An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 100

Author: Edwards, Jonathan, 1847-1929. cn
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: [San Francisco?] W.H. Lever
Number of Pages: 888

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pine war with Company L, First Washington Volunteers. Mr. Merriam is a brother of the well known General H. C. Merriam.

C. H. MERRIAM, of the law firm of Mer- riam & Merriam, a pioneer of 1889, is a native of Maine, born November 10, 1860. He grew to manhood in that state, completing a course of study in the high school and supplementing his education by three years' work in the Uni- versity of Maine. In 1887 he came to Fort Robinson, Nebraska, where he served as assist- ant mechanical engineer for a time, then to Fort Laramie, Wyoming, serving as chief me- chanical engineer there until 1889. He next came to Spokane, entered upon the study of law with his brother, Willis H., and in 1891 secured admission to the bar of this state. He was en- gaged in the active practice of his profession here until the outbreak of the Spanish-Ameri- can war, then enlisted in Company A, First Washington Volunteers. He left Spokane April 30, 1898, was mustered into service the 9th of the following May, and on October 28. left San Francisco for Manila, arriving there December 2. He was stationed in the Paco district of Manila, and on January 19, 1899, .was transferred to Company L. He was with his company in all the engagements of the First Washington, discharging his duties with great faithfulness and valor, and receiving special mention by Colonel Wholley, also a written recommendation for a commission in the vol- unteer service, for his distinguished service at the capture of Pateros in March 14, 1899, he being one of the eight who brought boats up the Pasig river in the face of a murderous fire for the purpose of conveying the remainder of the command across, and who assisted in the crossing, the command being under fire all he

time. He was mustered out with the rest of his company, November 1, 1899, at San Fran- cisco, coming thence to Spokane, where he re- sumed his practice of law. He is one of the leading young lawyers of the city and has been very successful in building up a large and lucra- tive practice. In politics he has always been an active Republican, taking an intelligent inter- est in all the issues, local and general. Fra- ternally he affiliates with John A. Logan Camp. No. 2, Sons of Veterans, of which he is post captain. He now belongs to the J. O. U. A. M .. also to Garrison General Charles King. of the Spanish-American and Philippine War Vet- erans, also to the order of Knights of Malta. Since returning from the war Mr. Merriam has been appointed deputy county clerk, a position he still holds.

ROBERT EWART, mining and stock broker, rooms 205-206 Rookery, a pioneer of the state of 1871. was born in Illinois, February 7, 1857. He acquired most of his education in the public schools there, but when fourteen years old accompanied his parents to the site of the present town of Colfax, where he resid- ed until 1881. In that year he came to Cheney and, in company with Mr. J. H. Hughes, en- gaged in the hardware business. He continued in that line until 1885, then moved to Cœur d'Alene City and went into steamboating with Captain Sandborn. Two years later he re- moved to Portland, where he was engaged in real estate and brokerage until 1891. when he went to Kaslo, British Columbia, and started a hardware store. In 1893 he removed to Nelson, British Columbia, and engaged in mining, operating the Nelson Poorman mine until 1897. He then went into the brokerage and mining business in Spokane, with Daven-

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port, Paine & Company. He is now largely interested in various properties, being a heavy stockholder in the Rambler and other valuable mines. The firm to which he belongs is one of the largest of its kind in the country. It buys and sells large amounts of real estate, operating with its own capital. Mr. Ewart seems not to be especially interested in political matters, though he served as a member of the Cheney city council while there. He belongs to the Mining Brokers' Association, of which he is treasurer, and is affiliated prominently with the Masonic order. He was married in Colfax, July 18. 1878, to Miss Mary L. Davenport, a native of Oregon, and they have a family of three children : Charles W., Anna P. and John J. D. Mr. Ewart's father, Captain James Ewart, is postmaster at Colfax.

LIEUTENANT CHARLES E. NOSLER, a pioneer of 1878, was born in Linn county, Iowa, June 29, 1870. In early infancy he was brought by his parents to Oregon, and from that state before the year was over to Colfax, where he resided until 1870. He then came to Spokane and attended the public schools here, supplementing his education by a term in a business college. He subsequently opened a real estate and rental business and continued in that business until the advent of the hard times, then went into one of the coun- ty offices as a clerk. In 1897 he formed a part- nership with F. A. Fender and H. G. Stratton, and again engaged in the real estate business, maintaining an office until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war. On April 25, 1898, he enlisted in Company L, First Washington Volunteer Infantry, as first sergeant, and be- fore leaving the United States was promoted

to the second lieutenancy of his company. He acted as battalion signal officer for a time. and participated in all the engagements in which his company took part, which, as is well known. meant practically every en- gagement in which the division took part. He was in command of his company at the battle of Caienta and Taitay and in the expedition which resulted in the capture of Morong. He was also in command of one of four select com- panies which were sent from the Washing- ton regiment to take part in the capture of the city of Calanda, where his company and others remained to protect the city against the repeated attempts of the famous General Malvar and his troops to retake the place. Mrs. Nosler was in the volunteer Red Cross service throughout the war, and labored in the general hospital in Manila for some time. On returning home from the Philippines Lieutenant Nosler was tendered the position of office deputy in the sheriff's office of this coun- ty, where he remained until the first of March of this year, when he became a part owner in the town site of Pateros. Okanogan county. where he now resides.

J. B. MEYERS, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1857, but, when he was quite young his family moved to Min- neapolis. He lived there for seven years, then moved to Rice county, Minnesota, where he farmed until 1887. In that year he came to Spokane county, and purchased eighty acres of school land and eighty acres of railroad land near Trent, upon which he has made his home ever since. He is a thrifty, enterprising. progressive farmer, and has recently erected a splendid new house and barn. He is quite a

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leader in politics and has been secretary of the Farmers' Alliance and later of the Populist party. He was married in Minnesota, in 1883, to Alice Rosslow, and they have a family of two children, Alpheus and Vernard.

WALTER A. HENRY, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Louisiana, Missouri, in 1840, and lived there until the outbreak of the war. In March, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Third Missouri Cavalry, served in the Western Divis- ion under Generals Rosecrans, Schofield and Ewing, and took part in many campaigns, bat- tles and skirmishes. He was in the army al- most during the entire war, and he has a very enviable military record. After being mus- tered out in March, 1865, he went to Kansas, and from that state, in 1871, he moved to Klickitat county, Washington. He spent a year there, then went to Oregon, and he was engaged for a number of years thereafter in mining and stock raising in different parts of Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho. In 1883 he came to Spokane and in 1885 took a homestead and pre-emption near Saltese lake, where he and his brother-in-law, Dr. Allison, of Spokane, now have a stock ranch of one thousand, three hundred acres. They also have a nice orchard of about five hundred bear- ing trees, and are engaged in handling fruit and rearing thoroughbred Polled Angus cattle. Mr. Henry is an industrious, enterprising man, well known and highly esteemed throughout his part of the county. He has always taken an active and intelligent interest in local poli- tics, and he held the office of deputy assessor under Harl J. Cook. Socially he is affiliated with the G. A. R., being a member of the post at Salem, Oregon. He was married in Palouse City, in 1889, to Miss Laura Allison.

P. D. DENNY was born in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, in 1843. He resided there until fifteen years old, then moved to Illinois, where he followed farming for nine years. In 1866 he went to Nebraska, then a territory, and was engaged in architectural work, contracting and building there for the ensuing thirty years. He next moved to Spo- kane, where he has been giving his attention to the same business ever since, doing con- tract work on many of the fine buildings erected in the past three years. He is a thor- ough mechanic in his line, having devoted the efforts of many years to architecture and build- ing, and the probabilities are that he will have an abundant measure of success in this rap- idly growing city. He is a member of the Masons from the Blue lodge to the Scottish rite, and also belongs to the I. O. O. F., the K. P., the A. O. U. W. and the Red Men. He was married in Fremont, Nebraska, in 1868, to Marguerite Close, and they have two children : Roy and Eva. They have a pleas- ant home at block 14, Queen Ann addition.

JAMES G. DYER, a pioneer of the state, of 1882, and of the county, of 1889, was born in Missouri, in 1838. When six years old he went to Fort Scott. Kansas, residing there until 1852, thence to Fort Riley, in the western part of the state, where he remained for the ensuing twenty years. He was engaged dur- ing this entire period as a farmer and driver on the plains. In 1882 he came to Idalio. He followed agricultural pursuits there until 1889, then moved to Spokane county, where lie has ever since resided. He owns a farm, but is at present living on a rented place five miles east of Spokane. He is one of the thrifty and successful farmers

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of the county and one of its enterprising citi- zens. He was married, in Kansas, in 1867, to Sarah L. Burk. They had one son, but he died in early infancy.

W. H. KRAMER, a pioneer of May, 1885, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1837. When twenty-two years old he left his native state and moved to Pike's Peak, Colorado, but soon went back to Iowa, where he was en- gaged in the milling business for many years. He then purchased land in Dallas and Madi- son, counties, Iowa, and followed farming until 1885, when he came to Spokane county. He bought cattle here and herded them on the ranges for some time, then purchased three hundred and twenty acres, sixteen and a half miles east of Spokane, where he now re- sides. He has a fine farm with a rich, fertile soil and raises large quantities of hay every year. He also has a splendid orchard of twenty-two acres, all the trees being in full bearing. Mr. Kramer is a very industrious, progressive and intelligent farmer and one of the most successful in his community. So- cially, he affiliates with the F. & A. M.

RUDOLPH DOERR was born in Ger- many, in 1857. He resided there until eighteen years old, acquiring the usual common-school education and learning the mercantile trade. Upon coming to New York, in 1875, he entered a dry goods house, by which he was employed for the ensuing three years. He then served as a clerk in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and ir. Buffalo, New York, for a number of years, also was with the German Bank in Buffalo

four years. From 1886 to 1897 he was in the oil region of Pennsylvania, engaged in the bottling business, but in the latter year he came to Spokane and associated himself with Joseph R. Mitchell, under the name of Doerr, Mitchell & Company, and opened a store, car- rying a stock of electrical and gas supplies. He is building up a large and prosperous business here. Fraternally, Mr. Doerr is identified with the I. O. O. F. and the K. P. He was married, in Buffalo, New York, in 1885, to Stephanie Nowack, and they have three children : Elsa, Hilda and Leona. He built a pleasant home at 1631 Pacific avenue, where he resides.

J. H. HUGHES, deceased, a pioneer of 1879, was a native of Kentucky, born April IO, 1846. His parents died when he was very young and at the age of thirteen he started in life for himself, going to New York state and following various occupations there. About 1867 he came to Salt Lake City, Utah, and entered the employ of the Wells Fargo Express Company as agent. He later served in the same capacity for the Overland Stage Company. From Utah he moved to south- ern California and again became agent for the Wells Fargo Company. In 1879 he came to Colfax, Washington, and went to work for E. G. Linington as cashier in his bank, but the following year he moved to Cheney. He was engaged in the hardware business there until 1889, then served for four years as re- ceiver in the land office at Spokane. For two years thereafter he was state grain inspector. In March, 1898, he moved to Republic with A. W. Strong and they together established the Republic Bank, of which Mr. Hughes had

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full charge. He was, moreover, one of the heavy owners of Republic mine, No. 2, and was quite extensively interested in the lead- ing stocks of the camp. Mr. Hughes was a man of sound and unerring business judg- ment and possessed the foresight essential to the really eminent in commercial pursuits, but above all he was a man of integrity and un- questioned moral rectitude. He therefore en- joyed the confidence and respect of all who knew him and when he died, on May 7, 1899. he was mourned by a host of friends. Fra- ternally, he was a prominent member of the Masonic order. He was married, in San Bernardino, California, January 21. 1877, to Miss Mary D. Boren, a native of that state. and they have one son, Robert, an assayer at Loomis, Washington. Mrs. Hughes is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

L. E. McGEE, an energetic young busi- ness man of this city, was born in Des Moines. Iowa, but was early taken to Chicago, Illi- nois, where his boyhood was passed. He re- ceived his education in the public schools there, also attending the A. and M. in Texas, and other colleges, studying in addition to tlie liberal arts, civil and mechanical engineer- ing. In 1899 he came to Spokane and re- organized the Spokane Brick & Lime Company. with headquarters at 328 Main avenue, an en- terprise which, in his skillful hands, has proved a success from the start. Everything around their plant is bustle and hurry, teams moving in and out and building material of every de -- scription being rushed on its way to erect some new edifice. The company are manu- facturers and jobbers in lime, cement, brick. hair, plaster, etc., and are also wholesale and

commission dealers in grain, hay and feed. A new draw kiln has recently been completed at Squaw Bay, Lake Pend d'Oreille, near Hope. Idaho. and large quantities of lime are being manufactured there continuously. Outside towns are already crowding this firm with their orders and the business is growing rapidly and constantly. Mr. McGee is a very progressive. enterprising, talented young man, full of faith in the future of Spo- kane and firmly resolved to increase his trade to the full measure of its possibilities. Thor- oughly posted in his business, he can fill any position, whether that of weigher, bill clerk. bookkeeper or manager, successfully. If in- dications can be relied upon, the Spokane Brick & Lime Company will, under his man- agement, become a gigantic industry in the near future and Mr. McGee will become one of the most successful business men of the Northwest. He is a nephew of Governor Ross, of Texas, and is named after that dis- tinguished gentleman.

ALBERT TARRY is a native of Leaven- worth. Kansas, born in 1868. He spent the first thirty years of his life in the city of liis birth. early learning the trade of a plasterer and working at is almost continuously since. He cante to Spokane county quite recently and is now superintending the construction of an eight-thousand-dollar hotel in course of erection at Liberty Lake. Mr. Tarry is a very energetic business-like young man and these qualities, together with his thorough mastery of his chosen handicraft. give assurance that he will have a successful career in this part of the state. lle is a member of the National Reserve and also belongs to the Plasterers'

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Union. He was married, in Leavenworth, Kansas, in April, 1887, to Miss Louise Ful- lam. They have had two children, namely : Myrtle. living, and Elizabeth, deceased Jan- uary 26, 1897.

THOMAS E. GARDNER, a pioneer of 1881, was born in California, in 1866, and he lived in that state until fourteen years old, acquiring his education in the public schools there. He then came to Spokane county, where he followed farming continuously until 1899, but in that year he sold his farm and purchased the old Arlington Livery stables. on Front street between Bernard and Wash- ington. He now has a fine barn there, well fitted up and equipped for a general livery business and for the accommodation of tran- sients. He also owns a farm east of Pleas- ant prairie. Mr. Gardner is a man who has always stood well. wherever he has lived, being a reliable and substantial citizen and a good neighbor. He was married in Spokane county, May 19, 1895, to Ina Haines, a na- tive of Minnesota, and they have a family of three children : Charles, Myrtle and Nina.

ALEX. H. GREGG, one of the prom- ising young attorneys of the city, office, room 624 Rookery building, is a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, born March 11, 1874. He was reared on a farm and acquired his education in the public schools of his neigh- borhood and at the Jefferson Academy, from which he graduated in 1897. He then en- tered the Pittsburg Law School, where he studied for a year, subsequently entering the Iowa College of Law, from which he received

his LL. B. degree in 1899. After graduat- ing he came direct to Spokane, opened an office and began the practice of his profession. Mr. Gregg is an ambitious young man, devoted to his business and possessing a degree of en- ergy, determination and natural ability, which gives assurance that he will rapidly advance to the front ranks of the profession in this city and state. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen.

A. J. MINER. a pioneer of 1880, was. born in Glasgow, Scotland, August 28, 1813. He was, however, reared in Virginia. At the age of thirteen he removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, and eighteen months later to St. Louis, Missouri, where he served a seven years' ap- prenticeship to the trade of a millwright .. He then worked as a carpenter for two years,. subsequently going to Osceola, Missouri .. Shortly afterwards he went to the Mexican war, in which he served twelve months. He then went to Virginia, raised a company of emigrants. and crossed the plains to Oregon. He removed thence to California, upon the discovery of gold, and before a year had passed had taken from the ground a hundred and four pounds of the precious metal. He has. followed mining ever since. In 1859 he came to Walla Walla. remained there until 1876, then went to California, Arizona and New Mexico. In 1880 he came to Spokane county and prospected in and around Chattaroy for some time, but during the last ten or twelve years has been operating in British Columbia. Mr. Miner was married first, in Missouri, in 1838, but his wife died in 1845, leaving one child. On January 8, 1860, he was married again to Mrs. Sarah G. Wright. His meet-

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ing with this lady happened in this wise. He and Mrs. Wright, then absolute strangers to each other, were on the same boat near Salem, when the lady fell overboard. Mr. Miner dove to the bottom of the river and came up shortly with some portions of her clothing. He went down again and this time succeeded in bringing her to the surface in an uncon- :scious state. When he met her again she :asked him if he was not the man who had .rescued her. Receiving an affirmative reply, she said, "Well, I owe you my life." "Why do you not give it to him then?" said Father Wilbur, who stood near. "I am perfectly "willing to receive it," said Mr. Miner, and the lady being also agreeable, they were mar- ried at once, although at that time our hero was in ignorance even of her name. This Mrs. Miner died in 1878, and in 1896 Mr. Miner was married to Hannah Nelson, his present wife. Mr. Miner is a typical pioneer, pos- sessed of courage, fortitude, an adventurous spirit and all the other good qualities which belong to the true frontiersman. He par- ticipated in the Rogue river wars and in many other conflicts with the red men in different parts of the west.

J. S. WOODARD, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Hendricks county, Indiana, in 1836. He was, however, reared in Illinois, where he had been taken by his parents in his infancy. In 1854 he moved to Kansas, and from that state, October 7, 1861, he enlisted in Com- pany A, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, which formed a part of the Western division. He served until November 19, 1864, participating in the battle of Prairie Grove and about forty other engagements, in one of which he was wounded in the left eye.' After faithfully discharging

his military duties he returned to his farm in Kansas and there resided until 1882. He then came to Oregon and remained a season, then tried the Palouse country for a short time, but soon moved into Spokane, where for the four years ensuing he followed carpenter- ing and teaming. Since that time he has been engaged in gardening, fruit raising and gen- eral farming on a tract of eighty acres about six miles east of Spokane. He is a highly esteemed and respected citizen of the county and has the full confidence and good will of his neighbors. Fraternally. he has been. affil- iated with the G. A. R. He was married in Kansas, June 7. 1863. to Sarah Dyer, of that state, and they have had seven children. namely: Howard R .; Oliver J., deceased ; Seth T .; Richard H .; Effie, deceased; Mar- cine E., deceased, and one that died in in- fancy. Howard R. was a member of Com- pany L, First Washington Volunteer Infantry. holding the rank of quartermaster-sergeant during the entire Philippine war.

T. L. CATTERSON. M. D., rooms 228 and 229 Hyde block, a pioneer of 1885. is a native of Geneva, New York, born February 6, 1857. He received his education in the public schools and in Hobart College, in which he took a two years' course. Two years later he began the study of medicine and in 18So entered the medical department of the Uni- versity of Michigan. He studied there for two years, then went to northern Michigan and practiced a while, but later entered the Detroit College of Medicine. from which lie received his M. D. degree in 1887. He there- upon returned to Spokane, where he has ever since resided. His superb abilities as a physi-

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cian soon came to be recognized in this city, so that before long he had worked up a large practice, which he has continued to increase until it is now very extensive. His standing among his fellow practitioners is good, he being prominently identified with the various medical associations. He is a member of the Spokane Medical Society, of which he is past president, also of the State Medical Society and of the American Medical Association. He served as county physician from 1889 to 1892. Fraternally, the Doctor is a promi- nent Mason, being past master of the Oriental Lodge, No. 34, and affiliated with all the bodies of Masonry. He also belongs to the A. Q. U. W. and the Independent Order of Foresters, for both of which he is medical examiner. He was married in Michigan, in October, 1876, to Miss Addie Van Houten, a native of New York, who died February 13, 1896, leaving one daughter, Evelyn, born Jan- uary 7, 1890. He was married again in Spo- kane in November, 1898, to Mrs. Annie Good- ner, a native of Missouri.

W. H. LANDES, who has been a resi- dent of Spokane county since 1897, was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, and the first fifteen years of his life were spent in that state. In 1854 he came to Oregon and he was engaged in farming there for the ensuing twenty-one years, then came to Whitman county, Wash- ington, where the next seventeen years were passed. He then moved to Bonner's Ferry, purchased a farm and lived on it for three years, subsequently moving to Latah county, Idaho, where he remained until 1897. In that year he came to Spokane county and bought a tract of eighty acres a mile southwest of

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An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 100

Author: Edwards, Jonathan, 1847-1929. cn Publication date: 1900 Publisher: [San Francisco?] W.H. Lever Number of Pages: 888

Author: Edwards, Jonathan, 1847-1929. cn
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: [San Francisco?] W.H. Lever
Number of Pages: 888