An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 46

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

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Farming was introduced by Mr. Russell in the spring of 1858. The first erop raised in the State was by him on his present farm. Said erop was one of oats, and he sold the product to the Government at $5 per cental. The erop was threshed out by the old rudimentary proc- ess, horses being used to tread it. The follow- ing season he brought to Walla Walla the first thresher ever introduced into the Territory and present State of Washington. The machine was transported by wagon road over the Cas- cade mountains, and the freight charges alone amounted to $1,400. In faet, Dr. Whitman had tilled the bottom land around his mission years before, and the Canadians had raised little patelies of grain and herbs, but no extensive cultivation of the land took place until the work was inaugurated by Mr. Russell.

During his whole career Mr. Russell was an active man and his life is a part of the public history of Walla Walla county. The farm where he lived and died consists of 720 aeres, lying along the creek which bears his name, and there is no finer locality between the two great ranges of mountains. The farm is all fenced and the most of it is cultivated, and with it is connected an orehard sufficient for household purposes. The farmstead is situated three miles from the city of Walla Walla, the soil being black loam and very productive. As an instance, in 1881 Mr. Russell raised 9,500 bushels of oats, 5,000 bushels of wheat, 1,000 bushels of barley, and 500 tons of hay upon the farm.

The marriage of Charles Russell took place November 21, 1860, when he wedded .Miss Annie Sheets, daughter of John Sheets, of Walla Walla, and the names of their children are as follows: Charles, born September 12, 1861; Mary, born January 2, 1863, died March 12, 1863; William, born May 20, 1864; Harry, born June 8, 1866; Lavenia, born August 26, 1868; and Nellie, born December 31, 1872.

Our subject was reared on the farm, attended the common schools when a boy, but later the military academy at Oakland, California, spend- ing eighteen months there. Following this training, he entered the St. Augustine Academy at Benieia, California, from which he gradnated with honors in 1883, receiving the silver medal for first honors in the graduating class. His instruction next was received in the Berkeley Gymnasium, at Berkley, and from there he en- tered the State University of California, where he took one conrse, and then returned to his home, having had advantages far beyond those of the average young man. Soon after this he was appointed Chief Clerk of the Quartermas- ter's department at St. Louis, under Captain John W. Pullman, and there he remained for two years.

Returning to his delightful home, our sub- ject then decided to begin an agricultural life, and has sinee remained on the farm. With his two brothers, mother and sister our subject now lives on one of the farmns, consisting of 440 acres, three miles from Walla Walla. Here the young men carry on an extensive farming busi- ness and are engaged in the raising of fine horses. They have the Hambletonian and Bellefontaine stock, and own some excellent animals. One, Metropolitan, bought of J. B. Haggin of San Francisco, California, is valned

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at $5,000. One of the young horses, " Nellie Russell," made a record of 2:293 at the fair at Spokane Falls, October 21, 1892. Several oth- ers are very promising, but have not been put on the track.

Our subject was married, May 23, 1892, to Miss Minnie Sturm, an accomplished young lady of Walla Walla, where she was born and reared. She is the danghter of Christian and Mary Sturm, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Illinois, now residents of Walla Walla and extensive farmers.

H IRAM PARDOE TUTTLE, M. D., prominently identified with the medical profession in Tacoma, Washington, was born in Keokuk, Iowa, December 9, 1844. Ilis father, Daniel Tuttle, who is now a respected resident of Watsonville, California, emigrated to the West in 1852, coming across the plains by ox team to the Golden State, and enduring all the hardships incidental to that journey. He was accompanied by his family, and they settled temporarily at Shasta, Cali- fornia, whence they removed three months later to a permanent settlement at what is known as the Twenty -one Mile House, on the Sacramento river, where they remained five years. In 1857 they removed to Watsonville, where the father still resides, enjoying, as the reward of his perseverance and industry, a comfortable income in his declining years.

The subject of this sketch was eight years of age when he experienced the hardships of a western journey, and may almost be said to be a son of the Golden State, where so many of his early years were passed. In 1860, at the age of sixteen, he entered the University of the Pacific at Santa Clara, at which institution he graduated in 1865. Ile immediately afterward entered the Toland Medical College, which is now the medical department of the University of California, at which he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery in 1868, carrying off the much coveted gold medal. The Doctor at once commenced his practice at Monterey, California, which now flourishing city was then in its infancy, although possess- ing that progressive spirit which has since made its name known and respected abroad. Here, the Doctor continued his labors until the spring

of 1889, during which time he was local sur- geon for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The development of that vicinity, however, was slow at first, too much so to snit the ambitions spirit of Dr. Tuttle, and it was then that, attracted by the phenomenal advancement of Washington, he cast his fortunes with Tacoma, where he has ever since remained, meeting with that marked success which is always the reward of conscientious and skillful work. In 1892 he was elected Health Officer for Tacoma, in which capacity he inaugurated a number of reforms and proved himself an efficient friend of the city. Ile is a member of the Pierce County Medical Society and of the State Medi- cal Society, of which latter association he was elected Vice- President in 1892.

In 1866 the Doctor was married to Miss Kara A. Johnson, a lady of education and ability, who is a native of California, and they have five children, all promising young men and women.

In his various relations to society, the Doctor is ever the same intelligent, genial and upright person, binding to him by his amiable qualities those whom he attracts by his ability as a man and physician.

D ANIEL CRAM .- The Farmers' Mercan- tile Company, of Goldendale, Klickitat county, has one of the largest and best stocked general merchandise houses in central Washington. This establishment is the out- growth of the old mercantile house of Cumming & Cram, which was established in 1887 and eontinned under that firm name until 1891. The company then became a joint-stock con- cern, and was incorporated by the present name. The company has done a prosperous and increasing business from the start, with nearly if not all the patronage of the old firm. Their stock consists of a large and well selected stock of dry goods, groceries, etc.,-in short all that is needed in the community. The management of the business is in the hands of Mr. Cram, whose name heads this sketch, and who is a gentleman of experience and recognized busi- ness ability.

Ile is a native of New Hampshire, born September 7, 1842, a son of Joseph and Elvira (Burley) Cram, the father being a native of the

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Old Granite State, and the mother of Vermont. Daniel, their second child (there were five chil- dren in the family) accompanied his parents to Winona county, Minnesota, in [855, and there he was reared to manhood and completed his education. He followed farm life until 1887; but in 1870 he came to Linn county, Oregon, and two years later to Klickitat county, Wash- ington.

In public matters he is a stanchi Republican, but has never sought office; was a school direc- tor of district No. 7; and in fraternal matters he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. IT. W., in the former of which he has passed the official chairs. He is now financier, and has been treasurer.

He has been married twice, first, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1863, and secondly in Washington, in January, 1882, to an estimable widow, Mrs. Ophelia Sutliffe, nee Woods, a native of England. Mr. and Mrs. Cram have had in their charge an adopted daughter, Mamie.

EORGE M. HORTON, M. D., medical practitioner of Seattle, Washington, was born in Shabbona Grove, De Kalb county, Illinois, March 17, 1865.

HIis father, Julius Horton, a native of New York, removed, when a young man, to Shab- bona Grove, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was married, in Shabbona, to Miss Annie E. Bigelow, of Michigan, and con- tinned his merchandising there until 1869, when, on account of failing health, he was in- dneed to come to Seattle, where his brother, Dexter Horton, then resided. Upon his arrival here, he purchased 160 acres of land, a part of the old donation claim of L. M. Collins, adjoin- ing Seattle, and in the midst of the brush and timber established his home. In 1890 Mr. Horton platted and subdivided land as the town site of Georgetown, where he still resides, with health restored and in the enjoyment of every comfort.

George M. Horton attended the public schools near Georgetown, and afterward took a two years' course in the Territorial University at Seattle. Ile then engaged in the study of medicine, which he completed at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York city, graduating in 1890. Returning to Seattle, he

entered into partnership with his medical pre- ceptor of three years, Dr. J. S. M. Smart, also a graduate of Bellevne Hospital Medical Col- lege, and with him continued until the death of Dr. Smart, in November, 1891, when Dr. Hor- ton succeeded to the entire practice, which he has since continued. He was elected Coroner of King county by the Republican party in the fall of 1890, and was nominated to that office in the convention of 1892, and elected.

Dr. Iforton was married in Portland in December, 1891, to Miss Ethel G. Benson, a native of New Brunswick.

Socially, he is a member of the F. & A. M , K. of P., I. O. O. F., Modern Woodmen of the World, and is president of the Seattle Medical and Library Association.

OHN W. PRATT is one of the best known men in the State of Washington, among those who have never sought for or held office. He was born in Inveresk, Scotland, his father being the friend and counsellor of Kos- suth, the Inngarian patriot, and of Garibaldi, and later the apparently eccentric but trusted friend of the unfortunate Napoleon III. His mother, Margaret MeCosh, was a sister of Lady Mary Osborne, whose romantic attachment for the late Baron Elphinstone led to his retirement from court for some years, and formed one of the tribulations of the girl-life of the young princess, who afterward ascended a throne.

The subject of this sketch, after reading law in London, secured by inheritance a sum snfli- cient to enable him to indulge his taste for travel. After wandering through the less fre- quented parts of western Enrope, he went to Africa, where he spent some time at the diamond fields of Criqualano West and the gold fields of the Transvaal. Ile took np an ostrich farm, but his birds were killed and. dispersed by the Kaffirs during the last uprising. He entered the cavalry service as a volunteer. While thus engaged, his comrades were surrounded, and after four men had been killed in an unsuccess- ful effort to break through the Kaffirs concealed in the cactus bush or Bosjeland, he offered to make the attempt, and succeeded in reaching reinforcements with the news of the beleaguered camp, after a daring ride of eighty miles. For this service he was afterward appointed Brit-

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ish Commissioner and Resident Magistrate. He returned to England to recruit his health, and was sent out on an expedition to Mozam- bique by a British commercial syndicate. The troubles with Portugal involved all concerned,

and he then came to the United States. Here he has been chiefly engaged in the newspaper business, but made no effort to check his taste for wandering, until, after having visited most of the States, he reached California, where he contracted a happy marriage and settled down. Visiting Seattle immediately after the fire in 1889, he concluded to locate there, and is now well established in the practice of law. While in California he was appointed by the Governor a Trustee of the State Normal School.

S IMON P. DOMER, one of the rising yonng lawyers of the West, has been ideu- tified with the legal profession of Spo- kane since 1890, and it is fitting that some men- tion should be made of him in this work.

Mr. Domer was born in Noble county, Indi- ana, February 16, 1861. His parents, George and Lydia (Hoover) Domer, were natives of Ohio, and of their family of eight children he is the youngest. He attended the district schools of his native State, went to normal school, and later entered the State University at Bloomington, Indiana, where he took a liter- ary course. He studied law in the university at Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he graduated in 1890, and was soon afterward admitted to practice in all the courts of the State. Previous to his graduation at Ann Arbor, he was associ- ated with the law firm of Watson & Huggins, of Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Watson being Attorney General of the State of Ohio at that time. Be- fore this, Mr. Domer was engaged in teaching in Kansas, serving as principal of the Belle- ville schools two years, and of the Burr Oak schools the same length of time.

Realizing that the opportunities for an ambi- tions young man were far better in the West than East, he came to Washington, arriving here in September, 1890, and at once opened an office for the general practice of law, and his career thus far has been one of success. He has been alone in practice with the exception of the time from April, 1891, to July, 1892, when he was a member of the firm of Domer & Alger.

He is a thorough student and is perfectly de- voted to his profession. By his strict attention to business and by his frank and cordial inter- course with his fellow men, he has made many friends since coming to Spokane.

Mr. Domer is in politics a Republican. He is a Knight of Pythias and a member of the col- lege fraternity Sigma Chi.

W ILLIAM H. PLUMMER, a talented young lawyer who has recently identi- fied himself with the interests of Spo- kane, is engaged in a general law practice under the firm name of Plummer & Thayer.

Mr. Plummer dates his birth in Westborough, Massachusetts, August 19, 1859, and is the youngest of the three children of John D. and Sarah A. Plummer. Ilis father was a mann- facturer in Massachusetts. When William H. was eight years old, the family moved to New York, and in the New York State Normal School he received his early education. He sub- sequently entered Cornell College, where, in dne time, he completed the law course and re- ceived thie degree of B. L. Then he entered the law office of Warren & Kellogg, at Cortland, the leading law firm of central New York. In 1881 he was admitted to the bar, and com- menced active practice with that firm, the name being changed to Warren, Kellogg & Plummer. He continued to do a successful business in the East until 1885, when he decided upon a change of location and took up his abode in Albu- querque, New Mexico. While at Albuquerque Mr. Plummer was attorney for the Santa Fe and the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Companies. His next move was to Whitman county, Wash- ington, and in April, 1892, he came from there to Spokane. Here he opened an office with Mr. Hamilton, at that time City Attorney, and sub- sequently formed a co-partnership with W. T. Thayer. Mr. Plummer is also a member of the Idaho bar.

Politically, he affiliates with the Republican party. Since coming to Spokane he has refused the nomination for Prosecuting Attorney of the county, tendered him by the People's party; also the nomination for Supreme Judge, on the ground that he did not aspire to political office. He is one of the brightest young lawyers of the State, and while he devotes his chief attention

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to the active duties of his profession, he spends his leisure moments iu literary work, being a frequent contributor to various periodicals. He is specially adapted, both by education and nat- ural ability, for his chosen profession, and is eminently fitted for the high place he occupies among the prominent lawyers of eastern Wash- ington. During the few months he has resided in Spokane, his many estimable qualities have not only made him a prime favorite with the members of the bar, but have also gained for him hosts of friends elsewhere.

Mr. Plummer was married in New Mexico, in 1886, to Miss Agnes Hye, a native of Rhode Island, and a member of a prominent family.

He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

D R. G. S. ALLISON, the oldest physician in practice in Spokane, Washington, was born in Missouri, in 1848, son of J. C. and H. N. (Jackson) Allison. His father was born in Tennessee, and his grandfather, James Allison, was a native of South Carolina. Grandfather Allison moved to eastern Missouri in 1819, being one of the first settlers of that place, and there spent the rest of his life and died. J. C. Allison was the youngest child in the family. He resided on a farm near Louisi- ana, Missouri, all his life, and died there in 1879. The Doctor's mother was descended from the Jacksons of Kentucky. She was left an orphan at an early age, and was reared by her grandparents. She died in 1873, leaving six children, the subject of this sketch being the second born. Both parents were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Allison received his literary education at Abingdon, Illinois, and soon after leaving school began the study of medicine under a private in- structor. He attended medical lectures at St. Louis, where he graduated in 1871. After prac- ticing a year in Missouri, he located in central Illinois, where he was successfully engaged in his profession until 1882, when he came to Spo- kane Falls. During the winter of 1881-'82 he studied at Bellevue Hospital College, gradnat- ing there in the spring. At the time he located in Spokane, this city contained only about 800 people. Flere he at once established himself in a good practice, and has had a successful pro-

fessional career. He built the pleasant home in which he resides, owns other valuable property here, and is thoroughly identified with the best interests of the place. He is a member of the County Medical Society. IIe and his wife are Presbyterians.

Dr. Allison was married in 1876 to Miss Ella E. Mariner, a native of Tennessee. They have four children: Ida, Mabel, Walter and Gladdis.

D R. BENJAMIN R. FREEMAN, a promi- nent physician of Spokane, Washington, was born in Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, in 1843, oldest of the three children of William and Elizabeth (Randolph) Freeman. His parents were natives of New York. They located in Ohio about 1841.

William Freeman, the Doctor's father, was also a physician. Ile graduated at Geneva Col- lege and began practice at Lockport, at which place he was married. Moving to Ohio, he es- tablished himself in practice at Hamilton, where his entire professional career was one of marked success. He entered the army in the spring of 1862 as Assistant Surgeon in the Seventh Ohio Cavalry, and the following year was made Sur- geon of his regiment. He served until Febril- ary, 1865, when, on account of ill health, he resigned and returned home. He continued the practice of his profession in Hamilton until the time of his death, in 1875. He was a member of both the county and State medical associations. His wife had passed away in 1852. They were earnest and devoted Christians and members of the Methodist Church.

Benjamin R. was a school boy in Hamilton when the war came on, and without his parents' knowledge left school and enlisted in Company C, Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry, under Harri- son. He was in the battles of Shiloh, Perry- ville and Stone River, being captured at the latter place and sent to Libby prison, where he was held from January, 1863, until June of the same year. He was then exchanged and joined his regiment at Murfreesborough; was then in the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, in all the engagements of the campaign to Atlanta, and with Sherman on his memorable inarch to the sea. He was one of a detail to accompany General Sherman to his review with General Johnson regarding the surrender. After

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an honorable service, he was mustered ont at Indianopolis, July 20, 1865. He was wounded at Shiloh.

Upon his return from the army, the subject of our sketch re-entered school, and graduated at the Hamilton High School in 1867. He then began the study of medicine in his father's offiec, took his lectures in the Medical College of Cin- cinnati, Ohio, and graduated in 1873. Having completed his course, he established himself in practice at Middletown, Ohio. In 1877 he moved to Jay connty, Indiana, where he remained un- til 1889. That year, on account of ill health, he sought a change of climate, came West and located at Spokane, Washington. About six months later, his health having improved nuder the influence of this genial elimate, he resumed the practice of his profession, and his career here has been one of marked success. In 1890 and '91 he served as City Health Officer. For the past two years he has been a member of the Pension Board. Ile is a Republican and takes a somewhat active part in political matters, Ile is a member of the G. A. R., and is Surgeon of the General Reno Post. Ile has identified him- self with both the State and County Medical Societies.

Dr. Freeman was married in 1866, to Miss Margaret A. Johnson, a native of Ohio, and has three children: Clara, William and Benjamin. Mrs. Freeman is a member of the First Meth- odist Episcopal Church of Spokane.

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J JOHN R. RASMUSSON, City Clerk of Spokane, Washington, is a native of Kil- bourn City, Columbia county, Wisconsin, born January 21, 1864. His parents were both born in Norway, and his father, 11. Rasmusson, has been for eight years County Clerk of Clay county, Minnesota, to which place he moved from Winona, Minnesota, in 1879, locating at Moorhead.

At Moorhead the subject of our sketch learned the trade of tinsmith and worked at that trade three years after serving his apprenticeship. His education was obtained in the public schools with one term at Lake View Aendemy, Sank Center. Leaving the academy, he entered the County Clerk's office, and also served as Clerk in the office of Register of Deeds of the same county.

Mr. Rasmusson came to Spokane in the year 1889, and was employed as bookkeeper for O. D. Dahl, with whom he remained two years. He was appointed Deputy City Clerk, under C. (). Downing, and May 13, 1892, was elected City Clerk by the City Council for a term of one year. Ile was a candidate on the Democratic ticket in 1892 for City Treasurer, but was de- feated by the Republican candidate. IIe takes an active interest in political matters and is also identified with various public enterprises. He is a Director in the Scandinavian Publishing Company and is Secretary of the Missoula & Last Chance Mining Company, the latter com- pany's property being located in Idaho.

Mr. Rasmusson is a very popular man. By his own business ability and determination to succeed he has won his way to the front ranks among the many remarkably bright young men of this progressive community, and there can be no doubt as to his future success.

D M. DRUMHELLER, a well-known and highly respected business man of Spo- kane, Washington, was born in Sumner county, Tennessee, son of M. S. and Eliza (Hol- lis) Drumheller, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Tennessee.

Ilaving removed to California when quite young, he was educated in the public schools of that State and in the college at Santa Rosa. In the year 1859 he located at Virginia City, Ne- vada, where he identified himself with express business and was also engaged in mining. From Nevada he came to Washington and located at Walla Walla, where he was interested in stock- raising until about seven years ago. Ile came to Spokane in 1880, since which time he has aided materially in the buiding up of the city from a struggling village of 250 inhabitants ten years ago to its present population. He has always had unbounded faith in the future of this city, and has never failed to substantiate it. Mr. Drumheller is a man of unusual executive and business ability and has been placed in various positions of trust and responsibility. He was a member of the Oregon State Legislature in 1866. In May of the present year (1892) he was elected Mayor of Spokane. Ile was one of the founders of the Traders' National Bank, of which institu- tion he is vice-president and a member of the

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An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 46

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