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ploma, and holds two State certificates from Oregon. He has been constantly connected with educational matters since early manhood.
April 14, 1889, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. Smith, who died January 20, 1890. June 24, 1882, Prof. Lafferty married Miss Mertie L. Blair, a native of Missouri. In political matters, the Professor affiliates with the Republican party, and socially is a member of the I. O. O. F., in which he has passed all the official chairs.
J P. W. ANDRESON, proprietor of the City Bakery of Vancouver, was born in Denmark, May 26, 1863, a son of James and Mary (Volyaardsen) Andreson. Our sub- ject, the eldest in a family of nine children, was reared and educated in his native country. In 1885 he emigrated to America, locating at Galveston, Texas, where he remained eighteen months, and while there learned the baker's trade. Mr. Andreson then spent a short time at Fort Scott, Kansas, and in 1888 began work at his trade in Portland, Oregon. He worked as a journeyman three years after locating in this city, and in 1891 opened his present estab- lishment. He has a large and growing trade in Vancouver, and also ships to Fisher's Landing, Washougal, and other points in Clarke county. One wagon is employed constantly in delivering bread, pastry, etc. Mr. Andreson was natural- ized in February, 1888.
March 26, 1892, he was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Olsen, a native of Denmark. Mr. Andreson takes no active interest in political matters, but socially affiliates with the Improved Order of Red Men and the I. O. O. F., of Van- couver.
S T. ARTHUR, Spokane, Washington. was born in Forest Grove, Oregon, in 1854. His parents, Richard and Laura J. (Mills) Arthur, natives of Missouri, moved to Oregon in 1844, being among the pioneer settlers of that State.
The subject of our sketch attended the public schools of Oregon, and later entered upon a clerical course in the State University. His
parents dying when he was quite young, he did not complete his studies in the University, and after leaving college he came to Spokane, where he has since resided. He was engaged in the hotel business ten years, during which period lie was burned out two times, and each time re- built. Retiring from the hotel, he turned his attention to the real-estate business, in which he was engaged about two years. He has served as City Councilman two terms. In 1890 he was elected on the Republican ticket to the of- fice of County Commissioner, and after serving two years was nominated by the same party by acclamation for another term of two years.
In 1878 Mr. Arthur was nnited in marriage to Miss Nellie L. Marsh, a native of New Lyme, Ashtabula county, Ohio. They have one child, Charles E., aged seven years.
Mr. Arthur is a member of the I. O. O. F., Spokane Lodge, No. 17. He is one of the most enterprising citizens of Spokane, and is often pointed out as an example of what thrift and a tenacity of purpose will accomplish when coup- led with motives that have at heart the best interests of the community. Mr. Arthur's residence is located in the prettiest part of the city and is in every way a cozy home, of which he may well be proud.
F REDERICK W. WALD, a retired hard- ware merchant of Seattle, was born in 1848, in Prussia, Germany, where his ancestors had resided for many generations. In 1860 his parents, Gerhart and Sybilia Wald, emigrated with their children to the United States, locating first in St. Louis, Missouri, but one year later removed to a farmu near Marion, Illinois. Frederick W. received his primary education in the schools of Prussia, and later attended the public schools of St. Louis. In 1864 he entered the Jones Commercial College, of that city, and his progress there was so rapid that he graduated after three months. Mr. Wald then secured an engagement as bookkeeper with Woodburn, Smith & Co., wholesale deal- ers in wagon and carriage materials and hard- ware; three years afterward became the cashier and treasurer, and subsequently manager of the business, continuing in their employ for a period of ten years. In July, 1875, he went to Cali- fornia, and after an extended trip through that
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State located in Seattle. Soon after his arrival here, Mr. Wald met an old acquaintance, F. W. Wusthoff, and they engaged in the hardware business, making a specialty of mechanics' tools and builders' hardware. This business was far in advance of the town, and the enterprise was considered exceedingly hazardous, and probably short-lived. But they pushed energetically forward, and were rewarded by ample success. After two years our subject bonght ont his partner's interest, and continued alone mutil 1880, when James Campbell became a member of the firm. They conducted a successful busi- ness nntil 1886, and in that year Mr. Wald sold his interest and retired from active labor. Since that time he has been engaged in improving his property. He erected the Harvard block, 60 x 108 feet, on the corner of Second and Virginia streets. for business and residence purposes.
In Victoria, British Columbia, in 1879, he was nited in marriage to Miss Emma C. Bossi, a native of New York city. They have had five children, namely: Charles, Rosa, Lilly, Freder- ick and Emma. Mr. Wald has served the city as Alderman, Secretary of the Board of Public Works, Superintendent of Water Works and in his political views supports the Republican party. Socially, he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Encampment.
H ENRY R. CAPLES, County Clerk of Clarke county, Washington, was the first male child born in Sidney, Fremont county, Iowa, December 5, 1851, a son of Henry L. and Margaret K. Caples. Our subject was reared in Clarke county, Washing- ton, receiving his education in the public schools during the winter months, and worked on the farm in the summer seasons. In 1886 he was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, serving a term of two years; in 1890 was nomi- nated and elected County Clerk, again elected to the office two years later. Politically, he takes an active part in the Democratic party, and is deeply interested in both national and local polities. He has been a member of the School Board for many years.
Mr. Caples was united in marriage September 13, 1876, with Miss Emma J. Hathaway, a na- tive of this county. They have seven children, namely: Lilly J., Margaret Estella, Robert F.,
Mary R., Alpha, Lucy M. and Henry R. Mr. Caples is presiding officer in the I. O. O. F., Vancouver Lodge, No. 3, and is an active worker in the O. U. A. M., Columbian Conneil, No. 1, and in Fruit Valley Grange, No. 8.
R EV. ROBERT J. SMITHI, S. J., Profes- sor of Rhetoric and Poetry, and Director of Debating Society at Gonzaga College, Spokane, Washington, was born at Be- uicia, California, August 15, 1852. Ilis parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Smith, natives of Ireland, came to America about 1850, and to the Paeitic coast the same year. Ilis father was in the military service of the United States. Both parents are deceased.
In 1865 Robert J. entered the Sisters' School at Walla Walla. He remained there until 1868, when he went to the Holy Angels (now St. James) College, Vancouver, Washington, and in November, 1871, entered the Society of Jesus at Santa Clara, California, and took an eight years' course. From that institution he was sent to San Francisco, and for five years taught in St. Ignatius College. Then he went East, and at Woodstock, Maryland, studied a course of theology, at the completion of which he was ordained at Ilchester by Cardinal (then Arch- bishop) Gibbons.
Returning West. Father Smith located at Spo- kane, Washington, and accepted a position as one of the professors of English at the op ning of Gonzaga College. With this institution he has since been connected, being one of the most efficient members of its faculty.
S YLVESTER GOODNIGHT, Auditor of Clarke county, Washington, was born in Monroe county, Missouri, January 28, 1865, a son of William and Nancy (Bybee) Goodnight, natives also of that State. The an - cestors of both sides were among the early co- lonial settlers of Kentucky. The family removed to Oregon in 1865, and two years later located in Clarke county, this State, where our subject attended school, and also graduated at the State Normal School at Monmouth, Oregon, in the class of 1888. For the following three years
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Mr. Goodnight was engaged in teaching in that State, and then followed the same occupation in Clarke county, Washington. His political views are Democratic, and in November, 1892, he was elected Connty Auditor of this county. Al- though by no means a politician, Mr. Goodnight is a stanch advocate of public enterprises, and is ever ready to assist in all that are beneficial to the city or county.
June 13, 1888, he was united in marriage to Miss Ida M. Smith, a native of Oregon and a daughter of R. M. Smith, a pioneer of Polk county. Our subject and wife have one child, Lillian M. .
F REDERICK A. BROWN, attorney at law of Tacoma, has attained a degree of promi- nence through his professional success in a comparatively short time, and the result is largely due to his possession in an unusual degree of both business and legal ability. He is a native of Illinois, born at Decatur.
His father, Josiah Brown, who was a physi- cian, died at Decatur in 1889, after having practiced his profession in that city for more than thirty years. The mother still survives.
Frederick A. Brown, the subject of this sketch, received his preparatory education in the high schools of Decatnr. After completing the course there he went to Chicago, where he was employed by a wholesale and retail grocery house, and while thus engaged he began a course of reading in law, which he pursued nights and mornings; later he went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he was employed as at Chicago.
After mastering the rudiments of the law he entered the law offices of Crea and Ewing at Decatur, Illinois, and subsequently entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, studying in both departments of Literature and Law. While attending school at Ann Arbor, he ap- peared before the Supreme Court at Lansing, Michigan, and was by that body admitted to practice and afterward graduated from the law department, receiving the degree of LL. B. Ile began his practice at Decatur and was at once successful.
As the result of his study of selecting a per- manent location, his choice fell on Tacoma, Washington, in which city he opened an office in 1890. Mr. Brown's practice has shown such | to his farin in Michigan.
constant increase as would be expected from one whose preparatory career showed both pluck and determination. He has simply filled a field all his own and in his specialty of corporation, commercial and Realty Law, has a clientage that is nothing less than remarkable, and gives him one of the largest incomes from his prac- tice of any lawyer in the State. He represents in Tacoma nearly all the wholesale concerns, besides a portion of the banking interests of the city, as well as many outside parties.
Mr. Brown is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States and prac- tices in all the State and Federal courts.
He is a member of the State Bar Association, is an active Republican in politics, having at- tended most of the conventions as a delegate and always taking a leading part in organiza- tion. Mr. Brown is in the prime of life, being hardly more than thirty years old; is married and has one of the prettiest homes in the city.
A NDREW PETER BERGSTROM, who has been identified with the interests of King county, Washington, for a number of years, was born in Orebo Lane, Oby, Jockon county, State of Narke, Sweden, May 19, 1842. His parents were Peter and Cathrina (Nelson) Bergstrom. At the age of sixteen he shipped as a common seaman, and while thus engaged visited many of the principal cities of Europe. In 1867 and '68 he was captain of the Eric, a freight boat running between Stockholm and Swedbaeken, during this time having ten men in his employ. In April, 1869, he landed in New York city. Retiring from the sea, he came across the country, via Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, being em- ployed at bridge work on the North Louisiana & Texas Railroad. From there he went to Chicago, where he was employed to superintend thirty men, grading the Grand Rapids & Indi- ana Railroad in Michigan. This work lasted eighteen months. In the fall of 1870 he located three miles and a half from Cadillac, Wexford county, Michigan, on a farm of eighty acres, for which he paid $2.50 per acre. Later, in 1882, he was employed on bridge work for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in Montana, remaining there five months. He then returned
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Mr. Bergstrom dates his arrival in Seattle April 8, 1884. He traveled all over the Sound country, spending nearly the whole of the sum- iner in travel, and in the fall located a ranch of 160 acres near Woodinville. IIe subsequently secured title to this land under the pre-emption law. He had left his family on the Michigan farm above alluded to, and in the fall of 1886 disposed of his property there and brought his family out West. In the meantime he, had been working at the carpenter's trade, had built several houses on Lake Washington, and also the scow-boat Squak. He kept his family on the ranch for ten months and then moved to Seattle, where he secured employment in the car shops of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad Company.
He continued in the employ of this company until the spring of 1892. His family had moved back to the ranch in the fall of 1891, and when he retired from the car shops he joined them in the country. He has since been devoting his time to clearing and cultivating his ranch.
Mr. Bergstrom was first married in October, 1872, to Guri Gulickson, a native of Norway. They had four children, all of whom have passed away. Mrs. Bergstrom died in Angust, 1876. June 10, 1877, he married Betty Hag- strom, a native of Sweden. Their children are: Laura E., thirteen; Hader A., eleven; Char- lotte, nine; Eddy L., seven; Carl Frederick, five; and George IIenry, three.
P ETER HUGHES, contractor and builder, also briek manufacturer, Spokane, Wash- ington, was born in Surrey, England, in 1846. Ilis parents, Thomas and Eliza- beth (Ellis) IInghes, natives of England, had a family of fourteen children, he being the twelfth born. Four of the sons became contractors and builders, their father having been engaged in that business. The latter was a prominent and enterprising man, and did a large and successful business before his retirement. Ile died in No- vember, 1891, aged ninety-three years. His wife passed away in 1854. Both were members of the Established Church of England, and the father was an active church worker.
The subject of our sketch received his educa- tion in his native town, and there served an ap-
prenticeship to the builder's trade. The years 1867 and 1868 he spent in the city of London, working at his trade. In September of the last named year he came to America and located in Ontario, Canada, where he engaged in business for himself as a contractor, and remained there, doing a successful business, until 1885. Wish- ing for a larger field of action, he came to the Pacific coast that year, and in September settled at Spokane. Here he at once bought a home and established himself in business, beginning operations on the South Side. He has erected some of the finest buildings ever put up in Spo- kane, both residences and business blocks. In 1889 he took the contract to erect the State In- ssne Asylum at Medical Lake. This is one of the finest structures on the Pacific coast. While building it he made the brick on the ground, and at the completion of the building moved the brick plant to Poene, near Spokane. Here he has a large yard with a capacity of 45,000 brick per day, and mannfactures both pressed and common brick. This plant cost him abont $10,000. Mr. Hughes has on the North Side, on the bank of the river, a beautiful residence, which commands a magnificent view of the sur- rounding country. He also owns considerable realty on the South Side.
Mr. Hughes is a man of family. He was married in 1868, to Miss Mary Jarrett, a native of England. They have four children living, namely: Thomas B., now his father's book- keeper; Minnie J., aged fifteen; Richard H., fourteen; and J. ()., twelve. The family are members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Hughes is a public-spirited man and has always taken an active interest in educational matters. While in Canada he served as a member of the School Board eleven years, and since coming to Spokane has served in that capacity one year.
D R. ELMER DE VANDO OLMSTED, one of the leading physicians of Spokane, Washington, has his pleasant office in the Zeigler Block, corner of Riverside avenne and Iloward street. Ile has been identified with the interests of this busy, growing town since De- cember, 1887, and is therefore entitled to some personal consideration within the pages of this work.
Dr. Olmsted was born Davenport, Delaware county, New York, in 1848, and is a son of
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Stephen S. and Clara E. (McMorris) Olmsted, both natives of the Empire State. They had a family of eleven children, he being the ninth born. Ilis father, a farmer and dairyman in New York, left that State in 1856 and went to Victoria, Illinois, where he engaged in the man- nfacture of furniture and also had a store, and for eight years was Postmaster. He still resides in Victoria, where he is highly esteemed by all who know him. He is a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. His wife passed away several years ago.
The Doctor's early education was gained in the schools of Illinois, where he lived for sev- eral years. After giving his attention to medi- cine for some time, he entered the Missouri Homeopathic College at St. Louis, in 1876, re- ceiving his diploma in 1878. Settling at Plym- outh, Illinois, almost immediately after grad- nation, he began practice. Upon coming West and locating in Spokane, Dr. Olmsted at once built up an excellent practice here. He is re- garded as one of the most skillful homeopathists in the State, and probably has the largest prac- tice of any physician in Spokane. He is a mem- ber of the State and County Medical Societies, and while his professional duties require his chief attention, he also has time for social de- mands. He is a prominent member of the Ma- sonic fraternity, having taken the higher degrees of that order, and while in the East was Master of the lodge to which he belonged. He is also a member of the A. O. U. W. The Doctor owns valuable real estate in Spokane, and during the great fire of 1889 he lost heavily. He is one of the directors in the Citizens' National Bank.
Dr. Olmsted has been twice married. In 1868 he wedded Miss Ella Lang, a native of Illinois, who died in 1873, leaving two children, namely: Ama L., wife of Burton Taylor; and Carrie Edna, wife of Fred N. Taylor. In 1881 he was nnited in marriage to Miss Emma Sut- ton, who is also a native of Illinois.
F RANCIS M. K. PUGH, the efficient Sheriff of Spokane county, Washington, was born in Linn county, Oregon, April 7, 1860, the youngest in a family of six chil- dren. His parents, Franeis A. and Ruth (Jes- sup) Pugh, are natives of Kentucky and Indiana
respectively, and his father was among the first setttlers of Oregon. One of Mr. Pugh's uncles served in both the Mexican and Black Hawk wars. Of his brothers be it recorded that they are men of progressive ideas, and have held va- rions positions of trust in the States of Oregon and Washington. One brother, J. W. Pugh, is now a County Commissioner of Linn county, Oragon, and another, Felix M. Pugh, is Deputy Sheriff of Spokane county, under his brother.
The subject of onr sketeh has been a resident of Washington since 1879, and of Spokane since 1880. Mr. Pugh has taken an active part in the affairs of the State of his adoption, and is considered one of its most public-spirited citi- zens. Ile affiliates with the Republican party, and by that party was nominated and elected Sheriff of Spokane county in 1890, and was re- elected in 1892, being the present Sheriff and serving his second term. He has proved him- self a most capable and efficient officer, having, in conjunction with his brother, Felix M., broken up one of the most lawless gangs with which the West was ever infested.
He was married in 1880, to Miss Carrie Hugh- banks, and has four children: Ollie, Lottie, Bel- rand and Ralph.
E MIL GUNTHER, architect, Spokane, Washington, was born in Germany in 1850, only child of Emil Gunther and his wife. He received a university education and studied architecture under the best masters in Berlin, and for three years after completing his studies remained at Berlin in the employ of the Government, erecting barracks, etc.
In 1880 Mr. Gunther came to the United States. He spent three years in New York, three years in San Antonio, Texas, and two years in California, all the while being engaged in work at his profession. In 1889 he came to Spokane, Washington, arriving here just before the great fire of that year. Since then he has erected about fifty buildings, aggregating in valne over $1,000,000. Among these may be mentioned the Irving, Bryant, Bancroft and Franklin schools of Spokane; the high-school building of Medical Lake; Holzman's ware- house, Masonic block, Ilogan's block, Mohr's block, Allen block, Vermont block, Lutheran church, etc., Spokane; also Bertrand Cottages,
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and the residences of G. Koon, II. Currier, E. J. Dyer, J. S. Allen, J. Young, Judge Burk, P. Johnson and many others in Spokane.
Mr. Gunther was married while residing in Texas, and has three children. He affiliates with the Republican party.
J OSEPH NESBITT, manager of the Gold- endale Milling Company, is well and fa- vorably known in commercial eireles in Klickitat county, and is entitled to representa- tion in a work of this character; the following space has therefore been accorded him, and will be devoted to a brief outline of his career.
The building occupied by the Goldendale Mill- ing Company was ereeted in 1878, and for two years the name of Thomas Johnson was associ- ated with the prosecution of the business, after which it was carried on by S. II. Jones and Jo- seph Nesbitt until November 1, 1890, when the present corporation was formed. The mill is located on the Little Klickitat river, and is pro- vided with both steam and water power. The main building is 30 x 50 feet, the elevator is 20 x 30 feet, and the engine honse fifty- four feet square. The engine is forty-horse power, and the water power is utilized through a turbine. The interior furnishings and me- chanieal equipment of the mill are of the latest improved patterns. There are ten pairs of rollers, and the capacity of the plant is ninety barrels in a run of twenty-four hours. Four men, besides the manager, are employed. The product of the mill finds a market in Portland, Olympia and San Francisco, and a large and steady local trade has been established. The patrons assert that the flour and meal are not surpassed in quality by any other mill in the Northwest.
Joseph Nesbitt, to whose untiring energy the prosperity of this establishment is largely due, was born in the State of Ohio, in Stark county, October 10, 1842. His parents, Peter and Catherine (Baer) Nesbitt, were natives of Penn- sylvania, of Seotch and German extraction re- spectively. The paternal grandfather, William Nesbitt, was a soldier in the war of 1812; the father died in 1861, and the mother passed away in 1890. In a family of eight Joseph was the fifth born. ILis boyhood was spent upon a farm ; in early manhood he was apprentieed to learn
the carpenter's trade, and became master of the vocation, which he followed many years. In 1867 he left the State of his nativity, and pro- ceeded toward the setting sun. Hannibal, Mis- souri, was his residence for a time, and thenee he went to Kansas City, where he remained four years; Atchison, Kansas, was his home for a period of three years, and then he came to the Pacific coast, loeating in Goldendale, Washing- ton. Here he has sinee resided, and given his aid to the development of the county and State. He was interested in a sawmill during the first two years of his residence here, but now gives his entire attention to the business interests of the Goldendale Milling Company.
Politieally, he affiliates with the Republican party, taking a deep interest in questions of a local and national nature; he has served as a member of the School Board for several years, and during two terms represented the people of Klickitat county in the office of Auditor. He has the honor of having been Mayor of Golden- dale, which was incorporated in 1879, and has served two terms as a member of the City Coun- eil. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., F. & A. M. and the A. O. U. W.
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