An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 73

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

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it is the leading paper of the county of Clarke, at this writing being the official paper of the city of Vanconver as well as the county of Clarke.

In 1875 Mr. Brant was joined in marriage with Miss Clara Wallace, a native of Washing- ton, who departed this life in 1889, leaving six children: Addie, Charles, William, Louis, Maud and Nellie. July 16, 1891, he married Miss Jessie Foster, a native of Oregon and a daugh- ter of George G. Foster, a prominent carpenter and builder. He located in Clackamas county, Oregon, in 1846. Mr. Brant takes no active interest in politics, but is prominently identi- fied with several fraternal orders. He is Secre- tary of the F. & A. M., has passed all the chairs in the K. of P., and has represented these orders several times in the Grand Lodge; has held the office of Sachem and Chief of Records in the I. O. R. M .; has passed all the official chairs, and is now Recording Secretary of the A. O. U. W., of which he has been a representative twice to the Grand Lodge. Mr. Brant has always taken an active and prominent interest in the welfare and development of Vanconver and Clarke county, and is a worthy and conscien- tions citizen, whose public service has been duly recognized by the community at large.

M ANFORD G. LISHIER, a surveyor of Vancouver, was born in Mellenry county, Illinois, November 5, 1851, a son of James M. and Elizabeth (l'orter) Lisher, the former a native of Rhode Island and the latter of North Carolina. The father was born in 1791, was a farmer by occupation, and descended from one of the early and influ- ential families of Rhode Island. Ile died De- cember 31, 1876.

Manford G., the subject of this sketch, re- moved to Northeastern Iowa with his parents in 1853, where he attended the public schools, and completed his education in 1870. After studying civil engineering in a private school three winters, he began work in his profession in Minnesota. Mr. Lisher was later employed by the Canadian Pacific Railroad, under Chief Engineer of the Western Extension, A. B. Rogers, an eminent engineer and a graduate of Yale College. About three years afterward our subject became assistant to Chief Engineer

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J. T. Dodge, of the Montana Central Railroad, remaining with that company until 1889; went thence to Portland, Oregon, and the following year came to Vancouver, Washington. In 1890 he was elected City Engineer by the City Council.

Mr. Lisher was married in Portland, Oregon, June 3, 1891, to Miss Josephine Southard, a native of Connecticut, and they have one daugh- ter, Lucile J., born April 21, 1892. In politi- cal matters our subject may be classed as an independent Republican. Ile takes an active interest in educational matters, and all public enterprises that have for their purpose the de- velopment and advancement of the city and county meet with his co-operation and support.

D E WITT CLINTON MACEY, Sheriff of Klickitat county, Washington, has been identified with the history of his county since 1879, at which time his residence in the State began. He was born at Georgetown, Ver- milion county, Illinois, April 10, 1844, a son of John and Alice (Mills) Macey, natives of Ten- nessee. The father was of English extraction and Quaker stock, his first ancestors in this country having settled on Nantucket island. The parents were reared and married near their birth-place, and early in the '40s they removed to Illinois. In 1853 they crossed the plains to Oregon, their route during the first stages of the journey being the north side of the Platte river. They crossed the Snake river below Salmon Falls, proceeding to Boise river, down which they traveled until they reached the Snake river again; they crossed to the south bank at Fort Boise, and theuce proceeded overland to Burnt and Powder rivers, reaching Grande Ronde valley, where they took the Barlow route to Oregon, arriving in Linn county in the month of October. They located on a homestead about ten miles from Harrisburg. In 1876 Mr. Macey sold this place, and removed with his live-stock to the Ocheco country, where he passed the re- mainder of his life, his death occurring Febru- ary 3, 1877. The mother survives, and is a resident of Eugene, Lane county, Oregon.

Young Macey assisted his father on the farm and in the blacksmith shop, and managed to acquire a fair English education. When the gold excitement of 1862 was at its height he

went to the Florence mines, one of the "strikes" of the Salmon river country. In the fall of the same year he joined a prospecting company that struck Warren's diggings on the south side of the Salmon river; here Mr. Macey took a claim from which he realized from $20 to $40 a day. After a year spent in mining he went to Walla Walla, and engaged in freighting from the Wal- lula and Umatilla to all mining points east and south, and during one summer he freighted to Colville. At the expiration of four years he re- turned to Oregon, and resided on the old home- stead until his marriage in 1870. After this event he became associated with Dr. Simpson, whose immense ranch, eight miles east of Har- risburg, he conducted for eight years.

In the autumn of 1879 he came to Washing- ton and settled in the Alder creek country in Klickitat county. Hle took a homestead near Cleveland, where he has since resided, excepting the time spent at the county seat when in the discharge of official duties.

Mr. Macey was married in Linn county, Ore- gon, August 12, 1870, to Miss Mary A. Din- widdie, who was born in Linn county, Oregon, a daughter of David Dinwiddie, one of the pio- neers of the State. Mr. and Mrs. Macey are the parents of six children: Ivan, Roy, Charles, Leanor, Luretta and Thornton.

Although Mr. Macey has always been an ar- dent supporter of Republican principles he did not actively enter into political life until 1892, when he was the candidate of bis party for Sheriff of Klickitat county, running against an opponent admitted by both parties to be a strong candidate. His success was, under the circum- stances, a double victory. He assumed the duties of the office January 9, 1893. A man of superior business qualifications and sound judgment, a prompt dispatch of the affairs of the office was assured.

R OBERT B. STOUT, a farmer of Klicki- tat county, was born in Adams county, Ohio, January 8, 1830, a son of Robert B. and Susan (Kimble) Stout, natives also of that county. In 1854 the family moved to Atchison county, Missouri, where they re- mained until death, both dying in 1864. Robert B. was early thrown upon his own resources. In 1854 he began farming in Brownsville, Ne- braska; in 1859 returned to Adams county,

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Ohio, and one year later found employment on a ferry crossing the Minnesota river at St. Peters, Nicholas county, Minnesota. Ile next entered the United States service, enlisting in Company F, Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry, and was sta- tioned at the following places: Fort Ridgely, Fort Wadsworth, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, later at Cairo, Illinois, whence he returned to Min- nesota. In company with James Hayes, Mr. Stout was on detached service from Fort Ridge- ley to Bird Island stockade, but was delayed by a snow-storm. Returning to Fort Ridgely with sealed letters, he was twice wounded at Colton Wood. where he was ordered to a hospital by Dr. McDonald. He participated in the battles of Belmont and Champion Hill and many skirmishes. Mr. Stout was captured at Mem- phis, Tennessee, but ran the stockade a short time afterward, and was discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, December 2, 1865. In 1870 he removed to Yamhill, Oregon, and in 1877 came to Klickitat county, taking a home- stead of 160 acres. He now has a wellimproved farm of 240 acres, located six miles northwest of Goldendale.

In 1863, in Coahoma county, Mississippi, our subject was united in marriage to Miss Eliza- beth Ladd, a native of Halifax county, Virginia. Her parents were also born in that State, and remained there until death. Mr. and Mrs. Stout have had seven children: William H., Don A., Jennie M., Evelyn E., Mary A., Lela M., and Robert B. Socially, Mr. Stout is a member of the G. A. R., Baker Post, No. 20, of Golden- dale. In political matters, he affiliates with the Republican party; takes an active interest in school and county affairs, has held the office of Road Supervisor and School Director for nine years, is known as an active and progressive man and is respected by all who know him.

H ON. AUGUST F. TOUSSAINT, Justice of the Peace of Vanconver, was born in Germany, August 21, 1847, a son of Jacob and Catherine (Kohler) Toussaint. August F., the sixth in a family of twelve chil- dren, attended school between the ages of six and fourteen years, and at the age of fifteen years came to the United States, landing in New York. In 1863, in that city, he enlisted for service in the late war, entering Company

F, Sixty-eighth New York Regiment, and was mustered out of the army in 1865. Mr. Tous- saint was then a resident of San Antonio, Texas, until 187-, when he enlisted in the Tenth regn- lar United States Infantry, served a few months in the ranks, then on detached duty on the staff of General Reynolds, and held the office of Ser- geant and Chief Clerk of the department until 187 -. In that year he came to Vanconver, where he again joined the army, entering the Twenty-first United States Infantry, and was on detached duty until the expiration of his term of service in 1878, being Sergeant Major in the Nez Perce campaign of 1877, and Quartermas- ter Sergeant in the Bannack campaign of 1878. During his years of service Mr. Toussaint had become a proficient law student, and in 1884 was elected Justice of the Peace of Vancouver. Since that time he has constantly filled the duties of that office with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the community. He is a Democrat in his political views, and socially affiliates with the G. A. R.

RA WOODIN, in honor of whom the town of Woodinville, King county, Washington, was named, was born in Dutchess county, New York, May 1, 1833, son of Milton D. and Anna M. (Lawrence) Woodin. During his in- fancy his parents moved to Trumbull county, Ohio, and when he was ten years old they located in Jefferson county, Wisconsin, where they re- mained eight years, removing from there to Berrien county, Michigan. About the time he was twenty Ira decided to seek his fortune in the far West. He made the journey with an ox team, via the Platte, Snake, and Grande Ronde rivers, and Barlow's Pass, reaching the Willam- ette river in September, 1853. He spent one year in Washington county, Oregon. During that time he helped to drive a herd of sixty cattle from Washington county into northern California.

In October, 1854, Mr. Woodin came to Seat- tle, Washington. IIere, in company with his father, he started a tannery under the name of Woodin & Son, their location being on Yesler avenue between South Fourth and Fifth streets. Their tannery was burned by the Indians at the time of the attack on Seattle, February 14, 1855, and their entire stock, amounting to $800, was

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lost. The following year the whole country was so completely upset that very little business was transacted. Early in 1866 they started an- other tannery, but this they soon afterward sold out to D. K. Baxter. The subject of our sketch then located on a ranch southeast of Seattle, three miles from town, securing title to the same under the homestead law. He cleared about fifteen acres of this tract and remained on it until March, 1872. At that time he came to his present location at Woodinville Junction, on the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad, which place was named for him. At this point he pre-empted 160 acres of land, cighty of which are now clear. Subsequently he opened here under the firm name of Sanders & Woodin, a general merchandise store, which he is still suc- cessfully conducting. Mr. Woodin sold his ranch near Seattle in 1890.

He was married January 1, 1863, to Susan M. Campbell, a native of Marion county, Ore- gon. Their children are as follows: Mrs. IIelen A. Keller, who was born December 14, 1864, has five children; Mrs. Mary E. Sanders, who was born December 13, 1867, also has five chil- dren; and Frank A., born January 14, 1879.

Mr. Woodin passed through many of the difficulties and trials connected with the early settlement on Puget Sound. In recurring to his reminiscences of pioneer days, Mr. Woodin says that on the evening of February 13, 1855, a friendly Indian named Salmon Bay Curley came to the tannery and told him and his fa- ther all about the coming Indian attack. They paid no attention to him, however, but remem- bered his warning later. Mr. Woodin was one of the volunteers who assisted at the burial of the massacred settlers in the vicinity of Seattle. He helped to bury nine.

Fraternally, Mr. Woodin is a member of Bethel Lodge, I. O. O. F.

J W. STRACK, City Engineer, Spokane, Washington, is a native of Michigan, born in Caledonia, Kent county, son of John and Lena (Demert) Strack, natives of Canada. His father was a boot and slioe merchant.

Mr. Strack received his education in his native county, being a graduate of the Grand Rapids high school. He acquired a practical knowledge of his profession through private instruction and

by hard study and practice. He lived in Grand Rapids for some time, and from there moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he made his home nine years. In 1886 he moved to Spo- kane, Washington, and for some time was in railroad employ in this vicinity. Then he opened an office in Spokane, and the firm with which he is connected is one of the most noted in the Northwest. He was subsequently ap- pointed City Engineer by the City Council, served until the expiration of his term and re- tired from office. Ile was, however, re-appointed to the same position by Mayor Drumheller, and again received the appointment from Mayor E. L. Powell, May 2, 1893.

He was married, in 1888, to Miss Ida May Snyder, a native of Illinois and a daughter of ex Judge Snyder, their marriage being consum- mated at Spokane. Mrs. Strack is a graduate of Christian College, Spokane, having received the highest honors of her class. They have one child, Royal Byron, aged two years.

Mr. Strack comes from a literary family, and is himself a great reader and a man of broad and progressive views. His residence and grounds are among the handsomest in Spokane. His residence was built at a cost of $15,000, is finished and furnished with all modern improve- ments, and the general surroundings of this beautiful home indicate at once that the owner and his family are people of culture and refine- ment.

H ENRY MANKIN, Spokane, Washington, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1856, son of W. H. Mankin, a native of Maryland. His parents died when he was quite young, and he was early in life thrown upon his own responsibilities. His youthful days between 1863 and 1870 were spent in Minnesota, where he attended the common schools and worked on a farm. In the year 1870 he moved to Dakota, and for a time was in Government employ in that Territory. In 1876 he went to the Black Hills, where he prospected and mined, making some valuable discoveries and investments. He recently sold his interest in the Rattler mine for the sum of 845,000, and still has valuable holdings there. He is also interested in other rich mining property in British Columbia. Mr. Mankin may truly be regarded as a pioneer of the West.

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His life furnishes an excellent illustration of what can be accomplished in this country by the exercise of perseverance and good manage- ment.

Politically, Mr. Mankin acts with the Repub- lican party.

J AMES STERLING GALLOWAY .-

Among the enterprising young business men of Walla Walla stands the subject of this sketch. He was born in Adams county, Illinois, Angst 27, 1857. Ilis father, Isaac N. Galloway, was a native of Virginia, and married Miss Sarah Sterling, a native of Penn- sylvania. He removed to Illinois in 1850, set- tling on a farm and taking up agricultural life. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the Third Missouri Cavalry and served three and one-half years, and died in 1883, never having recovered from injuries received while in the army.

Appleton's history speaks of Benjamin Franklin leaving for England before the Revo- lutionary war and placing his private papers in the care of a Mr. Galloway, a lawyer of Penn- sylvania, who was a man of considerable noto- riety, and who was his trusted friend. This gentleman was an ancestor of our subject, and the profession of law has been the occupation of many members of the family. When Isaac Galloway died he had reached the age of fifty- two years, but his wife is still living, in Illinois. Three children comprised the family, and of these our subject is the oldest.

When James had reached the age of twenty- two years he decided to take Horace Greeley's advice, and to "go West and grow up with the country." He arrived in Oregon with but 5 cents in his pocket, but with a determination to succeed and a will that augured for the attain- · ment of desired ends. He finally arrived at the decision that the farm was not the place for him, and, after passing six months in agricult- ural work, he entered Santiam Academy at Lebanon, where he finished his education, grad- nating in the department of pharmacy in 1885. In 1886 he came to Walla Walla, arriving in the town with $1.75 as cash capital. He en- gaged as clerk in a store at the nominal salary of $50 per month, but at the end of one year was compelled to relinquish this work on account of impaired health. For three years following

he devoted himself to the study of medicine and pharmacology, but identified himself with no particular enterprise, making the recovery of his health his chief consideration. At the end of the time noted he formed a co-partnership with Mr. J. W. Estet and purchased the city drug store, but remained there only a short time, selling his interest to his partner. In the fall of 1892 he purchased the old Dr. Day drug store, and is now conducting the same as sole proprietor. He has a fine store and an excellent patronage, and, as he has shown fine business qualifications, he will probably become one of the financial pillars of the city in the future. Since coming from the East our subject has done well. He arrived in Oregon with limited means, but now his stock is worth $6,000 and is all his own, while he is master of a profes- sion which anywhere will give him a comfort- able subsistence. Politically he is a Repub- lican, but not at all radical, and votes for the man rather than the party when it comes to county officers.

While Mr. Galloway will be found to be one of the most courteous gentlemen of his profes- sion, still he has proved himself a thorough business man, ever confining himself to the observance of the old maxim, " Business first and pleasure afterward."

C HIARLES CLINTON GRIDLEY, only son of Harvey H. and Amanda Ellen Gridley, was born October 12, 1857, in Kendall county, Illinois, where he resided with his parents on a farm until 1871, when the family removed to the quiet and beautiful vil- lage of Vancouver, Washington, which has been their home ever since. C. Clinton Gridley was kept closely in school at the old Vancouver Seminary and had just entered upon his senior year when the institution closed, never to be opened again. He is an enthusiastic member of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Cir- cle, having read two four-year courses. In the winter of 1875-'76 he tried one term of school- teaching, and in June, 1876, with his father engaged in the furniture business, On October 12, 1882, he was joined in life's journey to Mattie L. Hathaway, second daughter of Hon. M. R. Hathaway, who was then residing in Portland, Oregon.

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In his spare moments he wrote up a set of abstract books, which grew into a separate busi- ness demanding all his time, and thus caused him to sever his connection with the furniture business in 1889. In 1890 he added a loan de- partment, which has proved a great benefit to those needing farm loans. He has invented a numerical system of platting which is now used in preparing county assessments.

He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, president of the Epworth League and believes in prohibiting the liquor business for- ever.

S TEPHEN D. DENNIS, editor and man- ager of the Vanconver Columbian. This paper was established in 1890, the stock having been subscribed by a number of stanch Democrats of Clarke connty, and our subject was selected to take charge as business manager. It made its first appearance as a four-page, six- column journal, and so contiued until March 13, 1891, when it was enlarged to nine columns. In January, 1893, it made its appearance as an eight-page journal, is now the leading paper of the county, and compares favorably with any weekly journal of the Northwest. It has a far greater circulation than any weekly of the county, and under its able management has con- stantly increased its circulation. It has been self-sustaining almost from the beginning, and its financial success has been highly satisfactory to the stockholders. Mr. Dennis, although not an old journalist, is certainly a man of push, energy and executive ability.

He was born in Adams county, Illinois, April 12, 1861, a son of Allen and Mary (Whittaker) Dennis, natives of Tennessee. The father died in 1871. On both sides the family are old American citizens, and the ancestors were pa- triot soldiers in the Revolutionary war. Stephen D., the eldest of nine children, remained in his native State until seventeen years of age, when he entered the high school of Great Bend, Kan- sas, and attended that institution until 1879. He then worked for a time in a printing office of that city, but did not complete his trade, and later returned to the State of his birth. Mr. Dennis next engaged in teaching, holding a certificate from Kansas; also contributed to various journals; was a merchant and Post- master of Chestline, Illinois; purchased and

conducted the Lane County Herald in Kansas fifteen months, and in 1886 came to Vancouver, Washington. Soon after locating here Mr. Dennis engaged in milling in Clarke county, owned and successfully conducted a shingle mill five years, and was then employed in buying and selling town and country property until lie took charge of the Vancouver Columbian. Our subject was chosen by the Washington State Editorial Association as a delegate to San Fran- cisco, and is also correspondent from southwest- ern Washington of the San Francisco Examiner and Seattle Telegraph. Was military corre- spondent of the Omaha Bee, has been a member of the City Council of Vancouver, has repre- sented his county in the State Convention of 1890-'92 and in the State Democratic Central Committee, and was practically the organizer of the southwestern Washington counties, rep- resenting the Democratic Union in 1892. În addition to his other interests, Mr. Dennis owns 630 acres of farm land in Clarke connty, 240 acres of which is located on Lake river, and is known as Cedar Dale. He also owns residence property in Vancouver, and twenty-six acres adjoining the city, which is devoted to fruit- growing.

In Illinois, February 18, 1880, Mr. Dennis was united in marriage with Miss Amanda R. Spires, a native of that State. They have five children: Arthur, Ethel, Albert, Elsie and El- mer. Socially, our subject is a member of the F. & A. M., blue lodge and chapter, also of the K. of P. and the (). U. A. M. At the present time he is filling one of the official chairs in the first named order.

C HARLES E. ALEXANDER, County Superintendent of the Public Schools of . Vancouver, was born in Clarke county, Washington, December 17, 1864, a son of Rev. James H. and Ann E. (Crawford) Alexander, natives of Kentucky. The father crossed the plains to Washigton in 1859, and has filled the pulpit in the denomination of United Brethren many years. The mother descended from one of the oldest families of Kentucky, her ances- tors, named llarding, having figured prominently in the early history of that State, and were friend and neighbors of Daniel Boone.

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Charles E. Alexander, the seventh in a family of eight children, received his early education in the public sehools, and later entered the well- known Philomath College, of Benton county, Oregon, graduating at that institution in the class of 1883. Since that time he has been en- gaged in teaching, principally in the public schools of Clarke county. In November, 1892, Mr. Alexander was elected to his present im- portant position, and took charge of the ardu- ous duties connected with that office January 9, 1892. He owns seventy acres of farming land, located seven miles north of Vancouver, on Salmon ereek, forty aeres of which is cleared and devoted to fruit trees. Ile is a member of the Vancouver Fruit-Growers' Association, and a prominent and active worker in the Demo- cratic party.

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An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 73

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