An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 50

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

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practice, the firm name being Allen & Hoover. In 1885 his brother, H. E., was ad- mitted to the partnership and the firm became Allen, Hoover & Allen. The next year Mr. Hoover withdrew, and was succeeded by Mr. Adolph Munter, and in 1888 Mr. Allen was again forced to retire on account of ill health. He spent three years in California recuperat- ing. but in 1891 returned to Spokane county, locating at Rochester Heights, where he owns one hundred and twenty acres of land and has a magnificent home. In 1894. without any solicitation or previous knowledge on his part. he was appointed by Governor McGraw a member of the capitol building committee, upon which he served until 1897. In 1895. he, with George McDonald' and the late Paul Schultz. were appointed by Judge Hanford receivers for the Yakima Investment Company, Mr. Allen has been sole receiver since 1898. although this is the largest irrigation company in the northwest. Mr. Allen is a man of splendid legal and executive abilities, and in spite of ill health has attained prominence both in his profession and in the affairs of the state. He was married in Oakland, California, No- vember 5, 1878. to Miss Mary Furlow, a na- tive of Rochester, Minnesota. They have five children, Mary J., Joseph S., Jr., Paul V., Madeline E. and Mildred I. Mr. Allen is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Spokane, also John A. Logan Camp, S. of V.

BASCOMB S. JACOBS, deceased, was a native of Dorchester county, Maryland, born January 28, 1842. He lived in the state of his birth until 1881, then moved to Lancaster Court House, Virginia, where he owned a large plantation: Two years later he came to

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Miles City, Montana, and entered the employ of the government as head farmer of the Crow Indian reservation. He retained that posi- tion until his death, which occurred in 1886. He was married in Washington, District of Columbia, June 1, 1864, to Miss Rachel Wells, who still survives him. Mrs. Jacobs came to Spokane in 1888, and in 1891 moved to her present residence on Frederick avenue, where she has a magnificent home, beautifully fur- nished, and surrounded with all the comforts and luxuries of life. She has three children. Edward K., a mining man, James B., a com- positor, and Sallie J.

E. P. WARREN, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of North Carolina, born August 5. 1853. He only attended school twelve months between the ages of twelve and twenty-one years, but on attaining his majority he took a first-grade certificate and started teaching. He had received the greater part of his educa- tion between the plow handles, studying as he worked. He also became a local minister in the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and frequently preached on Sundays, while teach- ing. In 1878, he came to Pendleton, Oregon, where he was principal of the public school for a time, but later became traveling minister for the Methodist Episcopal church, South. In 1882 he again engaged in teaching. taking charge of a school in the Grande Ronde val- ley, but the following year he came to Spo- kane county and located near Trent, seven miles east of Spokane, where he built one of the finest homes in the county. When he ar- rived in Trent, his earthly possessions con- sisted of a team of ponies and a wagon, but he went vigorously to work at farming, fruit

raising and dairying, founded and built up what eventually became the Pine Creek Dairy, and became one of the most successful fruit-growers in the northwest. He has also acquired quite a reputation as an expert orchardist. Mr. Warren is a very thorough man, firmly believ- ing that "Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well." In 1895 he moved to Spo- kane. and the next year to a place one mile southeast of Hillyard. He now has a hand- some residence in the northeast addition . to Ross Park. Spokane. He was married Octo- ber 23. 1879. to Miss Belle Woodruff, a na- tive of Arkansas, and a sister of the celebrated humorist, Press Woodruff. Her father crossed the plains to California in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Warren are parents of two children. Marcel P. and Robert H. The latter gradu- ated from the Blair Business College when fourteen. He is now assistant secretary of the American Boy Battleship Association.

HON. JACOB HOOVER, deceased, a pioneer of 1881. was born in Washington county, Oregon, February 9. 1846. He grad- uated from Pacific University, and in 1868 went to Olympia. Washington. where he taught school a short time, then read law with Hon. Elwood Evans. He was admitted to the bar in 1869, and opened an office at Steilacoom. where he practiced for several years. In 1874 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to represent Pierce county in the legislature and in 1876 he was re-elected, but did not serve on account of moving away. In 1878 he opened a law office in Colfax, Washington, and two years later was elected to the legisla- ture from Whitman county. His re-election followed in 1882, but again he failed to serve

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on account of moving out of the state. In 1880 he and Mr. John Burke opened the Col- fax Bank, but after about a year they sold out, moved to Lewiston, Idaho, and organized the Bank of Lewiston. But Mr. Hoover soon dis- posed of his interest and moved to Spokane. where he opened a law office. the firm at first being Allen & Hoover and later Allen, Hoover &: Allen. In 1886, Mr. Hoover again retired from the law and again entered the banking business, organizing the Traders' National Bank, of which he was cashier. In 1888 he sold his interest in this institution, and the next year organized the Exchange National, of which he was president until his death, which occurred July 11, 1898. He was elected mayorof Spokane in 1890, and served one term. Mr. Hoover was a man of excellent parts and was remarkably successful as a lawyer. as a legislator and as a banker. He was married at Steilacoom, Washington, October 18, 1875. to Miss Ella A. Harmon, who has the distinc- tion of being the first white child born on Puget Sound and whose father, Hill Harmon. came to Washington in 1849. They have three children, Bathaline, J. Wesley and H. Custer. Mr. Hoover was a prominent thirty- second-degree Mason.

AUSTIN MAGIE, a pioneer of 1886. is a native of New Jersey, born August 22, 1849. When a boy he moved with his parents to Terre Haute, Indiana, and later went to Chicago, where he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1875 he moved to Springfield, Illinois, and in 1878 to Pittsburg, Kansas, following his trade in each of these cities. In 1886 he came to Spokane and two years later located at his present place of residence, where he has a mag-

nificent home, elegantly and richly furnished. In 1892 Mr. Magie, while engineer of the Granite block, was crippled for life by being caught in machinery of the electric motor. He was married in Springfield. Illinois, September 5. 1876. to Miss Mary J. Burchett. a native of Brighton. England, and they have a family of two children. namely. Rebecca F. and Harold F. Mrs. Magie is a member of the Episco- pal church.

HON. ALEX. WATT, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Ohio. September 26. 1834. When fourteen years old he accompanied his parents to. California. and resided with them there un- til February. 1851, when the family moved to Oregon. He then turned his attention to pros- pecting in Oregon and California. but in 1864 located in Yam Hill county. Oregon, where until 1879 he was engaged as a contractor and builder and also in farming. Subsequently he moved to Walla Walla and in 1880 came to Cheney. this county. He followed contracting in carpenter work, and farming until 1886, since which date his public duties have monop- olized most of his time. In 1885 he received an appointment as deputy assessor, and, after two years' service, was elected county assessor, an office which he filled with great credit to himself until 1889. He became state senator at the organization of this state following its admission to the union, serving one term. Dar- ing the years 1891 and 1892 he was deputy county treasurer under Gov. Geo. E. Cole, and in 1897 he was appointed postmaster of Che- ney, taking his office in January, 1898. Mr. Watt has ever been very active and zealous in local politics, and has exerted a great in- fluence in the development of the county. He was married in Yam Hill county, Oregon, Feb-

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ruary 26, 1861, to Nancy M. Martin, daughter of Nehemiah and Eliza Martin, who crossed the plains by ox-teams in 1844, enduring many hardships. Mr. and Mrs. Watts have been parents of five children, Clarence. now a resident of Tyler; Bertha L., wife of Ernest D. Paul, of Spokane, and Lynn, living; also Eldon C. and Mable, deceased. Mr. Watt, as past master. installed the officers of the first Masonic lodge instituted in Spokane county.

PROF. WILLIAM BEECHER TUR- NER, principal of the State Normal School at Cheney, was born February 17, 1858, in Hon- olulu, where his parents were missionaries. They now reside on a farm in the vicinity of Salteese Lake, Spokane county. Both have been prominent for many years in the ministerial and educational work of the Pacific coast. the father having been president of Napa College, California, for a long time. The mother was also an early graduate of the State Normal School at Albany, New York, and a promi- nent teacher. She is a scion of the noted Beecher family. Principal Turner was brought by his parents to California in his early infancy, and there he was educated, graduating from Napa College, from which he has since received the degree of M. A. For a number of years subsequent he pursued the dual occupation of teaching and journalism in the Golden state, but in 1885 he came to Washington territory and accepted the principalship of the public schools at Palouse City. He afterward served as principal of the Spokane high school and city superintendent for some years. He then with- drew from the profession temporarily, and engaged in the lumber trade, a business in which he was very successful for several years. In

1890, however, he returned to educational work, being elected superintendent of schools for Spokane county, an office which he filled very creditably for four years. On November 20, 1892, Principal Turner was married to Miss Rose M. Rice, a daughter of Kentucky's noted lawyer, Judge Milton L. Rice, and one of the pioneer teachers of Spokane. Previous to her marriage she had also been principal of the training department and critic teacher in the State Normal School at Ellensburg, and she now holds a like position in the Cheney Normal School. They have one child. Cather- ine. After retiring from the county superin- tendency, Principal Turner was high school principal at Sprague and Wanatchee ; also spent a year in journalism at Kaslo. British Co- lumbia. In 1898 he and Mrs. Turner were asked to reopen the State Normal School at Cheney, which had been closed by guberna- torial veto of its maintenance fund. Though they would have to trust for expenses entirely to tuition fees and private subscriptions, they undertook the work and soon enlisted an ener- getic faculty and over a hundred students. Principal Turner has since succeeded in getting the school restored to state aid. His services as a lecturer and institute worker are every- where in demand, and his reputation as an edu- cator is more than state wide. He is considered a specialist in psychology and history, on both of which subjects he has published mono- graphs.

IMRI J. SCRIBNER, a farmer near Cheney, was born in Washington county, Iowa, March 27. 1844. His father died when he was six years old, and in 1853 the mother moved with her family to Henry coun- ty. Illinois. Mr. Scribner lived there with her

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until 1858, then returned to Washington coun- ty, Iowa, remaining until 1861. In August of that year he enlisted in Company H, Eighth Illinois Cavalry, and he served throughout the entire war, being mustered out July 17, 1865. Shortly after the war, he made a trip to Den- ver, Colorado, returning the same fall to Grand Island, Nebraska. He went to work the next spring as fireman on the U. P. R. R., and on the completion of the road, went to Wash Basin, Idaho, where he was engaged in mining and prospecting until 1873. He then came to Walla Walla, thence to Dayton, residing in the latter town until July, 1883, when he moved to Spo- kane county, Washington. He has lived in the neighborhood of . Cheney continuously since, engaged in farming and fruit raising. Mr. Scribner has resided in the wild West for many years, and, like most old pioneers, has had some lively adventures with the Indians. He took part in the Joseph war as a scout and dispatch bearer, also in Bannock Indian war, and had many thrilling experiences, participat- ing in the engagement at Clearwater and in several other battles. The white forces were commanded in the Joseph war by Col. E. Mc- Conville, who was killed by the Philippinos at Manila in 1899. Mr. Scribner was married July 5, 1883. to Jennie K., daughter of Rolin and Katherine Dayton. They have five chil- dren, Rolin D., Harry A., Edith J., John E. and Hattie S.

OTIS H. DENNEN, a retired miner, son of Simon and Rebecca Dennen, was born in Maine, May 9, 1818. He followed farming in his native state until he became thirty-seven years of age, then went to California, arriving there in the fall of 1855. He was engaged in mining and prospecting for the ensuing twenty-

four years, during that time experiencing an untold amount of hardship and privations. In 1879, he came to Washington, locating at Cheney, where he is spending the evening of his life in peace and plenty, living on the in- terest of his investments.

JUDGE M. A. WILKINSON, justice of the peace and real estate agent at Cheney, was born in Lincoln county, North Carolina, Au- gust 18, 1841. He lived there until 1886, engaged in farming and store keeping. He was the owner of a farm of four hundred and twenty acres, mostly under cultivation, also of a large tan yard. For a number of years be- fore leaving North Carolina he was in the revenue business, but he resigned during Cleve- land's first administration. In January, 1886, he came to Washington, locating in Sprague, Lincoln county, where he resided for over four years. He then removed to Cheney, and en- gaged in the real estate business, an occupation which he has followed continuously since with excellent success. He negotiates more real estate transactions than any other man in Cheney, owing, as he believes, to the fact that he invariably treats all comers with ever con- sideration and is scrupulously honest. He is one of the leading and representative citizens of Cheney, public-spirited, liberal and ever ready to help along any enterprise for the benefit of the community. He was elected justice of the peace in November, 1892, and has held that office ever since, performing his duties with fairness and ability. On Decem- ber I, 1872, he was united in marriage to Susan A. Loftin, a native of Lincoln county, North Carolina, and they have three children, living : Caktawba, Georgia, and James Martin.

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Mr. Wilkinson's grandfather held the office of captain general in the Revolutionary war. His mother was Susan Asbury, daughter of the famous Rev. Daniel Asbury, of the Method- ist Episcopal church of Virginia.

FRANK P. FELLOWS. a merchant, son of Daniel P. and Elma E. Fellows, is a native of Chatham, Medina county, Ohio, born May 26, 1869. He followed farming as an occupa- tion until 1890, then tried railroading for a couple of years, but in 1892 resumed his form- er occupation and continued a tiller of the soil until 1895. In that year he removed to Wash- ington, locating in Cheney, January 25. 1890. The following May he entered into partnership with the Martin & Hubbard Company, a gen- eral merchandise firm. In January. 1899, Mr. Martin sold out his interest and the establish- ment is now owned and operated by the firm of Fellows & Hubbard. They have a fine. large store building and always keep on hand a full and complete stock of everything in their line, and are doing a large and prosperous busi- ness. Mr. Fellows was married November 16, 1889, to Dillie A., a daughter of Seneca and Adelaine Eddy, and a native of Chatham, Ohio. They have one daughter, Nettie May, born Oc- tober 24, 1891. Fraternally Mr. Fellows is a K. P. and a Master Mason.

W. P. HUBBARD, late of the firm of Mar- tin & Hubbard, Cheney, was born and reared in Walworth county, Wisconsin. After com- pleting his public school education and taking a two years' course in Beloit College, he engaged in farming, and, with the exception of six years

spent in commercial pursuits, his time was de- voted to that business until 1890. In that year he came to Cheney, helped form the Martin, Hubbard & Co., and started the first creamery il: this state. They also branched out into the mercantile and other lines of business, becom- ing the leading firm in Cheney, and indeed their creamery business was the largest in the state of Washington. In 1899. the firm divided its business, and Mr. Hubbard, with Mr. F. P. Fellows, another member of the old company, is now conducting the mercantile and livery branches of the former firm's trade. while Mr. Martin and the other partners now have the creamery and mercantile business at Tyler. Mr. Hubbard is an enterprising. pro- gressive man, possessed of the foresight and good judgment characteristics of the success- ful in commercial pursuits. His standing as a citizen is of the highest. he having been a leader in the promotion of everything for the best interests of his town. He is, however. not especially active in politics. He was mar- ried on June 5. 1893. to Nina M. Harris, of Cheney, and they are the parents of two children, Wallace Clair and Raymond Tracy.

REV. R. H. MANIER, member and secre- tary of the board of trustees of the State Normal School at Cheney, was born in Wilson county. Tennessee. November 23. 1828. In his early youth he attended Union AAcademy, and at the age of nineteen emigrated to Willian- son county, Illinois, and attended the Marion Academy. . After completing its course. he taught school for four years, at the same time pursuing theological study. preparatory to en- tering the ministry. In 1854. he became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal denomi-

JAMES N. GLOVER SPOKANE

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nation, and went to work heartily for Christ and the church. He entered the army at the outbreak of the Civil war, was soon elected chaplain of the Forty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry and served through the campaigns in which were fought the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing and Corinth. On account of illness contracted through expos- ure he later resigned his commission as chaplain and engaged in the mercantile business. As soon as his health became in a measure re- stored, he resumed his ministerial work. He was chaplain of the Missouri state senate dur- ing the sessions of 1864 and 1866, also chaplain of the state penitentiary during the same period. In 1888 he came to Washington and set vigorously to work for the religious and educational development of the future state. He was pastor of the M. E. church in Colfax during 1889, fiscal agent of Spokane Col- lege in 1890 and pastor of the Ellenburg church in 1891. He attended the ecumenical conference of Methodism, held in Washington, D. C., in that year, and returning resumed pas- toral charge of the church in Cheney, where he preached for the ensuing five years. He then became superannuated on account of ill health. Mr. Manier has performed a very val- uable work both for the religious and educa- tional interests of this state. He has had exten- sive experience in boards of control in higher institutions of learning, and the Cheney Nor- mal School has more than once profited by his extensive knowledge of college management.

S. M. HARRIS was born in Harrison county, Missouri, September 17, 1840. When four years old he accompanied his parents to

Washington county, Oregon. They located at a point fourteen miles west of Portland and Mr. Harris lived there for twelve years, early learn- ing ·blacksmithing. He followed his trade at Salem and Portland until 1878, then came to Cheney, where he has resided continuously since. He was one of the earliest settlers in Stevens county, was at Pinkney City when the Bloody Fourteenth were there, and witnessed many exciting incidents. He now has an ex- cellent business in Cheney, the natural result of his long experience and skill in his handi- craft. He is also quite heavily interested in mining. Mr. Harris has always taken an in- telligent interest in the city government of Cheney. himself serving as councilman for three terms. Fraternally Mr. Harris has been an en- thusiastic Odd Fellow and Mason for the past twenty-five years. He was married in Forest Grove, Oregon, to Mary E. Stoughton and they have four children : Harold V., Nina W., Gertrude L. and Ella K. His father-in-law, Mr. J. A. Stoughton, was born in Westfield, Massachusetts, September 23, 1830. In 1836 he went with his parents to Mobile, Ala- bama, and he resided there four years, then removed with them to Missouri. In 1843 they crossed the plains by ox-team, consum- ing eight months on the journey. Mr. Stoughton remained on a farm near Oregon City until 1860, then spent three years in Cali- fornia. Returning, he followed farming in the Willamette valley until 1879, when he came to Cheney, and went onto a farm in the then Four Lakes country. Mr. Stoughton was in the first company of gold seekers going from Oregon in 1848, and had many thrilling ex- periences with wild animals and Indians. He was married in August, 1850, to Frances Townsend, who crossed the plains from Georgia, by ox-train, in 1845. Mr. and Mrs.

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Stoughton have two children living, Mary E., wife of Mr. Harris, and Ida L .; also one de- ceased, Edith L.

JOHN B. POWER, carriagemaker at Cheney, is a native of Pike county, Missouri, born January 25, 1857. When a child he came to Illinois with his parents and three years later moved with them to Minnesota, where he re- sided about eight years. He then left home, going to Siskiyou county, California, and soon became interested in some of the largest mines in what was known as South Fork. He lived in California nine years, prospecting over all of what has since come to be known as the Cof- fee creek mining country. In 1882 he came to Cheney and went to work at his trade, wagon and carriagemaking, forming a partnership with a wheelwright by the name of Ed. Hall. In 1885 he purchased the interest of Mr. Hall and since that time has been running the shop alone. He is an excellent workman, and, be- ing also a good business man, has succeeded in building up a large and profitable trade, per- haps the largest in that line in the county out- side of Spokane.

JOSHUA HERRON, farmer and stock raiser, son of John and Melinda Herron, was born in Decatur county, Indiana, February 14, 1827. He lived in his native state until twenty- one years old, but then went to Iowa and en- gaged in farming and carpentering. He lived there eleven years, then came to Kansas, where for the ensuing fourteen years he followed car- penter work and stock raising. He next moved to Idaho, following the same business there

for a number of years. In 1873 he came to Spokane county, locating in the vicinity of Cheney, where he has followed farming and stock raising continuously since. Mr. Herron is a very energetic and successful farmer, but, extensively as he has been engaged in agricult- ural pursuits, he has nevertheless found time to devote to the cause of Christianity and a few spare moments for most everything else tending to advance the best interests of the community and of his fellow man. For the past thirty years he has been a minister of the gospel and he is still laboring faithfully in his sacred call- ing. Mr. Herron has been twice married. His first wedding occurred when he was twenty years old, but his wife died in 1861 and was buried at Topeka, Kansas. He was married again in Leavenworth, Kansas, on September 4, 1862, to Amanda C. Stroup, who still lives with him. They have a family of eight children living: Frank, Charles W., John, Luella G., Joshma, Annie, Carrie. W. and Chester, also Mona May, Wilson, Willard and Daniel, de- ceased.

F. C. WEGNER, Cheney, was born in Prussia, October 21, 1841, and lived there until seventeen years old, early learning the trade of a blacksmith. In 1858 he came to New York, where for three years he followed his trade. When the call came for volunteers he joined the army, and served through the entire war, belonging for the first two years to the Twenty- ninth New York Infantry and for the re- mainder of the war to the Third New Jersey Light Artillery. He participated in the battles of Bull Run, Cross Keys, Fredricksburg. Chan- cellorsville and several other engagements and skirmishes. He was mustered out in May, 1865, after having rendered valiant service and made

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An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 50

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