An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 66

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

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JAY P. GRAVES, a pioneer of 1887. is a native of Carthage, Illinois, born June 27. 1859. After completing his education in Carthage Col- lege. he embarked in the hardware business at Plymouth, Illinois, where he resided until com- ing to Spokane. Upon arriving here. he en- gaged in the real estate and brokerage business. and in 1891 he turned his attention to mining. an industry in which he has been remarkably

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successful. In the fall of 1895 .he organized the Old Ironsides Mining Company, of which he has been vice-president and manager and is now president. In January, 1897, he organ- ized the Knob Hill Gold Mining Company, of which he is vice-president, and the same year he established the Paris Gold Mining Com- pany, of which he has ever since been mana- ger and president. He also was foremost in instituting the Granby Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company, in 1898, and he has held the offices of vice-president and manager since. Their smelting plant is located in Grand Forks, British Columbia. In this industry Mr. Graves has about half a million of his own capi- tal invested, and he has succeeded in interesting his friends in this and other mining enterprises to the extent of about a million and a half dol- lars. For the promotion of their various proj- ects, he and his companies have established offices in Montreal, Canada, New York, Boston and Philadelphia. Mr. Graves is also interested in numerous mining properties in addition to those mentioned, but so great is his capacity for affairs, that he manages to find time for other projects and to discharge his duties as a man and a citizen. He is erecting a three-story pressed-brick block on Riverside avenue, east of Washington street, also a fine residence on Eighth avenue and Washington. He is the owner of the block on the southwest corner of Riverside and Bernard, as well as much other real estate in the city. In 1890 he bought the controlling interest in and became president of the Washington Abstract and Title Guarantee Company, retaining both his interest and his office until 1900, when he withdrew from the company. From 1892 to 1895 he was a director in the Old National Bank, and for a number of years he was a director in the board of trade. In 1894 he was the candidate of the Re-

publican party for mayor of Spokane, but was defeated by Dan Drumheller, the Democratic nominee. Mr. Graves has been very active in securing subsidies for railroads, promoting early enterprises and advancing by every means in his power, the best interests of Spokane, and to his industry, enterprise and zeal. the city is greatly indebted. He was married in Ply- mouth, Illinois, October 18, 1879. to Miss Amanda Cox, of that state, and they are parents of one son, Clyde M., now a student in Mount Pleasant Military Academy, New York.

WILLIAM H. ZIEGLER. mining broker, fourth floor of Ziegler block, a pioneer of 1879. was born in Chenoa. McLean county, Illinois. October 19, 1863. In October. 1879. the fam- ily came to Spokane and Mr. Ziegler and his father, Louis, opened the first hardware store in the city under the firm name of Louis Zieg- ler & Son. They leased from Alexander War- ner a lot on the north side of Main street. be- tween Howard and Stevens, and put up a small frame building, about 20x60 feet, which they used for a place of business. They did but little the first winter, but afterward succeeded in building up a fine trade in that locality. In the summer of 1882 the father bought a lot on the northeast corner of Riverside and How- ard streets, while the son, William H .. was absent conducting a branch store in Medi- cal Lake. The young Mr. Ziegler thought this a poor investment and did not want any part in it, but the father erected a two-story frame building. then one of the finest in the city, and moved the stock into it, also bringing the old building over and placing it beside the new. In 1884 they sold the branch house in Medical Lake to Campbell & Van Wie and two

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years later the Spokane business was sold to Rosenhaupt Brothers. The lot and buildings were retained, however, and after the big fire of 1889, which destroyed the buildings, the large Ziegler block was erected. In 1886 Mr. William Ziegler entered the First National Bank as bookkeeper and he was with them in that capacity for eighteen months. Commenc- ing in January, 1890, he was paying teller in the Traders' National Bank for eighteen months, since which time he has given his at- tention to mining and he is now interested in numerous properties. For the past twenty years Mr. Ziegler has been intimately con- nected with the development of this city. He has long been prominent both in business and as a mining man and has contributed his full share toward the opening of the mining region trubutary to the city. Socially he is affiliated with the F. & A. M.

MAJOR JAMES O'NEILL, deputy clerk of the United States court, office, Auditorium building, is a native of Duanesburg, Schenecta- dy county, New York, born February 8, 1826. He received an academic education and in 1851 went to New York City, where he was engaged in a wholesale grocery and commis- sion business till 1853, when he came out to Oregon. He settled in Oregon City, but soon went to Portland and became agent for Wells. Fargo & Company. He became the third mayor of the city of Portland and held that office during the years of 1856 and 1857. In 1861 he went to Lapwai in the Nez Perces reservation as superintendent of teaching and the next year took full charge of the agency under a commission issued July 6, 1864, signed by President Lincoln, appointing him United

States Indian agent for the territory of Idaho. He still has this notable document carefully preserved and framed. In 1866 he passed through this country on his way to select land for a reservation and the land then chosen con- stitutes the present Cœur d'Alene Indian re- serve. He retired from his position in 1868 and on May 10. of the following year, went back to New York state, riding on the first through train on the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento to Ogden. He remained about nine years at his native place. then in 1878 returned to Chewelah. Stevens county. Washington, where he was sub-Indian agent. having charge of the Cœur d'Alene Indians. In 1887 he resigned. being elected auditor of Stevens county. He served for two years, then was elected to the state senate to repre- sent Stevens and Spokane counties. In 1892 he received an appointment as deputy clerk of the United States district and circuit courts of the eastern division of Washington. a position which he has retained until the present time. Major O'Neill has long been prominent in the affairs of this and neighboring states. He is also popular personally and enjoys in a marked degree the respect and esteem of the citizens of this city. He is a member of the Catholic church. He married, in Fulton coun- ty. New York. November 10, 1849. Miss Caro- line M. Grimmell, a native of Fulton county. New York. She died in her native place No- vember 16, 1871. leaving one daughter. Kate. wife of W. W. Tompkins, a commission mer- chant in Chicago.

FRANK JOHNSON. of the firm of Frank Johnson & Son, a member of the city council, has the distinction of being older in experience

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than any other contractor and builder in this city. He was born in Holland. June 5, 1845. but when seven years old he was brought by his parents to Buffalo, New York. There he grew to manhood, learning the trade of a car- penter and afterwards being employed as a contractor and builder. He enlisted August 14, 1862, in Company M. Eleventh New York Cavalry, and served from that date till the close of the war-thirty-four months. During this time he saw much of the hardest fighting of the Rebellion, having been in the engagements at Gettysburg, Fairfax Court House. Jackson. Mississippi, Port Hudson, Mobile, Alabama. and many others. At Baton Rouge. Louisi- ana, he received a gunshot wound in the right leg, which confined him to the field hospital for four months. Few men can boast of a more laudable war record and few have more reason to be proud of their military service than Mr. Johnson. After the war he returned to Buffalo, New York, and followed his former occupation until August. 1880, when he came to Spokane and accepted a position as fore- · man of general construction for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. He built for them the first freight depot in Spokane and the first passenger depot in Sprague. Subse- quently he became general superintendent of construction for the United States govern- ment and was stationed at Fort Spokane, and erected nearly all the fine buidings there. After inspecting the various army posts in the United States, General Sherman said, in his report, that those built by Mr. Johnson were the finest, considering the cost of their con- struction, of any in the United States. In Spokane, also, Mr. Johnson has made a great record as a builder. He planned and con- structed the Catholic church on Main street in 1883, and built the old Gonzaga College,

the St. Mary's school, the Pacific Hotel. Granite block, the old postoffice building. Daniels block, Merriam block. Holley, Mason. Marks & Company's building. Sisters' Hos- pital, Symons block, Galland Burke brewery. Cœur d' Alene theatre, and the residences of J. J. Brown. M. M. Cowey. Jacob Hoover. H. L. Richardson, General William P. Carlin and many others. He, with his son, William F., is now buiding the street car barns, shops. foundry, sand house and stables, which are to cost forty-four thousand dollars. He has fre- quently been requested to become a candidate for mayor, but invariably refused public office until May, 1899, when he was elected a mem- ber of the city council. Socially, he is affi- liated with the G. A. R. and the Elks. He was married in Buffalo, New York. June 18. 1872. to Miss Louisa Luke, a native of Buffalo. They have three children, Margaret. Amelia and William F.

JOHN D. SHERWOOD. real estate and mining operator, is a native of San Francisco, California, born October 12. 1860. When eighteen he entered Harvard Col- lege, graduating in 1883. then came to Spokane and engaged in the mercantile busi- ness with E. Dempsie. After three years he sold to Mr. Dempsie and opened a real estate office and he, with Frank R. Moore. Fred Chamberlain, William Pettet and others. organized the first electric light company. About 1888 he became interested in building the first cable street railway. extending from the Monroe street bridge. out Boone tothe army .post ; also another running south on Monroe to Thirteenth street and east on Thirteenth five blocks. The company bought the Spokane

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Street Railway from Browne & Cannon, and in 1891 abandoned the cables, thereafter using electricity as the motive power. Then the same persons organized the Washington Water Power Company, which purchased seventeen acres of land including the main falls of the river. The various companies were consolidated in 1899 into the Washing- ton Water Power Company, of which Mr. Sherwood is vice-president. He was presi- dent of the street railways for several years and also for a long time vice-president of the Board of Trade. He erected just before the fire the first five-story office building in this city, a brick and stone structure on the site of the present Sherwood block. It was burned in the fire, the total loss being sixty-five thou- sand dollars, of which forty thousand dollars was covered by insurance. In 1890 he and his brother, Frank P., erected the Sherwood block, a three-story brick. Mr. Sherwood has always been a thrifty, enterprising citizen and is one to whom Spokane owes very much. He is a public-spirited man and has contrib- uted liberally to enterprises of public benefit. He helped establish the army post here and was one of the largest contributors. He was married in Red Bluff, California, to Miss Josephine B. Cone, a native of that place.

FRANKLIN P. SHERWOOD, son of Benjamin F. and Almira D., was born in San Francisco, California, July 11, 1864. He was educated in the School of Mines in Columbia College. New York, came to Spokane in 1886 and has been associated with his brother, John D., in his various business enterprises, but has devoted most of his time to mining in the various camps around Spokane. He has op-

erated principally in the Cœur d' Alene mines, living at Wardner four years, but in 1890 he moved to Ruby City in the Okanogan district. then spent two years in Rossland, British Colum- bia, two years at Kalso, and two in other parts of British Columbia, activelyengaged in mining at all of these places. He is now interested in the Buffalo Hump district. where he is engaged in developing several properties. Like his brother, John D., Mr. Franklin P. Sherwood has been a very valuable man in the up-build- ing of this city. His capital has helped build its street railways and has been donated freely to its public enterprises, but what is still more important, it has been devoted to developing the mining region, which has furnished so large a part of the wealth of this city.

DR. O. B. THATCHER, dentist, rooms 15 and 16 Granite block, a pioneer of 1882. was born in Vermont. April 27. 1857. He grew to manhood in the state of his nativity. acquiring his education in the public schools and in the Vermont State Normal School at Randolph, from which he graduated in 1876. He went to Illinois in 1877 and for several years thereafter was engaged in teaching. At length, however, he returned to Vermont and began the study of dentistry at Randolph. subsequently entering the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. AAfter graduating he went to the Hawaiian Islands, locating at Honohilu. where he began the practice of his profession. In 1881 he came to San Francisco, California. He practiced there till 1882, then came to Spo- kane and opened a dental office. and he has been engaged in the pursuit of his profession here continuously since. Dr. Thatcher is the oldest resident dentist of the city, and being a

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thorough and skillful workman, has naturally secured and retained a large practice. He has long been a substantial and respected citizen of Spokane, contributing as he has had oppor- tunity to the material and social well-being of the city. Fraternally, he affiliates with the I. O. O. F .. the W. of W., and the U. A. He was married in Spokane. in 1892, to Miss Katrina Phillips, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Rev. N. H. Phillips.

PROFESSOR I. C. LIBBY, of the de- partment of Latin in the Spokane high school, a pioneer of 1882, was born in the vicinity of Portland, Maine, March 1, 1852. He was raised on a farm and attended school only during the winter months, but when sev- enteen he began teaching, at the same time devoting every spare moment to preparing himself for college. In 1872 he entered the Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Con- necticut, the parent Wesleyan institution of its kind in this country, and three years later graduated from the classical course with the Phi Beta Kappa rank. He made his own way through college, earning most of the necessary funds during vacations. After graduating he accepted a position as assistant superintendent of the Maine State Reform School, but was there only a few months. when he decided to return to the university for further study. He took a post-graduate course in physics and languages, then was elected assistant principal of the Middletown high school and after two years was promoted to the principalship. He held that position for two years also, then served in the same ca- pacity in the high school of Great Falls, New Hampshire, for one year, after which he re-

turned to Middletown and opened a private pre- paratory school, at the same time filling the pul- pit of the Methodist Episcopal church at West Rock Hill, near by. In 1882 he came to Spo- kane as pastor of the first Methodist Episcopal church and president of the Spokane College. He occupied the pulpit in the Methodist Epis- copal church till January, 1884, and retained the presidency of the college till the summer of that year, then, with his wife, opened the Spokane English and Classical School. After maintaining this institution for two years, he was forced to leave the schoolroom on account of ill health. He farmed for a while, then was elected, on the Republican ticket, county superintendent and held that office two years. In January, 1897, he returned to the school- room and became professor of Latin in the high school. His wife also teaches rhetoric and composition in the same institution. Professor Libby has long been one of the leading educators in this part of the country and he has done much for the intellectual de- velopment of Spokane city and county. By his own patient industry in his younger days he wrought his way, against overwhelming odds, to a mastery of a university course. so that he has been enabled to accomplish a great work in the cause of education wherever he has since lived. He was married in Westbrook, Maine. July 25. 1877, to Miss Martha E. Libby, a native of Maine. She finished her education in the Connecticut State Normal School. They have four children, Mary L., Ruth R., Laura M. and Paul T.

C. F. BARTH, cigar manufacturer, 923 Bridge avenue. is a native of Syracuse, New York, born May 15. 1861. He grew up and

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learned his trade there, then came west and engaged in business, first in San Francisco, then in Juneau, Alaska, and finally in Everett, Washington. In 1895 he came to Spokane and engaged in the cigar business. In 1899 he opened in his present location, where he has a business large enough to keep three men besides himself at work steadily, and it will no doubt continue to increase, as the ex- cellence of his products comes to be more and more widely appreciated. He makes a spe- cialty of Barth's Perfecto, a cigar which sells for sixty-five dollars per thousand, but nearly all his goods are high grade, and only a very few cheap cigars are manufactured by him. He runs a strictly union plant and none but union employees are hired as assistants. So- cially, he affiliates with the Elks and the Foresters. He was married in Massillon, Ohio, July 6, 1895, to Miss Mary Simonet, a native of Ohio.

HON. R. B. BLAKE, of the law firm of Blake & Post, was born in Hendricks county, Indiana, March 14, 1850; was reared on a farm until sixteen; then went to Dan- ville, the county seat, where he received his preparatory education. He attended De Pauw University, and took his degree, B. S., from that institution in 1872, but he had been studying law at the same time, so that in Octo- ber of the same year he was admitted to the bar. He at once opened a law office in Dan- ville, where he practiced until coming to this county, holding at one time the office of prosecuting attorney in his circuit. Arriving in Spokane in March, 1888, he opened an office in connection with Colonel W. M. Rid- path and practiced with him till October, 1889. when he was elected to the bench, becoming

the first judge of the superior court of this and Stevens counties. He discharged the duties of that office until January, 1893, when the present partnership was formed. They have a fine office beautifully fitted up and furnished with a very large and comprehensive library. Judge Blake is entirely a self-made man. Starting without capital or assistance he has won his way to a leading place in the bar of this state, and has accumulated enough so that he may be classed among the wealthy men of this city. He owns the Y. M. C. A. building and much other property in Spokane. He lives in a fine residence on the Summit Boule- vard. furnished and surrounded with all the comforts and luxuries of home. He was married in Danville, Indiana, December 22. 1874, to Miss Antoinette E., a daughter of Jacob K. and Phœbe Moore, and a native of Danville. They have two sons, Jacob M., a graduate of Ann Arbor Law School. now prac- ticing in the firm of Blake & Adams, in this city. and Robert B .. a student in Chicago Uni- versity.

JOHN N. SQUIER, a pioneer of 1879. was born in Penn Yan, New York. April 5. 1837. In 1842 the family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where his father put in the second grist mill in the county. John N. worked in the mill, attending also the city schools and St. Mark's College. In 1858 he came to California, mined till 1862. then came to Oregon, where he was in business untili869. In 1868 he passed through where Spokane now is, en route to Pend d'Oreille river to look . up mining properties. After prospecting in Nevada for several years, he brought a stock of cigars and liquors from San Francisco and started a wholesale and retail business on

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Howard street. north of Main, in a one-story 20x30-foot frame. Later he built a brick structure in the rear, 18x30 feet. the first brick building in this city. After doing busi- ness here for a number of years, he, in com- pany with E. Germond, built a two-story brick, corner Mill and Main, and ran a res- taurant and saloon there for a long time. He bought two lots on Mill and Main and in 1887 built the Grand Hotel, a three-story brick, which was burned in 1889. Two years later, in 1891, he built the four-story brick on the southeast corner Mill and Main. in which he had a restaurant, lodging house and saloon for a number of years. He then en- gaged in the ice business with Judge Nash. building four large ice houses at the mouth of Hangman creek. Mr. Squier was one of the first to develop mines in this section and is now giving his attention exclusively to that business in company with his brother, Daniel D. He has been a liberal contributor to the early enterprises and has helped in every way in his power to build up the city.

D. D. SQUIER, a pioneer of 1879. was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 19, 1844. His early years were spent in his father's grist mill and as a clerk. He also spent ten years on the stage as an actor and theatrical manager. In 1876 he came west to Virginia City, Nevada, where he was a speculator in mining stocks for about two years, then went to California and in Novem- ber, 1879. came to Spokane. He clerked for a time in Wells, Fargo & Company's office with S. G. Whitman, then went into mining and was one of the first to enter the Cœur d' Alene region. In the winter of 1879 and 29

1880 he played in the Home Dramatic Club, organized by Charles Cornelius. for the amuse- ment of the few settlers then here, the proceeds going for schools and charitable purposes. 11: 1884 also he leased Van Dorn's opera house, corner Riverside and Post. and had charge of it for a year, during which time he engaged many prominent companies, includ- ing Jaunashek. Since 1883 he has been min- ing in various camps, prospecting and develop- ing numerous properties, and he and his brother .. John, are now extensively interested in mines and prospects. Mr. Squier is a charter mem- ber of Myrtle Lodge. K. P. He also has. been a liberal contributor to all early enter- prises, and has done much for the development of the city.

PETER RUMPF, proprietor of the Pa- cific Bottling Works, is a native of Russia, born June 24. 1844. He early learned the trade of a brewer. When twenty years old he emi- grated to the United States, locating first in Brooklyn, New York, but the following year he removed to Germania. Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade until 1866. In that year he came to White Pine. Nevada, and followed mining for awhile, and then removed to the Grande Ronde Valley, Oregon. In 1868 he came to Walla Walla, Washington, entered the em- ploy of the Isabel Brewing Company, and was with them till 1870, then moved to Dayton and engaged in the brewing business for himself. In 1877 he sold out and moved to Sprague, where he was engaged in the wholesale liquor business and opened a large bottling works. In 1889 he moved to Spokane and opened a large bottling establishment where the Pacific Hotel now stands, but later moved to the cor-

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ner of Post street and Nora avenue, where his plant is now located. He has a magnificent residence on the corner of Nora avenue and Mill street, elegantly furnished and supplied with all the luxuries of home. Mr. Rumpf also owns a fine farm of four hundred and eighty acres in Lincoln county.

He was married in Dayton, Washington, May 2, 1872, to Miss Matilda Weber, a native of Wisconsin, and they have four children, Katie, Lena, Lulu and Josie.

MAJOR JAMES M. ARMSTRONG, a pioneer of 1883, and an influential and highly esteemed citizen of Spokane, was born in Washington, Washington county. Pennsyl- vania, April 23, 1844. When six years old he was taken by his parents to Louisville, Ken- tucky, and six years later he came to Wash- ington, lowa. On July 28. 1861, Mr. Arm- strong enlisted as a private in Company K. Thirteenth Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Army of the Tennessee for three years and saw much of the hardest fighting of the war, being present in the battle of Shiloh, the siege and battle of Corinth and the siege of Vicksburg, also in the battles at Marietta, Peach Tree creek and Atlanta. At the last named place he received a gunshot wound in the left leg, which necessitated its amputa- tion, so that he was discharged for disability July 21, 1864. In 1867 he went to Wash- ington. District of Columbia, and served in the department of the interior as clerk in the census office and chief clerk in in the land office. During this time he en- tered the Columbia Law School, from which he graduated in 1871. On April 20, 1880, he was appointed by President Hayes register in

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An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 66

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