An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 71

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

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W. W. BYINGTON, a pioneer of 1885. is a native of New York, born March 28. 1836. Two years later his parents moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, and in 1844 to Jo Daviess county, where they were engaged for a number of years afterwards in the lead mines. In 1861 Mr. Byington went to Jackson county. lowa, and followed farming and the general merchandise business for three or four years. In 1865. however, he returned to Galena and accepted a position as clerk in a wholesale grocery store. He was thuis employed for three years, then removed to Redwood county. Minnesota, where he was engaged in agri-

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cultural pursuits for a number of years, during nine of which he served as justice of the peace of his county. He came to Spokane in 1884 and gave his attention to carpenter work and building for about four years, after which he engaged in the grocery business with William Smith. Their store was on the corner of Riverside and Washington. Mr. Byington sold out his interest in 1889 and again went to work at his trade, following it continuously for the ensuing eight years. In 1897 he again engaged in the grocery business with Mr. Mc- Kenna, but two years afterwards sold to F. J. Farley and retired from business. Mr. By- ington has been a very industrious, enterpris- ing man, has fought life's battle bravely and is now enjoying a well-earned repose. He was always been a good, substantial citizen, worthy of the highest esteem and respect. He was married, first. in Wisconsin, October 28. 1864. to Miss Jane McMurry, a native of Pennsyl- vania, who died December 12, 1866, leaving two daughters, Mattie, wife of C. M. Shil- liam, and Ida, wife of W. A. Tickner. He was married again. September 20, 1868, to Miss Jennie Spencer, a native of Illinois.

JOHN MCCULLOUGH, proprietor of the Forest Park grocery, corner Monroe and Virginia streets, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1848. On arriving at years of ma- turity he went to Neosho county and engaged in milling, an occupation which he followed for some years. In 1889. however, he moved to Joplin, Missouri, and went into the mer- cantile business. During his stay there he was for two years a member of the city coun- cil. Subsequently he removed to Thayer. Kansas, where he also took an active part in 31

local politics, holding the office of mayor of the city for two years, also of deputy sheriff and constable. In 1899 he came to Spokane and engaged in his present business and by means of his excellent commercial abilities and natural aptitude for that pursuit, he is building up an extensive and flourishing trade. He is a good. substantial citizen. taking an intelligent interest in local politics and in everything looking toward the promotion of the general welfare and he has the confidence and good will of all who know him. Fra- ternally. he is a member of the Masonic order, the A. O. U. W., and Select Friends. He was married in Pennsylvania, in 1867, to Miss Helen Keiser, of that state, and they are parents of six children, William, a butcher at Joplin, Missouri; Elmer, Elizabeth, Henry, Mary and Harley.

O. C. HICKS. a pioneer of 1886, is a na- tive of Syracuse, New York, born November 5. 1829. At the age of eighteen he started. in life for himself. learning the trade of a: . wagonmaker, and in 1849 he set out for Cali- fornia. He was, however, stricken with cholera when he got as far as Cincinnati, Ohio, and upon recovering returned to New York. In 1856 he moved to Chicago, where he was employed by a wagon manufacturing company until 1859, in which year he went to Hudson, Wisconsin, and engaged in car- pentering and building. On December 23, 1863. he enlisted in Company G. Fourth Wis- consin Volunteer Cavalry, serving thereafter until June. 1866, when he was discharged. He participated in several of the hard engage- ments. but his most exciting adventure oc- curred while acting as a scout. He and twelve

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others were ambushed and of the entire party only two escaped, the remainder being killed. After the war he returned to Wisconsin and to his former occupation, remaining there until 1886, when he came to Spokane. He has long been one of the leading contractors and builders of the city, erecting many fine resi- dences and business houses, including the Crescent block, the only brick building which escaped the fire. Mr. Hicks is one of the sub- stantial and esteemed citizens of Spokane, commanding the confidence of all who know him. Fraternally, he is identified with Tyrian Lodge. No. 96, and with Spokane Chapter. No. 2, F. & A. M. He has been a Mason fifty-one years. He was married in Wiscon- sin, October 1, 1862, to Miss Emma Yates, a native of Michigan. They have five children living, namely : Alice A., clerk in the Crescent store: Carrie E., wife of George C. Thayer : Arthur M., Charles R. and Harold Y .; also one. Mattie, deceased.

E. E. BURTON, member of the city coun- cil. a pioneer of 1887, is a native of Cham- paign county, Illinois, born April 4, 1861. He resided there, attending the public schools until fourteen years old, then started in life for himself. He went to Denver, Colorado, and various other places, following mining as ar. occupation until 1887, when he came to Spokane county. He located on a homestead twenty-five miles northwest of the city and engaged in farming. Two years later, how'- ever, he returned to Spokane and entered the grocery business with O. B. Nelson & Com- pany, remaining with them until 1893. He then established the Silver Grocery at 336 Riverside avenue, continuing in that business

until 1899, when he sold out. He then ac- cepted a position as manager of the Marshall Flouring Mills Company, of Spokane, and has been ably and skillfully conducting the affairs of that corporation since. As a citi- zen, Mr. Burton has always maintained a higli standing in this city, and in 1899 the people testified to the confidence and esteem in which he is held by electing him a member of the city council. Socially he is affiliated with the A. O. U. W .. of Spokane. He was married in New Mexico. June 7. 1881. to Miss Eunice Burroughs, a native of Illinois, and they have two children, Grace and Eva.

H. N. COCKRELL. poprietor of the music store at No. 7 Post street, is a pioneer of 1886. He was born in Lafayette. Indiana. November 22. 1858, and acquired his educa- tion in the public schools of that state and in the State Normal School at Danville, of which he is a graduate. He taught school in Indiana for a number of years, but in 1882 moved to Denver, Colorado, and engaged in mining. He also maintained a connection with a music house there. In 1886 he came to Spokane county, purchased a farm ten miles east of the city and set vigorously to work to improve it. also engaging in the delivery of water to city patrons. Three year later he organized the firm of H. N. Cockrell & Company for the pur- pose of establishing a music store and he has continued in that line uninterruptedly since. Being naturally a good business man, he has been very successful in maintaining an extent- sive trade. Mr. Cockrell is also heavily in- terested in various mining enterprises. He is one of the largest stockholders in the Little Six Mining Company, of which he is secre-

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tary, also is owner of numerous other proper- ties. Notwithstanding his extensive business interests, however, he has always found time to interest himself in the city's welfare, ever mani- festing a willingness to do more than his share for its material and social advancement. He has been prominently connected with the Spokane Industrial Exposition, which has done so much to attract the attention of in- tending settlers and investors to this section. In politics, also, he has always taken an im- portant part. He is a very prominent Mason, being identified with Spokane Lodge. No. 34, with Chapter No. 2, with Cataract Com- mandery, No. 3. with El Katiff Temple and with the Mystic Shrine. He was married in Colorado, January 25, 1884. to Miss Viola M. Pelan, a native of New York.

THOMAS F. CONLAN, proprietor of the Spokane Hardware Company, is a pioneer of 1883. He is a native of Wisconsin, born at Oshkosh, September 6. 1860. Most of his boyhood days were spent at Neenah, Wiscon- sin, and at Notre Dame University. Gradu- ating from Notre Dame in 1880, he took to a mercantile line, occupying clerical positions at Neenah and at Kansas City up to the time of his coming to Spokane, October 8. 1883.

Satisfied of the future greatness of Spo- kane, Mr. Conlan lost no time in securing holdings, first in real estate and later in a mercantile establishment. In 1885 he was connected with the Boston dry goods store and in January, 1886, in company with A. P. Wolverton, established the Spokane Hard- ware Company, purchasing Mr. Wolverton's interest two years later.

Mr. Conlan's success in his business under-

takings is largely due to his clean-cut business methods and continuous application.

Mr. Conlan was married in Cleveland. Ohio. November 19. 1885. to Miss Ella Phil- lips, a native of that city, and they have four children.

C. F. HONE, a pioneer of 1879, is a native of Pennsylvania, born April 6. 1850. When quite young he moved with his parents to the vicinity of Oakland. Maryland, and in 1865 accompanied them to Zanesville, Ohio. He lived with them on a farm until 1873. then went to Bloomington. Illinois, and followed carpenter work and building for a brief period. but the same year moved to Carson City. Ne- vada, where he was engaged at his trade and as a car builder for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad Company. He came to California in 1876. thence to Portland and from that city to Walla Walla, following his trade in each of those localities. In 1878 he and his family made a trip to their old home, returning the same year. He then, in 1879. purchased a team and came overland to Spokane Falls, finally locating on Peone prairie, of which Mrs. Hone is the pioneer white woman. They ex- perienced considerable difficulty with the In- dians, but, braving every danger, resided there continuously until 1896, when they sold out and moved to California. Returning in a short time. Mr. Hone located in Spokane and again resumed his trade, following it success- fully ever since. Mr. Hone is a public-spirited man. taking an active and intelligent interest in all local affairs, especially those of a po- litical nature. Religiously, he is identified with the Roman Catholic church. He was married in Zanesville, Ohio. April 23. 1872, to Miss Elizabeth A. McQuaide, a native of

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Ohio, and they are parents of eight children : Corrine G .. Mary C., Eugene B., the first white child born in the county north of the Spokane river. John L., Josephine E., Ger- trude A., .A. Loretta and Charles . 1.

WV. H. MALONEY is a native of Balti- more, Maryland, born June 1, 1844, but he was reared in Illinois, his family having moved thither when he was two years old. He was educated at the Elizabeth University, but left college before graduating to enlist in Com- pany A, Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was in the army during the years of severest fighting and participated in several heavy en- gagements and in numerous skirmishes. On being mustered out, August 18, 1865. he re- turned to Red Oak, Iowa, and engaged in the ministry. He was in the pulpit there until 1875, then removed to Walla Walla. Wash- ington, where he followed his sacred calling and farming for a couple of years. In 1877 he moved to Dayton, Wisconsin, and took charge of the Christian church there. In 1889. compelled by ill health to leave the ministry. he came to Spokane and engaged in the in- surance business, also becoming an organizer for the W. of W. Mr. Maloney has always been a leader, not only of religious, but of political thought, his party affiliations being with the Republicans. He is also very promi- 1:ent and enthusiastic in fraternities, being a member and past commander of Sedgwick Post. No. 8, G. A. R., department of Washington and Alaska, chaplain for life of the Veterans' Association for the district of Washington, a member of Imperial Lodge. No. 134. 1. O. O. F., past council commander of Camp No. 99, W. of W., and a member of the Women

of Woodcraft. Religiously, he is identified with the Central Christian church, of Spokane. in which he is an elder. He was married in Freeport. Illinois, February 14. 1862, to Miss Catherine Meyers, of that state. who died August 28. 1874 leaving five children. Julia. Eliza. Effie. Alzina and Willie. He was again married in Dayton, Washington, Decem- ber 8. 1875. to Miss Emma Babcock, a native of Wisconsin. and they have five children. Katie. Elmer B., Nellie. Harry and Helen.

GEORGE W. BOYD, of the firm of Boyd & Mckay, dealers in real estate and city property, 205 and 206 Mohawk block, a pio- neer of 1886, is a native of Carmi. Illinois, born February 25. 1865. He grew to man- hood in his native state, receiving such edu- cation as the common schools afforded. In 1886 he came to Spokane and engaged in the general merchandise business with his brother. E. B. Boyd, the firm name being Boyd Brothers. Two years later lie sold out and engaged in the furniture and hardware busi- ness with Messrs. Graves & Owen, under the name of Graves & Company, but the next year they burned out in the big fire. Mr. Graves retired and the business was reopened under the name of Owens & Boyd. Mr. Boyd sold out in 1892 and made a trip to Illinois. On his return he formed the firm of Kreider & Boyd and engaged in the real estate business. but in 1894 Mr. Kreider was succeeded by Mr. Hust, who the next year was followed by Mr. Mckay. Mr. Boyd is one of the sub- stantial and representative citizens of Spo- kane, ever ready to do all in his power for the material or social ameljoration of the city. He is one of the most active, industrious and

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successful business men of Spokane. Re- ligously, he is identified with the First Method- ist Episcopal church. He was married in Spokane in March, 1895, to Miss Lula A. Byrns, a native of Missouri, and they have a family of two children, Samuel and Mary P.

JOSEPH KENWORTHY, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of Indiana, born December 25, 1832. He was reared on a farm, but upon attaining years of maturity engaged in the lumber business. In 1856 he moved to Guthrie county, Iowa, where for a number of years afterwards he was engaged in farming and stock raising. He was, while there, a promi- nent man in the political life of his vicinity, and for two years held the office of treasurer of Guthrie county, having been elected on the Republican ticket. In 1883 he came to Spo- kane and opened the Railroad House opposite the Northern Pacific depot. He was propri- etor of that hotel until 1888, when he sold out and engaged in the real estate business. From 1892 to 1896 he ran a fruit farm in the southwest part of the city, but this he after- wards sold. He now devotes his attention to superintending the interests of his farm near Wilbur, Lincoln county, though he resides in Spokane. Mr. Kenworthy has been a very enterprising, industrious man, and is now en- joying the repose earned by a long life of un- remitting activity. He is surrounded by enough of this world's wealth for the supply of daily needs, enjoying also the respect and good will of his neighbors. He belongs to the Pioneer Society. He was married in In- dianapolis, Indiana, September 17, 1854, to Miss Anna David, a native of that state. They have one adopted child, Daisy.

F. M. HOWELL. a pioneer of 1888, is a native of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, born January 30. 1854. He grew to man's estate there and early engaged in lumbering, but in 1877 moved to Grand Forks. Dakota, and turned his attention to farming and to the grain business. Three years later. however, he returned to Wisconsin, where for the en- suing seven or eight years he was proprietor of a livery barn. He came to Spokane in 1888 and secured employment. first with the Spo- kane Truck & Dray Company, later with the Park & Lacey Machinery Company, which has since been, with its entire stock, transferred to the Spokane Hardware Company. Mr. Howell is employed in the capacity of salesman and warehouse man. He is one of the substantial and respected citizens of the city, and though he has never sought political offices or manifested an ambition for leader- ship. yet he stand high in the esteem of those who know him, and has the confidence and good will of all. He is a member of the K. P. fraternity, Spokane Lodge, No. 110, all of the chairs of which he has passed through.

He was married in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, May 24, 1883, to Miss Belle Ar- ries, a native of that state. They have a fine residence at No. 03327 Division street, taste- fully and richly furnished and surrounded with all the comforts of life.

I. LIPSCHUETZ. a pioneer of 1889. pro- rietor of the Star barber shop, 515 Main ave- nue, is a native of Germany, born July 21. 1855. He received most of his education in his fatherland. In 1869 he came to Amer .- ica and located at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he learned the barber trade. He fol-

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lowed his handicraft there until 1889, in which year he came to Spokane. He at once engaged in the barber business, securing and equip- ping a shop of his own, and has since followed that means of obtaining a livelihood contin- vously since with the exception of two and one-half years spent in the grocery business at Wallace, Idaho. Mr. Lipschuetz is one of the solid and substantial citizens of the city and stands well with all who know him. He is a member of Good Will Camp, No. 5923, M. W. A., and holds the rank of excellent banker in that order. He was married in Philadel- phia, June 1, 1879. to Miss Amelia Sommer- field, a native of Germany, and they have three children, Charles S .. manager of the mail department, Palace Dry Goods Company, George W. and Atlanta.

HON. JOHN R. McBRIDE is a native of Franklin county, Missouri, born August 22, 1833. In 1846 the family crossed the plains with oxen, locating in Yam Hill county. Oregon. Mr. McBride grew up there, entered the law office of David Logan in 1854 and was admitted to the bar in 1857. Though the youngest member of the constitutional con- vention of 1857, he took an active and leading part in the deliberations of that body. In 1860 he was elected to the state senate and in 1862 was elected to the lower house of the national congress, where he did good service as a member of the Pacific Railroad commit- tee and of the committee on Indian affairs. In 1865 he was appointed by President Lin- coln chief justice of Idaho and discharged the duties of that office with ability and dispatch for three years, then resigned and engaged in the practice of law at Boise City. He prac-

ticed there until 1872, serving one year as superintendent of the United States Assay office. From that time until 1890 he resided in Salt Lake City, Utah, practicing his profes- sion in the firm of Sutherland & McBride. In: 1890 he came to Spokane, and has since devoted most of his attention to his large and varied legal practice. He was, however, a member of the Republican national conven- tion, which nominated President Harrison in 1892, and also of the Silver Republican conven- tion, which met at St. Louis, in 1896. Judge McBride has long been a prominent man in the history of the Northwest. . \t twenty- one he was superintendent of schools in Yam Hill county, at twenty-four he led the deliber- ation of the Oregon constitutional convention. at twenty-seven he was in the Oregon state senate, at twenty-nine he was in the national congress, and at thirty-two he was chief jus- tice of Idaho. He is now regarded as one of the ablest lawyers in this state, and an an- thority in mining law. Judge McBride has been twice married. On December 3. 1852, he wedded Miss E. M. Adams, a native of Ohio, who died in California in 1869. leaving two children. Isabel, now the wife of Marshall Cushing. of New York City, and Willis P., an attorney and United States deputy collector at Sitka, Alaska. He was married again in Philadelphia, August 10. 1871. to Miss Helen A. Lee, a native of that city, and they have four children, Howard R., Anna L., Walter S. and Henry C.

HON. LUCIUS B. NASH. a pioneer of 1879, was born in New York March 12. 1838. He acquired his education in the academies of Jamestown and Westfield. New York. also from a private tutor in Panama. He gradi-

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ated from the Ohio State and Union Law College in 1859, then located in Hastings, Minnesota, and taught school a short time, but later began practice with his brother, C. WV. Nash. In 1860 he moved to Pleasant Hill, Missouri, where he followed the dual occu- pation of teaching and practicing law until the outbreak of the war. when he was com- pelled to move north. Going to Taylor county, Iowa, he took the stump and assisted in rais- · ing the Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, himself becoming captain of Company F. He served in the Trans-Mississippi department on the staff of General Clinton B. Fisk, then under General Fred Steele and General J. J. Rey- nolds, participating in the battle of Helena. Missouri, July 4, 1863, in the engagement at Yazoo Pass and in the capture of Little Rock, Arkansas. He accompanied General Steele in his march to the Red river to co- operate with General Banks and was wounded severely in both legs at the battle of Jenkins' Ferry. Late in 1863 Mr. Nash became provost marshal general at Little Rock, Arkansas, and there he remained till the close of the war. His military record is in every respect an honorable and praiseworthy one and merits the gratitude of the nation he so nobly served. Upon re- tiring from the army he practiced law at Little Rock with A. H. Garland, afterward attorney- general of the United States, until 1873. In 1868 Mr. Nash was elected to congress by a large majority, but was unfairly counted out. In the fall of 1873 he came to Walla Walla, Washington, where he practiced for three years. He then went to Seattle, whence, in 1879. he came to Spokane. Since that date he has been identified with the bar of this city, except for about a year, during which he served as associate justice of the supreme court of Washington territory. Judge Nash is a very

public-spirited man and has contributed in many ways to the development of the city. In 1889 he built the finest residence in this city, a very imposing structure on the bank of the river in Ross Park addition, and in 1890 he erected the Riverside block. He is one of the organizers of the lodge of Master Masons and of the Spokane Chapter. Judge Nash was married in Little Rock, Arkansas, in Septem- ber. 1866, to Miss Laura Linebaugh, a daugh- ter of one of the first settlers of that city. They have six children living : Lucius G. and Frank C., both members of the law firm: Lucile, Laura E., Nina R. and Francisca.

GRAHAM BARCLAY DENNIS, finan- cier, was born in London, England, June 1. 1855. son of M. J. Dennis, a Presbyterian minister and linguistic scholar of note. The children have all attained to distinction. The early life of Graham B. Dennis was passed in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a diligent student, possessed business aptitude, his earliest ex- perience being in the selling of newspapers. An ambition and determination to succeed has characterized his every effort. His earliest school life closed at the age of fourteen, when he undertook the profession of pharmaceuti- cal chemistry. In 1872 he went to Dayton, Ohio, as shipping clerk to a large tobacco manufacturing concern, spending the follow- ing year in study at Bethany College. From 1875 to 1877 he was city editor of the Dayton, Ohio, Daily Journal, and thereafter for two years its business manager. In 1879 he intro- duced an electrical postage stamp canceller of his own invention. In 1880 he organized and for several years was the head of the firm of G. B. Dennis & Company. Dayton, Ohio; its

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business comprising the organization of stock companies, discounts and general banking. He was also the author and publisher of an agri- cultural newspaper, the Farmer's Home, and which proved a profitable undertaking. In 1885. with health impaired, he removed to the city of Spokane. Washington. Being con- vinced of the destiny of Spokane to become an important commercial center he began the pub- lication of the Spokane Miner, a journal de- voted in general to the mining interests of the northwest. He invested extensively in Spo- kane real estate and engaged in various public and private enterprises for the development of the city. In 1885 he organized the Muscovite Mica Mining Company, comprising Chicago capitalists, to purchase and develop the great mica mines in Idaho, and he is still manager and a director. In 1887 he organized the Ross Park Street Railway Company and built the first electric railway in the northwest at Spokane, and was for two years its president. In December, 1892, he organized and still is president and general manager of the Old Dominion Mining & Concentrating Company, and under his direction and management the mines in Stevens county have been systemat- ically developed. He was also president of the Idler Mining Company and the Summit Mining Company. At the first convention, hield October 2, 1895, of the Northwest Mining Association, embracing within its supervision four states and British Columbia, an organiza-

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An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 71

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