An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 74

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

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BENEDICT BRISCHLE. a pioneer of May 15. 1881, was born in Germany in 1854. He lived in that country until twenty-five years old, then emigrated to the United States and finally located in Woodland. California. He worked on a farm for a short time, then came to Walla Walla over the Baker road, arriving in August, 1879. He handled grain for a while, then went to Ainsworth, but soon came to Spokane as an employee of the North- ern Pacific Railroad. In 1883 he accepted a position with the Yakima Railroad Company as manager of their commissary department. Not long afterwards, however, he moved to Pleasant prairie and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land there and one hundred and fifty acres on Peone prairie, adjoining. On this land he has since resided and he now has a very fine farm, well improved and in excellent condition. His house and barn are second to none in the county. outside Spokane city. He has a nice little orchard

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of five acres, but gives most of his attention to raising hay and oats for the market. Mr. Brischle is a thrifty and industrious farmer . and his home is surrounded with all the com- forts and conveniences which tend to make rural life attractive. Personally, he is a jovial and pleasant gentleman and is a univer- sal favorite in the neighborhood. During the time of his residence in Spokane, he acquired title to the property next to the Jamieson block, but, unfortunately, sold too soon to re- alize anything like its present value. He was the first member of the German Singing Club, organized in the city in early days. In No- vember, 1888, he married Miss Pauline Soen- sen, who died nine months later. He was mar- ried again. May 19, 1893 to Catherine Alpers and they have had two children, William, liv- ing, and Eugene, deceased.

RICHARD WHEARTY, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Fort Bayard, new Mexico, March 4, 1867. His father was in the regular army. belonging at different times to the Seventh, Fifth and Second United States In- fantry, and the younger Whearty accompanied the army over the southern part of the United States. After his father's death, his mother married again and the stepfather homesteaded a place on Peone prairie, where Mr. Whearty now resides. He has a nice little farm of eighty acres, well adapted for almost any kind of farming or gardening, but he raises wheat and oats principally. He is an active, ener- getic young man and he takes a lively and in- telligent interest in all affairs of local concern. Socially. he affiliates with the Independent Order of Good Templars and with John A. Logan Camp, S. of V. He was married in

1892, to Miss Lizzie Ward, of Peone. and they have three children, namely: Katie M .. Annie and John W. Mrs. Whearty is also a Good Templar.

I. S. GARDNER. a pioneer of 1881. was born in Marshall county. Tennessee, in 1833, and lived in that state until 1854, when he went to southern Missouri. He soon returned to Tennessee, however, but only remained one year, then went back to Missouri and located in Daviess county. He was engaged there for two years in teaming for the government. his work being to bring provisions and supplies for the army into Salt Lake valley and Camp Floyd. He then removed to Hood's Canal. Washington, was there two years, after which he went to Mendocino county, California, and engaged in farming and stock raising. In 188 t he came to Spokane county, homesteaded land on Pleasant prairie and also purchased one hundred and sixty acres from the railroad. Since his residence there he has at different times owned large herds of cattle and horses. He has twelve acres in orchard. He is sur- rounded with fine buildings and all the im- provements which go to make rural life at- tractive and comfortable. He has always been an active, energetic farmer and is now reaping the benefit of his thrift and enterprise. As a man and a citizen, his record is above re- proach. Mr. Gardner was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Brinnon, in the state of Mis- souri, in November. 1862. He and his wife have been parents of nine children, namely : Elizabeth, Amanda T .. Elisha T., Minnie A .. William I., Charles M., Emma A. and Annie A., living, and Samuel, deceased. As indicat- ing the healthfulness of the family, it may be added that. though it has consisted of ten

J. H. HUGHES (deceased) SPOKANE

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persons. yet Mr. Gardner has never had oc- casion. except once. to call a physician to his home in the eighteen years of his residence in Spokane county. They attend the Congre- gational church.

JOSEPH SMITH. a pioneer of 1885. was born in Sternes county. Minnesota, in 1872. He lived on a farm there until thir- teen years old, then moved to Spokane county. purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on Peone prairie and started farming, and he has been engaged in that occupation continu- ously ever since. He is one of the enterpris- ing and popular young men of that neighbor- hood and takes a lively interest in the public affairs of the community.

W. M. DAY, a pioneer of 1884, was born in England in 1849. He came to America when seventeen years old and was engaged in farming and later in the brewery business in New York for about two years. The ensuing eleven years of his life were spent in the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in California, and from that state, in 1884. hecame directly to Spokane county. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land on Peone prairie. to which he has since added three hundred and twenty acres more, acquired by purchase, so that he is now the owner of three- quarters of a section. He is engaged princi- pally in gardening. has about ten acres in cel- ery, and also raises large crops of potatoes, cab- bage, onions, and other garden products. He is a very progressive and successful farmer, and his entire premises betoken thrift. energy and care. He is also a leading and representative

citizen, takes an intelligent interest in the pub- lic affairs of the community, and is held in high esteem by his neighbors generally. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. at Mead. He married, in New York, in 1874. Elizabeth Cox, and their family consists of five children, namely: George H .. Frank N., Annie, Nellie and Alice.

MICHAEL SCHOENBERG. a pioneer of 1884. is a native of Douglas county. Min- nesota, born in 1870. He lived on a farm in his native state until fourteen years old. then came with his parents to Spokane county. His father took as a homestead a quarter-section of land in Spring valley and the young Mr. Schoenberg has been engaged in farming. cutting and hauling wood, etc., in that vicinity ever since. He is now a farmer on Peone prairie. He was married. in 1894, to Miss Lena Smith and they have had two children, namely : Edward J .. living. and George M., deceased.

HENRY FENNEN, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Germany in 1842, and lived in his native land until twenty-four years old. then emigrated to America. He located first. in Cincinnati, Ohio, but subsequently went to Illinois, where he was employed in carpenter work for a year. During the ensuing eight years of his life he followed his trade in Cali- fornia, then made a hasty trip back to Ger- many on a visit, returning to California after an absence of a little more than three months. Before long, however, he removed to Virginia City, Nevada, where he was engaged in gen- eral carpenter work until 1882. In that year he came to Spokane county and homesteaded

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one hundred and sixty acres on Pleasant prairie, to which he has added one hundred and sixty acres more, acquired by purchase in 1888, and a third one hundred and sixty acres i1: 1890, also a tract of eighty acres purchased recently, making his entire holdings at present five hundred and sixty acres. He has a fine orchard of forty acres producing choice vari- eties of apples, prunes, pears, peaches, cherries, etc., and he also raises a great abundance of berries and small fruits. His farm is in a splendid state of improvement and is well equipped with fine buildings, including a blacksmith shop and a fruit drier, also with a fine system of water works. Mr. Fennen is a very progressive and eminently successful farmer and the evidences of his industry and thrift are to be seen on every hand around his home. He was married in Germany, in 1876, to Elizabeth Stratmann. He and his wife have been parents of eight children, namely : Henry, deceased, and William, Elizabeth, Annie, Benedict, Dora, George and Joseph, living. He is a member of the Catholic church, also of St. Joseph's Aid Society.

GEORGE MUMBRUE, a pioneer of 1889, is a native of Jackson county, Michigan, born in 1848. When quite young he was taken by his parents to Wisconsin, where he lived on a farm for nineteen years. The next nine years of his life were spent in Minnesota and from that state he came to Spokane county. For the first three or four years of his residence here he was not permanently located, but he finally bought a farm on Peone prairie, on which he has since lived. He has a beautiful place, commanding an excellent view of the en- tire prairie. Mr. Mumbrue is a very progres-

sive, industrious farmer, and his place is well improved and well supplied with everything necessary to make rural life attractive and com- fortable. He has a nice orchard containing many choice varieties of fruit trees. He was united in marriage in 1872 to Miss Julia Mc- Ewen, of Waupaca, Wisconsin.

J. C. WALKER, a pioneer of 1884. was born in Erie county. Ohio, in 1828. He grew to manhood in the state of his nativity. farmed for a couple of years and then became a clerk in a produce and commission house. He taught school during the winters of 1845 and 1846 and was very successful in that profes- sion, though then only a mere boy. In 1850 he came overland by wagon and team to Cali- fornia and was engaged in mining there for the ensuing three years, then was in the lum- ber business almost continuously for about thirty years. He also learned the trade of a carpenter and millwright and combined these with his lumbering. In 1884 he came to Spo- kane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land five miles north of Peone postoffice. upon which he has since resided. He has done some carpenter work in Spokane in addition to his farming and was one of the mechanics who erected the Spokane Mill Company's plant, now known as the Phoenix mill. He also worked on the dams on the island. Mr. Walker is a very active, ener- getic man and, notwithstanding his advanced age. can do more hard work and endure more hardships than many a man in middle life. It is not unusual for him to get up at three o'clock in the morning, drive to Spokane with a load in the coldest weather and return the same day. He was married in California, in

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1855, to Mary J. Worthington. They have had eight children, namely: Almira M., Ed- ward T., George P., Elizabeth C. and J. C., Jr., living, also Almond P., William H. and Albert W., deceased.

W. T. GUYER was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 2, 1837, and he lived there until seventeen years old. He then went to New Jersey for a year, then was in Wisconsin, working at the carpenter trade, one year. He afterward spent a year in Iowa, thence went to Missouri, where he lived till the outbreak of the war. In 1861 he enlisted in Company K, Twenty-seventh Missouri Mounted Infan- try, and served till he was honorably discharged in 1863. At the battle of Lexington he was taken prisoner, but paroled, and thereafter served as a scout. During his military service he was shot in the foot, received a bayonet wound in the head and was struck across the small of the back with the butt of a gun. This last wound has caused him much suffering ever since. After being mustered out he went to Kansas and engaged in the hotel business at Leavenworth, but subsequently, in 1870, moved to Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he also kept a hotel. He spent one year in Santa Fe, then returned to Las Vegas and assumed the man- agement of the Exchange Hotel. He after- ward served as deputy collector of internal revenue, then was custodian of the territorial capitol building for two years. In 1889 he came to Spokane county, spent a year in the city of Spokane, then opened a store and be- came the first postmaster at Dragoon. Subse- quently he spent three years at the crossing of the Little Spokane river, but afterward moved to his present location at Little Deep Creek on

the old Colville stage road. He has a nice general merchandise store and is doing a good business. Mr. Guyer is one of the leading and representative men of his community and is highly esteemed by his neighbors and fellow- citizens. He is a member of J. L. Reno Post. No. 47, G. A. R., and is also affiliated with the A. F. & A. M. He was married in 1862 to Elizabeth Jones, of Boston. Mrs. Guyer is a member of the Relief Corps of General J. L. Reno Post.

DR. J. J. PIPER, a pioneer of 1879. is a native of Tippecanoe county. Indiana, born April 6, 1831. While he was yet a boy, his family moved to Clark county, Ohio, and he grew to manhood there, but in 1852 came to California and engaged in mining enterprises. In 1856 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Elias Jones, of Wolf's Lake, Indiana, and attended lectures at the Indiana Medical School at LaPorte. He practiced as a physician for twenty-nine years afterward, then came to Spo- kane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land on Peone prairie. Subse- quently he purchased a half section more, so that he is now the owner of a fine farm of four hundred and eighty acres. In addition to his farming, he still practiced his profession for a time among the residents of the prairie, but is now retired from the work. Dr. Piper is looked upon, by those best acquainted with his abilities, as an excellent physician, and his many amiable qualities as a man render him a universal favorite. Though quite an old man now, he still takes an active interest in all mat- ters of local concern, and occupies a place among the leading and representative men of his community. He was a member of the sec- ond board of county commissioners in this

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county, and has served as a commissioner twice since. The Doctor is one of the oldest, prob- ably the oldest, member of the I. O. O. F. in the state of Washington, having joined the order in March, 1852. He was married in California, in 1859, to Elida Kirkpatrick, and they have two daughters: Albertina Jane and Carry Aneta. Mrs. Piper died in California, in 1868.

MILTON E. BAILEY, a pioneer of 1888. is a native of Bradford, Pennsylvania, born August 19, 1860. He was raised on a farm until nineteen years old, then went to Michigan and farmed for a year, then to Dakota, where he was engaged in the same occupation for the ensuing eight years. In 1888 he came to Spo- kane county and purchased land three miles west of Milan, on which he has since resided. He makes cheese from the milk of his own cows and sells it to the country merchants in neighboring communities. He is one of the leading farmers and substantial citizens of that part of the county and takes quite an in- terest in all local affairs, and he has been road supervisor in his district. He is a charter mem- ber of the I. O. O. F. and is also affiliated with the Maccabees at Chattaroy. He was married in 1884 to Ella M. Bronson. They have five children, namely: Myrtle, Ray, Verna. Hazel and Ella W.

J. W. BESSEY, a pioneer of 1885. was born in Clinton county, New York, July 9. 1841. He lived there until thirteen years old. when his family moved to Milwaukee, Wis- consin. He remained with them in that city for about four years, then went to Fond du Lac and engaged in farming. In 1862 he en-

listed in Company H, Thirty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, which formed a part of the Seventeenh Army Corps. He took part in many hard-fought battles and engagements and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. Ir June. 1865, he was mustered out, after hav- ing served during the years of the most severe fighting, and made an honorable military rec- ord. After the war he returned to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where he was engaged in farm- ing until 1885, in which year he came to Spo- kane county and purchased four hundred and eighty acres of land. He still farms this. also has had charge of the large Brickell estate for the past twelve and one-half years. He has always been a very thrifty. industrious. enterprising farmer and is now enjoying the rewards of his energy and activity. Socially he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. at Mead. He was married in 1860 to Eliza A. Durkee. and they have been parents of two children. both of whom are deceased.

WILLIAM H. STONEMAN. a pioneer of 1879, is a native of Sauk county, Wisconsin. born in 1855. In 1866 he moved to Minne- sota and was engaged in farming in that state until 1879. when he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres on Peone prairie. He is engaged in diversified farming generally, but gives a great deal of at- tention to market gardening, for which his land, being naturally very prolific, is especially well adapted. He had last year three acres in celery, eight in cabbage, twenty in potatoes. two in onions, sixteen in orchard, two in car- rots, two in parsnips and one in beets. Mr. Stoneman was the first to introduce the market- gardening idea into his neighborhood, but so

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successful has he been in that species of farm- ing that many others in the vicinity are adopt- ing the same plan. He is an energetic, active, up-to-date farmer, and his fine buildings and improvements bear eloquent testimony to his industry and progressiveness. He is a leading. citizen of that community, well known and highly respected by all the residents of the prairie. He was united in marriage, in 1884, to Louisa G. Frederick, and their family con- sists of three daughters, Dottie N., Edith L. and Ida G. They are members of the Meth- odist church on Peone prairie. Mrs. Stoneman was one of the early settlers, her father coming here in May, 1879.

H. SCOTT FENDER, a pioneer of 1884. was born in Carroll county, Illinois, May 18, 1863. When he was quite young his family took him to Lee county, Illinois, and he lived there fourteen years, then went to Sac county, lowa, where he followed farming for two years. He then lived for short periods in Mis- souri, Nebraska and Kansas, spending one year in Kansas City. His next move was to Spo- kane county, where he homesteaded one hun- dred and sixty acres and purchased forty acres of land near Chattaroy. Subsequently, how- ever. he bought land two miles northeast of Hazard postoffice, on which he now resides. He has a splendid, well-improved farm, well stocked with a high grade of cattle and horses, one hundred and twentyacres being underculti- vation. He is a thrifty, enterprising farmer and a leading citizen of his community, and he takes a lively interest in all matters of local concern. Socially he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F., being a charter member of Morning Star Lodge, No. 142. He was married in March,

1886, to Olive Allen, of Wayside. They have six children, namely : Monte, Lester. Clyde. Arthur, Iris and Myrtle. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

D. W. HICKS, a pioneer of 1883. was born in Newton county, Missouri, July 9. 1847. He. lived there until 1869, following mining as a business, then went to California where he was engaged as an engineer and in mining enter- prises for thirteen and one-half years, after which he came to Spokane county, worked two years at his trade, then bought an interest in a sawmill, his partners being Dart and Grim- mill. In 1895 he purchased the interests of the other two and has since been sole proprietor of the mill. His plant has a capacity of twenty- five thousand. feet. per day, and is splendidly fitted up with machinery and equipments. Mr. Hicks is regarded as one of the most success- ful and progressive sawmill men of this coun- ty. Socially he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F., being a charter member of the lodge at Wayside. He was married in 1891 to Mrs. Wess Durfey, of Cincinnati, Ohio. She has three children, namely: Arthur, Preston and Robert.

JESSE HOWELL, a pioneer of June 24, 1879, was born at Marion, Grant county, Indi- ana, in 1847. When fifteen years old he moved into Iowa and became a private in Company H, Thirty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. which formed a part of the Fourth Division of the Fifteenth Corps under Logan. He was in the army until July 12, 1865, saw much of the hardest fighting of the war and was with Sher- man in the Atlanta campaign and on the

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famous march to the sea. He was wounded at one time, his leg being broken by a stone struck by a cannon ball. After the war he traveled for several years, then located at Earl- ham, Iowa, where he taught school and ran a furniture store until the spring of 1879. He then came to Spokane and followed the car- penter trade until 1882, when he moved onto a homestead a mile and a half west of Way- side. He has resided there ever since, farming and occasionally working at the carpenter trade in Spokane. He is a public-spirited citizen, takes an active part in local affairs and is well liked and highly respected by his neighbors generally. Mr. Howell is a charter member of A. J. Smith Post, No. 72, G. A. R., of Way- side, and has been commander of this post and also of the Union Veteran Association. He is also affiliated with the F. & A. M. of Spokane and is a charter member of the A. O. U. W. Mr. Howell helped organize the first Masonic lodge in Spokane county, probably in February and March, 1880. He was married in Iowa in November, 1872, to Miss Jane Frazee, of that state. They have six children, namely : Henry E., Emma, Erwin, Raymon, Myrtle and Lottie. Mr. Howell preserves as a keepsake one of the first chairs ever im- ported into Spokane. They were shipped here by J. M. Glover.

JOSEPH TARBERT, a pioneer of 1884, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1838. He grew up in the state of his nativity and fol- lowed the carpenter trade there until 1873, then moved to Worthington, Minnesota, and worked at his trade and on a farm of his own for eleven years. On May 6, 1884, he arrived in Spokane county, and shortly afterward pre- empted a quarter-section of land two miles

southeast of Hazard postoffice. In addition to his farming he has done a great deal of car- penter work in his own vicinity and in Spo- kane. He is one of the leading farmers of his community, takes a lively interest in all the local affairs, and is highly esteemed by his neighbors generally. Socially he affiliates with the I. O. O. F., being a charter member of Morning Star Lodge at Wayside. He was married in September, 1860, to Nancy Knox, of Harrison, Ohio. They have seven children living, namely: Laura, Jennie, Frank, El- more, Floyd, Nellie and Clyde; also one de- ceased. Aletia. They are members of the Pres- byterian church.

ANDREW EICKMEYER, a pioneer of 1884, was born in Germany in 1833. When twenty years of age he emigrated to this coun- try, located in Minnesota, and followed the blacksmith's trade until the outbreak of the Civil war. He then enlisted in Company G, Fourth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and served un- der Sherman in the Western division. While in front of Corinth, Mississippi, he was sunstruck and was thereafter put on detached service. At the expiration of his term of enlistment. three years, he was mustered out, and late in 1864 went to Sternes county, Minnesota, where he was engaged in farming till 1872. He next farmed in Platt county, Nebraska, for about ten years, then sold out and went to California. In 1884 he moved to Oregon, and after spend- ing the summer there, came to Spokane county. He bought three hundred and twenty acres of railroad land one and one-half miles east of Hazard postoffice, on which he has made his home ever since. He has been in the sawmill business a portion of the time since coming to Hazard, but was very unfortunate in being

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twice burned out without insurance. He is now one of the thrifty and enterprising farm- ers of Wild Rose prairie, and an active support- er of every undertaking for the general benefit of the community. He was married in Wi- nona, Minnesota, April 20, 1867, to Louisa Ladwig, of that city. She was killed by a run- away team, June 14, 1892, leaving twelve chil- dren, namely : George A., William L., Emma, Albert, Edward, Frederick, Henry, Louisa, Clara, Ida, Ezra A. and Martin L. Mr. Eick- meyer is a prominent man in the G. A. R. He is a member of the Methodist church at Wild Rose.

HENRY RIEPER, a pioneer of 1884, was born in Germany in 1840. His mother brought him to America in 1851 and they located at Davenport, Iowa, where Henry was engaged at different times in teaming, threshing and farming for the next twenty years. He then went to Centerville, South Dakota, and lived on a farm and ran a threshing machine for the ensuing thirteen years. His next move was to Spokane county, where he purchased three hundred and twenty acres of railroad land two miles west of Wayside, upon which he has ever since resided. He is one of the good, substantial citizens of the county and he stands well in the community in which he lives. He was married at Davenport, Iowa, in 1867, to Amelia Kahler, of that city, who died in 1894, leaving eight children, namely: Paulina, Ed- mond. Harman, August, Otto, Katie, Hugo and Robert.

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An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 74

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