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THE YAKIMA NATIONAL BANK .- Institutions have their lives as well as indi- viduals. They are born, run their course, are liable to accidents, have their fevers and their chills, their periods of depression and elation, and ofttimes of sudden collapse or slow decay, and yet again they flourish in a green old age. Let us hope that the latter will be the fate of the corporation whose financial record we are about to chronicle. The Yakima National Bank was organized in 1888 with a capital of $50,000, a surplus of $4000, and $20,000 of undivided profits. The following is the list of its officers : George Donald, President ; R. R. Nichols, Vice-President ; J. D. Cornett, Cashier ; F. Bartholet, Assistant Cashier. The directors are J. D. Cornett, George Donald, R. R. Nichols, S. S. Taylor, Joseph Bartholet, and L. L. Thorp. The character of this institution is such as to invite public confidence. It transacts a general banking business, and its managers and financial backers are numbered among the most substantial citizens of Yakima. It is planted in the midst of a growing and thriving city, and is in itself an evi- dence of the commercial enterprise and solid progress of the city and community where it is established. Under such wise and prudent management its stock- holders feel assured that its customers will have no cause to doubt its assured prosperity.
DORR, JAMES CLARKSON, deceased, physician and surgeon, late of Dayton, Wash., was born in Dover, Me., November 2d, 1831. He graduated from Dart- mouth College with the degree of M.D., and immediately went to California, locating at Sacramento, where he was connected with the New England Hospital. Removing to Chico, he was associated with General Bidwell, earning a large repu- tation as an Indian fighter. His life for some years seems to have been a check- ered one, such as fell to the lot of nearly all early settlers. During the winter of 1855-56 he served as a member of the California Legislature, and voted for the amendment abolishing slavery. He also held various local offices. He came to
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Washington in 1879 and settled at Dayton, where for four years he engaged in railroading. In 1886 he established himself in the drug business with his son Charles, investing largely with satisfactory results. The doctor was married in 1860 to Miss Ellen Reynolds, of Otsego County, New York, a daughter of Stephen and Malone Jacobs Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds was a farmer of the Empire State, and his wife a member of one of its well-known families. Miss Reynolds re- moved to the Pacific Coast in 1859, and there met and married Dr. Dorr. - Eleven children were born to their union, all of whom have taken worthy and prominent places in life. Mrs. Dorr is the owner of a pretty city home, replete with mod- ern comforts and those evidences of refinement which tell more strongly than words the cultivated taste and educated mind of its occupant. The drug busi- ness of her late husband is still conducted in the interest of his estate.
DORRIS, E. P., hardware merchant, of Farmington, Wash., was born in Cali- fornia in 1860. His father, Benjamin F. Dorris, was a merchant of Waterville, Tenn., his mother, Cecile Dorris, being a native of Switzerland. Educated in the public schools of Eugene City, Ore., supplemented by a scientific course which, however, he did not complete, young Dorris located in the State of Ore- gon, remaining there until the age of twenty-two, when he came to Washington and located at Farmington. Here he erected a fine business block and engaged in the hardware trade, establishing one of the leading houses in that trade in the city. He has invested a capital of $25,000, and calculates his annual sales at $35,000. He was married in 1886 to Miss Bertha A. Hazlett, of California. They have three children. His private residence is one of the finest in the city, replete with every modern improvement and comfort. As one of the city fathers, Mr. Dorris has been an ardent advocate of all that might conduce to Farmington's progress and substantial improvement. Fraternally he is a Past Noble Grand of the Odd Fellows ; politically he is in sympathy with the Democracy ; personally he is a talented and courteous gentleman, justly and generally esteemed.
DOTY, DANIEL, a retired farmer, veteran of the war, and resident of Latah, Was born in Indiana in 1836. His father was a native of New Jersey, while his mother came from the Buckeye State. The eighth child of a family of ten, the subject of our sketch was educated in the schools of Indiana, and, having com- pleted his studies, located in Iowa, where he engaged in farming. Here he re- mained for over four years, then moved to Wisconsin, where he tarried for a year and then returned to Indiana. Fired by patriotic zeal at the breaking out of the Civil War, Mr. Doty enlisted in the Fifty-first Indiana Volunteers, and joining the Fourth Army Corps of the Army of the Cumberland, participated in all the bat- tles in which his regiment was engaged up to 1864, when he was honorably dis- charged with the rank of Sergeant. Returning to Indiana, he remained in that State until 1867, when he removed to California and located in the Sacramento Valley ; from there to Oregon, where he remained until his departure for Wash- ington in 1879, to settle upon the farm he still retains. Resting on the well-won laurels of his soldier exploits, and content with the worldly goods acquired by successful effort, he has retired from the active business of life, and now resides in his pretty city home. Mr. Doty espoused Miss Amanda Dollarhide in 1855.
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This estimable lady is a native of Indiana, of excellent family. Mr. Doty is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, General Milroy Post No. 62. He has five children. .
DOTY, MORTON, hardware merchant, of Latah, Wash., was born in Oregon in 1869, being the third in a family of five children. His father was a native of Indiana. After finishing his preparatory studies in the public schools of Wash- ington -- and there are none better-young Doty entered the Washington University, at Huntsville, proposing to take a scientific course. Here he remained from 1887 to 1889, but did not finish. He then located at Latah and engaged in the hardware business, his present occupation. The firm is the leading one in its line, having some thousands of capital invested and doing the largest hardware business in that section of the State, farming implements being a specialty. Mr. Doty was married in 1889. IIe is a member of the Odd Fellows and Sons of Veterans, a man well posted on all the topics of the day, shrewd and enterprising, a thoroughgoing business man. He has secured and holds the confidence of the community in which he dwells, and is rapidly work- ing his patient way to that financial success which waits upon fair dealing and persistent effort.
DOUGHERTY, WILLIAM H., real estate, insurance and loan broker, of Tacoma, Wash., is a native son of the Evergreen State, having been born in Pierce County, six miles south of Tacoma, August 14th, 1856. He is the son of William P. and Mary Jane Dougherty, who crossed the plains-the father in 1843, the mother in 1845-and were united in marriage in Oregon City in 1846. They then removed to Puget Sound, near Tacoma, where they still reside in the enjoyment of that universal respect ever accorded to old pioneers. The father of Mr. Dougherty deserves something more than a passing notice as a charter member of the first Masonic lodge organized on the Pacific Coast, as well as the second lodge organized in Washington at Steilacoom. He is also the author of a valuable work giving the history of the introduction of Masonry on the Pacific Coast. He was also one of the first Probate Judges and County Commissioners to exercise those offices in Pierce County. He built the first frame house in the county in 1856. His wife was the first white woman that settled in Pierce County. The subject of our sketch received the benefits of the excellent common schools of Pierce County, to which he added a business course at the Columbia Business College of Portland, Ore. Being next to the youngest son, lie began life at an early age, and it fell to his lot to take charge of his father's farm, which he con- tinued to oversee until 1888, when he became interested in real estate, insurance and loans, but without neglecting the interests of the paternal acres. In 1892 he was elected to the office of County Assessor of Pierce County on the Democratic ticket, and is now serving his first term with great ability and general accept- ance. Eminently a self-made man, Mr. Dougherty enjoys the respect and confi- dence of all who know him.
DRAKE, JAMES C., of Tacoma, United States Marshal for the District of Wash- ington, was born in Cochecton, N. Y., September 2d, 1850. He received the
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benefits of an excellent practical education at Damascus Academy, Pennsylvania, Monticello Academy, Sullivan County, N. Y., and at Newburg, Orange County, N. Y. After completing his studies he engaged in the flour and feed business in his native town, and so continued for two years. He then followed the lumber business on the Delaware River for about four years. Migrating to Iowa in 1875, he located at Cresco, Howard County, and established himself in the grain busi- ness, which he continued for about five years. Going thence to Millbank, S. Dak., he engaged in the general merchandise business and farming until 1887, when he came to Washington and settled at Tacoma, where he has since resided. Here he engaged in the real-estate and fuel business, and continued the same successfully until he was appointed by President Cleveland as United States Mar- shal for the district comprising the State of Washington. Disposing of his pri- vate business interests in order to devote his entire attention to the responsible office to which he had been appointed, he assumed the duties of Marshal, May 29th, 1893. A man of calm judgment, of marked intelligence, of keen perceptive facul- ties, abounding in sensible practical ideas and of unsullied integrity, his entire record has been such as to win the confidence and respect of his fellow-men. His career in Tacoma has been alike useful to the city and honorable to himself. Mr. Drake was married November 18th, 1879, to Miss Bertie Sherman, dauglı- ter of Henry D. Sherman, a capitalist of Cedar Rapids, Ia. Two children have been born to them -a son, who died at the age of two years, and a daughter, Bertie E., now ten years of age.
DRISSLER, JOHN H., postmaster and merchant of. Willapa, Wash., was born May 27th, 1854, at Abenhaim, on the Rhine, was educated in the schools of his native country, learned the shoemaker's trade, and began working for himself, travelling, after the German fashion, as a journeyman for some time, but finally settling at Frankfort-on-the-Main, where he established himself in business, pur- suing his trade and succeeding fairly well until the winter of 1880, when he emi- grated to America. Arriving at San Francisco, he determined to locate in the Willapa Valley, where his brother was already established. Entering into a partnership with his eldest brother, Jacob, they opened a general merchandise store and jointly bought thirty acres of land, which has since then been greatly im- proved. Upon the mastery of the English language he bought out his brother's interests and secured the appointment of Postmaster for Willapa City. He has thriven beyond his expectations, his business being a great success. He was mar- ried on March 5th, 1888, to Miss Ida V. King, of Portland, Ore. Though foreign born, this gentleman evidently has no lack of steady, go-ahead Yankee character- istics eminently fitting him to fight the battle of life even against odds, and retire victorious from the conflict.
DUFF, ROBERT D., contractor and builder, of Tacoma, one of the most active and reliable men in his profession in the City of Destiny, was born in Prescott, Canada, March 15th, 1841, and was educated in the public schools of that prov- ince. He learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it in Ottawa for twenty years. Removing to North Dakota, he remained in that land of bitter frosts for another decade. Here he added a lumber yard to his business as a builder.
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Coming to Tacoma in 1888, he turned all his energies to literally " building up the city," an occupation in which he has ever since been engaged, having erected no less than one hundred and forty-eight buildings in Tacoma alone. Mr. Duff married Miss Rose M. Bell in Prescott, Canada. They have seven children. No man is held in higher esteem by all who know him. Faithful, honest, and prompt in his business dealings, he is a representative mechanic. He is also the owner of Duff's Patent Street Pavement, an invention whose excellence bids fair to bring Mr. Duff's patent into general use.
DUNBAR, M. B., the pioneer settler of Avon, Wash., was born in Hamden, near Bangor, Me., September 21st, 1820, and received the benefits of a practical common-school education. At the age of sixteen he began work in a tannery at Bangor, where he labored for one year, after which he worked in the sash and door factory of his father, A. Dunbar, until his twenty-third year. In 1844 he migrated to Chicago, where he remained about six months, being employed in a chair factory, and afterward assisting in the construction of the Roman Catholic cathedral. He then removed to Lockport, Ill., where he worked at carpentering for three years. During his residence at Lockport he was a delegate to the River and Harbor Convention, the first convention of the kind ever held at Chicago. He also made the models for the machinery which propelled the water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois and Michigan Canal. The first boat to make the trip through the canal was the Charles K. Porter, having on board Judge Dunbar, the officers of the canal, and other prominent citizens of Lockport and Joliet. Upon their arrival at Chicago the whole party was handsomely entertained. Returning to his native State, Mr. Dunbar spent six months at Bangor, after which he took passage on the sailing schooner Eudorus, bound for California via the Straits of Magellan, and after a voyage of seven months and sixteen days anchored at Stockton, Cal. Joining the eager crowd of searchers for hidden treasure, he mined in the Tuolunine River region for three years, and in Calaveras, Amador, Shasta, and Siskiyou counties for seven years. In 1860 he went to Oregon and located fourteen miles from Oregon City, where he kept a little country store for one year. He next went to Eastern Oregon, and was one of the first settlers of Canyon City. He remained there but a few months, however, going thence to Boise Basin, Wash., a distance of two hundred miles, which he traversed on foot, packing his goods with horses. The trip was an arduous one. part of the way over mountains and through snow over four feet deep. He remained in the Boise Basin six years engaged in mining. In 1869 he went to Salt Lake City, Utah, and thence a few months later to Green River, Wyo., where he worked at car- pentering for the contractors on the Union Pacific until that road was finished in 1870. Then, returning to Utah, he engaged in the charcoal business at Piedmont for six years. His next move was to Southern California, and after spending six months there he went to Alaska and thence to the Stakeen River region in Brit- ish Columbia and to the head-waters of the Mackenzie, where he engaged in min- ing and store-keeping for three years. Then, returning to Oregon, he came in the spring of 1880 to Skagit River, Wash., where, after many years of wandering, he finally settled upon the present site of Avon, of which town he is still an honored resident. Mr. Dunbar married Miss Harriet Foster, of England.
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DUNBAR, R. O., was born in Schuyler County, Ill., April 26th, 1845, and 1 moved with his parents to Oregon in 1846, crossing the plains with ox-teams, and settling near Salem. He was educated in the Willamette University, and taught two years in that institution. He moved to Olympia, Wash., in 1867, studied law with Elwood Evans, and was admitted to practice in the territorial courts in 1869. He was afterward appointed Clerk of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Orange Jacobs. On the appointment of Chief Justice Green he resigned, and re- turned to Salem. In 1871 he removed to Yakima, Wash., where he remained until 1875, when he again returned to Oregon, locating at The Dalles. In 1877 he opened a law office at Goldendale, Wash., and soon acquired an extensive prac- tice there. He served one term as Prosecuting Attorney for Yakima, Clark, Klickitat, and Skamania counties, and was City Attorney of Goldendale for several terms. He was Speaker of the Territorial House in 1885, represented the Eleventh District in the Constitutional Convention, was a strong candidate for Congress at the Walla Walla Convention in 1889, and was unanimously nominated for the Supreme Court Bench ; was overwhelmingly elected to that position the following fall, and in January, 1893, was chosen by his brother judges to the high position of Chief Justice of the State of Washington, which position he now occupies.
DUNCAN, M. J., farmer, of Starbuck, Wash., was born in Arkansas in 1846. His father, James Duncan, was a farmer of West Virginia, his mother, Sarah (Culbertson) Duncan, being from the same section. He was educated in the pub- lic schools of Oregon, to which State he removed with his parents when but a child. Upon the completion of his studies he devoted himself to farming, a pur- suit which he followed for fifteen years. In 1867 he went to Washington Terri- tory, where he remained six years, and then returned to Oregon. Ten years more of sojourn in that State suggested a return to Washington, where he located at Starbuck and engaged in farming and stock raising, an occupation which he still finds remunerative. He was married in 1870 to Miss Nancy Miller, a native of Oregon. They have five children. Mr. Duncan is a member of the Odd Fellows, and a Republican. He is a large landholder, winning a reasonable income from a soil which responds to his care, recognizing cultivation by quick and satisfying returns.
DUNLAP, JAMES, of Mount Vernon, Wash., the popular Treasurer of Skagit County, was born in Lynn County, Ia., August 5th, 1859, and in 1863 made the long journey across the plains with his parents. The family settled in San Joaquin County, Cal., where our subject was reared on a farm and attended the common schools. At the age of eighteen years he came to Washington, his par- ents accompanying him, and settled on the Skagit River, near what is now the town of Mount Vernon. Young Dunlap took up a pre-emption claim and engaged in agricultural pursuits, which he has ever since continued with marked success. His farm is well kept and productive, and amply repays his careful personal atten- tion and supervision. In political preference Mr. Dunlap is a Republican, and his devotion to the interests of that party was rewarded in November, 1892, by his election as Treasurer of Skagit County, an office which he still holds. Stead-
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fast in his friendships, considerate of the feelings of his fellows, and scrupulously careful of the rights of those with whom he is brought in business relations, he possesses in a notable degree the confidence and esteem of the entire community. He was married November 6th, 1885, to Miss Frances Chilberg, of Skagit County. Three children grace their union-two sons and one daughter.
DUNN, ROBERT, Postmaster of North Yakima, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, his father, Robert Dunn, being a native of that country and by occupation a farmer, and his mother, Isabella (Shanks) Dunn, being of the same nationality. Third in a family of twelve children, young Dunn was educated in the public schools of the " land of cakes," and came to America in 1854 and located in Lower Canada, where for a few months he followed farming. Removing to the United States, he visited various sections of New York, going thence to Charles- ton, S. C., where he worked as a machinist. Turning his face westward, he trav- elled for some time on the Mississippi. In 1853 he enlisted in the regular army, served five years, and was honorably discharged in Texas. In 1861 he went to New Orleans and enlisted in Battery H, Fifth United States Artillery, serving with the Army of the Cumberland throughout the war, during which he was present at many noted battles and engagements, in all of which he did his duty gallantly and to the satisfaction of his superiors. He was wounded at Shiloh, and was honorably discharged in 1866 with the rank of Captain of Volunteers. He then located in Jasper County, Mo., and engaged in farming. In 1876 he came to Washington, crossing the plains by team. Straitened for means, and starting with a capital of only $18, he was compelled to stop at various points on the road to provide for the wants of his family. On reaching what is now Yaki- ma, he began farming, a pursuit which he still continues to follow. He was mar- ried in 1865 to Miss Annie M. Curoy, of Pennsylvania. They have five children. He has a fine city residence, and owns a valuable farm near by. He was appointed to the Postmastership by President Harrison, and has filled the office with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the public. He is a Mason and a member of Meade Post No. 9, Grand Army of the Republic. Personally he is a popular gen- tleman, with the ease and knowledge of the world characteristic of the veteran soldier who has looked upon war in its sternest forms, yet bears a kindly heart toward all his fellows.
DURANT, JOSEPH J., merchant, of Pasco, Wash., was born in Ohio in 1855. His father, Peter Durant, was a native of France and by occupation a farmer ; his mother, Elizabeth (Brocker) Durant, was of the same nationality. Seventh in a family of eleven children, Joseph received his early education in the public schools of his native State and then learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked until he came to the Pacific Coast in 1877. Locating in Oregon, he continued the sime occupation for seven years. He then relinquished this to engage in general merchandising. Removing to Goldendale, Wash , he remained two years, doing business in that locality, until he went to Ainsworth, where he again worked at his trade. In 1885 he established himself in Franklin County, invested $5000 in goods, and returned to mercantile pursuits. He is now building up a large and remunerative business. He was married in 1882 to Miss Anna Putman, of Ore-
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gon. They have six children. Mr. Durant was elected by the People's Party to represent Franklin County in the Lower House of the State Legislature, and has held various local offices, among others that of Probate Judge of Franklin County. It is needless to say that he takes an active interest in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of Pasco, and especially in the success of the Populist move- ment, of which party he is a devoted adherent.
EADEN, CHARLES, a leading citizen of Roslyn, Ore., born in England, January 25th, 1853, is a son of John and Sarah (Miller) Eaden. Educated in the public schools of his native country, he came to the United States in 1881, locating in Iowa, where for six years he engaged in mining. He removed thence to British Columbia, where he was the first man to descend into the mine after the terrible catastrophe of six years ago. Migrating to Washington, after a stay of ten months he established himself at Roslyn, where his business undertakings have met with merited success. He was married in 1872 in Northumberland, England, and has five children. He is a member of the City Council and the owner of valuable property in various portions of the State ; is an Odd Fellow (having become a. member of that order at the early age of fourteen), a member of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Ancient Order of Foresters. He is an independent in politics, and withal a public-spirited citizen, and is held in deserved esteem.
EAMES, ROBERT M., M.D., a practising physician, of Seattle, was born in Ashta- bula, O., January 6th, 1865. His preparatory education was acquired at the nor- mal school of New Lyme, O. He attended the Michigan University at Ann Arbor and the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, O., graduating from the Medical Department of the latter institution March 8th, 1888. Coming direct- ly to Seattle, he began the active practice of his profession, which he has ever since continued. In 1888 he was appointed Health Officer of Seattle, and in the following year was appointed County Physician. in which capacity he has served for four years. He is a member of the Board of United States Pension Exam- iners, having been appointed to that position in January, 1891. In 1892 he was appointed Health Officer again, and is now performing the duties of that office. Dr. Eames is a member of the fraternities of Elks, Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum, and Foresters. He is a most capable physician and highly proficient in every department of his profession, and his career in Seattle has been alike useful to the city and honorable to himself.
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