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CHARLES WALTON, of the firm of Hull & Walton, owners of the Spokane Iron Works, 5II Howard street, is a native of Ohio, born May 31, 1861. He was reared and educated in that state and served a full apprenticeship to the trade of a machinist. He followed that handicraft there and in Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania, for several years, but in 1890 came to Spokane to accept a position as salesman for the Reid Machine Company. He continued in their employ for eight years, then, in 1899, in company with Mr. George M. Hull, estab- lished the Spokane Iron Works, where they do all kinds of mechanical work in iron, employing several men steadily. Mr. Walton is a thor-
ough mechanic, having devoted the undivided efforts of almost his entire lifetime to his trade and the success with which his present enter- prise is meeting is really merited. He was mar- ried, in Garrettsville, Ohio, July 20, 1880, to Miss Sarah Harwick, a native of New York, and to their union have been born four chil- dren : Alice, wife of William Tabb, a grocer in Spokane, Charlotte, Edna and Robert.
ADOLPH FRIEDLEIN, manager for M. Seller & Company, importers and jobbers of crockery, glassware, tin, graniteware, hotel and bar fixtures, etc., was born in Germany Novem- ber 30, 1861. He received his education there, but on attaining his majority emigrated at once to America. He soon entered the employ of M. Seller & Company, in Portland, Oregon, and has remained with the same firm continuously since. In 1896 he came to Spokane to take charge of their business here and under his ex- perienced and efficient management the trade, both wholesale and retail, has assumed im- mense proportions. The firm has the largest business of its kind in the west, giving employ- ment to twenty-four persons constantly. Mr. Friedlein has given his arduous and undivided efforts to the industry in which he is now en- gaged ever since his arrival in this country. He was married in Spokane, in 1897, to Miss Belle Brucker, a native of Illinois, and they are parents of two children, Victor and Adelaide.
J. R. LOW, proprietor of the cigar store on the corner of Howard and Riverside, a pioneer of 1888, was born in Tennessee June 23, 1865, but was reared in Texas, having been
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taken by his parents to that state when only five years old. He received a good public and high-school education, then learned the profes- sion of a civil engineer and followed that busi- ness on different railroads for several years. He came to Spokane county in 1888, and worked for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company a while, but subsequently entered the employ of the Cory Mercantile Company, of Rockford and Fairfield, continuing in their service until 1896. In that year he was elected county clerk. He served for two years with credit to himself and on retiring from office engaged in his present business. Mr. Low is one of the influential and respected citizens of the county and one who has always enjoyed the confidence and good will of the communities in which he has lived. For the four years prior to 1896 he was postmaster at Fairfield, but he re- signed that office when elected county clerk. Fraternally he affiliates with the B. P. O. E. Lodge, No. 228, of Spokane. He was married, in Fairfield, Washington, February 22, 1891, to Miss Virginia Butler, a native of Oregon, and they have a family of three daughters, Gertrude, Genevieve and Lucile.
WILLIAM L. HALL, M. D., offices 3 and 4 Sherwood block, was born in east Ten- nessee, May 24, 1868. He was reared in that state, acquiring a good common-school ed- ucation, supplemented by a course in Mary- ville College. In 1888 he entered the medical department of Vanderbilt University, located at Nashville, Tennessee, and in 1890 he grad- uated. After practicing a year in Tennessee lie came to Oakesdale, Washington, where he was engaged in the pursuit of his profession for about three years. In 1894, however.
he was sent to China by the American board to take charge of the hospital dispensary in Shansi province, five hundred miles west of Pekin. During his five years' residence there he saw only one white man, except those who were associated with him in his work. He returned to Spokane in 1899 and resumed the general practice of medicine in this city. He is a very thorough man in his profession, being an arduous student and an untiring worker. and he will secure a large practice as soon as time has been afforded for his abilities and learning to become known. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order. the K. of P .. the .A. O. C. W. and M. W. of .A. and in religious affiliations, he is identified with the Second Congregational church. He was married. while in east Tennessee. to Miss Lou A. Wear, a native of Tennessee, and they have had four children : Carl Lena and Doro- thy, living. and one deceased. The family were all with Dr. Hall in China.
FRED J. SMITH, contractor and builder and furnisher of bank and bar fixtures, 713 Front avenue, is a native of Maine, born Jan- uary 15. 1855. He acquired a public-school and academic education and then, at the age of sixteen, went to sea as a cabin boy for his uncle on the Grace Oak. a vessel he had helped to build. After two years he became purser and a stockholder in the company. He sailed to a number of foreign countries and. in 1871. came around the Horn to San Francisco. In 1877 his vessel suffered shipwreck off Florida Keys. The cargo and ship were a complete loss and out of the crew of thirty-five men only five reached shore, his uncle. Captain Samuel Smith, being among the
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J. J. PIPER, M. D. Peone
JOHN MAYER Wayside
RICHARD WHEARTY Peone Prairie
MRS. RICHARD WHEARTY Peone Prairie
J. R. MASTERSON Hazard
C. M. DAVIS Milan
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lost. Fred J., however, clung to a piece of the wreck until picked up by an English vessel. He was taken to Liverpool, but soon after- ward returned to Maine, where he found em- ployment in the ship yards. Shortly after- ward, however, he availed himself of an oppor- tunity to embark aboard the Gloucester as sec- ond mate and he remained on that vessel until, in 1879, he finally decided to retire from the sea. Locating in Michigan, he turned his at- tention to lumbering and carpenter work. In 1886 he assumed charge of a crew of men on the construction of the B. S. & A. R. R., by which company he was employed for two years. He then followed his trade in Sheboygan coun- ty, Wisconsin, for a couple of years, but in 1890 came to Spokane and engaged in contracting and building. Mr. Smith is a man who has within him the qualities essential to success, consequently his business has grown and flour- ished until he now requires the assistance of many employees. In mining enterprises, also, he takes a zealous interest. He is the owner of several very promising claims in the North- port mining district and is president and man- ager of the Lora Bell Mining Company. Fra- ternally he is identified with Court Klamath, No. 1936, I. O. F., of which he is financial sec- retary. He was married, in Michigan, Novem- ber 23, 1881, to Miss Carrie A. Mills, a native of that state, and they have five children: Rachel M., Daniel M., Mary E., Edward E. and Walter E.
PROF. J. F. SAYLOR, superintendent of the Spokane city schools, was born in Iowa April 30, 1854. He acquired a public-school education, then spent one year in the Iowa City Academy and four at the State Agricult- ural College, from which he graduated in 1880.
He then accepted a position as principal of the Anita, Iowa, school and later became superin- tendent of the Red Oak, Iowa, schools. In 1884, however, he became proprietor and editor of the Rock Rapids Reporter. The next year he returned to Red Oak, purchased a daily and weekly newspaper and published the same un- til 1887, when he was elected county school superintendent. After discharging the duties of that office for two terms, he filled the chair of pedagogy in the Shenandoah Normal School two years. He then accepted the presidency of the Lincoln Normal University at Lincoln, Nebraska, and served in that capacity also for two years, afterward becoming superintendent of the Lincoln schools. In 1898 he was nom- inated by the Republican party for the state superintendency, but was defeated in the ensu- ing election. In 1899 he became superintend- ent of the Spokane city schools, which position he still retains, having recently been re-elected for a three-years' term. Prof. Saylor is a man of unusual energy, executive ability and force of character. His naturally powerful mental faculties have been developed to the fullest by years of profound study and his long and varied experience has led him to formulate a plan of education unique in many respects. His genial and sympathetic manner wins for him the good will of all, while his fearless devotion to prin- ciple commands the respect even of opponents. As a lecturer, also, Superintendent Saylor takes high rank. Indeed, in every way he is eminent- ly qualified for the position he holds, and the cause of education in this city will receive a powerful uplift from his wise supervision. Fra- ternally he is affiliated with all the branches of the Masonic order up to the K. T., inclusive, also the Shrine. In addition, he belongs to the I. O. O. F., the K. of P., the S. of V. and Excelsior Camp, No. 5124, M. W. A. In re-
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ligious persuasion he is a Presbyterian. He was married, in Pennsylvania, April 22, 1886, to Miss Lottie A. Dean, a native of that state, and to their union have been born four chil- dren, two of whom are now living, namely : Lulie D. and Otis. The deceased children were named Genevieve and Laura.
WILLIAM A. NICHOLLS, one of the leading young brokers of the city, was born in Beatrice, Nebraska, in 1878. He went to school in his native city, also in Canada for two years, then came to Spokane and entered the high school, from which he graduated in 1896. Upon completing his education he en- tered the mining business, becoming a char- ter member of the Spokane Mining Exchange and now also belongs to the Spokane Brokers' Exchange. He is interested in all the min- ing camps adjacent to this city, the State Creek, Buffalo Hump, etc., is treasurer of the Liberty near Republic, and a stockholder in numerous other properties. He is also in- terested to some extent in real estate. Mr. Nicholls has been making wonderful advance- ment in business in the short time which has elapsed since he left school and is manifest- ing a degree of enterprise, sagacity and cour- age seldom possessed by men twice his age. He seems also to possess, in a high degree, the faculty, so essential to a successful man of affairs, of mastering a great many details and performing a vast amount of technical labor, for, besides his general broker business, he is an officer in many mining companies. Ir requires no prophetic gift to enable one to foresee a brilliant future ahead of this young man. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Elks.
DR. W. F. DUNLOP, of Dunlop & Dun- ning, dentists, was born in Orillia, Canada, in 1866. He received his preliminary educa- tion in his native land, but, at the age of sev- enteen, went to the University of Michigan, where he studied dental surgery, receiving his diploma from that institution in 1888. He practiced his profession at Alpena. Michigan, from the date of his graduation until 1894, then 'took a course in the Wisconsin Electric Medical School, from which he received a de- gree in 1896. He practiced dentistry for a brief period in Wallace, Idaho, but subse- quently came to Spokane, organized the Dun- lop Dental Company and was associated with them in the profession until quite recently, when he entered into private practice. Dr. Dunlop has spared no pains to make himself thoroughly master of his business, studying diligently in the best institutions of learning in the east, and devoting the efforts of his ma- turer years with assiduity and zeal to the ac- complishment of the same end. He is still in the morning of his career, but has already gained for himself a reputation and a stand- ing in the profession and a bright future seems to lie before him. Fraternally, he is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F. and the B. P. O. E. and also belongs to the Blue lodge. the Shrine and the Knights Templar in the Masonic order. He was married in Canada. in 1888, to Minnie Paterson and they have two chil- dren: Marion and' Cosie.
OLE R. NESTOS, a pioneer of 1886. was born in Norway in 1861 and lived there until nineteen years old, learning the harness and saddlery business. Upon coming to America he located at Montevideo, Minne-
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sota, where he remained for a year, working in a harness shop. He afterwards worked at the same handicraft in Fergus Falls, Minne- sota, three years, then engaged in a business for himself in Fishers, Minnesota, continuing il: that for a year and a half. At the end of that time, however, he sold out and moved tc St. Paul to accept a position with the Wall- raff Brothers, by whom he was employed a year. His next move was to Spokane, where he worked for Peter Dueber a year, then for his successor, Fred Furth, six months. He then bought a half interest in the business, forming the firm of Furth & Nestos, which had one of the finest harness shops this side of Chicago. They were burned out in the fire, but reopened and ran the shop together two years, after which Mr. Nestos was alone two years. He then went into mining and prospecting. Subsequently he served as fore- man for the A. A. Craft Company a year and a half, but has recently opened a shop of his own at 118 Post. He leases the whole build- ing, but sublets all but the first floor, the whole of which he reserves for his own use. Mr. Nestos is a first-class mechanic and an es- teemed and respected citizen of the city, being a man who lives harmoniously with his neigh- bors and is steady, industrious and thoroughly reliable. Fraternally, he is identified with the I O. O. F., the K. P., and the Red Men. He was married in Spokane, in 1897, to Miss Hattie E. Eich.
Mr. Nestos recently purchased a very comfortable home at No. 2420 Boone avenue, west.
PETER SONDGERATH, a pioneer of 1887, was born in Germany in 1864. He re- ceived a public-school education. He learned
the blacksmith trade and when sixteen years old emigrated to America. He worked in machine shops in Illinois and San Francisco, but soon came to Seattle and entered the em- ploy of the Stetson & Post Mill Company, remaining until 1887, when he came to Spo- kane, purchased the Spokane blacksmith shop and engaged in business for himself. He has made all the brewery wagons in use in this city and constructs carriages, omnibuses and all kinds of vehicles. He has constructed the architectural iron work for the following build- ings : Idaho State Building, at the World's Fair; opera house. Wallace, Idaho; Blackfoot Mission school, at Blackfoot, Montana ; school house at Lewiston, Idaho; Spokane county court house; also the ore cars for the Last Chance mine, Wardner, Idaho; smelter at Trail, British Columbia; furnace work, etc., at the Hall mines, near Nelson, British Colum- bia; also the architectural iron work on many of the principal buildings of Spokane. Mr. Sondgerath is one of the most expert trades- men in Spokane and has a large and growing business located at 722 Front street. He is quite extensively interested in valuable real estate in Spokane and Seattle. He is a mem- ber of the Elks, Foresters, I. O. O. F. and Turnverein. Mr. Sondgerath was a mem- ber of the famous Concordia Singing Society, being a leading second basso and treasurer for several years.
W. B. LOTTMAN, a pioneer of August, 1883. is a son of the golden West, born in Stockton, California, July 22, 1861. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and resided there continuously until twen- ty-two years old, then came to Sprague, Wash- ington. He was employed as chief clerk for
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the superintendent of bridges and buildings on the Idaho division of the Northern Pacific Railroad until the fall of 1884. He then re- turned to California, was married to Anna May Eagleson, of Santa Rosa, and came back to Sprague, arriving there in the spring of 1885. For some years thereafter he was en- gaged in the business of negotiating loans on farm property for eastern capitalists, but in January 1, 1889, he was elected assistant cashier in the First National Bank. The next year he was elected cashier, a position which he has ever since held. In May, 1896, the bank was removed to Spokane, where it has since done business under the name of the Fi- delity National Bank. Mr. Lottman is an expert in his line, thoroughly conversant with the banking business, and skilled in everything pertaining thereto. He is also a man of un- wavering integrity and commands the respect and esteem of those who have been in any way associated with him in business and of those who know him generally. He and Mrs. Lottman are parents of three children: Lois, Grace and Willie.
M. G. BARNEY, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Madison county, New York, in 1845. He was early taken by his parents to Dodge county, Wisconsin, where he received a uni- versity education and devoted some time to teaching. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, First Wisconsin Cavalry, and was assigned to duty first in Missouri and Arkansas, then with the Army of the Ten- nessee. He participated in the battle of Chickamauga and numerous other engage- ments, receiving several slight wounds. He was mustered out in December, 1864, having
distinguished himself as a valiant and loyal soldier, receiving on one occasion a medal from the war department for heroically car- rying dispatches through the enemy's lines. At the close of the war he returned to Wis- consin and was actively engaged in the law business until 1872, when he went to Ne- braska and combined the practice of law with farming. In 1876 he removed to Kansas. where he helped organize Pratt county, becom- ing its first prosecuting attorney. He carried Oli a fight for three years in all the courts over the location of the county seat. In the fall of 1879 he arrived in the state of Washington, making the journey across the plains by team to Walla Walla. He lived there and at Col- fax for a brief period, but finally located in Cheney, this county, where, in company with Judge Miller, he practiced law for six years. During that time he conducted a noteworthy election contest case and after a severe fight succeeded in seating his auditor. commissioner and sheriff. Mr. Barney also participated in a little scheme by which, in early days, the coun- ty seat was removed from Spokane to Cheney. Twenty men came at night to the court house at Spokane, seized the records, loaded them into wagons and had them safely in Cheney before five o'clock next morning. Later Judge Barney moved to Spokane and practiced his profession, also serving as receiver of the United States land office. AAt the present time he is engaged in mining and law prac- tice in the Okanogan country. Judge Barney is a man of great energy and versatility of talent. Possessed of great personal magnet- ism, originality and force of character, lie is a natural leader among men and has always been in the forefront of the progressive forces. He was married in Wisconsin, in 1868, to Adelle Yorton, and they have two children :
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Jessie Agnes and Benjamin F. Fraternally, Judge Barney is a member of the Masons and the I. O. O. F.
JOHN H. BROCKMAN, deceased, a pio- neer of 1882, was a native of Missouri, born January 18, 1836. He farmed until October, 1861, when he enlisted for six months' service in the Civil war. He again enlisted, joining Company F, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, as ser- geant. The principal duty of his company was to prevent the depredations of guerrilla bands. He helped bury the dead after the terrible mas- sacre by Quantrell at Lawrence, Kansas, par- ticipated in frequent engagements with the Younger brothers, and led a gallant thirty in a running fight with the notorious Bill An- derson gang. He was also present in several of the great battles of the war, including those at Lexington and Springfield. After three years and nine months of gallant service he re- turned to Holt county, Missouri, remaining there until 1871. He then lived in Cloud county, Kansas, about six years, then in Pawnee county, until 1882, when he came to Washington, locating finally at Rockford. He was engaged in farming and in photog- raphy there until 1894, when he returned to Missouri, fitted up a photograph car and be- gan traveling. He had always wanted to re- turn to Rockford and to please him the travel- ing art gallery was headed westward. He reached the longed-for destiny November 12, 1897, but only lived seven days after his ar- rival. He was identified with the Baptist church and belonged to the G. A. R. at Rock- ford, also to the Union Veteran Legion. He was married in Holt county, Missouri, February 18, 1865, to Miss Mary Ruhl, a na- tive of Ohio. Their three children are : Elma
and David, both of whom graduated at the Western Dental College of Kansas City, in 1899, and are now practicing in the Pacific Photograph car, and Fannie, photographer in the car. The son and daughter were two of four prize winners in the Western Dental Col- lege. MIrs. Brockman established the first millinery store in Rockford, and also has the distinction of being the only member left of those who organized the First Baptist church of that town.
O. L. WALTMAN, a pioneer of 1879, was born in Pennsylvania April 21, 1856. He grew to manhood there, acquiring a thor- ough public-school education and graduating from the business department of the Wyoming Seminary, located at Kingston, Pennsylvania, in 1874. He then entered his father's employ as bookkeeper. In 1879 the entire family moved to Kansas and located on a farm near Cawker City, where they resided about three years. In 1882, however, they removed to Spokane county, Washington, and engaged quite extensively in the lumbering and flour- milling business, Mr. O. L. Waltman taking charge of that part of their enterprise, which was located at Rockford. They did business under the firm name of the Waltman Brothers & Company, securing the town site of Rock- ford. In 1888 Mr. Waltman retired from the company, moved to Spokane and engaged in real-estate brokerage. He was thus employed until 1892, then went into the county auditor's office as deputy, serving as such for two terms. In 1894 he went into the grocery business with his brother, W. W., but four years later he resigned to accept a position with the Spokane Dry Goods Company as billing clerk and book- keeper. He is now employed by them in their
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wholesale department exclusively. Mr. Walt- man is a very progressive and far-seeing busi- ness man, possessed of his full share of that ex- cellent commercial ability for which the entire family have long been noted. A public-spir- ited citizen, he has contributed largely to the material development and progress of the city and county, always so living as to retain the unwavering confidence of all who know him. Fraternally he is identified with the Knights of the Maccabees and the Royal Arcanum. He was married in Pennsylvania January I, 1878, to Miss Armanda Randall, a native of that state, and their union has been blessed by the birth of five children: George V., now connected with the Whitehouse Dry Goods Company; Fred E., Charles W., May and Elva.
REV. WILLIAM DAVIES, a pioneer of 1890, was born in Wales, October 3, 1860. He grew to manhood in his native land, receiv- ing a good public-school education and taking a complete course in the Haverfordwest Col- lege, located in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, from which he graduated in 1885. He then entered the Open Communion Baptist minis- try, but after two years of experience came to the United States to take a theological course in Yale University. He graduated in May, 1890, and came directly to Spokane to assume charge of the Second Congregational church of this city. He is a member of the well- known Yale Band, a company of six ministers who graduated from Yale at the same time and came to do pastoral and missionary work in eastern Washington. At the time of Mr. Davies' arrival in Spokane, the church to which he came had been recently organized and was worshiping in a vacant store room near Morroe
street bridge. This was afterwards burned down and they then built a neat and comfort- able brick edifice on the corner of Mallon and Adams streets. Mr. Davies is a very zealous and untiring worker in the vineyard of his Master. He has been instrumental in increas- ing the membership of his church from ten to two hundred and twenty-five, but his efforts have never been closely confined to his own charge, there being scarcely any undertaking for the religious or moral amelioration of this city which has not profited by his vigorous support. He was the prime mover in the es- tablishment of Eells Academy at Colville, and is a trustee at the present time. He is also registrar of the Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Association of Congrega- tional Churches and chairman of the home missionary committee. Fraternally, Mr. Da- vies is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. He was married in New Haven, Connecticut, August 6, 1891, to Miss Hyla C. Armstrong. (laughter of a large carriage manufacturer of that city. Their family consists of three chil- dren, Paul A., Frederick W. and Mary Olive. Mr. Davies takes rank among the most widely informed and highly educated ministers of this city, and is at present the longest resident pas- tor at Spokane.
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