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From Monday, April 11th, to the 15th. inclusive, 1904, there was held at Davenport
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one of the most interesting and instructive teachers' institutes that ever assembled in the state. The program arranged by Miss Neal was one calculated to prove of great benefit to every teacher in the county. The exercises were attended by Professor A. E. Winship, of Boston, one of the most prominent educators in the United States, and throughout the week he delivered daily addresses which were listened to with profound attention.
Following is the complete roster of the school teachers of Lincoln county, January I, 1904:
Alice Lang, Mrs. J. A. Rife, Nellie Lan- gan, Eva Switzer, Frank Beck, of Mondovi; Chloe Wilcox, Belle Baldwin, P. T. Mellon, Elnora Strong, May Baldwin, W. H. Scott, of Edwall; Earl Yule, C. A. Hersey, T. A. Davies, Marva Frink, Louise Kirkpatrick; Gert- rude Cosgrove, Ella Craig, Margaret Craig, E. McDonald, Robt. Simmons, Maggie Orlowski, Mrs. J. A. Gee, Katie Neilly, Edith Mills, Alice Bartlett, J. N. Moore, of Sprague; Brooks Livingston, W. H. Padley, Kate Wol- ford, Maude Clifford, Oma Hamilton, D. M. Smith, Anna L. Evans, Daisy Kenworthy, of Reardan: Lillian Mackey, George E. Craig, Sadie Hettman, Alice Brookings, W. D. Mof- fatt, Minnie Level, Josie O'Leary, Mrs. E. S. Graf, Grace Donnell, Bertha Johnson, Bertha L. Powell, Eloise Knowles, Carrie B. Weir, Kathryn Lentz, B. E. Mower, C. W. Jarvis, J. R. Williams, Bernice Jones, Jennie Heald, Ora Pershall, of Davenport ; Blanche Switzer, Florence Samis, Andrew Brown, of Egypt; Stella Cheeley, Mrs. J. A. Hall, Ida L. Will- iams, F. E. Emmett, F. E. Stokes, Louise Peffley, Anna L. Cole, Mabel M. Moody, IFar- vey Jones, of Creston ; Leonard Heaphy, La- Dona Williams, Harry W. Davis, Alvan Clarendon, Bernetta Stookey, Bessie Roberts, Bessie M. Agnew, Pearl Owen, Della E. Green, Ella Davies, E. C. Bierbaum. Mary Waltman, Abigail E. White, Emilie R. Mode, Addie Saxe, Ida Hankel, J. W. Falkner, of Wilbur;
Mrs. J. Childs, Grace Berner, of Rocklyn; Ora MI. Seidell, Elfleda Graves, C. W. Crippen, Mary Dew, of Mohler; W. A. Cummings, Mrs. C. Mapes, of Tyler; Blanche Shane, Jo- seph Kung, Edgar Hopkins, Mrs. Hendryx, of Sherman; Frank Thomas. C. C. Baker, Mar- thia Samuels, Bessie Fox, Margaret Scott, Lil- lian Scott, Della E. Wilson, James A. Braden, Mollie 1. Swing. S. R. Wesp, Minnie Kerr, of Harrington ; F. E. Hoskins, Effie L. Jackson, of Moscow; M. L. Cory, Edgar Allison, May Ryan, of Larene; W. J. Phipps, of Hesseltine; Nettie Williams, of Clark; Robert Pitzer, Charles Deets, Elsie 1. Turley, Nellie Jolin- son, C. L. Goodyear, Rosa Sanford, of Almira ; Maude Bennett, W. G. Hardy, of Govan; D. Dallas, Sarah Williams, of Peach; W. J. Beaghley, Marjorie Nichols, of Waukon ; Irene Hennessy, of Lamona ; Nettie Lang, of Curby ; Caroline Clements, Clara Weisgerber, Sara R. Iloward, Grace Austin, Alice C. Dorman, Mar- tha Kottke, Eura J. Snowhill, Ida E. Wilson, J. G. Wardin. Agnes J. Lambert, of Odessa ; Dulce Wallace, of Griffith; Ida Grinn, of Knipp; E. H. Gipson, Estella V. Hinckley, of Downs; Segrid Lehn, of Manila.
St. Joseph's Academy is a convent and school instituted at Sprague in 1886-at first on a limited scale-but is at present quite a prominent educational institution along re- ligious lines. It is attended by scholars from all parts of the state, and even from outside the boundaries.
The object of the academy is to impart a thorough and refined Christian education to young ladies. Simplicity and solidity are com- bined in the methods of instruction. Care is taken to strengthen and develop the character by the triple culture of the mind, heart and body ; and thus make of the students practical young women and useful members of society -an honor to themselves and a benefit to their fellow creatures. As regards religious instruc- tion no distinction is made in the reception of pupils on account of their religious opinions,
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and no interference is made with the religious convictions of non-Catholics ; but, for the main- tenance of good order, all are required to con- form to the regulations of the house.
The preparatory department aims at im- parting a thorough English education. This object is obtained by careful instruction in Christian doctrine, reading, spelling, etymology, elements of rhetoroic, arithmetic, civil govern- ment, geography, grammar, sacred history, composition, elements of algebra, United States history, physiology, national literature. A thor- ough knowledge of these branches are required for promotion to the academic department, and
a certificate of proficiency is granted on com- pletion of the grammar course. The academic department is commercial, literary and scienti- fic. The first year is devoted to Christian doc- trine, Bible and church history, higher arith- metic and algebra, general history, classical literature, rhetoric and composition, science, physics and botany and bookkeeping. The sec- ond year to Christian doctrine, geometry, as- tronomy, literary analysis, logic, rhetoric, and composition. The third year to church his- tory, geometry, rhetoric, literature, criticisms. review common branches. Drawing and men- tal arithmetic are taught in all the grades.
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LEROY FURGESON
MR. AND MRS. HENRY S. WYNHOFF
WILLIAM ROBERTSON
FREDRICK S. KINER
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES LINCOLN COUNTY
LEROY FURGESON is a farmer re- siding two miles east of Larene, and eight miles north of Davenport. He is a native of Putnam county, Indiana, born October 15, 1848. His father, also Leroy by christian name, was a native of North Carolina, and his mother, Lavina (Condray) Furgeson, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mr. Furgeson has one brother, Thomas T., residing at Sweet Home, Linn county, Oregon, and he served twenty- two months in the Union army during the Civil War, and was wounded in the battle of Pea Ridge. Later he was honorably discharged and returned to the duties of the civilian.
When a child, our subject removed with his parents to Marion county, Iowa, during the early days of that commonwealth, was brought up there on a farm, and married, October 11. 1868, to Sarah A. Pope, a native of Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Mrs. Ferguson's father, William Pope, was a native of the state of New York, and died in California at the age of seventy-seven. His father, Benjamin, was a soldier of the Revolu- tion, and died in Iowa at the advanced age of ninety-four. The mother of Mrs. Furgeson, Dorcas (Lathors) Pope, was born in Adams county, Ohio, and is now living with her daughter in her eighty-fourth year.
In 1873 Mr. and Mrs. Furgeson came to Santa Clara county, California, and five years later they drove overland to Linn county, Oregon, where Mr. Furgeson engaged in farm- ing. They came in a wagon to their present home in 1888. Having brought from Oregon with them a small herd of stock, they took land
and engaged at once in farming and stock rais- ing. They now own a section of land, about 500 acres of which are choice tillable soil. They have good buildings, improvements, et cetera, plenty of fine water, and a quantity of timber. Mr. Furgeson now makes a specialty of raising grain.
Both Mr. Furgeson and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Larene.
Mr. and Mrs. Furgeson have been parents of seven children, two of whom. Amy M. and Bertie M., have departed this life. Those living are: William T., married to Mollie Ledger- wood; James Edmund. married to Myrtle Hubler: Floyd, married to Ella Howard ; Frances, wife of W. L. Slater. of Douglas county, and Mildred.
Mrs. Furgeson's three brothers. George James, and Edmond. served in the Union army during the Civil War, the last two in the Seventeenth Iowa.
Mr. Furgeson is one of the substantial, well-to-do and influential citizens of his lo- cality.
HENRY S. WYNHOFF. John H. Wynhoff, a native of Germany, together with his two brothers, Anthony and Jacob, all con- cert players, and his wife, Dora (Appledorn ) Wynhoff, a native of Holland, came to the United States in 1854. and settled near Mil- wankce, Wisconsin. With them came their family of children, of which our subject. Henry S .. was a member. His brothers and sisters
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are : John, Herbert, Mrs. Fredrika Look, Jacob and Mrs. Dora Ritchie. The following mem- bers of the family are dead, Mrs. Johanna Hage, Mrs. Mary Verfurth, who owned the first store in Creston; Theodore, who died in service during the Civil war, and Henry, who died in Germany prior to the parents coming to America.
Henry S. Wynhoff lived with his parents on a farm near Milwaukee, until he grew to manhood. November 8, 1870, he was married to Mary O. Haas, born in Racine county. Wis- consin. July 22, 1851. Her father, Phillip Haas, and mother. Rosa ( Seitz) Haas, both native Germans, came to the United States in 1844, and settled in Wisconsin. She is the third of nine children, Mrs. Alice Moritz, Jacob, Joseph, Phillip, deceased, Peter B., Fer- dinand, Henry, Rosa and August.
In 1876 Mr. and Mrs. Wynhoff removed to Kankakee county, Illinois; in 1881 to Bremer county, Iowa; in 1888 to Spokane. Washing- ton, and thence to Hell Gate on the Columbia. In this sparsely settled country they took a pre- emption claim, kept a store, and raised fruit. Selling all their land except forty-four acres, they moved in the spring of 1898 to their pre- sent home six miles south of Peach. Here they have Soo acres on the banks of Hawk creek, 300 acres of which are hay land, a good home, a barn of two hundred and fifty tons of hay capacity, an orchard, and a large berry patch. Mr. Wynhoff makes a specialty of raising hay, cattle and horses.
Mr. and Mrs. Wynhoff have been parents of nine children, Theodore, Anna, Addie, wife of Charles Cole, with the Spokesman-Review, Spokane; Veronica, wife of Frank Young, with the Spokesman-Review, Spokane; Leo, attending Blair Business College, Spokane ; Ottile Mary; Frank J., and Walter S. On August 25, 1890, occurred an event of great sadness to this family. Anna and Ottile Mary, aged sixteen and six, respectively, were accidentally drowned at Whiteshore, on the Columbia.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, one of the in- trepid pioneers, whose labors have made the Big Bend the garden spot of Washington, dwells now about two miles northeast from Sherman, where he has a magnificent estate of
about twelve hundred acres of choice wheat land. This holding he secured partly by gov- ernment rights and partly by purchase. The improvements are in keeping with the value of the place and Mr. Robertson is one of the wealthiest men of this portion of the county. He has gained this enviable position by reason of real worth and by manifestation of marked industry, wisdom and thrift. Seeing the value of the country, he purchased and improved land which in turn has produced bounteous returns.
William Robertson was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on July 11, 1852, the son of Charles and Elizabeth ( Mutch) Robertson, natives of Scotia's fair hills, also. In 1861, the family re- moved to Ontario, where the father farmed. There our subject completed his education which was well begun in his native land, and in 1875 he journeyed to the Golden State and soon thereafter went north to British Columbia, where he did sawmilling. Thence he returned to Ontario and farmed for some time. In 1882, he came west a second time, this journey end- ing temporarily in Dayton, Washington, but during the same year, he found his way to Lincoln county and selected a homestead where hie now resides. Since then, Mr. Robertson has continued in wise labors here and is one of the leading and substantial men of the region.
In 1879, Mr. Robertson married Miss Catherine Galloway, who was born in Ontario, on June 25. 1861, the daughter of Mathew and Jeannette (McKay) Galloway, natives of On- tario, and of Irish and Scotch parentage, re- spectively. To this marriage the following named children have been born, Mrs. Annie E. Carpenter, Mary C., Charles M., William H., Grace J., Archie M., David M., James G., and John H.
FREDRICK S. KINER. For more than a decade the subject of this article has been one of the energetic and substantial agricul- turists of Lincoln county and has certainly done well his share in the development and up- building of the country. He was born in Iowa on January 24, 1863, the son of William H. and Saralı A. (Wheeler) Kiner, natives of Ohio. The father followed coopering and farming. Our subject was educated in the common schools and spent the interims in working on the farm. After the days with
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school books were over, he remained with his father until twenty-two, being engaged on the farm. Then he went to farming for himself and continued with success there until 1892. when he came to Wilbur, taking a homestead about sixteen miles southwest of Wilbur. Later he bought a quarter section about five miles southeast from Wilbur, where his home is at present, and here he has devoted himself to farming and stockraising since that time. Dur- ing these years, Mr. Kiner has been adding to his estate, until he now has four hundred and eighty acres of fertile wheat land, which is laid under tribute to produce annually divi- dends in excellent crops.
In 1886, Mr. Kiner married Miss Idella J .. daughter of Levi A. and Mary J. ( Latta) Courtney, natives of Iowa. Mrs. Kiner was born in Jowa on January 28, 1865. She has one sister, Mrs. Anna Greenhard, at Birming- ham, Iowa; two half sisters, Mrs. Amelia Kuhn, in Washington, Iowa ; Mrs. Clara Peter- son, in Batavia, Iowa; and one half brother. Alvin Cassidy, of Fairfield, lowa. Mr. Kiner has the following brothers and sisters: James M., Rosa A., deceased, Joseph L., Frank S., Edward A., Rebecca J., and Mary E. Mr. Kiner has prospered well since coming to Lin- com county owing to his energy, skill, and sagacity in handling the resources of the coun- try. He stands well among the residents and is a man of good ability. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the W. W.
Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kiner, Iva P., Maida M., Glenn F., Lilla I., and Blanche H.
BRUNO W. FELDER, in his chosen oc- cupation, that of jeweler, has done creditably as is evidenced constantly by his skillful and careful work. He has a fine establishment in Wilbur and handles a thriving business, carries a large stock of goods and he does much repairing.
Bruno W. Felder was born in Missouri, in 1853. being the son of Abraham and Kather,- ine (Mettler) Felder. natives of Switzerland. Bruno W. Felder's ancestors came from the country whence hail the finest jewelers and mechanics the world has ever known. The fa- ther came to Missouri when thirty-five years
of age and followed his profession, being a physician of very high reputation. Ile re- ceived his degree from Heidelberg university, Germany, as well as from some of the other leading universities of the workl and started very high in the profession. He died in 1883. The mother's father, Dr. Mettler, was one of the most prominent and skillful physicians in Switzerland. After a primary training in the public schools, our subject received a college education in Weston, Missouri. after which he took up the jeweler business, becoming very skillful and proficient. For five years, he was thus engaged in St. Louis and in 1871 went to Atchison, Kansas, continuing there in the same business for four years. . After that. he did business in Alton, Illinois, for a short time. and then spent eight years in Colorado. Fol- lowing that, we find him in the jeweler business in Los Angeles, and on January 13, 1890, he located at Wilbur, Washington. £
Here he opened a jeweler store and has since continued steadily in business. He has a handsome resi- dence in Wilbur besides other property and also half a section of land in Yakima county, Wash- ington.
In January, 1891, at Los Angeles, Califor- nia, Mr. Felder married Miss Emma Fleshman, who was born in Humboldt county, Califor- nia, on October 2, 1866. Her father. Herman Fleshman, was a wealthy merchant of Hom- boldt county. Mr. Felder has the following brothers and sisters, Zeno, Harry, Louis, Nina, Eliza. Paulina. Gussie and May. To Mr. and Mrs. Felder one child has been born. Her- man A.
Mr. Felder is affiliated with the _1. O. U. W., the W. W., and the K. O. T. M. He is a substantial member of society, wealthy and well esteemed.
FLOYD IIUDKINS resides one mile south from Sherman where he has a large es- tate of eight hundred acres, the same having been cleared through his industry and wise management. The farm is well improved with buildings, fences and so forth and supplied with plenty of stock and machinery. Mr. Hud- kins came to the Big Bend six years ago and he had fifteen hundred dollars in cash. He went into debt for one half section of land and raised enough wheat the first year to pay for
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the same. two thousand eight hundred and sev- enty-five dollars. He then bought another half section for five thousand dollars and paid for that in two years. He has added more by pur- chase having his fine large estate.
Floyd Hudkins was born in West Virginia, on February 1, 1847, being the son of Elisha and Rachel ( Mearns) Hudkins, both natives of West Virginia and people of substantial wealth and excellent standing. Our subject came with his people to Illinois when a boy and there received his education. When he had arrived at his majority he emigrated to north- west Missouri and took up farming. For fif- teen years, he toiled there and then went down to southwest Missouri where he farmed for a time. In 1897, Mr. Hudkins came to Oregon and remained for a short time traveling thence to his present location in Lincoln county, be- ing one mile south from Sherman.
In 1874, Mr. Hudkins married Miss Mar- garet, daughter of Daniel and Emily (Thomp- son) Diamond, natives of Pennsylvania and Delaware, respectively. Daniel Diamond was descended from Irish and Holland Dutch an- cestors, who settled in Pennsylvania in very early days. He was a pioneer in Iowa, where he opened up a farm. About 1861, he traveled to Nodaway county, Missouri, where he en- dured the rigors of a pioneer life, having to transport all his supplies for seventy-five miles by wagon. For twenty-one years he resided there. Mrs. Hudkins was born in Iowa, in 1854, and has the following named brothers and sisters, Walter, Arthur, Abe, Hugh, Mrs. Jessie Patrick, and John. Mr. Hudkins has brothers and sisters named as follows, Walker, Andrew, Mrs. Lea Brant. and Mrs. Mary Mc- Call. Mr. Hudkins has an enviable standing in the community and is recognized by all as a man of ability and integrity. He is always found on the side of those principles which are for the advancement and benefit of all.
THORNE HOUSTON is one of the substantial and wealthy farmers of Lincoln county. He resides about one-half mile east from Sherman where he owns a fine farm of nearly four hundred acres. He acquired title to the same by purchase, having gained all he possesses, since coming to Lincoln county,
through his own industry and wise manage- ment.
Thorne Houston was born in Smith coun- ty, Virginia, on December 20, 1875, the son of Robert and Mattie (Cole) Houston, both na- tives of Virginia. The father was occupied in farming and mercandising during his life. The common schools furnished the educational training of our subject and with his mother, one brother, and two sisters he came to Lin- coln county in 1885. They settled near Sher- man and owing to the fact that their financial assets were very low, the boys were forced to work out to get the means to improve their homesteads. They believed in the resources of this country and soon began to purchase land. In 1897, our subject bought one-half section just one mile east from Sherman. He has made various other purchases since, hav- ing given his entire attention during these years to farming. He has made an excellent record, and the skill with which he has improved his farm and made it productive has shown him to be a capable and wise man.
In 1899, Mr. Houston married Miss Nellie, daughter of Frank and Carrie (Shane) Hop- kins, who now dwell three miles east from Sherman. Mrs. Houston was born in Asotin, Washington, on January 15, 1878. She has two brothers, William and Edgar, and one sis- ter, Ruth. Mr. Houston has one brother, Wal- ter and two sisters, Mrs. Maude Jones and Mrs. Bertha Graybill. To Mr. and Mrs. Houston one child, Esther, has been born.
FRANK ARTHUR HOPKINS is one of the pioneers of Lincoln county and has so suc- cessfully wrought here that he is the possessor now of four hundred acres, well stocked and improved, which lies about three miles north from Sherman. Mr. Hopkins has shown com- mendable industry and wisdom in his efforts in this county and is classed as one of the in- fluential and substantial citizens. He was born in Iowa on May 6, 1855. His parents were Miles S. and Laura A. ( Culver) Hopkins, natives of New York. The father came to Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1852 and there engaged in mercantile business. Later, he went to Nebraska and fol- lowed merchandising in that state. He was
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descended from Stephen Hopkins a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The family is an old and prominent one, having many mem- bers of literary distinction, both in the profes- sions and in commercial life. Our subject was educated in Iowa and Nebraska, then learned the printer's trade, being engaged on the Burt County Pilot and The Burtonian, both news- papers in Burt county, Nebraska. He contin- ued in this occupation until 1877, when he came to Walla Walla. He immediately took the. contract of freighting military supplies during the Bannock and Nez Perce wars. In 1878, Mr. Hopkins took a pre-emption in the Palouse, which, however, he sold in 1880, coming thence to Sherman, Lincoln county. Thus we see that for nearly a quarter. of a century, he has de- voted himself to improving and building up this party of the country, achieving a success commensurate with his efforts. In 1884, Mr. Hopkins settled on a portion of his present es- tate as a homestead and has since added until he has now the large farm mentioned above.
On March 15, 1887, Mr. Hopkins married Miss Caroline A., daughter, of Henry and Mar- tha ( Taylor) Shane. The mother was born in Ohio where also Mrs. Hopkins was born on September 13. 1856. The father was a native of Ohio also and came to Nebraska in 1874. The grandparents of Mrs. Hopkins were early pioneers of Ohio and among the first settlers of that now thriving state. Mrs. Hopkins has one brother, Stanley and six sisters, Mrs. Ellen Crabbe, Mrs. W. Jack, Mrs. Martha Wallace. Mrs. Esther Clark, Mrs. Margaret Rogers, and Blanch Shane. To Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins the following children have been born, Mrs. Nellie Houston, Stanley, who died at the age of seven. Edgar A., William H., Ralph, who died when an infant, and Ruth E.
PETER MARTIN is one of the venerable residents of Lincoln county. He has wrought here since 1888, with marked industry and sa- gacity and has gained as a result of his labors a fine estate, well improved and productive. He resides about four miles north of Sherman and is one of the respected and esteemed citizens. Mr. Martin is a descendant of the old Norse- men whose explorations are among the most wonderful of any nation on the globe. He is possessed of the vigor and progressiveness of
his people and has manifested the same during a long and useful career.
Peter Martin was born in Norway, on De- cember 15, 1832, being the son of Martin and Dorotha ( Paulson) Hanson, natives of Nor- way. They came to Minnesota in 1854, which state was then an unsurveyed vastness of prairie with no railroad connections nearer than Chi- ago. Our subject received his education in the common schools of Norway and when twen- ty-one came to the United States, settling with his parents in Minnesota in 1854. For thirty four years, he was an industrious tiller of the soil there and then he decided to sell his prop- erty and come to Lincoln county. This was in 1888 and since that time, Mr. Martin has been one of the well known farmers here. In 1874. Mr. Martin married Miss Alete, daughter of Martin and Carrie ( Peterson ) Thompson. The following children have been born to our sub- ject, Martin, Andrew, John, Marie, Albert, Clara D., Peter, M. Lizzie, Henry, and Emil. Mr. Martin is now seventy-one years of age and is entitled to pass the closing years of his well spent life in the quiet enjoyment of that competence which his industry and success have amassed for him. He has held many offices of public trust in this country and has ever shown himself worthy of the confidence of the peo- ple. Mr. Martin's spirit may be discerned from the fact that when he came to this country, he immediately set to work to master the English language and soon became a very proficient English scholar.
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