An illustrated history of Skagit and Snohomish Counties; their people, their commerce and their resources, with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 158

Author: Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: [Chicago] Interstate Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1172

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ciates and recognized as a man of force in the moulding of the community's future.

MORGAN MORGAN, SR., is one of the few citizens of Snohomish county who trace their an- cestry back to the Welsh Tudors, whose descendants furnish some of the best citizens of whom the American republic may boast. He has been a resident of this county for nearly a quarter of a century and is numbered among the prosperous farmers of the Puget sound country. Mr. Morgan was born in Swansea, Wales, in 1839, the fifth of the nine children of William and Mary ( Griffith) Morgan, both of whom were of pure Welsh blood. At Swansea Mr. Morgan received his education. He remained on his father's farm until reaching the age of twenty-seven, when he engaged in agri- culture for himself. From that time until 1885 he led the life of a prosperous Welsh farmer, but in the year named, in company with two sons, Charles and Morgan, he decided to come to America and take advantage of the land laws which made pos- sible the acquisition of land for all three in the vast domain along the Pacific coast. After a short stay in New York the trio came to Seattle and ulti- mately to the forest country of Snohomish, where the elder Morgan purchased 160 acres of land. Mr. Morgan had left wife and family, save the two sons accompanying him, in the old country. Two months after his arrival on the Pacific coast he received word of the death of his wife, and as soon as pos- sible afterward he sent for the remainder of the family, all of whom are now in this country. Mr. Morgan has prospered in the new land and has been living in peaceful retirement for the past five years.

In Wales Mr. Morgan married Miss Hannah Williams, and to their union were born the follow- ing children: William. Morgan, Charles, Thomas, Mrs. Gwen Thomas, David, Mrs. Mary Watkins, Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins and Jane. In politics Mr. Morgan is a Republican, and that he is a man of public spirit is evidenced by the fact that in the past consented to serve as a school director in his district. In his later years he has divided his worldly goods among his children and has been liv- ing in retirement from the activities of business life, a fine old gentleman of the class of foreign-born people which most easily assimilates the best in American life. Mr. Morgan has returned to the land of his nativity but once since coming to the United States. Ile desired to see the pageantry connected with King Edward's coronation and so took advantage of the opportunity to see his native land once more. He came back to Snohomish county better satisfied with America and with his adopted country than ever before. Mr. Morgan is one of the grand men of character in Snohomish county and one of those who believe thoroughly in

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the possibilities yet latent in Snohomish, a man of ripe and rare experience, with a large fund of knowledge gained by close observation and study of men and events.

JAMES W. HALL, president of the Snohom- ish Chamber of Commerce, is one of the leading business spirits of the city and a man whose varied interests bring him into close contact with the com- munity. He is the proprietor of the Snohomish Furniture Company, manager of the Postal Tele- graph Company, resident agent of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company and one of the chief pro- moters of the projected Snohomish Valley railway. Mr. Hall is a native of California, his birth taking place at San Francisco on November 27, 1860. His parents, George E. and Mary E. (Fowzer) Hall, were natives of Maine and Louisiana, respectively, who came to California in 1850 by the Nicaraugua route. The elder Hall was a shoe merchant in San Francisco. During the Civil War he was a lieute- nant in the First California infantry and at the close of his service was mustered out at Fort Boise. James W. Hall attended the schools of San Fran- cisco up to the time he became fourteen years of age, when he learned telegraphy. The daily use of electricity by Mr. Hall and his desire to learn more about the subtle energy, directed his attention to other uses of the commodity. He assisted in dem- onstrating at San Francisco and Oakland the first practical uses of electricity for public lighting pur- poses ; also assisted in demonstrating the use of the telephone in Sacramento. In 1882 Mr. Hall came to Seattle and for a year and a half was in the employ of the Puget Sound Telegraph Company. He then returned to San Francisco and for a num- ber of years was connected with the Central and Southern Pacific railroads. In 1889 Mr. Hall re- turned to Washington and for six years was with the Postal people at Shelton. He was then trans- ferred to Snohomish as local manager and soon after reaching here he established his furniture business.

In San Francisco in 1882 Mr. Hall married Miss Lucia K. Denayer, who died during her husband's residence at Shelton. Three children were born to this union, of whom one only, Miss Lucia E. Hall, survives. At Seattle in 1902 Mr. Hall was again married. his bride being Miss Edith Raisbeck, a native of New York, whose parents came from Germany and are now residents of Seattle. To this union two children have been born. Phyllis Lurana and Mary Edythe. In fraternal circles Mr. Hall is a member of the Masons, in which he has the chap- ter degrees, of the Modern Woodmen, of the For- esters of America. of the Eagles, of the Royal Neighbors, of the Knights of Pythias, of the Wood- men of the World and of the Order of Telegraph- ers, in each of which organizations he is active. In

politics he is a Republican and is a student of all important local and national questions. Mr. Hall is a man of much public spirit and of action in all that he undertakes, with the social qualities which surround a man with friends in all walks of life.

THEODORE JUTZIK, farmer and market gardener, a mile and a half north of Snohomish, furnishes in his career since coming to the United States an illustration of the rapid strides possible to a man who applies himself with energy to his work and makes the most of his opportunities. Mr. Jutzik was born in Germany July 19, 1863, the son of Martin and Mariana Jutzik, farmer folk of the Fatherland. Orphaned when a lad, young Jutzik obtained a limited education because he was so early thrown on his own resources. He learned black- smithing as a youth, which stood him in good stead later in life. When twenty-one years of age he found himself in Chicago, newly arrived from Ham- burg and with a cash capital of three cents. The pledging of his watch enabled him to obtain food and lodging until he secured employment. Three months of work on a railroad increased Mr. Jut- zik's capital to $75, and with this start he went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he secured employment at his trade of blacksmith, and he continued at the forge for a number of months afterward. He then obtained work as riveter in the construction of the long bridge over the Missouri at Omaha. In 1883 Mr. Jutzik came to Lewiston, Idaho, where he re- mained for a short time before going to work at riveting on the O. R. & N. bridge over the Snake river at Riparia. When this work was completed Mr. Jutzik came to Seattle and purchased a res- taurant in the management of which he passed a year and a half. After a short period of work in a boiler shop in Seattle, he came to Snohomish in 1885 and engaged in farming. Five years later he bought his present place and he has since lived there. Mr. Jutzik has only eleven acres of land, but the soil is very fertile, with a productiveness suf- ficient to engage one man's attention to care for the intensified growths it puts forth. The farm has an orchard in bearing and the fruit output is consid- erable. The market gardening is the chief feature during the spring and summer months. In poli- tics Mr. Jutzik is a Republican and in fraternal circles a member of the Sons of Hermann. Mr. Jutzik is highly respected in the community and stands well among his business associates.

II. A. JULSON, residing three and a half miles north of Snohomish, is one of the energetic agricul- turists of the county and a young man of high repute in the community. He was born in La- Crosse county, Wisconsin, in January of 1864, the son of Syvert and Lena (Strand) Julson, natives

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of Norway, who came to the United States in 1852 and after residing for a time in the Badger state became farmers in Monona county, Iowa, in 1871. It was in the latter state that H. A. Julson received his education. When not attending school he worked on his father's place assisting him. In 1881 the young man left home and commenced to do for himself, taking up a preemption claim in Kansas, on which he remained one year. He then went to Colorado for a year and engaged in various lines of work. Returning to Iowa, Mr. Julson remained but a year before coming to the Puget sound country. He worked on a farm near Stanwood until 1897, when he joined in the rush for gold to the Klondike. He passed two years at Dawson and then joined the stampede to the sandy beach of Cape Nome, where he remained until 1904. Returning then to Sno- homish, he purchased his present farm of 149 acres, partly improved, and having a splendid orchard. Mr. Julson's brother. Adolph, is asso- ciated with him and they are finishing the work of bringing the entire tract of land under cultivation. In addition to the brother named, Mr. Julson has three brothers-Edgar and Samuel, in Colorado, and Edwin, in South Dakota: also two sisters. Julia, in Iowa, and Lena, in Colorado. In politics Mr. Julson is a Democrat : in fraternal affiliation, an Odd Fellow. He is recognized as one of the energetic men of the community, a man of achieve- ment in any line of work he undertakes, popular among his associates, industrious and conservative.

JOHN W. NELSON, whose farm lies three miles northwest of the city of Snohomish, is one of the more recent arrivals in the community, but in the short time he has been engaged in farming here he has gained for himself a reputation as a man of forceful character and resourcefulness. Mr. Nel- son was born in Harrison county, Missouri, April 21, 1868, one of the eight children of Robert and Nancy (Coleman) Nelson, natives of Kentucky who went to Missouri in 1816. The elder Nelson had been a brickmaker, but after settling in Missouri became a farmer, though at times he returned to brick making. He served as a member of the Sixth Missouri cavalry throughout the greater part of the Civil War. He passed away in the Soldiers' Home at Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1890. Mrs. Nelson is still living and makes her home with the subject of this biography. She is the mother of the follow- ing children besides John W .: James M., Thomas W., Mrs. Eliza McGee, Mrs. Josephine Darnell, Margaret Ford of Bethany. Missouri, and Mrs. Nora Petty. the last named being a resident of Everett. Besides these our subject has a half brother and sister. John W. Nelson received his education in the schools of Bethany, Missouri, and at the age of twenty-two left home to do for him- self. He followed various occupations in Missouri

until 1900, when he left his native state and came to the shores of Puget sound. For two years he worked at farming near Snohomish, but in 1902 he went to Montana, from which state he returned two years later to Snohomish, where he purchased his present place. In politics Mr. Nelson is a Demo- crat, though not an aspirant to public office. Ile is a young man of varied attainments, popular in the community where he is making his home and wherever he is known.

COLBY J. SHAW, president of the Advance Shingle Company, whose mill is located five miles south of Snohomish and a half mile from Cathcart station, is one of the progressive young business men of Snohomish county. Much of his life has been passed in connection with the lumbering in- lustry, with all the details of which he is thoroughly familiar. Mr. Shaw was born in Carlton county, province of New Brunswick, January 4. 1875, the son of Alexander and Elsie (Giberson) Shaw. The elder Shaw was a lumberman and a farmer in his home province. He came to Snohomish in 1892 and died seven years later. Mrs. Shaw is still liv- ing and is now a resident of Snohomish, the mother of eight children : George W .. Donald H., Lee, Colby J., Mrs. D. M. Nevers, Mrs. George O. Shaw, Mrs. E. A. Cooper and Mrs. D. A. Ford. Colby J. Shaw received his education in the New Bruns- wick schools, and until coming to Washington. was associated with his father in the lumber mills and on the farm. . After coming to Snohomish Mr. Shaw engaged for a time in draying and trans- ferring. Since coming here he has also followed railroading to some extent and has worked along various lines. In 1901 Mr. Shaw became one of the incorporators of the Advance Shingle company. of which he is president. The other officers of the company are J. E. Shaw, vice president, and D. A. Ford, secretary and treasurer. The mill has a daily capacity of 85,000. the most of its output being marketed in Nebraska and other eastern states. The business is increasing and already the company is planning the erection of an additional mill. Colby J. Shaw is the business man of the establishment and looks after all matters of detail. In politics he is non-partisan. In fact Mr. Shaw's characteristics are such that he owes affiliation to 10 party, sect or creed, claiming the right to act in any given circumstance as the impulses of his judg- ment and integrity decree. He is a man of ability and honor and is one of the leading figures in the business world of Snohomish county.

EDGAR J. SHAW, vice president of the Ad- vance Shingle company, one of the leading shingle manufacturing establishments in Snohomish coun- ty, has been a factor in the business life of this

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community a comparatively short time, but in the few years in which he has been connected with the shingle industry here he has placed himself in a po- sition of importance and respect. Mr. Shaw was born in Carlton county, in the gulf province of New Brunswick, in April of 1861, the son of John F. and Harriet V. Shaw. The elder Shaw was en- gaged in farming and also to some extent in the lumbering business of New Brunswick up to the time of his death in 1864. Mrs. Shaw came to Snohomish county in 1898 and is now living with her son, having attained the advanced age of four score years. Edgar J. Shaw received his educa- tion in the schools of his native province and early learned the necessity of hard work. Orphaned at the age of five years, he was without the advice or example of a father. He worked at farming and at lumbering in his native province until he came to Washington, since which time he has been iden- tified with the fortunes of the corporation of which he is vice president. The company operates a mill near Cathcart, five miles south of the city of Snoho- mish, which has a daily capacity of 85,000 shingles. The major part of the output of the establishment finds ready market in the states of the middle west. In fraternal circles Mr. Shaw is a member of the Woodmen of the World. In politics Mr. Shaw is a Republican, though not very active in party mat- ters. He is a man of excellent business qualifica- tions and enjoys the esteem and respect of all 'with whom he comes in contact.

PETER BROWN, a prominent stock man of Snohomish county, has been the architect of his own fortunes. Early thrown on his own resources for a livelihood, his career has been that of a self- made man. He was born in Canada, about forty miles southeast of Montreal, in March of 1839, the son of Charles and Aurelie (Yervell) Brown. The father was born in Ireland, but came to Canada when a young man and became a school teacher and farmer. He subsequently removed his family to Cleveland, Ohio, subsequent to the time when his son Peter commenced life on his own account. It is one of the strange incidents of life in this cos- mopolitan country that the son has never been able to gain any information of any member of the family since the removal to Cleveland.

Being the oldest of a family of twelve children, Peter Brown was compelled when very young to make his own way. At nineteen he was engaged in buying and selling shingles. He continued in this business for two years, and it was during this period that he lost track of the remainder of his family. Mr. Brown lived in the country contiguous to the Great Lakes for two years, and in 1865 lo- cated in Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, which city was then but a small village. For three years he worked in the woods of that state, eventually dropping his

connection with the lumber business to engage in farming and stock raising. Though he had heavy investments at Grand Rapids he passed through the season of financial distress in the panic of 1873 safely and become one of the most prominent stock- men in Wood county, Wisconsin. He continued in this line of activity there until his removal to Snoho- mish county in 1889, and he still owns 280 acres of valuable land near Grand Rapids. His Snohomish county property consists of his residence in the city of Snohomish and his stock ranch some two miles east of the city.

In January of 1875 Mr. Brown married Miss Eglephyre Briere, a native of eastern Canada and daughter of Marcel and Celina (Germain) Briere. Mr. Briere is still living at the age of eighty-nine, his home being in Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, but Mrs. Briere died in 1870. Mrs. Brown received her education in Canada and taught school there prior to her marriage. She and Mr. Brown are communicants of the Catholic church. They are highly respected in the neighborhood in which they live and among all those in the county with whom they have been associated either socially or in busi- ness relations.

GEORGE BAKEMAN, liveryman of Snoho- mish, is one of the energetic and public spirited citizens of his home city. He has been actively en- gaged in business there for the greater part of the time since 1883 and is well known throughout the county. Mr. Bakeman was born in Wisconsin on the second day of January, 1859, the son of John and Louise ( Bartels) Bakeman, natives of Ger- many, who came to the United States in youth and passed much of their lives in Wisconsin, but moved to Washington in 1885. They are now residing about a mile south of Snohomish. George Bake- man attended school in Wisconsin until, at the age of fourteen, he went to work as a clerk in a general store at Peshtigo, where he remained for three years. For a number of subsequent years he worked in various lines, in 1883 coming to Snohomish. The following year he was appointed deputy postmaster of his home city and he served in that capacity for fourteen months. Mr. Bakeman then identified himself with the logging business as engineer and foreman in the camps, one summer being in charge of one of Blackman Brothers' logging ventures. In 1889 he purchased a farm near Monroe but sold out two years later, having purchased the undertaking establishment of his brother in Snohomish. In 1897 his brother bought back the business and George Bakeman went to Everett and opened an undertaking establishment in that city. Eighteen months later he disposed of the business and went to Alaska, remaining in the northland for two years. He returned to Snohomish in 1900 and for the sub- sequent five years operated engines in various log-

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ging camps. In April, 1905, he opened a livery business, to which he has since given his attention. Mr. Bakeman was trained for undertaking in the Eureka College of Embalming at San Francisco and in the Champion College of Cincinnati, holding a diploma from each of these institutions.

In October, 1886, Mr. Bakeman married Miss Elizabeth Short, daughter of Charles and Ellen Short, who are among Snohomish county's earliest pioneers. Mr. Short was born in Missouri and crossed the plains to California in the carly fifties, later coming to Washington where he followed min- ing, as he had done in California. He was one of the men who helped cut the first road through Cady pass. His death occurred in this county in 1895. Mrs. Bakeman was born in Snohomish county, Christmas Day, 1864, and received her education in the local schools. To this union six children have been born, three of whom are living, Han- nah, Charles and Leah, and three deceased. Archi- bald. Robert and Mary, Politically, Mr. Bakeman is a Democrat. In fraternal circles he is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, of the Knights of the Maccabees and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. From 1896 to 1898 Mr. Bakeman served as coroner and since that time he has served several terms as deputy. He is a wideawake man, a citizen of public spirit, interested in everything which per- tains to the welfare of the community, and suc- cessful in business.

WILLIAM BROWN, chief of police of Snoho- mish, has been on Puget sound for nearly thirty years, during much of which time he has been con- nected with the lumber milling industry in various capacities. Mr. Brown was born in Bradford coun- ty, Pennsylvania, in March of 1850, the eighth of the eleven children of Mason and Harriett ( Young) Brown. The elder Brown was a Pennsylvanian of Scotch ancestry. He was a farmer, and died in 1881. Mrs. Brown was born in Germany, but came to this country with her parents when only six years of age. Soon after reaching America, and while they were not vet enroute to their destination in Pennsylvania, her parents died of cholera. Mrs. Brown and a brother were taken charge of in a Quaker family, William Brown received his edu- cation in the common schools of Pennsylvania, re- maining at home on the farm until he was seven- teen. At that age he entered the lumber woods of the Keystone state and followed the calling of log- ger and lumberman for nine years, coming in 1817 to Washington territory. Mr. Brown reached Port Townsend in May of that year, but passed on to Port Ludlow, where he spent the summer. The following winter was passed at mill work in Port Madison. In March he was on Whidby island, re- maining there at work in a logging camp until De- cember, when he went to Port Discovery bay, where

he worked at logging and in the lumber business for a year and a half. In the fall of 1880 Mr. Brown came to Mukilteo and for three years and a half worked in the logging camps of Blackman, Howard & Co. At the close of this term he removed to Whidby island for a time, but in 1888 he came with his family to Snohomish. A year later he was ap- pointed night police officer, serving in that capacity until in the spring of 1891 he was made marshal of the city, which position he held for five years and a half. Mining excitement at Monte Cristo run- ning quite high at this time, Mr. Brown went to the diggings for two seasons, which were followed by a residence of a year and a half in Idaho. In 1900 Mr. Brown returned to Snohomish county and for two seasons was engaged in mining at Monte Cristo, returning in the fall of 1902 to his old position of city marshal, in which he gives the public excellent satisfaction, especially in ridding the town of the hobo classes.

In 1876, at Emporium, Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown married Miss Mary A. Duell, daughter of Harris and Mary (Smith) Duell, both natives of the Key- stone state, where Mr. Duell was a farmer and lumber man in the early days. Mrs. Brown was born at Driftwood, Cameron county, Pennsylvania, in 1859, and received her education there. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been born four children : Alonzo C., who is a resident of Granite Falls : Mrs. Maud Keifer, who is living in West Seattle ; Harris, a resident of San Francisco, and Cleora, a graduate of the Snohomish high school and a young lady of rare musical talent. She is preparing herself to be an instructor of vocal and instrumental tech- nique. In politics Mr. Brown is a Republican. He has served for a number of years as a deputy sheriff and also as constable. In fraternal circles he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the Order of Washington. The family are at- tendants on the Presbyterian church. Mr. Brown's property consists of mining interests in Sultan Ba- sin, and city lots. Mr. Brown is a very capable of- ficer of the law, and as a citizen ranks high in the community.

GOTTLIEB ROTH is among the successful and substantial business men of Snohomish, a dealer in liquors and the proprietor of a well-known es- tablishment. Ile was born in Dundenheim, Amt Lahr, Baden, Germany, November 15, 1851, the son of Daniel and Maria Ursula (Wurth) Roth. The elder Roth was by calling a farmer, but in later vears was a government game warden, and city field supervisor, owned by citizens of the town. Mrs. Roth died when Gottlieb was only one year old, and of her the son has no recollection. The elder Roth survived until 1891. Gottlieb Roth re- ceived his education in the Fatherland and worked

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An illustrated history of Skagit and Snohomish Counties; their people, their commerce and their resources, with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 158

Author: Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.) Publication date: 1906 Publisher: [Chicago] Interstate Publishing Company Number of Pages: 1172

Author: Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: [Chicago] Interstate Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1172