An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 128

Author: Hines, Harvey K., 1828-1902
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 1056

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Politically, he is allied with the progressive wing of the Democratic party. He and his family are devont members of the Roman Catholic Church.

Mr. Kenney was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Collins, a native of Ireland, in the city of Baltimore, in March, 1854, and they are the parents of eleven living children: William H .; Mary, the wife of Michael Savage; Catlı- erine, the wife of James Murphy; Charles; John; Jane, the wife of J. H. V. Crane, of Ta- coma; Joseph; George; Jnstine, the wife of T. J. Thompson; Lonisa; and Theresa, who is known as sister Mary Racinda, of Olympia. One son and two daughters are deceased.

After his discharge from the army Mr. Ken- ney made an agreement with the Government to reside near the Indian reservation in order to aid in averting trouble between the Indians and the whites, by seeing that the rights of each were protected. June 27, 1873, trouble arose regarding the stealing of a horse by an Indian, who disposed of the horse to a white man. The Indian agent, James H. Wilbur, wrote to Mr. Kenney and directed him to ef- fect a settlement of the difficulty if possible, and this he did to the satisfaction of both parties concerned, the loss being equally di- vided between the original owner and the man to whom the horse had been sold. Within the year 1887, in which year occurred the massacre of Mr. Perkins and his wife by the Bannock Indians, there were stopping at Mr. Kenney's place four families, who had come from the Eastern States: E. B. Wise and wife, Martin Foreman and family, Mr. Miller and family, and Arthur Beemis and family-all of whom were looking for homes. The inimical attitude of the Indians and the massacre noted had

caused wide spread consternation among the set- tlers, many of whom were resorting to Portland, Oregon, and other points for safety. Our sub- ject sent to the Sisters of Charity at Yakima City for an order for doors, windows and nails that were lying at The Dalles, Oregon, and when their order was secured he set forth for The Dalles with a four-horse team, being ac- companied by Mr. and Mrs. Wise. Arriving at his destination Mr. Kenney loaded his wagon and prepared to start out for Yakima. While he was at The Dalles a company of soldiers passed through on the railroad for the purpose of going to the scene of trouble and suppressing the In- dians. Mr. Kenney then started for Yakima, and when he reached Goldendale, thirty miles from The Dalles, he found the people arming themselves and preparing to fight the hostile red-tnen. Ile was reproached for attempting to venture on so perilous a trip, and the County Anditor agreed to furnish him with what fire- arms he needed. This proffer Mr. Kenney re- fused, stating that he did not need arms as he had confidence in the Indians. Ile continued his journey until he reached Taffenitt, on the reservation, where he was entirely surrounded by Indians. While there the agent, Mr. Wil- bur. approached him and manifested not a little surprise and even consternation at his intrepid- ity, saying that in the midst of such trouble was the last place he expected to see our sub- ject. Mr. Kenney replied that he was there simply by reason of the trouble, and then told the agent of the families stopping at his home and how alarmed the settlers all along the route had become. He finally asked, " Do you see these four big horses and that large load of freight ?" The reply was in the affirmative. " Well, all the people along the route have seen or will see this, and when they learn that I ar- rived in Yakima without being molested they will conclude that it was only an Indian scare and will return to their homes." The agent appreciated the force of the argument, and, grasping the hand of Mr. Kenney, thanked him for his noble deed, in the name of the Govern- ment and of all the Indians on the reservation,. since trouble conld thus be better averted than by resorting to arms.

The foregoing is but one of many instances in which onr subject jeopardized his life and endured much for the sake of maintaining peaceful relations between the settlers and the Indians. His services to the Government were

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many and valuable; lie assumed the burden of many expenses, sustained heavy losses and gave of his time without stint, and his efforts should have received a recognition, but this was sig. nally denied. He may well be counted as a public benefactor, for his zeal in maintaining the church and other interests was one of marked character. At his own expense he built a Catholic chapel for the benefit of the public and the missionaries, and practically maintained the same. This was the first and only Catholic Church in the county for seven- teen years, His home was the stopping place for the priests and sisters en route between Van- conver and Yakima, until the railroad was put throngh. He transported the first Sisters of Charity who located in Yakima, and also hanled all of their belongings for the sake of the good cause. He also carried into the town its first bell, the same being nsed for the sisters' school. We would gladly revert to other incidents in the noble life of our subject, but space limits us. These good deeds, however, will ever re- dound to his credit and will gain to him an abiding place in the grateful memory of future generations.

A DAM GOODE .- Among the carnest and faithful workers in the ministry of the Free Methodist Church, is the subject of this sketch, who has labored for the good of humanity since his ordination in 1868. fle was born in Knox county, Ohio, February 10, 1847. When but three years old, in 1850, his parents, Adam and Delila (Wycoff) Goode, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Ohio, removed to lowa. After a residence on a farm there for twenty-four years, the father disposed of his interests in that locality and moved to Phillips county, Kansas, where he purchased 900 acres of fine land, but was obliged, in 1889, to rent his property and seek a milder climate on account of his health, having been an invalid for twelve years. Salem, Oregon, was his selec- tion as a location, and here he still has some property interests, including a fine residence, in which he and his wife recently celebrated their golden wedding. Eight children were born of this marriage, of whom our subject was the fourth child.

The latter was educated at Fairfield, Iowa, at the Axaline College. After his ordination, in

1868, he was given charge of the Oskaloosa church, over which he presided for four years; was then transferred to South English, where he remained the same number of years. From this charge he went to northwest Iowa, being in charge at Shedan and Algona, and later was stationed at Newbrast. In 1882 he started for Washington, via Kansas, visiting his parents on the way. After a pleasant stay with them he proceeded to San Francisco, and went thence to Walla Walla county, locating at Waitsburg, where he remained five years, engaged in stock- raising, after which he proceeded to Smoke river. and later to Hamstead, where he remained until he proved up and deeded his land. He then moved to Walla Walla, where he was em- ployed by the Board of Commissioners as County Superintendent of the Poor Farm, in which position he still remains. Many important im- provements are contemplated in the spring under his skillful management. Since his ap- pointment Mr. Goode has endeavored to im- prove the condition of the unfortunates under his care, without causing extra expense to the county, proving himself the right man in the right place.

The marriage of our subjeet occurred in An- gust, 1872, when he wedded Miss Hattie Norris, a native of Iowa, and six children have blessed their union, namely: Alfred, Arthur, Lena, Charley, Lanra and Nettie. Politically our subject supports the principles of the Republi- can party, and always casts his vote for the can- didates of that ticket.

W J. CORKRUM .- Among the rising young farmers of Walla Walla county, Washington, who have been residents of that section of the State long enough to be called pioneers, occurs the name of W. J. Cork- rum, the enterprising subject of this sketch. Mr. Corkrum was brought to this county when a small boy by his parents, F. M. and Mary Corkrum. He was born in Jasper county, Illinois, February 7, 1860, and was the second child of seven children. After his arrival in Walla Walla county, our subject remained with his parents until he attained his majority, when he commenced life for himself on land rented from his father. After the first year he was able to purchase 160 acres of railroad land,

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which he obtained very cheap. Here he im- proved the land, making a good home ont of the wild land, adding to his possessions from time to time until he now has 760 acres of the best land in the entire county, located six miles east of Walla Walla on Dry creek. On this excellent farm he has a comfortable residence, supplied with all the comforts and conveniences usually to be found on a well regulated farm of the western coast. Mr. Corkrum has proved himself a good farmer, as his extensive and well cultivated acres testify,

hile his average crop of 12,000 bushels of grain per year show him to be a successful one. For fifteen years he ran a threshing-machine and complete outfit, and in this way obtained suf- ficient money to enable him to add to his acres.

On July 3, 1881, our subject was married to Miss Alice Kennedy, a native of Illinois, daughter of Linn H. and Mary Kennedy, who came to Washington in 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Corkrum have had five children born to them, namely: Jesse, Emery, Lula, Lenard and Hugh. In politics our subject is a Democrat and takes great pleasure in the triumphs of that party. Like many another yonng man he has had his own way to make in the world, but unlike many of them he has not allowed anything to pre- vent his upward course. Industrious and frugal by nature, he has accumulated his property un- til he now ocenpies a front rank among those men whose words and deeds have weight in the community.

H ENRY S. COPLAND, one of the oldest pioneers of the Pacific coast, was born in Canada, of Irish parents, December 24, 1825. His father, Thomas Copland, came over from Ireland when a young man, married, and in 1827 removed to Vermont. He resided there a few years and then removed to Westham, Massachusetts, where he died in 1867, his wife following him a year later. They had reared eleven children, three boys and eight girls. During the late war two of the boys en- listed in a Massachusetts regiment and one of them was killed in battle and the other was captured and is supposed to have died from ex- posure.

Our subject was the only son left in the fam- ily. He received a good common school educa-

tion in Vermont and when he had grown to ma- turity he began to think of taking care of him- self. The gold excitement just then broke out in California, and in that State our subject thought he saw an opening for an enterprising. healthy and industrious young man. Hence he engaged passage in 1850 on one of the vessels sailing to that coast, and in due time arrived safely in the Golden State. He immediately engaged iu mining, but did not find it much of a success in his case, so he wisely left it and hired as a farm hand, believing that if his gains were not to large they would be more certain. For four years he worked as a farm hand in California and then went to the Willamette val- ley in Oregon, and there found employment on a farm where he worked for three years, at the end of which time he bought a tract of land and went to work for himself.

Our subject lived there until 1860, when he moved to Walla Walla, Washington, where he bought a claim of 160 acres of land and lived on that a few years, then sold ont and bought another claim eight miles southeast of Walla Walla, which he afterward homesteaded and made that his home. He has now a fine farm and owns 3,000 acres of land in the foothills east of the city where he reared his family and became a man of wealth. In 1891, beginning to feel the weight of years and realizing that he had no need to continne in active labor, removed to the city of Walla Walla, where he had bought a a fine lot on the corner of Paluse and Whitman streets, and upon it built a beautiful little cot- tage in which he can pass the remainder of his days in comfort and peace.

Mr. Copland was married in 1856 to Miss Mary A. Morton, a native of Indiana, who had crossed the plains with her parents when a small girl. She still remembers the hardships of that long journey, which has now become, with modern conveniences, one of the most de- lightful trips in the United States. They have had both pleasure and sorrow together, having had a family of eleven children, and having been parted from all but four, these being: Wallace; Thomas; Grant, who is on the farm; and Ida, the youngest, who is a sweet little girl of eight years and the only one still at home. Their son William was accidentally killed when a most promising young man of twenty-three years by being hit with a saw while engaged in sawing wood, and six others died within three weeks, of diptheria. Emma, the oldest, was

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then fourteen years of age. These afflictions were almost too hard to be borne, but Mr. and Mrs. Copland rallied, realizing that they owed duties to the living. Politically, he is a Repub- lican and is a member of Blue Mountain lodge of Masons at Walla Walla. Ile has always been charitable and benevolent, and is a good man.

J AMES HAYS, County Commissioner of Spokane county, Washington, was born in Saline county, Missouri, in the year 1847, the son of one of the earliest pioneers of that place.

At the age of eighteen, young Ilays left school and emigrated to the Territory of Wash- ington, and since 1879 he has resided in Spo- kane county, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was elected County Commissioner, on the Democratic ticket, in 1890, for a term of two years, and this year, 1892, has again been nomi- nated for the same position. Mr. Hays is essen- tially a self-made man. Ile has by his own energy and good management acquired a hand- some competency, and is ranked with the most substantial and highly respected citizens of the community in which he resides.

He was married in 1879 to Miss Alice Jolm- son, a native of Missouri, and has five children: Edna, born in 1880; Cora Mary, in 1882; Clarence McBride, in 1884; Jessie Warner, in 1886; and Roy Washington, in 1889.

During the Civil war Mr. Hays was a soldier in the Confederate ranks, being a member of the Seventh Missouri, Trans- Mississippi Depart- ment, under General Kirby Smith. Ile was in several prominent engagements, and remained in the service until the close of the war. Mr. flays is a great reader and takes an especial de- light in the study of history.

W ILLIAM M. DEAN, one of the representative citizens of Cheney, was born in New Hampshire, in 1844, a son of Edward and Christian (McCloskey) Dean, natives of Ireland. The father was a farmer by occupation. William M., the third of eight children, received his early schooling in his native State, and after completing his edu-

cation became a soldier in the late war. Ile became a member of the Twelfth Vermont Vol- unteer Infantry, and his regiment joined Gen- eral Ilensel in the Department of Washington, and afterward joined the Army of the Potomac, under Hooker. They took part in the second battle of Fredricksburg, the famous battle of Gettysburg, and inany others, and was dis- charged in 1865. Mr. Dean then returned to New Hampshire, and in 1864 began mining in California, where he remained six years. He was next engaged in railroad work for a time, and in 1861 came to Cheney, Washington, since which time he has followed various occu- pations.

In 1871 Mr. Dean married Miss Elizabeth MeMuster, a native of Novia Scotia. They have four children, namely: Daisy C., aged nineteen years, is attending the Normal School; Harry E., aged seventeen years, is a student at the same school; Howard, aged fifteen years; and Mamie W., thirteen years. In his political views, Mr. Dean affiliates with the Republican party, and socially, is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias. He is a courteous gentleman, takes great pride in fur- thering the interests of Cheney, and is par- ticularly active in the cause of education.

U RIE CORKRUM, a native son of the State and also of the county, was born in Walla Walla county, Washington, June 1, 1866. He attended the common schools of his distriet until he was ready to enter col- lege and finished his education at Whitmau College in Walla Walla. His father, Marion Corkrum, was a native of Illinois and there married Mary Killebue, also a native of Illinois. The parents of our subject crossed the plains with an ox team in the fall of 1865, and passed six months on the way. They had no trouble with the Indians, nor had they any serious ac- cident. They landed at Walla Walla and set- tled on Dry creek, seven miles east of the city, where he and his wife still live. They reared a family of ten children and Urie was the fifth.

Our subject was a member of his father's household until he was twenty years of age, at which time he engaged in farming on his own account, having received 160 acres from his father. He afterward bought 240 acres and

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followed this with a purchase of 240 more nine miles northeast of Walla Walla, where he now resides and owns 1,040 acres. Ilis average crop for each year is 15,000 bushels of grain, an amount which would turn a farmer of some of the older States dizzy to think of.

Our subject was married September 30, 1888, to Miss Ida Chew, a native of Illinois, born there October 2, 1871. Her father, Henry Chew, was a native of Illinois, who there mar- ried Miss Mary Berger and came to Washing- ington in 1879, and settled in the city of Walla Walla and is now in business there. Urie Cork- rum is an industrious young man who has de- veloped wonderful business talent, being now one of the largest farmers in the county. Ile is the proud father of two bright little chil- dren: Julia, born February 30, 1890, and Frank, born April 11, 1891.

Politically, he is a Democrat, bravely up- holding Democratic principles on all occasions.

JOHNSON HOOPER, a well-known citizen of Amboy, Clarke county, Washington operates the Ball mills at that place, hav- ing had control of the plant since November, 1891. lle is a native of Ohio, born in Har- rison county, September 25, 1861, a son of John and Susan (Johnson) Hooper. The pater- nal grandfather settled in Ohio in 1811, and there built the house in which John Hooper was born, and also his son Johnson; Susan John- son Hooper was also born in Harrison county, Ohio. In the antmin of 1864 the family re- moved to Iowa and located in Henry county ; there Johnson Hooper was reared to the life of a farmer, and acquired his education in the common schools. When grown to manhood he determined to master a trade, and began to learn carpentry. In 1884 he came to Vancouver, Washington, and secured employment in the sawmill of L. C. Palmer with whom he con- tinued two years; at the end of that time he went east of the mountains, but shortly after- ward returned and went to work at his trade. He next removed to Amboy, and since that tinie has operated the sawmill.

This mill was erected by A. M. Ball about 1888, and was run by him for two years. He was killed by the breaking of a pulley, after which David F. Schule, administrator of the

estate of Mr. Ball took charge of the mill; he conducted the business until Mr. Hooper as- sumed the management in November, 1891. The mill is operated by water-power and can be run during nine months of the year; the daily capacity when under full force is 8,000 feet; the equipment consists in part of a double circular saw and planer, and the output comprises all kinds of dressed lumber, ceiling, floor and rustic work. Mr. Hooper is an active, energetic busi- ness man, possessing superior qualifications for commercial life. He is an honored member of Tum Tum Lodge No. 130, I. O. O. F.

AMES KENNEDY, one of the pioneer settlers of Walla Walla county. Washing- ington, crossed the plains in 1852. He was born in Greene connty, Tennessee, July 29, 1828. His father, John Kennedy, was a native of Tennessee, who married Miss Margaret Tad- lock, also a native of Tennessee, and in 1829, when our subject was but one year old, removed to Indiana. He settled in Rush county and lived there four years, and then, in 1833, moved to Shelby county, Illinois, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1844 at the age of sixty-six years. llis wife survived him until 1846, when she died at the age of fifty-two years. There were eleven children in this family, and our subject was the fifth child.

Our subject received only a common school education and at the death of his father inher- ited a small piece of land. Finding farming in his part of Illinois not remunerative enough Mr. Kennedy decided to try a western conntry, so in 1852 he sold his little patrimony in Illinois and fitted himself np with an ox team and started to cross the plains for Oregon, landing in Portland six months from the time he started, making the trip without any serious accident. There he took up 160 acres of land in Linn county, living there until 1870, when by acci- dent he lost all he had and left here and moved to Walla Walla county, Washington, where he settled on Spring branch, where he bought 160 acres of land, where he lived for twelve years. Getting on his feet again he sold out and bought 320 acres where he now lives, nine miles northeast of Walla Walla, where he has built him a nice little residence. Here he has improved his farm and will no doubt spend his days on this pleasant

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place. Mr. Kennedy was married in 1851 to Miss Margaret E. Seitz, of Illinois, but she died that same year leaving a little boy, Sevier. He is now a man, grown, and lives in Spring valley, Walla Walla county. Our subjeet mar- ried again in 1859, at which time Miss Emily Neal, a native of Illinois became his wife. She had come to California with her parents in 1852.

Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy have had eight child- ren born to them,-Margaret E., who is the wife of William Bnchlum and now resides in Seattle; Laura A .; Anna J., who is the wife of Thomas Danfield of Walla Walla; Charles; Franees, the wife of Clinton II. Cummings of Spokane Falls; George W., Clarence, Abby and Arthur, who died in infancy, February 20, 1879.

When our subject came to Washington he had to make his second start in life, but he has been very successful and now has plenty to look forward to in his old age. Politically, he is a Republican and cast his first Presidential vote for Zachary Taylor.

W [I. WARD has been prominently iden- tified with the manufacturing interests of Goldendale since 1880, and is en- titled to a space in the annals of the State of Washington. He was born in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, January 27, 1850, a son of Porter and Ann (Wilde) Ward, natives of En- gland. His father emigrated to the United States at the age of nineteen years, and the mother came at a still earlier age. Farming had been the ocenpation of the former in his native land, but after coming to America he became a ship- joiner in St. Louis. In 1850 the family crossed the plains to California, meeting with all the hardships and vicissitudes of that long journey. They located at Marysville, and the father followed mining for two years; then they removed to Sonoma county and located on a ranch ten miles north of Petaluma; in this new home the mother soon afterward died.

After the age of eight years our subjeet spent his youth on a ranch in Marin county, Califor- nia, four miles from Petaluma. At the age of twenty-one years he returned to St. Louis, and entered Bryant & Stratton's Business College, from which he was graduated in 1872. He then came back to the Golden State, and atter spend-

ing two years on a ranch in Sonoma county he went to San Luis Obispo county, California, where he embarked in the dairy business near Cambria.

It was in November, 1879, that he first came to Goldendale, Klickitat connty, Washington. Albert Johnson had established a small harness business, and was succeeded by A. P. Ward and Sigmund Brown, who had just quit the business when Mr. Ward arrived. He was thoroughly familiar with every detail of the trade, having served an apprenticeship of three years in San Francisco, in the establishment of Main & Winchester. Considering the opening good, he at once took hold of the business, and has made a notable success of the venture. In November, 1886, he completed a two-story frame building in which he conducted his busi- ness until the structure was destroyed by fire, May 13, 1888. He then erected a two-story briek building upon the same site, which was finished the following October. The lower floor of this store is used by the firm of Johnson & Van Vactor, and the building now occupied by Mr. Ward was ereeted by him in 1890. In 1892 he built the edifice on Columbus street which is now used as a city hall; he also owns still another smaller building, which he at one time occupied with his own business. He has an extensive patronage reaching throughout Klickitat valley, and commands the respect and confidence of the entire community.

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An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 128

Author: Hines, Harvey K., 1828-1902 Publication date: 1893 Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company Number of Pages: 1056

Author: Hines, Harvey K., 1828-1902
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 1056