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WOLD, PETER A., farmer and stockman, of Kittitas Valley, Wash., was born in Norway in 1835, the son of a farmer who died in 1857, leaving a family of six. children, of whom Peter was the third. He received his early education in his- native land and learned his trade there. In 1862 he emigrated to America, set- tled in Chicago, and went to work at shoemaking. In 1867 he went to San Fran- cisco and found employment there in one of the largest shoe establishments in that city. Two years later he migrated to Seattle, where he went into business with his brother, but still sticking to his old trade for himself, meeting with con- siderable success. Selling out, he engaged in hop-raising, then came to Kittitas, where he became a stockman. In May, 1871, he took up land three and a half miles west of Ellensburg, where he now owns two hundred and twenty acres of excellent land, averaging thirty-five bushels to the acre. He was married in King County, Wash., in 1870, to Miss Mary Bush, who was born in Oregon in 1855. Three children were born to this union. He was married a second time, March 2d, 1891, to Mrs. Sarah Bilgum, widow of Erick N. Bilgum, who died in Ellens-' burg in November, 1888. Mr. Wold is a member of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, and is largely interested in the great irrigating ditch. He is also a breeder of fine blooded stock. His experience in the pioneer days with the Indians was anything but agreeable.
WOLFARD, LAKE D., attorney-at-law, than wliom the State has no more popu- lar, energetic, or thoroughgoing business man, was born in Oregon in 1857. His' father was born in Alsace, and his mother was a native of the Buckeye State. Young Wolfard laid the foundation of his education in the public schools of the Webfoot State, and supplemented the knowledge thus obtained by a classical course under an able tutor. Leaving school, he came to Colfax in 1872, where he resided up to five years ago, since which time he has resided at Tacoma. He began reading law with a firm in Portland, Ore., and finished his legal studies with Jacob Hoover, now President of the Exchange National Bank of Spokane. Mr. Wolfard was admitted to the Bar in 1880, and commenced practice at Colfax'
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in partnership with E. H. Sullivan, Superior Judge of Whitman County, and Mr. P. C. Sullivan, a leading jurist of Eastern Washington. He discontinued the pursuit of legal successes to engage in more remunerative speculations in realty, alternating in so doing between Colfax and Tacoma, where, as in Whitman County, he is largely interested in lots and outlying acres. He is a Mason and Odd Fellow. A reliable man, a warm friend, and a gentleman of cultivated mind and kind heart, Mr. Wolfard counts his friends by scores in every section of the State, while his business pluck, energy, and aptitude are universally commended.
WOODRUFF, FRANK B., of Tacoma, is a living evidence of the value of self- help, showing how persevering effort may raise a man by slow but sure degrees from the lowest round of the business ladder to position and opulence. Mr. Wocdruff was born in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N. J., August 29th, 1848. Receiving his preparatory education in the public schools of his native town, he completed his studies at the West Jersey Academy. At the early age of sixteen he became an errand boy in the employ of Reeves, Parvin & Co., of Philadelphia, wholesale grocers, and remained with them for a quarter of a century. Thanks to his faithful attention to business, he was gradually promoted from time to time, until after sixteen years of service he became in 1881 a partner in the house, and so continued up to February 1st, 1890, when he withdrew from the firm, dispos- ing of his interest to his partners. Imbued with the idea that there was a larger field for the acquisition of wealth in the Northwest, he came to Tacoma, and after a thorough examination of various locations, finally purchased an interest in the Tacoma Grocery Company. He sold his interests and retired from that com- pany March 1st, 1893. On March 12th, 1893, he was elected President and Gen- eral Manager of the Pacific Commercial Company, an institution organized for doing an export and import business with China and Japan, in which business he is now successfully engaged. Mr. Woodruff was married October 30th, 1871, to Miss Martha L. Harned, of Philadelphia. Five children-three sons and two daughters-have been born to them, of whom a daughter and a son have passed away. He is the President of the Commercial Club, and was one of the founders of that organization. Though often urged to accept political office, Mr. Wood- ruff has invariably declined such overtures.
WOODRUFF, MARY A., widow of James Woodruff, deceased, of Waitsburg, Wash., whose fine farm is located near Waitsburg, and conducted under the superintendence of her brother-in-law, Mr. Shell, was born in Jackson County, Ind., in 1835, her parents being natives of the same State. Elizabeth Cox was the maiden name of her mother. They removed to Iowa in 1841, coming from thence across the plains in 1864, and settling in Walla Walla County. Mrs. Woodruff's early education was obtained in the public schools of Indiana, then very indifferent at the best. She shared the hardships of her parents in a long jour- ney across the plains, and was married in November following her arrival to Mr. James Woodruff, a native of Connecticut. They were obliged to fly to the Willa- mette Valley during the Indian War, but returned and located on the homestead now occupied by the widow. Her husband died of a lingering fever in 1881. She still cherishes his memory as a man dear to the community, industrious and
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well-to-do. His estate, left solely to his widow-for they were childless-is esti- mated at $50,000. It includes a farm of seven hundred acres, shares in various corporations, not to mention personal property of considerable value. No woman in the community is more highly respected than Mrs. Woodruff.
WOODWORTH, CLARENCE D., druggist, of Ellensburg, Wash., was born in New York twenty-five years ago, the son of Melvin and Ellen (Loomis) Wood- worth, both of whom were natives of the Empire State. Educated in the public schools and at Cazenovia Seminary, where he took the English studies, he supple- mented this instruction with a pharmaceutical course at Union College at Albany, N. Y., graduating in 1888. Coming West to Oregon, he began active life in 1889 by taking a position in the drug house of George L. Blackman, at Albany, in that State, where he remained eight months. He then came to Ellensburg, and with his brother, D. O. Woodworth, established himself as a druggist, and has built up a fine class of trade. His place is favorably located, and his excellent man- agement and personal popularity have done much to attract custom. He is a Re- publican in politics and takes a warm interest in all that conduces to the substan- tial improvement of the city where he resides.
WOOTON, DAVIS W., farmer, of Dixie, Walla Walla County, Wash., was born in Kentucky in 1832, his parents being natives of the same State. He received his early education in the public schools of Wisconsin, farmed for a time in Mis- souri, and came out to California in 1854, where he devoted himself to agricul- tural pursuits. In 1861 he removed to Washington Territory, and took up a homestead claim about five miles southeast of Dixie in 1872, where he now owns and cultivates four hundred acres of land, which will average thirty bushels to the acre. Mr. Wooton was married in 1876 to Miss Hannie Mathena, whose parents were thriving farmers of Walla Walla County. They have a family of six children. Mr. Wooton belongs to a class who grow, in the course of nature, fewer and more valuable as time rolls on-one of the honored old pioneers who have borne the burden and heat of the day and find their reward, as such veterans should, in the unfeigned regard of their fellow-citizens, who respect them for the many privations and trials the wilderness inflicts upon all those who first settle amid its unbroken solitudes.
WORLEY, ALBERT M., who cultivates his fertile farm of one hundred and sixty acres a mile and a half south of Rockford, Wash., was born in Pekin, Ill., in 1848. His father, like himself, was originally a farmer, though now retired from active life. Though a native of Ohio, he removed to Washington, which is his present home. His mother is also " a Buckeye." Five children were born to them, of whom Albert was the second. Mr. Worley was a district school pupil up to eighteen, then he became an engineer, in which occupation he continued till his thirty-sixth year. He has been for some years a resident of Washington, where he purchased railroad land on the present site of Rockford. He erected a saw and grist-mill, both of which he operated, but finally disposed of. He is prosperous, owning, besides his farm, several town lots and the residence which he occupies. His young orchard of nearly three hundred trees is full of promise,
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and his farm is abundantly stocked. Mr. Worley is a Mason, being Senior War- den of Rockford Lodge, No. 45. In politics a Republican, he has held the office of Justice of the Peace, and is at present a member of the City Council. He married in 1874 Miss Maria Farnsworth, of Ottawa, Kan. They have three chil- dren.
WRIGHT, THOMAS B., of Ellensburg, County Clerk of Kittitas County, was born in the County of Devon, England, some thirty-seven years ago ; he was the fifth in a family of ten children born to John and Jane Wright. Educated in the public schools both of his native and adopted land, though for the most part self- taught, young Wright began the business of life as a coal-miner in St. Clair County, Ill. Two years of this was enough, and he left it to engage in steamboat- ing on the Ohio and Mississippi. In 1878 he migrated to Colorado and became a prospector, afterward following various occupations in that State, Arizona, and California for twelve years. In 1882 he came to Washington Territory and lo- cated in Pierce County, taking the position of Foreman in the Prospecting Depart- ment of the Carbon Hill Coal Company. He remained with this company until 1886, when he removed to Roslyn and prospected for coal at that place. Coming to Ellensburg, he was elected County Clerk of Kittitas County, and filled this position for the years 1889-92, proving himself a capable and efficient public officer. He was married in 1889 at Tacoma to Miss S. A. Coombe, a native of South Wales. They have two children. Mr. Wright has a pleasant city home, and is the owner of other property in various parts of the State, including valu- able coal lands in the vicinity of Roslyn. Fraternally he is a Knight Templar and a Knight of Pythias. In politics he is a Republican. He is a clear-headed man, who does the right thing at the right time almost intuitively.
YORK, W. Z., harness-maker, one of the early settlers in Yakima City, was born in Illinois in 1832, being eighth in a family of nine children born to Zadoc and Melvina (De Witt) York, both natives of Kentucky. He began life as a blacksmith, served his time, and came to California in 1849, being then but seven- teen years of age. After engaging in various occupations until 1863, he removed to The Dalles, Ore., and from thence to Canyon City, where he engaged in min- ing. The next year he returned to The Dalles, and from there moved to his present home in the Yakima Valley. He was one of the earliest to enter into business at Yakima City. He has now in a measure retired from active pursuits ; is the owner of several buildings and other valuable property. His life has had its spice of adventure, including several hot skirmishes with the Indians, of whose bitter hostility and barbarous massacres he possesses several rather ghastly relics, having the tomahawk and pipe combined with which the treacherous sav- age killed Marcus Whitman. Mr. York paid $45 for this weapon.
YOUNG, HIRAM S., of Farmington, Wash., was born in Indiana in 1851. His father, Elisha Young, was a New York farmer, his mother, Sarah Young, being a native of Maryland. Educated in the State of Iowa in the days when her system of common-school discipline and instruction were far behind the present effi- ciency, Mr. Young went out into the battle of life with less of mere book prepa-
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ration than falls to the average student of these later years. Emigrating to the then Territory of Washington in 1871, he located at what is now known as Farm- ington, and engaged in farming and stock-raising, a business which he carried on with energy, perseverance, and success until 1884, when he disposed of his inter- ests in that direction. Since then he has been occupied in various ways, princi- pally of an official character. He was married in 1875 to Miss Rebecca Price, a native of Oregon, but now deceased. Mr. Young is a prosperous citizen, having stock in two of the largest stores, and also in the bank. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, and in political preference a Republican.
ZIMMERMAN, HENRY, farmer, of Ritzville, Wash., in his time has " played many parts," having been a veteran of the Civil War, a tiller of the soil, and a nominee for or holder of various local offices. Mr. Zimmerman, who comes of good old German stock, dating back to the colonial days, when the peaceful val- ley of the Mohawk felt the influence near or far of the Revolutionary War, was born in Jefferson County, N. Y. His father, John H., was a farmer of that State, as also was his mother, Nancy (Clock) Zimmerman. Third in a family of eight, his early education was that of the district school. He remained under the parental roof until 1855, and then beginning life for himself, removed to Min- nesota, and there became a farmer. Coming to Washington in 1888, he located in Adams County, where he occupied himself in various ways. In 1890 he was nominated by the Democrats for Sheriff of that county, was elected, and served so ably as to secure a renomination in 1892. He was not without previous experi- ence, having held local positions while a resident of Minnesota. In 1865, going back in the order of events, he enlisted in the First Regiment Heavy Artillery of Minnesota, was stationed at Chattanooga, Tenn., and being honorably discharged, returned to the peaceful pursuits of civil life. He was married in 1860 to Miss Louise Huntley, a native of Ashtabula County, O. Five children have been born to them. Mr. Zimmerman is a prosperous man, holding city and farm property in the county where he resides. He is a member of the Masons, the Grand Army of the Republic, and Knights of Pythias, and also of the Christian Church. He is possessed of many curious and most interesting papers-family records dating back to their residence, in the last century, in the Mohawk Valley, during which, or in the Indian wars, an ancestor was killed and scalped by the savages at what is now the railroad station of St. Johnsville, N. Y.
INDEX TO BIOGRAPHIES.
PAGE
Arthur, Jesse.
574
Arthur, John. 593
Ashton, James M. 574
Austin, R. L.
604
Bagley, Henry B.
597
Baker, John S.
580
Belknap, Webster C.
575
Blalock, Nelson G.
524
Bories, Emil.
584
Bowen, William J.
605
Boyle, R. L.
603
Bradley, Cyrus.
589
Brewer, J. F.
553
Brickell, E. J.
556
Brown, George H.
608
Burns, Cyrus R
566
Callow, A. L. 563
Campbell, Fremont.
579
Cannon, A. M.
529
Carroll, Thomas
554
Chambers, W. M.
561
Churchill, Frederick A.
553
Clark, Isaac A ..
530
Cochran, Jesse F.
567
Collins, John.
533
Coplen, Benjamin F.
602
Cowley, Henry T.
564
Deckebach, F. G. 607
Dennis, Graham B.
586
Denny, John B.
570
Denny, D. Thomas
570
Downing, Charles O.
576
Drumheller, D. M.
535
Easterbrook, George T.
558
Edsen, Eduard P.
577
Espey, Robert H.
536
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Fenton, James E.
564
Ferguson, M. A ..
597
Fortson, George H.
594
Fouts, William H. H.
583
Gray, William P
591
Hewitt, Henry, Jr
526
Houghton, Alice.
556
Howell, I. M.
596
Huson, H. S.
559
Jenner, Charles K.
557
Jones, W. C ..
565
Kelling, Henry
561
Kindred, W. S.
604
Latham, Mary A.
538
Lathrow, James.
606
Llewellyn, W. H.
570
MacLachlan, James A.
583
Matthews, Alexander G.
542
McGilvra, John J.
544
McGowan, Patrick J.
582
McGregor, Peter
599
Mercer, Thomas.
543
Merriman, Homer E.
599
Million, E. C.
600
Mitchell, John H., Jr.
595
Monaghan, James.
539
Moody, C. S.
600
Murphey, Alonzo M.
566
Osborn, Richard
591
Paul, C. E.
601
Paul, John P.
581
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INDEX TO BIOGRAPHIES.
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Perkins, James A. . 541
Pritchard, William H 551
Pugh, Francis K. 557
Reichenbach, Charles. 607
Rhoades, Lewis H. 572
Rhoades, Lucius A. 573
Rogers, James N.
609
Roscoe, Christopher T
584
Ross, Charles H.
610
Ross, D. M.
609
Rowell, Fred Rice 610
Ruble, Walter
610
Ruff, George C.
598
Russell, Donald G 611
Ryan, Will A.
611
Rydstrom, Arvid.
611
Sacknitz, John 612
Sander, Carl A. 612
Sawyer, W. P. 613
Sayler, W. H. 613
Schnebly, Charles P 614
Schnebly, David J 613
Schnebly, P. H ..
614
Schuller, Michael.
615
Scofield, Thomas D. 546
Scott, B. S 615
Scott, Elmon 615
Scott, W. T.
616
Seal, C. F.
616
Service, William.
616
Sharp, Friedel D. 617
Shaw, Harvey
617
Sheets, John H.
618
Sherwood, S. F
618
Shinn, M. H. 619
Shinn, William J. 619
Shipley, Silas N 620
Shoudy, Dexter 620
Sickels, A. C. .
620
Sinclair, Hugh K. 621
Slater, John B.
621
Slaughter, Samuel C.
622
Sloan, M. M. 622 Thomas, James W 641
Smith, A. J .. 576 Smith, Eugene D 560
Smith, Edward L. 623
Smith, Robert M.
623
Smith, William. 624
Smith, William H. 624
Snyder, Clarence G. 625
Somerindyke, G. W. 625
South, H. A 625
Spangle, William. 626
Spawr, Lewis H.
626
Spencer, W. W
626
Spinning, William N 627
Spriggs, J. W 627
Stabler, W. L.
627
Stafford, Theron
628
Stair, David W
628
Staley, D. Fletcher. 629
Stallcup, J. C ...
552
Standley, John B.
629
Stearns, Clay M
630
630
Stedman, Livingston B.
631
Steinbach, Ehrenfried.
631
Steinweg, William L. 632
Stephens, Sampson D
632
Stewart, A. M.
633
Stewart, Charles H.
633
Stewart, James
602
Stewart, J. P. 633
St. George, Henry 634
Stiles, Theodore L. 634
Stilley, Jeremiah.
635
Stillwell, Joseph L.
636
Stimson, F. S.
636
Stinson, Ulmer.
571
Stitzel, Jacob. 637
Storms, Mary G
637
Sullivan, E. H.
638
Summers, Sarah C.
638
Swaim, T. A.
638
Taft, John A.
639
Taylor, Charles E
639
Taylor, H. G.
639
Taylor, Simon.
640
Thayer, S. W.
640
Thielson, H. W
640
Thomas, Isaac ..
641
Thompson, A. G .. 641
Thompson, William H. 642
Thompson, Walter J.
550
Thorp, Leonard L.
642
Thorp, Willis
643
Stearns, J. W.
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INDEX TO BIOGRAPHIES.
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PAGE
Tibbals, H. L., Jr. 643
Wheat, Palmer. 660
Tilton, Howard. 569
Wheaton, D. 661
Tozier, E. L. 644
Whitcomb, Lewis H. 661
Truax, Daniel W 558
White, J. D .. 661
Truax, Richard A. 644
Whitfield, William. 662
True, Mark C. 563
Whittaker, Frank E. 662
Tucker, Henry 644
Wiley, John 663
Turner, C. W. 645
Williams, Byron H. 663
Tustin, Fred P. 645
Williams, Frank A. 663
Twichell, Frank A 594
Williams, H. Orva. 664
664
Van Brocklin, John W 646
Wilson, A. A .. 665
Van Patten, E. H 647
Wilson, David.
666
Vedder, William 647
Wilson, Eugene T.
666
Vess, David M. 648
Wilson, W. E.
667
Wagner, G. C. 648
Windus, William J.
667
Wait, Anderson. 648
Walden, Smiley F 649
Walker, Charles. 649
Wallace, J. W. 650
Wold, Peter A.
669
Wallace, Robert 650
Wolfard, Lake D.
669
Walters, W. W 650
Woodruff, Frank B.
670
Ward, B. F. 651
Woodruff, Mary A .. 670
Warner, J. W 651
Woodworth, Clarence D 671
Wasson, Andrew 652
Watrous, Levi W
652
Watson, William
653
Wright, Thomas B. 672
Weatherwax, John M. 653
Webb, Jonathan E. 655
Yesler, Henry L. 523
Weed, Gideon A 655
York, W. Z. 672
Weikel, George 657
Young, Hiram S 672
Weir, Allen .. 658
Westfall, Cornelius F.
660
Zimmerman, Henry. 673
562
Windus, Walter V.
667
Wing, Frederick A.
Winn, John R. 668
Witham, C. W 668
Wooton, Davis W. 671
Worley, Albert M .. 671
Tyler, W. B. 646
Williamson, Frank E
Willison, Henry O 664
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