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At Denver, Colorado, in 1875, Mr. Hoff- men married Miss Aggie, daughter of David and Edith Schaufler, natives of Germany, where they remained until their death. To Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman the following children have been born; Edward, deceased; Albert, living in Portland, Oregon; Rose Miller, in Lincoln county : Carl, Anna, Marie, George, Frank and Walter, all at home and Maudie, deceased. Their home is a nice two story, nine room residence provided with all modern conven- iences. It is situated in Crab Creek valley, in beautifully laid out grounds, surrounded by handsome shade trees and fine orchards. Mr. Hoffman has provided a fine waterworks sys- tem which brings water to every portion of the house and grounds of the lawn. He has a fine windmill and pump house surrounded by a fine orchard. He owns eight hundred acres of land together. with a lease of four hundred and eighty acres of school land. He raises many thousands of bushels of wheat each year in ad- dition to handling considerable stock. At the present time he has some well bred cattle and a good band of horses. The place is provided with all machinery, buildings and other im- provements that are needed on a first class farm and Mr. Hoffman is to be commended upon the magnificent success that he has won.
JAMES MACDONALD dwells about fourteen miles southeast from Sprague and is occupied in farming and stock raising. Like many of the leading men of the Big Bend coun- try, Mr. Macdonald came here without any means. By careful attention to business and making much of the resources here given, he
has come to be a wealthy and prosperous man. His home is a fine story and one-half, eight room cottage, well supplied with every con- venience and surrounded with everything that makes a place comfortable and attractive. It is the center of an estate of one thousand and forty acres of excellent wheat land. In addi- tion to this, Mr. Macdonald owns a section and one-half of pasture land and handles a section and a half to wheat. He owns nearly two hun- (red head of cattle, plenty of horses for the carrying on of his large estate and all machin- ery necessary.
James Macdonald was born in county An- trim, Ireland, on December 12, 1848. the son of Alexander and Isabella (McCapin) Mac- donald, natives also of that county, where they both died, the father in 1867 and the mother in 1894. James received his educational train- ing during the first thirteen years of his life then assisted his father on the farm, after which he went to the city of Belfast and engaged as clerk in a grocery store, retaining that position for nine years. In April, 1870, he sailed from Glasgow, Scotland, to New York by way of Quebec, Canada. For a time he operated in a lumber yard in the metropolis of America, then went to Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and wrought in the iron works for six years. After this he journeyed to Nashua, New Hampshire, and wrought two years in the machine shops. Then he determined to come west and accord- ingly journeyed to the Big Bend country via San Francisco. For two years, he was fireman on the Northern Pacific here then took a home- stead where he now resides. Mr. Macdonald has one brother and two sisters, Isabella and May, living with him, and Thomas A .. de- ceased, who was a machinist on the Northern Pacific for fifteen years. In addition to the property mentioned, Mr. Macdonald owns a half interest in a threshing machine outfit which does a good business each year in the adjacent country.
Fraternally, he is a member of the Masons, while in religious persuasions he belongs to the Episcopal church. Mr. Macdonald has great reason to take pride in the labors he has per- formed in this country and the success which he has achieved, while also he has so conducted himself that he has won the good will of all who know him and is considered one of the leading men of this part of the country.
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HENRY C. STANLEY, born August 27, 1838, in Edwards county, Illinois, was the son of William and Maria (Gum) Stanley, pio- neers of Edwards county. . William Stanley was born in Washington county, Ohio, re- moved at an early age to Edwards county, where he held the office of justice of the peace for twenty years, and where he died, February, 1892, being at the time of his death in his sev- enty-seventh year. His wife was native of Wabash county, Illinois, lived for a time in Ohio, and died about five years ago in the same county as did her husband, and at about the same age.
Mr. Stanley grew to manhood in the county of his nativity, where he attended school held in a primitive log house, one of his schoolmates being Elmina Gould, to whom, August 30. 1859, he was married. Mrs. Stanley's father was Philander Gould, born in West Virginia, but reared in New York. At the age of nine- teen he removed to Edwards county, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying in his seventy-fourth year, in 1890. Mrs. Stanley's mother, Sarah Knowlton in single life, was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1816. raised a family of ten children, to whom she was ever a faithful and devoted mother, and died in 1876. Both she and her husband were ambitious, energetic and relentless workers throughout their lives.
Soon after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley migrated to Clay county, Illinois, and in 1877 to Murray county, Minnesota, where they continued to make their home until coming to Lincoln county, Washington, in 1892. Ar- riving here they at once settled on their present farm, seven miles north and two miles east of Mondovi, which at that time was unimproved railroad land. With the scanty means at his command, Mr. Stanley at once began earnestly to improve his land, and as times permitted added to his original holdings until he now has four hundred acres, for the most part agricul- tural land, adorned with a good seven-room house, commodious barn, outbuildings, etc., all of which represent the work of his own hands. Besides his home, he has a quarter section of land near Fruitland, Stevens county.
Nine children, six of whom are living, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley. The names of those living are: Ira P. and William T., of Stevens county ; and Edson G., Elmer
C., Florrie E. Reynolds, and Rollo C., all of Lincoln county.
Both the parents are devoted members of the United Bretheren church and are actively interested in educational matters.
Mr. Stanley served in the Civil war, en- listing in Company F, One Hundred and Forty- third Illinois Regular Infantry, in April, 1864, and was given an honorable discharge in the fall of the same year, his service having been chiefly in the states of Tennessee and Arkansas. Mr. Stanley cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln, in 1860, and has since been an un- swerving Republican.
OLE S. HAIR has resided in Davenport for a number of years and owns considerable property here at the present time. He also operates the Granite saloon and is well known throughout the county. He was born in Thorndhjem, Norway, the son of Simon and Martin (Nilson) Hair, natives of Norway. The family is one of the old and prominent ones, dating its history back for four hundred years. The members of the family are all long lived. The grandfather lived to be one hundred and eighteen. Some of them own vessels on the sea and others follow various industries. Our sub- ject was one of five children, Caroline, Sophie, Annie, Matilda, and Ole S. His education was secured in his native place and at the age of fifteen, he started to work for himself. He learned shoe making and followed that trade until nineteen, then came to America in 1880. He wrought in Minnesota for two years, then went to Winnipeg and did railroading for four years and later. we find him in Port Arthur, Ontario, where he started a saloon. In 1889, he was in Tacoma, later in Sandpoint and finally, about 1892, he came to Davenport which has been his home place since. He bought a saloon and has operated it until the present. Mr. Hair owns various city property, among which is a brick block where he con- ducts his business, and a tree claim which has two million feet of fine pine timber. It is in Klickitat county. He also has considerable mining property, which is considered very good.
In political matters he takes a keen and active part. Fraternally, he is a member of
HENRY C. STANLEY
OLE S. HAIR
WILLIAM L. SMITH
GEORGE E. DARBY
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the F. A. and in 1899 was appointed deputy grand chief ranger, having been appointed twice since. He also belongs to the Red Men, having passed the chairs in that lodge.
WILLIAM L. SMITH is one of the largest property owners of Lincoln county. His suc- cess in the financial world has been achieved through his careful and devoted labors and the wise handling of the resources of this country. From the time of his settlement here, he was one of the foremost among the progressive men and every one who knows him can testify to his uprightness and ability.
William L. Smith was born in Santa Clara county, California, on December 8, 1860. His father, Laurence S., was born in Ireland and came to America when a young man. He lo -. cated on a farm where Sacramento now stands, being one of the pioneers of California. He is now a wealthy and leading citizen of the Sacra- mento valley. The mother of our subject was Ann (Kits) Smith, a native of Ireland. She was married in her native country and came to America with her husband. Our subject re- ceived his education in the district schools of California, and then came on to Oregon, where he took up freighting. He is well acquainted by experience with the different phases of fron -- tier life and has had many thrilling adventures. In 1882 he took government land in western Oregon and farmed for one year. It was one year later when he located his place, six miles north from where Odessa now stands and en- gaged in stock raising and general farming. He continued to purchase land at various times until he now owns over four thousand acres throughout the county, besides one of the finest residences in Odessa, property in Ritzville and much other property. He has beenr devoting his attention largely to feeding stock. horses, cattle and sheep, and is one of the best known stockmen in this portion of Washington. He has brought some fine blooded stock into the county and has done much to improve the grades here. Recently, he sold his sheep and is handling cattle almost exclusively. Mr. Smith. like many of the worthy men here. began life as a poor boy and everything that he now pos- sesses is the result of his own efforts. It seems that he has been especially favored by Dame
Fortune, as he can not remember any enterprise in which he has started wherein he has not gained success. To the observant eye, the main reason for all this is the ability and close atten- tion to business manifested by Mr. Smith. He now dwells in Odessa and owns a very fine business block there. No man of the county has clone more to build up the country than has our subject. In educational matters and local af- fairs he has always been deeply interested and has been very liberal in public donations.
Mr. Smith was married in 1883 to Ella I. Despain, a native of Oregon. To this couple, seven children have been born: Charles M., a business man of Odessa; Anna M., Ruby, William P., Hazel, Mark and Joseph. On December 10, 1901, Mrs. Smith was called hence by death. She was a noble woman, be- loved by all.
In fraternal affiliations, Mr. Smith is a member of the I. O. O. F.
GEORGE E. DARBY, who resides about four miles south from Downs, is one of the leading stock men of the Big Bend country and owns one of the largest estates in central Waslı- ington. He was born in Hartford, Connecti- cut, on August 19, 1860. being the son of John E. and Sarah ( Bradshaw ) Darby. The father was born in Connecticut and followed carpentering. He journeyed to Chicago in the early seventies, where he remained the balance of his life. His ancestors came to the United States in 1650 and some of them participated in every war of the colonies and of the United States. The mother of our subject was the daughter of an English officer. She was born in Quebec and came to New England when a girl. George E. went with friends of the fam- ily via the Isthmus to California when a mere boy and received his education from the com- mon schools of that frontier country. He lived chiefly in Santa Cruz. For a time. he worked in a California powder manufactory and in 1883. came to Portland. The following year. he was in Spokane and also joined the rush of prospectors to the Coeur d' Alene country. For sometime he continued prospecting and mining in that section and northern Washington and was the first man on the ground of the Old Dominion mine, located near Colville, Wash-
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ington. He also prospected some in the Okan- ogan country. Mr. Darby has interests in the Slate creek mines and in other places. He owns a part also of the Mammoth group. Af- ter sometime at mining, he went into business in Spokane and continued there until 1896, in which year he bought a three-fourths interest in what is known as the Lamona ranch. This ranch is said to be the first one taken on Crab creek. John H. Lamona located it in 1871. It consists of twenty-four hundred acres of land beautifully situated on Crab creek. The creek at this point is plentifully supplied with trout and the location of the place and its environ- ments, make it one of the most beautiful in this whole country. A number of hundred acres lie on the level bottom while considerable is de- voted to pasture and wheat raising. Mr. Darby has supplied the place with excellent farm buildings and every convenience known to a general stock farm. Two years since, he bought the other quarter interest and now owns the entire estate. He has a great many cattle and horses and has made a good success in his labors.
ANSEL BALDWIN is one of the men to whom Lincoln county may point with pride, as he has not only gained a nice competence for himself and family, but has so conducted him- self in his pilgrim way that he has the confi- dence and good will of all who know him. He is now in the golden years of his life and is spending them amid the surroundings which he has seen built up and with friends and relatives who made the journey a pleasant one.
Ansel Baldwin was born in Chautauqua county, New York, on April 21, 1835, the son of Aaron and Permelia (Chamberland) Bald- win, natives of Warren county, New York, and Litchfield, Connecticut, respectively. The fa- ther died in Crawford county. Pennsylvania, in 1882 and the mother died in the same county in 1873. Ansel was educated in the public schools and when twenty we find him in Iowa operating a blacksmith shop. In 1857, he went to Kansas as a freeman, and in 1859, took the dangerous and trying trip across the plains, to California. Learning of the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania, he returned thither and be- gan the business of manufacturing drilling tools which he continued until 1870, when he
became an oil producer himself. In 1880, he came to Walla Walla and seven years later he journeyed to Lincoln county and bought his present home ranch. It lies about five miles west from Sprague and consists of four hun- 'dred acres. For a time he operated it as a dairy ranch, and then turned his attention to raising wheat. In this labor he has been very successful and has accumulated a fine property. In addition to the home place, he has a farm in Adams county and also another in Lincoln county. At the present time, Mr. Baldwin is more retired from the activities of life and is enjoying the competence that his labor has pro- vided.
On September 3. 1874, in Pennsylvania, Mr. Baldwin married Miss Adelia A. Cauvel. Her father, John Cauvel, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, and there followed farm- ing until retired from more active life. He is now residing there. He has served several termis as commissioner and assessor. He is aged seventy-seven. His wife is still living, aged seventy-four and she, also, is a native of that county. To Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin four children have been born, Howard S., John A., and Orvin C., all deceased, Arthur A., who is now at home. He has taken a course in the college in Pullman. Mr. Baldwin came to this country with very little means and has gained his property by care and labor, always guided with excellent wisdom. He has won and re- tains the esteem and confidence of his fellows, and is a man of good qualities. He is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F. and the K. P. Mrs. Bald- win is a member of the Rathbone Sisters.
GUSTAVE A. HENKEL was born in Lancaster, Wisconsin, on October 15, 1866, the son of Henry M. and Wilhelmina ( Hoff) Henkel, natives of Germany. They came to the United States in 1860. The father followed farming and hotel keeping until 1885, when he died, being in Wisconsin at that time. The mother, is living in Cassville, Wisconsin, now aged seventy-three. Gustave was educated in the common schools of Wisconsin and as early as seventeen began work for himself. He went to Dakota and wrought on a farm until 1888. in the fall of which year he landed in Spokane. He operated at different things until 1897
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when he located in Sprague and opened a liquor store, which has occupied his attention since. He owns the building where he does business on Main street and also a cottage in the resi- dence portion of the city. Mr. Henkel was chosen a member of the city council in 1900, which position he has held continuously since, being in that office now. He has the following brothers and sisters, Jacob C., Mrs. Elizabeth Menziner, Mrs. Ann Jeide, Louis W., John J .. and J. C.
On November 9. 1898, Mr. Henkel married Miss Jessie McDonald. Her parents, John A. and Agnes (Irving) McDonald were natives of Scotland. The father died on June 7, 1900. The mother was in Canada at the time of her death. Mrs. Henkel has one sister and two brothers, Mrs. Mary Sirginson, John A. and William. To our subject and his wife three children have been born. Merle G., Gustave E., and Arta G.
Mr. Henkel is a member of the F. A. and is an industrious and progressive man.
AUGUSTUS DAWELL is to be classed as one of the earliest pioneers of the territory now embraced in Lincoln county. He resides three miles northwest from Sprague, on a fine estate of eight hundred and eighty-five acres. Over seven hundred acres are choice wheat land and are cropped annually to this cereal. His residence is a six-room cottage, beautifully located in a fine artificial grove and close by a large living spring : while commo- dious barns, outbuildings and so forth are clustered around, and this estate is a valuable and beautiful one. Mr. Dawell has plenty of stock and machinery and is one of the wealthy men of this portion of the county. He came here in 1880, bought railroad land, and added to the estate as the years went by until it has reached its present proportions. During the hard times from 1893-96, Mr. Dawell succeed- ed very well and all the time has been attended with prosperity.
August Dawell was born in Prussia, Ger- many, on October 22, 1834, the son of Join and Elizabeth (Wise) Dawell. natives of Ger- many. The father died in his native land and the mother in Nebraska. Our subject received a good common school education in the
Fatherland and in 1852, sailed from Ham- burg to New York. After landing, he learned the blacksmith trade, following the same in Chicago, then crossed the plains in 1855, to California. He was mining in Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Washington and in various other places in the years subse- quent. He was first in Washington, in 1862. He participated in the Salmon river, gold ex- citement, then came to Walla Walla and finally in 1880, located where he now lives. Mr. Da- well remarks that there were less than a dozen settlers within ten miles of him when he lo- cated and all supplies had to be brought from Walla Walla. He labored along faithfully, however, and his reward is due to his industry. Mr. Dawell has two brothers, William and Ernest.
At Salt Lake City, in August, 1872, oc- curred the marriage of Mr. Dawell and Miss Hannah Jensen, the daughter of Peter and In- geborg (Peterson) Jensen, natives of Schles- wig Holstein, Germany, where they both re- mained until their death. Mrs. Dawell has two sisters and one brother, Margaret Schus, So- phia Stevens, and Harry. To Mr. and Mrs. Da- well, five children have been born, Gus E., Os- car W., Charles, Harris B., and Lulu. Mr. Da- well located and worked some fine mines, and one, the Ontario, which he located near Salt Lake and sold in 1861 for thirty-one hundred dollars, has been worked all the time since and is one of the great mines of the country.
SAMUEL C. KINCH is one of the lead- ing men in Sprague. That he is a thoroughly self made man will be evident to any one read- ing the account of his career. He has achieved abundant success in the lines of endeavor .pur- sued and is certainly to be commended for the marked industry and energy manifested throughout. Mr. Kinch is handling a nice drug trade in Sprague, having a well equipped and stocked store.
Samuel C. Kinch was born in Grindstone City, Michigan, on August 31. 1867. the son of Samuel and Augusta M. ( Lemman ) Kinch. natives of Canada and Lockport, New York, respectively. The father was a merchant in Grindstone City and died there in 1878. The mother is now dwelling in Seattle. Our sub-
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ject received his education in the common schools and at the age of eighteen, secured a third grade certificate and commenced teach- ing. By personal investigation and careful study while he was teaching, he fitted himself and secured a first grade certificate. For five years he gave his attention to teaching in Wash- ington and in 1890 and '91 was principal of the Medical Lake schools of this state. During odd moments, he studied pharmacy and later took a course in the National Institute of Phar- macy, in Chicago, and in 1897, opened a drug store in Sprague where we find him doing a nice business at the present time. He had come to this state in 1888 and soon after arriving here, bought the relinquishment of a party in Rattlesnake Flat and homesteaded the place. He taught school, worked at day's labor and kept up his studies until he fitted himself for the position that he now occupies and accumu- lated also, during this time, a magnificent es- tate of thirty-five hundred acres of excellent wheat and grazing land. A portion of the es- tate is irrigable and he also has on his home- stead, a fine water power. Mr. Kinch owns a nice residence of eight rooms, tastily surround- ed with trees and lawns, in Sprague, and other property, in addition to what we have mention- ed. He certainly has made a most excellent success in his labors for his entire holding has been gained through his own endeavors since coming to this state.
In September, 1898, at Sprague, Mr. Kinch married Mrs. Emma Bracken, whose parents were John and Elizabeth (Watson) Lucas, na- tives of Iowa and Ireland, respectively, and now deceased. The father was a miner in Cali- fornia in early days. Mr. Kinch has one broth- er, Frank, and two half sisters, Mrs. John Copeland and Mrs. C. F. Cunningham. Mrs. Kinch has the following brothers and sisters; John, George, Mrs. Louisa Harker, Mrs. Eliza- beth Cameron. To Mr. and Mrs. Kinch two children have been born, Frances, aged four and Samuel C., Jr., an infant.
OSCAR J. FAHLEN, a leading business man of Sprague and now at the head of the city brewery, is a native of Munich, Bavaria, and was born on November 3, 1864. His par- ents. Andrew and Elizabeth (Schutle) Fahlen, were born in Munich, Bavaria, on September
12, 1818, and at Leisku, Madgeburg, on Oc- tober 19, 1820, respectively. The mother died in 1878 and the father served in the Danish and German wars in 1848-49 and is still living. He retired from business in 1886. Our sub- ject received a good education in the public schools and then attended the Heidelberg uni- versity. He learned brewing from his father and in 1884, sailed from Bremen to Norfolk, Virginia. Thence he went to Philadelphia and worked at his trade and soon came to Tacoma where he entered the services of John Schull, proprietor of the only brewery in that city at that time. Later, Mr. Fahlen enlisted in the United States army and served in the cam- paign against Sitting Bill in 1890-91. He also served in the Spanish-American war with the Third Artillery. He was honorably discharged and returned to San Diego, California, and fol- lowed his trade until 1893, when he came to Sprague, and leased the Sprague brewery from R. O. Porak. He has remodeled and over- hauled the same, putting in all modern brewery appliances needed, and has the plant now in excellent shape and is running it at full ca- pacity. If the trade he has worked up contin- ties, he will have to double the capacity of the brewery in a very short time.
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