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FLINT, P. J., farmer and stock-raiser, of Yakima County, Wash., was born in Wisconsin in 1842. His father, I. A. Flint, was a New York farmer, his mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Bigelow, being a native of Nova Scotia. His parents removed to Wisconsin, settling in the locality where our subject was born. Young Flint travelled extensively at an early age through the then wild West, visiting Oregon, California, and various frontier States with his father, and was educated in the public schools of Oregon. He began life in the stock busi- ness and mining in Oregon and Idaho. In 1867 he came to Washington Terri- tory, locating in Yakima County, on the homestead which he still owns. and con- tinues to unite farming with stock-raising, in which he is largely engaged. The hard winter of some five years ago inflicted great loss on Mr. Flint in the destruc- tion of his cattle. He has held the office of County Commissioner for two terms. He was married in February, 1867, at Independence, Ore., to Miss Lucy A. Burch, of that State. He is the owner of a handsome city residence and valuable farm property, which is nearly all under cultivation. His father was one of Washing- ton's early pioneers, full of interesting reminiscences of those trying times which prepared the way for the casc and comfort of the present, and was a fearless
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preacher of the pure gospel of Christ. He organized what is now the Christian Church at North Yakinia, Wash., and is buried in the cemetery near that place.
FLOWERS, JOHN L., was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, October 8th, 1841, and received a common school education in his native town. At the age of fourteen years he went to Page County, Ia., with his parents, where he was engaged in farming pursuits until May 1st, 1861, when he crossed the plains and settled in Washington Territory, near the town of Walla Walla. Here he followed farm- ing part of the time until 1868, when he moved to Dayton, Wash., farming there until 1878. In the latter year he settled in the Palouse country, taking up a homestead claim, where he is still engaged in farming and stock-raising. His property adjoins the town of Colton, of which Mr. Flowers was one of the organ- izers. He was elected Justice of the Peace for Colton precinct in 1886, and has since been twice re-elected and once appointed to the same office. He was mar- ried May 10th, 1874, to Miss Valora Burge, of Dayton, by whom he has five . daughters and four sons. Mr. Flowers is a public-spirited and progressive citi- zen, and is deeply interested in the development of the Palouse country.
FOLLANSBY, J. S., merchant, of Palouse, Wash., was born in Vermont in 1855. His father was a New Hampshire lumberman, his mother, Amanda (Lucas) Fol- lansby, being a native of the same State. Second in a family of five children born to his parents, young Follansby received such education as the common schools of Vermont could afford. Emigrating to Oregon, he engaged in general mer- chandising, continuing for five years, until his removal to Washington, where he selected Palouse City for his residence and opened a men's clothing and furnish- ing establishment, investing a capital of some thousands, which is increasing with the growth of his trade. He was married in 1887 to Miss Ellen Jones, a native of Oregon and daughter of J. M. Jones, a leading merchant of that State. They have two children. Mr. Follansby is a member of Masonic Lodge No. 46, and Royal Arch Chapter No. 12, of Oregon. He is a Democrat in his politics, pro- gressive in his views, having a large reliance on the brilliant future in store for his adopted State, and, like most New England men, a thoroughgoing business man.
FORD, MARY, widow of David Ford, a farmer, and veteran of the Civil War, of Ellensburg, Wash., was born in Ohio in 1837. Her father, a native of Penu- sylvania, was born in 1812, her mother, from the same State, in 1815. Mrs. Ford's girlhood was passed in Indiana, where she received such limited education as the district schools of that region could afford, and here too she was married to David Ford, who was born in that State in the same year as herself. Her late husband was a farmer, but filled for five years with wisdom and ability the office of Justice of the Peace. He was, moreover, a soldier of the Civil War, serving in Company A, Eighty-fourth Indiana Volunteers. He participated in mnauy en- gagements, and was wounded in the service. They removed to Missouri in 1878, where the husband engaged for five years in agricultural pursuits. From thence they migrated to California in 1879, and finally to Washington Territory in 1880. Their journey was a varied one -- by water to The Dalles, thence by wagon to
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Yakima. They located at length at Ellensburg, one mile east of the city, tak- ing up a homestead claim, on which the widow still resides and cultivates one hundred and sixty acres. Her husband was a Justice of the Peace at Ellens- burg for four years. He died in 1887, leaving four children, who still sorrow for the loss of one whom his widow touchingly describes as being missed by all who knew him. Two of the daughters are school-teachers, the third a student in the Normal School.
FOSTER, CHARLES E., a popular citizen of South Bend, Waslı., and ex-Mayor of the city, was born in Bristol, Me., September 3d, 1844, and received his educa- tion in the common schools of his native place. At the early age of ten years he began a seafaring life, which continued until the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, when he enlisted in the Thirty-second Massachusetts Infantry. He was actively engaged in service with the Army of the Potomac until 1863, when he was transferred to the naval service, and was assigned to duty on board tlie war-ship Bienval. One year later he was transferred to the sloop-of-war Rich- mond, where he served until the close of the war. Receiving an honorable dis- charge from the service, he returned home and again took up his seafaring life, which he continued without interruption until 1878. In the fall of that year he came to Washington and settled at South Bend, where he has ever since resided. Mr. Foster has been prosperous in his business relations, and is justly regarded as one of the most substantial and valuable citizens of South Bend, and is one of the foremost in all the public concerns of the city. In public life he has filled several important and highly responsible positions, in which he has always been found to be prompt, honest, and capable. In 1888 he was elected a member of the first House of Representatives of the new State of Washington, and in that capacity was conspicuously instrumental in securing good legislation for the new commonwealth. He was elected Mayor of South Bend in December, 1889, and discharged the duties of that office with credit to himself and to the entire satis- faction of the community. Mr. Foster is a self-made man, inheriting from his ancestors only those qualities of mind and heart which have enabled him to com- mand success. With a kind and genial disposition and generous to a fault, he is esteemed by all, and it goes without saying he has but few enemies. Mr. Foster was married October 15th, 1865, to Miss Mary A. Foster, of Bristol, Me. Two children have graced their union-Lilla M. and Lenwood E.
FOSTER, J. S., farmer, on Parker's Bottom, near Yakima City, is a native of Missouri, being the youngest of six children born to J. S. Foster and Margaret (Adams) Foster, both of that locality. Educated in the common schools of his district, young Foster's earliest occupation was farming, a pursuit in which he has continued through life. In 1847 he left the parental roof, crossing the plains by ox-teams and escaping serious difficulty with the Indians, then so troublesome, except the additional watchfulness necessary to prevent them from stampeding the stock. A six months' trip brought them safely to Polk County, Ore. There he remained until 1867. Removing to The Dalles, he lingered there three years, overseeing the education of his children. He then went to the Yakima Valley, his present location, where he settled on a farm of one hundred and fifty-two
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acres, eighty of which are under cultivation. He raises clover, alfalfa, and hops, and has a fine young orchard representing every variety of fruit known to Wash- ington. He was married to Miss Louisa Birch, and has five children, nearly all of whom have reached their majority. He and his wife have both been members of the Methodist communion for upward of forty years. He is a Democrat in his politics. Finding the shadows of life's late afternoon lengthening toward its evening, he yet takes an interest in all about him and enjoys the many comforts with which a life of labor crowned by the blessing of the All-Father has sur- rounded him.
FOWLER, CHARLES V., of North Yakima, farmer in the Moxee Valley, was born in Rush County, Ind., in 1824, being the fifth son in a family of eleven chil- dren born to Charles and Elemander A. Fowler. His parents were both natives of Indiana. The father died in 1840, the mother in 1852. Educated in the com- mon schools and brought up a farmer, Mr. Fowler made the overland journey by team in 1864, meeting with considerable difficulty from hostile Indians, who re- peatedly stampeded the emigrants' stock, making great trouble to regain them. For fifteen consecutive nights Mr. Fowler stood guard, a self-appointed sentinel. It was mainly through his vigilance that the train was saved from capture and all the horrors of Indian massacre. Arriving at Sacramento, after a six months' trip, he went to Yolo County, Cal., where he remained eighteen years, engaged in farming. In 1879 he removed to Washington Territory, coming to Yakima City and locating on his present farm of four hundred and forty acres. His orchard is a marvel of no less than four hundred trees of fine variety ; twelve acres are devoted to hops, and other crops give satisfactory results. Over one hundred head of fine stock feed upon his meadows. Mr. Fowler was married in 1838 to Miss Araminta Jones. Seven children have been born to them. He is a Republi- can in politics.
Fox, E. H., of Tekoa, Wash., the only child of James M. and Susan Fox, was born in Pettis County, Mo., in 1854. Educated in the public schools of Kentucky and Missouri, with the more exclusive advantages of a private academy, he read law with the Hon. M. M. Gardner, a leading attorney of the State, and after a brilliant examination was admitted to the Bar of Washington in 1888. Novem- ber of the same year found our young practitioner elected to the responsible posi- tion of Prosecuting Attorney of Columbia County, an office which he filled with marked ability. Coming to Tekoa in 1891, he entered at once upon an active and lucrative practice, which his ability and popularity bid fair to constantly increase. Though " arms must yield to the gown," Attorney Fox is in this matter doubly armed, being not only a wearer of the forensic robe, but a Major in the National Guard. He is, moreover, a large reader of a literary turn of mind, but finds time to attend the duties of his membership as a Knight of Pythias, of which order le is Past Chancellor and Sir Knight Captain. He is also a real estate holder in the city of Tekoa. Mr. Fox was married in 1881 to Miss Mary Bushnell, a lady of good family from Missouri. They have four children.
FRANK, P., M.D., physician and surgeon, of Tacoma, and Coroner of Pierce County, was born August 5th, 1844, in Vienna, Austria, and emigrated to America
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with his parents in 1858. He became a student in Columbia College, New York City, until his removal to California in 1864. He attended college at Louisville, Ky., and graduated from the Kentucky State Institute in 1874. He became an active practitioner in Oregon, and in 1884 removed to Washington, where his talents and acknowledged professional skill ensure him a large and lucrative prac- tice. He has been for four years County Physician, and is the present Coroner of Pierce County. He was married in Oregon in 1881. He is a member of various secret societies, an agreeable gentleman and most popular man, diagnos- ing bis cases with care and availing himself of all modern advantages which sub- stantially assist the healer in his art.
FREDERICK, MARTIN, farmer and stockman, of Kittitas County, Wash., was born in Nebraska in 1864. His father was born in Germany in 1836, and emi- grated to America in 1854. His mother, a native of Ohio, was born in 1838. Mr. Frederick's father was a soldier in the Civil War, having served as a volun- teer in one of the Ohio regiments. Being honorably discharged, he returned to the Buckeye State, where, like Cincinnatus of old, he once more held the plough. In 1864 he removed to Nebraska, and in 1876 to the Territory of Washington, locating in the Kittitas Valley, where he died November 10th, 1877. His widow returned to Ohio, where she still resides. They had six children, of whom Mar- tin is the oldest. He received his early education in Nebraska and Washington, his first employment being on a farm which he bought five miles east of Ellens- burg, and where he now owns one hundred and sixty acres of very productive soil. He was married in Kittitas Valley in 1888 to Miss Martha Poynor, a native of California, born in 1870. She is the daughter of old Pacific Coast pioneers. She died December 9th, 1891, leaving one child, born on February 5th of that year. Mr. Frederick is a Republican.
FRICK, C. W., hotel proprietor, at Spangle, Wash., the son of G. W. and Mary Miller Frick, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., June 6th, 1832. His father, born in Pennsylvania, February 26th, 1808, was a farmer and Dunkard preacher of that section ; his mother, born October 15th, 1810, was also a native of the Keystone State. His grandparents were Swiss, and emigrated at an early day to America, where his grandsire took part in the Revolutionary War, in which he was severely wounded. Young Frick learned the cabinet trade, then entered school, graduating at the head of his class from Buchanan College at the age of twenty-two. He became foreman in a carpet and furnishing store. He volun- teered for the war and served in the first battle of Bull Run. He re-enlisted in the regular army, and was honorably discharged at the end of three years at Brownsville, Tex. He returned to Pennsylvania, thence to Illinois, where he started a furniture factory. In 1870 he migrated to Walla Walla, Wash., where he worked at his trade, and afterward started a store of his own. Two years later he sold out and moved to Pomeroy and Dalton, but finally settled at Spangle, where he has since remained, speculating and cabinet-making until he opened the St. Charles Hotel, which he proposes to conduct. Mr. Frick was married in Maple County, Ill., to Miss Lucinda Hall, in 1866, a native of Illinois, but of English and German descent. Ten children, seven of whom survive, have blessed
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their union. Mr. Frick is a landholder to a small extent, a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities, and a Democrat in his political faith.
FRINK, WILLIAM E., farmer, of Minnie Falls, Wash., was born near Syracuse, N. Y., July 15th, 1836. His father, Elias Frink, was a farmer of the Empire State, and his mother was a niece of the celebrated Dr. Marcus Whitman, one of Washington's most honored pioneers. Mr. Frink was an only child. He re- ceived his education in the academy at Hillsdale, Mich. In 1839 he removed to Ohio with his parents, and in 1844 to Hillsdale, where, as we have narrated, he received his rudimentary education. In 1853 we find him in La Salle County, Ill., engaged in farming and school-teaching ; then in 1878 in Republic County, Kan. ; from thence he went to Washington in 1881, spent a year in Walla Walla, where he followed various pursuits, but generally farming, stock-raising, and freighting to the Okanogan country. In 1882 he removed to Lincoln County, where he devotes himself for the most part to stoek-raising. He has also nine hundred and sixty acres uuder cultivation, seven hundred in wheat and other grain. He was married in 1860 to Miss Orilla Kenyon, of Woodford County, Ill. They have nine children, all residents and worthy citizens of the State of Washington. Mr. Frink is a Mason and a Grand Army of the Republic comrade, having enlist- ed in the One Hundred and Fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served with the Army of the Cumberland, Fourteenth Army Corps, in all the engagements in which it participated. He was honorably discharged at Chicago.
FROST, J. E., of Ellensburg, Auditor and Recorder of Kittitas County, Wash., was born in Pennsylvania in 1865, and is the son of John W. and Sarah J. Frost, his father being from Pennsylvania, while his mother was a native of New York. Educated in the public schools of his native State, young Frost began his business life in Pennsylvania, engaging in various occupations until his migration to Washington in 1889. Here he was elected to the office of Auditor and Re- corder, a position he still holds, having succeeded himself at the last general elec- tion for another two years' term. He was the nominee of the Republican party, and, thanks to his personal popularity, ran ahead of his ticket on both occasions. He was married in Jamestown in 1887 to Miss Maude L. Fox, a native of the Key- stone State. They have two children. He owns a substantial city residence, is a member of the State National Guard, with the rank of Captain, being the commander of Company A, Second Regiment. His company is regarded by military men as one of the best drilled in the State. He is, moreover, a member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows, and Sons of Veterans fraternities, and a pronounced Republican in his politics.
FUDGE, WILLIAM, stock rancher, of Waitsburg, Walla Walla County, Wash., was born in Ogle County, Ill , in 1833. His father, Adam Fudge, was a native of Virginia and a planter, his mother, Catherine Whitiker, being a native of Pennsylvania. Eighth in a family of ten children, young Fudge accompanied his parents across the plains in 1847 to Oregon. His early cducation was obtained in the district schools, and the first business beginning of his life was in his pres- ent vocation-stock-raising. In 1859 he came to Washington, locating in what
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is now known as Huntsville. He has a stock ranch in Whitman County of no less than fifteen hundred acres, large interests in cattle. and is the owner of val- uable realty. Mr. Fudge was married in 1863 to Miss Elizabeth Billaps, daughter of W. H. Billaps, an old pioncer of Washington. Mr. Fudge represented Walla Walla County in the Territorial Legislature in 1885. While a member of that body he was the promoter of various important measures, among others one to reduce railroad rates. He was also instrumental in locating the penitentiary at Walla Walla and the granting of a charter to the city of Waitsburg. He was a member of the City Council for five years, and in that capacity did all in his power to promote its best interests. He is a Masonic brother and a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
GARDINER, G. W., Police Judge and Justice of the Peace, of North Yakima, was born in New York in 1827. His father, Elisha Gardiner, was a tanner and currier of Springfield, Mass., his mother, Fannie E. Gardiner, being a native of Connecticut. Young Gardiner was educated in the public schools of the Empire State and in the Canton Academy, took a classical course, studied law, and was admitted to practice in the courts of Illinois in 1849. In 1856 he removed to Kansas and began practice there. He was elected Probate Judge of Leavenworth County on the Free Soil ticket, and also to the State Legislature, his commission being signed by Governor Denver, and also as Commissary, with the rank of Captain, by President Lincoln. He enlisted in 1862, and served under Grant at Vicksburg, doing gallant service under various generals, and especially with the Thirteenth Army Corps. He resigned his commission, re- turned to Kansas, and resided there until 1881 ; then engaged in mining in Colo- rado for eight years, and in 1888 removed to Washington, locating at North Yakima and returning to the practice of the law. He was appointed Deputy Clerk of the United States District Court at Yakima and elected Justice of the Peace on the Democratic ticket. He was married in 1849 to Miss Marchia Walker, of New Hampshire, a descendant of a family noted in that State. Four children grace their union, one of whom is the widow of the distinguished Professor Geary. The judge owns a pleasant city home. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. A recent convert to the People's Party, he ran as a candidate for Superior Judge and polled a heavy vote. An able jurist and an agreeable gen- tleman, he has many friends and is warmly esteemed.
GARRETSON, A. H., attorney-at-law, Tacoma, was born in Henry County, Ia., raised on a farm, and educated in the village schools of his native county, and afterward attended the Whittier College, Salem, Ia. He also attended the State University at Iowa City, graduating in the law class of 1879. He was admitted to the Bar, and in October of that year commenced his practice at Keokuk, Ia. In 1871 he formed a partnership with his younger brother, J. G. Garretson, and did business with him under the firm name of Garretson & Garretson, continuing the same until April of 1889, when he came to Tacoma, opened an office, and has ever since been actively engaged in legal pursuits, getting his full share of that class of business. He was elected to the Legislature of the State in 1890 and served during the session of 1891.
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GEDDIS, SYLVANUS RAY, a pioneer and citizen of Ellensburg, born in Penn- sylvania in 1838, was the eldest of a family of four children born to Robert and Mary (Marslı) Geddis. Removing with his parents to Iowa at an early age, and from thence to Oregon in 1847, he completed his education and began the busi- ness of life at the age of sixteen as a stock-raiser in Iowa. After a year's resi- dence in British Columbia, he came to Washington Territory in 1869, locating in Kittitas County, where he became a farmer and stock-raiser, in which business he still continues, combining it with a butchering establishment. Hc was a sol- dier in the war against the Rogue River Indians in 1886-87 in Southern Oregon. He has held the office of County Commissioner for Kittitas and Yakima counties, and before their division was elected from the district comprising Kittitas County. He was married May 29th, 1859, in Linn County, Ore., to Miss Emily Turman, of Illinois, her parents being pioneers of that State and Oregon. They have ninc living children. Devoted to his family, the possessor of a pleasant city home and other realty, both urban and suburban, the lines of life have certainly fallen in pleasant places to Mr. Geddis.
GERRY, ROBERT, merchant, of Pasco, Wash., was born in Ellsworth, Me., in 1858. His father, Robert Gerry, was a native of Massachusetts and a merchant and manufacturer ; his mother, Amanda Maddox Gerry, was a native of the Old Pine Tree State, her parents being also natives of that commonwealth. Young Gerry was educated in the public schools of his native State and in Eastman's Commercial College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He began active life, on reaching his majority, as a salesman with the well-known house of R. H. White & Co., of Boston, in whose employ he continued for two years. Coming to Washington in the spring of 1881, he accepted the position of Deputy Postmaster at Walla Walla, which he filled for a period of about five years. In December, 1885, he visited the East, remaining for a year, and on his return to Walla Walla he tarried but a twelvemonth in that place. Going to Pasco, he established himself as a general merchant, in which business he still continues and in which he has invested capi- tal to the amount of $15,000, carrying a full line of goods and doing a business of thriving proportions under his own management. His store is one of the finest in the city, and the building it occupies is the property of Mr. Gerry. He has filled the office of Treasurer of Franklin County, to which he was elected on the Democratic ticket, and also that of Mayor. He is the owner of valuable im- proved property and many city lots. He is generally regarded as a public-spirited and progressive citizen, and personally a very popular man.
GERVAIS, P. T., merchant, of Yakima City, Wash., was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1844. At the age of thirteen years he worked his way to Montana, and in 1868 came to Yakima City. Being of independent and energetic charac- ter, not easily discouraged, and determined to make his way, he devoted himself at first to manual labor, splitting wood and rails until, by utilizing the occupation nearest at hand, he gained a foothold, and proceeded to show the stuff that was in him. In 1871 he began trading for himself, and by his thorough business tact and enterprise has built up a profitable concern. He is now the proprietor of a fine brick store 30 × 60 feet, with a large warehouse for goods, and carries a stock
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