An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 75

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

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strength exhausted from double work. Then he accepted the superintendency of the Middle- town, Ohio, schools. Before leaving Ithaca he was met on the street in that city by W. E. Russell, Vice-President of the University, who offered to loan him money to finish his course, but Mr. Barnard's word was ont to go to Mid- dletown, which he did and there remained until 1890, when he came to Seattle to accept the superintendency of the schools of this city.

It was the wish of the citizens of Seattle to make their public-school system second to none in the United States. The schools had reached a condition when there was need of reorganiza- tion upon a more liberal plan, the school regis- tration, September, 1890, numbering 3,398 pupils and 85 teachers. The first necessity was a head-a master mind-to organize the system in all its parts and direct it harmoniously as a whole. He must be a man of thorough education, a practical teacher, a trained and experienced administrator, and a man young enough to adapt himself to local conditions and to bring strength and enthusiasm to his work. There were many applicants for the place, and after long and careful consideration Prof. Bar- nard was engaged for the work. He has met every emergency with a steadiness of grasp and a tact that has illustrated his perfect fitness for educational work. At the close of his first year the Board of Education engaged him for a term of three years. The schools have largely in- creased in attendance, having a registration at this date, June, 1893, of 6,426 pupils and 134 teachers. The progress of the schools has been marked, as is well shown in the magnificent " Seattle School Exhibit " at the World's Fair. One prominent feature of the Seattle schools is the plan of promotion and classification. intro- duced by Mr. Barnard, whereby pupils are enabled to advance in their work strictly ac- cording to their individual abilities the slow thinkers not being hurried nor the rapid ones retarded. By this system large numbers of the pupils complete the course of study in from six months to two years less time, thereby not only saving to parents and taxpayers thousands of dollars, but greatly increasing the thoroughness of the work done by both pupils and teachers. The corps of instructors number graduates from many colleges of the United States and thirty different normal schools.

Mr. Barnard was married in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Annali L. Fish, a former teacher in the

public schools of that city. They have two chil- dren, a son and daughter.

Mr. Barnard holds a life certificate from Ohio, which of itself is one of the greatest re- wards of merit, and in his present work he is erecting an educational monument which will redound to his honor and to the distinction of Seattle.

L YMAN B. ANDREWS, one of the repre- sentative citizens of Seattle, Washington, dates his birth in Ontario county, New York, February 10, 1829. IIe traces his anees- try back to John and Mary Andrews, who emi- grated from the north of England to the New England colonies abont 1640, and settled in Connecticut. Their descendants have mainly followed in that line of occupation, although William Andrews, the father of our subject, was a mechanic.

William Andrews was born in the State of Connecticut in 1804, and about 1825 removed to Ontario county, where he followed the trade of brick-mason during the summer and in win- ter attended to the duties of the farm. IIe married, in Ontario county, in January, 1828, Miss Hannah Pierson, also a native of New York. In 1833 they moved to Lenawee county , Michigan, locating near Adrian, and there Mr Andrews farmed and worked at his tra le. Ly- inan B. seenred his primary education in the common schools of Adrian, and subsequently attended the academy there.

At the age of sixteen years the subject of our sketch began work in the foundry and ma- chine shop in Adrian, and in 1847 was em- ployed on the Michigan Central, and later the Michigan Southern, during the construction of that road to Chicago. He was a general utility man, and, being competent in every depart- ment, was employed in the shop or as engineer upon the road, as necessity or circumstances re- quired. In 1854 he went to Minnesota and took up and improved a farm, and at intervals taught school until 1859. In 1859, in company with his parents and his family (he having been married several years), he went to New York, and in May of that year embarked, via the Panama route, for California. Upon their arri- val in the Golden State, they located at Napa, where the family resided, while Mr. Andrew's

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returned to his trade, finding employment as a machinist in the shops of San Francisco.

In the fall of 1860 he came to Seattle, and, bringing with him a good supply of tools, opened a small repair shop for general light work and trading with the Indians. During the summers of 1862 and 1863 he was engaged in the Government surveys, and from his knowledge of geology he concluded there must be coal deposits in the country. He then began prospecting in that direction, and in 1863 dis- covered what is now known as the Gilman mine. By homestead claim and purchase he secured 400 acres of land in that vicinity, and at once developed his mine. The first "lead" showed a vein of sixteen feet between floor and roof. This is still known as the Andrews vein. His discovery led others to prospecting, which developed the New Castle and other claims. The difficulties of mining and expense of trans- portation being so great, the mine was not operated continuously, and was sold in 1886 to the Seattle Coal and Iron Company.

In 1864 Mr. Andrews sold his shop, in view of settling on his ranch; but, on account of a painful accident, he was obliged to give up manual labor, and in 1865, through the instru- mentality of friends, he was appointed Clerk of the United States District Court, and held that office for ten years, it, by increased business, becoming very lucrative. While occupying that position, and having a fair understanding of laws governing United States lands, he worked up a considerable business as attorney for set- tlers. With his accumulated savings he began dealing in city real estate, and after his retire- ment from office continued in that line of business.

Mr. Andrews has been quite active in the political arena. He has served as Justice of the Peace and as Police Jndge. In 1865 he was elected to the Territorial Legislature by the Republican party; in 1868 was elected Chief Clerk of the House; in 1872 he was a delegate from Washington Territory to the National Re- publican Convention at Philadelphia, and was there chosen as a member of the National Re- publican Committee for four years; in 1878 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention held at Walla Walla; in 1890 was elected to the State Legislature; in 1888 he was promi- nently connected with the Harrison Legion, and in 1889 was elected president of that body, which office he still holds. Mr. Andrews was

one of the original stockholders of the Mer- chants' National Bank, and of the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad Company, serving as director for many years.

He was married in 1849, in Oneida county, New York, to Miss Lydia J. Rowley, a native of that county, and they have four children, namely: William R., an attorney at Snohomish; Evangeline, wife of R. Hopkins; Jndge Row- ley, a prominent business man and financier of Seattle; and Lyman Ralph, a civil engineer. For upward of twenty years Mr. Andrews re- sided on the corner of Fourth and Madison streets, in Seattle: He still owns that property, but in 1890 built a handsome residence upon "Queen Ann Hill," commanding a beautiful view of the city, Sound and mountain scenery. After a busy and eventful pioneer life, Mr. An- drews is now surrounded by every home com- fort and enjoys the admiration and respect of a large circle of acquaintances.

P ROF. LUCIUS H. LEACH, Superin- tendent of the City Schools of Vancouver, was born in Ontagamie county, Wiscon- sin, October 1, 1855, a son of Alden D). and Eunice (Hersey) Leach, the former a native of New York, and the latter of Maine. The parents located in Wisconsin in an early day, but in 1872 removed to Mitchell county, Kan- sas. During his early life our subject worked on the farm and attended the public schools during the winters. After the removal of the family to Kansas he engaged in teaching, and later graduated at the State University at Law- rence, Kansas, in the class of 1884. He re- snmed teaching; was concerned in merchan- dising for a time; was proof-reader on the Kan- sas City Times; again taught school at Stockton, Kansas, one year, and then for the second time embarked in mercantile pnrsnits. One year afterward Mr. Leach was chosen by the inde- pendent Republicans as a member of the lower honse, to represent the 116th Legislative Dis- trict. August 18, 1888, he arrived in Tacoma, Washington, and at once became bookkeeper for the Northern Pacific Railway Company at Hot Springs, but fourteen months later took charge of the city schools at Vancouver. Among those who have taken a deep and lasting interest in educational matters and in the training of the

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young, that they may be in a fitting condition from an educational standpoint to enable them to successfully eope with requirements of busi- ness life in this work-a-day world, none of our educators is more worthy or clearly entitled to honorable mention in State history than Mr. Leach. He is recognized as one of the most competent educators of southwestern Washing- ton, and his services in this city have not only been creditable to himself but highly satisfac- tory and acceptable to the County Superin- tendent and the Board of Edneation. When Mr. Leach took charge of the Vaneonver schools there were but five teachers and an enrollment of 200 pupils. At this date there are sixteen teachers and an enrollment of over 800 pupils. Mr. Leaeh is a single man, and affiliates with no elubs or secret orders except the Sons of Vet- erans. He was appointed by Governor Ferry as a member of the first State Board of Edu- eation.

S EBASTIAN ANSBERGER, a retired soldier of the United States Army, was born in Bavaria, Germany, November 21, 1842, a son of Mathias and Julianna (Gromser) Ansberger. The parents emigrated to Amer- iea, loeating at Freeport, Illinois, in 1854, where the mother died the same year. The father survived until 1887, and was a resident of Freeport, Illinois, at the time of his death.

Sebastian Ansberger, the eldest of his par- ents' two children, received his education in the publie schools of Illinois. In 1861 he enlisted in the Forty-sixth Illinois Regiment, served as a private soldier through the war of the Rebel- lion, and took part in the battles of Fort Don- elson, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Holly Springs, Vieksburg, Jackson, Mississippi, and Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. He re-enlisted in 1863, and after the fall of Vieksburg was transferred to the Thirteenth Army Corps, and was at New Orleans and Mobile Bay at the elose of the struggle. Mr. Ansberger then entered the Thir- teenth United States Infantry, Company E, and served several years on the Dakota frontier. In 1869 he re-enlisted in the same regiment, par- tieipated in the Indian campaign in 1870, and at the expiration of his term of service, in 1874, held the office of Sergeant. He next re-enlisted in the Twenty-first Infantry, Company I, still holding the Sergeant's office, and was actively

engaged in the Nez Perce and Bannack Indiau wars. After the close of the campaign of 1878 Mr. Ansberger was quartered for three years at Vancouver, and then spent teu months at Fort Canby, during which time he was promoted to First Sergeant. Ilis time having expired while quartered at Lapwai, he was assigned to duty at Roek Island, Ilinois, where he served five years. In all Sergeant Ansberger has served thirty- three years, and was retired as Sergeant of Ord- nance, March 26, 1891. Ile returned, in May, 1892, to Vancouver, where he now owns city property. Politieally he is a stanch Republi- ean, and socially affiliates with the Regular Army and Navy Union.

HOMAS W. PADDEN, proprietor of the Eureka Billiard Parlors of Vancouver, was born in county Mayo, Ireland, March 16, 1847, a son of Michael and Mary (Carbon) Padden, both of Irish birth and now deceased. Thomas W., the youngest of ten children, was brought by his parents to America in the year of his birth, the family loeating in Pennsyl- vania. At the age of fifteen years he removed with his parents to the Pacific coast, spending a few months at Portland, Oregon, and then coming to Clarke county, Washington. Mr. Padden was reared to farin life, but has also had much experience in mining, having fol- lowed that branch of industry at Canon creek about four years, and one year in the Montana mines, although he was not among the snecess- ful ones from a financial standpoint. He has been connected with the wine and lignor trade for more than twenty years, but during a por. tion of this time has been contracting and tur- nishing wood and hay to the Government. Mr. Padden has filled many large contracts at Forts Canby, Walla Walla and Vancouver. During his residence in this eity he has been promi- nently identified with several of the more im- portant publie enterprises of Vancouver and Clarke county, and among them may be men- tioned the Klickitat & Yakima Railroad, of which he was one of the promoters and early stockholders.

Our subject was married in this eity, October 6, 1873, to Miss Sarah C. Byrne, a native of San Francisco, California, and a daughter of Hugh Byrne, an old Mexican war veteran. The

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latter removed to California in 1849, was mar- ried in San Francisco, November 13, 1853, and in the following year located in Clarke county, Washington, where he is still an honored and respected pioneer. Mr. and Mrs. Padden have liad these children: Mary C., John A., Louisa M., Margaret A., Gertrude, A. Constance, Thomas L., and three daughters deceased. Mr. Padden takes an active interest in the work of the Democratic party.

L OUIS G. DESOR, proprietor of the Rail- road Exchange Club Rooms of Vancou- ver, was born at Friedrichsdorf, Germany, July 6, 1849, a son of Louis and Catherine (Agombord) Desor, natives also of that country, where they still reside. Louis G., the third of five children, attended school in his native land until fourteen years of age, after which, in 1864, he completed a collegiate course in Paris. After returning home Mr. Desor served an ap- prenticeship with his uncle at the tanner's trade, and after completing his trade spent one year in travel through the interior of the Ger- man empire, Switzerland and other portions of Europe. During the latter part of 1868 he entered the German army, served with distine- tion through the Franco-Prussian war, and car- ries honorable sears from wounds received in the battles of that memorable struggle. Ile participated in the engagement of Weisenburg, August 4, 1870; Angust 6, of the sanie year, received a severe bayonet wound in the neck; three days later was in the bombardment of Phalzburg, and September I received a saber ent across the face at the battle of Sedan. During that engagement Mr. Desor's command was in the thickest of the battle, and for brave and meritorious serviee he was presented by his Government with the emblem of the order of the Iron Cross. After recovering from his wounds he joined his command, served through the entire siege of Paris, and at Fort Valerien was wounded by a rifle ball in the left leg and right ribs. He was discharged from service September 15, 1871.

March 8, 1872, Mr. Desor took passage from Bremen, on the steamer Rhine, and in dne course of time arrived. in New York city. Ile was first engaged in mereantile pursuits for a time, later became connected with a wine house

in Cincinnati, Ohio, followed his trade in Indi- anapolis, filled the position of cutler in a whole- sale saddlery house in Mobile, Alabama, several months, had charge of a ward in the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane at Dix- mont nineteen months, and then conducted the Frederick House in Cincinnati until 1878. The latter enterprise proved a decided failure from a financial standpoint. March 4, 1878, Mr. Desor enlisted in Company G, Twenty-first United States Infantry, was assigned to duty at Fort Vancouver, and was in active service during the Bannack and Piute campaigns of 1878-'79. He was afterward assigned as headquarters messenger at Vanconver, and remained in that capacity until the expiration of his term of service, in March, 1883. For the following three years Mr. Desor served as agent and col- lector for the Star Brewing Company at Port- land, Oregon, and in 1887 returned to Vancon- ver. With the exception of a few months spent in his boyhood home in 1891, he has ever since made his home in this eity. He has been promi- nently identified with the business eireles, and is a member of the Vancouver Building and Loan Association, and the Vancouver Driving Park Association.

November 12, 1883, in Portland, Mr. Desor was joined in marriage to Miss Mary Huth, a native of Germany. In his social relations our subject affiliates with the F. & A. M., and is prominently identified with the Regular Army and Navy Union, No. 46, of Vancouver.

J P. LOWE, watch-maker and jeweler of Vancouver, is a native of Ohio. ITis par- ents, both of whom died when he was a mere lad, moved to Indiana, and later to Wisconsin, where our subject remained until eighteen years of age. He learned the jeweler's trade in that State. In 1859 he crossed the plains to California, arriving after a long and weary journey of over five months' duration, having met with the usual troubles which the emigrants of that early day encountered. After loeating in the Golden State, Mr. Lowe followed mining in El Dorado county four years, and was fairly successful. He next followed his trade in Sacramento two years; spent one year in Amador county; resided in Tuolumne; was Postmaster one year at Knight's Ferry, Stanis.

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laus county; spent one year in Humboldt county; was next in Mariposa, then two years in Tulare county; was engaged in business one year in San Francisco, and since that time has been engaged in the jewelry trade in Vancouver, Washington. Mr. Lowe is an expert at the business, and has had a Inerative trade from the first.

He was married May 17, 1889. He has one son by a former marriage. In his political re- lations Mr. Lowe votes with the Republican party, and socially affiliates with the F. & A. M. and the K. of P. He is a worthy and eonseien- tions citizen, and has the respect and confidence of the entire community.

F RANK H. GRAVES, of the law firm of Turner, Graves & Mckinstry, Spokane, Washington, was born in Illinois, June 15, 1859. His father, John J. Graves, a farmer by occupation, is a native of Kentucky, and his mother, Orilla (Berry) Graves, was born on an island in Lake Champlain.

In the publie schools and under the private instruction of his mother, young Graves pre- pared himself for college, aud entered as a stu- dent at" Carthage College, Illinois, in Septem- ber, 1876, taking a classical course and grad- uating with first honors. After his graduation Mr. Graves located in Carthage, and in the office of Draper & Schofield began the study of law. Ile was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Illinois in 1883. In March of that year he began practice at Carthage with Mr. ('Harra, under the firm name of O'Harra & Graves, and continued there until he came to Spokane in Jannary, 1885. Immediately after his arrival here, he formed a partnership with Mr. Griffits, under the name of Griffits & Graves, which partnership was dissolved the fol- lowing year and the firm of Iloughton & Graves was formed. In 1887 W. C. Jones came into the firm and the name was changed to Houghton, Graves & Jones, and continued as such until 1890, when it was dissolved by the election of Mr. Jones to the office of Attorney- General, and Mr. Houghton to the Legislature. The firm of Turner & Graves was formed in 1890, and was snceeeded soon afterward by that of Turner, Graves & MeKinstry, which still ex- ists, this being the leading law firm of Spokane.

Mr. Graves was married in 1883 to Miss Esta Mande Ferris, a native of Illinois and the daughter of a prominent banker of that State. They have one son, C. S. Graves, aged eight years.

Mr. Graves supports the Republican party and is a member of the A. O. U. W. and the Order of Elks.

In connection with the family history of Mr. Graves, it should be further stated that his mother's people were among the early settlers of Connectient and ean trace their ancestry baek to the Revolution. His paternal ancestors were among the first settlers of Virginia, and among them were men who distinguished them- selves on the battle-field and in the council halls of the nation. Mr. Graves' younger brother is now Judge of the Superior Court of Yakima and Kittitass counties, Washington.

Mr. Graves has always given much attention to literature, is a thorough classical scholar and widely read in the Greek and Roman writers. Of late years he has devoted his leisure to Eng- lish literature and history. lle is at home with all the best of England's great authors, and in the field of English and American history is probably the best-read man in the State.

Mr. Graves has distinguished himself in many departments of the law, but it is as an advocate in civie eanses that he is best known. He has been retained in most of the important eauses of that character which have been tried in the courts of Eastern Washington within the last few years. Hle attends almost exelusively to the large trial business of his firm and is said rarely to lose a jury case. As an advocate he is not eloquent, but forcible, and to his recognized honesty with juries he attributes the greater portion of his sueeess.

A C. CHUMASERO, proprietor of the City Pharmacy, was born in Seneca county, Ohio, December 22, 1861, a son of George M. and Betsey H. (Gillett) Chumasero, both now deceased. The mother was a native of New York, and the father of England. The latter came to the United States when ten years of age, locating first in New York, and later in Ohio.

A. C. Chumasero, the youngest of six ehil- dren, attended school in his native State, and completed his collegiate eonrse at Oberlin Col-

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lege, Ohio, in the class of 1882. Ile was then engaged in teaching for a time, and in 1890 came to the Pacific coast, locating first in Port- land. Mr. Chumasero soon afterward came to Vanconver, where he embarked in the hardware trade, under the firm name of Chumasero & Clark. In June, 1892, the former sold his interest to his partner, and purchased the drug establishment of A. L. Ross. This well-known house carries a full and complete line of fresh drugs, toilet articles, perfumery and all pharma- centical preparations. Special care is given to physician's prescriptions, that department being under the management of a graduate of phar- macy.

Mr. Chumasero was married in this city. December 22, 1891, to Miss Mary E. Smith, a native of Wisconsin. In political matters, our subject supports the principles of the Repub- lican party.

W ILLIAM P. HIDDLESON, City Asses- sor and a prominent educator of Van- conver, was horn in Whiteside county, Illinois, May 1, 1850, a son of William P. and Nancy (Wick) Hiddleson. The father was born in Pennsylvania, in 1816, was a farmer by occupation, and during his earlier life was a prominent edneator in Chester county, Pennsyl- vania, and in Tazewell county, Illinois. In In 1843 he located in Whiteside county, Illinois, and in 1871 the family removed to Beloit, Mitchell county, Kansas, and later to Osborne county, where Mr. Hiddleson subse- quently died. His widow still resides in Downs, Kansas. She is descended from the Redinans, an old and influential family who settled in Virginia in the seventeenth century, antedating the Revolutionary period. In her younger days she also was a successful teacher.

William `P. Hiddleson, the subject of this sketch, and the third of his parents' six chil- dren, attended the public schools of his native county, and graduated at the Sterling high school at the age of nineteen years. Being "to the manner born," he naturally chose teaching as his life work, engaged in it at once, and his efforts were crowned with success, both in Illinois and Kansas.

In 1882 he with his family came to Wash- ington, and settled in Vancouver, where he has beeu closely identified with the public schools,

being elected County Superintendent of Schools in 1886. He has held the office of City Asses- sor since 1889, and is now also Deputy County Assessor. Since locating in this city our sub- ject has been closely identified with the pro- gressive element, and is one of its most worthy and conscientious citizens. In 1889 he laid out the Fairview Addition to Vancouver, where lie now has a beautiful home, and has fine property on Vancouver lake, three miles from this city, where he has lately embarked in fruit culture, having five acres planted and more under way. Mr. Hiddleson was one of the founders of the Columbian Publishing Company, and has been secretary and treasurer since its organization.

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An illustrated history of the state of Washington, containing biographical mention of its pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 75

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