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Mr. Inkster is, politically, a Republican, and fraternally, a member of Davenport Lodge, No. 64, I. O. O. F., and the A. O. U. W.
WILLARD A. WILSON, attorney at law, and from 1903 to 1905 deputy sheriff of Lin- coln county, and residing at Davenport, was born in Iowa, April 2, 1876, the only son of John D. and Belle (Perkins) Wilson, the former a native of New York and the latter of Indiana. The ancestry of the father were Scotch and direct descendants of Old King John, and the mother is descended from a fam- ily long known and respected both in Indiana and in Pennsylvania.
Our subject was born and raised on a farm, and attended country school until the age of sixteen years, when he entered Ellsworth Col-
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lege at Iowa Falls, Iowa. The following year he took a complete course at the Iowa Business College at Des Moines, Iowa, and the next year found him taking a short-hand course at the Pernin Short-hand Institute at Detroit, Michi- gan. He afterwards taught school for several terms and then entered Dixon College, Dixon, Illinois, where he finished the normal and scientific courses obtaining considerable promi- nence as a debator and speaker on questions pertaining to politics and political economy. After leaving Dixon he taught school for a couple of years in Iowa and then came to Wash- ington where he again taught school, at var- ious places in Douglas and Lincoln counties, working on ranches during vacations, and read- ing law when not otherwise employed. After- wards he entered the law department of the State University at Seattle, and took the bar examination with the first graduating class, be- ing admitted to practice June, 1901. He fol- lowed his profession in Davenport and Edwall for about one year, when he was appointed deputy sheriff by J. J. Inkster. Previous to this time he had been a consistent Republican worker, and had represented his precinct and county both in county and state conventions and as committee-man of Edwall precinct earned an enviable reputation.
Our subject has two sisters, Bertha M. and Mabel E., both of whom reside in Iowa.
Fraternally, Mr. Wilson is both a Blue Lodge and a Chapter Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a Modern Woodman.
He is quite popular and stands well among those who know him best.
DAVID M. GLASGOW. The gentleman, whose name heads the following sketch, is a thorough business man, public-spirited, broad minded, and influential. He is president of the Davenport Machinery Company, dealers in gasoline engines, threshing machines, imple- ments, buggies, electric light appliances, and other machinery, and resides at Davenport, Lin- coln county. He was born at Laporte, Indiana, October 25, 1860, the son of Hugh and Nancy (McCarty) Glasgow. The father, a native of Scotland, came to the United States in 1830, in company with A. T. Stewart, the millionaire merchant, locating at Lyons, New York. In 1840 he removed to Indiana, where he became
quite prominent and influential, socially and in a financial way. Late in life he was an ardent Prohibitionist, and by that party was nominated for state treasurer. He died in 1898. The mother was a native of Ohio, and her parents came of an old and distinguished New York family. She passed away in 1894.
The public schools of Laporte county, Indi- ana, provided the elemental education of our subject, who subsequently took a business course at the Valparaiso Normal School. In 1881 he came to Spokane, where for five years he was engaged in the livery business. Two years subsequently he bought wheat for the Northern Pacific Elevator Company, continuing afterward in the same business for himself. Mr. Glasgow came to Davenport in 1888. In 1901 he secured a franchise to light the town, and organized the company, installed the plant and at the same time conducted the largest machin- ery shop in the Big Bend. Six men are con- stantly employed, and during the busy season many more. Mr. Glasgow is interested in min- ing property in Lincoln, Stevens, and Ferry counties. He has five brothers : James, a farmer and stockraiser at Silver Lake: Samuel, secre- tary and treasurer of the Centennial Mill. Spo- kane; Alexander, wheat buver. Fairfield. Wash- ington; Edwin, mill man in Wasco, Oregon; and Hugh, now in Seattle. His four sisters are Mary, wife of Charles Tonogle; Arzella, wife of George Metcalf; Jennie, wife of J. B. McDonald; and Orpha, wife of Louis Richter.
Mr. Glasgow was married at Spokane. in 1890, to Ada C. Jayne, a native of Pennsyl- vania. She died April 24. 1899. at Davenport. His second marriage was with Mary M. Carr, at Davenport, who is also a native of Penn- sylvania. By his first wife Mr. Glasgow has four children, Cecil R., Leo M., Orpha A., and Aaron H. Fraternally, he is a member of the A. F. & A. M., the I .O. O. F., the K. P., the A. O. U. W., the W. W., the Royal High- landers, and several other orders. He has been a member of the city council, and fre- quently a delegate to county and state con- ventions.
JOHN INKSTER, SR., as well as being a pioneer of the country, has taken an active part in the development of Lincoln county and is well known. He was born in the Shetland Islands,
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in 1828, and remained there until fourteen years of age, when he went to sea. For ten years, he followed this hazardous life, navigating the waters from seventy-two degrees north latitude to sixty degrees south latitude. Reviewing these years, Mr. Inkster says he passed through three years of winter, then three years of sum- mer, then followed two years of winter and after that two years of summer. He visited most of the large ports of the world and trav- eled to every part of the globe. In 1857 he was shipwrecked on the east coast of Ireland, and in 1863 was again shipwrecked on the Island of St. Paul, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. After his first trip from Liverpool to Mel- bourne, Australia, he, with the rest of the crew. took French leave and the next three years of life were spent at carpenter work.
Returning to Scotland, he was married on October 9, 1856, to Miss Phillis Pottinger. In 1860 Mr. Inkster paid his first visit to Amer- ica, landing the night Mr. Lincoln was nomin- ated for the presidency the first time. Eighteen months later, he returned to his old home. In 1863, he came to the United States and since then has remained here. For two or three years he lived in Chicago and did carpentering. Later. he was engaged in farming on Grand Prairie. Illinois, where he remained twelve years. Be- ing possessed of a restless spirit he was at- tracted to the great west, his first move being to Lane county, Oregon, where he farmed until 1881. Thence he came to the Big Bend coun- try, being here before Lincoln county was or- ganized. His sons, John and James had pre- ceded him a year and their reports had induced him to make this move. He arrived here May 7th, he and his family having Been nearly a month on the road. He homesteaded a place in the Egypt country and in addition to look- ing after his farm assisted to construct Fort Spokane. Mr. Inkster served as county com- missioner from 1886 to 1892, having been elected on the Republican ticket. He has al- ways held the principles of that 'party and has labored tellingly for its success. He has also been very active in promoting educational matters. During the first term of office. he gave entire satisfaction to his con- stituents and it was especially trying as those were the stormiest days of Lincoln county's political history. Mr. Inkster was in the heat of every battle that had to do with the
county seat fight. He stood loyally by Daven- port and the northern part of the county and to him is due the fact that new county buildings were not erected at Sprague, which may have been responsible in a degree for moving in 1896 to Davenport. To Mr. and Mrs. Inkster, five sons and one daughter have been born, namely, John, Jr., James S., Charles A., Archibald H .. Lawrence A., and Euphemia J. Charles and Archibald are deceased.
JOHN INKSTER, JR., deputy postmaster of Davenport, Lincoln county, was born at Shields, Durham county, England, July 24. 1857. His father, John, Sr., is a native of Shetland Isle, Great Britain, and he is men- tioned elsewhere in this work. The mother is a native of the same place.
John Inkster, our subject, when two years old went to Shetland Isle and there he attended the public schools until 1865, when his family came to the United States, locating first at Chicago. Here our subject resumed his studies, but two years afterward his family removed to. Kankakee county, Illinois, and in 1877 to Ore- gon. Until 1880 he worked with his father in the cultivation of a farm, near Eugene, Lane county, Oregon. That year he came to Lincoln county, Washington, filed on a homestead, and later his parents joined him. In 1890 he rented his farm and engaged in business, in Spokane. During the 1894 session of the Washington legislature Mr. Inkster served as assistant ser- geant-at-arms, of the senate, at Olympia. He. was in the Puget Sound country one year, acting as deputy grain inspector in Seattle, and one year in British Columbia engaged in con- tracting and building. He has been deputy postmaster at Davenport during the past five years. As a Republican he has served as dele- gate to many county, state and territorial con- ventions. Mr. Inkster has two brothers men- tioned elsewhere, and one sister. December 17, 1888, at Spokane, he was united in mar- riage to Maude Brace, born in Canada, the daughter of Louis J. and Mary ( Gibson) Brace, the father a native of Canada, the mother of Ireland. At present they reside in Seattle. The paternal grandparents of our subject were natives of the state of New York : the maternal grandparents of Ireland. Mrs. Inkster has two
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brothers, John S., owner of the Western Mills, the largest lumbering manufactory in Seattle, and Harry G., residing at Seattle and repre- senting the Gray Lithographing Company, of New York city. She has four sisters, Harriett, wife of Knox Johnston, of Spokane; Kath- erine, wife of B. Gard Ewing, of the firm of Gray, Ewing & Company, Spokane; Mary, wife of H. A. P. Myers, of Davenport; and Reba, wife of Matthew E. Scurry, of Seattle. Three boys have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Inkster, Frederick C., Louis J., and James Henry, aged fourteen, twelve and four, respectively. Mr. Inkster is a member of the K. O. T. M., and the Davenport Commercial Club. Mrs. Inkster is a member of the Woman's Study Circle and the L. O. T. M.
CHARLES E. KELLUM, one of the com- missioners of Lincoln county, progressive, pub- lic-spirited, and enterprising, resides at Odessa. He was born in Muscatine county, Iowa, June 2, 1868, the son of Alfred and Amy (Mills) Kellum. The father was a native of Marion county, Indiana, and his parents were early pioneers of that state. He died in 1893. The mother, born in Ohio, still lives at Joplin, Mis- souri.
When our subject was six years of age his parents removed to Jasper county, Mis- souri, where he remained until the spring of 1890, attending district school and working on a farm with his father. That year he went to San Diego, California, remaining ten months engaged in various employments. Thence he went to Fresno, same state, and in 1898 rented a farm in partnership with his brother. He then came to Lincoln county, and purchased two and three-quarters sections of land from the Northern Pacific Railway Company, also in partnership with his brother, and aside from this each filed on a homestead claim. They now cultivate five sections, mainly devoted to wheat and are considered among the most prom- inent farmers in the county. Mr. Kellum has two brothers and three sisters ; William L., re- siding at Odessa; and Noah M., a farmer of San Diego, California; Ella, widow of Elwood Lazenby : Ida, wife of John Wilson ; and Nettie, wife of Edmund Dennison, a professor in the high school of Kansas City, Missouri.
At Carthage, Missouri, January 25. 1899,
our subject was married to Addie Gates, born in Illinois. Her father, John Gates, a native of Illinois, now lives at Carthage, Missouri, where he is engaged in farming. She has three ·brothers; Wilkes, of Galena, Kansas; Jeffer- son, of the same place; and William, living at the old home in Carthage. She has one sister, Eliza, widow of George Johnson, of Carthage.
To Mr. and Mrs. Kellum has been born one boy, Glenn, on August 27, 1901. Politically, Mr. Kellum is a Republican and was elected county commissioner in 1902. He is a mem- ber of Washington Lodge, No. 195. I. O. O. F., at Odessa. Mrs. Kellum was graduated from the Carthage high school, and for several years taught in Jasper county, Missouri. The family is highly esteemed in the community of Odessa and throughout Lincoln county where they have a wide circle of friends and ac- quaintances.
J. WAVERLY ANDERSON. one of the most prominent and one of the earliest pioneers of Lincoln county, and for several terms audi- tor of the county, resides at Davenport. He was born in Chesterfield county, Virginia, March 11, 1844, the son of Peter H. and Jane R. (Aiken) Anderson. Dr. Peter H. Ander- son was a successful planter and practitioner of medicine of high standing and extended repu- tation. Both father and mother now reside in Yolo county, California. To her immediate family belonged that fine old country seat in Virginia, known as Verina, on the banks of the James river, seven miles below the city of Richmond. During the late war between the states it was known as Aiken's Landing, and was a point for the exchange of prisoners.
The parents of our subject. when he was fourteen years old, removed to the county of Henrico, near Richmond, and subsequently moved into the city where they resided until 1861. Dr. Anderson, considering the necessity of educating his sons, of whom there were five, purchased a farm in Prince Edward county, Virginia. in the neighborhood of the celebrated Hampden Sidney College, and of this institu- tion his sons received the benefit. These educa- tional plans were, however, frustrated by the opening of the Civil War. Our subject, at the age of seventeen, entered the confederate serv- ice in Company B, Twelfth Virginia Batallion
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of Light Artillery. Twelve months thereafter lie was promoted to a First Lieutenancy under the command of General G. W. Curtis Lee, and saw considerable service and endured many hardships. Following the close of the war Mr. Anderson engaged in the mercantile busi- ness at Meherin, Prince Edward county, and later at Farmville, Virginia. In 1871 he ar- rived in Yolo county, California, accompanied by his family.
In 1872 Mr. Anderson was united in mar- riage to Miss Hannah Elizabeth Glascock, daughter of George and Elizabeth Glascock, formerly of Culpeper county, Virginia. In February, 1884, our subject came to Lincoln county, Washington, filed on one hundred and sixty acres of land, built a house and was joined by his family in October of the same year. His enterprise was successful, and he gradually ac- quired more land, but in 1890 he disposed of this property and was elected county auditor, on the Democratic ticket, serving four years. One year thereafter he followed the mercantile business, in Sprague, but was burned out. Fol- lowing this disastrous fire he became a clerk in Davis & Gray's general merchandise store, at Sprague, going thence to Spokane. Re- moving to Harrington he engaged in the mer- cantile business with A. C. Billings, closing out his interest at the end of the year to his part- ner. He then came to Davenport where he was elected auditor by over eleven hundred majority, on the Democratic ticket, the largest majority ever given any candidate for office in the county. Mr. Anderson served two terms, and is at present deputy auditor under A. S. Brown who was his deputy for four years. He is secretary of the Montana Scotch Bonnet Cop- per & Gold Mining Company and the King Gold & Copper Mining Company, near Valley station, Stevens county, Washington. He is a member of the Lincoln County Pioneer Society, the A. F. & A. M., the- K. of P., of which he is past C. C., and of the I. O. O. F., being past grand. The family of Mrs. Anderson dates back to the Jamestown settlement. Virginia, the Glascocks participating in the Revolutionary and other wars. A grandfather of our subject was, also, active in the war of the Revolution.
Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson: Peter H., dying in infancy; Virginia A., wife of A. W. Lindsay, cashier of the Fidelity Bank, Spokane; Annie E., wife
of E. W. Anderson, of Davenport; Henry G., of Nesperce, Idaho; Ernest R., in Spokane; J. Waverly; B. Brook; Robert E. L .; and C. May N.
.Mr. Anderson is a gentleman whose hospit- able bearing and genial disposition have rendered him markedly and deservedly popular with his large number of acquaintances both here and in the east.
JESSE A. McNALL, who resides thirteen miles northwest from Sprague, was born near Roseburg, Oregon, on March 4, 1858. His father, Edmund F. McNall, was born in Can- ada, and is now living in Walla Walla retired. He followed stock raising in the west for a good many years. The mother, Susan A. (Ishim) McNall, died in Whitman county, in June, 1902. The family moved from the Wil- lamette valley to the vicinity of Prescott, Wash- ington, in 1860. There our subject studied during the first sixteen years of his life in the common schools and also assisted his father in handling stock. At the age of sixteen, he be- gan work for himself and followed that stead- ily until twenty-one years of age, then rented the father's place for a year. When twenty- two, he came to Lincoln county, arriving here in the spring. He homesteaded a portion of the place where he now resides and at once began opening up a farm, and to the work of farming and stock raising he has given his attention since. He is also one of the most successful threshing machine operators in the country.
On the 9th of March, 1879. Mr. McNall married Miss Juliatha Brannan, the wedding occurring at Colfax. Mrs. McNall was born while her parents were crossing the plains. Her father, Thomas J. Brannan, is a native of Indiana and died August 22, 1894. on the Co- lumbia river at Pearl. Washington. He was justly a pioneer of the coast country. His widow, Elmira (Rogers) Brannan, was born in Ohio and now resides at Peach, Washing- ton, aged sixty-five. She accompanied her huis- band across the plains with ox teams. To Mr. and Mrs. McNall the following children have been born : Mrs. Daisy P. Anderson, liv- ing in this county: Elmira M., Annie B., Wil- liam A., and Charles E .. all at home. Mr.
MR. AND MRS. JESSE A. McNALL
MR. AND MRS. FREDRICK M. SCHEIBNER
MR. AND MRS. FRIEDRICH STOLP
MR. AND MRS. JOSIAH J. BROWN
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McNall belongs to the I. O. O. F. and also the encampment. He came to Lincoln county without means and has so labored and managed his affairs that he now owns a beautiful two- story residence, handsomely furnished and pro- vided with all modern conveniences ; an estate of one section of first class wheat land, which is well improved and all under cultivation ; a band of cattle; and much other property. Mr. McNall is certainly to be commended upon the success he has achieved in the northwest and during this time he has also been blessed with a pleasing family, which he and his wife have raised to be honorable men and women. He is a respected citizen and is to be classed as one of the real builders of Lincoln county.
Mrs. Daisy P. Anderson, the eldest daugh- ter of our subject and his wife, was the first white child in Lord's valley, and her sister, El- mira M., was the first white child born there. Mr. McNall turned the first furrow in that val- ley and altogether was one of the earliest pio- neers.
FREDRICK M. SCHEIBNER is a vener- able and highly esteemed citizen of Lincoln county, whose labors in the line of agriculture have shown him to be possessed not only of those stanch qualities which make the true pioneer, but also of ability that has won a finan- cial success here, and of integrity and sound principles which ingratiate him securely in the good will and high commendation of his fellow men.
Fredrick M. Scheibner was born in Ger- many, on March 23. 1833. the son of Christian G. Scheibner. His education was received in the thorough schools of the Fatherland and when the time came to lay by the books of the schoolroom, he was at once apprenticed to learn the cabinet maker's trade. Having com- pleted this in excellent manner, he then came to the time of military service in his country and at once turned his attention to martial life. Upon the completion of those stirring days, he decided to bid farewell to his home, friends, and native land, and try his fortune in the land of promise beyond the waters. Mr. Scheibner was a true and patriotic supporter of the in- stitutions of the Fatherland, but still he has never had occasion to regret his joining his fortune with the famous continent of the west.
He settled in Tennessee upon arriving in the United States and there he wrought assiduously until 1887, when the rumors of the fertile west led him to sell his eastern farm and try the land of the setting sun. In the year last men- tioned, Mr. Scheibner located in Lincoln con- ty, about seven miles northwest from where Wilbur now stands, taking a homestead, which was the nucleus of his present estate, the bal- ance of which has been acquired by purchase from the railroad company. He has devoted himself industriously to farming and building up the country, and has certainly made a first class success.
In 1861, Mr. Scheibner married Miss Jo- hannah E., daughter of Henry and Caroline (Smith) Woltersdorf, natives of Germany. Mrs. Scheibner was born in Amsterdam, in 1836, and has been a faithful partner in all her husband's labors and successes.
To Mr. and Mrs. Scheibner the following named children have been born. Charles F., Lenora S., Louise S., William F., Fred T., Lily M., Oswald R., and Henry J.
Mr. and Mrs. Scheibner have always so dealt in their career that no one is able to say other words than praise and their upright- ness has won them hosts of friends. They are now spending the golden years of their life in the quiet enjoyment of the fruits of their labors, being surrounded with their children and friends.
FRIEDRICH STOLP' resides nine miles west of Sprague, on Crab creek. He owns nine hundred and sixty acres of land. one section of which is raising wheat. He has a beautiful spring, that supplies water for the premises. and various other improvements that are needed for comfort and convenience on the farm. He is one of the wealthy men of the section and has gained his property entirely since coming to the Big Bend country.
Friedrich Stolp was born in Prussia, Ger- many, on January 3. 1848. the son of Chris- tian and Eva ( Bloom) Stolp, natives of Prus- sia. Germany. The father died in 1885 in the same place where he was born. The mother died in 1871. Friedrich was well educated in the schools of his native country and in 1871, he sailed from Bremen to New York and thence went to Canada. There he wrought on the farm
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until 1885 in which year he journeyed to Cali- fornia and did mining until the spring of 1893 when he came to Washington and traded for the relinquishiment where he now lives. He has remained in the same place ever since, adding to his estate by purchase until he has a large and valuable farmn.
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In 1876, Mr. Stolp married Miss Sophia Seidling, a native of Canada. ' Her father died in 1868. To this union the following named children have been born, John, Edward, Fred- erick, Jr., Charles, Edwin, Henry, Frank, Ida and Rosie. Mr. and Mrs. Stolp are members of the German Lutheran church and are highly respected in the neighborhood. In addition to his farm, Mr. Stolp has a fine band of cattle and is one of the progressive and up-to-date men of the county.
JOSIAH J. BROWN was born in Colum- biana county, Ohio, on October 6, 1846. He is now one of the wealthy and substantial farmers in Lincoln county and resides about six miles southeast of Edwall, where he owns a large estate. He came here about 1883, com- ing from Iowa to San Francisco, thence to Portland, on to Walla Walla and from that place by wagon to his present location. He owns seven hundred and thirty-nine acres of good land, four hundred of which are devoted to the production of wheat and the balance to pasture. He has a band of cattle, plenty of horses and equipments for his farm, and other property. His place is well improved with buildings and other conveniences and during the winter the family reside in Sprague where he owns a good residence. Mr. Brown's pa- rents are James and Catherine (Fox) Brown. They were both born in Pennsylvania, and died in Iowa, the father in 1855 and the mother in 1881. When six years of age, our subject came to Iowa with his parents and then six years later he started out for himself. He went to Illinois and there received his education, work- ing for his board and clothes during the sum- mer and winter and attending school during the winter months. At the age of eighteen he enlisted at Monmouth, Illinois, in the Forty- seventh Illinois Infantry and served one year. He participated in the battles of the Spanish
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