An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 71

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

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F LEWIS CLARK, a business man of Spo- kane, was born in Bangor, Maine, June 21, 1861, only child of Jonathan G. and Harriet (Brown) Clark, also natives of Maine. His mother died in 1865. His father is still living. He was educated at Harvard Univer- sity, graduating at that institution with the class of 1883. In April of the following year

he came to Washington, and in December of the same year he bought a mill site of Frederick Post. In this connection he took the initiative step toward fostering that important branch of industry, and the following year he constructed the C. & C. mill and elevator, the largest flour- ing mill in the Pacific Northwest. In that business he was associated with F. E. Curtis, and the firm of Clark & Curtis then turned their attention to grain warehouses and established a thorough system of elevators on branch rail- roads centering in Spokane. The result of their steps cannot be overestimated.

In 1890, Clark & Curtis sold ont to the Wash- ington Water Power Company, since which time Mr. Clark has been more or less actively engaged in business of various kinds at Spokane.

In July, 1892, Mr. Clark was united in mar- riage to Miss Wyard, of Washington, District of Columbia. Their magnificent home with its picturesque grounds, situated at the foot of the precipice in Spokane, is appropriately named "Undercliff."

D R. CHARLES E. GROVE, a young member of the medical professsion at Spokane, Washington, was born in New Britain, Pennsylvania, in 1863, the seventh in a family of eight children. His parents, Charles R. and Rachel (Caldwalder) Grove, are resi- dents still of their native State, Pennsylvania., where his father is engaged in farming.

Dr. Grove received his early education in the public schools, and for two years was engaged in teaching. He then prepared himself for col- lege at Doylestown Seminary, where he gradu- ated in 1883, after which he entered Bucksville University. He, however, completed his classi- cał course at Ann Arbor, Michigan, graduating in 1887, with the degree of A. B. He took two of a three years' course in medicine at Ann Arbor. He then entered Hahnemann College, Philadelphia, where he graduated April 4, 1889. He was married on the eighteenth of that month, and on the twenty-third he and his bride ar- rived in Spokane, where they have since made their home.

The Doetor has invested in city, country and mining property here. During the memorable fire in this city he lost heavily. In a profes- sional way he has been very successful. Ile is now doing some literary work and is studying for special practice. He is secretary of both the Connty and State Medical Societies of the homeopathie school. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum and Chosen Friends, of both of which he is Medical Examiner. Of a genial temperament and kindly disposition, the Doctor makes friends wherever he goes and is a favorite with all who know him. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Phi Gamma Delta col- lege fraternity.

Mrs. Grove was, before her marriage, Miss Elizabeth Laning, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Rev. M. B. Laning.

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N ICHOLASGEOGHEGAN .- Among the prominent mercantile houses of the city of Vancouver, is that known as the Co- operative Store, owned and conducted by the members of the Patrons of Husbandry. This house was organized in June, 1890, with a capital stock of $900, but it now carries be- tween $4,000 and $8,000 worth of goods, con- sisting of general merchandise and agricultural implements. The business extends throughout Clarke county and beyond. The Co-operative Store handles all kinds of merchandise, from a common sewing needle to an anchor chain, thrashing machine or traction engine.

Nicholas Geoghegan, the subject of this sketch, was born in county Galway, Ireland, July 13, 1834, the seventh child of Michael and

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Mary (Southerland) Geoghegan, natives also of that country. The parents came to America in 1846, but returned to the land of their birth the same year, and again, in 1951, emigrated to America, loeating in New York city. From 1854 until 1560, our subjeet resided in Ans- tralia, engaged in mining operations, and from 1861 until 1873 followed farming and merehau- dising in Wisconsin. In the latter year Mr. Geoghegan removed to Washington county, Oregon, where he followed the same ocenpation several years, and in 1884 took up his residence in Clarke county, Washington. He was en- gaged in general merchandising until appointed manager of the Co-operative Store. He is also identified with the fruit culture in Clarke county, owning twenty-one aeres of land near Vancouver, twelve acres of which are devoted to prunes, and three aeres to a general variety of fruit and berries.

June 29, 1869, in Wisconsin, our subject was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Lavy, a native of New York. They have had ten chil- dren, eight now living, namely: Mary J., Catherine S., Thomas M., Isabel A., Margaret G., Ann R., Thomas F. and John D. Two daughters are deceased. By a former marriage Mr. Geoghegan had four children, but all are now deceased. In national politics, our subject votes with the Republican party, although not an active participant in politieal matters. So- cially he is a member of the A. O. U. W., the Hibernian Benevolent Association, and of the Patrons of Husbandry.

S AMUEL DAVENPORT, an honored pioneer of Washington, who now lives in retirement in Bucoda, enjoying that peace and prosperity which is the result of early and well directed efforts, is a native of New York State, born in Delaware county, June 2, 1825. He is of good old New England stoek, his parents, Erastus and Parmelia (Dayton) Davenport, having been born in Connecticut and descended from early and prominent settlers of America. His parents were married in New York State, where they passed their lives on a farm, esteemed and respected by all who knew them.

The subject of this sketeh was reared on the home farm until he reached the age of seven-

teen, when he was apprentieed to learn earpen- try, at which he served his time, and which trade he continued to follow continuously while in New York State. April 27, 1850, induced by the glowing accounts from the El Dorado of the West, Mr. Davenport sailed from New York eity, landing at the Isthmus of Panama in due course of time. Ile went up the Chagres river to the head of navigation, and thence to the Pacific Ocean on foot, where he remained three weeks, waiting for a steamer in which to pursue his way to San Francisco. At last lie set sail and arrived at his destination July 12, 1850. He here soon secured carpenter work, but tiring of that place he started, August 1, 1850, in the sailing vessel, the bark Success, for Portland, Oregon, at which place he arrived August 12. the same year. He here followed his trade until 1851, when he went to the Rogue river mines and thenee to the Shasta mines in California, in which latter eamp he remained until December, of that year. He went then to Trinidad, Cali- fornia, and there took passage on a steamer bound for Portland, whence.he proceeded to Puget Sound, arriving at Olympia in January, 1852.

lle soon afterward settled on a donation claim of 320 acres on the present site of Tenino, where he spent part of his time, also residing occasion- ally in Olympia. At the outbreak of the Indian war, in 1855, he enlisted in a company of Puget Sound rangers, under command of Captain C. Eaton, in which he served efficiently until the close of hostilities. He then returned to his farm, on which he remained until 1861, at which time he started on a mining expeditlon to Cariboo, British Columbia, and visited all the Fraser river mines. In 1864 he once more returned to Thurston county and his farm. con- tinuing to reside on his homestead until 1866, when he again started for the mines. This time he went to Helena and Deer Lodge, Montana, and prospected in all the mining centers at various times until 1873, when he once more retraced his steps to Tenino, and resumed his work on his farm. He continued to be thus engaged, when he sokl out and took up his abode in Bucoda as a retired eitizen, and here he has ever since resided in the enjoyment of freedom from care and the universal esteem of his fellow men.

Mr. Davenport has served his constituents faithfully and well in several official positions of honor and responsibility. He was for some

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time County Commissioner of Thurston county and he also made an efficient Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff Billings. Fraternally, Mr. Daven- port is a member of the Masonic order and the I. O. O. F. He assisted in organizing the first Odd Fellows' meeting ever held in Olympia or the State, and at present belongs to Olympia Lodge, No. 1, F. & A. M., also Olympia Lodge, No. 1, I. O. O. F. Mr. Davenport has never married. With the knowledge of a life well spent and many years of usefulness before him, he has the best wishes of all for his future prosperity and happiness.

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E DMUND L. CANBY, cashier of the First National Bank of Vancouver, and one of the city's most progressive citizens, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, May 8, 1848, a son of Edmund and Mary (Price) Canby, natives of Delaware and Maryland, respectively. The father died in 1848, and the mother survived until 1886. They were descended from Quaker ancestors, who were among the early Colonial settlers of New England.

Edmund L. Canby, the youngest in a family of ten children. completed his education in his native State in 1864, atter which he was em- ployed as clerk in a lumbering business several years. He was next employed in a flour mill, and in 1877 became assistant to his brother, Major James P'. Canby, Paymaster in the United States Army, after which he made his home at Portland, Oregon, until July, 1883. Mr. Canby was then elected cashier of the First National Bank of Vancouver, which was incorporated in July, 1873, with a capital stock of $50,000, and the following officers: Louis Sohns, president; David Wall, vice-president; and E. L. Canby, cashier. At the close of 1892 the statement of the bank's condition shows a capital of $100,- 000 and $20,000 surplus, with the same officers except the president. After many years of able management Hon. Louis Sohns retired, and Charles Brown was elected to the presidency. The present Board of Directors are: Charles

Brown, David Wall, L. M. Hidden, S. P. Joce- lyn and E. L. Canby. Mr. Canby has been closely identitied with the best interests of Van- couver and Clarke county since his advent into its business cireles, and many of the important enterprises have had his support from a finan-

cial standpoint, and have also been bronght upon a self-sustaining basis through his energy and progressive views. Among these may be par- ticularly mentioned the Vanconver. Klickitat & Yakima Railroad, of which he was one of the incorporators, being in fact the chief promoter of that important enterprise. It was in a large measure through his efforts that the first five miles of grading was done and the ties laid ready for the rails. At about that time, however, the enterprise, or controlling interest, passed into other hands, and the line has since been com- pleted and equipped to the distance of twelve miles. Mr. Canby was one of the promoters and is now treasurer of the Vancouver Driving Park Association; owns real estate in this city, and has a beautiful residence on the corner of Main and Twelfth streets.

June 23, 1884. he was united in marriage to Miss Frances Burnside, a native of Oregon, and the eldest daughter of D. W. Burnside, an old and respected Oregon pioneer. He came to the Pacific coast, via the Panama route, in 1850, and his death occurred in 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Canby have four children: Edmund B, born December 11, 1884; Margaret L., February 14, 1886; Jocelyn D., June 20, 1890; and Mary, August 7, 1891. Mr. Canby is a member of no orders or clubs, and after business hours he finds his chief pleasure at home, surrounded by his family.

N ORMAN BUCK, formerly a law prac- titioner of Spokane, was born in Erie county, New York, in 1833, a sou of Isaac F. and Eliza (Kimball) Buek, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Connecticut. The father was a manufacturer by occupation. Norman took a preparatory course in the Warrenville Seminary, in Illinois, and also took a classical course in the Lawrence Seminary at Appleton, Wisconsin, graduating at the latter institution in 1859. He next took a law course at Albany, New York, where he gradnated in 1861, and was admitted to prac- tice in all the State courts the same year. In 1862 Mr. Buck joined the Seventh Minneapolis Infantry, as private in the Army of the Cum- berland, under A. J. Smith. He fought the Sioux Indians for one year; in the fall of 1863 went to St. Louis; took part in an engagement

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under General Forrest at Tupelo, Mississippi, and in the campaign against General Price's command in Missouri; took part in the battles of Nashville and Mobile; and was discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, in 1865. He served three years, and held the position of Captain at his discharge.

After the close of the struggle Mr. Buck re- moved to Winona, Minnesota, where he was ap- pointed Probate Judge, Prosecuting Attorney, and United States Attorney for the Territory ot Idaho. In 1879 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the same Ter- ritory, and in 1884 was re-appointed by Presi- dent Arthur. He came to Spokane Falls, Wash- ington, in 1888, where he was engaged in the general practice of law until 1893, when he was elected Superior Judge. He has a very hand- some residence in this city, where he is sur- rounded by an interesting family of children and many friends.

In 1863, when home on a furlough, Mr. Buck was united in marriage with Miss Francena M. Kellogg, who was born in Cortland county, New York. Her parents emigrated with their chil- dren by the" prairie schooner" train to Wiscon- sin while she was yet a babe in their arms, and her searly years were spent on the farm some thirty miles from Milwaukee. She graduated at Lawrence University with its first class in 1857, tanght for two or three years, and then for a time was bookkeeper and cashier for a business house in Chicago, being the first woman to ocenpy such a position in that city, and prob- ably in the world.

Soon after her marriage she served, under Mrs. Annie Whittenmyer, of the Christian Commission, in various hospitals of the South, while her husband marched in the ranks. She assisted him in the preparation of the rolls for mustering out his company, which was dis- charged in St. Paul, Minnesota, and after the close of their service in the war they settled in Winona, Minnesota.

She was early interested in the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, when that society was organized in her church, and she entered heartily into the temperance reform in " crusade days," and in these reforms she is still engaged. Her parents were believers in total abstinence, having been influenced to take that stand by the late Colonel Railey of Roch- ester, New York, some ten years before she was born.

Mr. and Mrs. Buck have three children: W. S., aged twenty-four years, is a law student in his father's office; Fritz J., aged twenty years. is a medical student; and Nathan K., aged seven- teen years. Socially, Mr. Buck is a member of the Odd Fellows, the G. A. R., Woodmen of the World, and the Knights of Pythias. Relig- iously, the family are members of the Methodist Church. Our subject attended the General Conference of the church at Philadelphia in 1884, and also represented his church at the annual Columbia River Conference held in that year. Personally, the Judge is a good conver- sationalist and a very pleasant gentleman.

D R. ERNST T. HEIN, a practicing phy- sician at Spokane, Washington, is a na- tive of Germany. He was born in 1856, third child of Julius and Ernstine (Beusgen) Hein, both natives of Germany and still resi- dents of that country. His father is a minister in the Lutheran Church.

At the age of seventeen the subject of our sketch came to the United States and located in Baltimore, Maryland, where he engaged in the drug business and began the study of pharmacy, completing his course and gradn- ating in 1880. He then engaged in business for himself. In 1885 he commenced the study of medicine, entered the Baltimore Medical College, and graduated at that institution in 1888, after which he practiced medicine in Baltimore a year and a half. In August, 1889, he came to Spokane and at once entered upon a professional career here, which thus far has proved a successful one. Ile has identified himself with both the State and county medi- cal associations, and during the few years of his residence in this city he has made many warm friends. Politically, he is a Republican.

Dr. Hein was married, in 1875, to Miss Rachel I. Srond, a native of Maryland. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

D R. WALTER T. WEBB, one of the prom- inent physicians in Spokane, Washing- ton, although young in years, is one of the oldest in actual practice here.

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Dr. Webb was born in Kentucky in 1860, youngest of three children in the family of John and Jennie (McWhorter) Webb, natives of Ken- tucky. His father, an architect, died during the late war. The mother is still living, and is now a resident of Seattle. . Of his maternal grandfather, James Mc Whorter, we record that he moved to Texas abont 1850, settled in the northern part of the State, built the first house in Sherman, and there passed the rest of his life and died. The subject of our sketeh re- ceived his early education in Memphis, Ten- nessee, and in 1880 began the study of medi- cine at Omaha, Nebraska, where he graduated in 1884 and where he practiced his profession one year. He then came to Washington and has since been identified with the medical profession of Spokane, having established an extensive and lucrative practice here. He helped to organize the Board of Health at this place, and was its first president, serving during the years of 1890 to '92. He was also County Physician during that time. He has been attending physician of the Gonzaga College, and is now one of the physicians of the Sacred Heart Hospital. An earnest and enthusiastic student of his profes- sion, he gives it his undivided attention. He is a member of the Spokane County Medical Society.

Dr. Webb was married in 1887, to Miss Nora Flaming, a native of Nebraska. They are members of the Catholic Church.

W H. METCALF, a prominent attorney of Vancouver, was born at Trenton, Grundy county, Missouri, December 31, 1865. His paternal ancestors are of English extraction, they having first came to this con- tinent as English soldiers. William Metcalf, the great-grandfather of our subject, was a Cap- tain in the English army, and fell at the Brad- dock defeat. Many of his deseendants partici- pated as patriot soldiers in the war of 1812. Daniel Metcalf, the father of our subject, was the first white male child born in Grundy county, Missouri, was well-known throughout the State as one of the ablest attorneys, and was also a prominent leader in politics. He died January 4, 1880. His widow, nee Mary A. Crews, now resides at Corpus Christi, Texas, where she owns and edits the Sun.

W. H. Metcalf attended the public schools of his native State, and completed his collegiate course at the State University in 1884. Pre- vious to that year, however, he had been a stu- dent in pharmacy, and although not a graduate was for several years connected with the drug business, But Mr. Metealf was inclined to the profession of his father, and mnade rapid progress in study in the office of Judge Ifarber. He was admitted to the bar in 1888, was then en- gaged in the practice of his profession at Chilli- cothe one year, was at Denver, Colorado, for a time, later at Boise City, Idaho, and next at Corpus Christi, Texas. During the period be- tween 1888 and 1891 Mr. Metcalf was con- nected with journalism, having served as local editor of the Lamar (Colorado) Sparks two year's, In 1891 he permanently located in Vancouver, Washington, and associated himself with his brother, Joseph W. Metcalf, the partnership continuing until January 1. 1893.

November 29, 1888, at Kansas City, Mis- souri, onr subject was imited in marriage with Miss Bessie Welch, a native of Missouri. In politieal matters, Mr. Metcalf' is a stanch Demo- crat.

H ON. JAMES A. MUNDAY, one of the able and prominent attorneys of Clarke county, was born in Hancock county, Kentucky, August 14. 1843, a son of Redmond F. and Martha L. (Hamilton) Mun- day, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. The paternal ancestors are of English extraction, and their advent on this con- tinent was during the first settlement of Vir- ginia. From this State the grandfather of our subject removed during the early boyhood of his only son to become one of the substantial citizens of Tennessee. The maternal ancestors of our subject, the Hamiltons and Russells, were of Seotch and Irish stock, and have given their conrage, energy and ability to the develop- inent of Kentucky, since its early settlement.

James A. Munday, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the county schools of the neigh- borhood, at Greenville Academy and at George- town College, Kentucky, where his course was interrupted by the Civil war in the winter of 1861-62. He soon afterward joined a number of his neighbors, who made their way through the military lines and enlisted in the Confeder-

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ate army. He served in the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry, was soon promoted to Lieutenancy and afterward entrusted with the command of his company. He participated in all of the many engagements of his eomand until his capture, after which he suffered a long imprisonment.

After returning home, at the elose of hostili- ties, he took a course of lectures at the Univer- sity of Law in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1867 he was elected elerk of the Hancoek Circuit Court. He was shortly afterward chosen As- sistant Secretary of the State Senate, and re- eleeted two years later. Mr. Munday began the practice of his profession at Hawesville, the seat of his native county, and in 1870 removed to Owensboro, in Daviess county, where, after practicing a year in partnership with Hon. George W. Williams, he was appointed Master in Chancery of the Daviess Circuit Court. His health becoming poor in sedentary pursuits, he retired after four years' service, purchased, with Mr. Thomas S. Pettit, a half interest in a stave factory with a large body of timber land and engaged in the manfacture of staves. On clos- ing out that business he established the Owens- boro Messenger, a weekly newspaper, which proved successful from the beginning. In the following year this paper was consolidated with the Examiner, its flourishing rival, conducted by Mr. Lee Lumpkin, and the new paper pro- ceeded on its successful career, as a weekly and tri-weekly journal, with Mr. Lumpkin as mana- ger and Mr. Munday as senior editor and Mr. C. W. Bransford as junior editor. In 1880 Mr. Munday sold his stock in the paper, retired from the business and was elected to the State Senate for a term of four years, during which as chair- man and member of leading committees he took an active part in the important legislation of both sessions.

On the accession of Mr. Cleveland to the presideney Mr. Munday was appointed Special Agent of the General Land Office and was as- signed, at his own request, to the Territory of Washington, where he had already intended to locate. After a vigorous and successful admin- istration of this office, until the fall of 1889, he resumed the practice of law, remaining at Van- conver. He received the Democratie nomina- tion for Superior Judge for the district com- posed of Skamania, Clarke, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum and Pacific counties, but was defeated at the tall election of that year with the rest of his ticket, though by a much smaller majority. He

was a delegate from his State to the National Democratic Convention at Chicago in June, 1892. As one of the two nominees of the Dem- vcratic State Convention of September, 1892, he ran for Representative in Congress at the No- vember election, but again shared the Demo- cratic defeat and demonstrated his strength in his own and neighboring counties.

During his residence in Owensboro, Ken- tucky, Mr. Munday joined the Knights of Pythias, the Masons and the Odd Fellows, after- ward becoming a Past Chancellor and Repre- sentative in the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias.

While devoting his time to his professional business he has given occasional attention to the development of fruit lands, and holds, jointly with John O'Keane, several hundred acres of dairy and fruit land on the Columbia and Lake rivers in Clarke county. He has been largely identified with the best interests of his county and ever ready to encourage publie enterprises. He is a cultured gentleman of genial disposi- tion, though retiring and undemonstrative in manner, and enjoys the highest confidence of those who know him best.

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An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 71

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