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nineteen cents a bushel,-far less than the cost of production.
In the year 1869, Henry W. Saunders took for his wife Miss Anna E. Chapman, daughter of Joseph Chapman, and on March 15, 1870, she departed this life, leaving one child, Devillo D. Saunders. During October, 1876, Mr. Saunders was again married, his wife being Annie E. Galbraith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Galbraith, natives of Indiana. The father lived in Kansas, and in 1888 came to Adams county and is now living in Ritzville. The mother died in Kansas in 1864, since which time the father has taken another wife. By his first marriage Mr. Galbraith reared two children and three by his second marriage.
To Mr. and Mrs. Saunders have been born two children, Ray E., of Adams county, and Ralph H., who lives with his parents.
In politics, Mr. Saunders is an active Re- publican. He is a member of the G. A. R. at Ritzville. Mrs. Saunders was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church. On Feb- ruary 17, 1896, she was called away by death, leaving many to sincerely mourn her as a noble Christian character.
DAVID E. PHILPOTT, a mechant of Lind, was born in Chariton county, Missouri, August 21, 1860. He was the son of H. R. and Sarah E. (Lee) Philpott, whose lives are briefly touched upon in the sketch of the life of William H. Philpott appearing elsewhere in this volume. The father died in Missouri in 1880 and the mother in 1866.
Mr. Philpott has two brothers living, Will- iam H., and Lafayette M., and one sister, Har- riet, who is now dead, and a brother who died in infancy.
Mr. Philpott attended district school in his native country until arriving at the age of thirteen years, when he commenced farming on his own responsibility. In 1882 he commenced working on salary on a farm, and four years later he rented the farm and conducted it him- self for four years, then in 1889, he came to Adams county and located a homestead west of Lind. He lived upon this homestead for six years, when he relinquished his claim and re- moved to another locality and purchased rail- road land. For many years Mr. Philpott experi-
enced unusual hardships in making a living on account of the many adversities besetting the Big Bend farmer during the period of "hard times," but he worked hard and managed well, so that he has become one 'of the well-to-do farmers in his county. He now owns fourteen hundred and forty acres of land, three hundred and fifty acres of which are under cultivation and well improved.
On March 14, 1886, Mr. Philpott was mar- ried to Viola L. Elliott, a native of Carroll county, Missouri, and daughter of Oliver and Sarah E. Elliott. The father was born in Ken- tucky. They were parents of three children, as follows: William Y., James S., and Viola L. The mother died early in life and the father was married again and reared a family by his second wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Philpott have been parents of six children, Bertha E., Elliott L., William L., Hugh E., Blanche and Nellie, all living at home.
Mr. Philpott is an active Democrat and a leader in all matters pertaining to the better- ment of the educational facilities of his county. He was one of the first settlers in his locality and assisted in the organization of his school district, as a member of the board of which he held office a great many years.
In February, 1904, Mr. Philpott opened a general store in Lind in partnership with N. B. Rathbone, and they are the recipients of a fine patronage. They own their building on Main street and are highly esteemed business men. Mr. Philpott owns a good residence in town.
JACOB F. OESTREICH, who resides on a well improved farm comprising a section and a half of land under cultivation and lying three miles north and two miles west of Paha, Adams county, Washington, is a native of Seradef, Russia, born October 15, 1862. He is the son of Christian and Mary (Ligner) Oestreich, both also natives Russians. The parents came to America in 1875, lived six years in Nebraska, then came to Walla Walla, Washington, having crossed the plains in a wagon. In 1881, they removed to Klickatat county where they lived on a farm eighteen years, and where the father died in 1895. The mother then came to Adams county, where she died in 1897. The family
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consists of eight children, Casper, Christina, Denney, Mary, Katie, Christ, Jacob and Henry, besides Casper and Mary deceased.
Mr. Oestreich received his early schooling in the common schools of Germany, came to America with his parents and made his home with them until reaching his thirtieth year. He came to Adams county in April, 1901. where he purchased a half section of land, and at subsequent times he purchased in all two other tracts of equal extent. He has the finest of farm buildings, good water facilities and a first class orchard. He raises some stock in connection with his farming.
In 1892 Jacob Oestreich was married to Nellie B. Carter, daughter of J. E. and M. D. (Collens) Carter, natives of Oregon, in which state the parents lived until removing to Klick- atat county in 1881. They now reside in this county. They have a family of seven children, Edward, Nellie, Frans, Laura, Chester, Henry and Carl, besides two, Henry and Chester, de- ceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Oestreich have been born four children, two of whom are now liv- ing. They are Melvin and Delbert, while Iven and Hazel are deceased.
In politics, Mr. Oestreich is a Populist. He is a man of a high order of intelligence and manhood, being also universally regarded as an honest, industrious and thorough tiller of the soil.
JOHN TIMM, the son of Louis and Susan (Herrick) Timm, the first settlers in Paha, is a native of Lesueur county, Minnesota, born January 5. 1877. His father was a native of Germany and his mother of Ohio. The par- ents settled in Minnesota in an early day, and later removed to Washington, where also they were early pioneers. Besides the subject of our sketch, they raised five children, Delbert, Myrtle. Amelia, Mary and Celia.
John Timm attended the common schools of Paha, where the principal portion of his life has been spent, three months each year until arriving at the age of fourteen years, when he started working for wages. On account of the newness of the country his educational ad- vantages were decidedly limited. but he man- aged by close application and home study to acquire a fair common school education. When he began working he made his father's home
his headquarters when not employed, until early in life he began riding the range of a cow-boy. Among his first exploits in this capacity was assisting in the driving of a herd of seven hun- dred head of cattle from Walla Walla to Lake Chelan. He continued working in the saddle until 1897, when he took his present homestead one-half mile from Paha, where he has since lived and tilled the soil. Here he has a quar- ter-section of land all under cultivation, and improved in the most modern style.
In March, 1893, Mr. Timm was married to Clara Westover, a native of Minnesota. Her father died during her infancy, and her mother is now living in Spokane. Mrs. Westover has five children living, Eunice, Annie, Filo, Lou and Clara.
John Timm is a stanch Republican in poli- tics, and takes an active interest in the affairs of his party.
Mr. and Mrs. Timm have one son, an in- fant not yet named.
JACOB KREHBIEL, one of the leading farmers of Adams county, has three quarter- sections of land, and with his brother and busi- ness partner has a half interest in seven hun- dred and forty acres, lying three miles north and one mile east of the town of Lind. A native of Bavaria, Germany, he was born Tuly 25, 1861, the son of Christian and Madde- lina (Dester) Krelibiel, natives of Germany, who came to America in 1881. The family first settled in New York state, later in Illinois, then in Kansas and finally in Washington. To the last named state they came in 1891 and settled on a farm in Adams county, where they lived until the death of the father and mother. The former died in February, 1899. and the latter in 1894. The father was a man of wide ac- quaintance, and regarded by his neighbors as a man of exceptionally correct judgment and wise counsel. He and his wife were parents of nine children : Katie, in Germany; Ulrich, de- cetsed: the subject of this sketch: Christian, John and Daniel, in Adams county ; Mary, mar- ried to Christian Vogt, of Adams county ; Mag- delena, wife of Fred Bahler, in Adams county ; Susana. now Mrs. Carl Neare, of Adams county. and two who died in infancy.
Jacob Krehbiel received a common school
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education in his native country, supplemented by a year in German normal school, and later learned the upholstering and the paper-hanger's trade, which he followed until coming to America with his father in 1881. He and his father came to this country in advance of the remainder of the family, and for the first year after coming here Mr. Krehbiel, junior, worked at his trade in New York. He then came to Illinois where he worked on a farm for one year, and then removed to Kansas and farmed six years. In 1890 he came to Washington and settled where he now lives. He first took a homestead and timber culture, which he im- proved, and later at different times purchased more land until he acquired the amount stated above. His partnership with his brother, Dan- iel, was established in 1899. The brothers have all their land fenced, and keep forty head of horses to carry on the field work. They are considered the most up-to-date and prosperous farmers in the county. They have good build- ings, orchard and all improvements, and raise as high as twelve thousand bushels of wheat in a year.
Mr. Krehbiel was married to Katie, dangh- ter of Christian and Katharina (Schrag) Schrag, in 1899. Both parents were natives of Russia, but of German extraction. They came to America in 1874, lived in South Dakota eight years, thence removing in turn to Oregon and Washington. They came to Adams county in 1900, and are still living there. They have been parents of seven children, three of whom now live, Andrew, John and Mrs. Krehbiel, all of Adams county. To Mr. and Mrs. Krehbiel have been born three children, Harvey C., May M. and Elsie K.
Mr. Krelibiel, politically, is liberal and non- partisan in his opinions, but is an indefatigable worker in any enterprise that has for its pur- pose the advancement and good of his county.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Krehbiel are members of the Mennonite church.
CALVIN LONG, a farmer residing two miles north of Paha, is a native of Harden county, Iowa, born April 4, 1876, and at the age of one year came to Washington with his parents. His entire life since that time has been spent in this state, and for the most part
in Adams county. He received a thorough common school education at Ritzville, and at the age of twenty he left school and home to engage in riding the range. After two years of cow-boy life he filed a homestead on a quar- ter-section of land, rented another quarter- section and engaged in the business of farm- ing. He has one hundred and sixty acres all well improved and under cultivation, with good farm buildings, orchard, etcetera, and fifteen head of work horses. Each year he has rented, in addition to his own land, from a half-section to a section of land, and raises as high as six thousand bushels of wheat in a season.
Mr. Long is a Republican, and takes an active interest in the affairs of his party. He is also a member of the M. W. A., and has been clerk of the Paha camp of that order.
Calvin Long is a son of Clark and Ara A. (Saint) Long, whose lives are sketched on other pages of this volume. He is an honor- able and industrious farmer, enjoying the es- teem and good-will and a wide circle of friends.
JOHN J. DEWALD is a well-to-do farmer residing on a three hundred and sixty-acre tract of agricultural land three and one-half miles north of Paha, Adams county. He was born in Russia, June 22, 1873, and was the son of George J. and Mary ( Rhoderberger) Dewald, a brief sketch of whose lives is incor- porated with the sketch of the life of Jacob Dewald, a brother of our subject, which may be found elsewhere in this history. A register of the brothers and sisters of Mr. Dewald is also given with the sketch of the brother men- tioned.
John J. Dewald is a man of good common school education, which he acquired in Hitch- cock county, Nebraska. In 1882 he came with his parents to Walla Walla and later removed to Klickatat county, Washington. He made his home with his parents until attaining the age of twenty-five years, when he purchased his present farm, which since that time has furnished him a pleasant home and more than a living. He had managed each year to set aside some capital until now he is one of the prosperous and substantial citizens of his county. His land is all under cultivation and well improved, is well located, and contains a first class orchard and fine farm buildings.
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Mr. Dewald was married in 1900 to Mary Oestreich, daughter of Kasper and Katie Oestreich, native Russians who came to Amer- ica in 1872. Thev first located in Nebraska, and later came to their present location. Mrs. Dewald is a sister of Peter, John, Henry, Christ, and Mrs. Lizzie Dewald, wife of the subject's brother George.
In political circles, Mr. Dewald affiliates with the Republican party, and is a diligent party worker. He also takes a deep interest in school matters, and is now, and has been for three years, the clerk of his local school board. He holds membership in the M. W. A., of Ritz- ville, and both he and Mrs. Dewald are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewald are the parents of three children, Jesse L., Leland R., and Ellen, aged four years, two years and six months, respectively.
CLARK LONG, pioneer, Indian fighter, farmer, stock raiser, and business man, is now the townsite proprietor and real estate dealer of Paha, Adams county, Washington, and owns and operates a large general merchandise establishment.
Born in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, May 9, 1854, he received his first educational training in a primitive combination log and stone school house in his native county. Later on his parents removed to Iowa, where Clark received a little more schooling, but the greater part of his ample education has been gained by hard service in the school of experience and work. In 1876 he left home intending to go to Oregon, but finally found himself in Walla Walla, where he remained a short time then took up a homestead in Garfield county just in time to be thrown into the thickest of the cruel Nez Perce War. At an early stage of the war he joined an organization or company of about one hundred composed of his neighbors and moved against the savages as a band of cow- boys. The company was in service four months, but Mr. Long left it just in time to miss the White Bury Canyon battle, and to engage in the bloody battle of Cottonwood. Returning home he worked his farm until April, 1883, when he removed to Ritzville, and there engaged in the lumber and general merchandise business. This he followed until
1891, in which year he suffered by fire the loss of all he owned. From this great loss he did not fully recover until the year 1900. Upon the organization of Adams county, Mr. Long was appointed probate judge of the county, which office he occupied during three terms. He was nominated for a fourth, but was unsuccess- ful at the polls. He was appointed United States circuit commissioner, which office he held un- til 1891, at the same time acting as artesian wells commissioner for the state, an office to which he was appointed by Governor Semple. In 1900 he purchased the section of land upon which Paha now stands, and at once launched a boom of the town. This venture proved suc- cessful to such an extent as to place Mr. Long among the well-to do business men of his county. Ever since this time he has worked hard and unceasingly for the good of his town and Adams county.
Clark Long now owns eight hundred acres of agricultural land in and near the town of Paha, a quarter section of land in Yakima county, numerous town lots, and one hundred head of horses.
In 1875 occurred the marriage of Clark Long to Ara A. Saint, daughter of Joseph and Malinda (Price) Saint. Mrs. Long's father was a native of Indiana and her mother of Pennsylvania. Her brothers and sisters are Elizabeth, Malissie, Catharine, Lott and John.
Politically, Mr. Long is a Lincoln Republi- can, and is active in the local affairs of his party, and is a recognized party leader.
Clark Long comes of one of the oldest American families, the history of which is one of interest and romance. His father and mother were John and Betsy ( Perrin) Long, natives of Pennsylvania, the father of Scotch descent and the mother of English parentage. They removed to Iowa in 1865, and spent the remainder of their lives in Grundy county, The father was a mechanic and bridge-builder, and a number of the bridges of his locality that were destroyed by the confederates during the Civil war were built by him. His grandfather, Elias Long, came to America in the early days, served as an officer during the Revolutionary war, and died about 1857. Our subject's ma- ternal great-grandfather was Lord Perrin who came to the colony of Massachusetts in the Mayflower and settled in Connecticut. His son, Calvin Perrin, served under Commodore
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Perry during the war of 1812, and died about 1876. 1898 and 1902, respectively, were the years in which Clark Long's father and mother passed away. They were parents of six children, not including the son who is the subject of this sketch. They are Perrin, George W., Elias, Sarah, married to Ellis Gir- ton, Spokane; and Charles and Ezra, who died while young.
Mr. and Mrs. Long are the parents of twelve children, Calvin, John C., Leona M., George W., Maud P., Walter L., Hazel, Eva, Joseph, Grace, and two who died in infancy, Fred and Leonard.
DANIEL KREHBIEL, a farmer and stockman residing on a section of well im- proved and cultivated land four miles north and one mile east of Lind, was born in Bavaria, Germany, July 15, 1867, the son of Christian and Magdalena (Dester) Krehbiel, both na- tives of Bavaria. The parents came to Amer- ica in 1881, lived two years in Illinois, eight in Kansas and came to a homestead near Lind in 1891. The mother died in 1896 and the fa- ther two years later. The family originally contained ten children, who, not including our subject, were, Katherine, Jacob, Christian, John, M. M., now deceased, Mrs. Mary Vogt, Mrs. Magdalena Bahler, and Mrs. Susana Neare.
Until the age of thirteen Mr. Krehbiel at- tended the common schools of his native coun- try, then took a course in a German business college and in 1883 came to the United States. The first year after his arrival in this country he spent in Illinois, after which he engaged in farming in Kansas. He was thus engaged in that state until 1892, when he came to the farm where he still lives. He had an unusually dif- ficult time to gain a start here, as the first two years after settling on his farm he was unable to raise any crop, but having in him the ele- ments of perseverance and industry he held on, and has never had cause to regret his choice of locality. He states that the Big Bend country since he first located here, has undergone a won- derful change, especially in the amount of rain- fall. By working for his neighbors and exer- cising strict economy Mr. Krehbiel managed from time to time to acquire more land, until
at this writing he has a solid section of produc- tive grain land, and in addition to this he rents eleven hundred acres, on all of which he raises about twelve thousand bushels of wheat annu- ally. He also has an excellent orchard and raises quantities of all varieties of fruit. He has a large herd of cattle, but is gradually abandoning the stock business.
In December, 1901, occurred the marriage of Daniel Krehbiel to May Schag, daughter of Andrew and Lizzie (Waltner) Schag, na- tive Germans who early in life came to Amer- ica, settled first in South Dakota, removed to Oregon in 1882, and came to Washington in 1900. They are now living in Lind. To them have been born eight children, Mrs. Krehbiel, Emil, Joseph, Paulina, Emma, Charles, Eu- gene and Eveline.
To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Krehbiel have been born two children, Walter D., and one who, at this writing, is an infant in'arms.
Politically, Mr. Krehbiel is a Democrat. He has always been prominent in school mat- ters, having assisted in the organizing of his district of which he has been a director ever since. He is now the Democratic nominee for county commissioner. He recently was ap- pointed volunteer weather observer of his lo- cality. Both Mr. Krelibiel and his wife are members of the Mennonite church, Mr. Kreh- biel being a member of the conventional con- ference of that denomination.
DAY IMUS deals in real estate and ne- gotiates loans in Lind, Washington. A na- tive of Mountayr, Ringgold county, Iowa, he was born April 16, 1875, the son of L. O. and Jane (Smith) Imus, natives, respectively of Michigan and Indiana. The parents came to Ringgold county when both were young, mar- ried and are still living there. The grand- father on the father's side, came from Illinois to Iowa in 1854, and upon returning for his fam- ily was drowned while crossing a stream. Mr. and Mrs. Imus have been parents of seven chil- dren, Mrs. Elsie Middleton; Day, Smith, de- ceased, Agnes, Quay, Amy and Tama.
Mr. Imus received a good common school education in his native town, which he later. supplemented by a business course in the Indi- anola college. From the time he became four-
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teen years of age he practically had the man- agement of his father's farm until he became twenty-three. He came to Lind at that age, and engaged in buying horses to ship to Iowa, which business he followed for one year. He then took a homestead near Lind, which he put in an excellent state of cultivation and im- provement. In 1901 he engaged in the real estate and loan business in Lind, and has fol- lowed that occupation to his profit ever since. He has bought and sold many tracts of farm land and many city lots in the Big Bend, since entering the business. Recently he sold his homestead and purchased for himself a quarter section of land near Cunningham, Washington. He was the first real estate agent ever to establish a business in Lind.
Politically, Mr. Imus affiliates with the Re- publican party, and is quite active in his party's affairs. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Lind, helped organize the first Methodist Sunday school there, and is now superintendent of that institution.
HEZEKIAH W. WEAVER is a black- smith at Lind, Washington. He is a native of New London, Hancock county, Illinois, and was born on February II, 1856. His parents were Daniel and Anna ( Bunton) Weaver, na- tives of Kentucky and Tennessee, respectively. They crossed the plains to Cove, Oregon, in 1864, where they lived during the rest of their lives. They were parents of five children, who, besides our subject, are, Samuel, Sarah, Ellen, and Derious. The eldest son was killed in battle during the Civil war.
H. W. Weaver received some schooling in Union county, Oregon, but upon gaining his seventeenth year he left school and took up the work of a cow-boy. This life he followed until his twenty-second year, when he was mar- ried in 1879, to Fannie McConnell, a native of Arkansas, and daughter of James and Mary McConnell. Mrs. Weaver is one of a family of seven children.
After his marriage Mr. Weaver took up a homestead in Wallowa county, Oregon, where he raised stock for three years, after which he entered the sawmilling business, in which he was engaged one and a half years. During this time he mastered his trade, and, remov-
ing to Pendleton, he worked at blacksmithing there, and in 1897 he removed to the Palouse country. Here he still followed work at the forge, and in 1899 he came to Adams county. Here he worked for wages for six months, after which he erected the shop in which he still works.
He is considered a careful and competent workman; consequently receives his share of the work in his line. His political faith lies with the Democratic party.
CHARLES E. AMSBAUGH, a prominent real estate man and the city clerk of Lind, Washington, was born July 26, 1870, in Wayne county, Ohio. His parents are J. I. and Jose- phine M. (Thompson) Amsbaugh, natives of Ohio, and are now living in Lind. The mother's grandfather came from Ireland to America in 1876, and her husband's grand- father came to this country from Germany when a boy. In 1886 our subject's parents came to Washington and settled at Dayton, where they remained until 1901, when they removed to their present home. They have one child besides the subject of this sketch, Joie, living also at Lind. Mr. Amsbaugh, senior, on February 13, 1865, was mustered into service with Company C. One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served as a soldier in the Civil war until his discharge on account of physical disability, which occurred July 12, 1865, at Camp Chase. Ohio.
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