An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 88

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

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secretary and treasurer in the Goat Creek Mining Company. He is a member of Camp 99, Woodmen of the World, also secretary of the Spokane Turnverein Society and president of the Swiss Grutli Society. the head office of which is in New York. He was married in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1886, to Miss Katie Schumacher, and they have a family of two children : Colestine and Emma.

Mr. Rensch has recently built himself a very pleasant, modern home of eight rooms at East 306 Third avenue.

JOSIAH W. OSBORNE, a pioneer of 1889, was born in Canada, in 1854. His mother, nce Wallace, was of Scotch-Irish descent and his father belonged to a family which has long occupied a prominent and leading position in the councils of the English nation, and a family many of the members of which have borne high titles of nobility. When ten years old he moved to Iowa, where he afterwards became a dealer in furniture, undertaking supplies and musical instruments. In October, 1889, he came to Spokane, en- gaged in handling real estate and like many other business men of that period, lost heavily in the reaction following the boom. He then engaged in the sewing machine trade for a time, but soon resumed his former occupa- tion, again becoming a furniture dealer. He now handles a full line of household furnish- ings and is doing a good business. Mr. Os- borne is one of the subtantial citizens of Spo- kane and stands high in the esteem and respect of the people. Socially, he affiliates with the I O. O. F. and with the Foresters. He was married in Iowa, in 1881, to Ida M. Moody. of that state, and they are parents of four

children : Bessie M., L. Blaine, Errett R. and Hazel A. Mr. Osborne has recently com- pleted a beautiful home at 207 Fifth avenue.

GEORGE MACKIE. a pioneer of 1885, was born in Scotland in 1857. He resided in his fatherland until twenty-one years old. acquiring a common-school education and a knowledge of the carpenter trade. Upon coming to America he located at Niagara Falls for four years, then went to Denver, Colorado, where he resided for about six months. His next move was to Cheyenne, Wyoming, whence, in 1885, he came to Spo- kane. He secured a position as foreman for David Fotheringham, by whom he has been employed much of the time since. He was foreman on the construction of the court house, the Spokane Hotel, the Eagle block, the Jamie- son block and numerous others. Mr. Mackie is one of the finest mechanics in Spokane, hav- ing learned his trade in a country where they do everything thoroughly and having devoted the undivided efforts of many years since then to the mastery of everything pertaining to his business. He is also highly esteemed as a citi- zen, though he has never been ambitious to be a leader among his fellows or to liold po- litical offices. Fraternally. he is identified with the Carpenters' Union. He was mar- ried in Spokane, in 1893. to Miss Rosette Jones, and to their union have been born two children : Marjory and Arthur.

HENRY M. RICHARDS, president of the Washington Water Power Company and vice-president of the Spokane Eastern Trust

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Company, was born in New York City in 1849. He resided in the city of his nativity until 1886, acquiring his education in a private school and in 1863 entering the employ of John P. Moore's Sons, who were importers, manufacturing agents and contractors in mili- tary arms and ammunition for the United States government. He afterwards became a full and equal partner in the firm and remained with them until 1886, when he was compelled to retire on account of failing health. For the ensuing seven years he lived in Warren, Ohio, his wife's native place, not actively con- nected with any business, but in the fall of 1893 he came to Spokane and secured an in- terest in the Spokane & Eastern Trust Com- pany, of which he has ever since been vice- president. In 1894 he was elected a director and second vice-president in the Washington Water Power Company. The next year he became first vice-president and in 1896 presi- dent, which office he still retains. Mr. Rich- ards is one of the most prominent and success- ful business men of the city and one of its most highly respected and esteemed citizens.

EDWARD C. MILLER, manager of the Northern Pacific warehouse department, a pioneer of 1884, is a native of Germany, born December 4, 1854. In 1870 he came to the United States, located in Illinois and engaged in farming. Seven years later he went to Iowa, then to Colorado, and in 1881 he came to this state, locating at Seattle. From that city, at a later date, he went by boat to Ta- coma, thence by steamer to Portland and thence by rail to The Dalles. He then came to Spokane, but soon moved to Cocolalla, where he entered the employ of the Northern

Pacific Railroad, his work being to help clear the right-of-way along the Pend d'Oreille. Subsequently he was given employment in an office there. In 1884 he came to Spokane and took charge of the freight office here and he has been thus employed ever since. Mr. Miller is one who, by faithfully discharging the duties which lay nearest his hands, has made himself indispensable to his company and has secured a position of responsibility and dignity. He is a member of the Northern Pacific Railroad Club. He was married in Spokane, January 14, 1888, to Miss Louise Reichenbachı, a native of Minnesota, who died in Spokane, April 7. 1896, and was buried in the Greenwood cemetery. She left two chil- dren: Harvey E. and Elmer C. Mr. Miller was a member of the well-known Concordia Singing Society, the first society of the kind organized in Spokane.

A. S. CROWDER, a pioneer of July, 1887, was born in Illinois, in 1862, and in that state he was reared and educated, receiv- ing the advantages offered by the high as well as the common schools. He served as teller in a bank for five years after leaving school, then came to Spokane, engaged in the real estate business and is now the senior member of the firm established at that time. He was also elected a director of the Exchange National Bank. He has been interested in handling Spokane real estate ever since, though for some years past his energies have been divided between that and fruit raising in California. He is the owner of a fine lemon and orange grove in San Diego, and packs thousands of boxes of these fruits for the general market every year. Mr. Crowder is a very versatile

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man, possessed of a marvelous capacity for work, and his astuteness, foresight and sound judgment qualify him for making a success of whatever he undertakes in the line of busi- ness. He is a director of the Merchants' Na- tional Bank, of San Diego, and president of the Pacific States Investment Company and of the La Mesa Lemon Company, a general wholesale fruit packing and produce firm or- ganized for the purpose of handling Califor- nia products. He is also quite extensively in- terested in various mining enterprises. Such is his capacity for affairs, that he is enabled to superintend his various real estate, banking, fruit-raising and mining interests in two states and at the same time to find leisure for taking a leading part in California politics and for faithfully representing his district in the Cali- fornia legislature. How he manages to ac- complish so many things will always remain a mystery to men of ordinary talent. He was married in Decatur, Illinois, in 1892, to Miss Marie Shellabarger, and they have one daugh- ter, Anne Elisabeth.

ERNEST W. LYONS, yardmaster for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, a pio- neer of 1889, is a native of Madison, Wiscon- sin, born October 8, 1857. In 1860 his par- ents removed to Pennsylvania and he grew to. manhood there, acquiring his education in the public schools. In 1883 he came to Tacoma, Washington, where he secured employment from the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as express messenger and he served in that capacity and as agent until 1889. In that year he came to Spokane and became a mem- ber of the fire department. The following spring, however, he again entered the employ

of the Northern Pacific and he has been with them continuously since. He is a thoroughly trustworthy and reliable man and has the full confidence of the company for which he works. Il: 1891 he was elected captain of Company G, Second Regiment of Washington National Guards, and continued to hold that rank until they disbanded in 1894. At the time of the outbreak of war between this country and Spain, Captain Lyons helped organize Com- pany A, First Regiment Washington Militia, and was elected their captain, but was com- pelled to resign on account of ill health, much to his regret, for his courageous, patriotic heart prompted him to accept this opportunity to strike a blow for "Old Glory." He is a member of Spokane Lodge, No. 110, K. P. He was married in Spokane, December 25, 1897, to Mrs. Annie E. Chapman.

HARRY G. STIMMEL, of the North- western Storage & Transfer Company. a pio- neer of 1883, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Harrisburg, November 1. 1854. In 1868 he removed with his parents to Salina, Kan- sas, and here he grew to manhood, receiving a common-school education. He had, how- ever, in 1867. entered the employ of the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company and learned teleg- raphy. This handicraft he used to great ad- vantage in after years, serving as operator on various railroads throughout Kansas and Colorado. In 1881 he came to Walla Walla, Washington, and accepted a position as agent for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com- pany. He came to Spokane in 1883 as agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, serving as such for some time afterwards. In 1890. however, hie left the service of the

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railroad company to become secretary of the board of city commissioners, being the first to hold that position under the new charter. Three years later he again entered the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, this time as traveling freight and passenger

agent, and he held that position until 1898, in which year he engaged in his present occupa- tion. He is a man of great industry and en- terprise and these qualities, combined with in- tegrity, tact and business sagacity, have en- abled him to build up a large and flourish- ing business in this city. He is also one of the leading and representative citizens of Spo- kane, having always taken a lively interest in its material and social welfare. Frater- nally, he is prominently affiliated with the A. F. & A. M., belonging to Spokane Lodge, No. 34, to Spokane Chapter, No. 2, to Cataract Commandery, No. 3, and to El Katiff Temple. He was married in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. June 1, 1876, to Miss Hattie J. Enney, a native of that state, and they have two children : Ben- jamin E. and Hattie A.

ROMAINE L. BOGARDUS was born at Fishkill on the Hudson, New York, October 14, 1861, but at an early age removed with his mother to New Jersey, where he received his education and grew to man's estate. In 1880 he went to New York City and engaged in the real estate and insurance business. In 1893 he came to southern Idaho in the interest of an estate of which he has charge. In 1897 he came to Spokane and shortly afterwards was elected secretary of the Spokane Building & Loan Society, which had just been or- ganized, with offices at Nos. 3 and 4 Jamieson building. When he took charge of that insti-

tution in 1898 it was in a weak condition, but he has labored unremittingly for its im- provement, making good use of the experience and training gained while in the real estate business, until it is now prosperous and flour- ishing. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of this city. Mr. Bogardus is a descendant of Everardus Bogardus, the founder of the Dutch Reformed church in the United States. He is, however, himself a leading member and a trustee in the First Bap- tist church, of Spokane. He was married, in 1894, to Miss Grace M. Burton, of Boise, Idaho, one of the most popular and successful teachers of that state. They are parents of one daughter, Ethel G.

JOSEPH B. LINDSLEY, of the law firm of Henley, Kellam & Lindsley, rooms 503 to 509 Rookery block, was born in Wellington, Ohio, March 19, 1870. When about four years old he moved with his parents to Muncie, Indiana, and in 1881 to Sterling, Kansas, where he completed his education. He came west in 1890 and during that year and the next was in the employ of the Pacific Express Company in Montana, Idaho and Washing- ton. In 1892 he located in Spokane and be- gan reading law with the firm of Fenton & Henley, studying later under D. W. Henley alone. He secured admission to the bar in 1895 and shortly afterwards became a mem- ber of the firm to which he now belongs. Mr. Lindsley is a deep and thorough student of the law, being especially well versed in the laws and statutes of this state, and is rapidly climb- ing to the front among the lawyers of the city. He is perhaps as promising a young man as practices at the Spokane bar to-day.

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He is quite prominent in Masonry, being a member of Lodge No. 34, of Chapter No. 2, of Cataract Commandery No. 3, and of the E! Katiff Temple, of the Mystic Shrine. He also affiliates with the Red Cross Lodge, K. P., with Spokane Council, No. 8, Royal Ar- canum and with the Spokane Club. He was married in Spokane, December 8, 1896, to Miss Alice Driscoll, a native of Missouri.

Mr. Lindsley's father, Captain A. R. Lindsley, a native of New Jersey, was a cap- tain in the Union army. He organized and took into service three companies of troops from Ohio. His mother, Elizabeth Buckles, was a daughter of Judge Joseph S. Buckles. of Delaware county, Indiana.

D. K. McDONALD, manager of the Ore- gon Mortgage Company, rooms 7 and 8 Ex- change Bank building, is a pioneer of 1881. He was born in Nova Scotia, June 10, 1861, and he grew to manhood there, receiving his education in the public schools of that province and in Pictou Academy. He taught school a while, but in 1879 went to California, locat- ing first at Eureka and later in San Francisco, engaged as a lumberman at both these points. In 1881 he came to Spokane and entered the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com- pany as a bridge builder, but the following year he moved to the vicinity of Sprague, took a homestead and turned his attention to agri- cultural pursuits. In 1886 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of assessor for Lincoln county and the eminently satis- factory character of his services is evinced by the fact that he was chosen for three con- secutive terms. In 1890 he accepted a posi- tion with the Oregon Mortgage Company, by

whom he is still retained as manager. He is a man of industry, enterprise and business ability, of spotless integrity and exalted char- acter, and highly esteemed by those who know him. Fraternally, he is identified with the Masonic order, in which he is very prominent, being senior warden in Tyrian Lodge, No. 96, a member of the Scottish rite and a grad- uate of thirty-two of the thirty-three degrees. He was married in Spokane, February 10, 1897, to Miss Maude Sillye, a native of Mis- sissippi, and they have one child, Vera A.

THOMAS B. HIGGINS, of the firm of Blake & Post, 32 to 35 Exchange Bank build- ing, is a native of Washington, District of Columbia, born in December, 1862. He was educated in the public schools, also in the pre- paratory department of Columbia University and in the Emerson Institute, graduating from both. In 1879 he entered Howard College and four years later the Columbia University Law School, from which he received his LL. B. degree 'in 1885. He then engaged in the practice of law. In 1890 he came to Spo- kane, where he has followed his profession continuously since, alone until 1896, after- wards in the present firm.

FREDERICK W. HARRINGTON, real estate and mining broker, 420 Rookery build- ing. a pioneer of 1878, is a native of Newark, New Jersey, born while his parents were vis- iting in that city, their home being in Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania. He received his edu- cation in the public school of Philadelphia and Boston and at the age of thirteen went to sea,

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sailing on several vessels out of Boston, Cal- cutta, San Francisco, Liverpool and many other ports, home and foreign, traveling prac- tically over the entire world, in both the American and English service. In 1868 he left the sea and settled in Woodland, Yolo county, California, where for ten years he was a farmer and stock dealer. He came to this county in 1878, located a homestead in Deep Creek prairie, twenty miles west of Spokane, and again engaged in farming. Five years later he exchanged his place for city property, moved to Spokane and went into the real es- tate business and he has been engaged in that and mining continuously since. In 1889 he built the Rookery Annex block, but three years later sold it to Boyer & Edwards. He again sold in 1894, this time, however, only in his capacity as agent, and it became the property of the Rookery Company. Mr. Harrington is one of the leading real estate and mining men of the city. Thoroughly business-like in all his dealings, and ever watchful for an oppor- tunity and courageous enough to grasp it when it comes, he has achieved a splendid suc- cess in a line in which a less talented man would have failed. He is a member of Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M. He was married in Spokane, January 15, 1889, to Miss Grace Clark, a daughter of Giles W. Clark, of Ionia, Michigan.

W. W. THORNTON, one of the rising young attorneys of this city, is a native of Virginia. He grew to manhood and acquired his education there. At the age of seventeen years he began teaching school and as soon as he had earned money sufficient to pay his expenses, he became a student at William and Mary College. He subsequently took a course

at Richmond College, then taught a session at the St. John Military Academy. He next purchased the Manassas Gazette, of which he was editor until 1890. Previous to this time, however, he had spent two years in the law department of the University of Virginia and he now began the practice at Bristol, that statc. His abilities and learning soon became recog- nized and ere long he had built up a splendid law business. His wife's failing health, how- ever, compelled him to find a more congenial climate. hence he decided to seek a location in the inter-mountain region. He stopped for a short period in Ogden, Utah, coming thence to Spokane, where he opened an office for the practice of his profession at Nos. 3 and 4 Golden Gate building. Mr. Thornton is a man of ability, a thorough scholar, well read in his profession, and his business is sure to increase rapidly as time goes on. He was mar- ried in Washington, District of Columbia, in the spring of 1894, to Miss Adrienne Josephine Dessez.

A. L. THORP, a pioneer of 1883, was born in Kankakee county, Illinois, in 1849. He early learned the trade of a bridge-carpen- ter and for a number of years worked at that handicraft. serving at different times as fore- man and as inspector of bridges. Mr. Thorp was also a skillful house-carpenter. In 1879 he removed to northwestern Iowa, where he followed carpentering till the fall of 1882. He then came west and worked at his trade for a brief period in Portland, Oregon, then ac- cepted employment on the coal bunkers at Tacoma, Washington, where he resided until the spring of 1883. He then came to Spo -. kane. After taking a horseback trip through the Big Bend country and neighboring sec-

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tions, he engaged in contracting and building in this city. He also worked a while in a planing-mill and later erected the Suburb Mills, at Marshall. Subsequently he moved onto a farm on the Medical Lake road, eight miles from Spokane, where he has till recently resided. He was engaged in diversified farm- ing and had a splendid collection of fancy chickens, also a herd of thoroughbred Jersey cattle, which would delight the eye of a lover of fine stock. Lately, however, he sold his farm, and is now working at his trade in Spokane. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. He was married at Galena. Illi- nois, in 1877, to Miss Alice Pittam, and they have a family of three children : Arthur W .. Jessie B. and Edna L. Mr. Thorp is a highly respected, representative citizen of his com- munity, and a leader in every progressive movement. In 1895 he was elected county commissioner and he served for a term of two years.

E. J. HYDE, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 1861. He early left the town of his nativity and went to Prince Edward Island, where he acquired his education and learned his trade, spending the time between 1875 and 1880 in a jewelry manufactory. During the ensuing five years he worked for the American Watch Company. then traveled for two years, finally locating ir Spokane. He worked as a jeweler a short time, but soon opened in the business for him- self. He was burned out in the big fire, but later started up again on Monroe street, where he did business for a year. Since then he has moved to different locations from time to time, as his business increased, and he is now located at 716 Sprague. Mr. Hyde is a very

skillful manufacturing jeweler, having spent many years earnestly endeavoring to master that difficult handicraft, and he now has a national reputation. He manufactures all kinds of jewelry, and ships his products as far east as Maine, selling considerable in New York and Boston. Mr. Hyde's father. John G., belonged to Company D. Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Engineers, and was killed at Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Hyde is a mem- ber of the Elks and belongs to the Knights Templar and to the Shrine. He was married in Spokane in September, 1895, to Miss Lela E. Wendell.

DR. W. A. WRIGHT, a pioneer of 1889. was born in Michigan in 1864. and lie resided in his native state continuously until he came to Spokane. He early chose for himself the profession of dentistry and spent his vacations from school in a dentist's office. diligently en- deavoring to acquire a thorough knowledge of everything pertaining to the science and art of dental surgery. At the age of twenty- one, he graduated from the dental department of the University of Michigan, and thereupon moved to Allegan county and began practice. Three years later he came to Spokane and opened an office here. Before long he moved to the Fernwell block, where he has occupied the same offices for the past nine years. The Doctor has devoted his entire energies since boyhood assiduously to the study and prac- tice of his profession, and. as a natural conse- quence, he stands in the front rank among the dentists of this state. He was a member of the state board of dental examiners and served about four years, but declined re-ap- pointment. Dr. Wright owns a farm four and a half miles from that city, and he is also

R. P. COWGILL Chattaroy

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R. B. PATTERSON Medical Lake

E. G. MARSTON Pleasant Prairie

MRS. E. G. MARSTON Pleasant Prairie

MRS. BENEDICT BRISCHLE Pleasant Prairie

BENEDICT BRISCHLE Pleasant Prairie

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interested to a considerable extent in mining property. He was married in California, in 1893, to Emma A. Hope, former resident of Spokane, where, for the four years following 1886, she was a teacher in the Methodist Episcopal college on the North Side.

DR. L. P. WATERHOUSE, a pioneer of 1877, was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1832, and in that city the first ten years of his life were passed. He then accompanied his parents to Indiana, where he remained until 1876. He was educated at La Grange Colle- giate Institution, graduating from that in- stitution when seventeen years old. Sub- sequently he studied medicine two years, then took a course in the University of Mich- igan. After teaching school a while with a view to securing money with which to com- plete his medical education, he went to Cincin- nati, and there obtained his M. D. degree in 1855. He practiced his profession in Indiana for a number of years, but finally crossed the plains to Oregon, where for nearly three years he was an active practitioner of the healing art. In 1877 he came to Spokane and began the practice of medicine, but he subsequently took up land on Deep creek, near the falls. In 1884 he moved into Deep Creek falls, where he ran a drug store in connection with his practice. About five years ago he moved to Reardan, and practiced there a while, but finally came to Spokane. He is one of the earliest pioneer physicians of this county, and one of its best known and highly esteemed citizens. The Doctor helped to organize our first medical society, and was the first coroner ever elected in the county. That his duties as such were faithfully performed is evinced

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An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 88

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