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F. DOAK, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Wythe county, Virginia, in 1839. When he was yet a boy his family moved to Du- buque county, Iowa, where he was engaged in farming, except while in the army, until 1878. On the 13th of November, 1863. he enlisted in Company E, Second Minnesota Cavalry, and was on detached service a great deal of time until honorably discharged, De- cember 26, 1865. He served in the Northwest- ern department and took part in the war against the Sioux Indians. In 1878 he went to Linn county, Oregon, but after remaining only six
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months, moved to South Bend, Washington, where he resided for a year. He then came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hun- (red and sixty acres of land on Orchard prairie. upon which he has lived continuously since. He has taken an active interest in the public affairs of his vicinity and has invariably shown a willingness to do his full share for the general good of the community. He has at different times held the offices of road su- pervisor and school director and he stands high in the esteem of his neighbors generally. Socially, he is affiliated with the G. A. R., being a member of Sedgwick Post, No. 8. of Spokane. He was married in Iowa in 1871, to Miss Julia M. Hendrickson, who died December 16, 1891. He has had six children, namely: Alice M., Daisy C. and George M., living, and Cora E., Nora E. and Flossie M., (leceased. Miss Nora E. Doak was killed by a runaway team, January 7. 1893. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Peone prairie.
OLE ESPE, a pioneer of 1889, was born in Norway in 1854. When twenty-five years old he emigrated to America. finally locating in Minnesota, where he followed the stone mason's trade for ten years. He then came to Spokane and was engaged as a mason for a year. after which he traveled around con- siderably, but finally located on Orchard prairie. He purchased five acres at first, but now owns thirty acres and is engaged in market garden- ing. He has planted a nice orchard and is fixing up a pleasant and comfortable little home. He is quite an active man and takes a lively interest in the public affairs of the com- munity and he enjoys the confidence and good will of his neighbors generally. Ile has held
the office of road supervisor for two years. Mr. Espe is also active in church work, being a leading member and a deacon in the Con- gregational church, located on the prairie.
HON. GEORGE H. COLLIN. a pioneer of 1887, was born in Yorkshire, England. June 4, 1856. He came to the United States when twelve years old, located in Minnesota and farmed in different parts of that state until 1887. He then moved to Spokane coun- ty and bought land on Pleasant prairie, where he now owns a splendid farm of three hundred and twenty acres. His principal crop is hay, but he has a fine orchard of thirty acres, pro- ducing all varieties of fruit. especially apples. Mr. Collin is an unusually successful farmer and fruit grower and the evidences of his thrift, energy and progressiveness are visible everywhere on his premises. He has splen- did buildings and all the improvements which tend to make rural life comfortable and pleas- ant. He also takes an active and intelligent interest in the public affairs of the county and the state and has twice been called upon to represent his district in the state legislature. While in the house of representatives at Olympia, he introduced a memorial to the national congress on the bankruptcy law and succeeded in procuring its passage by both branches of the legislature and in obtaining the signature of the governor. He also in- troduced a memorial to congress on the sub- ject of electing senators by popular vote. Socially, Mr. Collin is affiliated with the 1. O. O. F., the Maccabees and the M. W. of .I. Ile was married in Carver county. Min- nesota, in 1880, to Miss Sarah E. Harrison and they are parents of seven children, namely :
L. C. GEMMILL Wayside
C. A. LOY Fairfield
JOHN L. SPATH Fairfield
PETER OLSON Hillyard
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Alvin H., John E., Ethel E., Etta, Lee H., George WV. and Chauncey V. The family be- long to the Methodist Episcopal church at Pleasant prairie.
NILS ANDERSON. a pioneer of 1880, was born in Sweden in 1856. He came to America when twenty years old and located in Dupage county, Illinois, where he was en- gaged in farming for three years. He next moved to Walla Walla and was employed in the wood business for a year and a half, then came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in the foot- hills east of Peone prairie. He has lived on this farm continuously since, engaged prin- cipally in producing hay. Mr. Anderson is a thrifty, industrious, enterprising man and a successful farmer. He was married in Spo- kane county, in February, 1888, to Miss Ulea Anderson and they have a family of four chil- dren, namely: Barron A., Ernest U., Emile M. and Hartu N. C.
J. A. KRONQUIST, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Sweden, May 2, 1861. He emi- grated to the United States when eighteen years old and located in Kane county, Illinois, where he worked in a cheese and butter factory for a few years. He then came to Spokane coun- ty, homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in the foothills east of Peone prairie, and here he now resides. Three years ago he leased a saw mill, having a capacity of twelve thousand feet per day and with a planer attached, and since then he has been lumbering and manufacturing fruit boxes, as well as managing his farm. He is an active, energetic and business-like 32
man and one who is quite sure to carry to a successful issue everything he undertakes. Socially, he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. He was married, in 1894, to Miss Hildur Lind and they have one child named Jesse Grover. He and wife belong to the Lutheran church.
JOHN PETERSON, deceased, was born in Sweden in 1846 and lived on a farm in his native land until twenty-five years old. then came to America. He located at Chicago, where he was engaged in the ice business for a great many years. In 1890 he came to Spo- kane county, purchased two hundred and forty acres in the foothills east of Pleasant prairie and resided on this farm until his death, which occurred November 3, 1898. He was mar- ried in Chicago in 1875, to Miss Hannah Johnson and they have had four children,. namely : Charles, William and Arthur, living; and John, deceased. Mrs. Peterson still owns. the farm and is managing it very successfully and profitably. She has a large orchard, producing a great many choice varieties of fruit. She is a member of the Lutheran church.
ANDREW ANDERSON, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Finland in 1847. He was engaged in farming in his fatherland until 1881, when he started for America. He came direct to Spokane county, arriving here early in 1882, and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in the foothills east of Pleasant prairie, upon which he has ever since resided. He raises hay principally and is engaged quite extensively in market gardening. He also has a small orchard covering about three acres.
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Mr. Anderson was married in Finland in 1872 and his family now consists of six children, namely: William, Hermon, Charles, Amile, Frank and August.
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JOHN G. JOHNSON, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Sweden in 1851 and lived there until 1869, when he emigrated to America. He located at St. Charles, Illinois, working :at different times on a farm, on the railroad, in a stone quarry and in the timber for eleven years. He then moved to Walla Walla and worked in the timber till 1879, when he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hun- dred and sixty acres of land in the foothills of Pleasant prairie. He also bought one hun- dred and sixty acres from the railroad and eighty acres of government land, so that he now owns a farm of four hundred acres. He raises wheat, oats, potatoes and timothy and has a nice orchard of about ten acres. Mr. Johnson is a thrifty, industrious farmer and his place is well improved and in excellent condition for successful farming. He was married in Spokane, in 1881, to Miss Matilda Hult, of Chicago, and they have a family of four children, namely : Pearl M. F., Arthur A .. Elmer W. and Hazel L. I.
E. G. MARSTON, a pioneer of May, 1884, was born in Canada in 1861, but when only four years old was taken by his parents to Blue Earth county, Minnesota. He grew to manhood on a farm in that state, then came to Washington and took as a homestead one hundred and sixty acres of land on Pleasant . prairie and also purchased a tract of railroad
land. Since then he has been engaged in farming continuously-making a specialty of dairying. He has a fine farm, well improved and stocked with high-grade cat- tle and hogs. He also has a nice orchard of about eight acres. As a citizen, Mr. Mars- ton has occupied a leading place in his com- munity, having held the offices of justice of the peace and road supervisor and having always taken a lively and intelligent interest in the affairs of local concern in the neighborhood. He is well liked and highly respected by the people in his vicinity. He was married in Spokane county, in 1885. to Elizabeth Terry. of Minnesota, and they are parents of three children, W. Ray, Edson Leon and David Earl. Mr. and Mrs. Marston are members of the Pleasant Prairie Methodist church.
WILLIAM PITTAM. a pioneer of 1884, was born in Onondaga county. New- York, in 1831. He lived there until eighteen years old. then moved to Chicago and five years later to East Dubuque, Illinois, where he resided until 1870. In 1861, however, he enlisted in the Nineteenth Illinois Infantry and was assigned to service, first under Gen- eral Buell and then under General Rosecrans. In 1870 he moved to Galena. Illinois, and shortly afterwards became sherff of the county. an office which he held for a period of four years. Subsequently Mr. Pittam served as a keeper in the Illinois state penitentiary for two and a half years, then was United States storekeeper at Sterling. Whiteside county, for about three years, after which he came to Spokane county. He homesteaded one lun- dred and sixty acres of land near Pleasant prairie, upon which he has resided ever since
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He had charge of the county poor farm from 1895 to 1897. Mr. Pittam is a cordial and pleasant gentleman to meet, is very intelligent and well-informed and an interesting con- versationalist. He has also been a very active and progressive man and has occupied a lead- ing position among his fellow citizens where- ever he has lived. He was married in Illi- nois, in 1854, to Catherine J. Crawford, a na- tive of Wisconsin. They have had six children, namely : Thomas H .; Alice J., now Mrs. A. L. Thorpe, and William C., living, and Charles, Isabel and Jessie F., deceased.
ALBERT E. CANFELD, deceased, a pio- neer of 1880, was born in Osceola, Iowa, May 18, 1845. He was, however, practically a son of the west, having been brought by his parents to Oregon City, Oregon, when only two and a half years old. The family crossed the plains in wagons, finally terminating their journey at Oregon City January 12, 1848. The next year they went to San Francisco and in that city and in Sonoma county he resided contin- uously for the ensuing thirty years, engaged for the most part in farming. He moved to Fort Sherman, Idaho, in 1879 and the following year came to Spokane county, where he bought a tract of land situated between Trent and Spo- kane bridge. He had, however, just started to fix up a home for himself and his family, when he fell a victim to that dread disease, smallpox, which also carried away one of his sons. Mr. Canfield had been married in Cali- fornia, on March 20, 1866, to Matilda Baker. They had two children, Willie H. and Albert E. The elder of these, as before stated, died of smallpox, but the youngest still resides with his mother on the same farm upon which they
settled originally. They are engaged in stock raising and in producing timothy hay chiefly, but have a very good orchard of choice fruit trees. They are an energetic, thrifty and pro- gressive family and enjoy the respect and hearty good will of all their neighbors.
JACOB ESCH, a pioneer of 1881, was born in Holmes county, Ohio, March 17, 1834, but when quite young he was taken by luis parents to Indiana. After he grew to man- hood he worked at the carpenter's trade and was engaged in farming for a number of years. He then spent twelve years as a farmer in Iowa, then moved to Hickory county, Mis- souri, where he lived until he came to this state. He finally located on Spokane prairie and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land four and a half miles east of Trent. upon which he has ever since resided. He has also purchased. a tract of railroad land. He was married, first, in Indiana, March 15, 1858, to Catherine Miller, by whom he had five children, namely : Levi, Peter and Paulina, living, and Anna and Mary, deceased. He was married again in Iowa, December 4, 1866, to Catherine Honderich and they have had five children, Elizabeth, Samuel and Ellen, living, and Martha and Abraham, deceased. Mr and Mrs. Esch both belong to the Men- nonite church.
WILLIAM PRINGLE, a pioneer of 1883. is a native of Buffalo, New York, born in 1846. He left there when a boy and went to Grand Rapids, Michigan, remained there until 1870, then moved to California. He was engaged as a teamster in that state until the spring of
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1883, when he came to Spokane county. He pre-empted seventy-four acres, also purchas- ing a tract of railroad land, and he now has a splendid dairy farm. He milks about twenty cows and makes a large quantity of butter, also raises stock and gives attention to other kinds of farming. He is a very energetic man, a thrifty, successful farmer and a rep- resentative citizen and enjoys the respect and esteem of his neighbors generally. He was married in California, in 1879, to Miss Johanna Connolly, a native of that state. They have eleven children, namely : George. Mamie, Fred- erick, William, John, Joseph, Lawrence, Annie, Ellen, Edward and James. Mrs. Pringle and family are members of the Catholic church. but Mr. Pringle belongs to the Episcopalian.
JOHN SIMPSON, deceased, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1853. He came to America when eighteen or nine- teen years old and settled, first in Oregon, but afterwards came to Spokane county and took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of land two miles west of Spokane bridge. He resided on this farm until his death, which occurred in 1893. He was married in Scot- land, in 1881, to Miss Margaret Murray, the fruit of their union being four children. namely : Thomas, Nellie, Maggie and Jennie. Mrs. Simpson now owns the original home- stead and forty acres more. She is engaged in the dairy business.
JOHN MURRAY, a pioneer of 1884 was born in Scotland in 1863. He came to America when twenty years old and located
near Granite lake, where he rented a farm for a year. He then moved to Spokane valley and purchased three hundred and seventy acres of land one mile west of Spokane Bridge postoffice. He has a nice farm and is doing well. He gives his attention principally to dairying and has about twenty head of fine Jersey cows, from the milk of which he makes butter for the Spokane market. He takes a lively and intelligent interest in all affairs of local concern and is ever willing to bear his share of the public burdens. He served as clerk of the school district for six years and discharged the duties of deputy county assessor for two years with great fairness and in a manner highly satisfactory to the people of his district. Socially, he affiliates with the I. O. O. F. He was united in marriage, in 1893. to Miss Mary Baslington. They have two children, Grace Ethel and Ruth May. Mr. Murray's father and mother celebrated their golden wedding in August, 1898.
MARTIN O'BRIEN, a pioneer of 1880. was born in Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, in 1858. His family moved to Madison, Wis- consin, during his early years and he lived in that city until twenty years of age, then went to Faribault. Minnesota, and engaged in farming and stock raising. In 1876 he went to Dallas, Texas, where he was employed on the railroad and in a machine shop for a time. then came to Leadville and engaged in pros- pecting. In 1880 he came to Spokane county and located in the vicinity of Trent for four years, then moved to the Newman place at the foot of Newman's lake. He raises a great many cattle and horses and produces hay on his farm in great quantities. He is a
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good, thrifty, enterprising farmer and a re- liable and substantial citizen, well liked by all his neighbors. He was married, in 1897, to Miss Bridget McAuliffe. They have one son, John J. Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien are both mem- bers of the Catholic church.
F. N. MUZZY, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Sheboygan county, Michigan, in 1856. His family moved to Buffalo county, Wis- consin, when he was eight years old and re- sided on a farm there for sixteen years, then went to Brainard, Minnesota, where he worked in the car shops for eight years. He next tried farming for a while, but soon afterwards came to Spokane county. After spending two years in the cattle-shipping business he bought a pre-emption and some railroad land at the head of Newman's lake, where he has since been engaged in farming. He raises hay and beef cattle principally. He ranks among those who, though not ambitious for leadership among their fellows, are industrious and self- reliant men and substantial citizens of any community where they reside. He was mar- ried in Wisconsin, in 1880, to Miss Lottie Bradford and they have five children, namely : Guy. Gail, Jay, Earl and Lysle.
D. H. LINCOLN, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Washington, Knox county, Maine, in 1844. He lived on a farm in that state until February. 1864, when he enlisted in the Fifth Battery, Maine Light Artillery, which was as -. signed to service in the Army of the Potomac under Grant. He took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House
and Cold Harbor, remaining with his battery until July, 1865. when he was mustered out. Shortly after the war he moved to California and was engaged in lumbering there for five years, then returned and spent one year in Maine and one near Toledo, Ohio. He came back to California, however, and remained till 1879. in which year he moved to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land at Newman's Lake. Since then he has been farming continuously. He is one of the substantial and representative citizens of the county and takes quite an in- terest in local affairs, having been road su- pervisor in his district for four terms. He has the distinction of having served on the first grand jury convened in this county.
He was a member of the George Wright Post. G. A. R., at Post Falls, Idaho, until it disbanded and for one term he was commander of that post. In 1884. at Utica, New York. Mr. Lincoln was married to Miss Josephine Perkns, of that county.
E. F. MORTON. a pioneer of 1882, was born in Ireland in 1849, but when only three months old was brought by his parents to Cortland county, New York. He received his education at Utica, then taught for seventeen years in private schools in Brooklyn. He subsequently kept store in the same city until 1882, when he decided to try his fortune's in Spokane county. Arrived here, he located first at Spokane Bridge, where he was em- ployed by Mr. M. M. Cowley as clerk in a store and keeper of a toll bridge. After spend- ing a year in this situation he purchased a hotel, to which he later added a store, at Spo- kane Bridge. Since then he has been in busi-
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ness there continuously. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in early days and has bought more at different times since till he now owns one thousand acres. He keeps seventy or eighty head of cattle on his land at all times. In the early part of President Mckinley's administration he was appointed postmaster and he still holds that office, discharging his duties in a manner highly satisfactory to the community. He is an active man in politics, stanchly supporting the Republican party. He takes a lively in- terest in all the local affairs of that neighbor- hood and is in every respect a good, substantial citizen, meriting and receiving the confidence of his neighbors. Socially, he is affiliated with the Masons, the I. O. O. F. and the K. P. He was married at Brooklyn, February 13. 1879, to Rose A. Connally, of that city, and they are parents of three children : Edmond W., in Cowley's bank; Joseph F., now at col- lege, and Alice A.
J. B. GOODNER, a pioneer of 1878, was born in St. Clair county, Illinois, in 1831. When twenty years old he went to California via the Isthmus of Panama. He spent nine years in the gold fields there, then returned to Illinois. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, and held the rank of sergeant while a member of that com- pany. He was, however, transferred to Con1- pany A, Third Illinois Cavalry, and was given a corresponding rank in that arm of the service. He was assigned to duty in the Western di- vision under Generals Curtis, Grant and Sher- man and took part in the battles of Pca Ridge, Champion's Hill and Vicksburg, as well as ill numerous other engagements and skirmishes.
He was mustered out at Springfield, Illinois, in August, 1865, after having served through all the years of the most severe fighting. His military record is in all respects an honorable one and one of which he and his family have good reason to be proud. After leaving the army he lived in Illinois for one year. then went to Kansas, where he engaged in farm- ing on the Cherokee neutral land for eleven years. In 1876 he started with his family across the plains, but, though they traveled for hundreds of miles through a hostile In- dian territory, they were not molested and at length reached Walla Walla in safety. For two years he was engaged part of the time in buying fruit in that vicinity and marketing it in Spokane. He then lived in this city two years, after which he homesteaded one hun- dred and sixty acres in Spokane valley and upon this he has ever since resided. He has a nice farm and a splendid orchard of about sixteen acres. As a man and a citizen, he stands well in his community, commanding the good will and respect of his neiglibors. He was married in Richmond. Illinois, in Marclı, 1866, to Saralı F. Campbell and they have been parents of nine children, namely : Gertrude, Caroline, Alma, Franklin .1 .. N. Ettie, F. Blanche, William B. and Josephi C., living, and Augusta K., deceased.
J. W. WHEELER was born in Tennes- see in 1851, but his family moved to Texas when he was quite young and he grew to manhood there. He farmed in different counties of that state until 1896. when he moved to British Columbia and engaged in mining. He acquired mines and prospects to the value of about ten thousand dollars and
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these he traded for a farm on Newman's lake, this county. He has a valuable piece of prop- erty and a very good home. He was married in 1882 to Miss Sue Gumm and they have had three children, namely: J. Jake, living, and Ira R. and Bennie E., deceased.
DAVID LEHMAN, a pioneer of 1879. was born in Ohio, but early went to Knox county, Illinois. After passing a year there he came to the Salmon river country in Idaho and worked on the John Day mine. then pros- pected in that vicinity and at Boise for a year 01 two. In 1864 he moved to Frazer river country in British Columbia, where he had charge of a milk dairy and was engaged in various mining enterprises until 1866. In that year he came to Walla Walla and started packing provisions to the Helena mines. He soon, however, returned to Ohio, spending a winter there, thence to New York and from that city, via the Isthmus of Panama, to San Francisco. He served as foreman and wagon- master in the construction of the C. P. R. R .. then embarked aboard the Great Republic for Washington, but was wrecked at the mouth of the Columbia river. He escaped without personal injury, however, and made his way to Portland, where he secured employment with a surveying party, coming with them to Walla Walla. They surveyed a route for the railway through to Spokane, arriving here be- fore the first frame building had been erected. That fall (1879) Mr. Lehman located a home- stead on Pleasant prairie and thereafter lived on his farm during the winters and worked on the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad during the summer months until 1882. Since that year he has remained on his
farm permanently. He served as a member of the second state legislature. and discharged his legislative duties with zeal and ability. Lately he has confined himself quite closely . to farming and has made many improvements. His principal productions are hay and fruit, but he also makes considerable butter. He has always been an active and leading citizen of his community and stands well in his neigh- borhood. He is affiliated with the F. & A. M. and was one of those who helped establish the order in Spokane. He was married, in 1884, to Miss Clara M. Dart. of Orchard prairie. They have six children, Maude D .. Walter D., Fred, Ralph, Gladys and Bertha B. He and wife are members of the Congre- gational church.
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