An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 133

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

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Judge Osborn has been most indefatigable and self-exacting in the discharge of his ardu- ons judicial duties; the work has been thor- oughly systematized, and he has thus been enabled to expedite the trial of causes and to accomplish more in a given time than is usually effected by several judges together. The fol- lowing commendation, which comes from one of Washington's most able barristers, is well worthy of reproduction in this connection. He says of the subject of this sketch: "Judge Osborn is characterized by sturdy integrity, by a determination to mete out justice under the forms of law, by an untiring industry and by a high degree of learning in the law. Hle is an able lawyer, is well read and a hard student. Socially, he is a genial and polished gentleman. His rulings from the bench are generally sound and correct."

Judge Osborn was married, in 1871, to Miss Kate Popple, a native of England and a daugh- ter of Rev. Samuel Popple, an eminent Method ist divine of New York State. They have four children.

The Judge is a member of the Knights of Pythias, having been Master of Exchequer and Treasurer of the Endowment Rank for a num- ber of years. He is now Past Grand Chancellor of the Grand Jurisdiction of Washington. He belongs to the Uniforin Rank of this order, and has recently been commissioned Colonel on the staff of the commander of the Washington brigade. Ile' is an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and has served two terms as Judge Advocate of the Department of Washington.

Politically, he is an unswerving Republican. Judge Osborn is a man of fine literary taste, and has frequently responded to requests to write and deliver a poem for public occasions,

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and poems from his pen have frequently been given to the public through the Washington and Oregon press. One of his poems, entitled " Sunset Scene on l'uget Sound," published in the Oregonian, has been very favorably criti- cised, and is subjoined.

A SUNSET SCENE ON PUGET SOUND. VIEWED FROM THE DECK OF A MOVING STEAMER.

Ye lovers of nature, now thirsting for lore, And searching in vain on a far distant shore For the beautiful scenes of this bountiful earth, Come back to Columbia, the land of your birth.

There's a feast for you all which our Maker has blest, Awaiting you here in this wonder-land West. Then come and partake of the joys that abound On the waters and shores of this beautiful Sound !

The wild waves of the ocean come searching for rest, Through the straights of hold Fuca, there lower each crest, And submissively how to great monarchs who stand In snow-covered garments o'erlooking the land.

With their ranks in close order, they stand upon rocks, And, like vigilant shepherds attending their flocks, They are guarding these shores from fierce winds that would blow.

And are cooling hot rays with their raiment of snow.

On the deck of this steamer, now stand by my side, While o'er these fair waters we softly will glide, Till like an enchantment, bright visions arise That reflect on the soul through its windows -- the eyes

Now, the breath of an angel has lulled to their sleep The blue wavelets that sport on the face of the deep, While the sun in the west in proud glory descends, And the finger of God his bright colors uow blends.

Our good Master then paints, by a wave of his hand, Till these waters and trees and those mountains so grand Are all glowing in colors and beaming with light, And are gilded in splendor ineffably bright.

Now we look on a shimmering ocean of light, Till a sea of fire opals bedazzle our sight ; Then we turn and behold a great silvery lake And the river of diamonds we've left in our wake.

In that wake of our steamer we see, as of old, That the waters are parted and garnished with gold, While the crest of each swell as it rolls to the strand Is bedecked with rare gems by omnipotent hand.

These emerald shores, ever smiling in flowers, By the cedars and firs, are made canopied bowers. Fit portals are these, to first temples of God, Whose sky-touching steeples have sprung from the sod.

The beautiful isles which these waters enfold Are set gems in a jewel of silver and gold, And the inlets and coves of these evergreen shores, Are the shining pathways so Elysium's fair doors.

A soft halo of light over-arches the scene And commingles the crimson, the purple and green, And away, like a thought, the effulgence now flows, From jasper-hued waters to mountains of snows.

Like angels from glory, with tidings of joy, The white pinioned sea-birds around us deploy, And a radiance divine from the heavens above, Fill our souls full of gladness-our hearts full of love.

The beholder stands mute in grave rev'rence, I ween. Like the throne of Jehovah Mount Rainier is seen !

That great mountain of snow with its crown of bright gold,

Is like Sinai was unto Moses of old.

There in grandeur sublime, it links earth with the sky, And ever is present like the All-Seeing Eye! By its whiteness our need of a cleansing we feel, And a presence so awful inclines us to kneel.

That mountain, far off, and the heautiful shore, Whose grandeur and brightuess we fondly adore, Are impelled to draw near and their graces behold, In these mirror-faced waters environed with gold.

Of their own charming graces, euamored they stand ; Like Narcissus await the transformer's deft hand ; But Omnipotence wills it, this change to debar, By pronouncing them perfect refuses to mar.

And there we behold, in this mirror of God, That great mountain, the trees and the green-covered sod. Here the grandeur of earth and the blue arching skies, By command of their Maker spread feast for our eyes.

Enraptured we stand, we frail men of the sod, And behold in our awe the white throne of our God, And the sea of bright glass, and the streets of pure gold, And the gates of fine pearl by the prophet foretold.

We may fly to all lands that frail man hath e'er trod, And survey the vast world and the glories of God ; But here, only, on earth, could our dove find its rest, And behold a scene fit for the eyes of the blest. -Richard Osborn, Seattle, Washington.

A W. COOPER, one of the proprietors of the Klickitat Roller Mills, Goldendale, Washington, is a native of Missouri, born in Chariton county, April 13, 1852. His parents, HI. M. and Ann J. (Stew- art) Cooper, were natives of Kentucky and Maine, respectively. The father was one of the throng that Hocked to this coast after the gold discovery of 1849, and engaged in mining on Feather river. Ile was joined by his family in 1853, when they located on a donation claim in Polk county, Oregon. There he remained until 1878, when he went to Kittitass county, Waslı- ington. Three years later he went to Polk county, Oregon. For a number of years he was engaged in mining near Ellensburg, Washington, and erected a quartz-mill there. He now resides with his family in Sherman county, Oregon. Until he was twenty years of age our subject lived in Polk county, Oregon. When a youth of fourteen years he engaged in milling, and from that time until he was twenty-eight he was almost continuously em- ployed in a sawmill. During his residence in Washington he was located near Ellensburg,

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where he worked at carpentry and assisted in the erection of a mill.

Soon after coming to Klickitat county he em- barked in the milling business, which he con- ducted with marked success for three years and

more. During this period he was at the Presby mill, nine miles from Goldendale. When he severed his connection with this es- tablishment it was for the purpose of erecting a mill on the John Day river in Sherman county, Oregon. This was run under his man- agement until November, 1892. Returning to Washington he became interested in the build- ing of the Klickitat roller mills at Goldendale, doing much of the work on this fine plant. The construction and furnishing of the mills are first class in every respect; the product as fine a grade of goods as can be found in the mar- ket. It is one of the most important as well as one of the most prosperous enterprises of the place, and is deserving of the generous patron- age received.

Mr. Cooper was married at Independence, Oregon, June 29, 1879, to Miss Alfaretta Hef- felman, a native of Illinois. They are the par- ents of three children: Guy, Lynn and Marcus. Mr. Cooper is a member of Goldendale Lodge, No. 127, Modern Woodmen, and is one of the board of managers of this organization. He is a man of energy and labors with unwavering zeal for the accomplishment of his undertak- ings.

F RED SCHADEWALD is a native of Ger- many, and was born at Bradenberg, on the 31st of December, 1846. His parents were Michael and Johanna (Heinrich) Schade- wald. He was reared and educated in his na- tive place until the age of fourteen, when he learned the blacksmith trade, serving three years as an apprentice. After learning his trade he traveled through Germany for fifteen years, working at his chosen business in various places. In 1883, he came to America on a steamer from Bremen, which landed him at Bal- timore, Maryland. From that city, he came di- rect to Tacoma, Washington, where he resided about two years. He first secured work with Edwin Lorenz, with whom he remained seven- teen months. Mr. Schadewald then rented the place where he now resides, which contains

about eighty acres, twenty-six of which he has in a good state of cultivation, mostly devoted to hops.

Mr. Schadewald was married on September 28, 1876, to Miss Amelia Fenner, a native of Germany. They have had three children: Otto, Emil and Elizabeth, all of whom are now deceased.

Mr. Schadewald's life has been an eventful one, and what success be has attained in these latter years is due entirely to his energy, push, intelligence and upright character.

- F. VAN ARESDALE, who for more than two decades has been a resident of Clarke county, is a native of the State of New Jersey, and dates his birth at Mill- stone Meeting-house, a place of local historic in- terest, December 18, 1830. Ilis father was Peter Q. Van Aresdale, whose ancestors were among the wealthy Dutch settlers of New Am- sterdam; they figured prominently in the Revo- lutionary struggle, which proved their financial rnin. Peter Q. Van Aresdale was a stanch and steadfast advocate of the abolition of slavery; he removed to the State of New York in 1831, and four years later went to Ohio, locating in Marion county; sixteen years afterward he moved to Green Lake county, Wisconsin, where he passed the remainder of his life; he died in 1864. His wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Pouls- ton, was a few months younger than he; they were born in the year 1799, in the State of New Jersey; she, too, was of Dutch ancestry, and numbers among her forefathers some brave sol- diers in the war of the Revolution. She died in 1889. Our subject is the fifth of a family of ten children. He was reared to the life of a farmer, but in November, 1863, he forsook the industries that were producing sustenance and raiment for the terrible occupation of warfare; he enlisted in the Thirtieth Wisconsin Regi- ment, and served in the Army of the Potomac until the close of the war; he participated in the battle of the Wilderness and many others of less note. After he was mustered ont he went to Indiana, and for some years resided in Kos- ciusko county.

His residence in Clarke county began in 1873, and since that time he has been one of the active patrons of husbandry; he lives on a farm three miles east of La Center, where he owns 162

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acres; he has placed sixty acres under enltiva- tion, and has several acres of fine natural tim- ber. Fully realizing his duty as a citizen of the Republic he has taken a deep interest in the prosperity of the public school system and other enterprises having to do with the general wel- fare. He is a Republican in politics, and has represented his party in county convention al- most yearly since coming to the State.

Mr. Van Aresdale was married in Indiana, August 15, 1860, to Emeline Walker, a native of Ohio; four children were born of this union: Peter Q., Ellen C., wife of James Brothers; Mary, wife of Frank Nicholson; and John G., deeeased. The mother passed to the future life June 18, 1874.

EORGE F. DUEBER .- Prominent among the loyal and progressive citizens of Winlock is he whose name stands at the head of this brief biography. He has resided here since 1876, and since that time has been recognized as a leading spirit in the busi- ness life and energy that have characterized the West. For a period of eight years he was pro- prietor of the Railroad Hotel, and then for a number of years was engaged in mercantile trade. During the past few years he has given his attention to agriculture, and superintends the cultivation of his farm three miles north of town, although still residing here. He has a tract of 360 acres, eighty-five acres being in an advanced state of cultivation; he has four aeres in fruit, and all the surroundings betoken the prosperity ever attendant upon thrift and energy.

Mr. Dueber is a native of the town of Newport, Kentucky, born February 4, 1850, a son of Peter and Amelia (Strenhoef) Dueber. Ilis parents were both natives of Germany, but emi- grated to America in their young days, the father arriving as early as 1835. They reared a family of eleven children, George F. being the second in order of birth. When he was a lad of ten years they removed to St. Louis, Mis- souri, and thence at the end of one year to St. Cloud, Minnesota, the following year brought them to the Pacific coast, and they chose Port- land, Oregon, as their residence.

At an early age our subject began the struggle of life on his own aceonnt. In 1866, then a

youth of sixteen, he went to Fort Buford, Mon- tana, where he served an apprenticeship of two years at the blacksmith's trade; he was after- ward employed in a wood-yard, and remained there until 1870. Moved by the restless spirit of youth he made many changes in the years following; one winter was spent at Fort Geary; a year at Fort Totten, Dakota, and then he re- turned to St. Clond, Minnesota, where he en- gaged as clerk in the store of J. B. Mills; after a short time he was again on the move, and visited Crow Wing and Otter Tail City, remain- ing at the latter place five years. In 1875 he came to Winloek, and having exhausted his de- sire for change has made this his home since that time.

Mr. 'Dueber was married to Miss Margery Erekenbrack, a native of MeHenry county, Illi- nois, February 15, 1874. They are the parents of five children: Charles E., Peter, Edith A., George and Margery.

In political matters Mr. Dueber is allied with the progressive element of Democracy, and is fully alive to the duties of citizenship in a great republic.

C HARLES GEIGER is a native of Ger- many, and was born at Altheim, county of Ueberlinger, on the Baden sea, on Jan- nary 7, 1856. His parents were Anton and Kuhnegunder (Schober) Geiger, his father be- ing a butcher by trade, and conducting his own establishment at Altheim, in which town and vicinity Charles was reared and educated. When seventeen years of age he decided to try his fortune in the new country and immigrated to the United States, sailing on the 9th of May, 1873, from Ilamburg, on the steamship Fra- zier, then starting on her maiden trip. He lo- cated first in a small town on the Hudson river, where he secured work at the butcher's trade with several men. In 1875 he went to Chicago, and from there, after a few weeks, to LaSalle, where he worked for John Berngesel. In 1877, he removed to Tacoma and engaged to work for Byron Balon, with whom he remained for four years. During the latter part of 1882 he started in business for himself on Pacific ave- nue, adopting the name of Rainier Market. He sold this business after about a year and a half to Uhlman and worked for Barlon Brothers, at

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Carbonado for about six months, when he again opened a business of his own on Tacoma ave- nue, where he has been since.

Mr. Geiger was married in Tacoma on Octo- ber 24, 1880, to Miss Mary Theresa Wiel, a na- tive of Pennslyvania, and they have five child- ren, viz .: Edna C., Alexander T., Charles, Jr., Frank Wiel, and Louisa T.

C AREY WILLIAM STEWART, was born at Crator, Delaware county, New York, on the 27 day of September, 1845, his parents being William and Hannah (Bronson) Stewart. His father was a. native of Connecti- ent and a direct descendant of the strong and sturdy Pilgrim fathers. His mother also was a New Englander.

The subject of this sketch remained in Dela- ware county until he was seventeen years of age. In his tenth year he lost, by death, his beloved father. His mother, however, continued to re- side there until 1867, when her death occurred. The boy received his education in the country.

When Lincoln issned his call for men, young Stewart enlisted in the service of the United States army in a company composed of men from Delaware county, and transferred to Saratoga county later on. After a short enlist- ment at Saratoga Springs he was mnstered into Company A, Twenty-fifth New York Cavalry, Colonel Culey, of Albany. Fromn Saratoga they proceeded to Camp Stone- man four miles from Washington. From this time throughout the Civil war, young Stewart's life was an eventful one. He was in some of the fiercest and most destructive battles of the Rebellion, being engaged at Charleston Courthouse, Virginia, on June 25, 1864; at Fort Stevens July 11 and 13; Duffield Station, August 27: thus followed during the years of 1864 and 1865 a series of engagements coming in quick succession, calling for long dis- tances between points of engagement and much time to be spent in the wearisome saddle.

At the close of the war Mr. Stewart went to Pennsylvania, in Carbon county, and engaged in lumber and wood-working for three years as foreman of a lumber camp. He came out to the coast in 1869, and reached the city of Ta- coma via San Francisco, from which place he took the steamer and stage, until Olympia was

reached. Ile walked from the latter place to Tacoma, arriving there in October, 1869. His first position was as tallyman at the old Ta- coma mill, which was then just being com- pleted. Afterwards he followed the carpenter trade, working on the wharves. The next few months were characterized by freqnent changes of location, seeking for the most profitable em- ployment, during which time his wife's health was so broken down as to require the constant attention of her busband, and for five months and until her death he did not leave her side. After a succession of ups and downs, finally the year 1889 found him engaged in the real-estate and loan business. In March, 1890, he was elected vice-president of the First National Bank, and held the office for two years.

Mr. Stewart was first married in 1868 to Miss Olive Adams, of Carbon county, Pennsyl- vania, who died in 1872. He was again mar- ried in 1875, to Miss Alice Ross, daughter of D. M. Ross, the issne of which marriage is four children, viz .: Frank E., Olive A., Lettie E. and Ross J.

Mr. Stewart is a member of the I. O. O. F., Unity Lodge No, 18; also a member of L. C. Ladd Post No. 17, Puyallup, and is connected with various beneficent associations, and is a use- ful and is highly esteemed citizen.

T HOMAS EWING, widely known from his extensive operations in mining interests throughout the West, was born in Lan- caster, Ohio, November 28. 1837, a son of William and Margaret (Elder) Ewing, natives also of that State, and of Scotch ancestry. The father followed agricultural pursuits for about sixty years in his native State.

Thomas Ewing received his education in the public and high schools of Lancaster, and at the age of eighteen years began elerking in a gen- eral mercantile store. In 1857 he started for California, joined a party of twenty-five young men at St. Joe, Missouri, crossed the plains on horseback, and covered the distance in eighty days, making one of the quickest trips on record. Arriving in San Francisco with only $7.75 as his cash capital, Mr. Ewing secured a humble position in the wholesale grocery of J. C. Fall & Co., but after four months of service had out- stripped sixteen others in the line of promotion,

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and received a salary of $250 per month. In 1862 the firm of Ewing & Washburn was or- ganized, opening business with a stock of goods for the mining town of Unionville, Nevada, where they were the pioneer merchants. Their goods were packed and hanled to them at a cost of from eighteen to twenty cents per pound for transportation. Subsequently Mr. Ewing opened stores at Trinity and Dun Glen, and continued the several establishments until 1866. In 1864 our subject took an active part in form- ing the new State of Nevada, and in carrying the State in the fall election for the Republican party, with Abraham Lincoln as President and James W. Nye and William M. Stewart as United States Senators. In July, 1865, with a party of seventeen men, Mr. Ewing made a tour of exploration into Idaho, but coming in eon- tact with Indians, they barely escaped with their lives. In 1866, a company of United States Troops, under Captain Conrad, ten citizens and ten Indian scouts, Mr. Ewing being among the number, followed the same band of Indians, and destroyed the entire band. Mr. Ewing was then engaged in merchandising at Silver City, Idaho, under the firm name of Thomas Ewing & Co., with a branch store at Flint, that State; took an active part in the development of the mining interests of that country; in 1869, at the request of General George II. Thomas, sold his interests there and moved to Tucson, Ari- zona, aided in developing that Territory, and placing the Indians on their reservation, and providing the army and interior department with necessary supplies; in 1871 made a tour of the Southern and Eastern States; next en- gaged in mining and Government contracting; and in 1878 returned to San Francisco, his foriner home. Mr. Ewing afterward became in- terested in mining securities in Nevada county, and was also manager of the Murchie mine.

In 1879 onr subject made a prospecting tour thirongh Colorado, visiting Leadville, Gunnison and the San Juan country, but subsequently re- turned to Leadville. In 1880, in company with William Waddington, of New York city, he purchased the celebrated Robinson consolidated mine on Ten Mile creek, $1,200,000 represent- ing the purchase price. Colonel Ewing, as he is commonly known, assumed management of the mine, which paid monthly dividends of $100,000 each, and seven months afterward the stock increased to $4,000,000 in value, after which Messrs. Ewing & Waddington closed it

out on Wall street, New York, making a most successful operation. In February, 1882, Colo- nel Ewing returned to San Francisco, and in com- pany with Mr. Waddingham bought the famous Bonanza King mine, in San Bernardino county, for $300,000, expended $225,000 in develop- ments, erected one of the finest ten stamp mills in America, and after twenty-two months' opera- tion, prodneed $1,300,000 in dividends. lle then sold his interest to the syndicate which he represented, and later purchased the Surprise and Josephine mines of Fresno county, California, from which he realized handsome profits. The following two years were passed in travel and in visiting the different mining interests of the United States. In the spring of 1888 Mr. Ewing made his first visit to Washington, selecting Seattle as the most desirable place for invest ment. He purchased the water front of West Seattle, with lands adjoining, with a view of making that a railroad terminus. HIe and his associates then incorporated the West Seattle Land and Improvement Company, with $1,500,- 000 capital, of which Mr. Ewing became presi- dent. A survey was then commenced for the Seattle and Southern Railroad, which, after com- pletion, was purchased by the Union Pacific Company, and commenced as the Portland & Puget Sound railway, with a view of connect- ing with the Union Pacific system, and making West Seattle the terminus on the Sound.

Immediately after the fire of June, 1889, Colonel Ewing took an active part in the reor- ganization of the city of Seattle. IIe was one of the organizers of the Seattle Terminal Railway & Elevator Company, who built the large ware- house and elevator at West Seattle, and for two years was president of the company. In 1889 he organized the West Seattle Cable Company, and, as President, superintended the building of two and a half miles of cable road, whose power house is one of the finest on the coast. Mr. Ewing organized, and is now president of the West Seattle Water and Electric Light Com- pany. The West Seattle Ferry is an enterprise of the Land Company, and is run in connection with the cable road, all of which are operated and condneted in the development of the West Side. The Colonel was also largely interested in the discovery and opening of the Monte Cristo unines, and still possesses extensive mining in- terests in Montana and California. He has the strongest faith in the future of Washington, and is firmly convinced that Seattle will become

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An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 133

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