USA > Washington > Walla Walla County > An illustrated history of Walla Walla County, state of Washington > Part 50
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71
Mr. Wallace's marriage was solemnized in New York, on May 30, 1891, when Miss Issa- bella Tenney became his wife.
JAMES S. BARRETT, shoe merchant. Walla Walla, was born in Sumner. Oxford county, Maine, in 1838. He was reared on a farm in that state, receiving such education as the public schools afforded. On attaining his majority, he went to Massachusetts to learn the art of manufacturing shoes, and two years later (in 1861) he set out by steamer to the Pacific coast. Locating in the mining regions of California, he followed mining exclusively for about five years. In April. 1867. however, he purchased the Stetson & Buck boot manu- facturing establishment, which business he con- ducted, together with mining. for several years, at one time being absent for a brief period on a trip east. Finally selling out in 1875 he moved to San Francisco, California, where he purchased an interest in a boot and shoe manufactory at 1208 Market street.
349
HISTORY OF WALLA WALLA COUNTY.
Shortly afterward he bought the remaining in- terest and the entire business was conducted by him until July, 1878.
Mr. Barrett then moved to Walla Walla where he purchased property and opened a store for the manufacture and sale of boots and shoes. He has devoted himself assid- uously ever since to the building up and ex- tending of this business, employing at times several men in his manufacturing industry, though he also handles custom-made goods. He is a thorough business man, possessed of the foresight and good judgment characteris- tic of the successful in commercial pursuits. As a man and a citizen, his standing in the community is of the highest. He is a very prominent Odd Fellow, having been connected with that order for forty years, and having passed through all the offices and received all the honors in the gift of the fraternity. Mr. Barrett was married in Walla Walla in Jan- uary, 1879, to Cora MI. Parker, a native of Jay, Maine, and they now have two children, Annie M. and Parker.
ANDREW J. EVANS, one of the leading farmers of the county, residing now at 427 E. Main street, Walla Walla, is a son of Ohio, born September 2, 1842. In 1858 the family moved to Iowa, whence three years later they started across the plains to the west, driving ox-teams. On August 29, 1861, they arrived in Walla Walla, where Mr. Evans' home has been ever since. For several years he was engaged in teaming, but he subsequently turned his atten- tion to the more profitable business of stock- raising. In 1871 he located a homestead on Mill creek, three miles east of town, and this forms the nucleus of his present fine farm of eight hundred and twenty acres.
Mr. Evans is an active, industrious, pro- gressive man, and one whose influence in the moulding and development of the county has been very sensibly felt. His uprightness and integrity have never been questioned. For some years he served as a member of the Walla Walla city council, performing his duties with courage, faithfulness and good judgment. He has long been an active and consistent mem- ber of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. In 1867 he was united in marriage to Miss Amata Williams, a native of Iowa, and they became the parents of three children, namely : Marvin, an attorney in Walla Walla; Emmet, a farmer; and Wesley, deceased.
WILLIAM S. GOODMAN, a farmer and sheep and cattle raiser, proprietor of the "Hud- son Bay farm," was born in Coles county, Illi- nois, on June 2, 1844. When ten years old, he accompanied the family to Monroe county, Iowa, where he lived for two years on a farm, after which he went with his parents to Putnam county, Missouri. Here his father engaged in the dual occupation of farming and wagon- making, he working in the shop most of the time, while his sons worked the farm under his directions.
In May, 1862, the entire family set out across the plains to this state. They experi- enced no real trouble with Indians, though they were at one time quite badly frightened, and corraled their wagons, but the braves, after riding around the extemporized fortification a few times, galloped away without opening fire. Arriving in the Walla Walla valley in Septem- ber, they settled on what is known as the Hud- son Bay farm. The father took a squatter's claim in this vicinity, but after two years dis-
.
350
HISTORY OF WALLA WALLA COUNTY.
posed of it to go to the Willamette valley, where he spent two years. Returning then, he resided here until the time of his death, August 6, 1875.
Upon his arrival at the Hudson Bay farm, Mr. Goodman, who had completed his educa- tion in the east, spent a year in a store in Walla Walla, then engaged in teaming for a brief period of time, but in 1864. embarked in the livery business in Walla Walla. During the year 1865. he was quite extensively engaged in freighting to and from the Boise, Auburn, Lewiston and Colville mining regions, and in 1866 he began importing cattle from the Willa- mette valley, a business which he followed con- tinuously until 1873. For the ensuing two years, he was in the grocery business in Los Angeles, but in 1875 he returned to the "Bay." purchased four hundred acres of land and di- rected his attention to the business in which he is now engaged. Besides the farm men- tioned above, he is the owner of a one-thou- sand-seven-hundred-and-fifty-acre tract near by, which he uses for pasture. He is one of the most successful stock and sheep raisers in the valley, and is especially interested in the pro- duction of fine Shorthorn cattle. His indus- try and ability have found fitting reward, so that he is quite wealthy, being the owner of property in Walla Walla and Seattle and a ten-acre tract near the city limits of Los An- geles, California. He has long been prominent in the Democratic party, though he is too broad- minded to be excessively partisan, and is very frank in bestowing credit wherever credit is clue. At one time he was elected without effort on his own part, to represent Umatilla county, Oregon, in the state legislature.
Mr. Goodman was married in Whitman county, Washington, in October, 1879. to Miss Irene Stewart, a native of Walla Walla, and a daughter of pioneer parents. They have two
children : Myrtle, now a student in Whitman College, and W. Dean, in the public school of his home district.
WILLIAM PETERSON, a farmer two miles southwest of Waitsburg, was born in Chicago, Illinois, November 14, 1870. While yet a boy, he removed to Nebraska, where he completed the public-school education he had al- ready begun to acquire in Chicago, and where, for a short time, he was engaged in farming. Coming to Walla Walla county, in 1889, he procured a fine little farm of one hundred and twenty acres in the vicinity of Waitsburg, and upon this his home has been ever since. He is, however, too ambitious to confine his ener- gies to suchi narrow limits, so he leases and farms four hundred and eighty acres more, raising principally wheat. He is very indus- trious, enterprising young man and enjoys the good will and esteem of his neighbors gener- ally.
E. SHEPARD RUSSELL, a farmer resid- ing on Mud creek, eight miles southwest of Walla Walla, was born in Belmont county. Ohio, on April 14, 1850. While still in his infancy, he was taken by his parents to Bureau county. Illinois, where his mother soon after- ward died. He was adopted by a man named Rude, with whom he lived continuously until eighteen years okl. He acquired a part of his education in the public schools, but received most of his instruction from Mr. and Mrs. Rude.
In 1867 Mr. Russell removed to Miami county, Kansas, where he had a married sister, but, after a visit of only three months, he
35I
HISTORY OF WALLA WALLA COUNTY.
started overland through Missouri to his old home in Illinois, making the entire trip on foot. For two years after his arrival he worked as a farm hand, but he then returned to Kan- sas, where he met with an accident which laid him up all winter. Early the next fall he homesteaded a quarter-section and began farm- ing on his own account, but, a year later, he relinquished his claim, sold his improvements, and returned to Miami county. He purchased a forty-acre tract and farmed for two years, then, his health having failed, he returned to his old home. Shortly afterward. however, he removed to Oxford, Iowa, to become fore- man for the gentleman who raised him, in the business of improving and selling farms. Dur- ing the two years of his stay here he encoun- tered two cyclones, both of which blew his houses to pieces, and one of which carried him and the building in which he then was over a considerable distance, but without injuring him in the least.
Mr. Russell spent the winter of 1876 in Washington county, Kansas, and in the spring outfitted and started across the plains with mule-teams to the west. On Camnass Prairie, Idaho, the party met the chiefs of the Bannock Indians, who were then holding a council of war and planning the outbreak which occurred the following year. Chief Eagan, on whose head a price was afterward set, took dinner with the party several times, and when that brave was finally killed he was identified by Mrs. Russell's brother, Jacob Frizzell, who was a member of the train.
Mr. Russell finally settled on Mud creek, this county, where the following year he took as a timber culture one hundred and sixty acres of land. This he unfortunately lost in 1897 by going security for a friend. In that year he bought his present place, which consists of
forty acres in this county, upon which he raises alfalfa hay, and forty acres just over the Ore- gon line which he is farming to wheat. He is an industrious, thrifty man, deeply inter- ested in the welfare of his community, and one of its representative citizens. He has held the offices of school director and road supervisor at different times.
Fraternally our subject is affiliated with the M. W. A. and the K. of P. He married, in Washington county, Kansas, on January 8, 1871, Miss Frances L. Frizzell, a native of Indiana, and they have five living children, Clara H., Elsie V., Frank, Harry and Marvin M .; also one, E. Shepard, deceased.
JOHN H. FOSTER .- There are few men still living whose connection with the Pacific coast dates back to an earlier period than does that of the man whose name initiates this sketch. Born in the state of Maine in 1828, he had no sooner completed his education and attained his majority than his adventurous spirit led him to Boston, and thence by water to San Fran- cisco. He completed his trip around the Horn in December, 1849, and with the opening of the new year set out for the mines. He was in the Sacramento region during the exciting Squatter war, but soon after returned to San Francisco and began working at the trade he had learned in his boyhood, carpentering.
In the fall of 1850 Mr. Foster came to Port- land, Oregon, whence, in 1852. he removed to the site of the present Chehalis, Washington, where he took a donation land claim. He was one of the signers of the historic petition sent to Washington, D. C., asking that the territory of Washington be set apart from Oregon. In 1860 he went to The Dalles, Oregon, where
352
IHISTORY OF WALLA WALLA COUNTY.
two years later he entered the employ of the United States government as a carpenter and wagon-maker. Hle continued to work in its employ until 1869, then came to Walla Walla and since that date his life has been linked with the history of this city. For a number of years he followed his trade, erecting some of the finest early buildings, but he subsequently be- came identified with Rees, Winans & Com- pany. Later he sold out and retired from active participation in business, though he is still a stockholder in the First National bank and in the Farmers' Savings bank.
Mr. Foster possessed an unusual degree of the resourcefulness, energy and force of char- acter of the early pioneers, and he has been a leader in the persistent warfare with opposing forces which has resulted in transforming a. wilderness into a civilized commonwealth. Hc was married first in Portland, Oregon, in 1852, to Margaret J. Johnson, who died in Walla Walla in 1879, leaving eight children: Lewis; Henry ; Albert, who was a member of Company J. First Washington Volunteers, serving in the Spanish-American and Philippine wars ; Mary, widow of A. E. Isham; William; Frederick J., still living ; and John and Frank, who died in 1893 and 1900, respectively. She also had one daughter, Margaret, who preceded her to the tomb. In 1881 Mr. Foster married Mrs. Sarah White, who has one son, Amos, by her first marriage.
Mr. Foster is the owner of several tracts of good farm and grazing land, besides a beau- tiful home in Walla Walla.
DANIEL STEWART .- Residing in an attractive home at the corner of Park and Whit- man streets, Walla Walla, is a venerable citizen
to whom must be given precedence as a pioncer of the Pacific coast country, as a veteran of the Indian wars and as one who has led an active and eventful life, filled with interesting episodes concerning the early days. This hon- ored pioncer is Daniel Stewart, the subject of this review, who is now practically retired from active business pursuits. He is a native of the old Buckeye state, where he was born April 26, 1825. the son of William H. and Patience (Denton) Stewart. At the time of his birth the parents were residents of Marion county, whence they removed to Warren county, in 1830.
Ten years later Mr. Stewart returned to his native county, where he remained for a brief interval, going thence, in 1841, to Illinois, where he was associated with his brother in farming pursuits until the year 1845, on April 2d of which year he started on the long and perilous journey across the plains, this being, of course considerably antecedent to the dis- covery of gold in California. He proceeded with his ox team to Independence, Missouri, where he joined an emigrant train of about two hundred and fifty wagons, subsequently subdivided into trains of about forty wagons each. They arrived at Oregon City on Octo- ber 2d of the same year, the trip having been made under the direction of Captain Joel Pal- mer. Our subject recalls that the company were permitted to listen to a discourse by Mar- cus Whitman, who admonished them as to the line of conduct which they should pursue. He well remembers this revered historical char- acter, who fell a victim to the crafty red men. After his arrival in the coast region, Mr. Stew- art was engaged in diversified pursuits, having for some time engaged in boating on the Co- lumbia and Willamette rivers, under Captain Gray and others.
DANIEL STEWART.
353
HISTORY OF WALLA WALLA COUNTY.
At Portland, in January, 1848, Mr. Stewart enlisted for service in the Cayuse Indian war, being chosen corporal of his company. He continued in the service for eight months, par- ticipating in all the battles that were fought. He was on horse guard at the time Packwood and Jackson met death at the hands of the red- skins; the first regular engagement with the Indians, however, having been at Sand Hollow, six miles beyond Wells Springs. He also took part in the Tuckannon battle. During the war he, with Captain Maxon's company, acted as escort for General Gilliam and while he was tlius serving, the General was accidentally shot, at Wells Springs.
In July, 1848, our subject went down to California on the vessel which had brought the first news of the discovery of gold in that state. He proceeded to Dry Diggings, subsequently known, in turn, as Hangtown and Placerville. There he mined for a time, then went to the middle fork and later the north fork of the American river, being fairly successful in his mining operations. He next proceeded to San Francisco, where he purchased a half-interest in the launch "Rainbow" and also engaged in the draying business for a short time. Dispos- ing of his interests, he went to Sacramento, where he purchased of Colonel Sutter a feed stable, which he conducted for a time and then returned to Oregon, where lie secured a claim of three hundred and twenty acres, on Parrot creek, four miles south of Oregon City.
His next venture was the opening of a bill- iard hall in Portland. In December, 1852, Mr. Stewart sold out his business and went to Missouri and lowa to buy cattle, being asso- ciated in this enterprise with James HI. Fruit. They had about two hundred and forty head of cattle at the start and were engaged in cattle- raising until 1858, when Mr. Stewart came to 23
Umatilla river, Washington, where he was en- gaged in farming and stock-raising until about eighteen years ago. In 1861 he came to Walla Walla county, purchasing a farm of one hun- dred and sixty acres, situated south of the city. About the year 1863 he was located for some months at Boise, Idaho, where he was engaged in gardening and fruit-raising. in Stewart's Gulch, which was named for him. In 1866 he bought about one thousand acres on Dry creek, for a stock ranch. As before stated, he has been practically retired from active business for the past eighteen years.
Mr. Stewart was a member of the territor- ial legislature of Washington for four terms, was postmaster of Walla Walla, under Cleve- land's administration, for four years and four months, has been a member of the city council and board of county commissioners, and has in every way shown a deep and abiding interest in the public welfare. In his fraternal relations he is an old and honored member of the Ma- sonic order, into which he was initiated as an entered apprentice in 1850, at Oregon City, the lodge, known as Multnomah No. 84. having been the first organized on the Pacific coast and working under dispensation of the grand lodge of Missouri.
In the town of Santa Fe, Monroe county, Missouri, in March, 1853, Mr. Stewart was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Fruit, who was born in Callaway county, Missouri, on the 19th of September. 1830. His wife accompanied him across the plains when he drove his herd of cattle through, and she was his devoted helpmeet and companion until her death, August 13, 1896. They became the par- ents of eight children, namely: Kate, wife of E. H. Nixon; Crassus, a farmer and trader ; Dr. Charles B., a practicing physician and surgeon ; Thales D., who is now engaged in
354
HISTORY OF WALLA WALLA COUNTY.
mining in Alaska; Irene B., wife of William S. Goodman, of Umatilla county, Oregon ; Ella S., wife of John A. Cameron ; Ida S., wife of Elmer Winans: and Robert L., a trader.
EUGENE H. BOYER, a pioneer of 1862, is a native of Hillsboro, Arkansas. He was, however, reared on the Pacific coast. his father having come to California, via the isthmus, when he was but a few weeks old. At the age of three years he was brought by his parents te Walla Walla, in which city he has resided almost ever since, receiving a thorough educa- tion in Whitman Seminary.
When seventeen years old he entered the bank of Baker & Boyer as office boy, and early showing an unusual ability as an accountant was steadily advanced in position until the second year, when he became chief clerk or cashier. This position he retained three years, after which ill health compelled him to resign. He paid a visit to the east in search of health and a broader education, and upon his return turned his attention to farming and land spec- ulations. In 1885 he was appointed receiver of the bank of Baker & Clark, of Moscow, Idaho, and a year later, after successfully wind- ing up the business of the bank, became one of the directors of its successor, the First Na- tional bank of that city.
Sedentary life being his bane, he next'en- deavored to lure health and wealth from the mountains in and about Wardner, Idaho, and later in eastern Oregon. One year devoted to grain buying in Garfield county, Washington, and several years to his duties as deputy treas- urer under his father, together with many other positions of trust, having fitted him in a marked degree for a life of usefulness in the years to
come. The most of his time during the past four years has been devoted to attending to the business of his late father's large estate, first as executor and latterly as agent.
Mr. Boyer takes considerable interest in politics, though not an ardent partisan and not ambitious for political preferment. He was married, December 31, 1888, to Miss Frances .1. Newcomb, of Waterbury Centre, Vermont.
ELIHU G. RIFFLE, a pioneer of 1802. was born in West Virginia, March 6. 1838. When eighteen years of age he started in life for himself, going to lowa and engaging in the lumber industry there. In 1859 he went to the site of the present Leadville, Colorado. mined for a season, and finally bought a claim ir California gulch, near by. He did not re- main long, however, but soon went to St. Louis, Missouri, thence back to lowa, whence, in 1862. he crossed the plains to Idaho. From the time of his arrival until 1867 he was engaged in mining and freighting, and he traveled quite extensively, visiting Elk City, Lewiston. Placer- ville and numerous other points. In 1867, however, he returned to Walla Walla, where for ten years he was an extensive stock raiser and dealer. About 1877 he purchased land four miles east of Walla Walla, and combined general farming with stock raising.
For many years Mr. Riffle was one of the leading farmers of the county, but lately he has retired from active participation in that in- dustry, though he still retains his fine eight- hundred-acre farm. Hle now resides in a beautiful home at 404 E. Sumach street, Walla Walla. By his industry, thrift and good man- agement he has secured a fair share of this world's wealth, and besides his farm is the
355
HISTORY OF WALLA WALLA COUNTY.
owner of some valuable city property. Ile was married, in Walla Walla, January 14, 1869, to Rebecca Morrison, who crossed the plains with her father in 1861 from Iowa. They have two children, Harry, a farmer, and Elsie ; and Mrs. Riffle has one daughter by a former marriage, Alice, now Mrs. J. D. Lamb.
WILLIAM KRALMAN, a farmer eight and one-half miles southwest of Walla Walla, a pioneer of 1878, was born in Prussia April 19, 1839. When fifteen years old he came to America with his uncle and step-mother, his parents having both passed away when he was quite young. He came via New Orleans to St. Louis, Missouri, and went thence to Quincy, Illinois, where for four years he worked as a farm hand. Going then to Burlington, Iowa, he continued to follow farming there until 1858, when he removed to Kansas. He located a pre-emption near Osawatomie, the home of the noted John Brown, with whom he was on terms of intimacy. Ilere he farmed until, in 1878. he came to the Walla Walla valley. He purchased an eighty-acre tract, to which he afterwards added twenty-five acres more, and on this farm he has ever since lived.
To Mr. Kralman belongs the honor of hav- ing served as a soldier in defense of his coun- try, he having enlisted in Company C, Twelfth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862. From that date until the close of hostilities his best service was given to the cause of na- tional union, and he fought many a hard battle and performed many an unpleasant military duty, making for himself a record of which he may well be proud. He received a sunstroke in 1864, while on a foraging expedition, which permanently impaired his health and constitu-
tional vitality, but despite this fact he has been a very active man in the industrial development and social amelioration of the neighborhood in which he lives.
In Osawatomie, Kansas, February 17. 1861, our subject married Miss Arminda Doty, a native of Ohio, whose father and mother were pioneers of the state of Kansas. They have become the parents of seven children : John, a farmer; Nellie, wife of Luther Van Winkle ; Frederick, with his father on the farm : Lizzie, wife of William Maher, of Walla Walla; Edward L., Amy D. and Albert L., also at home with their parents. The family belong to the United Brethren church.
OSCAR HAYNES, confectioner at Waits- burg, was born in Johnson county, Missouri, July 5, 1872. He passed the first twelve years of his life in his native state, then accompanie 1 his parents to Waitsburg, where, for several years, he was engaged in farm work. Later, however, he came into the town and embarked in the livery business on his own account. He followed that continuously and successfully until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, then enlisted, becoming a member of the First Washington Volunteer Infantry, May 1, 1898. Ile was in the army for eighteen months, participating in all the principal bat- tles of the Philippine insurrection. On No- vember 1, 1899, he was mustered out in San Francisco, California, and returned forthwith to Waitsburg, where he resumed the business which he had left at the call of patriotism. He sold this business January 16, 1901, and en- gaged in the confectionery business on Main street. He is an enterprising, progressive young inan, possessed of excellent business
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.