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CRAWFORD, JOHN H., of Ellensburg, a leading farmer and stockman of Kit- titas County, was born in Illinois in 1832. His parents were Virginians, his father being a planter of that State and a veteran of the War of 1812. They died in Wisconsin in 1846, leaving four children, of whom the youngest is the subject of our sketch. Mr. Crawford received those rudiments of education which fitted him for busy pursuits of after life in that State, where he also engaged both in mining and farming, till his removal to Oregon in 1852. Making the tedious journey across the plains with pack animals, he reached the Willamette Valley in July, where he busied himself for ten years in the same pursuits, removing to Idaho in the spring of 1863. Returning to Oregon in 1871, he was attracted to the Sound country in Washington, where, like Adam of old, he gardened ; then, crossing to the Kittitas Valley, August 6th, 1879, he took up land, and still owns over three hundred fertile acres. Mr. Crawford was married in Wisconsin in 1860 to Miss Hannah S. Woods, a native of Maine. Three children are the happy result of their union. They are members of the Methodist Church, and enjoy the esteem of the community in which they reside.
CRAWFORD, S. L., real estate broker of Seattle, was born in Oregon City, Ore., June 22d, 1855. He received his education in the schools of Walla Walla, Wash., Salem, Ore., and Olympia, Wash., to which place his parents removed in 1870. Upon the completion of his studies he entered the office of the Washing- ton Standard in Olympia, where he learned the printer's trade. In the fall of 1875 he accepted the post of Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives.
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He was then engaged in printing the laws of that session, and afterward worked on the Morning Echo of Olympia, until he left the capital city to take a position on the Daily Intelligencer of Seattle (afterward, in 1882, by its absorption of the Post, known as the Post-Intelligencer), one of the first journals on the coast. Mr. Crawford has filled every position on this paper from pressman to proprietor during thirteen years of faithful service. In October, 1888, he severed his edi- torial connection to engage in the real estate business with Mr. Charles T. Con- over, for three years his associate on the Post-Intelligencer. The high standing, established integrity, and extensive acquaintance of these gentlemen made their new venture a success from the start, and assured the future of their undertaking, . its results exceeding their most sanguine expectations. Mr. Crawford was mar- ried at Sacramento, Cal., to Miss Clara M., youngest daughter of Dr. W. F. Clay- ton, of that city. They have one son, Frank Clayton Crawford, now a lad of thirteen.
CREIGHTON, DR. J. R., a leading physician of Rockford, Wash., was born in New York in 1836, and was the eldest child of David and Isabel (Ray) Creigh- ton. His father died in Washington County, and the mother still resides at her old home. The ancestry of the Creightons is Scotch. The subject of our sketch was reared in Washington County, where he attended the public schools. He began the study of medicine in 1858 with a preceptor, attended lectures at the Albany Medical College, graduating therefrom in 1863. He proved his devotion to the flag by enlisting in Company E, Twenty-first New York Cavalry, and was soon appointed Assistant Surgeon in the army then serving under General Sheri- dan and operating in Virginia and Maryland. He was stationed at Harper's Ferry Hospital at the close of the war, thence to Washington, D. C., and was present at the grand review in that city in 1865. He was then ordered on duty to St. Louis, where he was honorably mustered out in July. Returning to civil life he located in Chicago, where in four years' time he built up a practice ; then changed his abode to Butler County, Kan., where he remained five years ; thence to Lincoln County till 1889, when he came to Washington and established himself at Fairfield, removing from thence in January of 1891 to Rockford, where he now does a flourishing business. In 1892 he was appointed Surgeon to the Indian Reservation of the Colville Post at Fort Spokane. He has been married twice, first in 1860 to a lady who died in 1866, leaving one child, now married and residing in New York. His second wife, whom he espoused in Chicago in 1867, was Miss Sarah Farnsworth, who bore him four children. The doctor is a Mason and a member of Magnolia Post No. 41. He is a genial gentleman and an excel- lent physician, greatly liked by all who know him.
CREWS, W. E., attorney-at-law, of Seattle, was born in East Portland, Ore., August 4th, 1861, was educated in the public schools of that State, and studied surveying at home under a private tutor. He then graduated from the Portland Business College and became bookkeeper for Wheeler Brothers, at Pendleton, Ore. Taking up the study of the law, he entered the office of Gearin & Gilbert, and also attended the Law Department of the State University at Portland. He graduated in 1885, was admitted to the Bar, and at once began active practice.
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In June, 1889, he came to Seattle, resumed his professional work, and is now a member of the law firm of Justin, Gearin & Crews, which still continues and does a large business. Mr. Crews was married in Portland, Ore., June 6th, 1886, to Miss Louisa Rush, of Eugene, Ore. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He was nominated for Superior Judge of King County in 1892, on the Democratic ticket. As Webster remarked, " There is always room at the top," in every profession.
CRONCE, S. L., County Clerk and Clerk of the Superior Court of Adams County, Wash., was born in Pennsylvania in 1853. His father, Samuel Cronce, was a native of New Jersey and a physician ; his mother, whose maiden name was Longenecker, being from the State of Pennsylvania. Mr. Cronce was the second in a family of three children born to liis parents. He received his educa- tion in the high schools of Illinois, and was entered as a student in the Mechanics- burg Academy of that State. Locating in Whiteside County, Ill., he engaged in teaching for many years, going thence to Macon County, Ill., to continue the same pursuit. Migrating to Washington in March, 1889, he settled at Ritzville, where he acted as clerk to the Probate Court. He was afterward nominated and elected to the office of Auditor and County Clerk and Clerk of the Superior Court of Adams County. In 1891 .he was admitted to the Bar, and has held other offices of a local character. Mr. Cronce married in 1887 Miss Addie N. Malone, a native of Illinois. They have one child, Grace A. He was renominated in 1892 by acclamation in the Republican Convention for the office of County Auditor and Clerk, and elected by a large plurality, three candidates being in the field. Mr. Cronce is deservedly popular, owns a pleasant home and a fine wheat farm, and is in all respects a representative citizen of the Evergreen State.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PALOUSE CITY, WASH .- Banks have their biographies as well as mortals-more or less interesting to their stockholders and the community at large. Mr. Charles T. Cross, cashier of the Bank of Palouse City, Wash., favors us with the following historical sketch of the life up to date of the financial institution over whose cashiership he so ably presides. The Bank of Palouse City was organized in January, 1888, first as a private enterprise, with A. M. Cannon as its proprietor, but afterward, on June 2d, 1890, as a . national bank, with a capital of $50,000, which was increased at a later date to $75,000. The surplus now is $25,000. Its officers are : A. M. Cannon, Presi- dent ; L. C. Wheeler, Vice-President ; Charles T. Cross, Cashier. Mr. Cross is also interested in the insurance business. The bank does a large business, and with such backers and bright expectations bids fair to outlive its founders, grow- ing and increasing to a financial good old age.
CROUP, DR. O. J., dental surgeon and citizen of Ellensburg, is a native of the Keystone State, where he first saw the light some thirty-two years ago, the fifth in a family of nine children born to Jacob and Sarah (Henshaw) Croup of that State. Educated in the public schools of his native State, he determined to devote himself to the study of dentistry, and began the practise of that profession in Pittsburg in 1883. Here he remained but a year, removing to the territory of
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Washington in 1885 and locating at Walla Walla, where he opened an office and worked successfully until five years ago, when he moved to Ellensburg, and has ever since remained, building up, as a recognition of his ability, a large and lucra- tive practice. The doctor married at Walla Walla, in 1887, Miss Mary E. Bender, a native of Ohio, a daughter of H. A. Bender. They have a family of two children to add to the charm of a comfortable home. Dr. Croup is also the owner of con- siderable property on the Sound. He has been a member of the City Council, is Republican in politics, a worthy member of various societies, a close student, and keeps well up with every advance of his specialty, yet finds time to interest him- self in all that bids fair to forward the best interests of the town of which he is a most worthy and generally esteemed citizen.
CUDIHEE, EDWARD, Acting Captain of Police of the city of Seattle, was born in Rochester, N. Y., January 26th, 1853, received his early education in his native city, and finished it in a seminary at Jackson, Mich., after which he re- sided with his parents until the age of twenty-four. He then engaged in the grocery business at Jackson. Going from thence to Leadville, Col., he was elected Chief of Police, an office which he held for two years. He then followed mining until the winter of 1890, when he removed to Seattle, where he has been a member of the police force ever since, having been specially connected with its secret service, and doing the work committed to his charge with the entire appro- bation of his superiors. He is at present acting as captain of police. It is a part of his official record that he declined to become a member of the Vigilance Com- mittee in Leadville, when it was a much easier and possibly safer matter to accept such an invitation than to decline.
DALE, JOHN S., County Commissioner and a prosperous farmer of Skagit County, was born in Venango County, Pa., September 7th, 1853. One year later his parents removed to Pierce County, Wis., where our subject was reared on a farm and received such educational advantages as the common schools of that vicinity afforded. He began life as a bread-winner at the age of twenty-one, going to Davidson County, Tenn., and in 1874 he was married to Miss Lucy J. Brown, of that county. Four children have been born to them, the sexes being equally represented. Mr. Dale followed farming in Tennessee for twelve years, but meeting with indifferent success, determined to try his fortune in a new field. Coming directly to Skagit County, Wash., he purchased ninety acres of fertile land twelve miles from the town of Mt. Vernon, where he is now an active, enter- prising, and successful farmer. His acres are well improved, and amply repay the care and labor bestowed upon them. Mr. Dale was elected one of the County Commissioners of Skagit County, and on the organization of the board was elected chairman, and is now discharging the duties of his office in a highly creditable and satisfactory manner. Personally Mr. Dale is a gentleman of pleasant and winning manners, and favorably impresses all with whom he is brought in contact. He is a hard worker, progressive and public-spirited in his ideas, and one whose entire career has been synonymous with manliness and integrity. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows ..
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DARBY, JAMES A., hardware merchant, of Pomeroy, Wash., was born in Wis- consin in 1849, and was educated in the public schools of the State of New York, where he moved with his parents when two years old. He located, on the com- pletion of his studies, in Missouri, and engaged in railroading for nearly fifteen years. He then removed to Washington Territory, locating in 1885 at Pomeroy, where he engaged in the hardware business. He was married in 1873 to Miss Mattie Cox, of Missouri. A family of six children grace their union and enliven their pleasant city home. Mr. Darby is a property-owner and an esteemed citizen of Pomeroy. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and politically a Prohibitionist. A thoroughgoing business man, he makes many friends and receives from his many good qualities the regard of all who know him.
DARBY, WALTER L., hardware merchant, of Pomeroy, Wash., was born in Iowa in 1858. His father, Hubbard Darby, was a New York mechanic, his mother, Margaret (Armstrong) Darby, being a native of Ireland. After a prepar- atory course in the public schools of Missouri, Walter became a student in Thayer College, Kidder, Mo., taking a classical course, which, however, he did not com- plete. He then engaged in business with his father at Kidder, and in 1883 came to the Pacific Coast, locating at Pomeroy and engaging in his present business, with the firm of Darby & Co. In 1885 he sold out, and a year later the firm of Darby & Sons was organized with a capital of $10,000, which enables them to carry a stock fully sufficient to the needs of their rapidly growing trade. Mr. Darby was married in 1885 to Miss Kate Benjamin, a native of Oregon, by whom he has five children. He has been a member of the City Council, and is a Repub- lican in his political convictions. A firm believer in the grand future which awaits the still infant State of Washington, he looks hopefully forward to its speedy increase and full development.
DASHIELL, BENJAMIN F .- A half mile northwest of the town of Waverly, Wash., locates the farm of Mr. Dashiell, who was born in Louisville, Ky., March 28th, 1838. His father, Dr. George W. Dashiell, was a native of Maryland, and practised as a physician till late in life. His mother came from that city so noted for its beautiful women, Baltimore. Her father, James Corrie, was a merchant of that city, and was one of the French spoliation claimants. When Congress voted that these claims should be paid, under Arthur's administration, Mr. Corrie's claim was paid to the children of his only child, though the amount paid was greatly reduced from the original claim. Our subject was the tenth of eleven children born to his parents. He was almost literally self-taught, for his schooling was limited to six months in the district school, as he was obliged to labor upon his father's farm, who was both an agriculturist and practitioner. Nevertheless he managed by his own unaided efforts to pick up a fair education, for there is really no help like self-help. In 1860 he went from Iowa to Oregon, where he located at Pendleton, taking a farm and improving it until 1872. Sell- ing out, he located on the farm of one hundred and sixty acres he homesteaded near Waverly, and later purchased one hundred and sixty acres of the railroad, making three hundred and twenty acres in all. He was one of the three persons
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who laid out the town of Waverly, a portion of the land being taken from his three hundred and twenty acres, reducing his farm to two hundred and ninety acres. He still owns about seventy town lots in Waverly. His farm is all im- proved and under cultivation. Add to this an orchard of six hundred trees bear- ing fruit of various kinds, and a pleasant home with its useful and ornamental accessories, and it becomes a matter of wonder that the owner of all these good things is still unmarried.
DAVIDSON, JOHN B., attorney-at-law, of Ellensburg, Wash., was born in Indiana in 1859, being the youngest in a family of six children born to Stephen and Catherine B. (Brown) Davidson. The father was a native of Ohio and the mother of South Carolina. His elementary education was obtained in the public schools of his native State, supplemented by a course at the Northern Indiana Normal School, to which he added a course at Ann Arbor. His legal education was received at the Albany (New York) Law School. He was admitted to the Bar of Indiana in 1882, and began practise at Ellensburg, Wash., where he re- moved in 1883 and associated himself with Samuel C. Davidson. They have built up a large practice, their clientage being of an excellent character. Their offices in the Davidson Block are convenient and commodious, the building in which they are located being one of the finest business structures in the city. Mr. Davidson has filled the office of Mayor, to which he was elected on the Republican ticket in 1889. He was married at Ellensburg in 1886 to Miss Jean C. Schnebly, daughter of the editor of the Ellensburg Localizer, Mr. D. J. Schnebly. Mrs. Davidson is a native of Washington. They have three children. Mr. Davidson is the owner of a pleasant city home and other valuable realty. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Uniformed Rank. He is also City Attorney. In politics he is a Republican. He has a fine library, is a close student, and a well-informed man.
DAVIS, A. J., of Colfax, Wash., a thoroughgoing business man, was born in Wales in 1859, of which country his father and mother were both natives. His parents came to the United States in 1870 and located at Pittston, Pa., in whose public schools the subject of our sketch received such preparatory training as fitted him to become a student of Wyoming Seminary, from whence he graduated with honor in due course. He then became a weigher in the employ of the Dela- ware & Hudson Canal Company, which he relinquished at the end of two years to remove to Colfax. Here he engaged in a lumber mill, but abandoned this occupation to build a residence for himself. He then took a position with a prominent Colfax firm as clerk and salesman, and after going through all the stages became General Manager, where his services are highly appreciated by his employers in the department which he still retains. Mr. Davis was married in 1883 to Miss Elizabeth G. Thomas, a native of Centralia, Pa. They have three children, but one of whom survives. Mr. Davis is a man of sterling worth and a member of the Plymouth Congregational Church, of which he is a trustee. En- terprising and energetic, a property-holder, deeply interested in the progress of the thriving city where he makes his home, he is justly esteemed as a possessor of the best qualities both of head and heart.
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DAVIS, E. D., hardware merchant, of Mt. Vernon, Wash., was born in St. John, Putnam County, Mo., October 9th, 1856. In 1865 he removed with his parents to Sullivan County, in the same State, where he attended the common schools. He began life on his own resources at the age of eighteen, and after working on a farm for about a year, he attended school for eight months at Abingdon, Ill. He then resumed farming pursuits until 1878, after which he taught school at Pollock, Mo., and in Morgan County, Ill., one term each. Removing to Keokuk, Ia., he accepted a position as travelling salesman for Dr. Baker & Son's pro- prietary medicines. After spending one year in that occupation he returned to Sullivan County, Mo., and resumed teaching for two terms. In 1883 Mr. Davis came to Washington Territory, where he followed the same honorable calling until 1889 ; first at Mt. Vernon, one term ; then one term in Snohomish County ; then at Mt. Vernon again, and afterward in other parts of Skagit County. In 1889 he was elected Sheriff of Skagit County, and held that important office for two terms, performing the duties of the same in a manner highly creditable to himself and to the satisfaction of the county at large. During his term as Sheriff he embarked in the hardware business at Mt. Vernon, in partnership with O. Klement, under the firm name of Klement & Davis. Purchasing his partner's interest in 1892, he has since continued the business alone. He carries an exten- sive and well-selected stock, and has a large and constantly increasing trade. Mr. Davis is an active factor in Mt. Vernon's prosperity, and takes a lively inter- est in everything calculated to advance the public good. He is recognized in the community as a man of the highest integrity, and enjoys the esteem and con- fidence of all. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Davis was married in October, 1890, to Miss Maggie R. Hastie, of Skagit County. Two children, a son and a daughter, have been born to them.
DAVIS, J. S., hardware merchant, of Pomeroy, Washı., was born in Decatur County, Ind., in 1839. His father, James Davis, was a Connecticut farmer, his mother, Hattie (Ferguson) Davis, being a native of New York. Youngest in a family of sever, our subject obtained his early education in the public schools of his native State. He then located in Greenburg, Ind., but removed with his parents to Missouri in 1856. In the spring of 1860 he went to California, where he followed various callings ; thence to Oregon, where he farmed and afterward took a clerkship, and in 1867 removed to Umatilla County, Ore., and from that place to what was then Walla Walla County, but now Garfield, Wash. Here he became a fruit-raiser on Snake River, an occupation which he followed for eight years with considerable success. Taking up his residence in Pomeroy in 1890, he associated himself in the hardware business with Messrs. Hathaway and Thomas. Mr. Hathaway having sold out his interest, the firm is now known as Davis & Co. They have an invested capital of about $10,000, and carry a large stock. Mr. Davis was married in 1864 to Miss Louise Jackson, of Yamhill County, Ore., by whom he has four children. He has filled the office of County Commissioner for two terms with marked ability, and is also a member of the City Council. In politics he is an ardent Republican. He owns a pleasant city home and valuable farm property, and, what is still more desirable and creditable, may claim the sincere regard and respect of the community which respects his business talents and sterling worth.
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DAVIS, DR. W. NORTON, the son of A. J. Davis, a gentleman farmer of Toronto, Canada, and Laura Norton Davis, his wife, was born in Aylmer, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, January 10th, 1861. Overwork in his high-school course so shattered the health of young Davis that it was not until the age of seventeen that he was enabled to renew his studies, when he entered at Ann Arbor, Mich., graduating at the head of his class. Still further to perfect him- self in the medical profession, and zealous to acquire a good foundation, he became a student in the Chicago Homeopathic College, took a thorough course, and carried away its highest honors with the special commendation of the faculty. Beginning practice in Chicago, he left the " Windy City" to establish himself in Beloit, Wis., where he took a leading position in the healing art. Returning to Canada, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Toronto, and passed a creditable examination in the regular school of medicine. Being thus doubly armed, and strongly attracted by the beauties of Los Angeles, Cal., he determined to settle in that city, where he abode for five years, and was eminently successful. Coming to Spokane in July, 1889, he had hardly established himself when the great fire destroyed his outfit and threw him on his own resources. After a brief sojourn in the East he returned with the rebuilding of the city, and is now, thanks to his acknowledged ability and skill as a specialist, a leading physician in the beautiful metropolis of Eastern Washington-Spokane. He numbers his patients by hundreds all over the Inland Empire, along the Pacific Coast, and as far as the Atlantic Seaboard, and even in the old world. The doctor is married and has one child, and is, moreover, wedded to the city of Spokane, where his fine offices are thronged with those who constantly seek his services.
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DAWSON, L. M., farmer and superintendent of the poor farm, of Spangle, Wash., was born in Davisville, Ill., November 13tlı, 1839, his father, Joseph Dawson, and his mother, Sarah (Bright). Dawson, being of Scotch descent. He received his rudimentary education in the public schools of his native State until the age of nineteen, when he began the active business of life by farming in Illinois. He afterward went to Jasper, Mo., and in 1879 crossed the plains to Washington Territory and took up land about ten miles from Spangle, where he has a fine ranclı, well stocked. In 1889 he was appointed Superintendent of the poor farm, to which is attached main and out-buildings sufficiently large to accommodate seventy-five paupers. Under the able supervision of Mr. Dawson this institution has been well kept up and excellently cared for. Mr. Dawson was married to a Miss Hays, of Fayette County, O. She was born in 1847, and is a daughter of William and Hannah (Redmond) Hays. Ten children have been born to this union, but four of whom survive. Mr. Dawson is a member of the Dunkard Church, and a Democrat in politics. He has achieved success in life in the face of many disadvantages, and owing to his popularity and determination to over- come them all, has obtained both social and financial recognition at the hands of his fellow-citizens.
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