An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 98

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

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In politics, Mr. Barnes is a stanch Republican and a supporter of the present administration. Fra- ternally, he is a member of the A. O. U. W. Upon his place he has built one of the finest residences in this section of the state. He is conceded to be one of the county's most capable farmers and business men, stands high in the community as a man of strict integrity, and is one of Klickitat's represen- tative citizens.

SAMUEL A. WILKINS, a well-to-do Klickitat county farmer, residing on his 320-acre ranch, situ- ated some three and a half miles southeast of Gold- endale, was born in England, January 4, 1839, the son of William and Sarah (Ashby) Wilkins. His father was likewise an Englishman, born in 1805; he died in 1854, in the same house in which he was born. His wife, the mother of our subject, is also dead. Samuel A. never had the opportunity of ob- taining a school course, but has picked up his educa- tion in various ways through life, acquiring a good fund of practical knowledge. When but seven years old he started to work on a farm, and so faithful was his service that the same farmer retained him in his employ for eighteen years. At the end of that long period he took up the trade of a rope-maker, at which he served his full apprenticeship and several years as a journeyman, all in Northamptonshire, England. In March, 1869, he left his native land for the United States, settling at length in Huron county, Ohio, where he resided eighteen montlis.

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Going then to Marshall county, Kansas, he followed farming there for six or seven years. In 1874 he came to California and after two years' residence in the Golden state, he made his way to Klickitat county, the first few years of his residence in which section were spent in well digging. In 1884, how- ever, he filed on a homestead near Goldendale and upon it he has lived continuously since, purchasing other land as he was able. At present he cultivates nearly 200 acres, retaining the rest of his half sec- tion for pasture land.

Mr. Wilkins married, in England, May 15, 1865, Miss Charlotte Stimpson, whose father, Josiah, a native of that country born in 1816, was a farmer by occupation. He died in his native land. Mrs. Wilkins' mother, whose name was Mary (Dayton) Stimpson, was also born in England. She passed away November 5. 1903, at the age of eighty-three, after having become the mother of eight children. Mrs. Wilkins was born September 17, 1839. She received her education in the English schools and at the age of twenty-six married. She and Mr. Wil- kins are parents of six children, namely, William J., born in England, July 15, 1866; Mrs. Ada J. Bun- nell, born in Ohio, October 3, 1869, now living near Goldendale ; Mrs. Alice A. L. Richardson, born in Kansas, September 16, 1872, at present residing in The Dalles ; Mrs. Agnes M. Thomas, also a native of Kansas, born June 1, 1875, and living in The Dalles ; Ellen E., born in California, July 10, 1877, and living at home, and Hiram A., who was born October 5, 1880, and passed away at the age of six. Mr. Wilkins is a member of the A. O. U. W. and the Grange and is an active worker in the Methodist church. He has been a choir singer much of his life and was trustee of the Goldendale church for sixteen years. In politics he is a Republican. A man of pleasing personality and unquestioned integ- rity, he has always commanded a full measure of respect and esteem, and his standing in his com- munity is an enviable one.

EDWIN M. ANDREWS, a prosperous farmer of Klickitat county, Washington, residing five miles southeast of the city of Goldendale, was born in Douglas county, Kansas, January 24, 1872. Emery B. Andrews, his father, was born in the New Eng- land states, removed to Kansas in the early days and was there married. His wife, whose maiden name was Hortense Adamsson, was a native of Sweden. She came to the United States when a young woman, taking up her abode in Kansas, where she was married in 1868; her death occurred while she was living in Klickitat county in 1885. The subject of this biography received his education in the pub- lic schools of Klickitat county, to which he came with his mother when a lad of six years. He began earning his own living when only fourteen years old, working on the farms of neighboring ranch- .men. For many years he lived with his grand par-

ents, or at least made his home with them. In the spring of 1893 Mr. Andrews rented a farm belong- ing to an uncle and operated it two years. His grandfather passing away in 1896, the court ap- pointed Edwin N. Andrews administrator of the es- tate, and subsequently he bought out the interests of the other heirs and took full charge of the farm, which constituted the major portion of the property. In 1902 he filed on a homestead claim fifteen miles northeast of Goldendale, this and the old farm com- prising Mr. Andrews' present holding. He has fol- lowed agricultural pursuits since youth and has met with a fair share of success in that industry.

Mr. Andrews was married in Goldendale, Octo- ber 16, 1900, to Miss Carrie L. Montgomery, a daughter of Allen W. and Emma (Woods) Mont- gomery, a biographical sketch of whom appears elsewhere in these pages. Mr. Montgomery is a well known and successful horticulturist, living just north of Goldendale. Mrs. Andrews was born in Kansas, April II, 1882, and in that commonwealth received a good education in the public schools. She was eighteen years old when married. One daugh- ter, Effie L., has been born to this union, the date of her birth being September II, 1901. Mr. Andrews is an active Republican, and fraternally is affiliated with the Odd Fellows. Besides his 200 acres or more of real estate holdings he owns some stock and property of minor value. He is a citizen of excellent standing in his community.

WILLIAM H. ADAMS, a Klickitat county land owner and farmer, resides six miles east and three-quarters of a mile north of the city of Golden- dale. He was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1868, the son of John F. and Cather- ine (Buck) Adams, both of whom were of Dutch extraction. His father, who was likewise a native of the Quaker state and was a blacksmith by trade, served throughout the Civil war in a Pennsylvania regiment of volunteers. After its close, he went, in 1866, to Kansas and took a homestead there, upon which he lived until the time of his wife's death. He then returned to his native state, where he was killed in 1871 by accident. His wife, who was like- wise born in the Quaker state, also met a violent death, being killed in a railroad accident in Kansas. The subject of this article was educated in the pub- lic schools of Pennsylvania and Kansas. Left an orphan at the age of three, he was early compelled to take life's burdens upon his own shoulders and at the age of ten he was placed on a cattle ranch in Kansas, where he remained for seven years. He then took up farming for three years, then, in 1888, came west to Klickitat county, where his first work was in a sawmill. Twelve months later he removed to Oregon. He spent a year in a logging camp there, then went to work for the O. R. & N. Com- pany, in whose employ he remained another year, coming then to Goldendale. He was employed, in

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Hoggard's sawmill for nearly a year after his ar- rival, and his next employers were D. W. Pierce & Son, for whom he wrought as head sawyer for four years. In 1900, he took a homestead nearly six miles from the city and he has since made his home on it, following farming with assiduity and success. His realty holdings at present consist of 480 acres of land, two hundred of which are in cul- tivation, and he keeps some stock.

In Goldendale, on the 16th of January, 1896, Mr. Adams married Mrs. Ellie D. Roe, whose father, Daniel W. Pierce, a native of Vermont, came to the county in 1878 and still resides in Goldendale. Her mother's name is Belinda. Mrs. Adams was born in Wisconsin in 1859, but was educated in Pennsylvania, in which state she married Carlton Roe. Three children were the fruit of this mar- riage, Bert C., Harold and Ernest. She and Mr. Adams have one daughter, Esther, born in the county in 1897. Mr. Adams is a member of the Presbyterian church and in politics, a Republican. He is a school director in district No. 16 at present. A pleasant, approachable gentleman, an energetic and successful farmer and a man of integrity, he en- joys the full confidence and hearty good will of his neighbors.

THOMAS C. FLANNERY, one of Klickitat county's well known farmers, resides on a fine 160- acre ranch, situated seven miles east of the City of Goldendale, and is one of the most successful agri- culturists of his community. The Emerald Isle is his birthplace. There he was born, in Tipperary county, May 14. 1850, the son of Patrick and Jane (Wills) Flannery, both of whom were also Irish. The father, who died several years ago in his na- tive country, was born in 1818 and was a farmer. Mrs. Flannery was married in Ireland; she died in the state of Pennsylvania many years ago. At the time Thomas C. came to the United States he was twenty years old, and, while he had followed farm- ing in the old country, he took up a different line of work in America. The first three years of his resi- dence were spent in the ordnance department of the United States army. He next spent a like period in the service of the American Express Company. In the fall of 1875 he went west to California and for two years was employed in the shops of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. The ensuing four years he worked for a street car company in San Francisco. Then, in 1882, he came north to Klickitat county and took a homestead five miles cast of Goldendale. That place was his home thir- teen years, or until 1895, when he removed to his present farm. By dint of much hard work and com- mendable thrift, Mr. Flannery has placed nearly all of his land into cultivation, giving him an unusu- ally attractive place.

He was married in San Francisco, October 8. 1876, to Miss Dorothy O'Leary. Her mother and

father were both of Irish birth and descent; both are now dead. Mrs. Flannery was born in England in 1846, educated in the schools of Britain, came to Chicago in 1870 and passed away in 1892, some sixteen years after her marriage. One child was the fruit of the marriage, James, who was born in California, August 4, 1877, and who is still living. Mr. Flannery is connected with one fraternal order, the Woodmen of the World. He possesses the genial nature characteristic of his race, is known as a highly competent man and commands the good will of the entire community.

WILLIAM AND JOHN ROCHE. William Roche, a well-to-do farmer of Klickitat county, liv- ing on his ranch five miles east of the city of Gold- endale, was born in Illinois, December 22, 1854. His father, John Roche, a native of New York state, is a carpenter by trade. He early removed to Illinois, and in 1855 located in Saint Croix county, Wiscon- sin, of which he was one of the earliest settlers. He lived there eleven years, then came to California and settled in San Francisco, where he lived twelve months. He next removed to Napa county, in the same state, and he followed his trade in various parts of the county for some years. In 1879 he came to Klickitat county for a stay of five years, going then to Douglas county, Oregon. After a res- idence of eleven years there, he came again to Klick- itat county, but at present he makes his home in North Yakima. William Roche, his son, received his education in the common schools of Wisconsin. Coming to the Golden state with his father at the age of seventeen, he worked on various farms there for nearly seven years, then, in 1878, came north to Klickitat county and took up a homestead some five miles east of Goldendale. He lived on the prop- crty for five years, cultivating the land, and he has resided in the immediate vicinity ever since, en- gaged in agriculture and raising stock.

Near him lives his brother, John, who was born in Wisconsin, September 22, 1865. He attended for a time the public schools of his native state, but completed his education in California, to which state he moved with his parents at the age of nine. He came to Klickitat county with his father when a lit- tle over fourteen years old and worked for various stockmen on the range, until he was twenty-five. During this period he entered the horse business on his own account. In 1892 he bought his present place from the railroad company and to its improve- ment and cultivation he has devoted most of his time since, putting the entire tract into cultivation. The brothers have well improved and valuable farms of some two hundred acres in the aggregate. Both have considerable live stock of different kinds on their places, and John has a band of about seventy-five horses. They are industrious, thrifty farmers, up-to-date in their methods and progressive always. As men and citizens their record is above

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reproach. Both are members of the Catholic church and William allies himself with the Democratic party.

ELMER R. WATSON, an energetic and pros- perous farmer of Klickitat county, resides on his ranch of 240 acres, fifteen miles east of the city of Goldendale. He is a native of the Golden state, born March 13, 1876. His father, Robert, of Cana- dian birth, is likewise a farmer by occupation. In early days he crossed the border into the United States and settled first in California, where he was successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1889. In that year he came north to Klickitat county. At present he is living in Nort Yaki- ma. Mrs. Watson, whose maiden name was Annie Ferguson, was also born in Canada and it was there that she met and married Mr. Watson. Elmer, their eldest son, received his education in the public schools of this county, mostly in district No. 6. He remained at home with his parents until twenty-six years old, then began farming on his own account and for a number of years has combined stock rais- ing with agriculture. His father gave him 240 acres of deeded land when he was twenty years . old, over two-thirds of which he has succeeded in bring- ing under cultivation. His eldest brother, Angus, and sister, Mrs. Ida Saxton, live near Goldendale; an- other sister, Mrs. Maud Richardson, makes her home in Bickleton; his brother, Fred, lives near Elmer's ranch, and the remaining brother, Califor- nia H., resides in Pasco.

Mr. Watson still remains single. He is a young man of estimable character and gives strict attention to his business, of which he is making a splendid success. He enjoys an enviable standing in his community and the esteem and good will of his neighbors and fellow citizens.

WILLIAM HART, an extensive fruit raiser of Klickitat county, resides a mile and a half north of Goldendale. He was born in London, England, March 17, 1854, the son of John and Lucy (Rich- ardson) Hart. His father now lives in London, where he was born, following the life of a shoe- maker. His mother was born on Chalon Island, off the French coast, and passed away in England some years ago. The man whose life is the theme of this review received his education in England, also learned the shoemaker's trade from his father, but at the age of seventeen he made up his mind to be- come a professional nurse, and for the ensuing two years studied that profession in a London hospital, graduating. The succeeding five years were spent in the practice of his profession, and in 1879 he crossed the Atlantic to this country and once more engaged in that occupation, practicing in various hospitals in New York and Chicago. He also fol- lowed his calling in other places throughout the

country. Coming to Klickitat county, March 9, 1894, he found here but little opening for a nurse, so went back to his early trade, shoemaking, and for seven years followed it successfully. In Novem- ber, 1901, he bought his present place, twenty acres of fruit land, and he has since given his entire at- tention to fruit and berry culture, planting an acre and a half of strawberries, over 800 trees of various varieties, including apples, pears, plums and cher- ries, an acre of small berries of the hardier varie- ties, etc. He is making a splendid success of his business and finds ready markets for his fruit.

Mr. Hart was married in Portland, Oregon, in 1889, to Catherine, daughter of John and Cather- ine (Collier) Neagle, the former of whom was born in Ireland and is a shoemaker by trade. He came to Canada when a small boy, went thence to Ne- vada, and from that territory to 'Portland, Oregon, where he now lives, engaged in the pursuit of his trade. Mrs. Hart's mother, who is likewise a native of Ireland, also resides in Portland. Mrs. Hart was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1864, and grew up and received her education in Canada. She and Mr. Hart have seven children, namely, Thomas, born in Portland in 1890; Annie and Lily, also born in Port- land, one and two years later respectively; Kitty, William, Daisy and May, all born in Klickitat county, and the last three in Goldendale. Mr. Hart is a member of the Congregational church and fra- ternally is connected with the I. O. O. F., the Wood- inen of the World and the Redmen, in the first named of which orders he is past grand. In politics he is a Republican. He has filled with efficiency the office of coroner for two terms. A shrewd business man of pleasing address, a worthy citizen, and an upright, honorable gentleman, he enjoys the good will and respect of all who know him intimately.

GEORGE C. BROKAW, owner of a well-in- proved farm of 480 acres three miles north of the city of Goldendale, was born in Chautauqua county, New York, April 2, 1854. His father, Peter Brokaw, a native of New Jersey, follows the occupation of a farmer, although he was formerly a lumberman. He removed to New York when a young man, then spent five years in Illinois, going thence to Penn- sylvania, where he lived for four years. At the expiration of that period he went back to Illinois. Nearly two years later he removed to Henry county, Missouri, where his residence was for the greater part of the ensuing eight years. He came west to Klickitat county, October 22, 1876, and now lives about two miles from Goldendale. He is of German extraction. His wife, a native of Pennsylvania, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Stewart, passed away a number of years ago in New York state.

The subject of this article received his education in the common schools of Illinois and Missouri. Coming west with his father at the age of twenty- two, he farmed with him and a brother for nearly

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seven years, living at home all this time. In 1878 he filed on his present place and he has ever since made his home on the property, following farming and stock raising. At present he cultivates about 160 acres of the land, using the rest for pasture for his cattle and horses.

On July 20, 1885, at Goldendale, Washington, Mr. Brokaw married Miss Lizzie Robertson, daugh- ter of Edward B. Robertson, a native of Ohio, and a farmer by occupation. He crossed the Plains to Oregon in the early fifties, came to Klickitat county in 1880, and now lives in Goldendale, as does also Mrs. Robertson, who was a Miss Broombo before her marriage and who was born in Pennsylvania and married in Ohio. She is of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. Mrs. Brokaw was born in Ohio in 1866, but grew up and was educated in Oregon and Washington. She and Mr. Brokaw are parents of five children, namely, Fay, born in the county in 1886; Mrs. Mary M. Hamlet, born two years later, living near Goldendale; George R., born in the county in 1897: Peter B. and Ira O. L., born in the years 1899 and 1901 respectively. Mr. Brokaw is a member of the Methodist church and fraternally is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World. In politics he is an active Democrat. That he is inter- ested in education is evinced by the fact that at pres- ent he is faithfully performing the duties of the un- remunerative and thankless office of school director. He is a thrifty, progressive and prosperous farmer and stockinan, a good citizen and neighbor and in all respects an honorable and worthy man.

JOHN R. SMITH, one of the prosperous farm- ers of Klickitat county, resides on his ranch of 160 acres three miles north and a mile and a half west of the city of Goldendale. He was born in Pike county, Missouri, April 27, 1844, to the union of George H. and Margaret (Coppell) Smith, the former of whom was born in New York state in 1810 to Dutch and Irish parents, and was a farmer by occupation. He migrated to Illinois when a young man, thence to Missouri, and in 1846 crossed the Plains by ox team conveyance to Washington county, Oregon, spending six months on the trip. He lived in Oregon until 1879, then came to Klick- itat county, where he resided until his death in Octo- ber. 1895. The mother of our subject was born in Missouri, in 1808, to Dutch parents. She crossed the Plains with her husband and passed away in her sixty-fourth year. The subject of this review re- ceived his education in the common schools of Ore- gon, to which state he was brought by his parents when two years old. He remained at home until he reached the age of eighteen, then worked on a farm two years, at the end of which time he mar- ried, rented a farm and engaged in agriculture on his own account. After a few years he moved to Hillsboro, where he followed teaming for four years. Then he again took up farming, following it until

1880, at which time he came to Klickitat county and bargained for a piece of railroad land which he was compelled later to file upon as a homestead, it hav- ing reverted to the government. This land is his home at the present date, he having devoted liis time to its cultivation and improvement ever since.

At Hillsboro, on the 19th of January, 1865, Mr. Smith married Miss Louisa J. Enyart, daugliter of John and Marion (Stevens) Enyart. Her father was a native of Missouri and a farmer by occupa- tion. He crossed the plains to Oregon in 1845, but after two years' residence in Washington county, re- moved to California, where he later passed away. Mrs. Smith's mother, who was likewise,a native of Missouri, died in Washington county, Oregon, about forty-three years ago. Mrs. Smith was born in Portland, March I, 1846, and received her edu- cation in the public schools of her native state. She and Mr. Smith are parents of three children, name- ly, Raleigh E., born in Washington county, March 27, 1867 ; Mrs. Addie E. Robertson, born in Wash- ington county, March 10, 1870, now in Goldendale, and Mrs. Ora Brumbaugh, born in Oregon. Febru- ary 25, 1873, now in Klickitat county. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Christian church and the former is a Republican in politics. Raleigh E. Smith, their oldest son, is now living on his eighty- acre farm near the parental homestead: He mar- ried in Goldendale, March 8, 1891, Miss Sarah L. Robertson, daughter of Edmund B. and Sarah A. (Brumbaugh) Robertson. Her father, a native of Iowa, crossed the Plains to Oregon in 1865, and in 188I came to Goldendale, where he lias since fol- lowed his handicraft, the carpenter's trade. Her mother, who was born in Indiana and married ir Ohio, crossed the Plains with her husband and now lives in Goldendale. Mrs. Sarah L. Smith was born in Marion county, Oregon, but was educated in the schools of Klickitat county. She is the mother of five children, namely, John E., born June 6, 1892; . Darrell M., born April 4, 1895; Florence E., born November 9, 1898; Annie, born January 4, 1901 ; and Ora E., born August 27, 1902. Fraternally, Raleigh E. Smith, their father, is connected with the Woodmen of the World. Both lie and his father stand high in the estimation of the entire commu- nitv as conscientious, upright men. honorable in all their dealings.

ALLEN W. MONTGOMERY, a prosperous fruit raiser of Klickitat county and owner of a farm two miles or less from the city of Goldendale, was born in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, near Johnstown, January 1, 1848, the son of Hugh W. and Margaret (Strayer) Montgomery. His father, who was likewise born in the Quaker state in 1804, was of Irish lineage. He, too, was a farmer by oc- cupation, also a steamboat and canal boatman. He removed to Dickinson county, Kansas, in 1867, took a homestead there and resided in that state until

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his death, which occurred when he was eighty-four years old. His wife, a native of Pennsylvania, was a member of an old Pennsylvania Dutch family. She passed away in 1898, in her eighty-fifth year. The subject of this article went to Fulton county, Illi- nois, with his parents, when three years old, and he spent the ensuing sixteen years there, acquiring, during this time, a limited education and a knowl- edge of the carpenter's trade. At the age of nine- teen, he removed to Kansas with the family and at a later date took up a pre-emption claim in Smith county, that state, upon which he lived for the next twenty years, doing fairly well. In 1894 he sold out his holdings and came to Goldendale. The first two years after his arrival there he followed his trade and he still does some carpenter work though his chief business has been agriculture since 1896, when he bought his present place. He is giving special at- tention to berry raising, bringing the best varieties of plants from Illinois and eastern Missouri, and transplanting them here. By so doing, he is not only winning a splendid success for himself, but is conferring a favor upon other residents of the county. In the important business of berry and fruit raising, he uses his entire tract of land, about fifty acres, which is well adapted, both by the nature of the soil and by its location, for the purpose to which it is being devoted.

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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 98

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