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Scotia in 1861. Educated in the public schools of his native town, he began the active business of life in the city of Boston as a clerk in a grocery house, remain- ing in that employ for three years, when, attracted by the wider field the far West offered to his enterprising nature, he migrated thither and engaged in rail- roading in various States and Territories, finally coming to Washington in March of 1887, where he located at Ellensburg and found employment as foreman in the car shops of the Northern Pacific Railroad, a position which he relinquished to fill the office of County Clerk, to which he was elected in 1892, as the nominee of the Republican Party, for a term of two years. Mr. Cameron is an eminent Mason and an ardent Republican. He is the owner of valuable city and mining property, and enjoys, as he well deserves, the confidence and esteem of his fellow- citizens, taking great interest in the progress and doing all in his power to assure the substantial good of the location of his choice.
CAMERON, SAMUEL J., farmer, of North Yakima, on the Moxie, was born in Inverness, Scotland, in 1864. Emigrating at an early age to America, he engaged in farming and stock-raising, and now, thanks to his own indomitable thrift, energy, and enterprise, is the owner of a fine farm in the Moxie Valley, near North Yakima. He is an enthusiastic breeder of fine stock, raising the best sheep in the county. His farm is well provided with all the essentials for carrying on bis business, which is principally that of a sheep-raiser. He has a pleasant resi- dence, and everything about the place bears that unmistakable look of careful management so suggestive of the " canny Scot," than whom America welcomes no more advantageous and excellent emigrants. As the name suggests, Mr. Cameron comes of a family or, to speak more correctly, " clan" distinguished in his own land, who carry with them the same high character wherever they are found.
CAMPBELL, GEORGE L., banker, of Pomeroy, Wash., was born in Indiana in 1861. His father was B. B. Campbell, a native of Virginia, his mother, Mary T. Campbell, being from Indiana. The subject of our sketch was the youngest in a family of five. He received his rudimentary education in the public schools of Iowa, supplementing it with a course in the business college of Des Moines, pre- vious to which he had perfected himself as a rapid telegrapher. Being thus pre- pared for the active duties of life, he located at Pataha, Wash., and became a bookkeeper with C. G. Austin, a leading hardware merchant. At the end of a year in this service he was appointed Clerk of the District Court. In 1883 he removed to Pomeroy in a similar capacity, taking charge from 1883 to 1886, when he relinquished it to engage in the real estate business, but returned to Mr. Austin's employ. He filled with ability the office of Auditor of Garfield County, which he was elected to hold for two years ; then became cashier of the First National Bank of Pomeroy, which position he still continues to occupy. Mr. Campbell married in 1886 Miss A. A. Gibson, of Oregon, by whom he has one child. He is the owner of a pretty city home and other valuable real estate, and is also interested in sheep-raising. A Republican in politics, he is a worthy citizen and is highly esteemed.
CAMPBELL, JAMES P., a veteran of the war and a highly respected citizen of
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Latah, first saw the light in Missouri in 1844. His father was a farmer and native of that State, and his mother a daughter of the Old Dominion. Mr. Campbell was the eldest born of a family of eight children. After the usual rudimentary school education he entered as a student of Christian College in the Willamette Valley, proposing to take a scientific course, but did not finish. Locating a farm soon after leaving school, he removed with his parents to Latah, .Wash., in 1877. There had been a break, however, in his peaceful occupation, for the summons to arms called young Campbell to the field, where he saw the smoke of battle in many engagements. Now in his pleasant suburban home he finds that refuge to which his labors in business and the field so well entitle him. He has the satisfaction of knowing that he is held in high esteem by liis fellow- citizens, who appreciate his many good qualities and sterling worth. Mr. Camp- bell was married in 1867 to Miss Flora Smith, a native of Illinois, by whom he lias six children. This estimable lady shares the regard which her husband's popularity secures for him.
CAMPBELL, V. E., jeweller, of Mt. Vernon, Wash., was born in Hamilton, Canada, October 15th, 1857, and removed in infancy to Port Huron, Mich., where he received his education in the public schools. After reaching his majority he engaged in the cooperage business, which he continued to follow for two years. In 1880 he went to Trinidad, Col., where he followed the lumbering and mill business for three years. Removing thence to Raton, N. M., he became an apprentice to the jeweller's trade, and worked at the same for about three years. At the expiration of that time he located at Fontana, Kan., where he was em- ployed in his father's jewelry store for a year and a half. In 1887 he settled in Mt. Vernon, Wash., and established himself in the jewelry business, which he has ever since continued. He has a fine store, a well-selected stock, and a pros- perous and growing trade. Progressive and public-spirited in his ideas, Mr. Campbell is deeply interested in the welfare of Mt. Vernon, and is active in all projects which seem likely to advance the city's prosperity. He is a man of sterling integrity, and is highly esteemed in the community. He is the owner of valuable real estate in Mt. Vernon. Fraternally he is a member of the Odd Fellows Order. Mr. Campbell is married to Miss Laura J. Pruette, of Virginia. They have five children, all daughters.
CANTONWINE, GEORGE, a flourishing farmer of Walla Walla County, was born in Pennsylvania in 1822. His father, a Hollander, emigrated to America in 1797. Mr. Cantonwine received his early education in the schools of his native State, and removed to Iowa in 1839. Removing from thence to Washington in 1863, he took up a homestead, and now owns nineteen hundred and twenty acres of highly productive land. Progressive in his ideas, he has also introduced a new system of farming which largely increases the yield, nearly doubling its results and constantly increasing the fertility of the acres under cultivation. He is not only an enthusiastic but most successful agriculturist, devoting his whole time to that pursuit. He was married in Iowa in 1844 to Miss Mary Lewis, the daughter of a prominent farmer. She has borne him three children.
CANTONWINE, WESLEY J., a farmer, of Walla Walla County, was born in
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Iowa in 1853, his father being a Pennsylvanian and his mother a native of Ohio. Educated in Iowa, he came to Washington, taking up one hundred and sixty acres of land ; and availing himself of the improved methods of farming, Mr. Cantonwine finds it exceedingly profitable. He is, moreover, a breeder of blooded stock-Holstein cattle and Hamiltonian horses-hoping not only for personal remuneration, but to establish a higher standard generally. He has a pleasant home, having married in 1875 Miss Clara E. Cram, a school-teacher of Oregon, whose father was a wealthy sheep-raiser and the holder of various civil offices in the county where he resided. They have three children. The subject of our sketch is a man of fine musical tastes, in which respect his sons resemble him. He is prominent in the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a leading officer in both.
CARLISLE, HON. SAMUEL S., of Seattle, attorney-at-law and late United States Minister Resident and Consul to Bolivia, was born in Philadelphia, February 11th, 1838 ; was taken to St. Louis by his parents while still an infant, and spent his boyhood in that city. He received a liberal education at Wyman's High school, and completed his studies at the University of Missouri. At the close of the war he settled in New Orleans and engaged in commercial pursuits. He studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1875, a profession which he has pur- sued with industry and success. In 1880 he was appointed by the Governor of Louisiana a Director of the Public School Board of New Orleans, of which he became the President, a position which he filled with marked ability, advancing the educational interests of the children of both races by his wise administra- tion. In 1884 he was elected a Member of the State Senate to represent the Garden District of New Orleans, which office he held until his appointment to a foreign mission. He specially distinguished himself as a member of this body. After his recall as Minister to Bolivia, where he served his Government most acceptably, he settled at Seattle, and at once resumed the active practice of the law. He was married in 1868 to Miss Sallie Holmes, of New Orleans. Frater- nally Mr. Carlisle is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He has always been a stanch Democrat, and his appointment to a foreign mission gave satisfaction to the people of Louisiana. Personally he is a man of education and refinement, possessing great quickness of perception and remarkable activity and firmness. He is an able lawyer, and in his legislative career exhibited rare powers of debate and oratory.
CARPENTER, CHARLES, hop dealer and grower, of North Yakima, was born in Vermont in 1838. His father, Orin Carpenter, was a farmer of that State, and his mother, Jane (Bassett) Carpenter, was from the same locality. Fifth in a family of eight children, young Carpenter attended the public schools of his native State, and was for a time a student at the Malone Academy ; but his busi- ness training of a practical character began in active life in California, whither he went in 1859, and engaged in various pursuits. After a sojourn of four years in the Golden State he removed to British Columbia, and from thence to Wash- ington Territory in 1868. He is, therefore, one of the pioneer settlers in Yakima County. Here he engaged in ranching and hop-raising, which he has followed
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ever since. He was the first to experiment with hop-growing, an undertaking which proved a wonderful success, until this section is famed for its hop yield throughout the United States. He is also interested in fruit culture and farming generally. He was married in 1868 to Miss Lena Webber, a native of Germany. They have four boys and two girls. Mr. Carpenter is the owner of a handsome city residence and other valuable property, being one of the heaviest holders of realty in Yakima County. He is Vice-President of the First National Bank, in which he is a large stockholder. This is the leading financial depository of that region. Success speaks for itself, and requires no laudation at the hands of the biographer.
CARR, JOHN, a popular citizen of Dayton, Wash., was born in Wisconsin in 1851. His father, Nicholas Carr, was a New Yorker and a farmer by occupa- tion, his mother being from Wisconsin. Young Carr was educated in the public schools of his native State and resided there until 1873, when he came to Wash- ington, stopping one year at Salt Lake City on his way thither. Locating at Dayton, he found employment in a planing mill, then became interested in furni- ture and undertaking. After three years he returned to milling, in which he is still engaged. Mr. Carr married, in 1871, Miss Anna Nims, of New York. They have two children. Mr. Carr has filled with great acceptation various civil offices, having been a Member of the City Council of Dayton, and being the present Chief of its Fire Department. He is also prominent in national guard matters. His handsome residence now in course of construction bids fair to supply all the external needs of a home. His library is extensive and his interest in educational matters unfailing, having been a member of the School Board for upward of twelve years. He is a Mason of the thirty-second degree, and a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is a Democrat in politics, a worker in all matters for the advancement of the city where he dwells, and is generally esteemed by his fellow-citizens.
CARROLL, HON. P. P., one of the leading members of the Seattle Bar, is a Pennsylvanian, having been born in Montgomery County in that State in March, 1844. Judge Carroll's life has been an eventful one. He is not alone an able lawyer, but he is a veteran of the late war, and the scars upon his person bear eloquent testimony to his valor on the field of battle. Young Carroll attended school at Phoenixville, Chester County, Pa., but before his education was com- pleted the war broke out. When Sumter was fired upon, and President Lincoln called for volunteers, Carroll, then but seventeen years of age, was among those who responded. He enlisted in an independent battalion, and participated in the first battle of Bull Run. At the end of ninety days our young soldier offered himself to a recruiting office of the marine corps, but he was considered too youthful and was not received. Nothing daunted, however, he placed himself under the wing of an acquaintance at Philadelphia, who acted as his guardian, and in that guise gave his formal consent to his ward's enlistment. This time he was accepted, and was enrolled as a member of the Volunteer Marine Battalion. The battalion first saw service in the Potomac flotilla, and was afterward reorgan ized and sent as a part of Dupont's expedition to Port Royal. After the fall of
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Hilton Head and Beaufort it was sent back to Washington, and the members were there mustered into Commodore Wilkes's West India Flying Squadron. In the summer of 1863 young Carroll left the marine corps, his term of enlistment having expired, and joined the Forty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. From this time on to the close of the war he saw some very active service. In the campaign of 1864 he was with Grant's army, and participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Seven Pines, Spottsylvania, and Cold Harbor, and the siege and attack on Petersburg. Carroll was the first man who broke ground for the mine before Petersburg, and one of three who were the last to leave it. When the great mine was exploded, and the awful charge was made which re- sulted in the fall of the city, Carroll fell among the wounded. After he became convalescent he was, because of conspicuous gallantry on the field of battle, rec- ommended for promotion. After a course of study in Taggart's Military School he received a commission in the army. The war was now drawing to a close, and shortly after the grand review at Washington, Lieutenant Carroll resigned his commission and left the service. His constitution, naturally a most vigorous one, had been sadly impaired by his arduous service in the field and his wounds, and upon the advice of his physician he went to New Orleans. There he studied law, was admitted to the Bar, and practised his profession, with the exception of a term of service upon the Bench, until 1879, when he came to Puget Sound, locating first at Olympia, where he resided three or four years. He then settled in Seattle, and has since resided there.
CARTER, C. W., capitalist, of New Whatcom, was born in Portland, Ore., August 9th, 1855. His early education was confined to the teachings of the public schools in his native city, supplemented by one year's training in a busi- ness college at Keokuk, Ia. He then began business for himself in South Sioux City, general merchandising. After a short time he moved to the Red River Valley of the North, and two years later to Dalton, Ga. His next move was to Van Buren, Ark., where he was in business for two years and a half. In 1884 he migrated to New Whatcom, and opened a similar establishment. He was one of the organizers of the Bellingham Bay National Bank, and is still on its board of directors. He is also one of the charter members of the Blue Canyon Coal Mines situated in Whatcom County, in whose future he has great faith, and he works earnestly for their development. He was married, November 6th, 1879, to Miss Anna Dracskert, of Sioux City, Ia. Two children grace this union. Mr. Carter is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias.
CARVER, GEORGE W., farmer, dairyman, and stock-raiser, a man of large and varied experience, located his homestead three miles east of Ellensburg when he came to Washington in 1876. He was born in Ohio in 1839, his parents being also natives of the same State. His father, born in 1807, was Sheriff of Lincoln County, O., and held other offices. Young Carver received his rudimentary education in the Buckeye State. He enlisted in Company E, Ninety-fourth Illinois, and did gallant service during the Civil War, being wounded at Pea Ridge. He came to Oregon in 1869, crossing the plains with a company of sixty wagons, having several skirmishes with Indians en route. . After farming for six 24
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years in Oregon, he removed to Washington in 1876, where with a fine breed of Jersey cattle he has found his dairy farm a great success. Mr. Carver was ınar- ried in Nebraska in 1868, and has seven children. Eminently and in the best sense of the term a self-made man, Mr. Carver is a living exponent of what may be accomplished by persistent, determined effort to achieve success.
CASE, ALANSON B., of Tacoma, was born in Rochester, N. Y., where he remained until his fourteenth year. At that time he removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., and entered the State Normal School of that city. His parents followed one year later, and his father built a flouring mill at Ann Arbor. After leaving school young Case entered a general merchandise store at Allegan, Mich., and after two years bought out the stock and became a merchant on his own account. He also bought a flouring mill at Allegan, and successfully conducted both estab- lishments. At this stage of his career the war for the overthrow of the Union had begun to assume the aspects of a great struggle, and at the sacrifice of his personal interests, he determined to enter the service of his country. He raised a company of one hundred and eight men for the Thirteenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and in recognition of that service was made second lieutenant of the company. Being mustered into the United States service January 18th, 1862, they proceeded directly, by slow marches, to Pittsburg Landing. In 1863 Mr. Case was detailed as aide-de-camp on the staff of Brigadier-General James A. Garfield, and continued as such until the latter was succeeded by General C. G. Harker, under whom Mr. Case became Brigadier Inspector. On the death of General Harker Mr. Case rejoined the Thirteenth Michigan as first lieutenant. He served under General Sherman in the memorable march to the sea, when he received his commission as Major, but declined to muster under his new rank, as his term of service had expired, and was mustered out of service at Savannah, Ga., January 18th, 1865. At the close of his military service he returned to Allegan, and resumed his former business occupations. In the fall of 1868 he disposed of his interests at Allegan and removed to Detroit, where he became the junior partner in the mercantile house of Charles Root & Co., of which firm Gov- ernor Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut, was a special partner. Mr. Case remained with the firm until 1888, at which time he came to Tacoma on a pleasure trip. Becoming charmed with the Puget Sound country, and especially with Tacoma, he determined to settle here permanently, and in February of that year he estab- lished at Tacoma the first rubber house on the Puget Sound, which he has since successfully conducted in partnership with his son under the firm name of A. B. Case & Son. They are sole agents for the Goodyear Rubber Company, of New York, and the Cleveland Rubber Company.
On May 10th, 1893, Mr. Case was appointed Postmaster of Tacoma by Presi- dent Cleveland, and assumed the duties of that position on the first of the follow- ing July. Though a Democrat in politics, his appointment was eminently satis- factory to all classes irrespective of party.
Mr. Case was married in November, 1862, to Miss Isabella A. Weeks, of Hudson, O. Two children have blessed their union-a son, Fred E., now a partner and manager of the firm of A. B. Case & Son, and a daughter, who died at the age of two years.
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CHALENOR, W. F., grain dealer, of Palouse, was born in Boston, Mass., in 1860. His father, Frederick W. Chalenor, was an English mechanic, his mother, Margaret J. (Livingston) Chalenor, being from Ireland. Educated in the public and high schools of Boston, from which he graduated with honors, our subject located in Boston and obtained employment as a clerk in a wholesale grocery house, where he remained four years. The next five years were spent in various pursuits, after which he journeyed to Montana, where he followed railroading and mining until he came to Washington in 1886, locating at Spokane, where he engaged in the grain business for three years. He then removed to Palouse and established himself in the same business. He was married in 1891 to Miss Myrtle M. Smith, a native of Illinois. They have one child. He is manager of the Farmers' Alliance Elevator Company, and is an expert railroad man, his ser- vices in that capacity being always in demand. Fraternally he is a Mason, Odd Fellow, and Knight of Pythias, also Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and Encampment. He is also a member of the City Council. He owns a nice city home and other valuable realty. In politics he is a Democrat, but is esteemed by the leading men of both parties as an able and energetic young man, whose busi- ness success is assured.
CHAMBERLAIN, JAMES L., of North Yakima, farmer, of Nachess Valley, was born in 1830 in Kentucky, second in a family of four born to Paul P. and Eliza- beth (Hatten) Chamberlain. He removed with his parents to Missouri in 1844, remaining in Andrew County until 1851, when he crossed the plains by ox-team. At Bear River he rescued a train in their rear which had been attacked by Indians and defeated, with loss of one man killed and a man and girl wounded. The train in front of them was also molested. They left a forked stick in the road with a note asking Mr. Chamberlain's train to reinforce them at Grand Tullies, they having had a fight in which several Indians had fallen. After many priva- tions, being obliged to subsist on parched corn, they reached the Willamette, where Mr. Chamberlain settled and engaged in the wood business. He was snow-bound while en route to California, where he mined for sixteen months. Returning, he lived at Salem eight years. Many changes and various employ- ments followed, all suggestive of the enterprise and energy of the man until 1886, when we find him in Old Yakima engaged in the livery and hotel business. In 1889 lie removed to his present location, and settled a fine farm of 160 acres, where he raises crops of hops, grain, and grass. He has a fine orchard, and is a stock-raiser also. He was married in 1853 to Miss Christina Kincaid, daughter of Samuel Kincaid, a wealthy Missouri farmer. They have eleven children. Mr. Chamberlain is a Democrat.
CHAMBERS, T. J., farmer and pioneer of North Yakima, born in Ireland, was the third in a family of eight children born to Thomas and Laticia (Debzel) Chambers, both of whom were natives of Ireland, but came to America and settled in Tennessee. From thence they migrated to the territory of Washington in 1845, crossing the plains by ox-team and settling on Puget Sound, where they spent the rest of their lives. The subject of our sketch was reared a farmer, and has never seen reason to change his occupation. He crossed the plains with his
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parents at the age of twenty-one, and resided for eighteen years on Puget Sound. In 1856 he was married to Miss America McAllister, who bore him seven children and died in 1886. He removed from the Sound to Klickitat County in 1866, where he remained four years, and then settled on his present farm in the Yakima Valley. Here he has a fine location, cultivating 160 acres of excellent soil and raising superior stock, having at present a herd of no less than forty head of highly bred cattle. His orchard is a marvel of beauty in the time of bloom, and fulfils its promise in the season of bearing. He is also a producer of small fruits. Politically he is a Democrat, personally a genial and whole-souled man, like most of the old pioneers full of reminiscences of the dark and gloomy days of trial, privation, and Indian hostility which menaced the early settlers of Puget Sound.
CHANDLER, G. G., was born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., Decem- ber 16th, 1857, and received the benefits of a common school education in his native town and at Massena Springs, N. Y. He has been eminently a railroad man, his first connection being with what was then the Keokuk and Des Moines Valley Road, now a branch of the Rock Island, at Dowds Station, Ia., in September, 1875. From there in 1876 he transferred his services to the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburgh, being stationed at Potsdam Junction. Here he remained until 1879, and then connected himself with the Central Vermont, making his home at Brandon, Vt., where he sojourned until October, 1882. Coming to the Northern Pacific in 1882, he was located at Helena, Mont., for five years as chief clerk of the general agent of the Northern Pacific. In making the trip to Helena at that time he journeyed 125 miles by stage. Mr. Chandler was transferred to Tacoma in August, 1887, as General Agent of the Northern Pacific. On April 1st, 1890, he was also appointed General Agent of the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company, occupying that position together with his general agency until October 1st, 1892, at which time the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company was absorbed by the Northern Pacific Railroad and operated as a division of that company. He was married January 19th, 1887, to Miss Jean Alice Christie, of Brandon, Vt. He is a high Mason, having taken the thirty-second degree, a member of the Knights of Pythias, and also of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Chandler is an eminent example of what intelligent devotion to duty, combined with industry and sterling integrity, can accomplish. He is not only a successful but a self-made man.
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