An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 65

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

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November 30, 1861, in Portland, Oregon, he was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Me- Grath, a native of Ireland. They have four children: James T., Frank P., Mary A., and Elizabeth. In political matters, our subject is a stanch and steadfast Demoerat, and although he has never sought public honors, has repre- sented the welfare of the city in the council. Socially, he affiliates with the Hibernian Bene- volent Association, and religiously the family are consistent members of the Catholic Church.

EORGE H. ECKARD, a prominent wine and liquor dealer of Vancouver, was born in Germany, May 4, 1858, a son of William and Margaret Eckard. The father is now deceased. George H., the eldest of six children, was reared and educated in his i ative land, and emigrated to America in 1873. After landing in this country he made his home in New York city several years, and in 1882 enlisted in Company C, Fourteenth United States Infantry, served on the Colorado and Nebraska frontier, was for a short time quartered at San Francisco, California, later at Port Townsend, Washington, and was discharged

at Fort Vancouver in 1887. Mr. Eekard had begun business in this city two years prior to that time, and he is now largely engaged in beer-bottling, has a large ice trade, and does a Inerative commission business in hay, grain and other farm products. His residence property consists of four acres, on which is also located his place of business, and a portion of the ground is devoted to fruit culture. In political matters, Mr. Eekard is prominently identified with the Democratic party, has served as chairman of the Central Committee, served as Deputy Sheriff under M. J. Flemming, was a delegate from this eity to the first State eon- vention held at Seattle, and is a stockholder in the Columbian, the official Democratie journal of Clarke county. He served as Chairman of the Improved Order of Red Men during the anniversary of the discovery of the Columbia river, held at Astoria, June 11, 1892, and is now Treasurer of his lodge. Mr. Eckard is also a prominent member of the K. of P., the Regular Army and the Navy Union.

In 1886 he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Arnold, a native of Saxony, Germany.

In July, 1889, Mr. Eekard was presented with a fine gold badge, tendered by the citizens of Vancouver, in recognition of his heroic ser- viee in the fire of June 22, that year. This honored trophy, he wears on his left breast and is justly proud of the same. He has been a member of the city fire department since 1886.

J EROME B. SMITH, proprietor of the City Livery Stables, Vancouver, was born in Wisconsin, November 25, 1857, a son of James O. and Hannah (Jackson) Smith. Jerome B., the eldest of five children, aecompa- nied his parents to the Pacific coast when six- teen years of age, and the father and son estab- lished a stage line between Vanconver and Port- land, which they condneted from 1878 to 1886. In the latter year Mr. Smith began business on his own account. In 1889 he opened his pres ent stable, which is located in the business cen- ter of the city, and his turnouts compare favor- ably with any in the county. There is, perhaps, no man better acquainted with the livery busi- ness or the wants of the public in this line than our subject. He is also a prominent member of the Vancouver Driving Park Association.

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November 5, 1879, in this city, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Emma Smith, a daughter of John S. Smith, a Washington pio- neer of 1850. To this union have been born two children: Alice, and an infant son. In his political relations, Mr. Smith is a stanch Repub- lican, and in 1892 was a member of the City Council. Socially, he affiliates with the Knights of Pythias.

L N. FORAKER, proprietor of the Van- conver Livery Stables, was born in Law- rence county, Missouri, February 7, 1858, a son of Samuel and Christiana (Wright) Fora- ker, natives of Ohio. Our subject, the fifth in a family of eight children, removed with his parents to Ohio when quite young, afterward to southern Illinois, and two years later returned to Missouri, where he was reared to farm life. In 1883 he came to Washington, and was joined by his parents some years later, the latter now residing two and a half miles north of Van- couver, engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Foraker embarked in the livery business in this city in 1888, and his stables are now located on the corner of Fifth and B streets, where fash- ionable turnonts and livery roadsters are always to be had at reasonable rates. He is also promi- nently identified with the Vancouver Driving Park Association, and is a thorough horseman.

H ON. STANLEY HALLETT, one of the leading citizens of Medical Lake, Wash ington, was born in England, in 1851, a son of Jesse Hallett, also a native of that country. Mr. Hallett was educated at Peckham College, near London, where he took a classical course, passed a very high examination, and re- ceived the silver medal as a reward of merit. Ile came to America in 1572, locating in Cali- fornia, where he was engaged in merchandising and other business five years. In 1877 he came to Medical Lake, Washington, where he was among the pioneer settlers, and through him the name of Medical Lake was given to the town which is now his home. His nearest neighbor to the west was then thirty miles distant. In addition to his other business interests, he is also largely interested in real estate, and is the

largest land-holder in the city, owning about - one-fourth of the town site. He has graded four miles of strect iu Medical Lake at his own ex- pense. He was the first Mayor of this city, and has been four times City Treasurer. He also served as County Commissioner two years, and as State Commissioner of the Insane Asylum for one term, D. M. Drumheller and B. B. Glas- cock completing the board, and under these gen- tlemen the institution was first erected.

Mr. Hallett was married, in 1882, to Miss Margaret Onion, a native of England. She died in 1888, and during the following year Mr. Hallett married Miss Emily Onion, a sister of his former wife. By the latter marriage there is one child: Margaret.

Mr. Hallett is building what will be one of the finest residences in Medical Lake, at a cost of $15,000, which will have all the modern im- provements. He is one of the most public- spirited citizens in the State. Socially, he is a member of the Lodge No. 70, 1. O. O. F., of which he is Past Grand Representative. In re- ligion, both he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church.

S AUNDERS BROTHERS are proprietors of the oldest established livery, feed and sale stable ef Chehalis, they having been engaged in this business ten years, and their turnouts being nnexcelled by any stable in the county. Alfred Saunders, the senior member of the firm, was born in Lewis county, Washing- ton, June 20, 1858, a son of Schuyler S. and Eliza (Tynan) Saunders. The father was a native of New York, and a descendant of early New England settlers. He was a farmer by occupa- tion, but, during the gold excitement of 1849, followed the tide of emigration to California, where he followed mining two years. In 1852 he took up a donation claim of 640 acres in Lewis county, Washington, and followed agri- cultural pursuits there until his death, in 1860. A part of his claim was converted into town lots, which now form a part of the city of Che- halis. The three-story brick structure, known as the Ranier Hotel, and also the Tynan Opera House are still portions of this estate.

Alfred Saunders, the subject of this sketch, attended the schools of his native county, and later entered a school at Vancouver, Clarke

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county, this State. He now owns twenty acres of his father's claim, adjoining the city, eight acres of which is devoted to the culture of hops. Ile has been engaged in this industry for the past three years. Mr. Saunders was married, January 7, 1891, to Miss Margaret Blake, a na- tive of Albany, New York. They have one child: May.

J OSEPH BRADEN, one of the substantial farmers of Walla Walla county, Washing- ton, was born in Tennessee, November 19, 1834, and his brother and partner, John Braden, was born in the same place September 25, 1836. Their father, William Braden, was a native of Kentucky, who married Mary Weaver, a native of North Carolina. In 1837 Mr. Braden em- igrated to Illinois at which time Joseph and John were small boys. In that State he en- gaged in farming and stock-raising, although he was a fine mechanic in wood. Farming was more congenial, and, as he saw his family increas- ing, he decided to remove farther west in order to better his condition; hence in 1848 he went to Sullivan county, Missouri, where he was liv- ing at the time of the war.

Not many families contributed a greater quota of mer to the Union army than did brave Mr. Braden as he and five of his sons shouldered their muskets and marched to the defense of the flag. On account of age he was not long re- tained, but lived to see the return of peace and to welcome home all of his boys safe and sound, although they had taken very active parts in the great struggle. Mr. Braden died in 1866, at the age of fifty five years, and his wife lived until 1887, when she died at the home of her son in Washington, at the age of seventy-five years. They had reared a family of twelve children, ten of whom were boys and two were girls.

The subject of this sketch was the third and his brother was the fourth in a family once so large but which now has only five living mem- bers. In 1865 the two brothers concerned in this sketch crossed the plains with ox teams, consuming five months and nine days on the road, but they reached their destination safely, having had but one serious trouble. At Fort Hall the cattle stampeded and several days were spent in finding them. They had wan-

dered some forty miles from camp. There were 300 wagons in this train, under the command of Captain Knight, who is now living in Pa- lonse county, about eighty-two years of age. When the train arrived in Walla Walla our sub- ject and Captain Knight formed a partnership, bonght land and started a stock ranch, which they continued for five years, at which time John Braden bought ont Captain Knight, and then began the partnership of the Braden Brothers. They now own over 205 acres of valuable land two and one half miles south of Walla Walla, where they have turned their at- tention to grain, hay and fruit growing, having an orchard of all kinds of fruit and where they conduct a successful farming business.

Joseph Braden was commissioned by Gov- crnor Gambell of Missouri as a First Lieutenant, and this commission Mr. Braden keeps as a of those days when human life seemed very cheap. He was married in 1876, to Matilda Al- dridge, who had been born in Ireland, of English parents. Her father, Captain William Aldridge, belonged to the English navy, and was a coast guard in Ireland for many years, serving in the British naval service for more than fifty years. His birth was in Suffolk, England, and he niar- ried Mary Bramley, a native of Danbury. Captain Aldridge died in England, in the house in which he was born, in in 1873, at the age of seventy-eight years, his wife having died one year previously, at the age of seventy-five. Mrs. Braden came to America in 1865 and to Waslı- ington in 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Braden have had no family. The same home shelters the two brothers, as Mr. John Braden has not mar- ried. He is a member of the G. A. R. post at Walla Walla; and Joseph is & Prohibitionist, and John is a Republican.

H OLLAS EDWARDS, a native of the State of Oregon, was born in Polk county, April 26, 1855. His father, Samuel Edwards, was a native of Kentucky, where he married Rebecca A. Wilson, who was a na- tive of Illinois. Samuel Edwards went to Illi- nois when he was a young man, and after marry- ing, started for Oregon in 1851. The long trip across the plains was made by ox team, and his settlement in Polk county, Oregon, followed. There the family lived until 1873, when he sold

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ont and removed to Walla Walla county, Wash- ington, where he settled on a farm three and one half miles south of Walla Walla, where he died in 1890, at the age of sixty-four. His wife died in 1855, leaving a family of three children, of whom Hollas was the youngest. The father married a second time in 1873, his wife being Mrs. De Haven, and four children resulted from that marriage. Mrs. Edwards is now residing with our subject.

Our subject came to Washington with his parents in 1873; and at the age of twenty-one he took the management of his own affairs, work- ing for wages until he had accumulated enough to buy a piece of land at the foot-hills. After buying and selling several pieces of city property in Walla Walla and running a transfer wagon, he removed to Oregon a year later, bought a tract there and then returned to Walla Walla. At this place be purchased his present farm, which he has been successfully developing ever since.

Mr. Edwards was married April 30, 1876, to Miss Aliee De Haven, also a native of Oregon. Five children have been born to our subject and wife, but two of them have been removed by accidental death. Clifford, at the age of eight years was killed by being thrown from a pony ; and Guy was killed by being smothered under a sand-bank. The others, Miles H., Leroy and Burtie are bright children. Politically Mr. Edwards is a Republican and cast his first vote for President Hayes.

In October, 1893, Mr. Edwards removed to a place near Bellevue, Oregon, where he is now residing.

J W. HARBERT, a pioneer of Wash- ington and a successful farmer of Walla Walla county, was born in Montgomery county, Indiana, September 25, 1835. His father, Richard J. Harbert, was a native of Maryland and married Miss Mary Zemmault a native of Kentucky, although of German par- entage. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Harbert emigrated to Dubuque, Iowa, having been married in Indiana. This move was made in 1884, and there they lived for some time, Mr. Harbert following the trade of carpenter. At the breaking out of the rebellion, Mr. Harbert, although then an old man, enlisted in the service and went to do battle for his country. lle was

one of Iowa's "Gray beards" who went to war, and at his death he was the oldest soldier in the State.

After the war, Mr. Harbert came to Washing- ton, but in 1878 returned to Iowa. In 1889 he again located in Washington and died soon after his arrival here, at the age of over eighty-two years. In October, 1889, Mrs. Harbert passed away, aged about seventy-six. They had a fam- ily of five children, four of whom are yet liv- ing.

Our subject received a common-school eduea- tion at the public schools of Mount Vernon, Iowa, but as he grew older and recognized the possibilities of the West he grew anxious to go thither. In 1859 he was able to make an ar- rangement with a man who desired a driver for an ox team across the plains and thus reached Washington Territory in a little over four months from the time of starting. He was glad to have reached the country of his hopes although he had not a dollar in money. Soon he obtained employment on a farm at wages, working for Mr. Russell for three years. By that time he had saved enough money to buy for himself a team of oxen, and then entered into the freighting business from different points to the mining camps in the mountains. He fol- lowed this nntil 1866, when he sold out his freight outfit and bought a claim of 160 aeres, upon which he now lives. He improved that land and to-day has one of the most desirable homes in Walla Walla county, four miles north- east of the city of that name. It lies along Mill creek, and here he has a nice two-story residence, surrounded by a well kept blue-grass lawn, dotted over with beantiful roses. Not only is our subject duly proud of his home, but he has a fine tract of 1,400 acres of rich and fertile land which he has purchased and added to his home- stead. His house stands in the center. Mr. Harbert is a very successful farmer and has 1,100 aeres of land under cultivation, where he raises besides great crops of grain, some very fine stock, including short-horn cattle and some good horses .:

Our subjeet was married July 13, 1866, to Miss Emma Evans, a native of Ohio who came to Washington in 1861. They crossed the plains with ox teams. After eleven years of happy married life, Mrs. Harbert died Jannary 5, 1878. leaving a family of six children: Frank, Ida, Alvin, Floy, Ilomer and Liberty. April 8, 1884, our subject married Mrs. Lizzie De Groff,

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widow of John De Groff and a native of Iowa. She had two children: Nellie and Grace De Groff, at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harbert have had two children born to them: Clifford and Hazel.

Our subject has been very successful in life, has worked assiduously and has earned his rest. Politically he is a Republican and intelligently upholds the principles of that party.

C HARLES E. BURROWS, a pioneer of the coast and a prominent business man of Walla Walla county, Washington, was born in Troy, New York, January 12, 1828. He was the oldest in a family of ten children born to Dr. Charles Eldridge and Sarah A. (Gager) Burrows, natives of Connecticut and New York, respectively, of German ancestry. Dr. Burrows died while a young man, only reaching his forty-fourth year, but Mrs. Bur- rows lived until 1884, dying at the age of eighty years. Six of their ten children are yet living, and the greater number of them reside in Cali- fornia.

Our subject lived in the State of New York until he was twenty-four years old. He had re- ceived instruction in the common schools. In 1851 he started for the Pacific coast by way of the Isthmus and landed in San Francisco in May, 1852. After landing he was soon em- ployed, his first work being assistance in the building of the bridge over Sutter's slough. Fol- lowing this he opened a hotel in Sacramento, re- signing that business to become bookkeper, but Jater he became interested in the gas business and up to the present time has successfully been so employed with but slight intermissions. Ile thoroughly understands this business and has been called npon to put in plants in California, Oregon and Washington. In 1870 he put in the plant at Salem, Oregon, and in 1875 he went to Carson City, Nevada, and straightened out the gas business there. There he was employed fif- teen months and then took charge of a bank for his brother-in-law, which position he held for six years. In 1882 he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he remained for three years, and in 1885 he came to Walla Walla, Washington, where he has since lived.

Since coming to Washington he has been em- ployed in the gas business. In 1881 the Walla

Walla Gas Company was organized by Mr. A. Pierce and C. M. Patterson, with a capital stock of $50,000, but in 1885 Mr. Burrows organized a new company, calling it the Walla Walla Gas and Electric Company, with a capital stock of $100,000. He purchased the old plant and put in the electric-light works. The company are putting in two large Pelton wheels on Mill creek, five miles east of the city. This provis- ion will give them 275-horse power for the opera- tion of the plant, and the company are enlarging their electric works at heavy cost. They have laid 5,500 feet of forty-eight inch pipe, and when completed Walla Walla will have the best sys- tem of electric lights in the west. Mr. Burrows may have the credit of all of the improvements in that line of the city of Walla Walla. He has been manager and secretary of the company ever since its organization.

Our subject was married in 1861 to Miss Frances S. Wadsworth, a native of Ohio and a descendant of Joseph Wadsworth of Charter Oak fame. Mr. and Mrs. Burrows have a family of four children, as follows: Mary E., Ella F., Charles E., Jr., and Albert J. All of those are at home with their parents. For forty years our subject has been an Odd Fellow, is a member of the California Grand Lodge and has filled all of the subordinate positions. Politically, he is a member of the Republican party and intelli- gently views all public questions.

T HOMAS PAUL, a pioneer and honored citizen of Walla Walla county, Washing- ton, was born in Monroe county, West Virginia, December 19, 1828. His father, Joseph Paul, was a native of the same State, and married Miss Mary Cummins, also a Vir- ginian. In 1830 they removed to Indiana, settling in Henry county, where they lived until 1845, when they moved to lowa and settled in Wapello county, living there and in Mahaska county until 1862. Being a frontiers- man by nature, he then decided to try a new country, and with ox teams crossed the plains to Washington, consuming five months on the way, and barely escaping from the Indians on several occasions. Their train lost some of their inen, as they strayed too far. Almost all of the time there were fifty wagons in the train, and the Indians were afraid to make any attack on so large a company.

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After their arrival in Washington, Mr. Paul settled on Dry creek, in Walla Walla county, and here he died in the spring of 1885, at the age of seventy-nine years, his wife surviving him until 1887, when she died at the age of eighty-one years. They reared a family of seven children, and our subject was the third child of the family, only three of whom are yet surviving.

Our subject had always lived near his father's home, and when the latter began to plan for the far-off trip he decided to accompany him, did so, and settled in the same locality. During the long trip overland the wife of Mr. Paul died. Her sickness was of short duration, and her body had to be left buried alone on the great plain. After reaching Washington, our subject bought a right to 160 acres, proved up the land, and ever since has continued here, where he now has 430 acres of fine land in the Dry creek bottoms of Walla Walla valley. Here he has made many improvements; has erected a nice residence, barn and all of the out- buildings necessary for the proper conducting of a first-class farm, and here he secures great yields of grain and hay and also some fine stock.

Owing to the pioneer settlements made by his father, he never had much chance for an education, and has been obliged to get along with what was imparted to him in the little log schoolhouse of Indiana. He was first married, in 1849, to Miss Elizabeth Mortimore, a native of Indiana, and she died on the plains in 1862. She left five children, as follows: Louisa J., now the wife of T. W. Estes, in Oregon; Mel- vina, the wife of R. W. Doke; Isaae E., at home with his father; Harriet E., the wife of J. L. Reed, residing at Port Angeles, Washing- ton; Martha A., who married George W. Stowell, but is now deceased, as is also Lucinda, who was the wife of James II. Story, of southern Oregon.

Mr. Paul was married, in 1863, to Mrs. Susan Zaring, the widow of Eli Zaring. Her maiden name was Susan Ellis, and she was a native of Virginia, who moved to lowa in 1851, and came to Washington in 1862. She had one daughter by her first marriage, Sarah, who became the wife of Joshua A. Howard. now of Milton, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Paul have fonr children : William D., at home; Emma F., living with her uncle at Olympia; Eva L .; and Ida S., wife of Prof. E. H. Thompson, now

lives at Kendricks, Idaho. Eva L. is teaching school in the county. Another member of the family is a little granddaughter, Dora Paul, a daughter of Isaac.

Our subject has had many troubles, and it required much management to secure a start in a new country with a large family, but he has succeeded, and may be proud of his family of boys and girls. For the last thirty years he has been a local preacher and officiates when he is called upon, believing this to be his duty.

The first presidential vote of our subject was cast for James Buchanan, but at the open- ing of the Rebellion he changed his views and has since that time been a straight-out Repub- lican. He has never devoted much time to politics, merely voting to assist in the election of the men who will do the best work for the country.

OSEPH MCEVOY, one of the oldest settlers of Walla Walla county, Wash- ington, and an old soldier of the Indian wars of the coast, is our subject. Ile was born in Ireland, in May, 1832, and was the oldest son of a family of five children born to Patrick and Bridget MeEvoy. Our subject lived in Ireland until he was eighteen years of age, securing such educational advantagas as were afforded by the common schools of that country. lle was, however, too ambitious to be satisfied there, and sailed for America, landing in New York, July 11, 1850. After one year in New York our subject enlisted in the United States army, the date being December 24, 1851, and he was placed in the mounted rifles, and was later transferred to the First Dragoons. Ile was then sent to Fort Lane, Oregon, where he soon was called upon to participate in the Indian wars. He served through 1855-'56, during which time he had been in many battles and skirmishes with the savages. Two of the battles were known to history as Hungry Hill and Evans Creek.

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An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 65

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