An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 68

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

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Our subject left the State where he was reared, January 20, 1860, and came, via the Isthimnus of Pamama to British Columbia, where he remained a short time, then removed to Washington, working for wages for about two years. As he was industrious and frugal he was soon able to accumulate enough to purchase 160 aeres of land. This he has improved, increas- ing the number of his acres to 440, 200 acres of which are in a high state of cultivation. This land he devotes to grain-raising and stock-grow- ing, dealing in the best grades of live stock, in- eluding cattle, sheep, hogs, and horses, believ- ing that it is a good plan to raise a little of everything, so that he may have something to sell at all times. On his land he has erected a comfortable home for his little family. It must be a source of great satisfaction to Mr. Gilker- son to review the past and contrast his present prosperous condition with his poverty when he landed in Washington. Notwithstanding his lack of means at starting, be is now numbered among the leading citizens of the county.

Our subject was married in 1863, to Mrs. Me Whirk, nee Siekley, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Washington in 1859. She was the widow of Henry MeWhirk, who died, leav- ing one child, George Henry McWhirk. Mr. and Mrs. Gilkerson have had four children born to them, namely: Charles, Harry, Thomas and Lewis. Politically our subject casts his vote for the candidates of the Democratic party, and takes great interest in all measures of benefit to the community.

N ATHAN A. PATTERSON, one of the prosperous young farmers of Walla Walla county, was born in Iroquois county, Illinois, January 23, 1852. His father, Abraham Patterson, was a native of Ohio, and married Sentha A. Page, also a native of

Ohio. He removed to Iowa in 1856 and set- tled on a farm, living there until 1870, when he removed with his family to Washington, and is now living with his wife in Walla Walla county.

Our subject, Nathan Patterson, was educated in the common-schools of lowa, was reared on the farm and continued with his parents until he was of age. He then bought eighty acres of land and commenced to farm for himself. By virtue of his industry and close attention to his business he has made it a success, and now owns 960 acres of choice land, 600 of which is under cultivation, devoted principally to small grain.

Our subject was married in 1877, to Miss Ellen Thomas, as native of Iowa, who came to Washington in 1870. She died in 1888, at the age of thirty-two, leaving a family of small children, as follows: Anson, Albert, Gertrude, and Fulton. Mr. Patterson has carefully reared his children, giving thein educational advan- vantages and being to them both father and mother. Although he began poor he has been enabled by honest industry to provide well for the future, and is a man who commands the re- spect of all in the county. Politically he is a Republican, and is a member of the 1. O. O. F. Of the eight children born to his parents he is the fourth, and all live in the same State.

J JOHN CALVIN BYRD, a hardware mer- chant of Spokane, was born in Oregon, in 1857, a son of Lorenzo A. and Martha C. Byrd, the former a native of Arkansas, and the latter of Missouri. The father was a fariner by occupation, and was one of the pioneers of Oregon, settling there as early as 1845.

John Calvin Byrd, the second in a family of eight children, was educated in the publie schools of Oregon, and also attended the Chris- tian College at Monmouth, Oregon. After lear- ing school, in 1872, he located in Salem, Ore- gon, where he was engaged as a dentist about seven years. Mr. Byrd next came to Spokane, Washington, associated himself with Mr. Wol- verton in the hardware business, in which he still continues. He has a beautiful home in the city, containing all the modern improve- ments.

In 1882 our subject was united in marriage to Miss Josie Wolverton, and they have had

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three children, two now living, viz .: Prince Wolverton, aged seven years; and Edna Mary, aged six years, both attending the publie schools of Spokane. Politically, Mr. Byrd votes with the Democratic party. He is one of the most enterprising business men in the community in which he resides, is a man of studious habits, and has a host of friends in Spokane.

J AY P. GRAVES, of the firm of Clough & Graves, one of the most influential real- estate firms in Spokane, forms the subject of this sketeh. Few mnen have accomplished more in four years' residence in this city and have attained a higher commercial and social standing than Jay P. Graves He has always warmly embraced and enthusiastically advocated any measure which has aided in the develop- ment and advancement of Spokane, and he has always been indefatigable in his efforts to arouse public support in all measures for the welfare of this city.

Mr. Graves was born in Hancock county, Illinois, June 27, 1859, second in the family of four sons of John J. and Orrilla B. (Berry) Graves, natives of Kentucky and Vermont re- spectively. Grandfather Renben Graves, a Kentucky planter, was a native of that State and a descendant of English ancestry. He set all his slaves free before the war. Grandfather Berry was a physician and a resident of Alburg Centre, Vermont. John J. Graves went to Illi- mois when a young man, settled in Hancoek county and engaged in farming. Not long af- terward Miss Berry went to Illinois on a visit, and while there she met Mr. Graves and was subsequently married to him. In 1874 the Graves family moved to Carthage in order that the children might have better edneational ad- vantages. That place continued to be their home until 1890, since which time Mr. Graves has been a resident of Spokane. He is a Bap- tist and his wife a Methodist.

At the age of fifteen Jay P. Graves entered Carthage College, a Lutheran institution, and after leaving college engaged in the hardware business at Plymonth, Illinois, under the firm name of Young & Graves. For five years he did a successful business there. He then came West and January 1, 1888, became associated with C. F. Clough in his present business They

do a general real-estate and loan business, and have been instrumental in making many large sales.

Mr. Graves is president of the Washington Abstraet Company; is a director of the old Na- tional Bank, one of the most securely organized banks in the eity; and is the World's Fair Com- missioner of Spokane county. In political mat- ters he has taken an active part.

His elegant residenee is situated in Spokane at 2,017 Pacifie avenue. He was married in Hancock county, Illinois, to Miss Amanda Cox, a native of that place. They have one child, Clyde M. Mrs. Graves is a member of the Christian Church.

G OL. J. KENNEDY STOUT, Spokane, Washington, is well and favorably known in legal, journalistic, social and military life, and right becomingly are the many honors, which have been accorded him, accepted and borne.

Colonel Stout was born at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1849, son of A. M. and Ellen C. (Gildersleeve) Stout. His fa- ther was born in eastern Pennsylvania, graduated at Yale College with the class of 1842, and was a lawyer by profession. His mother is a native of Elizabeth, New Jersey. The Colonel inherits his literary tastes from his paternal ancestors.

His career has been a varied and interesting one from the time of his birth up to the present. From the first he was carefully and thoroughly edueated. At Mr. Everest's, Hamden, Connec- tient, he took an excellent preparatory course, and afterward passed through Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, where he graduated in 1870. He then began the study of law, but as journalism seemed to present greater attractions he drifted into that profession. For two years he filled the city editor's ehair of the Eastern Pennsylvania Daily Express, and was connected with the New York Tribune three years. His early training for the bar, however, led him to finally adopt that profession for his life work, and, as he had previously been admitted to the New Jersey bar, he removed to Elizabeth, in that State, and resumed practice in 1878. Find- ing the Eastern ranks overcrowded, he came to Washington in 1880, and to Spokane in 1881, since which time he has steadily practiced here.

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Ile has been associated with Judge Nash and later with T. C. Griffitts, and besides being a member of the bar of this State has also been ad- mitted to that of Idaho. Colonel Stout was first City Attorney of Spokane, serving in that ca- pacity from 1882 to 1884. He was appointed First Lientenant of Company G, National Guard of Washington; then Major of the staff of Gov- ernor Semple, and held a like commission on the staff of Governor Moore. His commission of Colonel was anthorized by Governor Ferry, and he is also Chief Signal Officer. The old liking for journalism still elings to him, and as dra- matie critic of the Spokesman-a position he filled during the three years' existence of that paper,-and now as the dramatie critie of the " Spokane Review " he has a host of admiring readers.

He was brought up an Episcopalian, and his politieal views are in accord with Democratic principles. Ile is a Master Mason, a leader in society, and fond of art and literature.

He was married in October, 1892, to Miss Ida T. Homan, then living in Brooklyn, New York, though a native of New Orleans, and de- scended on the maternal side from the family of the great German poet, Schiller. The somewhat romantie incidents of the marriage received con- siderable journalistic notice at the time.

Such men not only make our professional circles a pride to our city, but are also the means of giving an added zest and interest to our so- cial life. One cannot but express the wish that Spokane had many more such men.

D H. FISK, an attorney of Cheney, Washington, was born in Pennsylvania, June 27, 1851, a son of F. W. and Mary W. (Webb) . Fisk, natives also of that State. The father was a lumberman by occupation. D. H. Fisk was educated in the public schools of New York and Pennsylvania, and in 1871 en- tered the Carlton Collegate, Northfield, Minne- sota, where he graduated in the classical course in 1876. In that year he located in Red Wing, Minnesota, next lived in Wisconsin, and in 1880 returned to Ada, Norman county, Minne- sota. While there he entered the law otliee of Frank Chapman, and was admitted to, the bar in 1881. In 1888 Mr. Fisk located in Cheney, Washington, where he has since been engaged

in the active practice of law, and also followed milling two years. Politically, he takes an act- ive part in the work of the Republican party, having served as County Attorney one term in Norman county, Minnesota, and as City Attor- ney of Cheney three years. He was the organ- izer of the company which supplies the electric light plant of this city, and has always been one of the prime movers in all of the enterprises of Cheney. Socially, he is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias.

Mr. Fisk was married in February, 1878, to Miss Ada Ashelman, a native of Pennsylvania. To this union have been born four children, namely: Charles F., aged twelve years, attend- ing the public school; Alta C., aged ten years, and Hervey D., nine years, are students of the Normal School; and Clara E., aged four years. Mr. Fisk is one of the most enterprising citi- zens of the prosperous city of Cheney, is an able jurist, and a gentleman of many attain- ments.

J A. STOUGHTON, of Cheney, Washing- ton, was born in Westfield; Massachusetts, in 1830, a son of Alexander R. and Eliza- beth (Sexton) Stoughton. The father was a native of Connecticut, and a mechanie by pro- fession. J. A. Stoughton, the second in a fain- ily of three children, received his education in the district schools of his native State. In 1836 he emigrated with his parents to Ala- bama, but in 1840 they were obliged to leave that State, on account of yellow fever, and the following three years were spent in Missouri. In 1843 they removed to Oregon, having been the first emigrants to cross the plains, and were guided part of the way by Kit Carson and General Fremont. The Stoughton family lo- eated in the Willamette valley, that State, and they first camped on the ground where Portland now stands, it being then a wilderness. In 1848 our subjeet began mining in California, but the following year returned to Oregon and resumed farming. In 1879 he located on a farm near Cheney, Washington, but later moved to this city, where he lias a fine residence, valued at $1,000, as well as other property.

Mr. Stoughton was married in 1850, to Miss Frances E. Townsend, a native of Georgia, and a member of a fine old family. They have three children, Mary E, Ida S. and Edith S. Social-

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ly, our subject is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and religionsly the family are identi- fied with the Methodist Church. Mr. Stough- ton is an enterprising citizen, is a great reader, and is thoroughly posted on all matters relating to the early settlement of the State.

H ENRY BROOK, one of the leading busi- ness men of Spokane, Washington, was born in England, in 1842, a son of John Brook, a native also of that country. Henry came to the United States in 1870, lo- cating in Minnesota, where he engaged in build- ing, and also as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1883, on account of fail- ing health, he came to Spokane, Washington, and began work at his trade. Mr. Brook is now president of the Washington Brick and Lime Manufacturing Company, which has a paid np capital of $50,000. This enterprise is one of the leading concerns of its character in the State, and is rapidly increasing its business. At one time he was a member of the City Council of Spokane, a director of the Washington Water Power Company, vice-president of the Spokane Street Railway Company, a member of the Board of Trustees of Jenkins University, a past owner in the Hotel Spokane, and past owner in the Eagle Block. one of the finest structures on Riverside avenne. He is also a large holder of real estate in and about the city. Socially, Mr. Brook affiliates with the Masonic order, and religionsly is a member of the First Methodist Church. He is considered one of the most pub- lic-spirited citizens in the city, and by general courtesy and gentlemanly address has won for himself many triends.

A RTHUR F. KEES, one of Walla Walla's bright and enterprising young farmers and most highly respected sons, was born in this county November 13, 1867. He was reared to the life of a farmer boy, on the tract of land he now occupies, a beautiful farm seven miles northeast of Walla Walla city, upon which there is a fine farm residence, sur- ronnded by a velvety lawn, dotted with branch- ing shade trees. During his boyhood days Mr. Kees attended the district school, after which

he studied at the Baker High School at Walla Walla and completed his education at the Whit- man College, there receiving a diploma in acad- emic conrse. After graduating he took a course at the business college at Portland, from which he graduated with a diploma in 1891. Hle then returned home.

In that same year, on October 8, he was mar- ried to Miss Susan Stetson, a highly accomplishd young lady, a native of Umatilla county, Oregon, daughter of Clinton and Mary (Dixon) Stetson, who had come to Oregon about 1860. Our subject and wife are the parents of one little daughter, who came to them August 14, 1892, and has been named Lillian Arline. After mar- riage Mr. Kees chose for his life work the oc- cupation of farmer, although he first fitted him- self for life's duties by acquiring a good education, realizing that a good education is a farmer's best stock in trade. His father, Samnel Kees, was born in Iowa, and married Elizabeth Coyle, a native of Illinois. He came to Oregon when he was a small boy, and he and wife have had a family of seven children, Arthur being the third child. Our subject believes in the Republican party and always casts his vote with it.

J OHN II. DUMON, M. D., a physician of Centralia, is well-known throughont south- western Washington as an able practitioner. Heis a native of the State of Michigan, born September 26, 1850, the son of Canadian par- ents, John F. and Sarah (Rice) Dninon; his father removed from the Dominion to the United States in 1845, and settled in Michigan. Dr. Damon is the fifth of a family of seven children. Ile was reared according to the simple habits of farm life, and acquired his literary education in the common schools. In 1873 he began study- ing for his profession under the preceptorship ot his brother, D. L. Dumon, M. D., an emin- ently successful physician of Evart, Michigan. When he was ready to attend lectures he entered the medical department of the State University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and was graduated from this renowned institution in 1877. He began practicing in Crystal, Montcalm county, Michigan, where he resided natil 1885. In this year he came to the Pacific coast, and decided to locate in Centralia. He has built up a large

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and Inerative practice, extending throughout Lewis and into adjoining counties. Ambitious for his profession as well as for his own attain- ments, he is a faithful reader of current medical publications, and is thoroughly well posted upon the recent scientific discoveries.

In politics he adheres to the principles of the Republican party, and represents that body as City Health Officer. He is an honored member of the Royal Order of Good Fellows and United Workmen.

Dr. Dumon was united in marriage in Michi- gan, September 20, 1874, to Miss Adell Watters, who was also a native of Michigan.

C HARLES F. CLOUGH, the senior mem- ber of the firm of Clough & Graves, is one of the most enterprising and successful men in Spokane, Washington.

This firm is well known not only in Spokane but also throughout the Pacific Northwest, it being composed of Hon. C. F. Clough and Mr. J. P. Graves. Since its advent into the realty field, the firm have made some very large in- vestments: in fact, some of the largest invest- ments made by outside capitalists have been negotiated through their office. By their shrewdness, their judgment, and their conserva- tive business methods, they have made some ex- cellent and paying investments, thus gaining an enviable reputation and building up a business that stands pre-eminently in the front rank of sound enterprises. The aggregate real estate made by this firm in a single year reached $2,- 000,000, which shows the confidence reposed in these gentlemen by Eastern and Western capi- talists. Both members of the firm have aceum- ulated a large amount of very valuable property, both improved and unimproved, consisting in part of business blocks and residences. They have made a specialty of organizing syndicates for the purpose of buying large tracts of land, and platting and selling the same. The differ- ent projects of this nature that they have been engaged in were in every instance a financial success, and the members of the firm have in- variably been members of these syndicates, thus testifying to the confidence they felt in their transactions. One tract of twelve acres was handled by them in this manner, the syndicate

paying 870,000 for the property. Inside of six months the property was sold for $281,000. While this was an exceptional case, they have been eminently successful in making profitable investments for all the companies and syndi- cates that they have organized.

Mr. Clough was born in Rhode Island, De- cember 26, 1843, son of Zera and Sally M. (Cook) Clongh, natives of Connecticut and Rhode Island respectively. The father, a pros- perous business man, died about the year 1849. The mother is still living and has her home at Providence, Rhode Island. Both the Cloughs and Cooks are of English descent. The subject of our sketch spent his youthful days on a farm and received his education in the public schools.

In 1861, when in his eighteenth year, he en- listed in Company E, Fourth Rhode Island In- fantry, with which he served through the entire war. He was with Burnside's expedition in North Carolina in January, 1862, and partici- pated in all the engagements of that campaign. In July of the same year he was transferred back to the Army of the Potomac, and in the fall was with that army in Maryland, taking part in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg. Next, his company was sent to Suffolk, Virginia, where he was in several skirmishes. A year later he was returned to the army of the Potomac; was in front of Petersburg until the surrender of Lee in April, 1865. He was mustered out at Providence, Rhode Island, July 25, 1865.

After the war Mr. Clough was variously em- ployed for several years. He conducted a mer- chandise business at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, for a time. In 1876 he made a trip to Cali- fornia, and was so well pleased with the Pacific coast that he located at San Francisco, and until 1884 was engaged as a commercial traveler. Ile had visited Spokane several times in a business way, and in 1884 resolved to locate here. In the summer of that year he opened a book and stationery store, which he successfully conducted for three years, and then sold out in order to en- gage in his present business. He is a director in the Washington Abstract Company, and is a director and treasurer of the Chamber of Com- merce. In political matters he has taken an active part. He was a member of the City Conneil two years,-in 1886-'87. In 1890 he was nominated in a non-partisan mass conven- tion for the office of Mayor, and was elected by a large majority. His administration has been

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a credit not only to himself but also to the people whom he faithfully and conscientionsly served.

Mr. Clongh has been married twice. In 1866 he wedded Miss Mary Lewis, a native of Rhode Island. She died leaving one son, Lester F., and he married Miss Carrie H. Signor, a native of Illinois, in 1889. He is a member of Sedgwick Post, G. A. R.

J OSEPH GRUBER, of Vancouver, Clarke county, was born in Germany, July 25, 1824, a son of Johan and Vincensia Grober, both now deceased. Joseph, the third in a family of six children, was educated for the priesthood, but nature had intended him for a mechanic. He came to America in 1864, and in the same year enlisted in Company G, Four- teenth United States Infantry, served his time in Arizona, and was honorably discharged in 1869. Mr. Gruber then spent many years in San Francisco, California, and in 1882 removed to Portland, Oregon, but in the following year came to Vancouver, Washington. He has de- voted his entire time for many years to an in- vention, which has at last been brought to a successful completion, and his associates are well pleased with the result of his labors. The machine is automatic in construction, and pro- duces power by a new process. In all proba- bilities the vexed question of perpetual motion has been solved, and, should his invention prove to be all that is claimed for it, his theory will do away entirely with steam power. The use of fnel for creating power may become a thing of the past, and at no distant day our ocean steam- ers may dispense with boilers and coal bunkers. Many of Vancouver's scientifie and learned gentlemen are financially interested in the enter- prise, and a contract has been filed at Washing- ton to secure a patent.

Mr. Gruber was married in San Francisco, California, in 1877, to Christina Myer.

EORGE H. MOCKEL, senior member of the firm of A. Young & Co., proprietors of the Star Brewery and Artificial Ice Company, of Vancouver, was born in Ger- many, March 1, 1858, a son of Karsper and

Catherine (Miller) Mockel, natives also of that country. George H., the third in a family of seven children, attended school between the ages of six and fourteen years, and was reared to mechanical pnrsnits. He spent about eight- een months in the iron works of Bradford, Eng- land, prior to sailing to America. Mr. Mockel located in Vancouver, Washington, in 1874, and in 1880 became a member of the Star Brewery Company.

In 1886 he was united in marriage to Miss Maggie IInth, a native also of Germany. They have three children: Gertrude, Henry and an infant son. Mr. Mockel is a member of the Driving Park Association, and affiliates with the Improved Order of Red Men.

D R. WILLIAM W. ELMER, Spokane, Washington, was born in Belleville, Hastings county, Ontario, in 1837. His parents, Asha and Sarah (Ball) Elmer, were Virginians by birth and were of English descent. They moved to Canada when children, and the father after he grew up was engaged in the manufacture of wagons, carriages and farm im- plements. Ile and his wife were members of the Baptist Church. Both died in Belleville. They had a family of ten children. the subject of our sketch Leing the sixth born.

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An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 68

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