Wales until he was sixteen years old. He took up the study of telegraphy when he was thirteen, and soon had charge of an office. He came to the United States, January 15. 1881, and found that he had to learn telegraphy all over again. He went to Pittsburg and secured employment under Andrew Carnegie, car- rying pig iron, and was paid one dollar and twenty- five cents a day. He was also employed by the Pittsburg Steel Company and the Graff- Bennet Steel Company. Later he went to Wis- consin, where his brother, David E. Morgan, was employed. There he worked on a farm and learned telegraphy on the Milwaukee railroad at North Prairie. A few months afterward he secured regular employment as a telegraph operator. He was operator at Janesville, Wisconsin, for three years, and for two years at Darlington. In 1890 he came West and located at Easton, on the North- ern Pacific, as operator. He moved to Roslyn that September and engaged as operator and bill clerk, from which he was promoted to his present position.

Mr. Morgan was married at Roslyn, August 21, 1900, to Emma W. Blunt, daughter of George and Ellen (Martin) Blunt. She was born in Maryland in 1877. Her father was a native of England and a coal miner. He is dead. Her mother was of Scotch parentage and still resides at Roslyn. Mr. Morgan has one brother and two sisters; Madge is wife of Thomas France; Ada M. and David E., the latter living in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Mor- gan have one child, Eleanor Louise, who was born June 5, 1901. Mr. Morgan was mayor of Roslyn for two terms, and his administration was most sat- isfactory. Three miles of sewers were put in, a road grader was purchased, and all the streets were graded, and other improvements were made during his terms. He is a stanch Republican. He is sec-

retary of and a stockholder in the Imperial Mining Company and has other mining interests. He is the chairman of the Roslyn board of education, which position he has held for three years. He has been a member of the Knights of Pythias since 1888. He is a genial, pleasant gentleman, and has a host of friends.

ELIJAH BROOKS is the fire boss at the Cle- Elum mine No. 2, and was born in England, Sep- tember 14, 1865, where he lived until he was four- teen years old. His father, Samuel Brooks, was a railroad man, and was killed in 1871 while crossing a bridge at Lye, near Storbridge, when the subject was then but five years old. Two years later young Brooks went to work in a brickyard. In 1873 he started to work in the coal mines, and continued that employment until 1880, when with his mother, Eliz- abeth (Hill) Brooks, and the rest of the family, he came to the United States. The mother returned to England in 1894, and still lives there. Mr. Brooks secured employment in the mines at Knightsville, Ind.ana, where he remained until 1888. In that year he went to the Indian Territory coal mines at Cribbs for the Osage Coal Mining Company, and was in McAlester until 1891. At the time of the great explosion in No. II there were one hundred and five men killed and fatally injured. Mr. Brooks was one of the few who escaped by the exercise of coolness and presence of mind. He and the others who escaped made their way to safety through the old workings of the mine, after being imprisoned four and one-half hours after the explosion. Mr. Brooks then went to Coalgate, where he worked until 1898, when he moved to Vancouver Island, B. C., and worked in the mines there until March, 1901. Then he moved to Cle-Elum and worked for a time in the mines, until he took up the duties of fire boss. It is his duty to enter the mines and in- spect them every morning before the workmen come, to see there are no gases or other threatening indi- cations.

Mr. Brooks was married in 1887, at Knightsville, Indiana, to Mary A. Davison, who was born in England, July 16, 1869. She was the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Proud) Davison. Her father, an English miner, came to the United States in 1881 and died in 1898 on Vancouver Island. Her mother is still living at Cle-Elum, Washington. Mrs. Brooks has two brothers and two sisters, named, re- spectively, Frank, Elizabeth A., Martin and Isabella. Mr. Brooks has two brothers, Samuel and Matthew, both of whom are miners. The former lives in In- diana and the latter in Indian Territory. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks have three children : Elijah, born July 31, 1888; Martin, born August 8, 1891, and Frank, born October 12, 1893. Mr. Brooks is a member of the Knights of Pvthias, Red Men and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a Republican and has been twice nominated for membership in the city

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council. He owns his own home and lot at Cle- Elum. The house is a neat one and well furnished. Mrs. Brooks attends the Presbyterian church.

GEORGE SLOAN, M. D., physician and sur- geon at Roslyn, Washington, is of Scotch ancestry. He is the son of Alexander and Sarah (Percy) Sloan, both natives of Scotland. The elder Sloan was a mine owner and manager in Allegany coun- ty, Maryland. He traces his ancestry back to the sixteenth century. Dr. Sloan was born at Pom- pey Smash, Allegany county, Maryland, June 20, 1856. He worked in his father's coal office and attended the common schools in his native state. He finished the high school in 1875 and went to Belle- vue Hospital and Medical College, New York City, where he was graduated in medicine in 1878, at the age of about twenty-one years. He first practiced his profession at Moinogonia, Iowa, and then was appointed surgeon for the coal company at the Fort Dodge mines. After four years in that position he took a vacation of one year and settled at Des Moines, Iowa. In November, 1888, he moved to Roslyn, where he became surgeon for the employees of the Northern Pacific Coal Company, now a part of the mining department of the Northwestern Improvement Company, with offices and interests at other points of the state and elsewhere. His business is to look after the employees of the com- pany and their families, supplying all medical and surgical attention they require.

Dr. Sloan superseded Dr. W. H. Harris as mine physician, and has filled the position ever since. Dr. J. H Lyon was for a time associated with him, and later Dr. L. L. Porter and Dr. A. C. Simonton also became associated in the work.

Dr. Sloan was married in 1890, in Maryland, to Elizabeth A. Bell, who was born in Lonaconing, that state, in 1857. Her father, John Bell, was a native of Scotland, a mining engineer, and died in 1877 at the age of forty-seven years. Her mother, Margaret (Hutchinson) Bell, was a native of Nova Scotia. Dr. Sloan had five brothers and five sisters, as follows: Agnes Whelan, Duncan J., Margaret R., Sarah M., and Jean McF. Sloan, living in North Baltimore, Ohio; Matthew H., of Cumberland ; Alexander D., of North Yakima, Washington ; Ed- win R., residing in Jackson, Mississippi; Judge D. W. Sloan, of Cumberland, now deceased, and Mrs. Helen P. Schaidt, who has also passed away.

JAMES LANE came to the United States from England when twenty-two years of age, believing that better opportunities were offered here than in his native country to men of ambition and energy whose success in life must depend upon their indi- vidual efforts and resources. Prior to coming to this country he received his education in English schools, and after the completion of his studies spent

a number of years in coal mining. After reaching the United States, he continued in the same occu- pation, settling in Braidwood, Illinois, July, 1879, whence he removed to Streator, Illinois, remaining there some ten years, or until his settlement in Ros- lyn, in 1889. Here he at once commenced to work in the mines, and continued in this employment until August 22, 1898, when he was appointed postmaster by President Mckinley. In the past five years the office has advanced from fourth class to the presi- dential grade, the annual receipts now amounting to $3,900, and the money order receipts being greater than those of any town in the state having a like population. Mr. Lane was born in Clearwell. Dean Forest, Gloucestershire, England, during Novem- ber, 1857. He is the son of Emanuel and Mary (Jones ) Lane, his father being a native of England, where he died in 1899. The mother was of Welsh descent ; she died in May, 1864. Emanuel Lane was a metal miner, and at the time of his death was a contractor in the mines at Dean Forest. James Lane has one brother, Thomas, a farmer living in Iowa.

Mr. Lane was married in Wigane, Lancashire, England, in June, 1876, to Miss Anna N. Clark, daughter of Henry and Mary (Cole) Clark, both natives of England, born, respectively, in 1835 and 1839. Mrs. Lane's father was a miner in his native country ; crossed the water in 1870, and engaged in mining for a time in Pennsylvania ; he is now a res- ident of Roslyn. His wife died August 22. 1900. Mrs. Lane has two brothers, William H., of Roslyn, and Charles Clark, of Seattle. She also has two sis- ters, Agnes Ellis, a resident of Illinois, and Mary A. Doer, living in Roslyn. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Lane are: James Lane, Junior, Florence Mor- rison and Cora McCullock, all living in Roslyn. Mr. Lane is prominent in the I. O. O. F. society, having occupied all the chairs and being past grand of the order. He has been an active Republican ever since coming to this country ; was nominee for county as- sessor in Kittitas county in 1896, but was defeated with his party, the entire ticket failing of election. Mr. Lane, however, came out second on the ticket. He has served here four years as a county central committeeman, and was last year a delegate to the Republican state convention ; he was the first coun- cilman at large in Roslyn and served four successive terms in this capacity. The city hall and city jail were built while he was a member of the council. Mr. Lane is regarded as one of the substantial and most successful citizens of Roslyn, and is an in- fluential member of his political party. He enjoys the confidence and respect of all who know him.

SIMON R. JUSTHAM, a painter and paper- hanger of Roslyn and deputy game warden of Kit- titas county, Washington, is a native of Northum- berland county, England, born February 5, 1868. He is the son of Samuel R. and Laura (Tipitt) Justham, both natives of England, his father, a

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butcher, born in Devonshire, in 1834, now living in Pennsylvania, to which state he came from England in 1889. Simon R. Justham was educated in the schools of England and spent some time afterwards in the mines, coming to the United States at the ago of eighteen, on account of an extensive strike among the miners of his locality. He was first em- ployed in a tannery in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, going at the end of six months to Ishpeming, Mich- igan, where he was employed a like period in the iron mines. Leaving this locality, he went to the Sound country, and worked eighteen months in the Black Diamond mines, coming at the end of this time, March, 1899, to Roslyn, where he has since made his home. After one year spent in the mines, he entered the painting establishment of J. H. Cal- hoon, remaining there three years, during which time he learned the trade. He then went into busi- ness for himself, and has been successful in building up an extensive trade; he has been longer in the business than any one now living in the town, and practically controls the local trade. Mr. Justham has two children, Frederick and Laura, now attend- ing the Roslyn public schools. He has brothers and sisters living in the eastern states, as follows: Thomas, James, William, Grace, Charlotte, Susan and Malora. Mr. Justham holds membership in the Knights of Pythias fraternity and in the Painters' Union of Seattle. He is an active worker in the Democratic party and a leader in the local party organization as well as a member of the county cen- tral committee. In 1902, he was a candidate for county auditor, being defeated, with his party, by only seven votes. He is at present a bailiff and has also served as constable. An enthusiastic sports- man, he takes a deep interest in the work of pre- serving the game. He is interested in the "Huckle- berry" and other quartz mines of this section, and is a successful business man, popular, and highly esteemed as one of the substantial citizens of Roslyn.

ARCHIBALD S. PATRICK has been a res- ident of Kittitas county, Washington, almost con- tinuously since 1886, and the greater part of the time a citizen of Roslyn. In the year named, Mr. Patrick came here from Montana, where for three years he had been in the service of the Northern Pa- cific Coal Company, and during this period located some of the best coal veins in that state. In 1886, he was sent to Kittitas county by the same company, now known as the Northwestern Improvement Company, and located for them the Roslyn. mines, the finest coal fields in the great Northwest. Until 1890, he remained with the company as a mining engineer, going at this time to British Columbia, where he made an unsuccessful effort to locate coal fields for another company. He returned later to Kittitas county, and until 1898 was variously em- ployed, at first spending some time prospecting in his own interests, and afterwards entering the serv-

ice of the Roslyn water-works as a plumber, becom- ing at the same time general plumber for the city and looking after the city contracts. In 1898, Mr. Patrick and A.D. Hopper, of Spokane, organized the Roslyn Coal Company, now operating coal mines two miles northwest of the city. Mr. Patrick is an expert coal prospector and mining engineer, and has located and now owns extensive areas of coal lands in the Roslyn district, which are yearly becoming more valuable. Mr. Patrick was born in Lannerick- shire, Scotland, October 28, 1862. He is the son of James and Jane (Stewart) Patrick, both natives of Scotland, and both born in 1827. His father came to Pennsylvania in 1868 and engaged in the mercantile business in the mining district about Pittsburg, also, at a later period, engaged in min- ing ; he died in 1901. The subject of this biography came to the United States with his mother in 1869, his father having preceded them. He spent his early manhood in Trumbull county, Ohio, and here received his education in the common schools. He learned the trade of a machinist, and until 1881 spent his time at that trade and in mining in Ohio. In 1881, he began life on his own account, removing to Boone county, Iowa, and engaging in mining and the real estate business. His next move, in 1883, was to Montana, where he became associated with the Northern Pacific Coal Company, locating three years later in Kittitas county, as has been previously stated.

Mr. Patrick was married January 1, 1891, to Euphemia Simpson, who was born in Scotland in 1870, came to this country in 1871, and was ed- ucated in Ohio, where the marriage took place. She is the daughter of Henry and Jennie (Burrell) Simpson, both, natives of Scotland; her father is a millwright. Both father and mother still live in Ohio. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick are: Jennie Burrell, Mary Stewart, Nellie Simpson, James and Harvey Simpson Stewart. Mr. Patrick is a prominent member of both the Knights of Pythias and Masonic fraternities ; is past master of the latter order in Roslyn. The family belongs to the Presbyterian church. Mr. Patrick is an enthusiastic Republican, attends local and state conventions, and has served as chairman of the local precinct commit- tee. He takes considerable interest in school mat- ters and was for several years a member of the school board, his term expiring in 1902. He is ex- tensively interested both in Roslyn and in valley real estate, has one of the finest residences in Ros- lyn and takes special interest in the development of town and country. He is public spirited and progressive, holds the respect and confidence of all, and is known as one of the influential and substan- tial residents of central Washington.

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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 206

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