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228, B. P. O. E. He was married in Cœur d' Alene city, in 1892, to. Mrs. Lydia J. Michon, nec Bridgham, a native of Maine.
ANGUS MCKENZIE, a pioneer of 1888, is a native of New Brunswick. Canada, born March 15. 1843. When four years old he ac- companied his parents to Carroll, Maine. and there he grew up to the lumber business. In 1875 he came to Nevada, continuing in the lumber business there for the ensuing three years, but in 1878 he removed to Washing- ton and entered the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. He came to Spo- kane in 1881 as a contractor on the railroad and in 1886 went to Montana, having received a contract to do some work on construction there. Returning the following year, but one, to Spokane, he located in this city. He was in the employ of different railroads until 1894. when he became tie inspector and purchaser for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com- pany, a position which he still retains. He is one of the best known and most successful railroad contractors in this section and is un- usually well-fitted by past experience for the position he now holds. As a man and a citi- zen, his standing in the city and wherever he is known is good. Fraternally, he affiliates with the I. O. O. F. He was married in Port- land. Oregon, March 2, 1886, to Miss E. . .. McLean, a native of Canada, who came with her parents to the Pacific coast in 1878 and located at Tacoma. Her mother, Mrs. Mar- garet McLean, died in Spokane. November 4, 1889. but her father. John B., still lives, re- siding now in Canada. Mrs. Mckenzie is a member of the Imperial Lodge, No. 58. Rebekahs, and the Primrose Camp, Women of
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Woodcraft. Religiously, she is identified with the Presbyterian church. She and Mr. Mc- Kenzie are parents of five children: Edna G .. Agnes I., Ross S., Kennedy and Brownie L.
L. L. WESTFALL, attorney-at-law, room 12, Fernwell block, a pioneer of 1888. is a native of Macomb, Illinois, born April 5, 1865. When sixteen years of age he started in life for himself. He attended the public schools and in 1883 graduated at Macomb Normal College. He then taught school for a while, reading law under the di- rection of Mr. C. F. Wheat at the same time. In 1887 he was admitted at Mount Vernon, Illi- nois, to the supreme court of that state. He began the practice of law at Macomb, serving as assistant prosecuting attorney there until 1888, when he came to Spokane. Upon arriv- ing in this city. he opened a law office on Mon- roe street, on the north side. and at the time of the big fire had the only office which was not destroyed. He has practiced law very successfully in this city ever since. Mr. West- fall shares in the honor and repect which be- long to the self-made man. He earned his own education and worked his own way un- aided in the world, until he has gained a rank among the leading lawyers of the city and all lovers of self-reliant industry and courage will glory in his success. Fraternally, he affil- iates with Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F., and with the W. of W. He is clerk in the latter order and has held that office in one or other of the camps ever since 1892, with the exception of about six months. He was mar- ried in Spokane. October 2, 1890, to Miss Adelaide Mickel, a native of Iowa, and they have two children : Elbert L. and Ethel B.
Mr. Westfall and wife both belong to the Presbyterian church and Mrs. Westfall is a member of Primrose Circle, Women of Wood- craft. Dr. Beverly R. Westfall, father of L. L., was a pioneer of 1883 and one of the early physicians of this county. He died in Spo- kane, August 3. 1899. the day before the big fire. He erected two residences on Monroe and Broadway in 1883, the first structures of their kind on the north side, excepting those of Colonel Jenkins and Judge Douglas.
ELMER E. LUCAS, of Lucas Brothers, hardware merchants, Spangle, is a native of of Illinois, born May 19, 1868. The family moved to Kansas when he was an infant and in 1884 moved to Spangle, where they engaged in farming. Elmer graduated from the Spo- kane Business College in 1890 and was ap- pointed deputy county assessor. The same year he engaged in the hardware business with his brother, William P., and they have now a fine business. He is the organizer and leader of the Lucas Harmony Band and is a member of Temple Lodge. No. 42. F. & A. MI., of Cheney, and of the W. of W., of Spangle. He was married in Spangle. March IS. 1896, to Miss Frances E. Almquist, a na- tive of Indiana. They have one son, Ells- worth.
HON. WILLIAM P. LUCAS, of Lucas Brothers, hardware merchants. Spangle, was born in Kansas, February. 3. 1870. In 1884 the family moved to Spangle. In 1889 he en- tered the employ of O. W. Ames, hardware merchant, and learned the tinner's trade. In 1890 himself and brother, Elmer E., pur-
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chased the business. They now have a nice business and handle agricultural implements and machinery. In 1894 he graduated from the Spokane Business College. In 1898 he was elected mayor of the city. He is a prom- inent member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married, September 9, 1899, to Miss Merle Drake.
HON. CORNELIUS E. MOHUNDRO, fruit raiser and gardener at Latah, was born in Jackson county, Tennessee, October 2, 1836. In 1849 the family moved to Webster county. Missouri. He early chose farming as an occu- pation and continued in that pursuit until April 15. 1861, when he enlisted in the Mis- souri Home Guards. After three months' service he joined the state militia, serving in that for the next seven months. On Septem- ber 27, 1864, he became a member of Com- pany G, Sixteenth Missouri Volunteer In- fantry, and remained with his regiment until . finally mustered out, April 4, 1865. He then returned home and again engaged in farm- ing, also becoming actively interested in poli- tics. For ten consecutive years he was justice of the peace. In 1882 Mr. Mohundro came to Columbia county, Washington, where for eight years he continued in agricultural pur- suits. His next move was to Oakesdale and from that town, in 1894, he came to Latah, following his present occupation here ever since. In 1896 he was elected to the state legislature and, during his term of office, be- came distinguished for his activity in securing the passage of the Canutt railroad bill and in procuring the sending of a memorial to con- gress for the establishment of a soldiers' home at Fort Sherman. At present, Mr. Mohundro is justice of the peace at Latah.
He is a member and senior vice-commander of General Millroy Post. No. 62, G. A. R., and belongs to the Christian church. He was married in Webster county, Missouri. Sep- tember 16. 1860, to Miss Isabella J. Duncan. a native of Indiana, and to their union have been born six children : Joseph L., county clerk of Columbia county; William G., farmer; Mary E., wife of Austin Pintler; Martha J., wife of T. M. Hadley. of Latah: Sarah E., wife of George D. Stone, of Latah, and Julia A.
CAPTAIN FREEMAN SOUTHARD. a pioneer of 1878. is a native of Wiscasset, Maine, born October 20, 1842. When twelve years of age he embarked on the ship Frank- wellbar, bound for Calcutta. He served as cabin boy on that vessel for a year and a half, then returned home and completed his educa- tion. In 1861 he enlisted in Company G. Fourth Maine Volunteer Infantry, and par- ticipated in the battle of Bull Run and in sev- eral other engagements. He was promoted to the rank of corporal, but on August 4. 1861. was discharged on account of disability. Returning home he engaged in the confec- tionery business, but a year later sold out and went back to sea. He subsequently engaged in mackerel fishing on the Bay of St. Lawrence and met with good success for a time, but in 1863 came via Panama to Cascade Rapids. Oregon. Thence he proceeded to the Boise Basin mines, traveling by stage from The Dalles. He was engaged in mining there for a while, but later went to San Francisco. thence to Sacramento and later had charge of a large stock ranch. He returned to Maine, going back via the Nicaragua route. Upon his ar- rival there, he again took to the sea, first with
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his brother, who was captain of a coast vessel, then as commander of a vessel of his own. In 1878 he came to Spokane county, locating three miles east of Latah, where he bought a fine three-hundred-and-twenty-acre farm. He also owns a farm one and a half miles east of Latah. Captain Southard is a leading farmer, ergetic, thrifty man and a substantial and re- spected citizen. He belongs to the I. O. O. F., and in religious persuasion is a Baptist. He was married, in Cheney, Washington, March 4. 1886, to Miss Miranda Flint and they have two daughters: Myrtle N. and Blanche M.
JOHN MORAN, a pioneer of 1877, was born in Ireland, April 5, 1856. He enjoyed good educational advantages in his native land. When seventeen years old he emigrated to the United States, locating first at Albany, New York, but in 1875 he came out to Colo- rado to engage in mining, and two years later he removed to California, still following the same business. But before the year was passed he came to Spokane county, took a homestead in Rock creek valley, and turned his attention to farming. In 1883 he engaged in lumbering on the Cœur d' Alene reserva- tion, and that was his business for about four years, but in 1887 he moved into the town of Latah and opened a real estate, insurance and loan office. Being also well posted in law, he was frequently called upon to prosecute or defend suits in the justice courts. In 1896 he went to British Columbia, on a prospecting trip, and succeeded in making several good discoveries. He organized the Leo British Columbia Mining Company in 1899, becoming its president. They have now developed and are operating several paying properties. Mr.
Moran has always taken an active and leading part in politics, though he has never coveted political preferment for himself. He was, however, postmaster during Cleveland's ad- ministration. Fraternally, he is identified with the W. of W. and the Circle. He was married in Troy, New York. April 30, 1889, to Miss Annie Howard, a native of that state, and they have three sons: John H., Francis E. and Eugene Leo.
HENRY TREEDE. a pioneer of 1885. is a native of Hamburg, Germany, born July 7, 1855. He received such educational advan- tages as German youth almost universally. en- joy, and, when seventeen. emigrated to Amer- ica, locating first in Sandusky, Ohio. Two years later he went to San Francisco, California, where the ensuing eleven years were passed. Ili 1885 he came to Spokane county, bought a farm four miles south of Fairfield and en- gaged in agricultural pursuits. Being a thrifty, enterprising man, he has been unusually suc- cessful as a farmer, and is now the owner of a section of fine land, well improved. Mr. Treede has also maintained an active and in- telligent interest in the political concerns of the county and state. In 1894 he was elected county commissioner, and for four years dis- charged the duties of that office with ability and good judgment. It was during his term that the county court house was completed. He was an active member of the Farmers' Alli- ance and one of the prominent promoters of the Farmers' Alliance warehouse at Fairfield. He was married in San Francisco, California, December 21, 1884, to Miss Mary Brincken, a native of Germany, and they have two chil- dren : Dora and Emma.
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IV. A. STARR, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Sullivan county, New York, November 2, 1836. While still in his infancy he was taken by his parents to Indiana, where for the next twelve years the family were engaged in farming. They then removed by team to Illi- nois, whence, in 1854. they went to Boone, Iowa, traveling the entire distance in wagons. Here Mr. Starr attained his majority and completed his education. For a number of years afterwards he was engaged in farming there, but in 1875 he came out to Idaho. whence, two years later, he moved to Walla Walla. Washington. He farmed in that vi- cinity three years, then came to Spokane county, locating near Spangle, where he pur- chased a three-hundred-and-twenty-acre farm. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits there until 1893, when he sold out and moved to Rock creek valley, four miles east of Fair- field.
C. N. WIMPY, son of Major R. H. and Lydia L. Wimpy, a pioneer of 1872, was born in Idaho, November 7. 1867. In 1872 his parents located on a farm on Hangman creek, two and a half miles north of Latah, and Mr. Wimpy has resided there or in Spokane ever since. In 1888 he entered the employ of Holley. Mason, Marks & Company and he has served in their shipping department continu- ously since. He takes an active interest in local politics and is in every way an exem- plary citizen, commanding the confidence and good will of all who know him. In fraternal affiliations, he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the K. P. He was married, in Spokane. February 2, 1893, to Miss Nellie I. Yake, a native of Michigan, and they have two chil- dren : L. Ingles and Myrtle E.
WILLIAM H. DARKNELL, a pioneer of 1879. was born in Wisconsin, March 8. 1852. When ten years old he accompanied his parents to Minnesota and there was reared and educated. He early engaged in farming. but in 1873 came out to California. thence to Oregon and, in 1878, to Dayton, Washington. The following year he came to Spokane coun- ty, bought a tract of railroad land ten miles southeast of Rockford, and set vigorously to work to establish a comfortable home for him- self and family. He is now the owner of three hundred and forty acres of fine land in an excellent state of cultivation, and in every way plainly evincing his thrift. enterprise and progressiveness. He is engaged in wheat pro- ducing and general farming but is best known for his success as a stock raiser. He is quite active in politics and has the distinction of har- ing cast the first vote ever polled in Rockford. In: 1900 he was appointed by County Assessor .A. P. Williams deputy assessor for his vi- cinity. Fraternally, Mr. Darknell is identified with the F. & A. M. and with Fairview Lodge. No. 40. I. O. O. F. He was married in The Dalles, Oregon, in 1878, to Miss Virginia Justice, and to their union were born two chil- dren : Jennie, wife of G. M. Blakely, and Hat- tie. He was next married. at Rockford, in 1886, to Miss Clara Lefars, and they are parents of two children : Amata and Homer.
CHARLES N. ANDERSON, deceased. a pioneer of 1880, was born in Canada, in 1848. Ile passed his early youth there and in the state of Michigan, enjoying good educa- tional advantages. About 1870 he went to California, where for some time he followed the dual occupation of mining and farming.
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Subsequently, however, he moved to Oregon and engaged in agricultural pursuits there. He came to Spokane county in 1880, took a homestead four miles east of Rockford and for the ten years ensuing gave himself ener- getically to general farming and wheat rais- ing. In 1890 he moved into Rockford to en- gage in the warehouse and grain buying busi- ness, and he was thus employed until his death, which occurred February 9, 1897. Though very young when the Civil war broke out, Mr. Anderson, nevertheless, earned the honor and gratitude of his adopted country by three years' of faithful and efficient service in the Federal army. He was a member of Com- pany C. Fifteenth Michigan Volunteer In- fantry. While he never was ambitious to be distinguished above ordinary men, or for any kind of preferment, he was a substantial and patriotic citizen and one who always com- manded the respect and good will of those who knew him. Fraternally, he was affiliated with the J. B. Wyman Post. No. 40, G. A. R., and with Fairview Lodge. No. 40, I. O. O. F. He was married. in Polk county, Ore- gon, in September, 1880. to Miss Ella M. Higgins, a native of Oregon, who still lives in Rockford. Her father, Seldon Higgins, crossed the plains in 1857. Mr. and Mrs. An- derson had seven children, namely: Oscar S., Cranston, Lyman, Harley, Sarah, Charles E. and Nellie C., all of whom are living.
WILSON STAFFORD. superintendent of county poor farm, is a native of Iowa, born January 14, 1848. In 1852 the family came to Linn county, Oregon, where he grew up and was educated. He was engaged in farm- ing and stock raising until 1874, when he 37
moved to Walla Walla, Washington. In 1884 he moved to Lincoln county and en- gaged in stock raising. In 1889 he moved to Spokane county, locating at Medical Lake and later to Rock creek valley, near Fairfield. In 1898 he was appointed by the county commis- sioners superintendent of the poor farm, which position he still occupies. He has taken an active part in the politics of the county and has been a delegate to many of the Republican conventions. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. He was married in Linn county, Ore- gon, October 3. 1867, to Miss Melissa Pugh, a native of Oregon. They have nine chil- dren : Anna, Chester. Clarence. Asbury, Nellie, Lura, Florence, Willie and Benjamin.
FRANCIS A. PUGH, a pioneer of 1881, was born in Kentucky, April 20. 1820. When quite young he was taken by his parents to. Illinois and in that state he was reared and educated. He early went to Iowa, then a pioneer state. and in April, 1846. he removed thence to Oregon, making the trip overland by ox-team. He located in the Willamette valley, near Portland, residing there for about five years. In 1851 he went to Linn county, Oregon, where the ensuing seventeen years of his life were passed. He removed to Dayton, Washington, in 1878 and thence three years later to Spokane county. Shortly after his ar- rival here, he settled on a farm at Saltese lake, where his residence has ever since been. Mr. Pugh has followed farming and stockraising as an occupation for more than forty years and in that industry he has always been very suc- cessful. He has been in the forefront of civili- zation's march nearly all his life and has earned an honored place among those whose courage
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and self-sacrifice have converted a vast wilder- ness into thriving and prosperous states. Though over eighty years old, he is still a hale, hearty man, retaining much of his orig- inal vigor and energy. He was married, while in Iowa, to Miss Ruth Jessup, a native of In- diana, who died in Spokane in February, 1895. Their children are. Mary and George, de- ceased ; John W .. a prosperous farmer in Linn county, Oregon : Melissa, wife of W. M. Staf- ford, superintendent of the county poor farm ; F. M.,deputy marshal for eastern Washington : Thomas W .. who died at Saltese lake in 1896; T. K., deputy sheriff of Spokane county; and Sarah, wife of J. I. Frume, of Athena, Ore- gon.
JOHN N. BUTLER. a pioneer of 1878. is a native of Hamilton county Ohio, born in 1841. He lived in the state of his birth until twenty years of age, then responded to Lincoln's first call for volunteers and became a member of Company B, Second Kentucky Infantry. His first term of enlistment was naturally only three months, but he re-enlisted July 31, 1861, in Company G, Thirty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and was assigned to service under General Fremont in Missouri. During the ensuing three years he was in the siege of Lexington, the battle of Island No. 10, the siege of Corinth, the battle of Iuka and Sher- man's march to the sea, besides numerous other engagements and skirmishes. He was wounded in one of the battles around Atlanta, by a rifle ball which entered his left thigh. On Sep- tember 26, 1864, he was mustered out, after a military career of which he and his family have just reason to be proud. After the war he returned to Ohio and was engaged in teach- ing until 1870, when he went to Kansas. He
pursued his profession for five years, then moved to California and later to Oregon. teaching and farming in both these states. In the spring of 1878 he came to Spokane county, pre-empted ninety acres and purchased two hundred and ten acres of railroad land and eighty of school land. making a farm of three hundred and eighty acres in all. He culti- vates about ninety acres. but gives most of his attention to stock raising. so that much of his land is in pasture. He has, however, a fine orchard of twenty-five acres. He is one of the leading farmers and most influential and representative citizens of Moran prairie. So- cially, he is connected with the Masonic order and with Sedgwick Post, G. A. R. He was married in Ohio. in 1867. to Miss Jennie Dickey and they have been parents of four children : Cora, a normal graduate, teacher in the Lincoln school. Spokane: Frank, princi- pal of the government Indian school, at the Klamath agency: John, deceased, and Alfred, a senior in the Spokane high school. They are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church. Spokane.
N. R. HULL. a pioneer of 1884, was born in Illinois, in 1834. but when only four years of age was taken by his parents to Missouri, where the family lived on a farm for nine years. Mr. Hull then moved to lowa and was engaged in farming there most of the time for the ensuing thirty-seven years. He was. however, at work in the Colorado mines from 1860 to 1866. On the 7th of March. 1884, he landed in Spokane county and bought one hun- dred and sixty acres of school land, located thirteen miles southeast of Spokane, and on this he has ever since made his home. He is
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engaged in raising wheat, oats, potatoes and other products and is one of the successful and thrifty farmers of that neighborhood. As a citizen, he holds quite a leading place in his community, being actively interested in every- thing of general benefit and always willing to do his share towards promoting the common good. He has held the offices of school di- rector and road supervisor for several terms. Socially, he is affiliated with the F. & A. M., in Iowa, and he is also a policy holder in the A. O. U. W. He was married in Iowa, in 1856, to Miss Malinda Long, and they have been parents of seven children, namely : Mary, Albert, Emma, Curtis. Jesse and Edith, living, and Henry, deceased. Mrs. Hull is a member of the Baptist church.
ROBERT B. PATERSON, president of the Spokane Dry Goods Company, a pioneer of 1889, was born in Iowa, November 18, 1864. He acquired his education in the public schools and in Iowa College, and at the age of twenty engaged in the mercantile business at Charles City, Iowa, with Mr. J. M. Comstock, forming the firm of Comstock & Paterson. He resided there for about five years, then came to Spokane and engaged in the same business here. Being a man of extraordinary executive and com- mercial ability, he soon became prominent in the business circles of this city and of the north- west. The greater part of his time, for the past eleven years, has been devoted to negotiating the purchases of his company, and he is now one of the most widely known buyers on the Pacific coast. The company also maintains an office in New York City where a considerable portion of his time is spent. Mr. Paterson is also manager of the Crescent store, which is
the retail branch of the Spokane Dry Goods Company, and which is one of the finest and best equipped places of business in this state. In his large commercial operations, he naturally has had to employ a great many subordinates, and these he has always treated with such cour- tesy and fairness as to maintain the best of good feeling between employer and employee. He was married in Charles City, Iowa, January I, 1889, to Miss Henrietta I. Davidson, a native of that state. and they have one daughter. Gen- evieve. They reside in a magnificent home on Seventh avenue.
SAMUEL MILLER, a farmer and fruit- raiser. six miles northeast of Mead. a pioneer of 1889, was born in the vicinity of Jackson, Ohio, December 17, 1855. He grew to man- hood in his native state, receiving good early educational advantages and graduating at the Lebanon Normal School. After completing his course of study he was engaged for a few years in the dual occupation of farming and teaching, but in 1880 he embarked in the lum- bering business on the Ohio river. He was thus employed until 1889, when he moved to Spokane county, bought out a squatter's right, homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres where he now lives, and engaged in farming and fruit- raising. Since that date he has given his ener- gies mostly to his farm, though he has also taught school some, and for two years was fore- man for the Dort Brothers in their planing mill. Mr. Miller has always taken an active and leading part in politics. Indeed he has ever been one of the representative and influential citizens of his community, meriting and receiv- ing the esteem and respect of his neighbors. He served as deputy assessor while Mr. Dan-
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