An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 86

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

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NELSON S. MORRIS, deceased, a pio- neer of 1878, a native of Bucks county, Penn- sylvania, was born in 1816. He was, when a child, taken by his parents to Indiana and he lived there till twenty-eight or thirty years oldl. engaged, after he reached adult age, in farın- | ing. He then moved to lowa, where he re-

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sided until 1868, in which year he moved to Walla Walla valley, coming over the entire dis- tance by ox-teams and spending five months on the journey. He lived in that valley until 1874, then moved onto a dairy farm on the Mullen road, but. after two years' absence, returned to Walla Walla. A year later he came to Spo- kane county and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land, two and a half miles north- west of Fairfield, where he has engaged in farm- ing ever since. He raises wheat mostly. Mr. Morris has long been a resident of eastern Washington and has witnessed the gradual de- velopment of the country from very early days to the present time. He has been an active, energetic man, and has contributed his share toward the general progress. He was married, February 21, 1857, before leaving Iowa, to Sarah J. Nation, and they have had a family of six children, namely: Tum and Frank, liv- ing, and Charles O., Elmer E., Merritt W. and Annie Z., deceased. Mr. Morris died Novem- ber 26, 1898. He was a nephew of Robert Morris, one of the signers of the declaration of independence and a leader in the Revolution.

ADNAH I. LOOMIS, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Windsor, Ohio, in 1855. He was taken by his parents to Illinois when three years old and he remained in that state until twenty- one years of age, except during two years, which were passed at his early home in Ohio. On attaining his majority, he went to Iowa and, after a short stay, to Michigan. Not long after- ward he moved to Halsey, Oregon, then, in 1878, to Waitsburg, Washington, from which town, in 1879, he came to Spokane county. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, three miles northwest of Fairfield, and

later purchased eighty acres near Mica post- office, and he is now engaged principally in raising wheat and oats. Mr. Loomis is one of the substantial and highly respected citizens of his vicinity and is well thought of in his com- munity.

HON. R. K. KEGLEY, a pioneer of 1878, was born in Pennsylvania in 1828. He spent his early youth in his native state, but when seventeen years old went to central Iowa, where he was engaged in farming for many years. In 1873 he removed to the Willamette valley, Oregon, and after farming there for five years he came to Spokane county and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres, three miles north- west of Fairfield. He also purchased a quarter- section of railroad land adjoining his home- stead and upon this half-section of land he raises wheat and oats principally. He has a small orchard of about two hundred trees. Mr. Kegley has long been a leading and representa- tive citizen of this county and in 1895 was elected a member of the state legislature. While in the lower house at Olympia, he was untir- ing in his efforts to secure legislation favorable to this section of the state and he introduced a bill appropriating the needed funds for carry- ing on the Cheney Normal School, and also an act, the purport of which was to extend the time of payment for school lands. Mr. Kegley has been road supervisor in his neighborhood for the past eight years and has served as school director in different districts for forty-five years of his life. He is especially interested in education and has labored zealously and con- tinuously for the advancement of the cause of sound scholarship wherever his lot has been cast. Socially he is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity at Rockford. He was married, Au-

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gust 28, 1860, to Miss Cordelia Bennett, and they are parents of four children, namely : Stephen, Emma, Edwin B., and John B., all living in this state, the oldest son being a busi- ness man in Seattle.

JOHN BARTELT, deceased, a pioneer of 1878, is a native of Germany, born in 1813. He followed the brewing business in his father- land, but when thirty-one years old emigrated to the United States, located in Wisconsin and farmed there till 1862, then kept store until 1871. In that year he sold out and moved to Nebraska, where he resided for the ensuing six years. He then crossed the plains to Walla Walla and shortly afterward came to Spokane county and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land, two miles south of Mount Hope postoffice. He also purchased one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land, engaged in raising wheat and was so employed until 1886, when he died. He was married, in Wisconsin, in 1850, to Matilda Lust, a native of Germany, born in 1833, and they have been parents of eleven children : Annie, Matilda, William, Charles, Tenie, John, Herman, Alice, Mary, Lena and one that died in infancy. Mrs. Bartelt enjoys the distinction of having been the first white woman to see the Republican river in Nebraska.

Herman, son of John Bartelt, a pioneer of 1877, was born in Wisconsin in 1868. When three years old he was taken by his parents to Nebraska and he lived there until 1877, then came by team to Walla Walla and from that town, in 1878, to Spokane county, where he has since resided. He has a farm two miles south of Mount Hope postoffice and is engaged prin- cipally in wheat raising, though he has also run

a threshing machine in harvest time for the past ten or twelve years. He is a progressive and industrious young man and enjoys the re- spect and good will of the community in which he resides. On the 29th of July. 1896, he was united in marriage, in this county, to Miss Annie Bacon, a native of Kansas, and they have one son, Bernard.

B. F. SIMS, a pioneer of 1885. is a native of Tennessee, born in 1827. He was, however. early taken by his parents to Illinois, where lie lived until 1885. engaged, after he reached adult age, in farming and stock raising. also as a carpenter and brickmason. From that state he came directly to Spokane county and he finally located on a homestead of one hun- dred and sixty acres, half a mile west and a mile north of Mount Hope postoffice. upon which he has ever since resided. He is engaged in diversified farming and raises wheat, oats. logs and cattle. He was married. in Illinois. in December, 1865, to Mrs. Susan Thompson. and they have had eight children, namely : George T., Serepta. Nannie. Chauncy, de- ceased, Viola, Clarence H. and Permelia and Franklin, twins.

WILLIAM MOIR, master mechanic of the Northern Pacific Railroad shops, a pioneer of 1883, is a native of Scotland, born July 7. 1851. He received his education in his father- land, also learned the trade of a machinist. When twenty years old he came to the United States, locating, first, in New Jersey. Subse- quently he removed to Kansas, remaining there until, in 1883, he came to Spokane county and accepted a position as general foreman of the

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Northern Pacific machine shops at Sprague. After discharging his duties as such success- fully for four years, he was promoted, becom- ing master mechanic. In 1893 he moved to Spokane to take a like situation in the machine shops here, and he has held his position con- tinuously since. He is also a director in the Provident Building & Loan Association. Mr. Moir is one of the finest machinists in the state, having learned his trade in a land where handi- crafts are always thoroughly taught and hav- ing clung to his business with unusual fidelity ever since. Fraternally he is a member of Spo- kane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M., and of the Red Cross Lodge, K. P. He was married, in Kansas, in 1875, to Miss Alida Abbott, a na- tive of Vermont, and they have had two chil- dren : Emma, living, and William E., deceased.

O. M. SKATTUM, proprietor of the Skat- tum Truck Line, office, corner of Sprague ave- nue and Mill street, is a pioneer of 1888. He was born in Norway, in April, 1868, and re- sided there until twenty years old, then came di- rect to Spokane and engaged in trucking. Two years later he went into the business for himself and has followed it continuously since. He now has one of the largest dray lines in the city, using seven teams in his business and employ- ing nine men. Mr. Skattum is essentially a self-made man. Arriving here in early youth, without money or influential friends, or even a knowledge of the language, he has, by in- dustry, frugality and enterprise, worked his way into an excellent business and has become at least well-to-do, if not moderately wealthly. He has several fine residences in the city and is also quite extensively interested in mining. Socially he is affiliated with the Foresters of

America, Court Royal, No. II. He was mar- ried, in Cœur d'Alene, Idaho, in 1895, to Miss Carrie Pearson, a native of Sweden, and they have two children : Melvin, living, and Mark, deceased.

JOHN B. KRIENBUHL, a pioneer of 1880, was born in Switzerland September 1, 1837. In 1854 he emigrated to St. Louis, Mis- souri, where for a short time he was engaged in farming. He next went to Galena. Illinois, and followed the same occupation there until 1876, when he crossed the plains to Portland, Oregon. He worked as a carpenter three years,

then, in 1879, moved to Walla Walla, Washı- ington, whence the next year he came to Spo- kane. Ever since his arrival here his time has been spent in the pursuit of his trade and in looking after his large farm on Spirit Lake. Mr. Krienbuhl is one of the most prominent Odd Fellows in the west. For forty years he has been identified with the order and during the past nineteen years his membership has been in Spokane. In 1883 he organized the en- campment in this city, becoming its first officer. He is, moreover, a charter member of Spokane Canton, No. 2, which is the largest organiza- tion of its kind west of the Rocky mountains. He has been an active member of the Grand Lodge since 1883, has filled several appoint- ment offices and is now grand treasurer. As an organizer, also, Mr. Krienbuhl has done splendid service for his fraternity, having in- stituted Rockford Lodge, No. 40, Colville Lodge, No. 109, Mt. Carlton Lodge, No. 103, Unique Encampment, No. 32, of Spokane, Hope Rebekah Lodge, of which he was the first noble grand, and numerous others. Mr. Krien- buhl is also an active and public-spirited citizen, ever manifesting a deep interest in the general

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welfare. For five years he was a faithful mem- ber of the volunteer fire department and for three years president of station No. 2. He was married, in Illinois, in 1862, to Miss Maria Statham, a native of England, and they had two daughters: Elizabeth, wife of Robert Irwin, of Mt. Carrol, Illinois, and Hannah, wife of Jolin Potter, also of Illinois. He was next married, in Decatur, Illinois, December 29, 1886, to Mary E. Workman, a native of In- diana.

SAMUEL WITTENBERG, secretary and manager of the Washington Cracker Company, corner of Benard street and Second avenue, is a native of Oregon, born June 9, 1865. He grew to manhood and was educated in that state and followed farming there until 1880. He came to Spokane in 1890 and was one of the organizers of the Washington Cracker Com- pany, which was incorporated in 1892, with H. Wittenberg for president and M. Thompson for vice-president. Since 1897 Mr. Samuel Wittenberg has held his present position, that of secretary and manager of the establishment. Under his skillful management the business has grown steadily and it is now large enough to require the constant services of about sixty peo- ple, including three traveling salesmen. The cracker factory is one of the important and growing industries of Spokane and is con- tributing no small share toward the general prosperity of the city. Its annual output is about one hundred thousand dollars.

FRED A. ROGERS, proprietor of the Washington cigar store at No. 7141/2 Sprague avenue, dealer in cigars, tobaccos, fruits and

confectionery, is a native of Canton, Fulton county, Illinois, born November 4. 1874. He received a common-school education, but early became a traveling news dealer, representing the various news companies. He entered into business for himself in Spokane in 1899, form- ing a partnership with J. K. Grover, the firm name being Grover & Rogers. Mr. Grover was subsequently succeeded by Mr. J. A. Adams and the firm continued as Adams & Rogers un- til February 1, 1900, when Mr. Rogers bought out his partner's interest. Since then he has been sole owner. He is a progressive. enter- prising young business man, and has a fine store, well supplied with all varieties of goods in his line and up-to-date in every respect. Mr. Rogers was married, in Spokane, February 25. 1899, to Miss Anna C. Anderson, a native of Soda Springs, Idaho. Socially he affiliates with the Order of Washington and the Wood- men of the World, Camp No. 99.

ROBERT RUSSELL, contractor and builder, is a native of Canada, born of Scotch parentage June 16, 1852. He learned the trade of a bricklayer in his native country and worked as a journeyman there and in Fargo, North Dakota. In 1883 he began contracting and building and has continued in that business ever since. He came to Spokane in 1888 and soon took rank among the leading builders of the city. He has done the mason work on many of Spokane's finest structures, among others the county court house, Auditorium, Rookery and Temple Court, and gives employment to a large number of men. Mr. Russell always takes an active interest in the affairs of the city and was one of the men who framed the last city charter. He is a prominent Mason, being

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identified with Spokane Lodge, No. 34, of which he is a past master, Royal Arch Chapter, No. 2, Cataract Commandery, No. 3, and El Katiff Temple. He also affiliates with the B. P. O. E., No. 228, and the Royal Arcanum. He was married. in Spokane, in August, 1898, to M. E. Wallace. a native of Minnesota ; they have one daughter, Minnie.

WILLIAM G. PRATT, a pioneer of 1883. is a native of Jersey City, New Jersey, born De- cember 15, 1854. His father died when he was three years old and his mother when he was seven. When eight years old he went to Bing- hamton, New York, where he grew to man- hood and was educated. In 1874 he removed to Illinois and he followed farming and dairy- ing there for the ensuing four years, then went to Missouri and thence, in 1879, to the Sacra- mento valley, California. After a residence of two years there he came to Spokane county and took a pre-emption in what is now Cook's addition to Spokane, but three years later sold this to Francis Cook. He then located a home- stead, ten miles north of Spokane. Between the years 1885 and 1889 he was employed by Routhe & H. T. Cowley as pressman on the Chronicle. He afterward purchased the Spo- kane News and edited that until the fire, then, in company with S. L. and F. Z. Alexander, established the Union Printing Company, but he sold his interest in this enterprise the fol- lowing year. He purchased a tract of railroad land and still owns one hundred and fifty-four acres of it, forty of which are within the pres- ent city limits. He is now engaged principally in market gradening and as an orchardist, but is also heavily interested in mining enterprises, being president of the Black Jack Mining Com-

pany. Mr. Pratt has long been one of the sub- stantial and progressive citizens of the city and, though never ambitious for political prefer- ment or for leadership among his fellow men, has always commanded their respect and con- fidence. He is a man, also. who could always he relied upon to do his full share for the ad- vancement of the best and deepest interests of the city. He is now prominently identified with the First Baptist church of Spokane and with the Young Men's Christian Association. On July, 31, 1894, he was married, in Cœur d'Alene City, Idaho, to Mrs. Rebecca Stirling, a native. of New York.

HON. DAVID B. FOTHERINGHAM, contractor and builder, office. I and 2 Van Val- kenburg block, a pioneer of 1883. is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, born October 19. 1856. When eight years old he accompanied his parents to Waterford, Pennsylvania, and in 1873 to Erie, that state, where he learned the trade of a car- penter. He removed to Denver, Colorado, in 1877, and followed mining there, also contract- ing and building until 1883, when he removed to Spokane. He was engaged in the same oc- cupation here until 1889, but in that year was compelled by failing health to take a trip to Mexico. After recuperating for a twelvemonth in the dry, warm air of that country, he re- turned to Spokane and was elected mayor of the city, the first to hold that office under the new charter. Since 1892 he has given his at- tention exclusively to contracting and build- ing. Mr. Fotheringham has long been one of the leading and representative citizens of this city and he has contributed in numerous ways to its development and prosperity. In company with Henry Brooke he built the Eagle block, which was destroyed in the fire of 1889, also

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another large block which met a similar fate. After the fire he and Mr. Brooke erected the present Eagle block. It is in the political his- tory of the city, however, that he has been especially active and that his influence has been most sensibly felt. During the years 1887 and 1888 he was an influential member of the city council and in 1889, as above stated, he became the city's chief executive. His public service was always performed ably and faithfully and with an eye single to the best interests of Spo- kane. Fraternally he is identified with Im- perial Lodge. No. 134, I. O. O. F., with the K. P. and with the B. P. O. E., No. 228. He was married, in Mexico, September 25, 1882, to Miss Mary Jennings, a native of Iowa, and to their union have been born four sons: Will- iam H., David D., Benjamin F. and Bernard F.

THOMAS C. GOSS, proprietor of the tonsorial parlors in the basement of the Traders block, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, born De- cember 25. 1865. He grew to manhood in the city of his birth, acquiring his education in the common schools. Upon leaving school he learned the trade of a barber and he has fol- lowed that handicraft continuously since. In 1891 he came to this city and went to work in the barber shop of the Hotel Spokane, remain- ing there for the ensuing three years. In 1894, however, he purchased his present place of busi- ness and established one of the finest and most elegantly furnished shops in the city. He has given strict attention to his business at all times since, deserving and receiving a large patron- age. His trade is large enough to require the constant services of four employees. Mr. Goss is also interested in mining and is the owner of several promising properties in the mining region tributary to Spokane.

MONROE DENMAN, a pioneer of 1879. was born in Minnesota in March, 1858. He was reared and educated there, following farm- ing as an occupation until 1879, when he moved to Spokane county via San Francisco. In 1880 he took a homestead two miles north of Hill- yard, where he still resides, engaged in farming. He is a progressive, energetic man and ranks among the leading farmers of the county. In local affairs and in politics, also, he is very ac- tively interested, being chairman of the board of education in Hillyard and of the Republican central committee of that town. Fraternally he affiliates with the Woodmen of the World and the Woodmen Circle and his and his wife's church membership is placed with the Meth- odist Episcopal church of Hillyard. He was married, in Spokane county, September 14, 1884, to Miss Esther O. Piper, a native of Min- nesota. They have a family of three children : Dorance O., Alfred M. and Enos C.

HARRY HUMPHREY, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Illinois, May 12, 1852. He received his education in the public schools of that state and in a business college at Madison, Wisconsin. In 1870 he went to Wyoming, where he secured employment from the Union Pacific Railroad Company as locomotive fire- man. In 1878 he was promoted. becoming an engineer. He, however, went to California that same year and in the next came to Spo- kane county, locating near Plaza. He secured a homestead and combined farming with the mercantile business, serving also as postmaster of the town. He was, moreover, for a period of four years, agent for the Northern Pacific Elevator Company at Plaza. but in 1889 he was unfortunately burned out. He then moved to Spokane, accepted the office of deputy sher-

ALBERT E. CANFIELD (Deceased) Spokane Bridge

CHARLES F. BOEHRIG Deceased) Spokane Bridge

E. F. MORTON Spokane Bridge

WALTER LINKE East Spokane

MRS. WALTER LINKE East Spokane

WALKER A. HENRY Saltese Lake

GEORGE E. RIEN Trent

J. B. GOODNER Spokane Bridge

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iff, under F. K. Pugh, and served as such for four years. Subsequently he turned his atten- tion to mining and prospecting in British Co- lumbia and on the Colville reservation, locating a number of claims. He was, in 1898, ap- pointed by President Mckinley special alloting agent for the north half of that reservation and is discharging his duties as such officer at the present time. Mr. Humphrey has long been a prominent man and a leader in politics, local and general, but was especially active in secur- ing the removal of the county seat to Spokane. As a citizen, his standing in this county is good, his record, both in private and in public life, having always been above reproach. Frater- nally he is identified with Imperial Lodge, No. 134, I. O. O. F., and he has passed through all the chairs. He was married, in Wyoming, in 1878, to Miss Annie Waymire, a native of Illinois, who died in Spokane December 23, 1893.

JAMES RUTHERFORD, a pioneer of 1881, was born in the north of England in 1846. As soon as he attained his majority he emigrated to New York, where he was engaged in the hotel business for seven years. He then moved to Chicago, but after a stay of only nine months went to Quebec, Canada. Soon, how- ever, he returned to the United States, located in Philadelphia and worked in a hotel and res- taurant in that city for three years. The re- mainder of his time until 1874 was passed in New York. In that year, however, he returned to his native land and the ensuing four years of his life were spent in England. Returning to America in 1878, he located in Clay county, Kansas, and he remained there, engaged in farming, for two years, then moved to Port- land, Oregon. He worked on the construction

of the Northern Pacific Railroad for a short time, but in 1881 came to Spokane county and settled on a homestead of eighty acres, two miles south and one mile west of Mica post- office. He also owns one hundred and twenty acres one mile northwest of his home place. Mr. Rutherford is a thrifty, enterprising farm- er and one of those who know how to succeed in general farming. He has a fine orchard of fifteen acres and raises some excellent varieties of fruit. He was married, in England, in 1879, to Miss Ellen Revell. They have a family of five children : William R., Francis J., Ellen F., Edward J. and Rose A.

WILLIARD E. DONALDSON, a pioneer of 1882, was born in Iowa in 1868. He lived there till fourteen years old, then came to Spo- kane county and bought land two miles south and one mile west of Mica. He is engaged principally in raising grain and wheat. Mr. Donaldson is an active, energetic young man, very popular with the young people and quite a leader among them. He was married, in Post Falls, Idaho, in 1892, to Miss Nellie M. Tompkins, and they have one child, Leon C.

WILLIAM E. PIERCE, a pioneer of 1879, is a native of Kennebec county, Maine, born in 1851. He lived there until eighteen years old, then went via the isthmus to California, where he had charge of a logging gang in the red woods lumber region for several years. After a ten-years' residence in California, he removed to Spokane and from here he went to the Cœur d'Alenes. Subsequently he and Mr. George Davis operated a saw-mill south of Medical

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Lake, but they afterward moved their plant to Newman's Lake. In 1884 they purchased from Mr. Havermale a half interest in Echo island and erected the Echo grist mill upon it, but this they sold two years later. They afterward built a mill at Marshall, but Mr. Pierce soon sold out to his partner and went to Hauser Junction, Idaho, where he and Mr. Crosby erected the Buckhorn saw-mill. After a year Mr. Pierce became sole owner of the plant and he operated the mill until 1888, then sold out and engaged in the real estate business in Spo- kane. In 1897 he and Mr. Wiscombe bought the Suburb Roller Flour Mills, then owned by the Spokane & Marshall Milling Company. They put in new machinery, fitted up the mill in first-class running order and have operated it unceasingly ever since. It has a capacity of one hundred barrels per day and is so splendidly equipped and does such fine work that it is really a credit to the county. Mr. Pierce is one of the most active, energetic and successful mill men of this vicinity and has done much to build up the milling industry in the county and city of Spokane. Socially he is affiliated with Imperial Lodge, No. 134, I. O. O. F. He was married, in Spokane county, in 1884, to Miss Katie Smithson, and they have two children : William A., a student in the business college in Spokane, and Angie.

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An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 86

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