An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 58

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

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& A. M., K. of P., Elks, Foresters and Wood- men of America. He was married in Hutch- inson, Minnesota, June 28, 1885, to Miss Eliz- abeth C. Pendergast, a native of that place. They have two daughters-Abbie E. and Edith L.

JOHN B. PARKER, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of Ohio, born at Crestline, February 16, 1852. He was raised in Ohio and learned the trade of a barber. When eighteen years old he started west, and has worked in many of the best mining camps, where he followed his trade and invested in mining properties. He kept a prospector in the field steadily for several years, and has made a fair stake at the business several times. In 1883 he came to Spokane and opened a shop, and has been en- gaged in this city ever since. He is at present located in the Howard block, with Richard Turner, and has his share of the patronage. Mr. Parker was married in Corinne, Utah, in 1877, to Della Reyno. They have five children- Charles S., Candace M., Byron, Harry and Douglas.

D. K. OLIVER, a pioneer of 1878, is a na- tive of Pennsylvania, born in Franklin county, August 30, 1845. When seventeen years old he enlisted in Company E. Twenty-first Penn- sylvania Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, being in eleven different engagements in the Army of the Potomac. At the close of the war he came west, and in 1866 drove six yoke of oxen, with a prairie schooner loaded with eight thousand pounds of bacon, from Kansas City, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mex- ico. He worked in California. Nevada and Oregon, and in November. 1878, came to Spo-

kane by river and wagon. He followed the carpenter's trade for several years, and has put in different summers in prospecting, having an interest in numerous mining claims. He has a nice home on the corner of Fourth and Wash- ington. In 1892 he built the Oliver block. 332- 334 Riverside, a two-story brick, with a society hall on the second floor. He is a member of the G. A. R., Reno Post, No. 47, and Royal Ar- canum, Spokane Council, No. 1371. In 1896-7 he served as a member of the city council. Mr. Oliver was married in Dallas, Oregon, on Christmas day, 1873, to Miss Amanda Ham, a native of Oregon, and they have one son, Charles W.

HON. HORATIO N. BELT, ex-mayor of Spokane, is a native of Illinois, born in Jersey county October 1, 1841. The Belt family are all descendants of two brothers who came from England after the Revolutionary war and set- tled in Maryland. It is an old and prominent family ; the father of H. N. served in the war of 1812 under General Jackson and died on the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans in 1869. Our subject was raised on a farm and taught school for five years. He then engaged in the flour mill business and general mer- chandsing in Jersey county, Illinois, until 1882, when he moved to Bunker Hill, Illinois, where he was also in the banking business, the firm being Belt Brothers & Company. In 1887 he came to Spokane and was largely interested in real estate, purchasing an interest in the Ross Park addition and building a home there. He was one of the promoters of the Ross Park Street Railway Company, the first successful electric line west of the Missouri river. In 1891 he served as a member of the city council and in 1894 was elected mayor on the People's

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party ticket. He was re-elected in 1895, when the term of office was lengthened to two years. Mr. Belt served during the hardest times in this city, when the panic, Coxey's army, the Ameri- can Railway Union strike and everything con- spired against peace and prosperity. His pop- ularity among the working people saved many riots and prevented bloodshed. In 1896 he was prominently mentioned for governor at the Ellensburg convention, and would have been almost the unanimous choice of the delegates had not the question of location defeated him. Spokane then had the congressman and at- torney-general, and the party could not place 'him on the ticket. He is very popular with the Silver Republicans and those making the fusion party of the state. Mr. Belt was mar- ried in Jersey county, Illinois, 'December 15, 1868, to Martha J. Tipton. They have three children: Cora L., wife of L. S. Roberts; William L., an expert accountant, and Horatio C., bookkeeper for the Spokane Abstract Com- pany. He is a prominent man in the Masonic fraternity.

RICHARD ASHTON HUTCHINSON, a pioneer of 1879, farmer, miner and dealer in real estate, 514 South Arthur street, is a na- tive of Mississippi, born at Grand Gulf Feb- ruary 14, 1853. His father was a cousin of Andrew Jackson, a veteran of the Mexican war and a strong anti-slavery man. He came north to assist John Brown and located in Kansas. then resided in Colorado and again in Kansas. In 1863 Richard, then ten years old. made his start in the worldl by being elected as page in the territorial house the last time the legislature met in Golden City. After the legislature ad- journed George Lane appointed him a messen- ger in the Denver mint, which position he re-

signed to accept a place with W. H. Loveland. He later went to Topeka, Kansas, and spent a year in school there. Leaving school, he pro- ceeded to his father's place on the plains at Hays City. Here he entered the office of the Hays City Advance, a lively sheet. The ed- itor being compelled to leave town in a hurry the paper suspended. Mr. Hutchinson then en- tered the service of the United States govern- ment against the Cheyenne Indians and spent over four years in that service and in hunting buffalo and driving Texas cattle. In 1872 the family located in Seattle, where Richard A. was interested in mining. On May 20. 1879. he ar- rived in Spokane, accompanied by his brother. William H., and on June 3d he and his brother located homesteads near Mondovi. Lincoln county, upon which they lived for seventeen years. When Spokane county was cut off from Stevens county he and Colonel L. B. Nash, of Spokane. and C. S. Toby, of Spangle, met at Marshall's mill ( now Marshall Junction) and organized the Democratic party by appointing a central committee, of which Hon. J. J. Browne was elected chairman and Mr. Hutch- inson secretary. Mr. Hutchinson assisted in founding the town of Cheney. He was elected the first county assessor of Spokane county. running six hundred and eleven votes ahead of his ticket. but before his term of office expired Lincoln county was created from a portion of Spokane and his residence fell in Lincoln coun- ty, so he resigned the assessor's office in pref- erence to leaving his homestead. He was then appointed the first assessor of Lincoln county. In 1884 he was elected sheriff by a large ma- jority, but on account of a hot county-seat fight he was illegally counted ont. In 1886 he was appointed by the general government to take charge of the mills and general stores at Nespil- um and manage Chief Joseph and his band of

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Nez Perces, then prisoners of war. He made an efficient official, remaining there until July I, 1889. In 1886 he, with others, grub staked the prospectors that discovered and located the first quartz mines in Okanogan county and he has since been interested in mining. He had charge of the 1890 census in Lincoln county, and was elected that year a member of the house in the state legislature, running six hundred ahead of his ticket. While a member of the legislature he took an active part in working for the reduction of freight rates, he being a member of the railroad committee. In 1892 he was elected to the state senate, running one thousand ahead of his ticket and winning the distinction of being the only member of the preceding house promted to the senate. He held the office until 1896, when he moved to Spokane. He is now engaged as a mining and real estate broker. Mr. Hutchinson has a wife and five children : Bessie, Ida, Marita, Rachel and Richard A., Jr. They are members of the Episcopal church. Mr. Hutchinson is a mem- ber of the K. P., being first past chancellor of the oldest lodge in the state. He is also a member of the A. O. U. W. and W. of W.

JOHN A. LONG, harnessmaker, 118 Ste- vens, between Riverside and Main, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Union county April 5, 1839. When he was twelve years old the family removed to Brookville, where he learned the trade of harnessmaker. He enlisted at Freeport September 15, 1861, in Company H, Fifteenth Illinois Infantry, under Captain M. D. Swift. He served three years and nine months in the Army of Tennessee and rose to the rank of captain. He was also in the Seventeenth Army Corps under General John A. Logan, 25

and took an active part in many engagements, including Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Shiloh, Corinth, Memphis, Black River, Vicksburg, Champion Hill, Jackson, Mississippi, and many skirmishes. After the war he located in Boone, Iowa, where he had a harness shop for two years, then resided in various places. In March, 1884, he came to Spokane and opened a shop. and now has a nice business, in which he has been successful. He was elected a member of the city council on the Republican ticket in 1894 and served three years. Mr. Long. is a member of the F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F. He was married in Freeport, Illinois, July 4, 1870, to Ellen J. Hoffhine. They have four chil- dren : Bernice M., Roy H., Ivy V. and Helen M.

WILLIAM D. PARKS, a pioneer of 1878. is a native of New York, born in Malone, Franklin county, October 3, 1838. He was. raised on a farm and when he was sixteen years; old the family removed to Wisconsin, where. he was engaged in farming and lumber manu- facturing for eight years. He was married. there in the town of Waukau April 15, 1860, to Miss Emma Bertrand, a native of New York. They removed to St. Charles, Minnesota, in 1861, and on February 16, 1863, he enlisted in Company D, Seventh Minnesota Infantry, and served as a private nearly two years, being in the engagements at Holly Springs, Missis- sippi, where they chased Forrest and Price and broke up the guerrilla bands: Big Blue, Mis- souri ; Nashville, Tennessee ; Mobile, Alabama. and other skirmishes. At the time of his dis- charge he was acting as second lieutenant. They moved to Dakota, where they spent eight years, then came to Spokane, reaching here November 1, 1878. In 1879 he took up one

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hundred and sixty acres of land on the hill south of town, where Arlington Heights is now located. He still owns thirty acres. He en- gaged, with others, and built the Eagle block on Riverside. Mr. Parks has built several of the best residences in the city and made some of the greatest improvements. The family are active workers in the Methodist Episcopal church and he helped to build the first Meth- odist church in this city.

EZRA D. RINEAR, a pioneer of 1878, is a native of Michigan, born in Cass county March 28, 1854. He was raised there on a farm. In 1877 he started west and located in California, then in Oregon, and in April, 1878, arrived in Spokane. He took up one hundred and sixty acres of land and purchased a second quarter-section fifteen miles south- east of town and resided there until the fall of 1894, when he was elected sheriff of the county. on the People's party ticket and served for two years. Mr. Rinear is heavily interested in mining properties in Washington, Idaho and British Columbia. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Woodmen of the World. He was married in Cass county, Michigan, October 19, 1872, to Minerva Tompkins, a native of Ohio. They have three children : Clarence E .. Charles B. and Nora B.

JAMES E. DANIELS, collector of cus- toms at Northport, Washington, is a native of Maryville, Dodge county, Wisconsin, born January 29, 1859. He was raised in Wis- consin and followed various occupations in that state until 1886, when he came to Cheney.

this county. In 1887, he moved to Spokane, where he was employed by Henry Brook as an office man and in a warehouse and later as foreman of the building department. In 1892, during Harrison's administration. he was appointed Chinese inspector, a position which he held for six months. He then, in 1893, went to Springdale to become superin- tendent of the Washington Brick, Lime & Manufacturing Company and had charge of their business for two years. Since Novem- ber 1. 1897. he has held his present position as collector of United States customs at North- port. During the years 1887. 1888 and 1880 he was a member of the Spokane volunteer fire department. Mr. Daniels is a man of un- stained reputation and one who enjoys the confidence and goodwill of his fellow citizens wherever he has lived. He was married in Spokane. June 3. 1890. to Miss Mary E .. daughter of Henry and Kezia Brook.

GEORGE H. LEONARD. justice of the peace and attorney-at-law. is a pioneer of 1886. Hle is a native of the town of Stafford. in Gen- esee county, New York, born June 19. 1852. When he was fourteen years old his family moved to Washington, D. C., where he at- tended the Columbia University, spending some years in scientific study, but graduating from the law department in 1872. After completing his education he went to Chicago, opened an office and practiced until 1885. the firm name being Ewing & Leonard. From that time till 1886 he was alone in his practice of law. Dur- ing those years he lived in Hyde Park, a sub- urb of Chicago, being mayor of his town from 1880 to 1882 inclusive, and serving also for some years as president of its board of educa-

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tion. In 1886 he came to Spokane and opened a real estate office with H. Bolster. He re- mained in that business until 1892, when he again entered upon the practice of law. In 1891 Mr. Leonard was a member of the com- mission appointed to frame a charter for this city, and in 1899 he received from the county commissioners an appointment to the office of justice of the peace. Politically Justice Leon- ard is an ardent Republican. He is also in- terested in religious work, being an active mem- ber of the First Presbyterian church of this city. He was married in Hyde Park Septem- ber 14, 1876, to Miss Laura Butlin, a native oi Milwaukee, daughter of Thomas and Miner- va Butlin. They have four children : Thomas B., born in July, 1877: Charlotte, born in Sep- tember, 1879; Helen, born in June, 1881, and George, born in July, 1883.

C. J. KORDS, a pioneer of 1880, is a na- tive of Iowa, born in Guttenberg August 18. 1854. After spending the first twelve years of his life in the town of his nativity, he moved to Quincy, Illinois, where he remained till 1869. He then came west to Douglas county, Nevada, where for several years he was engaged in teaming. In 1880 he visited this city and in 1881 permanently located here. He at once resumed his former occupation and is at the present time employed in trucking for the large mercantile houses of this city. Mr. Kords is a member in good standing of the Masonic fra- ternity. He was married at Spokane August 20, 1891, to Miss J. C. Lauer, a native of Bur- lington, Iowa. They have two children: Ro- land C., born June 30. 1892, and Gladys M., born March 12, 1894.

J. W. BINKLEY, of the law firm of Binkley & Taylor, 7 and 8 Van Valkenburg block, is a pioneer of 1883. He was born in Ontario, Canada, July 10. 1856, and grew to man's estate in his native province, receiv- ing his education there and studying law at Osgoode Hall. He was admitted to the bar of this state at Tacoma in May. 1883. and came directly to Spokane. The present part- nership was at once formed and he has been practicing in company with Mr. Taylor ever since. Mr. Binkley was, however, probate judge in 1885 and 1886, and he discharged the duties of that office with great ability and to the entire satisfaction of his constituency. In 1886 the firm organized the Northwestern Pacific Mortgage Company, which was subse- quently merged into the Hypotheek Bank, an institution which has exerted a powerful in- fluence in the commercial life of the city and county also. Messrs. Binkley & Taylor man- aged the business of this company from the time of its organization until 1896. Mr. Binkley is not only a leading and very success- ful member of the bar of Spokane, but he is an eminently public-spirited citizen, and one whose influence has been very sensibly felt in the development of the city. Notwithstanding his large and exacting law practice, he found time to bear an active and enthusiastic part in organizing and carrying to a successful issue the first and second Spokane Industrial Exposi- tions, over both of which he was president. He was also active in establishing the Wright army post at Spokane, and he has recently completed the construction of the elegant Montvale block, a fine three-story brick on the corner of First avenue and Monroe street. Indeed, he has always been alive to the in- terests of the city and ever willing to con- tribute his share towards any enterprise of

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public benefit. Socially he is affiliated promi- nently with the I. O. O. F. Mr. Binkley has been twice married; by his first marriage he had one daughter.

A. H. MYERS, chief of the Spokane fire department and a pioneer of 1883, was born at Oakland, California, April 30, 1849. He learned the plumber's trade and worked as a journeyman till about 1870, when he opened a shop of his own, in which he did business for five years. In 1875 he was appointed to remodel the Napa Insane Asylum and later was given full charge of the plumbing depart- ment of that institution. He afterwards moved to Portland, Oregon, and then to Walla Walla, Washington. In each of these cities he fitted up the plumbing in some of the largest and finest buildings. In 1883 he came to Spokane and was employed for the next five years in the mechanical department of the firm of J. H. Boyd & Company. He then bought out their plumbing department and organized the Falls City Plumbing & Heating Company, of which he was manager until the big fire burned them out. They reopened, however, but soon Mr. Myers sold his interest and again cpened a shop alone. He was engaged in this shop until, in November, 1896, he was appointed chief of the fire department of this city.

As an officer, Chief Myers has been em- inently satisfactory to all. He has made many improvements in the department, adding greatly to its efficiency, so that it is now con- sidered one of the finest in the west. As re- gards quick work and life-saving appliances. it is ranked next to the Kansas City fire de- partment. In Ocober, 1899, Mr. Myers read

a paper on life-saving appliances before the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Associa- tion of Fire Chiefs.

In early days he organized what was known as the Tiger Hook and Ladder Com- pany, the first fire company in Spokane.

Mr. Myers is a charter member of the Elks, and belongs also to the Ancient Order of Foresters. He has been a liberal subscriber to all early enterprises and a generous sup- porter of everything having a tendency to develop the city.

FERDINAND HAASE, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Braunschweig. Germany. January 10, 1848. He grew to manhood in his native town, learned cabinetmaking and followed the trade until 1875. when he came over to the United States, finally locating in Minnesota. He tried farming for four years, then moved to Minneapolis and worked at his trade for four years more. On July 1. 1883, he ar- rived in Spokane with just five cents in his pocket. However, he secured employment at once in the First National Bank building, which was then in course of construction. Soon afterwards he opened a shop as a contractor and buildler and was foreman in the erection of the Hyde block, the Van Valkenburg. and many other large buildings. Since 1887 he has been engaged in the liquor business. being. now located at 927 Second avenue. Like many others, he was burned out in the great fire of 1889, losing considerable. Mr. Haase was for years a member of the Hook and Lad- dler Company, and for a long time president of the Concordia Singing Society, to which he still belongs. He also helped start the Turn- verein and was its first president. Indeed.

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he has always shown himself a public-spirited man, contributing liberally of his means to all the early enterprises which had any ten- dency to benefit or build up the city.

He was married at Braunschweig, Ger- many, April 19, 1874. to Johanna Luettich. They have six children, 'Elizabeth, Albert. Emma, William, Oscar and Ferdinand, all born in the United States.

WILLIAM S. McCREA, of the firm of McCrea & Merryweather, real estate, insur- ance, rentals and safety deposit, is a native of Huron county, Ontario, born August 13, 1871. When he was a boy the family went to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and when he became sixteen they moved to Rathdrum, Idaho. Here Mr. McCrea was for a while in a general merchandise firm known as Mc- Crea Brothers. In 1888 he came to Spokane, accepted a position as bookkeeper in the sav- ings department of the Bank of Spokane Falls and was employed by them until the fire of 1889. He then took charge of the safe de- posit vaults for the Washington Savings Bank. In 1894 he and W. G. Merryweather organized the Washington Safe Deposit & Trust Company, located in the basement of the Cushing building. They also attend to renting and insurance, and do a large business in writing surety bonds. In May, 1897, Mr. McCrea was elected city treasurer, which office he held for two years. He is one of the most enterprising young men of the city, and prom- ises to soon take rank among the leading busi- ness men of the state. He is a prominent mem- ber of the F. & A. M., the K. of P. and the Royal Arcanum. He was married, in 1895,

to Miss Kate W., daughter of Henry and Kezia Brook. They have two children, viz. : Kath- erine M. and Mary H.

ALEXANDER W. McMORRAN, of the firm of McMorran & Featherstone, manufac- turers of staple drugs in handy packages, is a member of the Spokane city council. He was born in Ontario, Canada. October 9. 1853. He received a high school education and clerked in a drug store for one year. Then, though only sixteen years old, he determined to start life, so he went to Detroit, entered a drug store and became a pharmacist. He re- mained in Detroit eight years, then came to Central City, Colorado, and opened a drug store. He was in business there for two years, then in Leadville for about two years, then in Denver, where he had a fine drug store. In the fall of 1882 he came to Salt Lake City and acquired a large stock of drugs, which, in the spring of 1884. he brought to Spokane. He opened up in the Wolverton block, but was burned out the following fall, losing every- thing. In 1889 he was again burned out in the Zeigler block and again lost nearly every- thing he had. He soon started business for the third time in this city, in company with A. A. Pelton, and was for the third time burned out. Few men have suffered more frequent or more severe losses by fire than has Mr. Mc- Morran and none could have shown a more dauntless courage or a greater resourceful- ness than he in recovering from these losses. After the third fire he was for six years in charge of the Spokane Drug Company's labora- tory. In 1898, however, he engaged in his present business. The firm are putting up staple medicines and drugs in handy pack-

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ages. In the spring of 1897 Mr. McMorran was elected a member of the city council for the Fifth ward and is proving himself a capable official, thoroughly awake to the best interests of Spokane. Socially, he is affiliated prom- inently with the F. & A. M. He was married in Central City, Colorado, May IS. 1881, to Miss May Putnam, a native of Illinois. They have three sons, Earl, Lloyd and Clair.

M. M. COWLEY was born in Rathdrum, county Wicklow, Ireland, May 9, 1841. He was educated in a private school of high rank and in the monastery of Clondalkin, near Dublin. He emigrated to America in 1856, locating in Rochester city, New York, where he remained till the spring of 1858. He then crossed the plains to Placerville, California, consuming six months on the journey. His first employment was clerking in a large mer- cantile establishment in the southern part of the state and this he followed three years. He then concluded to try his fortunes in the mining region of Idaho. He arrived in the Salmon river country in 1862 and mined with varying success until 1867, when he located at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. He was in the mercantile business there, also conducting a ferry on the Kootenai river, for five years, but on July 4, 1872, he removed to Spokane Bridge, this county. Here he resided for the ensuing seventeen years, following the mer- cantile business and cattle industry and sticking to his isolated post throughout the entire Nez Perce war, despite all danger.

In 1885, he became identified with the Traders' National Bank, of which he has ever since been a director. In 1889 he sold his stock of general merchandise, rented his build-

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An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 58

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